CARTERET. OUNTY Astronomical Data rI Sun Sets Tonight 7:20 P. M., Sun Rises Tomorrow 4:53 A. M. Moon Sets Today 0:01 P. M. Moon Rises Tomorrow 6:40 A. M. A Merger of THE BEAUFORT HEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936) 38th YEAR NO. 7. -t BEAUFORT AND MOREHEAD CITY, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1948 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAY M Liquor Traffic in County f j . I . . . ' w " MES 10c Newport Considers Installing New Street-Lighting System Potato Blight Hits Coast Area Cool, Wet, Weather Starts Spread of 'Late Blight Disease' .The late blight disease of Irish potatoes has become established in much of the early potato area of 'eastern North Carolina, Dr. Low ell W. Niejson, potato disease spe cialist for the North Carolina Agri cultural Experiment station, said Saturday. The disease, was first reported from a Pamlico county farm on May 16, says Dr. Nielson. It has since been reported from most of the-coastal growing counties north of New Bern. The past week to 10 days of cool, wet weather has es pecially favored its development and spread. "When late blight gets as far along as it is now, there's not much the farmer can do to keep his crop growing," Dr. Nielson ex plains. "His best bet is to dig and market his potatoes in such a way as to reduce the tuber infection." Kill Vines The pathologist explains that there are two ways to dig potatoes so as to keep the tubers disease free. One method is to use a che mical or a flame thrower to kill the vines and then dig the potatoes from seven to 10 days later. Some of the chemical vine kiUers which Dr. Nielson suggests, are: Dow spray '68, Aero-defoliant (calcium cynamide), and Sinox. "These materials are available as dusts', and directions for apply ing are on, the package," he points out. "For best results, they should be applied to foliage wet with dew hen day temperatures are above 70 degrees F. Rains within a few hours after the dust is applied will wash off the vine killers and great ly reduce their effectiveness.." Growers who are not equipped to dust or kill the vines and those who would rather not use vine-killers, can reduce infection through careful digging. Digging should begin only after '10 o'clock in the morning on a sunny day when the tines have had time to dry off. The newly-dug potatoes should be al lowed to dry off before they are picked. Danger of Sun Scald "If the weather should turn hot, growers will have the added worry of leaving newly-dug potatoes ex posed to the sun too long," Dr. Nielson continues. "There's a real See BLIGHT Pg. 5 Time Marches On F rom the Palace to the City Production Credit Group Meets at Atlantic Beach Approximately 300 delegates are expected at the annual convention of the North Carolina Production Creit Association which opeir ' ed at Atlantic Beach yesterday. ' This is the second major conven tion to select Atlantic Beach as their annual meeting site during 'ithe past week. , On Friday, more than 100 re- presentqlives of the Association .of Magazine Wholesalers will begin a ' two-day session. Arrangements for this meeting were made by Joseph Zaytoun of New Bern, whose ma- vgazine territory covers the central North Carolina coast. i' Each of the conventions willJ I have their headquarters at the new r Ocean King Hotel, with general i meetings in the Surf Club. f r- - " 1 Inspection Lane Locates i On 8th Street, Morehead The state motor vehicle inspec- tion lane in Morehead City is lo I cated on 8th street between Evans t and Shppard. street in front of the ' city hall. ' '1 This was the only north-south 1 location available. On east-west streets, mechanics point out, the a sun affects the headlight-testing t, equipment. The lane opened yesterday at 1 v.viuvk ju um 'Aiviuwii auu wm j remain open until 1 o'clock fiatur ( day afternoon. ' ''Prospects look brighter for a better street-lighting system at Newport. George Stovall, local Tide Water Power company manager, who at tended the Newport town commis sioners' meeting Friday night sug gested that the town make a sur vey of its needs as to street lights and with this information a con tract would be drawn. Tide Water will, free of charge, install and maintain the system, Mr. Stovall said. Clarence Millis, street commis sioner, was appointed head of a committee to study the street light situation. Under the type of contract which Newport is considering, each 1000 lumen lamp (equal to about 1500 watts) would cost $1.75 per month to operate, each 800 lumen lamp would cost $1:50 a month of $18 per year. Commissioners express ed the opinion that 1000 lumen lamps would not be required at all points in the town and suggested the use of 800 lumen lights. The lights would go on 30 min utes before sunset and go off 30 minutes before sunrise. Total cost of operation per year for twenty 800 lumen lamps would be $360 or approximately $30 per month. Eighteen lamps are located in the town now and two more have been requested, believed necessary. See NEWPORT Pg. 5 Five Receive Diplomas Sunday AtOitccIi . Five boys and girls were gradu ated from Ocracoke high school Sunday night and received their diplomas from N. Shelton, super intendent of Hyde county schools. The baccalaureate, service and commencement exercise was held in .Ocracoke Methodist church. The Rev. Charles J(. Tilley, pastor, dr livered the sermon, "Beyond School Halls, Education Plus." After the sermon, three seniors spoke. Larry Williams delivered the valedictory address, Virginia Howard spoke on "Leaders Must Lead," and Patsv Gaskin's talk was entitled "My Will is a Wish." Graduates are Larry Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dina Williams, Virginia Howard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Napoleon Howard, Patsy Gaskins, daughter of John Gas kins, Dora Jane Gaskins and Earl Hill Gaskins, daughter and son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gaskins. All graduates participated in the commencement exercises. , By F. C. Salisbury The Palace first movie house to be opened in Morehead City. Occupied store space where Busy Bee restaurant is now located. The late D. B. Wade and sons first opened' theatre in wooden building on 8th street - ; ' ' You have to go back nearly four decades to recall when the first movies werevshown in' Morehead City. During the 40 year period up to a few yean ago the name of Wade ' wm associated with the movie theatres In this city.. The late D. B. Wade and sons Were the first theatre operators. Older residents of the city, will recall when the first movies were shown In the building on 8th street which later was occupied by the Coaster. Printing company and which today is the establishment of the Chadwick Dry Cleaners. This was long before the days of talkies. , The popping of the gas1 oline engine which furnished pow er f6Y. the electric generator was accompanied by the cracking of peanuts, the stamping and cheer Education Board Slashes Budget Sanitation Projects, Fund For Atlantic School Cut; Calendar Approved The board of -education yester day afternoon trimmed its budget to the tune of about $20,000 to comply with the county appropria tion of $68,000. This figure is $22,000 less than the figure re quested, $90,000. The $20,000 was lopped off in sanitation projects for While Oak and Harkers Island schools. The project at White Oak was estimat ed in the budget at $5,500 and the project at Harkers Island, $9,768. 37. The remainder was cut from the $15,000 wr-marked for con struction of the Atlantic school. Ten thousand dollars will be set aside in the 1948-49 fiscal year. This is the same amount as was set aside last year. The calendar for next year was approved. School will open Sept. 1. Christmas vacation will begin Dec. 21 and end Jan. 3. Friday of Thanksgiving weekend and Monday' of Easter weekend will be optional. If these two days are holidays, school will end May 26. If they are not, schools will close May 24. Reduction in the number of teachers allotted in district 8, Da vis and Marshallberg, has made it necessary to do away with one room1 schools there. Fifteen chil dren attended the, school at Davis and 18 attended he school at Marshallberg. ' The state requires in average daily attendance of 33 pupils for each teacher. Davia and Marshall berg 'pupils will now attend school at Smyrna. The board has not yet decided on the disposition of the school build ings at Davis and Marshallberg. It is believed they will be sold. Plans to move the Cedar Island school building, which would have cost $1,500, have been changed. Repairs, however, will be made. A new roof will be put on the Harkers Island school at a cost of $2,100, and also to the White Oak roof which last winter was damag ed by fire. Cost of repairing this roof is estimated at $1,825. Board members considered a letter from Harkers Island, resi dents requesting a new school, but declared they were in no position to take action on the request. 