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Carteret County News-Times A Mrr*er Of Thr Rmuforl News (ml. 1912 ? & The Twin City Times (rsl. I9M) EDITORIAL PAKE TVESPAY, Al'C. 15, 1950 Why Fight in Korea? In the midst of devastation, man should calmly sit down to take inventory. Just why are we fighting in Korea? Devastation is not the word to describe the situation in this country, but many of?us are filled with desperation. We are caught in a whirl of worry: will this lead to a full scale third world war? will there be rationing, wage control, price freezing? will the men in our families be called tomorrow or a month from tomorrow to take up aims? After the defeat of Japan our troops occupied South Korea, a republic to which we gave our blessings and a guarantee that they would be free from oppression, fully recognizing that there was a power which some day might attempt to wrest from them their freedom. That day came \*hcn the Russian-nurtured North Koreans swarmed across the MHtli parallel. Before America's eyes passed scenes of oftly a very few years ago: German armies marching in to Poland. Na/i Pan/er divisions roaring through Czechoslavakia, then Austria. France: and only a few years before that, automatic weapons trained against primitive Kthiopians, and Fascist planes over Spain . . . The invasion of South Korea added up to only one thing, the initial spark which seemed sure to set off a train of explosions, unless that spark was smothered at once. Hoping to stave off a third world War. we resorted to fighting fire with fire instead of complacency. Still with us are the isolationists or those who don't compre hend the stragetic value of Korea, who feel that we would lose nothing by letting the ( ommunists take it. Unfortunately the international state ot affairs is such that any place now under the control of democratic or free nations is "strategic." Karl Marx i.i Das Kapital." the basic law of communism, urges that the masses struggle to throw off the "chains" that bind them. Neither Leninism. Stalinism, nor Trotskyism, swerved from that basic principle. "Struggle" is a less incendiary word for war. Russia, in its interpretation, is fighting to "free" peoples from the chains of capitalism. We are fighting to keep peoples free from 4ho chains of communism. Communism and capitalism, economic philosophies and practices which have become political entities on the worl I front, are diametrically opposed. ? Unfortunately, with communism touted by Russia as the way of life which must be given to all, peaceably or otherwise, cap italism has little chance of survival unless we fight to protect it. Until Communists, led by Russia, swerve from the Marx-dictated task ?f "freeing the masses" there is little hope that the commun ist and capitalist worlds can live peaceably side by side. And there is no reason to believe Russia and its cohorts will change their policy, for that would mean a revolution, which is highly un likely#' Instead of lamenting about the current situation in Korea, we should be thankful it happened. We have encountered the enemy unveiled. II means a different way of life for us. Illu sions of a world of sweetness and light are slowly but firmly be ing laid aside. Mobilization, manufacture of armament, and super alertness will be the order of the day in the United States, in deed every wh?^, where nations are in danger of Russia's crusade. pf\ To abandon the only hope left for peace, the United Nations, ^ v would be as foolish as placing our fate solely in the hands of the MJi^ited Nations. Right now Russia fears only our industrial inittyt. She is planning for the day when she need not fear even that. It will be too late, much too late then for people to ask as they did several weeks ago in relation to Korea: "Why weren't we prepared?" Our move to defend Korea is not foolish. The years will decisively prove that. Cotton's Current Story Another paradox of government: Uncle Sam is seriously worried over current cotton supplies and the fact that this year's cotton crop will not be up to expectations. Yet our county PMA officer tells us that if any cotton farmers have overplanted their allotment and have produced more cotton than the government originally specified, it will be so difficult for the farmer to mar ket it that it will be much simpler for him to destroy the excess 1 acreage. In The Good Old Days THIRTY-THREE YEARS ACiO Mr. Holnnd Hell left for Allen town, Pa.. for training in the Am bulance corps. A "water spoilt" destroyed the home of Joseph Pigott in Glouces- 1 ter, miraculously not killing or se- ; riously injuring any one of the nine members of the family who were in the house at the time. