CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
EDITORIALS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1960
Glimmer of Hope
Nobody could ask for any greater of
fer of cooperation than made by the
American Legion Monday when its
spokesman, C. L. Beam, invited county
commissioners to draw up a set of reg
ulations under which the board would
like them to operate.
If the Legion can abide by the regu
lations, he said it would; if not, it
would cease to operate the fair.
We believp that if the fair is operat
ed in accordance with the resolution
adopted by county commissioners in
1951, that some of the troubles over
the fair would vanish. The resolution
appears elsewhere on this page. The
, responsibility rests with law enforce
ment officers.
Perhaps the fact that a county fair
has to be heavily policed is commen
tary enough on the type of entertain
ment it provides; nevertheless, so it is.
County commissioner David Yeomans
says the sheriff informed him that he
prevented several gambling places
from operating at this year’s fair.
' We were told that when the sheriff
went in to see one of the hoochy-koo
chy shows, it was nothing like the show
seen a few minutes before by the gen
eral public. The carnival operators
are well-acquainted with the sheriff
and naturally they’ll clean up their
show when he’s in the audience—just
as they were stalled in operation of one
of their lewd shows when a newspaper
, reporter was on the grounds during the
fair this year. If the sheriff won’t take
the word of people who describe the
shows as indecent, we see little prac
tical means of his being able to follow
the directives of the 1951 resolution.
And thus trashy carnivals will con
tinue.
Some people apparently have the
idea that we are purists and want no
kind of entertainment at the fair at all.
Girlie shows and gambling have been
Onwarcl and Upward!
Needless to say, North Carolina is
pleased that its retiring governor, Lu
( ther Hodges, will have a place in Presi
dent Kennedy’s cabinet as secretary of
commerce.
In our estimation, Governor Hodges
stands among the “greats” in North
Carolina’s list of chief executives. He
has forged new paths and opened the
state’s eyes to greater opportunity in
commerce and industry than has any
governor in recent times. He has given
North Carolina the tools with which to
, compete in a fast-paced, growing na
tion.
He has been a courageous, dynamic
governor. He has led, indeed, some
times even dragged people along with
him when they thought they didn’t
want to go. This has affected his pop
ularity among the status quo boys and
in this county we have heard grum
blings against him in recent months.
But since his appointment by Mr.
Kennedy, these grumblings, will lessen.
Nothing succeeds, politically, like suc
cess. Supporters fall away from an
elected official who’s on the way out
like skin peeled from a banana. All
. the official needs to do to keep the fol
lowers in line is to aspire to higher
political office—and attain it. North
Carolina governors in the past have
done just that.
It was suspected that organized la
bor would oppose Hodges because of
his firm handling of the union trouble
at Henderson. Hodges refused to par
don union leaders convicted of con
» spiring to dynamite at scenes of the
Henderson cotton mill strike. Our
opinion of Governor Hodges would
a part of human “entertainment” ever
since the dawn of civilization. Adults
have the right to choose that kind of
entertainment, if they wish. We al
ways will, however, object to children
under 16 being admitted to burlesque
shows, being allowed to squander th^ir
money at gambling booths or being
otherwise invited to partake of enter
tainment before they have theoretical
ly reached the age of being able to dis
criminate between what is good and
bad.
It has been apparent at the Legion
sponsored county fairs that the lust for
money far surpasses the tenets of de
cency, that bars are let down, that even
law enforcement officers get caught up
in the razz-ma-tazz and pretty soon
jovially are letting girlie shows go the
limit. And the 4-H boys and girls,
school children, mamas and papas are
herded into the grounds with their ag
ricultural displays under the guise of
“supporting the county fair.”
We agree with most of the people
that it’s not a fair without a midway.
There’s a midway at the Raleigh state
fair, but they don’t let children in the
girlie shows and the “gambling” con
cession operators operate within strict
limits. It’s the little, cheap carnivals
operated by people who will go to any
lengths to make a buck that small
cqunties are subjected to.
If the sheriff stopped operation of
“wheels” at this year’s fair, it’s a step
in the right direction. All the law has
to do is go the whole way, see that all
entertainment is legal, and the resolu
tion of 1951 strictly enforced. Then
if the die-hards in the Legion post who
insist that the fair must go on will bet
ter organize their fair and work more
closely with agriculture leaders, may
be after several years of rebuilding the
county can have a fair such as it used
to have years ago when it was some
thing worthwhile.
have gone down considerably if he had
granted the pardons.
