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MANTEO SCHOOL LUNCH '
ROOM HAS GOOD RECORD
The Manteo schojl lunch room,
operated during the past year un
der the direction of JIrs. Dora Lee
Willis as a Wl’A project, sponsor-'
ed by the Manteo PTA, and prais
ed by WPA officials as one of the
best in the state, closed Friday,
May 13th, with a successful record
for the year. During the six and
a half months of operation 11,409
lunches were served. T.t'oG
THE DARE COUNTY TIMES
Friday, May 27, 1D38
paid out for food, ?35,28 spent for |
lunch room equipment, leaving aj
balance of $13.51 clear. |
TO WIPE 01 T MOStll'lTOES
IN DARE AND TYRRELL
The W. P. A. has notified Repre-,
sentative Lindsay Warren that the
President had approved drainage
projects for Dare County amount
ing to $25,520 and Tyrrell County
for $24,985. The President aiso
CHRISTMAS EVE AND 21 PERISHED
NEEDLESSLY IN SEA AT OCRACOKE
of approved an unemployment pr'
these were paid for, 3,553 were ect for needy persons in Dare j
provided for undernouri.shed child- County amounting to $5,624. AH
Ten, free of charge, A total of three projects must now be ap- —o
$831.77 was taken in, $777.98 was proved by the Comptroller General, j.jjg wreck or the
' Ariosto
The Stor.y of the Loss of the Steamship
Ariosto and the Brave Work of Coast
Guard SuTfmen in Saviinr ]\len Left
Aboard
Along the coast the old
men never tire of telling the
HIT A “HOME RUN”
IN
SUMMER COMFORT
NOW
Let Us Install A
GENERAL ELECTRIC
REFRIGERATOR
SEE OUR STOCK OF
SUMMER FURNITURE
Before Re-Fumishing
Your
BED ROOM ‘
^ AND
LIVING ROOM
Our Representative, Mr. “Jimmie” Jackson will
be in Manteo on June 10tli, and will make head
quarters at Fort Raleigh Hotel
J. H. Wilkins Co.
ELIZABETH CITY, N. C.
-FOR-
SOLICITOR
For the office of Solicitor of the First Judicial
District we tender to the voters Chester Morris, a man
whose personal and professional life is without ques
tion, whose very ideal is the betterment of society
{inH the upholding of the law of the land. This man
has proven his ability in his profession for a number
of years. He is honest, upright and in all a straight-
forv/ard gentleman. We tender him and endorse him
for the office he seeks. Make him Solicitor of this
District. He deserves your support He has through
years of hard labor and in the face of obstacles won
for himself a high and valuable reputation as a
lawyer and as a man. xi. t'.. i ?
WE SOLICIT FOR HIM YOUR VOTE
AND SUPPORT
Sponsored By Supporters Ox Chester Morris
was taker to he some source
whence assistance might
come.” And so in fact it was,
being the red Coston signal
of the life saving patrol
Believing hi.-i ship to be
British Steamship
The Times has obtained this
story as garnered from the
old record of the stations, among the Dii.mond Shoals,
and tells you about it, asujjg master fee red she might
Capt. Homer Styron, or soniej ^ork off into one of the itum-
of the old boys might tell it.grous deep holes or channels,
to you
I At this wreck, there was
said to be the most calami
tons, because entirely need
less, loss of life during the en
tire year, occurred on Decern
ber ^4,1899, on the coast of
North Carolina, about two
miles to the southward of the
Ocracoke Life Saving Sta
tion. Of 30 persons on board
the vessel, 21 perished, while
there was in the conditions,
not the slightest necessity
that a single one should have
been lost.
The Ariosto was a schoo
ner-rigged steel vessel of 2,-
265 tons, laden with a valua
ble cargo of wheat, cotton,
lumber and cotton-seed meal,
carrying 30 men including the
officers, and commanded b>
Captain R. R. Bains. When
lost she was bound from Gal-
vston, Texas, to Hamburg,
German.v, via Norfolk, Va.,
the object of the call at Nor
folk being to refill the coal
bunkers.
During the evening of
Saturday, December 23, the
and founder there, and be
sides, he was seriously wor
ried over the fact that the
heavy seas on the starboard
side broke away the three
starboard boa is, while the
ship was constantly heeling
over to starboard making tne
destruction of the boats on
the port side likely to take
place at any moment. He
therefore hi-Id a consultation
with the chief officer, which
resulted in the determination
to launch the port boats.
Here was where the fatal
mistake occurred.
