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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 MANTEO. N. C., APRIL 21, 1939 Single Copy 5c ORLDS FAIR PARTY IN dare missed one thrill BUT FOUND MANY OTHERS DISGUSTED WITH REFUSAL TO AID ROADS ON BANKS WHO WILL BE SHERIFF OF TYRRELL COUNTY NEXT? Commissioner John A. Mesk- Makes Public Recent Correspondence ms Yille Wright Walked Through the Crowd Unrecognized; North Carolina’s Delegation the World’s Fair Witnesses Many Things Ijf Dare to Tell the World About in New 1 ork This Summer J&ht personable young Tar chosen from among eight •sand applicants for their jobs i^Present North Carolina ,at the W of Tomorrow.fair opening in York on the last day of this *'ii> came to Dare County Tues- ^ad went native for the day— along with pretty nearly every- else in the neighborhood, I't most of given a finger- ^ recognize a man ^ Would have ‘ to see. •Orville Wright, shy co-invent- t the airplane, didn’t want to j^cognized, and so Dare County, ‘taping with its custom, didn’t 'ar him, and didn’t say any- ^ about him until afterward to Personable young Tar Heels gone back across the county Still, the county would have one of its finger-joints, too, if Jhad felt free to welcome him ? home. at that the young represen- as of North Carolina in the h of Tomorrow had about as J a cargo of thrills as they *’ Well manage, and although ^ of them wished out loud while Were here that they could 'ook at Orville Wright one ^Well, anyhow Dare County J'rovided them with a Dare welcome, and they went '' Saying that nowhere on their Oiile tour had they seen the ORVILLE WRIGHT VISITS OLD FRIEND TUESDAY the time the big bus in *0 they were travelling rolled the county line precisely on fat 10:30 until they got back it in Manteo five hours later, iJ Chauncey Meekins had paid J off with each a souvenir Vir ^t>are half dollar, they pretty : aghly absorbed Dare County, aligf hands, .'hlease turn to page eight) ^ alighted with note books in Apparently disgusted with the treatment he has received at the hands of Highway Commissioner D. Collin Barnes, and J. C. Gardner, Division Engineer of Tarboro, Dare County Commissioner John A. Meekins of Rodanthe, this week makes public correspondence be-i tween the three of them, and which! illuminates the evasiveness of the| highway authorities to do anything! | definite toward helping the people ' of Dare County with their road j ^ problems. ■ j s Mr. Meekins had made numerous trips to see Mr. Barnes, and to talk with other highway officials, and would always be given encouraging promises which never materialized into performances. Following the last appearance of Mr. Meekins before Mr. Barnes, the latter wrote a half-hearted letter to Mr. Gard ner his district Engineer about the things Mr. Meekins had asked for. Mr. Gardner, equally as indifferent to the needs of the people sent Mr. Meekins a negative answer. Both of which letters follow: Murfreesboro, N. C. April 7, 1939. Mr. J. C. Gardner, Division Engineer, State Highway & Public Work.s, Comm., Tdrboro, N. C. Dear Mr. Gardner: This is to remind you’of the re- CAPT. BILL TATE, of Coinjock, i quest made to me by Mr. John A. was the one man selected by Orville | Meekins in the morning prior to Wright to visit this week, when he! your visit here Wednesday after- ^ ^ J . • noon. As I explained to you, Mr. came to Coinjock Tuesday morning, Meekins’ request was that we have driving his own car and accom-! road above indicated located B. RAY COHOON A CASE, the likes of winch ROB’T L. SWAIN KILL DEVIL HILLS IS TO HAVE 40-ROOM HOTEL BY OPENING OF LOST COLONY Capt. Tom Baum Building Three Story Hotel on Beach That Will Be Completely Modern; Many Other New Hotels, and Roioming Houses Assure Double Capacity of Rooms This Summer on Beach and Roanoke Island PROSECUTION OF SCARBOROUGH IN AUTO CASE ENDS has before to fill an unexpired term, never been heard of before in these, Following the general election he parts is coming up for hearing in' refused to surrender the office to Tyrrell County Superior Court Mr. Cohoon on the ground that he which convenes Monday. It is a had not been lawfully defeated, and quo warranto proceeding brought .he continued to ser\m as sheriff and by B. Ray CohO'On, askini' the court j to handle papers and to run the of- to make Rob’t L. Swain vacate the fice. Unable to get into the office. Young Wanchese Man Not Tried For Death of His Best Friend Last Friday office of Sheriff which Mr. Cohoon claims as rightfully .his by reason of .six votes majority cast in the general election. Mr. Cohoon, the Republican candidate, and a for mer postmaster and World War army officer, made an astounding run as the only Tyrrell