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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-04-06

persons in places of trust. Too
many us pass up the accurate and
unbiased news reports and turn
to the accounts of partisan poll
ticians' speeches-many of them
made in congress under the cloak
of immunity-as the source of our
information. Or, we flip on our
favorite opinionated commentator,
or read our pet columnist, or
swear by the editorial utterances
of our favorite periodical.
1t is largely the fault of the
reader and the listener if he gets
the distorted view, for there is a
wealth of factual information
available to him if he win use it.
If, then, there is this over-supply
of distrust and suspicion of pub
lie officials, the fault lies as much
with US average notwithstanding
class as with the folks who are
running the government. In fact,
we often wonder if we aren't way
behind in acceptance of our indi-
vidual responsibilities as to how
we read, what we read, whom we
believe and what we want and in
tend to think.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-04-06
OTHER EDITORS
WELFARE AND SPONGERS
Gulfport (Miss.) Guide

DIR. w. F. Bond, director of the
Mississippi Department of State
Welfare, sounds a note Of pessi-
mism with reference to public
spongers in statement about the
increasing number of indigents in
Mississippi.
"The State Welfare Department
is contributing to the support of
nearly five times as many people
as it did ten years ago." he said,
"and the number of beneficiaries
has almost doubled since 1913. We
believe the State Welfare Depart
men is doing splendid work and
that it should have the support of
every good man and woman, but
there is something radically
wrong in great and growing
state where the 'leaners' are in
creasing so much more than the
'lifters'."
Over much of the country pub
lie welfare workers are COM
planning about deadbeats who
ride the taxpayers. In Tennessee
legislative committee found one
woman getting money for her nine
illegitimate children, another with
six. (color not given) One family
was drawing $214 a month for a
blind father who spent his spare
time hunting and for two small
children, both of whom were able
bodied men. l have it from one
welfare worker in another state
that the welfare rolls were pack
ed with prostitutes.
l may be dead wrong, but was
brought up by honest parents who
taught me that no one was entit-
led to charity who was able and
unwilling to work. And no child
can make claim to filial love or
self-respect that will not provide
for dependent parents.
In much of America Public Wei
fare has become a racket for dead
beats to prey upon the productive.
People on public relief should be
made to take the pauper's oath,
their names published along with
the names and ages of their chill
dren. Public Welfare should not
be used as an agency to promote
poverty and produce parasites and
spongers. 1t just "ain't" Ameri-
can. The idea of able bodied peo-
pie being mendicants begging for
aims is an alien concept.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-04-06

Shells parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G.
M. Cuthrell over the weekend.
Rep. Russell Swindell visited
friends here Monday morning.
P. C. Stott, Masonic Instruc-
tor from Wendell, has returned
home after a weeks visit here.
Wonder how the men came out on
their possum chase Wednesday
night. You didn't skin your hands
going up that tree, did you j. B. {?
1t would have been too bad if they
had mistaken you for the possum,
wouldn't it? Bet that old possum
won't do any more shopping
around in the Methodist Church
yard.
Miss Jean Cuthrell started
training for nurses aid April 1, in
Columbia Hospital. We hope you'll
like your work and come to see us
when you can, Jean.
Mr.. and Mrs. E G. Sexton and
boys of Norfolk spent Friday
night with Mrs. Sections parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Williams.
The ]. E. Armstrong; and the
Ralph Cutrells visited the tulip
farms in Terra Celia Sunday.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-04-06

