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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-09-21
WHO GETS HURT?
Industrial News Review

Industrial News Review
Who gets hurt when government
goes into business on a tax-sub-
sidized basis?
One group consists of the own
ers of taxpaying private business
which must try to compete with
the government business. Another
group consists of working people
in private enterprise whose jobs
may be imperiled because of un-
fair government competition.
Some little time ago, The In
ternational Teamster magazine,
which is edited by Dave Beck and
is the official organ of that union
listed a number of businesses in
which government competition is
hurting the transfers. 1t laid
special stress on the parcel post
system. parcel post" it said
"has become a classic example OF
unnecessary competition with pri-
vate business, costing the taxpay-
ers millions of dollars every year"
From 1947 through 1853, it went
in, fourth-class mail costs exceed
ed revenue by a reported 1925
million and, in addition, at least
$500 million in costs were buried
in other government accounts.
The union magazine also point
ed out that when parcel post was
started, back in 1918, Congress
stipulated that the rates charged
should be sufficient to meet costs;
that there should be no unneces-
sary competition with private
transportation, and that the serv-
ice should supplement, not super
sede, private carrier. These stric-
lures have been consistently vio-
lated.
1t doesn't take much imagina-
ton to evaluate the effects of this
on private industry and its work
ers-or on that infinitely larger
group, the taxpayers Of the United
States.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-09-21
ENGELHARD GIRL CHAIRMAN
DISTRICT CHRISTIAN GROUP

Miss Merle Ann Harris, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Har-
ris, Of Engelhard recently attend
ed a planning retreat for the exc
cutive committee of the Albemarle
District Christian Youth Fellow
ship. Miss Harris was installed as
chairman of Christian service of
this group during a youth rally
in Plymouth, on September 2.
The Albemarle District Chris
tian Youth Fellowship is the youth
division of the churches of the
Disciples of Christ, or Christian
churches, in northeastern North
Carolina. "he area includes Hyde,
Washington, Martin, Beaufort,
Dare, Tyrrell, Chowan, Perquimans
and Pasquotank counties.
During the retreat, programs
were planned for four district raj
lies during the year. These conyen-
ton type meetings will be held in
WILLIAMSON, on November 10,
1856, in Washington, on January
IL, 1857, in Robersonville on April
Ia, 1857, and in the Christian
church in Engelhard during next
summer. The district World Fell
lowship Youth Meet, with empha-
sis on home and foreign missions,
will be held in the Plymouth Chris
tan Church, March SO.
A Christian Action Team, COM
posed of this committee and their
adult advisor, Goodwin Moore of
Washington, will visit the local
churches of the district, during the
year, to help with their programs
for high school youth. Plans were
also made for a quarterly news
paper to be edited by Miss Lou
Warner of Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. l.. Robertson, of
Robersonville, entertained tn e
week end meeting at their summer
home at Kill Devil Hills. Those
attending include Miss Harris,
Miss Warner, Mr.. Moore, Miss
Becky Robertson, Robersonville,
miss Jerry Griffin, Belhaven, Gene
Alligood, Elizabeth, Billy Thomas,
Williamson, and Ralph Gurganus,
plymouth.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-09-21
A SOUND METHOD FOR DECISION.
Gates County Indexl

The average American perplexed by the great issues
that confront the people of this great country finds diff
cult to develop sound opinions the face of the parsanshp
that is exhibited by politicians radio and televison
menators and other socalled leaders of public opinion
There is quite tendency the part of many to &C
cept without question: statement assertion that fits
in with whatever the individual wants to believe Moreover
there is amentabe determination the part of nearly
everybody to try persuade everybody else to fall in line
with whatever is being peddled by the individual
1t might be good idea for once in while to pay
tribute to the stubborn independence of the hardy citizen
who has the to look the population in the face and say
despite the popular furry II don't agree"
In fact, it might be better, when you
somebody who dagrees with you for you to give
views mental check-up nteigenty assessing your own
opinions the basis of what you know and what you do
know be the truth This does not accepting the
opinions of others undeniabe fact 1t using
your intelligence and experience to balance your
thoughts and actions
Somebody will ask Immediately what happens in the
of the individual who hasn't the facts the experience
which to base intelligent decision The easy
don't rush your determination and don't act half baked
idea. Try thinking, for change.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-09-21
THE SHINING TREES
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christian Science Monitor)
Mankind generally thinks CRATE
fully of the shade that trees pro-
vide. But at least a few men have
noted with words or paintbrusf
the light that trees reflect.
Poplars simmer in a midsum-
mer wind. Willows wave soft,
green-gray, silky looking trees
over glossy streams.
Oaks and beeches look like solid
globes of light in the filtered Eng
fish sunshine of East Anglia, just
as Constable painted them. And a
New England hillside will some
times seem almost metallic as its
leaves glisten in the glare of a
hot afternoon.
Moonlight sings like muted vio-
Inns from ranges of foliage rising
against the late summer sky. And
there is the light that trees shape
before letting it pattern the forest
floor-gargantuan columns thrust
ing down among giant redwoods
or delicate fingers of filigree
where smaller trees nestle.
The undersides of leaves become
jewel-like with light shining
through.
Shade is the work of trees.
Light is their plaything.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-09-21
ALONE IN A HOUSE.

