Newspapers / The Coastland Times (Manteo, … / Feb. 10, 1939, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Coastland Times (Manteo, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
0Ad-6, THE DARE COUNTY TIMES J'he Weekly Journal of the North Carolina Coastland—Devoted to the Interests of More Than 30,000 People of the Four Southern Albemarle Counties }'OL. IV; NO. 189 MANTEO, N. C.. FEBRUARY 10, 1939 Single Copy 5c STATEWIDE DEMAND MAY FORCE LINDSAY WARREN TO BE OUR NEXT GOVERNOR Popular First District Representative Sought as Gubernatorial Candidate; Considered as Outstanding Public Figure of East Who Could Sweep All Sections of the State if He Enters Race For Governor in 1940 Something of a sensation was ^'■oated this week when the News ^*^1 Observer came out with the ®^tement that reliable Washington j!fPorts say Congressman Lindsay Warren will enter the race for ^®Vemor in 1940. The Raleigh Paper went so far as to say that ■a^gh administration officials in cluding Thad Eure, Secretary of ^^ate; Harry McMullan, Attorney j “fneral, and R. Bruce Etheridge, ^'Pector of the Department of Con- aarvation and DeveLopment have a^cently conferred with the Con- ^’■pssman in regard to this matter aad strongly favor the candidacy af Mr. Warren. rn September, 1938, the Dare ^ounty Times wa's early among JPe newspapers of North Carolina advocate Lindsay Warren for governor and ran a long article ^noting prominent Western North ^rolinians as saying that Mr. Warren was the strongest man in East, in whom Wegtern people the most confidence of any of "Pi' citizens in public life. Among the raft of candidates Po have been mentioned most Prominently as gubernatorial tim- P®'' for 1940, the name of Charles JP Johnson, State Treasurer, seems have aroused most interest Pastern North Carolina and par- Joularly in the region surrounding ®re County. Mr. Johnson’s great “ability and friendliness and keen J'^ight into our problems as evi- onced by the addresses he has ™ade in this section and the per ®ona! contacts among the people ®Ve arou.sed a large following . “0 foci keenly IntatcstcdwiP. ’ Probable candidacy. U is the belief of this newspa- ?®r that should Mr. Warren enter ^ P® race that Mr. Johnson would y •'ot MAY BE NEXT MAN IN GOVERNOR’S SEAT : ' > s’! COMMISSIONERS TO OKAY ITEMS FOR THE COUNTY Merchants Warned All Pur chase Orders Must Have Board’s O.K. CONGRESSMAN LINDSAY C. WARREN, for whom there appears to be a concerted demand among the leaders of the State as a can didate for governor may indicate that administration leaders con sider him the strongest man in political life in" the East and best calculated to cope with the many critical situations anticipated not only before the campaign but after the inauguration of the next gover nor of this state; on the other hand. A sharp curb to the expenditures of Dare County was instituted this week when Chairman A. H. Daniels of the Board of County Commis sioners, after conferring with other members of the Board, announced that in future no bills incurred with any merchants of Dare Coun ty will be paid from the county treasury unless they have first been approved by the Board of Commis sioners, and attested by the O. K. of their Clerk, Melvin R. Daniels. Mr. Daniels stated that hence forth, it is his desire that the in terests of the tax payers of Dare County be protected in every man ner within the power of the board, and he has had, for some months, a staunch ally in this policy in John A. Meekins, County Commissioner of Rodanthe, and John E. Ferebee, of Manteo. It is understood that the entire Board is unanimous in this policy. This policy was enacted when it became apparent that the county treasury was beginning to feel the strain of numerous bills contracted as a result of the county’s partici pation in public work projects thnoughout the county. The com mission felt that in view of the in ability of many citizens to pay their taxes that all bills for travel and supplies .sent in to the com missioners for payment should be closely scrutinized; hence, the rea son for making this drastic order before .honoring future bills con tracted by others than themselves. Similar rules have recently been put in effect by the governing bod ies of other counties in the State. MANTEO VS. CURRITUCK IN FOOTBALL SUNDAY AT BASEBALL PARK Westcotts Claim Victory Last Week But Officially the Score Is 0-0 Joining squads to form one powerful team, the "Wescotts” and the “Fearings” Sunday will become the Manteo Croatans when they play the Currituck Potato Mashers at the local ball park at 2:30. A clash between the Potato Bowl and the