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The coastland times., 1951-06-01
ONE MAN ALONE CAN BE RIGHT.

we nave mad no comment about the Macarthur con-
troversy The facts out in time maybe give
all clearer understanding He can be entirely wrong
he can be completely right Thoughtess people might
cause of many previous bunders Washington be in
cned to give Macarthur the edge Time course will per-
NIT the facts to show themselves for better appraisal
But the Macarthur case to give thought to
lot of history and that there where one man
can be right though the whole world against him
has demonstrated that General Billy Mitchell was right IS
years ago. when ne sought show the Importance
but what he advised against the wishes of the
OLD tuners IN te army Col. Lindberg right when he
warned us of Russas growing military might America
refused to believe him and discredted him. because he told
our people what they did not wish to believe
whenever any man comes out with thought or a
plan of action that toe revolutionary to be absorbed by
plies on local. national or world eve The Community
minded man who seeks reform progress the
same brick walls the who staggers mankind with
a revolutionary invention.
Yet if we always follow the masses if no one dares to
offer new thought idea, lacks the bravery
force upon the world the fruits of nspied genius there
would be little progress. LetSus see:
For more than 5000 years from The days of Bible times
and the ancient mighty Greek empire mankind made no
progress in transportation 900 years was moth
ing but the wheel and vehicle by horses
portation 80
Less than 300 years ago someone applied steam to the
task of moving carriage finally to the propulsion of
vessels through the water and in their days both JAS Watts
and Robert Fulton Knocked and maligned and the
failure.
Yet one man stood fast against the world!
Some OF us can remember when the wireless telephone
the alrpane the moving picture the radio and
utonary achievements all laughed at were discounted
and considered incapable of amounting anything worth
while All of these inventions less than so wears old
What if their inventors had become discouraged by
the opposition of the multitudes?
Yet we where time after time, one man stood
out against the world until he achieved success.
So few of know what right and what is best
We sometime pretend and sometimes sincerely believe
know. Who can say?
Sometimes be right and the rest of the
world wrong Sometimes the things that have worked most
good for community have been the things majority of
people have opposed
But in the long run the majority of people benefited
equally with those who achieved them in the face of oppo
sition and hardship
One be right!
The coastland times., 1951-06-01
YOUR DOLLAR is SHRINKING.

The nation has been given series of topght stories
the Fulbright investigation of sherman
in the RFC, the Kefauver investigation of bqtne
gambling with its resulting municipal corruption the SEN
tenclng to death of two Americans who acted
Iornants Tor the Russians and the dismissal of General
Macarthur and his dramatic home to defend his DO
Slon and policies Such events these naturally dominate
the headlines But regardless of the big stories the Amer
an people and their government must keep dealing with
the everyday problems of living in todays complex and diff
fcult world
Among these problems initiation still holds top place
Some people think the present controls doing as well
as can be expected think them almost complete op
But Just about everyone must realize that prices
not gong to return to ongago levels that the probabilities
are that they will continue to rise and that the great Amer
lean dollar isn't what she used to be.
Todays dollar, according to us. News and World
Report account has lost of it's worth since 1900
and still slipping has six cents of its value in the
last year alone To quote the magazine directly There
more money In relation to the volume of goods than there
ever was That is what is making less valuable
We have all felt the effect of this personally The Wall
Street Journal recently feature stores deal
ing with the current financial experiences of actual families
IN Woey varying income brackets The articles went into
1u details as to how much money in and how
spen-ood rents and mortgages clothing recreation etc
The incomes ranged from around $50 week indus
trial worker to $4,000 year for executive every
case, the families fading the shedding tough None
were saving anything to speak Of some drawing
past savings some were slipping deeper into debt Their
incomes had up recent yearsbut higher living
costs and heavier taxes had than offset this gain
The U.s. News article pointed to the hard fact that it
IS next to impossible to establish szeable estate
living COSTS income taxes, and finally death
sponslble for that And money it buys less, will
bring IN less return when it is invested In 1900
ulaon of $4,000 would return $500 when safely
ed and that $500 would go long way Today safely in
vested estate of brings in only about $3.50
and the $3.50 buys little.
These facts AS for proposed cures it would
thick book to adequately outline them But the facts
interest in initiation and urging that something effective be
done about it. And when to that the great bulk of
economists convinced that the first step lies in drastic
changes in the spending credit and taxing policies of the
central government.
The coastland times., 1951-06-01
TOO MUCH POWER.

