Newspapers / The Coastland Times (Manteo, … / April 14, 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
THE DARE COUNTY TIMES 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. 198 MANTEO, N. C., APRIL 14, 1939 Single Copy 5c WILL COST PLENTY IF You FAIL TO LIST YOUR PROPERTY THIS YEAR America’s Most Talked of Man For President ^ Law Provides That Ten Per Cent Shall Be ^^ded to Taxes; Penalty of One Dollar For ^te Listing’; Commissioners Are Required f Assess Penalty; Neglect of Taxpayers Resulted in Many Inequalities 'We who fail to list their taxes ‘On or send an agent to make 1 .“•■O statement this year are in 'fough jolt. A new law pro- J.ftat failure to list taxes at and place appointed calls i ^Penalty of ten per cent to be | to the taxes. For instance, if s taxes is ordinarily $26 a Olid he fails to go list, of $2.60 will be put on his ooipt in addition to his taxes. goes later, after tax list- ^6, he must pay a fee of not than $1 in order to list his The law requires proper ^ for all persons having prop- persons for poll tax pur- between 21 and 60 years of DAVID STICK DIRECTING INSTITUTE FOR EDITORS lis new law is expected to do a ' Sood. For the past several ’■'vhen tax listing lfe>s beenj ,60, the records have gotten, hibie shape. People have j l^orward a year or two after- 1 fo complain about the value Wr property, or to allege listing. Records disclose [hey never listed the property, r® list taker picked it up as could. * Dare County Commissioners ''nf use their discretion at all * the new law, but the law iJ'n the extra cost for failing The new law is a good one, L Mil save the counties much Use. MAC MONTAGUE IN JAIL AGAIN FOR BURGLARY Admits Wanchese and Hat- teras Crimes and Impli cates Three Others GOVERNOR ENTERTAINED IN FINEST FORM ON VISIT TO HOSPITABLE HYDE COUNY ' to the County Tax super- Register of Deeds at Man- /I Dare County, Columbia in I County, Qwan Quarter in 'bounty. ■’’esidents are required to Sworn statement as to the **ty they own, and to send it ‘“ii I A New Policy f-onimissioners this year will "'nrrants for everyone be- Ihe poll tax ages who fails A person who fails to list and sign the labstract may k or imprisoned in the dis- af the court. the desire of the commis- of Dare County to make k' ffirson who should pay taxes, ijj ® his duty, in. order that the Ij jl^y not be burdensome. It *he this new law will back and give a jolt to those DAVID STICK, WHO has made his home in Dare County for many summers, is this week directing the third North Carolina Scholas tic Institute at the University of North Carolina on April 14 and 15 under the sponsorship of the Daily Tar Heel, student newspaper. Indications are that this year’s attendance will exceed the 130 of last spring’s session, which had a substantial increase over the first Institute. Mr. Stick has announced that a number of North Carolina news papermen have been.invited to ad dress the sessions and to lead the discussions. He said those who had accepted and their topics are: John Park, ex-publisher of the Raleigh Times, business; John W. Harden, of the Salisbury Post, features; Mrs. Anne Cantrell White, society editor of the Greensboro Daily News, society news; Jake Wade, sports editor of the Charlotte Ob server, sports; Jim Wommack, staff photographer of the Winston-Sa lem Sentinel, photography. . Each speaker will give a 16- ho any rate, there will be •lot wish to abide by the ^ [''‘eworks after tax listing ^ ^Policy this year will be to in •I'® procedure in other coun- with the new state law. bit, given list takers are P^int and comprehensive. a schedule of values, in put equal burden on all turn to page seven) Fishing and all Out Doors ''wA^®ffer did not go to Ore- lljst the channel bass troll- end. He telephoned Sih? York on Thursday ** Wt wanted to. know the ^ or trolling for bass alon^ ti-iJ ^ recommended Oregon Jly u ^rily because —"" ["Va ^ place on ..... where these mighty —By— Aycock Brown ®rity on Pishing News JOHN NANCE GARNER as he looked while fishing at Oregon Inlet with Congressman Warrep during a recent season. Today, Mr. Garner, the capable Texan, and popular Vice-President is the most talked of man as the