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FOR GREATER ] VOL. |; NO. 19 WARREN BILL WOULD LIFT SEASHORE HUNTING BAN Declares He Would Preto Repeal of Cape Hatteras National Seashore Bill Rather ™i\£ ermit Hardshi Ps to People of Area 1 hat Would Result From Hunting* Ban; Pre dicts Early House Passage of Amendment An amendment to the bill creat- ; .'mg the Cape Hatteras National j Seashore park that would protect 1 the rights of citizens to hunt m'gra- 1 tory wildfowl in the area was pro- j posed in congress this week by Con gressman Lindsay C. Warren of the first district, father of the Eastern North Carolina national park. The i hill introduced by Congressman j Warren was drafted alter frequent ( conferences during the past eigh- 1 teen months between Representa-I tive Warren, Secretary of the In-| terior Harold Ickes, National l ark ! Venice Director Arno B. Cammerer and Chief of the Biological Survey Ira N. Gabrielson. Without the amendment offered j this week all hunting of every de scription would have been perpet ually ended once the property were transfrred to the National Park, Service under existing legislation. Congressman Warren, stressing the great hardship that would have re sulted to the people of this, area, declared that he would have intro duced -a bill to repeal the act es- j tablishing the national seashore I rather than permit the ban to re-1 main. He expressed great satisfac-1 T.on that an agreement with all j governmental agencies concerned i had been reached. Warren spon-| sored the original seashore bill ir. ' 1937. With the approval of Ickes, Cam merer and Gabrielson having been secured Mr. Warren predicted that the amendment would pass the house at an early date. j Under the terms of the pro-: posed amendment, hunting shall be permitted upon the waters of the sounds and bays included within the entire national seashore area except the waters adjacent to the Pea Island Migratory Game Refuge. It also permits hunting on all of the lands in the Currituck County sec tion of the park, and Ocracoke Is ’and; and further provides that at least 2,000 acres of land shall be set aside in the Dare County park area for public shooting grounds. Warren explained that practicai y all of the shooting in the area is on the waters, and to avoid fu ture conflict, misunderstanding and hardship, he strongly believed that the lifting of the shooting ban should be specifically stated. Several donations of land for the Gape Hatteras National Seashore have been held up pending an un derstanding about hunting, it was rejiorted. POLL HOLDERS IN HYDE APPOINTED County Board of Elections Names Precinct Officials; Saturday Ends Filing Hyde County’s election board at a meeting in the courthouse in •Swan Quarter Saturday set up the precinct organization for the pri maries and election. The precinct officials who will serve for a term of two years or until their succes sors are qualified will be responsi ble for conducting the primaries and election in their precincts. Following are given the precinct officials by precincts with the first ( named in each instance being the i registrar and the other two being judges of elections. The last named j in each instance is a Republican. Others are Democrats. < Fairfield precinct: Murrell Swin- 1 dell, Franklin Midyette and W. Ben Nixon. Swan Quarter precinct: Fred j Mason, Edward Bonner and R. W. < Berry. * Lake Landing precinct: Mrs. 1 Eunice Midyette, J. M. Spencer, and W. H. Eenson. < Engelhard precinct. W. W. i Pavne, 0. B. Gibbs, and Catvin ( Williams. > Sladesville precinct: Milan • O’Neal, A. B. Lupton, and Nelius i Bridgman. 1 Burgess Mill precinct: Edward ] Smithwick, Archibald Bishop, and ] Henry S. Morris- . I Ocracoke precinct. Mrs. Bessie Howard, E. S. Tolson and Amasa Fulcher. . . I The county board of elections is ( composed of Ben Mason, chairman, Pat Simmons and B. W. Williams. 1 90 Million For Securities Raleigh—North Carolinians in- , vested more than $95,000,000 in se- J curities during the fiscal year end- 1 ing March 31, Secretary of State < Thad Eure reported. - < THE PROGRESS OF THE LAKE PHELPS AND PETTIGREW LEE GRAVELY SPEAKS IN MANTEO APR. 29TH m i -w.w . jflß Campaigning for the Democratic | gubernatorial nomination. State i Senator Lee Gravely of Rocky 1 Mount moved into the Piedmont , and Western Carolina areas this I week, making speeches and strengthening his organization. He will speak in Manteo April 29, and will visit the Rotary Club. .. j “We have the brains, the leader ship and the financial means for de veloping North Carolina’s natural resources both along agricultural and industrial lines,” Senator Gravely told members of the Greensboro Lions club on Monday afternoon ,as he carried his cam paign into Guilford County. He stressed again his “business ad ministration” idea for North Caro lina, urging greater usage of North State products. A Gravely-for-Governor club, or