CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
Cirtant County** Ntwiptptr
EDITORIALS FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1960
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Prospects Brighten
Beaufort's prospects of annexing
outlying areas by ordinance looked a
bit brighter this week as a superior
court judge ruled in Raleigh that such*
annexation does not violate constitu
tional rights.
The decision was made in a case in
, volving the city of Raleigh and Citi
zens Against Annexation. Lawyers rep
resenting the anti-annexation forces
suid they would appeal to the state su
preme court.
This is the first court ruling on the
constitutionality of the law passed in
the 1959 general assembly. That law
brought into being a new method of
annexation. Prior to its passage, an
nexation was generally effected
through a favorable vote of the people
in the areas earmarked for annexation.
Beaufort has tried repeatedly to en
large its area through referendum. And
the efforts have consistently met with
failure. It is the opinion of Beaufort's
present administration that the town
must grow or face the prospect of with
tring on the vine.
To this end, the town board passed
an ordinance annexing part of West
Beaufort, Hancock and Highland
Parks, Glendale Park and other subur
ban areas.
The move has been fought by citi
zens in those areas, just as the Citizens
Against Annexation are fighting in
Raleigh.
It is expected that the Raleigh case
will be argued before the supreme
court the end of October.
In one of five cases, the Raleigh an
ti-annexation faction contended that
Raleigh was not able to furnish munici
pal services to the new areas, as re
quired by law. This is one of the con
tentions in the Beaufort case. The su
perior court judge who heard the Ra
leigh case ruled last week that the city
had complied with the law in regard
to services and procedure for annexa
tion.
Not only the Beaufort case, but
others throughout the state have been
delayed in the hope that the higher
courts would make a ruling on the va
lidity of the 1959 law.
After October, if the supreme court
flashes the green light, more than one
town, probably, will take the plunge
and annex areas on outskirts, areas
that for years have blocked town
growth.
The Poll-Prediction Problem
Sen. Albert Gore of Tennessee has
questioned the value of public opinion
polls on political issues. The senator
claims they are not valid for the rea
sons well known to most who have had
experience with polls: the sample is
too small, the attitude of the inter
viewer may influence the response, the
questions are phrased in a manner to
elicit a certain type response . . . and
so on.
Expert pollsters do all in their power
to block out the possibilities of error.
We contend, however, that they cannot
make sure-fire predictions on the out
come of elections because of the very
nature of their subject matter.
The results of polls are made public.
T"h? purpose of polling demands that
they be made public. Otherwise, what
do the pollsters have to sell? Thus,
people are told what they are think
ing. And that immediately makes
many of them change their minds.
Why? It's the old psychological
play. It is a well-known fact that a
sympathetic person is prone to root for
the underdog. For example, a poll says
that only 20 per cent of the people are
for Joe Blake. Eighty per cent are for
' John Smith, his opponent. So, people
who haven't made up their minds, de
cide they'll give their vote to poor old
Joe. He could use it, they reason. And
so many others are voting for Smith,
that Smith will never miss that one
vote !
, Maying a poll or survey is one thing.
Making predictions, based on the in
formation gathered in the poll, is an
other.
Pollsters even take into considera
tion that people WILL change their
minds. But at best, they are in a very
risky business. Fathoming the mind of
one person is a job in itself. Fathom
ing the mind of masses is largely a hit
or miss affair, even though experts
claim they have reduced it to a science.
You can make a survey asking
housewives if they prefer a house all
on one floor, or a split-level. And pub
lishing the results probably won't make
many women change their mind. But
it is a well-known fact that the aver
age American voter does not have hard
and fast loyalties to any political par
ty. The Republicans know well, for in
stance, that they must lure many Dem
ocratic votes to put Nixon in the White
House.
The "hard core" Republicans and
Democrats, those who vote for their
own party right down the line, are few.
The pollsters are dealing with a slip
pery subject when they get into pre
dicting the outcome of balloting. But
they're going to keep right on doing it.
They're going to be wrong sometimes,
but once in a while they're going to be
right. We figure they've got a lot of
courage to even try.