next President of the United States. Mr. Garner is con sidered as agreeable timber, not only by the Dem'Ocratic conservatives but Republican leaders as well. On page four will be found a resume of what many folks think of this man. Photo by Victor Meekins. MANY CHANGES TAKING PLACE IN COAST GUARD Number of Retirements and Shifts in Commandina; Officers of Local Units Several recent changes in the Coast Guard service are taking place this week, and more to fol low. Capt. T. J. Barnes of Vir ginia Beach retired on the first of April, and his place is taken by R. V. Dudley of Little Island. Henry N. Holmes of Cape Henry is to re tire June 11, after a leave of 48 days. C. P. Brady of Big Kinnakeet .has been assigned to duty in the Nor folk office, to do boarding duty, operating on vessels between Balti more and the capes. He is suc ceeded by Pennel Tillett of Oregon Inlet, and he replaced Norman Etheridge who succeeds Pennel Til minute talk and then lead a discus-; Number One man at Ore- cussion of the topic. The floor will be thrown open for questions. The NCSPI, which brings high school editors from all over North Carolina to Chapel Hill every year, was formed to bring about a closer union of these young editors through an exchange of ideas and to enable them to meet and hear experienced newspapermen. The high echoool newspapers will be criticized by members of the University Journalism Department. An informal dance will be held following Friday night’s session, and there will be a banquet session Saturday night. BASNIGHT SAYS SHAD SEASON TO gon Inlet. Palmer S. Midgett, officer in DARE MAINLAND PEOPLE SEEKING TELEPHONE LINE Manns Harbor and Stumpy Point Would Overcome Handicap A serious handicap in the com mercial life of the people of the Dare County mainland is lack of telephone facilities. Considerable losses result to the fishermen of Manns Harbor and Stumpy Point for lack of this facility in keeping posted on the markets. The nearest telephone connection to Stumpy Point is 27 miles away by dirt road, yet the need for tele phone service is so great that a fish dealer travels by automobile and spends some $2,000 a year in long distance calls. Several overtures have been made to the Norfolk & Carolina Tj^lephone and Telegraph Company to give these people servdce through the Manteo exchange. This would necessitate laying three miles of cable under the Croatan Sound, and Caught in the act of robbing the store of John Cudworth Wednes day night near midnight, Mac Mon tague admitted to Sheriff Meekins that he robbed Billy Tillett’s store Saturday night, and stole Ernest Etheridge’s boat which he left at Long Shoal River and which wa recovered this week. Montague was lodged in jail, af ter he had also confessed to two robberies of the Atlantic View Pavilion at Hatteras before Christ mas, and implicated three Hatteras boys, his alleged companions. Montague, who is about 27 years ■old, has served time on several oc casions for robbery. While on his way home after being paroled from a reforin school he joined with an other b^^ and held up a filling sta tion between St. Pauls and Lum- berton, and got six months. He is said to .have buried some $160 and when drinking tells of plans to go back to dig up the money. He is of low mentality, and ap parently cannot help stealing. He usually admits his crimes when sharply questioned. Late Saturday night he entered Billy Tillett’s store after filing the lock apart. He stole considerable beer, chewing gum, cigarettes, and a few articles such as flashlights and watches. He took the boat nearby, and went to Long Shoal River bridge where he hitch-hiked to Washington, and finally to Norfolk. He was picked up at Great Bridge Tuesday night and brought to Manleo by Ras Wescott who was unaware Mac was being sought. Mac hid in the woods all day Wed nesday back of Ira Stowe’s house and was planning to make his get away on the loot from Cudworth’s store. Passing his store late at night, Mr. Cudworth discovered someone had entered it by taking out a pane of glass. A check revealed Mon tague inside, trying to break into the cash register which he had damaged. He had pocketed a num ber of watches, knives