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A Merger oi THE BEAUTOBT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936)
38th YEAS NO. 26.
EIGHT PAGES
MOREHEAD CITY, AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, l FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1948
EIGHT PAGES
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAY!
Eight-Room White Oak School, Near Bogue, Burns to Ground Wednesday
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Sheriff Holland, Officials of Madix Roofing Plant,
Fell Mill Named Defendants in $50,000 Civil Action
Plaintiff; Former Madix Employee, Charges Defendants
with Auto Burning, Intimidation
Ennett House
Bums onSound
Sparks from Fireplace
Cause Fire, Loss Es
timated at $12,000
The Bogue summer home of Dr.
and Mrs. N. Thomas Ennett,
Beaufort, was destroyed by fire at
4 o clock Monday afternoon when
c spark from the fireplace ignited
parts of the building near the root.
The home, known as Borden
Lodge and valued at approximate
ly $12,000 is a complete loss. Be
cause of the poor fire protection
in that locality the property could
be insured to only one-tenth of its
value, Dr. Ennett said.
Dr. and Mrs. Ennett were at the
lodge, located near Bogue Inlet, at
the time of the fire. Early this
summer there were swallows in
the chimney and to prevent their
disturbing the birds, Mrs. Ennett
requested her husband to put a
large pinetop In the fireplace.
Mrs. Ennett returned recently
from a month's visit in Massachu
setts and on MondaJ she and her
husband went to the lodge to wrt
it in readiness for Iheir vacaftort
' which they planned to sMnd I
The pine had'drled and it was
decided to burn it. After, putting
a match to it they watched it burn
lor 15 to 20 minutes.
Dr. Ennett later was on the
wharf fishing when he looked to
ward the house and saw a large
cloud of smoke billowing from the
roof. In a short time the whole
building was blazing. Dr. Enrfett
went to his brother's, about three
quarters of a mile distant, for help,
but by the time they returned
nothing could be saved.
The double garage with ser
vant's room burned. A boat which
was in the garage was saved and
two other boats tied at the wharf
-escaped the flames.
The lodge, named for Dr. En
nett's mother's people, was built
in 1922 on property which came
into the family in 1780. Ever since
1922 the Ennetts have spent their
vacations there.
Dr. Ennett plans to replace the
lodge eventually on the original
site.
Motorists Slug Meters;
Foreign Coins Turn Up
Evea though there's a fine for
loading parking meters with slugs
and objects other than coins from
United States mints, oddities turn
up once in a while in the weekly
collections.
The first week Beaufort's meters
were in operation approximately
a dozen metal washers were remov
ed from the machines, but this
type of "exchange" has dwindled
considerably in popularity with
motorists, William Hatsell, town
clerk, said the other day while
showing his collection of assorted
circlets of metal.
r. Some collections yield no slugs
i at all but every week there are
pennies. One time a "furriner"
.from Norfolk deposited a Norfolk
street car token.
Beaufort's rather fortunate as
far as. foreign exchange goes, be
cause 14 year-old Everett Styron,
who lives on Turner street, collects
foreign coins and buys from the
town all those collected in the
meters. .
Everett pays according to size.
A foreign coin the size of an Amer
ican penny nets the town 1 cent,
if it's the size of a dime or a nickel,
the rate of exchange is higher.
. Biggest headache to Mr. Hatsell
and the policemen who care for
the meters are bent coins. These
jam the meters and, frequently da
mage them to the extent that they
have to be taken off the standard
and carried back to the town hall
where Mr. Hatsell gives the mech
anism an overhaul job.
Minor adjustments are made by
policemen on the street WhUe
Sheriff C. Ghermann Holland,
individually and as sheriff of Car
teret county; C. C. brewen, presi
dent of Madix Asphalt Roofing
corporation; W. C. Carlton, pur
chasing director of Madix: Glenn
Rose and Ed Parker, employees of
the corporation; Madix Corpora
lion itself as well as its sister cor
poration, Southern Felt, arc named
defendants in a $50,000 civil action
and defendants in a restraining
order growing out of alleged labor
union organizing activities at the
two large Morehead City Manu
facturing plants.
Plaintiff in both actions is Grady
Ward Price, former Madix em
ployee, Attorneys for Price are R.
S. Cahoon and Robert Cohn of
Greensboro.
The civil action is filed at the
Washington county court house in
Flymouth. Damages in the amount
of $25,000 are asked as well as
punitive damages in the similar
amount of $25,000.
