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Carteret County News -Times
?Cwtarat County'i Newspaper"
A Step Forward
The recent planning for a county-wide police radio system
is a big step forward for law enforcement in Carteret county.
The step will mean nothing, however, unless the various boards
of commissioners approve the plans made at the meeting.
i The value of police radio has been demonstrated in every
locality where it is in use. For one example, the effectiveness
of the Morehead City police department has increased con
, siderably since the adoption of a radio system.
' With a radio system in use, police officers can be dis
| patched to the scene of any emergency in a matter of minutes.
' Without the radio, it was virtually impossible for police to
i reach the scene until the trouble was over. Patrol cars provide
a quick means of reaching any trouble spot. These cars are
useless, however, unless they can be contacted immediately
aftr trouble is reported to police headquarters.
At the present time, the only radio &>stem in use in the
county i? that of the Morehead City police force. The sheriff's
cars are tied to this system but only over short distances.
There is no contact between Beaufort police headquarters and
'he patrol car or between the Beaufort police and other law
enforcement agencies.
\ The plans drawn up at the recent meeting will make it
possible to have immediate contact between all enforcement
agencies in the county.
The plans call for direct radio contact between the More
bead City and Beaufort police departments and between Beau
fort and the county cars. There will also be direct contact be
tween the Morehead City police and the sheiff's office. The
Beaufort police or the sheriff's office will be able to relay
Irtessages from the county cars to the Morehead City police.
The new low-frequency system proposed for the sheriff's
ldepartment will aliow communication between the county cars
lover a range of 15 miles. The present system allows communi
LLation over a six-mile range. The system will also allow direct
b<*ontact with New Bern and Jacksonville police and with the
lOnslow and Craven county sheriffs.
The new system will cost money. Increasing the power of
mhe Morehead City radio transmitter will cost approximately
?5800. The county will have to spend about $1400 less a trade
in allowance on the present equipment. Beaufort's equipment
Iwill cost $1200 plus the price of a radio unit for the patrol
/ ! At first glance, these figures seem to represent a great
|(toal of money for a radio system. The money, however, will
l*reatly increase the effectiveness of the three enforcement
?agencies. The boards* of commissioners should consider it
Money well spent.
They Lead the Way
. We are happy to note, along with the Greensboro Daily
News, that the "Mullet Line" is free of debt. And we join with
hat paper in pointing out that the example set by the railroad
:ould well be followed by other companies in North Carolina.
Wn believe that railway transportation in this state needs
wore men like those who have made this railroad a success.
* The Mullet Line has led the way. We hope that others will
?Mow suit.
Here's what the Daily News says on the subject:
While the dream of a major East-West railroad network
or North Carolina never achieved reality, at least part of this
tate's investment in rail transportation has become a sizable
ucccss.
The "Mullet Line" or the old Atlantic and North Carolina
ail road between Goldsboro and Morehead City has paid off
te last installment in bonded indebtedness incurred during al
most a century of up-and-down operation. Paying off the last
ond was occasion for a ceremony in Governor Scott's office
nd reminiscences all around of the railroad's spotty career.
Its rails had barely been pounded into place before the war
etween the states struck North Carolina and the South. Dur
ig the war its bridges and roadbed were destroyed and a state
hich had visualized it as part of ai? eventual cross-state link
p began to lose hope. More state money was poured in and
y 1871 it began a not-too-successful period of operation which
ontinued under various managements up through the depres
ion of the 1930's. When Norfolk and Southern, faced by
ankruptcy, handed it back to the state again, it looked like a
eal white elephant. But that, as it turned out, was the
eginning of its most successful period of operation.
In 1939 H. P. Edwards of New Bern and E. R. Buchan of
Linston took over the lease, and made it a success from the
eginning. Their period of operation coincided with the start
f new industrial growth in Eastern Carolina. New military
amps gave then added business, and improvement of the port
icilities at Morehead City, authorized in 1949, assured that
egion of continuing development.
Other segments of the famed North Carolina railroad have
Nig since been swallowed up by major North-South railroad
ompanies, either by lease or purchase, but the Mullet Line
lemains a good symbol of what persistence can do. North
arolina needs greater development of East-West transporta
ion facilities, and success of the Mullet Line in paying off its
idebtedness should make railroad companies now trying to
urtail their activities in North Carolina seek rather to expand
nd strengthen them.
V Song in Their Hearts
Carteret countians should be proud of the Beaufort Choral
lub. The tremendous talent, enthusiasm, and good-will shown
y this outstanding group of young men and women is not cx
elled by any other group in the county.