An article by James Daniel in the
current issue of Reader’s Digest fea
tures Governor Hodges and his achieve
ments in the Tar Heel state. An intro
ductory statement to it is a tribute both
to the governor and North Carolina:
“Guided by its remarkable businesss
man-governor, here is one state in the
Old South that is solving its racial and
economic problems with energy, imagi
nation and benefit to all its citizens.”
Thank you, Governor, and may your
job in Washington be as challenging
—and rewarding—as your work in Ra
leigh.
Jolly Good Show
Congratulations to the Beaufort Mer
chants association and Christmas Fes
tival chairmen for the fine welcome to
Santa Claus Friday. The festival gave
children an opportunity to talk to
Santa, opened the shopping season and
at the same time emphasized the re
ligious significance of Christmas.
Beaufort firemen, as usual, have
done a fine job on the town Christmas
lighting. And while we’re throwing
bouquets, several are due the town it
self—for cleaning up the dump on Len
noxville road, the town crew’s diligent
work after Donna and subsequent ef
forts to keep the town clean, especially
the business section.
A clean town and keeping the dump
situation under control requires coop
eration. That’s one thing all of us can
give at Christmas and every season of
the year.
Carteret County News-Times
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WHEN HE LEARNS THE GAME
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Carnival Edict of 1951
(The resolution below was adopted by county commissioners June
4, 1951. ■ In October 1959, sheriff Hugh Salter promised county com
missioners that he would close any gambling concessions at the fair.
—The Editor).
RESOLUTION
Whereas, bitter opposition has
developed in this county toward
certain types of carnivals and/or
other forms of amusement and en
tertainment inconsistent with the
morals and well being of the gen
eral public; AND WHEREAS, such
opposition particularly manifested
itself at a recent regular meeting
of the Board of County Commis
sioners of Carteret County; AND
WHEREAS, it is the unanimous
opinion of the members of said
Board that only those forms of
amusement or entertainment cal
culated to be educational or up
lifting should be permitted to en
ter the county;
NOW THEREFORE, in full con
sideration of the above shown
premises, and upon authority of
Session Laws, Chapter 164, 1919,
the Board of County Commission
ers of Carteret County docs here
by ordain:
1.
That no carnival, circus, or oth
er traveling show of any type or
character shall be issued or grant
ed a license by the Tax Collector,
Sheriff, or other authorized per
son, to such carnival, circus, or
other form of amusement or enter
tainment, or be permitted to op
erate, unless it or they shall con
Under 21
Twin Boys Want College;
Dad Wants Them on Farm
By DAN HALLIGAN
Dear Dan: We’re twin brothers
and our father owns a large farm
on which we’ve lived all our lives.
We have a small bank account and
with the scholarships we earned
playing high school football, it
would send us through college
without costing our father a cent.
He wants us to stay home instead
» and work die farm. We would split
a quarter of the profits and he’d
relax.
What should we do about the
old man? If we do what he wants
us to, we’ll be stuck here for the
rest of our lives.—G. W. H. and
G. D. H.
Dear Twins: You two have a
good argument and so has your
father. I certainly can’t say “you
do this” or “you do that.” Your
situation is something that will
have to be talked out within your
family because there’s a lot to be
considered. Perhaps your county
agricultural agent could be invited
to sit in on this confernece.
Personally, I never went to col
lege and 1 love farms so my answer
might be a little prejudiced.
Dear Dan: I’m a 19-year-old sec
retary in a small town and lately
have had the feeling that I need
to be more of a part of the church.
There is a new single minister
here who is young and attractive.
I’m not a member of his church,
so how can I make him notice me?
There are plenty of young men
around here to date and I do but
1 think knowing this minister
would help me become a better
person.—Wistful.
Dear Wistful: You’d better sep
arate your feelings for religion
from your personal feelings for
this young minister. You attend
church to pray and to benefit from
the services and not to make a
hit with the clergyman.
