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THE TYRRELL TRIBUNE )R GREATER PROGRESS OF THE LAKE PHELPS AND PETTIGREW PARK REGION AND F*iLLOWSHIP WITH OUR NEIGHBOR COUNTIES OL. II; NO. 50 COLUMBIA, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1941 Single Copy 5c OUNTY’S REFUNDING PLAN NEED CAUSE NO ALARM, DANIELS SAYS )-Called “Bankruptcy” Proceeding Is An Effort by the Commissioners to Save Money For the Taxpay ers by Getting Lower Inter est Rate, to Put County On Its Feet and Pro vide For Retirement of Bonds SHAD COME EARLY, TO FISHERMAN IN CAROLINA SOUNDS Have Brought 30 Cents a Pound; One Fisherman I Caught Thirty MANTEO’S OLDEST MERCHANT DIES AT 83 Newspaper reports about Dare inty’s action brought in Federal irt under the so-called bank- )tcy law, which is a part of the inty’s plan to refund its bonded ■ ebtedness of $326,750, has caus-1 some citizens to needlessly be-1 ne alarmed that they will lose , sir homes, and has given rise to j fious wild rumors, Melvin R., niels. Clerk of the Board of mmissioners said this week. ‘There is no cause for alarm, ia,t6VGr,** Mr. DehigIs stEtGS, bG- use this is a means of following t the law, in order to put through , plan to establish a sinking fund, j t a lower rate of interest, and | Sure retirement of the bonds. The j itnmissioners learned five years , :o. that the interest rate was too i gh, and when over half of the Unties in the state were m the ■toe boat, and many of them he rn refinancing and saving money, Ire followed suit. “Dare County’s bonds are own- I by people living all over the 'Untry,” he continued. “When an tort was made to locate all these 'nd owners to advise them of the Ian, only about 85 per cent of 'ase people could be located, and *ay agreed to the plan. It is not ^lown where the others are. Be- »re these old bonds may all be Wled in, and new ones issued, ith the low rate of interest, all >nds must be located, or the court Ust give approval to the plan. ^ “That is why this proceeding is ought under the bankruptcy act. s not a case of the county go- into bankruptcy, as a firm does, ^en it is insolvent, but is the only of completing the proceeding rough the sanction of the court. To Save $5,000 Interest If we get in all those six per It bonds, and issue new ones at »r and a half per cent, it can be ‘U that this alone will save near- flve thousand dollars a year in urest, and they will come due (Please turn to page seven) BENSON FIRST HYDE CASUALTY OF WAR %!■ 0% Shad are coming early to the North Carolina coast, and many fishermen have caught several dur ing this month, getting about 30 cents a pound for them. They are mostly small in size, and the roes are not developed. One fisherman at Manns Harbor caught 30 last week, another fisherman caught a box of shad in a long-net in Pam lico Sound several days ago. Fishermen view early shad as a good token if shad come early they may bring good prices, and are easily handled during cool weather. 4 few years ago, a large and pro fitable shad season was well under- wav before the end of January. There will probably not be so many nets set in North Carolina waters during the spring of 1942. This may mean more fish for the remaining fishermen. Many people are away, working on defense proj ects. Stumpy Point, alone, has given half its citizens to this work, and it formerly was a big fishing I center. While manv of these citi- J zens, now awav, will return at the beginning of the fishing season, it ,is quite likely that there will be I less fishing activity at the place RICHARD COLES EVANS was laid to rest Monday afternoon with ' than in many a day. . j Masonic honors, by members of Eureka Lodge of Elizabeth City where ^ ~ _ _ j he had held membership for more than 55 years, and by members of 11-CENT FEE TO ENTE^^^ Wanchese Lodge, of Roanoke Island. From Elizabeth City, Charles Griggs, Jack Munden and Bob Rollins attended. The funeral sermon DEATH ENDS CAREER OF DARE COUNTY’S OLDEST MERCHANT, R. C. EVANS Was 83 Years Old March 3, and Had Been in Business Over 55 Years in Manteo; Died After Brief Illness at His Home and Had Been Active Toward the Last; Was a Fore most Community Leader CONGRESSMAN ' FORT RALEIGH GATES Winston-Salem Men First Ones to Pay Sunday When Admis sion Charge Began was conducted at the Manteo Methodist Church, by Rev. M. W. Maness, and the floral offerings were many. m II m- I Winston-Salem, N. C., men were the first to pay the 11-cent adniis- sion charge to enter Fort Raleigh, gates Sunday morning, November! 