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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES Ctrtawl Couaty'i N?wap?par EDITORIALS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1954 They Should be Taught An effort to start a driver education course at Newport High School has been undertaken by the Newport Ro tary Club. This project is most worth while, of course, but it takes on addi tional significance in this day when in terest in driver education courses is waning. Schools that a year or two ago offer ed driver education have dropped the course. Morehead City School is one. Throughout the nation only 435 more schools offered driver training courses in 1953 than in 1952, compared to a 1948-49 increase of 2,992 schools. Only 62,000 more students took the courses in 1953 than in 1952, whereas the 1948 49 increase was 234,000. According to authorities who have studied this waning interest in the face of ever-increasing school enrollment and a high rate of accidents among the younger drivers, the blame lies with the parents, not school administrators. In a recent article in Minutes maga zine, writer Harry Hamilton says, "The only discoverable reason for the slump is lack of public support ? which in this case means parental support. The school boards, school administrators, and departments of education all have some influence but by and large it's parents who determine what's taught in the schools. With few exceptions, it's the parents who have put driver ed ucation into the schools." The value of driver education courses has been proved. In Pennsylvania a study of 3,000 youthful drivers showed that the 1,500 trained drivers had 41 accidents while the untrained 1,500 had 121 accidents. For each dollar invested in driver education the driver education director of the American Automobile Association says $2.60 has been re turned to the communities in the form of savings from accidents that didn't happen. If parents would show more interest, obstacles to establishing driver educa tion courses ? cost, teacher shortage and overflow enrollment of pupils could be overcome. Because the number of youthful driver fatalities last year was 300 more than the year prior, there is talk of making new licensing laws and stricter enforcement. Parents are blamed not only for denying pupils driver educa tion, but for passing their bad driving habits on to their children. It seems to us that it should be possi ble to workout a county-wide driver ed ucation program here, giving opportun ity to all high school students to take; the course. A "traveling teacher" with' one car visiting the -high schools from Atlantic to Newport, would mean that the cost would be spread thin and all potential tene-age drivers would get the much-needed driver education. One school having a driver education course is better than none and we hope Newport is successful in its efforts to establish one ... Maddening Breakdowns The breakdowns of the Beaufort drawbridge last week caused no end of worry, anxiety and frustration to motorists. In a matter of minutes traffic piles up at either of the draws between Morehead City and Beaufort when they fail to operate. The machine that will not break down has not yet been built, but we hope the State Highway Depart ment is aware of the chaos that is caused when these drawbridges go on the fritz. The periodic breakdowns Bhould hasten the day when a new highway between Beaufort and Morehead City is mapped out, complete with modern bridge equipment. What of United Fund? The Morehead City Jaycees took the lack of interest in United Fund ballot ing last week as indication that people aren't concerned about the United Fund proposition one way or the other. We don't wonder at their disgust with the apathy on the part of the peo ple. On the other hand, we believe if the United Fund drive was really want ed, the people would have voted for it. In our estimation, unless the four ma jor funds, polio, heart, cancer and TB, joined the campaign, United Fund would accomplish little in the way of a "one fund" drive in any town in the county. Take out the four major appeals for which drives are conducted here and what is left? Boy and Girl Scouts, Red Cross and Salvation Army. If other charitable enterprises exist in More head City and were willing to be in cluded in a one-fund appeal, the public was not informed of that fact. A United Fund drive in a city of ma jor size is sensible. Look at the agen cies included in the Charlotte appeal : American Red Cross, Boy Scouts, Crit tenton Home, National Conference of Christians and Jews, Fresh Air Camp, Charlotte Day Nursery (white and Ne gro), Family and Children's Service, Girl Scouts, Mecklenburg Association for the Blind, Mental Health Clinic, N. C. Children's Home Society, Salvation Army, Traveler's Aid, USO, YMCA and YWCA, Social Planning Council, Coun ty Summer Recreation Program, Social Service Index, National Social Welfare Assembly and National Recreation Association. A united appeal for an array of causes like that has meaning. The Jaycees are to be commended I for investigating