If your particular religion is
that lenient that you cah attend
another church, that would be a
step in the right direction toward
becoming acquainted with the min
ister. Once you do start attend
ing his church, you can feel free
to introduce yourself or have a
friend introduce you.
form to all of the laws of the State
of North Carolina, Carteret Coun
ty, and the municipalities within
said County, regarding sanitation
and morals, and shall refrain from
the violation of any existing law,
general or local, regarding gam
bling, showing, selling or distrib
uting obscene pictures or litera
ture, exhibiting nude women, or
other forms of indecency;
2.
In this connection, and in addi
tion to any authority now possess
ed by the Sheriff of this county,
he is hereby further ordered and
directed to be vigilant and to ob
serve regularly and frequently any
and all such forms of amusement
or other entertainment going on
and in progress, and to make ar
rests and bring indictments against
all such persons found to be in
violation of any existing law re
garding said sanitation, immoral
ity or gambling, whether such per
son be operator, owner, employee
or patron;
3.
It is not the purpose of this or
dinance to exclude from this coun
ty any legitimate entertainment,
educational or otherwise, such as
agricultural fairs or midways, so
long as such operation is found to
be entirely legitimate.
As far as making him “notice”
you, that can be accomplished if
you plunge into church activities
and become a regular ball of fire.
All young, unmarried ministers
take warning—this girl means busi
ness.
Dear Dan: I’m a 17-year-old sen
ior boy and don’t like the way you
run down kids of 13, 14 and 15 for
“going steady.” Time changes ev
erything, as you may know, and
20 years ago when our parents
were teen-agers they had a life
completely different from ours.
When they thought of going steady,
they thought of a somewhat serious
romance.
Today, kids don’t feel that way.
They refer to "going steady” when
actually they just have a “boy
friend” or a “girl friend.” Maybe
they haven’t even been out on a
date but they naturally want to
sound older so they say they’re
“going steady.”
I don’t go steady now but I have
several times and a couple of those
times even before I started dating.
Now for a question: How can a
boy keep from being considered as
just a “friend” by girls? That’s
what most girls think of me.
Friends are fine but I don’t want
to over do it.—Terry.
Dear Terry: Times may have
changed in 20 years but girls are
still girls and boys are still boys
whether they’re teen-agers in this
generation or the next. I’m sorry
to have to disagree with you but
when I talk against girls of 13, 14
and 15 “going steady,” I mean
just that.
For a guy who’s gone “steady”
as often as you say you have, you
seem to be having date trouble and
perhaps it’s a question of sprucing
up your personality. Have a close
buddy tell you your shortcomings
and eliminate them as best you
can. Good luck.
(Editor?* Note: Those under 21
who would like to have Daa Hal
lixan’s opinion on their prob
lems may write him. at Box M,
Kallspell, Montana. A stamped
envelope with your address on
it should accompany your «■»
«*•).
F. C. Salisbury
Here and There
The following information is
taken from the files of the More
head City Coaster:
FRIDAY, DEC. 1 and 8, 1922
A committee appointed by the
Baptist State convention to select
a site for the proposed Seaside
Assembly Grounds visited More
head City and Beaufort the past
week inspecting several sites. The
committee was very much in favor
of a large tract in the western end
of Morehead City.
The first of December marks the
big fire in New Bern when thou
sands of people were made home
less with a loss of nearly $3,000,000.
Donations from this county arc
being sent to the relief of the suf
ferers.
Born Friday, December 8 to Mr.
and Mrs. R. T. Wade, a son.
Funeral services were held Tues
day morning for Mrs. Katie G.
Wade, who died in New Bern Sun
day morning.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Wade on Sunday morning, a son.
The marriage of Miss Aileen
Terry of Statesville to Mott A. Bell
tlf this city took place Thursday
in Washington, N. C.
Following the resignation of
Mayor Wade who has been elected
sheriff of the county, R. H. Dowdy
will serve in his place for the rest
of the term.
L. G. Daniels, who for several
years was in business in this city,
died Thursday ih an Asheville
sanitarium. His wife was the for
mer Miss Geraldine Willis of this
city.
The Rev. W. J. Plint has been
assigned to the Franklin Memorial
church, succeeding the Rev. E. W.
Johnson, pastor for the past three
years.
