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The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1959-10-30
ON WRITING A COLUMN

It has Away seemed mysterious
that so many people speak of the
difficulty in writing a column. Sc
many of them say 81 can't FIND
anything to write about" and they
don't write it until the last minute
when they throw some words to-
gether, and what they let go looks
just about like most Of the columns
of that kind, not worth the space
they occupy.
Taken by and large, the columns
in many papers we read are not
worth printing. They seldom offer
an original thought, or quote a
worthy one from someone else.
Some of the these columns are mere
drooaings of disconnected para
graphs, which pretend to be wise
expressions of profound thought by
the columnist,
"Begin with a blank sheet OF
white paper; stick it in the type
writer" they say. Usually, We use
piece of yellow copy paper. Once
having stuck one sheet in the type
writer, there is nothing easier than
to keep on writing. Be not ashamed
of anything you write and write
nothing to be ashamed of. Write
about anything under the sun. Mar
shall your thoughts and command
all the words you know to assemble
and express them. Do not strive
to write something that will sound
sophisticated, nor pretend to SEEM
ing wisdom which none of US have
but s1nidgeon of. Write merely as
if you were casually writing a let
ter to some friend long overlooked.
Really, all of us should do more
letter writing. I am more guilty
than most and use as my excuse
that l have so many other things
to write. But l don't know any,
thing more flattering than to get a
note myself from folks like Harold
Overman or Miles Clark, or War
rem Francis, and until this year the
late Ben Hall Lambe. Most de-
lightful of all is a letter from my
son or daughter.
But suppose ] had the time and
energy to write a column twice a
day, it would be the easist thing
/ know, for one needn't particularly
care what he says in a column, just
so he expresses honest thought. II
someone is a good guy, then say
so, and recount his good works. II
he is crook, then he is one. DOM
be ashamed to say so. It seems sim
pie to turn out a column of type
There is never lack of subjects. Fol
instance, look through the window
at the funeral home across the
street. Sometimes weeks pass an6
there is no activity about it, save
for the man who sprinkles and
mows the grass. And again, there
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1959-10-30
CANCER CLINIC NOV. 6
IN ELIZABETH CITY

The Northeastern Cancer Clinic
will be held at Elizabeth City or
Friday afternoon November 9Th
with registration beginning at 1p.m
A chest x-ray viii be given to any
one wishing it along with the ex-
animation of the five areas of the
body where cancer is most easily
found and cured. There are no limi-
tations as to sex, race, physical or
economic status at the center; how
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1959-10-30

are dozen funerals in as many
days; sometimes two funerals in 9
single day. / could write a long
piece about the pain of losing q
number of dear friends throughout
the year, and how, to the properly
conditioned mind, the loss of friends
as the years roll on, becomes the
only fearsome thing about growing
old.
see through the window across
the street the hearse roll up with
the last of one who gave much in
this life. Who did many things for
his community, who sacrificed more
than most for the good of his fami-
ly. Many of these people never were
given any public notice or acclaim.
After they have gone on, their fell
lowmen have profited by their un-
selfish deeds. l think of these
lines:
"The seed we sow, another reaps;
The robes We weave, another wears
The wealth we find, another keeps.
The arms We forge, another bears.
l see going into the funeral home
bereaved loved ones, and mourning
friends indeed. And there is a.
throng of the purely curious who
go, why one cannot imagine, for
people flock to pay tribute and sign
the book who never knew nor visit
ed in life, the person who is now
oblivious to all about him.
And 50 the funeral home across
the street offers the foregoing
thoughts, and many more, just as
thoughts could be found by look
ing at the house on either side, the
grocery store a block away, or the
beauty parlor across from it. The
funeral home may offer copy more
poignantly felt by the reader, for
in it is something that reaches deep
into everyone. Out of the pain that
attaches to it, good lessons may be
found. McCauley tells US that:
40 every man upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late;
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of his fathers
And the temples of his Gods 2"
The funeral home has long been
an old neighbor. It's personnel are
always considerable and accomo-
dating. In return one cannot refuse
when they run short on pail bear
ers. think it good to live near a
funeral home. There are many
compensations, and often good
lesson. For one thing it helped to
start off this column today. Here
/ pass along a thought of Steven
son:
"There are kind hearts still, for
friends to fill
And fools to take and break
them;
But the nearest friends are the
auldest friends.
And the graves the place to
seek them.
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ever, women should be s5 or more;
men should be 40 or over unless
referred by a doctor or unless enc
of the "Seven Danger Signals" or
symptoms" are present. Only 80
people can be seen ar the Center
each month due TO limited facili-
ties, so it is suggested than anyone
who wishes to be assured of an ap-
pointment should write the Cancer
Center, Health Department, Eliza
beth City, N. c., for a priority.
Examines are asked to bring a
robe or housecoat with them.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1959-10-30
BIG TROUT CAUGHT

