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The Weekly Journal of the North Carolina Coastland—Devoted to the Interests of the Lost Colony Country, Embracing^ the Cape Hatteras National Seashore
VOL. V; NO. 17
MANTEO, N. C., OCTOBER 27, 1939
Sino'le Coov 5f
business fronts
IN U. S. ARE SAID
TO BE BOUNDLESS
PAUL GREEN HISTORICAL
UPPER CAPE FEAR PLAY
GIVEN AT FAYETTEVILLE
60 Per Cent of Jobs Today
Unknown 5 Years Ago;
Warren, Hoey, Statesmen
Governor Cooper of Tennes
see to Speak at Novem
ber 19 Celebration
Special events
celebrating the
Citing an experience encountered 200th anniversary of the settle-
HATTERAS GIRL TO MARRY HIGH POINT MAN
t>n a recent visit to Europe when
the American Legation was called
tipon to free an American youth
ment of the Upper Cape Fear coun
try will include five performances
of a play commemorating the his
tory of the section, especially writ-
from a prison camp where he had ten by Paul Green, Pulitzer prize-
been thrown for writing in an auto- winner; a day of Scotch sports; a
Sraph book “The farmer has no
oow. Hitler has no wife, and the
People have no bread,” Clem D.
Johnston, United States Chamber
of Commerce director and
president, told Hyde County
visffors Saturday “We all should be
mighty thankful we are living
the United States.”
parade and opening of a Highldnd-
er museum.
Governor Prentiss Cooper of Ten
nessee has accepted an invitation
vice to attend the celebration which be-
fair gins November 19.
Tennessee is interested in Pay-
1*'' etteville’s celebration because at the
1 same time will be observed the ced-
The incident above was but a , jng of Tennessee land by the state
preamble to an interesting discus- i of North Carolina. This took place
mon on “Boundless Business Front-1 in 1789 when John Sevier, out-
^®rs.” I lawed by North Carolina, dramatic-
“Despite or because of the Eu- ally appeared here before the very
topean war, the fog that has beset
Our minds during the last 7 or S
years seems to be lifting and there
appears hope in personal and busi
ness morality in contrast to the
morality of governments.” he said.
As a background and a basis for
assembly sworn to hang him as a
traitor.
President Roosevelt is expected
to attend the Fayetteville events as
well as the Earl of Lothian, British
Ambassador to America, and the
45th hereditary macneill of Barra.
the “boundless business frontiers” j Thousands of descendants of high-
ne cited that we, in the Cnited attend the gathering
States, are confronted with inse- of the macneill elan.
ourity and uncertainty with the |
government spending 35c of each
individual’s dollar income while col- HYDE FAIR GOERS
iecting only 25c and with the na- yy /ATT' C/APT A T
'ional debt nearer $62,000,000,000 wJ; ovrV.'i-.cVlj
than the $45,000,000,000 admitted RESPONSIBILITIES
by the treasury.
Referring to happiness as the ob
ject, the speaker reminded that
“Too many of you know about
Italy and Germany and what’s go-
■bappiness cannot be legislated but | jjjg Europe when you don’t
must be earned and that a program know about Hyde County.”
which may lead toward happiness
must offer an incentive for effort.
Provide joy of working and of
achievement and provide for the
Dr. Harold D. Meyer, Professor of
sociology at the University of
North Carolina told visitors to the
Second annual Hyde County Fair at
Upbuilding of individual character. 1 Quarter Friday
While other governmerffs^ seek to. Meyer, speaking on the sub
control the minds of their ject the “Social Responsibilities of
in America free enterprise is the j Republic” pointed out that
rule With virtue being its own re- wer^ two main essentials of a
Uard in business and character the . —bringing together the people
chief stock in trade of American ] products on display and educa-
business. American business
rality is at an all time high wdth
the trend upward, he pointed out.
tion.