and other trinkets. Mr. Cudworth held him at bay until the Sheriff arrived. Montague will be tried in Su perior Court. Another charge of burglarizing the car of Rep. Roy Davis December 24, will come up against him. Lindsay Warren Leads List of Visiting Notables to Join With Hyde in Welcoming Governor Hoey; Chamber of Commerce Banquet a Great Success; Governor Lauds Spirit of County and Predicts Progress DISTRICT ENGINEER DELIGHTS DARE FOLK TOWN CANDIDATES TO BE NOMINATED ON TUESDAY For the first time Roanoke Is land got a good square look at a United States District Engineer this week when Major George W. educational progress. Gillette, officer in charge of the North Carolina district came here Hyde County on Monday and Tuesday heard praise from the Governor, of the State, and from many other state officials who ^ame to visit. Hyde also gave to its dis tinguished visitors unstinted hos pitality, and cemented stronger ties of friendship with those in author ity. There was no semblance of fac tionalism or strife when the Gover nor came to visit, and no one would have detected a sign of any of the disputes that used to prevail. Congressman Lindsay Warren was there too, and he was hailed as the nation’s outstanding Con- grassman. Hyde County received the infor mation from Governor Hoey that no other state looks after its roads so well as North Carolina, and be lieves that this popular Governor will now help Hyde to enjoy this statement in fact as well as in theory. Hyde, which furnishes more college graduatfes per capita- than any other county in the state, heard the Governor describe the Wide praise was heard for the for an official inspection and un- excellent pro^am, and the efficien cy with which it was earned out official visit to this new section that , „ had been “redeemed” from Virginia [he Clmmber of Commerce com- . r«irr£»ja H.x7Cit«xrTh in or Airacs -nnnTwiT'I'if mittee. Everything was properly timed, and with precision and dis- I patch the entire proceeding was and placed under the administra tion of the Major’s office in Wil- North Eastern North Carolina' ®^™ed from the time the (^v- ws removed from the Norfolk Dis-if"°>- Hyde from B^ trict a month ago and placed with haven escorted by that towns high the rest of the State under the Wil- ,, Columbia, Plymouth, Elizabeth mington district. Major Gillette, one of the few officers of the Engi- (Continued on page five) WORLD’S FAIR PARTY COMING DARE TUESDAY charge of Oregon Inlet is slated 114 miles of line between Manns for the command of the New Co.ast Guard Station, a 15-man unit at Little Creek, Va. DRUMFISH BITE STRONG WARREN MAKES CATCH A season like the good old times seems In prospect at Oregon Inlet, and huge catches of drum are be ing made at Oregon Inlet. Con gressman Lindsay Warren fishing with Will Lewark caught 24 Wed nesday. Wayland Baum of Wan chese brought in 30 drum. Charlie Perry of Kitty Hawk has been making huge catches, and fishing parties are pouring in. But unfor- Harbor and Stumpy Point. Business men are anxious for the service, and the many guides now catering to fishing parties in the tourist season believe a telephone line would be extremely profitable to them in serving their business connections. END ON APRTTj 25weather llilN Lf UIN IVllj gn(j^ and the un- The shaiT.season in the waters of North Carolina will end April 26th, according to Capt. Thos. A. Bas- night, deputy fisheries commis sioner. Capt. Basnight calls atten tion to the law passed at the Octo ber 1938 meeting of the Board of \ Conservation and Development held; ^edg^'r at Waynesville, N. C. Rule 83 was amended as follows: favorable northeast winds prevail. Herbert Bonner, Secretary, and U. S. MarshaL Ford Worthy, accom panied Mr. Warren, also Lee Wal lace, WPA official. Ned Schafer,, prominent New Jersey sporrsman accompanied by Nelson Benedict of the Newark visited Manteo last week person or persons to set, fish, have set or fished in the state between the first day of Decmbeer and the t^h^North ^^^y January; or to set, fish, or have set or fished, pound nets end, and found the weather bad, just missing good fishing by one day. , “Aquabats” is the name of the honorary swimming society for women. the surf have ever been seine,s between the 25th day of extent by the trolling April and the first -lay of June; hs‘too, when he called Provided nothing contained in this Dir- • ■■ i--n 1-- i-—4-^ Vort'o^'ing a half a gale in ule shall be construed to apply to 'Cl I thought perhaps nets set in the Atlantic would be better, per- Ocean or to 1% in. bar pound nets Oregon. 