Some Of the proponents of National Compulsory Health
Insurance have poohpoohed the idea that this grandiose
scheme would inevitably lead socalzed medicine It
would do nothing of the Sort they arguet would just
make easier for people to meet their medical bills by
taxing them in advance
Well, great many Americans seem to think otherwise.
For example extraordinarily large number of national
organizations have gone against mixing government and
che practice of the healing arts These include the American
Bar Association the American Legion the American Farm
Bureau Federation the Conference of Small Business Or
ganizatons the Veterans of Foreign Wars the General
Federation of Women's Clubs and literally about 10000
other groups!
What is the cause of all this opposition Compulsory
Health Insurance Primarily it is based the fact that the
proposed law would control patients physicians and
through government administrators that it would
troll the money and determine how and in what amounts
it would be used AS anyone with even a rudimentary
knowledge of government knows when bureaucrats are
given vast powers along with authority the purse
strings socialism isn't far off,
In every nation which tried government controlled
medicine certain results have followed The quality of care
has gone down. there has been sharp decline in medical
education and researchand the total cost measured
in the tax bills has scared Can anyone honestly believe
that it would work differently here?
The coastland times., 1951-06-01
ILL-ADVISED PROPAGANDA
AGAINST GASOLINE TAX
(Chapel Hill Weekly

Every little while a manifesto
made up of lamentations about the
gasoline tax comes to newspaper
editors from the North Carolina
Petroleum Industries Committee, a
propaganda agency with head
quarters in Raleigh. The one that
arrived this week begins: "North
Carolina motorists, looking for a
way to stretch the family budget,
will find little encouragement from
learning that gasoline taxes have
risen 112 per cent in the last gen.
Grafton"
Well, what if they have? This is
nothing to cause grief to anybody.
Not even the petroleum industries
would be grieved at it if they had
vision enough to look beyond the
end of their nose. Gasoline tax
money goes for the improvement
of the highways. The better the
highways, the greater the use of
automobiles and the greater the
amount of money spent for gaso-
line. The gasoline sellers really
benefit from the gasoline tax,
just as automobile owners do, be-
cause of the use to which the tax
is put, and they make themselves
ridiculous by constantly protesting
against any increase in the tax.
"The State tax of 7 cents per
The coastland times., 1951-06-01

gallon plus inspection tax cf ",
cent and the federal tax of III
cents per gallon add up to S8 cents
tax every time a motorist orders
10 gallons of gasoline" says the
manifesto from the NCPIC. "The
tax on 10-gallon purchase in
1925 was only 43 cents. Gasoline
taxes have risen to the point where
they represent a Al per cent sales
tax on the gallon. The highest gen.
eral sales tax in the nation is only
3 per cent, and luxury taxes on
jewelry, fur coats, and night club
entertainment are only 20 per
cent"
What does all this prove? The
answer is that it doesn't prove
anything. 1t is just lot of non
sense. The sales tax on gasoline
could be much larger than the
present Al per cent and still MOI
be large enough to be oppressive
on motorists or to justify the weep
ing and wailing of the petroleum
people. All during the time when
the gasoline tax has been rising,
the gasoline-selling companies
have increased their profits tre-
mendously. Proof of this is found
in the published financial records
the figures for gross revenue, net
revenue, surpluses, and dividends.
1t is a shame that this years
Legislature did not act favorably
upon Governor Scott's proposal for
the addition of a cent a gallon to
the gasoline tax, for the money
that this would yield is desperat-
ely needed for the improvement Of
our highways. The lobbyists who
succeeded in defeating the propos-
al did the people of North Caro-
lima an evil turn.
The coastland times., 1951-06-01
SENT
TO STATE ON
TEACHER CUT