the possibilities of a United Fund here. We believe that they have shown that the people, at present, do not have sufficient interest to sup port such an appeal. But that does not mean that, perhaps, some time in the future, the United Fund will prove to be the answer in raising money here for worthwhile causes. How Old's the Customer? Now that hunting days are upon us, the need for guarding against gun ac cidents is again brought into focus. One way of preventing accidental gun in jury to children was brought to our at tention the other day. A businessman who runs a sporting goods store told us that he will not sell ammunition to chil dren. We admire him for following this self-imposed restriction for it haft merit from the safety standpoint. Youngsters these days usually have money of their own to spend ? either they earn it or it ia given them by their parents. If a boy is anxious to get his hands on a gun (as most of th4m are), it is conceivable that he would buy am munition to use, perhaps, in a gun that belongs to his father or another adult member of the family. It could be, too, that he was forbidden to use the gun. There is no law prohibiting the sale of ammunition to children 16 or under. And passage of such a law would not guarantee that there would, henceforth, be no more gun accidents among youngsters. But we believe that it would be ad visable for sporting goods dealers to be discerning in selling ammunition to youngsters, because bullets and shells are dangerous even when not in a gun. i Carteret County Newt-Times WINNER OF NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION AND NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION AWARDS A Merger of The Beaufort New. (EtL 1812) and The Twin City Time. (E.L 1036) Published Tueidajn and Friday, by the Carteret Publishing Company, Inc. 904 Arendell St., More bead City, N. C. LOCEWOOD PHILLIPS ?- PUBLISHER ELEANORS DEAR PHILLIPS - ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER RUTH L. PEELING - EDITOR MaU Rate.: In Carteret County and adjoining counties, WOO one year, $J50 tii month.. tlJB ona month; olaawfcow fTOO one year. X.00 ?U montha. ft JO on* month. Member ?| AMOdatcd Pma ? Greater Woekliea ? N. C. Prate Aaeociatkm National Editorial Aaaoclation ? Audit Bureau of Circulation. The A?oda>ad Praaa ta entitled ?xctaaieely to uaa for republication of local new. printed in tWa newapoper. aa well aa all AP newa dlepatche.. - I tan J a. Secedd Clam Matter at Morehead City, N. C., Under Act o < March 3. lttfc - Ihini mi >?'? <lna ? i . i a tnn. n>. t HURRICANE SEASON -Cn - Here and There By F. C. SALISBURY FRIDAY, SEPT. 24, 1915 With an enrollment of 11 mem bers, the Morehead City Band was organized Wednesday night. Pro fessor E. F. Prunier of New Bern was in the city and met in the Simmons building with a number of musicians. The officers elected were J. S. Steed, president; Profes sor E. F. Prunier, teacher; F. L. Royal, leader; C. B. Wade, treasur er; Professor Z. V. Butts, librari an. Others enrolled were E. Stanl ey Davis, F. Colenda Jr.; J. W. Willis Jr.; Harry Davis, L. E. Cole burn, and Holt Bell. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lincoln and children arrived in the city Sunday from Greensboro and will make their home here. J. C. Guthrie arrived here from New York Monday, being called home on account of the illness of his son, Roma Guthrie. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Neal P. Davis, Thursday, Sept. 10, a son. Born to Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Cole burn, Tuesday, Sept. 21, a daugh ter. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Hood of Piners, Va., returned home Monday after spending several days here with Mr. and Mrs. Gurney P. Hood. Mrs James M. Arthur and fam ily of Punta Gorda, Fla., arrived in the city last week to make their home here. Mr. Arthur preceded his family here a few weeks ago. Robert Lacy and D. L. Taylor gave a sail Sunday afternoon in honor of the teachers of the city schools and their friends. The Emmeline J. Piggott Chap ter U.D.C. met Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. C. S. Wallace. Mrs. W. M. Webb and Miss Hattie Lewis were elected as delegates to the state convention at Charlotte Oct. 5-8. U_ __ J ?? D U tf I.. * mi. auu mi a. o. r. ratxrauy anu little son, Robert, of Crisfield, Md., arrived in the city last week. Mr. McCrady represents the firm of Lockwood and Winant, Fulton Market, New York City, and will spend several weeks here in the interest of his firm. Col. Fred A. Oljis, an oldtime writer of state history made a visit to Cape Lookout to watch the building of the breakwater. He also made a visit to Shackleford Banks, writing as follows in the Orphan's Friend: "Nowhere in the world is there such an orchestra as this one. There are two folk in 1L One, tall and slender, plays the violin, giv ing tboae old-fashioned tunes, such as 'Money Musk, "Leather Britches,' The Wind that Shake* the Bar ley,' and others. "Besides this player, whose soul was In his eyes and the bow of his fiddle, was a fat little man, but with sightless