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TOR GREATER PROGRESS VOL. I; NO. 16 SAA TO ASK FOR FREE FERRIES IMMEDIATELY; OPPOSED TO DIVERSION Diversion of Highway Funds and Attitude of Highway Commissioner to This Section lermed Greatest Menaces to Development; Committee to Appear Before Governor to Ask For Immediate Free Ferries; Annual Meeting- Between Primaries With zeal and unanimity of pur pose the executive committee of the Southern Albemarle Association at a called meeting at Manteo Wed nesday passed resolutions opposing any diversion of highway funds, asking for toll-free ferries imme diately over Croatan Sound. Alli gator river and Oregon Inlet and asking that Governor Hoey and the highway commission give an early audience to a delegation composed of five members from each county of the Southern Albemarle Associa tion relative to a hearing on the request for free ferries The association also request. 1 the resolution committee to present its resolutions to the Greater Albe marle Association and to invite their endorsement and the naming of a delegation to go with the dele gation of the Southern Albemarle Association before the governor and highway commission to ask for free ferries immediately. Enough Votes to Win Election Citing recent figures in the state papers about the counties of Dare, Hyde and Tyrrell having only 4,000 votes and receiving so much atten tion from gubernatorial candidates President Melvin R. Daniels in a fiery speech asserted that Governor Hoey was elected by virtue of 4,000 votes margin in the first primary and that with Washington County also included the Southern Albe marle Association could command 6,000 votes and with the coopera tion of the Greater Albemarle As sociation which includes in its membership seven other counties votes could be mustered. It was unanimously agreed to hold the annual meeting of the as sociation at Plymouth during the month of June at a time to be named by Zeb Vance Norman, vice president of Washington County, and in order to secure committ ments from whoever may be in the second primary for governor of North Carolina, The county commissioner and the citizens representing Pamego, Longacre and Bath sections of Beaufort County will be invited to participate in the annual meeting at Plymouth. Funds Diverted in EJfect C. Wallace Tatem of Columbia, past president of the association, pointed out that the $16,000,000 surplus in the highway fund, set aside for diversion if absolutely necessary, was already being di verted in that 37 per cent of the 270,000 school children transported by the state to school each day are transported over dirt roads, while the money is laid up to meet the possible emergency of paying school teachers in Charlotte or some other section that does not (Please turn to Page 3» ROOSEVELT SAYS HE OPPOSES BILL FOR WATERWAYS Committee Mav, However, Submit Modest Draft in Spite of Opposition The economy pruning knife may affect the twelve proposed rivers and harbors projects in North Carolina, including projects in Dare and Hyde County, it was revealed last week end by Senator Josiah W. Bailey. The death knell for the projects was apparent when Presi dent Roosevelt told a group headed by Senator Bailey that he opposed passage of a rivers and harbors bill at the present session. “He said he based this position on the fact that there is already a huge backlog of Senator Bailey quoted the presi dent. Some hope was held for a few 01 the Tar Heel projects as the chair man announced that a very modest bill may be drafted and reported to the senate despite the president’s opposition. Affected by the action are the fdllowing Dare and Hyde projects included in the omnibus bill now pending before Bailey’s committee: Silver Lake harbor at Ocracoke, Pamlico Sound to Avon, Channel from Pamlico Sound to Rodanthe, Rollinson Channel at Hatteras, waterway connecting Swan Quar ter bay with deep bay, and Manteo to Oregon Inlet. THE SEEKS ONE TWO 2ND DISTRICT POSTS I i RHKHSB'' 7 praßyi|i - V P. G. GALLOP, county superin tendent of schools in Hyde County, w ho this week formally announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination of senator from the sec ond district subject to the Demo cratic primaries of May 25. Mr. Gallop will ask a leave of absence as superintendent of schools. 