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I ■ Page Eight THE DARE COUNTY TIMES FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1938 MANTEO GIRL RUNS FAIRFAX newsstand! Wolves End a Fend Substitute a Slio’-Nuff Romance in the Mountains When They Trap Girl and Boy in the Darkness ABOUT TO GIVE FORT TO PARK SERVICE U3 3 il THE FAIRFAX HOTEL in Nor folk is popular with North Caro linians because of its convenience,] its quiet, and its splendid service. Its 150 rooms situated on eight floors give the traveller and tour ist a convenient home in the heart of Norfolk’s shopping and theatre district. Like the most popular hotels of New York, it is situated just to the west of the broadway of the town; and on City Hall Ave nue, one-half block from Granby, west, is found the Fairfax. Its manager, and proprietor, Hugh F. Galvin, has surrounded himself with a courteous and efficient staff. Miss Lucy Smith, a Manteo gprl, who is a daughter of the late Sheriff B. W. Smith, is the lessee and operator of the newstand and cigar counter in' this hotel, where she enjoys a successful business. The Galvin hotels formerly in cluded the Victoria and the South land. But Mr. Galvin recently dis posed of the Southland and will devote his entire time to the Fair fax. Since taking it over in 1926, he has spent nearly $200,000 on improvements, leaving the only thing old about the hotel its steel and concrete walls, claimed to be the most fireproof structure in Norfolk, which will withstand any thing except an earthquake. In connection with the hotel is an excellent restaurant, a dining room popular for civic luncheons, andd the Dickens Boom, a charm ing beverage lounge opened in 1937,„ well worth visiting when in Norfolk. FIRST LOCAL MAN TO TAKE PLANE UP Wilton Joliff Makes First Fiighi in Taylor Cub Plano Solo Wilton “Jolly" Joliff, popular operator of JIanteo’s Texaco fill- mg station, became the first of the local Hying students to solo when he took off by himself from the Manteo Airport last Thursday afternoon. Flying the cub plane that he and four other Manteo business men own, “Jolly” made five landings and stayed in the air for about thirty minutes. A student of pilot David Dris- kill, “Jolly” had flown for about eight or ten hours under the in struction of the Park Service flyer. Although Thursday was the first time in recent years that “Jolly" has flown a plane by himself, .he already had flown 39 solo hours \vhile he was in the Navy prior to 1927. The other co-owners of the cub plane, Martin Kellogg, Jr., Leigh Hassell, Doran Quidley, and Alvah ward, are training under Driskill now, and several are expected to solo before the summer is over. V —— ' 100 Defeated by 5,000 Seven hundred Texans defeated 5,000 Mexican soldiers in 18 minutes at the battle of San Jacinto in 1838. NOTICE 'm,'n flu. Old Fort Raleigh To Be Urans- ferred to the Federal Govern ment Soon many blues, and channel bass. ne wotvet kept ap their helllah cries sad circled aearer sad aearcr, tbeir yellow eyes clearaiac threagh the darkacas. North Carolina Dare County In the Superior Court. William E. Kail VS Fannie Gregory Hall Service of summons by publication The defendant in the above en titled action will hereby take no tice that an action ds entitled abov'S has been instituted in the Superior Court of Dare County.^ That summons was issued out ol the office of the clerk of Superior Court and complaint filed on the 11th day of June 1938, which com plaint sets forth grounds for an absolute divorce from the said de fendant Fannie Gregory Hall on grounds of more than two years separation. Defendant will further take no tice that said summons is return able brfoi - the Clerk of the Su- parior Court of Dare County at ■his office in Manteo, N- C., on or before the 18th day of August 193h when and where the defemi- ant is requuired to appear ^d answer or demur to the complaint, or the relief ' therein demanded will bo granted, 0118 the 11th day of June 1938. * d. S. MEEKINS, Clerk Superior Court Dare County (4t-J17-Jly-b) By WnXIAM BORNE S INCE the first Hartley killed the first Vaughn in 1869 at a