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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-01-23
THE RANK AND FILE WON.

"The principal losers in the election in the opinion of
Washington Observers the big bosses of the labor
nopolies' Farm Journal observes
"The winners the rank and file of union workmen,
who demonstrated for the twentieth time that their votes
not be delivered, plus all unorganzed workers and
the general public
1.-The reaction of labor bosses is that the labor
has been set back 10 years That it
only monopoly power of the bosses that is set back
ut should be possible to amend the Taft-Hartey
act to remove some obvious defects and njustices'
1t is 100 per cent ridiculous say that
file of labor regard Mr. Eisenhower being opposed their
hopes and rights and nereshe carried usually by heavy
maorties the industrial regions where union labor
cenrated Even cursory analysis of the vote shows that
labor played important role bringing about the decis
i've change that took place January 20.
1t is equally obvious that great many union members
sick of dicaton from the labor bosses who presume
to speak for them This dcaton is found in its form
in the closed shop and the shop Under either SYSTEM
must join up and pay dues whether he wants
not he is to keep his job and living labor is to
be Free must have the right to work and belong
not belong to union he chooses without coercion from
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-01-23
BENEDICTlON.

In his farewell address the nation over radio and
televson networks President Truman his seven
years in the biggest job in the world at which had put
in II hours day signed his 900 times day. and
had to take time out to greet thousands of people, here
is no job like it the face of the EARTH he said
you to realize how big job is not for my sake I'm step
ping OUT but for my successor"
He speaking he said from the historic presidential
desk in the White House. where he worked he had rot
felt alone. You," he said were working with me- He
wanted his hearers and all Americans regardless party
he declared to pledge their fullest support President
senhower-as he had done.
AS President, he said, he had travelled $4,000 miles
by air. 1900 by rail and II 900 by shipbut he added
"the mail always followed me- No matter how long docu
mens of state might travel around the Government b
they finally to him. There place else for
them to co. The decisions must be made the President
Il have political statements to make" said Mr. Tru
man Il just want to say goodbye But he followed this
with somewhat reminiscent outline of the Truman
umphs and policies that could hardly fail suggest that
Missourans yet have another chance to mark ballot
for him.
In closing he referred again to the job of being Pres
dent Il tried he sad ito give everything that in
me-"
With that disagree.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-01-23
SALVO PERSONALS

Lafayette Douglas has returned
from Manteo where he has been
visiting his daughter, Mrs. Milton
Robinson.
Graves Midget, Jr. and son
Jimmy Graves, of Norfolk, spent
spent his liberty with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Graves Midget.
Mrs. Claude Williams and
granddaughters, Pattie and Claud-
ia Long of Manteo spent the week
end with her sister, Mrs. Betty
Farrow.
Mae Midget is spending a few
days in Norfolk with her brother,
Oliver Midget.
Charlie Midget of Rodanthe
was here Saturday visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Perry Farrow.
Burgess Hooper and Jim Hoop
er who are employed in Norfolk,
spent the weekend with their
families.
Betty Ann O'Neal and daugh-
ter Cheryl of Norfolk spent the
weekend with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Perry Farrow.
Rachel Hooper suffered an at
tack of appendicitis and was car
ried to Cape Hatteras Health Cen
ter Tuesday where she spent sew
eral days for treatment. She is
back home and is rapidly improv-
ing.
Willie Austin and Theodore
O'Neal of Hatteras were here Fri
day visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Hooper. Dl
The Young Group gave an oy-
ster roast Friday night. A de-
lightful evening was reported en-
joyed by all.
Raymond Midget spent the
weekend at harrisburg and Pop
lar Branch.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-01-23
LAW is FORCE.
(Carteret County News Times)