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Taylor's Creek Fish Scrap & Oil company, of which W. V. B. Potter was president. Frank King, vice- 1 president. anJ W. A. Mace, secre t^ry treasurer, decided to rebuild their factory which had recently been destroyed by fire. U. E. Swann. chairman of the board of trustees of the Beaufort public schools, was hoping to get the high school on the state's ac credited list. Arriong the faculty members who would teach this year at the public school were Miss las sie Arrington and Miss Gladys Chadwick. TUN YEARS AC.O Florence Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Smith, was chosen as Miss Beaufort for the Coastal Festival being held at Morehead City. The Beaufort Woman's club was sponsoring a bridge and checker party to raise funds for the library. The (iood Old Days. Lemons at 25 cents a dozen, butter. 31 cents a. pound. 2 cans of tuna at 27 cents and bacon at 19 cents a pound were l>eing advertised. FIVE YEARS AGO V J Day was announced on Tues day, Aug. 13. and the next day was celebrated as a holiday with most stores remaining closed. Architect B. II. Stephens an nounced that construction of the new Beaufort school would start in two weeks. Beaufort Jaycees were sponsor ing a carnival, with a children's party being held on Saturday. CABTERET COUNTY NEWS-TINES Carteret County'* Newspaper A Merger Of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Est. 1912* and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Est. IMS) Published Tuesdays nnd Fridays By THE CARTERET PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC. Lockwood Ph'nilps ? Publishers ? Eleanore Dear Phillip* Ruth I^eckey Peeling, Executive Editor Publishing Offices At 504 Arendctl St.. Morehead City, N. C. 120 Craven Street. Beaufort. N. 6. Mail Rates* In Carteret. Craven. Pamlico. Hyde, and Onalow Counties 15.00 one year; $3.00 six months; $1.75 three montlw; $1.00 one month Outside the above named counties jc.OO one year; $3.50 six months; $2.00 three months; $1.60 one month. Associated Press ? Greater^wlSSSlS' ? N . C. Press Association _____ Audit Bureau of Circulations Entered as Second Class Matter at Morehead City, N. C. Under Act of March 3, 1879 . ' is JTw Aasoclated Frees Is entitled exclusively to use for republication of loon) p> prltN in this ne^yapayr. as well a? all AP news dispatches. MOSQUITO SEASON UP % I Arx HOME GROV/N COMMIES EFFORT Here 7 and T/i ere With V. C. MAIJSRI'RV. Rlort-liriid C'ily We have often heard the ques tion asked as to liow a section of Morehead City received the title of Promised Land. Two versions J have been given us as to how the section received its name. Puring the early days of the settlement of Morehead City a largo number of families from Shacklefot'd Banks and the Cape, who were , driven from those sections by jfforiris, moved into the new town. They found their living conditions so far better than their former homes, that many were heard to say that the Lord had sent them over into the Promised Land. Then, there is the story about one of the early ministers of the j town, either Baptist or Methodist, j who had the habit of sinking as he went about on his pastoral calls, j Meeting one of his parishoners ' who asked where he was going, he replied by starting to sing that old 1 gospel hymn. "I'm Hound for the ; Promised Land" and kept on his i way into that section of the town that received the title it has carried down through the years. An order has been issued by the Interstate Commerce com mission requiring that all rail roads include Saturdays and Sun days