candidate under the Republican banner, be cause he is a man of great popu larity and integrity. Mr. Swain Mr. Cohoon hired able attorneys in cluding W. L. Whitley of Plymouth, and P. W. McMullan of Elizabeth City, while Mr. Swain retained Sam Woodley of Columbia, .and Martin Simpson of Elizabeth City. The case has created much interest, and has attracted a lot of attention in other counties because of its un usual nature', and it will cause a great attendance in Tyrrell County had been appointed about a year court, which convenes Apail 24th. panied by his close friend, Earl N. Findley, editor of the U. S. Air Services magazine. Mr. Wright wanted to visit Kill Devil Hills again, the sx:ene of his notable first flight, and in company with Mr. Findley, who is recovering from f serious illness. He notified Mr. by a Preliminary (I presume) Sur vey, not with the intention at pres ent or even expectation of having us to do any construction work on it, but on account of the fact that there were perhaps 100 WPA labor ers now at work on certain portions of this road and he felt that unless Tate tbat- he v."'tireH to enme with-1 ^ Survey was made locating the out any fuss or honors, and to be {j-gad when it should ever be built, able to carry on with no more ado | labor which they are now than would attend any other normal doing might be thrown away. This CONDITIONS FOR HATTERAS SEASHORE PARK TO BE MET WITHIN SIX MONTHS eager with routine human being. So successful was Captain Tate in carrying out Mr. Wright’s request, that not a living soul recognized Mr. Wright, except Mrs. Tom Basnight, and hLs visit would have been undetected, ..ex cept for keen eyes and news sense of Ben Dixon MacNeill. The trio lunched at Parkerson’s Hotel, visit ed Fort Raleigh, and saw the spot sounded rather reasonable to me. In our conversation, I judged that you were of the opinion that it Would be exceedingly difficult to go there at this time and definitely lo cate a road, but I am asking you to communicate directly with Mr. Meekins, advising him that I have talked with yoii about this request and give .him your definite ideas i from which Prof. Fessenden con-igj^j views upon it, and sincerely Within six months, final condi tions for the creation of America’s most unusual national park will have been met and work on Hat- teras National Seashore will be under way. This is the prophecy of proponents of the park who have just put through the North Caro lina legislature a bill authorizing a commission to begin acquisition of land for the seashore, already authorized by act of Congress. Creation of the commission was North Carolina’s official approval of the park, and a necessary step in the legal procedure which sets up the new federal recreation ground. An appropriation of $2Q,000 will enable the state com mission to proceed immediately with its work of putting together the acreage necessary fo? the park. One proponent of the bill, who Fort Raleigh, where the first En glish settlement in America was at tempted; Kill Devil Hill, where man first tried—and proved—his After hearing two witnesses, the Recorder’s Court this week dropped the prosecution of young Charles Lee Scarborough, charged with the death of his best friend in the Navy, George Weston Cothran of Asheville, N. C. Scarborough was also charged with reckless driving as a result of an accident when he wrecked his father’s new V-3 Ford near the home of Fred Creef at Wanchese last Friday morning. The car was a total wreck, Cothran died before he could be brought to a doctor, and Scarborough received numerous cuts and bruises. The two boys, who were visiting Scarborough’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Scarborough at Wan chese, had spent the night at the home of Sam Hayman which they had just left. Rounding the bend of the road near the Masonic hall, the car ran across the road a dis tance of 48 yards, then along the wings; and Hatteras Lighthouse; Diamond Lightship. Numerous In dian mounds are still to be ex plored and preserved for visitors. It is proposed also to build the first Coast Guard Museum on this bank, long dreaded as “the Grave yard of the Atlantic”, where the most glowing deeds of the service have been performed. i Federal Park officials predict that the National Seashore, when formally opened, will be the most popular puBlic recreation ground,in the country because of its distinc tive character and its accessibility to large centers of , population. Hypothetical plans call for develop ment of “extensive use areas” in Ground was broken Thursday for modern three-story hotel to con tain 45 rooms, making it probably the third largest hotel on the beach. The hotel is being constructed