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TYRRELL FOR GREATER PROGRESS OF VOL. |; NO. 7 TYRRELL FOLK WELCOME SUN AND WIND AFTER BEING ISOLATED BY MUD Rural Mail Farriers Make Rounds But With Considerable Delay and Difficulties; Bus Unable to Ply Columbia-Engelhard Road; Minister’s Appointments Cancelled; Schools Little Affected The sunshine and wind of Mon day was welcomed in Tyrrell Coun ty by its citizens, for the past few weeks virtually residents in an island of mud. Not only was the sunshine and the wind with its drying effect on the roads welcomed by the casual driver, farmer, or whatever one might be, but especially by the rural mail carriers, the Columbia- Engelhard bus driver, the minis ters of rural churches, drummers and, in fact, anybody whose busi ness takes them into the country. At the Columbia post office where rural routes emanate to sec tions of the entire county, Mrs. Ef fie Brickhouse, postmaster, report ed that Uncle Sam’s rural mail in Tyrrell County had all been deliver ed, but not without hardships and delay. Saturday E. H. Morris, carrier on route 3, returned over his 60 mile route toward Gum Neck and back at about 5 o’clock when the usual return hour under summer -or norm al conditions is between 1 and 2 o'clock. Mr. Morris had to be car ried over part of the route by the highway road drag. C. Slade Spruill, carrier on route 1 toward Creswell and return, who took office January 2. and his sub stitute, the former temporary car rier, M. K. Armstrong, returned Saturday from the 50 mile route at about 5 o’clock. The normal returr hour would be about L o’clock. Mr. Spruill came in Saturday with a broken bumper, a fiat tire, and re ported that he had been stuck six times during the day. Both Mr. «» to r? V ' r "v-i *2 ’ rrVrf cars with eight cylinders. J. T. Combs, carrier on route 2 toward Sound Side and Alligator, rad better conditions than the other two carriers and covered his 47 miles by 2:30 Saturday afternoon, only a little later than the usual time. Perhaps, too, Mr. Combs knows how to navigate for when he first started carrying the mail 21 years ago, he used a horse and buggy. "■'***. ‘ The roads have been the worst this winter since I became post master in 1036,” Mrs. Brickhouse said. The bus which the Englehard- Washington Bus Co. operates be tween Columbia and Englebard was unable to make the trip Saturday, Sunday and Monday, a record for non passage, according to Mrs. S. M. Gibbs, owner. The bus missed only one day last winter, she said. The Rev. A. C. Thompson, Meth odist minister at Columbia who al so serves the rural churches of Hol ly Grove at Cross Landing, Cedar Grove at Gum Neck and Wesley Chapel at Alligator was forced to cancel his appointment at Holly Grove the fourth Sunday in Decem ber. Four years ago, he recalled, his predecessor was unable to get to Gum Neck for a period of three months. County Suprintendent W. T. Crutchfield reported that the school attendance had not been affected by the roads but that about half of the 13 school buses had been be ing late because of the slippery roads. The delay was caused most ly by slipping into the ditch or by having the engines drowned out by mud, rather than by getting stuck, he said. The buses are equipped with dual wheels and with mud grip tires. Schools were operated on a short schedule Thursday and Fri day of last week only. One bus broke a spring en route. 0 bicycle safety club ORGANIZED COLUMBIA A bicycle safety club sponsored by the Columbia Woman’s Club and the Town of Columbia was organ ized at the schpol Tuesday after noon after Mrs. A. P. Flythe of the division of highway safety of the state highway department had explained the purpose of such a club. The club members will strive to observe certain rules of safety. Officers representing the spon sors were named as follows: D. K. Sawyer, chief officer of the club, R. L. Litchfield, directing officer and J. L. Poston, registration and in spection officer. Also a captain and two lieuten ants representing the boy and girl members yKjt9 named. \ Y / CLUB SPEAKER $ : ' . ' ’ w. O. SAUNDERS, of Elizabeth City, secretary of the Greater Al bemarle Association, gave an inter esting recital of the aims and prog ress of the association at the fort nightly meeting of the Columbia Young Men’s Club in the Methodist church annex Tuesday night. Mr. Saunders reported that the mem bership in the association was growing rapidly in this entire sec ti >n. J. S. CHAMBLEE MADE DISTRICT HEALTH AIDE Succeeds Dr. N. P. Fitts as Assistant in Charge Hyde and Tyrrell Departments ! Dr. John S. Ghamblee reported j for work with the district health ■ department in Swan Quarter