North Carolina Newspapers

ARTE RET COUNTY Astronomical Data Sun Sets Tonight 7:06 p.m. Snn Rises Tomorrow 8:21 a.m. Moon Sets Tonight 8:35 p.m. Moon Rises Tomorrow 8:00 a.m. A Merger ol THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Establislaed 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936) 38th YEAR NO. 24. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY, AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1948 EIGHT PAGES PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Fort Macon Surf boat Crew Wins Race at Hatteras MEWS TIMES 10c I Judge Hamilton Defends Stand Of Dixiecrats Judge Luther Hamilton. More head City, addressed the Beaufort Rotary club on civil rights Tuesday evening following the regular din ner meeting at the Inlet Inn. Judge Hamilton defended the Dixiecrat stand for states right. He said there is no such thing as federal election, it is all handled by the states and it is the prero gative of the states to qualify their voters. Although the Judge is de finitely not in favor of the poll tax, he believes that if the federal government controls one qualifica tion of suffrage, further encroach ments wil be made on all other respects of qualification for suf frage. "It is important that every effort be made to retain this power of State control." ' "Did you know," said the judge, "that seven northern states still have laws on their books prohibit ing paupers from voting?" Concerning the lynching law question, the Judge stated that "every state has some law against lynching, and yet there is talk bout an anti-lynching law." He remarked, "Has anyone ever risen on his hind legs in Congress to say that race riots be punishable by law, or gang wars in New York or Chicago?" He stated that the anti lynching movement was absurd, because "in 1947 there was only one lynching in the United 8tates." He then, quoted the num ber of major crimes of last year. "These measures art not fcre focodiifcecauM of humane reasons," he added, "they are proposed in an attempt to gain votes." V' Concerning the question of dis crimination he aald "there is a dif ference between civil rights and moral rights, and moral rights v See JUDGE Page 8 Fisheries Building Nears Completion; Dedication Scheduled for October Red Cap, Baitless Hook Make Whopping Fish Story Teddy Willis, Morehead City, will take all comers for the big gest fish story of the year. And if anybody calls him what most fish story tellers are usually call ed, they will have to reckon with Capt. -Alfred Pittman, owner of the Lois Nancy, Capt. Jesr Pagels. mate on the Lois Nancy, and Capt. Bill Styron, manager of the Gulf Dock, Morehead City. All of them saw it happen. . . . Tuesday afternoon Captain Bill, wearing his red visor cap with the letters B I L L written on it, was on the dock when a playful gust of wind snatched the cap from his head and tossed it in the water to the east of the dock, rear the stern of the Lois Nancy, tied up at her usual berth. There the red cap sat on the water,, bobbing up and down, and no way in the world to get it ex cept with a hook and line. They got a hand line, used for hooking sea bass, and then from the Lois Nancy began several mo ments of fruitless grappling. Fi nally, Ted Willis took the line, tossed it out missed' the cap. Again he threw it out, missed the cap, and came up with a 4 12 pound flounder. i Amazement smothered speech for only a split second. The revel ry on that boat and dock equalled the excitement induced by a home run with the bases loaded. ,, And what about the cap? It finally drifted close enough so that it was picked up as though it 4 weroa shell on the beach. " , No Captain Bill is bragging about his cap that caught floun- ; , der, Captain Pittman claims the r.loia Nancy is the only boat -you I rcan catch fish from without bait ion the hook, Captain; Teddy says m anew inw noumier was there -, c i oe umc, ana um it just took i a smart iisnerman to get it, while I vapvain iess is most pieasea 01 I X'. He had the flounder for sup- Shrimpers Go on Strike In Broad Creek Section Shrimp fishermen in the Broad Creek and Swansboro section went on a strike yesterday and claim they will stay on strike until the price of shrimp goes up. Local dealers are paying trom 15 to 20 cents a pound for shrimp in this section while deal ers in the Pamlico Sound area are paying from 26 to 28 cents. Not all of the fishermen are In favor of the strike, it was learned today, but those calling It are not permitting the rest to go out. Polio Patients Remain at Five No more cases of infantile pa ralysis have been reported in the county since Monday when the fourth and fifth cases of the sum mer were announced by the health oifice. Theae two children, David Ewell Taylor, Sea Level, and Lee Bryant Jenkins, Morehead City, are re ported to be in satisfactory con ditions. The Jenkins boy was 'sent to Memorial . hospital in Kinston and on Tuesday was moved to Duke hospital, Durham. The Tay lor bqy was sent to James Walker hospital, Wilmington. Others stricken with the disease are Jean Chadwick, Beaufort, Jas