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A Mercer of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (EsUblUhed IMS) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (EtUblUhed 1936)
39th YEAR, NO.. 4 THREE SECTIONS? EIGHTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1950 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Coroner's Jury Renders
Decision on Bell Death
JCs Hear Report
On Park tighb
Group Drawi Up New Set
Of Membership Rules Al
Monday Meeting
Several plans have been made
for erecting lights at the Beaufort
ballpark, but as yet no estimates
have' been obtained, Wiley Taylor
Jr., reported to Jaycees at their
meeting Monday night at the Inlet
inn.
The group drew up rules on
membership and payment of dues.
A Jaycee missing four consecutive
meetings or becoming delinquent
In payment of dues for one quart
er will be dropped from the organ
ization.
He can then be re-istated only
after formal application for mem
bership and vote of approval by
the club.
The treasurer was authorized to
pay Odell Merrill, president, $5 in
payment of postal cards purchased
in connection with the Operation
Economy program.
Leslie Davis, Jr., won the kitty
of $10.60. His name had been
called two times previously but
each time he was ineligible to re
ceive the money. His name was
drawn by Gene Smith.
The business meeting followed
a steak dinner. The next meeting
will be held Monday night, Jan.
23 at the Inlet inn and steak will
again be served. Each meeting will
be a dinner meeting since the bow
ling tournament has ended.
"Death due to unknown reasons" was the verdict ren
dered by the coroner's jury at an inquest on the death of
James Bell, Morehead City Negro, who died the night of
Dec. 9. Bell's charred body wag found at about 9 p. m.
in his trailer-home which was destroyed by fire.
The inquest was conducted by Coroner Pritchard Lewis
in the auditorium of the munici
pal building, Morehead City, Mon
day night
Six Testify
Six witnesses, all colored, pre
sented testimony. The six men
who served on the coroner's jury,
all residents of Morehead City,
were Dan Wade, D. J. Hall, James
Lawrence, Earl Willis, David 'T
Willis, and Warren Beck. The
jury was sworn to duty Dec. 9 at
the scene of the fire. ??
Pete Davis, the first witness, re
lated that the victim of the fire
asked him to carry him home that
night. Davis said he first took
Bell to his mother's home and
then to his home in the trailer at
5:45 p. m. He told the jury that
Bell was not drinking but that he
had some liquor with him.
The next witness, Ralph Collins,
testified that while talking to a
friend at about 9 o'clock Friday
night, Dec. 9, he noticed a great
deal of smoke in the air, and ap
proaching the trailer in which Bell
lived noticed a blase behind the
crack in the door.
Collins Hears Groaning
He opened the door, he report
ed, found the whole inside of the
place ablaze, and heard groaning.
He shouted to his friend, James
Willoughby, who ran and got an
axe and chopped a hole ' in the
trailer.
Collins said he saw a boot by
the door, and thinking it was the
foot of the person who was groan
See BELL DEATH, Page 3
Guy Watson, New Bern , Dies
Of Injuries Received in Crash
Guy Watson, 49, New Bern, died
at- 8:20 Tuesday night in Morehead
City hospital from injuries re
ceived at 12:40 Tuesday morn
ing in a collision just west of
Morehead City. Arrangements for
the funeral are incomplete.
Watson, an employee of the
Blue Anchor cafe, located on high
way 70 west of New Bern, is re
ported by the Carteret county
state highway patrol to have been
traveling west on highway 70
out of Morehead City when his
car and another, driven by Elvin
Henry, 28, Negro, crashed head
on.
Henry was injured and taken to
the Morehead City hospital where
he is reported to be improving.
He received slight concussions and
Watson a severe brain concussion.
Cpl. W. S. Clagen, head of the
state highway patrol, said Henry
was traveling east on 70, just
rounding the curve near the Curve
inn, when Watson crossed in front
of him. The front of the car driv
en by the colored man struck the
rear of Wiilsou's car.
Watson was driving a '47 Ply
mouth and Henry a '35 Chevrolet.
The Plymouth smashed into a tree
and was demolished. The Chevro
let too, is beyond repair, Corporal
Clagen 'said.
