fieECARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ? A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936) * 38th YEAR, NO. 73 EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFOBT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1949 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRiDAYS j Harkers Island Jaycees Write Letter to Times Editor j Barkers Island Junior Chamber of Commerce Harkers Island, N. C. September 15, 1949 To the Editor Carteret County NEWS-TIMES We the Jaycees of Harkers Is land wish to congratulate you on finding a news item that would increase the sales of your paper as,.you did Tuesday, September 13, _ 1949. We are referring to the headlines that read "BEAUFORT POLICE NAB HARKERS ISLAN DER SUNDAY NIGHT." We have several questions lb ask and all we want in return for the extra sales you made by using the above headlines in your paper is that you print both this letter and a reply to same in the Carteret County News-Times. ^ The questions we ask are as fol ' lows: 1. Is a man that was born in Beaufort, moved to Ocracoke and married at Harkers Island about the time his family moved back to Beaufort, but spends lfss than one-tenth of his time at Harkers Island considered a Harkers Is lander? 2. Did you print those headlines in heavy bold type to try to injure the tourist trade and discourage ' the up-Staters from building and spending their summer vacations here at Harkers Island, or did you think that the extra dimes you would collect from the extra sales would overbalance any harm you might do? 3. Is this the way you show your appreciation for the many dollars the people of Harkers Island have spent in Beaufort and Morehead * City for as long as anyone can re- 1 member. Although we can not \ prove it but we understand it has i been said, that if the people of Harkers Island ever decided to quit trading in Beaufort, the merchants there would have to close up their stores. Wdre you showing your appreciation for those hard earned dollars? 4. Do you thing that creating hate - amon; the SMcVfr-. e?pe?>Mly in the third largest precinct In your county is good for business ? or politics? Wc sincerely hope you find space in your paper to print this letter. Very truly yours, Marker's Island Jaycees. Editor's Note: Wc appreciate your letter, and reply with plea sure, to your questions. No. 1: A man's residence is the place he claims as residence. His place of birth, or the time he spends away fronvhis claimed place of residence, doea not alter or in ' any way qualify "residency" in the sight of the law. And, for all prac tical purposes, a person who re sides on Cedar Island is a Cedar Islander, a person who resides on Paver's Island, a Piver's Islander, arid so on. No. 2: News writes the head lines, not editors. Headlines do not discourage tourist trade. If they did, Chicago would have been a empty place during the prohibition terror dayi of Al Capone. More recently, News and Observer head lines alleging gambling activities at Atlantic Beach jerved only to increase tourist trade there. Increaaed aale of THE NEWS TIMES on the day in question oc curred in Beaufort where, natural ly, the news was of great interest due to prior happenings in that town. Harker's Island ia known in every newspaper circulation de partment office as one of the low eat per capita newapaper buying and reading communities in the state. Despite that fact. THE NEWS TIMES, hoping to create an aware ness among the residents of Hark er's Island of the part they could play In county and state affairs, Sm MARKER'S ISLAND Pag. S Weliars Seperielendeei Speaks I* Morahaad Salary Thomas C. McGinnis, Carteret oounty superintendent of public welfare, outlined the county'! com plete welfare program to More head City Rotariaiu at their Thurs day night meeting in the Carteret ?