9, when the National Park Service NAVY WINS MANY county RECRUITS WITH ^ „ , ■\rtrwQP A Ptri? county iN ill VV OA iAr r^AV iAUij fgj. first time this week. Tues day morning, ice was apparent, and has been for three days in suc cession. C. C. Duvall said the thermometer was 11 degrees lower at Buffalo City than radio reported Congressman Herbert C. Bonner, who made an Armistice Day ad dress at Columbia Tuesday after- put in effect the charge. (Men Told of Opportunities in The admission charge was for-1 Current Enlistment merly 25c during the summer' Campaign which went to the production of the I At least one-lourth of the 553 Lost Colony. The charge of 10 men recruited by the Navy in North j indicated New York City tempera- and one cent tax is collected and South Carolina during Octo-'ture. Frost has turned the leaves, JAMES FKANIvLIN BENSON, 21-,^ National Park Service. jber were influenced by the current land cooler temperatures every- year-old Hyde County native, sonj four Winston-Salem men Navy advertising campaign being'where are more evident. Trappers of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Benson of „ rp q jjauser, W. F. conducted in the two states, Lt.-'look forward to a good season; -l-Y I . _ tl- TT_ J* ^ yi, «,.1 .« r^-C rtJ.” LX. X 4 MANTEO BURIAL ASSO. TO MEET THURSDAY NIGHT A meeting of the Manteo Burial Association will be held next Friday night, November 21st, at eight o’clock, in the Dare Coun ty courthouse. During the past year, several of its main officials have died, among them Jesse E. Midgett, ortMMPD Richard Coles rrvans, 85, on DUiMlMtiK ^ March 3 last, and for more than 55 years a merchant and business leader in Manteo, died after a brief illness at his home Saturday afternoon. He had been ill for only two days, and in keeping with his wish, he died quickly after what appeared a complete disintegration resulting from age and a long and busy career. He was the head of a large fam ily and the Evans name is one of the most prominent in the history of Dare, although none of the older ones were natives. They came from Hertford County. The late John W. Evans was active in business and politics in Dare, as was the late Asa W. Evans, and another brother Jas. A. was a popular, use ful and highly respected citizen, for many years the tovvn's under- ; taker and carriage maker. All are now dead. Mr. Evans lived single from 1916 after his first wife died, but in 1936 married Miss Sophia Tillett a popular Manteo woman who haS been a faithful helpmate and aid. Four of his five children survive him, but a fifth, Richard Carroll Evans died during 1923 while serv ing in the American Navy in Hono lulu. His surviving children are Mrs. Mabel Evans (0. J.) Jones, prominent educational leader, D. E. Evans, and Mrs. Edna Evans Bell of Manteo, and Alton C. Evans of New Orleans. Mr. Evans came to Manteo, broken in health, about 1883. He was born in Harrellsville, Hertford Portsmouth, Va., formerly of New ™ ^ Gilliam. Holland, was Hyde’s first casualty ^ulk and W. A. un in the present war. Benson, a Second Class Machinist’s Mate, I Peanut Crop A number of Hyde County far- Midgett and Ebenezer ] County March 3, 1858, and his par- who were two of its most faithful; cuiiuLicieu III i.iie uwu otiiLca, .l... ....... — . j i, i i v. nH i cnts died when he was 12 years Comdr. McFarland W. Wood, offi- bears are rambling around; hunters lUnd helpful memDers ana oincersj brother John, served cer-in-charge of recruiting in the find plenty Carolinas, announced this week. of deer. Stan White Dr. W. W. Johnston is now vice uuu wi ucc - ,1,4. r, 1 1- ithe Confederate Army. He of Manns Harbor saw four bears | president and Miss Eulalm M - career as a clerk in the gett, sfjetary-Deasurer.J^te^^ j j rellsville about seven years. From USN, was among those given up . Tiipnted peanuts this vear for'fourth of October’s total enlist- road, near Long Shoal River, for dead in the U. S. S. Reuben,' ■ ) - ^ (ky huge foxes on BODIE ISLAND BEACH that the lot everyone knows ie Island Beach of Dare Conn 's thickly populated with foxes. Monday night, Victor Meekins ">rts seeing two on the road in »t of his car. One "ran ahead the