Pish Bowl will provide plenty of action and entertainment. A few of Currituck’s players hail from Elizabeth City, and the ini tial game is a challenge from both teams to meet. Claiming a safety in the final quarter of last Sunday’s football game, the Wescotts hold that they have won three consecutive games in the Fish Bowl series against the red-shirted Fearingites. Officially, the score reads 0-0 because the ref eree did not recognize the safety point of the powerful Cueballs. Both teams played by far their best game Sunday, using more plays and executing them with bet ter teamw.ork than in any of the previous games. A sizeable crowd watched the battle which ended in a wave of controversy. According to the Fearings, Kel logg missed the pass intended for him and did not touch the ball be fore it rolled into the end zone. According to the Wescotts, he did touch the ball and was tackled for a safety. Ras Wescott, under whose colors the Cueballs fight each Sunday, was so confident of his boys' Sun day he was willing to lay a $10 bet on each man if the Fearings would come across with the sa.me amount. He may have thought better of this wager since Sunday. ROAD CHANGE TO PRIMARY HI’WAY j MAY BE granted! EROSION WORK MA Y BE REDUCED BY NEW BILL it is conceded that m many sections^" of the East there is sentiment that the counties, particularly the sm,alt er ones, have been neglected to Bill Repealing; Stock Law Would End Work in.„ Currituck Preparations to withdraw Na- . , , J ■ i tional Park Service work camps even be a candidate. That some extent m the allotment during j abandonment of beach ero- ample proof as to the for- y®^rs. For this, Hatteras National ; 'dable ability of Mr. Warren, and reason, it is believed that Mr. War-1 ggashore area north of the Dare Currituck line were made here this i is doubtful that one could find i ren would have a tidal-wave of a sentiment to the contrary, but I ! week by A. C. Stratton, project su- Mr. Warren is a Jeader, ace- »®to the governors office with the grfntendent, in anticipation of the S’sh in nautical astuteness. Mr.' majority such as no man has ever | - ■■— North Carolina. Those, ^ passage by the General . green’s 15 years in Congress and T®® 'Assembly of the Boswood bill re- ■'"SpT-aaf +1,0 ■Me..+t who know Mr. Warren believe that _ f, . Q great popularity with the North .^rolina delegation and his recog- ability is so well known ^^rougjiout North Carolina that J 'tinent upon them would be use- However, in view of the •^eat interest Seing taken ^.®®Pective race, we print i* what the News & Observer say about it. pliable reports reaching Ral- from Washington are to the Q that Representative Lindsay Warren of the First District is being urged to enter the race the Democratic nomination for th in 1940 and that he is for the time seriously considering ^r. Warren’s name 'dentil in his j office, here .his level-headed and fair minded j law in Currituck viewpoint, would result in a state- > ® wide administration of the affairs of North Carolina, equal to that of any governor who ever held the TURKEY GOBBLER IN HYDE COUNTY HATCHED 18 EGGS has been joned recurrently since com- Lake Landing Woman Feels She Has a Right to Be Proud of This Bird Submission of the repealer last Friday by Representative Boswood occasioned considerable surprise, not only in his own county, but throughout the State. It is under stood here that the bill is fostered by Currituck and Norfolk interests that would restore cattle raising to the Outer Banks now that erosion wiork has put grass to the denuded dunes. But at the same time there ap pears little possibility now of the bill’s passage. Resolutions against it were passed by the Commission ers of Currituck last Monday, after The following is the story in Mrs. ’ Mr. Stratton had laid before them Janie Lavender Spencer’s own the necessity for abandoning ero- words of the turkey gobbler she i sion control work if cattle were owned which hatched out 18 eggs [ again to be allowed to graze off the A picture portraying this phe- grass as fast as the Park Service nomenon recently appeared in ’ could get it started to growing. Actually the measure has been in ing Mrs. Spencer at Lake Landing' effect only forty days, legally, but about the matter, she replied: j an informal effectiveness has been “Yes, it was really I who ‘sot’ ^ in operation for more than a year the turkey gobbler on 18 eggs, and, in anticipation. The Currituck complete. Everywhere in that area the planted grass has thrived, and the barren dunes are again pro viding good grazing. But as Mr. Stratton pointed out, there is no sense in