First 1IM PatUity
Investigating the tragedy, in ad
dition to the corporal, were Pa
trolmen J. W. Sykes, and W. J.
Smith. Watson's death is the first
county highway fatality this year.
He is survived by three broth
ers, Leo, of Norfolk, Walter of
New Bern, and Bill, of Morehead
City; and a sister, Mrs. Kelly Wil
lis of Wendell.
Symphony Fund
Requires $300
Mrs. Bayard Taylor, chairman of
the North Carolina Little Sympho
ny membership drive, announced
today that $300 more is needed to
reach the $750 goal for the county.
The drive ends Sunday.
Mrs. Taylor said tickets can be
obtained by contacting her,
B -434-1, Mrs. B. F. Royal, More
head ?ity, or Mrs. Robert Lowe,
Morehead City.
The Little Symphony will pre
sent two concerts In Beaufort,
Tuesday, -Feb. 14. The afternoon
concert will bo given, free of
charge, to school children from
the 4th to 8th grades.
The evening concert will be at
tended by adults and high acbool
students. Special artist appearing
with the symphony this year' will
be Bobby Morris, outstanding pia
nist. Ha Is tb? son of Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil Morris, Atlantic.
The Little Symphony presented
its concert last year in Morehead
City school auditorium.
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Fishermen to Meet
With Scientists
Commepciil fishermen of the
North Carolina coast will meet at
9:30 Monday morning at the Insti
tute of Fisheries Research, More
head City, to offer their advice
and assistance in plotting cruises
of the Albatross.
The Albatross, fisherlei re
search vessel, is due in Morchead
City this morning, a day ahead
of schedule. She will go on her
first cruise from this port at noon
Monday. This cruise has already
been planned: Commercial fisher
men's advice will be of advantage
is subsequent trips, it was pointed
?ut.
John Wagner and Carter Broad,
members of the Institute staff,
will be aboard the Albatross
when it leaves Monday. The boat
will work between Cape Lookout
and Cape Hatteras in water from
2S to 80 fathoms.
Fishermen invited to Monday's
meeting are the following: Sam
McCotter, R. J. Hudson, Earl Hol
den, all of Vandemere; Elmer Wil
lis Williston; Roland Styron and
Garland Fulcher. Oriental; Rich
ard Burnett, Wilmington; Ottis
Purifoy and Clyde Potter, Belhav
en; William Wells and Lois Har
dee, Southport, and Gehrmann
Holland, Beaufort.
Mr. Wells, Mr. Hardee, Mr. Ful
cher, Mr. Holland, and Mr. Bur
nett are members of the shrimp
commission.
Mayor Dill bars Pablic
Draak Cases Monday
Leonard Lupton was fined $10
and costi for public drunkenness
in Monday's session of Morahead
City mayor's court. The bong of
William Guthrie, charged with the
same offense, was forfeited when
he failed to appear in court.
lite charge of disturbing the
peace againat Delsey Hester and
Beatrice Marbley was dismissed by
Mayor George W. Dill, Jr. In dis
missing the case the mayor
warned the defendants " to clean
your house" before the town had
to do it for them.
iwlw Caarl Becaipts
Bria? County $2,093.95
Through court channels the
county received $2,093.95 during
the month of December, according
to i report to the county commis
sioners made this week by A. H.
James, clerk of superior _ court.
Recorder's court 'revenue
amounted to $1,932 73. superior
court, $36.70, probate and clerk's
fees were $13450 The total
amount received at the clerk's of
fice was $4,383.16.
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Marine Faces Car
Theft Charge In
Superior Court
41 Cases Tried Tuesday,
20 Continued; Motor Law
Violated
John R. Watson, Marine being
held under suspicion of auto lar
ceny, was found guilty of drunken
driving in recorder's court Tues
day. Probable cause was found
on the auto larceny charge and his
case has been bound over to su
perior court.
Watson gave notice of appeal
on the drunken driving verdict
and his total bond for appearance
in the next term of superior court
is $700. Judge Lambert K. Mor
ris levied a $100 fine and costs
on the defendant after finding him
guilty of drunken driving.