Last November the American people demanded, with
policies attitudes and philosophy of their government
will take courage and vision to support those changes
for to return to traditional principles of self
reliance and individual responsibility there will have be
end to the reckless federal give away policy that has
the past 20 years No longer the federal
government be regarded perpetual and mtess
OF aid and relief and security for any group for any
region, for any individual.
Withhe Korean War; the of internal and external
communsm the stll-present threat of imitation; the
killing tax burden, and so on down the list.
But there another great underlying problem. It is
found in the way have to depend growing
against all the exgencies life birth to death-and
to make and of the decisions that used to
make for ourselves The in which this problem is
finally solved will decide whether are to remain free
people, to drift farther down the road whose deadend
ua has neither rights dignity and in which the state
alone is important.
We have long worked on the theory that a claw" is
magcans wand potential source OF infinite miracles The
wand is waved, legislative act is passed. and goal
reached That apparently what many millions of be-
lieve used to believe.
This falacy that has SCARED the pages of history
for centuries Proud and free peoples have allowed them
selves to become ensaved and nations have eventually COL
apsed because of that philosophy The people said in eff
feet to those who governed them Solve all problems
with laws They turned to government great and
pressve powers of action and decision.
Endless books and tracts have been written about this
Some written long ago 1885,
pie French economist statesman and author Fred
eric Bastiat published pamphlet called The Law. is
will retain their full validity for centuries to come Here
excerpt from it, "Snce the law organizes justice, the
socialists ask why the law should not also organize labor
education, and religion.
Why should not the law be used for these purposes
Because could not organize labor education and religion
without destroying justice We must remember that law is
force and that consequently the proper functions of the
law cannot lawfully extend beyond the proper functions
of force :.
when the law, by of it's necessary agent force
imposes upon regulation of labor method sub
ect of education, religious faith creed it subs
utes the will of the legislator for their wills the inta
tive of the legislator for their own initiatives When this
happens the people longer need discuss to compare
the plan ahead the law does all this for them Intelligence
becomes useless prop for the people, they to be
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-01-23
BUSHES FOR BEAcONS.

Word from Hatteras that the roads in the COM
munity not the highway but the streets trails in the
residential such ill state of repair that it
necessary mark the watered holes with bushes after
heavy rains There holes where the water reaches
depth of almost three feet afr downpours said Hat
terasan this week After the Christmas holidays the
rains The village roads looked like creeks than
place for and pedestrian traffic During that period dis
carded Christmas trees found They stuck
the shadows of the roadway waterhoes mark the most
favorable channel fr autos and pedestrians follow Thus
for the first time history perhaps Christmas trees
used channel markers" p
Of the plight of the good people at Hatteras
nothing to those who through political other
channels able to divert funds badly needed at Halter
to the sufacg of roads that always good and
able every month in the year. Had the money been fairly
and wisely spent everyone would be the better instead
of few at the expense of the many.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-01-23
ACCOMMODATIONS GROW
FOR SPORTS FISHERMEN
By AYCOCK BROWN

Mays Head-There will be hun
dreds of additional rooms in no.
tells, motor courts and boarding
houses available this season as the
game fish begin taking lures dur
ing early April and continue bit
ing from then until early next
winter in waters between Kitty
Hawk and Hatteras.
The Carolinian Hotel with "a
new rooms now being added and
with a greatly enlarged dining
room will open for the season on
March 10. That is just few days
before the first large mouth bass
is taken each year in the nearby
fresh ponds and bays and about
two weeks before the channel bass,
copper-fghters of salt water ar
rive in large schools at Oregon
Inlet and in the surf waters along
almost 100 miles of Dare shore
line.
Archie Burrus' Sea-otel Motor
Court of 20 units is now nearing
completion with opening date set
for early Spring. This new motor
court is located in the lower Mays
Head area near Jennette's Fishing
pier on the ocean front. Other
motor courts adding rooms for
the 1853 season include Tillett's at
Kill Devil Hills, The Tomahawk at
Kill Devil, Colonial Inn and Court
at Mays Head, near Bain's Fish
ing Pier and others.
Already open for the season in
this area are Journeys End, and
Baum's Rentals at Kitty Hawk
Edgewater Hotel, Cavalier Motor
Court at Kill Devil Hills. The
Dolphin Motor Court, Ell Gay Mo-
tor Court at Mays Head. Mays
Header Hotel Annex on the ocean
front with ID modernly equipped
heated rooms and dining facilities
is scheduled to open this week fol
the season.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-01-23
OF NOBLE CHARACTER,

