CARTERET COUNTY
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A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and T HE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936)
38th YEAR NO. 30.
EIGHT PAGES
MOREHEAD CITY, AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1948
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TIMES
EWS
Officials
Pastor Bromley
Urges Eligibles
Not to Register
Former County Minisier
Continues Campaign
Against War
The Rev. Ernest R. Bromley,
former pastor of the Straits Metho
dist charge, has made headlines
throughout the nation again with
his request that young men not
register for the draft.
Rev. Mr. Bromley is well-known
in this section and continually has
made public his views against war.
In the past his refusal to pay in
come tax on the grounds that the
money is used for waging war has
brought him to grips with the fed
eral government.
He stated in that case that he
didn't object to paying the money
and gave the amount due the fed
eral government to a charitable
institution.
The latest news on Rev. Mr.
Bromley is the following informa
tion from the Associated Press:
ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 24 (AP)
A young Methodist minister, al
ready under scrutiny of federal
authorities, calmly repeated today
his appeal to draft eligibles not to
register for selective service.
Kev. Ernest R. Bromley, 36, told
a reporter at his summer home in
neighboring Nassau that he be
lieved civil disobedience to mili
tary conscription was the only
method of preventing a future
war.
The minister projected himself
into controversy Sunday when he
ad this declaration in a.ser
low--' ..,,,rt-w-r- v y
ork state director of,' selective
service, uked U. S. District Attor
new Irving Higbee at Syracuse to
"investigate and take appropriate
action."
Higbe laid at Syracuse today he
jroukl investigate. He explaiend
tnere were limits to free speech, as
evolved by court interpretations
f the constitutional right, but de
clined to comment on the Bromley
utterances. He explained be had
not yet seen the, text or published
reports.
Substituting for the pastor of
Grace Methodist church at Nassau,
Sunday, Rev. Mr. Bromley advo
cated that young men refuse to
register for the draft.
He termed the Selective Service
Act "a huge and tragic step toward
war. dictatorship and catastrophe."
"Civil disobedience is the only
approach now," he told a reporter
today.
"I am fully aware of public con
sequences" of public advocacy of
nonregistration," he added.
A native of Boston, Rev. Mr.
Bromley said he had held pastor
ates in a number of communities
in North Carolina. He last had a
church in Stonewall, he said.
He stated that he registered for
the draft in 1940, but had been de
ferred because he was a minister.
Health Officer Attends
Conference at Raleigh
Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, Carteret
county health officer, left yester
day for Raleigh to attend a confer
ence of local health officers at the
capital city today. The meeting,
which will be held at the State
Laboratory of Hygiene auditorium,
was called by Dr. J. W. Roy No
ton, state health officer.
The health ofifcers will discuss
what Dr. Norton described as "re
quired legislation, including state
aid to local health work."
Dr. Norton, in his letter to the
health officers, stressed the im
portance of the conference, stating
that, if necessary, the meeting will
extend into tomorrow. '
Surf Boat Crew to Receive
Daniels Trophy This Fall
Fort Macon's surf boat " crew
which won the race at the recent
Toast, G"iard anniversary celebra
tion at Cape Hatteras, will receive
the Josephus ; Daniels Memorial
trophy here early this fall, accord
'jr. m Robert O. Lowe, secretary
of Morehead City Chamber of
.Commerce. v',.: w vm :Z'; '
Presentation of the tfoph will
1m made by Jonathan Daniels, ton
f Josephus', ' who was a former
'secretary of the Navy. Taking part
in the ceremony will be high offic
ials si the United States Coast
Change School
Men 18-26 to Register at Newport.
Morehead City, Beaufort, Atlantic
New York Firm
Will Not Purchase
A & EC Railroad
The proposed sale of the operat
ing control of .the Atlantic and
East Carolina Railroad has been
called off, Harry P. Edwards ol
New Bern,, one of the four majoi
stockholders, announced this week.
Edwards reported that A. W.