This choral group has, during the last week, brought the
incst in musical entertainment to Carteret county. The per
ormance of the club, in both Beaufort and Morehead City,
yas purely professional while still retaining the spirit of fun
ind fresh youth that makes any performance a joy to behold.
Local music lovers went away with a song in their hearts
?Iter hearing the performance of this group last week. And
he PTA's of both schools heard the pleasant jingle of coins
it a result of the two performances.
The members of the choral group who spend long hours in
1-ehearsals and in actual performances are to be commended
tor lending their talent to this worthy undertaking. Special
:ommendation goes to the director of the group, Mrs. Virginia
Hassell for her fine work which is bringing such great en
toyment to Carteret countians.
CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
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A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (tot. 1912)
and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (bt. 1996)
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Raleigh Roundup )
BY JAMES POU BAILEY '
BIG LOAD . . . It s like this,
folks: That fellow Adlai Stevenson
is one of the smartest cookies to
roll down the pike in some little
while, but he just had too much to
carry.
Corruption, communism, Korea
and Truman ? all were piled on
his shoulders. And all that time
pertnear Harry was going with a
baseball bat after the nearest thing
we Americans have had for a hero
since the days of old Black Jack
Pershing or Lucky Lindy (who flew
all alone in a little plane all his
own). Like a man that had been
called out sliding income or some
thing, that's the way Harry Tru
man was tearing about. It just
didn't set well.
And then there were the women.
rTJiey tan* the axe to Tom .Dewey
two times in a row. They didn't
like his mustashe ? and if you
don't like the spelling, you need
more phonics ? and said he looked
like the little black-suited guy you
sometimes see on birthday cakes.
The women love Ike like Acheson
loves South Koreans.
"I was atotin' this load of light
'ood up the hill when a dead limb
knocked me flat of my face," be
gins an old cracker barrel tale.
Adlai had more than he could get
along with ? bit off more than he
could chew, if you prefer the plug
version.
MAYBE LATER . . . Nothing
against Adlai, mind you. If every
thing moves along as planned right
after the knockout, don't be sur
prised if Adlai Stevenson is the
man the Democrats will offer up
again in 1956. Of course, you im
mediately harken back to that old
spellbinder, William Jennings
Bryan, who could lay it on in his
day as Adlai has in his'n.
You say well he was nominated,
cenominated, and renominated, all
to no account, and do we want to
get on that kind of road again?
Catild be? Yes, could be. With
all due respect, Bryan was no Ad
lai. Just a lot of Bryan's speeches
were of the listenin' variety. They
heard well, but the next day you
wondered what in thunder he said
that was so good. It wasn't what
he said but the way that he said it.
Adlai's speeches read, if anything,
just a little better than they listen.
A place of permanence is his in
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations.
Now as for money, William Jen
nings Bryan probably netted a
larger (mount touring with chau
tauquas during the last 20 years of
his life than did Teddy or Taft in
their years as President.
Adlai Stevenson could very well
be the man in 1936, after the sugar
coating has worn off Ike and he
has given some fireside chats on
the economic frosts expected to be
gin about a year from now.
BANQUET CIRCUIT . . . Mean
time, Stevenson could get on the
banquet circuit. He could announce
tomorrow he was giving up his job
in Springfield and, without half
trying, he could tpend the next 12
months speaking, for money. The
old July Fourth picnics and the
chautauquas are dead as a dodo.
But we still have our full supply
of corn In 10.000 conventions clam
oring for comedy or the cliche
cluttered challenge. They offer
real cold cash to anybody who can
, compete with the deep mental
sleep created by 100 proof cock
tails. English peas and KC steaks
as big as your foot. This would be
Adlai'i meat.
Stevenson would have no fire
eating subjects like evolution, pro
hibition, and the crois of gold. But
be would do all right. If Ellis
Arnall could pull down $1,000 per
appearance after a term as Geor
gia's governor, Adlai could addle
'em with ease.
As for being defeated, we heard
the other day about this feller who
was walked all over when he tried
to become vice president of a cer
tain concern. He didn't give up
though and later was elected presi
dent of the company four times
hand running. You may remember
him. Never can tell about those
things, as the old saying goes.
"TIDE US OVER" ... You know,
of course, how Adlai Stevenson
went down swinging with verbal
haymakers last Wednesday morn
ing around two o'clock. But the
test of an after-dinner speaker is
not his brains or background, but
how he tells a story. The maga
zines report how Stevenson, during
the campaign, got up before 1,000
guests who had just eaten and were
sitting back with that easy, bet
you-can't-keep-me-awake look.
