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fSECARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936) ; / * ' , 1 38t h~ YEAR, NO. 70 EIGHTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1949 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRiDAYS ? Minister to Organize County CROP of 1949 Monday r i Judge Imposes 2-Year Sentence On Israel White Everelie Taylor to Ap peal to Superior Court, Bond Set at $300 A two-year sentence on the roads, suspended over two years ago, was invoked in Tuesday's session of recorder's court when Israel White pleaded guilty to breaking the terms of his suspen sion White pleaded guilty to driving drunk and was sentenced to six months on the roads, suspended on payment of the costs and $100. However, 3 two-year sentence received Jan- 21, 1947, for being drunk, disorderly, and striking his wife, whch was sus pended on condtion that White reman sober and on good behav or for five years, was invoked. Another two-year sentence suspended on Feb- 8 of this year was invoked when the defendant, Everett Taylor, was found guilty of engaging in the use of pro fane language, being drunk and disorderly, disturbing the peace, fighting Alvin Taylor, his father, and assaultnfc the affiant in the case who was trying to make peace Taylor gave notice of appeal of the sentence and was bound over to Superior court under $300 bond- He was sentenced to two years on Feb. 8 for non support and the sentence was suspended on condition that he remain sober and on good behav ior for five years J Alvin Taylor was also found r of tha ch?rges similar to made against Ms son and fined 9 10 ?it# costs. ? y > ? scnUi.ce of sis months on the roads %as given to Melvin Peno when he pleaded guilty to .speeding, reckless and careless driving, drunken driving and pass ing a stop sign. Sentence was suspended on condition that 1m Sec JUDGE Page 6 Purchase Orders Continue to Flew I A large number of purchase! orders for various conservation I materials are now being issued ' by the County Production Mar keting administration office, | PMA administrator B. J. May an-j nounced today Over $1,500 worth of purchase orders have been approved in the last week, Mr. May said, leaving only $1,500 of the original $16 000 allotted to the county this year. The remaining $1,500 will probably be spfent by September 15, he added. Preliminary copies of a* county handbook of approved practices have been prepared and submitt-# ed to the Btate PMA committee for approval. As soon as the handbook is returned the hand books will be prepared and placed in the hands of county farmers. Practices approved for 1950 for Carteret county are essenti ally the name as last year, the PMA officer stated, with the ex I fception of one new practice design ed 'to prevent sand blasting and erosion. If this new practice is ap issue of THE NEWS-TIMES. I Fishtrnwn, . Picnisktrs Nay ContinM to Vm State Park Picnicker! will still h#ve u opportunity to use the picnicking area at Fort Macon State park for some time to yorae, park offi cials announced today. Previously it had been announ ced that both the picnicking and swimming areas at the partt would close Labor Day and remain clos ed until next summer. However, it wM. decided tbia week to keep the picnicking area open front 11 a.m. until darkness seven days a week until further notice The parking area near the picnicking grounds will also ' be 1 open during those hours. , Officials say thia move was made in an effort to continue the f?rk s.sorvice to the public. Swim ming win not be permitted in the park until next summer byt fishing is permissible The Rev. J. D. Stott of Mays ville, Methodist minister and dis trict supervisor for the Christian Rural Overseas Program ? (CROP) in Onslow, Jones, Lenoir, Craven, Pamlico and Car teret counties, will present the , plans for the 1949 Friendship Food trains at the Carteret county organ izational meeting for CROP next week. The meeting is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 12, at 8 p. m. in the Beaufort school, ?it was an nounced today by the Rev. W. W. Davis of Beaufort, who has been elected by the Coastal Ministerial Association to ini tiate CROP plans for Carteret county this year. Specific information on the progress and aims of the Christ ian Rural Overseas Program in North Carolina will be presented by Mr. Stott at the meeting, with an explanation of the col lection plans, tne commodities being sought and the methods of CROP distribution overseas. "Operation