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Carteret County News-Times A Merger Of The Reanforl News (rsl. 1912) ? The Twin City Times (est. 1936) EDITORIAL PAKE Tl'ESIlAY, OCT. 10, 1950 A Cheer for the Javcees After Friday's name, (here is no need for further evidence to prove that the Jaycees of both Beaufort and Morehead City have accomplished a major objective in re-establishing football at the respective high schools. They have placed another milestone along Carteret county's sportsman's highway. They have opened a new channel ot entertainment for sports lovers and have made it possible for high school boys to participate in one of the finest competitive games in America. Not all school officials look upon football with favor. There have been complaints in the past that basketball occupied more time than class work. The older generation educators arc- partial is right when they claim that everything is sports, sports, sports, and not enough arithmetic. But we hope that the opportunity to participate in football will inspire students to maintain high aver ages. If the scholastic requirement for football players is drop ped by the wayside, all that has been gained may be lost. But without reservation, our hats are off to the Jaycees. Again they have accomplished "the impossible" and have contributed bountifully in making their respective communities better places in which to live. The Natter is Settled Mayors of Reaufort and Morehead City read with pleasure an item entitled "Prisons" in the current issue of Popular Govern me'nt. published by the Institute of Government. Chapel Hill. Mayor Herbert Rastwood of Jacksonville inquired, according to this item, if cities are financially liable for the upkeep of pris oners who are placed in the county jail- as a result of arrests made by municipal officers. The answer came back "No." Tired of housing dt links and all manner of petty offenders in the county jail, the sheriff of Carteret county suggested several months ago that the towns of Beaufort and Morehead City be charged for upkeep of all prisoners they send there. The sheriff thought this would save the county money and also depopulate the frequently over-crowded county jail. The county board thought it was a good idea too. Mayor Dill and Mayor Hassell. to put it mildly, did not think well of the idea. Bolh contended the towns were not liable. That's why they read with relief and delight last week "that a city cannot be charged with the costs of keeping its convicted prisoners in the county jail." It has been decided by jurists "that whether the criminal of fense created by a town ordinance is before a mayor or before a justice of the pence, it is a state prosecution in the name of the state . . . and at the expense of the state . . ." Sou'easter By Captain Henry I have noticed that the most avid readers of posters in front of the post office, "Enlist Now' and "Find Your Career in Uncle Sam's Army" are young man 2 to t> years of age. Commissioner Jin* Itumley, in studying the towii* budget, Te marked, "ABC refnnd, what's that?" Commissioner Merrill, straight faced, replied. "That means for all the bad liquor you get, you get your money hack." Jim's still trying to figure thaCone out. The school youngsters stuffed a football dummy, labeled him "11" in fconor of Moreheid City's Mic key Woolard and took him over to Morehead Thursday night. I heard that Mickey tried to keep them out of town a.ul one of the Morehead cops, when consulted on the sub ject, laughed and replied that he couldn't do anything about it. So Beaufort paraded No. 11 through the streets of enemy ter ritory and then returned to the government dock here and burnt the effigy on the shore. Things were just as hot on the gridiron Friday night. 1 have heard that dirt was dc liboratoly thrown in Vincent I Wright's eyes and that one of[ our fellows swurtg on one of the | Morehcad players, but on the whole the game was the cleanest, on the I part of both players and spectators, that I have ever seen. UuUh, an 11 year old Korean,! may bo adopted by two Marines j whose lives he saved. The Ma rines said Butch warned them Red troops were near. They asked him how he knew and he replied, "Be cause the crickets have stopped chirping over there in the rice field." A machine gun was turned on the field and out tumbled a squad of Red Koreans. Butch's parents were killed when Ameri can bombs were dropped in the Inchon landing. Wiley Taylor's wedding day ain't fur oft. He and his bride are go ing to live at Straits but he's go ing to maintain Beaufort as his le gal residence. Maybe it's my imag ination. but it looks to me as though he's lost a bit of weight lately. Could it be that his eoitest with Tight Water Power company is getting him ciown or is he merely suffering palpitations at becoming the future Mr. Mary Alice Holli day? Here , and There With P. C. SALISBURY, Morehrad City Our first full day on the river has given us much of interest. Watch ing the panorama of the shoreline, each bend in the river brings