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PAGE TWO The Tyrrell Tribune PUBLISHED EVERY Till RSDAY AT COL l MHI A, N. C. BY TIMES PRINTING CO, Inc. ONE YEAR si.oO EIGHT MONTHS ........ I ()u THREE MONTHS '.50 Entered as second class matter December 11. 1939, at the postoflice at Columbia. North Carolina, under the Act of Mar h 3. 1879. k-cBUSHt-U’S NOTICE This ne»*!>»,itr urges its readers to send in news items about matters of general in terest. Letters must be signed however, as evidence of good faith. A charge of one half a cent a word is made for publishing obituaries, cards of thanks, resolutions ul respect, etc. Your subscription money entitles you to receive every copy of toe paper you pay for, and we want you to notify us. if you fail to get it. We want you to receive it promptly. Send renewals promptly, and help us both. AGENTS WANTED as well as correspon dents. in ull communities m which this paper circulates, to seii the paper on liberal commission basis and to send u: news. Write for details. VOL. I APRIL 4, 1940 NO. 18 Attend Waterways Meet ! Every citizen of the North Carolina Coastland by all means should go to Washing ton, N. C., Friday, at one o’clock and attend the meet- 1 ing of citizens from the entire coasttowns, to discuss the .improvement of waterways in vthis state. j. The interchange of ideas in this manner among well in- j formed people, may result in plans to obtain improve ments of untold value to the state. 1 Our people will contact many of the state’s ablest men. Col. Geo. W. Gillette,; District Engineer of Wilming ton has been invited to attend, and is expected there. I Choosing Washington, the home town of Lindsay War ren for this meeting was something of a compliment to our beloved Congressman. Honor is also due Aycock Brown, the Beaufort publicist for his enthusiasm in calling this meeting. Let’s give them a hand by going to Washing ton. Commendable Caution Wisdom is being displayed generally by the citizens of the counties of Tyrrell, Daie and Hyde, who have not to this date, seemed to Lave jumped at conclusions in sup porting any candidate for governor, but in line with this newspaper’s advice are ap parently waiting to give them all a courteous hea.mg, as is due them. This courtesy is not only a caution, for only After deliberate observation of the men and weighing of their words, and comparisons of their records, can we ar rive at a fair conclusion as to which is the best candidate to support. Then unbiased by pressure, we can vote our convictions, And feel that we can justly hold the winner to the pledges made, and give him the prop er support and cooperation he, deserves. THE BERMUDA , OF NORTH CAROLINA r ) - ■■■ (Contnued from Page 3) And down it without a tremor. Not -once, but several times during the of an evening. And, when the party is over, they’ll walk home . as sober as a judge, so far as their appearance is concerned. I don’t believe I ever have seen a native of Ocracoke drunk. After breakfast the next morn ing, Captain Steve and I got in toueh with Wahab Howard and he drove us in his truck to see Wahab Village. Some three years ago, Stanley Wahab decided to start a develop ment on Ocracoke. Stanley was born and reared down there, but left the island while still in his ’teens and took a job on Du Pont’s . yacht. Then he went to business school and, after having obtained 'the proper kind of training, went into business with himself. He is row head of Retail Stores Service, Inc., with headquarters at Balti more, and has been highly success ful. Paraphrasing an o'd saying: You can get a boy out of Ocracoke, but vnu get Ocracoke out of a boy. That been true in connection with Mr. He still loves Ocracoke ini for years has been a, freouent visitor there. Three years a 'to, he deeded that the time was right for extending Ocracoke’s accommodations for visitors. He purchased a large tract of land just east of Ocracoke village and ex tending to the ocean. Then he built several cottages, a hotel, casino, outdoor dance-hall, motion picture theatre, bathhouses, etc. The hotel is a two-story struc ture, and I'll admit that I was sur prised when Wahab Howard un locked the front door and we step ped inside. It’s as fine a place as you can find anywhere south of Vir-, ginia. Beach. The lobby is beauti fully furnished, there’s a large din- ing room, and the bedrooms arc wonderfully fitted out with pine walls, maple furniture, and the best of springs and mattresses. The best way to describe it is