the campaign this time. Amour
ced candidates for many offices,
and rumors of candidates for the
other offices, promise a campaign
the like of which Dare county has
not seen in many a day. Edward
Mann, a young man of Manteo
and one of the town commission
ers, seeks the Democratic nomi-
nation for sheriff in opposition
to Victor Meekins. Capt Thos. p.
Midget of Manteo wants the NOM
nation to the Board of Commits
sioners; D. B. Fearing, only COM
missioner from Mays Head town
ship has not yet announced his
intention to seek reelection, al
though it is believed he will run.
W. B. Fearing will enter the field
for representative from Dare a.
gainst Ben F. Etheridge and the
incumbent, Roy L. Davis. That
Judge w. F. Baum shall go with
out contest is the determination
of Sparrow P. Midget of Manns
Harbor, Salvo native.
After nearly three months of
conference, England, France, Italy
and the United States Japan hav-
ing already withdrawn from the
conference have signed a pact
which prohibits the signing ma
tions building warships larger
than a specified size, but they
may build as many ships as they
desire.
Coming to Roanoke Island on
January "a, 1874, and anxious to
be married was one Solomon Beas-
ley, 10, of Mays Head. His bride,
too, was anxious to get married
and get back home across the win
try Roanoke Sound. Bad weather
was making up. As luck would
have it, there wasn't a preacher
or justice on the place that they
locate--except the late George
Riley Midget, colored Justice of
the Peace, and to him they went
in their troubles. He performed
the ceremony, which is believed
to be the only known instance of
a Negro officer marrying white
couple in Dare county.
Miss Elizabeth Hasty of Lum-
berton has arrived in Manteo to
make her home and is associated
with Mrs. Martha Alexander as
assistant operator Of Martha's
Beauty Shop.
Players and others interested in
a local baseball team have been
asked to attend the mass meeting
to be held at the courthouse here
tomorrow night, when manager
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-04-06
SOUP AND SUCH
(The Dunn Dispatch)

To the question, as it consider
ed all right, when eating soup, to
break few crackers in it?" Ro-
bert Lee, author of Modern Eli
quette, answers: eyes, it is quite
all right"
We thoroughly agree, for the
simple reason that many folks
like it better that way, and if it
tastes better that way, why not
have your soup that style?
Moreover, with thickening of
the soup with crumpled crackers,
resultant diminishing of slurp-
ing annoyances would be heard.
This reminds us that long ago
none other than Emily Post dis
carded the notion that chicken and
certain other meats should be eat
en- with utensils, when the fingers
are much more practical.
Most rules of etiquette are now
based on practicability and sim
plicity, and we can eat after that
fashion without being unconven-
tional.
Some may wonder why it is not
considered the best manners to
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-04-06
MORALLY UNSOUND
(The Laurinburg Exchange)

We agree with The Charlotte
Observer that the States policy of
taxing its citizens on that part of
their income which they pay as
Federal income taxes is indefen-
sible." 1t is not only indefensible,
but its morally unsound. The stock
answer that apologists for this vi
cious practice have always offered
is that "the State needs the mon
ey." But the facts are that the
State does not need money bad
enough to resort to chiseling and
cheating to get it. And that's
about all you can say for a tax
that is levied, on a tax.
That part of ones income which
he pays the Federal government
as taxes is no part of his real in
come. Not any more than the
taxes he pays the county, or the
town in which he lives and owns
property. Yet the State permits
the taxpayer to deduct from taxa
BILE income the taxes he pays at
the court house and the city hall,
but compels him to pay taxes on
all the income, or withholding tax,
that he sends to Washington.
1t is not fair. 1t is not right, and
it is a practice that the State
ought to be ashamed Of. How can
this example of chiseling and
cheating on the part of the State
be excused or condoned? And is it
not an example which the State
should not set for it's citizens ?
For if the State cheats and hedges
on it's tax collections, can it be
surprised if the taxpayer does as
much?
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-04-06
Remember When?
from the Times fiIes)
Fifteen Years Ago

The contest for the Democratic
nomination for governor has al
ready become a veritable horse
race with three of the four candi-
dates running very close together,
although the race is not yet any
where near the home stretch. The
impression in most political cir
cles is that Clyde R. Hoey, of
Shelby, is in the lead, but not as
much as his supporters are inclin-
ed to believe; that DIR. Ralph W.
Mcdonald of Winston-Salem is in
second place, but slowly gaining
on Hoey and that 1t. Governor
A. H. Graham is in third place,
nto far back of Mcdonald, with
John A. MeRae of Charlotte far
behind in fourth place.
What is believed to be the hea-
West crew of Coas. Guard men
in the United States, man the sta
ton at Ocracoke, and the crew
weighs over a ton, holding the
Coast Guard record for fat men.
1t costs Uncle Sam $3.50 a month
to feed these men, whose keeper
and Number One man top the list
at $50 pounds apiece. The entire
crew weighs 1890 pounds, and no
man in the lot weighs less than
$50 pounds, while seven of them
weigh 200 pounds and over.
Dare County's Election Board
for the June primary and Novem-
Der election will be composed of
E. s. Wise CD of Manteo, ]. B.
Hooker CD of Wanchese and
w. C. Gaskill (R) of Wanchese,
these having been named by the
State Board of Elections last Sat-
urday.
Contributions of $3.50 from the
officers and men of the Virginia
Dare CCC camp here this week
brought the total raised by the
Dare County Red Cross on Roa-
noke Island for flood relief to Sill
with two solicitors not yet re-
ported.
The outgrowth Of the disputes
and splits that have taken place
among the Democrats of Dare
county during the past three
years, when they had become hea-
dy over the huge majorities that
had been piled up for three cleo
tons as result of the hard work
Of the leaders of the party, pro-
misses exceedingly bitter fruit in
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-04-06
READER AND LISTENER
HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES,
TOO
(The Hartford County Herald)

