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THE DARE COUNTY TIMES
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»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. 190
MANTEO, N. C., FEBRUARY 17. 1939
Single Copy &
OAST GUARD AT ITS BEST
RESCUE OF WELLS CREW
OFF OCRACOKE SEPT. 1914
THESE CHILDREN ATTEND THE SMALLEST SCHOOL IN NORTH CAROLINA.
I
drilling Story of a Rescue That Made His-
For the Service; Women and Little
J^hildren Rescued, Along With a St Bernard
Story Told by an Eye-Witness to the
ene, and Former Coast Guardsman
BARNETT (U. S. C. G.),
Buxton, N. C.
Scf
»te:
'ks
is
LINDSAY WARREN NOT TO
BE A CANDIDATE IN 1940
FOR GOVERNOR OF STATE
Appreciates High Honor in Being Urged to
Run, But Says His Ambitions Are to Serve
His District in Congress; Appears in Ral
eigh This Week in Interest bf Cape Hatterasr
National Seashore
CAPT. HOMER STYRON
WAS IN WELLS RESCUE
A recent request in this
?er for stories about ship-
in the old days along the
Coast, has brought us
interesting items, but none
interesting than this tale of
^eck of the Geo. W. Wells,
, y Thos. Barnett of Buxton, a
Coast Guard, who as a boy
5n eye-witness of the scene in
his father took a leading
' *t that time being Keeper of
• *^8 Inlet Station. Capt. Bar-
y^ife also assisted in caring
nescued people, and was
®nded for her services.
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^iging on a hall on the second
.f the Marine Hospital at
Va., is one of the finest
of a six mast schooner
®yer sailed the Atlantic coast;
sail set in a moderate sea
6ood breeze blowing, and all
■ hearing a good “full,”—
Would catch the mariner’s
j’.ke that scene. In fact it is
L ‘1 contrast to the last voyage
® ship in September, 1914.
of wind from the north-
®oming on around east south
,jj'slly getting to the west,
this same schooner, “The
TYRRELL SCHOOL HEAD
RECOVERING AT HOME
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The smallest school in North Carolina is at Mashoes in Dare County. Miss Carrie Mae Lowe
can certainly check up when one of her pupils is absent. Here she is shown with her students; Top row,
Miss Lowe, Iva Dale Wescott, daughter of C. W. Wescott; Ira Spencer, Jr., son of Ira Spencer; Clyde P.
Twiford, Jr., son of Clyde P. Twifiord; bottom row, Carol and Mila Wescott,. children of C. W. Wescott; ,
Wilford Midgette, son of Tom R. Midgette, and Boyd Basnight, son of S. C. Basnight. Boyd is holding
his dog, “Briar.”
Wells” after she had
'^ston. Mass., for Femandina,
t® load railroad ties. This
^^Ught the boat in its death
a more gallant fight could
have been made for its life
‘he ship made. It struck the
passed the Diamond Shoal
‘P it was logging 18 miles
under “bare poles.” To
lubber this means no sails
imagine a ship making
~ miles per .hour with no
“Urely there was a high sea
H but all was well. Con-
loift towards its destination
having to shift over a top-
' ‘rim a sheet until they pass-
Lookout Lightship, the
^®thwest, but being under the
- of a gallant seaman by
‘ri ha-
nave to say goodbye to the
i_‘‘er Wells, which was his
CAPT. HOMER STYRON of Hat-
teras, one of the old time Coast
Guard keepers, who assisted Capt.
Dave Barnett in the rescue of the
crew of the Geo. W. Wells, told, '
about elsewhere in this paper to-1 By MARGARET NOWELL
day. Capt. Styron, now long past; Editor’s Note: This article was
four-score, resides at Hatteras, his|^j.jtten by Margaret Nowell who is
old home, where he has been re-'g feature writer for the Washing-
tird for several years. For a long star and is now living on Roan-
while he was the champion checker island. Nearly a year ago she
player of Hatteras, until failing gg„,e to Dare County and fell
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO DARE
TEN YEARS FROM NOW?
Shall We Simply Have Hot Dog Stands, or a Thing
of Beauty and Joy Forever?
1®ri;h of Cape Hatteras and eyesight slowed up his pastime. in love with its people and its at-
to live in, to play in—it belongs no
longer to the ones who love it best.
