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Ifi i'X it '-t 'vA-- :‘ •■' k.,'> \ ■' ‘ //;■ i.y -^.-r'' v'.rr, - "'*'*“‘''^^8 ■ •■•' .-.'■■ir'^^.M.*!'^- ■-•■ ■■- > '•• -t ■•i-' .- . :..v -. ' ,,., . - -. ‘ , , ' ' ^ ■ ■. ,/f —- ^ ‘‘’•^ i: ^■CJ l> I ■ ■f i ■• I'f' T'"' BIRTHPLACE (OP THE '■ •-■'"nation—i584'"' BIRTHPLACE OF AVIATION—1903 DARE CO TIMES MORE THAN 5,000 PEOPLE READ 7ITE TIMES EACH WEEK •.^^‘oli 'i-f No. 8 MANTEO, N. G.y Single Copy 5c Oiie Thing That Keep Old T>mm The Map I Jieep;Hbme't)^ Dar,e. County^ ^'«^Triickf' 'Cv^Si'' Ncfirfdik! * N^e^wspapermdn ■rj i.ffi i 1 y'Sound advice comes to ' Dare County folk.s from Italph Pool, Jfprmurly of Elizabeth'City who has ’been for many years,'on the edl-' toral .staff of the 'Norfolk Vlrgln- ,'lan'Pilot, and .who recently vlslt- "cd Dare County ,to observe the many changes th»;t. 'havc taken "'place since, the county started get- ting' on the . map less than ten .> 'years'ago.,;'i ■".'■f ’■. jS.-.'-'*' .That the county has-'a great fu- '. ture,-Js Ills enthusiastic opinion. '"t7’‘'He^snys“we''musfno(Sc 'to '■ biir' own talent.'kecplng It at'‘home, and we ,, must advertlOT the'courity, and do- ■ 'vclop-oiir seafood and ’tiuck crops , .'“to.,'great 'possibilities. 'Continuing, -, .;;hc says: ■ '«i%7;Darc' County stands at the thros- ' hold of a’ future limited only by the ■ resource and Initiative of her peo ple. ■■ ■• Old barriers have been broken. .. The world has bca'ten a path to Dare, and as the years go by. In-, creasing thousands 'of Aincr'lcansj' will come to know.'bf her allure ments. Many of her ylsltors will re- ' main to make a place -tor thcmscl- RALPH POOL ALWAYS A GREAT FRIEND OF DARE ves besides her genial waters, and]™ Ellmteth Clfeboy; who,.l^an to help the home folksliuUd toward,Iing dependable service and keeping"abreast of the times deserves "" ■ ■ 'a'grcat'frlend of Dare. He Is nowl' - • ■ —! ^ on the staff of the Vlrglnlan-Pllot In Norfolk. Road his article In this week's Issue of The Times. M n greater things. •• Essentially, however. Dare must look to her own .'people for that place In the sun to which she Is en titled. They must 'develop her re-, sources, the foundation of her fu-'ti; A ATi-trttiiili ZVl/l/U tore .They must tellthc.WorW cf,her-.|fY^J^|^£l||,|’.U . £,|^ recreational advantages, of .her ‘ place in history, and.'Of.what she.^ holds In store Ui a material way-of> her pos.slblllties for agricultural and THREEfRADIO PROGRAMS ON * DARE HISTORY Dramatization of W r i r h t Brothers’ 'Expenmenta'.and.. Other Incidents Broad cast Sunday HEBE Is just a sample catch, such as may be seen m'jst any day ahj cause of Its accessibility, Oregon Inlet Is the most patronized place.: sport and Is rapidly, growing In popularity. Just think what the sp' member that, during the height of'the .'Mason .In July as many asXT to Oregon Inlet each day In the wcclc.-imcanlng that guides and'A * over a thousand dollars a day. The parties would 'average five to th^- spend another thousand dollars a day. for.,gasolina, ani other auto '.s money 'would'run around $15,000 a week In this scctloi. It Is easyi'j grow and make more and m9re money, for; the county c.ach year,^';) encouraged, such^as we are getting-in''bare County now, and the .