eyes which are so powerful in the way they appeal to you. In bis soul too there was mus ic and his instrument was the biggest sort of dishpan. This he held with his left hand by one handle, and with the deft fingers of the right made really clever music as an accompanist. And so we marched In procession to a bit of green grass with the poor little shacks sprinkled all about '"Known aa 'Forgotten Folks' these people have never had a church, Sunday School or public school. There ale 87 of them in all, 33 being children and only three read and write and they are by no means scholars. The people living there work bard, their land would not sprout a col lard and they eat more canned, goods than any other folks in the state. Every thing in the way of food haa to conic from the mainland." Smile a While Teacher: "Joey, give me a sen tence using Dm word "bewitches ' " Joey, after deep thought: "Youse go on ahead? 1'U be witches in ? NORTH CAROLINA GAME LAWS This being the transition period between fishing and hunting sea son in North Carolina, let's take a look at some of the current game laws. Who must have licenses? May the game warden confiscate your gun and equipment if you violate the wildlife laws? What are the statutory penalties for breaking the hunting laws? What about Federal statutes controlling mi gratory birds? These are all ques tions which stimulate arguments among sportsmen, year in and year out. Here are some facts which may help to settle the hot-stove ar guments: Every person who hunts wild an imals or birds must have a license, whether he hunts on his own land or not! The only time that ? per son may legally kill wildlife with out a license (or, during the closed season) is on the spot in protection of his property, person, or crops. For example, if a bear is eating corn and is caught in the act, he may be killed on the spot without a license and without permission from state authority. But, if' it is necessary to track down the marauding animal, per mission must be given by the game warden or the Wildlife Reseources Com mission, and (legally) pur suit must begin within 24 hours after the bear eats the corn. The types of North Carolina hunting licenses available and the cost of each, good for one year, are: Statewide, resident, $3.10; State, non-resident, $15.75; State com bination, hunting and fishing, $4.10; county (for hunting in county of residence only, $1.10; hunting guide, $5.25. Some kind of fishing or hunting license was sold to each of 555,266 persons in North Caro lina last year. rnr i onization u* The Wildlife Resources Commis sion, in its 1954-55 pamphlet (cov ering wildlife laws In effect until Auk. 1, 1055). places this interpre tation upon the law of confisca tion: "All devices, instruments, wea pons, OR VEHICLES used in the unlawful taking or unlawful at tempt to take animals, birds or fish, or used in the unlawful transporta tion or unlawful sale of the same, MAY be seized by the arresting of ficer. Such property is to be placed in the custody of the sheriff pend ing trial, or MAY be returned to the owner provided that he post ? bond conditioned upon presenta tion of the property as evidence at the trial. For MAJOR offenses, the court IN ITS DISCRETION, may order the property sold, after guilt has been established. For MINOR offenses, the property MAY be or dered to be returned to the owner." So, the game warden has the power, if he cares to exercise it, to Today's Birthday SEN. ALLEN JOSEPH ELLEN. DER, born Sept. 14, 1891, in Louis iana. A graduate of iSilane, he calls Houma, La., where he wit district at t ? r n ? y, his home. Serves on A | t I c i I ? tural. Appropri ations, Labor and Public Wel fare Committees of V. 8. Sen ate. An ardent supporter of President Roosevelt's New Deal program! An enthus iastic speaker, he held the Sen ate floor (or 12 hours, 19 minutes in the filibuster against tb? Civil HigbU program is 1MB. This is the Law By CHARLES W. DANIEL For the N. C. Bar Auoclatlon confiscatc property used in violat ing game and fish laws. The court hearing a violations case has the power to sell such property, if it cares to do so, in a particularly fla grant case. ' Other Penalties Some cf the other penalties which the law may exact from per sons convicted of hunting viola tions, in addition to property con fiscation, include: 1. MINIMUM fine for FIRST violation of ALL game laws (unless some statute provides otherwise) is $10. The maximum fine in such case is $50, OR, jail for not more than 30 days. 2. For a second offense, mini mum and maximum fines are $35 and $200, respectively, or jail, or BOTH. 3. License is automatically re* voked for any conviction. 