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RTERET COUNTY Astronomical Data 10c Sun Sets Tonight 6:18 p.m. Sun Rises Tomorrow 5:50 a.m. Moon Sets Tonight 1:05 a.m. Moon Rises Tomorrow 4:43 p.m. A Merger ol THE BEAUFORT NEWS Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936) 38th YEAR NO. 35. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY, AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 EIGHT PAGES PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS County Board Approves New System of ABC Fund Distribution CA f II Telephone Company Manager To Speak at Rotary Meeting Large Crowd Expected to Hear Farm Executive D. S. Collrane Will Deliver Address al Farm Bureau Meeting The 1948 County Farm bureau membership drive will be launch ed with an address by State Com missioner of Agriculture D. S. Col trane, Raleigh, at the court house tomorrow night at 8 o'clock, Ray mond Ball, farm bureau president, reminded members today. A large crowd is expected. With a state membership goal of 80,000, Carteret County Farm bu reau has set its goal for 550 mem bers. Last year's quota of 533 was surpassed with a total of 569 mem bers. Membership blanks will be dis tributed to community chairmen, reappointed from last year's lists, at the rally tomorrow night. The Farm bureau renders a ser vice to farmers similar to that per formed by labor unions, manufac turers' associations and nrofession al organizations for their respec tive groups, R. M. Williams, county agent, said today. With 1,276,000 farm families en rolled in its ranks in the nation, it is the largest ..national farm , organization. Some of the benefits which it has won for farmers include: pas sage of the permanent price sup port program at the 80th Congress, establishment of the Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization corporation, development of the To bacco Associates, inc., operated to protect, expand and promote ex port markets for tobacco and 'to bacco products.' "We pull the most when we pull together," is the Tarm bureau slogan. County farm bureau officers are Mr. Ball, president; Sam D. Ed wards, vice-president; and Oscar Salter, membership chairman. Tide Table HIGH LOW Tuesday, Sept. 14 5:23 AM 11:36 AM 5:42 PM 12 M'night Wednesday, Sept. 15 6 13 AM 12:21 AM 6:29 PM 12:27 PM , Thursday, Sept. 16 6:57 AM 1:01 AM 7:12 PM 1:09 PM Friday, Sept. 17 7:36 AM 1:35 AM 7:48 PM 1:49 PM Saturday, Sept. 18 8:12 AM 2:08 AM 8:22 PM 2:26 PM 14 Flounder Foundered vi -tt If J-l Chief of Police Louis B. Willis may not keep In practice far as floundering is concerned, but that doesn't lessen Ais skill one bi. With his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. George Dubin, of Philadelphia, he recently caught 14 flounder In one night, the first time he had been en the water in eight years. Mr. and Mrs. , Dubln were here vacationing at the time. Chief Willis is pictured 'left above, next to him b hit daughter, Mrs. Dubin, then Mrs. L. B. Willis, and Mr. Dubin. Most important of all. center front, are the flounder, 13 of which went to the iL. ffllll Morehead City Robrians will hear L. A. Daniels, manager of the Carolina Telephone and Tele graph Co., in a review of the com pany's operations at their regular meeting Thursday. Daniels will discuss present con ditions and t'ans for the enlarge ment of services. At last Thursday night's meeting members he?rd Gainer Bryan, Jr., Carteret County NEWS-TIMES re porter, relate some of his wartime naval experiences and tell of his objectives as a newspaperman. Introduced to the club by Rob ert G. Lowe, Chamber of Com merce secretary, Bryan is a re cent arrival on the NEWS-TIMES staff from Forsyth, Ga. Rryan graduated from Mercer university in Macon, Ga., with a major in journalism in 1943, after which he served for three years as a naval officer. During this period he was stationed at the Charleston, S. C, Section Base for six months. He stated that his love for the coastal area was one thing that drew him to this sec tion. Before joining the NEWS-TIMES staff, the Georgian was an editor ial assistant at the Baptist Sunday School board in Nashville, Tenn., for the summer months. He stud ied religious journalism at the Southern Baptist Theological semi nary at Louisville, Ky., during the last school year. Prior to this, Brayn was alumni secretary of Mercer university and editor of the MERCERIAN, alumni magazine, 1946-47. The ex-naval officer said