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THE DARE COUNTY TIMES The Weekly Journal of the North Carolina Coastland—Devoted to the Interests of More Than 30,000 People of the Four Southern Albemarle Counties -*: IV; NO. 186 LOCAL INTERESTS MAY ESTABLISH AIRLINE TO BEAUFORT IN SUMMER J^anoke Island Flying Service Inc., Contem plates Placing Plane at Beaufort to Give Tourists and Sightseers Birds-eye View of Outer Banks; Route Depends on Beaufort Improving Its Landing Field MANTEO, N. C., JANUARY 20, 1939 GOING TO SCHOOL IN A ROWBOAT AT MASHOES CREEK IN DARE COUNTY Single Copy 5c \V. ss\%a\x'A ' v/'A s The establiahment of a flying Service for tourists, sportsmen and ®'ghtseers between Manteo und Beaufort this summer looms as a probability. The Roanoke Island T'lying Service, of which A. H. ^ard, the ice king is president, 'Contemplates buying an additional P^ane, hiring another pilot, and es tablishing a terminal at Beaufort. Completion of the plans depends the town of Beaufort improving 'ts landing field in order to give it ^ore runways to insure facility of taking off in all winds. This may a® done at small cost. The Manteo ^'rport, while small, is apparently Satisfactory. Mr. Ward, with Leigh Hassell, secretary of the company, went to “eaufort this week, with ace-pilot tJave Driskill, and checked the oourse, finding the cruise by way at Cape Hatteras, and Cape Look- out requires barely more than an hour. The trip by air would save ®onre 250 miles of motor travel. The best part of this route is that ocean-bound Outer Banks of J'Orth Carolina would be complete ly opened to tourists, and in an Pour’s time the visitor could in- ®Pect the whole of it, frond the his- "’■'c shrines of Roanoke Island ?hd Kill Devil Hills to the equally 'hteresting and appealing Lookout Country, with its historic old Fort TAKES JOB WITH ONE OF LEADING DEALERS *^on and the resorts of Morehead. 4. T> j? 4- ^ TIT v. AlarKGt, JN6W York L/ity^ End fiEs '^mle at Beaufort and Morehead, i r is t. e several generations of fish- M; party talked with Mr. Hatsell, Publisher of the Beaufort News, ycock Brown, editor, Charles S. , ullace, prominent Morehead City hsiness man, and others. All ex- P^ssed enthusiasm at the prospect establishing the line, and be- ^eyed the authorities of both towns uuld give the necessary coopera- ’’P in improving the landing field. With a dependable flying service j^eiween Beaufort and Manteo, it is eiieved both towns would reap Usiderable benefits in an increas- tourist trade. With the pros- of seeing the historic Outer ce^ ■ North Carolina made ac- ®sihle in so short a time, hordes . tourists might come to both o ^.Ps who otherwise would find elsewhere. ip^Ptels and gasoline dealers, fish- ® guides, and other lines of busi- sulT profit largely as a re ■ I t of an increase in the number of Prtsts visiting the region, ice Island Flying Serv- M’o' ®yuut the line is established sinvi another Stinson plane, Lw 1 P® the one piloted by Dave oomf " at Manteo. The plane Uio cruises at a speed of than iOO miles an hour, it Set with facility, takes off and cq ® Pown easily, and is roomy and Car • Conversation can be the*^*^.°P 'P from the cabin ^^.itjPPtire panorama may be viewed Pjj,. ®use. The plane will carry a three passengers beside ]5;il P route planned by Mr. Dris-' PqI Put only gives a view of all that • tuterest along the way, in '^av ^Ptlows the coast line by Coke Mutteras light tower, Ocra- Pqj ’ Pud Cape Lookout, but at any be g Ptong the coast the plane may ij, ®t down with ease, afl^p success of Pilot Driskill as line y^uuld lend confidence to the Wgj^l.^Pd his contacts with many flew • ^ sportsmen whose planes he the d** prosperous days before ValppPpupssion, should be of great the I; 'P bringing new business to CONGRESS WAGES FIGHT CONCERNING RELIEF BILL; WARS RAGING FURIOUSLY American Eyes Centered on Washington, While the Whole World Watches China, Spain, and Possible Doings of European Dictators; Relief Bill Cut by 150 Million; Senator Borah Rallies to Defense PILOTS MANTEO BANK THROUGH ROUGH 1938 D. RUSSELL NIXON, of Stumpy Point, with many years’ experi ence on the road for Wholesale Fish Dealers and as a produce dealer, has recently taXen a job as traveling agent for Wallace, Keen ey Lynch Corp., one of the best known and most popular firms known to the fishing industry of North Carolina. This firm is lo cated at the head of Fulton Fish Market, New York City, and has ermen faithfully. At its head for many years has been William H. Cornell, a lawyer and student, and withal a lovable personality, who was so popular when he used to come into North Carolina that some of his good shippers having talked to him as he visited their packing houses, named their children for him. Russell Nixon, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Nixon of Stumpy Point, has always enjoyed considerable popularity, and his connection with the Wallace, Ken ney, Lynch Corp., should be of value to them both. THESE three children of Mr. and times. The other four children of Mrs. Colon Wescott, of Mashoes, the Mashoes school live in the row a half mile or more most every neighborhood and walk a shorter , - j , , distance to school than the Wescott school day, across the creek to children