Signals, indicating that as
sistance would be afforded
from the shore, had already
been seen from the shore,
and correctly interpreted- As
subsequent events proved, to
a demonstration, if all simply
had stood by the vessel every
one would have been rescued.
Nevertheless, it must be re
membered that Captain Bains
supposed his vessel to be
stranded on the Diamond
Shoals, a place of extreme
danger, so far from .shore
weaker was clear overhead,!that he might have doubted
Chester Morris
but hazy around the horizon,
and a smart wind was blowing
from the southwest, driving
before it a very rough sea. At
midnight the weather was
thick all around, and heavy
showers of rain passed over
from time to time, while the
sea was constantly making.
Abqut 3:45 o’clock Sunday
morning. Captain Bains, who
was then lying down in the
chart room, heard the tele
graph bell ring, and instantly
|sprang up to inquire the rea-
ison, when lie was met at the
I door by the second mate, who
had come to request his pres
ence on the deck.
the ability of any boat to
reach her, and of course miles
beyond the range of any life
saving gun or rocket. Having
in view these facts, it may
not be a matter cf CTeat sur
prise that he should deem it
ihe part of wisdom to save
his two remaining boats and
man them alongside until the
dawn of day should make it
possible to determine his true
position and the propel
course of action then to be
taken.
This he asse ts to have
been his jiurpos;. /according
ly the pinnace was first got
out and nanned bt eleven
Pro^'cediiig pt once to thelmen incl iding the I'.ief and
bridge, the captain saw that
his ship was entirely sur
rounded by “white water.”
He says he did not know pre
cisely what part of the coast
he was on, but that since he
could see no land or light, he
had an idea that he had struck
second mates, who were
placed in charge, with indica
tions to “get away clear and
then lie by until daylight.”
As soon at the pinnace clear
ed the ship the lifeboat was
successfully put over and
manned by fifteen men
the Diamond Shoals, off Hat-j Twenty-six persons were now
teras. As a matter of fact he
was some fifteen miles to the
southwest. The engines were
working hard astern, but they
were not able to stop the
in the boats, while there re
mained on the ship four
others, including Captain
Baines. Fortunately for them
, , , . - -—ifbe lifeboat got away before
headway of the vessel, which they could embai k in it. To
took the bottom and remain
ed, as the master says, bump
ing and thuinping m suen a
manner that it seemed prob
able her masts would come
down.” All hands were at
once on deck and rocket
signals of distress were fired,
the first having been sent up
shout 3:50 o’clock he thinks.
While still firing,” the cap-
this Providei.tiai accident,
which probablv then seemed
to them the worsi of ill luck,
they owed the/r ,ives.
Swain Ashore Alone
Both boats were upset a
short while after they cleared
the steamer. Twenty-six per
sons were now battling for
their lives in one of the worst
. . .seas with which desperate
lam says, a red flash was; men have ever contended.
seen from the north, which and yet, one of them. Seaman
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VEHICLE DAMAGE,
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L. E. OLD MAX WOOD
Elizabeth City, N. C.
Elsing, absolutely unaided
even with so much as the
. slightest piece of wreckage,
succeeded m reaching shore.
Two others who left the ship
were hauled back on board
the steamer by means of the
boat tackle which ITimg along
side, while Fireman Henrotn
and Boatswain Anderson, |
who embarked in the pinnace, i
were dragged from the surf
by life-savers who were on
the beach.
By this time daylight was
faintly showing and Keeper
Howard, of the Ocracoke sta
tion, having gained some
ocular information of the
international code signal,
“M. K.,” meaning to remain
by your ship.
The Coast Guard men were
now hard at work. On ac
count of the surf running
over the beach there was ai
very serious difficulty in
finding a place sufficiently
high to bury the sand anchor!
wnere it would hold on to,
place the Lyle gun where it
would be out of the water. I
The first shot failed to reach!
tile steamer, which was about
600 yards distance. She was
constantly working her way
closer, however, when she
was about 600 yards distance
from the beach, a line was
shot, and when she was 500
yards from the beach they
succeeded in getting a line
aboard. Those remaining on
board the vessel were suc
cessfully brought ashore.
Captain Bains was the last
to leave the ship and when he
put his foot on the beach
about 2:30 P. M., a loud cheer
was sent up by all the people
who had by this time assem
bled. Every man was saved
whom the life-saving crew
could by any possibllty have
rescued under the most un
fortunate circumstances fol
lowing the launching of the
boats, and if all had I'emained
patiently on board, not one
wouU have been lost. Three
of the seamen in the boats
were washed ashore before
the line was placed on the
steamer and effoits were
made to revive them, but
without success.
