CARTERET COUNTY NfiWS-TIMES II
Carter** County'.
EDITORIALS TUESDAY. OCTOBER 27, 1959
Fire Trucks Court Tragedy
Morehead City fire department would
do well to review its driver safety rules.
Another example of the careless,
reckless and potentially murderous
manner in which fire trucks are fre
quently driven occurred shortly after 3
o ciock Wednesday afternoon.
Answering a fire call on Bridges
Street, a fire truck from the Evans
Street station tore north on 8th Street,
virtually ahead of its siren, cut diagon
ally westward onto Arendell Street,
barely missing an automobile that had
stopped 50 feet WEST of the west
street-crossing markings on Arendell
Street.
The truck missed the auto by little
more than a yard. Had the auto driver
not been alert, the fire truck could have
caused a tragedy far more serious than
a delay of one second in reaching the
fire.
The fire department's record with its
vehicles shows room for improvement.
Some years ago a brand new Morehead
City fire truck was wrecked at New
port and a fireman killed. On Feb. 12
of this year a fire truck crashed into
a 1959 Buick at 13th and Bridges
Streets.
In the first accident mentioned, the
truck was on a "test run." In the sec
ond, the truck was rushing to put out a
fire in Simon Raynor's garbage truck.
In the near miss this week an oil heater
had flared up.
The town is not required to carry
liability insurance. The February acci
dent cost the town approximately
$1,500 to repair the fire truck. The
motorist whose car was demolished was
covered, fortunately, by his own insur
ance.
Everyone recognizes the importance
of getting to a fire in a hurry, but there
is also an unwritten law that states
even a fire truck shall proceed with
caution.
The frenzy of some fire truck driv
ers to show the red heels of their
chariots to get to fires with a "public
be damned" attitude is not a mania
but maniacal.
Today's Voting Day
The vote today on borrowing $34,
400,000 is expected to be light. Few
people are showing much interest. Bor
rowing money is not a matter to be
taken lightly, yet all the needs for
which the money is earmarked should
be met.
Of the total figure, $18,891,000 will
be used for renovations, additions and
new buildings at state-supported col
leges and the University of North Caro
lina. East Carolina College is slated to
receive $1,490,000.
Mental institutions are scheduled to
get $12,053,000 and community col
leges (industrial education centers)
$1,500,000.
Half a million dollars will be used to
provide state aid for local hospital con
struction ; $100,000 will help in the con
struction of armories, $466,000 for
state training schools, and over a hun
dred thousand dollars for new build
ings at the State School for the Blind
and the Deaf.
Half a million dollars is earmarked
for port facilities at Southport. Folks
in this area should remember that the
state borrowed money back in 1952 to
build state port facilities at Morehead
City and Wilmington. The borrowing
was done only with approval of the
people.
We don't know whether Southport
voters supported that borrowing, but
all of the port cities will progress if
North Carolina's coast becomes noted
for good port facilities. While some of
us may be inclined, at first, not to want
to support borrowing of funds for
Southport, we should vote in favor of it.
Nobody ever pulled themselves up by
keeping others down. And with an' eye
to the future ... we may want to bor
row some more port funds some day
and it would be helpful to have the
goodwill of all.
A quarter of a million dollars is the
amount set up for marking or restora
tion of historical sites. This item is
strongly supported by students of his
tory and historical societies.
Each of the nine issues is listed sepa
rately on the ballot. If there is any
item a voter is against, he can vote
against it.
Every patriotic citizen of North Car
olina should go to the polls and express
his opinion.
The Package and The Contents
(Greensboro Daily News)
The best comment we have seen on
Mrs. Khrushchev came as the result of
a crude observation by the Queen of
Manhattan gossip reporters, Dorothy
Kilgallen.
Miss Kilgallen, in her usual tasteless
style, wrote of Mrs. Khrushchev as fol
lows:
It would be difficult to find clothes
comparable to hers m the waiting room
of a New York employment agency for
domestic help . . .