per Lawrence, Morehead City, and Richard Salter, Sea Level. The Lawrence boy is expected to re turn home soon while the othei children. . are reported to be im proving satisfactorily. The health officer has reempha ilted his fewest that all children under 18 y cam. of age-remain oh (heir own premises. . Cases in the state total 1.172. To date, 63 persons' have died from polio. Most of these deaths have been in the mid-section of the state Where the epidemic -is the worst. Inspection Lane to Close Al 12 Noon Saturday Saturday noon the Inspection lne, now located in Morehead City on 8th street In front of the municipal building, will "close. The lane opened yester day morning at 8 o'clock. Approximately' 500 cars were . Inspected la - Beaufort Friday through Tuesday. The lane mov t to Morehead City Wednes- ,d.y.. ' All models of cars up to and inchiding 1846. 1947 and 1848 models must be inspected :. by August 31, according to the new deadlines put into effect by the , Department of Motor Vehicles. . The lane opens at 8 o'clock every morning and closes at 5 with the exception of Saturday when tt closes at noon. Charge for inspection .is L .... .. .I,,,,-, " Power Cciipany Adds Extra Crew on Pole Erecting Job -.':f - An extra crew has been added h-hJ?lthe,I?rA0f ere.Un5 the structures for the overhead power lines across Gilant's chan nel .to Beaufort, George StovalL Tide Water f over company-manager, Morehead City, reported yes terday. ' , Because "if . emergency lines hanging low over the water since the underwater cable failed the latter part of June, boats have not been permitted through the highway or railroad bridge draws. The new structures and lines should be rtady la about two weeks, according to Mr. StovalL While the changeover from the lines now, in use. is being made, power in Beaufort will have to be cut ou lor a anon time, he said. This wil be done in early mom- ing hours. If possible, notification of the time oi cutoff will be made I beforehand,- . , - I Beaufort To develop Beaufort harbor facilities, town commissioners in regular session Monday night, ap pointed a three-man harbor com mission headed by C. R. Wheatly, Jr. Serving with Mr. Wheatly will be Dr. H. F. Prytherch and Wil liam Potter. The commissioners voted to accept the model plumbing ordi nance put before the jroup. This ordinance is intended to improve plumbing conditions in the town and provides for a" sanitary inspec- 'tor to inspect plumbing. A committee was appointed. wi'h the power to act, to select the sanitary inspector. He is to be ap pointed within 10 days of the Monday night meeting. In discussing the cleanup cam paign ordered- at their previous meeting, the commissioners found that many landowners had ignored the August 1 deadline and had neglected to cut weeds and remove trash on their property. The com missioners then requested Street Superintendent Clyde Peterson to make up a list of the worst lots and serve notices in the order of need. In case of continued indiffer ence, the violators will be cited in mayor's court and fined, the amount of the fine varying with the cost of the city's clearing these lots. The commissioners attempted to pass an ordinance to collect a fran chise tax from the power company and other public utilities, but city attorney, Judge J. F. Duncan, pointed out that the commissioners had no authority to do so. The city fathers did, however, pass a resolution to have the charter amended so that ihe town will be permitted to levy franchise tatws on public utilities. After listening to M. A. Meares, representing an equipment firm in Raleigh, the commissioners passed resolution to purchase a bull - Sqe BOARD Page 8 By Ruth Peeling When the commercial fisheries building on the State Department of Conservation and Development property, west of Morehead City, is completed. North Carolina will be the only state in the union to have an integrated scientific ma rine fisheries establishment. Repairs to the commercial fish eries building are nearing comple tion now and it is expected that special dedication ceremonies will take place in October, according to Roy Hampton, chairman of the commercial fisheries committee. A beautiful new entrance to the building consists of four columns reaching from the first floor to the roof. Through these columns one will pass to the . inside of the building into a large room where, in about a year, a marine museum will be established. Completion of this museum will mean realization of one of the dreams of commercial fisheries men. It is here that they plan to display all the types of marine life found in North Carolina waters.., Setting up the museum In the Way that they wish will mean full time supervision by marine life sepcialists, but in the end there will be a display that will be of value to commercial fishermen, scientisst. laymen, children, and college students. Funds for the museum are not et 1" hnd d the Board of Conservation and Development. It is booed that they will be approp riated by the January legislature. Much hard work, planning, and integration of