1 i P. G. GALLOP i ANNOUNCES FOR | . SENATE SEAT Hyde County Joins Martin and Dare in Quest For Two | Senatorial Seats : | I Hyde County joined Martin and Dare in seeking one of the two sen ate seats from the second district comprising Beaufort, Dare, Hyde.J Martin, Pamlico, Tyrrell and Wash- i ington with the announcement of, candidacy of P. G. Gallop, Hydv County superintendent of schoo’?. | 1 Mr. Gallop, a native of Currituck County has been county supeiin-j tendent of schools in H\de County j jfor five years and was previously ’county superintendent of schools in! I Pamlico County in the same sena- j jtorial district for two years. He 1 is a member of the Christian church ; the Masonic Lodge, the Independ- j jent Order of Odd Fellows being; president of the second Odd Fel : low district, past president and or jganizer of the Hyde County Cham -! jber of Commerce, an Eagle Scout,) land member of the Greater Albe marle Association in addition to professional associations. . 1 In his formal announcement made this week Mr. Gallop said: “I favor a very definite program for the schools, for equity of high way construction, improved farm to-market roads, diversified farm ing and improved farm marketing program, and protection of the game fish and oyster and all other natural and cultivable resources within our bounds. “My ambition and my desire is to cooperate with the county repre-, sentatives, to safeguard the inter-j jests of our people in this senator ' ial district, and the state to the ’end of becoming a more intellectual j people of our history, ourselves, our possibilities, and move forward to-j Igether and equally, thereby com- 1 'peting favorably with the more j progressive and fortunate. I guar antee impartial consideration of all, problems and legislation within the' second senatorial district, to the end of definite improvement, with- j out undue financial burden.” j Other announced candidates for the tw-o seats are Senator D. B. 1 Fearing of Manteo, incumbent, Hugh G. Horton, attornev of Wi!-j liamston, -and H. L. Swain, attor-j ney, also of Williamston. MUSICIANS ON BOWES PROGRAM As a result of having b«n among the winners on one of Major Ed- j ward Bowes’ amateur hours recent ly, Walter and Edirar Howard, two music makers of Ocracoke Island, .'•npeared in a national hook ut> Thursday of last week over WCNW, The New York Daily Mirror sta tion. OF THE LAKE PHELPS AND PETTIGREW PARK REGION •r*l TYRRELL ; NEED MORE TALK j OF WHAT IS HAD, I LESS OF MISSING I President Midgett Cites Cour tesy Appeal'in Other Sec tions at GAA Meet “We are too quiet about what we have and too vociferous about j what, we lack,” commented P. D. Midgett, Jr., president of the Albe marle association at a regional meeting of its board of directors at Columbia Thursday night. Mr. Mid gett. referred to a recent trip to Hannibal, Missouri, where Mark Twain was born, and whore he ’found guides furnished free and j people “really going out of their j way to make it pleasant for visitors.” j J- C. Baskerville of the adver tising division oi the North Car olina department of conservation and development spoke on the tour ist trade in North Carolina. He cited figures to show that more than $100,000,000 .a year is pour ing into the North Carolina cash registers from tourists and visitors from other states. The tourist bus iness ranks second to the tobacco in dustry in value. Baskerville said. Baskerville gave much of the credit for the increase of the tourist busi ness in North Carolina from $35.- 000,000 in 1937 to more than SIOO, 000.000 in 1930 to the advertising authorized by the legislature and the news bureau, both operated un der the department of conservat ion and development. Mrs. W. S. Carawan of Columbia spoke briefly urging citizens of the section to beautify their homes and •out buildings and clean up roadside I slums as an effort in enticing more | tourists to stop and tarry. A sumptuous turkey dinner was served by the ladies of the Episco pal church. The next regional meeting of the directors will be at Windsor April 11. Dr. Combs 111 | Dr. Howard Combs, a native of Tyrrell County, has been in a criti cal condition with pneumonia at his home in Elizabeth. City this week, ixio is Os. Mercer bailey. Mr. and Mrs. Lem Blades of Elizabeth City were guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Houtz Friday. BROUGHTON PROMISES AID IN BRINGING ROADS