The Hyde County board of edu-
cation, meeting Saturday night,
passed a resolution asking the
state board of education to contin-
ue the same allotment of teachers
for Hyde County for next year as
for the present term.
According to teacher allot-
ment received Friday, Sladesville
was given only two elementary
teachers and none for high school.
Fairfield was granted no high
school teachers. Fairfield and Mid
dletown colored schools were re-
duced to one teacher each, and
none was provided for Rose Bay
colored school.
The county board, meeting Sat
urday night, agreed that it would
be better to continue the present
set-up until the long range plan
of organization and building could
be worked out. With that in mind
the board adopted a resolution as
follows:
Whereas the Hyde County Board
of Education is working on a build
ing program which cannot be put
into = operation next year, and
whereas any reorganization of
schools at this time may not be
consistent with the ultimate plan
of organization, and whereas sew
eral reorganizations will be detri-
mental to pupils, be it resolved
that the state board of education
be, and heerby is, petitioned and
requested to continue the same
teacher allotment in Hyde County
for 1951-52 as for 195O-51.
The coastland times., 1951-06-01
COMPANY WILL DRILL FIVE
TEST WELLS in OIL SEARCH
in COASTAL PLAINS REGION
Development Firm Leases Private Lands In
Hyde Along with All Roper and Some State
Acreage; $25O,OOO Set Aside for Effort to
Locate Black Gold in Commercial Quanti-
ties.

Within 60 to 80 days, the David
son Oil Development Co., Inc, of
Washington, D. c., will start put
ting down the first of five test
wells on lands leased in North
Carolina, including Hyde County.
The company has allocated a quar-
ter of million dollars for the
work.
Frank r. Peterson, in charge of
drilling operations, has gone to
Texas to secure portable drilling
rig, which will be brought here
by truck. He also will employ three
crews of drillers, five to each crew,
who will work three shifts.
Harrison Cunning, engineer FOR
the company, said this week that
the first we'll would take about 45
days to drill, providing no bad luck
was encountered. The other four
tests probably will go down in
shorter time.
Locations Kept Secret
Where the first test will be drill
ed Cunning would not say, but de-
clared that one of the five would
be not far from Belhaven. He and
Peterson win make Belhaven their
headquarters until drilling opera
tions are complete.
eve don't want to raise any
ones hopes too high" Cunning
cautioned.
The company hopes to find oil
in the Tuscaloosa sand.
"The sands" Cunning said. "may
The coastland times., 1951-06-01
OTHER EDITORS
HOLD THE LINE
FOR THE OTHER GUY
(The Williamson Enterprise)

North Cardinals 1851 General
Assembly held the line for the
other guy, but it let the purse
strings way out when it came to
it's own fare. The Assembly cost
the taxpayers of North Carolina
$3.50, 700 or $139, 900 more than the
1949 session cost. And after care
full appraisal, it simply wasn't
worth the 1949 amount not to men
ton the increase.
The coastland times., 1951-06-01
NEBRASKA CLUB WOMEN
HEAR A-BOMB REPORTS

Fourteen members of the Ne
braska Home Demonstration Club,
meeting recently at the commun-
ity building, had devotions led by
Mrs. Edith Pugh. She read the
Tooth Psalm, offered prayer end
read the poem, "On Flanders
Field"
Announcement was made that
Mary Ann Payne, Nancy Jane
Payne, Christine Marshall and La
Rue Dudley of the All club would
give dairy products demonstra-
ton at the June meeting.
Miss Ella Caravan, county home
The coastland times., 1951-06-01

When Dick Chapman of Pine
hurst won the British Amateur
Golf Championship last week, he
became the sixth us. star who
has won the British and American
crowns. He was US. Amateur
champ in 1910.
One of the most unusual COM
mencement activities in North
Carolina high school this year oc-
CURED at Star High School; the
commencement address was deliv-
cred by John Hough, Jr., member
of the graduating class.
A week-long, expense-paid trip
to st. Petersburg, Fla, will be Civ
en- to the winner of the 1851 title
Miss North Carolina" Miss North
Carolina will be flown to st. Pet
ersburg Immediately after the ma
tional contest in Atlantic City next
September.
The outlook for quality in truck
crops in Currituck County this
year is good, according to C. S.
Hotchkiss, manager of the Curri-
tuck Exchange. Although the cool
weather retarded the growth of
snap beans, rain at the right time
made good quality beans; a general
flow of snap beans to market
should be underway June 1, he
said. Much cabbage has been going
to market at an average price of
$50 per ton, and the Irish potato
digging is about to begin, with it's
peak reached by June 15.
With 80 counties reporting, the
contributions for this years North
Carolina Cancer Crusade exceeded
$180,000, Mrs. George E. Marshall,
state commander, announced this
week.
Volume from North Cardinals
bountiful strawberry crop is de-
creasing rapidly. Light offerings
are being received at Tabor City
and Chadbourn where heaviest har-
vesting occurred during the week
beginning May Z. Since the 21st of
May, markets have received few
strawborries. Quality in all areas
was good this season.
Home agents of the NC. State
College Extension Service advise
that locally produced vegetables
The coastland times., 1951-06-01
Remember When?
tFrom the Times fiIes)
Fifteen Year Arn