to say that it’s a real high-class hotel. Many visitors were down there last summer, and indications are that the place will prove increas popular with the passage of every year. Mr. Wahab is plan ning t > budd more cottages and to add to it in other ways. He has a wonderful location—halfway be tween the sound and the ocean— and there is no reason why the ven ture should not prove successful. "It’s one of the best things that ever has happened to Ocracoke,” said Wahab 1 toward —a nephew of Stanley’s. '“We’ve got a fine land ing field for airplanes right in front of the hotel, and last Fourth of July there were five planes here at one time. They keep coming along every few days.” We drove back to the village of Ocracoke, and on the way, Captain Steve called attention to some of .the changes that were taking place in the topography of the island. j The Beach, on the sound side, is gradually being eaten away. We drove down to Pamlico Inn—Cap tain Bill Gaskill’s place (Captain Bill is dead), and talked to his two sons, Thurston and Dave. Dave said that at some places the beach had washed away as much as twen ty feet during the last six months. “But a good part of this is made up again during the summer,” he added. j Just the same, old-timers are frankly worried about the situation., They’re afraid that if the erosion on the sound side continues, it will ido away with Silver Lake, their land-locked harbor for small ves sel?, as well as washing - away the soil from underneath many homes. It is interesting to conjecture on what will happen to Ocracoke a thousand or five thousand years I from now. With the beach being eaten away on the sound side and being- built up on the ocean sid“, u now looks as though in the course of time the island would be slowly making its way across the Atlantic Ocean. Efforts thus far to check the erosion have been largely un-1 successful. We spent the rest of the morn ing visiting with friends —Captain Jim Henry Garrish, Big Ike O’Neal and a number of others. Many new iresidences have gone up during the last three years and a number of other changes have taken place. In the main, however, Ocracoke today is practically exactly like it was ter. or twelve years ago. True, they have a fine electric light piant now; also an ice factory, but otherwise things look pretty much the same. 1 There are a score or more of automobiles and trucks —but no roads. Licenses are not required for the cars, because the Highway Department doesn’t include the banks in its budget. The old oak trees, battered by many a storm, stand in a leaning position as though shrinking from the force of the winds. On the shore one sees huge fish-nets being repaired; boats being repainted or otherwise fixed up; sea-gulis soaring lazily in the breeze and suddenly swooping down after a morsel of food; the chug , chugging gas-boats as these craft jgo about their business. It is a scene that has existed for many years and undoubtedly will exist for a long time in the future, be cause Ocracoke never has been in a changing mood. Most outsiders have two—and, sonly two opinions about the place I I They either like it intensely, or jthey have no use for it. We have nothing to say to this latter class: , they can go their own way and find ; some place that appeals to their itaste. So far as we are personally concerned. Ocracoke always will be one of the most delightful and one of the most charming places in this world. We’ll always admire j its people for their sincerity, their j friendliness, their honesty and 'straight-forwardness. If they like you, they’ll do anything in the world for you: if they don’t, you might just as well be in Siberia, ! for all they care. I We had dinner —or lunch—at the j Coast Guard station, and shortly thereafter got into the boat and I started for Atlantic. The trip was a little rougher, if anything, than the one the day before. However, we were going before the wind and there wasn’t as much pitching and rolling. After about an hour and [a half, we picked up the other boat and transferred to that. ‘‘Hold on to your hat!” yelled Mr. Davis, as we approached with in hearing distance. We did, and had no more trouble with it on the rest of the trip. If you never have been to Ocra coke, you owe it to yourself to visit the place. No one can truthfully say that he has seen all of the ir.