Fifteen years ago I went to live
in Santa Ee, New Me.tic-i At the
same time the First Colony on
Roanoke was struggling for ex
istence the Spaniards were pushing
OFFICERS ARREST
MEN WITH LOAD OF
BOOTLEG WHISKEY
279 Gallons East Lake “Corn'
Taken Off Truck at Coin
jock; Two Men Arrested
About 275 gallons of East Lake
corn will never reacn its intended
destination because of the s.mootniy
working machine of the Federal
PROF. R. H. BACHMAN, beloved
and efficient superintendent of the
Tyrrell County schools, is at his
home in Columbia, recovering from
a serious automobile accident
which occurred during the Christ
mas holidays when he and Mrs.
Bachman were riding along high
way 64 en route home. His many
friends will be glad to know that
he will effect a complete recovery.
He spent g good part of his time
in a hospital. Mrs. Bachman was
also hurt but is recovered.
r— r' in love witn its people aiiu iva av- their way north from Mexico City ^ o 4. i j ' i CaMtr \a/itu r'l i d d iti ir'ir
Other men now living who took mosphere. By invitation, she has to found the city of Santa Fe in Saturday, and William H. Cui-, CAMt WITH CURRITUCK
Alcohol Tax Unit in this territory |
MANTEO BEATS IN
'’^nd the wind shifting to
® of York, he yet did not
part in that rescue were Roscoe written for us on a timely and
Burrus, Ed. Burrus, Jim Henry helpful subject.
Garrish and several others, all of^
whom are retired, or otherwise out ■ i wonder what will have happen-
of the service. Capt. Homer Sty-, ed to Dare County ten years from
non, one of the best loved men in now?
.his community can tell many a true' it would be very easy to speak
tale of hardship in the Coast Guard long and glowingly of the charm
service.
i and beauty of Roanoke, but you
I have all heard it said better than
j I might ever do—and I, being an
DOG FROM SHIP WON BY
THEO. MEEKINS ON A BET, “old timer” of ten months now purchase and re-equipment of the! hoi Tax Unit
(take it for granted, boo. I came • -
Citizens of Manteo well remem-! spring looking for a place
, 4, j T 4.1. 1. 04. to take my family for the summer
ber the dog, Jerry, the huge St.
Bernard owned by Theo. S. Meek-
and
joy. So he began to scud
ijj Or direction, which was
n,, ® liim nearer the shore and
, ® came on line of the steam-
® decided to anchor until the
“ over.
i^''''dered both anchors let go
time with all the
out to them, but when
.® end he decided to snub the
a bit; but the first halt
the chains, both chains
it,. *ke a stick of candy, also
in ‘^6 bow loose.
‘tout
. any anchors or chains,
blowing him towards
hig^'dreaded Diamond Shoals,
‘^’^d the newest sails hoisted
b.,' ■
1 to keep the vessel into the
[fig "’^at off by the wind. By
J--.^^tum to page eight)
>• Disease found
ts fast as the sails went
I'HEap
SHAVING BRUSH
.i^trni,
1? u'tg against the use of
j|i2J”'ashes labeled “Imperial,
Japan, 332,” of which
• or rru„ where they coiild enjoy the —
ms, some 25 years ago. -The dog by board walks,
^ ^ —1 A ns rvll FnA
weighed 175 pounds and is xeieri.u
to in the story about the wreck of ,ic,ip1 «„mmer
the Geo. W. Wells.
paraphernalia of the usual summer
resort. We found just what we
Mr. Meekins saw the dog at Hat- wanted and spent seven delightful
teras while it was owned by Ed. here. Part of the joy of
Burrus, Coastguardsman to whom weeks came from our spot
he was given when rescued from beach, but as we became ac-
the wreck. At that time Miss ■ Manteo, explored the
Maude O’Neal was seeking the of-,jj^gijg Roanoke .Jo Ocracoke,
fice of postmistress at Hatteras. i ^g^. g^gj. being astounded at the
Her half-brother, Ed Burrus was fj-jendliness and cordiality of the
telling Mr. Meekins she had no pggpjg of Dare County, we realized
chance of getting the office, now ^g jg^^j jj^^gb more than
that Woodrow Wilson was Presi-j^ place to spend the summer—for
dent, and Miss O’Neal being a Re- here were friends and contentment
publican. But Miss O’Neal had would bcome a definite part
strong Democratic friends, and lives.
thi
have been receiv-
United States and sold or
here, is contained in a
tiojj ''®®eived by Dr. Carl V.