Benkert and Company of New
York City has notified the stock
holders that it would not exercise
its option to purchase operating
control of the railroad.
"We plan to retain control, at
least for the present," Edwards
said.
He stated that the Benkert firm
"made us a ridiculous proposition
and asked that the option be ex
tended until after the General As
sembly meets next year. We would
not agree."
The New York firm, Edward
said, proposed that the State put
in about $2,000,000 in repairs.
The roadbed of the line, which
extends from Goldsboro to More
head City, is owned by the State,
but the operating franchise is eon
trolled by Edwards, Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Buchan of Kinston, and J.
A. Bolich, Jr., of Winston-Salem.
Countians Attend
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Folio fleeting
Representatives of 10 county in
fantile paralysis chapters attended
a meeting in Wilmington Tuesday
to discuss matters relating to the
polio epidemic in, this state.
Representative from Carteret
county were Mrs. Pauline Dickin
son, chairman of the local chapter,
Mrs. Graham Duncan, treasurer,
and Mrs. William Loftin, secretary.
Other counties represented were
Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Dup
lin, Jones, New Hanover. Onslow,
Pender, Robeson, and Sampson.
Presiding at the meeting, the
first of many planned to be held
throughout the state was Philip S.
Randolph, state chairman for the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis.
The group discussed the hospital
care policy of the National Foun
dation for Infantile Paralysis,
chapter finances and advances,
chapter organizations and funct
ions, and the 1949 March of Dimes.
The local chapter representa
tives learned that two of the coun
ty's polio patients, David Taylor
and Ralph Salter, both of Sea
Level, have returned home. Jean
Chadwick, Beaufort, is expected to
return home this week.
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Famftosra.
A group of farmers at a meeting
Wednesday night in the county
agent's office, Beaufort, suggested
that an Increase In dairying and
poultry should be emphasized in
the Beaufort Chamber of com
merce's program of work. They
met with Dr. W. L. Woodard, pre
sident of the chamber of com
merce, and Dan L. Walker, man
ager.
They pointed out that with an
increase of livestock there should
also be an increase in the supply
of homegrown feed. It was sug
gested that 4 H club members and
adult farmers join the 100-Bushel
Corn club, that pure-bred dairy
calves be purchased, and that a
poultry chain be started. The lat
ter is a project whereby mature
hens are sold and the money ob
tained used to buy more chicks
which are then distributed to
farmers.
' Farmers who attended the meet
ing were Raymond Ball, Harlowe,
S. D. Edwards and Roy Garner,
Newport, Rufus and Thomas Ogles
by, Crab Point, Oscar Salter, Bet
tie, and R. M. Williams, county
agent.
rarmers bogg
Carteret county men 18 to 26
ycrs of age, estimated to total 1,
432, will register at Newport,
Morehead City, Beaufort, and At
lantic, Wiley Taylor, Jr., Beaufort,
acting chairman of the county's
registration board, announced to
ua. At Newport the registration of
fice will be at the high school, at
Morehead City on the second floor
lo the rear of the post office in
the Red Cross office, at Beaufort
in the American Legion hut on
Turner street, and at Atlantic in
the school Final arrangements
had not been made for the use of
the school at the time of Mr. Tay
lor's announcement but he said
that II. L. Joslyn, superintendent
of schools, assured him the coop
eration of the board of education.
All men living in the western
part of the county, cast of Camp
Glenn, will register at Newport.
Those living at Camp Glenn and
in Morehead City will register at
Morehead City. Eligibles living
east of Morehead City through
Beaufort to Williston will register
at Beaufort and those living east
of Williston through Cedar Island
will register at Atlantic.
Registration offices will be open
from 8 a.m. until noon and from
1 p.m. until 5 p.m. Mr. Taylor is
requesting civic organizations to
supply members of their group to
serve as registrars. Jesse Staton,
Morehead City, will be in charge
of that office the beginning of
next week.
