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BIRTHPLACE OF THE
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BIRTHPLACE OF.
AVIATION—1903
DARE CO
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A PAPER ATTUNED
TO THE HEARTBEAT
OF THE GREAT CARO
LINA COASTLAND’
Vol 1; No, 50
MANTEO, N. C,^Jj^riday Jime 12, 1936
Single Copy 5c ‘.-:fyM
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KITTY KAWK FOLKS AND
STUMPY POINT TO LOSE
COMMISSIONERS THIS FALL
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SiipitoH Promised Candidates Fails to Ma
terialize and Perry and Wise Defeated;
A, J. Daniels and W, K. Rogers High Men
Instead; New Primary Contest in Pros
pect for This Office
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Slumpy PoUit ami Kitty Hawk,
■two of the largest voting prccinlcs
in Dare County will lose tliclr ran-
rciontallon on the Board of Com
missioners this fall as a result of
the Primary' election of Saturday
•which failed to nominate Z. P.
Perry of Kilty Hawk, and R. Dewey
■Wise of Stumpy Point. The high
est men nc.xo above them in the
primary arc A. J. Daniels,' of Wan-
clic^' and W; E, Rogers' of Kitty
Hawk, both well known, and high
ly respected • ciUaaas of their re
spective communities. Mr. Daniels,
formerly in the Coast Guard, re
tired after 30 years of honorable
service, and has long worked un
selfishly for the bettennent of his
community and as a member of
the local school committee hxs
done much toward building up the
school. He Is also a man who de
votes time and money for- any
worthy cause," has reared a. fine
family of children, and few men
have risen to a place of higher
esteem among their home folks.
Mr. Rogers, who Is a well-known
merchant and fish dealer of Duck,
has always been considered a lead
ing and substantial citizen of the
county. His opinion is valued high
ly by all who know him, he has
a fine family, and enjoys the con
fidence of all w’ho know him.
The primary law permits those
.not getting a certain number of
votes above a o'lven average to en
ter the second primary and Mr.
Wise being in this category, has
filed formal notice with the Board
of Elutions of his desire to* enter
■ the^seco'nd primary, .
V -Meantime;, there 'is jnuch 'disap'-
I'polhthiBnt'iiaV-.thcfilos^-bf-'comml^
fMc!4we'^ntSftrlckenf*‘impbsed-‘.'bh
tlicitiFwhen they were promised the
fulh-support, of some leading citl-
' *ciis 'at., the county^, seat, in return
■for', their',support of certain other
county - candidates. M. V'. Hooper
of Stumpy,.Boint, C. W. Mann of
Manns Harbor and C. C. Duvall of
BuffalO'.City were three man trick
ed.by thesc’promlscs, and the elec
tion returns; have proved to them
.the scheme that was laid down. _ ,
; For Instance, C. C. Duvall, well
^known and liked in Manteo, and
valued for his business Judgment,
^polled only about onc-thlrd of the
"votes, no more than when ho ran
't'wo years ago as a new comer.
■' M. V.. Hooper of Stumpy Point,
who was assured of the loyal sup-
'port of some of the politicians, wos
let down with the llttla vote of 4-3
at. Manteo, and 32 at Wanchese.
C. W. Mann of Manns Harbor who
received liberal promises, got only
48'at Manteo, and 0 at Wanchese.
rWO WEDDINGS IN ONE
STIT.MPY POINT FAnLTLY
POWER COMPANY
HAS OFFICE IN
LcROYS’ HOTEL
Virifinia Company Gctlin;'
Ready to Give Na^s Head
Folk.s Alodern Electric
Service
. The Virginia Electric & Power
Company announces tins week that
it Is opening' a tcmpr'r.rry office In
LcRoys’ Scxsldc Ihn at'tkigs lfcad
where applications will be rcecivcd
from prospective con-u:iier.j. and In
formation given out lo the- public
about their newly Inaugurated ser
vice on the co.xst. ■
The corning of the Virginia Com
pany to the D.xrc Coast sjjeaWs
well for the development of this
seetion. It will do much lo develop
the beach, and if its rates are In
VVcplns , with a’ates in Curriluck
County, people will get their cur
rent for about si.x to eight cents
a kiliwatt, and the rate will scale
down ns low sus two cenU, rlepend-
ing on the amount consumed.
