Carteret County News-Times
A Mnifr IH
Thr Beaufort News (est. 19IJI & The Twin <ity Times (est. 1S36)
EDITORIAL PACiE TUESDAY. JUNE JO, 1950
Now to Catch Up with Time
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When are we going to wise up and mo on daylight saving
time? If the whole state of North Carolina does not take this
means to provide the working people and vacationists with more
summer hours in the sun. Carteret county should set the pace.
When one considers the proximity of the two Marine bases
which operate on daylight time and the fact that a large part of
our population works at Cherry Point it is even more logical to
seriously consider doing away with standard time during summer
months.
This morning the sun rase six minutes before 5 o'clock (jEST).
H will set this evening at 25 minutes past 7, providing us with
14 1/2 hours of sunlir.ht. The average person in the workaday
? world yets to his place of business at 8:30 or 9 o'clock, and prob
ably rises about 7, having already slept away two of the most
beautiful hours of the day.
If he leaves work at ft with plans to go to the beach for a swim,
there is just about one hour left to bask in the sun. If we operat
ed on daylight saving time, he would actually be leaving work at
4 o'clock, with two hours ahead of him on the beach.
In many Marine homes clocks are already set on daylight sav
ing time and stay that way throughout the summer.
The farmer and the fishermen should have no objection to the
change. They rise with the sun. or slightly before; it matters not j
what hour the man made contraption called a clock says it is.
It would be foolish for just one town in the county to go on
daylight time. If the move is to be given a chance for success,
all of Carteret county should move the clock ahead. It would be
a good idea if the plan could go into effect now. but we entertain
no hopes of lightning action.
daylight saving time should seriously be considered. As a
resort area, we should do one of the most effective things to pro
vide vacationers and our working people with more hours for
sunning, sailing, swimming, and fishing.
Sou'easter
Ily Captain Henry
George. Stovall, ??! Title Water
Power, company fame, says some
of his boys came to him the other
day and tohi him of a fellow who
Wanted a job.
George asked. Well, what can
he do?"
The bovs replied that they didn't
exactly know, ". . . but he's a d
good ball player'"
Look for the Tide Water soft
ball team to climb right up there
in the league. *
Marshallberg Certainly has its
troubles. Kvcry summer it's the
same old song and dance. In the
league out again, home again
Fiitnegan.
I see where the Coast Guard has
gone mechanized up in Dare coun
ty. At the Kill Devil Hill station
the rescue t lie-drowning routine in
a lifeboat with oars has become a
thing of the past. The hoys have
been assigned a "din k," one of
those mechanized monsters that
walks on land ami swims in the sea.
This calls for a woe begone trea
tise from Hen Dixon McNeill lor
"the man with an oar iu his hand."
Things are unexpectedly quiet as
Hards the coming primary run
oft\ At least in this neck of the
woods.
There seems to be some douht
as to who is supposed to hi' leading
1he band for Senator Graham iu
Carteret county this time. J.aw
rence Ilassell says Jie is and Wiley
Taylor says that "they" were not
satisfied with the way the cam
paign was run here for the first
primary. I take "they" to mean lla
leigh headquarters. In other words,
he infers that somebody else may
he named chairman. Hut nobody
I seems to know, and furthermore,
J nohody seems to care. Here it is,
five days before we gO to the polls
: and Willis Smith's followers, if any,
and Senator (Jraham's have e\i
idently lost interest in the whole
: affair.
There was talk about a week ago
| that Luther Hamilton was going
? to support Frank (Jraharn in this
j^o around. Certain folks seem to
I think that Judge Hamilton would
'like to be re-instated as an active
judge, therefore the cottoning to
i Scott's candidate but on the other
j hand, those who are supposed to
1 be in the know, point to the fact
that Judge Hamilton is holding
j court in Charlotte, being kept out
j of the county at a crucial time
! when he could be beating the drum
! tor Willis Smith whom he support
j ed on May 127.