Day by day, almost hour by
hour, the American public is fed
continuing diet of information
most of it factual, but much of it
colored by the individual ideas and
opinions of those figuring in the
episodes that produce the facts
about the crookedness of public
officials, from the most obscure
officeholder right on up to the
White House. There is the mink
coat affair, for instance. 1t is be-
ing worn by woman secretary
working under the same roof with
the President of the United
States.
Unfortunately but understands
bly,, some of the things read and
listened to are true, however, too
often incidents involving no actual
wrong doing are magnified and en-
larged so as to appear all out of
proportion to their actual impor-
lance. Every kind Of appeal is
made to the emotions and at
tempts are made to create such a
suspicious atmosphere as to lead
the wary and unsuspecting into
believing people in politics and in
high office are rotten to the core.
OF course, that is not the truth,
But we are wondering if there
isn't more distrust of public Of
ficials today than ever before, and
yet when you sift the charges and
counter-charges and apply the
rule of facts and common sense
to what you hear and read there
is remarkably little actual crook
edness in government. There are
not many, proportionately we
mean, actual thugs and criminals
running our public business.
We suspect a whole lot of the
seeming distrust is due to the
American habit Of being always
in too much Of a hurry to read
facts and sift charges that are be-
ing constantly directed against
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-04-06
A PUBLIC BENEFACTOR
Is. F. Recorder)

An earnest young student OF
journalism was assigned to write
an essay on newspapers. "O1
what value are newspapers in q
community" she asked in a letter
to the country editor for help.
eve are greatly surprised al
this question:" replied the editor
eve thought there was11o one who
did not know that a newspaper
stands alone as community util-
ity.
when we were a very small
child in school, we. learned that
there is nothing that equals we'll
chewed newspaper for making
spitballs. They have zing and g
sticking quality not to be found
in any other paper.
Newspapers are used every
where by housewives as cover
ing for shelves on which pots and
pans are stored. Newspapers car
be and are spread on chairs when
standing on them to hang pic
lures, to prevent scratching the
varnish. They also are used tC
wrap things that are to be packed
in an attic, as the printers ink
discourages moths.
Housekeeping cannot be car
ried on without newspapers. A
newspaper of wide circulation
crumpled in the hand, makes ar
excellent mop with which to clear
the grease from stoves and rang
es. A bit of coaloil on a newspaper
turns it into a fine polishing nor
for metal work. The newspaper is
unequaled for starting fire, OF
for lining garbage cans.
"In cold weather the editoria
page of newspaper, spread over
the chest and buttoned under 6
coat, will keep out the cold. News.
papers stuffed in leaky pipe car
be used as temporary measure
The society section Of a newspap,
er is valuable to spread on a floor
when painting, to keep paint
stains off the linoleum.
ooh, we can go on for hours
narrating the various things FOL
which a newspaper may be used
and still not name half of them
And if all else fails, one can si'
down and read the thing. Wha'
else in the community has this i'm
portance and f1exibility?"
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-04-06
OBSERVATIONS AROUND
FAIRFIELD
By JOYCE BALANCE