Mercy," a new CROP film giving in graphic forms a picture of needs overseas as they are being met by CROP gifts, will be shown. B. J. May of Beaufort, secre tary of the Carteret County A. C. A.t is acting as convenor and will preside at the meeting at which county officers for 1949 will be elected and plans and goals for the county set Special invita tions to leaders of church and farm groups throughout the co unty, also to leaders of civic organizations, have been sent i out. During the 1948 Food Train collections, North Carolina people contributed a total of 55 freight carloads of food and farm commodities - corn, wheat, peanuts, milk and cotton. Car teret county's share of this total was 12,000 pounds, valued at $2026.00. In the nation, 26 states gathexed 2,802 earloada of food tMSMVUB. There lint w*t? ubipm ?? overseas to ftaedy area# ef Europe and Asia Where they were distributed, through established church re lief agencies, to homes for the aged, ill, and orphaned, ' to re- v fugees and to undernourished school children and others need ing aid. In the 1949 Friendship Food Train collection, carloads of grains, cotton, pean\its, and dairy products will be sought. These products can be shipped j directly overseas. The shipment of such commodities as wheat and cotton further aids overseas recovery by providing jobs in turning the commodities into i usable food and cloth. Cranly Shrine Chb Giro Dance Tonight at Surf Clnli The Carteret County Shrine club Sudan Temple, will sponsor a ; dance, beginning at 10:13 tonight , at the Surf club. | Music will be provided by Neal ! Jones and his "Midnight Invaders" from Greensboro. All Carteret County Shrine rs and viaiting Shriners are expected to attend. Admission will be by fez only. The Shrine club has announced that this dance will be one of the many social functions it plans for the coming year. i : Newport Approves Roral Protection Plan on Fires Fire Department Reports That Farmers Agree To Finance Program Newport town commissioners, in session Tuesday night at the town hall, approved plans for a rural Fire Protection association. The plans, presented by the fire department through their spokes man, Leon Mann,, Jr., call for col lection of approximately $2,000 from farmers and other residents within a five mile radius of New port. With this money, a fire truck will be purchased from Cherry Point and improvements made to it. According to the plan, the town will maintain the truck and house it, but it will be available at all times for calls out of town, leav ing the, town truck ready to ans wer calls in town, Mr. Mann ex plained. The town board gave its con sent to the proposal that the fire department bid on a '43 fire truck at Cherry Point equipped with a Seagraves pump. Firemen estim ate that repairs to the truck, if their bid is accepted, will amount to $1,135 and additional equip ment, $1,000. The fire department presented another plan whereby the town would purchase the truck. Com missioners rejected this proposal. Under either plan, the purchase of the new* equipment would be financed by members of the 'Fire Protection association who would pay $10 per dwelling and $5 for out-buildings or other units on tkeir property. Mr. Mann pointed ant that the only advantage to th? plan ap proved by the town cwmmssioners is the uncertainty of raising e nough money to . buy ind equip the truck and have it in service by the first of the year. The commissioners indicated that they would be willing to grant a loan not to exceed $500 to aid in the project, if enough funds were not raised otherwise. Advantages to the town under this plan, the fire department spokesman said, would be that the town would receive, without cost, an additional truck, there would be a better policy on answering out-of-town^ alarms, thus eliminat ing arguments a g to who has au thority to take the truck out of town, and the fire department "could then have a better under standing with fire departments in Beaufort, Morehead City, Cherry Point, and New Bern on mutual aid". On fire department performance. Bennie R. Garner, chief presented the following report: From September 1947 through December 5, the Newport Fire de partment answered 14 alarms. Of the 14 alarms, 5 were out of town none were unecessary, and none were false. Total valuation of the property involved was $102,150. Fire damage amounted to $12,550. Total valuation of property in town was $5,000. The fire truck was operated a total of 10 hours and 5Z