Carteret County News^ Times
"Carteret Canty** Newspaper"
EDITORIAL PAGE
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1?, 1951
Let's Follow the Rules
Kickoff time is at 8:00 p.m. tonight. There'll be bands
blaring, majorettes prancing, rooting sections howling, and
streams of Carteret countians pouring into the stands to watch
the annual Morehead City-Beaufort clash over that much de
sired Mullet Bucket.
There'll be 22 boys lined up on the football field and they
will be primed for a supreme effort. But they will have been
?told and they will understand that they must follow the rules
of the game, and the rules of sportsmanship. They will know
that it's not the game but how they play the game that is the
important thing. They know that only one team can win, and
each boy on each team is determined that that team will be
his. They'll be using every bit of know-how, every bit of
courage and determination that is theirs . . . but they will also
follow the rules. For they know that for every mis-step, there
will be a penalty, whether in yards lost or gained, whether in
injured boys, or in loss of face with their teammates and their
coach.
Each spectator at tonight's game could take a leaf from
these boys' book. Each spectator, no matter how fiercely he
? wants a team to win, should remind himself before he goes to
the game tonight that it isn't the winner but how the game
is played that is the important thing. How the spectators
play their part tonight will indicate how well they know the
rules of good sportsmanship. They should know also that for
every mis-step there is a penalty, whether in injured specta
tors, loss of face with their families and friends, or a fine or
jail sentence imposed by police authority.
Rivalry between Morehead City and Beaufort is a fine thing
... up to a point. Rivalry encourages progress and growth . . .
if it is within the rules of the game. Those rules call for a
cheering section, for parties for the winning groups, but they
call also for decency, acknowledgment of the other side's
'achievements and restrained disappointment.
The boys on the teams know these things. They know how
to win . . . and how tQ lose.
We're hopeful that the spectators at tonight's game will in
dicate that they know these things too.
Let's go out to that game tonight and win. Let's win either
the Mullet Bucket or the applause for good sportsmanship.
% Let's follow the rules.
Here We Go Again
President Harry S. Truman is at it again. He has once
nore begun an attack on his favorite target, the nation's press.
The attacks now, however, are becoming more serious.
Senator Frank Carlson, (R) of Kansas, on Sept. 29 issued
the following statement: "Reports come to me from reliable
sources that President Truman, angered at the stream of reve
lations by the press of the scandals in his administration, is
going to strike back at a number of newspapers. It smacks
of strong arm attempts to browbeat.
"The plan, according to my information, is for Mr. Truman's
department of justice to subpoena files, letters, memoranda
and records of newspapers and subject them to thorough ex
amination by Truman appointees during the closing weeks of
this political campaign. Something like this attempt at political
intimidation could have been predicted Sept. 11 when Presi
dent Truman blasted the newspapers of the country at a press
conference. Later that day the White House released an offi
cial statement emphasizing his remarks.
"The Truman administration is hostile to the press. T)ie
, press has had a major hand, despite all the official efforts to
cover things up, in telling the American people all about the
mess in Washington. The nasty political flavor of these elec
tion year attacks on newspapers was emphasized when the first
newspaper to be involved in this election year was the Kansas
City Star, all of whose records and files have been subpoenaed.
It is significant that in his Sept. 11 statement. Mr. Truman
said: \ . .so far as I can remember, I never had the support
of the metropolitan press in Missouri when I was running for
, the senate . . .*
"The sending of a horde of government agents into the
newspaper offices during an election campaign may be Tru
man's idea of silencing opposition. It will not work. He will
learn on Nov. 4 that the revelations by the free press of the
United States have compelled our people to demand a change.
The newspapers merely told the truth about the scandalous
years in Washington during the Truman administration."
Since 1948, President Truman has been content to confine
his attacks on the newspapers to occasional public statements.
Now, however, he evidently plans to take action to punish the
press for its opposition to his scandal-ridden administration.
The action against the Kansas City Star seems to be in
tended as a threat to other newspapers. President Truman, in
effect, is saying, "Lay off boys.? This is what can happen if
you do your job and tell the public what is really going on."
We wish to remind the President that informing the public
is the job of every newspaper in the country. No amount of
threats or coercion will prevent the press from carrying out
this duty.
They Deserve It
The annual fund drive of the East Carolina council of the
Boy Scouts of America is now underway. The drive deserves
the support of all citizens, of Carteret county.
The Boy Scouts need financial support to carry on thejr
work with the youth of the country. An organization of its
size and scope can't function without assistance.