into view a change of scene. Small settlements dot the higher ground on either side of the river while small shacks appear along the crest of the levees. Tied up along the shores are a great variety of shan ty boats, fishing crafts and pleasure boats. Passing up and down is the usual river traffic of freighters and huge barges lashed together being pushed by powerful tugs. After leaving Memphis, the river flows through only two states. Miss iftsippi and Arkansas until it reach es Louisiana, so as the channel changes we switch from one state to another as the center of the river divides the two states. The first large town we passed in the early morning was Helena, Ark., a city of 10,000. Later in the day we passed Arkansas City, typical of river towns as described in the riv er stories of Mark Twain. From our deck chair as the river life passes before us. one's mind turns to the reviewing of the stor ies of Mark Twain. It is an easy matter to visualize the scenes and characters portrayed by that au CAHTEHET COUNTY MEWS-TIMES Carteret County's Newspaper A Merger Of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Eat. 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Eit. 1936) Published Tuesdays and Fridays By THE CARTERET PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC. Lockwood Phillips ? Publishers ? Eleonore Dear Phillips Ruth I^eckey Peeling. Executive Editor ... . Publish Ins Offices At Arendell St.. Moretiead City, N C. , 130 Craven Street. Beaufort. N. t. Mall Rates: In Carteret. Craven .Pamlico. Hyde, and Onslow Counties 15 (M) cms year; $3.00 six months : f 1.75 three months; &L00 one month. Outside 8of <?e month count,e" ?600on* yw; W -SO six ninths; $2.00 three months; . ^ ^ Member Of AaaoctaUd Pre* - G renter Weekllw - N. C. Preaa Aaaoclatlon Audit Bureau of Circulation! Entered as Second Claas Matter i,t Morehcort CHy. N. C. Under Act Jt March 3, 1879 -T^i^RSfC "i P"? '? ?l?Uled exclnslrery to uae lor republication W printed la du? newspaper. as well aa all AP newa dispatcher. thor. Nearly 100 years have pass-! eel since this unique writer of river stories served his time as a river pilot. The life of the river has seen many changes during that pe nod. No longer is it necessary for a leadman to stand in the bow of the boat to measure the depth of the channel, calling back to the pilot; in a droning cry "by the mark twain" or two fathoms. Kach "mark twain" or fathom is six feet. Mark j twain, the phase that was to echo; down the years as the name of a famous author, meant two fathoms, 12 feet, the depth needed for safe passage. Channel markers and buoys kept in place by the Govern ment along with the dredging and a series of man made cut offs, does ! not require the pilots of today to know the "feel" of the river or the guiding landmarks of a century ? ago. Mark Twain admits in one of his writings that his nom de ? Mark Twain" was not/ original with him. but was that of one laaish Seller, an old river pilot who used to jot down brief paragraphs | about the river and sign them "Mark Twain" and give them to the New Orleans Picayune. After the death of the old captain and while Sam Clemens was a young reporter in San Francisco he signed his art icles by that title. I .ate afternoon we passed the city of Greenville on the lei t bank of the river. Greenville is the principal city of what is known as the Mississippi Delta. This is not to be confused with the Delta sec tion at the mouth of the river where it spreads out into the Gulf. For many years the Mississippi Del ta extending from north of Green ville to Vicksburg and inland to the Yazoo River was one of the largest cotton producing sections of the south. Since the devastating flood of 1927 the attention of the plantation owners turned to the raising of cattle to a large extent. Like so many riverside towns. Greenville lies almost hidden be hind the high levees, for the land of the Delta is but a few feet a bovc high water level. During the flood of 1927 and the breaking through of the levee, this section suffered the most of any point a long the river. William A. Percy in his book "Lanterns on the Levee" gives a most vivid account of the breaking of the levee at Greenville and the flooding of thousands of acres. At Vicksburg the land becomes higher, forming a series of bluffs extending back from the river a considerable distance, on down to beyond Natchez. Vicksburg was passed during the nieht's run but ( we will visit the place on our re turn I rip lo Memphis. We plan ( to rent a car at New Orleans and follow the River road, made fam ous in story and history, from that city to Memphis. The trip will take about three days. We reached Natchez, the last of the hill cities, on Thursday morn inn where the boat made its first stop for any length of time allow ing the passengers to go ashore to visit what is said to be the finest > collection <>i Southern mansions in I the South. Situated high above the I Hood plain it was a favored loca- ! | tion of the great plantation owners i | for their fabulous