minutes at the 14 fires. Virgina Cattlemen Consider County for Winter Grazing I Visitors in Carteret county for several diyi this week were L. S. Travis tnd S. H. Smith cl Hern don, Va. Cattle men from the northern part of Virginia, they came here to investigate the possi bility ot' transporting beef cattle to Carteret county to graze daring the fall and winter months. Mr. Travis related that the graz ing was about over in his section of Virginia from the first of Nov ember .until April aad that hay and other grain had to be produc ed dnrirg the summer months to take care of the period when graz ing was not svailaMe. After visiting several cattle herds and lumbermen in the coun ty, Mr. Travis and Mr. Smith stated that they felt that there were favorable possibilities for moving cattle Into thia area during the off-grazing season in Virginis. Transportation and fencing wood ed areas seemed to be one the greatest problems in undertaking such sn enterprise In the county, related the visiters . These men plan to bring a few cattle here this winter as an ex periment Should this demonstrs tion prove favorable, Mr. Trivia stated that he will encourage other cattle mm in hii area to transport a large number of beef-type ani mals in an effort to utilise much of the fraxing land which is now laying idle in Carteret county. This project will benefit Cart eret county in a good number of wiyf declared R. M Williams, county agent. Fire hazards would be greatly reduced by controlling the undergrowth of the Umbered area which is .available for grazing. We would have desirable families moving into Carteret county while supervising the management of these herds or cattle, he added. Mr. Wilbams stated this week that Dan Walker, manager of Beaufort Chamber of Commerce, who la al so asaisting iit developing this pro ject,' felt that there waa a possibi lity of this new enterprise expand ing to the extent that a livestock packing plant could be established in Carteret county. Mr. Travis and Mr. Smith learn ed of all season grazing in eastern North Csrollna through studying congressional records in Washing ton, D C., where Congressman Graham A. Barden in a speech spoke of the mild t?mp?rature and favorable grazing factors. State ABC Board Suspends for 30 Days Two Beer Licenses in Carteret County Topflight in Their Class Outstanding sailors in the Morehead City Sailing club are pictured above with the trophies they received following the I.abor Day race Sunday. Capt. Charlie Nelson, winner of Sunday's Gib Arthur Memorial race is pictured in the back row extreme right. Others pictured are winners of the summer series. They are. left to right, back row, Thurlow Whealton, 22-foot class, Capt. Gib Willis, dead rise skiff class; front row, Henry Wade, lk-foot class. Toddy Parker, Comet, and Kuck Matthews, Sailfish. Trophies were presented by Mayor George W. Dili, Jr., at the request of D. G. Bell, club com modore. NEWS, TIMES PHOTO Farm Bureau Executive Will Speak Here Sept. 22 County farm bureau president, I Raymond Ball, stated today that he is pleased to announce that R Flake Shaw, State Farm bureau executive vice-president, has been scheduled to stage the Carteret County Farm bureau membership! "kick-off drive *the night of Fri ; day, Sept. 22. Mr. Shaw will speak | at the county court house at 8 o'clock that night. The speaker Is recognized in the State and throughout the nation as one of the foremost agricultural leaders. Mr. Shaw is well qualified to give Carteret county farmers and business men valuable informa tion regarding present and future agriculture problems as well aa pending and needed future legisla tion, Mr Ball declared Mr. Ball states that he feels that it is only through the pooling of efforts and working together in an organized way will the farmers of the nation be in a position to main tain national economy. "We feel that the farmers and business men who fail to hear Mr. Shaw's message, will miss a real treat," concluded Jhe county farm bureau president. Honesty Restores Grocers Faith "My faith in hdmanity is re stored," E. B. Thompson, manager o( the Morehead City Pender'i store, said this week upon having a customer return an excess amount of charge tjiat was given to him a year ago. Friday a man appeared in the Pender store and told Mr- Thom son that a friend of his had asked him to return $8 that he had re ceived in change when he pur chased a pack of cigarettes last September. The eustomer had paid for the cigarettes with a, one