Men born after Aug. 30, 1922
will .register Monday and men
born in 1923 will register Tuesday
and Wednesday. The schedule in
full appeared on page 2 of THE
NEWS-TIMES Tuesday of this
weefcrand on page 1 of last Fri
day s paper.
State Selective Service head
quarters announced today that,
from inquiries received, there ap
peared to be two questions giving
the public the most trouble.
One is whether persons who re
gistered in 1946 and 1947 under
the Selective Training and Service
Act of 1940 are required to register
again. It was pointed out that no
registration under the 1940 Act
would have any bearing upon the
coming registration under the Se
lective Service' Act of 1948, and
that all males between the ages of
18 and 26 are required to register.
The second question is whether
members of the National Guard
and active or inactive reserve of
the Army, Navy or Marine Corps
are required to register. Men of
this category are required to regis
ter, although in most instances
they will not be liable for induction
under the Act.
A staff officer, in discussing the
coming registration, placed empha
sis upon the ways in which the
public could help expedite the re
gistration process. He urged that
everyone present himself for regis
tration on the dates provided for
registration of his age group. He
pointed out that this would distri
bute the registration load and re
lieve congestion.
A registrant can speed up his
own registration by having the fol
lowing information in his posses
sion at the time he presents him
self for registration:
1. The local board with which he
was registered under 'the Selective
Training and Service Act of 1940.
2. If the registrant was ever
rejected for service in the armed
forces, he should be able to give
the date of sUch rejection.
3. A registrant who served in
the armed forces of the United
States or a co-belligerent nation
since September 16, 1940, should
See REGISTRATION Page
Drawbridges Open Again
To Water Traffic; New
Power Lines Operate
Beaufort highway draw bridge
and railroad bridge went into ope
ration yesterday after a five-week
standstill because of low-hanging
power Unes across Gallant's chan
nel. -.-v,- ;.
.High lines, 88 feet above mean
high water, strung from wooden
structure 108 feet high, went into
operation early yesterday morning
after -a two-hour outtage from 5
to 7 a.m. The changeover was
made from the low lines during
this two-hour period.'
. Overhead lines were put up when
the underwater cable failed in
June. It is believed that the new
lines are strung on the. highest
wooden Tide Water structures in
the state. -
Opening Date
Marine Reserves Leave '
Via Morehead City Port
Extensive activity at Port Ter
minal this week is due to moving
of Marine reserve trainees from
Camp Lejeune to their home
slates, according to information
from the Camp Lejeune public
information office.
TVavy transports and LSTs have
been at the Terminal since early
this week, and busloads of Ma
rines have been transported to
the Naval units from Lejeune.
The reserve training program
has continued all summer. Engi
neering units are scheduled to
finish their training the week of
Sept. 6.
Ocracoke Teams,
Jaycees to Meet
On Softball Field
Morehead City Jaycee Softball
atn will play Ocracoke Coast
Guardsmen and the Nine Old Men
Sunday afternoon at Ocracoke, it
was announced today The team
and its supporters will make the
trip on Glenn Willis's bdat, Aii
Lapwing.
At the weekly meeting of the
junior chamber ef comemrce Mon
day nih, at Hotel Fnct Macon t
fetfuHorfv-fN)svi)ai?e4 requesting
(nwn mmixiioners to investigate
the feasibility of having ' Tide
Water Power company add fluo
riife to the water supply..
Reports were made on the State
Jaycee board meeting at Fayette
villc which was held last week
end. A suggestion that the junior
chamber of commerce take a stand
on gambling laws met with no re
action, pro or con.
It was sucgcslcd by the govern
mental affairs committee that the
group head a movement to either
enforce laws against gambling or
else head a movement to legalize
gambling.
Polio Causes
Death at Air Base
William Edward Cannon, 25-year-old
-Marine captain stationed
at Cherry Point Air base, was the
first polio fatality in Craven coun
ty. Cantain Cannon died late Mon
day night at the Naval hospital at
Camp Lejeune with his wife, Mrs.