car in the vicinity of the thouse a distance of several red feet. Near the Coast td station, a huge animal leap- ^cross the road, this fox appear- to be 30 pounds in weight. The als are looking for ducks at time, arid there are plenty to found. Due to the rapid growth shrubbery on the beach, since Cattle were taken off, there is 'ty of cover now for the ani- 'S. Janies disaster. the f tho NO JOHN uuitl first time. They report that ments—the largest number taken yield is good. in one month since World War I— joined the Navy as a result of the advertising campaign, while many Records reveal that at least one- one night in Hyde County on the TIRES FOR MEN LIKE LEWIS, BONNER pose of the meeting is to elect of ficers. The Association has been of tremendous help to its members, and pays about $100 on the death of an adult member. Industry sales of pneumatic farm other recruits reported that the ads service tires are expected to reach , ^ during the had helped them decide to join an all-time h'gh of $34,000,000 i" j ^ S Navy training period recruits 1941, as statistics show some pverao-e of almost ten DECLARES IN COLUMBIA America’s “first line of defense. The campaign was begun Sep tember 22 in newspapers through out North and South Carolina and “is progressing satisfactorilv,” Commander Wood said. “The I series of nine adverisements, drawn up by a New York advertising is producing definite ! statistics show some 1,- 400,000 rubbershood tractors now in service. gam an average pounds as a result of good food, exercise and regular hours. |S. ANGES MIDGETT STRICKEN SUDDENLY Plar Manteo W’oman Found [-•iconscious After All Night Alone Helpless fs. Anges Miller Midgett, wife '^illie E. Midgett, well known Guardsman, and one of Man- ' most popular and helpful wo- was foun^ stricken, speech- land helpless in her home Sat- |y morning. F. Midgett had been brought the night before by, her hus- ' who did not go in the house, Nturned immediately to his |on. W’hen A. W. Drinkwater, ^aph operator called next [mg to deliver a telegram, he to response to his knock. He on Mrs. Willie Pearce, next Ifteighbor who knew' Mrs. Mid- Las at home, and they w'o.it f'l found her fully dressed. had been stricken before fould retire for the night and |found fullv dressed and suf- 1 from cold. Dr. A. G. Harris [ailed and later Dr. Johnston. had been no appreciable ror the better Sundav. and she Pill speechless. Relatives who ^en called to her bedside. J'listant places had arrived to IHer. IThursdav morning Mrs. Mid- Las considered much better, begun to show recognition ribers of her family. First District Congressm.an in Columbia, Says S'S Congress Will Remove Threat of Vain i3.nu young men the many opportunities Wilful and Irresponsible Leaders if They j ^ r^^ruHs in October’s Don’t Wake Up to Danger in Hand; Praises ; record-breaking enlistment total x-rvrii ^ Mf ^ ^ J rk-f were influenced by the ads Record of American Army anti ivioraie OI came from mral homes because the People FIRST ARMY POSTAL OFFICER HAS BIG JOB ASSORTING MAIL 2203 Smiths. 1117 Williams, 1079 Johnsons, and 1059 Jones on Maneuvers in Carolina; Assorting Mail No Lasy Task; Girls Reminded to Be Careful Ad dressing Letters to Soldier-Beaus. Declaring that the Congress of the United States wdll lose its pa tience with men of the type of John L. Lewis who are obstructing plans for American defense in order to work for their own aggrandise ment and selfish interest. Con gressman Herbert C. Bonner of the First District, said the American Congress will not long tolerate un reasonable demands inspired by him while American men must serve in the Army for smaller sums in comparison with the demands of labor. Mr. Bonner, who was w'ell re ceived when J. E. Norris of Co lumbia opened the exercises for Scuppernong Post American Le gion, talked to a full auditorium at the Columbia high schoo’. Repre sentatives from the Williamston and Manteo posts were present. Mr. Bonner is well remembered in Tyrrell County where some 20 years ago as a lad he started out as a salesman for a tobacco firm. Be cause of his acQuaintance with the neople he effectively camnaigned for former congressman Lindsay C. Warren, became his secretary, and now is Congessman. Mr. Bonner spoke in Washing ton in the forenoon, Columbia in the afternoon and Hertford at night. Among other interesting things in his address he said: “Today, after twenty-three years, we are the only great nation which was an active belligerent in 1918 for whom that Armistice still ex ists. Compiegne, where the first 'Armistice was signed, is in the hands of the vanquished of 1918, and the railroad car is in Berlin. “Once before on an Armistice Day I spoke under the auspices of the American Legion. The Army of that day had been stripped. Pacifists were loud in their outcries against any Army. So-called intel- vision. First Army Public Relations Di- ter and by long-distance telephone Camden S. C.