^ commercial development. And they ...must take a vital, personal part In ' 'the' development of these tangible and Intangible resources. - ' Dare's Progress Kirsciilous Viewed from the perspective of , a' scant decade, the things that liaye h"J^i„accpmpllshed'ln,'Dare;are mir- ^^tlevinoro*’ "tlian; a, lairttastJc ' dream, "'f , ;''wVen the systeni was .built. It seem ed. to all biit the most optimistic that the cunty would .remain tinder the handicaps of 'cosUy tolls for many years. ' ” ■■ Then suddenly," a few shorts weeks ago, though after yean pt patient effort, tho tolls were -removed. Dare County at last had been really thrown open to the outside world. It Is easy to env^on' a-'etcady ex pansion of the summer'‘colohies on Dare's coast until cottages stand In an unbroken line, from Carolina Reach to Haltcras -village. Nowhere else In the Eastern United States is lUierc a summer resort area having „ bare's peculiar advantage of an bccan-to the cast and, broad sounds ' io'the west, tempering and cooling "the breeze no matter whence it comes. p The Dare County Chamber of bommeree and its -energetic and ' genial secretary, D. B. Bearing, aid ed by many individuals, high among ' them Sheriff-Editor D.' Vlctpr.Mcc- ■ kins, have ‘ done a 'splendid pre- ' llmlnary Job of publtdaing the coun- -rty an'd itsr attractions; but a great ' deal still remains to be done along . these "llhcs; There ipiist be a syste matic, adequately financed publicity - program carried on over a period of years to acquaint the whole .United -Slates with Dare. Suclt a Campaign will pay incalculable dividends. Unlike "Virginia 4each, Dare. THE WORLD, BUT HAD TO RETURN MISS NAGS HEAD TITLE WON BY ESLIE HOBBS DEUGHTED WIT FIRST VISIT Three Beautiful Girls Repre- Charles .Bond, Who is W' Ab. Ward Thought There Was No Place Like Home, Es pecially After,^^He? Got; outstanding Bcterlstlc 'of Dare County people which has played a major part In Its immediate deve lopment. It is conspicuous that the Dare County boys and girls who go away from home retain a deep love for their homeland which eventu ally brings many of them back to go sent.AIantco .in^Beauty Con-., test at Beach Club Sat- v urday.'. iiig .for-the iDare CouhJ 'Tiniest Fell iii Love 'FirstSight' One ,of.'.thaTmporta)\t social func tions of the, seasons" thc..Ecl- il5!tS.THbSa^»«lie'Nags-'Kead bfiaclr into" pare Cpurr Club, Saturday' nlgKt.' The Dlike Am- bassadois orchestra-of Duke Uni versity was on', hand to furnish music' for the occasion and the con testants Including three from Man- tco':-paraded before the .Judges in bathing suits;' - | With an array of so much fcmln. By CHABLEa BOND/'^ s iHead. Mantco. or Haticras. Be Haltcras Is fully ns good a place for Ing means to Dare when we rc- 'ts were taking fishing parties out t’that place alone were being paid t?,and each parly no doubt’-would i'hotel bills, etc. The turnover'ln ' ejthal this is a business that will ’thls.'reason, good, hotels should be .who are providing "good boats, -glv- "" •• ■ 0 ABEL ASHBY’S SANG TUNES THE CHURGH is Man Had a^.Canary'Who Could . , Talk ; \ Dog' 7 Was FamddlFar'ahd. Wide ’ MANY INTERESTINfi PAPERS Preston Daniels Has Dug Up Relics Left by ‘ is Grandfather of Over 60 YearsyAgp X At Wanchese - : CHARMING YOUNG MISS BEAUTIFUL ANDC GOOD S;l Ether waves were replete with In formation directly or' IndlrecUy con cerning Dare County, last Sunday when several programs were broad cast over the radio that had to do with Dare County history. One pro gram featured a lengthy resume of Sir Walter Ralcigh'.s attempts to plant a, colony at Fort Raleigh and of the birth of Virginia Dare, first white chlld-born .In* Ainerlca,-and of the restoration that It being made at Fort Raleigh. Another program'was dedicated to the first permanent settlement at Jamestown 'and: dif'ring th'6, program the fact was mentioned of. the.Roan oke Colony which'Slfwalter Ral elgh, had previously tried to start at Fort Ralclgli, now being restored, and of the birth of Virglnia Darc in the colony before It was lost. A third program on the history and development of aviation gave a dramatization of the experbnentsi made and of, the first sustained]ONE of Dare County's finest daugh- fllght made nf .Klll Devil Hills dur- _ters answers to the plain, old-fash ioned naine of Matilda Etheridge. She ts n graduate of N. C. C. W., andi. Miss.'