He cited the numerous exhibits
T i i ,.1. i -11 at the Hvde Countv fair as an ex-
Interesting points that illustrated! ‘ i
Knsh,Pssi«ellent way for the people; to be-
plalnly the “boundless business, . . . , ,
f,.., „ 4.1. f 4-4. 4.u„i- come niore familiar wuth the pro-
^ontiers” were the facts that ™1> 
28 per cent of the American popu-1 ^^ke it a
ahon.is engaged in productive en-j
terprise, 60 per cent of the jobs in j *1^-1
America today w-ere not known five ,
>earsago,and that the aierage.
consumer cost of manufactured stimulate an interest in
cost of
articles is eight times the
production.
“So long as the individual is
the knowledge about the environs
and history right here at home.
“You need to put more and more
empLs^r^n tAing advantage in
business frontiers,” Mr. Johnston
stated.
“The objective in America is and
should be a nation composed of in
dividuals foursquare, and as the
poet said, masters of their fate and
captains of their owm souls.”
Prophesying that the senators
and representatives in Congress are
going to stop being representatives
and earn the title of Statesmen,
Mr. Johnston pointed out “your
own Lindsay Warren has already
done that.” He alluded to Gover
nor Hoey as a “statesman.”
Expressing confidence that indi
vidual initiative, freedom of speech,
of religion and of the press and
other democratic ideals of America
will survive, the speaker predicted
that “we in America are going to
lead the way to a better standard
of living and to vaster happier
lives.” But first he said* “We have
got to stop looking to Washing;ton
ak the source of all good and blam
ing it for all evil.”
Alluding to the organization of
over 600,000 business men in the
National Chamber of Commerce,
the speaker praised the work of
Past President P. G. Gallop of the
Hyde County Chamber in making
Hyde knowm far arid near.
Mr. Johnston was introduced by
P. D. Midgette, Jr., of Engelhard.
HATTERAS MAN
DIED OF' WOUND
BY BEST FRIEND
Stanley Gaskins Shot While
Trading Pistois With
Capt. Hardy O’Neal
CARL HUGHES TRIED IN
SUPERIOR COURT FOUND
NOT GUILTY THURSDAY
Capt. Edward Stanley Gaskins, a
native of Hatteras, died Saturday
in Norfolk of a gunshot wound in
dicted accidentally by his friend.
Hardy O’Neal, an Avon man. The
men were barge captains, and
were trading pistols when the acci
dent occurred.
Capt. Gaskins, aged 55, lived at
1403 West Thirty-seventh street,
Norfolk. He died at St. Vincent’s
hospital from complications subse- j
quent to a pistol wound received
last Tuesday morning when he was
accidentally shot by his close
friend of 20 years, Capt. Hardy
O’Neal, aboard the latter’s barge
Wilmington, which was moored at
the Colonna Shipyard, Berkley.
A technical charge of felonious
shooting was lodged against Cap
tain O’Neal following the accident.
Defendant Tried For Killing of Companion in
His Car June 11th, Taken to Virginia Thurs
day Afternoon to Answer Charge of Ravish
ing 15-Year-Old Sister of Divorced Wife;
Other Superior Court News
HYDE CO. COURT
ENDS FALL TERM
LAST THURSDAY
John Dunbar Case Results in
Mistrial When Jury Fails to
Agree; Other Cases
Carl Hughes was found not
guilty of manslaughter late Thurs
day morning in the fall term of
Superior Court, after the case had
been continued from the previous
day. Hughes, driver of a car in
which Ernest Seymour, his fishing
partner, was a passenger, collided
on Nags Head road the night of
June 11 with another car. Injuries
With Judge Q. K. Nimmocks, Jr., Seymour received in the collision
of Fayetteville leaving to attend the
Detective Leon Nowitzky, said that funeral of a friend, superior court
the police investigation revealed
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MISS MARJORIE HOPE AUSTIN of Hatteras, whose marriage to
Clifford Curtis Newton, Jr., of High Point will take place in November.