Morty Bowles of Montgomery, w.
Va, who spends the winters in the
cottage of his son-in-law, DIR. R. D.
Peck at Mays Head, caught a
whopping trout on Monday of last
week off the Roanoke Sound little
bridge, near Daniels Fishing Cen
ter. The fish, "a inches long
weighed 5 lbs. and two ounces.
Evening star., 1959-11-20

costs of the tour. they are
equally so regarding which ex-
pense fund will be tapped for
which items.
MFR. Eisenhower, for example,
might use part of his $40, 900
annual allowance for travel
and entertainment, or some of
the $4,000 fund he is given
for other official expenses.
Or. depending on interpre-
tation of law by administrative
officers. the Government might
dip into a $2.1-million con-
tlngent fund the State Depart
ment has for international con-
ferences to pay part of the
check.
To what extent foreign gov
ernments will participate in
the overall cost may never be
known But it cost the United
States Government about $780,
900 for Nikita S. Khrushchev's
l3-day visit to this country, a
record for a state visit.
Evening star., 1959-11-20

partment contended that some
such rules have been in effect
for years and thus had at least
tacit consent from Congress.
Officials said the final prod
uct, after the Labor Depart
.nent scaled down its original
proposals, results in minor
changes and Qualifications of
existing rules that have a
Tightening effect safeguarding
migrants.
State agencies must make
sure, as before, that migrants
brought into a State are paid
wages edualing the prevailing
pay for hired farm workers
already in the State. A new
proviso requires that migrants
also must receive a wage equal
ing the rate prevailing for
other migrants in the State.
Housing and transportation
requirements have been tight
ened somewhat but not dras-
tically.
Evening star., 1959-11-20

nouncement said the changes,
effective in 80 days. are de
signed to prevent the use of
tax-supported facilities in un-
dercutting prevailing wages,
working conditions, housing
and transportation practices
when farmers recruit domestic
farm workers from out-of-
State sources.
There are an estimated 500,-
900 such migrants directed to
jobs by the public employment
services of the various States
under the guidance of the
Labor Department.
Only a relatively small num-
Der Of farmers are affected by
the new regulations. 1t is esti-
mated that only 5 per cent of
the Nations farmers employ
about 10 per cent of all hired
! farm workers.
Opponents of the new
changes had threatened legal
action, questioning Mr.. Mitch
lell's authority to issue such
rules. However, the Labor De-
Evening star., 1959-11-20
Migrant Labor
Changes
Scaled Down
By the Associated Press

Labor Secretary Mitchell yes
terday announced changes in
regulations governing the sup
ply of migrant workers to
farmers.
officials said privately the
new rules tighten up the regu-
latlons "n a minor way" but
not nearly as much as Mr.
Mitchell originally proposed
The Farm Bureau and other
organized farm groups hao
strongly opposed Mr.. Mitchell's
original plans.
The Labor Departments an
Evening star., 1959-11-20

used for the 11-nation trip to
Europe, Asia and Africa. 1t is
one of three jets, a military
version of the TOT airliner, used
by the President and other
high Government officials.
Train Ride to Paris
The jet operating cost is ex-
elusive of other transport ex-
penses such as an 812-houI
train ride from Toulon to Paris
Evening star., 1959-11-20
Mann Files Report