The chief of Army Engineers
has announced that $4,000 has
been allotted for the deepening of
Robinson Channel, leading into
Hatteras, according to letter re-
ceived this week from Congress-
man Lindsay C. Warren.
An elaborate setting has been
arranged for the opening event of
the Nags Head Beach Club Sat-
urday night. The Royal Campbell
orchestra of Raleigh has contract
ed to play at the Beach Club this
season.
The Oxford Orphanage singing
class, always well received in
Dare, is making several appear
ances in Dare in the next few days:
at Manns Harbor, Kitty Hawk,
Wanchese, Hatteras, Avon and
Manteo.
Fishermen report that the larg-
er blue fish are becoming scarce
but most of the guides believe they
are only basking out at sea in the
warm gulf stream for a while.
They expect them to return.
Many citizens of Wanchese have
been on pins and needles during
the past several days due to a
widespread fire scare. Some
small children set out fire in the
grass near the home of w. C.
Saunders; as the winds shifted,
the fire spread first in one direc-
tion, then another. Sunday the
Manteo Fire Dept. was called to
Wanchese as several houses in the
vicinity of the w. o. Daniels home
were in danger. The Jim Monta-
que house caught fire. An army
of fire fighters had to stand
guard all day.
A huge shark, measuring about
25 feet in length and having a tail
that measured four feet across the
points, was caught at Hatteras
some time ago, by Luther Burrus
and crew, according to L. A. Mid
gett, a visitor here this week.
The long drought began working
a hardship on the people of Hat
teras and other communities on
the South Banks this week, when
after many weeks without rainfall,
cisterns and water tanks began to
go dry. Those with unusually large
tanks were still able to get along
and were dividing with their neigh
bors.
The stir that was raised about
registering boys from the local
CCC camp last Saturday seems to
have died down. Chairman NJ. L.
Daniels of the county executive
committee stated this week that
he thought it best to let the mat
er drop. When the CCC boys were
refused registration, a telegram
was sent to Raleigh to the Board
of Elections, and the reply was,
Register them if otherwise quail
ed"
Aside from the gubernatorial
race, there seems to be little en-
thusiasm over the coming election
in Dare County. Hoey supporters
are extremely active and are put
ting up a hard fight for their can
didate. WIS. Burgwin of Nor
Hampton County put in a good
lick for Mr.. Hoey here and at
Stumpy Point this week.
The coastland times., 1951-06-01
SIDNEY PERSONALS

Mrs. Harry Satterthwaite is bet
ter. She was much worse Wednes-
day and Thursday DR.. Byrum had
to be called to her during the night.
Mrs. Emily Turnage Wood Of
Bath and Belhaven recently visited
friends here.
The coastland times., 1951-06-01

be too thin to contain oil in COM
mercial quantities. We expect to
find out if there is oil in the Coas-
tai Plain section and if it is there
in quantities large enough to be
commercially valuable"
Cunning explained that the
Coastal Plain is a marine forma-
ton, which has subsided and risen
several times in the worlds geo.
logical history. Oil is found in such
conditions and, said Cunning,
"there is no major geological rea-
son why there shouldn't be oil
here"
$4,000 Acres Involved
Stuart st. Clair, geologist, has
examined the area and advised
the company on its development
plans. Since then, much detail
work has been necessary.
The company has leased all the
Roper Co. lands, some state lands
and a small amount of private,
lands, the latter in Washington
and Hyde Counties. The holdings
total approximately $4,000 acres.
This will not be the first at
tempt to find oil in North Caro-
lima. Standard Oil once drilled
test well on Hatteras, without sue
cess. Some tests have been made
in the Holly Ridge vicinity and at
one time nine test holes were drill
ed in one small section in the SOU
thern part of the state.
The coastland times., 1951-06-01
NEW HOLLAND NEWS

Mrs. Dick O'Neal and sons, Ed
ward Allen and Richard, spent sew
eral days last week visiting Mrs.
O'Neals parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
H. Duke of Bath.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thaxton Benson
and granddaughter, Harriet Wool
sey of Norfolk, were weekend
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. W. G.
Cahoon.
The coastland times., 1951-06-01
IMPORTANT TO MANTEO AND DARE.

