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Carteret County News-Times A Merger Of The Beiufort News (est. 191? > & The Twin Oily Times (est. 1936) EDITORIAL PAGE Tl'ESDAY, JI NF. 13, 1950 Lucky Numbers? Awaiting the announcement ol census figures had the sus pense of mystery thrillers heat, especially for town officials, quasi-public officials and others whose interests lie directly with the number of people inhabiting a particular portion of this whirl igig called F.arth. fn general, people expected Carteret county's 19fi0 census fig ures to he a great deal higher than they were 10 years ago. Wild estimates of 10,000 for Morehead City, fi.OOO for Beaufort have been proved just that wild. Since the end of the war, knots ot people concentrated all over the nation in wartime installations and factories have found their way back again to a more normal existence. Carteret county is no exception We wonder, too, if all the hustle and bustle of the early and middle lf>40s didn't make a few extra people seem like hundreds of extra people simply because we couldn't take care of them, sell them all the coffee in tht store, find them a place to live, or fill their tanks with pasoline. One of the most difficult things for an average human being to do is estimate a number of people gathered together. Put over %7f> persons in a room and ask several others how many are there and almost every answer will be far from the actual count. It takes experience to estimate the number of persons in crowds. And it's a shrewd individual who can guesstimate with reason able accuracy the number of persons living in an area covering miles and miles Although Beaufort's 19f?0 census count is lower than 1940. it's immediate trade area has increased, for it's "suburbs" cover a large territory of concentrated population. Morehead City did slightly better than just squeaking over the fvOOO mark, yet a margin of f?f? can hardly be considered substantial. Carteret county's overall growth of 4,f>f>7 is heartening. The more people we have, the better labor market we can offer, an increased purchasing power makes the retail businessman feel good, while county and town officials pray that revenue gains in crease proportionately to take care of all the demands that folks make of government these days. The Whims ol Nan One ot our readers called to our attention this week that the referendum which set up a municipal recreation program tor Morehead City was done so under a law which would be an ideal tool for dictators. ' He pointed out that in a democracy, such as ours where we wave a flag and shed blood frequent Iv for the right to vote, few of us stir our bones to go to the polls. Therefore, he reasoned, a power thirsty character could maneuver the calling of a referen dunv wheieby, he, for example, would be given unheard of author it y and supremacy. He vvoujd get that authority merely because the so-called voters would sit around on curbstones saying how awful it was , that he was doing such a ihing. but they wouldn't go to the polls and tell him not to Yes, we agree that our reader has a point. But let us go back to the 1 !)?.0s when there was a referendum called on estab lishing a race track here. During those years the law in effect was the one which said that persons who registered for an elec tion could merely stay away from the polls and thereby cast a "no" "against" vote. It was believed that the minority was in favor of the race track and "we want a race track" rooters were going around say ing, "Isn't it awful, all a person has to do is stay away from the polls and that will be a vote against the track!" So they, after sweating k out and winning, decided that the law should be revised. That sentiment was undoubtedly re flected in the 1047 legislature which changed the law to read that KVF.KYONi:, ye.sscrs and no ers. have to go to the polls in a ref erendum. Now. Morehead city voters, 74 of them that is, have decided that the town should have recreation program. Ami everybody else is mad because those who registered and stayed away from the polls were not counted as "against" votes. To call- this reaction inconsistent, as compared with the race track issue, is understatement. The present law is the one which adheres more closely to the principles of democracy. Casting a vote is one of the cardinal rights of every citizen, and no law should say that in some in stance it is fitting and proper that only "yes" votes be cast. The law in effect prior to 1947 was a fine molder of negative opinion. Knowing how ambitious most folks are when it comes to going to the polls, we were not surprised to hear many declare, "I'm going to be in favor of it. That way 1 don't have to bother to vote." The present law is the better one of the two. But one fur ther revision merits consideration: unless a certain per centage of the town's voters go to the polls at least 30 per cent (the minimum can be determined by government experts) the referendum should be declared invalid and the town governing body should automatically be given the right to make the decision. Sou'easter By ( upturn Henry I was Manning again last night the election return utile uhirh was in tbo paper a week ago. Pal Hill, the new representative to the leg islature must be much impressed with his popularity 011 Portsmouth. Ten votes were cast? all for Tay lor. Young Taylor took the outcome of the election in a reasonable man ner. Some o( his fellow candida'is jumped up and down and scrcanv ed. As a matter of fact, the story is told that he was the only one who refused to go along with them when they were talking protest. lie shook hands with his victor ioul opponent on the Monday fol lowing the election and told l.ini he felt sure Hill was capable of representing the county in a fair and favorable way. Just to show the people how I economy-minded he is, Willis Smith is asking, the state to spend close to $100, 000 to help bind up his wounded pride. Smith is in his le gal right (compared to this, $23,000 is pin money, after all he needed that Madix doutfh to help him run tor something). Hut I'm agin' the law that says a defeated primary candidate can request another election. If there were a strong Republican party in this state, there would lx* reason for having a run-off, for why have two Demo crats running against one strong candidate of an opposition party in November??? This run off busi ness in this state is expensive, un necessary, and without two grains of common sense. i The town hoard is finally wising up. The town has no money, yet they will let the expensive fire de pat tment equipment run all over CAITEBET COUNTY NEWS-TINES Carlprrt County's Newspaper A Merger Of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Est. 1912 ) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Est. 1916) Published Tuesdays and Friday* By ' THE CARTERET PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC. Lorkwood Phillips ? Publlshris Eleanore I)ear Phillips Ruth Leckey Peeling. Executive Editor Publishing Offices At 904 Arendell St.. Mo re head City. Nt C. 12U Craven Street. Beaufort. N C. Mall Rates; In Carteret, Craven. Pamlico. Hyde, and Onslow Counties $5.00 ?M year , $$.00 six months; $1.75 three months; $1.00 one month. Outside Jh# above n*med counties $6.00 one year; $3 50 six months; $3 00 three months. Associated Press ? Greater Weeklies ? N. C Press Association Audit Bureau of Circulations Entfred as Second Class Matter at Mnrehead City, NeC. Under Act of March 3. 