Miss Austin is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew' Shanklin Austin
of Hatteras, Dare County.—Photo courtesy of the News and Observer.
YES.. THE HUNTING IS GOOD NOW
that there was no question but that
the shooting was accidental. Capt.
O’Neal was released on bail.
Captain Gaskins, who was master
of the barge Baltimore, had gone
aboard the Wilmington to exchange
pistols with Captain O’Neal, and
was making the trade when the
shooting occurred.
Officers T. J. Murden and C. J.
Saunders reported following their
investigation that O’Neal was in
the act of handing one of the pis
tols to Gaskins w'hen the gun acci-
caused his death two days later.
Much of the testimony in the
■ , r- 4. 4. 1. 4- tried before Judge Q. K. Nim-
m Hyde County came to an abrupt, centered around the ques-
end Thursday after the second mis
trial of the week had resulted from
the failure of juries to agree.
The jury after hearing the evi
dence, argument of counsel and
charge of the court against John
Dunbar, white, charged with driv
ing under the influence of liquor.
tion as to whether or not Carl
Hughes had .his lights on at the
time of the accident, the speed at
which he was driving, and the posi
tion his car held on the road.
State’s Witnesses
State Solicitor Chester Morris
presented as the state’s main wit-
manteo boy among
GERMAN PRISONERS
Dallas Parker, l9-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Parker of Man-
teo is a member of the crew of the
American steamer City of Flint,
captured by a German cruiser this
week, and taken to the Russian port
of Murnransk.
The City of Flint, was bound for
England with a cargo of merchan-
aise, which the Germans considered
contraband. In the crew also was
Robert D. Sw'ain, formerly of
Powells Point, an oiler.
The American Government has
protested the capture of the City of
Flint. Reports indicated hope of
early release of ship .and crew.
the most possible w'ays of the ad
vantages Nature has given Hyde
County,” he stated. “You have in
this county a treasure that in the
w.hole United States few spots can
touch, and you should glory in the
things God has given you right
here rather than seek for indus
tries that will give you prominence
for a while and then leave you a
forgotten people.”
Besides citing the responsibility
of the people of Hyde to learn more
about and appreciate more the his
tory and advantages bestowed by
Nature on Hyde County, the speak
er pointed to the declining birthrate
with an average family in Hyde of
only 2.33 persons as another re
sponsibility of its people.
The responsibility was enlarged
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NORTH CAROLINA
BIRTH RATE UP
Sam Hoyle and Miss Nannie
North Carolina’s downward trend
In births was checked, momentar
ily, at least, last month, w.hen the
total reported by the Vital Sta
tistics Division of the State Board
of Health was 7,589, as compared
with 6,919 in September, 1938, an
increase of 660 in favor of Septem
ber, 1939.
Deaths for the month, totaling
2,432 added up 20 more than in
September last year, but the infant
mortality rate for the month was
only 46.4 as compared with 54.9
for the corresponding month last
year, a drop of 8.5 points. Numer
ically, deaths among children un-
,der a vear old dropped from 380 to
362. The maternal death rate for
the month was 4.4 as compared
with 4.5 last year, a decrease of .1-
in favor of j September, 1939.
Deaths from preventable acci
dents last month totaled 133, as
compared with 126 a year ago;
There wasr a sharp upturn in deaths
from railroad accidents, with 17
for the month, as compared with 7
last year, while accidental drown-
ings dropped from 13 to 8. Sui
cides dropped from 28 to 22, while
.homicides went up from 26 to 29.