Thursday of last week as assistant district health .officer in charge of | the health work in Hyde and Tyr ! rell counties. Dr. Charnblee con ducted the regular clinic in Colum bia Thursday before coming to the office at Swan Quarter. He suc ceeds Dr. N. P. Fitts who severed his connections with the depart ment recently. Dr. Charnblee was born Septem ber 7, 1913, the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. V. T. Charnblee now of Red Oak in Nash County. He attended Wake Forest College and Emory Univer sity at Atlanta where he was a member of the Phi Rho Sigma, medical fraternity at both institu tions. He received his M. D. degree at Emory after which he interned at the Grady Hospital in Atlanta. Later he took public health field training with the Martin County health department at Williamston, the district health department at Chapel Hill. He took a post grad uate course in public health at the University of North Carolina, and oomes to the health department here from a short period with the state board of health. Dr. Charnblee is a Baptist and single. He is making his home with Mr. and Mrs. Nat Credle, Jr., at Swan Quarter. BAD ROADS CAUSE MEET BE POSTPONED Because of inclement weather and impassable roads in the section the chamber of commerce meeting scheduled to have been held at En gelhard Monday night was post poned. President E .A. Williams stated that the meeting to which citizens from Tyrrell and Dare counties had been invited to hear a ! speech by S. Wade Marr of Eliza beth City would be held at a later date. POTATO TRAIN TO COME TO SECTION An Irish potato train is scheduled to appear in Columbia and in Bel haven in this section the week of February 12, it has been announced by L. P. Watson, extension horti culturist of N. C. State College. It will be a traveling exhibit to dem onstrate proper methods of mar keting Irish potatoes, and is part of a campaign to stimulate interest among growers in grading, and in improved methods of handling, packing and shipping potatoes. THE LAKE PHELPS COUNTY COUNTY TO HAVE INSPECTIONS FOR WAGE-HOUR LAWS Inspectors Appointed to Make I Systematic Checks; This County in First District Periodic inspections of any and all manufacturing plants in this ■ county will be made beginning with January 15, it was reported last week by Forest H. Shuford, (state commissioner of labor. Shuford pointed out that enforce jment of Federal wage-hour law as [well as the state laoor laws have [been limited almost entirely to in vestigation o ' complaints. iio.v ever, with the appointment last week of 17 state inspectors, Mr. Shuford pointed out that he inspec ts will make a systematic inspec tion of each manufacturing plant in the state to determine whether the act is being enforced, whether or not complaints have been received. He also appeals for full cooperation from both employers and ' em ployees. The counties of Dare, Hyde and Tyrrell are included in the first district with headquarters at Greenville. John R. Bulla is senior inspector for the district and Her bert Lee Holden, Jr., junior in- 1 specter. Other counties in the first district are: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven,; Currituck. Edgecombe, Gates, j Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Jones, 1 Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northamn-i ton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Per- 1 quimans, Pitt, Washington and 1 Wilson. ! FUNERAL RITES HELD FRIDAY FOR MRS. HART Special Coroner Appointed by Clerk of Court Reports Death by Suicide J. C. McClees, appointed special i coroner by Clerk of Court George |W. Jones to investigate'the death !of Mrs. Emma Davenport Hart, 59, I Thursday a ternoon of last week, Monday filed his report ‘‘that he • * ’ -i **- -» •* »-.} wv - *-* • . -v- s Y Av u play and that from all circumstan ces she took her own life at her own will”. Mrs. Hart was found in the smokehouse at the home of her son, H. T. Davenport, with whom she had made her home for the past few months. A light cord was around her neck by which she was suspended. Mrs. Hart was a native of Tyrrell J County and until recently had lived for several years in St. Pe tersburg, Fla. She had been in ill health for several years, which fact was thought to have contributed to the motive for her act. Funeral sendees were conducted from the home of her son Friday by the Rev. A. C. Thompson, the Rev. A. L. Chaplin, both of Columbia, and the Rev. G. A. Martin of Cres well. Interment was in the family cemetery near Creswell. Surviving are her son, H. T. Davenport, a brother, D. E. Wood ley of St. Petersburg, Fla., two sis ters, Mrs. Ida Bateman, also of