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Carteret County News-Times A Merger Of The Beaufort News (est. 1912) & The Twin City Times (est. 1M6> EDITORIAL PAGE FRIDAY. MAY 26, 1950 On the Eve oi Election . . . Regardless how the election goes tomorrow, there will un doubtedly be cries of "Fraud1" "Bought votes!" and any other accusation that can be pulled out of the bag. Many a moon tas' waxed and waned since Carteret countians have seen anything that can even be compared to the present figjit. Representatives from each camp will be watching the polls like hawks hovering 50 feet Irom the voting place, as the law specMjes or swooping in closer if they can get away with it. If thi .e are going to be any post-election fights, no one need fear that either faction will be at a lo?s (or complaints about "illegali ties" at the polls. w senatorial fight pales slightly in the light of our local picture. If we take the advice not to wager any money in the senatorial race, the same goes for the county scene. Advice of elections officials, to vote early, must not be taken lightly. It is predicted that the vote to^rrow will he twice that of an> previous election. The polls will be open for 12 hours, a total of 720 minutes in each precinct. With maximum efficiency, it is estimated that each voter can cast his ballot in about three minutes. It there are six booths at a polling place, this means that 1. 440 persons can vote in the space of 12 hours. But in Morehead City there are approximately 3.400 Democrats registered. It is hoped that 2,.r?00 will vote. Figure it out. It all adds up to a mob at the municipal building. Beaufort isn't much better oft. If a Voter goes to the polls with his mind made up, if the checkers can locate Ins name tin the registration books immediate ly. if the voter knows exactly what to do with the two or three separate ballots he may be handed (depending in what precinct he casts Iiin vote), the balloting process would be speeded up ap preciably. Nil matter how the situation is sized up, the wise man or wo man in the larger precincts will not wait until (> p.m. to start strolling to the polls. We hope that the usual voting apathy has been dispelled by the circumstances of this election. Citizens who have the privi lege ??f voting anil ignore that right, which has been paid for in blood, are traitors to democracy Government is closer to the individual today than ever be fore. Anyone who casts aside his right to choose that government also casts aside his right to criticize its policies. Raleigh oundup By Hula Nixon Greenwood MACHINE POLITICS .11 seems hard to believe that two short years ago right along now Guber natorial Candidate Kerr Seott was leveling an index finger at Charles M. Johnson. Tom Pea mall of K"Cky ! Mount, Oscar Richardson of Myii-J roe, Hathaway Cross, and some oth ers and speaking blatantly of ma chine politics and a hand-picked candidate'. Many of those who were leadofs in his t-aiop declared themselves as bitterly opposed to any Kind of! political machine in North Caro- ; lina. Now if he and Jonathan do not have a political machine, there has never been one in this State. Those who two years ago were fighting political machines are now important cogs in one. It is inter esting how events change attitudes. We are all against political ma chinery and other types of machin ery if we are on the outside and very much for them if we are a party to making them tick. Hut machines can be beaten. Scott proved that. PREMIERES . . . This week Nash ville, one of the most beautiful lit tle towns in North Carolina, had the world premiere of "Waves of Green," a technicolor movie which tells of the contribution made to agriculture by colleges like State, Clemson in S.C.. ami VIM iu Vir ginia. On May 31, the world pre miere of "Bright Leaf,'' the story of tobacco written by Foster Eitz Simons of Chapel Hill, will be held in Raleigh. Both communities are receiving nationwide publicity as the result of their promotions of these spec ial events. Raleigh Merchants Bu reau Secretary Wesley Williams, with the assistance of chamber of commerce and merchants associa tion secretaries, is ramrodding the Raleigh promotion. Dollar days are here today and gone tomorrow, but wholesome attractions and promo tions build trade for the