... Pardon me, white I go back
to my crystal gazing!
j IK looks as though the Lindsay
Warren has grown fast to the post
office dock. I heard a couple
months ago that a price ol $.'*!>, (M)0
was put on it.
I Imagine a couple of the long
ago residents of Broad street are
| turning over in their graves. The
j first asphalt was poured in the
'street last week.
I -rr
I got a big chuckle out of the
fact that some of the towns have
tasked for a re-count because they
! weren't satisfied with the number
j of people the census bureau says
I live in their respective municipali
lit's. That Willis Smith complex is
contagious. \
In The Good Old Days
THIRTY TIIRi:*: YEARS AGO
The Beaufort police force was
having difficulty keeping cattle and
hogs front invading the town. There
were broken places in the town
fence and the animals could also
get in town by following the rail
road tracks.
The new Atlantic hotel in More
head City opened for the season
June 15.
Dr. H. O. Manor of the IT. S.
Department o% Animal Industry
was in Beaufort doing preliminary
work for the contemplated tick
eradication.
TWENTY FIVK YKARS AGO
A new company, the Atlantic
Fisheries Corp. of Beaufort was
formed with W. B. Blades of New
Bern, W. A. Mace and J. F.- Dun
can of Beaufort the incorporators.
The company had bought the Chad
wick factory at Lennoxville and
would go into the fish scrap and
oil business.
The Beaufort News, now the C ar- 1
t?ret County NF.WST1MF.S. was!
offering a free, three-day sightsee
ing trip to Washington, D. C.t to
anyone bringing in 50 new yearly
subscriptions to the paper.
Miss Mary K. Davis, daughter of
Dr. arid Mrs. J. J. Davis, was mar
ried to Mr. Joel H. Davis of Mar
lowe. in Washington. D. C.
TEN YEARS AGO
Mrs. F. E. Hyde was elected gen
eral chairman of the Red Cross
Sewing room, Mrs. E. E. McCon
nell, treasurer, Mrs. A. A. Privette,
secretary, Mrs. James Potter, If I.
was to supervise knitting and Miss
Ada Whitehurst was to supervise
the sewing of clothes for the war
victims in Europe.
Tomatoes were selling for 70
cents the bushel at the packing
sheds in town.
C. I). Jones was advertising
hamburger (100 per cent beef) for
17 1/2 cents a pound.
FIVE YEARS AC.O
Miss (ieraldine Mayo of Mesie
and David Beveridge of Beaufort
CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TINES
Carteret County's Newspaper
A Merger Of
THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Est. 1912) and TIIK TWIN CITY TIMES (Est. 1936)
Published Tuesdays ami Fridays By
THE CARTERET PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC.
Lockwood Phillips - Publishers - Eleanore Dear Phillips
RuthLeofcey Peeling. Executive EdRor
Publishing Offices At
50t Arendell St.. Morehead City. N. C.
121) Craven Street. Beaufort. N. C.
Mall Rates In Carteret. Craven. Pamlico. Hyde, and Onslow Countlw f5;'?
one year $3.<IU six months; $1.75 three months ; $1.00 one ><nonth. Outside
the shove' named counties $G.l)0 one year; $3.90 six months; $2.01) three months;
$1.00 one month. ' .
. ? ?Jember Of
Assoclsted Press ? Greater Weeklies ? N. C Press AsaoclsUon
Audit Bureau of Circulations ^
Entered as Second Class Matter st Morehead City, N. C.
under Act 6f March 3. 1879
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TM Associated Press Is entitled esd?lee!y to use for republication of Iocs)
?dwe printed in Kyis newppspei as well k >11 AP news dlspstches.
SUMMER'S FOUR HORSEMEN
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HERE
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and
THERE
With l\ r. S/VIISIURY, Mori'hc.Kl < ily
Another old landmark in .More
head City is going modernistic.
That is t ho old homo of Oavul S.