Coming up fast on the rebuttal was
Marya Mannes of the Reporter Maga
zine. Writing under the pseudonym
SEC, Miss Mannes penned the follow
ing verse entitled "Judgment":
The poor Khrushcheva did not meas
ure up ?
Her gowns were grisly and her hair a
mess;
What matter if a woman loves her
home,
Her man and children, if she cannot
dress?
The poor Khrushcheva learned to
speak our tongue,
She smiled as mothers do, and listened
well;
Her features said her life was hard and
long.
Her body spoke more than her words
could tell.
Pity not her but ladies of the press
Who rate a people by the way they
dress.
The U. S. penchant for judging the
woman by the clothes she wears ? en
couraged by some of our smoother ex
ponents of the Madison Avenue line ?
was bound to crop out somewhere on
the Khrushchev tour.
We are glad Miss Mannes rose so
nobly to the challenge. Nothing is quite
so dangerous ? or futile ? as putting
emphasis on the package and forget
ting its contents.
How about those donations for Beau
fort's anniversary party? Mail checks,
please, to Box 218, Beaufort, N. C. Only
$3,000 more needed.
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TOO MUCH SILENCE IN THE COURTROOM
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Old Brochure Still Enchants
Michael Taft, cordial manager of
the Morehead Biltmore hotel,
brought to the office the other day
a fascinating booklet, the brochure
that advertised back in the '20s
"Morehead Bluffs, in the Land of
Enchanting Waters, Playground of
the Old North State."
The front cover, in color, shows
beautiful green lawns, sidewalks,
young trees lining the boulevards,
and tall pines gracing the banks of
Bogue Sound where sailboats and
other pleasure craft skim the
water.
Listed as officers of this real
estate development are W. B.
Blades, president; J. S. Miller,
vice-president; 0. W. Lane, secre
tary-treasurer; E. M. Howard,
vice-president and director of
sales; and Thomas D. Warren, all
with offices in the Elks Temple,
New Bern.
The plans for development in that
area west of Morehead where the
land rises steeply from the sound
and Coral Bay forms a tiny "inland
sea" are strikingly similar to the
plans recently announced for
Spooner's Creek harbor, still
farther west of Morehead Bluffs.
Folks who well remember the
Morehead Bluffs' bid for fame must
have recognized the similarity in
projected plans.
Here is one of the brochure's
paragraphs describing Morehead
Bluffs: . . there are to be found
in profusion many semi-tropical
plants, palms, fig trees, cactus,
wax mantles, magnolias, long-leaf
IS THE GOOD 0133 D5TS
THIRTY YEARS AGO
County schools would be in ses
sion this Saturday to give the
teachers a regular school day off
so they might observe methods
of other teachers in the state.
The menhaden season opened
with all the shad boats lying at
anchor off Ocracoke and Ports
mouth because of heavy seas.
Loftin Motor Co., was advertis
ing Model A Fords for $450 to
$625.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Wake Forest students from the
county included H. W. Hatsell, W.
L. Rudder, E. H. Swann, Theodore
Salter, A. L. Hamilton Jr., W. E.
Adair, G. M. Potter, C. M. Gillikin,
A. O. Fulford, E. E. Nelson, Luther
Fulcher, A. P. Whealton and R. N.
Lewis.
Grading of the new Fort Macon
road had been completed, the clay
was being put on the top of the
road, and it was hoped to have the
road in use by Dec. 1.
TEN YEARS AGO
Beaufort school's display of the
menhaden industry won a $100
prize at the state fair.
Carteret County would have 37.6
miles paved in the first part of the
bond program.
Edwin Matthis of Morehcad City
had the first TV set in the county.
FIVE YEARS AGO
The National Guard unit was still
on active duty at Atlantic Beach
as a result of Hazel.
Voters in the Beaufort, Newport
and Morehead City townships would
receive four ballots next week. In
addition to state, county and con
stitutional amendments, the voters
would decide on town constable
candidates.
D. G. Bell and Graydcn Paul
were candidates for the state leg
islature.