row. In rough weather, school. The little boy of six rows their Daddy carries them across, the boat like a veteran, and often Several efforts have been made to insists on doing all the rowing, al- get the County Commissioners to though his older sisters row some- allow Mr. Wescott something for carrying his children to school. At the January meeting the Board of Commissioners allowed him $10 a month. Read more about Mashoes in an article elsewhere hy Ben Dixon MacNeill, who made the pictures, and which are printed by courtesy of the News and Observer. DRISKILL’S DOG LOCKS MASTER OUTSIDE OF CAR Spitz Dos: Owned *bv Aviator Knows Ensilish But Can’t Spell ONE OF ELIZ. CITY’S BEST KNOWN ATTY’S SERIOUS MATTERS TAKE ATTENTION OF LEGISLATURE Second Week of Session Brings Important Contro versial Measures Before Assembly What to do about diversion of highway funds, what to do about Dave Driskill, local aviator, was in somewhat of a swidget Monday afternoon in front of Tarkington’s grocery. Mrs. Driskill was inside shopping. Dave was dancing around trying to convince a snapping white, three pint size Spitz dog, he should not chew his master’s fingers while .he tried to burglarize his way into the no-draft ventilat ing window of his Chevrolet coach. “It’s me,—Dave,—me,’’ he insist ed to the dog, in dead earnest, while by-standers looked on, somewhat amused. The Driskills had shut the dog “Prince” in the car, and gone up the street, leaving the ani mal protesting behind. To get even, the dog, who couldn’t turn the handles of the door and get out, had reached up and readily snap ped the hush button which locks the starboard door. Then he had hopped to the other side and locked the port door. And Dave spent a busy five minutes trying to jimmy the port door open, while the dog apparently angry, snapped at his fingers. He also snapped at a by stander who offered to help. Dave was in a tighter fix than a hysterical woman, when Dave zooms around and gives his plane an upright bank, to show folks how it will turn round on a ten-cent piece. Mrs. Driskill was coming out of the store with an armful of packages, and Dave didn’t have the the sales tax, the correction of j door ready. The dog espied Mrs. election evils and the question of i Driskill and receded meekly to the MARTIN B. SIMPSON of Eliza beth City, is a lawyer who enjoys a good practice in Dare County. In his early forties, he is considered a man of resources and his fame for making money extends far and wide, and his admirers tell you he is good for $100,000 any day. His reputed wealth is a source of much kidding on the part of his friends, w.ho poke it at him wherever he goes. Martin is a man with a .sense of humor, and it has helped him at the bar. While often bging kidded for his extravagance, quite to the contrary his thrift has made him a man of property, and he is gen erally loved by those who are asso ciated with him. ROYAL COUPLE OF ENGLAND INVITED TO VISIT STATE WILLIS PEARCE, Cashier of the Bank of Manteo, has been making a good job of holding thq. County’s only bank on a straight course through the rough old year of 1938. Despite the invasion of banking provinces by Government lending, and restrictions to protect the d-j- positors’ money, which necessarily handicap a small bank in earning power, the Bank of Manteo came Bradford Fearing Behind a Resolution Adopted by General Assembly It was Queen Elizabeth of Eng land who sponsored Sir Walter Raleigh’s ill-fated attempts to es tablish a permanent English colony on Roanoke Island. And now to through the year with a small another Queen Elizabeth of Eng- Profit, and is better set for 1939. land is going forth an invitation to j home bank was quite success- visit the locale of the tragedy ofi^r*^ with its Christmas Saving Club, the “Lost Colony.” I and is making friends and new A resolution sponsored by State ‘ business with its small loan system. Senator L. Y. Ballentine of Wake'recently inaugurated. County and D. Bradford Fearing of I ^ Dare and rushed through both SIDEWALK PAVING branches of the General Assembly' last week end asks that the British j NOT TO BE BEGUN royal couple be invited to come to North Carolina during their visit to this country in late spring of this year. The royal couple, of course, are: His Majesty, Georgy VI, King of Great Britain and Ireland, Emper or of India and the Dominions Be yond the seas; and Queen Eliza beth. The resolution adopted by the General Assembly asks that the lieutenant-governor and the speak er name committees to “cause to be conveyed from the people of the Sovereign State of North Carolina (subject to the limitations of our powers in respect to foreign affairs to which we agreed in the consti- INSIDE OF 60 DAYS Everything All Set, But no WPA Labor Available at Present With all available WPA labor on Roanoke Island tied up for weeks to come, it now appears that work on Manteo’s sidewalks and street.s project will not begin before April 1, at best. The project was whipped into shape last Friday night at a called meeting of the town board, when interested citizens, led by Monde L. Daniels and R. C. Evans, report tution of the United States) to thejed that the sponsor’s part of the visiting sovereigns greetings and expense of the project