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THE DARE COUNTY TIMES
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The' Weekly Journal of the North Carolina Coastland-
-I)evoted to the Counties of Currituck, Dire, Tyrrell and Hyde
VOLUME IV.; NO. 159
MANTEO, N. C., JULY 15, 1938
Man'Ciit Badly During
• All Night Skirmish; at
Duckfs .^‘Big Apple”
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Morrisette Charged With Selling Beer With
out License; Gets Case Continued Until
August; Walter Wallace Fined for Slashing
Man With Knife; Herbert Rakes Fined Al§o
SAME MAN WHO JUMPED.
OFF KITTY HAWK FERRY,
Man Who Leaped On President’s
Car in Oklabonia Created
Flurry in 1928 b
Woody Hockaday, now 92 years
old and the same man who jumped
off the Kitty Hawk Ferry in la28,
jumped into the limelight this
week when he leaped on the Pres-
dent’s car in Oklahoma City.
As was the case Saturday
Oklahoma City, Hockaday,
MANY FARMERS
OF PERQUIMANS
COMING TO ID.
Tour On July 23 Will Take
Place of Annual County*
. Wide Picnic
Following a general rough house
.alleged to have lasted all night un
til four o’clock .Sunday morning,
Herbert Rakes of Camp Duck was
brought to Camp Wright Hospital
with knife wounds in his head, arm
.and face. The wounds were admit
tedly made by William Wallace,
who claims Rakes attacked him af
ter having knocked another man
unconscious.. • •
Tried before the Recorder's
'Court in Manteo
NEGRO CHARGED
WITH MURDER OF
EVELYN;KING
aboard that he was going to “walk
I on the water,’’ and stepped over-
n •• i-i • j i ' board. Unable to swim, he went
Bruce Mann to Be Tried for. under. He was rescued'quickly by
Death of Colored Girl
Beaten With Club
L. W. Anderson, county farm
agent, and Miss Gladys Hamrick,
county home demonstration agent,
are planning a tour'for the farm
in men and omen to Roanoke -Island
of oil Saturday, July ■23rd, for one
Wichita, Kas., contributed a'bit of day. There they will visit the his-
excitement bo the celebration of torical points of interest on the Is-
the twenty-fifth anniversary of the l^iid and attend a performance of
Wrights’ first fiight at Kitty Hawk, {“The L.ost Colony.”
N. C., held December 17, 1928 I A special tour bus will be fur-
While on a ferry boat bound nished by M. B. Johnson, of Pen-
from Point Harbor to Kitty Hawk, dieton. If more a^Hcations foe
Hockaday announced to others rseervations are made than the one
bus will accommodate, a second
tour will be conducted, the follow
ing Wednesday, July 27.
The first 60 people to sign will
Coast Guards. At -that time, he
was connected with the Aeronau
tics Branch of the Department of
Commerce.
An attempt to jump on the au
tomobile in which President Roose
velt was riding through Oklahoma
FORT RALEIGH CITY
IS OFFEP.JvDJN LOJS
Home.stead Acres of Late Captaii
Walter Dough Now Sub-
Divided
fire station.
Bruce Mann, brown freckled-fac
ed '19 year old negro boy, already
Tuesday, Judge under .a suspended road sentence of
Baum gave Wallace a ^-day siM- months, was picked up at the
pended road sentence, fin^ • him uncle, 522 Chapel City resulted in a beating and ar-
^t., Norfolk, undera warant charg-ji-est. He said he merely wanted to
ins hi>n ''’iti' "lurder and i^ in the “^ine the Presidnt’s shoes.”