Junes at the corner of 7th and
Bridges street. Of late years the
place was known as the Canl'iold
house. This property has been pi i r
phased by Clyde A. Hough of
Haleigh and is being converted in
to four apartment s>
Mr. Jones, who was the son of
Mrs. Bridges A rondel I by her first
marriage to John Jones, was one
of the first purehasers of lots in
Morehead City when the town site
| was opened in and lots wore
Isold by auction. It was not until
the close of the War Hot ween tin
Stales that the hon.se was huill.
Before coming to Morehead City !??
make his home, Mr. Jones was I iv
iiii* on the former Koliert Williams
plantation in the Mill Creek sec
tion left to him by his grandfather,
William Fisher. He operated the
saw and grist mills which were on
the plantation property.
Following the war and with fail
ing health Mr. Jones moved to
Morehead City where he passed
the rest of his life, It is said that j
his mind failed him and that for
several years before his death he i
was confined in one of the rooms :
of this old house.
The house was built of fine tim-l
hers. Fireplaces in each room fur
nished heat while in the kitchen I
there still remains a large fire- j
place with crane where the family
cooking must have taken place. A
study of the rooms downstairs show i
craftmanship in the finishings oi l
doors and windows. The entrance
hall contained a graceful stairway
connecting with the main parlor
or living room with heavy pilaster
trim about the double doors. Cor
nices of plaster of heavy design
joined the side walls and ceiling.
It is unfortunate that this senti
nel of the early life of Morehead
City could not have been preserved i
as a show place for those who see
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were married at Black Creek where j
Mrs. Bevcridge had been teaching, j
The town of Beaufort passed an !
ordinance that every resident and I
every business establishment must j
have a covered trash or garbage re
ceptacle. Jaycces were selling such
cans for $2.50, and the town would :
deliver them to purchasers
Now mild cm a cigarette be?
MORE PEOPLE
SMOKE CAMELS
than any
other cigarette!
? ?
and among tkt million t who Jo...
BILL STERN
Popular sports
caster nays: "My
voice KPtx a work
out for hours at
a stretch. It's
mild Camels for
me ! They ?gr??
with my throat !"
iii si u'li old places the hoinelife of
;i generation that played its part '
in I lit* development ol the (*01111111111
ily.
The St :?t o Board of .Public Wei
l.i re has ?.?.ranted a license to the
Lions el nb Moichead City to
conduct tut i? I raising campaigns
through public solicitations for the
support ol its various programs.
This ?> the lir.-.t time such a lic^se
has been ' ranted this club. ***,?
Removing of the asphalt shing
les from the spire of t lit' new Meth
odist church in Morehend City and;
the recovering of the spire with a
topper sheeting gives Hit* spire a
more finished appearance as well
as keepiii ", in harmony with the i
Dorie i yle architect lire. It is1
understood that the fioorli^hts in
stalled on the lawn for lighting up
the exterior of the church at night
are to he removed. Such Inditing
does not seem to meet the approv- 1
a I of many of the chu rch members. I
one parts was heard to remark af j
ter see in:? the building liehted by
the floodlights that it looked like a
glorified filling station.
Willi Smith's decision to call |
for a second primary will result in1
an election bill of nearly $1,000 for |
Carteret county. Carteret county |
has 26 prec incts. Kach precinct j
has a registrar who will most likely
he paid $21 for three clays work. I
Hacli precinct has two judges who !
will >?et $0 each for a day's work
on June 24! These items add to I
$33 which multiplied hy 20 pre
cincts give a total of $858. Keuts,
mileage and expenses of the Board '
of Elections will no doubt bring!
the figure tip to a $ 1 .000 or better.
Taxpayers of towns afUl county
have received their tax notices the (
past week. The county tax rate re
mains the same. $1.80. \ majority
of three votes at a recent special i
election in Morehead City prevent
ed a cut in the tax rate of. $2.00
to $1.90. .
A certificate of incorporation
has been tiled hi l lie office of Sec |
retary of StaU* hy a Morehca.l CitA
col ice rn under the name of 10 Ills I
Manufacturing and Sales corpora
lion. The business of this concern
is to engage in the manufacture,
sale and distribution of machinery
Authorized capital stock 1,000
shares of no par value, subscribed
stock fpur shares by Klra Kills.