The new pole line car’rying four
high tension wires. Is almost com
plete along tile beach, and will be
extended all the, way to Currituck
connecting with the Norfolk line.
The enterprise of this company in
coming to the beach deserves the
active cooperation of the public.
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Tlio Dcople of Kilty Hawk voted
loyally for R. Dewey Wise, and at
Stumpy .Point Z. IP. Perry of Kitty
lawk was given a good vote. C. W.
Maim got a good vote at Stumpy
Polnl, the people there giving loyal
support lo the Manns Harbor ”de-
'.'fcalcd candidate.
- The complete tabulated election
returns printed elsewhere In this
paper make an Interesting study,
and arc worth clipping and saving
■ for future reference.
It is noticeable that a combine
’ was formed to trim certain can
didates, pfter fl^st getting their
-pledge to support other candidates
. In their home communities.
■'■ The voting strength of the Demo
crats, is^shown in the tabic below.
■The figures represent the- number
of Democrats registered before the
■'books open for this prlni.iry; At
‘least 100 extra voters must have
been put on Hie books in the en
tire county, 'but *bls' big. Incfoasc.
failed to bring out a big .vote. Hero
arc the figures:
Precinct No. Registered
, Manteo . ,,1:363 ' : ;•
■’Stumpy Point 219"
Kitty Hawk i 198
Manns Harbor ICG
■Wanchese •
iHattcras _ 106
Chlcamicomico 85
ANNOUNCEMENT has been made
of two recent weddings in the fam
ily of Mr. and Mrs. W.VT. Maso.n
of Stumpy Point. The above pic
ture Is of Mrs. 'Frank T.' Mcekins,
who before her marriage was Miss
Berlh.T Mac Mason, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Mason. The
couple were married at Plymouth,
June 2. Mrs. Mecklns Is a, charm
ing and popuiar young woman, and
graduate nurse of'Fow'ler Memorial
Hospital of Washlnjjtou, N. C., a
member of a prominent family, and
well known throughout this section.
On June' 6, Carl .William Mason,
another" menib'er' of' tlm family£;.an.d
Miss'AlUc «Elizabeth^ Midgett,t>popu^
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WINS A BIG VOTE IN
SATIIRDAV’S FRIAIARY
th'6'.atum’py,‘PointrHlgfi' School were
married in''Coiuniblar N1 "C.^
CURB MARKET STARTED
AT NAGS HEAD CASINO
Currituck and Dare Home Demon-
stratloit' Clubs Spot^rs of
.Market ' i ■.
The Home Demonstration Clubs
of Currituck aiid . Dare Counties
have started . a curb market' for
Nags Hoad selling fresh vegetables
and priduce each Tuesday and Sat
urday mornings. - -
The market ts located In Daniels
old Bowling Casino and according
to Miss Alice M. Carter, local dem
onstration dug agent the market
Is already having considerable suc
cess. Miss Carter Is assisted ' by
Miss Virginia Edwards of Curri
tuck, demonstration agent for that
county.
VISITS MANTEO AFTER
, 22 YEARS ABSENCE
Cupt.:,Altoii Torrey Shipwrecked at
' Nags Head in 1914 Slops Here
' in Yacht
Ie
fcl
> Collngton
■ Avon
Dude
Buxton’ ’’
.'East Lake
Frisco
•'Mashoes' ..
Total
From the
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71 '
04
' 07
32
19
1688
No. Voted
.'"302',.; :
180 ' '
105
122’
147', ,
• 61 ■'
59
'.63 '
■ 57: -
40
■ 90 .
• 108 ■■'
' 23,,
14 i-./
144? '
foregoing it wllf be
seen that Buxton and Eas(' Lake
(Continued on Pag'e ThfeeJ
Capt. Alton Torrey, who was mate
with hls'’llrst cojisln, Capt. Wind-
sow Torrey, when'the three-mast
schooner Helen H. Benedict came
ashore at Nags Head in 1914, was
a visitor here this week as master
of the diesel yacht Gem owned by
Ziegler, of New York, and Royal
Baking Powder fame.