The money obtained during the drive is used to pay full
time scout executives and to pay for the many activities of the
organization.
Solicitors are calling on businessmen and others for dona
tions. We believe that those who are approached should give
without question. The Boy Scouts need and deserve our sup
port.
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Raleigh Roundup
BY JAMES POU BAILEY
IF STEVENSON WINS . . . That
sparkling little pocket photomaga
zine. '"People Today," says in its
issue dated Oct. 8 and now available
on newsstands that three North
C arolinians may be members of the
next President's cabinet if Adlai
atevenson is elected;
In an article entitled, "Who'll
be in Next Presidential Cabinet'"
the periodica! which boasts tre
mendous circulation says: "A Ste
venson candidate is most likely to
'nte"ectual professor types
and bright young men, recalling the
early brain trust days of the New
Deal."
In last week's papers you saw pic
tures of Stevenson and Fourth Dis
trict Congressman Harold D. Cool
ey walking proudly ? and appar
ently happily ? across the capital
grounds just outside the governors'
mansion in Springfield, 111.
That same day Cooley leveled a
blast at South Carolina's Governor
James F. Byrnes for his support of
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower.
"People Today" reports that
Cooley, now chairman of the house
agricultural committee, may be
come secretary of agriculture if
Stevenson wins. Other prospect for
this post: Gov. Sid McMath of Ar
kansas.
For secretary of labor you have
already guessed it: Dr. Frank Gra
ham. President Truman's top-flight
labor mediator since his defeat by
lnLSm"h for the U- s Senate
in 1950. The magazine says "There
is a possibility Maurice Tobin may
be retained in this job since he
would be a "natural for paying off
political debts."
Jonathan Daniels, editor of the
News and Observer, is one of three
reportedly being considered by
Gov. Stevenson for secretary of
defense if he becomes President,
pie other two: incumbent Robert
I-ovett and Sen. Richard Russell of
Georgia.
Other Southernors who might be
in Stevenson's cabinet, according
to this particular publication, are
Senator Estes Kefauver of Chat
tanooga, Tenn., for attorney gen
eral and Senator William Ful
bright of Arkansas, secretary of
state.
HORSETRADLNG As group
after group apeared before the ad
visory budget commission here last
week to request funds for the next
biennium beginning July 1, 1953,
it soon became obvious to several
of the members that most of the
slate agencies ? and perhaps all
of them ? were asking for more
than they hoped to get or needed.
They wanted to be placed in a
Position to trade. Thus it is that
department will request
4800,000 for the next biennum when
it knows full well it can operate
satisfactorily on $600,000. The boys
with the knife will whack the first
figure down to' perhaps $550,000
Then the group will appear before
tne joint appropriations committee
legislature and request
*850,000. They will eventually come
out with around $600,000.
And then, too, there is always
" ?"L,^ance ,hey will come out
with $700,000, glory be, and thus
*'bi' to Expand the Program.
The horsetrading principle is the
reason total requests from the gen
er?l fund have run well over a half
billion dollars while the most op
timise guessers, Revenue Head
Eugene Shaw included, have said
fo!!l -n. 'nCOmt ,6r ,he '"'nfr.l
lund will run around $400,000,000.
REVISION . . . This brings to
mind a true incident which occur
ThL wJi 25 1"!* departments
b*a with Um itata
for only a little over a year. The
auditor for that state egency came
to him in alarm along in the sum
mer before the legislature was to
convene in January. He waved in
one hand an important looking
piece of paper. "Look,'' he told the
newcomer, who was a division
head, "you have only about nine
months to run to the remainder of
this biennium. We have done some
figuring and it looks like you're
going to have over $1,000 left over
in your budget unless you get
busy."
"Oh, that's all right," came back
the innocent young man, "we just
don't need all that money."
Tfle auditor looked like a car
penter's helper who had just been
hit on the head by a two-by-four.
After catching his breath, he said
something would have to be done,
otherwise the Legislature "will
think we are not moving ahead
on our program."
A project was hatched up. The
money was spent. For the next bi
ennium, the division received more
money and continued to expand.
LEAVING TOWN ... The above
may partially explain why your
money is leaving town. In 1900,
the local government received 65
cents out of each tax dollar, the
state government received 15 cents,
and the federal government, 20
cents.
Today the local government re
ceives only 13 cents, the state 14
cents, and the Federal government
73 cents out of each of your tax
dollars.
That is why Powell bills and
other such pieces of legislature
are necessary, and that is why the
entire tax structure must be re
examined. to the end that local
government can continue to func
tion.