- ; teresting places in North Carolina j unless he has seen Ocracoke. There are three ways to get | there. The mail boat leaves Atlan-j tic at 1 o’clock every afternoon and 1 takes about four and one-half hours to get there. There’s also a j scheduled sailing from Swan Quar ter, in Hyde County. Or, if you] travel by plane, you’ll have no diffi- j culty in landing your craft on the beach in front of the Wahab Village Hotel. CORN About 90 per cent of the United, States annual com corp of two and] a half billion bushels is used for ' animal feed, say agronomists of the U. S. Department of Agricultwae. THE STORY OF THE ALBEMARLE AND CHESAPEAKE CANAL An Interesting Waterway That Has Played a Large Part in tne Development of the Sound Country Editor’s Note: Os much interest to the people of the Albemarle sec tion of North Carolina is the fol- Nv ing account of the development of the Albemarle & Chesapeake Canal which'appeared recently in me Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch. It was written by the Rev. W. H. T. S. am s. D. D. He says. r lhe first meeting of the com pany, heat long before the canal was opened for shipping, assem o.ed at the A and C. office, 34 W. Main street, Tuesday, December 2. ■1856. The office was on Main street at the corner of Commerce, not far from the post office at. that time. T. L. Skinner was called to the chair as temporary chairman, and A. M. Burt was appointed tem porary clerk. Mr. Skinner called for the elec- ' tion of a president and every vote (cast by secret ballot without . nomination) was given to Marshall 1 Parks. He became president of the company, unanimously, and ’liere were 1,250 shares of stock voted. I The next order of business was . the selection of nine directors. They were also unanimously elected bv secret ballot. It would seem ( that the A. and C. Company was an j harmonious organization. The nine | chosen were: T. L. Skinner, B. T. Simmons, Mills Roberts, Edmund Simmons,' and James C. Johnston, all of North j Carolina; A. M. Burt, of New York,| and Thos. V. Webb, James Gordon j and J. Cary Weston, of Virginia, j 1 In the report then submitted to the stockholders it was slated that the survey for the canai was be gun July, 1855. That was an omin ous time to begin anything in Nor folk, for the frightful epidemic of yellow fever, which began in Ports mouth a month before, was now raging in both cities and did not wane until September, i Surveying was finished by the 1 spring of 1856 and it was reported that the length of the canal in Vir-' ginia would be five and 65-100 mi : es, in North Carolina 8.45 miles; a total of 14.10 miles. Nearly all the construction had to be done under water, for the land was so low and so swampy that water seeped in after every excavation. The contracting firm employed was Courtright and Bar ton. Mr. Courtright became an in fluential member of the company and was for years .a large stock holder. The digging was much hampered by cypress stumps of enormous size and by juniper logs buried and so preserved in the swamps. Even with the best machinery then to be had the excavation was slow and difficult. Less than a mile below, or north, of Great Bridge, the canal mded, or began, in a large lock, built of stone, 220 feet long, 40 feet wide and 8 feet deep. It was said to be the largest lock on the Atlantic sea board, and one of the largest in America. Boats of 500 tons burden could be handled through lock and canal with ease. | When first formed the company was styled “The Great Bridge Lumber and Canal Company.” But ■ the General Assemblies of Virginia and North Carolina consented to Ichange the name to “The Albemarle 'and Chesapeake Canal Company." 1 j ’Traffic through the canal usually ! began, or terminated, at Norfolk. It passed southward along its South ern Branch passing the Navy Yard, St. Julian’s Creek and Deep Creek, where traffic through the Dismal Swamp Canal turned to the right. I The lock lifted the boats and .barges from two feet, more or less, .according to tide, wind and weath er. Then there was a sharp turn and shipping headed directly to jward the east until it came to North Landing, near the Princess Anne line. Here it turned sharply southward following the canalized North Landing river, passing the (Village of Munden, crossing into I North Carolina and coming to Cur irituck C. H. North Landing river | and Northwest river then unite to I form Coinjock Bay, a westward ex tension of Currituck Sound; which, ,in turn, is a northward extension of 4 Albemarle Sound. But the canal jdoes not follow the water. It cuts j directly across Currituck County to the village of Coinjock and comes forth into