Capt. Torrey was a visitor at the
home of Capt. Geo. T..Wcscott, who
was In Nags Hc.id station at the
time of the xvreck, and with whom
he became fast friends. Captain
Torrey was en route to New York,
taking his yacht .back-to Florida.
It is-100 JCcet long and carries nine
in crew. "
Capt. Torrey was much imlprcss-
cd with the, great changes In 22
.years, and marveled at. the bridg
ing of Roanoke Sound. '\Vhen he
landed at Nag.s Hc-ad,-^ people-walk-,
d? across Uie bwch to'the sound-,
side, then took' a '"small boat tot
Manteo. a process requiring several
hours, but now requlritxg" a few
minutes by automobile.-- ' ' ''v'
HATTERAS RINIINiSCENCES
OF THE
OF OAP’N PAT
Boatswain Mate Tohi Barnelt Recoils Some
of the Old Daysi^ibout the Dreaded Cape
and Other Wreck History of the Seventh
isiri
Coast Guard Dl
'ict
By THOMAS BAItNETT^te
Fort Macon -Station. 7lh Dis||!ct
The wreck o.'' the Trawler
May," sometime ago, Inlng! '
mind many recollections of
drecks of former ycai-s in--^
vicinity, and of -many old iajAaus
'.onlilo
to
;he-
,13,
life-savers -who have gone
Ihclr reward. No one slandsVkut
more conspicuously In my
lection than Capt. Pat.
rkige, who In charge of Capeafet-^’
as SUilion for many years, |OTd
who faced the dangers, not.igne
time, but inany on Dla-mfcd
Shoals, In attempting to aid'.^^.|ps
that met their doom there.
Captain Pat, a kind heartpd,
cheerful old man, was never ngre
satisfied than when In companjpof
a bunch of children. He w6ri j. u
long bread and used to .say
a dirty man who had lo wn.sly fiU
face every morning. He ■a'ashed sis
face when he went to bed. at nl -^it
.so he would bo ready when thq'r j-ni
rang for brexikfnst. ..
‘.There With The Coods''S
He always kept- n.-picked c:
men, and when it came lo surfm
ship, the old man was alw/s
"there -with the goods.” At?
wreck of the S. S. Virginia in _
when the ship had sunk and bi; fte
two, and there were two fo tin )
clinging to the bridge, whm;|Ue
seas were breaking over hcr.|0,d._
.sufcmcrging the decks for-
.to'Mt,
WANCHESE BABY WINS
^ CONTEST IN SCHOOL
CAPT. BALLANCE
CATCHES A HUGE
FISH AT CAPE
Shark Weighing More Than
450 Founds Taken Wilh
Rod and Line
HON. D. B. FEARING, Of the Dare
Board of Commissioners Wus high
runner on the ticket'this time, win
ning 949 votes. • He had. the,unani
mous support of every candidate for
office, and gained 170 more votes
eight feet, the only chance. to|L
the men was lo row llJC sur^at
right through the breakers
the sunken deck of the vessel
have the men who were hangiq^pn
to the rigging jump into .the
By a miracle, and through^
YOU^lon’t xc many more attractive
youngsters: thxh" this .one,' whose
name Is, Marvin ^.Oary Forbes' and
Is-the son of Mr. and Mrs. Manllff
Forbes of Wanchc.se. The youngs
ter recently won a contest staged
by the students and fncnlly of the
Wanclicse High School, and w.as ad
judged the finest chap among,
many.
sheer nerve of Captain Pat, thU^^W
done. .