(?creation center. In outlining the program Mr. McGinnis listed the sourcea of re venue, federal, state, and local, the manner funds are distributed, who is eligible for public aaaiet* an cp and how case workers follow y hand. Morehead City Lions will conduct a door to-door sale of the brooms, and mats also, in both Morehead and Beaufort Thursday, Friday, and Saturday to aid the blind employees. Tony Seamon Will Attend Fishery Meeting Sept. 29 Tony Seaman. Morehead City, member of the Atlantic States Ma rine Fisheries commission, will go to New York City Thursday, Sept. 29, where the commission will hold a two-day meeting at the Koosc velt hotel. George Ross, director of the board of conservation and devcl opement, and Dewey Dayman, Nags Head, who are North Caro lina's representatives on the commission, will also attend. Mr. Hay man is owner and mana ger of the Arlington hotel. Nags Head, and Dare county's represent ative in the general assembly Mr. Hayman was appointed by Charles j H. Jenkins, chirman of the North Carolina Commission on Interstate cooperation. Mr. Seaman was ap pointed by Governor Scott. This is the first time North Car oina has belonged to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries commis sion, and it was the last state a long the Atlantic seaboard to join. Mr .Seamon. said yesterday that he expects to be in New York a bout four days. Highway Patrolman Speaks To High School Stadenis Members of the Morehead City school's safety patrol were ad ministered their oath of office yesterday afternoon in assembly by Sgt. Vernon L. Spruill, head of Carteret coi|pty's state high way patrol. Sergeant Spruill spoke to the pupils, emphasizing tfye need for caution while crossing streets or riding bicycles. Although there have never been any accidents at J the school, according to G. T. Windell, principal, every precau tion is being taken to maintain that record. Members of the safety patrol are Lt. Tom Eaton, L. F.. Wade, Guy Paul Dixon, Bob Bowers, Rebert Scarboro, Roy Yeager, Ray Yeager, Harry Fitzpatrick, Joe Morris, Thomas C. Fulcher, and Toby Guthrie. There was also a film shown on the Christian Rural Overseas pro gram. Managers Attend Weekend Meeting al Wilson Dan Walker, manager of the Beaufort Chamber of Commerce, and Bob Lowe, manager of the Morehead City Chamber of Com merce, attended the meeting of the North Carolina Chamber Exe cutive* association over the weekend at Wilson. The Chamber of Commerce exe cutives, upon leaving Wilton will come to the Carteret coaat, stop ping in Kinston for a meal as guests of the Kinston Chamber of , Commerce. They will be guaau at Tony 8eamon's restaurant at' noon Tuesday and will go for a ride aboard the Coaat Guard cutter, Agassis, in the afternoon. Teacher* at Omrata School Theodore Rondthaler, principal; Mr*. Alice K Rondther, high achool- teacher; Mr* Sella W. Spencer, high achool teacher; Mra. laa belle O'Neal, MJi-Mh trade.; and Miaa Lela Howard. lat-Mh. Mlaa Settle Swindell, eUman tary auperviaor. , - Judge to Consider Madix Application on Bankruptcy A formal application that Madix Asphalt Roofing corp. be adjudged bankrupt hat been placed before Federal judge Don Gilliam, Tarboro, and a hearing on the applica tion will be held at 1 1 a.m. a week from today in Tarboro, it was announced today. Following the hearing, the judge will decide whether the firm shall legally become bank rupt or whether reorganization proceedings may continue. He will also rule on applications for costs and expenses filed by those involved in the bank ruptcy proceedings. Applications by local residents follow: William H. Potter, trus tee, compensation- $&401.89, reimbursements- $1,470; S. A. Cb*lk. . ?*-trju4ee. comp.au tion- $2100; and George R. Mc Neill, attorney for debtor, com pensation- $2,500, reimburse ment^. Mayor Dill Refers Case to Recorder Probable cause was found in the case of A. J. Williams, Negro, char ged by Albert Lea with assault in yesterday's session of Morehcad City mayor's court and he was bound over to today'! session of re corder's court in Beaufort. Lea, operator of a local fish house, also charged James Bell, Ne gro, with profane and abusive lan guage. Bell was found guiity of dis turbing the pcace and paid the costs of court. The charges arose from a fracas Saturday evening in Lea's fish house. Lea stated that Bell, who works for him, came to him Satur day at 7 p.m. and requested his pay for work done that day. Lea told him that he did not owe him any money and, according to Lea, Bell said, "You can keep your ? - money but you'll never keep it again!" Then, the prosecuting witness said, he turned to Bell