Geraldine Cannon, and small
daughter at the bedside.
Dr. T. L. Allman, naval medico
at Cherry Point, diagnosed the
case as being poliomyelitis last
Sunday night and he was trans
ferred from the Cherry Point dia
pensary Monday, morning to Camp
Lejeune. Although Dr. Allman
could not be reached as to the of
ficial cause of death, it was re
ported by Dr. Eugene A. Bain. New
Bern city-county health officer,
that Captain Cannon was dead and
the death was believed to be caus
ed form the bulbor type of polio.
Dr. Bain explained only recently
that the bulbor type is the most
serious type of ' poliomyelitis and
that it immediately causes paraly
sis in the area surrounding the
heart and the muscles are paraly
zed causing death in a greater per
centage of cases.
Captain Cannon was attached to
VMF-223 at the air base and his
home was at Gainesville, Fla. He,
his wife and child, came to Cherry
Point on June 9, 1948, and at the
time of his death lived in the tran
sit military quarters on the base.
He was commissioned a second
.lieutenant' in the naval aviation
branch on May 14, 1942, and serv
ed overseas most of the time dur
ing World War II. He reported to
this base from a marine base in
California.
It is reported that the wife and
child are being quarantined at
Camp Lejeune as well as several
others who had close contact with
him while he was tinder observa
tion at Cherry Point
The Carteret County Board of
Health, at a special meeting at the
county health office, Beaufort, late
Tuesday afternoon, voted unani
mously to postpone the opening of
county schools until Oct. 1 because
of the polio situation.
Present at the meeting were Dr.
K. P. B. Bonner, chairman of the
board of health and the county
board of commissioners; Morehead
City Mayor George W. Dill, Beau
fort Mayor L. W. llassell, County
Health Officer Dr. N. Thomas En
net, School Superintendent II. L.
Joslyn, Dr. Frank E. Hyde, Dr. L.
W. Moore, chairman of the board
of education. Paul Jones, Dr. D. J.
Eure, and Charles Webb, member
of the board of education.
After voting the postponement,
Mr. Joslyn pointed out that in
order to maintain the rogular nine
month school year, the schools will
remain open through June of next
year. The board reserved the right
to open schools earlier than the
Oct. 1 date if the polio situation
clears up earlier than is anticipa
ted. Having an important bearing on
the postponement was the fact that
two more cases of polio in the
Tinitv were rcnorted last week,
both Negroes living on North Kiver
road. With polio still a grave
threat in the countv. the board
took the stand that the in
convenience caused by the delay in
opening of the schools would be of
little significance when traded for
the safeguarding of the health of
county children.
Opening the meeting. Dr. Ennett,
secretary of the board and county
health officer, pointed out to the
board chronologically the seven
cases of infantile paralysis that
have occurred so far.
He said he was unable bv any
means to establish any patten or
connection between the cases ex
cept for the fact that the two Sea
' pvel cases. Richard Salter and Da
vid Taylor, both 8 years old, were
neighbors and nlavmates and mem
bers of the same Bible- school. The
flnirf of their ill nesses, waa, eight
day apart.
Diy fnnett added that flies and
warm weather are also believed to
have soma bearing on the disease,
and that a postponement to Oct.
1 would a"oid September's hot
weather, which would probably be
conducive to the spread of polio.
The fact that schools would stay
open until June, another hot
month, would probably be of little
consequence from the standpoint of
polio because the probability of an
other epidemic next year is very
slight since they usually occur in
cycles.
Dr. Bonner pointed out that the
bans on children under 16 from
attending theatres. Sunday Schools,
and Bible schools would be ineffec
tive without a school ban.
In carrying the motion for post
ponement, the members felt that
popular opinion was for it. They
also believed that a ban of only
one or possibly two weeks would
be ineffective.
The board was opposed to a sug
gestion by Dr. Ennett that any le
gal ban be placed on gatherings of
children.