This is the Law
By ROBERT E. LEE
(For the N. C. Bar Association)
MURDER BY NECESSITY
An interesting and unusual mur
der case was tried in the highest
court of England in 18M. Since
both the United States and England
have the common lsw, and there
is no law in the United States to
the contrary, the decision would
probably be followed today in both
England and America.
An English vessel sank during
a storm on the high seas 1,600
miles from the Cape of Good Hope.
The three aurvivors were able to
escape in an open boat belonging
to the vessel. They had no supply
of water or food, and the nearest
land was more than 1,000 miles
away. They drifted for days. Once
they caught a small turtle and
subsisted on it for a few days. On
rare occasions they were able to
catch rain in their oilskin capes.
Oa the twentieth day, eight days
since their last food and five days
since their last water, two of the
three discussed what should be
done for their survival. The third
member of the group was a boy
IT years of age. He was lying on
the bottom of the boat helpless,
and extremely weakened by famine
or by drinking sea water. They
decided to kill him and to feed
upon hit body.
A prayer was offered asking
forgiveness of their souls for what
waa about to be done. The boy was
too weak to give his consent to be
killed or to protest. A knife was
put into his throat and he was
killed. The two survivors fed upon
the body and blood of the boy for
four days. .
Fear days after Ike act was com
mitted, the small boat was picked
up by a passing vessel. The two
survivors were rescued, still alive,
but in the lowest state of prostra
tion. They were carried to Eng
land and put on trial for murder.
If the men had not fed on the
body of the boy they would prob
ably not have survived to be pick
ed up and rescued, but would have
died of famine. The boy, being in
a much weaker condition, was like
ly to have died before them. At the
time of the act in question there
was no ship in sight, nor any rea
sonable prospect of relief. There
was no appreciable chance of sav
ing life except by killing some one
for the others to eat.
Notwithstanding the able argu
Sents of counsel, all of the justices
the highest court held that the
homicide was not justifiable, and
that the two defendants were guilty
of murder. A man cannot deli
berately take an innocent and un
offending person's life for the
necessity of saving his own life. "
If the rule was otherwise, there
would Jbe those who might use the
rule as a legal cloak.
The opinion of the court said:
"There is no safe path for judges
to tread but to ascertain the law
to the best of their ability and to
declare it according to their judg
ment; and if in any case the law
appears to be too severe on in
dividuals, to leave it to the sove
reign to exercise that prerogative
of mercy which the Constitution
has entrusted to the hands fittest
to dispense it R is therefore our
duty to declare that the prisoners'
act in this case was wilful mur
der."
The sentence was afterwards
commuted by the Crown to six
months' imprisonment.
pine, wisteria . ? ? with roses
blooming in summer, fall, winter,
and spring and scores of weather
beaten time-worn live oaks, which
always lean to the lee, indicating
the prevailing ocean breezes. Can
you imagine anything more invit
ing when Florida is sweltering or
the North Atlantic is chilling to the
marrow?"
Although the brochure bears no
date (why won't people date bro
chures? This is the second old one
I've come across recently, and not
a date on it anywhere), one para
graph says, "The federal govern
ment has just deeded to the state
of North Carolina, as a site for a
park, the grounds of Fort Macon
... the state is taking steps to
make the park a playground for
the people of North Carolina, and
thus Morehead Bluffs will likewise
be accentuated."
A large double page layout in
color in the center of the booklet
shows the Morehead Villa (now the
Morehead Biltmore) and farther
east another lavish building that
looks like a hotel with swimming
pool between two wings. This, too,
I guess, is another part of the
dream that didn't materialize.
In the background a little traih
is busily chuffing toward More
head.
One of the final paragraphs
reads, "If Tennyson or Emerson
were alive today, what delight they
would take in describing the beau
ties of the Bogue by Moonlight. It
offers a subject for the artist that
awakens in him that something
that stirs the very depths of ap
preciation for the handiwork of the
Supreme Architect, while the vis
itor who has the opportunity to
view it is enthralled or actually
enchanted."