ganizes last Friday night in Rocky Mount with Representative W. E. Fenner as president, was reported gaining momentum with branches being ready for organization in va rious points. Nearly 300 citizens crowded into the recorders court room at Rocky Mount to found a parent chapter. They pledged their wholehearted support to the candidate. TWO CANDIDATES FOR RECORDER Deadline For Filing Notice of I Candidacy Is 6 O’clock Sat urday, April 13 With the.deadline for filing with the county board of elections notice of candidacy for county offices com ing at 6 o’clock Saturday, April 13, there were only seven candidates filed with the Hyde Board of Elec tions for the nine offices open. J. C. Groce of Engelhard this week filed notice of his candidacy for reelection as judge of the re corder’s court. Ernest Fisher, farmer and justice of the peace of Scranton, has filed notice of his candidacy in opposition to Mr. Groce. Others who have filed include the incumbent county commissioners, C. L. Bonner, S. D. Cox, and Archie G. Berry, the incumbent represen tative, George T. Davis, and O. L. Williams who opposes him. Officers to be elected this year include besides those mentioned the solicitor of the recorder's court and the members of the board of educa tion. A new registration has been or dered for Hyde County this year with the registration books being open at the various polling places Saturday, April 27, Saturday, May 4, and Saturday, May 11. Only those who register during the period the books are open will be permitted to vote in the May 25 primary. BABY CHICKS GET 1 TOO HOT AND DIE After placing his 200 baby chicks back in the carton in which they came because they hovered near the stove in a brooder house, Nelson Jarvis of the creek section, placed the carton too close to the stove last week and next morning found 35 of the chicks nearest the stove dead from exposure to the heat. TYRRELL -THTOtO StA CAfTAM “l don’t know what ails the coun try.” the Drummer complained to the O'd Sea Captain, “when so many people think they have to send away from home to buy what they want.” “It must be that the oM saying 'anticipation is greater than real ization, ’ has its charms, even in mail order buying,” the G:d Sea Captain replied “ft is trim in many other cases, my boy. When we want to hire a public officer, we send away from home to get him. Sometimes we get a good one that way. bat half the time we get someone who stirs up the people by meddling in politics, and who has either been kicked out of some other county, or got out be fore the grand jury got to him.” “Why do people hire such folks?” asked the Drummer. “Every person has some friend who is willing to help him if at public expense, or has some rela tive with enough influence to get him support from the taxpayers,” said the Old Sea Captain. “The wonder is, how can the country sur vive, when so many of its political offices are manned by deadbeats, failures, and the worthless relatives of higher-up office holders. The nerve of some of these fellows is absolutely amazing. They toil net, neither do they spin; they have no interest in the county that pays them a living. They never live in a county in its true sense, for when, a week-end comes, away they go, spendng their money out of the county, often their families live in other communities. They never look forward to being citizens, pay no taxes because they acquire no land or home, they just live off the patience and hard earned money of the people, use the community as a base from which to look for another! job, and as soon as one appears in sight, throw their suit case in their Ford automobile, and hit the grit for happier.fields. And very often, the people will rill his place with another dead-beat, hoping against hope that the nature of the species won’t repeat itself.” “What would you do about it?” asked the Drummer. s 1 “I don’t know if anything can be done .about it,” replied the Old Sea Captain. “We ought to have a law that no man can hold a responsible public office in North Carolina, who hasn’t enough pride and interest in the state, to try to own a home, or at any rate a piece of land. But very likely, there would be enough men in the legislature trying to keep dead beat friends or relatives in a job, to block such a law.” “It doesn’t seem possible,” said the Drummer, ‘‘that a man would want to take the money of other taxpayers, or even seek to repre sent them in public office, when he didn’t have enough interest in their community to own a foot of land, or pay a cent of taxes. And-it is inconceivable that any man of char acter and intelligence would make his living in a county for any long period of time, whose citiz ms he regarded with such great contempt that he wouldn’t keep his own fam ily in it.” “Human nature is long suffer ing,” said the Old Sea Captain. “They will put up with anything a long time. Anything that has a foreign label