^albTe wL arrSed Tuesday County jail, ^t Tuesda>.l A Secret Sendee man leaped
Wallace was ariestea luesaay beatimr of from the Presidents oar and swung
morning at Corolla and brought to oe tnea lor tiie oeaung . . . . Hnekadav’s iaw
Manteo for trial. Both men are Eve yn king, colored girl tw-o h f ‘ « t ‘nte ^
.emuloved on the Par., sennea “S” f°nioriow-night. taiocking him to the ground. Iwo
empioyea on _ tne _ i ar.. oer\ ic.. .. * • gusnend- firemen, two National Guardsmen
beaA erosion project. The Big sentence in' th“ Superior Court '^ " d ^ ’ policeman immediately
Apple IS a- notorious dance ij®** , jj „ u.. juHue Bunrwvn He was' "Po** Hockaday, pummeied
•camp. It is within a few vards of Alvin Dowdy. He must ser\e the
the camp. sentence that was suspended then
Its proprietor is A.H.Morrisette, on good behavior.
■the man who formerly carried The affray with pvelyn King be-,
meats and other supplies up and gah when a group of young colored
down tbs Dare County Coast, and people got in a mix up near Man-
whose record for violation of the teo. Those in the party were Char-
proliibition laws exists in Virginia lie Etheridge, Mary Elizabeth
and North Carolina. Be opened his Mann, Henry Jr., Willie and Honey
dance hall at Duck and engaged in McCleeseJ John V. Tillelt and the
the sale of beer without getting a .King girl.
■permit from the Commissioners.
He was twice cited by the Sheriff
to make application for his beer
plerihit, buc It was not 'iintii long
after the 1938 period had expired
some time in May thdt he filed
application. By that time Morri
sette had incurred the ill-will of
his Duck neighbors, and had been
make the first trip.- The tour is be
ing planned to replace tlie annual
Federation of Home Demonstra
tion Clubs county-\vi(le picnic, ac
cording to Miss Hamrick.
CHILD KILLED UNDER
HIS FATHER’S TRUCK
MANTEO MAN HIGHLY
PRAISED FOR RESCUE
Lieut. Commander Richard Hoyle
Commended For Work of His
Coast Guards in New Ycrk
High praise has come to Lieut.
Richard M. Hoyle, son of Dr. and
Mrs. H. B. Hoyle, of Manteo, for
his good work in taking part in the
rescue of the crew of the S. S.
Mandalay, when 268 passengers
were saved from the sinking ves
sel. Commander Hoyle is in com
mand of the Cutter Icarus. Chief
Petty Officer U. Peele, of Hatteras,
is said to be a member of this
crew.
The S. S. Acadia and the Manda
lay were in collision in New York
harbor. The city of New York
thanked Henry Morgenthau, Secre
tary of the Treasury who in turn
thanked Admiral Waesche . And
the Commandant wrote Commander
Hoyle, saying “Headquarters is
highly gratified with the expedi
tious and efficient manner in which
you handled this case of assistance.
MRS. W. B. FEARING
HOSTESS MONDAY NIGHT
DR. JOHNSTON HEADS
MANTEO ROTARY CLUB
Robert Atkinson New Secretary;
■ IVade Marr, Junior, is
Speaker
indicted for allowing his hogs to
run at large, and his place had
come so offensive to Park Service
officials that complaint was lodged
Dr. W W. Johnston became the _
President of tlie Slanteo Rotary, 'fp]i ni.’dc’- 'the
Club Monday night, succeeding I.
Onv's, jind '’rtber'k.Atkinson,
.Secretary, succeeding Martin Kel
logg.
The club heard with great
p’easure, an address by Wade Marr
Junior, of Elizabeth City, brilliant
son of one of the State’s best
Freddy Midgett, fivc^year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Midgett,
who was killed last Sjturday when
he fell from the nmning board of
his father’s truck, was buried Sun
day afternoon, services being con
ducted at Mt. 01tv.°t Methodist
Church by the Rev. jt. R. Grant.