They say it's always quiet after
a storm, and it must be true be-
cause that's the way it is around
Fairfield. We haven't had a real
storm, but there was quite a bit
of excitement going on around
Easter. Wish those weekends
came more often, don't you?
That piano sure looks pretty in
the new lodge here. Leslie Sim
mons motored it all the way from
Washington Wednesday.
Mrs. d. w. Cuthrell and Mrs.
Eugene Cooley were Belhaven Wis
itors Thursday.
Leon Balance of Lake Landing
was business visitor here several
times this week on Red Cross bus
mess.
Theo. and George Brickhouse,
who are working in Edenton and
Norfolk spent the weekend home
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Johnnie Brickhouse.
The Walter Jones of Ports
mouth, Va, were home this week.
end.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. E. Swindell
took their daughter and two chill
dren as far as Edenton on her way
home Thursday afternoon, and
Mrs. Bob Jones stopped in Column
bia to visit her sister until their
! return.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Midyette
were visitors in Belhaven Satur-
day while their daughter Jane Wis
tied beauty shop.
Illness
We have quite a few cases of
sickness. Laverne Mooney has
been i'll in Columbia Hospital, but
is home and feeling lots better
now. Mrs. Guy Cuthrell is pa
tient in Columbia Hospital with
the flu, but is expected home some
time this week. Mrs. Lydia Sadler
has been i'll for several weeks and
is still under doctors care at Co
lumbia Hospital. She was given a
blood TRANSMISSION Monday. / hav-
emit mentioned everybody that has
been sick, but here's to a quick re-
covery, folks.
DR.. and Mrs. R. L. Shell Of
Kinston were guests Of Mrs.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-04-06
BELHAVEN o. e. S.
INSTALLATION APRIL g

Installation of newly elected Of
GERS of the Eastern Star will be
held Monday night, April 9, in
Belhaven. Newly elected officers
are: Mrs. Ben Harris, Leechville,
Worthy Matron; Robert Pearce,
Ransomville, Worthy Patron; Mrs.
LYDIA Stowe, Leechville, Associate
Matron; Mrs. T. A. Jordan, Asso-
ciate Patron; Mrs. Grace Lupton,
Secretary; Harold Lupton, Treas
urer.
During the election two weeks
ago, Mrs. Fannie Johnston, retir-
ing Worthy Matron, presented all
of the outgoing officers with at
tractive gifts.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-04-06
BELHAVEN STUDENT is
ELECTED COLLEGE MARSHAL

Miss Patricia Bundy of Belhav-
en- was chosen by the E.C.T.C.
student body to serve as one OF
the college marshals during the
school term 1852, it was an
nounced by the College News Blu
reau this week.
College marshals act as ushers
at programs and entertainments
given on the campus, and election
to the Office is an honor sought by
a large number Of the women stu
dents at the college.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-04-06
HYDE BILLS

Last Friday Rep. Russell Swim
dell introduced bill in the House
to authorize the Hyde County
Commissioners to transfer any
balance in the school debt service
fund to the capital outlay fund for
schools. On Saturday the House
passed bill which provides for a
six per cent commission on all
taxes collected by the Hyde Coun-
ty sheriff.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-04-06

w. B. Midget will discuss the
prospects for baseball team here
this summer.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Northend Baptist Church, which
was founded 43 years ago, observ-
ed the anniversary of the found
ing yesterday afternoon by meet
ing with Mrs. Ephriam Meekins,
who was the first elected secre-
,tary. Mrs. Meekins, incidentally,
observed the Gath anniversary of
her birth on the 33rd, and cele-
brated her golden wedding ami
versary last Dec. %. Another
charter member Of the organiza-
ton is Mrs. John B. Etheridge,
who was married the day the so
ciety was organized.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-04-06

