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THE DARE COUNTY TIMES
The Weekly Journal of the North Carolina Coastland-
-Devoted to the Counties of Currituck, Dare, Tyrrell and Hyde
VOLUME Ml, NO. 152
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 27, 193b
Single Copy, 5c
Superior Court To Set
For The Last Time
On Tuesday, In Dare
Next Week Will End Old Custom of Beginning:
;a Day Late To Let the Sail Boats Come In;i
Judge Sumner Burgwyn to Preside; Sensa-
“ tional Cases Before the Court
KITTY HAWK’S
BRICK CHURCH
IS GOING UP
JUDGE PROVES STILL
WATER RUNS DEEP
Boaz Methodists To Build
First Structure of Its |
Kind In County i
Next week will most likely end
the time honored custom of open
ing the semi-annual term of
Superior Court in Dare County on
Tuesday, a practice that had its
origin when the county was form
ed, and those who had to come in
sail boats from nearly ev'ery part
.of the courity desired to remain
home on Sunday before leaving for
court.
l^ow it is possible for eveij ne
in the county to reach Manteo in
time for court to set on Monday,
and the old custom will end with
this weeks term.
Judge Sumner Burgwyn’ of
Northampton County will preside
in Dare County for his first time.
He is one of the state’s most popu
lar judges, and has many old
friends here.
Among the most sensational
cases due for trial is the case of
Alton Best of Stumpy Point charg
ed with the larceny of lish. This
case has created great interest in
Dare County because its citizens
are mostly fishermen.
The trial of Jethro Milgett, Jr.,
of Nags Head whose auto killed
Mrs. Ethel Hartley and Winston
Green on the highway near Man
teo, and whose trial ended in a
farce at the last term when Judge
Parker discharged the Jur>', will
bring a large crowd of people.
There are a number of minor
cases, one in which Orlando Bur
ma has brought suit against an
Insurance Company for the re-
coTczy of $7,400 insurance on a
fishbouse which burned at Wan-
chese. Walter Barnett Jr. of Bux
ton is suing his wife Celia Barnett
for divorce.
BRINGS HIS CAMPAIGN
CLOSE TO THE PEOPLE
Jlembers of Boaz Methodist
Church in Kitty Hawk may right
fully feci much pride in the fact
that tlieir long desirau bric.v
clnirch is now under construction,
tlie old woo'den building which sur-
ved so many years having been torn
down to make way for ih? new.
Tile church will cost some ST.CUn
it is reported, and liberal contri
butions have been made liy the
citizens of Kitty Hawk. The in
terest taken by tlie people of this
community in churcli and school
work is exceptional.
VACCINATION CLINICS
IN HYDE AND DARE
MRS. CYNTHIA FULCHER
Mrs. Cynthia Tillett Fulcaec,
£8, widow of the late Stanford L.
Fulcher of Manns Harbor died
Tuesday night at tba home of her
dalghter, Mrs. Eima Mann of Man
teo. Mrs. Fulcher had been in
failing health for a long time. She
was a sister of Mrs. Will Mann of
Elizabeth City, and a half sister
off Mrs. W. O. Barnett of Eliza
beth City, and Mrs. A. C, Mann of
3Ianteo.
Surviving her are a son, Charles
R. Wlcher, prominent traveling
salesman of Dara County, and the
following daughters: 31rs. Claude
Midgett, airs. Fred Johnson of
aianns Harbor, airs. B. A. Gibbs
of Elizabeth City, and Mrs. Elma
aiann of Manteo.
Funeral and interment was in
cluded at the family burjing
ground at Manns Harbor Wednes
day. Mrs. Fulcher had been one of
aianns Harbor’s most prominent
women, and she left a host of
friends to mouirn her loss. She
married at the age of 12 years,
and her grandchildren are legion,
arid she was the greatgrandmother
of 13.
HON. HERBERT R. I.EARY. Soli
citor of the First Judicial Distnct.
and now a candidate for Judge, is
a man who believes in carrying
his campaign close to the people.
He has served ten ysars in the
office of District Solicitor, and
might have held the job ten years
more, had he not felt the urge to
run for Judge. He has enjoyed
great popularity during this time,
and when he goes into the political
arena, he is a formidable opponent,
for he has a way of going from'
voter to voter, shaking hands
with them in their fields, eating;
with them whereever he stops.