had been the happiness of our people on ac count of this visit.” raised. At least, all the money had been raised except a few hundred s AND FEARING ARE Named in broadcast 1939 ®p^®unty’s two solons in the ainojj^®ueral Assembly were ^ Sroup of Senators and whose appearance, ' idiosyncrasies were men- ^ broadcast from Station The i^ieigh Monday night. Cottit^g'^’'®Pressible Carl Goerch, Statg on the program, listed Bi’^dford Fearing ^ral i^be only man in the Gen- ^bo wears a derby ’’asentat- ®'®b, be named Rep- ’flOFg ^ Roy L. Davis as having On, ®®bles than all the other ^ together. what method of capital punishment, if any, should be employed in North Carolina, were some of the major major problems which occupied the attention of the North Carolina General Assembly this week. The diversionists won out in the first skirmish when a test vote of 62 to 38 apparently placed the House on record as favoring Gover nor Hoey’s policy of limited diver- son. An anti-diversion measure was referred to the Finan^’a Com mittee by that vote, instead of to the Roads Committee, the latter naturally being opposed to diver sion. In the Senate a similar reso- lulior. was referred to the Roads (lommitlee, from w.hioi^ it was later recalled and sent to the finance committee. Governor Hoey has ex pressed himself as being strictly opposed to a constitutional amend ment prohibiting diversion, al though he favors diversion only to a limited extent. The inevitable fight f epeal or modification of the St te’s back seat, and allowed Dave to fin ish burglarizing his own car. He is a mo.st amazing dog, this pretty, w’hite, three-pint size Spitz, Prince. Since that episode in front of Tarkington’s grocery, other things have leaked out concerning this dog’s versatility. For one thing, the dog likes to go to the movies. He has often been to the movies, where he sits contentedly in the aisle, with only the occasion al cocking of an eye, and with quiet discernment, sees the picture through with evident thrilte, but never howls or applauds. Ben Creef, the major domo of the picture show, looks upon the entry of a dog at his theatre with much misgiving. Ben is a most precise boy, with a most pleasant expres sion. The only time he has ever been known to change that gentle and smiling countenance is when a dog seeks admission to his show. Not in all the four legs to all the 500 seats of his theatre are there -THrW) S£A CATTAM It also asks that the judicial and j dollars, abd a group of leading citi- executive branches of the State be i zens underwrote that balance pend- .n.,teJ to participate “in express- jjjg {^0 signing of notes by a hand ing these or kindred sentiments fui of property owners who had and to invite these jisitors to our | not been seen or had not got around to signing the notes covering their assessments of 66 cents per run- opportun- three j enough legs to go around, once he per cent general sales tax was started admitting the dogs of this launched in both branches of the General Assembly this week with the North Carolina Fair Tax Asso- town, all the dogs might then begin the movie habit, and complications would begin. So Ben’s countenance elation strongly denouncing the tax | clouds up when dogs approach, in committee hearings Chief Ben is determined to maintain the problem of those opposed *^0 the! proper uniform humidity desired tax was the finding of a substitute' by human moviegoers. 'Tears only measure which will bring in the are permissible. $11,000,000 in revenue which the sales tax brings in annually. After considerable discussion as Dave has become aware of Ben’s hostility, and because Prince knows English and always makes ready to to which of the two tried methods go when movies are mentioned, (Please turn to page eight) (Please turn to page eight) The Old Sea Captain ana the Drummer, those two genial but argumentative cronies of the Coast- land, meet again and discuss Labor and Waste. You will find them again, after a long absence on page four this week. CHESTER VOGLER RETITINS TO GALAX, VA., SATURDAY Chester F. Vogler, who for the past year has managed the printing department of the Times Printing- Company, leaves Saturday for his former home in Galax, Va., to be come foreman of the plant of the Galax Gazette. Mr. Vogler goes to his larger position and responsi bilities of his own accord and with our best wishes. He has demon strated himself to be a printer of versatility and ability for a coun try newspaper shop, and is one of the most steady, even-tempered and dependable men we have yet seen in th printing trade. We wish him success in a bigger job in a larger city. 