.' Hardbarger’s - secretarial school in Raleigh, and at present -is employed on the Kill Devil HU! pro ject. She would be a big success as anybody cse's daughter, and she doesn't have to make her way on the'rei)iitatloii of her daddy, who Is R..Bruce Etheridge.- - • NAGS IIE.\D CHILD DIES ' OF SPINAL MENINGITIS H y 1 Ing 1901-03 by Wilbur and OrvUle Wright. , _ DARE COUNTY LOSING FEES T0rS&MILI5 /r.Ll: i;i>s ^ Lir;- r* l-Did, yo*v^ver Jiear of a" dog that going lb '^’chiircYiYTegul arly ^ adH , at tend lug I 'riiii-’crtfulrpc' irafAlnff-'-hii; .voH" Melvin Daiiieb .Sajra Minor Coupleii” Go' : Wheri Un- . known\tp>Be. Married; : .vRaifier Than Be " ', Queationed,. X: ,r.;-Bjri.Chaile8.,BoBa F.','*?-'of, paternal Intervention, Mc Edgar Allen • TUlett, aged 9.„6on Mr. and "Mrs.'-Marslmll Tillett' of Nags Head, dicdTucsd.ay evening In,, the 8t. Vlnctents Ho.spital In Norfolk. The child had been sick for some tlme_ and had been cairlcd to’r'the-'Iidspitof ohlyotwo days be fore." According to an unotflcl^ re 'C6urniV.for * the .HIral in hiy life my' first remark',.wm‘,S "Tliese.,niust be the sand dunes which I have heard so much." Sooe I wasipassing oyer the long straight sUetch of road through Nagii Head and"! longed for a cltaiice to'-live the .sort of leisurely life.that ap parently the. occupants of ..the Nags Ine pulchritude before them the jud-(Head cottages live. All over North Into business lor themselves. There jges had to deliberate for some lime |Carpllna and Virginia I have had are numerous Instances today fn before awarding the'tllie of Miss people ask me about Nags Head and Mantco and Fort Raleigh. Hav ing lived •practically all my .life within one hundred mile» of^Man- teo it was with a feeling of shanie that I had to confess I had never been to Nags Head or to Manteo, the birthplace of the nation. As I came over the road on into Mantco I was reminded of tho pro gress that has come to Dare Comi ty in recent years. It doesn't SMm so long back that the State papers were announcing that with ihe opening of the paved road to Man teo the stretch had been completed from Manteo to Murphy which had been the desire ol„the people for Dare County of flourishing busl- Ufagg Head to Miss Hobbs, nesses ownqd and operated by pro gressive citizens who have spent many years away from home, where they developed valuable experience, that" is. of benefit to this comity, and have now come home to spend the rest of their days. ' - One of these most interesting ex amples Is Alvah H. Ward, who op erates the Dare County Icc and Storage Company at Wanchcsc. Mr. Ward went away from home while just a lad in 1913, and got a Job at the hardest kind of labor; coal pas ser on a Navy coaler, the Orion, where he worked for some time. He later got into tbe merchant fleets, working on various ships and work ed as coal passer, oUcr^ assistant, water tender, engineerr' until he eventually worked up to, the place of chief engineer and had unlimited engineer license on all oceans; qual- datlon of 'those Ih need makes her Ifyiilg him to be chief engineer of the largest' Ship ever buUt in the world. His last" Job was as chief cn- . (Continued on Page EOght) . The Mantra girls competing In the contest were: Misses Alice Mid- gett, Thelma '"Tot" Lewis and Mrs. Coy .'nilctt. ' r’. ' one Tof cbuNxrs finest WOMEN IS VEBY.SICK NOW Mrs. Raymond . Rogers, of the nortlicnd community, one of the finest-;women of. Roanoke Island, Is very 111 at her home. Mrs. Rogers, who was Miss Martha Jane Twiford of East Lake before her marriage. ,_:land some years ago, and you may inarrlago licenses- In the opinion ^rove it'by asking George Tom Wcs-| voiced this .week by Melvin R. Dan- cbtt.'Captain Lum Midgctt, or Un-,ieis, veteran register of deeds Tn iiel Gus 'Etheridge, becau.se the.se pare County..tSoihe of the couples inen all recall the dog and they knew not yet eighteen can go to a strange the owner well. In' fact,’the'owner place and get by when they state of the dog was a paternal uncle of that they are eighteen, Mr. Daniels 8.'