planting grass to save ero sion if cattle are going to graze it off before it gets started. In the event of the bill’s passage, the work camp at Corolla will be abandoned, and the personnel transferred gouth of Oregon Inlet, where there is no probability of their work being disturbed by re peal of Dare County’s stock law. The men in the camp at Duck would be restricted to work south of the Currituck-Dare line. Dare Delegates Attend Meet ing in Raleigh to Ask For Change in Highway The five Dare citizens who went bo Raleigh Monday to meet with Hyde Citizens and state officials for an interview with District Highway Commissioner Barnes on the desired change to a primary road of the Engelhard-Stumpy Point-Manns-Harbor road are en couraged with the results of the meeting. C. M. Meekins, Dare County clerk of court and a sturdy realist, says nothing definite could be promised by Mr. Barnes, but that the meet ing evidently made an impression on the district commissioner. “Mr. Webb, commissioner from the adjoining district, was very en thusiastic about the road and seem ed more than willing to cooperate,” reported M. Keith Fearing, member of the Dare delegation, ‘“rhe pres ence of both Hyde and Dare legis lators and Department of Conser vation Commissioner Etheridge as well as a formidable group of citi zens from these counties made Mr. Barnes aware that we meant busi ness, anyway.” The interview took place Tues day morning before the regular ! meeting of the State Highway Commission heads. The Hyde and Dare group had been scheduled to meet with Mr. Barnes Monday night, but he was unable to reach Raleigh in time. Stating Mr. Barnes’ position on the matter, Mr. Fearing said that the commissioner refused to com mit himself because so many re quests were coming i^, which had to-be heard. Not only is this true, but the other districts have projects which they are pressing hard in an effort to get roads. To make the already promised road in Hyde and Dare counties primary road would mean DARE JOINS WITH HYDE IN REQUEST FOR FEDERAL AID ON ROAD PROJEQ Officials of Both Counties Appear This Week in Raleigh to Ask That Road Connecting Manns Harbor, Stumpy Point and Engel hard Be Continued as a Federal Aid Road; Would Release Secondary Funds BEAUFORT GIRL VISITS THE TERRAPIN FARM , stion of prospective candidates immediately after the 1933 y, However, it had been gener ic ^^''Pposed that he would remain ‘ Ungress where his 15 years of “Carolina Oddities,” and upon writ-| have put him in line for Mrs. Sneneer at Lake I.andine- elevati®n to the speaker- ®^ the House. Some of Mr closest friends still feel that he will remain in the Pf Others feel that strong i^^sure will be put upon him to t], that the probability is he will succumb bo that pres- WE WANT LETTERS ABOUT OLD WRECKS For the best letter sent us about some adventure during shipwreck and danger in the old days, we will give a prize of $5; for second best, $2, third best, $1. The contest is open to everyone, but must be about bonaflde happenings. Letters eligible for prize-winners must contain not less than 1,500 words. Address: Feature Edi tor, Dare County Times, Manteo, N. C. a that it I might be completed for summer j travel, or at least as soon as pos- j sible. I J. A. Ferebee, Dare commissioner and also a mcniber of the delega tion, says the impression made by the meeting Tuesday in addition to pressure from other sources should j have some weight with the High- j way Commission. According t>0| Hyde delegates. Congressman | Lindsay C. Warren has expressed his desire that the Highway Com-| mission change the road to a pri-, mary one. | Communication with Hyde and; Dare officials within a few days is expected from Mr. Barnes re porting any action the Highway Commission takes on the matter. Delegates from Dare county to Tuesday’s meeting in Raleigh were Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners A. J. Daniels of Wanchese, Jo,hn A. Meekins, J. A. Ferebee, members of the Board, and M. Keith Fearing and, C. M. Meekins. MISS HATTIE STYRON of Beau fort is shown visiting the terrapin farm at the U. S. Fisheries Station. Miss Styron, who is the daughter of the late Julian L. Styron, is em ployed by the U. S. Department of Agriculture at Beaufort. Her fa ther, for many years, was machin- its’s mate .at Hatteras Inlet Coast Guard Station. Photo by courtesy of the Beaufort News. CLAUDE WISE INSTALLS MEAT MARKET IN STORE Claude Wise has remodelled, re painted, and refloored his grocery store during the past month, and last week he re-established his meat market by purchasing a mod ern, new electrical meat case from