dollar bill snd had .received* change for $10. He told his friend that he didn't realize what had happened until later and had never bad the op portunity to return the money. Therefore,. he gave the money to hia friei<d recently for him to re tarn. "It's never happened to me be fore," Mr. Thompson said. "We I had a $0 shortage at the time he said he bought the cigarettes, but we couldn't place it. It does me good to see something like this happen." Parents of Barbara Humphrey, Georgetown, S. C , girl who alle gedly attempted to commit suicide in Morehead City last week, never appeared to return the girl to ber home, Morehead City police said today. Instead, Salvation Amy authorities from New Bern came for the girl last weekend and took her to New Bern with them. Jaycees Approve Plan on Town Safety Council A proposal that all Morchead City civic clubs join in establish ing a community safety council to work year round on a safety pro gram was made by H. S. Gibbs. Jr., at the Monday night Morchead City Jaycee meeting in the Fort Macoji hotel dining room. The proposal, approved by the Jaycees, was made in connection with a report given by Mr. Gibbs j in connection with plans of his public affairs committee. The committee at present is occupied with a program to instill school children and other cesidents with the principles of safety. Mr. Giobs stated that he intend- ' ed to approach other civic clubs and request their support of the community council plan. He said the council would work on pro blems concerning both traffic and other types of safety. A request for Jaycee help in cleaning up the linoleum tile floor in the Morchead City school auditorium was made by Skinner Chalk, Jr. He said the Parent Teachers association had spent much tim? 2nd money at the school but that Jaycee help was still need ed to scrub the floor down and polish it After some discussion of the corect way to clean the floor, it was agreed that Joe Nicholas should inspect it and make a re port at next week's meeting The following Monday night Jayoees will go to the school to do the work. In connection with the talk of a traffic program, Ben Alford said that something should be done to warn children on bicycles of the danger involved in riding down Bridges rtrcet. His suggestion was referred to the public affairs com mittee as was Jimmy Wallace's proposal that a policeman be put See JAYCEES Page 6 Tide Table ( Tidei at Beaufort Bar) HIGH ' LOW Friday, September 9 9:25 a.m. 3:12 a.m. 9:33 p.iri. 3:56 p.m. 8aturday, September It 9:58 a.m. 4:12 a.m. 10:07 p.m. 4:47 p.m. Sunday, September 11 10:32 a.m. 4:12 a.m. 10:41 p.m. 4:47 p.m. Moaday, September 12 11:08 a.m. 4:42 a.m. 11:17 p in. 3:28 p.m. Tneaday, September 13 11:45 (.in. 8:17 a.m. 11:58 p.m. 6:10 p.m. Beer licenses of two Carteret county establishments have been suspended for 30 days, the State ABC Board announ ced yesterday from Raleigh. V The licenses at the Sombrero, operated at Atlantic Beach by George I'. Smjth, Jr., was revoked "because inspector saw whiskey openly displayed and also saw in LATE BULLETIN Beaufort and Morchoad City ball teams will play no more games this season. This decision was reached lut night at a meeting or the direc tors of both clubs. Financial difficulties brought about the agreement to discontinue the Tide Water playoff series be tween the two teams. The announcement was made Jointly by the boards of direc tors of Beaufort? Ottis Jeffer son, C. G. Gaskill, L. I). Springle, Dr. W. L. Woodard, and the di rectors of Morehead City's club ? Leroy Guthrie, E. C. Willis, McDonild Willis, and Joe Lind- I sey Guthrie. Newport Board Wants Stoplights Commissioners Say They Were 'Rooked' on Re cent Power Conlract As an outgrowth of the fatal j accident in Newport Saturday night. Mayor Aaron R. Craig at the meeting of the town board Tuesday night appointed Commis sioners Henry Edwards and M. D. McCain as a committee to investi gate the cost of stop lights pro posed to be placed on highway 70 through Newport. The board suggested that there be two stoplights, one near the st-hool avd one near the railroad. Commissioners agreed that stop lights w< uld solve their traffic pro blem even though Commissioner McCain yaid he believed the state highway patrol was not in favor of lights Gcorre W. Ball, attorney for the town, reported that he is work ing on ctcfinition of ownership of land in order to clear the decks for continuation of Newport hous ing project plans. . The board ordered that 500 feet of