St. Petersburg, and Mrs. R. D. Blount of Roper. (Active pallbearers were W. H. McClees, B. R. Cohoon, C. Earl Co hoon, E. P. Cohoon, Jr., J. C. Mc- Clees and Ed Swain, the latter of Creswell. BUSINESS CENSUS IN TYRRELL ABOUT ENDED Census Taker Allen Says People Have Been Surprisingly Cooperative The business census in Tyrrell County has been virtually com pleted except for the lumber mills for which blanks have not yet been received, it was reported in Columbia Monday by D. D. Allen of Plymouth, who has charge of the business census in Tyrrell and Washington counties. “The people in Tyrrell County have cooperated surprisingly well,” Mr. Allen observed, “in giving the information required.” Mr. Allen has still to take the business census in Washingotn County, having started in Tyrrell first. METHODISTS HOLD CONFERENCE SUNDAY B. B. Slaughter of Elizabeth City, district superintendent, conducted the first quarterly conference at the Wesley Memorial Methodist church in Columbia Sunday night. While here Mr. Slaughter was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Thomp son. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Crutchfield and Billy, visited Mr. and Mrs. C. L. McCullers in Edenton Sunday. AND PETTIGREW PARK REGION AND COLUMBIA, N. C., JANUARY 18, 1940 IKMißilSlßsreA -?-V mHSHP ’ •• ****** 'll i CAPT. THOS. P. MIDGETT, who 1 will be 84 September next, an nounced this week he will run for l Governor of North Carolina, follow ! ing service of notice of a suit brought against him by his neigh ' bor, D. L. Russell, who says Capt. Midgett took his wue away from him, and wants $23,000 for it. SUED AT AGE OF 83 FOR | ALIENATING AFFECTIONS OF HIS NEIGHBOR’S WIFE Capt. Thos. P. Midgett Declares He Will Run For Governor Upon Being Served With j Notice by Attorney D. L. Russell, Alleging That Aged Man Destroyed Wife’s Love and j Affection ! Capt. Thos. P. Midgett. who will be 81 years old September next, was sued this week for $20,000 by his former frieul Attorney D. L Russell of Mante 1 Mr. Russell a!- ' _i I•» r»v» m«' . . ■ * • '* * * i ing his friendsht. ind confidence, won the affections cf Mrs. Russell, to whom he had been married only a short time, and caused her to put him out of the home they shared Mr. Russell qemands SIO,OOO actual damages, and SIO,OOO puni tive damages, which means that he would .have the aged man jailed un less he can take the involvent debtor’s oath. To be sure of tiemg up the assets *«c»f Capt. Midgett until the suit is [settled, Mr. Russell has filed a lis pendens, which has the effect of stopping Capt. Midgett from giv ing title to any of his valuable real estate he is now offering for sale. Mr. Russell, who came to Manteo from Hickory some six years ago, and who is known throughout the state as an attorney' of long stand ing, is 20 years younger than Capt. Midgett. Upon coming to Dare County, he developed a fast friend ship with Capt. Midgett, and the latter supported Mr. Russell strongly when he ran for the legis lature in 1938, and aided him in building up a law practice. Since coming to Manteo, Mr. Russell ob tained a divorce in Dare County from his wife who ft» an invalid in the State hospital at Morgan ton, and took to wife Mrs. Flossie Q. Price of Hickory, a charming mid dle aged divorcee. Mr. Russell brought to Manteo his wife, and established a home, where Capt. MidgOtt, so rumor has it, was always a frequent and wel come visitor. Shortly thereafter came to live with the Russel Is, Mrs. Russell’s beautiful young daughter Mildred estranged from her second husband, one Smith, whom she soon sued for divorce, and with Capt. Midgett’s attentions increasing in frequency, at the Russell home, ru mor again insisted that Capt. Mid gett was getting her a divorce in order that she might comfort him. The charming young woman acted as nurse and friend of Capt. Mid gett, and despite the discourage ment offered by relatives and friends, he remained faithful. Rel atives had the temerity to say the old man was being bled for his money, but Capt. Midgett said it was his money and he had a right to do as h? pleased about’t. Sometime last year, Mr. Russel l removed from home, ar.d took up his lodgings down town. Word went the rounds that he had a now with his wife, and separated. Now ■md then he would take a friend in Vs confidence. and tt.ll them his troubles. Many a doubting eye brow was raised at the ~eports of Cant. Midgett’s prowess, particu larly bv all men o* 40 years old or | more, but Mr. Russell would aver that he believed Capt. Midgett was (Please turn to Pa&e 2) SAYS SUIT QUALIFIES HIM FOR GOVERNORSHIP BJ j ATTORNEY D. L. RUSSELL, un announced candidate for