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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES Carteret County'* N?wip>y? EDITORIALS FRIDAY. OCT. 8, 1954 More to be Pitied . . . To parody a song of the Gay Nineties, "They're more to be pitied than cen sured." Who? The Beaufort town board and its attorney. For more than a year now, they have heard nothing , but gripes and com plaints about their court and their "we need - the - money" law enforcement. They're shivering in their boots for fear the newspaper or the citizens will get mad enough to say, "Get rid of the court, go back to your mayor's court and police force of two years ago (which means a force minus Chief Guy) and make Beaufort a normal place to live in once again." As a matter of fact, the townspeopte have been saying that ever since the court came into existence. The method of law enforcement was criticised open ly by one former town commissioner, J. O. Barbour Jr., in a recent town board meeting. And we take our hat off to him, for he had the courage to speak out while THE NEWS-TIMES, until last week, kept quiet, hoping that somehow, some way the commissioners would come to their senses. But we doubt if they will, for if the financial reports presented are accur ate, the town, finally, is making a cou ple hundred dollars on its court and that in itself is sufficient to keep they cankerous sore running and running. After all, if the court were abolished, the judge and the town attorney who serves as solicitor would lose their jobs, and the town would probably have to pay less in clerical help because all that work of making up dockets and keep ing court records would be unnecessary. Such economy would be unthinkable! It seems as though orfe thing the po lice commissioner, Gordon Hardesty, and the town attorney, Mr. Smith, are unhappy about is the use of the word "arrest" and "citation." The word "ar rest," in applying to the stopping of a person by an officer of the law, is com mon usage. Police officers remark that they have made an "arrest" when actu ally they have issued a "citation" to someone to appear in court. In the Beaufvrt koard meeting Monday night, Commissioner Gerald Hill asked how many "arrests" Chief Guy had made. Actually the so-called "arrests" were citations, but in ordinary conversation, the word citation is used rarely. It has always been the policy of THE NEWS-TIMES, in reporting court news to use terms that will be readily under stood by a reader. When the state de cides not to prosecute a case, we don't write "nolle prosequi" in newsstories, when a capias is issued, we use the word "warrant" or "bench warrant" because it is more readily understand able to the reader. Maybe it isn't "law," as Mr. Smith would have it, but we're not editing a law journal, we're pub lishing a newspaper in a way that we know the people will know what is hap pening. People are downright mad at the way law is being enforced in Beaufort. The town board and I-Know-the-Law Smith don't like being called to task. So they're splitting hairs over things like "arrest" and "citation." What's wrong with law enforcement in Beaufort? We have had so many complaints brought to us and we have tried to explain to the complainers, verbally, that the court is young and the commissioners are "trying." We have tried to calm the outraged victims. But we see now that no diplomatic handling of the Beaufort situation will make things better for the people of Beaufort or those who pass through there. Just this week Charles G. Taylor, route 1 Newport^ came te us and said that he had to pay a dollar fine Satur day because he parked in the space between the Sinclair Service Station and Dr. Way's office on Front Street. There was no "no parking" sign there. He objected to paying the fine under the circumstances, but he paid it and then brought it to our attention. He had been to Bee Dr. Way. He added, "And I'll never go back to Beau fort again unless I have to go to the doctor's." Not long ago, some folks from Beau fort RFD, said they have taken to go ing to Newport and New Bern to do their shopping because they are getting fed up with what they described as the pri'datory law enforcement in Beaufort which seeks only to get defendants in the town Recorder's Court. A woman, cited (please note word usage) for going through a stop sign and who paid $21.50 costs said the chief of police did not stop her right after she allegedly went by the sign, but followed her for three blocks and when she stopped at the postoffice to go in for her mail, he walks up and asks why she went through the stop sign. She said she was baffled for a mo ment, didn't know what he was talking about. But she said she understood later, "He was hoping he could get me for speeding, too, so he didn't bother to stop me, after I had looked both ways at the stop si&n, shifted into second and