GOP LEADER . . . Republicans
don't cut much of a swath in North
Carolina, but the blame does not
lie with those in Yadkin. For, in
the lovely, golden, halycon days of
the New Deal, that spot always
went Republican; state, nationally,
and locally, too,, with one minor
exception which still rankles both
Republicans and Democrats, the
former because they let it happen
and the latter because they could
not make it happen again.
Anyway, in this year when the
Republicans arc looking up again,
Yadkin is in the middle of the
fray. The GOP candidate for state
superintendent of public instruc
tion is Jeter Haynes, native of Yad
kin now school principal at Sum
merfield. He is a former member
of the state house of representa
tives from Yadkin.
The Republicans have as their
candidate for Commissioner of La
bor W. E. Rutledge. Longtime own
er of the Yadkin Ripple, widely
regarded as the voice of Republi
canism in Yadkin, Rutledge is also
in the outdoor advertising busi
ness.
As their man to oppose Harry
McMullan, the Republicans dipped
again into talent-laden Yadkin.
This time they came up with Ava
lon E. Hall, also of Yadkinville,
who for many years was the only
Republican superior court solicitor.
He was beaten in 1948 by Republi
can Allie Mayes of North Wilkes
boro, distant relative of Johnson
J. Hayes.
Little Yadkin should feel proud
of the fact that it has three sons
running for state office, each of
whom could fill the position for
which he strives Creditably. And
whether they make the grade or
not should make little difference.
INCIDENTALLY . ... W? in by
I r'-'iHilti? iiiin i ' tn? ii ,~.r
Hollywood
Hollywood Maybe you remem
ber Barbara Whiting as a brash
teenager in pictures like "Junior
Miss," "Centennial Summer," and
"Carnival in Costa Rica." Or as a
lively Judy on the radio version
of "Junior Miss" for nearly three
years.
Well, there've been some
changes. Barbara weighed 130 then
and played, she says, "a little
monster type." Now she has slim
med down to 98 and is a sharp,
grown up 21.
"This is the first thing for me
that I consider big time," Barbara
said of her Vole in "Dangerous
When Wet." She plays Esther Wil
liams' younger sister. She studies
"every minute" the acting tech
niques of veteran troupers Bill
Demarcst and Charlotte Green
wood, who play their parents. "I
get to wear cute clothes," she said,
"and the guys like me; that's some
thing new."
In real life she is the sister of
singer Margaret Whiting and the
daughter of the late composer
Richard Whiting. She is blonde and
blue-eyed like Margaret and has a
similar determined chin. She sings,
too "on ballads 1 take on Mar
garet's intonation" ? but general
ly prefers jumpier tunes. She sings
a couple of songs in the picture.
"It's good if you can do a song
as well as act," Barbara remarked.
"These days, the more you can do,
the mure they want you." But she
want*. to act primarily, rather than
compete with Maggie's greater
fame in the vocal field.
TODAY'S
BIRTHDAY
FREDERICK DOUGLAS PAT
terson, born Oct. 19, 1901, in Wash
ington, D. C. President of Tuske
since 1935, Dr.
Patterson is a
leader in Negre
education. He
' organized t h e
Negro College
Fund, which he
also serves as
I president. H e
was educated
at Prairie View
State college in
Texas, Iowa State college and got
his PhD from Cornell. He has
taught veterinary science, chemis
try and agriculture.
Time to Think
By G. C. Cooke, M. D.
The word obesity brings to mind
what Mark Twain said about the
weather, it is a subject of much
discussion but no one seems to do
much about it. Most women and
some men become concerned about
their weight when it begins to show
in their figure, but few folks rea
lize the real danger attendant to
overweight. The change in appear
ance is certainly not the danger
of most serious import.
To get a proper prospectus, one
would do well to think of all the
people he knows 65 or over and
note how many of them are fat.
One finds the proportion very low.
Fat people just don't live as long
as lean ones as a rule. There are
many reasons for this.
A person 25 lbs. over wieght
might just as well strap a 25 lb.
bag of sand onto his back and wear
it constantly day and night. The
extra wear and tear on his body
would be the same.
In the case of the obese person,
he or she does not realize the ex
tra strain it puts on the body to
carry extra fat because it comes
on too gradually. And actually ex
tra weight is always fat. The mus
cles. bones, blood vessels, heart,
and other structures do not enlarge
to account for the increase in
weight, actually they do not grow
stronger to compensate for the in
crease in the burden.