In a recent letter addressed to the
voters he says he has travelld 14,-
000 miles and consumed four
months in a determined effort to
see them all but for official duties
has been unable to do so. H is
a native and resTdet df Edenton,
and member of a prominent fam
ily*
Announcement has been made
by Dr. S. V. Lewis, District
Health Officer that free vaccina
tion clinics for Diphtheria, Small
Pox, and Typhoid will be held in
several communities in Hyde and
Dare Cousties as follows;
On May 30, June 6, 13 and 20th,
at the following hours: Scranton
!;30 a. m.; at Ed Credle’s Store
at 9: a. m.; at'Sladesville store at
10: a. m.; Sladesville colored
school 10:30 a. m.; Fairfield P. O.
12:00 noon; Fairfield colored
school. 1 :U0' p. m.; Engelhard
school, 2 p. m. Engelhard Ridge,
3 p. m.; New Holland 4 p. m.; and
Swindell’s fork 5 p. m.
In Dare County June 1, 8th, 15th
and 22nd: East Lake, 9:30 a. m.;
Manns Harbor li a. m.; Stumpy
Point 1:00 p. m.
TOLER-PAYNE
CASE TO COIVIE
UP MONDAY
Stumpy Point Man Brings
Serious Charges Against
Father-In-Law
TRAGIC DE.4TH OF LITTLE
GIRL KILLED BY aiULE
GIVING FREE MOVIES ON
THE MAKING OF CORDAGE
Little Annie Elliott, four year
did child of Durants N'Sek, Per
quimans County, was killed last
week when a frightened mule ran
over her, and the cart wheels
crushed her body. Her older bro
ther, driving the mule, had gotten
out of the cart to kill a snake. The
mule .became excited and ran to
ward the ho;ue, the little girl was
playing fn its path.
She was one of a family of fl3
children.
In Swan Quarter, air. ana Mrs.
Dan Berry have as their guests,
air. and airs. A. H. Berry of
Florida.
aiiss Fannie Cohoon and airs,
aiattie Jones are now licensed
beauty specialists in Swan Quar
ter. ... ...
Miss Queenie Boomer has re
turned from her recent trip to New
York City.
Walter Credle Cuthrell of Fair-
fiell, son of air. and Mrs. A. L.
Cuthrell died Saturday night and
was buried Sunday afternoon. Be
sides his parents, two brothers and
a sister survive him.
Mr. Charlie Cohoon, 92 year
old Swan Quarter citizen is dang
erously ill. His immediate de
scendants number 62 persons.
HYDE COUNTY WOMAN
LIKES THE TiaiES
airs. R. O. Payne, wife of the
Register of Deeds of Hyde County
is another of our grrowing circle
of readers in that county who
likes the Dare County Times.
air. Payne says he likes the pa
per fine, and his wife says she
likes it the best of any paper
coming to their home.
JLDGE C. EVEREi'i’ THOMP
SON, of Elizabeth City, went into
Hyde this week to hold court. He
came out of it with an astounding
number of friends who found him
with no wastefulness of words, but
with a quiet and digmfiea manner,
and an ever-present smil'e or
twinkle; a uniform bearing, and
on every hand compliments were
expresseu upon his manner of hold
ing court, aiany discussions were
held as to his charge to the
Grand Jury which was considered
a masterpiece and proof of the
old saying that ‘‘still water runs
deep.” He was accompanied to
Hyda by airs. Thompson.
In his charge to the Grand
Jury, Judge Thompson went to
considerable length to trace the
history of that body, which had
its origin as a result of the over
throw of the tyrrany of Govern
ment prevailing in England up to
1215. The Grand Jury, he describ
ed as ‘‘a shield to protect th**
weak and innocent from false and
unjust charges and a power to
accuse the guilty, be they ever so
great a popular.
“A more deiicace and important
Seeking to have his father-in-
law, Willington Payne, put un
der a peace bond, and alleging
that Payne has threatened his life,
•Adolpli Toier of Stumpy Point
will appear in a .Special Session of
Recorders Court iii Manteo Mon
day . to air out some of his dif
ferences of many month’s staiid-
i ing. Mr. Toler got out tlie war
rant. Mr. Payne’s bond was sign
ed by R. Dewey Wise.
The case lias created quite a
sensation in Manteo, and on
Stumpy Point, and Rev. B. P.