■^hose who have-nsvM. sosa
o^r -Dlambndq,^d«ls^ia3^j4Sttg
the master of the attending tug
boat,, dre-wr the attention of the
Italian aside for a moment, where
upon, Captain Fat sprang Into the
sea’.and: was rescued by hiS own
jsurfboat. •
.'(Wlicn .old age crept upon him,
largely .as the result of many years
'f>!%?2iard 4 service, the old «nan was
•'f;«mrjd,>lth--a traasfer to the New
-^de|Vs'la tiont in-1908,; and his; place
•wifit’iflilitcilbvSinrinf.'xIn’Stowe; ono .of
vii^' them\the3i|5were-ilpoldn -■‘‘ar.;
on something. frlghtfuCind^. 'I'rhL
shoals He off the^turniof the bead!,
twelve" miles; ' .toi
about ten or
depth of -water on thorn • rahg^
from two. feet to ten feel, w1t1I|
just a bit further on, will be found
from 125 to 130 lathoms of .watc|.
The sea docs not brea^: on the®
shoals, as it breaks on inost .shog^
but comes from each dlrecllonr
gardless of the course'of th8,.wh^.
than he Poll«I in tbc primary.,^ - • "ay’gu^'What a’turnldl’
When he got 779 votes. Mr. Fear- ^ ^ v. ^
Ing made good runs In every pre
cinct In Dare County and due to
his socialilc ixalurc and Willingness
to lilcp every person and every
comimily has built him a large fol
lowing all over the county.
COUFLE WED AND
:: COME TO DARE
Fine 'I’nung Couple Making Home
^At- ICodanthc; Were Aforried
" May 31 .■
DAVIDSON COUNTY VISITORS
;/v. (juartet of prominent' D.avld-
'jn County citizens were among
D-ire 'County’s fishing visitors this
■week. ..They. were -W. B. May, a
member of Davidson County BoArd
of Commissioners;,-W.' E. Tomlin
son. J. H. Holten and.J. L. Perrv-
mon, all ihomasville iritrchants.
A m'arrlage of Interest locally and
one ^Imt brta^to Darc_Counf.v,,an-
'olMr^jnciustfious couple, ls''Uiat'.'or
MUs Delle Wifiticy of Dalsy7 Geor
gia, and Charleston, South Carolina,
to J. W. Whitehead, Jr., of Chat
ham, Virginia.
They'were married In’Chalham’, at
the’home of the , groom Sunday,
May 31, and during the immediate
future will make their home at
Rodanthc where Mr. Whitehead is
engaged ln_work as an engineer of
the Biological Survey.
Mra. 'Wliitehead Is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. V/. H. Whitley of
Daisy, Georgia, having lived for the
past few years in Charleston, South
Carolina. Mr. 'Wliitehead Is the
son of Mr. .vid Mrs.- J. W. 'White-
head of Chatham.
MAN INJURED AT INLET
REFORTED BE IMFROVED
-^News has been received here that
William Thomiison of Washington,
N, C., who suffered a dangerous
Injury at Oregon'Inlet about "two
weeks ago Is slowly improving in a
Washington hospital.
Thompson was fishing at the In-
Captain Pat entered the Serv!^
In 1882 at Creeds Hill Sluticn,
where he served for some ycars-^.
surfhian, going then to Capo' Hat-f
teras, when the vacancy for a
er occurrci. During his career i'it
Haltcras, it would not take a bo&(
but a whole library Jo tell of all li^
did. When the steamship NoSn
Eastern struck the shoals, Oapt^
Pat ordered out the boat, senttft
to the hook of the Cape and
he ordered It off the carrlagc,«p^
paratory to putting off Intb^^'
frlg.htful sea, a civilian, stamlfjg:
by on the beach, walked up
Oid iimli, 'uild uSkcd him'—■-
was going'to do. When-tbldj-^th^
he was going, to sea, the bystandw.
replied, "Why man, j'ou will never
get back, with a storm like^ tMi
blowing you away from' the beachT
RccuUtions Say “Go"
But Cuptaln Pat, In his cvcr^blly'
mood replied, "llie regulallonsfllrf
not say anything about coniliig,
back, “^ey say Go, and he ^'oi
the command to man the boitr
They shot her to sea during a gtie
of wind that almost lifted the
boat out of the water. Tlicy baiy^
ly arrived at the ship in tlmo’-Dr:
an dimost miraculous rescue, j6r'
tho .ship had' 'been rammed on
other ship, and her stern wasf^iU'
that remained out of the wafc
By some strange freak of chaiiffi;.
just as he got the last man off ciic.