inch and a half hose be purchas ed for Ihe fire department at a cost of 85 cents per foot. They I also requested the clerk, Miss Edith Lockey, to inform the Wilson Tree ! company that if work on trimming | trees w^s not begun by Sept. 15, their agreement with the town! would become void. Miss Lockey reported, at the re quest of the mayor, that the town had purchased workmen's com pensation insurance at i cost of $144 87, plus comprehensive and liability insurance at a cost of $218.32. Dividend on the insurance 3t 2 67 ' me 0t cxp'ration wl" be The board agreed that they were "rooked'' on the recently-signed I Tide Water Power company con tract. The contract calls for street light* of 800 lumens, which is 78 watts. They were under the im pression that the watts in each light would be 200. "We've got 10 years in darkness then, commented Commissioner R. L. Pruit. Another board member pointed out that under the new contract the lights burn all night. ' "Well, it doesn't cost them any thing now," Commissioner McCain commented, "if we have only 76 watts." The ciscussion was the out growth of a letter written to Com missioner Henry Edwards by Geor ge Stovall, manager of Tide Water Power company in Carteret coun ty. Mr. Edwards had complained to Mr. Stovall about the street lighting problem. The board discussed road drain age problems and the possibility of improving the situation in front of the i^ost office where water is reported to stand almost constant ly. The board authorized bills to b* ' paid, plus the sending out of tax notices. Miss Edith Lockey report ed that cash on hand in the town treasury Sept. 1 was I7.300.0L ^Chapel Nelson, Marshallberg, has announced his intention of run ning Idr sheriff in U>e May demo cratic primaries. 7ohn Stat on. Beaufort, has also announced his intention oL seeking that office Gehrmann Holland, incumbent, U expected to leek re-election. toxicated persons being served beer," the board said. Mrs. Alyce Jones, operator of the Pine Tree Inn, Morehead City, had her license revoked "bcause in spector saw beer sold to drunks" it was also stated. When a wine-beer establishment loses its permit to sell either wine or beer, the other permit auomat icaly will be subject to revocation, he board decided in its session. The board also extended its "no slot machines" ruling to include I beer selling establishments as well as those selling wine. The propo- 1 ABC board chairman Robert W. j sal was adoptd at the suggestion of Sinston. Previously it had ruled that any establishment permitting illegal gambling would have its per mit revoked. The ABC Board's meeting, sched uled for two days starting Tuesday, was extended into yesterday to al low it to consider more regulations, including one which would prohibit beer distributors or wholesalers from selling beer'on credit to any outlet except those on militay re servations. This regulation would extend one previously adopted to include chain grocery stores, which were exempt ed from the other regulation. Inde pendent grocers recently complain ed to the board that this is unfair discrimination. 1 Beaufort PTA Outlines Program Improvement of the school grounds, the high STtloOl library, and the band have been selected as the major projects of Beaufort I'arcnt*leachcr association for the year 1949-50. The executive committee met Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. Ralph L'udy, president, and out lined tlie year's program. The theme will be "Laying a Firm Foundation." The first PTA meeting of the current year will be held at 8 o'clock Tuesday night in the school auditorium. It will be followed by a reception for the teachers. To raise money for the band, membership cards will be sold. These cards, signifying honorary membership In the band, will en title the holder to attend concerts given by the musical organization, it was reported. Officer* of the PTA arc Mrs. Ralph Eudy, president; Mrs. B. F. CopelanV vice-president; Miss Shirley Johnson, secretary; and Paul Jones, treasurer. Committee chairmen are Mrs. Wiley Lewis, ways and means; Mrs. Leslie Moore, programs. Mrs. Gehrmann Holland, membership; Mrs. Bltyhe Noe, magazine; Mrs. W. I. Loftin, recreation; Mrs. Theo dore Salter, hospitality; Mrs. Oli- I vcr Davis room representative ! chairman; R M. Williams, grounds; ! and James Wheatley, publicity. Farm Bureau President Comments on Hump' Sales On tobacco auction markets "rump" sales have been causing tobacco growers and business men considerable