The temporary restraining order
signed by Superior Court Judge
Williams, of Pittsboro, orders
Sheriff Holland and the other de
fendants to cease "using violence
on the plaintiff . . . interfering
with plaintiff and his family . . .
damaging the plaintiff! trailer
house and auto , . . attacking and
striking members of his family."
A hearing to. determine whether
the temporary restraining order
should be made permanent will be
fheU at 10 am. Saturday, Aug. 21.
Superior Court Judge W.
; Bon.iv Mash, eouoi court
otise . at Nashville. '
" The clv!t action complaint al
leges that' the defendants "con
spired together to perpetrate un
lawful acts . . . burn his automo
bile . . . intimidate him through
use of violence and coercive force
of numbers . . . abusive language
and other unlawful means to drive
him and his family consisting of
his wife and 4-year-old invelid
child out of Carteret county."
According to Attorney Cahoon,
pressure was brought to bear on
his client, Grady Ward Price and
others, toward the end of July
when they circulated union card?
of the International Brotherhood
of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill
Workers, an AFL affiliate, among
employees of both Madix and
Southern Felt.
Labor union organizing activi
ties. Mr. Cahoon said, were start
ed in June. By the end of Julv
more than 20 signatures had been
obtained among those wanting
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some meters are being repaired
there are always several more
ready .to go out in case others get
jammed up. To get the defaced
coins out of circulation the bank
takes them and returns them to
the mint
Collections are made every Wed
nesday afternoon. Mr. Hatsell
with the aid of one of the police
men and a linen bag that would
easily hold a peck of pennies, go
from meter to meter and remove
the take.
The money is counted Thursday
and deposited each Friday. Col
lections for July totaled $773.20.
The salt water launched a des
tractive attack on the meters on
Front street to the east of Way's
fish house. But the attack has
been repelled with paint. Forty
seven meters on that section of
Front street have been coated with
grey enamel, a more durahl nnin
than the aluminum which is on
the meters in other parts of town
Slues or salt water. the mti
business is the most profitable en
terprise Beaufort has undertaker
in many a year.
Hospital Morehead Get
$734 Each from AEC Store
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Morehead City hospital and the
town of Morehead City each re
ceived S734.18 from ABC tnr
during June, according to the re
port received oy the county audi
tor. James Potter. Beaufort's share
of the June revenue was $75BJ4
ana Newport s was $497.09.
Carteret County Exceeds Goal
In Recent Security Loan Drive
Carteret county exceeded its
$130,000 goal in the April to July
security loan drive by $7,939, Vic
tor Wickizer, chairman of Carter
et's campaign, announced today.
Carteret is one (if only 39 coun
ties in the state which met or ex
ceeded their quotas.
North Carolina as a whole came
within 91 per cent of its goal,
selling $28,632,725 in E. V. and O
bonds. National sales in the re
cent security loan drive totaled
$2,798,183,000.
Allison James, stale director,
commended the various chairmen
through.ut the stale "who labor
ed unceasingly for the success of
the Security Loan." lie continued,
"The accomplishments of this
drive are splendid testimony to the
vigorous, patriotic service of thou
sands of volunteers throughout the
State to whom credit must go."
Counties which met and exceed
ed their guotas are the following:
Alamance, Ashe, Avery, Bertie, Ca
barrus. Carteret, Caswell. Chero-
I kce, Chowan, Clay, Columbus,
I Craven.
Dare, Davidson, Durham, Edgc
rnrnhe. Forsyth. Gaston, Gates,
Guilford, Hertford, Hyde, Lee, Ma
con, Martin, Mecklenburg, North
ampton, Onslow.
Pender, Perquimans, Polk, Tran
sylvania, Wake, Warrun, Washing-
av Wayne, .Wilkes,' yjujkin, and
Yancey.
John Wilkinson
Speaks on China
At JC Meeting
John A. Wilkinson, senatorial
candidate from Washington, de
livered the after-dinner address at
the regular meeting of Beaufort
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Monday night.
Mr. Wilkinson spoV.e on "Our
Situation in China," stressing the
necessity for stemming the flow
of communism in that section of
the world, as well as in Europe.
"He who controls China holds
the key to control of two-thirds of
the world," declared the speaker.
Knowing this, Japan undertook
conquest of China with the war
cry," . . . take the white man's
grip off your throat."
Japan's plan of conquest, not
senerally recognized by the world
In the 1930's was thrown slightly
awry by the rise of Chiang Kai
Shek and seeing their foothold
shaken by the rise of a power with
in China, the Japanese attacked in
1936.
Mr. Wilkinson termed Chiang
Kai Shek as the fighter of "our
battles" a fighter at the head
of disintegrated forces among
whom were Chinese communists.