—There are | operators. It is the only complete ’ First Army file outside of the Ad justment General’s office in Wash ington. APO stands for Army Post Of- campaign is designed to reach the rural areas of the Carolinas—twq, of the South’s greatest agricultural 2203 Smiths, 1117 Williams, 1079 states. Advertisements were Johnsons and 1059 Jones on man- awarded only to newspapers in guvers with the First Army in the towns of less than 60,000 popula- Carolinas. That’s just one of the tion and the majority of the ads many mail problems confronting I fice. These are numbered in ac- went to weeklies and semi-weeklies. Major Erastus E. White, postal | cordance with a plan provided by According to data gathered dur- officer of Lt. Gen. Hugh A. Drum’s!the War Department. Infantry ing October, the average recruit pjj-st Army. Many pieces of mail are received bearing no other notation than the mans name and Fort Bragg, N. C. lectuals, including some outstand-iyi-as 19.44-v-ears old. weighed 139.63 ing leaders of religion, were sure 1 pounds and was 6.36 inches tall, that never again would mankind; “North and Pouth Carolina are con- engage in armed conflict, nation; tinuing to furnish the Navy with against nation. They contended alert young men as i'- has that funds small though they were, dm-mg years and past na'-ion- appropriated for the military forces 1 g| emerp-°ncies,” commented Com- of our Nation, might better be used I mander Wood. divisions are numbered, from 1 to 200, cavalry division from 201 to 260, armored divisions from 2.jl to 300, Army C >rps from 3C1 t.) 350, , ., . , Armored Corps from 351 to 400 Other mail arrives bearing simply. 101 serves the Finst A V + oKoa af i Army, APO 306 the VI Army s." About 2500 pieces ^6 the 26th Infantry the man’s name and the notation Somewhere on maneuvers in the | -j*'*"®’ j Division. All mails are concentrated at there he went to Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia working in machine shops, where he grew ill. He'came to Roanoke Island to visit relatives and remained. He used to say when he recovered, he “was too poor to get away.” Then he 'went to work in the store of his I brother who was established here. I In three years he bought out his j brother’s interest, and took in as I a partner the late S. E. Mann . The mercantile business being I good, Mr. Evans was enabled to j purchase the home of W. D. Chad- jwick, repair it and opened it to transient guests; this was the first of such service houses to exist on the island. He named i+ the Tran quil House. He soon sold one-half interest to H. V. Gray and built his private home. He made the nuptial tie with Delia Coffield, the daugh ter of a prominent family in Cho wan County, with whom he had had acquaintanceship all his life. When Mr. Evans came to Manteo in 1883 only a few houses had been built, not more than four or five. Manteo was then the County Seat, but had not been incorporated. Skyco was the busiest village on the island. It flourished. There were two dining saloons, two boarding houses, and a general merchandise store there. Three steamers stopped in on their route from New Bern to Elizabeth City, Two of them had sidewheels and the third a wheel at the stern. The latter was termed the “wheel bar- bv the islanders, due to the' , c „ I such improperly addressed mail are i for other purposes. Some religious ^ with the aid of the advertising received daily. leaders of that day even were ask-1 carnpaign, the Raleigh main'station improperly addressed or not, 90 , __ ing college students to sign oaths gjjj sub-stations in North Car- pgr gent of all the mail intended j Fort ^ragg, N. C., and Foi’t Jack-. gppggggggg wheel gave it. The that under no circumstances would ig]jgg enlisted 375 men