AND FREE FERRIES TO SECTION Gubernatorial Candidate Speaking in Manteo Says State Owes Section All-Weather Hoads as a Matter of Justice in Keeping With Highway Act; Praises Congressman Lind say C. Warren and Roanoke Island His torical Association | Pointing out the simple justice ' under the highway act of 1920 pro posing connection of all county seats with all-weather roads J. M. Broughton, candidate for governor, in a speech at Manteo Monday night painted a. picture of good roads with tourist accommodations that he predicted would be accom plished with “generated enthusi asm” such as has been evidenced by the Southern Albemarle Asso ciation. j He predicted that in the next few 'years “you will have good roads ’and accommodations that will bring (visitors from New England and from everywhere.” I After painting this picture the gubernatorial candidate added “I promise, if I am elected, to do everything within my power im mediately to make that picture, j true.” I “Simple justice under that act j (to connect county seats with all weather roads) means that North , Carolina ought at once to give you people some measure of fulfill ment,” he declared. In commenting on the recent as jsurance from Governor Hoey that allocations would be made to com jplete the road from Columbia to Fairfield as part ' fulfillment of | the act, Mr. Broughton suggested ! that with that behind surely U. S. 164 and U. S. 264 should be com i pleted in to Manns Harbor and I Manteo. I Championing free ferries, he pointed out that people of Manteo land this section as well as visitors .from other sections shouldn’t have ■to pay tolls to cross the Croatan Sound and Alligator river ferries nor the Oregon Inlet ferry. “The (state owes it to you people of this section to provide free ferries just as they are providing a free ferry (Please turn to Page 2) COLUMBIA, N. C. MARCH 21, 1940 COLUMBIA CAMP MOD. WOODMEN IS HONORED FRI. Gets One of Four Merit Cer tificates Awarded in All of North Caroilna Columbia Camp No. 16,704, the Modern Woodmen of America, was signally honored Friday night at ■ja district meeting in the Columbia I. school auditorium by receiving one I of four certificates of merit award ed North Carolina camps by the '| national officers for outstanding ) work done tlur.ng the past year, j The certificates of merit was pre ; sen ted by the Rev. A. Corey of Jamesvilin ?s \ token of apprecia tion and congratulation from the national office’s for the fine work done and the achievements made by the Columbia camp during 1939. 'made nosoblc by the ‘loyalty, faithfulness and stick-10-it-'veuess” o? its members. D. W. Brickhouse accepted the certificate for the 1 camp. Similar certificates of merit were awarded only to camps at Winston-Salem. Burlington and Durham in a! 1 of North Carolina 1 About 75 woodmen from camp? at Wi - ( »n. Rocky Mount, James ville, Fairfield and Columbia at tended the meeting, the feature of (Which was the merit certificate j presentation ai.d a barbecue dinner. D. W. Brickhouse was master of ceremonies w ith the Rev. E. R. j Stewart of Fairfield pronouncing the invocation C. Earl Cohoon gave the add mss of welcome with the Rev. Mr. Stewart responding. A varied program of music, vo vals, and blackface skits inter jspersed the reports from the vari jous camps represented, j Prospects for a ladies’ and a 1 juniors’ camp were discussed. GUM NECK NEWS Pupils of Miss Hettie Jones pre sented an interesting program in the high school auditorium Thurs day. L. Lewis is ill at his home here. Floyd Patrick of Norfolk spent the week end v'ith his family here, i Leroy Tarkeuton of Hopewell, dVa.. spent. 4 ’ week end with his . parents, Mr. .iul Mrs. G. W. Tar jkenton. ' j J. O. Everton of Hopewell, Va., . spent the week end with his wife and little daughter, Joan. FILING FEES UP SINCE ELECTION TWO YEARS AGO Commissioners and Consta bles Have to Pay $5; Clos ing Date April 13 People in this county who are seeking or plan to seek political of fices in the May 25 Democratic primary will have to pay much higher filing fee than two years ago and the primary’itself will be conducted under a new set of election laws enacted by the 1939 legislature. The fee for filing as a candidate for the state senate or house of representatives is one per cent of the annual salary for the first year, or $6 minimum. This fee is double that of