4. Taking, or attempting to take deer at night with a light will cost at least $250 and/or a jail term. 5. Killing a doe deer, at least $100, and/or jail. Migratory Bird Laws Regulations concerning the open seasons, bag limits and other rules for migratory wildfowl, as estab lished by the U. S. Department of Interior have been adopted by our Wildlife Commission and have the full force of State regulations. Did you know that it unlawful: To kill a female bear with cub at her side? To kill a bear cub (under 50 pounds)? To shoot a 'coon in daylight west of U. S. 1? To shoot at or into a squirrel's nest? To import gray foxes into 21 west-central counties? To hunt or trap near a flood or fire? To hunt deer with dogs in and west of Rockingham, Guilford, Ran dolph. Montgomery, and Anson counties? To hunt without landowner's per mission? To camp in a state-owned wildlife refuge except in designated public area? To bring wild game into North Carolina for stocking purposes without permit? To buy or sell rabbits or squir rels for resale? To take deer in water at or deep er than its knees? To kill game animals or birds from an auto or boat? To take birda or game from a baited area? To kill game birds on the ground? Stamp News ?y 8VD KB0NI8B POSTMASTER GENERAL Ar thur E. Summerfield announced th*t high denomination bl-colored stamp* will be printed on flat plater Pregummed paper will be used. He said the cost of pro duction will be about one third of the price of the rotary runs. THREE special stamps have been issued by Turkey to honor its Red Cross services. The 20 para y*I low and 30 p green depict pro file views of i nurse flanked by ? boy *nd ? girl. The 1 kurua blue ?how? ? nurse holding a child. Each ?tamp bean the red emblem ti Um Turkish 8*d Cross. KhM fctwtf Raleigh Roundup NINTH AND TBNTH . . . Although you are hearing more about Good Democrat J. C. Sedberry of Char lotte than about Good Republican Bill Stevens ot Lenoir, Stevens probably has a better chance of un seating Democratic Congressman Hugh Q. Alexander in the Ninth than Judge Sedberry has of upend ing Republican Charles R. Jonas in the Tenth. Of course, it could be that both Sedberry and Alexander will win, making the State solidly Demo cratic again in Washington, but the Ninth is tricky. Almost anybody who knows anything at all about politica will tell you it would have gone Republican on at least a couple of occasions in the happiest days of the seven - year reign of President Harry S. Truman had the District been represented in Wash ington by any other Democrat than Bob Doughton. Hugh Alexander knows better than anybody else that he is facing a hard fight. In 1032, he polled 68,624 to 64,662 for Walter P. John son, his Republican opponent. DOOR-TO-DOOR . . . The man who is conducting one of those "differ ent" kinds of campaigns is Bill Stevens of Lenoir. He has a lot of money to spend. The Republics i National Committee is letting him have it, and he is also the son-in law of J. E. Broyhill, Republican big-wig and one of the nation's leading furniture manufacturers. Stevens and wife are really go ing after the votes. They are writ ing thousands of personal letters. They are making door-'o-door vis its. At the YDC meeting in Char lotte last weekend the older Demo crats were warning their young friends that they should not take Bill Stevens too lightly. Yes, over vast areas of North Carolina the fall election amounts to nothing, with the Democrats having free rein. But in the Ninth and Tenth Congressional Districts and in a goodly number of coun ties embraced by these territories ?we will witness real battles. The outcome at this time cannot be predicted with any safety. COMING BACK? ... We heard by distant grapevine the other day that a prominent State official turned out to pasture for misbe havior some time ago might soon be re-instated. DAUGHTER . . . Although Gov. and Mrs. William B. Umstead are both good Methodists, their bfil liant little 12-year-old daughter, Merle, is a student at an Episco pal school this year. While this private institution Is operated by the Episcopal Church, there is nothing exclusive about it and scores of Raleigh residents ? below-avcrageineome and above average-income ? send their chil dren to the Ravenscroft grammar school and kindergarten. THE RIDER . . . Can you imagine Secretary of State Thad Eure, astride a mule, letting out from Raleigh to BakertvUle? That's 289 miles ? or a longer trip than from the State Capitol in Raleigh to the National Capitol in Washington. That Eure, although one of the original followers of the donkey party, would not be able to walk for a month after said journey. Well, we'd say the odds are about one-hundred-to-one he won't have to do that mule-riding. That prom ises fair and square ? or fairly and squarely, If you prefer ? he'll take the ride from Capitol Square to the Courthouse in Bakersville if Mitchell County goes Democratic in November. Thad said the other day he fig ures the trip would take him three week* ? or a little better than 13 miles a day for 21 days, beginning on Nov. 5 and ending Nov. 26. We don't remember when Mitchell County, if ever, went Democratic. We don't much think H will do so this time and, apparently, neither does Thad Eure. Jan* Cad* But, Ju*t (or til* record and a* background commentary, aa they aay, on Brother Eurc'a promiae, here's some interesting informa tion: In 1832, in the midst o< this coun try's worst depression ? when one Franklin D. Roosevelt took on Her bert Hoover ? Hoover took Mitch ell County