Two of the four colored persons
arrested in a raid Sunday night
dn the Chicken Shack, Crab Point,
were found guilty on various
charges. Claudia May was order
ed to pay costs and $25 for aiding
and abetting in the sale of beer
illegally, assisting in operating a
place as a public nusiance, and
aiding ana aDCiting in umawtul
possession of tax-paid liquor. Lou
is Rice, Jr., faced similir charges
but was found not guilty.
Tifton Rice was given a six
months' sentence suspended on
payment of costs and $50. He
was charged with sale of beer
without a state or county license
and' unlawful possession of tax
paid liquor. Bernice Newton,
charged with the same rioUtions,
was not found guilty.
Charges of cohabiting against
Louis Rice and Claudia May were
dismissed, and the state chosc not
to prosecute the same . chargc
against the other couple.
Sentence Suspended
William "Foot" Fitch, charged
with assault with a deadly weapon
and assault on a female, was found
guilty and was given a six-monhs'
suspended sentence, providing he
remain on good behavior two
years and pay the costs.
Lloyd Filligame also received
a six-months' suspended sentence
after he pleaded guilty to destroy
ing personal property, being drunk
and disorderly, using loud and pro
fane language, breaking the peace,
and making threats against the
plaintiff.
Judge Morris told him that un
less he remained on good behavior
for two years, paid the prosecut
ing witness $10 and also court
See MARINE, Page 3
Jaycees to Award
Gold Key Jan. 23
Morehead City's "Man-oHhc
Ycar" will be acclaimed at a ban
quet Monday, Jan. 23.
Recipient of the award each year
is chosen by vote o( eight civic
groups in Morehead City. Jaycees,
donors of the award, do not vote.
The young nun chosen must be
between the ages of 21 to 36 and
be considered to have done the
most outstanding job of the year
towards betterment of his com
munity.
Jaycees held a considerable dis
cussion at tbcir metting Monday
on plans for the banquet. For
mer members of the club will be
invited, former recipients of the
Distinguished Service Award will
be invited, and the meals will be
served on a Dutch supper basis.
Bud Dixon was placed in charge
of arrangements for the banquet
which will be held in the Fort
Macon hotel dining room
Bill Chalk asked all Jaycees to
loo^ for prospective members of
the club and to be certain to in
vite tfeem to attend club meetings.
Treiturer Charles Willis announc
ed that bills for 1930 dues bad
been sent out and urged all mem
bers to make prompt payment
A letter was read announcing
the candidacy of Ruth Hamrick.
Shelby, (or tfce presidency af North
Carolina Jaycees. James Mur
doch's name was drawn to receive
the attendance prize but he was
not pretest. ;;
State Highway
Crews to Work
In Beaufort
Mayor Announces Plans
For Street Improvements
At Meeting Tuesday
Mayor Lawrence Hassell, Beau
fort, announced this week that
state highway crew& will begin
work in Beaufort this month on
improving Fulford street from
Ann to Front and Broad street
from Turner west to the town lim
its.
This announcement followed a
meeting Tuesday afternoon in the
town hall vhen Commissioners G.
W. Duncan, Jr., D. F. Merrill, C.
T. Lewis, and the mayor met with
Guy Hargett, second division
highway commissioner, H. Mark
ham, highway engineer, and
Ralph Pollock, highway job esti
mator.
$9,600 Accumulates
Mayor Hassell stated that $9,600
has accumulated in the State high
way fund, earmarked for. improve
ment of the highway, which in
town follows Ann st. and Live Oak.
The mayor told the state high
way officials that highway traffic
frequently uses the portion of
Fulford and Broad streets men
tioned above, and they agreed that
the funds could lie used to put
those into better condition.
Survey Soon
Mr. Hassell said he believes a
survey will be made of those
streets within the next 10 days.
The highway officials also agreed
that a larger drain should be
placed in the 700 block of Ann
street to carry away the large
amount of water that collects
there during heavy rains.
County to Receive
ffl as Share Of
Forest Receipts
Carteret county will receive
$928.80 as its (hare of receipts
from Croatan National forest, part
of which lies within the county's
boundaries.