1 told him to set in Pamlico Sound south of Sm ,1*0’’ Meekins, which he Stumpy Point bay. _ ^ ^ very wisely told , Permits may be issued at the f>i« „ : Jt Would be better if he discretion of the Fisheries Com- Mr. Benedict wrote some favor able publicity for Dare County, ad vising folks to go down to Hatteras | for Blues, as well as to try Oregon j Inlet. Blues have been caught atj Hatteras in nets during the past 1 few days. It looks like a good sea- j son for sport fishermen, if thej northeasters will pipe down. Is 1 a gamble coming to in the season, r conditions were more ^ ^ day or two t'’- ome of the " time. t tC uf the season are m-Pe It is a gamble turn to Page ;-)ix> missioner to set pound nets and haul seines in Albemarle Sound and its tributaries west of a line from the mouth of Alligator River to the month of Little River for the nur- of taking herring until May lo+v, nn condition that fishermen will li^'o nn i-o their signed agree ment that thov ivill not take any I live shad from the waters. ^Three Shuttered Houses^ AUTOMOBILES COLLIDE A car driven by D. L. Meekins of Stumpy Point enroute to a hall game in Norfolk ran into the car of Dr. J. C. Weeks in front of the W’eeks home near Manteo ’Thur,-' day afternoon when Dr. Weeks turned into his driveway. Damage inflicted to the two cars was esti mated at unwards of $50. No one was .injured. Accompanying Mr. Meekins were Garland Meekins, Le- land Wise, and Phillip Meekins. A gripping mystery story which proves to be one of Ben Ames Williams' best . . . en hanced by the love af fair of twj young peo ple surrounded by an unknown danger. . . • Their fight against a murderer will thrill you. IN SERIALLY THIS PAPER A meeting in the Dare County courthouse is called for next Tues day evening, for the purpose of *1, u • ■ r iu- • j-j i show them the beginning of things nominating candidates for Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the Twelve young and personable Tar Heels into whose hands will be entrusted the task of projecting North Carolina at the World’s Fair in New York will get their final indoctrination here next Tuesday when Dare County undertakes to Town of Manteo, to be voted on in the town election in May. The present members of the Town Board are L. D. Tarkington, mayor, CeciT Mann, Edward Mann, and W. B. Fearing of the Board of Aldermen. All of them are ex pected to offer for re-election, ex cept Edward Mann who has recent ly disqualified himself by removing his residence Without the town limits. Considerable talk prevails about town as to who will be his succes sor, as it is difficult to find men to run for the town offices. The job is not profitable, subject to criti cism, and has little appeal. In the last town election, there were four candidates in all, without opposi tion, and only three votes were cast. They will come here at the end of a tour of 2,000 miles throughout the State under the auspices of the State’s World’s Fair Commission. Entertainment and enlighten ment will begin for them at the Dare County end of Memorial Bridge at City and other towns sent delega tions to felicitate Hyde on its good fortune in having the Governor visit it. And while Hyde folks were hoping for commitments for good roads, the Dare County peo ple were prevented from coming, because a recent rain had made the new stretch of road between Manns Harbor and Stumpy Point sticky, and so Dare’s folks were afraid to Bruce Etheridge got through go with the help of the road forces, and he joined with the state’s of ficialdom in ‘welcoming the Gover nor to Hyde. Previous issues of the Times carried lists of the visitors expected and the program. The Governor, however, outdid the program, made seven speeches in all, anh talked at Columbia and Plymouth the follow ing day after