and asked him if he had cursed him. Bell re lied that he had not and Lea stated another Negro whom he later iden tified as Williams, came in and nearly jerked him from his feet. When this happened, the witness continued. Lea struck Williams and knocked him to the floor. As Wil iams fell he grabbed Lea's feet and yanked him to the floor with him where, according to Lea, Wil liams pulled a closed knife from his pocket and struck him sev eral times in the head. Lea stated that he managed to knock the knife from Williams' hand and that they continued fight ing until persons outside came in and pulled them apart. He said that after they were pulled apart he hit the slight Negro in the atom ach since he was so dazed he did not know what he was doing. Witness Joe Rose was called to the stand and testified that as he and his wife were passing the fish house they heard scuffling in side and went In to find I-ea and Williams on the floor tussling. He stated that he helped pull them a part and then the police were cal Li Police officer Hubert Fulcher testifird that he arrived to find the fish house in a state of confusion with evidence of a rece?t fight apparent. He said Lea stated that he had been beat up and named th# two Negroes in the caae. Offi cer Fulcher said that about an hour later he located the two Ne groes and served warrants oh them IUU stated that he tbooght Lea 3m MAYOR DILL Pa?* ? -fc - - - ? ? - - ' Board Lets Contract on Atlantic School | 1950 Farm Bureau Drive Will Open at 8 Tonight Lions Will Sell Brooms, Mats Campaign Will Take Place Thursday with Assist ance oi Boy Scouts A full-fledged broom sale that will cover both Morenead City j and Beaufort will get under way] Thursday, More-head City Lions j decided at their meeting Thurs-J day nijht in the Fort Macon^ hotel dining room. Morehead City and Beayfort Boy Scouts will cooperate with | the Lions in covering every block of the two towns. Teams will make door-to door calls on res idences away from the business districts and a truck will be park ed downtown for street sales. Both brooms and mats will be sold. Lions also discussed attendance j and dues paying and agreed that, it may be necessary to drop some j members from the rolls if they do not become more dilligent about both items. 1 During the meeting a moving ! picture was shown of the Lions | International convention held in I j New York City in July. Two new members, George Faucettes and Barrett Davis, were welcom j ed into the club and one old member, Fred Lewist was rein | stated. ? ' ????' " ^ : > V" "? ; Council Appoints Committees For Achievement Day Club committees for Achieve ? ment Day, Nov. 3, were named at the county council meeting of the home demonstration clubs re centfy at the home agent's office. Welcoming committee* will be Wire Grass; Arrangement, North River; decorating, Williston; re freshment, Wildwood and ('amp Glenn; registration, North River; program Bettie and Crab Point. The 1950 program of work was tentatively outlined. It will be released after approved by the State Extension office, Raleigh. Those attending the county council meeting were Mrs. Lydia Wade, Mrs. Junie Lynch, Mrs. Pauline Wade, Williston; Mrs. C. A. McCabe, Wildwood; Mrs. Tho i mas Oglesby, Mrs. Gordon Laugh ton, Mrs. Hamlin Salter, Mrs. J. H. Batsonf Crab Point. Mrs. Billie Smith, Mrs. Lizzie Beachem, Mrs. Neva Dail, North River; Mrs. Kenneth McCabe, Mrs. Leslie Brinson, Mrs. Julian | Fulcher, Mrs. Julius Lewis, Mrs. ? Beatrice Lewis,, Camp Glenn; Mrs. Madie Patrick, Core Creek Harlowe. Strawberry shortcake and cof fee were served as refreshments. Botariuu to Undertake Mission oi Mercy Thursday The Newport RoUry club will provide transportation Thursday for 9 members of the Ammie Harkley family, Newport, RFD, to the East Carolina tuberculosis sanatorium. The family will undergo exami nation there. Mr. Harkley, who ia reported by the health department to have an advanced case of tuber culosis. ii awaiting entrance to a sanatorium. Cooperating in the Thursday venture is the county TB associa tion, the county health depart ment, and the county welfare dep artment. Tide Table (TIDES AT BEAUFORT BAR) Hifh Law | Tuesday, September 20 6:03 a.m. 12:03 ajn. 18:51 p.m. 