'While in Manteo the Voglers have made many friends, and have been of great help in getting estab lished in Manteo, a printshop that produces a newspaper in its en tirety, and does commercial print ing equal to' anything done in any State should they find ity L.sted as reasons King George | jjjjjg foot of their property abut- and Queen Elizabeth should visit]ting on the streets that are to be North Carolina are: improved. That the population of the State wib the sponsor’.s monev thus I is the purest English stock in the paranteed, the Town Board, which! United States. jig officially sponsoring the project. That Roanoke Island was the|ag]^;e^ Capt. Jack Nelson, County site of the first English colony in the New World. That Virginia Dare, first English child born in the New World, was a native Tar Heel. That the State was named after “one of the most popular English kings, Charles II.” supervisor of the men’s division of| the WPA, to get the project under' way as quickly as possible. Then came the disclosure that damnened the hopes of those who had hoped to see concrete sidewalks and gut- j ters and tar and gravel street pav ing on County and Main streets. Should Their Majesties accept highway to Water street, the invitation to visit North Ca ro- h^y spring lina, they undoubtedly would cornel Capt. Nelson reported that the I to Roiiuoke Island, in which event j-^p^ could not possibly s^art thel a special .showing of The Lost. pj-ojeQf inside of 60 davs, due to! Colony” probably would be arrang- fact that all the available WPAj ed' for them*. WAHAB GETS A CHARTER FOR BUS AND BOAT LINE W. A. Wahab, prime mover in the development of Ocracoke Island, was granted a charter by the Utili ties Commission this, week to ope rate a combination bus and boat line between Ocracoke and Hat teras. job shop in Eastern North Caro lina. labor is at work on the Community building and the new gymnasium, and that as fast as men are re leased from these projects thev will be placed on t.he fire hall project, which Is to be started as soon as the materials arrive. So the street and sidewalk pav ing will not be completed as soon as had been hoped, but unless something goes wrong it should be completed before the influx of sum mer visitors begins. Only those who never do any thing do not make mistakes, „ While the American congress wages a fight over the appropria tion for relief, the bill sponsored by the Administration having been cut by 150 million dollars, the world in general has its eyes on Europe and Asia where wars .are waging and dictatorships are fear ed for their possible danger to civil ization. The American House of Congress by a vote of 226 to 137 slashed 150 million miliars from the President’s emergency relief demands, and only agreed to an appropriation of 725 million dollars. The House finally passed this amount by a vote of 396 tx) 16. A bitter fight faced this bill among the Senators who differed with the President’s spending poli cies, and an even deeper cut was forecast. Senator Borah of Idaho, stepped into the controversy and rallied to the defense of the meas ure. The appropriation is the amount desired to continue work relief until July 1, and unless it passes as requested, the Congress was bold a million men would be put out of work. “I am for economy,” Senator Borah said, “but there are plenty of places to cut Federal expendi tures without taking it out of the hides of poor helpless people on relief. Many of them are living like beasts, hundreds of thousands lof them. “I know there is a lot of waste and mismanagement in WPA, but I am not going to have it on my conscience that I do not vote for what those in charge say is neces sary.” Meanwhile Major General H. H. Arnold, chief of the Army air corps, told Congress that an emergency makes necessary the completion right away of the 300 million dol lar Air Corps expansion recom mended by the President. In Spain great gains by the In surgent forces were reported, as the French Government agreed with Britain on a hands off policy, leaving it to the Spaniards to fight it out. Insurgents in Spain had alleged that the Government was receiving supplies over the French border. France will not likely aid Loyalist Spain with Britain stand ing clear. In Washington, the President went into the subject of old .age benefits even before the program has been launched. The President asked Congress for a broad liberal ization of the social security pro gram today and drew an immedi ate reply from Republican quarters that the first necessity was the correction of the “mistakes” in the present system. The Chief Executive submitted, with an approving special message, a report by the Social Security Board which recommended that: Federal old age insurance pay ments begin in 1040 instead of 1942, the date fixed in the present law. Old age insurance payments be larger during the early years of the nrogjam than the law now re quires. The old age plan be extended ns rapidly as possible to some 6,000,- 000 v-orkers now outside the sys tem. The unemployment insurance system also be enlarged to embrace millions now uncovered. “As re.gards both the Federal old age insurance system and the Federal-State unemployment com pensation system,’' Mr. Roo.sevelt said in his message, “equitv and ."lound social poliev require that the benefits be e'"*^°nded to all of our people as rapidlw as administrative experience and public understand ing permit.” Vandenbeng Also For Expansion Senator Vandenberg, Republican, Michigan, who has made an exten sive study of the problem, com mented. “He ignores the fundamental ne cessity of putting the existfng .svs- tem on a sound basis before it is expfuided. I emphatically agree tht there should be an expansion, but manifestly it is logical that we ’piist first correct the mistakes in Ihe jixifiin e^iaiaBuJa.” lit
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