proposed facilities has been the lot of Mr. Hampton who has been here since the Board of Conservation and Development meeting last week. Ably support ing him have been John Home, vice-chairman of the board, and Capt John Nelson, state commer cial fisheries commissioner and numerous others who have keen interest in developing North Caro lina's fishing industry to heights peer before realized. . ; Establishment of this center at Morehead City has been the out growth of a long-term plan to put regulation of commercial fishing cn a scientific basis. Making rules willy-nilly in regard to the taking Board Appoints Harbor Commission Beaufort Chamber EngagesD.Walker Managing Head Mr. Walker, Formerly of Burlington, to Supervise Organization Dan L. Walker, Burlington, has been selected as manager of Beau fort Chamber of Commerce, and will direct organization of the new body, as well as draw up the con stitution and by-laws, it was an nounced today. Mr. Walker, who arrived in Beaufort Tuesday, is a national director of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and is known through out the State in chamber of com merce work. Mr. Walkct, is 30 years old, was born in New York City and re turned to North Carolina, the na tive state of his parents, in 1924. He was graduated from Burlington high school and Presbyterian Juni or college, and received his ba chelor of arts degree at Davidson college. The new chamber of commerce manager was a special student at Johns Hopkins and Notre Dame and took special training lor chamber of commerce work at the Southeastern institute for organ izational executives at Chapel Hill. As . charter presided of the Burlington Jdhior '"Chamber of Commerce he gained state-wide at tention. The Burlington club was awarded second place in the na tional "First Year Milestona" pom- 1 .petition. In this contest am timi. , Sec WALKER Page I of food fish, without factual rea sons for doing so, do nothing to increase the profits of North Caro lina's fishing industry. Realizing this, the Board of Con servation and Development seized the opportunity to purchase the former section base from the Navy .in the summer of 1946 ' for the sum of $65,000. These 65 acres on Bogue Sound already had ,"n them buildings erected by the V."cm ment. In these buildings are now es tablished the Morehead City Tech nical institute, an extension of State college, the Institute of Fish eries Research, a unit of the Uni versity of North Carolina, and of course, the commercial fisheries offices. As Jrjk as the two edu cational og&icies continue work relating to Marine life and the fishing industry, they will be per mitted to use the state's facilities at the former section base. To make sure that a mistake was not being made in centering this institution here, a $5,000 grant was obtained from the Rockefeller foundation for a sur vey of this area. This survey an swered questions relating to the feasibility and practicality of the state spending thousands of dol lars to establish a "marine col lege." Making the study were Dr. A. G. Huntsman, of the Research Fish eries Board of Canada, Dr. C. O. Iselin, director of the Woods Hole Oceanogrvphic institute, Dr. B. H. Keicnum, uociate in Marine pioi flffy, WoodsVJole, tud Dr. Daniel Merriman, director of the Bingham Oceanographic institute, Yale uni versity, f These four scientists stuowj the proposal from the following views: Does North Carolina need such an Institution, is there so educational need for it, is it for the best in terest of the people, and will it be . an instrument f of providing the knowledge wantedt -. '.All these questionC presented by state commercial firtierie, men, were answered in the affirmative. The scientist consultants also gave their personal opinio" on the manner in which : Ue institute should be operated, cost, and types He risuEsiss rag Over and Up in The Fort Macon crew is shown here righting tieir capsized surfboat with the lightning speed that won them the Josephus Daniels Memorial trophy in the races at Ilatteras Wednesday afternoon. Vir ginia Beach came in second, Oregon Inlet (Cane Ilatteras) third, and Chinroteague, fourth. It is be lieved that the race next year will be held in the vicinity of Morehead City. Newport Commissioners Under 16 from Public Thousand Rats Killed at Dump At least a thousand rats were killed in Beaufort dump when poi son was spread and DDT solution sprayed over it last weekend, Wil liam Hatsell, city clerk, reported today. The dump will be sprayed two times a week under the newly inaugurated sanitation program. Morehead City's dump was spray ed too, but Mayor George Dill said that there was no evidence of rats, according to Clifford Jones, of the hate board of health who super vised the poison-spreading job. Mr. Jones termed this as most unusual Spraying of garbare cans in Morehead City has not begun be cause only one sprayer has arrived As soon as the sprayer for the other garbage truck and DDT so luble is received the can-spraying program wil get under way, said the mayor. By Bob Lowe, Secretary Morehead City Chawher