Perkins, and Mrs. Bateman, both
Holiness ministers have been sub
poenaed to appear on bath sides.
air. Payne alleged sometime ago
that Mr. Toler, a quiet, mild-
mannered citizen, and husband ot
Mr. Payne’s daughter, Mrs. Velma
r. er a young woman converted
by the Holiness church and now
one of its members, has caused
much trouble in the family. Mr,
Payne has gone so far as to say,
that air. Toler took the affection
of his wife, and air. Toler’s mother-
in-law away from her husband,
air. Toier now says air. Payne has
threatened his life.
air. Toler was tiien living in
the Payne home. Since the trouble
began, airs. Payne has left air.
Payne and has been living with her
daughter, airs. A. B. L. Twiford
in aianteo.
Stumpy Point folk in talking
about the case raise an eyebrow
at the suggestion that air. Toler
ever cast a sheep’s eye at his
wife’s mother. It all occasions
quite a mix-up, for before the en
tire group got religion, air. Payne
was considered a quite
Ed Gibbs 72, Gets 18
Months For Shootins
Endorser, Closs Gibbs
Aged Hyde County Farmer Gets Off Light In
Siijjerior Court For Assault Which Almost
Resulted Fatally for Engelhard Merchant,
The Outgrowth of Endorsing A Note
loving man, as was his son-in-law
trust you could not be called upon Toler, and all appeared to go
HIghert Peiai im Wtscoasia
Bib Mountain state park, near
Wausau, Wis., is the highest point
in the state, 1,940 feet above sea
levcL
CLARK GODFREY’S ORCHESTRA AT CASINO
A 40 minute moving picture ill
ustrating the making of rope and
of jiarticular interest to fishermen
was given at aianns Harbor Wed
nesday night by W. C. Blakemore
of the Plymouth Cordage Co.,
who with Clarence L. aiidgett of
aianns Harbor and Arthur Ander
sen, of Baltimore, Salesmen for
the Linen Thread Company have
initiated a program which they
expect to carry to every fisherman
in eastern North Carolina. Within
a few wi^ks they expect to show
this picture free of charge in
every fishing community.
air. Andersen is well-known in
Dare County, and found many
friends to greet him. The three
■ men were in Manteo Thursday
morning, well-pleased with the re
ception given them at Manns
Harbor.
DAUGHTER BORN
Mr. and airs. H E. Fairey of
'Wandiese announce the birth of a
daughter, Jacqueline Dee, 7
pounds, on Hay 19th. Mother and
«hild doing weU.
to fulfil, for in a popular govern
ment such as ours, it is of utmost
importance to the peace and har
mony of society, not only that the
.^administration^f 'justice and ths
punishment or crimes should in
fact be impartial, but that they
should be so conducted as to in
spire a general confidence. To
accomplish this, nothing could be
better conceived than the selec
tion of a body, by lot, from among
those, who previously and with
out regard to time, person or oc
casion have been chosen from
their fellow citizens, as persons
deemed worthy of this high trust
by their moral worth and respec
tability of character ..... your
body by the mode of its selectior.,
by its number and character, and
the temporary exercise of its pow
ers, is placed beyond the reach'or
the supicior. of being over-awed
by power or seduced by persua
sion.”
In closing Judge Thompson said.
“In all your inquiries be dili
gent, and in all your conclusions
be careful and ieliberate. In a
country like ours, blessed with
free institutions, the safety of its
people depends upon the vigilant
and firm execution of the law.
“Everyone must be made to un
derstand, and constantly to feel
that its supremacy will ,be speedi
ly enforced by the constituted
tribunals and that liberty cannot
exist under a feeble, relaxed or
indolent administration of its pow
er, where crime goes unpunishtl
and the law is codemned.
“There can be no just cause for
sympathy with any party who vol
untarily occurs its penalties, and
negligence or carelessness in your
inquiries would tend to multiply
the number of offemees and would
deprive society and the indiridual
citizen of the protection and se
curity to which they are entitled.
well in the Payne home.
BARELY $200 PAID FOR
14 TONS OF SEAFOOD
•f- —::
Something like $209 was all the
Sears brothers and Dan Baum got
for more than 14 tons of croakers,
caught with a long net last Sat-
urlaj’ and sold to D. D. Whitson,
well known local fish dealer, and
the fishermen were lucity to get
that much, because air. Whitson
bought them pot luck, and out of
a desire to keep the fish from go
ing to waste. The nvore than tiS,-
OUO pounds of fish should have
DUVALL, OWNER OF THE 1 Gloss Gibbs, w^all known 58-
FORT RALEIGH HOTEL; year-old Engelhard Merchant and
landowner, endorsed the notes of
Ed Gibbs in the amount of one
thousand dollars. He took a sec
ond mortgage on a farm owned
by Ed Gibbs, 72. Ed Gibbs didn’t
pay the money, Closs Gibbs had
it to pay. He also had to take up
the property from the Federal
Land Bank of Coliihibia holders
af the first mortgage, or lose his
own investment, and was prepsr-
ing to do so when Ed Gibbs came
to see him.