1879 The Associated Press Is entitled exclusively to use for republication of local ? wa printed In this ? wspapor. as yell as >11 AP news dispatches. "JUST TAKE ME BY THE HAND, SON!" PUNS TO TAKS THt VOMD by me HORNS In The Good Old Days THIRTY TIIRF I Yi:\RS \4.0 j Town commissioners voted to 1 ask properly ow'iiers to deed to I ho town the Kim I oil which the cauall j was lu'inj' hiiilt and also t?> asse (the property owners : * : ? per cent of the ? ? ? 4 1 of the wall The commissioners ordered the following: changes in salaries cit\ clerk raised from S.':? to police chief from $tkl to S,o norht watch nfan from $40 to $4.r?, and the m:i> or from .*>7:") to $lf?tt. the comity squirtniu water on al ready burned down btiildin ? They say that if the majority ol re i dents in the three mile area Mir rounding lieanfori (to the north uiid east!) don't pay an annual fee for firt? protection, |be fire depart inent will not answer ( ills beyond the town limits Whether they stick to that statement is another thinf,. If annual fees are not paid. I imag ine that they will have to let a conple houses or buildings burn down before folks will decide whether they mean business. It's a lot of downrn'ht foolish ness for town re nleiits to pay tax es to Mipporl the lire department so that the liremen can j'.<* out in the country and protect property of persons who never pay the town a cent of levy. tichrmann Holland, recently ic elected sheriff of mir fair county says he ^ets so many complaints he thrives on tlicm "M\ wife puts me on a diet at home and I crow fat on complaints at the office." The socialist says l hat the only thing wrong with free enterprise is that there's too much enterprise and notion's free. I \\ I \T\ IIM \ I \(.0 Commencement of the public school hi I'.eaufnrt this year was marked h\ the appearance of the senior rhiNS in caps ami nowns for I In- first linu*. I hi1 l and i iir \ recommended book ? ase*. foijthe office of register ?'l der.ls and a storage house tor t lit* keeper Of the jail % \ school of menhaden appeared in the harbor, makmp. it easy for the men on the Wyona, which was i\iu- at her whin to go out the nece- u v KKt yards in their purse boats and make a haul. II A VI-. AftS At JO .Mi's Itcrtha Cray Chadwick of St i ait s and .lame-. II. Davis of Reati toil were manied on ?v,Snt unlay, tune J'., ami Miss Theresa Willis and Miner DevVev Willis, jr., both of Williston, were married Tues day. June 11. Mr and Mrs llalsey Paul wel comed a son, II I). jr.. on Friday. June 7. I IM \ I \RS ACJO I In* county board of commission- j crs opposed the establishment of a tuberculosis hospital at the Naval . Section liasc west of Morehead ; < ity. I Macon Snowden and Luther Ham- ; ilton. jr., were graduated from the j United States Naval academy. A Coast (Juard crash boat ex ploded at the Port Terminal dock, injuring Charles Bennett and an other crew member. The 11 other members of the crew, among them (C W. Duncan, jr., and J. C. (lil liert) were uninjured. Smile Awhile It's a Hesperate Situation .lust how distraught a housew it ?? can I'.ct when her r.arbare isn't col lected was proved the other da> . Beau foil> City Clerk Bill llatsell got :t call from a Morehead Cit> lady who wanted her p.arhap.e tak en away at "l!'2nd and Kvans si." Class that wtll conduct electric it\ h;:s been developed with rt?e ulea ii can he used for a wide va iiefv of heating purposes. COMPLETE INSURANCE PROTECTION John L. Crump Insurance ? Real Estate PHONE 6-4000 823 ARF.NDF.LL ST. MORF.HEAD CITY ? Save Time! Bank Ffom Your Car! Here's the new way to save time and steps. Bank from the window of your car! Just drive up to our special teller's window, do your banking and drive away. This service is free to all our depositors. Drive up today! First-Citizens Bank & Trnst Co. 123 Armdrll St. Morrhrad City, N. C. Phone 6-3034 MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORP. Letter is the Editor i.ofi, V C. June 8, 1950 To the Editor: Answer to Mr. Davis' road in quiry -At the time that the com mit lee from Cedar Island went foe fore the county commissioners and asked that the road on Cedar Is land he paved, Mr. Davis was pres ent and if he remembers, we asked for the road to Ik* paved from I.ev\is Creek on the east end of the island to the turntable at Pamlico Sound on the west end of the Is land and the commissioners ap proved of our request. If any por tion of this road was not on the county system at that time either the commissioners or Mr. Davis should have known it and informed us ot the fact at that time so we could have requested that it be put on the county system. When I took the petition to Mr. Davis after getting the property owners' signatures on it. he had a letter written to the Highway Coin mission ask inc. that the road on Cedar Island be. paved, from Capt Joe Smith's to the turntable at Pamlico Sound, leaving ofi the portion of the road to Lewis Creek. | an. I including the very portion of the road that he now claims is not on the county system. So we have only not what we asked for and what the county commissioners ap proved of. no more and no less, without any 'high handed work" as Mr. Davis stated. I wonder if Mr Davis recalls his I remarks at the bee, inning of the road program, that he hoped not one shovel of diit would be moved for road improvement during the Scott administration. Now he is complaining about the roads on Cedar Island an. I Otway. I wonder it lie would like to have the elec torate of those precincts c:..4 their vote for him in November. Awful but he is using. 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