went on." So it goes. VVe could offer testimonial after testimonial. In Beaufort, it's not a case of the officers' warning motor ists as does the highway patrol or any efficient law enforcing organization. It's citation (please note word usage) on-the-spot because they have to make the court pay. It's a sorry situation. Last week the police commissioner tells a NEWS TIMES reporter the names of persons cited to court should be made available to the press. Monday night when the chief says they're going to be kept "se cret," the police commissioner says nothing. The inconsistency is pitiful. We know some high school seniors who would do better at administering the town than the present board. The May 3, 1955 election is much too far away. Move-Minded Mamas (From the Greensboro Daily News) There are two kinds of people in the world ? thosfe who like things in the same place, and those who have a con genital distaste for seeing a piece of furniture in the same place more than 48 hours. There are men who like to move fur niture, men who tackle the job with en thusiasm and who, on finishing the deal, sit down to view their accomplishment with satisfaction. But, mostly, those who have that in ner craving to move things are women ? wives, mothers, aunts and grand mothers. Ever so often they get that easy-to-get-along-with way. They bake a favorite pie, make home-made rolls, cook up a big pot of vegetable soup ? all kinds of culinary lures. Then as the Man<of the House gets a day off and relaxes in his favorite club chair, he's approached by "You know, Honey, I've been thinking . . He's heard that introduction before and he could predict word for word the next five minutes' plea. The sofa ought to go over by the front window, or maybe by the side porch door. The desk never looked right facing the front door. That picture in the attic would be just right for the blank space near the dining room door. And so it goes . . . In this age of an insurance for every malady and misfortune which can be fall mankind, why doesn't somebody think up a policy to protect a man from move-minded mamas? Carteret County N?w*-Tim?s WINNER or NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION AND NORTH CAROLINA ? PRESS ASSpCIATION AWARDS A Mercer of The Beaufort Newi (Ed 1812) and The Twin City Timet (Est 1836) Published Tuesdays and Fridays by the Carteret Publishing Company. Inc. 804 Arendell St., Morehesd City, N. C. LOCKWOOD PHILLIPS ? PUBLISHES ELEANORS DEAR PHILLIPS ? ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER RUTH L. PEELING ? EDITOR ' Mall Rates: la Carteret County and adjoining counties, 90.00 one year, 93.50 six months. 91.28 one month; elsewhere 97.00 one year, M OO ?i? months. 91.90 one month. MemtMr of Associated Press ? Greater Weeklies ? N. C. Press Association National Editorial Association ? Audit Bureau of Circulations The Associated Press Is entitled exclusively to use for iwpubUcsUoo of local news printed In this nawspsper; ss well as sll AP news dispatches. Entered as Sacood (teas Matter at Moreboad City, N. C., Under Act of March 3, 1979. THE WORLD WE UVE IN VjT what Woulo HE GET OOT ^nP THEY :AN ?iHOUT? ..v? OOT ^ ^ <(K\ ^ ov# LIKE THI5 6lMeU$MOGEAlfi Co BLTT one KITTLE WOR0 TROM US ? ft^SSSSi^ Jane Eodi Washington II doesn't take Congress, or the town's two top hostesses, Perle Mesta and Gwen Cafritz, to start up Washington's social merry-go round. It goes a little slower in the swelter season, but right now it's winding up to a brilliant '54 '55 spin. Members of Congress, the Supreme Court and other big wigs still may be away, but there are al ways important visitors, and vaca tioning diplomats are returning to add glamor to the scene. Mrs. Mes ta has been at her Newport resi dence, Mrs. Cafritz is with her wealthy realtor husband, making like Mme. Curie with specially de signed lancy costume and head dress of radiant tubes and silver wires at the Celebrities Ball high lighting the International Film Fes tival at Venice. But there are other hostesses, and any reason is a good one for a party? U. S. Treasurer Ivy Baker Priest's birthday for example. The opening event of the season was given In her honor by the beau teous young Mrs. Blake Clark and her handsome husband, Washing ton representative of one of the na tion's biggest magazines. Eager to return to the party circuit, the cocktails and the lavish buffets, everybody of importance showed up avowedly refreshed and raring to go right on through the big sea son. Another party that brought out the top brass was that given by the commandant of the Marine Corps and Mrs. Lemuel Shepard at their Maritle Barracks residence. The popular bachelor ambassa dor Athanase Politis, was host at another big party at the Greek em bassy honoring visiting members of the Greek parliament. And the Korean Ambassador and Mrs. Yang, who has just returned from a