Stevenson said he had no pre
pared manuscript and was thus re
minded of a judge in the southern
part of Illinois who was visited one
Saturday afternoon by a soldier
and his girl friends. They wanted
the judge to marry them, but ad
mitted they had no license.
"Son," said the judge, "I can't
marry you without a license, and
the county clerk's office won't be
open until nine o'clock Monday
morning.
The young private explained that
he had only a 48-hour pass, and
that he was to be shipped overseas.
He and his sweetheart retired to a
corner of the room and held a con
sultation. Directly he came back to
the judge with a pleading smile.
"Judge." he said, "we realize you
can't marry us. But couldn't you
just say a few words to tide us over
the weekend?"
THE COURTIN' ... We have
been heafing all around here that
the South is in for hard times po
litically now that the Republicans
are "in the saddle." If the Demo
crats had not lost control of the
eighty-third Congress coming up in
January, we would have had South
erners as chairmen of seven of the
15 committees in the Senate. Over
on the House side. 11 of the 19
committees would have been op
erated with men from the South
in the chair.
In this land of committees ?
from local school boards to Alger
Hiss ? everybody knows the power
of the committee chairman. You
don't lose places like we kicked
away on Nov. 4 without feeling it
North Carolina's per capita in
come in 1929 ? that was no de
pression year ? was $309. In 19S1,
it was $1,502.
And so. you say, it Looks Bad,
Brother. Well, not if the Republi
cans are smart ? which is yet to
be demonstrated. If they are smart,
the South will be flirted with,
courted, petted, and otherwise
given the sugar treatment. For this
is the only way the GOP can even
hope to make serious and lasting
Solid South inroads.
We may be in an enviable posi
tion. On this, however, we are
still strictly from Missouri.
SELLING OUT ... A young
salesman from a Raleigh whole
sale house stopped at a general
merchandise store in the rural sec
tion of eastern North Carolina last
Wednesday morning as the last
election returns poured in.
He wai very much surprised to
find the merchant busily unload
ing his shelves. Buckets of lard
and baa* of flour were piled in the
TODAY'S
BIRTHDAY
BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE,
born Nov. 14, 1948 in Buckingham
palace, first child of Princess Eliz
aoetn, now
Queen of Eng
land. Christen
ed Charles
Philip Arthur
George, this
heir apparent to
the British
throne will be
the 21st Prince
of Wales since
1301 when for
mally proclaim
ed. At the funeral of his grand
father, George VI, he returned a
sentry's salute, but since has stuck
his tongue out at crowds. #
Smile a While
The fussy old man turned to his
chance traveling companion, and
asked bluntly, "Have you any chil
dren?"
"Yes, sir: one son."
"Ah, indeed! Does he smoke?"
"No, sir; he has never so much
as touched tobacco."
"So much the better, sir; the use
of tobacco is a nasty and pernicious
habit. Does he frequent night
clubs?"
"He has never so much as put
his foot in one."
"Allow ine to congratulate you.
Does he never come home late?"
"Never. He goes to bed directly
after dinner."
"A model young man, sir; a mod
el young man. How old is he, may
1 ask?"
"Just six months."
Here and There
BY r. C. SALISBURY ?
THE COASTER
S. S. ARTHUR. Publisher November I I, 1913 R. T. WADE, Editol
Charles S. Wallace returned
Tuesday from New York City.
Mrs. John I). Davis of Beaufort
is visiting Mrs. Ida Eaton and Lucy
McLean.
G. D. Canfield and (laughter Vel
ma left Thursday for Pennsylvania
and Washington.
Rev. Euclid McWhorter left
Monday for Richlands where he
will assist in a series of meetings
this week.
E. A. Council, cashier of the
Marine bank who has been visiting
friends at Hamilton, returned
home Tuesday.
All the school children have re
cently been vaccinated and yellow
ribbon arm bands are now much in
evidence.
Stacey W. Wade of Raleigh spent
Sunday and Monday here this week
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
D. B. Wade.
Rev. E. R. Harris has returned
from Falling Creek where he at
tended the meeting of the Neuse
Atlantic association this week.
Mrs. S. B. Lee has purchased the
Swain residence on Arendell street
between 9th and 10th streets and
will move into her home this week.
Rev. J. L. Dennis left Tuesday
for Walkertown near Winston to
attend the Methodist Episcopal
church conference.
The "Everglade," a house boat
of immense proportions, arrived in
middle of the floor with the horse
collars and singletrees. The sales
man cleared his \hroat, but the
old merchant barely glanced up
from his work. "Come on in," he
said, "but I don't need a thing."