dentally discharged, the bullet
striking the latter in the abdomen, j journment included:
The officers said that Gaskins, Willie Gray Hardy,
announced after some deliberation nesses, A. E. Davis, Clarence Brick-
that they were unable to agree and house and M. K. Berry. Mr. Davis’
the court in its discretion withdrew ’ car met the Hughes car a few sec-
a juror, Ed Cahoon, and ordered abends before the accident. It was
mistrial. j Davis’ contention that the Hughes
Other .cases completed before ad-. lights were not on, that his car was
not completely on the right side of
colored,' the road, barely missing the Davis
despite considerable pain, insisted: guilty to bastardy and non-support car, and that Hughes was driving
that his statement to the effect i and was ordered to pay to the at a speed of at ieast 50 miles an
that the shooting was “positively clerk $25, the child having died. i hour.
accidental” be recorded. The j Bernice Gibbs, white, was found, Brickhouse, a passenger in the
wounded barge captain appeared to j guilty of drunken driving and "was corroborated the tes- '
t-ally the day following the shoot-i sentenced to 3 months on the roads, ^ Davis and said fur-
ing and apparently was recovering
when his condition took a change
to the worse Friday night.
Native of Carolina
suspended upon payment of $50 ’ ther"'thatVe'had turned around .and
and costs and licenses revoked f01- witnessed the collision of the
n 1 -i. 1 t I Hughes car with one driven by M.
Josh Walker, white, pleaded Berry. They returned to the
Captain Gaskins was a native of» guilty on two charges of giving gppnp of tbp nccirlptit bp "said to
I Cape Hatteras, N. C., and had lived | worthless checks and was given 30 take Berry mid Marj Midgett to
I in Norfolk 20 years. He formerly; days in each case suspended upon ' ^-),g Elizabeth City .hospitai. Miss
i lived in Elizabeth City, N. C., and i payment of the checks and costs. Mideett and Miss Doris Evans were
Iwas a son of the late John T. and: John Thomas Collins pleaded pj3^g;y,fi„X Be^
i Mrs. Euphane Gaskins. i guilty to assault with a deadly wea-1
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. ■ pon and wa-s found guilty by the 1 -txT i -n ^
Mattie Mae Gaskins; one son, Ed-1 jury also on a charge of larceny I Weeksville, N. C., also
j and receiving. He was gix'en two t^sHned that the Hughes car was
(Please turn to page five) three-months road sentences to run "’ithout lights, but that his own
^ Concurrently. lights were on. He was rendered
BELOVED WANCHE.se WOMAN | A jury found Elbert McKinney, unconscious by the accident and
LAID TO REST THURSDAY, white, guilty of driving drunk and could give no testimony as to con-
' he was sentenced to serve 3 months '"ersations or events following the
Wanchese lost a faithful and be-1 on the roads, suspended upon pay- collision. James Johnson, a pas-
PROOF that hunting is good on the mainland, including Dare 'and
Hyde Counties, is shown in this picture made at M.anteo last Friday
by Victor Meekins. This party, who returned from a day’s hunting
at East Lake and Manns Harbor, bagged two huge bucks, and a
mighty big bear. The lucky hunters are L. S. Parkerson, Nags Head
Hotel man, R. Bruce Lennon and Harold Bruce Lennon. Their
bear hunting g^iides were Teco and Lonnie Ambrose of East Lake,
and Red Hudson of Manns Harbo r was the deer hunting guide. Bear
and deer both are unusually plentiful at Manns Harbor this season.
MRS. O. J. JONES IS
HONORED GUEST AT TEA
Mrs. E. L. Bell was hostess to 60
guests Saturday afternoon at a
three-to-six o’clock tea in honor of
her sister, Mrs. O. J. Jones. Mrs.
Jones before her recent marriage
was Miss Mabel Evans.
Receiving the guests w’ere Miss
Bonnybel Evans, Mrs. Jones and
Mrs. ^Bell. The guest of honor
wore dusty pink crepe, and the
hostess wore an afternoon dress of
black lace. A musical program,
planned by Miss Holland Westcott,
was presented during the after-
WINDSOR FISHERMEN
CATCH TROUT IN HYDE
A party from Windsor composed
of W. L. Thompson, Lewis Rascoe,
W. G. Gurley and Rudolph Smith
fished in Swan Quarter Bay with
Sam Overton Sunday and reported
a catch of 157 trout, 37 sea mullet
and others. The trout averaged
two to two and one-half pounds
with one or two unusually large
fish being caught.