Arlington's Delegate Harrison
Mann is the latest candidate
from Northern Virginia to file
a statement of campaign ex-
penSes for the November 8
elections. In his report sub
mitted to Richmond yesterday
he listed his expenditures at
S2i5.
Evening star., 1959-11-20

flying in the 10 days starting
about midnight December 3.
The Air Force has estimated
the cost of flying a Boeing
VC-l37 Jet, the type Mr.. Eisen-
hover will use. is $270.86 an
hour. exclusive of maintenance
and depreciation.
On this basis the transpor-
tation cost would be $11, ,105.26.
An unknown offSetting factor,
however, is how much flying
the Jet would do if it were not
Evening star., 1959-11-20
Cost of Presidents Trip
Is Question Full Of Ifs
BY the Associated Press

person knows what President Esenhowers trip to
three continents month will the American taxpayer
There many complicating factors.
About the only known major item Of cost is the slightly
S1 900 it estimated will be required fly the
presidential jet airlner the 20.000-mie Journey
The goodwill tour will require about Il hours of actual
Evening star., 1959-11-20

and about three days sailing
on the Mediterranean on the
cruiser Des Moines. The Navy
says the cruiser would be op-
Grating in that area anyway as
part of the 9Th Fleet.
Some of the main expenses
will be ascertained on the cur
rent advance trip over the same
route by a small White House
State Department staff. This
advance party is using the same
kind of jet that will carry Mr.,
Eisenhower.
Which Fund for What?
Mr.. Eisenhower and a few
members of his party will in
some instances be put up in
foreign official residences, in
which cases the host govern
mentS no doubt will bear the
cost. If United States embas-
sizes are used in any capital
Uncle Sam will dig into special
diplomatic funds for any added
expense.
If officials are vague about
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-25
Fruit Topping

Pack crunchy topped
raisin cupcakes in the picnic
basket or serve with refresh
ing glasses Of iced tea on the
patio. Make your favorite
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-25

cup cake batter. stirring in :
chopped light or dark seed
less raisins scfora hak'ng.
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Cocktail
Pick-Ups

mo. 21a) can fruit cocktail
3 tablespoons fresh lemon
juice
/ tablespoon grenadine strip
banana
Com bine fruit cocktail
with lemon juice and grena-
dine strip. Slice banana and
mix in lightly. Spoon into
paper cups, gelatin molds,
fruit Juice cans or other
molds. Place a wooden spoon
or tongue depressor into each.
Place In freezing compart-
ment or freezer until COM
pletely frozen. Makes about
eight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-25
Summer Sandwich

Help spice up your summer
sandwich filings with a deviled
salami mixture. Simply COM
bine "a pound finely chopped
salami. q cup canned baked
beans with tomato sauce which
have been drained. 2 teaspoons
finely chopped onion, 2 table,
spoons chilli sauce, 2 teaspoons
prepared mustard and / tea
spoon horseradish. Mix well
and serve as sandwich filling.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1959-02-13
Rogers TO Testify
At SCRS Hearings
Says Hennings

u. S. Senator Thomas c. HEM
ings, ir, D-MoD, this week an
bounced that Attorney General
William p. Rogers would testify
as a witness when the Senata's'
Constitutional Rights Subcommit-
tee holds hearings on proposed
civil rights bills.
Hennings, chairman of the
Subcommittee. said he had talked
with Mr. Rogers this week and
invited him to testify
THE Attorney General accepted
the invitation he said. HE will
be among the first witnesses"
Hennings said the hearings
were scheduled for March 1B.
ut is the intention of the Sub
committee to expedite considera-
tion of the bills" he said. Sever
al members OF the Subcommittee
have asked for time to send cop
les of all civil rights bills to in
terested officials in their stntes
for comments. Now that the civil
rights legislation proposed by the
Administration has been intro
duced, they will have ample time
TO do this prior to March l8."
Hennings received COPIES of
the administrator bill early this
week He said it would be map
propriate for him to comment on
the bill prior to the hearings.
I have co-sponsored two civil
rights bills Hennings pointed
out. Both of them and the adj
ministration bill will come before
the Constitutional Rights Sub
committee. 1t is my hope that the
Committee will report out a civil
rights bill which shall receive the
support of a substantial majority
Of the people,
Hennings is a sponsor of the SO
called Douglas and Johnson civil
rights bills.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1959-02-13

Upper, Little Rock, financial sec
rotary; Mrs. Marion Montgomery,
Clarksdale, Miss, recording Sec
rotary; Mrs. Rose r. Tippett,
Gulfport, Miss, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Gladys Carr, Dali
las, Texas, treasurer; Mrs. Julia
Butler, Gulfport, Miss, chaplain;
Mrs, Nadia Porter New Orleans,
La chaplain, Levye Chapple,
Greenville, Miss, public relations
counselor.
Local committees include; Mrs.
E. B. Upper, general chairman
Mrs. Austine Williams, co-chair-
man; Mrs. Rose Smith, chairman
housing committee; Mrs. Cleo Hol-
mes, chairman program commit
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1959-02-13
Beauticians From
5 States 10 Meet
In Little Rock