Congressional acts providing for
the return of the funds to the
counties state that the money
shall be used for public roads
and schools within the counties
where the forests are located.
Twenty-five counties will share
in $85,498.47 being distributed by
the U. S. Forest Service in lieu
of taxes on national forests located
within North Carolina.
The Governor's office said he
had been informed by Lyle F.
Watts, chief of forest service for
the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture, that this is the sum being
returned to North Carolina from
national forest receipts during the
f rscal year which ended last J une
30.
Counties in which the forests
lie receive 25 per cent of the for
ests' receipts, with the share for
each county being determined by
the percentage of the national for
est acreage within that county.
State Treasurer Brandon Hodg
es' office said that as soon as the
check is received from the Forest
Service, the funds will be for
warded to the counties.
| National forests in this State
! are Cherokee, Croatan, Nantahala,
I Pisgah and Uharie.
Craven county's share amounts
to $98? 47.
Watts also informed Governor
Scott that the Forest Service has
$34,199.39 to spend on the develop
meit and maintenance of roads
and trails within the national for
ests in North Cjrolina.
i 4-H Members to Attoad
Tractor School at Raleigh
A tractor irfsintenance school at
' North Carolina State college, Ral
I cigh, for 4-H club members and
leaders will be held February 13,
14 and IS, county agent R. M. Wil
liams announced today.
This school is designed especial
ly for those members who are in
terested In promoting home tractor
maintenance . in the county, Mr.
Williams said. . All expenses for
the three-dty school are paid so
attendance will not pl%-e any mem
ber under a financial strain, he
continued.
> Persona interested in attending
should contact Mr. Williams wlth
j in the next few days. The county
igent must submit a list of poten
tial condidates to the college by
Jan. IS in order that arrangements
can be made at the school.
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Fisheries Scientists Release
Drift Bottles in Coastal Waters
Beaufort JCs to Honor
Kan-oMho-Yoar' Jan. 21
The Beaufort Jaycee man-of
theyear award will be presented
at a banquet Saturday night,
Jan. 21, at the Blue Ribbon club.
This award, a gold key for dis
tinguished and outstanding ser
vice to the community, is pre
sented to a man between the age
of 21 and 36. He is chosen by a
secret committee and his name
will not be revealed until the
night of the presentation.
Beaufort Jaycees did not
make an award last year. The
year previolus it was won by
John Butler, who was then pres
ident of the Jaycees. In 1947
the honor was bestowed upon
| John Haynes.
March of Dimes
Begins Monday
A. H. James Heads Drive
in County; Goal for 1950
is $7,200.
The 1950 March of Dimes gets
underway in Carteret county and
throughout the nation, Monday,
.and will continue until the end of
the month. The county's goal is
$7,200.
Terming the 1950 March of
Dimes the most critical in the
history of the National Founda
tion for Infantile Paralysis, A. H.
James, Morehead City, county
campaign director, sai(f that the
fund raising machinery is all set
to launch the greatest March of
Dimes ever undertaken.
"It is imperative," Mr. James
said, "that all know the serious
ness of today's polio situation.
More than 40.000 cases were re
>orU'U duiing 1MB. the worst polio
onslaught in tlje history of the dis
ease in this eouotiy.
Aid Imperative
"Thanks to public support of
previous annual appeals of the Na
tional Foundation, prompt and ef
fective aid was rendered the strick
en. But as case after case de
veloped, chapter after chapter of
the National Foundation found it
self without funds. Financial aid
was rushed to them from the or
ganization's epidemic reserve fund.
So great was the drain that mil
lions of dollars earmarked for em
ergency assistance dwindled to the
vanishing point."
Consequently, Mr. James point
ed out, if the Carteret county
chapter is to continue providing
services to polio patients in this
I and other communities, everyone
must "hit the line hard" during
.the campaign Jan. 16-31.
Polio Costs Money
Citing the high cost of polio,
he disclosed that during the height
of the recent epidemic season the
National Foundation was spending
March of Dimes funds at the rate
of 1100,000 per day to pay patient
bills alone! He said that it is es
timated 17,000 of those stricken
in 1949 will require continued aid
in 19S0. in addition to victims
from prior years who also 'still
need help.
