SECTION
TWO
Lost Cannon
by Wilborne Harrell
A CHOWAN HERALD FICTION y STORY
A brisk wind had sprung up
from the southeast and little I
whitecaps were chopping up the'
Sound into a miniature ocean. |
Dark clouds lined the horizon
and an occasional streak of light- 1
ning darted down to the water.
- Evidently a summer squall was
t brewing. |
Ted Brant surfaced, thrust up |
his under-water goggles and
' scanned the horizon. Waves
buffeted him as he treaded wa
ter and looked anxiously about. [
The treetops on John’s Island, [
not far to the west, were ruffling j
in the wind; and a small boat
anchored a few feet away rocked i
with the swells. I
“Looks like we are in for a
little blow,” he told himself—
and then looked about expectant
ly ' I
Not far off another goggled
head broke the surface. He also
glanced up at the sky, looked
around, and seeing Ted, shouted,!
“Come on, Ted, let’s get out of
herb!”
Both boys started swimming I
strongly for a small boat they
had anchored not far away, and
reaching the boat; one on each
side to prevent capsizing, they;
clambered aboard. <
Removing their skin diving
g&r— flippers, goggles, and aqua- j
4 lungs—the boys donned trousers, I
shirts and sneakers. While slow- j
ly buttoning his shirt Ted was
eying the dingy-looking cabin
cruiser that rode at anchor about
a half mile out in the bay. A
frow.n creased his forehead. •
The last button in place, he,
said, “I don’t like the looks of
that cruiser, Jim. I believe the
two men aboard her are watch- 1
ing us. I’ve caught several flash
es that may have been the re
flection of the sun on binoculars
. . . D’you suppose they’ve got
wind of what we’re doing?”.
frown relaxed into a grin.
‘‘Little good that’ll db ’em—if |
they expect to hijack any treas-1
ure we may find.”
Ted’s companion, Jim Carson,
who had been busy with the out
board motor, turned around and
gave his attention to the cruiser
across the water. “Maybe you’re
right, Ted. We’d better keep an
eye on ’em. I’ve seen the two
*■ men in town—they’re a tough
crew. They claim they’re down
here for some fishing. But they
haven’t fished any yet, as far
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as I know.”
I Jim turned back to the out
' board motor, and grasped the
| tiller. “We’d better get ashore
before this storm breaks. And
j besides, we’ve got an appoint
ment with Professor Hill—re
member?”
(It was beginning to rain, big
spattering drops, when the boys
reached shore. Securing the
boat, they made a dash for Ted’s
Father’s car parked a short dis
tance from the boat landing. By
[the time they got the car started,
i the rain had grown into a down
pour.
j “D’you suppose Professor Hill
will be in his office,” said Ted,
adjusting the windshield wiper.
"Sure,” replied his companion.
“You know the Professor—a man
| like him, who’s had adventures
| all over the world, isn’t going
Ito let a little thunderstorm stop
I him.” Jim’s face grew serious.
“I wonder what he wants with
,us this time. Usually, Professor
i Hill’s extra-curricular assign
j.ments turn out to be quite ad
venturous.”
Ted trod the accelerator as
much as he dared in the blinding
'rain. “Well,” he said. “What’re
'we waiting for? Let’s go find
out.”
I Ted Brant and Jim Carson
were fast friends. Ted was born
|on the Outer Banks of North
Carolina and spent his boyhood
with the sound of the sea and
the surf in his ears. He early
developed a love for the sea,
‘which was only natural, as his
1 father was a member of the
Coast Guard and his grandfather
was a lighthouse keeper most of
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his life.
In an act of heroism Ted’s
father had died in the surf when
his lifeboat capsized. After the
death of his father, Ted’s moth
er had moved to Edenton, a little
town on the Albemarle Sound,
where Ted met Jim Carson, a
lad who loved the sounds and
rivers and creeks as much as Ted
loved the sea. A friendship bas
ed on these mutual interests de
veloped between the two lads
e.nd they spent many happy hours
l boating and swimming and fish
ing together.
i
Ted and Jim both attended
Holmes Senior High, and it was
there they fell under the influ
e.nce and spell of Professor Hill.
Professor Hill in his younger days
was an adventurer, globe trot
ter and big game hunter. He
jhad sailed a small craft around
the world and had been a daring
diver. It was he who first intro
duced Ted and Jim to the possi
bilities of skin diving. Needless
to say, both boys took up skin
diving, and in short order be
came enthusiastic and experienc
ed in this fascinating underwater
sport.
At first, they could afford only
goggles, flippers and snorkel.
But later they accumulated
enough money to buy a pair of
second-hand aqua-lungs, and soon
they gained a reputation as local
frogmen. They had done several
jobs for local boatmen and were
saving their money toward buy
ing new skin diving equipment,
including an underwater camera.
Their biggest job to date had
been the placing of cables un
der a locomotive that had plung-
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on every 10 gallons of gasoline they buy!
• Gasoline taxes across the nation amount to
a 50% sales fax—and that’s five times as high
as the tax rate on luxuries like diamonds and
mink coats!
• Since World War 11, there have been three
increases in the Federal gasoline tax alone. This
brought the Federal tax to 4 cents a gallon, in
addition to the State tax of 7 cents a gallon!
• In the last ten years gasoline taxes have sky
rocketed 51% — yet the price of gasoline itself
has risen only 5.5% during the same period!
• Each year the average motor vehicle owner in
this state pays $96 for gasoline taxes alone.
That’s actually more than the average week's
pay for most people!
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ed through a span of the Sound
bridge.
| Wnile doing research for Pro
cessor Hill, Ted and Jim had un
' earthed what was purportedly an
authentic map of Albemarle
Sound, with markings that re
! veaied a treasure chest long ago
sunk by Blackbeard the pirate.
Half seriously and half in a spir
it of fun the boys had under
taken the location of this treas
ure chest, that according to the
KNOW YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY |
John T. Grooms, representative of the Social Security
Administration, is in Loenion every Thursday at the North j
Carolina Employment Security Commission office in the {
Cinzens Bank Buildng. }
Beginning in 1961, an ad
ditional 450,000 people will be
able to draw some social se
curity monthly benefits while
they are working.
A provision ot the new social
security amendments changes
the rules for determining how,
earnings from work affect a
person’s right to receive month-)
ly benefits. He explained furth- :
er that the following rules re- 1
main unchanged;
1, Anyone earning SI2OO or
less during a year will still bej
entitled to receive his full so- j
cial security check for every.
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map, lay on the bottom of the
Sound.
| Ted braked the car in front
of Holmes High and turned off
the motor.
i,
. “What do you suppose Pro
fessor Hill wants with us, Ted?”
1 asked Jim. He grinned. ‘Reck-
J on it’s about our treasure hunt?”
I “Dunno. But we’ll soon find
.' out. Come on.”
: I (Continued Next Week)
month of the year;
2. Anyone who has reached his
72nd birthday will still be able
to receive his full social securi
ty check for every month no
matter how much he works and
how much he earns;
3. A person will not have any
deduction from his social securi
j ty check for any month that his
: earnings as an employee are
1 SIOO or less or, if he is self
! employed, for any month that he
does not do substantial work in
j his business.
i The change made by the re
,cent amendments affects the so-
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unreasonably high levels. He also
believes that all special taxes on the
motorist should be used only for
highway purposes. Yet last year, out
of every automobile tax dollar col
lected by the Federal Government
from highway users, more than 40
cents went for non-highway pur
poses. If these automotive tax
revenues were dedicated for high
way purposes, there would be no
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Os these, about 2 million will .
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