Fishing has picked up during the
past few days and local fishermen
are looking for\good results for the
loved citizen Tuesday in the death ment of $50 and costs and licenses senger in the Davis car, was also
of Mrs. Annie Daniels, after a long | revoked for 12 months,
illness. She was the devoted wife I An order was signed for a hear-
of Marcellus W. Daniels, one of the i ing in Manteo October 24 in the
county’s outstanding citizens. She j matter of W. W. Watson, adminis-
was a faithful member of the East-, trator of the estate of Oriet John-
em Star, and had held high offices j son to show cause.
in the order. She was 63 years old | The case of Frances Davis vs. E. sented photogranhs of the wreck
nd had been ill since April. j P. Gibbs, et al., was discussed with for evidence and repeated state-
She was a native of Roanoke Is-! the defendant taxed with costs. ments made to him by witnesses as
land, a member of the Wanchese \ The case of Malissa Carawan vs. ^ to the speed Hughes was driving.
Methodist church, and also a mem-^A. B. Berry was remanded to the M. B. Seymour, father of the dead
called to the stand, but could give
no account of the accident as he
had been looking in another direc
tion.
Clyde Gibson, state patrolman
who investigated the accident pre-
ber of the Eastern Star, Pocahon
tas, and Ladies Aid Missionary So
ciety.
Her husband, M. W. Daniels;
seven daughters, Mrs. W. A. Parker
of Portsmouth, Mrs. Casper Meek
ins of Wanchese, Mrs. G. W. Mid-
gett of Wanchese, Mrs. Roscoe Ed
wards of Columbia Grove, Ohio,
Mrs. Charlie Ward of Manteo, Mrs.
clerk for final determination, the boy, was on the stand briefly to tes-
time having expired for the defend-, tify that the two young men had
ant to file answer. I gone off together Sunday.
Continuance was granted because j Martin Simpson, attorney for the
of the absence of the palintiff in | defendant, called Mitchell Miles to
the case of Roland Mooney vs. | the stand. Miles, proprietor of a
Maggie Mooney with a non-suit gasoline station near Currituck
being agreed upon if the plaintiff bridge, testified that Hughes and
is not present at the next term, j Seymour had left his station after
Marvin Parker of Norfolk, Miss | -vTi-cr-to t-. a T»rwiTTv?t
Pauline Daniels of Wanchese; five 1 FAxvllLo
s6ns, F. L. Daniels, Ben Daniels
and Wilson Daniels of Reidsville,
Clyde Daniels of Greensboro, and
Wesley Daniels of Philadelphia;
one sister, Mrs. Delia Hooper of
Norfolk; one brother, E. N. Daniels
of Norfolk; and 11 grandchildren
survive.
Funeral services were conducted
Thursday afternoon at three o’clock
at the Methodist church at Wan
chese with the Rev. J. W. Sneeden
officiating. Interment was in Cud-
worth cemetery.
noon, with Miss Westcott, Miss two or three weeks when fowl
Elizabeth Davis, Mrs. I. R. Leake, I j^^^ting will succeed fishing in
K. Richardson, Jack Adams, andj^j^jg^ interest.
Hoyle, who have been visiting their Pneumonia took a toll of 133 lives.
brother. Dr. H. B. Hoyle, and Mrs.
Hoyle, have left for their home in
Carthage.
as compared with 77 last Septem
ber, while cancer deaths rose from
143 to 166.