1 H. L. Joslyn, superintendent of schools, reported that truancy problems at Smyrna school are ex pected to be under control when school opens again. . The board approved the appoint ment of Miss Lucille Rice and Mist Theresa Hill as secretaires in the superintendent's office. of Today tng when the villain in the play Was outwitted by the hero. Hisses and groans were uttered when the film would break and a slide would flash on the screen asking you to be patient for a minute or two. Along with the film were the song slfdes, the words of which were sung by some local singer as well as joined in by the audience. And all this for 10 cents. Outgrowing the small wooden building, the owners of the theatre remodeled a store space in the Simmons building which is now oc cupied by the Busy Bee Cafe. The entrance as the above - picture shows was recessed 4Kith box officej ana display irames. Tne interior was ultramodern with its sloping See PALACE Pg. S " ' 16 Cases Comprise For Superior Court Sixteen cases comprise the cri minal docket for this term of su perior court which opens at 1 o'clock this afternoon in the court house, Beaufort. Judge Henry L. Stevens will preside. The judge was recently elected president of the alumni association of the University of North Carolina and was installed as that officer there yesterday, scheduled date for opening court. Nino cases comprise the civil docket. These will be heard the second week of court, beginning June 14. Ten divorce cases are also scheduled to come before Judge Stevens. Ten of the 16 criminal cases list ed will go before the grandjury. The others have been continued from previous terms of court or are appeals from recorder's court. Scheduled for grand jury action are the following: State vs. Roy Beaufort Litton, charge driving drunk; State vs. Robert Willis, charge-assault with intent to com mit rape. State vs. L. J. Hill, charge-driving drunk, State vs. Claud Wallace, charge larceny of motor biko va lued at $400; State vs. Roy T. Guthrie, charge driving drunk. State vs. James Gaskins and George Howland. charge stealing and carrying 1,450 pounds of lead and selling same; State vs. S;im Howland, charge stealing and carrying away 1,200 pounds lead, State vs. K. P. B. Bonner, charge larceny of a car, reckless driving, and carrying a concealed weapon, State vs. Harry Dearman, charge driving drunk. These cases will be tried through Thursday, June 10. , CivJJ cases are docketed as fol lows: Monday. June 14 Davis vs. RerY'XyitMt -ttr. -Brooks' WeU neaday, June 16 Guthrie vs, Bus sell. Taylor and Willis vs. Willis. Thursday, June 17 Howe vs. Wallace et al, Howe vs. South ern Felt company, Howe vs. Ma dix Asphalt Roofing corporation. Motions filed are the following: Roper Lumber company vs. Truitt and Hyatt, Simmons vs. Garner, re: Serena Dawn Lawrence, Hunt ley vs. Weeks, and Taylor and Wil lis vs. Willis. Divorce cases will come up Fri day, June 11. laborers Stop iiy A group of Negro migrant la borers attracted attention in More head City yesterday by stopping at the empty lot on the corner of Evans and 8th street for several hours. The group consists of 45 people of nil ages who travel from town to town with their belongings into three medium-sized trucks. These trucks serve as their home. The head of the group is CD. Daniels, who will be "58 on my next birthday." Daniels explained that his group travels through towns in order to look for work. The Negroes earn their living by gathering potatoes, lettuce, beans, and other crops. The group started out from Pompano, Fla., May 2 and stopped at Hague where they found em ployment. They finished their work there Friday and then came to Morehead City. Daniels stated, "If we can't find work here, we will leave this evening and head north, probably to New Jersey." The Negro lesder also explained , See LABORERS Pg. S 1 AtMorewadC Chamber Of Commerce President Announces Committee llenbers Dr. Jofin. W. Morris, president of Morehead City Chamber of Com merce, has announced . names of committee members who will serve for the 1948-49 fiscal year. They are as follows: industrial development committee, George R. Wallace, chairman, George Dill, I. E. Pittman. Judge Luther Hamil ton, M. T. Mills. Housing committee, George Ball, chairman, John L, Crump, George Stovall; publicity committee, D. G. Bell, chairman, Bud Dixon, Tony