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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 IV; NO. 160
MANTEO, N. C., JULY 22, 1938
Single Copy, 5c
HATTERAS’ NAME FLARES
ACROSS NATION BECAUSE
OF NEW FISHING EXPLOIT
Hugo Rutherfurd’s Capture of 439 Blue Mar>
lin Sensation in Nations News; Expected to
Bring Thousands of Sea Sportsmen to Hat-
teras Where Many Other Kinds Of Fish
Abound
The Dare County Coastland ant |
the Hatteras section in particular'
again broke into sport news nation
ally when Hugo Rutherfurd, of All-
amuchy, N. J., warld wide fishing
enthusiast and United States rep
resentative to the International
Tuna Fishing Competition off the
Nova Scotia coast, proved his long
held theorj- that the blue marlin
could be interested in a bait off the
North Carolina coast.
hir. Rutherfurd did not start fish
ing this trial without due thought,
investigation and preparation. Last
Fall he came to Hatteras and en
gaged a local spartfishing guide,
with his locally built boat, to take
him out to the Gulf Stream for an
exhaustive study of the waters
there. Upon finding plenty of jus
tification for his theory that the
marlin should be there Mr. Ruth
erfurd left his well appointed yacht
Mako II in Elizabeth City for the
Winter and early in June returned
to Hatteras with his guide and Cap
tain Emil Eggimann. At Hatteras
he picked up Lloyd Styron, local
guide, and the Mako II put to sea.
For ten days a diligent search was
made for marlin in the waters pre
viously investigated. No marlin
MIDGETT APPEALED
_ FOR EARLY SEASON
HATTERAS HAS GOOD BATHING BEACHES
CAUGHT VISIONS OF HIS |
SECTION’S POSSIBILITIES
DESPITE aspersions occasionally cast upon North Carolina's extreme
east, the picture here will prove the great interest in the fine bathing
of Hatteras, which is visited annually by hundreds of people seeking
good fishing and bathing, and a spot that is not overcrowded. This
picture was made near the Atlantic View Hotel.
HOW AN OLD COLORED WOMAN
SAVED TYRRELL COUNTY DEEDS
Old Aunt Kate Held Yankees at Bay -With Kettle of
Hot Water on Riverside Farm
NEGRO FARMER FINDS
BURIED GOLD ON FARM
NEAR PAMLICO RIVER
Interesting Story Told of Discovery; Colored
Man Not Telling Much About It; Secret
Service Men Investigate Story; May Have
Been Pirate Treasure.
WHITE NAMED i
DIST. PRESIDENT
ODD FELLOW^S
The strange story of a hard
working colored man who discover
ed a lot of buried gold on his farm
near the mouth of the Pamlico
River was told the other day in the
New Bam Times:
A U. S. Secret Serv-ice investiga
tion of the reported plowing up of
gold ingots on Dallas Jordan’s farm
territory known to have been fre
quented by the Pirate Blackbeard
in the early 100‘s—has authentica-
and put his shoulder to the wheel dependent Order of Odd Fellows tlte discovery of buried treaa-
EARL COHOON of Columbia, a
young man of great \-ision is one I Manteo Man Honored At
of those who early caught the vis-j Meeting Wednesday; Del
ion of the future development of
the Southern Albemarle Region. As
a successful business man he was .....
quick to see the needs of the region! viigima Dare Lodge No. 3, In-
egate.s Praise City
BY DAVID STICK
This is the story of old Aunt
Kate, the faithful colored mammy
who outwitted the Yankees to save
the deeds of Tyrrell county, at tlie
time when the Civil War was at its
height and the northerners were
pillaging t'nis section. The story
is espccmiy apropos at this time
since recently the veterans of that
war, yankees and confederates
alike, assembled in Gettysburg
for tlieir reunion. The story was
told us by Mrs. A. L. Walker of
Columbia, a resident of that town
since she was 14 years old, and
Columbia's
CLARENCE MIDGETT of Manns
Harbor was one of those who ap
pealed to the Board of Conserve- offically recognized as
tion and Development recently in' oldest citizen.