four-month sojourn in Europe, entertained in honor of government officials from their country. On schedule is a dinner party which Adm. Robert B. Carney, chief of naval operations, and Mrs. Carney, are giving at Admiral's House, at the U. S. Naval Observ atory for Vice Adm. Richard S. Ofstie and his recent bride, the former Capt. Joy Hancock, onetime director of the WAVEs. Adm. Of stie is deputy chief of naval oper ations for air. Today's Birthday ROUBEN MAMOUL1AN, bora Oct I, 1(97 in Tiflis, Georgia, Rus sia. A top flight director of stage ana screen pro ductions, Mam eulian has won critical cheers for his produc tions of opera, musical comed ies and serious dramas. He con quered Broad way in 1027 with his direc tion of Porgy ?nd matched that prite-winner with his direction of the musical version, "Porgy and Beu," in 1935. He ia married to Azadia Newman, an artiat What It Means The next time you receive a let ter that carries the word "Sincere ly" above the signature of the writer, pauae a moment and think of the origin of that word. Aa you may recall. It was first used as "sin cerely," meaning "without wax." by ancient sculptors to mark a flaw less piece of work. Wax was then commonly employ ed to conceal defects, to patch a chipped nose, a poorly shaped finger, etc. Sincerely la too honest a word to be used loosely, but It ia ? good word when conacioualy em ployed. Kidd Brewer Raleigh Roundup IIKART . . . Sam Goldfein, of Charlotte, who resigned his posi tion as head ehef with the Pris ons Department, has had a heart attack and is in a Charleston, S. C. hospital. As a result of what we wrote here week before last, Prisons Di rector William F. Bailey has again attempted to secure for Sam Gold fein the difference between the amount of money promised hiin when he came with prisons ? and the amount he actually received. Bailey has been unsuccessful. Red tape and the fact remains that Sam Goldfein is flat on his back in the hospital. MOUNTAIN MAN ... The entire state is mourning the passing of Robert L. Doughton, the grand old man from the mountains and a sto lid oak which stood strong in the storms and ably represented his State and the nation for so many years In the U. S. Congress. It was my pleasure to know "Mr. Bob" rather intimately. He at one time offered yours truly the posi tion as his secretary ? a fact in which 1 have always taken a great deal of pride. He will long be remembered as a man wno attained great success, but never lost the common touch. EARLY AND LATE . . . Many of the richest stories they told on Congressman Bob Doughton in Washington concerned his early ar nval to work mornings. In the rosiest days of the New Deal? when Uncle Bob was a hale and hearty 75 he was frequently in his office by 6 o'clock. At the age of 85, I am told, he let up a little and didn't get to his work un til seven. On this particular morning, the story goes, one of the little North Carolina stenographers working for Congressman Doughton had been out on a party. She was 20, spring time was in the air, and so the good-timing rocked along easily un til, suddenly, it was dawn -or sun up, if you arc a native of Doughton country. Miocked at inc lateness, or tne earliness, of the hour, the little girl hurried to the office to pick up something before heading to her apartment for a few hours' rest. Before she could get out, Uncle Bob arrived, complimented her mightily on her industriousness, complained about modern young women who stayed up so late at night they could not get to work on time the next morning. She put in a day of it ? and lived to tell the tale. KEEP ON HEARING ... We keep on hearing Dr. Henry Jordan'* name being mentioned in connec tion with the next gubernatorial campaign In North Carolina. If you think time doesn't fly, just re member that the next big race is 'less than eighteen months away. Look back in your memory for a few moments and you will re call that Democratic Nominee W. Kerr Scott, wnen he was on his last legs as Governor, prevailed ? but wholly in vain as fate would have it -upon his highway chairman, Henry Jordan, to run against Wil liam B. Umatead in the campaign of 1992. Brother Jordan, nobody's fool In political ways ? or any other way, for that matter, put his fing er to the wind to see how things looked He found so many cross currents developing for the cam paign that Henry felt he could not be a candidate In '92. But condi tions at that time were of a tem porary nature and lasted for only a relatively short while. Now that he's through building highways, he has more time to make a study of the situation as it now confronts him. Big ques tion facing Dr. Henry Jordan is whether or not he eould make the grade without the influence of ad ministrative support. ANI) ANOTHER . Don't be sur- ' prised if before filing date on can didates for Governor finally rolls around, the name of