’ North Carolina State
Illficer, from
Dr.
, Thomas
hj’>5’^.^geon general and head
ri(.j *"164 State Public Health
dj ®rion is tbe result of a
Jj^’^Ihrax traced bo one of
“having brushes, and
Iv wed to
di.
disease
No ;
aving
event the spread
'* rough their fur-
ijj nieiilion was made of
1^5 manufactured hair
I®oth brushes in Dr.
\ ®.'h>tice.
li),, riatigjj of this shaving
Dr. Pr I’s notice,
"hra ■ ' -'hich a case
supposed to have been
'thef ? “fs well as a number
4®®'ring brushes bearing
.’nr. j ‘mde -,iark has resulted
all tk anthrax bacilli
had : brushes so far ex-
several laboratories.”
Mr. Meekins bet Mr. Burrus a sum | game time that I am grate-
of money against the dog that Miss ^gj. j.be quiet and friendliness
O’Neal would get the office. She .g^e, I am aware that there are
did, and Mr. Burrus paid his bet. | gyer-increasing thousands who live
The dog created quite a sensation the tense life of cities who need
around Manteo. It had a huge ju^gt what we found here. In time
head compared to the size of the they will discover that this place is
body. It faithfully watched the accessible and with the arrival of
Meekins children while they were those thousands tranquility will
small. Reaching old age it died. I disappear—unless the people of
Mr. Meekins recalled that the pare County plan very carefully,
ship wa.s burned up by some per-j jjy great-grandfather was a sea
sons unknown, shortly after it was'gaptain and trader out from Nan-
brought by a group of local men.(tucket Island in the days when
Some rivalry had developed be- ghipg went round the horn. As
tween opposing bidders, as valu- g youngster I spent many happy
able ships and cargoes are often (days there and at that time it was
bought for a song, even though j uiuch as Roanoke was before the
they are much sought after, and it bridge was built—though more iso-
was thought an unsuccessful bid-jiated. The native sons lived by
der had started the fire. fishing, whaling or trading up and
(down the coast. They were hard
1607. Santa Fe has always been Kaieigh, o9 yeais old, andi -4. 1 r> t n/r v
great trading center as well as the-Michael V. \oung of Norfoix, ap- The Curritimk Potato Mashers
Capital. In 1925 it was known for 'Parently some 10 years younger,' were no match for the terrific
its delightful .climate, congenial mow are awaiting trial at the Manfeo Croatans in Sunday s foot-
people," its art colony and its Fiesta March 27 term of Federal Court in ball game at the Manteo Ball Park,
which lasted for four days each Elizabeth City. jin fact the CurrRuckers were wal-
fall. It was not long before all of. Operating on a tip that a truck 4.), *^4= ^1
this was “discovered.” The man-1 and two automobiles Ld just cipss
ager of a great chain of hotels saw] ed the Manns Harbor ferry Satur-
' Sunday”s game will be played be-
possibilities there. His company j day which might be loaded with
tween the two Manteo teams, the
invested two million dollars in thej^ast Lake moonshine liquor, Alco-1 ^g^jd^^^^Ede bette'r^competiriom
purchase and re-equipment of the | bgi Tax Unit investigators with
hotel which faced the plaza, and a g^gte Highway Patrolmen Louis
transportation service which, g^d Clyde Gibson kept a
brought tourists from the ’*adway|gjj^ lookout on the highway from
j Dare through Currituck and around
forty miles away to the town.