The heart and all other organs
arc going to give out much sooner
if they are put under more strain
than they are designed to carry, es
pecially the joints, ligament at
tachments and the excretory or
gans. Why in some of these big
fat bodies there is not enough room
in the chest for the heart to get
in a full beat, nor in the abdomen
for normal movement of the in
testines. The respiratory excur
sions are limited to where the per
son never gets a full breath,
disease very well, especially if
surgery becomes necessary. Obesi
ty is one of the biggest hindrances
to good surgical technique. Also
fatty tisues are much less resis
tant to infection and heal very
poorly after trauma.
All the dangers of excessive fat
are too numerous to mention here,
but if one is concerned about his
weight he should se<^ his family
doctor and learn what and how
much to eat. One must over eat
to over weigh. It might be just as
dangerous to leave off this or that
from your diet as to go on over
weight.
Here and There
BY F. C. SALISBURY
THE COASTER
iTs. ARTHUR. Publisher October 10, 1913 R. T. WADE, Editoi
R. T. Willis 'is confined to his
home by sickness.
George R. Simmons of New Bern
has been here this week looking
after his interests.
L. Hamilton of Atlantic spent
Sunday and Monday in the city on
business.
R. A. Cherry, manager of the
Gaston Hotel, New Bern, was here
Wednesday.
Mrs. Welthey Ewell of Newport
is visiting her brother, J. H. Mann.
W. H. Mallison spent Tuesday
at Pine Grove with his mother,
Mrs. Fannie Mallison.
County Superintendent of Public
Instruction L. B. Ennett of Cedar
Point was in the city Monday.
Miss Fanny Yarboro of Cary ar
rived in the city Monday night to
assume her duties as a nurse in
the hospital here. ,
Miss I-ucile Miller of Charles
ton. S. C., who has been visiting
Mrs. John Nelson, returned to her
home Monday.
Mrs. Lydia Wallace spent the day
here with her mother, Mrs. Hattie
Edwards, and returned to Beau
fort Wednesday evening.
Mrs. L. A. Moore returned homt
Thursday from Washington, N. C.,
where she had been visiting her
sister, Mrs. W. R. Willis.
Friends of Bob Eaton will be
glad to know that he is able to be
her column Incidentally in the
News and Observer that Nell Bat
tle Lewis, one of the more influ
ential women of the state, isn't say
ing much about the presidential
campaign. If, as, and when she does
lay much somebody is sure to get
a hotfoot.
out again after several days con
finement by illnes.
Mrs. Jesse H. Bell and her
mother, Mrs. |M. E. ToUon, have
returned from a short visit to
Asheville, where they went for
their health.
Chief of Police Piner has re
moved his office to rooms over the
Marine Bank. This location is more
central and is very convenient to
the taxpayers of the town.
Miss Carrie Howell left Monday
afternoon for Goldsboro at which
place she has accepted a position
as head-waitress at the Kennon
Hotel. While here Miss Howell was
head-waitress at Hotel Charles, and
during her stay she made many
friends who regret to sec her make
the change.
Mrs. F. S. Davis and daughters
returned Monday night from Provi
dence, R. I., where they have been
spending the summer. Miss Harriett
Davis remained in the north and
is attending an Episcopal school in
New Bedford, Mass.
William thomas McCabe, the
ten year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. Z. McCabe died Wednesday
morning at the home of his parents
at Wildwood. Death was caused by
diphtheria.
Wedding announcements: Miss
Ruth H. McWhorter to Lorenzo D.
Pender, at the M. B church Oct.
15. Miss Addie N. Hardy of La
Grange to David A. Freeman Tues
day, Oct. 21, at the bride's home.
Thursday morning witnessed the
fall opening of the Leader's new
and elegant hats for this season,
besides a beautiful array of dainties
in trimmings and fashionable nov
elties. The ladies of this city and
section were on hand in force, and
expressions of admiration were
really aroused by Mrs. Webb's un
usually handsome display. The
great fall opening of millinery
goods which began at the Paragon
was continued through Friday.
Among the hats much admired
were the Digitails, a white picture
CAMERA NEWS
BY IRVING DESFOE
ALTHOUGH it arrived several weeks ago, I didn't find the time
previously to take a good look at this year's "Photography Annual."
In*this case the matter of time makes little difference; its value in pic
tures, presentation and stimulation is enduring.
The idea of making a photography annual more than merely a com
pilation of pictures is a good one. A new format was started by the
Ziff-Davis Publishing company three years ago, was improved last year.
In this third edition, Photography Annual has attain expanded its ef
forts to guide, instruct and inspire its readers along with its presenta
tion of noteworthy pictures. The material is there to attain its goal.