Although the communists claimed
to be anti-Japanese, the speaker
called their help against the in
vader mostly of the propaganda
ype.
Mr. Wilkinson does not hold
Chiang Kai Shek as a bulwark of
iemocratic government for, he
oointed out, Chiang's actions in
many instances have been far from
th type which would . have been
tolerated by democratic forces in
this country. Chiang is however
he speaker emphasized, a bulwark
against communism.
"If we save Europe," Mr. Wilk
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June, Jean, and Joan, 11-year-old daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Garner, Newport, and pretty enough to appear in any
nation-wide ad for cigarette tobacco, are busy here harvesting the
1948 golden leaf crop. Aycock Brown,' who took the picture, has
made no attempt to identify who Is who, but he has a special
interest in the triplets. He wag the first photographer ever to
take their picture . . . they were just several hours old at the time.
Stale Pairolman Acquitted oi Charge
Brought Against Him be Defendant
Trial Consumes Three and
A Half Hours in Recor
der's Court
State Highway Patrolman M. V
Hooper was acquitted Tuesday
morning in reoorder s court, Beau
fort, of charges that he refused a
minor, whom he had arrested, to
communicate with friend or c""1
sel in order to obtain baiL The
case, which lasted three and a hui
hours, headlined a court docket of
54 cases which took seven hours
to dispose of. Judge Lambert R.
Morris presided.
Hooper was indicted after he
arrested William Stewart Goodson,
18, on charges of reckless and
careless driving on the streets of
Morehead City at 2 a m. Sunday
morning, Aug. 1. Both cases were
consolidated for trial for the sake
of expediency.
Representing Patrolman Hooper
as Claud R. Wheatly, Beaufort.
Attorney for Goodson was Alvah
Hamilton, of Hamilton and Mc
Neill, Morehead City.
' In the warrant for Hooper's in
dictment, Goodson charged as fol
lows: "Failing and refusing to permit
William Stewart Goodson, a mi
nor, after having arrested him, to
communicate with cpunsel or
friends immediately for the pur
pose of obtaining bail, and did
stubbornly refuse said minor the
privilege of phoning his father
that he was under arrest, late at
night, although said minor begged
for the right so to do."
Hooper testified that he had
been patrolling Crab Point road
when he noticed a jeep speeding
south. He followed it to Evans
street where it turned right and
went past the Atlantic Beach road.
Hooper declared that .the driver
of the jeep was attempting to
dodge him, and circled a block and
flicked the vehicle's lights on and
off several times before he was
overtaken.
In the jeep with Goodson who
was driving were his brother, Joe,
end two girl companions. Hooper
then arrested, Goodson, put him
in the patrol car, and told Joe that
William could be found at the
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county jail in Beaufort.
Hooper then turned Goodson
over to Jailer R. E. Chaplain and
then, allegedly, set bail at $50.
Under cross-examination, Hooper
"nurentlv became confused and
denied that he set bail, but this
was remedied when Goodson, res
ponding to questions from Wheat
ly, twice stated that Hooper had
fixed a $50 bond.
Goodson denied that he was
speeding or that he was trying to
dodge Hooper because, he declar
ed, he did not know Hooper was
following. He said the lights were
turned off only twice, once when
his ''date" accidentally fell against
the dashboard and the other time
when he came to a near halt to
allow his passengers to get out of
the vehicle, only to change plans
and start up again.
In cross-examining Goodson,
Wheatly several times confused
him as to his route in the city.
At one point he testified that he
made a left turn from Evans street
west of 28th street, to which
Wheatly retorted, "That would put
you in the Atlantic Ocean!"
Several times, testimony such as
this brought chuckles from the fill
ed courtroom. At one point,
Sheriff C. G. Holland sternly warn
ed the onlookers, "This is no cir
cus!" After lawyer Hamilton summar
ized in the reckless and careless
driving case, he offered Wheatly
the opportunity to give his argu
ments Wheatly said he would wait
until Hamilton concluded his sum
mary in the Hooper case where up
on Wheatly would summarize.
After finishing, however, Hamil
ton challenged Wheatly's right to
summarize after he had refused
his previous opportunity, but Jud
ge Morris did not allow Hamilton's
objection.
In summarizing, Wheatly point
ed out that through Goodson's own
testimony it had been proven that
Hooper had fixed a bail and that
Goodson's brother had been given
sufficient notice of where the 18-year-old
could be found. To prove
that it was sufficient, the boy's
father was able to bail out Good
son within a half hour without any
trouble whatever.