• , - . t. 1 behalf of an early opening date 6li At the time of the war between
appeared. There were great schools gj,ad. Jiy. Midgett argues it is' the states, Mrs. Walker tells us,
of dolphin, ambOTjack, red drum important to catch ai#j sell her grandfather, Mr. Thomas H.
and many flying fish but Mr._ itu gj,aj early when prices are good Alexander, was register of deeds ot
erfurd came for blue niMlin antt jjg Tyrnell county, an office which car-
showed little interest m other spec-^ following -letter to the ried with it the duties of lawyer,
XL j M 'Board: clerk of court, tax collector, relief
The area to be covered was wia-| „j indeed sorry that I cannot agent and a score of other county
HYDE CITIZENS
WILL ADVERTISE
THEIR COUNTY per
I to bring about greater things for were hosts to the First District “‘li, ^ .
■ the section. Long active in the af- Convention I. 0. O. F. of North . ^®deral investigation, con-
fairs of tlie Southeni Albemarle Carolina in Manteo on Wednesdaj. qmetly this week by Se-
L\ssociation his views will be noted j About fifty delegates, some ac- Serv ice man Edvyard Thoma*,
I with interest. Icompanied by their wives and ”**
Read them elsewhere in this pa-; daughters, attended the conven- f ,"0,° 1
tract 21 years ago, that the U. S.
Chamber of Commerce Reor
ganizes and Elects Of
ficers; Campaigning
Begun
! BEACH LEAGUE
TO OFFER PRIZES
FOR CLEANING UP
The Hyde County Chamber of.
Commerce Thursday evening of
last week entertained its friends at
a fish fry, met in tlie Agricultural
New Organization Gets
Work At Once For
Improvements
' tion. District President H. V. Bea
mon of Gatesville, called the con
vention to order for the business
session at 10 o’clock, Wednesday
moniiiig in the Pioneer Theatre and
was followed by Robert Midgett of
Manteo who delivered the address
of welcome. John W. Clapp, Grand
Treasury would pay him for the
gold he delivered in person to the
^lint in Washington on June 13,
and warned him to say “no” to all
salesmen who are sure to seek
Second Find There
To Master, of Burlington wsponded
for the delegates. m demed
The business session was devo- anjthmg
ted principally to hearing the re-
j ports of committees, the Presi-
„ , Prizes cf five dollars, three dol-'dent’s address and election of of-
Buildmg at Swan Quarter, re-or- offer-'fleers for the coming year. R. E.
cned in scope and on the first day
ill the nfevv section two of the gam-1
est of the game fish struck the
bait. One threw the hook. The
other was lost when the wire lead- ^
er fouled on the propeller of the
Mako II after being severely whip
ped by the fisherman.
Next day a..other was lost when
brought to the boat for the gaff.
But, shortly after, the fourth to^
take a bait was successfully land-|
ed by Mr. Rutherfurd. 'Twelve
feet one inch long, fifty six inches
around and weighing 439 pounds
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DARE COURT TO
HAVE A MURDER
■ offices that have since been estab-
' lished under separate heads. Mr.
' .Alexander’s official title was Thom
as H. Ale.xander, Esquire, but he
like the $15,000 rumored, and de
clined to state exactly how much
he expected to get, but it was indi
cated that the find would yield him
about $2,000. Whether he ttiinVa
there is more gold on the place or
not, is his secret, but it has been
learned that a relative of Jordan’s
wife, known as Aunt Betty Har
vey, uncovered a - broken ingot a
quarter century ago while hoein;
as Squire Alexander.