Schools in Roxboro and Person
county have been scheduled for a
Sept. 6 opening, a week later than
usual. The start of the new term
at Fremont has been moved from
Aug. 31 to Sept. 9. Iredell county
has ordered a second postponement
of school openings, this time to
Sept. 9. Greenville schools will
open Sept. 6, Pitt county schools
will open Monday, Aug. 30.
At Rocky Mount, school officials
cancelled a Greensboro - Rocky
Mount high school football game
scheduled for Sept. 10 at Greens
boro. Substitute Clerk-Carrier
Needed at Postoffice
' The United States Civil Service
commission announces an open
competitive examination for - the
position of substitute clerk-carrier
for filling vacancies in the post
office at Beaufort. Entrance sal
ary of this position is $1.29 per
hour.
Applications for this position
will be accepted by the director,
Fourth U. S. Civil Service Region,
Temporary Building "R," 3rd and
Jefferson Drive, S.W., Washing
ton 25, D. C. until the needs of the
service are met.
Competitors will be required to
report for written examination,
which will be held as soon as prac
ticable after Je date set for the
tre of receipt of applications.
Full information and application
blank may be obtained from How
4rd, C. Jones, secretary, Board of
V. S. Civil Service Examiners, at
the Beaufort post office.
to Friday,Oct. 1
Beaufort Jaycees
On Investigation
Six Convicted
In Liquor Case
Three Negroes, Three
Whiles Pay Penalties In
Recorder's Courl
Six people, three whites and
three Negroes, received fines in re
corder's court, Beaufort, Tuesday
after being convicted on charges of
participation in a bottlegging case.
One man involved was given a
suspended jail sentence and fine
for driving drunk, driving without
a driver's license, assault wilh a
deadly weapon, and interfering
with an officer in the discharge
of his duly.
The defendant was convicted of
an assault and other charges was
Thomas A. Jackson, white, who was
given a sentence of one year in
jail, suspended on condition that
he remain on good behavior for
five years and nay a fine of $150
and costs. The weapon used in the
assault, a .32 caliber pistol, was
confiscated.
Jackson was also found guilty of
aiding and abetting the transporta
tion of a quantity of non-tax paid
liquor and was fined $25 and costs.
William Edward Jackson and
Neal Jackson, cousins of Thomas,
were also fined $25 and costs for
possession of and transportation of
a quantity of non tax paid liquor.
The three Negroes in the case
were Mollie Green, her husband
Jim, and Peter Alexander. Mollie
ftrgco. a repealed offender, was
charged witfl possession of and
transporting a quantity of non-tax
paid whiskey for the purpose of
sale and was fined $50 and costs.
Jim Green, charged with the
same offense s his wife drew a
$25 fine and court costs, and Alex
ander was fined a similar amount
for possession of and transporting
a quantity of non-tax paid intoxica
ting liquor.
The arrests were made by local
authorities Sunday night when the
truck, owned and driven by Tho
mas Jackson, was stopped and the
Sec COURT Page 8
Beach Beauty
To Be Crowned
Miss Atlantic Beach of 1948 will
be crowned tonight at the Surf
club. From among 10 contestants,
the weekly winners of beauty con
tests at Atlantic Beach this sum
mer, the girl who will win a silver
loving cup will be chosen.
The crown will be placed on her
head by one of the country's fa
mous weight-lifters, Joe Lauriano,
a native of Hawaii, who holds as
one of -his titles the name, "Mr.
America."
The dance and beauty contest
will besin at 9 o'clock. Playing for
the affair will be Allen Craig and
his 12 piece orchestra.
Attenadnts to the lucky winner
of the beauty title will be Miss
Joyce Johnson, who was selected
as Miss Beaufort of 1948. and Miss
Viola Styron, who is Miss More
head City of 1948.
Beauty contest judges will be
from Jacksonville, New Bern, York,
Pa., Cherry Point, Atlantic Beach,
Morehead City, and Beaufort.