The Lost Colony choir rendered the
music, with James Hart at the or;
gan. V
Freddy had made frequent trips
with his father to tike members
of the choir and castfof “The Lost
Colony” to and from (Port Raleigh
in the truck, and wa>, a great fa
vorite with them all. On Saturday,
he was warned by his father to get (Mrs.
away from the truck jis it started,'
but failed to heed tee warning,
wheels. His
The Daughters of Wesley held
their regular meeting Monday
night at the home of MrsT W. B.
Fearing. After the opening hjnnn,
“America, the B-eautiful,” a read
ing entitled “Whence Came Our
Patriotic .Songs,” was given by
Single Copy, 5c
BEER DEALERS TO henry LeROY working
BE BROUGHT IN for channel to inlet
COURT TUESDAY City Attorney Says Hear-
ing on Manteo to Inlet Channel
Warrants Issued for Violators ^ October
Who Have Failed to Get
Permits and Pay License
Of much interest locally is the
movenwnt begun by J. Henry Le-
r 1 Hoy. Elizabeth City lawyer, who ia
in Dare County en^gtog ir^he interest the Govem-
sale of beer without first having Manteo tfurelon lnJ^^Apr^o”
obtained a permit and pajung thig etfort, Mr. LeRoy r'^ently
county licenses have oeen issued issued a statement^of timely inter-
and arrests will be made for trial est as follows;
Tuesday before Judge Baum. “Pursuant to the request of the
A number of the people have undersigned Lindsay Warren haa
been warned and in one instance niade arrangements fdrr a survey
the vioUtor has been refused a li- of this project. The District En-
®®nse. gineer will hold a hearing at Man-
■ teo in October. In the meantime ha
MRS, GRIGGS PRESIDENT has asked me to give him the
OF NEW BEACH LEAGUE names of all interested parties, in
order that he might notify them of
»,„• s..« A Cl... •teKSid’iif.'r.’fh'.'iss..
Up and Beautification
Ca..ipaign
Spangled Banner” followed. Mrs.
James Hollowell made a
Prayer, and Mrs. A. E. Brown‘read
‘How to Pray in the Right Way.”
Little Miss Miriam Ferebee read a
poem, “Consolation.” During -the
business session little Miss Ferebee
was made an honorary member of
tee class. Refreshments were ser
ved by the hostess. Those pres
ent were Mrs. Fearing, Mrs. R. C.
E%’ans, Mrs. Willie Brickhouse,
W. C. Topping
of a’ii interested parties, in order
to prepare affidavits or ■written
»'statements for those unable to at-
Mrs. Russell Griggs, popular h'earing. Won’t you please
owner and manager of the Croatan make up a list of all persons inter-
Hotel at Kill Devil Hills, was elec- ested in such a channel both from
ted president of the recently form- the standpoint of navigation and
Beach Civic League o f Dare fishing, and let me have it at your
County, at the new organization’s eafUest convenience? Please give
first official meeting Tuesday. complete name and post office ad-
Other officers elected w.ere: L. S. dress.
president; C. “It occurs to me that this is only
P. Midgett, vice-president, and Da- ^ beginning of what mav turn out
vid Stick, secreto.r5- - treasurer as valuable for Dare County
Mrs. W. W. Wisman. “The Star Temporarily cJIed Dare County
Beach Development League, the or- channel to the Inlet at least six
talk on ganization was officially named the
woVporf Beach Civic League of Dare Coun- pleasure
crafts can visit the Inlet, all of
ty at Tuesday’s meeting. l- i l • a • j
Representatives of the majority numerous fnends who
of the business establishments ®n'ploy professional guides and
•along the beach, as well as several boats. In addition it should improve
■outstanding summer residents at- Ibe fishing in and around Roanoke
tended the meeting. Island to a considerable extent. It
First on the list of league pro- may be the first step in providing
jects discussed at the meeting was -a jetty for Oregon Inlet which will
the current garbage collection sit- so direct the tides through the Inlet
Mrs. Ray' nation, and definite plans for ac- as to keep open a large, wide chan-
Jones.^ Mrs. A. E. Brown, Mrs. W. tion in that regard were drawn up. net and bring the quantity of fish
W. W'isman, Mrs. Janies Hollowell, In quick succession after this came into the Pamlico and adjoining
Jlrs. M. A. Daniels, Mrs. J.