whisky still on the Little Tennessee river in the Smoky mountains of North Carolina and started the bloody Vaughn-Hartley feud that has taken a toll of a dozen lives, thare has been no let-up in the bitter hatred between the two clans until that dark night a few weeks ago when Fate took a hand in the form of a pack of hungry, blood thirsty timber wolves in the fastness of the Smok- les. ^_^was near sundown when young Toni Vaughn tucked the squirrels he had kille^ into his belt and started dovSS the narrow, winding trail Ujat led into the gap to his h'ome t\vb miles south on the edge of Lake Santeelah. - - Suddenly from off In the darkness calnc tlie howl like tliai of a dog. Tom Vaughn stopped in the path. It came again, and this time It was answered by another dismal, wild call farther away. Timber wolves! Hears Woman Scream. The eerie cries came again, this time seemingly closer together. With these came a third cry—a cry so shrill and so piercing and so terror - filled that Tom Vaughn gasped and crouched low in the traiL For this third cry was the scream of a terrified woman, and it came from the darkness scarcely a hundred yards off to the right. Tlie listening man opened his mouth and gave a long, piercing yell that echoed hollowly back from the in'wsible cliffs behind him. He st'-lned his ears, listening, and presently his call was answered. He called again, his voice low ered: "Whore are y’?" The answer came from the dark: "Right by th’ creek—who is it?” Soon be stood looking down into the white face of a glrL In that thick blackness he could not tell her Identity. So ho leaned over and peered at the light patch in the darkness. “It’s me,” he answered, trying to pierce the dark with his eyes. “Tom Vaughn. tVho air y*?” There was no answer from the prone figure against the bole of the tree at Tom Vaughn’s feet; merely a gasp of surprise. Feud in the Bleed. • n'-o air y*?” He leaned down and peered at the white blob that was the girl's face. “Air y’ hurt?" "My ankle," came the final an swer. now in a voice that was slightly husky and just a bit harsh. “It’s broke, but I don’t need no help o’ yore's. Tom Vaughn " The boy gasped his surprise and slowly straightened up stifiSy. “Mar ian — HarUey —" he whispered, hoarsely, anger welling up in his voice. "I—I fell down from thet rock,” she said then, and her voice trem bled. “Jest when did y" do hit?" he asked. “IiODg afore sundown,” she an swered, “but don’t ya mind, Tom Vaughn. 1 don’t need airy bit o’ help from no Vaughn.” Her voice was trembling with hate, and at these‘words the ooy slowly stood up, his Ups tight against the re tort he was about to make. Then he turned and looked down at the dim form against the tree bole. “Hartley er no Hartley,” he ■aid in a tight-lipped voice, “I got if git ye out o' hyah. Marian Hart- The National Park Service this week called on Bepresentative Lindsay Warren and advised him liiat they were now prepared to receive a deed from the State Historical Commission and the State ot North Carolina for Fort Baleigh on Boanoke Island whicli will be administered under the Historic Sites Act. Secretary Ickes signed the official order last month. I7ie ~Park Service has made a complete historical survey of the Fort Raleigh property and has also made some archeological investigations. The tract of land contains 10 1-2 acres. In time to come, the buildings on the proper ty will be moved away and others considered more in keeping will be erected. Full authority is provid ed "or the continuation of the pa geant-drama which will be exhib ited again this year. Mr. Warren has foi^varded the report and map to Governor Hoey and has asked that the deed be executed as early as possible. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Wright, Jr., and son Charles returned to their home in Wendell, Monday after a week-end visit her with Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Voglcr. HUNTING AND FISHINB Two of the most likeable and folksy fellows to land here in many a day fished with Capt. Lee 'Dough of Manteo tlie past week end. R. W. Humphrey, one of tire Deputies .Attorney General of Pen nsylvania, who lives at Ellwood City, and B. A. Dambach, lumber dealer of Evans City came in on Friday. They didn’t worry about the poor catch that day, but took in Ras Wescott’s casino at night, and plugged away at the inlet on Saturday. best of me and" I asked Bill New ton to let me have it. He did. Well, anyhow, a Stinson will al most fly itself if you leFlt alone.' We throttled back to an .even 100 miles an hour and started toward Buxton. If we wanted to take a close look at anything, we went. It took one hour ‘iat to go down and circle Hatteras Light a few times and come back and let Uncle Cliance have a similar look at Wanchese. He hadn’t done any considerable flying before, and by all the usages, he ought to have been fidgety, and with me flying, he might have been plumb squeam ish, I thought he just maybe didh't give .a ‘dam, or—well, he’s probably a pretty good sport. ibese varmints is gittin’ plumb bad, an* onleta I kin strika up at fire, they’ll shore git to us 'fore day light." Planning Escape. There came no answer from the girl, and Tom Vaughn fumbled through bis pockets for matches. Finally he realized with a thumiv ing heart that he bad no matches. He turned and spoke down at the girL “I ain’t got ary a match, Mar ion Hartley,” and his voice was grim and hard, “an’ I ain't got but a handful o’ shells fer my gun, nei ther " “I c’d set thet laig o’ yore’n," he told her finally, "elTn I had er light t’ see hit by." ——, ‘Tffit’s paiu'n’ purty bad,” the girl answered with a groan. “I druthcr git me out o’ hyah, Tom Vaughn.” But Tom Vaughn couldn’t do that He wa^ strong enough to carry the siiiS"g7rT to his arms all right, but he knew tiiaTonce he left the shel ter of the creek bank those blood thirsty wolves would drag him down and have both of them at their mer cy. So instead of answering her, be fired a quick shot at a pair of gleaming eyes a dozen feet away, laid his rifle down and cut some low-hanging br-nches from the oak limbs above his head. Attacked by Wolves. As midnight passed other wolves joined the sieging band, and their arrival seemed to make tlie first- comers more courageous to their attacks, which now grew more fre quent and ferocious. Finally one A the boldest made a sudden lunge at Tom Vaughn. He had been standing looking back over the low creek bank when it happened, and it was the girl's quick scream that brought him piv oting about to meet the charge. He suaing his rifle as he turned and felt the barrel of it thud against the animal's head. Fangs at His Throat. Just as the wolf charged Tom Vaughn blindly pulled the trigger ot his rifle. The heavy bullet tore through the savage brain and the animal fell limp at his feet He swung wildly about and fired • shot at random toward two more that had ventured to within six leeL He heard a yelp to answer as the bullet struck, but both animals whirled and disappeared snarling into the darkness. Tom Vaughn had always knowa that a hungry pack of wolves wiQ turn cannibal when one ot their number has been killed or mortally wounded, so he grasped the dead animal by both hind legs and flung it into the brush. The Fend b Over. Presently he heard a low snarl la that direction. Then another and another, until finally the night was filled with growls and snarling yelps as the hungry pack fell to to de vour the body of their dead com rade. Finally, after hours that dragged like a hideous nightmare for ihs watching boy and the feverish, in jured girl, dawn came to the swamp. He gathered the girl in his arms and went on down the trail to ward Lake Santeelah and his home. "Ye live better’n five mile from hyah,” he told the girl by way ot expl^aUon, "an’ ’tato't but three mile from my bouse t’ Tapoco. I reckon as bow 'twon't be no barm t’ take a Hartley woman T a Vaughn house efTn she’s broke up lack’n ye air, till th’ doctor c’n be had.” Tom Vaughn married Marian Hartley at the community church near Proctor, N. C. • 0*U Syndicat*.