.A; Griffin, prominent merchant believes, but they know that here In of this place, and'he also owned a Monteo.^. where ^the .register knows talking-canary.- ' ' everyone_and ^Ihclr family'connect- .V'Abcl fAshby lived hear the sound ions,, as well-as. their age that per- shi>rc of Croatan on the west .side haps, more, questions might be ask- on'Roanoke Island on a small farm.'cd. • " In the “Weekly News" published in As a result, of this supposed fear Elizabeth City in the eighties, we the business of issuing marriage llc- flnd that the fame of Abel Ashby's enscs In Dale County has fallen off dog had spread a long ways. In considerably In recent years and as :q>eaking of the dog, as well as the a result the county Is losing tne canary, the Weekly News made the part of the license fee that Is re ar’d Minnie Bell. BETTER MAILS I ' The people of, Currituck County are having better mall service now. On August 1st. a new schedule -went Into effect for tho outgoing mail, giving all the poeplo In the county a quicker and better mail, service, and 'Colnjock' two mails a day. To do this several of the routes had to be changed. The star route from Colnjock to Corolla has been changed. Tlie star route now leav ing Colnjock at 2 o'clodk In the afternoon, returning in time for out going mail at 4:30. The Mantco One .of the most Interesting col lections'of hlstorkal, things pcrtaiti- Ing enUrely to Dare„County Is' a" bunch of old "papers and curios found In the scachest of the late Charles Skinner Daniels, father of the,late E. R. Daniels, .and grandfather-of Preston Daniels of Wanchcsc. Pres ton Daniels "found these old papers some years ago and some of them are more than 100 years old. , . Among the most Interesting Items' is, , a marriage contract made . by' Aaron .Barnet -who gave bond,; in, the full sum of fh-e hundred pounds current money of the slate that Me would marry Polly Bryant, both of Currituck County as Roanoke.vis-; ^land was then known. The-bon'd.' [was signed'by Sammy Mldgett and 'James S. Barnett. It reads as fol lows: STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT WO Aaron Barnett , , JamM-8. Barnett'-'' Samuel Midgctt are ’held’, and flmly- bound unto his Ercelicncy, Esquire, Govenior,'.-' Captain.General.and Commander in Chle'f-^of the Slate aforesaid,:' In the Just -and full sum of Five Hundred Pounds, current money of the State aforesaid, to be paid to his said excellency, the Cover nor, his successors or assigns. To ' 'Which payment well and truly be made, we bind ourselves, and each of ,us, our and each of our Heirs, Executors, and Administrators,- Jointly and' severally, firmly by' these Presenta.’—Sealed with'our- Beals and.dated this 19th. day of November. 1820. THE CONDITION of the above,-. Obligation Is 'such. That whereas the above bounden . .Aaron nett hath made appllcatlon2for:Sv^*^^^,f a license •of'iiiarrfB^e. '■tb''&e bretod between him and jPdlh^ * app!8r1^fcTwr that;;there.l3>iiy^^n/'r$3i^§' cause, to obsinict''.,ihe '.said' itD A n this Obligation,'toi' -. be void, oihexwise. '-to''ienudn’ ih- full forct irnd virtue.- '. . Aaron, Harriot , Barnett - Signedi'. Dealed* and delivered -)' In .the presence of .. )- James 8. Barnett (SEAL).... Samuel Mldgett (SEAL) STATE OP NORTH CAROLINA. CURRITUCK COUNTY .. ' To any reidilar Llt-enud' i-r'alsriG’ ter of the Gospel, within tfi'd'Srale, - or any lawful-Justice of the Fo-aco - for the County aforesaid,' , greet ings:— ‘ Wiln^sing''that . *' You or cither of. you arc hereby. authorized ahd empowered to sol-' ■ following comment: '‘"Abel'Ashby has a canary that turned to the county of Issuance. No marriage licenses were sold pcpple very^ sympathetic towarcl.hcr In-her lUncss.