that he helped patrol the South Carolina coast on a converted shrimp boat during his six months at the Char leston Section Base, from August 1941, to February 1944. Later, i the Pacific, he was shipwrecked when the destroyer to which he was assigned was sunk See ROTARY Page 7 Transport Leaves Fcr Mediterranean The USS (AKA 98) weighed anchor at Port Terminal at noon yesterday on her trip to the Medi terranean, carrying 400 Marines, their equipment and supplies. Her first port after crossing the Atlan tic will be Tangiers. The Montague is the second of a series of vessels which have been leaving Port Terminal en route to the Mediterranean area. The first, which departed several weeks ago, was an LST. , The USS Montague left More- head City in January with- numer ous other Naval vessels carrying several thousand Marines to the Mediterranean. She returned in March and has been in this coun try since that time. The transport docked Thursday and was loaded over the weekend. Captain is Roger B. Levin, execu tive officer, Lt. Comm. G. C. Woods. '1 neighbors. The 14th ended np in 1 . ' Government Honors "Cdptain Charlie" iw , r - ' st MgWiJ. V IO ;.. 1 "Captain Charlie" llatsrl, Bciufort, second from the left, above, displays the certificate presented him by. Dr. H. F. I'rytherch, left, on behalf of the United States Department of the Interior for 45 years of service at the V. S. Fishery iBological lab iratory, Pivcr's Island. Others pictured above, who attended the recent presentation ceremony, are Ih men who worked with "Capt. Charlie." Center is Vance Fulford, then Alonzo Thomas, and Charlie Hawkins. riioto by Roy KiilianliR County Ministers As Opposing 'All New Bandmaster Assumes Duties Morehead City high school ex pects to come forth this coming school year with a band better than any other ever organized at the school. This statement was made yester day by G. T. Winded, principal, in conjunction with the announce, ment that the school's new band master will be Ralph Wade, a na tive of Morehead City, and son of T. C. Wade. Mr. Wade's degree in music was obtained at Northwestern univer sity, Evanston, III. He taught in and near Chicago and directed There will be a meeting of all band members at 3 o'clock to morrow afternoon ih the school auditorium. Members ire re quested to bring their music and instruments. three bands there, and prior to coming here was supervisor of mu sic in McDowell county, W. Va. He was also band director at Welch High school, located in the county scat of McDowell county. Mr. Wade resigned from these posi tions to come here. Mr. and Mrs. Wade and their 10-month-old daughter, Kathleen, have already arrived here and ex pect to locate a residence in the near future. Supporting the high school band is the Morehead City Rotary club and other civic organizations. The Rotary club, however, has accepted the welfare of the band as its own particular responsibility at the re que.it of H. L. Joslyn, one of its members. M White Oak Pupils Reassigned At the recent meeting of the board of education announcement was made of the accommodations provided for pupils who would have this year attended White Oak school, had it not been destroyed several weeks ago by fire. All pupils west of Broad Creek will go to Swansboro school and those east of Camp Glenn to More head City school. This involved the re-assignment of 168 pupils. A delegation from the western part of the county appeared and requested that the board keep in mind that a school is needed at White Oak. Work is progressing satisfactor ily on the temporary building be ing put up at , Harkers Island school to provide additional facili ties there, it was reported. All . teaching positions in the county are filled, H. L. Joslyn, superintendent of schools, said, with the exception of an instruc tor' for the 5th and 6th' grades at Camp Glenn. Teachers who would have taught at the . White Oak school have been given other positions in the county system. As of yesterdady the opening' date of school stood at Oct,. 