ship great danger to his ojh
crew, the wind shifted in the .bfr;
positc direction, and he landed icU
hands on the beach in safety. -Jg
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In many more wrecks he pUwW
a heroic part. There was llie
dtta de Palermo, which fortnnotoy i-.;
survived the storm for several day.jji
VVrcciS'-followed Captain Pat even
at:New Inlet, some of the worst oh
the- coast;’at Chlcamicomico com
ing-illJcrc to .meet him. In 1914
Oxiptaln Pat was transferred to
Bodic Island- Station where he
served- until his retirement in 1915,
when he went to his homo In Man-
too. • During hts retirement, his
son, Walter, -returned .home from
vdrlerl raniblings about the world.
In the; Navy, and joined the service
at-New Inlet, following in his
father’s footsteps. The old man
■wiis happy to see him rise rapidly
In the service. Waller is now a
warrant officer In charge of Nags
Head Station and ono of the most
popular men In the .service.
Captain -Pat In his day would
never have a man who was not a
good surfman. He would leave him
off' at the end of the season and
state his reasons for so doing. When
What may be the hugest beast
ever taken from the sea in this
section on rod and line, is a shark
caught by Capt. B. R. Ballanco,
keeper of Cape Haltcras Coast
Guarl Station the other day. The
shark was landed with a Monlaque
rod, and an Ashaway Boatman's
Cultyhunk, .size 18 line, nie shark
was landctl on the point of the cape
aftei- a battle of 45 minutes, and
after getting, a tow line over Its
head, it was hauled lo the'CCC
camp, where,Mr. Green the bio
logist. measured and photographed
It, and the 450 pound scales at the
camp would not handle it.
The shark measured over ten feet
In Icngtli, and had a circumference
of 74 inches, had three rows of
teeth In each jaw, and a 10 Incli
oiwnlng from upper to lower jaw.
ENLISTED MEN
IN COAST GUARD
ORGANIZE
Feel All Alone Without An
Organization and Want
Society to Promote Their
Intc'rcsU
GOVERNOR
CLOSEST
RAOE AMONG »
RECENT ONES; »
SECOND PRIMARY JULY .
Grady Leads for Lieutenant Governor; Pou M^
for Slate Auditor; Bailey for Se/iafor/
Erwin Superintendent of Instruction; ^^
Johnson Treasurer; Scott Commission-
er Agriculture v
EAST LAKE BEAUTY IS
WORKING IN NORFOLK
A number of enlisted men of the
Coast Guard gathered this week at
Manteo and discussed the possibil
ity of forming an aasoclatlon for the
mutual Interest of the cnllst6d men
of the service. It was pointed out
that tlie enlisted men had never
had any sort of social organization.
The advantages such an organ
ization would bring was discussed.
The possibility of Jiolding; a banquet
at. frequent intervah Vas^discuss^,
anci>,.U i is.ibellCTsd'Fa f larije,'^- grduD
MISS SYBIL SMITH, the attrac-
/tlve daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.
C. Smith of East Lake, who l.s
working In Norfolk where she h'ao
been employed .Uic past txvo years.
She is, popular and has a host of
friends wberever she goes, and the
homefolkis are proud of her.
the' ihtcrestV'BM'^attcixianbe’-of.^a
teal speaker. 'F. -':' ' ' ■ - . ’
The -Warrant and Chief Petty
Officers at various times have had
their organizations, and they have
been valuable. Not since the old
Surfmen’s Mutual Benefit Associa
tion flourisncd as an Insurance or
ganization has there been any sort
of social organization for'surfmen.
WATER. TANK FALLS
AND TENT BURNS
GRIEVING DOG IS
STARVING SINCE
MASTER IS DEAD
The race for Democratic G.uber.-:
natorlal nomination In Juno Primary-
wound up with one of the closest
and mest hard fouglit battles In
hisUii-}-. Clyde R. Hocy won the '
h'.gest vote of 193,195, being' 4,484
votes ahead of Dr. Ralph MacDon-'
.xkl. Sandy Graham made astaundX
Ing gains In the few days before the
primary, and his' vote was. 120,050. !