North River and thence directly into the magnificent sweep of Albemarle Sound. North River Point and its light to the west, Powell’s Point standing to the east. From this end of the canal traf fic, southbound, scatters in every direction. Some of it turns north | westward to Elizabeth City, some 1 comes to Edenton or to Plymouth and the wharves along the Roanoke land Chowan rivers. Some shipping {crosses directly to Columbia or ‘ Manteo and the wharves along he , Scuppemong and Alligator rivers, j Croatan Sound, Roanoke Island and innumerable smaller inlets, offer | their ports, and still further the I towns and villages that border upon Pamlico Sound. Through traffic passes still further southward to Morehead City and Wilmington. It is quite evident that the A. and C. canal offers a liquid avenue to ;>n , economic empire. | Twelve years passed away, years that brought revolutionary changes political, economic, financial, local, national and international. During THE TYRRELL TRIBUNE , During those years the Republic was shaken to its foundations. There was war, military despotism and reconstruction. ; The thirteenth annual meeting of the Canal Company was held, Octo ber 22. 1868. A. C. Powell, of Syra cuse, N. Y., presided and B. F. Te , bauit, of Norfolk, was secretary. Marshall Parks was again elected 'president as in ’56, but Joseph S. Cannon received a minority vote for that office. Six director ? were elected a. ; follows: Mr. Courtright, of Erie. Penn.; B. F. Simmons, of Currituck, N. C.; Thos. V. Webb, of Great Bridge, Va.; A. C. Powell, of Syracuse, N. Y.; W. H. C. Ellis, of Norfolk, and John Lathrop, of Buffalo, N. Y. | W. J. Baker objected to husbands voting the stock held in their 'wives’ names, but the objection was not sustained. It was reported that three bridges, which had once crossed the ■ canal had been destroyed by he i [Federal soldiers during the late war. They were ordered rebuilt, j 'The lock, which had been built 12 j years before was in excellent conrii- t tion. The water in it was now 16; “eet deep and it accommodated l boats of 1,000 tons burden. There was no tow-path beside | this canal, as nearly all other] canals had. But the patrons of the; A. and C. use ! steam and not j mules, almost without exception. I | During the fiscal year just dosed,; 2,885 vessels of every conceivable j kind and burden had passed] through the canal northward bound, and 2.345 had passed through southward hound. This was surely a large volume of traffic. What did all these boats transport to and i from Norfolk? An appendix ans- I wers that question. There were 16,099 bales of cot ton carried to Norfolk, 11.547 bar rels of fish. 5,716 barrels of naval; stores, 111,030 bushels of corn, 10,-j 318 bushels of potatoes, 5.526 bush-* i els of wheat. 31,183 pounds of ha con , 215.149 fresh shad, 2,198,825 j [parcels of staves (and a “parcel'’ was 100 staves), 6,496,644 feet of lumber. These figures give an ex cellent idea of the value of 'he ca nal to Norfolk, and, incidentally, the value of the canal to the lum bermen, fishermen and farmers of Carolina. I The goods shipped from Norfolk to Carolina points an additional evi dence of good business. Through the canal, southw i. .1, during the same year were gr eat shipments of sugar, bread, beef, flour, molasses, liquors, coffee, candles, soap, dry goods, nails, salt, iron, guano and hundreds of miscellaneous items. AM this traffic brought to the canal company only $58,270 for the year. As the capital stock was a million and a half, the tolls aggre gated less than four per cent, gross. But we judge that many of the di rectors derived other and substan tial financial benefits from this liquid avenue. SIXTY-TWO HAVE LOST BEER LICENSES Raleigh—Sixty-two retail beer licenses in 26 North Carolina coun ites have been revoked at the be hest of the Brewers & N. C. Beer Distributors Committee. This means that 62 proprietors of anti-social beer outlets have been forced by local authorities to get out of the beer business as a part of the beer industry’s “clean up or close up” campaign in this state. During the month of March, 14 licenses were revoked by boards of commissioners in Buncombe, Cra ven, Martin, Pasquotank, Edge combe, Davie, Transylvania and Cleveland counties. One dealer in Surry County was placed on pro bation by the town board of Elkin. The 14 licenses were revoked on petition of Edgar H. Bain of Golds boro, State director in charge of the industry’s “clean up or close up” campaign in this