Within six months we all knew
6 o’clock identified the truck they
some^ing had happened and it was,^^^^ watching for,
time to make a move unless thej ^
town was to be ruined. ^ j v 4. -i t-u
Looking back on these experi-
ences and looking ahead ten years
I am wondering what will happen
to Roanoke. Like Nantucket it is
a quiet village winch offers peace
to a tired world. Like Santa Fe
A FEW BIG MARINE
DISASTERS ON THE
CAROLINA COAST
The loaded truck was finally
est in shipwricks. The Carolina
jock at a filling station on the west Cgggi country is so saturated with
side of the highway, after the of-. ^-bg atmosphere of shipwreck and
ficers had followed it on a 12-mile j-ggeue and heroism that we want
chase, during which the truck had gp the stories -we can get about
run several cars off the highway shipwrecks, whether actual ac-
it has attractions that bring thou- and nearly killed a pedestrian, counts, or personal reminiscences
sands of visitors each year. In ad- The truck, the liquor, and Young ^ gj those who took part, or heard
dition to that it has ,many natural were taken. I the stories from old people. Here
features combined with residents' The two cars in the caravan are a few of the larger .marine
whose intelligence, cordiality and rolled up in a few minutes. The disasters off the coast of North
gracious welcome to strangers is driver of the front car stopped, Carolina:
surpassed only by their love of backed up a bit to slacken his tow^ Steamboat Home, lost off Ocra-
their home county. i rope, and then shot forward, break- coke, bound from New York to
When the road goes down the ing the tow rope and leaving Cul- Charleston, 100 lost, Oct. 9, 1837.
banks will you locate it so that it lorn, who was driving the second Pulaski, blew up off N. C. coast,
will not destroy the quiet beauty car, and Young to face the charges. Savannah to Baltimore, 140 lost,
of the shore, so that your children Highway Patrolmen Lane and Gib- Jan. 14, 1838.
and mine, twenty years from now j ggn gave chase until the liquor car Str. Kensington, collided with
may see miles of golden sand, birds, turned off the pavement on the bark Templar, off Hatteras, both
and blue sea as I saw it last sum-;-pgUg Creek road. (wrecked, 150 lost, January 27, 1871.
mer from Hatteras Light Tower?! Young claimed the liquor and Emily B. Souder, lost off Cape
Or will you dot it with hot dog j absolved Cullom from any connec-: Hatteras, 38 lost, Dec. 10, 1878.
Lindsay Warren says he will not
be a candidate in 1940 for Gover
nor of North Carolina, despite ef
forts of his friends and adminis
tration leaders to get him to run.
He admits it is the highest honor
that can come to a North Carolin
ian in his lifetime, but considers
his present post as Congressman
from the First District of North
Carolina as his first duty to the
state.
Mr. Warren wrote this news
paper this week saying he was pro
foundly grateful for the confidence
and esteem shown him by the peo
ple of his state, but with the finan
cial and other responsibilities upon
him with respect to educating three
children, he was not in position to
run for Governor of the State,
Mr. Warren was in Raleigh this
week in the interest of a proposed
bill for State cooperation in Cape
Hatteras Seashore, which will be
come a national park upon acquisi
tion of the necessary acreage, and
flatly denied that he has any inten
tion of becoming a candidate for
Governor in 1940.
“Of course, I would like to be
Governor; who would not,” declared
Mr. Warren, who has been fre
quently mentioned as a prospec
tive candidate in 1940.
“It is the greatest thing that
'could come to any North Carolinian
and there is a wonderful opportun
ity for constructive service,” he
continued. “However, 1 have a
mortgage on my ho.me and three
children to educate. For that rea
son, I have never given the matter
a real serious thought, nor have I
thought about any position other
*^han the one I now hold from the
neop'e of the First Cangressional
District.”
Mr. Warren, who has previously
declined to make any statement on
the .subject, repeated the substance
of the above to scores who inquired
privatly concerning his intentions
w.hile he was here.
Mr. Warren conferred with R.
Bruce Etheridge, Director of the
Department of Conservation and
Development concerning the bill to
create a North Carolina Cape Hat
teras Seashore Commission, which
will be introduced in the General
Assembly by Senator D. B. Fearing
of Dare.
The bill calls for a commission of
nine, to be composed of the Direc
tor of Conservation and Develop
ment as chairman, three members
of the board of that department
and five members to be named by
the Governor, of whom two men
may be non residents of the State.
'The bill carries an appropriation
of $20,000 and gives title to the
United Slates of the 1,100 acres of
the Hatteras State Park and such
other land in the area as the State
may be disclosed to own through
new surveys.
The commissions \yill receive
gifts of land. Under the act of
Congress, the park may be opened
when 10,000 acres have been ac
quired in addition to the 7,000 now
owned by the Federal government.