CASE IN FALL miles from Colu.mbia
Bruce Mann Waived Prelim
inary Hearing; Other
Cases Tried.
ganized, elected officers for the recently established "’J'ite, Slanteo was elected Dis
coming year and launched plans Beach Civic League of Dare Coun-' trict President. Ed. Cartwright, ^
for an immediate campaign to ad- ty, in the organizatian's clean-up Vice-President and W. C. Beamon, that
vertise Hyde Crunty. j drive for the beaches, it was an- Secty.-Treas. The following of-
P. E. Svvin/1. 1 of Fairfield was nouiiced yesterday by League pres- ficers were appointed to act until
elected President; R. E. Tuniiell, iderit; Mrs. Russell Griggs. ' •';the. next election: J. S. Selig, Mar-
Secretary-Treasurer, and the fol- Entrants for the contest must be shall; C. J. Jones, Herald; M. L. xvithinSOO yards of the cur-
lowing Vice Presidents were ap- registered with the secretary of the Wood, Sentinel. jg g„j jg
pointed for their respective organization before .August 1st.' the conclusion of the morning
Di-anches:M. A. Matthews, Engel- The contest will close September session the delegates, visiting rel-
as XX. xL.,;.L...mLx, xxovixx.xl, x,ux ..l hard; B. W. WiUiams, Swan Quar- 1st, and the winners will be an- aUv-es and friends, and local Reb- oli wlc nvcM,i5ax«x
was known to the people of TjTrell ter; J. L. Sinmions, Fairfield; H. iiounced September 2nd, or 3rd. Se- ekahs partook of a real old fash- treasure find because the anti-
~ • H. Watson, Sladesvilie. lection of winners will be made by loiied fish fry with all the trim- hoarding law of 1933 require*
The Chamber of Commerce made a specially appointed group cf non- mmgs wjich was sem-ed on the gstablishineiu of ownership of gold
plans to publish several thousand partisan judges who will be ap- lavvm at Raymond Vhites home. nature with a producer be-
known as Riverside, and he took iti illustrated circulars about Hyde pomted in the near future. I ^oce it can be marketed legally,
upon himself, at the time that the | County’s points of interest, and to . w>ll v^s>t_the^^ounds Rebekahs and Washington invesUgator wa*
$300 and then went
insane.
The Secret Service investigated
about
on a
three
farm
satisfied that it was found as Jor-
war was at its worst to care for all carry out other features to advance person who is entered at al O sr, saixaucu max ix xxas xuunu as a
the poor and helpless persons in the interests of Hyde County. The lnter^•aIs during the course of the frien s o e . dan reported it was: That is::
the county. Riverside was ’•'nvert- people of Swan Quarter and Hyde contest, and the final selection tviil de j n x Bared Bs’ Eroeion
into a poor house and an or- are
; xL.x. cowrett Doy ol aianteos Ualilomia uoiumuia, me squire gainerea 10- points ot interest, oring new tour- —i-'--—- — ' --
\} xlL ^ XL- -niH section was brought up in Judge gether his charges and took them ists, and develop its route between keeping me yart
x^r .l! nl- Baum’s Recorder’s Court for the al- to the comparative safety of the Swan Quarter and Ocracoke. The ^ Tliere will be no c
x^rnmnrntinn I legcd murdcr of Evelyn King. tott’n. Fearing that the deeds and new Albemarle Sound bridge will tenng the contest, j
larger
storage
velopment Corporation.
Mr. Rutherfurd is not satisfied.
He plans to remain
until more marlin fall
, -I, • L- Ln- nIanXx,- XLivxn ixuwuy, Hax on a nai
skill. A young man bench and blankly looked out of a
f- he num second floor Court House window,
finends in """V for three quarters of an‘hour be-
bered by al "'ho have met him. A 1
perfect host P , . ■, ternoon. Behind his stolid stare j
entertaine xfiat thev ™l5l*l h®'"® b®®" countless nungled
thfghts of the cin:umsta„ces that,
led up to the horrible beating he
much pleased over the rapidly b® based o" improvement to drive- John W. Clapp, followed by talks
.1.x vo.u„. ot .. B....
holders, and most H. A. Holstead
removing trash Grand Warden
'ards clean. Gatesville and
charge far en- Trustee of Home,
and entrants City. Stress was
Wliile plowing during the first
week in June, Edward Connie, ne
phew of Jordan’s wife, who work*
on the plane, turned up irregular
M n Tx.r...;nrrc “"d hard objects in various size*
■ EHzabeth “"d shapes, that apparently had
Grand Secretary
of Mooresville;
H. V. Beamon.
from
laid.