1. Go on Record Forms oi Gambling' The Coastal Ministerial associa tion went on record as "opposed to all forms of gambling, legal and illegal," at its regular monthly meeting yesterday. The resolution was approved unanimously. During the preliminaries of yes terday's meeting the Rev. W. L. Martin, Episcopal rector, Beaufort, announced his resignatien as president-elect. He was to have taken office at yesterday's session. Subsequently, the Riv. H. L. Harrell, pastor of Straits Metho dint chiych, the vice-president elect, was chosen as pteai'Jti'i and the Rev. Winfrey Davis; Baptist minister from Beaufort, was named vice-president, the Rev. W.f D. Cavincss retained his office as secretary-treasurer. The Rev. J. M. JolMff, Newport, retiring president, called the meeting to order. The devotional was brought by the Rev. W. E. Anderson, former pastor of More head City Free Will Baptist church. Plans were made for a bigger, more active ministerial association than ever before, Rev. Mr. Cavi- ness said. Committees are being set up for various work. 56 Names Drawn For October Jury The names of 56 Carteret Coun ty citizens were selected for jury duty for the October term of su perior court at county commission ers' meeting yesterday morning. Morehead City citizens sclectod were Mrs. H. L. Joslyn, C. N. Hobbs, Alex B. Roberts, Kelly Wil lis, Leo Buck, 2 Stamey Davis, H. M. Eure, Johnnie C. Guthrie, W. B. Chalk, S. A. Chalk, John T. Wil lis. Beaufort nominees for jury duty include Marjorie Windley, E. W. Piver, route 1, D. F. Merrill, Vionia Darling, O. S. Clawson, Margaret S. Davis, Will Arrington, James W. Alligood, James W. Taylor. Hubert L. Fodrie, Cleveland Gil likin, route 1. For jury from Newport: Otto B. Slaughter, route 1, Miss Carrie Hunnings, Harold Jones, A. E. Can non, Lionel! Opnner, route 2, Wal ter Fulcher. I. S. Garner, J. E. Cannon, Lonnie W. Howard, J. Raymond Ball, route 2, Charles E Harrington. , For jury duty from Atlantic: EI mo Morris, Wallace Morris, Carl Bell, Winston Hill. For jury duty from. Harkers Is land: Cletus Rose. Aaron Moore Burtley D. Willis, M. L, Yeomans, Gordon Willis. Other 'include Hugh Iflipton, Lo la; Sam Styron.lRoe; Milton Tay lor, Sea Level; W. M; Murdoch, Wild wood; Sterlmg Dixon, Davis; J. A. Wallace and G. W,.Pittman, Merrimon; Guy Nelson, Stacy; Courtland Gillikin, Lola; Leslie Styroa, Davis; Harris Watson, Stel la; Richard Davis, Davis; J. B. Da vis, Smyrna! . Jeweler to Move Jarvis Herrins. member of the Craven Street Merchants associa tion, Beaufort, submitted his res ignation today with the announce ment that he plans to move soon to a new location on Front street. 1 H 'Pa' Taylor Dies 'Nelson Whitford Taylor, Car teret county's grand old man, died last evening at 8:15 al his home, 305 Ann St., Beaufmt, following a long illness. Mr. Tsylor celebrated his 92nd birthday Irst Tuesday. At the bedside were his wife, Mrs. Taylor, affectionately known as "Ma," his son nd daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Rvyard Taylor, his daughter, Mrs. W. K. Hinnant and Dr. Laurie Moore. The funeral service will be held tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock in St. Paul's church, of which Mr. Tavlor w a lifel""? member. Burial will be in the ,r1wi fwnMtopy, . . ? The Be. W. L, Mm W tor, wllf officiate. . A . : Board Considers Hi Jload and tax problems out nimbercd other issues considered yesterday morning af the Septem ber meeting of tht"" county hoard of commissioners In the auditor's office ft the court house. The board has ordered that the clerk, Irvin W. Davis, request the state highway commission to put into passable condition the "Cutting-Sage" road which leads from route 24 to route 70 by the old T. T. McCabe place. It branches off from route 24 in the vicinity of the Earle Webb nroperty and continues for six-tenths of a milt to route 70 at Wildwood. A sneed limit of 35 miles per hour from the junction of route 101 and 70 to short distance he yond the Beaufort-Morehead City airport was approved by the board and request for this regulation will be forwarded to the highway com mission. In connection with the loop road at Broad Creek, which the board has requested be repaired nu merous times, John Clark, highway commissioner, will be asked to ap pear at the October meeting of the board. Other road matters will be brought to his attention at that time also. Cecil Oglesby, Crab Point, re quested that a portion of the road in the locality of his farm be re paired so that the tide doesn't flow over it. H. L. Joslyn, superintcn dent of schools, who accompanied Mr. Oglesby, told the commission tht the school bus frequently finds that section of the road im passable. The commissioners were inform ed by C. L. Beam, veterans service See ROADS, TAXES Page 7 Two Negroes Pay Fine la Morehead Mayor's Court ' , Kathleen Kent