state. The charges ranged from illegal sale of whiskey to disorder and public nuisance which prompted neighbor hood complaints. Colonel Bain announced that dur ing the seven-month period ended March 31, the committee secured the revocation of 62 licenses in 26 counties, and warned 92 dealers in 56 counties to “clean up” or face more drastic action. In addition, two dealers were placed on proba tion. Revocation petitions are pending against 25 dealers in 8 counties. Colonel Bain, acting for the com mittee, filed petitions with city and county authorities of these counties requesting that their licenses to sell beer at retail be revoked on grounds that dealers? violated the law and public decency. While the committee pressed against the few bad actors in the beer business, it took time off to congratulate the great majority of law-abiding, respectable beer re tailers who have cooperated in the purge of the bad element forming the minority. LOGS A system of log grading has been developed by the U. S. Forest Products Laboratory following the New England storm which blew down millions of feet of valuable timber. NEWS NATURE WILL HELP BEEF CATTLE GROWERS Farmers of eastern North Caro lina are in an enviable position to ; start raising- beef catiTe without ' having to wait until pastures de jvelop, and other forage crops grow. Ito provide sufficient feed, says < j Earl H. Hostetler, professor of ani imal husbandry at N. C. State Col ! lege. He points to the large areas j of cut over lands, on which reeds and other native grasses grow lux- j uriantly. “While this growth may not be strictly designated as pasture,” Prof. Hostetler stated, “it does fur- ' nish an abundance of palatable and nutritious feed. However, because of inaccessibility, due to lack of, drainage of the lands on which it ! grows, none other of the domestic 1 J animals, except beef cattle, can use, 'it advantageously.” j The State College professor rec ommends that grade herds be de ! veloped in the swampy, reed lands jof eastern Carolina. Because the : reeds and other natural grasses are usually situated some distance from j farm buildings, it is difficult to fur | nish additional feed, or give special j attention to the herd under these : conditions. j “Cows raised in this environ- Iment wili usually care for them-' j selves,” Prof. Hostetler said, “and they will do better than cows oft i better breeding that are produced ■ elsewhere. But a grade herd of j good quality can soon be produced] through ‘grading up’ with heifers! | from these low quality cows, and a j ] good pure bred bull.” Reeds can be grazed by beef cat tie to good advantage for at least | eight months of the year, or from | : May 1 to December 31. During I I mild winters, this period may be * ■extended two months longer. The! j reeds should be fenced in. allowing | about six acres for each mature j j cow, or PM) acres for a herd of 30 1 to 35 cows. Two such areas should I be fenced.—so that the cattle can ( be alternated between them to pre sent over-grazing. i - THREE IMPORTANT 4-H | ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE; I , i L. R. Harrill, State 4-H Club leader, comes forward this week; with three important announce-: ments regarding the 4-TT program in North Carolina. The first is that 4-H Church Sunday will be ob served on April 2S; another is that a dairy foods demonstration con test will be conducted for 4-H mem bers of the state this year; and the third is that loans of as much as $775 are available to club members through the Farm Security Admin istration’s Rural Rehabilitation program. j The 4-H Church Sunday is an an- 1 nual event, and last year Harrill Jsays he received reports at the 1 State College office of 39 organized programs presented by county and community groups. These ranged from the preparation and distribu-i ;tion of the church bulletin, to the presentation of special music, giv- 1 ing inspirational talks, acting as! lushers, taking up the collection,! 