The decision last week of the Southeastern Airport
Managers Association to make pilgrimage to the Manteo
airport, and the shrine of Aviation Kill Devil Hills with
their first official convention in this county October may
be OF far greater Importance than would be ordinarily not
Commerce getting job early in seeking conventions
particularly conventions whose personnel do great
deal for the of the region The the
Chamber of Commerce makes of this convention and the
enjoyment of the visitors do a lot of good.
Not least important is the attention will on the
value OF the Manteo airport to this region Manteo and the
region have extremely valuable asset this airport
enough energy and business management is put
operation While great deal of it's been dis
sated there remains perhaps enough property make of
1t a success without any cost to the taxpayers.
While it has long ago paid for its cost Dare County
many times over in the income brought during the
still has great possibilities not received the aten-
ton it deserves.
Tourists, conventions and business of any type
what Dare County must look forward to for its
livelihood It seems highly important that every possible
facility available to the people be kept good operation
SO that they may play their part to the fullest in making
easy for visitors to come and go with ease
The coastland times., 1951-06-01
MOVE TO ENGELHARD

Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Pows have
moved from Buffalo, N. Y, to
make their home in Engelhard.
Mr.. Pows, who was in the Marines
in World War II, is radio tech
nician. He is to be associated with
the Jolly Radio Service.
The coastland times., 1951-06-01
cRAcKPoT THINKING.

The nations capital is frequently the source of amaz-
ing stories And of the incredible was carried
by the associations under Washington atene early
in April.
It that staff experts of the House-Senate Eco
nomic Committee which is studying imitation and related
problems suggested that luxury tax be placed meat
They added that meat is really luxury food and so it
might well bear a special tax.
This to put it mildly, is about crackpot idea
anyone has come up with IN long time Its only purpose
can be to drive the American standard of living
ward subsistence levels rapidly possible meat
luxurious living every day. They don't all in for Tbones
by means but they buy kind of meat and they
relish it.
It is good to report that the committee itself did not
endorse luxury tax meat Apparently the members
who responsible to constituents with the power of the
ballot had better But the fact that alleged sta
perts suggested such tax casts great white light
on some of the thinking that going in the nations
capital where laws made and policies established
The coastland times., 1951-06-01

agent, reported on a corn shuck
demonstration held recently and
others reported ~on a tour at the
upper end of the county. Mrs. Ed
ith Pugh suggested how civilians
could protect themselves in an
atomic bomb attack. Mrs. Lois Vol
iva offered strawberry hints.
For a demonstration, Miss Car
avian showed how to upholster fur
niture.
After the program, cold drinks
and fancy cakes were served by
the hostesses, Mrs. Edith Pugh
and Mrs. Lois Voliva.
The coastland times., 1951-06-01

in June: cabbage, lettuce, potatoes,
green beans, spinach, tomatoes and
others. Markets will feature plen-
ty of oranges, canned apples, cit
rus fruit juices, peanut butter, dry
beans, cottage cheese, broilers, fry
ers and fish.
Agriculture and home ecenom-
les specialists from all over the
state are attending a meeting on
the Point w Program for aid to
underdeveloped countries at NC.
State College, Friday, June 1. Ap-
plicants for jobs as technical as
sistants to foreign countries should
have degrees in agriculture or
home economics as well as consid-
cradle professional experience. APP
pointments are exempt from Civil
Service examination requirements.
Pay rates range from $3.50 TO
$10,330 per year.
The Department of Motor We.
hicles has announced that motor
vehicle inspectors collected $780,
969.74 in penalties and additional
license fees on trucks found to be
over the road limit or with insult
ficient licenses during April.
A second Highway Patrol Train
ing School will be held June 49,
July 81 at the Institute of Govern
ment at Chapel Hill, Col. James R..
Smith, commander of the State
Highway Patrol reports.
The North Carolina Highway
Commission has more than $21,-
100000 worth of projects under
construction this spring on its pri-
mary highway system along with
hundreds of miles of secondary
road paving. More work is in prog
ress than at any time since World
War II.
No longer will the "citie of
Raleigh" built on Roanoke Island
be a cluster of log buildings. In
stead the "citie" will be made of
buildings of "wattle and daub." His
torical research reveals that this
type of structure the Sir Walter
Raleigh expedition built in 1887.
The "wattle" is made of mimosa
branches; the "daub" is made of
local plastering, as the first set
tiers made it. Albert @. Bell is su-
pervising the work of renovation.