and Anrilr Marb ley, Negroes, were botlt found guilty of disorderly conduct yester day afternoon, in Morehead City mayor's court and were ach fined $10 and costs' of court y-.:. ;. Henry , Marbley, Negro, upon complaint of his wife; Beulah, was found guilty of being drunk and disorderly and was fined f IS and Costs. -,' 'V-- ; 'TV i- .. S . Fitzpa trick was found guil ty of being drunk, but Judgment as postponed., Tax Issues noa To equalize throughout the county the cost of caring for cha rity patients at Morehead City hos pital, the board of county commis sioners yesterday in the monthly meeting approved a proposal re commending that 2 12 per cent of the gross revenue from all three ABC stores be placed in a special hospitalization fund. The proposal was introduced by Dr. K. I B. lioiincr, head of the board. 11. S. Gibbs. Carteret coun ty representative in the general assembly will be asked to intro duce a bill embodying the proposal at the next sessiono of the legisla ture in January U.ider the present system halt of the 5 per cent gross revenue due Morehead City goes to the hos pital. Beaufort and Newport re ceive the full 5 per cent of gro.vs revenue from their loeal stores. Under the proposed plan the money in the hospital lund would be used to care for county charily patients not only in Morehead City hospital but wherever they may be sent for treatment. The amount paid by the county will be that over and above the $1 per day lor each charity patient which comes from both the Slate Medi cal Care commission and the Duke Endowment fund. This money would be paid out from the county auditor's office only alter itemized bills are re ceived, Dr. Bonner explained. Under the present system, he pointed out, a lump sum is handed over to the hospital and the county receives no record of how the money was spent, at the next session of the legisla money left over from the hospital ization fund would go into the county fund, the head of the board continued. Within the past nine years the hospital has received $130,000 in ABC funds which, Dr. Bonner de clared, was more than enough lo care for the charity patients treated there. He continued that rital officials had no grounds recent complaints that the county was making them poor by not meeting charity obligations. During discussion of the pro posal it was agreed that a destitute resident of nny of thV county's outer banks has as much right to have proper care at the hospital as a resident of an other section of the county. The commissioners also recog nized the fact that the Morehead City revenue should not be used wholly for support of the hospital when the institution bcifefits resi dents at Newport, Beaufort, and other communities. It was suegested that money re maining in the hospitalization fund at the end of the year revert to the towns, but this proposal was rejected when it was pointed out that other communities in the county claim that none of the ABC store towns have a right to any of the liquor revenue. Dr. Bonner inferred that the money left over would be used to improve the schools. He was con fident that 2 12 per cent of the gross revenue from all three ABC storts would be more than ade quate to meet hospitalization bills. The commissioners voiced the opinion that there may be obpec tion in Newport and Beaufort to the Bonner pronosal but stateH that any fair-minded person would recognize that it was more equit able than the present system of ABC fund distribution. To the Lightship Crew There's No Such Thing as Running From a Storni (It is with great pleasure that THE NEWS-TIMES again pre sents another story by John A. Parris, Jr., formerly affiliated with the Associated Press and now undertaking the full-time duties of a novelist while living with his artist-wife at Ocracoke. The Editor). By John A. Parris, Jr. OCRACOKE ISLAND, N. C, Sept. 4 Chief Bosun's Mate Joe Vaughn, feet spread wide on the bridge of the rolling, pitching Dia mond Shoals Lightship anchored 30 miles out in the Atlantic off Hatteras, watched an oil tanker tear by, scurrying for shelter. Hurricane warnings had appear ed suddenly from Florida to the Virginia capes. The tanker was running north before the storm, engines responding to "full steam" orders. Vaughn waved to the passing tanker and a seaman from the tanker waved back. Joe's had flashed a "Hi, sailor," and the ans Sce LIGHTSHIP Page 7 1,050 Men Register; Offices Will Close Soon Racing