these brought near the surface by
Freckled-fac^ Mann, who was papers cf the county would not be put Swan Q'aarter withhi CO miles be un^r no o^bligi^ons ^P?" As had everyo ,n the neighbor-
■ The contest IS being provnng .he indiMdual and thus m- j j
i-t. - ......I-. imnt*AA'incr tHm Ilrnisr nnn . *r .
newly established rectly improving the Order and
attempt to bring making easier the increase in mem-
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tms point, new ousiness oe about large scale cleaning up and bership so very much desired,
created for all Hyde and Ocracoke. x,ouutificarion of erounds in the im- The next Distri
treated him. The world is better
for this type of young man. Mod
est yet with a purpose and the
youthful zest and ambition to car
ry out that purpose. Hatteras is
glad, Daire County is pleased and
North Carolina sportfishing has
gained added pre.stige through the
gave EveljTi King, the young color
ed girl who eventually died, of
lockjaw, allegedly caused by
wounds inflicted by him. ,
He might easily have been think
ing too, of what h ppened after-
fishingwRunting
INALB|I^LE
of Julyia good catch of bass over in the
beautification of grounds in the im- The next District meeting will
mediate region of cottages along be held in Januarj" 1939 at Trot-
the beaches. ville, North Carolina. The territory
I Money for the prizes and for cor- comprising the First District is
respondence is being raised through that portion of the state from
a Beadi Civic League membtrsliip Northampton County east on the
drive, which is being conducted b;’ North side of .Albemarle Sound,
a committee headed by xMiss Marie The visitors were quite lavish in
LeRoy. The membership fee is one praise expressed for the courtesy
dollar for each home and business of their hosts; the painted and im- removed anv doubt.
establishment, and it is the aim of proved Manteo and the comiortab.e *1,^ n—.
League backers to increase the weather prodded for their conven
tion. Many remained for the ev-
home and business ening performance of the “Lost
beard’s treasure iisg buried in
the vicinity and had heard of Aunt
Betty Harvey’s good fortune. But
.he wasn’t sure. He carefully col
lected the pieces and then turned
them over to the owner of the land.
Jordan thought strongly from
the beginning that it was gold, but
he wasn’t letting on to how much
of it he .had. He took only frag
ments into Washington, where Guy
T. Swindell in R, Las Stewart's
Mr. and '^Irs. Eugene Deck re-
Here it is the middle
gainea aaaea wards; of his hurried trip to Nor- and a south-westerly wind has been| Kitty Hawk and Colington bays „T„r7nl',!n',!'xLr^nrrnnr Colonv "
efforts of Rutherfu^. Come wonder almost any day now. f! n. ^ in xLiFfx^nv -
again.Mr. R *|j® ipave off ’‘P ^*'® I*®*"® uncle at 522 there .Haven’t been any large cat- But the fresh water angler does- ^'!^.-n^xii nnlnnW-ition hV able
fish?ng fofa S days visit the his week’s ches made at the inlet recently. n’t ^ed to limit his activiti^ to ^o'^.^omplL the purpose that we tunied wi‘’ Mrs. Harry White from
other interesting sections of mod- ‘^e Dare County jail. ( Because the Spring aun is oyer the bays and sounds along the Dare P Barham, whore .M«. White has
era Dare the Mother Countv of Bis thoughts more Iikeb, and the Fall run hasn t be^n .> eU County coast. 0\ er at East Lake, Beach Civic League was been visiting her sister Mr. and
English Civilization in America. 1 (Please turn to page eight) '^“^'xl* never a particularly good Manns Harbor, and Stumpy P®>“U fo,.„,ed several weeks ago in an at- Mrs. White also had as their guc »
jixngiisn vxm ; months for inlet and oceAn fishing at the rimes "‘hen unfavorable " ^ ^ ^ week end, Mr. and Mrs. Neil
around this section. But even at wnnds and seosons make ocean fish- tfo^^ the partMcDonald, of the Back Bay •
that u-ith a north-easter y trind mg not worth while, a person can ‘'eTsmL anriandotraerraloA^^^^^^ ginia CCC Camp.