"Obviously," Mr. James said,
"there's a tremendous job of work
ahead of us. I am confident,
though, that all the people in Car
teret county will do their utmost
to meet the challenge during the
coming March of Dimes."
Patrol Accepts
Jack 0. Arthur
Jack O. Arthur of Beaufort,
route 1, has been accepted for as
signment to the i Late highway
patrol training school, according
to in announcement this week
from Highway Patrol Commander
C. R. Tolar.
The school will be held at Chap
el Hill, startiii,; Jan. 16, and will
run for six weeks. Hundreds of
North Carolina men applied for
the course. The applicants event
ually were narrowed to a field of
200, and the final 60 were select
ed on the basis of physical and
mental examinations conducted
last week.
The school is a project of the
Institute of Government and is di
rected by the institute director.
Dr. Albert Coats*, with Clifford
Pace as assistant.
The 60 candidates have beei or
dered to report by 9 p. a. on Jan.
19. They will be quartered at
the Patrol barrack* on the Uni
sersity of North Carolina campus
and will b? supplied meal*.
Two methods are being employed to determine drift, bottles, pic
tured above, and cards, pictured below. Here are the bottles, one
with a drag and one without. The drag is designed to prevent
wind from affecting movement of the bottle. Printed instructions
for return of information inside the bottle are pictured at top right.
An experiment Is being conducted with drift cards. Sealed In a
plastic envelope, these cards are thrown overboard. This method is
less expensive than using bottles and If found successful, the bottle
idea will be discarded. For each card returned to the Woods Hole
Oceanographlc Institute, SO cents will be paid the sender.
Annual Report Shows Increase
In Public Health Achievements
_ _ _ .
Work of the Carteret county
health department has shown ex
pansion at several points, Dr. N.
Thomas Ennett, health officer, re
ported to county commissioners
Monday morning. During 1949
there was an increased number
of immunizations, examinations of
school children, more extensive
work in tuberculosis control, ven
ereal disease control, and sanita
tion.
Dr. Ennett said there is a great
need far an assistant to the sani
tarian and also for another nurse
in the health department, but that
he felt confident additional person
nel would be added as founty fi
nances permit.
Clinics Successful
The health officer was especi
ally pleased with the eye and ton
sil clinics conducted for children.
He reported that more progress
had been made in Carteret county ]
in tonsil clinic work than in many <
other counties in the state.
Fourteen children underwent
tonsillectomies during 1949 and
29 were treated at eye clinics held
in cooperation with the State
Blind commission, the welfare de
partment and the Morehead City
Lions club.
Immunizations for diphtheria,
whooping cough, typhoid fever,
and similar diseases increased 69
per cent in 1948. The number of
innoculationa during 1948 waa
5,736. in 1949. 9,723.
Two thousand four hundred
nine examinations of school child
ren were made last year aa corn
fared with 994 in the year prior, '
an increase of 230 per cent
More X-Rays
Percentage increase in the num- i
ber of X-rays waa 1300. Thia waa <
due to the mass X-ray program <
\
last spring. Seven thousand eight j
lundred twelve X-rays were made
is compared with 60 in 1048.
Treated {or venereal disease \
ast year were 181, in 1048 there '
#ere 46 cases treated. Nine hun
dred sixty-four blood tests far j
syphilis were made last year as
:omparcd with 852 in 1048.
The number of cafes, meat mar
kets, dairies and hotels inspected |
sy the sanitarian increased 53 per j
:ent, from 580 in 1048 to 004 in
1040.
On the health department staff
In addition to Dr. Ennctt arc Mrs.
Lcota Hammer, Mrs. Leonard Lew- 1
s, nurses, A. L>. Fulford, sanitari- j
in, and Mrs. Nolan McCabc, clerk.
Bishop to Speak Jan. 18
To SL Paul's Men's Club
The Right Reverend T. H.
Wright, D. D., Bishop of East
Carolina, will be guest speaker at
he supper meeting of the Men's
:iub of St. Paul's Episcopal
:hurch, Jan. 18 at 6:30 at the Par
sh House in' Beaufort, according
.0 president C. R. Davant.