Seamon, and Lockwood Phillips. Governmental affairs committee, George McNeill, chairman, public safety committee, Clyde Jones, chairman, Hubert Fulchef, Dave Styron. y: ;!'; Radio committee, Grover Mun den, chairman, Walter Morris, .Bill Criminal Docket Opening Today Phone Company Promises Better Service Here A committee from Morehead City recently went to Tarboro to confer with officials of the Caro lina Telephone and Telegraph com pany regarding improved phone service in this area, to the airport west of Morehead City and to the racetrack. R. H. Dowdy, Clyde Jones, Ro bert P. Burroughs, and . Robert Lowe, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, met with L. W. Hill, president of the telephone com pany, H. Dai I llolderness, vice president, and J. F. Havens, com mercial manager, At present there are no facili ties to phone the Morehead City airport or the newly-constructed dog track. Installation of these l'nes has been promised. Mr. Lowe reports that the tele phone company has detailed plans for future development atld expan sion here for one, three, five, .10 and 20-year periods. Commissioners Adopt Budget i' r ' - The board of commissioners yes terday decided that no increase in allotments to county departments could be made in this year's bud get. Clerk Of the board, Irvin Davis, was instructed to inform depart ment heads that they would have to redesign their 194849 budget to fit in With the same amount of money they were allotted last year. General operating expenses of the county were set for 1947-48 at $89,355, health department ap propriation $12,882, welfare de partment $26,287. schools $08,000, and debt service fund $150,500, to taling $347,024? The tax levy is expected to bring in $225,000. The budget cannot be increased Dr. Bonner said, because there will be no source for incrcsed rev enue to the county this year. Tax rate was set at $1.80 per $100 val uation. Three road problems were pre sented to the board. The commis sioners were requested to ask the highway commission to pave the road on Inlet isli. .d, located be tween Beaufort and Morehead City and the clerk was requested to write Highway Commissioner John Clerk to visit Marshallberg and survey the road leading from the schooUiouse to the waterfront. At present, three property own ers are objecting to the road be ing improved, Delmas Lewis, Marshallberg, told the commis sioners Capt. John Nelson, state commercial fisheries commission er, appeared before the board and requested their approval on ex tending Evans street, Morehead City, beyond 34th to Morehead City Technical institute and the Uii versity of the Sea. Commercial fisheries offices are located there also. , William J. Jones, Newport, of fered $100 for two acres of prop erty in Newport township between the Mill Creek road and the rail See COMMISSIONERS Pg. 5 Flowers. The membership commit tee is divided into two committees, prospect and project. On the pros pect committee are A. B. Cooper, chairman, L E. Pittman, L. D. Gore, H. P. Scripture, C. N. Ben nett, W. C. Matthews, and W. C. Carlton. - . Members of the project commit tee are George Ball, chairman, Jack Roberts, Warren Back, Skin ner Chalk, Jr., Sam Adler, and D. G.Bell. , Mr. McNeill x is also national councilman. Meeting Postponed J' ' The meeting of the Beaufort Book club scheduled for this Thursday evening has been postponed until further notice. Thirteen members of the county ministerial association appeared before county commissioners in regular session yesterday morning and requested that the board call for a liquor referendum in the county. The board told the ministers that ft felt such a request should come from a larger representative group of the county, suggesting that in compliance with state law, a petition be obtained requesting such an election. This petition would have to carry the signatures of 734 who were eligible voters at the time of the last general elec tion for governor. The 734 is 15 per cent of the number which cast ballots in this county in the elec tion which put Governor Cherry in office, according to county offic ials. Rev. Cuthrell Speaks Spokesman for tho group, the Rev. Harold G. Cuthrell, pastor o! Marshallberg Methodist church, told the commissioners, "As m in isters, we are agai 1st those evils which desecrate human personal ity . . . those evils stemming from organized liquor traffic." In calling for an election to let the people decide whether