Ed Gibbs is considered a. fier/
old man. He*had been aggravat
ed a lot by losing various pieces
of property which he had mort
gaged at different times. When
the Federal Land Bank of Colum
bia notified him that they were
selling the farm he formerly own
ed, to air. Gibbs^, the merchant, h«
met Mr. Gibbs m the road at En
gelhard one aay about a month
ago, and said “I want to talk to
you on business.”
“I thought he wanted to make
some arrangements about buying
back tile property. I was quito
willing for him to do so. I in
vited him to get in my car, and
he did,” said Closs Gibbs st
Swan Quarter this week.
“Ed Gibbs said: ‘1 hear you am
going to buy my farm,’ and' I
told him, yes, I was getting it
for about what he had 'Borrowed
on it from the bank added to what
1 had paid out.
. “At that-he backed out of the
car and said '‘alright’. ^tefore I
Claude C. Duvall so far os we
know has never had his picture in
a newspaper. He never blows his
horn, or appears much in public
yet he is one of the County's lar
gest tax payers, and he has in-
peace- I vested all his earnings in his
home County. Mr. Duvall is 51
years old and is the owner of the
Fort Raleigh Hotel in Manteo, be
side being a partner in .the lumber
manufacturing firm of Duvall
Bros, at Buffalo .City.'This busi
ness for many years Has been a l -
lifesaver to many working people j what had happened, he drew
of Buffalo City. At this time .’«r. ‘ “ pointed it at my head.
Duvall seeks the office of county I * *>ead and threw
Commissioner. “Frankly,” says right arm, a bullet enter-
Mr. DuvaU, “I am interested in through it be-
setving on this group because I' *"'®*** bones. I began to back
am interested in the wrelfare cf fit® ^nd he shot again,
the County. Why shonlden’t I be? stnwng ■mo in the thumb. I man-
I have invested every dollar I have ^ ^8®tl f® 8®t f® him and pin his
right here. I am not seeking el- j before he could shoot again.”
ection for the purpose of getting j Gloss Biobs, weak from the loss
brought more than a thousand jobs for my relatives nor to reduce' C®un-
my taxes, nor to protect mv in- court this week. The detend-
terests. All I have is here in Dare charged with assault with «
County and the welfare of the, W'eapon with intent to kill.
dollars in the pockets of the fish
ermen. When fish get down to
three-f; j: a cent a pound, it
is tight times for the fishermen.
Had these fish b..en kept some
where, until the proper time for
marketing them, and releat'id a
few at the time as needed, they
might have paid the fishermen
something for their long hard
work. As it was, probably nobody
made any money on them.
county is my weiiare.”-
Mr. Duvall was born in Tyrrell
County, and came to Dare when
12 years of age. He got his educa
tion from four years of schooling
at East Lake, the teachers could
n’t give him more education and at
16 he left and began his meroan-
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BEACH CLUB TO OPEN
SATURDAY fOR SEASO^
ataiuger Levy Overton Has Hired
Good Orchestras Frr The
Season
MANAGER OVERTON
NEW YORKERS LAND 21
CHANNEL BASS MONDAY
CLARK GODFREY’S 11-Piece Norfolk Orchestra, with famous vo
calist, Honey Lane, who is to play at the Nags Head' Casino Satur
day night, ^ding another starry spot to the glitter and glamour of
the resort’s gala opening, aianager “Ras” Wcstcott considers the
Casino fortunate in obtaining this orchestra. The Oasino has enjoy
ed a huge bus'mess eacl^ week end since it opened early in aiay,
Among its new orchestra members are musicians from some of the
leading bands of the country, such as Don aiarco, Paul Whiteman,
Meyer Davis, Joihnny Brown, Jack Denny, and other well-known
bands. The orchestra features Honey Lane a radio artist who has
broadoRst from Cincinnati, Albany, Cleveland, and also the various
radio stations in West Virginia. She was a featured, soloist of the
Consolidated Artists.