Since the contention that Good
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Theatres Asked
To Observe Ban
Sunday, Bible Schools
Point to Non-Cooperation
on Health Rule
Responding to complaints from
Sunday schools and Bible schools
that bans on the gatherings of
children under 16 would not have
the desired effect in this polio
onidemic if the local movie houses
did not cooperate, Dr. N. Thomas
Ennett, county health officer, dis
closed today thai letters have been
sent to managers of the seven mo
tion picture theatres in the county
asking them not to admit children,
or else to rcqiuv-t a note from
their parents living permission to
go to the movie.
Sunday schools and Bible
schools have been cooperating
since Dr. Ennett first made Ihe re
quest that gatherings he dispensed
with, but the doctor pointed oul
that the movie in uses face a dif
ferent problem. Tiic schools have
merely n close u;. while the thea
tres, which also have a business
interest to think of, must weed
youngsters from their other pat
rons. The letter was also sent because
Dr. Ennett said some managers
feel they are not obliged to comply
with the ban unless they receive
a formal notice from the health
officer.
Carteret countv has two thea
tres in Morehead City, two in
Beaufort, and one each in New
port, Harkcrs Island, and Atlan
tic. Car, Tide to
Truck Collide
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jones.'Beau
fort, were treated for minor in
juries Wednesday afternoon at
Morehead City hospital following a
collision of their car, a '49 Ford,
with a Tide Water Power company
pick up truck at Cedar and Turner
streets, Beaufort.
The truck turned over but Eu
gene Garner, Beaufort, who was
driving, was uninjured. Both ve
hides had to be towed from the
scene of the accident. Garner was
alone in the truck. With the
Jones' was Mr. Jones' sister, who
was uninjured.
The truck was proceeding west
on Cedar street, according to Chief
of Police L. B. Willis who investi
gated, and the car was going south
on Turner when the collision oc
curred. No charges had been
preferred against either driver as
of yesterday morning.
The truck was damaged consi
derably and Chief Willis estimated
Ihe damage to the Jones car at
several hundred dollars.
150 Acres Burn
(Markers Isle
Edmund Foreman, county fire
warden, with the assistance of
residents of Barkers Island,
brought under control at 2 a.m.
vesterday morning a fire west of
the Island's old ferry road. Ap
proximately 150 acres of brush and
undergrowth burned. The fire
started about noon Wednesday
from a trash, fire at the rear of
one of the homes. Flames were
brought under control by back
firing and use of the power pump.
If this dry weather continues,
Mr. Fcreman said there will un
doubtedly be more fires within a
week and requested that every
one exercise caution when burning
trash, waste paper or when toss
ing avny matchos and burning
cigarettes.
The dry spell during June and
July was marked by outbreak of
four forest fires in the county.
Earl Webb Recuperates
Earl Webb, New York financier
is recuperating at his Bogue Sound
estate from a recent foot opera
tion. Mr. Webb is one of Car
teret county's most prominent na-
A. B. Cooper has announced an
other auction sale of his Atlantic
Beach properties to be held Sat
urday, August 21. The sale will
include building lots on improved
strets as well as the Ocean King
hotel and the Idle Hour Amuse
ment center.
While Oak school was a smol
dering shambles yesterday morn
ing as the result of a fire which
was discovered there at about 7:30
Wednesday night by Dan Russell,
nearby farmer, who upon seeing
flames through the school win
dows, spread the alarm.
Swansboro fire department an
swered the call hut could do no
thing whatever to save the build
ing or anything inside. By the
time they arrived, the roof was al
ready caving in.
The door at the east side of the
school was found propped open
with a chiir and papers were scat
tered about the principal's office,
indicating that the fire probably
did not start of its own accord.
Residents of the section are un
animous in their opinion that the
fire was deliberately set.
II. I., .loslyn, superintendent of
schools, in a statement yesterday
afternoon said that the building
was insured for $24,700. No plans
have been formulated as yet for
accommodating for the fall term
the 180 pupils who attended school
there.
They will be sent wherever
there is room, said Mr. Joslyn, but
the problem is to find the room
White Oak school consisted of
eight classrooms and an auditori
urn.
lie was of the opinion that no
new school building will go up in
its place.
Among the ruins were canned
goods stored there for use in the
school lunchroom, as well as five
Ions of coal which were in an ad
joining furnace room. At first
there was hope of saving the fur
nace room. Sand was thrown on
the coal, but the heat was so in
tense that the building finallv
caught fire. The coal was still
burning yesterday morning and
vill probably be smoldering for
several days.
A bit of silverware was saved
from the lunchroom and some
playground equipment was taken,
beyond reach or the UahieJ AJI
the pine trees about the school
are scorched to a yellow color.