is often regarded more highly than our home prod ucts. But if you will notice, right here in this southern Albemarle country, our greatest successes in business and in other fields and the greatest service rendered is by our - own native men, men who have faith in our section, a stake in its wel fare, and who stand to Jose when the interests of the counties are not helped.” “Well, the mail order houses take i away a lot of business, but I don’t see much gain for the customer,” said the Drummer. “That is a fad of the moment that will disappear as you find the country merchants improving their stores, their displays of goods, and. giving uniform prices. More and; more trade each year will be left at ■ home. The leaders must educate the people to better things. They will gradually learn, we hope, that you cannot build up your commun ity, by gathering up the money es sential to the living of everybody and pouring it out away from home.” Gold Ore Found Raleigh—What promises to be an unusually rich vein of gold-bearing! ore has been uncovered on the farm of Dr. B. M. Nicholson in Halifax County, the department of conser vation and development has an nounced. Ore assayed has reveal ed a gold content of from SSO to $1,600 per ton. COLUMBIA, N. C.. APRIL 1j,1940 HYDE AND DARE MEN ON WATERWAYS BOARD HON R. BRI CE ETHERIDGE HON. O. L. WILLIAMS 7 he North Carolina Waterways Association Friday recognized two men from this immediate section when it named O. L. Williams of Hyde, and R. Bruce Etheridge of Manteo on its Board of Directors. Edmund Harding of Washington, prominent Rotarian, and civic leader was named president. Both Mr. Etheridge and Mr. Williams are recognized far and wide for their ability and leodershp, and their election is viewed as a compliment to the two counties which have most to gain by improved waterways for boats, erosion projects, and malarial control. Miles Clark of Elizabeth City, is one of the vice-presidents, and Mayor J. H. McMullan of Fdenton is a director. Aycock Brown, well known news paperman and farsighted Beaufort leadc-r was named Secretary-Treas urer. MAXWELL SPEAKER AT MANTEO AND COLUMBIA Gubernatorial Candidate Makes Good Impres sion in Dare; Addresses Tyrrell Young- Democrats Under Leadership of Paul Liver man; Pledges Bridges Over Alligator and Croatan as Well as Oregon Inlet Speaking in both Manteo and i Columbia this week, A. J. Maxwell, Commissioner of Revenue and can didate fer v* T". t/je x most favorable impression. In Manteo, he appeared first before the Rotary- Club, then spoke in the court house Monday night to a large , crowd. ■ In Columbia on Tuesday, he ad dressed the Young Democrats in a rally, forging ahead under the able leadership of Paul Liverman. He , stressed the need for enlarged vo cational training in the public • schools, urged the teaching and the glorifying of North Carolina his ! tory to the students of the state, , and paid high tribute to Paul ; Green, and Roanoke Island’s con tribution to the l istorical interest [ of the state. | Timber Assets One of the state’s greatest natu . ra! assets, its more than twenty , million acres of woodland, can be - made to increase in value every , year while furnishing a cash in ; come to thousands of people, A. J. . Maxwell, candidate for governor, • told the Tyrrell County Yeung : Democrats. “Young Democracy, ! which looks to the; future, should be : interested in this,” he said. i Recalling a recent survey made by the U. S. Forestry Service in twenty-one eastern North Carolina counties, Mr. Maxwell said that the survey shows that in 1937 there, was a drain of 596 million board, feet of saw timber from this area, “but the more significant face is that the increase in growth was greater than the drain by fifty-nine million board feet.” ! “Here is a most important field ■•of conservation that deserves ail the support the state and counties can give it,” he said. “The most important problem is prevention of destructive fires. 1 (Tlease tarn to Page Two) THIS WEEK’S SAFETY ITEM i Running Into Streets ! Accidents of this nature point to a very real need for education among motorists, parents, and chil dren, Ronald Hocutt, director of the highway safety division, said recently in discussing ths type of accident. “Thirty-three children were kill jed in this state last year as a re isult of running into the street or !road, and it is needless for me to say how important it is that some thing be done to reduce this toll. I “Parents should drill into chil dren’s heads the dangers of running into the road or street, and motor ists should be constantly alert and prepared to avoid striking children who dart unexpectedly in front of them. This cannot he stressed too i strongly.” J, -M5 K _?EGION AND FELLOWSHIP WITH OUR NEIGHBOR COUNTIES TRIBUNE ' MAX FISHER IS ACCIDENT VICTIM Lake Landing Man Succumbs to Gas Fumes at His Apart ment in Raleigh Funeral services were