Dr. C. C. Glucksman, head cf the
childrens ward of the Mt. Sinai
Hospital, a big 800 .bed institution
in New York City, with feur
friends, has been spending the
week in Dare County, fishing first
at Hatteras for three days, and
coming to Oregon Inlet. They
caught 21 channel bass on aionday,
with Ira Stowe as guide, having
chartered Mr. Stowe’s 'boat for six
days. In the party were Everett
Grady, Vice-President of a New
York Advertising Agency, Dr.
Jimmie CSiaitovitz, and Dr. Natha-
^niel Weg, dentists, and Buddy Co
hen, merchant.
The party expressed great in
terest in Dare County and its fish-. past two years is well pleased with
ing, several of. them having been| prospects for his opening dance,
here before. Dr. Glucksman has He has more than 100 reserva-
The Nags Head Beach Club, un
der the management of Levy
Overton, of Ahoskie and Enfield,
will open full blast Saturday
night, Maj*''2StIi, with the High
Hatters, famous 12-piece Norfolk
Orchestra featuring Babe Pearson,
vocalist. The Beach Club has
been renovated and made over
and shows a great improvement.;
And under'skillful and experienr-'
ed managenrent of air. Overton,
has a successful season in pros
pect.
Mr. Overton promises the beach
a variety of good music through
out the .season. Through June,
the High Hatters will play each
week-end. On July 1, Freddy
Johnson’s 12-piece band from the
University of North Carolina is
coming for a solid month of music
every night.
On Augi^t 1 more University
players will come under the direc
tion of Norman Bennett also with
a 12-puce Orchestra, and this
group will play through the clos
ing dance, Labor Day.
•Mr. Overton, who has operated
a theatre in Enfield ' during' the
fished here for
brought some 20
this section.
six years and, tions already, and there is no
newcomers to j doubt but that the beach club will
I be crowded Saturday night.
Manager ' 'avy .Overton, of the
Nags Head Beach Club who has'
obtained excellent orchestras for
this season and looks forward to
good business.
TURN ABOUT IS FAIR PLAY
On May 2,tst Swan Quarter
baseball team defeated the CCC
team by a score of 9-7 on the
Swan Quarter diamond while on
aiay 22nd the CCC defeated- the
Swan Quarter nine by a score of
6-5 on the CCC diamond. The
Swan Quaifer'team shows much
improvement over last season and
local fans believe tiiat when this
team b^mes,,^prop^Iy organized
that they mil tKpr^nt the best
team Swan Quarter }ias. bad in a
number of years.
j oflered no eviuence. His .C^o'meya
' C. L. Beil, H. S. Ward and J. C.
' aieekins did a good job at getting
him off with the simple convic
tion of assault with a deadly weap-
' on, and a light sentence of 18
months on the roads, probably be
cause of his advanced age.
Ed Gibbs has no children. He
and his wife lived alone. No
doubt the thought of having lost
his last bit of property as a re
sult of his heavy borrowings,
amounting to over $4,000 during
the depression, had preyed on hia
mind.
Following the snooting, several
other people 'began re be appre
hensive wheirit was rumored that
Ed Gibbs had said he was going to
kilt four others, among them be
ing the attorney for the Land
bank, the 'chairman of the Board
of Commissioners.
Hyde Ckiunty court was still un-
deru'ay Thursday afternoon , at
that time being engaged in hear
ing the case of former Sheriff T.
C. Swindell against T. L. Sawyer,
over some mules. The case of
airs. Sally W. Blade, against her
brother W. W. Watson over
rights in an estate had been set
tled out of court. G. Selwin My
ers, advertising man, who was
charged with obtaining money
under false pretense and fraud as-
the outgrowth of a transaction
with the Hyde County Chamber of
Commerce was found not guilty.
'The will of Catherine Davenport,
largely invoking 75 acres of land,
contested by Geo. Hodges, was sus
tained. Sam Spencer, colored got
six months on the roads for sell
ing whiskey.
Oa -motion of defense counsel of
Judgt Thompson granted a "direct
ed verdict of not guilty” in sec
ond degree murder trial of Billy
Pugh, formerly of the New Lake
section of Hyde County and now
.a. resident- of-Beihaven on a cnaigb-
of having shot his 16-year-old son
last February.
Judge ’Thompson granted Wilk
inson’s moHon when the proeecu-
tion admitfed insufficient evidence
to leave -with the jury.