future. Both Williams and Thomas W. Wilson of Nashville are to lie con gratulated on their all-out efforts in making these world premieres put their cities and N.C. on the map. BOTHERSOME . . Supreme Court justices are politicians, too. Asso ciate ^stice E. B. Denny has op positiA in Judge O. O. Efird of Winston - Salem. He managed Broughton's campaign for Gover nor and knows the ropes. Judge Denny let his Sunday School folks at Hayes Barton Baptist here know he would have to Im' out of town some this spring. Kfird doesn't stand a chance, of course, hut any [Opposition is bothersome. Waldo j CheeK jut Asheboi o, the best In st^aoco Commissioner we ever had, will also win out on Saturday. SAFfcTY FIRST ... As highway deaths mount throughout the State, a backward look into the Scott and Cherry administrations m i g It t prove helpful in determining why scores of North Carolinians are killed and injured every month. The auto inspection hill became law while R. Gregg Cherry was Governor. Folks didn't like the in convenience of having to wait in line. They didn't like to he forced to spend money so that their ve hicles would be safe and roadwor thy. When .1. W. Bailey died. Gov. Cherry appointed Bill Umsteatl to succeed him. Meantime, the auto inspection cursing was laid at Cher ry's door. The howls went up over the State, and a few candidates for the Legislature were defeated be cause they had voted for it. believ ing it would save lives on the high way. Cherry himself became very unpopular. With Broughton running against Umstead, Cherry's political-minded friends begged and pleaded with him to call a special session of the Legislature to kill the auto inspec tion law and thus regain his pop ularity and be in position to help Umstead. steadfastly refused, saying the auto inspection law was a good thing. Umstead lost. (iov. Scott's Legislature laid the hatchet to the law, with no objec tions from the Governor. He pick ed up a lot of popularity there. Highway deaths have mounted. All types of cars are now on the roads. And the Governor is issuing state ments . . . and has named a High way Safety Committee ... in an attempt to reduce the highway death rate . . but apparently to no avail. Cherry placed safety over po litical expediency. THE JOKE . . . Anybody looking for a laughing place had only to glance at the headlines last wee! when the three leading candidates for the U. S. Senate reported on their expenditures. Or. Frank Gra ham (an old colored lady in Eliza beth City said last week she would | vote for him if she could as she had "always liked doctors") report CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TINES Carteret County's Newspaper i A Merger Of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Est. 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Est. 1938) Published Tuesdays and Fridays By THE CARTERET PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC Lockwood Phillips ? Publishers ? Eleanore Dear Phillips Ruth Leckey Peeling. Executive Editor Pubflnhlnsr Offices At 5W Ar^ndell St.. Moreheart City N C. 120 Craven Street. Beaufort. N. C. Mafl Rates- Tn Ortaret. Craven. Pamlico. Hyde, and Onslow Countle* WOO on# vear: fS.OO alx month* $1.75 three months: Si. on one m#nth Outside the above named counties 16.00 one year; S3. 50 six months; $2.00 three months; SI -00 one month. Associated Press Member Of ? Greater Weeklies ? N C Press Association Audit Bureau of Circulations Claaa Matter at More*#** City. N. C. Under Act of March S. 1179 ed to the Secretary of State that he had spent $7,140.04. Willis i Smith came along then and report ed expenditures at $8,942.32. Bob Reynolds said he had spent $4 921. They all listed contributions etc.. with the usual bull . and stayed within the law, which ought to be taken from the books as it is not v\orth one tinker's damn. It would be safe to say that money spent for Graham by the CIO, AFL, and several other groups . and quite a few individuals . . would I run approximately $100,000. The amount dished out for Smith by small businessmen, middle-of-the road individuals, and some busi nessmen not so small, would prob ably total around $100,000. Hot) j Reynolds was likely nearest to the amount spent iu. his behalf. All told, his expenses should not run over $25,000. FALSE . . . Of all the