occurring after the expira tion of free time in computing demurrage on all freight cars. This is in order to speed the movement of cars in connection with the military preparedness program. A listing of the members of the North Carolina Brigade* a division l of the State National Guards, whose members carried the title of "sailors. M one finds the name of R. II. Dowdy of Morehead City as head of the Beaufort district. This was back in 1005. so the "sail ors" must be on the retired list by this time. '1 ho Morehead Whittlers club' which congregates in the shade of the Marine Hardware during the morning hours and against Hugh's barber shop in the afternoon, has so increased that it has become nec essary to get a supply of empty nail kegs from the hardware store to care for the overflow. No cush ions are provided so the metal luAip musi leave an* identification ' ring at the end of the day's ses sion. Any donations of good whit tling cedar will be accepted. After se\%ral weeks of pile driving and the preparing of a foundation for the new railroad draw over the It. & M. line to Beaufort, construction work has started on the erection of the steel framework of the lift. The yours may be Next! Let us make sure that you have proper Fire Insurance protection. Come in ?no obligation Mutual Insurance Agency S. A. Chalk, Jr. Carl V. Nelson Rank Hldft.? Dial 6 433U Morehead City Northwestern M 1)11141 f INI A??OCIA1ION Save Time! Bank From Your Car! Here'* 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 & Trust Co. SZ3 Arradrll St. Morrhrsd City, N. C. Phsne 6-3034 MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORP. Anti Religious Petitions Vienna i AP") Petitions clo nouncin^ 'chin eh reaction" are be int? circulated throughout Hungary, according to Catholic sources in Vienna. The petitions ask that all relit; ions instruction he abolished in Hungarian schools because ' it poi sons (lie soul of youth." They also ask that all monasteries and con vents be elosed "because they are cent i' rs ol reaction and espionage." new shucture will be of the jack knife style of lift. The .1. ('. Taylors have started construction work on a new home which will he located in the Mon tague section of the city in the block on the north side of Kvans street. If you are a car owner and your last naftie starts with a K, ,S. or T. now is the time to get your driver's j license. You will find the inspector { at the Chevrolet show room. Hot j tor do it now and avoid the rush. Monday and Tuesday are the days. Sou^edster By Captain Henry I see by the papers they have been all fowled up at Manteo. Not mi long ago a bald eagle got tang led up in a power line, caused a short circuit and during the en suing blackout they had to use an emergency power plant to stage The l.ost Colony. Two nights later, "during a very J serious sequence" of the drama, j so the paper says, a screech owl started his evening song and caus- 1 ed "some distraction." Ushers lo- 1 catcd the unwanted patron and ; shooed it away. Maybe the wise ' little owl was just asking what a I lot of historians are still asking: i WHO did away with the Lost Col- 1 onists? Michael Hill asked his mother , the other day if she would allow him to swim across the cut. When she said yes, he told her he didn't ask her the first six times because he was afraid he wouldn't make it. The county commissioners could appoint another coroner if they wanted to ? hut technically, they ; haven't received the resignation of the coroner because other county officials deem it unnecessary to present it to them. Since Pritchard received the nomination of coroner in April, he would have run on the Demo cratic ticket this November. No Republican candidate filed for that office, so he would have been j elected. Now it's up to the Democratic committee of the county to appoint j someone to run in Mr. Lewis's place. Of course, they're still hop ing they can talk Pritchard into staying on the ticket and that's why they don't want to be hasty about having another coroner ap pointed. If the county commissioners do act before November, it would be a lot less trouble (so the boys rea- i