, E. a formulation of plans for sponsor- sounds similar to tliose that now
fathei was una^wave t^.it tlie cliild ] Ferebee, Mrs. Edward Mann, Mrs. ing a general clean-up drive along g,3 yga, to Ghe.sapeike Bav.
•w-as oftlM iUiiiUiig i-oarti unlll iie Dorian.'Quidiey, Miss-Sadie Heiid-i the-beach, for making d compiainC Ta^I’s hmke'a'rtpt’rmfneii i>o
ley. Miss Holland W^oott, Miss about the poor electric service this overthe first ste^'
bee.
“Fort Raleigh City” is the name known Rotarians. Y’oung Mr. Marr,
given the home tract of W. O. who is preparing to be a Metho-j
Dough which ha rocently sold to dist minister, Jorcefully illustrated
- J . T.. W. J. Griffin, well-known real es- how science instead of freeing man
with Commissioners, snd in J ® ^^^g Griffin has had it had made him a slave to the ma-
toay denied him a permit to e 1 g^^^^.^.jdgt^ jj^g jjg^j building sites chines it had invented, apd how,
w.hich will be sold with restric-' lacking the old time sense of be-
tions. There are 72 lots in the sub- ing a part of something, and be-
felt the wheels run over something
and got out to see what had hap
pened. The child died before a
doctor could reach him.
One other child, 18 months old,
survives him.
Wescott and Miriam Fere- season as compared to last, and for
procuring year around police pro
tection. I
The plan, as regards the clean-
Church of England doctrinal
ENGELHARD REVIVAL
TO BEGIN JULY 18TH
commission upholds
heer,
Morrisette had admittedly contin
tautog were
^ to sell it division, many of them on the wa- longing to something, man needed
He got hold Commissioner highway. Rotary today more than ever.
Rogara and so impressed M^ Rog- ^
^^t'hi*'“^sette^on”nrobaHon^L''to Sen-ice will greatly'SOME HISTORY THE
speak!" Commissioner Jake Daniels to the ‘1®^ability of these | HISTORIANS OVERLOOKED
of Wanchese said the Board accept- *ots ^or high class residential p^-, I around the wrecks just north of
ed Mr. Rogers’ recommendation, J-"**® olhfoot streets tra | jbe following reference was fur- the Croatan Hotel Wednesday
and agreed to wait until August. verse the property to the water, wished us by Dr. W. C. Etheridge morning by Major Farrell of Quan-
Morrisette was arrested and ‘'^o nor^ and south struts i^e University of Missouri, a Uco, Virginia,
charged on two counts, with b®®me roe highway run through the boy, it should be of Using especialy designed deep
selling beer without first obtaining . . . - i . much interest locally, and indi- sea goggles, and swimming down
a county permit, and also without Mr. Gnffin has crectea a real es- g^tes there is ssme early history ten and fifteen feet under the
wreck he gigged the fish with bar
bed spears and small harpoons.
His catch represented four tau-
fixhingawRuiiting
^NTHE S^THERN ALQJ^RLE COUNTRY
evolutionary j up and beautification drive will be
simple, and since prizes ars to be
(offered it is e.xpected that consid
erable interest will be shown. Def-
[inite announcements regarding the
1 prizes, the requirements, and the
I time limit will be announced with-
'in the next few days, and the con-
Rev. John Barclay of Wilson
Atssist Pastor of Christian
Church
to
t
Rev. John Barclay, of Wilson, N.
C., will assist the pastor, A. B.
test, or drive, will be begun imme- Crocker, in a revival at the Engel-
diately thereafter. hard Christian Church, Engelhard,
It was decided that a member- N. C., during the week of July 18
ship fee of one dollar would be through the 24th.