12:16 p.m. 1 Wednesday, September 21 6:36 a.m. 12:50 a.m. 7:21 P.m. 1:10 p.m. Tharsdajr, September 22 7:45 a.m. 1:34 a.m. 8:00 p.m. 2:01 p.m. Friday, September 23 8:33 a.m. ' 2:18 a.n. 8J7 p.m. 2:S2 pm R. Flake Shaw, executive vice president of the North Carolina Farm Bureau, will be the princi pal speaker at a meeting Thursday night at 8 p.m. opening the 1950 drive for Farm Bureau member ship in Carteret county. In making the announcement, officers of the county unit stated, "Carteret County Farm Bureau has made a fine record since its begin ning. We are very proud of its in creased enrollment each year. May we count on the splendid support which you have extended your county Farm Bureau in the past and help us to get out a large attendance to the meeting Thurs* day night?" Raymond Ball, president of the Carteret county Farm Bureau, fur ther emphasized, "We should ne ver overlook the fact that the pro ducts of agriculture and the suc cess of the man who tills the soil contributes much toward stabiliz ing the economy of our nation. We are living in an age of organ ized activity in which all groups of people are striving for their own special interest. The principal ob jective of the Farm Bureau is to obtain through farm organization See FARMERS P?ie 7 State Approves 1948 Assessment OnB&MRailroad Three of North Carolina's 33 railroads had their valuations in creased last week by the State Board of Assessments. The Beau fort and Morehead City line's val uation remained the same as last year, ftowever. $2fc.OOQ. .Miine <*?? the throe ?foads, ^Serooard Air Line, The CHnchfiold, and Norfolk and Western totaled $2 635,252. The Seaboard Air Line Kail road's increase, from $20,439,784 to $22,480,000, represented near ly the entire raise approved by the Board. The other two roads boosted in valuation were the Clinchfield, raised from $8,075, 000 to $8,320,000 and the Nor folk and Western, increased from $4,011,500 to $4,361,500. The new figures brought the total tax valuation of all railroads in this State to $153,173,660. The valuation increases, effec tive for the tax years 1(J40 to 1953 are the basis for ad valorem taxation by local county and town governments along the rail roads' routes and for franchise taxes imposed by the State. The State tax rate is $7.50 per $1,000 of valuation. Following are the assessments which remained unchanged from 1948: Aberdeen and Rickfish, $210, 000; Alexander Railroad, $36,000; Atlantic and Carolina, $12,500; Atlantic and North Carolina, $475,000; Atlantic Coast Line, $37,145,000; Atlantic and Wes tern, $45,000; Atlantic & Yadkin, $1,078,186; Beaufort and More head, $25,000; Black Mountain Railroad $35,000; Cape Fear Rail ways, $11,000; Carolina Southern, $20,500; Cliffside, $52,500; Dur ham and Southern, $1,600,000; Durham and South Carolina, $120,000; East Carolina, $49,500; East Tenn. & Western, N. C., $20,000; Graham County R. R, $42,000; High Point, Thomasville and Denton, $250,000; l^aurin burg and Southern, $145,000; Louisville and Nashville, $184, 538; Moore Central, $12,500 Piedmont and Northern, $1,600, 000; Rockingham Railroad, $85, 00; Southern Railway System, $63,847,420; Tallulah F&Us RR, $20,000; Virginia and Carolina $20,000; Tennessee and N. C., $275,000; Warrenton RR, $40, 000; and Winston-Salem South bound, $2,648,746. I from Foot Lions ! MmI at Morehead Presidents and secretaries from | Lions civic dubs in New Bern Jacksonville, Richland*, and More Wad City met in Morehead City Triday night, at the request of lions zone chairmaa. Victor Wick ibr, to discuss duties of the Liona (flub officers. Following the discussion , More head City Lions President Frank ?oran made the suggestion that at least once a month members of each Lions committee be seated at separate tables at the regular meetings in order to give the com mittee a chance to discuss their wwk The group enthuaiMtically ? ' the prapoaaj. Mayor Dismisses Case Charging Mao with Theft Beaufort Police Make Trip To Wilmington to Bring B^ck Grady Thomas The case against Grady Thomas Spartanburg. S. C., charged with , larceny of $50, was dismissed by Mayor Lawrence W. Hass. U in yes terday's session of mayor's court, Beaufort. The defendant was charged with taking the money