son) to have them appoint the man j who would run in Pritchard's place, j Thus the county board will not re- i ccivc Pritchard's resignation until j the Democratic executive commit- 1 tee chooses the November candi- ; date. If they never receive the res- j ii'tiation, someone will have been' successful in asking Pritchard to stay on the job. That would suit me. He's been a good coroner. New chairs for the legislators at Raleigh aren't going to set the stale back so far after all. Seems as though some folks are willing to pay as high as $5(M) a piece for the 110-year-old chairs that offi cials at -first thought would have t;> be pinked. The folks in Atlantic don't want to let people forget who gave them paved roads. One road has been christened "Kerr Trail" and anoth er "Seolt Avenue." Think how a name like "Hassell Boulevard" would make some of our friends at the court house boil! lie Baked a Cake St. Anne. 111. (AIM ? E. E. Atherton, jr., a farmer who is just as handy in front of a stove as he is behind a plow, was disappointed when his cake failed to win first prize at the 1949 state fair in Springfield. He attributed his loss to the fact that the angel food cake bounced around during his auto trip to the fair. "This year." he sa>s. "I'm going to bake the cake in Springfield." Physician Plies Needle f For Needed Relaxation 11 Charleston. W. Va. ? (AP) ? Reach for a needle instead ofr a golf club. That's the relaxation raofo to of Dr. P. A. (Pete) Haley, I'tUftr leston physician. lM> "There's nothing more relaxing, than to pick up my needle poi^t and get in a few stitches. golf. too. hut needle-point is fctfr cinating," he commented. "It helps with my surgery, too." he ad4*a, "For one thing, it keeps my iitir tiers nimble. " , , One of Dr. Haley's complef^f) needle point pieces, a scene en-lit led "Evening." was exhibited af ,9. meeting in San Francisco of American Physician's Art Assor ciation. The design shows a girjl crossing a bridge against a vividly colored background. f ""7~ ^ Ills SHiN SAYS REALTOR so I can be SURE of getting , experienced, reliable and hon est treatment from him. , , CHALK and GIBBS Established 1925 Hlorehead City Dial 8-3214 ? 8?5 Arendell St. h,i T COMPLETE INSURANCE PROTECTION !? John L. Crump Insurance ? Real Estate PHONE 6-4000 ii 823 ARENDELL ST. MOREHEAD CITY STAR or STAGE, SCREEN AND TELEVISION 'AS AN ACTOR, I RELY" ON MY VOICE. I SMOKE CAMELS. THE 30-DAY MILDNESS TEST PROVED THEY AGREE WITH . MY THROAT!* - U | J H CAMELS ARE SO MILD that in a coast-to-coa?t ttil of hundreds of m*n and women who smoked Camels ? and only CameU ? far 30 day*, noted throat fpecialfott, making weekly examinations, reported Not one single cose of throat irritation due to smoking CAMELS e*Mi Kb1 HOTTEST TRUCK LINE IN AMERICA! fort/ is M> J in Saks Gains Latest available registration figures show Ford Trucks score bigger sales gains than all other makes combined I A H. L. Polk &. Company I960 new truck license registrations . ^ report? latest available 6-month period (January through May) versus 1st 6 months, 1949? shows Ford Truck sales increased 73' .... compared to decrease of (>?,? for the rest of the truck industry'. mm* wa ?? m ? ? ? ? ? m m m GIVIS YOU ALL THESE EXTRA-VALUE FEATURES! * Choice of V-S or 6-cylindor powtr! + Two 145-hor?pow?r Big Jobtl * Ovtr 175 modolt to choot* from! * Now 1 10-hortopowor SIXI * Ford Million Dollar Cafal * BONUS* BUILT Contraction ? which moons big rtltr?<l of itrcngtb and pawort * Ford longer truck lifol * SONUS: "Something givn in addition to what ii vital or itricHy dm"? W?b?f?r. \ 6% * ? w m ^ w m- m- m m ? ? ??'.?V. FORD rtVCfl SCOffl SAKS MB C'NT 0. ?flOffir <4111 64 IMS INCRfASf lN(l?Sf Ford S0538 73% All other trucks combined docroote 17979 ? 6% Truck 8455 6% Truck "C" doc root* 16191 | -34% Truck "0" docrooto 12 Truck "I" 2979 9% All Othors doc roa so 13210 -23% IMttr TKUCK mrKI .fCO.MIZI I XTKA V/klVI... * ? TH.r ...? r..*r-. .?4.r .?r .. r*. *. ..... *-34% Forcf Trucking Costs Less Because -m FORD TRUCKS LAST LONGER Ma M *,*?!, OOO t null i, Ufa In ?apart* prm Nfd HwkUlM Iwwr
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