(charged and t hat a drive for mem- Rev. Barclay holds an A. B. de-
By DAVID STICK (hold of the fish, but almost upset- bership woud be started before tlie'gi-ee from Transylvania College
Thirty seven pounds of sheeps-1 ting the boat, the bag of equipment next meeting. Proceeds from the >3. D. from the College of Bible,
hUSlJ Snd Atiiirvlsl fnmrl tvinsA** (oUa •••«•« rtf f^ac * 4 r
caught land the major himself, who w.a3 receipts of membership fees will'ji. from Columbia University,
'clinging to the side. |go to pay for stationery and beM a fellowship at the Union
The ni-ajor w,a3 naturally tired,' stamps and for prizes in the forth- j Theological Seminary in New Y’ork
but being an old hand at this busi- [ coming clean-up contest. j took graduate work at the
ness he quickly went to work, and | ^^^ 7— 1 Universitv of London. He was a
Mr. Griffin has erected a real es-
obtaining state license. State li- historians have overlook-
cense may not be issued until the } ^i III ed: i
CommissioiMrs approve the county “It happened in 1653 that
license. have wide CT^ded Sects^ city P^^y from tho Chesapeake tog of ^ttcr toan five pounds each,
Morrisette Makes Charges ^onveniSces ^d U hieh land at- encountered on Roanoke Island an and tw-o sheepshead avera^ng
Morrisette says all the complaint ^ ^ hea'thfully located ” I Indian chief who was enamored of ® * P°nnds each. The
against him is insp red . by^ Tn selUiS toe nroiK-. Mr.'civ He followed the trad- ^Pfit.on got under^vay at 6:30
Service officials and to’.d Sheriff tn seiiuig ine proi)e.c>, Wednesday morning, when the ma-
Meekins ‘hat A. C. Stratton and Dough reserved his honiesite, m- , . HsA-en j'or and his rookie companion start-
Jess Newman of the Park Service “'“dmg the yard and garden plat. Y rd®> s e cd out for the wrecks in the latter’s'gahr its share of popularity in ^ 5. .
were operating the canteens for ^he land fomeny wm owned by and there made arrangwven to ggven-foot dinghy. Laden dawn with (this section. , H®u*'y Sandei
- Dough’s father, W’alter Dough, have himself and a number of his equipment, and bucking a strong! tli-e company, s
DARE COUNTY BOOSTED
BY ELIZ. CITY FIRM
ere tt^any minutes had passed
three more large tautog and a pair
of the nicest sheepshead you've! ■■ •
ever seen, were flopping around! A helpful bit of pub.ieity was re
in the bottom of the boat. The to-'cently done by the Elizabeth City
Captain af Infantry duripg the
Wor’d V and ssrved «. year
overseas. He has been scoutmas
ter for twenty years, chaplain of
the .A.merican Legion for North
tal catch .was 37 pounds, made as Iron Works and Supply Company, nnctnr- nf
we said before, sans hook, sans _when they sent a number of capias cbrisfian Church of Wilson for
fourt-een ye.ars. Mr. Barclay is in
th'sir own profit and had it in for - . . , .. . .. a . , i.-
him because hs cut into the busi- well-known sea raptain and ship tribesmen baptised, to place his son gjjg current the voyagers found the! Vernon Willis, of Hatteras, fish
ness of the canteens. Sheriff Meek- builder wha died more than SO Yeardley’? household for instrac- three quarter mile trip a cold and ed Mr. and .Mrs. T. K. Carlton at men and industrialists, and receiv
line, sans sinker, and sans net. [with other literature, jf the book-
- Major Farrell left a pair of the jgt, “Historic Sands of Eastern
goggles with this scribe and un’ess Carolina,” published bv Arch B.
our prediction is mightily atvry, fq„„eriv of Camden Coun-
goggling and speanng will soon
Sanders, an official of
ent these booklets
to responsible people, professional
years ago.