two years ago, when the charge was $3.00. Filing fees for county commis sioner, constable and justice of the peace have been raised even more drastically. Two years ago the charge for filing for any of these offices was only sl. This year it is $5. The opinion has been ex pressed in some political quarters that the increase in filing fees will result in a curtailment of the num ber of candidates, especially for the minor posts of constable and jus tice of the peace. Filing date for all county of fices, including the state senate and house of representatives will be the sixth Saturday prior to May 25, or April 13. Filing date for congress and state offices is the tenth Saturday before May 25, closed Friday, March 16. The county board of elections is to meet March 23 to decide if there is to be a new registration this year and to elect a new chairman to the board. TRIBUNE AND FELLOWSHIP WITH OUR NEIGHBOR GOTTNTTES SOCIAL SECURITY i PROGRAM TURNS $34,100, TYRRELL i . Chairman Lists Amounts For Each of Several Sources; Aged Get Most By M. R. DUNNAGAN Tyrrell County residents and com munities have benefitted about $34,100 through operation of the: social security program, it is esti- j mated by Charles G. Powell, Chair man of the North Carolina Unem ployment Compensation Con,mis sion. ' Unemployment compensation, or i benefits to work, -s temporarily out of jobs, is usualk tin- largest item in ~b»* ten divisions of the prngra n, ■h counties a ih fairly large indus tries. In ti et vo years of benefit payments. PCs and 193;). the dis tribution was S4,'t,s<).o7 included in 692 checks to countv residents, through cooperation of Nathan H. \eltnn. state director of public assistance, and Dr. Korn:: X. Oh »ek. e> ecutive secretary of the state commission for the blind, and with figures from Washington and in the central UCC office in Raleigh, it is possible to get a fairly accu rate picture of the benefits distrib uted in Tyrrell County. Old age assistance, help for the needy passed 65 rears of aae, in Tyrrell County in the 31 months of distribution amounted to $15,fi11., The January amount was $039 j going to 74 needy aged persons, j an average of SS.C>4 each, as com-' pared with the state average of: $9.72 for the month. Aid to dependent children, help! in the support of children deprived i of their natural breadwinners, amounted to $7,838.50 in the same! 31 months. The January amount ( was $294 50 going to the support of 50 ,such children, an average of $5.89 each, as compared with the state average of $6.18 for the month. ( Aid to the blind in Tyrrell County i was $1,853.24 for the same 31 months. In January $64 went to five! blind persons, average $12.80 each; state average, $14.90. In old age assistance and aid to 1 the blrr/i, the funds are provided one-half by the federal government and one-fourth each by the state and county. In aid to dependent children funds so far have been furnished one-third each by fed eral, state and county governments. Now the federal government will furnish one-half, as in cases of the needy aged and the blind. , Old age benefits, now old age and survivors insurance, is not avail able by counties, but. a proration can be made to get a county esti mate. This has been small lump sum payments to workers in cover ed employment since January 1. 1937, and who have since reached <ls years of age and quit work, or to the families of such workers who have died since that date. The importance of this part of the no gram will be more apparent now, since payments Pave started on a monthly basis, as provided in an amendment by congress in August, 1939. With an estimate in this one small item, of $375 paid to 13 workers or their families through October 31, and practically accu rate figures in the other four divi sions. it is apparent that just about $29,800 has been distributed in Tyrrell County in these five major divisions. In the other five divi sions, classed as “services,” a pro ration indicates that about $4,300 has been distributed in this county since the program started, divided approximately as follows: maternal and child health services, $765; services for crippled children $645: child welfare services, $520; voca tional rehabilitation, $330; and public health w-ork, $2,040. , Several facto: s enter into this proration, Mr. Powell explained. Tyrrell County had a population of 5,164 or about 16.3 per cent of the population of the entire State. 