by Tillman Brothers, contractors, for Capt. and Mrs. T. A. Baum of Man teo. Its location is opposite the intersection of' the Kill Devil Hills .spur road and the Virginia Dare Trail. The Hotel is to be completely modem, and of beach construction. The building will be completed by the middle of June. While the cost has not been announced, it is expected to run upwards of $20,- 000. The rooming capacity of the ho tels and boarding houses adjacent to Lost Colony will be almost double that of last year, when one counts the many new residences that .have been built. Hotels with 15 rooms each have been built by J. B. Anderson at Kitty Hawk, and Leo Midgett at Nags Head. W. F, Tillett is building a large rooming house at Nags Head. Mrs. Grace Davis is building a rooming house at Manteo. T. R. Creef is, rebuild ing his home at Manteo to take care of tourists. And dozens of other homes have made additions, hhve added bath room and other improvements preparatory to the ditch bank of the highway about ^ ^ 83 yards more before coming to a opening of the" season complete stop, and after turning over two or three times. J. D. Driskill, air-pilot, was the only eye-witness of the tragedy. He said he was coming behind the car, and saw it swerve suddenly across the road. He stopped and found both boys thrown from the csr, with Scarborough sitting on a ditchbank, and the other boy flat of his back near death. Scarborough said he was not go ing at a rapid rate of speed, and the only explanation he had for the accident was that he lost control of the car while his companion steered for him to light a cigarette. The boys were exceptionally close friends in the Navy, and were .sta- There is now talk of another restaurant to be opened m Manteo. And new filling stations are going up. J. B. and Sam Tillett are building a new place on the beach to be operated by R. H. Vander.slice_ Jesse E. Baum of Kitty Hawk has built a new station at the in tersection of the Kill Devil Hills road, and this is one of the most attractive places on the beach. Be ing across the road from his broth er’s new hotel, the two businesses undoubtedly will prove profitable to each other. closely S ducted his wireless experiments on | ^j-ust that something might be R'anoke Island. In the old days,; .^^orked out for their advantage, as movement, predicted that 20,000 when Mr. Wright, a poor inventor, j particularly anxious that ;hat| acres would be available for de- was struggling for the life of his .section of Dare Countv have ass ir-i velopment within six months, patents, Mr. Fessenden, now dead, we are interested in their] About 7,000 acres already is m the offered him financial .assistance, welfare and anxious to do whatever pool. 1'3 associaTed with the park! the northern edge of the develop-1 tioned on the U. S. S. Sacramento ment; preservation of the southern area as a maritime wilderness. A maximum of around 62,- Mr. .Wright, now 68 years old,:^g financially to assist them. A. Bonoff and party of Workers are scheduled to ar- slt''*' Carteret Coast this ^ fish the territory, for what weather might permit. opposite direction, as this Written Capt. Mel Eldard, ® the Julienanna, is enroute '■H Bimini in tor Beaufort the Bahamas Bonoff and Juj^yill meet Capt. Eldard in wanted to see, for the first time, | 'vyjth personal regards, I am the scene of the Fessenden experi- Yours very truly, ments. ,D. C. BARNES, Mr. Wright declared it the hap- Commissioner, piest day he has spent in Darej Tarboro, N. C., April 7, 1939 County, since 1903. He drove to Mr. J. A. Meekins, Elizabeth City and , viewed Main . Rodanthe, N. C. Street, where he first set sail for ^ Dear Mr. Meekins: Kill Devil Hills, and his visit was ] Mr. Barnes has referred to me undetected. He spent nearly an your request that the State locate : 1, and just what species of are most interested in, my fish: Of friend Capt. Walt Wil- ), f’^^'^tsylvania '•he Fishing Information Bu- Station, N. Y. *>6 on the lookout for the fii's *hy hope that these will be heeled with .hour in the town, and drove north by the Dismal Swamp canal, en route to Washington for a confer ence Fridav, with Lindbergh, and other notables in aviation. Capt. Tate believes there is a possibility that the way may be paved for Mr. Wright’s consent to the return of the first plane from British museum. Mr. Findley .