Season To Close Saturday Derby io Be Featured on Final N i a h t. Purse Amounts to $500 Closing its first season Sal ur J I y night will be the Morehead i City dog track, winch since its opening June 311 lias brought j fame, sought and unsought, to Car lerel county. Dale of closing was decided i t a meeting of track offic ials Sunday. The big event on closing night will he the derby, the fjrst event of its type ever to be held in North Carolina, which, track of ficials say, will rival in popularity the Kentucky derby. I'm so for the winner will be $.r00. Dogs which will race in the derby will be selected from those placing in races all this week. Owner of the derby winner will receive a trophy from the Caro lina Itacing association and pre senling of the awards will involve all the pageantry and thrills ac companying the formal public recognition of a champion. Paul Clcland, general manager and ex ecutivc secretary at the track, an nounced today. This week winds up the first season of dog racing in North Car olina with reports that its success has surpassed all expectations. Post time for the races this week will.be the same aS usuaV 8:0 p.m.' Stale College Plant Specialist To Give Fumigation Demonstration Demolition Experts Identify 'Torpedo' as Magnetic Nine Demolition experts from Indian head Naval Ordnance base, Md.. identified as an American type magnetic mine the floating object which was towed into Fort Macon Coast Guard station last Wednes day. The mine was originally sighted by Capt. Alfred Pittman and his mate, Capt. Jess Pagels of the Lois Nancy. They informed Cape Lookout station. Captain' Pittman described the mine as resembling a small can buoy, One end which was sticking out of the water had tubes at tached and the number 6 was sten cilled on top of it. AboTTt 2 12 to 3 feet of the area above water was painted a light color, the rest black. When the mine was located by the Coast Guard, it had drifted to a point about one mile from At lantic Beach. It was believed to be part of a torpedo, until iden tified as a mine. The mine had no explosive charge. , 1 f" Sports fishermen view Diamond lightship as she rides at an chor, marking treacherous shoals, County draft registrations total led I.OSO ?s of yesterday out of a potential estiamted total of 1, 462, according to W. II. Taylor, Jr., county draft board chairman. The draft board began mailing out questionnaires Sept. 10. Plans call for continued registra tion through Friday at Morehead City and through Saturday at Beaufort. Volunteer registrars have promised to help in Morehead City only through today, however, and unless additional registrars volun teer, the office cannot remnin open. Registration has already stopped at the Atlantic and Newport of fices. After Saturday, Sept. 18 men re quired to register must do so at the coumity draft board office in the law office of Mr. Taylor, as they become of age. Taylor expressed his apprecia tion for the volunteer service ren dered by the registrars. Those helping in Beaufort were Mrs. Etta D. Thorson. Mrs. Ruby Holland, C. I.. Beam. Mrs. Julia Basden, Mrs. Albert Chapped, Mrs Nora Kirk, George Snooks, Ilenricks House and Jack Barnes. Morehead City registrars were F. C. Salisbury, Miss Lois Webb, John Bunn. Jr , Jesse Slaton, Al vah North (Naughty) Willis, Rev, W. I). Cavincss, Mrs. Bob Williams and Mrs. Phillip Ball. Mrs. Prudic M Willis conducted registration in Atlantic, assisted by the local school teachers. In Newport Leon A. Mann, Jr., was in ' harge. ri-rvmn as seerenrv ot IOC81 y jdrait fcoartt Not m is Hahiay Paul, Beaufort. A demonstratioon of fumigation of sweet potato storage houses will be held ot the farm of Cleve Gil likin, Bettie, tomorrow at 2:30 p. m., B. M. Williams, county agent, has announced. t . Howard Garriss, extension plant pathology specialist from State ollege, will conduct the demon tration. The fumigation process is de signed to sterilize the sweet potato storage house and all equipment for the prevention of rot. j ' "The importance of this treat ment cannot be ovcr-emphasizcij," Williams said, "in view of the fact that a higher percentage than ever before of sweet potatoes put in storage houses last year rotted.'. Although wet weather conditions contributed to this, Williams nointed out that the sweet potato disease organism had to be pie- sent. Hence the value of fumiia- tion. The demonstration will last 10 to 15 minutes. v v , 1 t;l A.