Just completed this summer was
a $1,800 roof on the building. The
former roof partially burned last
winter. At the time, this fire was
believed to be caused by an over
heated stove, but talk yesterday in
the Bogue-Swansboro section was
that the roof fire, too, had been
set.
Pupis in the first to eighth
grades attended school at White
Cak.
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Recent enlistees in the U. S.
Army and Air Forces as given out
by the Army Recruiting office for
this section of the state include
Ihe following young men from Car
teret county. Enlisting in the Air
Force from Morehead City are
John D. Helms, Fred C Phillips,
Seldon L. Sherwood, Beaufort:
Milton R. Taylor, Newport; George
L. Allen, Davis; Ralph L. Styron,
George C. Warren of Beaufort and
Donald L. West of Morehead City
have enlisted in the coast artillery.
All of the above enlistments are
for three years. Maurice W. Peter
son and James H. Golden, route
1, both of Beaufort have enlisted
in the regular army for two years.
What the fishermen call a
"mullet blow" arrived some time
during the early hours of Friday
morning giving this section a
lower-than-normal temperature
for this time of the season. Fish
ermen, both party boats and
commercial, are expecting an
early ran of fall fish. Several
good catches of mackerel have
been reported.
Construction of a storage ot
warehouse is well underway dowr
at the Madix plant. This buildinr
is being erected at the south enr1
of the felt plant and will join the
coating department of the roofinr
plant. As the huge rolls of fel1
base are finished in the felt plan!
they will be trucked to this new
storage ' from where they can be
conveyed directly to coating de
psrtment At present the felt basr
which is being purchased from out
side plants is being stored ir
the main building of the roofing
plant.
Plana are being made te de-
Episcopal Rector
Heads Association
Of County Clergy
The Rev. W. L. Martin
Succeeds The Rev. J. M.
Jolliff, Newport
The Itev. W. I,. Martin, rector
of St. Paul's Episcopal church, was
elected president of the Coastal
Ministerial association at the
monthly meeting of the organiza
tion Monday in the community
(enter, Morehead City.
The Rev. Mr. Martin succeeds
Ihe Rev J. M. Jolliff, of Newport.
Other officers are the Rev. II. L.
Han-ell, pastor of the Straits Me
thodist charge, vice-president, who
succeeds the Rev. J. V. Axtell. pas
tor of the Webb Memorial Pres
byterian church, and the Rev. W.
1). Caviness, secretary-treasurer.
The Rev. Mr. Caviness pastor of
Franklin Memorial Methodist chur
ch, was reelected.
The group extended its thanks
and appreciation for splendid ser
vice to the Rev. Mr. Axtell who is
leaving his charge in August.
Sneaker at the meeting was
George Ball, Morehead City attor
ney. As the result of a decision
reached at the July meeting of the
ministerial association, the circu
lation of a petition requesting a
referendum on ABC stores has
been deferred until after the Nov
ember election.
Cpt R.1C Simpson
To Leave lor If. S.
CI.ARK AIR FORCE BASE, La
301, Beaufort, will soon leave tbe
uarK Air rorce base in the Philip
pine Islands for reassignment Jn
the United States.
While here, he has served with
the 622nd Aircraft Control and
Warning Squadron of the 13th Afr
Force. Cpl. Simpson will leave at
the completion of his normal 24
month tour of duty here.
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dicate the new chapel of the?
First Christian Church abou(
September 1. This Is the first,
unit plant of this church organs';
zation to be affiliated with theV
religious activities of this city.-,
The present membership of this
church Is given as 24. When
the membership of the churchy
outgrows the chapel building at,
larger structure will be built on
the adjoining property of this
society on Bridges street. It Is.
expected that the October Union .
of this church will be held here ,
In this new church plant. ;f i
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Some 20 or more good substan
tial benches have been placed
along the waterfront from the City
hospital to the end of Evans ,
trcet. They are painted a dark
reen and across the back in white '
ettering is the Chamber of Com
nerce sign. To keep the benches
rom being moved to other locas
'ions they are fastened to post!
'riven in the ground. One operat
or on the waterfront 'predict
nost of them will be whittled up
y spring. ,4
This week brings to a close the
last session of Camp Morehead;
vhich according to Mr. Crawford
'as been one of the largest and
most successful since the camp
was first started. A precamp for
small boys and girls of two weekjf
luration, preceded the regular tw4
essinns for older boys. This w$ 1
he first time a precamp for little,
folks bad been tried out, meeting
with ready response from parents:
Reservations for all of the sessions '
crowded the camo to its capacity.;
The camp established a fine health
record of no sickness or polio
scare. . it.
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