from the fgr First Army soldiers on man-| son, S. C. Fort Bragg supplies . i,gg^g were named the “Ocracoke,” they come to the aid of their coun-ljigr Heel State, while the five euvers reaches the addressee. If 1 APOs 302, 28, 29, 44, 30#, 1, 26, 9|(-ijg “New Bern” and the “Neuse.” try in case of war. That attitude | Carolina sub-stations accept- me mail is properly addressed, (and 401, while Fort Jackson handles pjgijggmen from Stumpy Point, the has now disappeared. The brutal-igj men. The Charlotte sub- showing the soldier’s complete ]'nail for APOs 301, 8, 30, 251, 252,1 ggg]gg_ gnj poanoke, shipped their ities, the barbarism, the destruc-! g^tion accepted 106 men during name. Army serial number and or-1351, 31 and 43. | catches on them. Skyco boomed. tion of civilization that history at-I October and set an all-time record ganization, no delay in delivery oc-1 “Army Serial No. 48,259,999—j Mr. Evans and Mr. Mann establish- tribute to Attila, the Hun, are out-lhv being the first Navy recruiting gnrs, j Bingo!” That’s the comment one ed a branch general merchandise done today by Hitler, the Hun, so ' center in the Carolinas to enlist over This remarkable delivery record : correspondent writing a soldier ad-j store there and also purchased and these intellectuals and pacifists of 1100 men in one month. October’s results from a master locator card.ded to the soldier’s address. Ap-: sold fish, fish boxes and ice. This yesterday now proclaim that only .district figure was .301 above the file maintained at First Army 1 parent!y this particular writer; proved to be a lucratice business, force can be the final arbiter in'October 1940 total of 250, and sur- Headquarters, Army Post Office j thought there must be simpler ways | To connect his two places of busi- settling the moral issue of today— passed August’s total of 467 men an issue imposed on the World by which broke all records until the the Axis in using force to support past month. the philosophy of Hitler, a phil- The advertising campaign is osophy utterly repugnant to our stressing the many opnortunities democratic Nation. |offered Americans bv the Navy, and other pertinent date. “You of the Legion know that,Commander Wood said. “The Navy The master locator card 401. Every officer and enlisted of contacting a soldier through the | ness. Mr. Evans brought the first man in the First Army has a card; mails than by attaching all the in-j telephones to Roanoke Island and bearinn: his name in this file. The card shows the soldier’s rank. Army serial number, organization flher pertinent date. file the Armv and Navy do not make war. They wage war only after the Congress has declared w.ar. The Army fights for peace—it fights to end war and to achieve peace through victory. Our arms have now offers unusual opportunities to serves other important purposes, ambitious men between the ages of Many telegrams and other urgent 17 and 49 inclusive,’ he asserted. .messages bearing news of deaths. College men may become full serious illnesses and other emer- commissioned officers within 120 gencies are delivered only through days after entering the service by the help of the file. The file also always been successful, thanks to, applying for Class V-l. Naval Re- is used to locate the owner of lost the valor of you men and your serve. Those who have completed identification tags, by the Adjutant (Please turn to page eight) (Please turn to Page Eight) ^ General’s office, the Message Cen- formation requested by army post- ^ installed one at Manteo and one at al officers on the envelope. I Skveo. But none of this information is] Puilt “Hotel Ro-anoke” in 1898 sunerfluous—take it from Major] Buf in Mani-eo the number of va- White. If you’re a soldier’s best; cation!sts continued to grow, and girl and you want your soldier boy j in 18''8 Mr. Evans built on the site to hear from you with the shortest | his place of hus'cess 'inch ad- possible delay, address your letters ditions as would afford thirtv-five rooms as a hotel and eouipned them with what at that time wore time he had dissolved par'-nershin un-to-date furnishings. Bv this with S. E. Mann and after two (Please turn to Page 8) as follows: “Private James Russell Smith Army Serial No. 32,147,862 21st Ordnance Company APO 401 Fort Bragg, N. C.”
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