David S. Col trane, assistant director of the bud get is on the list, too. It must be remembered that Dave Coltranc, who served for many years as assistant to the Commissioner of Agriculture, has literally thousands of fine old friends among the farm people of the state. Coltrane's excellent work in his present job ? which he has held since 1949 ? has gained for him the full confidence of the business people. In the event your present Com missioner of Agriculture, L. Y. Bal lentine, decides at last to become a candidate for Governor in 19S6, then the farm fri?nds of Dave Col trane will be in there urging him to run for Agriculture Commission er. It is a known fact that during the 11 years Coltrane was assis tant to Commissioner of Agricul ture W. Kerr Scott, he carried on the rough, control work of the de partment, sticking to hia knitting and leaving the boss free to travel thousands of miles each year woo ing the people. PONIES . . . Folks can get involved in a lot of things just through par ticipating in general conversation. Take me, for instance. Some time ago a friend of mine on a visit to Belle Acres said the Brew ers needed two things around the place. I asked him what they were and he said one of the things was ponies and the other was peacocks. Yes, I agreed, that would be fine. From time to time after that gentle and casual conversation, 1 thought about it ? thought about whting the fellow to tell him we would like to have two or three peacocks, but that with three horses on the place and winter coming on, the grass getting short, etc., he'd better Just forget about the ponies. Didn't write: A few days ago when I returned from a trip, 1 found seven beauti ful ponies grazing quietly down from the house in the pasture. My little 4-year-old block ofl the old chip came running In and said "Daddy, I prayed for one pony to hard, I got seven." "Yes," said his sister, "dne for every day in the week." So let that be a lesson to you. Be careful what you ?ay, what you agree to, and how you hold your head in casual conversation, or you may wake up with seven ponies or half-a-dozen nightmares gently grazing in your own backyard. TIGER ... It is interesting % note that we now have seven ponies and three horses, which have either been given, or loaned, to us. It is indeed amazing what you can accumulate if you have a place to keep it. I find myself much in the same position as the man who caught a tiger. " "Do you want somebody to help you hold It?" he was asked. "No," he replied; "I need some body to help me turn it loose." Smile a While O tiny Germ, so fine, bo (mall, where do you find the Infamoua gall to Ktrlke me down Into thii bed. and hold your partlea In my head? -The American Way A deaf woman entered a church with an ear trumpet. Soon after ahe had aeatM herealf. an uaher tip-toed over and whlaperad, "On* toot and out you gol" This is the Law B? CHARLES W. DANIEL Far th* N. C. Bar Auoctotioa JUDICIAL REFORMS The 1055 North Carolina Gen eral Assembly will be given a chance to distinguish itself by mak ing judicial reforms which will ma terially improve the Tar Heel sys tem of justice and, thereby, bene fit every citizen of this state. Some long-overdue reforms, men tioned here last week by way of background, will be presented to the General Assembly by the North Carolina Judicial Council and the General Statutes Commission, both non paid agencies of the state snd both fsvored by some of the state's top legal minds. The judicial council has conclud ed after intense study that the first necessary step toward quicker trials is to redistrict the state, in creasing the number of judicial di visions from two (as now constitut ed) to four, and the number of dis tricts from the present twenty-one to thirty. The practical effect of this plan is to reduce the orbit in which a Superior Court judge would have to travel. He would stay closer home longer, having more time to devote to the actual trial of cases and the dispensa tion of other official duties. North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice M Victor Bamhill said that redisricting has been sorely needed since before 1912. So, it's at least 42 years overdue. Rotation of Judges A companion plan to re-district ing which will be presented to the next legislature is that of modify ing the present practice of moving judges around from county to coun ty, often hundreds of miles from home. This plan, evolved by former Supreme Court Justice Sam J. Er vin Jr., now the state's junior sen ator, would keep judges in their home districts for six months at a time and is calculated to keep the home judge on the local scene long enough to clear up many old cases that now clutter top heavy dockets. So, a judge would hold court in his home district for two years ih an eight year term of office. The redistricting plan would not change the present solicitorial