G. T. Westcott, Jr., taking part.
Tiny rosebud corsages were
given as favors, and decorations in
the hall were white dahlias and
asters. A centerpiece of yellow and
bronze flowers encircling a minia
ture bride and bridegroom decorat
ed the dining room table,, where
Mrs. E. E. Meekins and Mrs. Ver
non Davis poured tea. Mrs. John
Ferebee, Mrs. James Vannote and
Mrs. John C. Evans assisted the
hostess, and nuts, candies and
cakes were served by four little
girls, Patricia Davis, Miriam Fere
bee, Helen Meekins and Jacqueline
Vannote.
SWAN QUARTER GIRL
IN A CAPELLA CHOIR
Miss Marjorie Williams, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Williams
of Swan Quarter is a first soprano
in an a capella choir recently organ
ized at the Woman’s College of the
University of North Carolina at
Greensboro. The choir made its
first appearance Tuesday at the col
lege singing “Now Thank We AT
Our God” by Cruger-Mueller as
part of the relgiious emphasis week
program.
MANTEO FOOTBALL TEAM
MEETS ELIZABETH CITY
The Manteo football team left
early Thursday afternoon to play
the Elizabeth City B team, whom
they tied earlier this month on
their home field. The score was
not obtainable because the team
had not returned at the time this
paper went to press Thursday
night.
The starting line-up, according to
Coach Adrian Ayers, was as fol
lows:
B. Creef left end
W. Wise left tackle
K. Fearing, Jr left guard
H. Twiford center
T. Tillett, right guard
C. Midgett right tackle
R. Burrus right end
D. Davis quarterback
S. Daniels right half
W. White left half
ON CALENDAR
FOR HALLOWE’EN
Bridge Turn Has Contest;
Ras Westcott Opens Ca
sino; School Carnival
The Hallowe’en season will get
sundown and had assisted Rudolph
Stetson by pushing his car. Stet
son maintained that Hughes’ light.s
were on at the time. John A.
Hughes, brother of the defendant,
stated that when he examined his
brother’s car some time after the
accident the light switch was on.
Dan Leary, Jr., fish house owner,
claimed that the lights were not on.
Defendant on the Stand
The defendant took the stand in
his own behalf shortly before court
off to an early start Friday night, 1 ^ cuulu
, tT TT -a recessed, the case having then run
when Mrs. Harry Hayman is offer- s
from two until after five Wednes-
ing prizes to winners in dancing afternoon. When the case was
contests at her Bridge T'lrn Cf« ^^^tinued Thursday moriiing.
Waltzing, he two step, and the ^ y
Little Apple will share “ on but that Berry’s were not, that
ity when tYe contest /^ts jmder
f and driving about 30 or 35 miles an
cafe has been a popular place for
square dances this season. j During the ouestioning Solicitor
The Nags Head Casino will be
open again Saturday night for the recentlv been charged
first time since mid-September ‘knowledge of
Dancing will begin at 9 p. m. an sister-in-law, under 16 years of
the bowling alleys, will also be:
open. Owner G. T. Westcott, Jr., | Hughes had been held in jail all
states that he plans to reopen for Virginia officer;
other holiday dances, such as'
Thanksgiving and New Y'ear’s Eve.
Children will come into their own
nextTuesdavwhenthe Junior Wo-knowledge of her. Elsie Fann
man’s Club stages a party for them ^ ^ „
He
at the school auditorium, at 3:30 in
the afternoon. A small admission
charge, to include lemonade and
games, and charges at the various
booths will be used toward paying
for the lot next to the Community
Building. This lot, when paid for
by the Junior and Senior Clubs, is
was charged with having forciblly
and against the willl of one Elsie
Fann, a girl under 16. had carnal
■ ~ is
the sister of his divorced wife, and
the crime is alleged to have occur
red on the back seat of an auto
mobile in Princess Anne Countjq
Virginia, while the girl’s brother
was driving the car. Sheriff Meek
ins turned Hughes over to Princess
Anne County officers Thursday af-
Earl Green fullback to be used for a playground.
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