The project was billed as "North
Carolina's $2,000,000 Seashore Re
sort Development."
It's wonderful what one finds
when going through old files.
Thanks ot Mr. Taft for sharing his
find with me.
Oscar Alfred calls this to the at
tention of folks who live in Carteret
towns. It's from the September
issue of The North Carolina Re
tailer:
From Holt McPherson's column
in High Point Enterprise ? Towns
are not made by men afraid lest
some one else get ahead. When
everybody works and nobody
shirks, you can lift a town from
the dead. And if, while you make
your personal stake, your neighbor
can make one, too, your town will
be what you want it to be, for it
isn't your town, IT'S YOU!
Smile a While
A class in English was assigned
the task of writing four lines of
dramatic poetry. The results were
variegated, and, selecting the verse
of a bright boy, the teacher read:
" 'A boy was walking down the
track; the train was coming fast;
the boy stepped off the railroad
track to let the train go past.' This
verse is very well done," comment
ed the teacher, "but it lacks the
dramatic. Try again, Johnny, and
make it more dramatic."
Whereupon, in a short time, John
ny produced the following: "A boy
was walking down the track; the
train was coming fast; the train
jumped off the railroad track to
let the boy go past."
A man stood on the street corner
waiting to cross while the traffic
streamed by, swift and continuous.
After a long wait, the man became
impatient, but he dared not risk go
ing out into the traffic. He spied
another man on the other side ot
the street and called to him: "Hey,
I say, how did you get over there?"
The other man cupped his hands
about his mouth and shouted: "I
was bora over here!" ?
Words of Inspiration
THE SINGLE STITCH
One stitch dropped as the weaver drove I
Hi* nimble ihuttle to and fro,
In and out, beneath, above
Till the pattern seemed to bud and grow
As if the fairies had helping been;
One small stitch which could scarce be seen,
But one stitch dropped pulled the next stitch out, ft
And a weak place grew in the pattern stout;
And the perfect pattern was marred for aye *
By the one small stitch which was dropped that day.
One small life in God's great plan,
How futile it aeems as the ages roll,
Do what it may or strive how it can
To alter the sweep of the infinite whole!
A single stitch in an endless web,
A drop in the ocean's flood and ebb!
But the pattern is rent where the stitch is lost
Or marred where the tangled threads have crossed;
And each life that fails of its true intent
Mars the perfect plan the Master meant.
? Susan Coolidge
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QUOTES
There is no good in arguing with the inevitable; the only argument
available with a cold winter wind is to put on your overcoat. ? Lowell
We grow neither better nor worse as we grow old, but more like our
selves. ? Becker
The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but
that he cannot believe anyone else. ? Shaw
Running people down is bad business, whether you are a motorist or ?
a gossiper.
Life's greatest blessings are often followed by the greatest tempta
tions.
The greatest wealth is to live content with little; for there is no want
when the mind is satisfied.
If you wish another to keep your secret, first keep it yourself.
? Seneca^
Some have money . . . some do not . . . some have brains, talents,
good looks ... but all of us have one thing in common and that is ... .
one life to live. What shall we do with it? ? Walter H. Judd
THEN LAUGH
Build for yourself a strong box, fashion each part with care;
When it's strong as your hand can make it, put all your troubles there;
Hide there all thought of your failures, and each bitter cup that you
quaff,
Lock all your heartaches within it, then sit on the lid and laugh. |
? Bertha Adams Backus
Security for You...
By RAY HENRY
Whit does being covered by
Social Security mean to you?
Most people ? although they've
hundreds of dollars into the system
? don't seem to have much of an
idea.
Why? Your guess is as good as
mine.
Maybe they don't realise how
valuable Social Security is. May
be they feel the system is so com
plicated they wouldn't understand
it if they tried. Maybe they figure
they have plenty of time to find out
before they reach the point when
they can start collecting.
Yet, I'm sure ? no matter what
a person's attitude is? he'd prob
ably be surprised to find that
Social Security can be worth as
much as $126,000 in insurance right
now.