of Commerce The i58vt anniversary of United State,- Coast Guard the was celebrated Wednesday, August 4th at Hatterss with impressive cere mony and demonstration of the various Coast Guard functions as they operate to protect mariners along our coastlines. At the same time the citizens of the seven villages ofxhe outer banks gave thanks for the'comple tion of the section of the Outer Banks Highway on Hatteras and thebeginning of operation of the newpower system to be operated by the RE A. The crowd on Hatteras was a record one. And, sersonally, I be lieve that there was without doubt the greatest assemblage of fried chicken and all that goes with it in a picnic dinner ever seen on the Outer Banks. Cape Hatteras is not the easiest place to travel to and from. Her man Reid of Ocean View Airways at the Beaufort Morehead City Air port undertook'the task of flying us 10 nauerss ana Dacx. uue to the high SOUthwest Wind tllC crowds on the road and beaches. the only place safe to land and take-off was at the extreme south ern tip of the island where wind and tide provided a wonderful natural landing strip. Through the good graces of Scotty Gibson, owner and manager of the Atlan tic View Hotel in Hatteras we were able to , proceed by truck through the sandy wastes of the lower island to where a. bus was Set HATTEUAS Page 8 Hatteras Highlights 'v . the Wink oi an Eye Newport town board look dras tic steps to protect the town from polio at its meeting' Tuesday night when it passed a resolution order ing that all children under 16 be banned from public meeting places. The commissioners specifically mentioned the theater, stores, and ballpark. Although there are no cases at present in Newport several chil dren have been ill ?nd rumors started that it was polio. Because the Cherry theater is closed to children, Commi -.s'.oner Henry Edwards pointed out that youngsters from that section come to the Newport theater. Five of Craven county's nine polio cases are at flavelock and Cherry Point. Commissioner Clarence Millis was authorized by the board to re quest Tide Water Power company to draw up a street lighting con tract for the town. Mr. Millis, with Commissioners Edwards and David McCain recent ly surveyed the town and spotted locations for three irre street lights, making a total of 21. Each 38 Cases Comprised Tuesday's Docket for Recorder's Court Lyman Alvin Parker pleadtd guil ty Tuesday morning in recorder's court, Beaufort, to driving drunk and was fined $100 and costs of court. This case headed a docket of 38 heard that day. Judge Lam bert R. Morris presided. The case against T. D. Meares, charged with reckless driving, was dismissed after evidence was heard. Also dismissed was the charge of aiding and abetting the transportation of non-tax paid whiskey against Mathew Collins. Sam Hedgeman and McKinley Smith, however, were found guilty of transportation of non-tax paid whiskey and were both fined $10 and costs of court. Moses Teel was found guilty of assaulting an officer and was ordered to pay costs and $10. The defendant thereupon gave notice of appeal to superior court, and bond was set at $100. Joseph Greco, accused of taking, stealing and carrying .iway a quantity of field corn, value less than $50, and converting it to his own use, pleaded guilty to simple trespass and was taxed with 'the costs of court. The case against Grady Price, charged with careless and reckless driving and driving drunk, was nol nrosied wfth leave, giving the state the right to prosecute at some fu ture date. The same procedure wan fnlnwed in h rU nf Karl Taylor charged with public drunk enness and disorderly conduct. Other cases disposed of were as follows: D. L. Chadwick, ; public drunkenness, $10 and costs; Char les W, Anderson, speeding, $10 and costs; Arthur A. Phillips, speeding, costs; Frank Mozingo, speeding, $10 and costs. M. J. Willis, speeding, costs; Richard 1 R. Cummins, speeding, costs; Clarence Walton Toms, Ban Children Gatherings will be 800 lumen lamps which will go on one half hour before suunset and go off one half hour before sunrise. Cost of each light will be $18 a year or a monthly bill of $31.50, Mr. Millis reported. The three new lights will be placed in the vicinity of the homes of Charles Garner,' Harold WiKoo, and Walter Mann. The newly-acquired fife siren will be placed on the pole near the depot and commissioners also granted the fire department tem porary use of 2 1-2 inch galvanized pipe. This pipe, part of the water system to be installed at Newport, will be laid from the river toward the center of town, on top of the ground. Fire Chief Benny Garner ex plained that use of this pipe will make it possible to fight fires more effectively toward the cen ter of town. Bills for the month were order ed paid, as well as the $5 per member contributed each year to the fire department, and publica tion of the '48-'49 budget was au thorized. speeding, costs; Lewis Royall Hold ing, speeding, $10 and costs; Car roll F. Hersey, improper lights, $10 and costs. Carvel Lee Vaughn, speeding, $10 and costs; Ed Pope, public