1930 census. This part of the social se curity program has been in opera tion about four years, and the state has matched federal funds in almost every instance. These facts are considered in making the pro ration. Central UCC office records show that in 1939 Tyrrell County had nine resident emplovers subject to the law and 260 workers protected by it. Subject employers paid into the State fund $4,527.90 in the 2 years of 1937 and 1938 and the first nine months of 1939, as compared with the $4,080.07 paid to unemployed workers in the county in the two years of 1938 and 1939. The records show that in 193$ and 1939 Tyrrell unemployed work ers filed 188 initial c’aims —the first cLaims filed after the worker be comes unemployed—and 1,264 con tinued claims—the claims filed each week, after the initial claims. 1 Employment service records indi cate that in 1937, 1938 and 1939. I, registrations for work and 421 placements on jobs were hand led in Tyrrell County. CAROLINA WATERWAYS IN DISTRESS FOR LACK OF LOCAL ORGANIZED EFFORT Plans May Be Undertaken in Eastern North Carolina to Organize a Waterways Improve ment Association; Delegates Return From Washington Meeting of National Rivers and Harbors Congress ADDITION TO CHURCH BEGUN AT GUM NECK Construction is underway on an ' addition to the Cedar Grove Metho ; ciist church at Gum Neck. A bell i"'.\er is being added and a vesti bule erected in the front of the church. Thud Blake is doing the j work, with the help of some of the members. When the bell rings to call the members to church on Sunday morning, June 2, and to quarterly I conference, which will be held on that date, it, will be the firsst time j that a bell has ever been heard to ling from any of the white ! churches in Gum Neck. One of the 1 colored churches has a small bell. I Although the old chapel, which j war, used by all denominations, was j much larger than any of the Gum : Neck churches of today, it never I had a bell installed. The chapel ! was burned nearly forty years ago 'after which the denominations ■built separate churches. There are four in Gum Neck now—Methodist, | i Missionary Baptist, Free Will Bap ' tist and Christian. ' i ELECTION BOARDS NAMED SATURD’Y; TO LIST MARKERS j County Board to Meet Satur day to Decide on Ne<A) Reg- ' istration Question Members of couutv boards election for the 100 counties were named at a oieeUmr of the state board of elections in Raleigh Sat urday. The state board by a vote of 4-1 put more teeth in the 1039 law abolishing markers by request ing the registrars to keep a list of persons whose ballots are mark ed and a list of the markers. The 1039 law made these exceptionin a bol i shi ng m a rkers: Am’ qualified voter who want® a marker because of physical disabil ity or illiteracy nv-my ask aid from a near relative (husband or wife, brother or sister, parent or child, grandparent or grandchild). If no near relative is present, the voter may ask aid of anv other voter of lu's precinct who has not marked another ballot that day. If no near , relative or no other voter who has not marked a ticket is present, the voter may ask aid from the , registrar or one of the judges of election to help him. The board’s action provided Sat ; irday that registrars shall not be required to keep a record of near relatives assisting in voting. Following are the boards named ; in this and nearby counties; the third named being a Republican in • each case: Beaufort: John G. Bragaw, Washington; Jesse R. Butt, Ron i nerton; W. O. Ellis, Washington. ' Currituck: J. B. Humphries, IjMoyock: J. P. Morgan, Shawboro; B. O. Kimsey. Coinjock. J Dare: E. S. Wise, Manteo; W. B. Tillett, Wanchese; R. C. Jone 3, Manteo. i j Hyde. B. F. Mason, Swan Quar ter; P. C. Simmons, Fairfield; R. W. Williams. Swan Quarter, i Tyrrell: Ernest L. Moselv, Co ;lumbia; 15. B. Jones, Columbia; I Floyd E. Coh >on, Columbia, j Senator L. B. Prince of Hender son County and Waller Woodson jof Salisburv took oath of office as i members of the state board suc ceeding J. O. Bell of Tuxedo .and iGeorge Mac Neil! of Fayetteville, iwho died recently. Mr. Woodson , was named secretary succeeding (Mr. Mac Neill. W. A. Lucas of Wilson continues, as chairman. The board of elections in this county will meet Saturday to decide if there is to be a new