Benuticians from five states will
assemble in this city on Feb. 90
"a to observe the Eighth annual
meeting of the Southern Central
Region of the National Beauty
Culturists League, Inc.
The meeting will get underway
on Sunday afternoon, Feb. %,
when the public will join the 700
visitors in 2 mammoth mass
meeting at the Collins Temple
Baptist church to hear an address
by Mrs Katie Wickhnm, New
Orleans, La, national president of
the organization. A tea will be
served thereafter at the House Of
Beauty.
States to be represented at the
meeting are; Arkansas, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas
On Monday twenty-one beauty
schools from the south will bring
their entire student bodies to par
ticipate with the registered beau.
ticians in a mammoth Beauti.
rama clinic. Mrs. Ruby Rowell,
Memphis, Tenn, will be dem Of
the clinic while other artists will
include; Mrs. Ertha Chapple,
Greenville, Miss, Guest Hair Sty-
list: Mrs. Alice Toles, Gulfport,
Miss. Uniting: Mrs. Earlee Muir
ply, Pine Bluff, Millinery Mrs.
Carrie L. Taylor Baton Rouge,
La, Charm Personality.
Other features of the afternoon
and night will include; Trade
Show Exhibits Of Tomorrow;
Growing Of Winning Contestants;
Presenting Of the Woman Of the
Year. Hair Style Show and Beau.
tlcians Ball.
Officers Of the region include;
Mrs. Carrie l.. Taylor Baton
Rouge, La, regional supervisor;
Harry w. Grace Gulfport Miss,
assistant supervisor; Mrs. K B.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1959-02-13

tee; Mrs. Willie Mae Hooks, chair
man advertising committee.
The Arkansas Beauticians AS
ISOLATION is entertaining the meet
ing. President of the group is Mrs.
Idell Steele Of Little Rock.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1959-02-13
Southern Dilemma
by A. v. Hall

So many courts and words and pleas;
So many rulings, so many fees;
So many tears and ecstacles
And nothing gained
So much for me, SO little for you;
So much of false SO little of true;
So much to pattern on color and hue;
And justice shamed
Ministry mute, its conscience repoSed;
Members confused vicious hatred exposed;
Church doors, barrier to many are closed
Gods Brotherhood gone
SO many issues and angles involved;
So many problems that cannot be solved:
When only two factors need be resolved
Right Versus Wrong.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1959-02-13

ARCHIE AND FAMILY GET NEWs-Boxer Archie Moore and
family listen at their San Diego ranch the light heavy
champion hears from Atlanta that he has been 100
per Boxer of the year by the Atlanta Daily Worlds
Per Cent Wrong club In the background PRman Moss
Dirk left and Boxing Writer Wendell Smith, Chicago talk
long distance to the Moores, Truman Gibson
dent and 100 per honoree also spoke with oamp
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1959-02-13

Rafer Johnson outstanding athlete University
fornia Los Angeles likewise cited by phone
bottom section of photo several of the honorees
and participants in the oath ASports Jamboree spon-
sored by the Atlanta daily with the cooperation of boing
and insurance Of Atlanta.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-13

ton among the Western allies
to assure ironclad unity but
he prefers to hold the meeting
in the spring.
He could hardly be expected
to approve putting nuclear test
suspension on the agenda, how
ever. France is not willing to
agree to join a test ban until
she has begun testing on her
own. The first French nuclear
test is not expected until next
year.
Mr.. Macmillan the Vests
prime mover toward the sum-
nit, may become the catalyst
by making the formal proposal,
but he has hardly had time to
produce any specific proposal
since last Thursdays elections.
Reports from London say.
however, that he is ready to
press on to the summit as soon
as possible, in November If 1t
can be arranged. He also is
said to go along with proposals
for careful preparation first,
perhaps at a Western summit
or foreign ministers meeting,
The expectation is that by
the end Of this week or early
next week the West will have
agreed on a tentative summit
date and place to submit to
the Soviet Union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-13