dis tricts. The Chief Justice assigns Su perior Court judges. His assistant, Max Cogburn, who prepares court schedules and assignments, has as sured this column that the new re districting plan will not cause con flicts with the work of solicitors. He should know; he schedules the courts. New Rules Needed One of the prime reasons why it takes too long to try many cases in court today i a the maze of scrambled, antiquated rules of pro cedure with which the courta ? and the public ? are saddled. These rules permit sometigse even force ? delays in final settle ment of law suits. We need to clean house and start afreah with modernized, more flexible rulea of procedure, PLACING THE RULE MAKING POWER IN THE NORTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT. If this power is transferred to the court (as the federal rule power is exercised by the United States Supreme Court), from the legisla ture, quick changes and additions could be made as the need appear ed. The legislature, meeting once in two years, is hard-pressed by myriad other problems and the per ennial race against time. It is hoped (and expected) that the 1955 General Assembly will give our Supreme Court some long needed assistance in the form of law clerks. These clerks, if auth orized could be assigned to work ? at least part-time and under di rect supervision of the court ? in compiling new, workable rules for North Carolina Courts to replace the antiquated system now in ef fect. The legislature would not be asked to relinquish its court rule power until it had opportunity to examine and pass the new rules. Karnhill Favors Plan Practical, forward-looking Chief Justice Barnhill is understood to favor the general plan outlined above. He fears, however, the poss ibility that the legislature might hand over the rule-making power at one session, and then take it back at another! Such a sequence of events, obviously, would serve neither the legislature, the court, nor the people of the State. The court, if it accepted the rule pow er, along with a new package of rules, must be assured that the re sults of its work would remain in violate. It is for this reason that a trans fer of the rule power to the court should, properly, be done by means of a Constitutional Amendment. It is difficult to get passage of Con stitutional Amendments in North Carolina. Further, in this particu lar case, the legislature might be reluctant to give up permanently the rule power which it now exer cises. In any event, the state needs new court procedure, whether it may come as a result of a constitu tional amendment, or, simple leg islative enactment. Every North Carolina is a party to this need. F. C. Salisbury Here and There The following information is ta ken from the files of the Morehead City Coaster: FRIDAY, OCT. ?, 1915 Kemp Arthur left Monday for Richmond where he has accepted a position Mrs. W. M. Webb left Monday for Charlotte to attend the UDC convention. Messrs C. S. Wallace, Ira Willis, J. B. Morton and George Piner at tended Federal Court in New Bern Thursday. Friends of Mrs. John Wade will be glad to know that she is able to be up after an illness of two weeks. The Rev. D. N. Caviness return ed Thursday from Ocracoke where he held the quarterly conference for Rev J. E. Underwood, pre siding elder of the New Bern dis trict. Mrs. J. B. Morton returned home Tuesday from Newport where she visited her father, Mr. Bell who has been very sick. Mr. and Mrs. John B. Wade have issued invitations to their friends to attend the wedding of their daughter, Marjorie Hyden to Thom as Clingman Oglesby, Monday even ing, Oct. 26 in the First Baptist Church, Morchead City. Thf Rev. and Mrs. George W. Stancill have issued invitations to their friends to attend the mar riage of their daughter, Annie Ber nice, to Jacob Raymond Chadwick, Wednesday, Oct 27 in the M. S. Church, South. Mr. and Mrs. Chad wick will make their home in New Bern. J. T. Davenport left Thursday for New Bern where he will meet representative citizens of Oriental and Bridgeton with an idea of sell ing either of these two towns the fire engine which is owned by the town but for which the town has no use. Dr. C. L. Duncan of Beaufort who has been raising terrapins re ports that he now has 2,100 well developed year-old terrapins, 480 two-year olds and thousands of youngsters. Many of his two-year olds measure five inches. It is said that large terrapins bring $50 a dozen. The "forgotten folks" at Cape Lookout will this year have a school which will at least run five months, according to L. B Ennett, county superintendent of schools. The school population numbers 1ft. PONT GAMBLE WITH v>\\W JtffRE/ 1//////, You always lo*# Faulty CMtMNtYC, trOVFf M/P FUM4CSS ? CAUf? ALMOST X OUT Of fV?CV 5 F/RM*. HOW LOM SINCt yOU CUECKtP OJCH HAIA/tPS AV YOUR HOMS?
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