registration this year and to elect a new chair man to the board. Registrars and judges for the various precincts in the county will be named at a county board meeting April 6. MEAL By grinding his corn into meal. Frank Whitmire of the Cherrvfield section in Transylvania County realizes a premium of 40 cents and 'more to the bushel. i Although prices of farm products are now slightly higher than in the period before the World ’War, they are still below parity, reports the Agricultural Marketing Service. Single Copy 5f , VICTOR MEEK INS j The discouraging news tn.it the 'president nuy veto the livers and Harbors bill if it passes t\e Senate, ] was leceived iast Thursday and ; Friday by the North Carotin i dele 'gates to the National Rivers and j Harbors Congress in Washington. 'The bjll has passed the House call ling for improvements all along the I coast of this state, to harbors that ! are badly needed. | Representative Roy Davis of Dare County, \ ho was a delegate, and Ay cock Brown of Beaufort discovered one tiling that is wrong with the waterways in tj:is state, and responsible for the slow prog ; ress on rivers and harvors i improve j ments needed by our penpls. That 'is the neea of organized effort among our people down home to back up the efforts of our congress men and senators. i On! of this discovery has come the idea of organizing a North iCarolina Waterways Improvement | Association in North Carolina, and a meeting will be called at an early jdate to attempt the organization iof such an association. The meet ing will he called at some conveni ent central point in eastern North Carolina. Eastern North Carolina has re ceived much in waterway improve iment for the amount of local effort that has been put forth. Its con 'gressmen have done good work. The people have always looked to them, and expected them to do ev< rything, and left it up to them. In the old days, before the increase in governmental activities, con gressmen from the east made wa terways a large part of their plat form. But one man cannot d > every thing. The assembling of data the arousing of public' opinion and the cooperation wtih the engineer’s of fice is something we have been lacking in. | Now that North Caroline water ways have been returned to North Carolihn, and arc under the direc tion of a capable and faithful North Carolinian who knows oar needs, and who is convenient to our peo ple, we should deve’op ;>n organ ization to assist :n the work. When one visits the National Rivers and Harbors Congress, he finds no part on the program filled by North Carolinians. Powerful, and active and entirely creditable organizations, devoted to the im provement of the Mississippi Val iev, the Ohio River, the Arkansas River, and other sections of the middle west and the North occupy the most of the program. 1 The formation of a North Caro lina organization now seems in order, with an aroused public opin ion to support our waterwavs and our faithful congressmen, it ap pears that more can be accom plished. 1 ) Citizens of Eastern North Caro jlina well know that harbors mean j more to manv communities than I roads, even. Hence they are urged to wire our North Carolina sena tors to make every effort to pass the bill this session of congress. EASTER Easter is thp first Sundm aftm the paschal full'moon, a* the full 1 moon whkh matures upon or next I aft»»r March 21. j The earliest rywsjm e Easter date l therefore, is March 22. The latest I possible date U Aoril 25. The last • Uni o raster fell on March 24 was jin 1799; the next time it will be on i that date will he in 2391. Next i vear Easter will be April 13. Eas- iter th’s vear is the earliest since j March 23, 1913. I Easter commemorates the resur ireetion of Christ and also is a me morial of the Christian passover. i Originally the Christian passover was celebrated along with the He ibrew passover on April 14. The {church at Rome changed the Chris tian passover to the Sundav atfer April 14 chiefly to differentiate be . tween Judaism and Christianity. I Controversy arcs,a between the Christian churches of the East and ' of the West. In 325 the famous Coiinm) of Nice prescribed 'he pres ent rule for determining Easter. It II is generally agreed that the prin 'cipal reason for so determining i Easter was to give moonlight need ed for travel by pilgrims going to the annual Easter festivals.