These Odd Englishmen
(The Miami Herald)
The British are a strange breed.
They have a game called cricket which
sometimes lasts for days. At four
o'clock, they all stop for tea. They con
fer knighthood on jockeys and actors
instead of, as in America, showering
them with money.
At home and abroad Englishmen are
always doing odd things. Recently they
were on a walking kick. Old ladies
wrapped sacking around their feet and
plodded the country lanes for days.
Young men are prone to such things
as donning full armor and having at
each other with sword and mace, just
to learn how it felt to the knights of
old.
The latest stunt is the silliest of all.
Down in Southern Rhodesia, trans
planted Englishmen go in for bed push
ing. A team of pajama-clad men put a
pajama-clad girl in a bed, then push
it along a road. The record bedpush
is 18 miles in 4 hours, 53 minutes.
It just doesn't make any sense at all.
It's almost as idiotic as the custom of
stuffing college kids in telephone
booths and low-slung sports cars, said
collegians being the sons and daugh
ters of men who once at goldfish, sat
on flagpoles or (earlier) crammed a
cow in the belfry at old Siwash.
Accountant, to fellow employee:
"For a minute this deficit had me wor
ried. I forgot that I was working for
the Government."
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Here and There
The following information is
?aken from the files of the More
head City Coaster:
FRIDAY, AUG. 18 AND 25, 1922
Miss Pearl Brinson will be prin
eipal and teaeh mathematics and
history in the local school this
year.
Three large alligators were killed
last week on Boguc Banks by S.
A. Duplanty, superintendent of the
Hoffman estate. The largest meas
ured 10 feet in length.
E. H. Gorham with about twenty
of his Sunday school class left
Tuesday for a trip to Norfolk on
the boat Lynnhaven. Captain Al
vin Willis was in command with
T. L. Lawrence as cook.
The past week has been one of
accidents. L. L. Leary was run
down by a Ford car. The car pass-,
ed over his body dislocating his
left shoulder. Marion L. Webb,
home on a visit, while working on
his car got his arm caught in a
wheel when young George Dill, sit
ting in the car, put his foot on the
accelerator.
Joe Slade and Walter Davis were
injured when a scaffold on which
they were working broke, throw
ing them to the ground. Slade cut
his arm with a chisel he was hold
ing when he fell. Charles Helms
was struck by a Ford truck driven
by his brother Theron. The truck
passed over his legs but no bones
were broken.
The threatened "fight" at the
baseball game yesterday in Beau
fort leads us to remark that the
managers of the twin-town teams
should act the part of gentlemen.
Recent marriages: George E.
Gillikin and Viletta Gillikin, both
of Otway. Lawrence A. Garner
and Ruth G. Simmons, both of
Newport.
Ocean Beach hotel closed this
week after the largest patronage
in its history. The beach hotel will
be enlarged and the Charles Hotel
will be razed to make room for a
new brick hotel. The Atlantic Ho*
tel will dote after Labor Day.
Under 21
Girl Wants 'Going Steady'
Defined; Schools to Open
By DAN HALLIGAN
Dear Dan: Will you please tell
me what "going steady" really
means? I'm 16 and going steady
and don't know what's expected of
me. What age should you be be
fore going steady? Thank you.?
Sharon H.
Dear Sharon: Many readers
think this is the old-fashioned point
of view but I personally believe a
girl should be at least 17 or at least
a senior in high school before go
ing steady and then should have
a very good reason to do so. Going
steady because "everybody is do
ing it" or going steady at too early
an age go against my grain.
There are many versions of "go
ing steady" but the most popular
one teen-agers abide by is that a
boy and girl do not date others
whether they're home or away on
vacation. Among young teen-agers
permitted to go steady, that sort
of dating usually means a certain
boy will take a certain girl to a
certain party or dance whenever
one comes along.
There are advantages and dis
advantages to going steady as most
teen-agers should realize. One of
the most serious disadvantages,
and this only applies to a teen-age
couple dating all the time, is that
in far too many cases the boy
eventually feels he "owns" the girl
and tries to become too personal.
Girls who permit their boy friends
certain advantages for fear of los
ing them usually wind up in trou
ble.