from Bill Temple ton, Charlotte, early Thursday morn ing at the Davis House on Turner street. The plaintiff, Templeton, was the first to testify. He stated that he and his roommate were awakened at about a.m. by someone in their room. About an hour later, Temple ton said, he told his buddy to get up and check his pants to see if his money was still there, and they discovered that $50 dollars was missing. The next morning. Templeton continued, he asJced Thomas if he had been in the room, and Thomas said no. Then the plaintiff contin ued, ho said yes he had been in the room to borrow the radio. The witness said that he then informed the defendant that his money \vas gone, that he and his roommate were awake whcnThom as allegedly entered the room, and that he was going to call the po- 1 lire. Templ.ton told the court that he informed Mr. Jim Davis, board ing house owner, of the incident and Mr. Davis told Chief Willis. He reported that Mr. Davis learned at the bus station that Thomas had been there, "bought a paper and left." The defendant then questioned the plaintiff and Tcmpleton admit ted that Thomas had never, taken fftil&Xtag Mb room on previ ous occasions when he was there. Thomas stated that he borrowed Templeton's radio, Templeton told him he could do no, and played it until his roommate, Shorty DeCamp returned from the race track Thurs day night. S. G. Gibbs, agent for the State Bureau of Investigation, then tes tified, stating that he was inform ed Friday morning at about 8 o' clock that somebody had stolen money at the Davis House. Ho said Chief Willis checked- at the bus station and then called Wilr mington and told police there to check the 10:25 bus coming in, from Beaufort and apprehend Grady Thomas. The chief and the SBI agent then went to Wilmington and pick ed up Thomas, who, meanwhile, had had a warrant sworn out again st him by Templeton. Tho officers checked the amount of money Thomas had as against the expenditures he made since be ing paid Thursday afternoon and found them to tally satisfaatorily, Mr. Gibbs said. The agent told the court that the plaintiff should have notified the police the moment he realized the money was missing rather than wait until the next morning. Mr. DeCamp, sworn in as a wit ness. told the court he didn't know anything about the incident. Mayor Hassell then dismissed the case on grounds) of insufficient evi dence. Building Will Cost $ 234,565 ; Work to Begin Immediately A contract for the construction of a school building at Atlantic has been let and work will begin immediately, it was announced today. The contract was let at a special meeting of the county board of education Thursday in board offi ces, Beaufort. 11. L. Coble Con struction Co., Greensboro, was low bidder on the building. Total cost of the proposed work, to includo the building, heating, plumbing, and electrical work, will be $234,505. Low bidder on healing and plumbing work was Z. A. Morris Co. and Hub Electrical co. was the low bidder on electrical work. The new building will have 12 classrooms, a home eeconomics room, an auditorium, a science room, a cafeteria, and a library. A representative <>f the construc- 1 tion company stated that work will begin immediately. The job is expected to take 10 months. In other business the board let ( a contract for the installation of I a new boiler at Camp Glenn ' school. Stallings Bros, of New Bern received the contract for $1,325 which covers all materials and installation work. Morehead School Gets Additional Primary Teacher Starting today, Mrs. Edward Mc kinley, Morehead City, will be gin work at Morehead City school as a special primary teacher. An additional teacher was granted on the basis of 34 pupils per primary teacher on a district wide basis. G. T. Windell, reported today. Mrs. McKinley, who is a tormer Morehead City school teacher, holds a grade A grammar certificate. There is no classroom for her, the principal said, but she will go from room to room giving special in structions. Mr. Windell reported that 18 boys have enrolled' in the three hour shop course, 17 in the indus trial education course, both of which are taught by Delfido Cordo va. In the 8th grade phsical edu cation classes, an ipnovation this y