AM' stores should be retained, he said the ministers recognized the in come the towns and county receive from liquor sales but ". . . revenue should not be placed above right eousness." Although the ministers made no latent'' 't as to their future action in regard to the issue they left the impression that they would obtain a petition calling for the election. In roolv to the clergy, Commis sioner Wallace G. Styron, Sealevcl, pointed out that prohibition was a miserable failure," and queried, "Is there any guarantee that out lawing legal liquor traffic will pre vent drinking?" lie further commented that out lawing liquor takes it out of legal mil ml and puis it in the Hands of bootleggers. Sheriff Gchrmann Holland who was at the meeting remarked that piccolo joints are a worse evil than ABC stores and pointed out that since prohibition wasyiftrAoot IcpOing decreased 75" pftV CtTi When the Rev. C M. Mitchell, of Atbntic, reported that boys tell him they have to drink to bo so cially accepted, the sheriff count ers with, "Don't you think that's merely an excuse?" The Rev. W. D. Caviness, pas tor of Franklin Memorial Metho dist church, Morehead City, re marked that existence of an evil is no reason to accept it. Dr. K. P. B. Bonner, chairman of the board, commented that the only thing that need be done to make people do something is to tell them they can't do it. After the ministers left, he pointed out that taxes would have to be increased approximately one third to make up the revenue re ceived from sale of whisky. Board members made it clear to the clergymen that they pcrsoial ly were not. in favor of drinking. Sales, Typewriters lo Be Sold Friday By WAA Offered exclusively to World War II veterans at a set aside sale 'to be held by War Assets adminis tration at the Laurinburg Maxton Army Air Base, Maxton, on June 11 will be three safes, 30 type writers, two desks, a dental chair and dental lanp. Open to priority and commercial buyers, in sequence, will be an of fering of gas masks and carriers, foot lockers, portable .field light ing sets, photographic equipment, medical equipment, wood -beds, folding hospital cots, surface tape, mattress covers, feather pillows and miscellaneous. : The property is located at the air base and may be inspected through June 10, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Catalogs are available at WAA Customer Service centers and at the sale location. Only Best Spuds to Leave Stale Until Jnne 15 By recommendation of the Southeastern Potato committee on ly top grade potatoes will be ship ped from the commercial growing areas of this state and Virginia un til June 15. This recommendation went into effect Friday, two days after it was approved by the de partment of agriculture. Interstate shipment of potatoes in North Carolina and Virginia are controlled by a-federal marketing program. The recent action is designed to help protect grower prices for qua lity potatoes. , The . order does not apply to po tatoes for' export. Barden Wins Degree Graham A. Barden, Jr., soij of CnnereHman and Mrs. Graham A; Barden, New Bern, yesterday ww awarded his doctor of medicine de gree at commencement exercise;' Duke university. ; V. Lady, Can You Spare A Room June 15-16-17? Requests for reservations fur the State Association of County Commissioners June 15,16, nnd 17 al Atlantic Bench far exceed the space available, Robert I.owi secretary of the Chamber of ('niii'iierce reported today. Anyone who has rooms avail able for (he visiting county offi cials are requested by (he Cham ber of Commerce lo please notify Hud Dixon at the Ocean King hotel or phone the ( haniher of Commerce office, HI Stil l. Dr. Harold Hmm Heads Laboratory Dr. Harold' Iltimm, assistant di rector of Duke Marine laboratory, Piver's Island, has accepted the appointment ns director and suc ceeds Dr. A. S. Pearse, founder of ttm laboratory who has now re tired. Dr. Humm, one of the foremost authorities in the country on the utilization i of seaweeds, came to Piver's Island in June 1942 as re sident investigator. In 1944 he was appointed assistant director. A graduate of the University of Miami, class of '34, Dr. Humm obtained his master's degree at Duke university, majoring in bac teriology, and his doctorate in bo tany at Duke, specializing in ma rine bacteriology. During the war Dr. Humm made a survey for the War Production board, studying seaweeds along the Atlantic coast from which agar