Morehead City, Lytton Rla.s:; La
fayette. Ind.. and Charles V/ebh,
Hartford. Conn.
The good old summertime is due
this week. Thursday, when Spring
gives away to the Summer sc 1st ice.
It ittd not need this date h bring
out the shorts and scanty up tiers
of the ''sweet young things. ' It is
up to the boys of the police depart
ment to say just how much both
men and women must have on tc
appear along the main drag.
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Liberty Bell
(continued from page one)
nation have cashed bonds to pay
lor new cars, homes, to meet hos
pital bills, and other expenses, Mr. .
Wible stated that t>2 1/2 cents of !
every dollar invested in bonds is
still there.
A total of $.'i4 billion in bonds
is held by people throughout the
nation, he said.
History Given
H. L. Joslyn. county superinten
dent of schools, gave a history of
tiie Liberty Bell^which was author j
i/ed to be east in London in 1751,
bearing the inscription from Levi
ticus 25, verse 10: "Proclaim lib
erty throughout all the land and
to all the inhabitants thereof."
A colored trio sang two numbers.
The vocalists were John Hell lor
dan, tenor, who also played the
guitar, liill Morton , baritone, and i
Floyd llorton, tenor.
Four members ol the National
Guard comprised the color guard.
They were Sgt. Hugh (iaskins, I'fc.
! Hoy Veager, I'fc. Hay \ eager, and
Pfc. Linwood Willis.
The savings bond chairman in J
Carteret county is Victor W'ickizer.
Mr. Wickizer is in charge of the
current drive and arranged Satur
day's program.
The bell was mounted on one of
the Kurd Libert > Bell Fleet trucks.
!\ir. White is driver for the John
son Motor Lines of Charlotte.
# 'Driver of Year*
lie was recently named Driver
of the Year in North Carolina. bas
ed on Ins Safety record of 22 years
of accident-free driving, by the
North Carolina Motor Carriers as
social ion. This award was also has ,
t'd on a highwa> rescue deed, in
which he alerted the sleeping lam
il> in a roadside home one night
after observing that the house was
on lire.
The bell was on display Sunday
I hi Beaufort and the truck was serv- .
iced free of charge b\ Loft in Mo- j
I lor company of Beaufort.
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Utilities Commission Sets
Sep!. 6 (or Phone Hearing 1
i The Slate Utilities commission
has set Sept. (J as I he dale for the
liearini; on Carolina Telephone and
t elegraph company s request for
a i;ite increase.
I'tie telephone company. with
headquarters at Tarboro. has re
(jm-.sted $iMK),000 a year in addit
ional i ioss revenue. It also asks
that- the rale hike be sufficient to
cover SllKv.tMKi in wage and salary
increase's being made I his year.
Southern Bell's hearing on a $2.
1 700.000 gross revenue increase has
J)e?-n set for July ~4. Both coin
panic . couiciul they need more
money to finance expansion and re
alize a greMer return on their in
vestment.. -
Wing Certificate
George W. Swain, son ol Mr. and
Mrs. Roland Swain of Beaufort,
has been awarded a certificate of
completion by the University of
Houston School of Technology. The
certificate was awarded at the
's second annual spring grad
fies completion of a course in au
tomotive upholstery and trim.
exercises June 2 and certi
Smile Awhile
Give Him link*
The salesman entered the ofl?ce
of J Grouch one hot sultry after
|noon in August. ?
| "Hollo. Willie!" he greeted the
office boy.
I "How does l he boss stand the
j heat?"
I "Ain't hc?*rd." was the response
from little V\ Ulle, "he's only bean
i dead a week."
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WANT TO TAKE A TRIP
TO THE NOON?
Believe it or not, scientists have
figured out a way to go there ?
but in choosing conveyances lor
the Liberty Bell replicas (oi
which there are 52) to be carried
all over the U.S.A.,
only FORD TRUCKS weie chosen
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BEAUFORT. *. C.