We sorrow at the passing of Gilbert James who died
In Elizabeth City this week. He of noble char
acter spotess business sterling the silver he
sold He gracious and gentle and kind and ready with
CHEEKY words and thoughtful deeds despite the long illness
that caused the pain beneath his pleasant counenance We
had known him for 80 years The advertising of his
store has been in each week since the first
He loved the coasand its deeds and its people and he
knew almost everyone it. He always thoughtful in
inquiries about people and things along the ouer banks
where he numbered many friends He had capacity for
making people love him and he will be forgotten by
those who knew him long they live What lovelier
world this would be if lived the gentle, helpful
and kindly life as that lived by A. G. James.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-01-23
MANTEo PERSONALS

Mrs. Almira Douglas is a pa
tient in the Albemarle Hospital,
Elizabeth City.
w. ]. Swindell has returned from
the Albemarle Hospital, where he
was a patient for some time, and
is now operating his business as
usual.
Mr.. and Mrs. Desmond Rogers
plan to leave Friday for Oak
Ridge, where they will place their
son, D. A, as a student in Oak
Ridge Military Academy.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-01-23
THEY SHOULD VISIT H4TTERAs ISLAND.

Before the 1858 General Assembly adjourns legislators
should visit what is potentially of North Cardinals
greatest attractions Hatteras National Seashore Rec
reaona Area aramed Hatteras Island where the State
has built apaved highway leading into the In
previous of the Legislature of Raleigh trips
have been made and occasions token sessions have been
held The people of Dare County in general and Haeras
Island in particular would extend friendly welcome to
the Legislators they would make the trip to North Caro-
lnas farthest communities us. "a from Raleigh
the that the Lawmakers should follow, then they
would have opportunity to at first hand not only
what their great State has, but what it does not haven
the waterlnks of the transcontnental highway.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-01-23
WEIRD SCRAWLS
REVEAL SECRETS
TO COMBAT MEN

Small squares of paper-marked
with mysterious symbols, waving
lines and strange red and blue
rectangles-bewilder the average
civilian, but to the soldier on the
battlefield they often mean the
difference between life and death.
These weird scrolls are military
maps, and they speak a clear, sue
cinct language that few outside
military circles understand. They
are far more complicated-and in
formative-than a road map found
at corner service station, and
by studying one for just a few min
utes soldier gets a graphic, de-
tailed picture of the land it rep
resents.
Although the map may be a
blend of colors, he knows that
swHmps rivers, lakes, and other
bodies of water are printed in blue,
woods and other vegetation in
green, and cuts, fills, and some
cultivated fields in brown. Good
roads usually are marked in red,
while other roads, railroads, bull
dings, bridges and other man-made
objects are shown in black.
Of particular interest to a SOL
der reading map are the waving
lines which, when scrutiniZed, re-
veal height and shape. Known in
the Army as contour lines, they
enable soldiers to get the lay of
the land after routine inspection
of the map.
These contour lines help the SOL
der in many ways. For a soldier
prowling enemy territory, they are
an advance warning of open fields,
unfordable rivers, hills, valleys,
steep slopes and cliffs. They show
him where he can travel close to
enemy positions without being
seen. He knows that slight rise
in the ground will protect him
from gunfire.
knowledge such as this is of
particular Importance to COM
manders planning an attack over
ground foreign to them, to patrol
leaders faced with the mission of
stealing into enemy-held terri
tory, and messengers carrying vi
tai information over a strange and
unfamiliar land.
Military maps not only reflect
the lay of the land but also show
through symbols the location, size
and type of friendly and enemy
units.
To soldiers schooled in the use
of military maps, the symbols
the red and blue, rectangles, and
the waving lines-speak for them
selves. They speak language all
soldiers learn early in their train
ing, for every man must know how
to read and use a map if he wants
to stay alive and keep his outfit
safe in combat.
There is no Travellers Aid SER
vice for soldiers on the battle
field. The combat infantrymar
must know where he is at all
times. Good military maps help
keep him informed.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-01-23