Represen tative of Dare County, who this week filed suit against Capt. Mid gett. Mr. Russeil is well-known throughout North Carolina for his distinguished legal career and his oratorical ability. CELEBRATION OF ; BIRTHDAY DRIVE ON IN TY RRELL j A* - U - r r* • ... * •-'» •j'iiana Square 1 Dance For Paralysis Funds; Committees Named With the announcement this i week by Mrs. Rffie Brickhouse, county chairman, of the various committees and with the square dance held at the Laughinghouse tea room last night (Wednesday) the drive for the celebration of the President’s Birthday is in full swing in Tyrrell County. , The drive is one sponsored an nually by the President’s Birthday Committee for the benefit of the (Warm Springs foundation for pre vention and cure of infantile pa ralysis. 1 Besides the benefit square dance held last night, other funds are be ing raised in Tyrrell County through the march of dimes, both in coin greeting cards direct to President Roosevelt, whose birth day the celebration commemorates, and through coin boxes distributed at various places in the county. One half of all funds collected in the county will remain in the coun ,ty for such disposal as a committee may direct toward prevention and cure of infantile paralysis in the county. The remainder of the col lections, after expenses have been {deducted, will be sent to the Warm Springs foundation. Committees have been named as follows: March of dimes, Mrs. C. Earl Cohoon, chairman, Miss Sadie Taft, W. T. Crutchfield, J. W. Hamilton, and Paul Liverman. Round dance, Miss Polly Tatem, chairman, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Co .hoon, Misses Mary Mel son, Emma Felton, Eloise Gibbs, Blanch Sex ton and Mrs. C. C. Lupton. Square dance, Mrs. J. E. Rey nolds, chairman. Button badge, R. L. Litchfield, ; chairman, Miss Magnolia Owens, ( Mesdames John Melson, I. L. Alex ander. S. J. Holloway. Assisting in the campaign will be the following community chair men: Alligator. Mws Miver Davis. Gum Neck, Mrs. Lem Cohoon. Riders Creek. Mi-s. Bennie Spen ,cer and R. L. Spencer. I Colored, S. P. Deane and D. K i McKeathon. ! COLUMBIA PTA TO MEET FRIDAY NIGHT j The Columbia Parent-Teachers association will hold its Januarv meeting at the school house at 7:30 tomorrow (Friday) riiirht, it h?w hee n announced bv Mrs. W. T. Crutchfield, president. Mrs. L. 1,. Poole will be in charge ( of the program. All members are invited to be present. TRIBUNE FELLOWSHIP WITH OUR NEIGHBOR COUNTIES TYRRELL FARMERS ARE OFFERED CONTRACTS TO GROW TOMATOES IN 1940 Meeting: of Interested Farmers to Be Held at Januar y 27 Which Response H ill Determine If Canning: Plant as Well as Green Pack Plant Will Be Located in Co lumbia t COLUMBIA’S MAYOR IS A PRACTICAL CITIZEN vßSbf >• WBBm WfAK ' W. M. Laughing house, the mayor of Columbia, has long been asso ciated with fanning interests, hav ing studied agriculture at the old A. and M. College, now State Col lege, at Raleigh in 1911, ’l2 and j 'l3. After leaving college he ac cepted a job as superintendent of a 1 large farm for a lumber company 1 i and a few years later came to Tyr ; cell County as county farm agent. During the two years that he was county agent he advised in his work a living at home system of farming , V.ith com crop and care of liv?- i siocK. .lie also dia muon coward controlling hog cholera, j After two years as county agent i,he le t Tyrrell County and worked at various times as farm superin tendent for large farms, as field agent for the cotton association and iater with them at Raleigh. For a while he kept a boarding house in New Bern, sold insurance and .worked the ice cream trade. ! In 1930 Mr. Laughinghouse re turned to Columbia and set pp a case which he has continued to ope j rate. He says that since coming back to Tyrrell County he has kept in touch with the farmers and as sisted them in their live stock problems. On two occasions during the interim he has helped stamp j out hog cholera in the county. At present he is in charge of the hog cholera control work in the county. In May of last year he was elect ed mayor. “I have the town’s in terests at heart,” he says, “and am doing the best I can for both the people and financial conditions of the town.” * I V. LIST TAKING ABOUT } COMPLETE, COLUMBIA Only Renaming Appointments Are at Columbia; Face Penalty For Failure List With only listing appointments remaining in the Town of Colum i bia, Clarence Chaplin, list taker for 'Columbia township, reported this 'week that listing of property was j mostly completed in the township. ' Appointments have been held in all of the smaller divisions of the ! township with the percentage of j listers ranging from about 50 per cent in one community to almost ! 