Dear Readers: This i* it. For
many of yoO, these are the final
few days before your 1960-61 school
year begins. Regardless of what
grade you're entering, 7th through
12th, do everything you can to
make this your best school year
ever.
Keep in mind that no matter how
athletically inclined you may be,
how good a dancer you've been
rated, whether you've got acting
ability, whether you can become
president of your class with a lit
tle effort or whether you're a goof
off, your primary purpose in at
tending school ia to learn. Getting
a little mercenary, your parents
have a financial investment in you
and would like to see it pay off.
You guys who concentrate strict
ly on the clock so you can slip in
a corner somewhere and have a
quick smoke between claaaes, wise
up thii year. - You other kida who
think you know more than your
tcachcrs, you don't, and that goes
in spades, coming and going.
You kids who continually have a
tough time with one or more sub
jects, who study your brains out
and yet only manage to squeak
through with a passing grade, re
member, your teachers are there
to help you. Don't allow yourself
to start a new subject this (all and
be unable to keep up with the rest
of the class even after the first
few days. If you're not sure, ask
your tcachcrs.
A word to you busy parents. This
year give your children and your
teen-agers a break. Take the time
to go over their homework with
them. Show an interest in their
work, give them a pat on the back
when they deserve it and a pat
elsewhere when they deserve that.
You should know your teen-agers
and when you sec a change in
mood or attitude, find out what the
trouble is. Don't allow your sons
and daughters to get involved in
some sort of trouble in October
and not do anything about it until
February. Clear it up right away.
Also keep in mind that you
should encourage your children to
join organizations and clubs in
school. Let them become active
and popular in activities but never
so active that their studies suffer.
School this year for you teen
agers and younger children will
bring you many days of happiness,
many days of disappointments and
many dull days. Whatever the
year holds for you, do your best.
Study hard, work hard and play
hard. Don't cheat, be honest with
yourself, your classmates and
tcachcrs. Good luck.
(Editor's Note: Those under 21
who would like to have Dan Hal
ligan's opinion on their prob
lems may write kim at Box M,
Kalispeil, Montana. A stamped
envelope with roar address oa
it should accompany yoar ques
tion).
Smil* a Whil?
A tourist in New York City ask
ed a beatnik, "How can I get to
Carnegie Hall?"
The beatnik, barefooted and in
different, gave the inquirer a
glassy look and replied, "Practice,
man, practice."
?Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Captain Henry
Sou'easter
Democrats aren't viewing Nov.
8 with the same old sureness they
usually view a national election in
the South.
The Republicans are running
with spirit and their hopes for an
upset in North Carolina are high.
More than one Democrat is grum
bling in his beard about Sanford's
big play for Kennedy.
Democrats in the legislature be
lieve they're going to have 25 or
30 Republicans to contend with in
February! Usually the Republi
can faction in the capitol runs any
where from about 5 to 15. While
the number of Republicans can't
outnumber the Democrats, the Re
publicans can be more than a nui
sance. They sort of upset the
wheeling and dealing.
More Tar Heels arc aware that
there IS a Republican running for
governor. The man is Mr. Gavin.
One of the county's leading Re
publicans contends that Gavin
would have a right good chance if
the Republican party promoted
Gavin, Gavin, Gavin and soft-ped
aled the fact that he's a Repub
lican.
Add to this the fact that the
Democratic party is just not gear
ed in this state to concentrated
campaigning in a general election
and you've got a lot of interesting
ingredients in the political pot.
The Democrats put their shoul
der to the wheel and get their
wagon to the top of the hill in the
primary. The national election ?
in the past? has just been one big
happy coast down the other side.
Faced with a hill again in No
vember, the Democrats may not
know exactly what to do. For my
money, they had best find out.
A lot of voters in the New South
don't have the same aversion to
marking X next to a Republican's
name as did their Grandpa.
They're not going to count on a
Democrat carrying the conserva
tive banner into the legislative
halis.
Some day, maybe not too many
years from now, the Democrats
may find themselves right face to
face with? dare I say it? A two
party system!
twilw Spivy
Words of Inspiration
' EDUCATION BEGINS AT HOME
The school bells will soon ring again throughout our world.