held from Amity church at Lake Landing Tuesday of last week for Max F. ■ Fisher, technician in the state lab oratory of hygiene at Raleigh. The services were conducted by the pas > tor, the Rev. C. K. Wright with in ■ j ferment being in the family plat in 1 . the church cemetery. j Wake County Coroner Roy M. ! Banks issued a certificate of acci- I dental death after investigating the |case three days. Fisher’s rigid body was found lying face down in his gas filled apartment in Raleigh. , I Banks said the young laboratory ’ worker “wa s apparently trying to ) escape from the- fumes at the time of his death,” citing the fact that the position of his body, lying face ! downward, and the fact that it was in the bathroom convinced him that cause was not suicide. I Surviving are his father, S. M. Fisher of Lake Landing; four sis iters, Misses Jennie Mann Fisher ard Clara Fisher, Mrs. Sue Grisp of Lake Landing and Mrs. Carlisle Jones of Fairfield; three brothers, ' Sherill Fisher of Raleigh, Thomas Fisher of Newport News, Va., and Robert Fisher of Lake Landing. TEACHER’S NAME FORGED TO CHECK Miss Mildred Freeman Vic timized in the Amount of 1 S4O by Alleged Forger i' Miss Mildred Freeman, teacher 1 of the third and fourth grades at 1 the Swan Quarter school, has re cently been victimized by an alleged check forger to the amount of S4O ■it was revealed here this week. Details of the forgery were not re-j , vealed as bank officials are at pres- . lent investigating the affair and \ ihesitated to reveal details lest the ' investigation be handicapped. j Miss Freeman stated her belief j that her signature had been forged < from a blank which she signed and f returned to a book publisher accept- < ing an offer of free examination of some books. j Miss Freeman, a graduate of E. 1 C. T. C. at Greenville, is a native t .of Bertie County and is teaching < for the first time in the Swan Quar- s ter school this year. C — j HARRIS—JONES t s Announcement has been made of v the marriage of Mrs. Mattie Cara- > | wan Jones of Swan Quarter to R. |D. Harris of Swan Quarter on I March 29 . t WATERWAY ASSOCIATION EXPECTED TO AID MUCH Statewide Organization Formed at Washing ton May Be Powerful Factor in Shaping 1 rejects For Improved Harbors, Inlets, beach Erosion and Mosquito and Flood Con trol; Southern Albemarle Recognized ROAD PROJECTS EMPLOYING WPA Requisition of Material Made for Engelhard-Stumpy Point Road; Other Activities 1 WPA Supervisor A. L. Midyette ■stated this week that work would be started soon by highway* work ers on a project of widening four and one-half miles of the road from highway 204 in to the Ponzer com munity. The WPA forces recently I completed clearing the stretch. Mr. Midyette stated also that 7,000 tons of clay gravel had been requisitioned by the state highway and public works commission and the WPA for additional work on the Engelhard-S lumpy Point road. The WPA is supplying a small part of the material for this project and most of the labor. About 3 3 miles of hard surface was completed from, the Engelhard end last fall, and according to Mr. Midyette the tu** Jent requisition will provide ma terial for conipletng about two more miles on the stretch. About a month’s steady work will he required before the county jail project is completed, Mr. Mid vette said. This project has been delayed several times because of difricultis in securing materia!. MON. DEADLINE FOR FARM PLANS County Agent Urges Every Hyde County Farmer to Secure Pier* at Hir, Office County Farm Agent J. P. Wood ard this week urged every farmer in Hyde Gounty who is cultivating land to apply for a farm plan for his farm by Monday, April 15. There is nothing binding in the farm plan, Mr. Woodard pointed out, but soil conserving payments ,and other AAA payments will be made only to farmers who have a farm plan filled out. Farmers who have not yet secured their farm plan may secure same by calling at the county agent’s office in Swan Quarter before Monday night. FSC’C BUYS 19 MILLION POUNDS FROM FARMERS The Federal Surplus Commodi ties Corporation bought 19,600,000 pounds of surplus farm products from North Carolina farmers last year and sent into the state about 27,600,000 pounds of food for dis tribution to the needy and under privileged. A. E. Langston, state director of commodity distribution, said this week. Langston heads the commodity distribution division of the State Board of Charities and Public Wel fare when distributed the excess food supplies to an average of 40,- 900 low-income families and 814 schools serving lunches to approxi imately 51,500 children. I Commodities purchased in North Carolina brought about $322,800 in federal money into local farmers’ pockets. Included in the purchases were 5,300 bushels of green beans, 1,388,900 pounds of cabbage, 22,400 barrels of commeal. 