'conducting Vesper services, placing , flowers in the church, and beautify- ■ ing the church grounds, j Miss Mary E. Thomas, extension' ] nutritionist, is in charge of the I ! dairy foods demonstration contest.' County winners will be selected,! and these teams will compete at the j .State 4-H Short Course at State I College July 22-27 for the right to compete in the national contest at the National Dairy Show in Harris burg, Penna., October 12-19. Gold watches will be awarded members of the winning team from each of the four sections of the United States. The FSA loans will be made to sons and daughters of FSA clients I for the purpose of buying calves, pigs, chickens, and other livestock, and they may be made for the pur pose of buying seed, plants, fertili zer. and the like for club projects. Extension farm and home agents jin the counties will gladly furnish additional information on any of (these subjects, Harrill said. SHRUBS. TREES MEET NEEDS OF FARM PEOPLE | Farmers and city people have different problems in beautifying their homes, s ays John H. Harris, extension landscape specialist of N. C. State College. In the city or town, space usually is limited, but long summer evenings allow time ( for the-attention to annual and per ennial plants that offer most flowers for the least space. On the farm, rush seasons in the fields mean long hours and little leisure at the very time flower gar dens may be most in need of weed ing, cultivating, and watering. But the grounds around the farm home are usually ample for more of the ornamental trees and shrubs than those of the town dweller. “These two sharp differences are worth considering," Harris said, | “when the farm family considers | plantings to improve the home grounds. Planting a few shrubs this season, and adding a few more from time to time, will soon make 'the home more attractive, and will > conserve time in busy seasons, j “Shrubs and trees will need good -‘care and watering for two or three 1 1 seasons,” the specialist continued, '“but after that, if they are well selected, good woody plants will practically take care of themselves. ' What work is needed can be done at odd times and when farm work is slack.” j Harris called attention to three folders available at State College (which outline simple farm-home 'grounds beautification. They are Extension Folders Nos. 40, 41, 42, and they are available free to citi -1 zens of North Carolina upon re quest to the Agricultural Editor at State College. No. 40 takes up , “Arrangement of Planting”; No. 41 is a discussion of “General Ar -1 rangements; and No. 42 is entitled . !“Walks and Drives." Farmers Bui- . jletin No. 1826, “Care of Oma- ; mental Trees and Shrubs” is also j available upon application to the ! U. S. Department of Agriculture, i Washington, D. C. RADIOS Rural radio ownership has jump ed from an estimated one out of , four rural families in 1930 to three out of four today. 3 To All Voters of Tyrrell County There will be a new County wide registration of every voter in Tyrrell County, before Primary Day, May 25th. 1940. Registration books will be open in every Precinct of the County, at 9 A. M.. April 27th, 1940. Be sure to make a point to Register while the books are open for Registration or you will not be able to vote in the Primary, to be held May 25th. ERNEST L MOSLEY, Chairman Tyrrell County Board of Elections | BUS SCHEDULES t Read Down North—South Read Up P.M. A.M. A.M. P.M. 2:40 6:50 Lv. Columbia Ar. 11:00 7:20 3:10 7:20 Ar. Pea Ridge Lv. 10:30 6:50 3:30 7:40 Ar. Edenton Lv. 10:05 6:30 3:45 8:05 Ar. Hertford Lv. 9:40 6:05 4:20 8:40 Ar. Eliz. City Lv. 9:15 5:40 5:45 10:15 Ar. Norfolk Lv. 7:50 4:10 Connections at Norfolk For Northern Points. Read Down East—West Read Up P.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. 5:30 9:05 Lv. Columbia Ar. 12:35 10:25 6:15 9:54 Ar. Roper Lv. 11:51 9:37 6:31 10:11 Ar. Plymouth Lv. 11:36 9:20 7:10 10:50 Ar. Williamston Lv. 11:00 8:40 8:50 12:20 Ar. Rocky Mount Lv. 9:30 7:10 10:15 1:55 Ar. Raleigh Lv. 8:00 5:35 8:00 11:35 Ar. Washington Lv. 10:15 *8:00 *9:00 12:40 Ar. New Bern Lv. 9:10 *7:00 11:30 Ar. Oriental Lv. 7:30 6:00 * Fri., Sat., Sun. Only Read COLUMBIA-ENGELHARD Read Down Up A.M. P.M. 11:00 Lv. Columbia Ar. 2:30 11:25 Ar. Kilkenny Lv. 1:55 12:25 Ar. Engelhard Lv. 12:30 Norfolk Southern Bus Corporation Norfolk, Va. Tr FLOYD E. COHOON On Display at Tyrrell Hardware Co. Columbia M _ North Carolina Thursday, April 4. 1940 COLUMBIA Theatre COLUMBIA. N. C. Saturday, April 6 “Cowboys From Texas" The Three Mesqiiiteers --- -Hsio— Zero’s Flighting Legion am’ Cartoon Matinee 3:30 Sunday, April 7 ONLY “The Lone Wolf Strikes" Warren William, Joan Perry Monday, Tuesday, April 8-9 “A CHILD IS BORN" Geraldine Fitzgerald Jeffrey Lynn, Gladys Geoige Thursday, April 11 ‘Blondie Brings Up Baby’ Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms Friday, April 12 “M usic in My Heart” I Tony Martin, Rita Hayworth Show Hours: 7:30 and 9:00 ,
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