It is distressing, I am sure, for young psrents, ss they listen to radio,
tv, and resd the pspers, of the great teacher shortage which becomes
more acute each year, and the building programs each school feels it
must have as soon as possible. Will school be ready for your child?
These are good questions, and ones that I believe will be handled
satisfactorily in good time by the proper authorities.
So, to these young parents, 1 urge you to not permit yourselves to be
too disturbed over these facts. But be more conccrned about preparing
your child for school.
Remember ... the greatest and the best part of your child's educa
tion, comes from your own teachings. You are the example he will
follow.
There are so many things you must teach them during these few
short years, a few of these subjects are . . . honesty . . . cleanliness . . .
the Love of God ... the Golden Rule . . . respect for himself and others
. . . love . . . politeness . . . enthusiasm . . . thrift . . . sharing family
responsibilities . . . courage ... to keep his morals and ideals high
. . . abstinence . . . Christian character, etc.
There is an old saying that if we do not teach our child the true
moaning of "No" before he is 4 years old, then we have given him four
of his best years of training in the great College of Juvenile Delinquency.
Education for our children! Of course we are concerned. However,
we must be very careful to keep this concern from overshadowing our
own parental responsibilities. Without these basic teachings, any child
will find life very difficult
Perhaps you have heard the ancient parable of the Arab who sent
his four sons out into the world to get what learning they could. After
four years they came home and he took them into the desert and showed
them a strange sight.
"What is that?" he asked his eldest son. "Why, the bones of a
tiger," was the reply as the son examined them. "And his age when he
died," explained the son, "was seven years and three months and his
length, from the tip of his tail to the tip of his nose, was seven feet
nine inches."
The father, greatly surprised that his son had learned so much, turned
to his second son and asked. "What can we do?" The second son went
to work and built up the skeleton of the tiger and set it on the desert
aaad.
Even more surprised the father asked the third son what he would
do. The third son stuffed the tiger, covered it with skin, and put eyes
in its head. "There is nothing more to be done." said the father. He
wondered how he could test the fourth son who spoke up and said, "Wait
a minute."
He stood in front of the tiger, uttered magic words, sent spark from
the tip of his finger into the tip of the tiger s nose. The tiger rolled his
eyes, life surged through his body, he oponed his mouth, and made a
mighty spring . . . and ate them all up!"
We know the above is a fable, but we also know that in this scien
tific age. when one nation races against the other for control of outer
space, that it is most important that the education of our youth begin
in the home, the church. Today's youth must be taught the important
basic fundamental facts of Christian every day living, if our world
survives.
James P. Wesberry says, "Taken as a whole, education Is not pro
ducing, as it should, men and women of character, integrity, moral per
ception. spiritual devotion and loyalty to eternal values. We are told
that the majority of university graduates in today's world show little
interest beyond the average citizen in literature, religion and social
concern, and that their main interest is in themselves with their own
material well being. Most students today are more concerned about
making a living than they arc about living a life.'*
EDUCATION
Mark Hopkins sat on one end of a log
And a (arm boy on the other
Mark Hopkins eame as a pedagogue
And taugM as n> eMer brother.
1 don't care what Mark Hopkins taught . . .
U his Latin was small and his Greek was naught . . .
For the farmer's boy he taught, thought he.
All through lecture time, and quiz
"The kind of a man I mean to be
Is the kind of a man Mark Hopkins is!"
No printed page nor spoken plea
May tcach young hearts what men should be , . .
Not all the books on all the shelves,
But what the teachers are themselves.
For education is making men;
So it is now, so it was when
Mark Hopkins sat on the end of a log
And a farm boy sat on the other.
? Arthur Guiterman
From the Bookshelf
The Origins ol R?me. By Ray
mond Bloch. Praeger. M M. Vlew
HuntinK in Italy. By Sidney and
Allyn Blocmc. Dresscr-Taplingcr.
$6.50.