The ultimate size of the park will
be 100,000 acres.
Mr. Warren declined to discuss
stands and cheap summer shacks; Hon with it, but Commissioner J.j Metropolis, Currituck Beach, 140 national issues, other than to pre
for the few hundreds of dollars it;c_ Munden of Elizabeth City, who lost, January 31, 1878.
will bring for a sea.son or two. It] presided at the hearing in his of-| U. S. Sloop of War “Huron,’
TWO DARE COUNTY BOYS jworking, happy, intelligent people
CHOSEN TO NYA SCHOOL for the most part whose well-
. ; rounded education came from their
Two Dare County bnvs, Marvin contact with people and ships from
Mann of Manteo and Willie Ether- all over the world. In these last
idge. Jr., of Wanc.hese reported ^twenty years Nantucket has been
Monday to the State NYA training (“taken over” bv wealthy business
center in Raleigh where they will 1 men from New York who wanted a
begin courses in electrical engi-jqmet place to spent the
neering
can be done wisely but it should bei jige in the Postoffice building there,; Nags Head. 100 men, Nov. 24, 1877.
planned now. j judged from the evidence that Cul-1 Dutch Str. Prins Mauritz, of
When commercial developments ^ igjn was .more involved in bootleg Cape Hatteras, 59 lost, April 3,
come—as they are bound to come ging than Young. Cullom, it was, 1915. _
to serve the increasing number of; (jjgdosed, has a record in Johnson] Line SS. Santiago, off
visitors, will it be the people of, County for having been appre-; Cape ^'atteras, 15 lost, March 11, i
Dare County, standing together bended at a still and placed under 1924. _ |
a $5,000 bond which .he skipped; Se'd any information or stories]
but was later picked up in Raleigh.! about ihese wrecks to The Dare,
He is being held in Elizabeth City County Times, P. O. Box 55, Man-
under a $7,000 bond and Young teo, N. C.
under a $3,000 bond,
who will make the recom,menda-
tions for the futore—or some
wealthy outside enterprise who
may permit the young people of
Manto to work for them?
I shall have to come back often
to see what will happen.
diet that Congress will be in ses
sion until August. His bill for re
organization of the Federal gov
ernment, for which he has person
ally secured the support of 60 of
the 76 Democrats now in Congress
who voted against the measure last
year, will be introduced next Mon
day and he expects it to be passed.
DR. ANDERSON REPLACES
CAMP WRIGHT PHYSICIAN
WPA GROUP COMPLETES
COURSE IN FIRST AID
’AM AUSTIN
summer.! Dr. Emory H. Anderson has join
ed the staff of Camp
Of course their trade means so.me-
Chosen through ann'ication by. thing to the local merchants, but it
•Tohn Lang, State" NYA director, j takes comparatively few shops and
to take the c.our“>s offered at the, fishermen to supply the demand,
training center, Mann and Ether-. As the years roll on the sons .“nd
Hvo out of 33-5 bovs so-] daughters of the native Islanders
lected over the entire state to re- ^.g ,qway to school and to make a
eaive training. The schooling will living. Though Nantucket is ^
last from six months to a year. lightfnl in every way, to look at, on a hospital staff in the mid-west, the first aid- course.
Wright as
chief medical officer. Dr. Ander
son came here from Waycross, Ga.,
where he has been serving as chief
surgeon at the hospital there. He
is a nalive of Richmond. Va. He
replaces Dr. W. T. T orirnayg
Thirty-two WPA foremen
squad leaders in this vicinity re
quired to possess first aid certifi
cates completed the necessarv 20
hours’ training this week. Gaston
Meekins, who received his instruc
tion at Greenville, N. C., has been
conducting the classes here. Ho
also hn'fls v'igi;)-..,. .. ’v.-q .i-b,
Hirar '.ustin. aged 82, a beloved
i charactci of Hatteras, died Wed
nesday. He will be greatly missed
and 1-^,^, )T;,any friends as he v^ag one
of the old “stand-bys” o-p ihnt con-
munitv. Burial services were held (
Thursufiv ‘eras. He is sur
vived hvi lie . 'lowing: Three son.shj
Crawford, who is staii'-ned at Oc
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