Girls vying for the title are Miss
Jocalyn Stevens, Beaufort, Miss
Frances Hadnott, New Bern, Miss
Janice Turnage, Ayden, Miss Mar
garet Morris, Morehead City, Miss
Sarah Tisdale, New Bern, Miss Do
rothy Davis, Lenoir, Miss Sarah
Kirkpatrick, Greenville, Miss Tres
ca Bowles, Durham. Miss Marie
Webb, Beaufort, and Miss Ann
Willis, Morehead City.
They will be guests of the Caro
lina Racing association at the dog
track tomorrow night.
Fire Damages Roof
Of Dairy, Morehead City
Fire caused damage to the roof
of Dixie Dairy, 7th street, More
head City to the extent of about
1200 late Wednesday afternoon.
The fire started from ' flames
shooting out a hole in a smoke-
stack, firemen said. The alarm
sounded at 4:09 frem box 14 and
was put out in about 80 ttloutan
Reverse Decision
of Solicialions
Judge Luther Hamilton De
livers Address at Meet
ing Monday Night
Beaufort junior chamber of com
merce reversed its decision to
check on solicitors of funds at its
meeting Monday night. In an hour's
discussion following an address by
Judge Luther Hamilton, Morehead
City, the Jaycees, by majority vote,
agreed that this duly could be
handled by the chamber of com
merce. Under the Javree plan originally
proposed, mercl ' '.s were to be re
lieved of ill founded, invalid soli
citations for various campaigns and
causes bv being an honorary mem
ber of the junior chamber of com
merce whose committee would in
vestigate the requests.
Cost of this service was to be
$5 annually. The majority of the
Jaycees felt that merchants would
be unduly taxed to pay for mem-
bership in the chamber of com
merce in addition to honorary
membership in the Junior cham
ber. Minstrelsy Again
After lapse of a year, the Jay
cees are again going to present a
minstrel show. Tentative plans are
for production this fall. Their
minstrel show two years ago was a
tremendous hit and it was planned
then to make it an annual presen
tation. Judge Hamilton, who spoke im
mediately following dinner, talked
on the civil rights program which
has been incorporated into the plat
forms of both the Democratic and
Republican parties.
The judge branded the civil
rights proposals as merely a rote
getting measure and reminded his
audience- that uh an issue has
arisen in recent years in every po
litical campaign.
It was the speaker's contention
that the federal government has
no legal right to say whether a
man should pay a poll tax, tell an
employer what type of workers he
should employ, or assume any du
ties that, under the constitution,
belong to states.
Disapproves of Dixicrrats
During the course of his discus
sion the judge emphatically stated
that he did not approve of or en
dorse the action taken by the Dixie
crats who have formed their own
political party in protest against
the civil rights program. "Every
one knows," declared the speaker,
"that they can't do anything about
it."
In speaking of the civil rights
ssue which says that an employer
cannot deny a worker employment
because of race, color, creed or
national origin, Judge Hamilton de
clared that civil and moral rights
are being confused and there is
failure to distinguish clearly be
tween segregation and discrimina
tion. Insofar as the race problem is
concerned, the speaker said that
amalgamation is not the answer
and that history shows where two
races here mingled closely one
eventually absorbs the other to the
detriment of both.
The judge concluded by saying
that "we must be allowed to raise
our own standards and then with
the freedoms and liberties that
are ours and which we have too
long taken for granted,
those standards."
follow
Roiarians Recommend Return in '49
Of Dill Kiitrell, Recreation Director;:
Robert Williams, chairman of the
Rotary club recreation committee,
in a report to Rotarians at their
meeting Tuesday night at the Inlei
Inn. recommended that Bill Kit
trell, in charge of Beaufort's re
creation program this summer, be
asked to return next summer.
Mr. Williams told the group that
parents were pleased with the re
creation activities insofar as they
could be carried out prior to the
polio outbreak.
Approximately $80 is required to
meet all expenses of this summer's
program and this money is expect
ed to be raised in the very near
future. The Rotary recreation
committee appointed at last week's
meeting will serve as an advisory
board to next year's director.