* MARRY 3 BROTHERS Another Cau Like'It'At TTanchese ' Seme ITean Ago; Mn. BaDiett Glvea a Shower at B9$eij Coupty ha-v no Pennsylvania Rail-' „ niTVTnV QICTPRQ road and no Cavalier Hotel to .pend HUXIUIN alalEiKa huge sums to bring In -visitors. The people of Dare, meaning the tax payers, mast frat the bill. In the enthusiasm -over matters cecrcational and historic. Dare has largely overlooked other sound de velopment possibilities. For instance, -Roanoke- Island offers exceptional .opportunities for fruit and truck growing,-with a season -IC day.s ear lier ‘than near-by farming sections. writer has never seem finer figs and peaches than those grown Canton..>has.'.'the''largest iii the United States. .imlll'- CBAS. BOND WILL WRITE AND PRINT FOR YOU ¥K'-" At Wanchese some' years ago, the three sisters. Bailie, Ophelia and Hilda Montague, daughters of Mr. and Mrs.-McAlister Montague, mar ried Preston, Roscoe and Cliarics Daniels, respectively, the sea's of the late Capt. E. R. Daniels. At there; and other crops requiring, a-Buxton a more recent conclusion of light, sandy soil and mild growing j a trio of marriages Is'the wedding season should do equally well. Truck.of Edna Barnett, youngest daughter .transporUtlon puts the county with- of Mr. an(i Mrs. Llran Barnett, who In 'a few houre of the Richmond,!married Jarvis, the son of Capt; and Washington arid Baltimore markets,-Mrs. Walter Barnett, Sr. r with Philadelphia and New York only a little farther away. X And then, top. Is,, Dare County's age. Rev. Mr. .3eU offlclatirig. The tolling Industry-rT^the malnsUy of j^rlde's-two sisters, ArvlUa arid Alma', .tor; people for many, generations,'are the. wives of Joe and Randolph, .though ever' an uncertain proposl-'brothers of the groom. ;So hone of ,Iion due to price and output fluctua-1 the three girls had to drop their .ttons, and the constant hazard oi.'maldch names J The marriage took place • secretly at the -aHtteras Methodist Parson- and a daughter cf the late William _ Twiford. Mrs. Rogers is beloved by'some time. Also on my first trip inr all who know her here because she to Manteo 1 was saved the three ba.s always been one to visit the sick, dollars which my brother had-;to and work at the bedsides of neiglv-'pay on, his first trip early in July— bors, day and night. Her unselfish' the tolls had been removed, life, and her kindness and accomm'6-;' (Tomlng on into the town, the siie of the place was the next thfag that begged for my attention. For some reason, I know.^not why or how, I had formed In my mind’the Idea that Manteo would probably be a vciY small place—much smaller than It is and that the houses would be crude. I guess that must have ceme from the idea that to fore the roads were paved recently Into'Manteo that ths place was's^ Isolated as fo be slow In Its progress. For all these preconceptions of what I lalght expect to find at Manteo I owe apologies, for really on enter ing Manteo I was surprised how' lively the town looked. All the business places that I have seen'are' occupied and apparently are dothig a nice business., I have even noticed more than one'.new dwelling under- construction and this no doubt will add to 'the' beauty of .some of-’th'e residences r AU the poeplc that I have>.inct here, most of them only casual^; ofjyoiirse, .have-been cordial‘and cot^eriial, .and', have confirmed-')^ my (hind' the .sincerity and goodfir ' of- Da.re County h(Kpitality of which I.