"What's the matter?" asked the
salesman.
The merchant explained that
he. had been through one depres
sion and wasn't going through an
other one.
"I can't stand a Republican in
the White House. They ruined me
in 1930. '31, and '32. I know about
their two chickens in every pot
and three or four cars in every
garage. I'm selling out while the
getting is good," said the mer
chant.
This went on for several minutes.
Finally, downcast, disappointed,
and depressed to see the effect of
Eisenhower's election, the sales
man picked up his brief case and
headed for the door.
The merchant, sweating, growled
at him as he started out: "Come
on back in here. Boy, I'm just get
ting ready to paint my store."
SOI THERN LABOR ... Al
though the federal government and
this state's favorable position in
it have been responsible for a large
measure of our prosperity during
the past 20 years, much of the
credit must be given to the people
who make up the South. The fact
that we will soon be faced with a
Republican administration should
not halt the Southward flow of in
dustry. Said Francis White, presi
dent of American Woolen com
pany, in a recent speech in Law
rence, Mass.:
. . In the superior productiv
ity of its labor, you and I may
never sec the equality of the North
and the South . . . The present dif
ferential in wages is important, but
much more important is the
amount of work that employees
give for that wage."
White said that New England
workers and their organizations
must realize they are in "deadly
competition with workers who are
willing to work harder."
port Tuesday to take in oil. This
boat is on its way from Washing
ton to Charleston and from that
place to Florida where it will spend
the winter.
M. Leslie Davis and sister, Miss
Lucy Davis, Beaufort, are stopping
over here a while this week on
their way to the meeting of the
Neusc-Atlantic association at Fall
ing Creek church.
Messrs. J. C. Helms, I). H. Sloan
and George Oglesby left Tuesday
for Falling Creek where they will
represent the First Baptist church
at the meeting of the Neuse-Atlan
tic association. L. L. Leary is in
attendance at this meeting and is
one of the principal speakers at
this meeting.
Charged with entering the store
of R. T. Willis, George Dudley and
Edgar Paul were carried to Beau
fort last Saturday and confined in
the county jail for stealing knives,
shoes, caps, sweaters, watches, ci
garettes. cigars, etc., on the night
of Nov. 6th.
After a holdup of several weeks
the local express office has re
sumed the delivery of "licker" con
signed to patrons of this office.
At one time a large quantity of
"fire water" had accumulated but
it did not take long for the word
to pass to those who had undeliver
ed packages to know they could get
it, so the dry whistles have been
moistened and the whisky mail or
der houses arc all smiling.
After having battled fiercely
against the high sea and strong
wind blowing from the southwest
the tug Wellington is now lying at
Pier No. 1, while one of the barges
loaded with lumber is ashore at
Cape Lookout and one of its crew
lies in a watery grave off this coast.
Graded School Honor Roll
Grade 10. Velma Canfield.
Grade 9. Gladys Teasley.
Grade 8. Evelyn Chadwick.
Grade 7. Agnes Freeman, May
Bell Smith, Lucy Newbury.
Grade 5. Florence Jones.
Grade 4, Sec. A. Lillian English,
Georgia Wade, Robert Wallace.
Grade 4, Sec. B. Halbert Ball,
Bonnie Day, Raymond Willis, Haly
cone Willis, Ann Willi*, Callie Wil
lis.
Grade 3. Bessie Mae Alford,
Gertrude Jones, Grace Smith, Le
roy Guthrie, Joseph Harrell, Birdie
Rice.
Grade 2, Sec. A. Zyphia Baker,
George Dill, Beatrice Davis, Ruth
Davenport, Eleanor Lockey, Marie
and Fleeta Gray Willis.
Grade 2, Sec. B. Julia Hancock,
Roma Guthrey, Sara Royal Malli
son.
Smokey Says:
Wmttr and tree" *o tofelh?r but . ,
FIRE ud TREES don't mlxl
CAMERA NEWS
BY IRVING DESFOR
IF IT'S PICTURES you want to look at, you'll get more for your
money in "YEAR, 1952 Edition." This annual picture history of world
events from Sept. 1051 to Sept. 1952, is' published by Year, Inc., of Los
Angles, Calif. ($6.95).
The same publishers have also come out with a picture history of
religion called "Pictorial History of the Bible and Christianity" ($7.95).
Both represent a monumental job of research, a job of finding pic
tures to tell a story. When the statistics were tallied, one item revealed
that it took over 1,000 pictures apiece to complete their separate under
takings.