One thing many brave refuse to do is to sleep in
house that is empty of humans and dogs
He might consent to sleep prison cell by himself
especially if he is moved to do by two bury policemen
but his punishment would be much if he knew
fellow criminals in neighborng cells Half of the
fort of lodging hotel is the feeling that another traveller
is in every other room.
Even he had to sleep the night bench in the park
he would get along better there other hoboes about
STILL empty park empty field has of the
terror of an empty house.
woman may be protection against burglars, but
she is great protection against spooks Her
appalling. @
Men tempted at times to say children are bother
and their rattle and exberant vitality get his
But the goneness of them is vastly fearsome than
their presence.
Alone in the house rests all night upon the cliff
edge of alarms What ghostly things the wind does with
the curtains What hafheard sounds him to intent
listening
He hears hurryng footsteps Somebody is in the hail.
probably carrying corpse.
Morbid fancies that get peep into his mind
ing the day right in, sit down and make them
selves at home.
He sees himself diving alone He maps out the whole
the discovery of his body the hue and of the flu
about his demise.
He is not afraid not even timid Oh no! Nothing like
that! ONLY scared pink.
And he grown What little children suffer
when you leave them alone ?-Ruitan National Magazine
If have been badly wronged forgive and FORGET:
God will recompense this and punish severely
than could him who has striven to nure youMary
Baker Eddy
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-09-21
OTHER EDITORS
MOMENTS OF MEMORY
(Christian Science Monitor)

(Christian Science Monitor)
You never know when something
unforgettable is about to happen
to you.
A little boy romps through a
sloping hillside meadow up to his
waist in the tall grass. He sees his
young mother sitting amid wild
flowers and gazing from under the
broad brim of her hat across the
valleys churning foliage to misty
mountains beyond. Nothing is said
and nothing visible happens. But
half a century later the boy still
remembers. And the man still
treasures the moment.
Riding in a railway car, q travel
err sees young family, father
mother, child, looking with a sort
of noncommittal wonder on the
strange frontier that is to be their
home. They speak to one another
of the new world about them with
an accent that bridges oceans to
reach back to the "old country"
The traveller feels the tide of their
hope and the undertow of theil
doubts. Long after they have in all
likelihood forgotten their first
train ride through the semiwilder-
ness he will remember, and cherish
the sentiments the memory in
vokes.
Sometimes it is only high win
dow in a row of city houses, the
one with the blind askew. 1t may
be a nonchalant security in which
great black cat stretches itself
for a nap on a front doorstep. II
could be the humorous rejoiner
with which a bus conductor re-
stores some passengers sense OF
proportion.
1t will be hardly noticed at the
time. But the impression will en-
dure through the years, unexpect-
edly enriching some quiet moment
when the memory plays pleasant
tricks.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-09-21
BEAUTY IN THE HEART.

Going up mountain path one day. met mountaneer
what he was going to cut IT need piece of timber to fix nv
wagon he said II need the toughest kind of wood
get That kind always top of the mountain where
all the storms hit the hardest"
Storms rend and MAR but they strengthen they build
they may bring forth and changeless beauty The
beauty born of storms has nobility about it. girls first
gloom lacks significance and spiritual durability 1t rep
resent effort decision struggle strength val
on the part of its possessor.
Years later when the girl has become woman, if she
has reacted CALAMITY to trouble there will to her
beauty that has about it the air of Immortality That is be-
cause it is rooted in character.
We prone to lament that the world is not better Yet
the fact that is full of trouble affords only chance
to spend hearts time of prosperity is dangerous
time; the soul loafs and grows fat Times of and
peril the that show what made Of
is always challenger there to be something in the
heart that rises up to meet it-Archibald Rutledge
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-09-21
DRAPERlES ARE
INVESTMENT OF
MONEY AND TIME