C-.indldate McRae won a vote that H
w,as negligible, amounting to 0.837.'!^'
A second-primary will be liccc^ry
July 4. '
Altho returns arc not official. It
looks that George Ross Pou Is well’
ahead for Auditor, Paul D, Grady
for Lieutenant Governor; Erwin for.
Suijerlntcndent of Public Instruct-
Ion; Johnson for Trca.surer. Scott
for Conunlsloncr of Agriculture. ■-
Tliad Eure It Is believed must^'
enter a second pr' •'ary with Stacey"’’!
\V. Wade, for Secretary of Slate.?:-
Complete official returns will be an---
nounced Saturday. ' ^
As It now appears. Rodman anti
Ceburn, an Incumbent, will be re-'
elected as Senators from the Sec
ond District. ' '
Roy L. Davis of Wanch^e’, yvon’j
for the Legislature in Dare Counr. !
ty against B. P. Etheridge by a'vote?^ ]
of 1,022 to''280.
,W. .P.' Baiim incumbent, ''wbn'?,by^
a vote of 1,047 for Recorders Judge^j:
against Sparrow -P. Mldgett; -wlio^
got 221 votes.
Marvin Rogers. Coroner,.-J.' D^,
Nelson, Surveyor, and’;- 'john-.,
Mcekins, Commissioner from‘-JUibS ;
South Banlxs District wcfemomlnat^ '
ed without opposition.' ,
CcmmfssloneTS,.runnIrig ililgK^n
the-,upper p^ pf t.ho.’0ountv{l>;crj!
MongrcLiFupjof Late M.;-,T. _ -
‘ Refu^s.lo Enter Master’s ‘ " **•*-
Car
Two Mishap lii'One Night At Lit
tle Eustb Camp Cau^'. Excil- . '
meat '
wo think of the poor equipment they tent.
Two mlsliaps in one night at
Little Eustls Camp made Monday
night and part of Tuesday morn
ing a busy spell for many workers.
First a .huge' -water supply tank
collapses and later fire razed a large
liad then; tho condltlonls they
.workotl under, we jiuist give much
credit to the remarkable work of
•thosetold tlmcr.s, whose hardships
w'ere greater than ours.. Although
■wtrrliuvu some irilgiity gOuu lucil
now, vye must consider that those
follows-were kept in the service un
til forced out by disability, while wo
may retire with pay after 30 years,
and spend our days in some mca-
snra of content, looking back on
wrecks, such as the Anna May and
others. T have seen plenty of them
during 41 years on this coast.
SOFT BALL BECOMES
NEW BEACH AMUSEMENT
Nationally Popular Outdoor Game
' Is Taking Its Plaoc At Nags
Head Now
The nationally growing popular
outdooc game of soft ball has taken
Its plac’o ns one of the popular a-
musements for young folks at Nags
Hea'd this season.
All along the many miles o froll-
,lng surf, for which Nags Ilcxid and
Kitty Hawk beaches are famous,
groups of boys and girls were play
ing, this popular g.-ime uixin recent
■ bservatloirs. A plunge in the
li-eakers 'made thrilling by a free
remained on the shoals, and jv j ideruiion a lolllny wave is follow-
let with a party of friends -when a pulled off by a tug. Moaii-;.lilc.ji-xl by- a. few minutes of soft ball
breaker tlircw him agidnst the hard
snrid beach on Ins head causing a
fracture of three ve'rtcbrao fn' fils'
back. 'Wlxlle he fias tanporarily
l)cen paralyzotl from the injury It
Is reported - that he is slowly-- re
gaining 'use of his limbs.