^6 fishermen, Per tackle, to tackle the big in the Gulf^ beyond Cape or Cape Hatteras. There Hj marlin off Lookout. A pal o® aboard one of the Merchant is one of the foremost advocates of returning the plane to its home soil. boats which makes HATTERAS MEN SEE FLEET FROM 2,000 FEET HIGH a road from the Whale Bone Filling Station to Oregon Inlet and on South to Hatteras. This matter has been brought up before and after an investigation it was decided impracticable to es tablish a permanent location for a road as above described until such time when this road can be built, for the reason that the permanent location for the road would be through the sand-beds in many (Please turn to page five) SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT TO BEGIN ON APRIL 30 (j cruises between Philadel- Miami has seen them off the whistle ! buoy. Proof are out there in the Gulf ^ ^^tch of Hugo Rutherford, It Pautical miles to the north- Lookout W.histle buoy last Dave Driskill Takes Tom Eaton and Party Out Over Diamond Shoals If Capt. Mel Eldard and party are big game fish- Soit J believe, if they properly bhr- i Isdge of the Continen- h-j * or Hundred Fathom •V),- '^Pt 15 miles due east of 'hich is less than Irom Beaufort—they will fii fj^'^catorial history. Capt. Willis for S dope about the fore- fill I sent him a scale Is,I Silver King which was Petters iust south of Biver bridge on Saturday. *fi:itp*^?Bhed the scale and ga"e W caught. My friend, Kalbfleisch, who fished so Tom Eaton of Hatteras wanted to see the fleet sailing southward by the Diamond Shoals Thursday. A phone message to Dave Driskill at Manteo, soon ha 1 Dave headed for Hatteras. He took off from Manter at 2:60 p. m., accompanied by Ben Dixon MacNeill. The trip called for a voyage out over the Diamond Shoals, some 26 miles from land, where from a dis tance of ,5,000 feet in the air, a mile high, they planned to see the battleships .sailing southward. 'The trip consumed about an hour and a half. Mr. Eaton was accom- 1 ’ V his vife and Herman Burrus Graduating Exercises Friday, May 5, With Prof. Hedbert Rebarker Speaker '^leasi ® turn to Page Si'';) Mrs. T.en.a Midgett ha,® returned to her heme pt Skvco, after snend- i.i-:- r months in 71 folk. The Manteo School commence ment for the current term follows: Sunday, April 30th, at 11:00 o’clock in the School auditorium, the baccalaureate sermon will b preached by Rev. R. R. Grant, min ister -of the local Methodist church. On Tuesday evening. May 2nd, at 8:30 o’clock Miss Holland West- cott will present her music class and Rhythm Band in a recital. Friday afternoon. May 6th at 4:00 o’clock Miss Helen Evans, as sponsor, will, present the Seniors in their class day exercises. Friday evening. May 5th, at 8:00 o’clock the graduating exercises will be held. At this time, the ad dress will he made by Prof. Herbert Rebarker,, East Carolina Teachers College. The public is cordially invited to attend School these programs 's clorin'-'. for the 000 acres of shoreline is sought, but the Park Service will begin exten sive work upon receipt of 10,000 acres, in addition to the 7,000 acres already in hand. Preliminary sur veys and beach erosion work al ready have been done. Hatteras National Seashore will be the first great national beach park. The site—the Outer Banks of North Carolina from Oregon In let to Ocracoke Inlet—was select^ by Federal park men as the best in America for a maritime recrea tional area. They based thefr choice upon a number of factors, which, combined, make the Banks unique in this country. Standing from three miles to more than 30 miles off the coast, the banks—narrow .sand bars—re tain the naturalness which the Park Service traditionally seeks for pub lic playgrounds. South of Kitty Hawk, there has been no exploita tion of the surf-front whatever. For almost 100 miles the banks and surf meet as they met ages ago, without benefit of pier, bath house or hotel—one of the last long stretches of unspoiled bathing beaches in America. The lengthy ridge of sand which would comprise the ■ Seashore ■creates the large sounds of Albe marle and Pamlico, and thus the setting for the new park not only provides a vi.gorous .surf, but within a mile or two also a vast body of smooth sailing water. For the recrp''tmn SPC'’'pr, the new seashore will-offer eve''y type of maritime pleasure, in a compact area. Surf bathing and surf fish ing, as well as deep sea fishing off the shoals stretch off on one hand; yachting, motor boaGng, sHll v ter swimming, and fishing are -st a step away. In season, the fowl hunting will be the finest in America and close at .hand. On the mainland nearby, deer and bear hunting is available. Factors also are the his'^cric fea- G. T. WESTCOTT, JR. NOW A CANDIDATE FOR TOWN BOARD G. T. Westcott, Jr., Manteo busi ness man, was named a candidate on the Board of Aldermen Tuesday night at the meeting of the town to nominate candidates, for Mayor. He was the only new candidate, and the other candidates who will run to succeed themselves are Mayor L. D. Tarkington, Cecil