12.600 barrels of graham flour, 25,800 barrels of white flour; 110,300 bushels of sweet potatoes; and 501 bales of cotton. BUFFALO FOLK RESCUE STEAMER PROPHET Natives of Buffalo City sat up and took notice Wednesday, when they heard the distress gignal of a steamer. This little settlement lies r back from the turbulent Alligator river, on the banks .of Millta.il Creek, one of the most peaceful streams of water in the state and one of the best harbors. The steamer “Prophet” of Coin joek, owned and operated by Capt. Tate had made its annual trip up the creek for “Channel States.” On the return trip it nan on a stump at Raccoon Point. Capt. Chester Holmes, with the Duvall Brothers’ tug went to the scene of the accident. After some time the steamer was floated and as repairs were not necessary it was soon on its way to Coinjock. Columbia may ban the exporta tion of all combustibles. j The newly formed statewide | North Carolina Waterways Asso ciation created Friday at Washing jtion, N. C., is expected to become a. . powerful factor in shaping projects ,for the improvement of all eastern North Carolina. The Southern Al bemarle region has much to gain from such projects as will come ( ithin. the scope of the organiza jtion. , A j cock Brown, who is its secre |tarv treasurer, and under whoso ' ; leadership the Association was - formed is expected to do good work with President Edmund Harding of Washington, N. C., in making this association a powerful one. The 'j organization meeting was attended by many people from Hyde and I Dare, and at least 200 people from ‘ the entire length of the North Car ■ olina coast were present. ' Ihe city of Goldsboro was seleet jed as the site of the next meeting ’ j°f the Executive Committee. • Vice presidents elected were ‘!Miles L Clark, Elizabeth City; Dr. J. J. Rose, Goldsboro; Dr. Ben F. ■ I Royal, \lorehead City, arid Louis T. ; Moore, Wilmington. Aycock Brown jot Beaufort was chosen secretary ■ I treasurer. The association’s board of direc ' tors will be W. O. Huske of Fay ; ettevdle, Mayor J. H. McMuMan of Edenton; O. I, Williams of Swan Quarter, Josh L. Horne of Rockv Mount and R. Bruce Etheridge. Kaieigh, director of the North Car olma Department of Conservation j and Development. Barden Speaks f Representative Graham A. Bar den of the Third District in the keynote address stressed the <_». operative efforts of Army engineers in waterway development. He men . tio ned importance to the State and nation of the fish and shell fish in - ° ustr y of North Carolina .and the ■ fact that, waterway development is . connected directly with the pros > perity of the State. I Barden laid emphasis on the fact J that long-range planning is being i cared for by Army engineers and i needs no help front outside agen ) cies. 1 T A , iette r from Representative h W tT y -Jr ■ Warren was read i bj Sheriff Victor Meekins of Dare County. Warren stated in the let ter that no concerted effort ever had been made in this State to push . waterways legislation. - ' He said usually was left up to the congressmen to get a favorable , report, and added that he heartily i approved of such an association. “A waterways project,” Warren . said, is just about the most diffi cult thing that I know of to finally get through Congress. In most cases it comes as a result of several years of effort. . . . No project receives the approval of Congress until it has first been approved by the board of engineers for rivers and harbors, the chief of engineers, and the Secretary of War. “While at times we are disap pointed that some project having -' great local interest is not approved, we must all agree that the engineer corps of the Army, educated and trained at the nation’s expense is solely guided in its decisions by the pubic welfare.” An invitation to attend the meet ing was sent to all gubernatorial candidates. Paul Grady, who was . present spoke briefly. Messages were received from Lt.-Oov. W. P. Horton and A. J. Maxwell express ing approval and regrets <hat thev could not be present. Mersages al so wore received from G >v. Clyde R. Hoev, Ren. J. Bayard Clark, Fern Robert F. Reynolds, sev? a! stemr:- ship hnes, and other individuals and organizations. Dr. D. J. Rose of Goldsboro , stressed the importance of eradica tion of malaria in the eastern part of the State. Dr. Royal, who is chairman ojf the Morehead City Port Commision. told the association of the import ance of fishing to coastal North Carolina and pointed out where the association could aid the industry. Among other speakers were Eth eridge, and T. S. Johnson, head en gineer of the Conservation Depart ment, of Raleigh; Captain John A. Nelson, commissioner of State Fisheries; State Senator D. B. Fearing of Manteo; H. E. Boyd! manager of the Wilmington Post Traffic Association; W. O Hus’w of Fayetteville; R. B. Page, Wil mington publisher, and Colonel \ Lari I. Brown, retired U. S. Engi- » neer of Wilmington. ( single Copy 5i
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