men, they lose their personality their liberty their proper
ty."
That is the situation face today. We are ucky-we
still have the time and the to and strengthen
freedoms and again the great principle that
the people the masters not the servants of their gov
eminent We turn backs the false and deadly
concept of the powerful state 1t will call for will power
will hurt individuals Cities states and groups which have
been getting easy money from the public till But the hurts
will be nothing compared to the gains in being free from
political dctation.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-01-23
SWAN QUARTER NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. h. ii. watson were
in Engelhard Friday afternoon.
Miss Pearle Sadler and Mrs. r.
G. Baum were dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Dick O'Neal at New
Holland Wednesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Williams
spent Thursday in Washington.
Mrs. Pratt Williamson and Mrs.
Branch Spencer were in Belhaven
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. E. Swindell of
Fairfield were guests of Mrs. W.
H. Langston Tuesday.
John H. Swindell and Gilbert
Tunnel were in Washington We'd
nesday.
Mrs. L. D. Hunnings of New
Bern spent last week with her son
and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
L. D. Hunnings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Caravan and
son Butch" were in Belhaven
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Murrow of
Robersonville spent the week end
here.
Leon Balance of Lake Landing
was a visitor here Saturday.
Allen Creole of Sladesville was
in Swan Quarter Friday.
Mrs. Tom Sanderson and Mrs.
Eugenia Marshall of Lake Land
ing were guests of Mrs. R. B. Bur-
rus Friday.
Billy Williams of E.C,C., Green
vile, spent the week end here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Gregory and
children, Bobby and Diana, of
Portsmouth, Va, and Mrs. Stacy
Cox of Engelhard are visiting with
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton Gibbs.
Mrs. w. H. Langston and Miss
Aleph Cason were in Belhaven
Tuesday.
Clifton and E. L. Gibbs and Mrs.
Stacy Cox motored to Durham
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. L. Berry re-
turned from Raleigh Friday.
Mrs. Violet Harris left Monday
for her home in Safety Harbor,
Fla, after spending several months
with Mrs. Claude Grant.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Burrus, Jr.,
of Arlington, Va, are spending
this week with Mr.. and Mrs. R. B.
Burrus.
Mrs. Orpha Davis of Lake Land
ing was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Davis for the week end.
Miss Ann Caravan of EGG,
Greenville, spent the week end
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M.
l.. Caravan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Wahab of
Ocracoke were visitors here last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Gay were
in Belhaven Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rhonda Kicks and
Mr.. and Mrs. Burl Respass and
children of Pantego were guests
of Mrs. w. H. Langston Sunday.
Mrs. Viola Winstead and Mrs.
Ruby Davis of Goldsboro spent
Sunday here.
Harvey Flowers and Jack Ma
son spent the week end in Nor
folk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Hodges and
children were in Belhaven Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Tunnel had
as their Sunday guests Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Lee Tunnel and son of
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-01-23

Hartford and Mr.. and Mrs. A. B.
Harris and daughters of Fairfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm Cox and
daughter, Dale, spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller Flowers in
Belhaven.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-01-23
c A r A H. G
y A E -
SARAH F. HALLIBURTON