Latins, Sabines and Etruscans;
Aeneas, Anchisrs and Lavinia;
Romulus and Remus; Tarquin and
Washington Report
By SEN. B. EVERETT JORDAN
Washington? The Senate finance
committee has approved an
amendment to the Social Security
Act embracing the provisions of a
bill I introduced which would in
crease the amount of outside in
come a person receiving Social Se
curity benefits may earn without
penalty.
Under the present law, a person
receiving Social Security payments
is allowed to earn only $100 a
month, or >1.200 a year, in outside
income without being penalized.
Soon after 1 became a member
of the Senate I introduced legisla
tion which would increase to $150
a month, or $1,800 a year, the
amount of outside income a per
son receiving Social Security bene
fits could earn without penalty.
At the time I introduced the bill
I was surprised to learn that there
was considerable opposition to the
proposal, particularly from the
Eisenhower administration. On re
peated occasions I contacted the
members of the Senate finance
committee about the matter be
cause I have always felt that it is
unfair to penalize those people who
receive Social Security payments
simply bccausc they wanted to
continue active after retirement.
A great many people arc not
able to do full-time work after
they reach retirement age, but
many of them would like to do
part-time work in order to make
enough money above and beyond
their Social Security payments to
earn ? dccent living. No one has
?ny desire to hccomc dependent
on family or friends *ftrr retire
ment, but the present limitations
make it impossible for a person to
make enough outside income to fill
day-to-day needs without being
penalized.
Another amendment to the Social
Security law related to my propos
al also has been adopted by the
Senate finance committee. It
would lower the retirement age of
men to 62 with reduced benefits
on a voluntary basis. This means
that a man could retire at 62 If
he agreed to take proportionately
reduced benefits. By taking re
duced benefits, the earlier retire
ment age would not coat the gov
ernment or employers any addi
tional money.
Under the preseat law, men must
wait until they reach the age of
65 to draw benefits. Women may
retire with reduced benefits at the
age of 62. The amendment adopt
ed by the Committee would make
the law apply to men and women
alike.
Both of these amendments arc
sound and I hope they will be en
acted Into law. Neither would
bring about any additional coat to
the government or employers, and
both would add much needed flex
ibility to the law giving our aenior
citizens the opportunity to live
more normal and productive Uvea.
Because they were added to the
Social Security bill by the Senate
committee, the proposals muat
still receive approval of the Houae
of BcpmcoUUve*.
Lucretia; Horatius and Lars Por
sona; the Horalii and the Curiatii
?how many names does ancient
Rome conjure up to attract the
modern traveler!
Romans date their history from
B. C. 753 ? or 747? when Romulus
marked out the line of city walls
with a plowshare. But it is only
Romans left now, as indeed it has
been for 20 centuries; and it's na
tural that they exaggerate their
own role in the development of the
Italian peninsula, and fill in to
their own satisfaction the gaps
left by time.
Increasingly, new discoveries
furnish new information or a check
against legend, and they are sur
veyed here excitingly and authori
tatively by Frenchman Bloch.
There was an Aeneas known in
500 B. C.; wolf -priests sanctified
the place where the twins were
brought up; Etruscans and Rom
ans were rivals. But it seems
likely Rome grew more slowly
than we have supposed. One il
lustration shows an earth stratifi
cation cut down some It feet with
23 different layers betraying as
many stages in Rome's history
from the Iron Age to medieval
times.
Rome started a bit later than
other ancient societies, but de
veloped not in isolation but along
with the rest of the peninsula.
Bloch considers the prehistoric
peoples, the legends and their re
liability, language, law and rcli
gion, down to about 450 B. C.
The Bloemes tells us about all
of Italy heel to toe right up to the
hip. Dividing it up into provinces,
they advlae you how to travel, what
to see en route and in the various
cities and towns, what to eat, what
hotels are good and even which
rooms have balconies and views.
There are two kinds of guide
book, one 5maU for the pocket and
usually with type too fine to read
and indistinct photos, and the oth
er heavy to carry, easy to read,
with visible pictures. This Is the
second kind? and sitting now at a
desk I much prefer it. I might U
I were traveliin, too.
?V. G. Bog erf