R. J. Cohoon of Elizabeth City. Preparing to serve his customers with the best obtainable meats and groceries, Mr. Wise has gone to milch trouble and expense to mod ernize his store. While Mr. Wise has been living in Manteo only ten years, he has been in the grocery business for 28 years. A native Stumpy Point er, Mr. Wise came here a decade ago and for eight years has been in the grocery business here. His wife and son both assist him at his place of business. Send orders for printing—mer chants’ dhlesbooks, business letter heads, envelopes, statements, busi ness cards, fishing guide cards and| advertising, or anything else to the Dare County Times. COUNTY GETS $500 IN LIQUOR STORE PROFITS MANTEO YOUNGSTER DEFEATING RALEIGH BOY Manteo Town Board Files Request For 20 Per Cent of Profits II,, Support Prospect face • Mr. Warren enter the which has caused so many inquir ies. I’m really expecting ‘Believe it or Not’ Ripley to investigate, for it’s unusual for a male of any de scription to show the patience, sense, and pure devotion that gob bler had. Here are the facts. “Several years ago a turkey hen stock law, lastiof a long series that have agitated legislation for more than a half century, was passed two years ago, to become effective January 1, 1939, when the last of once great herds of cattle along the ; Outer Banks were to be removed. With most of the cattle gone, th-a -IP Is confidently predicted that was setting on a ditchbank; the Park Service began operations in R ^11 have to a very large extent gobbler discovered her and was so that area, and it is now about half J ® supp®r^ of the same elements persistent about being by her side " - a'imp n^^onsibig fgj. nomination of I decided to put 18 eggs under him, TWO CAMP WRIGHT MEN Pormer Governor aod a more faithful “setter” I’ve SUCCUMB TO ILLNESS never seen. j —: “He hatched 18 beautiful turkeys Hoey. Kard s I® ®tlU widely re- -1,. ®d as the leader of this group, ^Uu - dey^^Sh he insists that he will id active again as he was ''ho • ®f Governor Hoey, rpi brother-in-law. ®^se turn to page eight) ^ARn good pay Working for us can give you good pay llttl® work getting sub- J’lbers to this interesting ^^®Paper, the Weekly Jour- n ®f the North Carolina tji^^l'l^nd. Write us for de- S If you mean business. * Dare county times ■ Box 55, Manteo, N. C. Davis Sims, 54-year-old work They all lived to be grown and far foreman at Camp Wright, died Mon surpassed the others, as he never day morning after an illness of sev- left his nest long enough for the eral days. His illness was diag- eggs to get chilled. ’ nosed as pneumonia with heart “When he came off with his fam- complications. He came here from j ily he was almost a skeleton— Philadelphia. No relatives claimed emaciated. Believe me, he cared the body and he was buried in the for and protected those turkeys un- camp cemetery at Wanchese. til they got tired of his devoion and Joe Andrews, 60-year-old worker left him in the lurch. from Staunton, Va., passed away “I’ve often thought, and said at Tuesday morning after being con- the time, what a beautiful example fined to bed for several months that gobbler was to an animal call- with tuberculosis. He was buried ed man. For there has never been a Thursday in the camp cemetery man to my knowledge (I’ve been^ married twice) who would have Mr. and Mrs. Fred Creef and protected, found food, and had the Crawford Daniels spent Friday in patience and devotion with 18 kids Elizabeth City, that gobbler had. I’m sure I’m Mr. and Mrs. Ira Midgett and voicing the sentiment of the poor children of Ocean City, Va., spent mothers-at-large.” the week end here with relatives. “Dangerous” Dan Davis is shown here on the left defeating Sinclair Capps of Raleigh in the semi-finals of the Golden Gloves Boxing Tour nament held in Raleigh. Dan won the championship in ^e flyweight open class and will go to Charlotte with Dick Burrus, champion in the featherweight novice class, to fight in the All-Carolinas tournament.