Mann and W. B. Fearing, Aldermen. Edward Mann, who has removed his residence without the city limits, could not be a candidate for re-election. There were nc other nominations. which week. old. was at Philadelphia this Cothran was about 21 years LOCAL DEALER COMPETES WITH MAIL ORDER HOUSES BEACH ACREAGE BOUGHT FOR $20 MAY YIELD $2,500 W. J. Griffin Presents Claims For 500 Acre Tract Near Oreo’on Inlet A piece of beach land containing some 500 acres of land bought 30 years ago at a tax sale in Dare County, for .some such sum as $20, If he has to compete with the mail order houses, John B. Sullivan, Carthage garage and filling station operator, believes in doing it their own terms and no more, ac- ... cording to the Moore County News.' ‘g^ds' in A well-known citizen, it is claims of Mr. Griffin may jdeld to W. J. Griffin the sum of $2^500, if Referee J. Kenyon MISS ELLA TWTFORD BURIED AT EAST LAKE Miss Ella Twiford of East Lake died last Friday at Albemarle hos pital in Elizabeth City, after an illness of about a month. She was 26 years old. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the grave at Ea.st I-ake, Alec Mann officiating. Interment was in the family cemetery. Miss Twiford was the daughter of Mrs. Hassell Twiford and the late Hassell Twi ford of East Lake. Surviving be sides her mother are two sisters, Mrs. Henry Jordan of Stumpy Point and Miss Bertha Twiford of East Lake, and three brothers, Sylvester, Dick and Brantley Twi ford of East Lake. asked Mr. Sullivan the price of his tires. When he gave him a quota tion, the customer whistled. “Why, man,” he said, “I can get them cheaper from Sears and Roebuck.” “Just what can you get them for from Sears and Roebuck?” inquired Mr. Sullivan. The customer quoted a price as presented at a hearing held in the Dare County Courthouse last week. The land had been forgotten in Dare County for a quarter of a Mr. Griffin was in Flor ida real estate many years. Not even the Dare County tax assessors knew about it. If the same piece somewhat under Mr. Sullivan’s and exists w.here now claimed, added: “And I pay only $2 down several years ago to a and $1 a month.” “All right,” Mr. Sullivan is re ported to have .said, “I’ll meet their price and terms. Give me $2. The customer handed Mr. Sulli- group of Pittsburgh men, by the late Jesse B. Etheridge. In 1937 it was condemned along with the whole of Pea Island as part of a wildfowl refuge. The Government van $2, and as the garage man 51 500 for made no move towards the tire rack he said: “Give me my tires.” ! “Oh, no.” Mr. Sullivan shook his head, “you don’t get tires from Sears and Roebuck the same day you order them. Come back in about a week and I’ll let you have a 1500-acre tract. Mr. Griffin was made a defendant in the condemna tion proceedings. He filed his claim and the court is holding the money until it can be adjudicated. MANTEO ROTARIANS JOIN FOUNDERS CELEBRATION tures of the territorv. 'Tlie new federal pa’.'I;'”1 embrace r--;tored Dr. W. W. Johnston, president of the Manteo Rotary Club, together with Rotar’ans C. S. Meekins. Wi'- lis Fearce, L. D. Tarkington, and John Ferebee went to Hampton, -Va., Wednesday night to meet with Paul P. Harris, the founder of Ro tary and to help him ceVbrate his 71st birthday. Some 350 people were in attendance, and the occa sion wa.s one of the banner spots the 187th district of R.Rary. OREGON INLET ON THURSDAY them.’ PLENTY DRUM AT The customer, being game, smil- x-'x-'-ca ingly acquiesced and walked away. 1 A week later he returned, and: marching up to Mr. Sullivan de-1 manded: “Put my tires on now] please.” 1 . , - ... ov, r “Oh, no,” Mr. Sullivan replied, doubt of it. Charlie “you’ll have to do that yoimself. Kitty Hawk, and his Sears and Roebuck, you know, don’t Oregon Inlet caught put em’ on for you.” There are plenty of EARL WHITE HOME E 'rl White, son of MA nnd Mrs. W. A. White of Manteo, is .hoine for seve; n.l d.avs’ leavo eo fisit hrs rinforits. It^'' I'as bar' *■ 13 years, and is a ship fitter. ^ has served ui many d’st-nt n'sees, in.cl’idine' U-.-. nnuN.---,,.,. Hawaii and many American ports. He is ’ow'tod at resepni ;■! V,h;sh- ing.;,on, D. C, drum, no Perry of party at 30. His brother Milton and his party caught 30. Capt. Graham Snow, keener of Kill Devil Coast Guard Station out for a little sport c.aught 27. It looks like Oregon Inlet and H tteras and all Dare County is in for the biggest sport fishing season ever known. If vou pursue good w’''’; labor, the labor passes away h.-.*- the good remains; if you pir sim evil with pleasure, the pleasure asses I'c: icero hJii i! V ■i. ►d . ' ■'la d ' ie I 'o r- re le s; .d, be on of Ir.
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