A letter to Santa Claus: Dear
Santa Claus, Christmas is near at
hand, and all good children are
looking forward to its coming. Now,
dear Santa I am trying to be a
good boy and hope you will bring
me a bicycle and have my electric
train mended, also bring me some
more track for it to run up. If
you will do this I’ll be your little
boy for tile year 1923. With love,
D. G. Bell.
Free Wheeling
By BILL CROWELL
Department of Motor Vehicles
PERUSING ... The news
around the nation and around the
state:
In Newark, N. J., Joe Movak
got into his car. It wouldn't start.
He lifted the hood and found a pen
ciled note that read: “Thanks for
the use of your battery. Mine went
dead and I had a long walk ahead
of me so I took yours.”
The note attached to the substi
tute battery was signed, "Sincere
ly.”
OOPS . . . Police in Jefferson
City, Mo., set up a special safety
lane to inspect automobiles for me
chanical defects. The first one
into the chute was the department’s
own patrol cruiser.
It flunked. One headlight didn’t
work. Then a lady drove in. Her
car passed but the lane flunked.
A large metal safety sign fell
from its mooring over the safety
lane and dented the roof of the
lady’s car.
The safety people were asked to
pay for repairs.
CANCELED . . . Highway patrol
headquarters in a Midwestern City
received the following letter:
Dear Sir—or, to whom it may
concern: , , -
“This is the second time I have
sent this correction notice in.
"A month ago I wrote to your
office requesting a duplicate cita
tion for a traffic offense of which
I was guilty of.
“I couldn’t go to court and I
didn’t have the |14 required at
the time.
Words of Inspiration
GET BUST
You can’t control the length of your life, but you can control its width
and depth.
You can’t control the contour of your coutenance, but you can control
its expression.
You can’t control the other fellow’s opportunities, but you can grasp
your own.
You con’t control the weather, but you can control the moral atmo
sphere which surrounds you.
You can’t control the distance that your head shall be above the
ground, but you can control the height of the contents of your head.
You can’t control the other fellow’s annoying faults, but you can see
to it that you yourself do not develop or harbor provoking propensities.
You can’t control hard times or rainy days, but you can bank money
now to boost you through.
Why worry about things you can’t control? Get busy controlling things
that depend on you.
THE RIGHT ATTITUDE
Workers who have the right attitude to work at their job, who are
animated by enthusiasm, who are determined to do their very best, are
so interested in achieving that they have neither time nor inclination
to whine. Every employer desires to have his organization function
smoothly and harmoniously.
It cannot do so if executives and others are perpetually finicky. Pro
motion comes to the employee who radiates cheerfulness, not the em
ployee who spreads gloom and dissatisfaction.
Doctors tell us that cheerfulness is an invaluable aid to health. Cheer
fulness is also an invaluable aid to promotion.
QUOTES
And ye shall teach them, your children, speaking of them when thou
sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou
liest down, and when thou riseth up.—Deuteronomy 11:19
Scratch the green rind of a sapling, or wantonly twist it in the soil,
and a scarred or crooked oak will tell of the act for centuries to come.
So it is with the teachings of youth, which make impressions on the
mind and heart that arc to last forever.
The highest function of the teacher consists not so much in imparting
knowledge as in stimulating the pupil in its love and pursuit.
To know how to suggest is the art of teaching.
—Amiel
Whatever you would have your children become, strive to exhibit in
your own lives and conversation.—Mrs. Sigourney
The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil
with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.—H. Mann
For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I com
mand you, to do them, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his
ways, and cleave to him; then will the Lord drive out all these nations
from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than
yourselves.—Deuteronomy 11:22-23
This is the Law
By ROBERT E. LEE
For the N. C. Bar Association
LIABILITY OF PARTNERS
Phillips loaned money to Crump
ler for the purpose of operating a
business under the assumed name
of Capitol Manufacturing Co. The
net profit of the business was to
be shared equally. The business
was not incorporated. Crumpler
was to have exclusive manage
ment. Crumpler was to receive
no salary; he was to slum* only
in the net'proflts.
Phillips was permitted to with
draw any and all advances of mon
ey upon giving thirty days written
notice to Crumpler for purpose of
liquidating the business and clos
ing it out. After paying all ad
vances to Phillips and all expenses,
the net profits remaining were to
be divided equally. Was a part
nership created?
No. There was created merely
a creditor and debtor relationship.
Phillips was receiving a share of
the profits simply as compensa
tion or interest for the use of his
money. There was not a co-owner
ship of the enterprise. Crumpler
was the sole owner and operator
of the Capitol Manufacturing Co.