— Photo by courtesy The Raleigh Times. The County Treasurer this week received a check of $500 as is first contribution frSffi the profits of the two ABC stores operated by the! county, and at the same time, a request was forwarded to the Board of Commissioners from the JPown of Manteo .asking that 20 per cent of this money be turned over to the Town Treasury as its share of the profits from the operation of these stores during the past twenty months. W. ff. Fearing, Chairman of the Board of Town Commission ers, stated that this request was in keeping with the policy established at Pasquotank County and other counties; for example—in Eliza*- beth City, the town shared in the profits fron? the store operated there, this policy being outlined as mandatory in the statute that crea ted the stores in that county. The town’s request was directed] to the chairman of the ABC Board of Dare County, M. L. Daniels, wEo, in turn, forwarded it to the Board of County Commissioners. But since the Board of Commis sioners has recessed their meeting until Tuesday, March 7, it is doubt ful that any consideration will be given it until that date. In the meantime, therels .some sentiment already expressed by .members of th Board of Commissioners against giving the town any part of the revenue. But this will probably be dissipated by the time the Com missioners meet again, when a full understanding of the policy ob taining in other counties becomes apparent to the Dare County offi cials. Dare County joins with Hyde this week in a united effort to have the highway connecting Manns Harbor and Engelhard by way of Stumpy Point designated as a pri mary road, and a delegation from Dare County consisting of public officials and other prominent po litical leaders went to Raleigh Monday evening to join Hyde’.s delegation in a conference with Highway Commissioners E. V. Webb of Kinston, and D. C. Barnes of Murfreesboro. The State of North Carolina is preparing to top-surface a second ary project five miles southward from Stumpy Point and five miles northward from Engelhard at a cost of one hundred thousand dol lars, but which will leave 17 miles of unpaved road in between, and may not be completed for several years. Prominent citizens of En gelhard in Hyde County conferred with Mr. Webb, their resident com missioner, about the situation and found Mr. Webb favorable toward making this a primary road, sub ject to Federal aid, but found it wiould be necessary to get the co operation of Mr. Barnes, in whose district Dare County is situated, before they could have the State Highway and Public Works Com mission endorse the project for Federal aid. Several citizens of Hyde County,—P. D. Midgett, .1. H. Patrick, M. A. Matthews, W. W. Watson and R. L. Gibbs came to Manteo Sunday and enlisted the in terest of the county officials. They were joined in a conference by A. J. Daniels, Chairman of the Bo,ard of C>. inty Commissioners, Repre sentative Roy L. Davis, Commis sioner, John E. Ferebee and I. P. Davis, C. S. Meekins, Mayor L. D. Tarkington, M. L. DanieTS, Pete Daniels, C. C. Duvall, and Melvin R. Daniels. The meeting was also attended by C. E. Payne of Stumpy Point, Chairman of the County Board of Education, A. B. Hooper, County Commissioner, and R. Dewey Wise, County Fire Warden, and was also joined toward the close by C. W. Mann of Manns Harbor, C. D. Mann, former County Commission er and R. L. Craddock, well-known citizens of that community. After some discussion, a long distance telephone message with Mr. Webb arranged a conference with him for Monday night in Ral eigh, and a hasty meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was called for Monday morning, at which time most of the Board was present, having been joined by County Commissioner John A. Meekins of Rodanthe. The importance of establishing this road as a primary road eligi ble to Federal aid was apparent to all present, particularly in view of the prospect of obtaining a bridge over Croatan Sound, and without this road being established as a primary road, it is doubtful that proper consideration would other wise be given it for many years to come. A distinct advantage, if the Highway Commission could be in duced to adopt this project as sought by the two counties, would be that each county would have a possibility of sharing in the one hundred thousand dollars of sec ondary road funds thht would be relaesed from this project. If the commission could be induced to spend it, there are a number of vital projects in this county to de mand an outlay of fifty thousand dollars. For instance, a road to (Please turn to page eight) HOW TO GET THE TIMES FOR $1.00 You can get The Times for a whole year for $1 if, you send the subscriptions of two other people along with it. For three dollars, three peo ple can get the paper for a year each, or one person for three years. The regular rate is $1.50" a year. If you like, you .may sell two yearly subscriptions at $1.50 each, and get yours free. This of fer open until April 1. Don’t delay. Address: The DARE COUNTY TIMES P. O. Box 66, Manteo, N. C. Ittf.fee 1
The Coastland Times (Manteo, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Feb. 10, 1939, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75