Homemakers are confronted
with the problem from. time to
time as to what to do with par
ticular window in their home. The
right window treatment can add
much to the appearance of room,
according to Catherine Campbell,
extension specialist in housing and
house furnishings.
Draperies require an investment
of money and time; therefore,
careful planning and good work
manship are important from the
time the fabric is selected until
the finished drapery is hung. 4
Miss Campbell suggests the fol-
lowing points to consider in Sc
Letting draperies.
1. Appropriateness to your
whole house, room, and window.
2. Plan the color scheme of
room, as draperies should harmon
ize with other furnishings of room.
8. Select draperies of texture in
keeping with furnishings.
A. Draperies affect apparent size
of room. Strong contrast and large
outstanding design has tendency
to make room appear smaller.
s. The amount of design in the
rugs, walls, and other furnishings
should determine whether one
! should use plain or figured draper
I,ies. When using wallpaper with
distinct design, solid draperies
would be desirable.
"How will this material look at
home? ?" is a question every home
maker asks herself when she looks
at materials. Often the fabric that
looks the best in the shop is dis
appointing when seen at home.
"Many shops allow one to take the
fabric home for a few hours or
overnight to select the color, de-
sign, and type of fabric that fits
in best with the other furnishings
in the room," Miss Campbell ex-
planned.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-09-21

Another condition which has re-
tarded the progress of the Outer
Banks and prevented many yachts
men from taking a shorter route
to Florida and other southern
ports: there is not but one harbor
on the Atlantic Coast between
Cape Henry and Cape Lookout
where a vessel with a draft Of
more than seven feet can enter.
After Oregon Inlet is dredged to
a depth of IA as has been propos-
ed this will make it practical for
vessels to enter the Sound and
moor in beautiful landlocked
harbor which has been provided by
the Park Service. For smaller
]craft the sound shores of the
Outer Banks have safe harbors but
the water is too shallow. for en-
trance. The State of North Caro-
lima should sponsor legislation to
pass bill known as the Sullivan
Act, pigeon-holed during the last
General Assembly, which stipu-
lates that all unredeemed tax on
non-taxable gasoline used and tax
paid by non-highway buyers be
ear-marked, appropriated, and used
for purchasing dredges to be own
ed and operated by the N. C.
Highway Department. Such dredg-
es should be Of the pipeline type
which would accomplish a three
fold purpose, that is to deepen
the harbors, thus providing har-
bors for yachts and commercial
boats; blow the soil on the shore
line where marsh and low land
constitute natural breeding place
for mosquitoes and thereby exter-
inmate mosquitoes; natural drain
age would result therefrom.
With all the needed improve
ments as hereinbefore stated the
Outer Banks Of North Carolina
would be one of the most attrac-
tive places on the Atlantic Coast
and eventually an all-year-round
resort. Tourists would like it and
the taxpayers Of North Carolina
would rejoice forevermorp. -
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-09-21
MISTY MORNINGS.
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christian Science Monitor)
With early September the misty mornings They
engac wrappngs for who knows what sort of days?
Seas of silver flood the fields with mystery Orchards hide in
the enchanment The taller trees raise islands whose ndis
tinct shorenes await silent unmovng surf that
breaks, never recedes.
Net only where empires of green passvely await this
Silly conquest but where steel fight upward and out
ward through space and the warfare of tugboat against
tide of wheels against time of wings against space of
chimes against want roars rumbes sputters and booms
there too the msts make mornings strangely queer NUT
ing much sounds sights and nrang the chaotic
striving with unaccustomed tranquility.
In countryside city street, the autumn daybreak
brings sort of soft suspense and what comes after
wait misty morning is enough in itself for the moments
contemplation.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-09-21