could be produced In commercial quantities. As director of the lab, he will also supervise summer ses sions there. He married the former Olga Mi nor, of Miami, FJa. They have two children, Sandra, 6, and Roddy, 3. Beaufort Installs 12 Additional Parking Meters Twelve new parking meters have been installed, in . Beaufort and three more have been re-located. Three new meters are located a long Queen street and six along Turner street. Front street also has three new meters, and three meters that were on 'cast Front street Jiave been transferred to la position along the fish, houses on the same street. j Clerk's Office Receives ' $3,211.15 During May A. H. James, clerk of superior court, reported to county commis sioners yesterday that the total in come to that office for May amounted to $3,211.19, the largest ever recorded. Recorder's court receipts wee $3,063.50, superior court fees $27. 60 and probate and clerk's fees, $120.05. , i Club to Sponsor Dance , Ruth Theta Rho club No. 3 will sponsor a danceior teen-agers Thursday night', at the American Legion hut. Young people 12-20 years of age wtt be admitted. 0imtmm St; Dr. Harold Humm Garment Company Today Observes 12th Anniversary Portrait of J. W. Jackson to Be Unveiled, Dr. B. F. Royal to Speak At a half hour ceremony this afternoon ft 3:30 the 12th anni versary of the Morehead City Gar merit company will be observed with the unveiling of an oil port rait of the company's founder, J. VV. Jackson. The ceremony will take place at the company plant on Bridges street and the. main address will be delivered hv Dr. B. V. Royal, a close friend of Mr. Jackson. Following his address the pic lure will he unveiled bv Mrs. J. W. Jackson, president of the company, who succeeded her husband as pre sident after his death. Mrs. Jackson will present the portrait to the company and ac ccpting it on behalf of the em ployees will be Mrs. Bertha Smith. Mayor (ieorge Dill will introduce Dr. lioyal. The Rev. J. V. Axtcll, pastor of Webb Memorial Preshy lerian church, will pronounce the benediction. Prominent businessmen of Morj head City friends of Mr. Jackson, will attend the ceremony. Among them will be I. E. Pittman, Sai.i Adler, nnd R. H. Dowdv. Julius Peters, New York City, vice-president of the Garment company, and Philip Newman. Philadelnhia ,.t torney and personal friend of Mr. Jackson, will also be present. it Marine Guilty ' Sparks M. Hopper, n Marine sta tioned at ('berry Point, was found guilty yesterday in Morehead City police, court of negligence in mak ing a left turn with his car. caus ing an accident. Plaintiff was the Seashore Taxi co. Driver of the taxi involved in the mishap was Rnv He?den Tiner. Hopper's car was going east oh Bridges Street when, in trying to make the turn, he ran head-on into the taxi. ' Judgement was postponed until a woman passenger who was hurt in the accident is released fron) the hospital. Mayor George W. Dill also added that any monetary settlement would bo out of the jurisdiction of the court and would have to be settled in civil court' : Samuel R. Bailey, Jr., paid $10 for damage to city nroperty. Bai ley knocked over a parking meter post with his automobile. r .-ft Herman Hnrvev and Benson Sanders shared $5 In court ex penses in a case ii which Sanders charged Harvey with drunkenness and destruction of property. The case was dismissed because of lack of evidence. vfl Tide Table HIGH LOW Tues&y, June 8 V f 8:40 A.M. - 2:48 A.M. 9:01 P.M. 2:39 P.M. Wednesday, June 9 -9:30 A.M. 3:36 A.M. 9:51 P.M. 3:31 P.M. Thursday, June 10 . 10:22 A.M. 4:26 A.M. 10:42 P.M. 4:24 PM. Friday, June 11 11:15 A.M. 5:16 A.M. 111:37 P.M. r V 5:24 P.M. County Churches Conduct : Vacation Bible Schools Ci Finos Davis Free Will Baptist church ' started the ball rolling in Carteret county on vacation Bible school classes last Tuesday and Will wind -up the sessions on Friday. . " But most churches will start their pre summer vacation Bible -"V schools on Monday, June 14, ami run them the customary two v weeks. Hours for most of the ' schools are from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Those starting classes next Man day are Ann Street Methodist and ' Beaufort Baptist in Beanfort; First . Methodist in Morehead City: At taniic Methodist, Atlantic; Oak Grove Methodist. Oak Grove; Sta cy Free Will Baptist, Stacy, Camp ; Glenn n Methodist church. Camp Glenn. :t . - if

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