Dr. W. L. Woodard, president of
the Chamber of Commerce request
ed that ideas for the. program of
wA be submitted to chamber of
commerce officials. He reported
that. the membership drive has
, been highly successful,
At the entertainment, the Rev.
Salter Fathers,
Dealers, Air
Fishery Dispute
Fisheries Committee Spends
Morning Hearing Arguments
Ry Ruth Peeling
For more than two hours a dis
pute over the fisheries at S?lter
Path was aired before the State
commercial fisheries committee at
its meeting yesterday morning in
the commercial fisheries building,
Morehead City.
Sixty Salter Path fishermen
crowded the board room and
heard (.'apt. George Smith, spokes
man for one faction of the Salter
Palhers, present his reasons fa
voring passage of a law preventing
establishment of another fishery
al Salter Path within three miles
of an established fishery.
This resolution, if approved by
the commercial fisheries comtnit-
J ',,p' would
nrevent Albert Lea.
I Morehead City fish dealer, from
dealing with Salter Path fisher
men, for Mr. Lea says that he has
this year entered into an agree
ment with these crewmen who are
fishing in an area located within
three miles of the Belhavcn Fish
and Oyster company fishery.
Prior to this year the section of
the beach in question was under
jurisdiction of the Belhaven com
pany, of Morehead City and Bel
havcn, which sub-leased it from C.
Gehrmann Holland, Beaufort. Mr.
Holland leased the property from
Mrs. Alice Hoffman, owner of the
greater part of Bogue Banks.
Mr. Lea told the committee that
he has bought gear for the fisher
men and made an agreement with
i hem to use this property. He
has put up a guarantee for them,
giving Mrs. Hoffman an initial
payment lor lease of the land,
Within a certain period of time
the fishermen were to reimburse
Mr. Lea who charges now that
Clyde Potter, two-thirds owner of
Belhaven Fish and Oyster com
pany, has made a more attractive
offer to the fishermen.
Frank M. Wooten, Greenville,
attorney for Mrs. Hoffman, stated
that his client has signed a con
tract with Mr. Lea. Actually the
land was leased to "the Salter Path
fishing crew," Mrs. Hoffman be
lieving that in this way the inter
ests of the fishermen would best
be protected. f
According to Mr. Wooten, be
was informed that if the Lea fish
ery becomes firmly established,
the Belhaven trawlers were going
to trawl so close to shore that no
shore fishery would get any fish.
To prevent such a possibility he
presented a request to the fish
cries committee asking that they
prohibit trawlers from coming
within 1,200 feat of shore.
In June, when this conflict arose
an attempt was made to settle the
matter by attempting to discover
with which dealer the fishermen
would rather be associated.
The meeting was held at Salter
Path and those favoring Lea were
told to go to one side of the road
and those favoring Belhaven .to
the other. No.sooner had the group
divided when a pitched battle pe
gan. This side of the conflict was hot
placed before the committee, how
ever, and Roy Hampton, chairman
of the committee, finally asked
that someone show the committee
See FISHERIES Page 8 r,
T. R. Jenkins, program chairman,
conducted a spelling bee in which
all words were spelled backwards.
The two teams were captained by
Numa F. Eure and the Rev. W. V.
Stewart. Mr. Eure's team won
by virtue of its captain's "reversi
ble" ability. He, however, was aty
mied by "evitaitini."
Tide Table
Friday, Aug. 27 ) -HIGH
LOW
12:30 AM 6:40 ASf
1:13 PM 8:50 PM
Saturday, Aug. 28
1:28 AM 7:41 AM
2:17 PM 0:00 PM
Sunday. Aug. 29 i"v v
2:35 AM ' 8:51 AM
3:25 PM 10:08 ,PM
Monday, Aug. 39
3:48 AM 10:02 AM
4:30 PM 11:11 PM
Tuesday, Aug. 31
4:57 AM
11:11 AM
5:28 PM
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