mansions. | The history of Natchez is the | j history of the conquest of America. I The city and surrounding territory ha* been ruled under five flags. In its early days it had a desperate ; reputation, morally, in the old keel boa ling and early steamboat ing times. But today the city on-t he hill is a beautiful Southern town, j The Natchez Pilgrimage conducted for a month each Spring by the (Jarden Clubs has become a nation al event. The Pilgrimage includes a visit to !i0 beautiful ante-bellum homes. At night a brilliant Con federate Pageant is presented de picting scenes of the Old South of the days of long ago. With the limited time we had a shore we availed ourselves of a tour that showed many of the pa latial homes, some dating back nearly 20() years. Gracious hostess es greeted us at such homes, open ed to the public at this season of the year. Homes, buildings and street scenes reminded us very much of Charleston, S. C. This op portunity to visit this beautiful old tow n brought our second day of the river trip to a close. Friday morn ing will find us far down the river with much of interest to pass be fore us and of which you will hear about in our next travelogue. The Siriono Indians of Bolivia have no art. little folklore, no cur iosity about the supernatural. ? 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 1 First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co. SZ3 Arcndtll St. Morehead City, N. C. Phone (-MM MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORP. Smile Awhile Enough Said During the preliminary inspec tion at a Boy Seoul camp, the ilireetor lound a large umbrella hid den in l he bedroll of a tiny seouter. Obviously not one of the items [>1 equipmeit listed, the director asked the lad to explain. The tenderfoot did so neatly by coun-l lering with this question: "Sir, did you ever have a moth er?" Kaiser Wilhelm II fancied the Dachshund. Army Reserve Corps Will Go lo Greenville Friday l,t. Col. George II. McNeill, lo cal Commander of Hie Organized Keserve corps, announced today that a Third Army special demon stration team, consisting of mem bers of the famed 82nd Airborne division, will present a special pro gr in for all members of the Or ganized Kcserve corps and National Ciuard personnel in the office of the unit instructor. 10t> Ficklen st.f Greenville, at 8 p.m. Friday. This team will demonstrate the latest information on "Air Trans port of Troops" and "Supply by Air in Combat Operations." This program is designed to keep reserve personnel up to d:?te on the latest information in regards to air operations for ground troops Colonel McNeill said. Four Home Demonstration Ciubs to Meet This Week Four home demonstration clubs will meet during the coming week. The North River club will meet at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, place to be announced; the Pelle tier club will meet at 2:30 Friday afternoon ::t the Community build ing and two clubs will meet Mon day, Oct. 16. They are the Merrimon club, 2:30 p.m. at the homo of Mrs. Jim Stalling; Wire Grass at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Dan Fuhanks. Two Appointed Fire Chief Vernon Guthrie, More head Cily, has appointed Charles Willis and Grayden Willis to serve as Fire Prevention Week commit teemen. The two Mr. Willises are also members of the J.-ycee fire prevention committee. Appraisals Chalk & Gibbs Dial 6-3214 ? 805 Arendell St. Morchoad City Rome? (AP)? Italy, plagued by over-population and unemployment registered a population increase of 259,772 during the first six months of 1950, the government statistical office announced. The population increase in the same period in 1949 was 255,869. HAVE YOU SEEN MANSFIELD PARK? iJVST CALL We'll tell you how you can lav* 1C money by dividends on your fir* t insurance. The best of protection and helpful friendly service. 8-4336 FOR INSURANCE Mutual Insurance Agency S. A. Chalk, Jr. Bank Bldg? Dial 6 4336 Morrhead City COMPLETE INSURANCE PROTECTION John L. 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We could list a lot of mechanical reasons why fuel gives up extra power in a Fireball engine? how it's wrapped in a swirling, ball shaped charge? how it burns with a smooth, clean thrust that delivers maximum action. But the best way to find out what all this means is to touch off the eager horsepower out on the high way by a gentle nudge of your toe ?and 'feel your shoulders press deep in the cushions behind them. N ow all this sounds thrilling, you say, but how about the feed bills for all these horses? How about miles-pcr-gallon? The practical answer to that one is found in this year's experience' with the Super and Special? and even the Roadmaster. In all three, the horsepower was stepped up at the start of the year ?and in all three, happy owners report the best mileage in modern Buick f.\ ptrienct. This is due to a little-known but authentic engineering fact? which is that an engine burns less gas when it doesn't have to labor. 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