tales that have been malting the rounds in this Senatorial campaign, one of the worst is that Dr. Graham was playing sick in order to avoid hav ing a part in the FKI'C vote of last Friday. He has been sick, is .si ill ailing physically and mentally. The mental suffering is derived from the slain bang type of cam paign which is in progress. Those folks who persuaded him to move from the sheltered, quiet, and acad emic atmosphere of Chapel Ilill in | lo the very real, hard-bitten, and hard facts field of practical politics did him a great injustice an I should be ashamed of themselves. They probably shortened his life . . . and they certainly led ;i man into disillusionment. Dr. Graham's illness has been very real. He had pneumonia short ly after being appointed Senator. His recent illness has been diav, nosed as pneumonia. It lakes a tough man. physically and mental ly, to go through modern day po litical battles and one tougher .still | to withstand the onslaughts w hich j come his way once he is elected. MOVING OVFH The story wys | around Raleigh Saturday that Tons Toler, late of the State Ifighwav ' Patrol. had sent a wire to Scott Secretary John Marshall in Wash ington saying: "Come on back, .lohn, Jeff Wilson and I are mak ing a place on the bench tor you." I'.S. Toler ami Wilson were re cently moved out of their positions in the Scott Machine. Till? MARSHALL THING Oti Thursday a Iter noun, May 18. a tel cphone call came from f'hiladel phia that John Marshall and Carl Williamson had been there con (acting a distiller for funds to use on behalf of Frank Graham s can didacy for the U.S. 8enatf?lt;\\as known here that William.-flHTT* for ujer head of the State ABtrjfoard. was out of town, and that Scott Secretary John Marshall was "away on vacation." I, ATM . . . Hut when the news came from Philadelphia that they had been there together, Lynn Nisbet, Raleigh correspondent for N. C. Afternoon Dailies, was also out of town ... in Winston-Salem. How ever, on Friday morning he was back, got on the trail of the story and checked on the facts. By the time he could nail them down it was 1:30 Friday afternoon, lie wir ed the story immediately, but Western Union delay in sending it prevented any of his papers . . except the Raleigh Times . . . from getting it. and the Saturday morn ing papers not the fruit of his cf forts. FACTS . . Nisbet is a cautious, mature reporter. He is frequently boringly careful with his facts, lie was correct in what he wrote . . . even though Marshall denied it . . . that Marshall had solicited dis tillers fonS^ontri but ions. Knowing Nisbet as he does, the Governor's secretary used poor judgment, let alone poor honesty, in denying the reporter's charge. Nisbet is one of the oldest reporters in the State in point of service, and he seldom, if ever, goes off half-cocked on anything. Some other interesting information on Marshall's trip may reach the papers now or later. QUESTIONS . . . Questions arc: Did Gov. Scott know what his sec retary was up to? What effect will this revelation have on the Pri mary Saturday? Scott said he talked to Marshall by long distance telephone, but didn't know where his secretary was calling from. Is that correct? Did Marshall g? off searching for money from distillers without his boss knowing anything about it? Your answer is as good as that of anyone else until more information is forthcoming. Will some people who were for Graham turn to another candidate because of this recent develop ment? Smith people say yes; Gra ham people say no: Reynolds folks say nothing either way. Others say there WILL CERTAINLY be a sec ond Primary. Watch it! THE OUTCOME . . . Issues are so confused that it is impossible to say who will emerge the winner. Consensus here of impartial ob servers is that the race will be close. It is impossible to get a clear picture of the^tuation. The Smith people have been cutting sharply into Graham strength for the past three or four weeks, but everybody except the wishful thinkers is in doubt about the outcomes Don't bet any money! The highest suspension bridge in the world spans the cinyon of the Arkansas River over the Royal THE FINGER MAN ,.