With the single exception of
Arkansas, North Carolina has the
lowest rate of government en-
ployment of any of the AZ states,
the Census Bureau reports. Twen-
ty-nine out of every 1000 Tar
Heels were publicly employed as
of October, 1850, according to the
Bureau. In Arkansas the rate was
% out of 1000. The national rate
was az out of 1000. Across the
Virginia line in "Byrdland" the
rate is "A out of 1000. The less
populous states of Utah and Ne
vada have the highest rates.
More than 200 doctors, nurses
and tuberculosis association wor-
kers are expected to gather in
Greensboro on April 1913 to dis
cuss methods and means of con-
tinuing the fight against the
"White Plague" The occasion is
the Annual Meeting of the North
Carolina tuberculosis Association
and its medical section, the North
Carolina Trudeau Society, and the
sessions will get underway at
2 pm. on the 18th.
A lanky' youngster applied at
the Greensboro employment Of
flee recently for a job. He landed
place as warehouse worker for
Greensboro firm. Slice the fell
low was only 16 years of age, it
was necessary to secure for him
a Workers permit from the Gull
ford County Welfare Dept. No
thing unusual in all that-but the
local staff recognized the boy as
James Ward, former infantry SER
geant, veteran of six months
fighting in Korea. While he was in
the thick of the fighting his pa
rents became concerned and wrote
General MacArthur's headquart-
eEs, revealing that although jim
my had served two years in the
u. S. Army, he was only 16 and
still a bit shy of minimum age
requirements. He was then flown
home from the Orient and i'm
mediately discharged.
A Washington report says that
the U. s. television industry had
a revenue of over $10O,OO0,O00
last year. About half of the 107
American stations operated at a
profit.
The state Division of purchase
and contract has placed orders for
8S new trucks for state agencies
and institutions with three Ra-
leigh firms. The trucks will cost
a total of $134,483.
The judge heard a new one in
Polk County Court last week. Two
out of country fishermen were
brought before the magistrate
charged with fishing a state
closed stream" One paid fines to-
! falling $40; the other pleaded not
| guilty. and his grounds were that
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-04-06
BATH AIRMAN IN KOREA

Master Sgt. Alexander B. Noe,
the son of Rev. and Mrs. A.C.D.
Noe Of Bath, is in Korea with the
334th Fighter Squadron of the
Air Corps. Sgt. Noe is a World
War II veteran, and was a prison
er Of war in Austria for % months.
His wife is Mrs. Abilene Speight
Noe of Greenville.
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he was of t'Indian descent and
that no laws of North Carolina or
the United States prohibited the
Indian from fishing and hunting
where he pleased" The judge said
that, while it may be an "unwrit-
ten law" he would have to see it
in print before he could give his
decision. The defendant posted
$40 bond and was given "a hours
to bring proof. Two days later he
hadn't yet reappeared.
The aptitude tests upon which
draft deferments for college stu
dents will be based are to be
three-hour examinations featuring
multiple-choice answers to four
basic types of questions. The Ed
ucational Testing Service says
that bulletin with sample ques-
tions and answers will soon be
available through local draft
boards to every student eligible
for the test.
More than 100 people from all
sections of North Carolina and
some from Virginia tried out for
roles in The Lost Colony and IN
to These Hills, the states two
famous outdoor dramas, at Chapel
Hill last weekend. Samuel Selden
and Harry Davis, directors of the
two plays, conducted the tryouts.
$500 rural families in eBaufort,
Pitt and Craven Counties will get
electrical current as a result Of
the Greenville Utilities Commits
sion's voting approval last week
of an REA loan. The Commission
made the provision that not more
than $334,500 should be borrowed
to pay for the necessary lines.
Mining of pyrophyllite on
commercial basis began last week
in Granville County. Sometimes
Research discloses that most of
North Cardinals 769,423 house.
wives shop for groceries every
day, a staggering total Of 270,-
069,972 hours, or approximately
II, 541, 345 days.
Hiring and promotion of reserv-
lists and draft eligibles with no
distinction because of prospective
military service is reported by
nearly three-fourths of employ
ers answering a spot survey con-
Quoted by the National Chamber
of Commerce.
Out of 100 companies respond
ing, 81 say they follow the same
hiring and promotion practices for
reservists as for any other per-
sons, and 76 make the same state
ment regarding potential selec-
tees.
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called soapstone, pyrophyllite re-
sembles tale in many respects. It
is used as filler or extender in
such products as porcelain, paint,
china, wall tile and auto battery
cases.
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The judge heard a new one in
Polk County Court last week. Two
out of country fishermen were
brought before the magistrate
charged with fishing a state
closed stream" One paid fines to-
falling $40; the other pleaded not
guilty and his grounds were that
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-04-06

The state Division of purchase
and contract has placed orders fol
SO new trucks for state agencies
and institutions with three Ra.
leigh firms. The trucks will cost
a total of $134,483.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-04-06

A Washington report says that
the U. S. television industry had
a revenue of over $100,000,000
last year. About half of the 107
American stations operated at a
profit.