The 1952 edition is Year's fifth volume of recording contemporary
history in significant pictures. Starting in 1948, and with the addition
of a special ^Mid-Century edition, the books are all companion pieces in
bindings, size and format. Their goal is: "Your Lifetime in Pictures"
. . . a permanent record of those significant events and personalities
which, however briefly, made us sit up and take notice at the time they
occurred.
THIS MEANS that other camera fans, as well as myself, no longer
need to hoard clippings from our daily newspaper of pictures or stories
that aroused our interest. First of all they get frayed, and mislaid, in
short order anyway. Secondly, you'il undoubtedly find the picture some
where in the book, neatly catalogued and put into proper focus with other
contemporary happenings whether it's in sports, politics, television or
Korea.
It took a staff of 60 writers and researchers six months to prepare
this latest issue. There's a lot of text to go with the pictures, and it all
had to be evaluated, interpreted and balanced. Just imagine what a
? ? ? ? ? - MTU"
It's all over now but how can we forget the dizzy days in Chicago
at the national conventions? From these empty seats and on this
littered floor the winning candidate was chosen. It makes a permanent
souvenir in Year, 1952 Edition.
stack the original source material would make! You don't even have to
imagine, for on page 18 you'll find a U.N. stenographer contemplating a
seven-foot pile of Korean truce talk records at l'anmunjon. That'll give
you a rough idea.
With the average memory as faulty as it is, we should be grateful
to editor Baldwin H. Ward for reminding us visually of the thrilling
story of Capt. Carlsen aboard his sinking "Flying Enterprise," of the
hectic national conventions, the incredible prison riots both here and on
Koje Island and the home-front atomic blast on our TV screens, to men
tion but a few picture subjects. It's an all-purpose picture album with
permanent interest.
In preparing Year's history of religion, the leaders from every im
portant faith contributed. It was intended as a source of information
and inspiration for people of all denominations. The foreword was writ
ten by Dr. Albert Schweitzer, missionary in Africa and a universally re
spected Bible scholar.
The story-telling pictures arc mostly art reproductions carefully se
lected from many, many thousands obtained from picture sources here
and abroad. Where there was a choice, preference was given to paint
ings with historical accuracy rather than artistic quality. This accounts
for the appearance of works by lesser known arti: ts where we might
look for masterpieces by some of the great painters.
AS MIGHT BE expected, photographs appear when modern religion
is discussed. From the annals of history, this could be anything in the
past 100 years.
If this picture history of the Bible meets the response it deserves,
the editors are prepared to produce similar picture histories of sports,
science and medicine, world history, etc.
More picture albums and I don't have to do any work except sit
back and enjoy them? I'm all for it . . . and I hope you are too.
Time to Think
By G. C. Cooke, M.D.
It is a common okl saying that
"it takes all kinds of people to
make a world." but so far as the
doctor is concerned all people fall
into one of three classes, that is,
as patients.
Class one consists of people who
think they have something wrong
with them when they haven't. They
go to the doctor frequently and
take up far too much of the doc
tor's time, ft often takes as much
time and diligence to prove one
sound ai to make a diagnosis of a
real malady. To convince this
class that they are healthy often
requires more time than to treat
an illness.
Class two represents people who
develop an illness and are too little
impressed, or too dilatory, or too
scared to go to the doctor until it
is too late or their illness pro
gresses until treatment is much
more difficult and expensive than
should have been necessary. It is
especially these who swell the mor
tality rate for tuberculosis, can
cer, and many of the cardiovascu
lar diseases. Lack of Judgment is
oftee the cause for both these
classes; however, many good level
headed people fall iiito class two
because of economic conditions.
Honest people who want to pay
their just debts hesitate because
of the expense. This should not be
so, beeause sickness insurance is
now within reach of most all
classes and for those who have it,
it is immediately available in any
emergency. For those who cannot
afford ii.rfurance, they should not
be too proud to call for charity
where there is in North Carolina
just as competent and willing aid
awaiting them as the pay cases.
Class three includes those level
headed people who get their yearly
check-up regularly an^ when they
get something wrong with them,
get something done about it imme
diately.
Words to Remember
Thomas Dreier, inspirational writ
er and commentator, St. Peters
burg. Fla.: "A greater poverty than
that causcd by lack of money is the
poverty of unawareness. Men and
women go about the world unaware
of the beauty, the goodness, the
glories in it. Their souls are poor.
It is better to have a poor pocket
book than to suffer from a poor
soul."
Frank B. Gilbreth, engineer
( 1868-1924 ) : "My job is to Increase
the number of happiness-moments
in the lives of all the people with
whom I com* in contact."