over Roosevelt by 3,78# to 1,773. Then, in 1836 when Rooa evelt took everything except ? what was it? ?Maine and Vermont? ? Mitchell went with Alt Landon by the tune of 3,380 to 1,687 for Roosevelt. In 1940, along came Wendell Wilkie. Roosevelt was up (or the third term. Mitchell didn't like that at all, so gave Wilkie 3,290 votes to 1.450 for FDR. In 1944, with a war waging and don't changehorses talk filled the air, Mitchell was all too ready to change horses. Tom Dewey got 3,192 votes to 1.024 for Of Debbil Roosevelt. You will notice, friends, that Roosevelt started off in Mitchell in 1932 with 1,773 Then he drop ped to 1.887. The third go-around brought him down to 1:450. On the fourth run, Mitchell slipped him down a peg to 1,024. You think that was bad? Poor ol' Truman got only 818 votes in 1948 in Mitch ell to 2.908 for Dewey. In 1952, Mitchell gave Adlai Stevenson 1, 236 to 4,009 for Dwight Eisenhow er. No, Thad Eure will not ride to Mitchell this year. EXTREMES . . In the last Legis lature, Cherokee County was rep resented by Dick Mauney, assistant to State Treasurer and was given a leave of absence from his post to serve his people in Cherokee. Dick ran for the House rather in absen tia .since his home had been in Raleigh for some time. In last spring's primary Ed Brumby beat out Dick for the Democratic nom ination for the House. If Brumby wins out in November, he will come to Raleigh to represent Cher okee. This will mark the first time Brumby has ever seen Raleigh. Ed Brumby is a native of Marietta, Ga., also the old hometown of veter an Representative Tom Turner of Greensboro. If you wonder that Brumby has never been to Raleigh, don't be too much surprised. Cherokee Coun ty is closer to Atlanta, Ga., Nash ville, Tenn., Columbia, S. C., and one or two other state capitals than to its own. RESIGNING . . . Sam Goldfein of Charlotte was personlly employed by State Prisons Director Bill Bail ey to be responsible for food prep aration, food handling, and menus for the prisons. He is resigning in disgust and frustration on Oct. 1. Goldfein was labeled from the beginning as a "Bill Bailey man," having served with Bailey in the OPS a few years ago, was thus never accepted by the inner cir cle of prisons operations. Through a mistake in the office, Sam Gold fein's monthly pay turned out to be less than promised him by Bail ey. Sam Goldfein feels that his blind loyalty has not been returned. The final blow came when Bailey did not see to it that Goldfein re ceived the salary promised. Thus the State is losing an able public servant and Bill Bailey is losing a peisonal friend of the type he so badly needs at this time. Sam Goldfein never had a chance. NEW PLACE ... The dining op erations of Everett Jordan, North Carolina Democratic leader, and Luther Hodges, Lieutenant Gover nor, are moving on apace. Their most recent Howard John son house la situated at Fayette ville. It opened this week with appropriate ceremonies. Partner with Restaurateurs Jordan and Hodges on this particular project is Harold Makepeace of Sanford. Washington CapitalKes are already looking forward to the arrival of tbe Queen Mother of England in November and hoping for an invitation to the reception honoring her at the Brit iah embassy. When Elizabeth was here with her late huaband, King George VI, in June 1938 there was a great to do and many miffed feelings when some very important persona, main ly members of Congress, were not invited to the elaborate garden party given for them by Lord Lind say, then British ambassador, and Lady Lindsay. It's a certainty there will be no repetition o I such an incident when Sir Roger and Lady Makiaa enter tain the royal visitor due to arrive here Nov. 4 The ambassador la currently in London, undoubtedly talking over plana for Elizabeth's sojourn in tbe United States. Though the tueen mother wilt not be on a state visit, she will spend her first two nights at tbe White House, whore President and Mrs. Eisenhower will give a state dinner In her honor to the now green-pal nt?d panelled dining room where she and her husband dined on tin gold service with S3 as guests o < President and Mrs. looa svntt (rata affc For the first time, the Queen Mother will see the overmantel the and her late buiband sent to President Truman through their daughter Elizabeth, the present Queen, when she vtilted the United States two years ago. House-hunting soon in Washing ton will be a charming new Cab inet hostess, Mrs. Herbert Hoover Jr., wife of the recently appointed undersecretary of state. The form er Peggy Watson of San Frsnctoco was married to the former presi dent's son In 1029. She first got acquainted with Washington when they visited the senior Herbert Hoovers while her father-in-law was secretary of commerce. At a recent diplomatic reception Mrs. Gupta, wife of India's military and naval attache, Brig. P. C. Gup ta, wore s gold and white sari to complement her husband's gold brsided white dress Jacket, warn with red-striped dark blue trousers. Thought for Hm Day It is always easy ta covet anoth er man's success without anvyiag Us labtrs.