I tion in reading and writing, and to dismal experience.
! cede in behalf of the Roanoke In-1 Rut the hopes of both the ma-
dians “three great rivers” and the jor and his companion were even
ins quotes him as saying. He cog
TOLER TO mTEBTAIN , . ,
as a smart fellow in getting around WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS lands thereon in exchange fot the more dampened some minutes la
the courts. He was found guilty ^ ^ ' construction and furnishing of an ter, when fully equipped, after the
before Judge Baum for allowing Widows and Widowers of Dare “Engiiste" house for the chief to gogg'ing expert made several un-
his stock to run at large but ap- County are to entertained by C. inhabit.
Hatteras Inlet on throe successive ed acknowledgements from many
days this week and reports excel- sources including the White House
lent catches each time. and Henrj- Ford. In their daily
Friday Mr. and Mrs. Ca>''ton, business of catering to the big
who hail from Salisbuiy, N.C., fish- yacht trade, the Iron Works has
demand as a special lecturer for
high school and college students;
and he has held thirtv-three
•evangelistic nveeting? since coming
to the State.
Service.-! will begin each evening
at 9:15 in"’ud’'ng Saturday. The
public is invited to attend.
MULLET ROASTS EVERY
FRIDAY AT DOWDY INN
)v»r Opera-
- ed for about ten hours and caught done much good for this part of the Elw&od Dowdy Tokos Ov
„ . . dor water trips around the wreck, a total of 72 fish, including 7 chan- state, and has caused many people ' . r c r inn
pealed to Superior Court. When his C. W. Toler, the popular proprie- sequel of Yeardley’s bar- he reported seeing no signs of fish, nel bass, 10 Spanish mackerel, and to come to Dare Cunty. "T ^
case ■was called, he did not appear, tor of Toler’s Wigam at Kitty jg detailed record. But Stiff dubious over the possibility of 63 blue fish. Saturday the couple, On Beach
but 92nt a message he was sick. Hawk, on the last Saturday of this ,,,},„tever the basis adonted for spearing fish in- those waters the fishing again for about ten hours, REV’IV.AL GETS UNDER W.-iV
Judge Burgtvyn sent an officer for month, July 39th. Old maids and promptly began major’s tired cohort was coming almost doubled their catch of the AT J.4RVISBURG CHURCH Elwood Dowdy, who recently
him, and finally continued the case, bachelors are also invited. Mr. ^ sliorcs of the Chow- to believe some minutes later that pre\-ious day by taking in 140 fish. took over the on°ration of th* S^a
Some years ago Morrisette was Toler is a bachelor himself. He is Perquimans and the Pas- the well-known wool was being One hundred and three blue fish. 30 A reriva! meeting is under wav Breeze Inn on Kitty Hawk Beach,
tried in Dare Court for peddling now fixing to start some budding ’ „ pulled over his eyes, when on two mackerel, and 17 more channel bass at the Christian (Jhurch at Jarvis- announced this week, that begin-
without a lioensa. He managed to romances among the single folks uirich B Phillips in “Life and successive occasions the diver came made up the catch. burg, the first seia-ices being V'd u‘ng Friday night he vrill hold mul-
keep the case in a state of con- of these two counties. t nW in rho O’d South ” .to the surface, panting and ob-| , —-— Monday, July 11. The meeting will let roasts at his Betsv Dowdy Inn.
tinuance, and it finally died. ■ ' viously quite out of breath, with' Again on Sunday Mr. and Mrs. qqqGiiue throughout the weak. n»xt to the Currituck Bridge, and.