Basically the photos are grouped in sections according to general
classifications of photographic methods or achievements. Each section
is headed by a summary of pertinent information. Together, pictures and
text make for more intelligible understanding of such perennial sub
jects as: Shutters ? Fast and Slow; Apertures? Large and Small; Out*
doors ? Sunlight and Shadow; Indoors ? Flash and Flood; Camera Angles;
Tricks and Effects and Darkroom Magic.
TO REFLECT the growing interest in photographic trends, there is
special emphasis on sections illustrating the use of Available Light and
The Unobtrusive Camera and to examples of picture seriefe showing how
they can be more effective, frequently, than a single picture.
In addition there are sections devoted to Color and Prize Pictures. The
latter shows the top winners of seven important photo contests or
awards held during the past year. However, here I was puzzled by the
Surprise! ? Janet Konkle. Grand Rapids, Mich., added i Portra
lens attachment to her Rolleiflex to capture this appealing shot with
a two-lamp electronic flash unit. It appears in the 1953 Photography
Annual.
absence of the 1952 Pulitzer Prize winners, Don Ultang and John Robin
son of the I)es Moines Register & Tribune. Their nhoto achievements
certainly rate listing in an annual and their picture series another view.
Whether you study the pictures individually or leaf through them
in groups you can't stumble or be distracted by technical data that some
photo fans insist on having. They have it here, too. but they must go find
it. Tucked away in the rear of the book are miniature reproductions of
the photos with all available information. A sensible solution, if you
ask me.
A GLANCE through some of the sections brings reminders like these:
The Unobtrusive Camera. You can make candid style pictures with
any kind of equipment. But 35mm and 2Vi x 2 V4 rollfilm cameras monop
olize the field because of: small size, ease of handling, fast lenses, ability
to take pictures in rapid sequence. Obviously, a person won't act natural
if you have to fumble with lighting setups, change flashbulbs, and blast
light in his face. Therefore, most spontaneous-action photos today are
made by available light.
Outdoors. The sun is a giant floodlight, bigger and more powerful
than anything man-made. It co?ts the photographer nothing ? except
wasted film and time if not used effectively. It can be controlled by mov
ing the subject or waiting till it takes the position you want. It can be
diffused by shooting in open shade and it can be reflected into the
shadow side.
SHUTTERS, Fast and Slow. Modest equipment can stop action if you
consider angle of motion and distance between camera and action. The
farther you are from action, the slower can be the shutter speed; the
smaller the angle between subject motion and camera axis, the easier it
is to stop action. Another factor: timing. Shoot at the peak of action,
the instant of immobility, and you can stop action with a box camera.
Sometimes a blur, to indicate action, is preferable to being completely
"frozen," where no feeling of motion remains.
Photo fans will find the 1953 Photography Annual at their camera
stores and on news stands at $1 a copy. In addition a hard-cover library
edition is being published by Crown Publishers for book store distribu
tion at $3 each.
Meet Your
Best Friend
(Editor's Note: This is the eleventh in a series of biographical
sketches on law enforcement officers in Carteret county. To be in
cluded in this series are municipal and county officers who night and
day help to protect Carteret's citizens).
Chief E. J. Willis of the Morc
hcad City police is one man who
won't have to worry if his job with
the town ends. His hobby is in
venting and he has several success
ful inventions to his credit. Among
them are children's games, auto
accessories and fishing tackle.
Willis is a native of Carteret
county and was educated in More
head City schools.
He first joined the police force
40 years ago. Since that time he
has served several Hitches on the '
force. He began his present service
ten years ago and became chief
eight years ago.
Willis is married to the former
Mabel Wade of Morehead City. He
and his wife observe the same
birthday. In fact, they were born
on the same day in the same year.
They have one son, David Thomas,
39.
Willis is a member of the Ma
lons. Elks and Sheriffs association
and is an honorary member of the
North and South Carolina Law En
hat with silver lace and white os
trich plumes. This department is in
charge of Miss Stella Pincr who
will be pleased to have her friends
call on her.
Bids will be asked for immediate
ly for the construction of the break
water at Cape Lookout. The work
will b* in charge of M*J. H. W.
forccment Officers association and
the Police Chiefs association of
South Jersey. i ?
Sickle. The plans call for a granite
wall a little more than 8,000 feet
long, 20 feet wide and to be two
feet above high water. A little
more than 1.600,000 tons of granite
will be needed to build the wall
and Col. F. B. Arcndell of Raleigh
is here to secure the contract for
his state.
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