-hqyii.heard 'rauch.in my trav^'; •r Afier '-I have been here a-;'little longer and have had more time :to meet the. people and to become bid- can' talk. Evcrj’body knows Abel ^ in Dare Clunty during the month of Ashby and therefore -we will only |June, which In most places Is the go'so far as to say that he Is a sll- month of brides, and only three have ent man until you got him to talk- been sold since then. 'tag, and then he Is a dangerous man. Three licenses were sold in July, Abel Is a truthful man and he says j as compared with four In the same a multltude.of witnesses affirm thatjmontb last.ycar but one of the 11c- he has a canary bird born, and raised'enses has not yet been returned sc bus now leaves mall at Colnjock cmaize the - rights of Matrimony and picks It up there. Other routes have changed, but all the mall in Currituck County now leaves the county much earlier. .storms to nets' and other equip- .ment. Seafood Sheald He Advertised -•-Oyster beds in Dare waters, free ,of the pollution which has spoiled 'rthousands of acres of potentially .wealth-producing, areas In 'and a- Hampton Roa(is, should be le- (Continued on ^age Five) In honor of the bride, a, shower was given recently at the home of her parents, and 65 people' were served with refreshments. A great many valuable presents. .werere- oclyed. The fainUies,df both bride'^HERE'is a picture made several andJ'gnwm'areTainong "the';-most'years ago of cKarles Bond, who this lionored and prominent in that sec-'week joins the-''staff/of the .Dare Hon. ‘ County Times. ■ oh Roanoke Island that says; “Pret ty,-little birdie—sweet I is," as dis tinctly as a human voice’and with a'note that Jenny Lind might envy. '‘-.“A transition from blrds~to dogs is a • natural and easy one; there fore, wc will give-you th'citalcs of the ' marvelous- and' truthful about his dog: ‘ ; ; 'v “Abel has a singing dog. He sings tones: he goes to meetings with his devoted master and will Join In the singing. This created such a distur bance In the congregation that Abel twdered him to shut up". He says he can place his hand on the dog's ribs and feel the tune going on In the (logs' Inwards. 5 ‘“Now this may s(!cm "strange and apochryphal .and .hcU!r(xloxical and all^that to .hose who don't know -Xbel.^but It's the truth, every word •ffiiU 'We believed him so entirely that'wc did not even suggest to him' when he told' us this that perhaps it.'were a lie. In fact It would not Uve answered'to suggest It, for A'uel once'-went a-gunnlng after a man tiiat'shot one of his dogs'." • Captain Lum Mldgett. In recalling tliethlstory of the dog.'says ttat ac^ 'person shot this singing'dog, which created a great stir’In. those days,'but as'Abel‘-w'as' nivcr'abJe out the murderer,''rib'grMt damage resulted. ^ and Mrs. J. P. Bros'u of Itjcky tet -^-'v-Jlmated to my new surrqurid-lMoijnt, N. C., visited Mr. and Mrs. ings I am sure that I shall still feel!J.^B. Hooker this week. Mr Bross the records only show the names of two couples' to whom marriage-per mits have been Issued. These were to Lacy'Austin and Mjrtis Ballance both'of^Hatteras-and UT Ernest B. Barnett and Leona .'Barnett both of Buxtoa . - Most all "of the licenses' that are Issued in Dare- 'Co'Unty'arerto white people, Mr. Daniels says, for hi ele ven'’ years only- two permits have been Issued to colored people here. We Would Miss These Old Boys A Lot '.•4njT;ip.^;T3 TIE first two.'aris familiar figures o'n the courthouse front. The third has recently passed-'on. Bay what you plca.se about these old boys, they ~an tell y^ plenty of useful things .if you will only listen. W. P. -Lennon, first‘in line, is going toward threeJ score and,-ten, he is Hie son of a Methodist pTMCher a bel>red.man-;m ^h. .section^years.ago.’ He has'a fine mind, 'and Is sharp as's'-bruir.'