nus OF highway lob at HatteraS
and the terminus of Highway 20
on Cedar Island. He personally in
spected the entire. area compris-l
ing this missing link. Through his
efforts and influence with the State
Highway Department there is now
a highway under construction on
Ocracoke Island which will connect
with the present privately operat-
ed ferry across Hatteras Inlet with
maximum capacity of only four
automobiles, which is entirely in
adequate. A larger ferry to carry
passengers, automobiles and trucks
across Hatteras Inlet is necessary
to provide for the present traffic.
Perhaps the most important de-
velopment in the proposed All Sea-
shore Highway is the ferry for
which a franchise has been granted
to carry twenty-eight automobiles
and two hundred passengers, oper-
ating between the south end of
Ocracoke Island and Cedar Island
at the terminus of Highway 70.
The owner of this franchise prom
ises that this ferry will operate
as soon as the highway now under
construction on Ocracoke Island is
completed. This ferry and the road
along the beach on ocracoke Island
will remove the existing missing
link and therefore provide an All
Seashore route to Florida.
A new era is in the making for
the Outer Banks to become an all
year-round resort. Thousands of
tourists who drive their automo-
biles to Florida in the late fall and
early winter will be attracted by
this All Seashore Highway route
through Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil
Hills, Mays Head, thence through
the Cape Hatteras National Sea-
shore Park which extends to the
southernmost end of Ocracoke Is
land. Tourists will be interested in
seeing the unique sand dunes, the
remains of historic shipwrecks,
and in shell hunting and in sports
fishing, and in hunting geese and
ducks in season.
The North Carolina Department
of Conservation and Development
has already conducted a respon-
sive advertising campaign which
has brought thousands to the Out
er Banks primarily for summer
vacations but very few during 9TH
er seasons. If the citizens. of the
Outer Banks should recognize the
opportunities and benefits to be
derived by making this an all-year-
round resort and advertise ito let
potential visitors know there is
available an All Seashore route to
Florida through the only Seashore
National Park in the United
States, their reward would be a
continuation of profitable business
for the entire year.
Climatic data on Atlantic Coast
al Areas copied from U. S. De-
partment of Commerce Weather
Bureau favors the Outer Banks
as compared with other Coastal
areas:
Weather data on Atlantic
Coastal Areas copied from U. S
Department of Commerce, Wea-
Their Bureau, pamphlet, titled
Climatic Data for Selected U. S
Cities"-1953.
| Avg. no. of DAYS per veal
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-09-21
THIS MATTER on PREJUDICE
(Washington Daily News)

washington Daily NeWsl
People in our Northern states
accuse Southerners of being ex-
tremely prejudiced. !
Southerners admit that there
are certain prejudices present, but
at the same time they point to the
great progress made in recent
years toward reducing and perhaps
even graduating many of sthe
prejudices.
Northerners have forgotten the
aftermath of the War Between
the States. They have forgotten
how the South suffered and how
the people of the South We're
Inundated.
They look upon us in too many
cases as being a backward people
who are inferior to themselves.
We know that isn't true.
But Northerners themselves are
not without prejudices. They are as
strong in some of them as South
erners ever dared to be. Southern
ers are told fatty that no person
living below the Mason-Dixon line
can be president of the United
States. "People of the populous
North just won't vote for a South
erner," We are told.
81
Why don't they vote for a
Southerner for president, 1t is be-
cause of this thing we call preju-
dice. We are sure that today in
America some of our best brains
and leadership come out of the
South. But because of the presence
of these prejudices, we must ac-
cept fate as it is on the one hand
and then listen to ourselves
accused as narrow and ignorant
people on the other.
We wonder which is most Sc
we're. We are asked to accept the
presence of prejudice on one hand.
But the very ones who ask us to
accept it are the very ones who
turn around and make us look like
ignoramuses on the other hand.
We can't very we'll win with such
a system.
We do have prejudices in the
South. We are not proud of them.
But they do exist. But the South
has no monopoly on such preju-
dices. They are just as severe in
Education is one very important
key to progress. Perhaps the
North has made quicker strides in
educating all the people than has
the South. But the South has plod-
ded along surely and progressive
ly. They even speak in tones of
sorrow for us at times. We have
not asked for sympathy and sor-
row. We have only asked fol-
understanding.
the North as they are here.
When we have a race incident
in the South, it is played up all
over the nation. When one occurs
in the North, and they do occur,
hardly any mention is made of it.
We cannot erase all our preju-
dices overnight. Laws can be pass
ed, and the constitution can be in
terpreted and politicians can make
great speeches, but real and true
progress in graduating prejudices
will not come about until men ovel
this nation have it in their hearts
to follow the course of non.
prejudices.
No nation was ever great unless
there was first greatness in the
hearts of the people. We have thai
greatness today, and in time il
will develop. II we are pushed toe
fast, greatness could become bit
terness and what has been gained
could be lost for many years.
Greatness cannot be measured
| in the ordinary terms we know
Prejudices cannot be measured
either. When mems hearts az,
i right, then preiudices will dis
appear.
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DEER
Continued from Page one)

excitement and the curiosity Of SO
many people who wanted first
hand account of the incident. 1t
was truly question and answer
period all day.
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