from a pistol taken by the
sheriff from Goldsby
Mr.. Patterson said the Janu-
airy 16 Court of Appeals decision
in the Goldsby case spark
plugged the lynching of Mack
Parker"
M. C. Parker, a Negro
charged with the rape Of a
white woman, was lynched last
April Is at Poplarville, Miss.
This very case was the
cause of that lynching," Mr..
Patterson said. 1.-THE mob came
after Parker's attorney said
the Goldsby decision would free
Parker. 1t had been quiet be-
fore then"
Mr.. Patterson said there was
no effort made to establish
whether Negroes had been re-
fused the right to register in
Carroll County.
A check of county officials,
he said, showed that since 1910
no Negro had attempted to
register, nor had any Negro
in that period paid the neces-
sary back poll tax required to
Register.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-13
Upset Ruling
Hit as Help 10
Negro Fe|ons
BY the Associated Press

Attorney General Joe T.
Patterson Of Mississippi says a
decision by the Supreme Court
overturning the murder convic-
ton Of q Negro might make 1t
dificult to convict Negroes of
any crime in some areas of Mis-
sissippi.
The court yesterday refused
to revie wan order requiring a
ne wtrial for Robert Lee Colds
by, convicted in November, 1855,
of Staying a white woman near
Walden, Miss.
The order was issued by the
United States Circuit Court in
New Orleans last January l6 on
grounds Negroes had been sys-
tematically excluded from the
Carroll County trial jury that
convicted Goldsby. He had been
sentenced to electrocution after
the 1855 conviction.
The Circuit Court said Mis-
sissippi must retry Goldsby
within eight months before a
jury from which Negroes have
not been Systematically ex-
cluded. The Circuit Court
said that If he is not SO re-
tried it would consider freeing
him on a writ of habeas corpus.
Appeal Failed
Mr.. Patterson had appealed
to the Supreme Court to over
turn the Cicrcuit Court.
In an interview, Mr.. Patter-
son last night said the Systema-
tic exclusion Of Negroes from
juries, under long-standing
precedent, voids any conviction
of Negroes.
Mississippi selects its jurors
from among registered voters.
No Negroes are registered in
Carroll County.
Mr.. Patterson said he would
recommend that GoldSby be
tried again and the trial be
shifted to a county where Ne
groes serve on juries.
"This has never been tried
Mr.. Patterson admitted. 81
don't know whether the court
would accept it. can only rec
ommend action to the local dis
trict attorney. 1t is up to him
to make the final decision
Parker Lynching Cited
Goldsby was charged with
shooting Mrs. Moselle McCorkle
helms on September 4, 1854
after her husband had ordered
several Negroes to leave the
Nelms' gas station and dairy
bar near Walden. A .32-calibe1
bullet from the body of Mrs
helms was found by an FBl
Laboratory to have been fired
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-13

discrimination in the admins
tration of the States pupil
assignment plan. He applied
under the program for transfer
| to a white school but then
refused to appear personally
before the board Of education,
as required by the law.
In the other case As Negro
students sought an injunction
forcing Montgomery County
N. c., to proceed promptly with
a plan of school desegregation
They charged that the States
pupil placement plan was SIM
ply a device to permit con-
tinued segregation.
The appeals court ruling was
the same as in the Raleigh case
that the Negroes had failed
to exhaust their administrative
remedies.
Virginia Case
Virginia's pupil placement
law has been under a cloud Of
legal confusion for severa
years. Local pupil assignment
plans have been upheld in the
courts in varying degrees. bur
the law itself has not beer
tested in the Supreme Court.
Under Virginia's new free
dom of choice" program o
school indignation, local schoo
boards may shift to theil
own pupil placement plan
next year if they wish. Pupi
assignments are made through
a State board under presen
Virginia law.
While the prospects for pupi
placement plans were lookinI
up, Prince Edward County, Va
. suffered a setback in its effort
to stem the tide of school int
grafton.
The first county in the Nation
to shut down it's schools rathe
, than mix colored with whit
/. students lost an appeal from
: the court order that it proceet
: forthwith with indignation.
1t was this order, issued b,
the Fourth Circuit Court O
Appeals last May, that resulte'
in the decision of the Primo
Edward School Board to clos
!. its schools.
In its unsuccessful brief t