At least, that's what a New York
firm of tax consultants estimates
would be the amount of insurance
you would be paying on to get the
maximum protection from Social
Security.
Here, for example, is how the
value of Social Security breaks
down for a 35-year-old man earn
ing $90 a week, with a wife and
three young children:
? $70,000 worth of life insurance.
? $26,000 worth of disability in
surance.
? $30,000 worth of retirement
benefits.
Should the man die, his wife
would get $255 burial payment, plus
nearly $70,000 in benefits for her
self and children, paid over me
years.
Should the man become disabled
he and his family would draw from
$116 to $232 monthly beginning at'
age 50. At age 65, he would get
retirement payments.
Should he live and retire at 65
he and his wife would be eligible
for at least $160 in monthly pay
ments ?a long as they live.
Although this example applies
only to a $90-a-week man of 35
with a wife and three children,
you could work out a similar bene^
fit table for yourself and your
family if you had a fairly com
plete knowledge of Social Security.
For example: You would know
how much your wife and children
could collect in monthly payments
if you should die tomorrow or any
time in the near future.
With this information, you would
better be able to plan how much
life insurance or other financial
security, if any, you want your
family to have should you die. J
Or, with knowledge of your rights
under Social Security if you're dis
abled, you can fill in the financial
gap that being disabled would
create.
The point is that you should have
a fairly accurate idea of what
Social Security means to you and
your family.
(Editor's Note: Tm may eon- _
tact the social security repre
sentative at the courthoue an
nex, Beanfort, from l:H a.m. to
noon Mondays. Be win help yog
with jroar own particular prob
lem).
It Shows When One Dwells,
In the Presence of Christ
"And they recognized they had
been with Jesus." (Acta 4:13)
Theae words were spoken about
Peter and John. How did they know
they had been with Jesua? First
o { all, the company you keep rubs
off on you. Let your child play with
other children who uae bad lang
uage and very shortly these same
words will be noticeable in your
child's conversation.
If a husband ia unfaithful to his
wife, in time something of the
personality ot the other aordid
person becomea evident in him.
You may not be able to spell it
out, but it's there. Yea, we're
marked by the company we keep.
If we dwell in the presence of
Christ, it won't be long until it
can be seen by others. This is
particularly true with Jesus be
cauae Chriat ia a source of unlimit
ed power.
They said that Jesus spoke with
authority. Why? Because He had
conatant communion with God the
Father. Hia power came from the
Creator of the universe.
Another reason they knew they
had been with Jeaua waa, as the
Scripture statea it, "They spoke
with boldness." They had conquer
ed fear. The peace, confidence and
faith of Jeaua had come into their
Uvea and they became as Paul aaid
later, "New creatures in Christ
Jesua." Jeaua said, "According to
your faith, be It unto you."
Yean ago aa 8-year-old lad waa
playing baseball when suddenly his
legs crumpled under him? infan
tile paralysis had suddenly claimed
this healthy boy. He was told he
would never walk again. One day
a visitor from his church came and
knelt beside him and said, "Listen |
son, if you have faith in God, you
will walk again." These words be
came an integral part of his life.
The boy had a wonderful Chris
tian mother who also believed this.
Some years later this same boy
became the Olympic champion high
jumper of the world. Today, Wal
ter Davis will tell you it was ac
complished through the power and
faith of God. "According to y*ut
faith, be It unto you."
Then they knew they had been
with Jesus because they were will
ing to suffer and die for what
they believed in. Christ's willing
ness to suffer death upon the crass
had become a part of their livei.
There was no limit to which they
wouldn't go for Christ.
I wish this characteristic were
evident in the lives a f church
members today. Would you go to
jail for your faith? Would you
travel into a foreign land for
Christ? Would you give up every A
earthly thing you own for God?
.It was this willingness that marked
them as a companion of Christ.
"And they recognized they had
been with Jesus."
?1. L. Davidson, Pastor
First Methodist Church
Morehead City