Tourists have ideas of their own
and you might as well cater to
them is the opinion Of c. A. Spruill
of the Kitty Hawk Wood Products
Co. For instance, tourists want
souvenirs and the souvenirs must
have on them the name of the
place visited. His company makes
some of the cutest little wood wat
ering troughs you ever saw, with
pump handle that moves up and
down, and a metal spout. They
are really meant to hold small fol-
iage plants and would attract at
tention from guests in any home.
But tourists, Spruill says, won't
touch them unless they have Exit
ty Hawk" burned into the wood.
With those words added, the tou-
rists don't blink at the price of
the handmade novelties.
AS everybody knows, this is the
slack time of year for beach bust
ness and Anderson's store is no eX-
ception. There, it is not only slack
for business but for cats. Right
now, there're only Is cats calling
that home, whereas the Anderson's
have had as high as 40. One rainy
spell last year, 15 of them got dis
temper and died within three days.
Just imagine feeding 40 cats!
H. Cartwright, who formerly
owned the store now operated as
Fletcher's and who before that ran
a grocery store in Elizabeth City,
is one of many Cartwrights, all de-
scended from three brothers who
came from Ireland, many years
ago. One settled at Elizabeth City,
enc at Hartford and one upstate.
There are so many of them now
that they don't bother to claim kin
with the more distantly related.
If the scales confirm your sus-
picion that you might be putting
on weight, N. X. Lee of Hilton
Village and Newport News, Va.
who stays at Kill Devil Hills most
of the off-season, has prescrip-
tion for you. He swears by a little
lemon juice in a fruit glass half
full of water, taken first thing
every morning. He claims this SIM
pie remedy will take off three
pounds in week and make you
feel better, too.
A problem, hardly world shak-
ing but nevertheless a problem,
has arisen to mar the peaceful
tenor at the Cats Meow. Danny,
the Maltese boss, refuses to drink
water out of dish of any kind.
She drinks only running water,
out of the bathtub faucet. But the
faucet is just too far for Danny,
standing on the fiat edge of the
tub, to reach. If she gets into the
tub, the water drizzles on her fore
head and what's more, her usually
tolerant human, has a prejudice
against cats in the bathtub. So it
looks like a long dry season for
Danny, the cat.
Atlantic townships energetic
county commissioner, who came to
the beach in 1920 with the Coast
Guard, was talking about how
times had changed since then. At
that time, he said, all the beach
land was assessed at 81 an acre.
Some of the Coast Guard men rent
ed land for So an acre per year,
with the privilege of putting up
houses on it, and this rental was
enough to pay the owners taxes
on the entire tract. No rent con-
trolls in those days!
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-01-23
SWAN QUARTER PTA

The Swan Quarter P.T.A. will
hold it's regular meeting in the
school auditorium Monday night,
January &c, at 1880 o'clock.
Milford chronicle., 1953-07-31
Twenty Years Ago.

-aken from the August 4, 1888 Issu
Mrs. Charles r. Godfrey has
resigned her position as clerk
in the MillsbOro Trust Com
pany Bank and Mrs. Harry
Nichols has been given the
place.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Watson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vance McCabe
and Miss Vivian McCabe, all of
ROxana, returned home Friday
evening after touring nearly
seven weeks. They visited Long
Beach, Calf. They went via
the Southern route, and came
back via the Northern route,
visiting a number of interesting
places,
For the first time in history.
FrankfOrd, Delaware, was rep
resented in a firemen's parade.
The Frankford Volunteer Fire
Company is not yet motorized,
but with a toy fire engine pre-
sented to them by the Willards
Volunteer Fire Company, forty
men Of the vicinity of Frank
ford, proceeded ahead of the
midget fire engine which was
pulled by Chief Engineer Har-
vey Ruark, in No. 2 place in the
parade, at Willards, Nd. July
%.
Milford chronicle., 1953-07-31
1853 National Rifle
And Pistol Matches

WASHINGTON, D. C.-With the
opening shot of the 1853 National
Rifle and Pistol Championships less
than three weeks off, over two thou
sand of Americas top marksmen
are training for one of spOrtsdOm s
most gruelling tests. From August
goth to September 7th practically
every tOp-nOtch rife and pistol
shooter of the nation will be shoot
ing for the most coveted titles in
the shooting world.
This year for the first time since
1910 the high-pOwer rife, the small
bore rife and the pistol champion
ships will be held at Camp Perry,
Ohio, the world famous home of the
shooting tournaments for 33 years
starting in 1907. In all, in the three
fields of competition, SO separate
matches will be fired with all Am
erican individual and team cham
plonships at stake. Older by two
years than the Kentucky Derby. the
shooting championships stand as
the oldest and most traditional
sports events in the United States.
The firing for the titles will
stretch over a three week period
with the pistol and smallbOre shoot
ers competing between August 20
and 20 and the big bore marksmen
holding the stage between August
81 and September z. William T.
Ioney. Jr., of FL PasO. Texas. will
defend his U. S. pistol crown
against the challenges of 500 of the