completing his visits to Fairfield and Engelhard. TJovemor Hoey arrived at 6:15 the Wright Monday afternoon aooompanied by 10:30 where FISHERMEN IN DISPUTE OVER LONG-NET TERRITORY Alleging that he was threatened by Alfred Midgett and his ftshing crew of Manteo, and driven off the set where his boat was anchored, Hubert Daniels of Wanchese lodge a complaint with Sheriff Meekins Thursday afternoon. Mr. Daniels stated his boat was surronded by the net of Alfred Midgett, and that I Midgett declared hi.s intention of I moving it out of the way by force ' if necessary. Mr. Daniels returned to his boat with a party of friends. The case will be taken to court. A warrant has been issued against Midgett for .assault with a deadly weapon. “Whenever a row starts over fish ing, the fish will go away,” Ira Stowe observed. they will be met by Bradford Fear ing and Melvin Daniels on behalf The Lost Colony; by Captain John T. Daniels and A. W. Drinkwater, who are keepers of the second of Dare’s greater items of history, and by Sheriff Victor Meekins, who has recorded so much of the county’s story. Here the party will take leave of beaten paths. They will be brought down through Kitty Hawk Woods, then expected to be in the full glory of dogwood, down the shore side, and to the Wright Memorial where Captain Daniels will tell them how lit happened, and show them the scars he got as the air plane’s first casualty. If there is time there ■will be a ^hort sortie into Collington, and stops with. Captain W. H. Lewark at Kill Devil Hills station. Down the beach the party will stop to see Judge Wash Baum and Fred Howard haul a seine out of the Atlantic ocean, which is the oldest method of fishing in the world. Thence they will come to Roanoke Island where Capt. Adam Etheridge, do'^hly famous as one of the participants of the first High’ and as a his daughter. Miss Isabel Hoey. The address of w'eloome was deliv ered by O. L. Williams, Swan Quar ter attorney. Edmund C. Harding of Washin^on, and Congressman Warren made the response. D. (Please turn to Page Four) There is .more in dreams than in detective work, aerial .observations, telephones, and, word of mouth in formation. Ernest Etheridge lost his boat the other day, but in spite of the efforts of all who were look ing for it, it remained for him to follow a dream, .and find his boat in the spot where a dream had re vealed it. W.hen neighbors discovered that fish cook wdl have I Ernest’s boat had been carried Rev, Bradshaw at Kitty Hawk Rev. Robert B’-adshaw of Dur ham, executive secreiarv of Chris tian Education of Noi-tti C-rolina, Methodist- Conferen'-e. ’'-ii n-^eoc.b in Kittv Hawk '’’'"irch v-80. '^'ko.r y ready for them at Fortlaway by Ma.eDonald Montague, it h. Here Mayor L. D. Tark irgton, Ike Davis and others will welcome them informally. The .af ternoon will be given over to more instruction and enlightenment and hospitality. These young people were hand- nick'ed fro.m among the .colleges of '■he .State, six of the best looking "•'■“Is to be found within the State, -■nH fi-.'e bovs to match them, and •iV|o "ommopity looks forward with epi^b'isiasm to their ooming here, ’’’kev wn'll be under was then Sunday afternoon. He was found in a Holiness meeting and notified of his loss. But he paid little attention then, and hur ried back into the meeting, regret ting the interruption. During the night he dreamed that MacDonald Montague had carried his boat to the head of Long Shoal River and left it. In the meantime we telephoned to Hatteras and got the Coast Guard on the look out, up and dowm the line. We thought Young Mon- Saturday nigb'^ Anril 1'' "1 Rev. Brad.sh""^^’'' an abi' and has a spe i"! message for all the charge of Coleman W. Rl’bert.s,^ might have "^been drowned, young people and parents. Thej who is renrp.sentlncr Governor Clyde p-ubb'e is invited to attend. IR. Hoey in'the matter. J (Please turn to page seven) I I .n. on 1 .on. Y ays •/t. f 13 'fl'/Vith ; on j ca- ; um- ) ear. i fine I i; 'k I ’ I a ■ cl ’ e e .d, )e )n of It, e-
The Coastland Times (Manteo, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
April 14, 1939, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75