Secretary Erfiest Davis has
nailed return - pott cards which
ihould be signed and returned at
uice so plans may be complete
[oi^ the supper. Other officers for
the club are Lawrence llassell,
rice-president, and Claud* Whcat
ly, Jr., treasurer.
rrae Bill Found
The Craven county grand jury
-eturned a true bill Tuesday,
charging Leslie Feagle, Morehead
"ity, with robbery.
By Dr. Eugene W. Roelofs
University of North Carolina
Institute of Fisheries Research
Inhabitants of coastal counties
of North Carolina may shortly find
along the beaches glass bottles
: washing up on the shore which
| contain a post card addressed to
the Woods Hole Oceanographic
institution, at Woods Hole, Mass.
Fishermen may find them snared
i i their nets. These are not bot
tles thrown overboard by ocean
going vessels as a part of the deb- ?
ris but are known as "drift bot
tles" and have been released by
the Fish and Wildlife Service ves
sel Albatross III as she travel**!
from Woods Hole, Mass., to a point
off the South Carolina coast in her
second cruise in North Carolina
waters.
The Albatross operated here for
one month last spring. Because
of the information developed at
that time, she is on a second and
longer cruise.
Trawling Problem
| The present cruise, which be
gan Jan. 4, is an outgrowth of the
I earlier survey. While off the
North Carolina coast from Jan. 10
to the last of February, most of
I the time will be spent brawling in
areas now relatively unknown to
our trawling fleet. Areas between
the 50 and 150-fathom lines will
be studied for trawlability and
presence of marketable quantities
of fish. A conference with a num
ber of trawler owners and cap
tains, to be held Monday morn
ing, will determine those areas
Sec SCIENTISTS, Page 3
Robert G. Lowe
Reports on Miami
Trade Center'
Robert G. Lowe, manager of the
Morehead City chamber of com
merce, yesterday commented fav
orably on the suggestion that a
permanent "trade center" be es
tablished in Miami, Fla.
This "trade center" would show
incoming businessmen from Cen
tral and South America the ad
vantages to be gained by doing
business with states represented
there.
Meeting at Rulelgh
Mr. Lowe attended a meeting
at Raleigh Tuesday where the plan
was discussed with state ports of
ficials, Dr. W. H. Walker, presi
dent of the Miami ch-jmbcr of
commerce, and Governor Scott.
Mr. Lowe stated that Dr. Walker
pointed out the importance Miami
is assuming as an international air
termini and suggested that North
Carolina place an exhibit at the
proposed "trade center" or "ex
position" to show its industrial
wares.
Committee Proposed
Governor Scott h;.s requested
George Ross, head of the board of
conservation and development, and
Col. George W. Gillette, State
ports director, to set up a five
man committee to work with the
Miami exposition authorities and
determine to what extent North
Carolina should participate, even
tually,. Scott said, North Carolina
might assign a ma i to remain with
the State's exhibit at the proposed
center.
Dr. Walker said he wai| in North
Carolina to discuss general plans
iot the exposition, which is ex
pected to open in 1052. He said
the purpose of the center is to "es
tablish confidence between the
United States and South America
as a basis for trade." ?
Attending the conference in ad
dition to Mr. Lowe. Governor
Scott, Mr. Koss, and Colonel Gil
lette were: W. G. Broadfoot, chair-'
man of the Wilmington Ports com
mission: J. K. liters, director of
the Wilmington Ports commission;
R M. Williams, member of the
Wilmington Ports commission and
J. C. Grey, traffic director for the <
State Ports Authority.
Tide Table
Tides at Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday. Jam. 13
3:24 a.m. 10:00 a.m.
3:44 p.m. 9:56 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 14
4:31 a.m. ' 11:07 a.m.
4:49 p.m. 10:M p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 1ft
5:34 a.m. Noon
5:52 p.m. 12 Midnight
Monday, Jan. It
0:32 a.m. 12:07 a.m.
6:49 p.m. 1:03 p.m.
TMrtay. Jan. 11
7:25 a.m. 12:56 a.m.
7:43 pjn. 1:53 pjB.