Since Phillips was not a partner,
he would not be liable for the ob
ligations of the company.
Cherry and Marlone form a part
nership and operate it under the
firm name of White Swan laundry.
Johnson, while operating the firm’s
truck on partnership business, neg
ligently injures Motsinger. From
whom may Motsinger recover?
Motsinger may recover a judg
ment against the White Swan laun
“When I did have the $14 my
small boy eat my citation paper.
That is why I asked for another.
Here is a check for $14, will you
cancel off the records this debt.”
GOOD REASON ... In a Wis
consin county court, a defendant
was found guilty of failing to stop
for a stop sign. After assessing a
stiff fine and costs, the judge ask
ed the man, “Is there any reason
you feel the penalty is too great?”
The defendant said. “Darn right,
I went through that stop sign real
slow.”
The judge replied, “You mean
to say that if you stabbed a man
slowly I should let you go?”
TOUCHE ... A highway patrol
man was eating lunch in a Greens
boro restaurant when a man and
woman came, in with a little boy
about five or six years old. As
kids will, the lad looked the troop
er over real good. Then, probably
remembering something he’d heard
before, he looked up at him with
all the innocence of youth and ask
ed, "Are you one of them lousy
highway patrolmen?”
ALIBI ... In Buffalo, a bakery
truck driver told police he was
speeding “so that the whipped
cream on the cupcakes wouldn’t
sour.”
TOLL ... In some states high
way patrol cars carry a painted
sign showing the current fatality
toll, something like “195 in 1959.”
One day, when a trooper stopped
for a light, two small boys walked
toward the rear of his car. The
trooper was startled to hear one
of the youngsters say, “Let’s see
how many this one’s killed.”
dry, Cherry, Marlonc and John
son. Motsinger’s attorney will
probably name all as co-defend
ants in a single court proceeding.
Johnson is liable because he is
the actual wrongdoer who injured
Motsingcr. In North Carolina a
partnership may be sued in its firm
name. Since Johnson, at the time
of the accident, was acting as an
agent of the White Swan laundry,
the firm for whom he works is also
liable. The individual partners
are both jointly and severally li
able for the contracts or negligent
acts of the partnership.
The full amount of the judgment *
may be satisfied from the assets
of any one of the partners. Prop
erty not used in connection with
the partnership may be seized to
satisfy a judgment against one of
the individual partners.
Jones and Smith operated the
Jones Food center as a general
partnership. Jones told Taylor
that he would not be personally
responsible for any additional
bread sold by Taylor to the Jones
Food Center. Subsequently Tay
lor, at the request of Smith, sold
and delivered bread to the Jones
Food center. May Taylor recover
personally from Jones the value
of the subsequently delivered
bread?
Yes. Both partners had equal
rights in the management and con
duct of the partnership business.
As long as the partnership is a
going concern, neither can restrict
the other in matters dealing with
the ordinary conduct of the busi
ness. Only a majority vote of the
partners can forbid otherwise per
missible partnership transactions.
Stamp News
By SYD KKONISH
The United Nations Postal ad
ministration has made available
to collectors a souvenir folder to
which is attached all the stamps
issued by the United Nations in
1960. The folder is multi-colored,
the front illustration showing the
UN buildings and the back cover
bearing * photograph of the orna
mental stairway on the UN Plaza.
The folders are on sale for 95
cents each. Mail orders should be
addressed to the UN Postal Ad
ministration, United Nations, N. Y.
The 1961 edition of the new world
wide postage stamp catalog (Vol
umes 1 and II) and the new Amer
ican stamp catalog by Minkus Pub
lications were put on the market
in September.
The new world wide catalog in
cludes more than 100,000 price
changes, nearly all of them re
flecting the upward trend of the
stamp market. It contains com
plete listings of all major and many
interesting minor varieties of all
the stamps ever issued at present
market values.
The New American Stamp Cata
log for 1961 contains lists and
prices of all U. S. issues, including
revenues, postal stationary, duck
stamps, postage dues, Confeder
ates, U. S. Territories and Posses
sions, and the United Nations.
Maybe Next Week
Sou’easter, column written by
Cap’n Henry, does not appear to
day because the writer has been
U1 with the flu. He hopes to be
• recovered sufficiently next week
to resume bis weekly commentary*