Keeper Zura Burrus and
his crew of the Durant’s Life-
Saving station, located next
to Ocracoke on the north,
were requested by telephone
to join Keeper Howarl’s crew
after the latte~ had begun
operations to set up the beach
apparatus. They started at
once, but were obliged to use
the station supply boat on ac
count of the rough sea and
to go on the inside of the
beach by way of Pamlico
Sound, which consumed a-
bout two .lours. They made,
however, the best possible
time, arriving just as the shot
line was firea over the ves
sel, and performed their
share of the work.
A number of citizens of the
neighborhood voluntaiily ren
dered extemely valuable as
sistance to the life-saving
crews, anl it is a pleasure to
thankfully acknowledge tlieir
praiseworthy conduct, which
it is but simple justice to
add, was thoroughly charac
teristic of the humane and
courageous people who in
habit this coast. Unfortun
ately the names of all of
them could not be obtained,
but among the number was:
I. M. Stowe, A. J. O’Neal, B.
F. Stowe, A. J. O’Neal, B.
Stowe, and C. F. Austin.
The picture of the stately
ship as she stool aground at
Ocracoke hung for many
years in the office of M. ’r.
Cashln,, well known Iiish
junk dealer of. Norfolk, whoi
who bought the ship from the'
mslrance undemnters andl
wrecked it, making a consid
erable sum of money from
the scrap metal as well as
other useful articles salvaged
from it.
OPEN LETTER TO A
DRUNKEN DRIVER
(N. C. Christian Advocate)
“Sure you can drive home
a’right. Don’t let 'em feed you any
of that bunk abo' . letting some
body else take the wheel. Any
time old Pete can stand on his two
feet he can drive an automobile,
drunk or sober. Whatsh a few
drinks .between friends, anyway.
You show ’em who’s going to drive.
“Pile ’em into the car. That
sweet little wife of yours, who’s
such a swell kid even if she does
nag you about driving when you’re
drunk. And that funny couple with
you who want to takb a taxicab
home. Imagine! Wanting to tak-
a cab! Pile ’em in. Step on the
gas. Whoopee! Go places—
“Brother, you’ro not the big shot
you think you are. You’re just a
fuzzy-brained, liquored-up, obstin
ate ass with about as much right
to drive an automobile on the pub
lic highway as a monkey from the
zoo would have.
“1 won't appeal to your reason
because it’s obvious that you
haven’^t any. I won’t appeal to
your emotions because they’re
pickled.”—Selected.
ELIZABETH CITY
LEADING FIRMS WHO SERVE
THE BEACH TRADE
This handy list is for the convenience of shoppers,
who want the best service. We have prepared our
selves especially to cater to the needs of the beach
trade this summer.
BEAUTY SERVICE
IN EVERY FIELD BY
EXPERT OPERATORS
MILADY’S BEAUTY SALON
CAROLINA BLDG.
PHONE 90S
BEAR FRAME WHEEL AND AXLE
AUGNMENT
TOWING
CAROLINA DUCO COMPANY
PHONE 837
DRY CLEANING
FOR EFFICIENT WORK AND PROMPT
SERVICE SEND YOUR CLOTHES TO
COOPER CLEANING WORKS
PHONE 280
DRtGS AND PRESCRIPTIONS
DRUGS WITH A REPUTATION
EXPERT PRESCRIPTION SERVICE
MAIL ORDERS GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION
OVERMAN & STEVENSON
PHONE 321
FLOWERS
FOR EVERY OCCASION
MILDRED’S FLORIST SHOPPE
PHONE 82
NIGHT PHONE 264-W
FURNITURE—SECOND HAND
ALL STYLES AND TYPES
MRS. CALLIE MEIGGS
^ PHONE 250.J
FANCY GROCERIES
TRY
GARRETT’S QUALITY
FOOD STORE
PHONES 1127 A 1128 MAIN A ROAD STS.
REFRESHMENT
BOTTLED
COCA COLA
IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUMMER COMFORT
JEWELRY
BRIGHT JEWELRY CO.. INC.,
iWATCHES DIAMONDS JEWELRY
AND SILVERWARE
—EXPERT REPAIR WORK—
A. 0. JAMES, Mgr.
RUCKER & SHEELY COMPANY
ELIZABETH CITY’S BEST STORE
TIRES
BUY FIRESTONE
TEXACO PRODUCTS
STEVENS TIRE STORE
CORNER WATER A FEARING STREETS