^ He 'is’uUra'-coriservatlve.'-but'sand- wl'ctod In between the reams of conversation he expounds. Is a many a gem of commonsen"- (7ant- Thes. ;P. Mids!!tt7ls'oeotmU. He ii iuOv- Ing on towmd his T^qurscore mark. He is aboundlng-in energy, and wise sayine^, arid has 'reccntly turned his thoughts to preaching, and has In my heart as I did when I first]w4-.a former pastor of Wanchese > Prepared another .scimpn for the Times to print In an early^is^e. TOe - . . . - . t-Viltv4 mVtn Ic fK$a lof/a .TnViri IT TYiivall rtf. T!acf. T.!itrt a firm drove Into Manteo that *T -ffouSfi^Slf&odlst Church, like to live here all the time." ntrohize the firms who advertise -You.have.a dear friend somewhere in/t£e^Dare.County Times. They who"would like tib get.a home papajaretSlde-awaketand stand'for pr>'> with the home'news., Rttnemher-gr^. They will, give you-good ser- them by'sending them the "^Tlmes; .vlca_ _ yi: ' ' ."T"~,/ , third who recently died, Is the late John E. Duvall, of. East Lake, a fine upstanding old gentleman, beloved by all. He was the father of,Claude, Eph and John .Duvall, lumbermen of Buffalo Clty.\ We, can ill' aflord to lose mentof this;'type,, and; all our .old folks -play their part in life arid render a''seiTlc»’iii some respect.. The picture is from a photo made by W- O. Saunders of Elizabeth City, -who one day caught the trio on the courthouse' steps; between't;-:T.#arpn BarnetUTri e'lwt/p.ffV;'' Polly Br^nl';' ^ Both rMi'dencs of the County,of; Currituck'.-'ogreo-^ '" able to ,an;.Act of'-'thp Gcnefal.'.‘-N As.sembly In stich'cases iriadc .and- provided.' ~ ... ■' .fe- ' Glycn.under.my.Hand and,8ea!,.-,-i,;,,,j^,=s,j® ' orbhle'e,./to '.CwUuck.ltheiWU^'J'ii'' 'day of NovSriber; ail'd’ln'Hi¥^44Hi., Year 'of -American' Independence;'; Anrio'Doni. 1$20 . •• " 'T. Baxter,' C.Q.C., Other papers of interest- .dateid.; 1869 have to do whh -the.'actlylCfe-,.; of C. 8. Daniels, who was-'-comrois-,.. slo'ner of wrecks for the District,., n'uriiber 4, and pertainca, lb ..'iliB;.,., salvaging of the cargo of an ’ Erig- ' . llsh bark, Ezra, that was stranded on Bodie Island beach. On toesc ' . papers are such names as B? B. X Dough, John Meekins, .I'atrick.'J'll Etheridge, Thomas-A. Dough,. M:ac- Mlster Montagu, Jesse B. Etheridge,' James John^, Anthony Meekins, Joseph Mldgett, John W. idelson and many others who took part In -saving thp.eargo.’and'received Sll-Sk) ' • apiece ta their services. Another ressd.. was - the .-wrecked >. schooner B. B. 'Wixidbupr, and re- - ceipts signed to C. 8. 'Danielsfor, $520 representing the 'cargo, of ^Uiis,/' vessel, has the. foUowtag .'n^e 'at the bottbm;" ^ 'W;' C. Ward—Agent ''for'.'all, con-' cemed.''’ On the baiic Ezra, duties’were'col-;'.'ij® iccted on the bags because she, an English vetsel. ' There./'was/a number' of s'aeSf-Iarlng things pf Tcon-,';^^',: siderable inMMst, together -with. a bill of'sale'-rf'some netting; signed', by; the late J; W. Etheridge, I'ri'’ivhichl . eee'pounds e* *111 twine’"wer'c..;iold at $1.30'''pdr pound; 16 pourids''"atT //"''i-vt tl.OS-per'pm^: 30 pounds' of' cord', llnp at 55:cerits"pcrpoundr'5'pounds'' edging at 60 cents per po’j'ad:, 214 pounds of ’weight slings at 60 cents . .. per pound. These old, papers reveal how th'8..'',>'/^^g name “RolUns". came ot ,be,;glv'cn;’-;;v'V.v^^^ to so many-people In the fairiily1of;',.j'^^^ E..B. DanleU? It seems' that.there/ was a Captain C. J. Rawlings lived at Glen Cove, Queens Count,'' ,v5?Swl' New York,and nad been, coming.-to , (Contdaml-'flBi Pago FiYc)/,/'i; ■■ ■- ■’uc' • 'ti'’’' • . -* ... ‘ Mjb- t 'J-'* •" 5: . SLi -k*;
The Coastland Times (Manteo, N.C.)
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Aug. 23, 1935, edition 1
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