one can usua ly «pect to get a nsuuUy get a nice mess of snraller ,
nice mess of trout if he fishes on fish: bass, bream, perch and in " „o-or,xi,i x,x n
the south side and the north side! many of the tributaries of the Al- l^?x ^m-nxvincr mnimunhiv of this
flounders -re usually with us ligator River, jack and pickerel in
throughout tlie summer. ! abundance.
BUSINESS MEN WITH VISION
BOOSTERS OF COASTLAND
The reader is inyited to study the adver
tisements of the business men in this paper
from week to week, ’’’hey are men who al
ways put their 'houlder to the wheel for
the progress of the coastland. They should
be considered when you seek business con
nections in Coastal North Carolina or out
of it.
We invite you to call on these merchants,
and to get acquainted with them. You will
find them putting friendliness before piof-
its, good will as the first requisite of busi
ness, and with a readiness to make satis
factory every transaction.
Swindel’ describzd the gold as hav
ing the exterior appearance of mol
ten brass, very dirty, but bright
underneath the coating of grime.
He said the ingot was porous, as
♦.hough poured when to cold and by
one inex«“rience'^ in suxh matters.
Melted Down Coins
Defiinirelv. he declared the gold
wac not bul'ion b’Jt obviously was
melted down coins or jewelrv, or a
mixture. He said he would guess
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mndance. And it is a fact that sleihw
The fact that the time of year! a lot of people don’t know, there for the ^larec taxes
and the direction of the winds are are waters in that section that have ; ^Rpeq„cp in th^ nast the
unfavorable to inlet fishing should- never been fished by any but the l^"'Vo. v Wp m-X ^oLsts
n’t be too discouraging, though.'old Croatan Indians who ranged P®°1 ® asIn-
Too often folks come to our coast this territory back in the time of Rmall ovouns their
«,h h.- o, i„,e „i.«...«»sisi.’Lrb.r;'.»&‘Bu:
doLheartS mer fh. lack ‘l good "i*’''i* .JibKc
fishing conditions from the surf and io„„xionc that nrp ren
at Orfgon and Hatteras Inlets, we Tx-'p oof and Ivprv XfX'
~ p..p.o.p,x;oo xLox resentating each and every citizen
offel* a suggestion. Leaxe that el- be.aches. “Because of
hopes of catching large
water fislb, and when conditions
prevent them from being success
ful in that regard they turn around
and .head for home. Too seldom do
people who are disa;ipointed in the
matter of salt water fishing, turn aborate deep sea and surf casting xlu” thpv sav “thX is no Xnar-
f#\ fViA Kof'a And oniiiTMYiAn^ af. TiAfpl and Itoad * ilCy PP ^
ent reason why the county commis-
sioners would feel justified in not
their thoughts to the bays and
sounds to try their luck for those
smaller finn,y warriors which
abound in Dare County waters.
Although July is a poor month
for salt water fishing hereabouts
and 3 south-westerly wind mak^s
that sort of fishing even less pro
fitable at this time of year, never
theless it is passingly easy to make
equipment at your hotel and head
out by car for Kitty Hawk, Col
ington. East Lake, Stumpy Point.
or Manns Harbor. Make up j-our Slanting us certain r^uects that
mind that you’ll be satisfied tvith d^X”
a large catch of smaller fish, and , ;,„,„pHipfp
we’ll stake most all our belongings fh!
that you’ll get what you're after
Of course if you’re “sot” on salt collection sibia-
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HOW TO MAKE SOME MONEY
We want a live wire correspondent in
every community in Hyde, Dare. Tyrrell
and Lower Currituck Counties. We want
to print the news of your .cqipmunity, fmd
we want the paper to go^into its homes.
We will make you a good proposition.
Write us.
THE DARE COUNTY TIMES
MANTEO, N. C.
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