100 per cent in another community in which only two persons failed to | list. I Mr. Chaplin, not having taken the tax list last year was unable to compare the listing with that time when listing was in April instead ■of January as provided by the 1939 legislature. “It is the duty of the property owner to contact the list taker,” he pointed out. “After we have arranged appointments in the various communities for the convenience of the public, those | who fail to list at these times have jto look us un nt other communities jor he fa-ed w : th the nenaltv ""or fai’nre to list,” M”. Chaplin said. There have h' , °o few com plaints due to ( he '•hange 0 f listing period. ,T r. Chaplin re pOr+od. | Mr. Chap 1 . In will be at Columbia January 23. 71 20 oM 31 for re •ei, r o~ tLo + () f tllOSe not 'o’r.i 1 ~ iv*. W-TP/,?* r ,f Mp,vnort , NT o Tr o 'o- - • /-,«?/ ptvl visitor in Cohimb’o. Farmers in Tyrrell County inter ested in contracting to grow toma toes for green pack delivery to Co lumbia this summer and also for delivery for canning either to Co lumbia or Roper have been invited by A. L. Alexander of Columbia, representative of the Neuse Pack ing Corporation to meet in the ag ricultural building in Columbia at 2 o’clock Saturday, January 27. The response at the meeting wilt determine whether a canning plant for handling ripe ♦ miatoes will be established at Columbia this sum mer. In a- j event, however, con tracts will be accepted for growing tomatoes to be delivered for green pack at f > urn bia this summer. | *-arrol t'rocket, manager of the pm king company, WUI i )t . a t the meeting to explain the plan and th ■ contract, to farmers interested. A copy >f the contracts examined here this: week provides for the payment ri: tne company for green tomatoes meeting the- specifications | for l. S. Number One grade on the to!lowing basis per basket, measur ing .’h of a bushel: .35 per basket to June 25, .30 per basket to July I L -25 per basket, to July 15, and L2O per basket to July 20. Payment j would be made each Saturday for j tomatoep received prior to noon 1 Friday of ea.h preceding week or j payment of cash at a s'> discount lat the option of the grower. All jripe tomatoes received from the be ginning of the season until August ,20 and meeting specifications for standard pack will be paid for at .15 r,*' T ' b;y< | The canning plant will be located | at Columbia Mr. Alexander stated provided tba. as much as about 500 , acres are contracted in Tyrrell County. In thi ? event ripe to?natoes from some 2>C acres in Washington I County wou’d be brought here for i canning. The anning plant would emp’oy from 50 to 75 persons, pro ■ viding not only a source of income Ito tomato growers, hut a weekly [payroll in Columbia during the packing season. If enough acreage, j is not contracted to .justify location lof a canning plant in Columbia, ifarmers may still bring tomatoes jhere for green pick and may sell | their ripe tomatoes at a plant to Ibe operated at Roper. Mr. Alexander said that he had raised an average of 11,000 basktets on 15 acres in Washington county where the soil conditions are sim ilar to those in Tyrrell. CHOWAN SHERIFF ALLOWED SSO FOR TRAVEL EXPENSE Other Small Counties Not Only Ones to Complain About Low Salaries Friends of the Sheriffs of Tyrrell and Hyde Counties are not the only ones complaining- about low salaries' paid the Sheriff. In Chowan Coun ty the other day the Edenton Her ald says, the Commissioners finally took cognizance of the situation, and agreed to allow the Sheriff an additional SSO a month for travel. The Sheriff draws a regular salary of S2OO a month. The county is the smallest in area in the state, and one of the most easily travelled. The Sheriff is paid one-half of the back taxes he collects for the period between 1933 end 1936, and one-fourth of the 1937 and 1938 poll and personal property taxes. The Commissioners agreeing af ter much discussion that the above was necessary, one wonders how in the world similar o'ficers in larger counties with p>ss pay man age to get along, what with bad roads and no help. METHODIST APPOTNTMENTS ON COLUMBIA CHARGE Preaching appointments on the Columbia charge o' the Methodist church were announced this week hv the Rev. A. C. Thompson, pas tm* as follows: Eirst Rundav at 11 and 7:30 at Cedai- Crove at Gum Neck; second R’mdav at 1J and 7:30 and fourth Sund->v at ll q! Wesley Memorial a* th'r 1 Sunday at 11 f ”’d 7 -30 a* Wedpv Chrpel at. Alli r-o+orr and fourth Sunday at 3 and 7:30 at Holly Grove at Cross Land ing. -Single Copy 5c
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