concern, reports Car- J teret county farm bureau prcsi-' dent, Raymond Ball. At a number o( district meet ings held recen\ly, while discuss ing many problems facing the agricultural progress of our state, those in atteritiance favored the North Carolina Firm bureau's go ing on record as disapproving such sales. They also recommended that ac tion be taken endorsing the de finition of I bona fide auction market as well as informing to bacco pioducers of the lack of a minimum set of buyers on mark ets -whine persisted In operating "rump" sales. . A change in schedule of the Lindsay C. Warren, excursion mo torship which has been operating between Washington. N. C. and Ocracoke, during the summer months v/ill reduce the number of weekly trips of the boat from three to two. accosting to announcement by Glenn Willis, owner and opera tor. The Saturday night excur sion trip will be eliminated, but the weekday trip* leaving Wash ington at 7 a.m. and arriving at Ocracoke at 1 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays will be continued as heretofore. Coroner's Jury Places Guilt On Car's Driver Three Killed in Hudson Early Tuesday Morning Near Bogue Three perrons were instantly kill- : ed early Tuesday morning near Bogue when a 1949 Hudson sedan carrying three Naval couples crash ed into the rear of a Marine Corp* j wrecker parked on the highway. An inquest was called Wednes day morning by Carteret corner Pritchard Lewis to determine who was responsible for the accident. Evidence was presented that the car was traveling 55 miles an hour ' Carteret county's highway fa tality count soared from one to 11 in the past 16 days, making a total of 12 for the year thus far. A Marine was killed at Crab Point bridge in May, sevn were killed at Core Creek bridge Aug. 21, one was killed Satur day ninht at Newport, and three were killed early Tuesday morn- j Ing on highway 24. and perhaps more, that the wreck- t er almost completely blocked one side of the highway, and that a 1 motorist who passed the wrecker just prior to accident had remarked that, "It was a traffic hazard and no lights were burning on it, either I front or rear. The jury then delivered the ver dict, "driver of the Hudson was negligent" in the accident. The jury was composed of Milton Lipman, Leslie D. Springle, Calvin M. Jones and T. P. Allen, Beaufort, rf and M. M. Ayscue and Floyd Chad- ' wick, Morehead City. No charges were filed against the Marine driver of the wrecker or his companion. Killed in the crash were Lt. !J Comdr. and Mrs. Dave Johnston, Jr., and Mrs. Fred C Livcsey, the ; wiffc of a naval lieutenant The in jured were Lt. Livesey, and Dr. and Mrs. Dean Wilson. All three were naval officers attached to the trans See CORONER Page 6 Stanley Woodland Talks to Rotarians "No man can be a good Rotarian unless he accepts and lives up to the Rotary motto of 'Service \ Above Self," Stanley Woodland, Morchcai! City Hotarian and mem ber of the Rotary district executive 1 committee, emphasized to Beaufort Rotariar.s at their Tuesday night meeting in the Inlet Inn dining [ room. Mr. Woodland's talk was given in connection with the preseat ef fort of the Beaufort club to in- 1 crease its membership y Following Mr Woodland's speech * Numa Eure, chairman of the Ro- S tary membership committee, dis- ' cussed what it means to be a Ro- . tarian. It was announced that H. A. 1 Marks of Wilmington. Rotary dis- i trict governor scheduled to appear 1 at the Sept. 13 Rotary meeting, 7 was in the -hospital and would be 1 unable to attend the meeting, j However, it was stated that he would come as soon as his health j permitted. A board of directors' meeting * took place following the regular ' meeting at which the directors de- . cided to submit to the membership the proposal that the club sponaor 1 the Be.-ufort recreation program ' next summer. Visitors were H. S. Gibbs and ; George W. Dill, Jr., both ol More- I head City. . 1 Royal Order oi Jesters Will Meet Here Today The Royal Onier of Jesters, New 'i Bern Court No. 149, .will bold iU < regular fall meeting at Atlantic ) Beach today and tomorrow. Seven ty-five men and their wives will make their headquarters for the meeting at the Ocean King hotel. There will be a banquet at the hotel at 8:13 tonight. A routine ' business session has been schedul ed for this afternoon at 4:13 la the Surf dub Beginning at 9:13 tomorrow , morning there will be a conducted , tour of Beaufort add Morehead ! City and a boat ride at 2: 13 to- , marrow afternoon.