But Went Nowhere '
' A shark In the aquarium tit,Sid-'
aey, Australia, had died after swim
ming 75,000 miles In Us tank In
three years.
the crew, rescued by Captain .Prt, land ^ in continuous rotation,one
had been safely cared for In'iilVUport'ttdds spice to the other.’
station. 'When the ship was afl'oSj- ’
ed, the crew was put aboard,'’aif
as was customary. Captain 1^;
asked the skipper to sign a rcwl?t
for the meals the crew had ca&ff
at- the station. • .Whereupon -l^le
skipi^r Hew, in. a rage,
Captain -Pat terribly, and . order^'
him . off his ship at onse, drawi^
a dagger, and driving Captain -Pit
backward tn the rail. Fortunate
STUMPY POINT ORGANIZES
L'. STRONG BASEBAI.L TEAM
\ Stimipy Point's recently organlz-
-fe- biwcball nine, scored a 7 to 2
ySctoiy'. over the Bell Island CCC
camp nine In their opening game
'pi ■' tho: seaMn Saturday, A strong
teiur. Aas been organized and Stum
py Point fans expact to rally to Us
support.
Shortly after 6:15 Monday after
noon the approximately 15,000 gal
lon water supply tank toppled and
crasliod to the ground sending a
Hood of water through the camp
grounds. This approximately threa
ton -wooden tank did Itself consid
erable damage In the fall -nd like
wise W'oundcd the pumping system
but the workmen hurrieclly repair
ed the tank and had water back on
storage shortly after midnight.
Then, while four men slept In a
largo tent, fire played havoc above
them. They were rescued from the
flaming tent only In the nick of
time by one “Red" Lynch, who dis
covered the fire and hurriedly drag
ged the sleeping men from their
cots from under the burning can
vas which resulted in a total lo.ss.
It was about two o'clock that this
occurad.
NOW AFTER SCALP OF
MELVIN R. DANIELS
Register of Deeds Served Wilh
Notice He Is Next One Schedul
ed for a Trimming
Tlicrc arc many instances of the
affection.of a dog for his.master
that cicipses any of .the 'hmnan
emotions. A nearby example Is'a I
Nags Head, where a mongrel d. g,
the constant companion of his late
master Melton Tom Culpepper,,
who died some'three weeks ago. Is
starving and grieving •' -himself to
death.
The affection of the-dog for his
master was a beautiful thing. It
travelled' cpnslantly with him. The
dog lived in the car; in which Mr.
Culpepper went froih 'place to place.
And now he refisscs to enter the
car. and will not have anything
to do with other people.
Tile Incident reminds us of a
faithful dog at Wilmington, who
rcmalnd ■a-llh his master even in
death. They arc buried In the same
grave. ■
A man and his faithful dog, the
animal clasped In Ihe arms of his
master. In 1885, Captain William A.
Ellciibrook, a young, river steam-
wwM*- vwaad—vM 'xa -a»*v «*« ■«*
local store, to aid others in sup
pressing the. blaze. .Suddenly. Ellcr-
brouk's voice was heard frem the
OLLIE BELLE MANN|^
BRIDE* OF L:- Rl^S>^AIN|
r
Attractii'e Young MantM
Woman to Be, B'rMe oIsH’jS^^
mouth Man Saturday,''This;
Week' '
Otab. of the outstanding:’ social
events of the season was a lovcl^l
trouscau-shmver given Wedheiday’“|
evening at the Hotel Fort >RBlclgfi*-
for Mrs. Ollle Belle MnTln.
hcslcsscs were Misses Helen .Duvall; > |
Evelyn Mann, Dclnoy Burrus- and;j
Mrs. A. H. Ward. 'About ohc'' huhf>r
dred and fifty guests were pre?2nt'’l|
to wish the bride-elect well.,.'The-tl
guests were greeted at the.’dooriby^
Miss Evelyn Mann, and reglstcrcU^'l
in a bride's book presided over., ffy ?|
'\TlTi: rkoltmv 'RiIIMIIC Wl-illn
were being w-rllten In a blue- andWis-'-ii
sliver wish book, punch w-as serve:!
by Mrs. Alv'ah Ward. Iroiiiji PHnch,'fe’t4
bowl covered with blue and silver SiJsil
paper. The guests wgre then ,lp- '0SS'
vltcd Into the dining room, which '*
-liad-bmtn -{V
a staging of an. amateur J.broad-.;
casting party. Much hilarity pref^J’.;.^^
vailed d-jring ' the broa'diJastln^' f p
insldo of the burning building, call- v.hich was done by guests -assigned
Ing for lielp. Ellerbrook and his bi;
Nc-A-foundland dog were insepar
able. When the faithful dog heard
his -master’s call, the animal dashed
Into the burning building. After the
embers cooled the follotvlng day. It
was ascertained that Ellerbrook had
■been pinned face downward by a
rafter The dog had gotten to his
master. In the effort to drag his
friend’s body to the street, the ani
mal lu>d wrested a portion of the
man’s coat entirely away from the
garment. It was decided lo bury the
man and the dog in the same cas
ket. A monument over the grave
w.-is erected from public subscrip
tions. One side sliows a replica of
the dog. lying as' if asleep, sur
mounted 'with the words "Faithful
Unto Death.”