<T\ ^-av Letter to the Editor Reader Requests Voters To Heed May 23 EdKarial May 24, 1S50 To the Ivditcn: I hope I hat before Saturday. May 27th. the voting citizens will read and take to heart your May 23 rd editorial, "The Light of Sena tor (iraliam Must Not ho Eclipsed." It should enlighten ami inspire to action all interested in electing a man of excellent character and superior qualifications for Senator ial duty. l-lli/abelh lluntley Presl Smile Awhile What Really Hurt v An old n^i was crossing a busy street corner when a big police dog dashed into him and knocked him down. The next instant an Austin skidded around the corner, bumped him, .int lifting more severe bruises. H>litanders assisted In in to his feet and soon asked him it the dog had hurt him. "Not exactly." he replied. "It was the tin can tied to his tail that did the damage." I \( VOTE FOR MOSES C. HOWARD Candidate For County Commissioner (Western District) oi Carterel County in the May 27 Primary YOUR SUPPORT WILL BE APPRECIATED I will exert my best eliorts tor efficient and ec onomical County Government. Paid for by ;? friend READ AND USE THE WANT ADS I ywwuiinnwiiwmwiiiiiwwimcwiwiHiwwumniw^wwij H Yon Are A Carchd Driver . . . YOU'LL LIKE OOB INSURANCE SERVICE We write Complete Automobile Coverage. All financing agencies accept our policiei. See U? First For Insurance. 5 ? MUTUAL INSURANCE AGENCY $ ! R\NK BI.Dfi. NOREHCAD CITV TEI-. 6 4m g \ S. A. CHALK, JR. CARL V. NELSON 5 5 Security ? Service - Savings ior Preferred Risks I Stofl G*U& ^Uutk Did you ever stop and think when paint ing some one as black as Ink as some Folks do. Perhaps if you could recollect Perfection you would not expect, but just a Man half way correct, like me or You. STOP and THINK. For an Educator Mr. Graham Yes. For a Lawyer or A Politician Mr. Willis Smith YES. ? SEND A NAN TO WASHINGTON THAT KNOWS HIS POLITICS. NR. WILLIS SHITH Paid for by Carteret County Willis Smith Committee fake it out Beyond tl?e BOULEVARDS SPRING FEVEMT Htn't th? never- failing cure ? a Buick SUPER Convertible with that brilliant new power plant, th ? Finballmg F-26 3. That's where the real fun is. Where the land stretches free to the beckon ing horizon, where the air is clear of city smoke and the highway's fumes, where a man and his family can really enjoy the pleasure a cur can give. "Hut the roads," you say, "?aren't they pretty rough?" I hey don't have to be paved to be pleasant. Not to a Buick owner. For here you've a car gifted with the special gentleness of soft coil springing all around. A car^eady- keeled with a massive frame and rigid torque-tube. A car that quicksteps silkily over washboards and rutty gravel, gives wavy black-top a fluent buoyancy that dresses each mile in rest and relaxation. your mighty power plant ? cradled ?Kr against vibration and filtering its surge through Dyriaflow Drive's* liquid cushioning if you like ? even this is purt of the picture. A part of the special frrl of riding in a Huick ? a feel we do not think is .equaled anywhere else on the highway. But why just go hy that? As close as your t Huick dealer there's a SPK.CIAL, a SUPKN or a Ro A DM AST EH that's itching to tell its own story ? without any obligation on your part. (Jo try it ? over the boulevards and out be *Stani/iin/ ov I'oaimaui AH. optional at extra cost on Svrt * and Srk< 1*1 nt<nitl?. yond them. Then price it. We're sure where jronV/spend the summer ? having the time of your life in a Buickl Oaijr MUJCM hat SpMHytfcw? mmdwrttbltfii HIOHiB-COMPBiSSION Fireball valve-in-head power in threo engines (New F 263 engine in SUPfi models.) ? NlW-PATTtBN STY UNO, with MULTI-OUABD forefront, taper-through finders, ' doubt* bubble" taillighH ? WIDI-ANQLl VISIBILITY, dote-up road Wow bofh /orword and bock ? TRAFFIC-HANDY SI It , /on over all length for easier parking and garaging, short turning radiut ? IXTBA-WlOi SI ATS ermdhd between th o o.'oi ? SOFT BUICK BlOt, from all-coil springing, Safety-Hide rims, low-pressura lift. lido steadying torque tube ? WIM AH BAY OF MOMIS with tody by Fisbor. FOVR-WA Y FOREFRONT This rugged front t-nd (II sals the style note, ( 12 1 sav?i on r?oair costs ? vertical bars are < individually repl* table, j 131 avoids 'locking horns,'' 141 males park ? j I ng and garagihg easier. ' Mob Ivy ttuick Company 1710 BUDGES ST. PHONE 6-4346 MOBEHEAD CITY 1 MTTM AUTONOMICS AU MKT MUCK MM MAO THM
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