—Winr Serriee. (Continued from page one) of Roanoke Island, and he and his friends spend a great deal of their time fishing for croakers. In a lit tle skiff they row a couple of miles out in Croatan Sound, and they seldom come back w'lthout good catches. Using cut bait they some times catch croakers ranging up to three pounds. Charlie Perry took a party to Ore'gon Inlet Monday, but because one of the group was susceptible to seasickness, they anchored and fished for Spanish Mackerel in stead of trolling; Result; 16 mack erel. . Mis, NeTl Midgett at the Lose Colony Inn told us about a Mr C. H. Daniels of Greenwich, Conn., who made another nice catch of Spanish Mackeral. Down for a week-end he made his good catch Sunday, and returned to New England Monday morning, entirely satisfied, .he said, with his expedi tion to southern fishing grounds. On Thursday afternoon, Capt. W. A. Cauthen, sub-district in-j speebor of CCC went fishing at Cape Hatteras, using IS thread i line, and landed a 50-pound Chan nel bass, with fresh mullet bait. The fish was 49 inches long. Seven in all were cauglit that day by the two men in tlie party. Capt. B. A. i Brimball, company Commander, caught four and Capt. Cautren three. THE BEACHCOMBER Lester D. S. Fitter, Assistant Secretary of Lee & Perrins, sauce manufacturers, spent several days here last week fishing with Capt. H. C. Smith. He was accompanied by Mrs. Filler, and they .had good luck part of the time, landing (Continued from page one) men that they begin to crack up when the pressure gets too heavy. They can’t carry more than just so much load. Hut Bradlord Fear ing is designed differently; toke the load off his back and he sort ot slacks off. Put the pressure back, and he settles down to another season. The comparative inactivity of the season so far had left him sort of limp, but the mi nute the pressure got to a certain poundage, he perked up, and now he is about back in the phenomenal stride that carried him—and Lost Colony—through last summer— Mr Warren should have called him the Human Diesel. All the way to Buxton and back I wondered whether Chancy Mee- kins didn’t know any better or just didn’t give more than three- eights of a whoop what happened. Or maybe he was so engrossed with this and that along the way that he was unaware that a lot of senile decrepitude had hold of the stick of the Stinson he was riding in. But he didn’t bat so much as an eye. Uncle Chance and I have been plotting a trip down the banks for some months, and it fell out that the had to be an air picture done of the theatre at Fort Raleigh. That’s shout the only way you can get all of it on to one piece of film. So we took off, with Bill Newton piloting the crate. Uncle Chance started out on the from seat, but the window by the rear seat didn’t lend itself to photogra phy. So we shifted. That didn’t bother him any. After we circled the Fort 21 times and finally got the right angle on the theatre, we still had an hour or so we could spare. It had been some years since I had undertaken to fly anything more than a kite but old habit got the NOTICE! All persons who have not paid their taxes, will take notice, that after July 1st, 1938, I will be compelled to levy on your automobile or other personal property and to garnishee your wages. So please come in and save yourself extra cost and me the emba.rrassment of having to levy on your car, boats, nets or other personal property. Final Notice All Real Estate Taxes not paid by July 1st, 1938 will be advertised and sold. Land sale, will not be further postponed this year. PLEASE PAY AS SOON AS YOU CAN AND AVOID ANY UNPLEAS ANTNESS ON YOUR PART AND OURS • D. V. Neekins TAX COLLECTOR WE CAR DO YOUR PRIRTING This office is equipped to do any and all kinds of JOB PRINTING. We specialize in Salesbooks, Letterheads, Envelopes Billheads, Statements, Circular Letters, Circulars, Posters, in fact WE SUPPLY ANYTHING THAT GOOD PRINTERS CAN TURN OUT Better still, the price is generally lower than you will have to pay elsewhere. We can print anything the average merchant or professional liian needs, and QUALITY and WORK considered CHEApM TTHAN YOU CAN GET IT DONE ELSEWHERE. TIMES PRINTING CO.. Ific: i P. O. BOX 55 MANTEO t I
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