On his coming to Currituck from VISITING REPRESENTATIVE I reports of his driving the spear C. Riddle, of Oaxmont, Pa., and j a real mullet supper at 25
Princess Anne County, he was ar- AND MRS. LINDSAY WARREN NINE PAGES REQUIRED ' through two different fish, both of they fished for only five hours. In- j ^ ; j charge of tine revival, cents. Mullet roasts are very' mn-
rested with a load of liquor in Nor-
folK County and did time in the. Hon. and Mrs. Lewis Deschler, of
Portsmouth jail. Once he was Washington, D. C., are spending a
involved in a me'ise of domestic week with Representative and Mrs.
difficulties in Currituck Court. Lindsay Warren at their cpttage
FOR CARTERET’S TAXE5 which tore loose and got away. 'eluded in their Sunday’s catch wore
But a third dive on the part of four channel bass, 38 blue fish, and
ular. especinlly among Currituck
peonle, and Mr. Dowdv .hes oh'w '.o-
Those w.ho might be inclined to the goggler told a different story, 12 mackerel. reports that in a couple of hours services of an experienced
think that Dare County’s advertise- and when the amphibious angler Largest fish caught during tho they caught 57 flounders and small yo^ster.
ment of delinquent 1937 taxes came to the surface this time, again three day expedition was a 51 blues. Elwood Dowdy has made ouite a
During his business edreer in Dare at Nags Head. Mr. Deschler is^shows uu unfavoraVy for the peo- plainly out of breath, .he didn’t pound channel bass caught Satui-
County much complaint was made the Parliamentarian of the House
success with his Betsv Dowdv Inn,
about carrying liquor down the of Representatives. He was ap-
coast, and once his truck was pointed in 1934 by Speaker Long-
searched by the Sheriff at Hatteras. worth and has been reappointed by
For some years he operated a Speakers Gamer, Rainey, By^ia
tourist home and dance hall at and Bankhead.
Point Harbor, and there numerous ;
fights took place. He came to Dare The Commonwealth of 'the Phil-
County daring the winter, bought a lippines ■will utilize 60,000 j^'quare
site of the Wright Memorial Bridge feet of space in the Pacifi^^ea.fairly we'I, and collections have controllable excitement
Company and erected a pavillion to at the 1939 World’s Fair of ‘“^ ■ ’ .. .
cater to the camp trade. West. -
pie of Dare Countv, might be in- bother to talk; he shouted: “Here day. Smallest of the bass weighed Jacob Reed, M. S. Vemer and H. ;,amed in honor of the Currituck
terested in the fact that Carteret Grab It.” .4nd sure ’nongh, on the 18 pounds and the others ranged C. Riddle, of Oakmont, Pa., ando pii-i who rode her horse to
County’s tax list consumed nine end of the harpoon ■with which he around 25 and 30. ^ , W. S. Bailey, of Pittsburgh, caught Edenton in 1774 to w.om the set-
entire pages in the Beaufort New.s was struggling tow.ard the dinghy Say what you will, but 28 large two channel bass and 136 blues at Gers of the coming of the Britisli-
—pages of same size, and type of was affixed a wriggling mass of channel bass, 4*2 Spanish mackerel Hatteras Inlet last Thursday. Fish- jj,. Dowdv, and his smart wife,
the same size used in Dane Coun- black skin, and fins, and tail, con- and 204 blue fish, caught in 25 ed by Vernon Wi'lis the party only charge of two stations in
ty’s tax list. Dare County fisher- stituting the exterior anatomy of hours over a three-day period by a stayed out for about five hours. Ac- north end of the county—in
Have been hard-hit a long time, a five pound tautog. man and his ■wife, is something to cording to Willis they used ,Tapa- flrgt two coming into the
but those who can, have paid up Boused to a state of almost un- tell the folks back home about, nese feathers as bait, and caught county.
fairly we'I, and collections have controllable excitement this ■wit- the fish in misty weather, os com- n’a/'es cater to the voueg
the j been unusually good during the ness made a sudden dive for the Russell Griggs fished a party of pared bo the dear skies that favor- peonle, with dancing and refresff-
past month. . harpoon, finally managing to get four at Oregon Inlet Monday, and ed Mr. and Mrs. Carlton. ments.
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