drunkenness, costs; and W. F. King, public drunkenness, $10 and costs. ' Forefeiting bonds were Russell B. West, speeding; Taylor Davis, speeding and driving without a li cense; Gene Austin Clark, speed ing; and Joy Verle Sykes, speeding. Cases were continued against Victor Gaskill, public drunkenness; Wiliam C. (Pink) Smith, assault with a deadly weapon; Robert Adams, reckless and careless driv ing and driving drunk. Henry A. Edwards, speeding; James O. Simpkins, speeding; Glenn B. Ritchey, speeding; Willie L. Royster, speeding; James E. Paul, speeding; William Stewart Goodson, reckless and careless driving; Thelma Lindsay, public drunkenness; and Ernest Lee Etheridge, speeding. Court adjourned at 12:30 p.m. Tide Table HIGH LOW Friday, August I 8:07 a.m, 2:11 a.m. 8:32 p.m. 2:18 p.m. Saturday, August 7 9:00 a.m. , 2:58 a.m. 9:22 p.m. 3:12 p.m. Sunday, August 8 9:50 a m. - 3:45 a.m. 10:12 p.m. 4:05 p.m. - Monday, August 11:34 a.m. 5:20 a.m. 11:52 p.m. ' 5:56 p.m. Tuesday, August 10 i ; 6:10 a.m. 12:28 p.m. 6:50 p m, The boys from Fort Macon did it. In a 26-foot lapstrake surf boat they outdistanced all competi tors in the half mile race and capsize drill Wednesday afternoon at the Cape Hatteras celebration of the 158th anniversary of the United States Coast Guard. The races climaxed a gala day of feasting, speech-making and mu sic. It was a three-ring observance of one, the Coast Guard's birth day, two, completion of the REA power line on Cape Hatteras, and three, building of the 17 mile high way from Hatteras to Avon, the first paved surface ever construct ed on the Outer Banks. The Coast Guard nlayed a big part in the day's festivities. There were rescue demonstrations and aircraft maneuvers in addition to the races. Every member of the crew from Fort Macon station, which put Chincoleague, Virginia Beach, and Cape Ilatteras crews to shame, hails from Carteret county. The hoys weren't permitted to use their own Fort Macon boat either. They drew lots at Cape Hatteras and came out with an old hulk. Another crew was not satisfied with its old boat, so they went off and found themselves a better one. But Fort Macon crew played the game fair and victory was their reward. Members of the crew are Walter Goodwin, coxswain, Beaufort, Earl Styron, Swansboro, J. D. Lewis, Cedar Island, Bonnie Pincr, Otway, Robert Hill, Swansboro, Reginald V. Lewis, Merklcy Johnson, Stacy Davis, all of Harkcrs Island, and Gerald Salter, Davis. Governor R. Gregg Cherry, State Highway Chairman A. H. Graham, and many other high government officials attended the festivities. Among military celebrities were Adm. W. L. Ainsworth, comman dant of the Fifth Naval District, and Capt. Richard Burke, chief of Coast Guard ahr-eervieif -ndtmw sonal representative of the con mandant ih Washington., : The exercises were held at th base of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, now decommissioned, but which ac cording to those in the know will be made active again at an early date. Capt. N. C. Manyon, chief of the ' aids to navigation for Coast Guard told the story of Cape Hatteras lighthouse and other important beacons which sen'e navigational interests in this graveyard of the Atlantic area. U. The American Legion was repre sented bv department and division commanders, Frank Harris and Don Galloway. They each praised the two posts on Hatteras Islands wiere every person eligible for membership, a total of 148 in tbe communities of Avon and Hatteras are Legionnaires. Comdr. Edmund E. Fahey, cons mandant of Elizabeth City Coast Guard Air Station, extended greet ings to the great mass of persona who came here to celebrate the anr, niversary of the service. w Governor Cherry paid tribute to the Coast Guard service and to too state highway officials and the REA. He did not mention that It See FORT MACON Page 8 .88 Inch of Rain Tails During Three-Day Period E. Stamey Davis, official weather observer, reports that .88 of an inch of rainfall fell in the county from Monday to Wednesday. The heaviest fall was .63 on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday saw . .16 and .09 inches of rain, respectively- , ; Normal summer - temperatures, were the rule for those same days.' with the highest, -88, registered' Monday and the lowest, 70, re corded the same day. JJj The maximum and minimum temperatures: Max. 88 87 86 MIn. 70; 74 At V Monday Tuesday Wednesday Willis Child Reported lost' Found al Home ' ;. . The year-and-a-half old daugh,. ter of Mr. and Mrs. Leston Willis,: Shepard street, Morehead City. ' who was reported lost on ArendeU, street yesterday morning, was found later at her home, Chief of Police E. J. Willis reported today," Mr. Willis said that he left the child in his car when he went in-, to a store and when, he came 6t)t' she was gone. Everyone on Arenv dell street was looking for her as well as police. A 3-3-3 alarm was.' sounded at the fire station to no tify residents that assistance was needed. -v;.": It is not known how the chili reached horns, tu chief said. 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