Melvin R. Daniels,.. Register of
Deeds, who has been a clean, .of-!
flclent and honest officer for so,'-*
oral years in Dare County is said,
to be the next one slat^ for a
trimming by the self-appointed
political dictators-of Dare (kjunty. I
Mr. Daniels has had notice served
on him by three men, who pose as
spokesmen tor the group that they
will give him a trlmm‘ng like they
gave 'Victor Mcekins at Manteo, be •
cause Mr. Daniels has expressed
sentimenb; In favor of fair-play.
Mr. Daniels says he Is going right
ahead and will saw wood, and serv
ing the public as before, and not
catering to any special persoiis.-
ONE, DOLLAR FRIZE
FOR BEST SET. OF SIX
CAMPAIGN LIES
A prize of '$1 will be given for
the elK biggest-, campaj^ lies
heard In thi primary last Sat
urday. Tills contest Is open to
readers In nacli of the four
ccuntics of Tyrrell, Hyde, Cur
rituck and Dare. Tlie readers
of each county soiKlIng In the
set of six biggest lil.4s^U>ld at tho
last minute, :Wlll -.'get a prlze.'^
Address VICTOR MEEKINS,
Manteo, N. C. . -
guessing who presented tli,f.‘stunts
certain stunts, the -'ll,*-. , V-.I:
othersrguosts-.-j
and what they were Imitating. .At
the end of the broadca-stlng, lionr...i,li;j'^
crime a radio message from’"-the''’T'’'ia
mistress of ceremonies, Mi«’ Helen -V r'-vlp
Duvall announcing the nppn)achi’>4''-®r
in:
—„ marriage of Mrs. Ollle Bclle.'fVjVvs
Mann to Lawrence; L. Swaini 'lhe':s>’'.X'^
ceremony to take place. SaEurday.|^',.-^};|
evening, June 13, at tbc home'pfwSfsi^E
Mr. and Mrs. Jero Parker."’'Aftc’rJ)^
tlie announcement the party^.was'^
Invited to return to the '■'ilDijl)y;'if
where a large thrce-llercd -wcffdffig^i
cake had been placed'In the center^'
o fa table laid with blue an'd’sll,ylrry;
paper and lighted with whlte\'can'rr’f
dies In stiver candlesticks.^l’^-Afl'crJ;
the brldc-clcct had-cut, Uie '-csfic^j^;!;’
the guests were served-ice-creamil.)!
and cake liy the hostess'is.Vl-.MlsS^,
Mann was.Jhen iircsenlcd
treasure chest conta!nlng'’g/Shpwcr^,
of lovely 'and useful' glfts.(*‘-?i[t)raSij
M-ann Is.-tlie daughter:6f?Mr;^naOT
Mrs. U.’- Si - Mcekins, ,pf Coiln^'oh;-^
and- has' made-her-homq^e^-Y^
several-:)
son
'i-al-:.years. :v Mr.,-;-Swajn§'Js^'t'fiea|®
of Mr. and ’Mm;‘ L.'R^Swafn jof
Plymouth, 'and’lls clerk'at.Jh(i?Ylr,-j§
pdiila Dare cCc Cam'p.'’iThc:iyouhi£'
i’miplc will ;make“‘thcSr'^’ome)Ky
Miss' Carter’s -apartmenfe^^^
,'The uhclcnV-EgyptlnnJzworiyibF^:
garlic an'd'onI6hs;-’calllri'pth'i5e':Ti»wi
these'
'ctnhlcs. to 'wltncssi'when'fjakl^?: