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C A RTE RET ;. e QU NT Y 1 1 . In F3 Astronomical Dsta 10c Sun Sets Today 5:16 PM Sua Risee Tomorrow 7:17 AM Moon Sets Tonight - 4:08 PM Moon Rises Tomorrow 2:53 AM A Merger ol THE BEAUFG3T ' HEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936) 99th. YEAR No. 3 6 PAGES MORE HEAD CITY, AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1949 6 PAGES PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYI MES State Education Commission Estimates School Expenses RALEIGH The State Educa tion commission program for the North Carolina public schools will cost an estimated $104,000,000 next year, exclusive of transportation and emergency capital outlay, if it is passed in its entirety by the General Assembly, Executive Sec retary W. H. Plemmons said today. This estimate, prepared by the finance committee of the commis sion, is based on an average annual salary of $3000 for teachers; $300 per teacher for other current ex penses such as, operation and maintenance of schools, and in structional supplies and equip ment; and $340 per leschcr to be used to bring school buildings up to dale. A chart has been released show ing approximately how much money the proposed foundation program will cost in each county and city administrative unit, what part of this amount each county, including its city unit or units, will pay according to its ability, and what part the state will provide. The figures are based on the ex ample used by the majority of the commission of 90 per cent slate and 10 per cent local participation. Carteret county's expected revenue, according to the chart, for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1948, based on the revenues re ceived in 1947-48 (exact' figures arc not available as yet), is $3,023 .from fipes, forfeitures, poll, and dog taxes; and valorem taxes $29, 392; capital outlay, and valorem, $943, making a total of $33,358. The following figures show the estimated cost of the minimum ichool needs in Carteret county. The number of state-allotted teach ers now employed is 136. It is estimated that 158 will be needed in 1949-50, salaries to amount to $474,000, other current expenses (47,400., capital .outlay, $53,720 to taling $579,120. . Amount of money possibly ob tained from county funds, $32,800, amount proposed to be provided by state for transportation, $25, 929, making a total of $568,249 to be provided by North Carolina un der proposed allotments. Allotted to this county by the state to meet expenses in 1947-48 was $314,045. For experimental purposes, the Institute of Statistics at State col lege was asked to select the fac tors which it believed would deter mine the ability of each county to pay for its schools and to calculate the estimated per cent of the wealth of the state, each county including its cities, possessed. The factors selected included; volume of retail sales, value of farm pro ducts, stale income tax. assessed valuation of public utilities, and number of persons gainfully cm- ployed in industry. The entire procedure used in this approach is mathematical, it was pointed out in the commission's report. Under the proposed school fi nancing plan the state will help counties to provide a desirable mi nimum educational opportunity for each child in the state. With the formula supplied by the State College statisticians, the chart was worked out to show the estimated expected revenues in 194748 for each county in the state. These sources of revenue in cluded fines, forfeitures, poll and dog: taxes and valorem taxes. Ca pital outlay ad valorem and debt service ad valorem were also in cluded. This amount, when com pared with the amount each court ly, including its cities, would raise on the basis of the estimated per cent of the wealth of the state it possessed, indicates that about 90 of the 100 counties and their city units arc now raising as much or more than the 90-100 ratio will require. The 1949 session of the General Assembly will study the proposed plan for action. A copy of " the Education commission's report has See EDUCATION Pg. 4 Boy Charged with Shooting Out Morehead Street Light A youngster under 18 years of age was referred to juvenile court yesterday by Mayor George W. Dill, Jr., Morehead City. The boy was charged with vandalism, hav ing shot out a street light . The case Against Robert Dudley, charged v with possession ; of tax ! paid whiskey for purpose of sale, was continued. Dudley was placed unaer $iso bond. , Dudley and six others were ar rested early Sunday morning by Constable Charles Krouse and Mur phy Jenkins, Morehead police of ficer, at the American Legion hut, 14th and Fisher streets. Constable Krouse reported that the men weregambling. First Big Tire of '49 This is the scene at Safrit's lumber mill an hour after the fire was discovered Wednesday noon. Two dry kilns were destroyed by the flames rather than one as reported in Friday's paper. Final figures on the loss, estimated at $50,000, have not yet been com puted, Robert Safrit, Jr., said yesterday. Photo by THE NEWS-TIMKS What's In By F. C. Salisbury A study of the names of Hue streets of Morehead City show that the promoters of the land project which now embraces the city, saw fit to honor three early settlers of this section known as Shcpard's Point, as well as members of the Shcpard Point Land company, which, headed by the late Gov ernor Morehead in 1853 purchased the 1,200 acres that is the present site of Morehead City. Arendcll, street bears the sur-, name of the last owners of Shcp ard's Point, Thomas. William and Bridges, ' Jr. The first plot of some 600 acres was deeded to the land company by Bridges Jr., and Thomas, March 21, 1853 for $933.33. The remaining 600 acres was deeded by William on April 13, 1853 for $1,200. These three men were mem bers of the family of Rev. Bridges Arendcll, son-in-law of William Fisher who in 1807 purchased from Solomon Shepard the land that fifty years later was to be come the site of Morehead City. Plotting out the city, following what is known as the "Philadel phia plan", each square contain ing 16 lots with alleys in the form of an "H", the main street of the development, the only street extending the full length of the cityt honored its former land owner - Arenaen. wneincr mis honor was for thc father or the sons we are unable to say, but by naming one of the other principal streets. Bridges (or Bridgcrs) both father and sons' names will go down to posterity. Fisher street honors the memory of William the wife of Rev. Arendcll. thro ugh whom came the land holdings of her children. Shcpard street bears the name of the early owner of the city site. Names of Evans, Shacleford, Pat terson and Avery were named after , directors of the Shepard Point Land company. Bay street', no doubt connected with the sound ' or harbor, thus receiving its name from that fact. Some one may ask where is Pat terson street. You will need a pair of hip boots or a row boat if you are to travel this street. It follows out beyond ihe shore line, extending from 12th street to 24th. During the land boom of 1928 an attempt was made by some real dealers to sell this underwater pro perty as shown online map of the city. As stated Arcndell street is the only one in the city that extends from the eastern to the western limits. Evans street starts at 4th street. Shcpard hooks onto Evans street at 7th by a short angle which has been given the name of "Jib," and ends at 22ftd street.. Shackle ford starts at 12th and runs seven blocks to 19th. Arendcll is one of the longest main streets of any town in the state, running nearly 2 12 miles from the city line at the highway bridge to 34th street. Across town from , Patterson to Avery streets the distance is a fraction over one half mile. ' Two Clubs to Meet V Two county home demonstration clubs will meet this week. They are .North River, 2 o'clock Thurs day afternoon with Mrs. Ray West, and the Pclletier club which will meet at 2:30 Friday afternoon in Pclletier church. - liiiiiiiiii $HL - - it A Name? County's TB Cases Total 43, Health Officer Reports There ar? 43 known cases of tu bewulosis in Carteret county, pqr sons at the TB meeting in the coiut house Friday night, .were told. Thirty two of these arc'term ed inactive, six arc confined to the state sanilorium, and five ac tive cases arc awaiting admittance Co the sanilorium. Dr. N. Thomas Ennctt, health officer presided, and intrdouced Stanley Woodland, Morehead City, president of the Carteret County Tuberculosis association, who ex plained the wont ol his organiza tion. He stated that funds for the operation of the TB association are obtained mainly through the sale of Chirstmas seals and that these funds arc available to have X-rays taken at any time during the year. He pleaded for con tinued support of the tuberculosis control program. ' Miss Lulabellc Highsmith, of the State Board of Health, explained how the mass X-ray will be car ried out. Each person to be X rayed will give his name and ad dress, step in front of the machine fully clothed, and have a picture of his chest taken, the whole pro cess requiring no more than a minute. The persons X-rayed will be no tified by mail within two weeks after the picture is taken as to the X-ray reading. The X-ray will re veal not only lung trouble but show an enlarged heart or other chest abnormalities. If the first picture, a small one, indicates cause for further inves tigation, the X-ray mobile units See TUBERCULOSIS Pg. 4 Slade Crisp, Negro, Faces Assault Charge, Officer Says Slade Crisp, Negro, faces a charge of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill in re corder's court this morning. Con stable Charles Krouse reported yesterday that he arrested Crisp Saturday night in the woods at Broad Creek. . Crisp had taken refuge in the woods, the officer said, after, beat ing1 another Negro with a rolling pin at the Broad Creek lumber camp. Chrysler, Plymouth Tangle on Evans Street The right rear fender of a '46 Chrysler sedan and the left front fender of a '37 Plymouth coupe were damaged at -4:15 yesterday afternoon on Evans street between 8th and 0th, Morehead City. The Chrysler, owned and driven by Ray Garrett, Morehead City highway west, was proceeding west on Evans street. According to Ed' mond Willis, Morehead City police Officer who Investigated, the' Ply mouth, owned and driven by James Thomas Nixon, Newport route 1, pulled out from the north curb in front of Mr. Garrett's car. No charges we're preferred against either driver. Entire Air Wing To Participate In Maneuvers Majority of Personnel, Heavy Equipment Will Load at Morehead City The entire second winK, United Slates Marine corps, will partici pate in Atlantic Command exer cises in the Caribbean next month. Puerto Rico will be the scene of operations for the major portion of the wing. Navy vessels, the sec ond Marine division of Camp Le jcunc. Army and Air Force units will also participate. Those maneuvers will be t lie first full wing maneuvers since the war and for the first time the en tire air wing will load out of More head City. On previous maneuvers part of the loading has, taken place at -Norfolk. The only squadron remaining at Cherry Point will be VMM. Two squadrons of Second Wing will fly off a carrier for the actual exercises. Ten West Coast based our engined Douglas's, will help transport squadron 252 with the airlift of men and equipment. Marine Air Group 14, command ed by Col. Edward L. Pugh will be based at Losey Field, Ponce. Col. Edward A. Montgomery will lead Marine Air Group 11 to the Naval air station, Roosevelt Roads, near San Juan. Wing Service Group Two headquarters will be at the San Juan Naval air station. The amphibious maneuvers, tag ged as Second Task fleet exercises for the third quarter of the fiscal vcar, are under the overall com mand of Admiral W. H. P. Blandy. Vice Admiral D. B. Duncan will be Commander of the Second Task fleet, with Rear Admiral J. Wright as commander of the Joint Expe ditionary force. ' Maj. Gen. Field Harris, USMC. will probably make his Second Wing command post at Vieques Is land. The Advance surface eche lon will fly out of Cherry Point Feb. 15, making the 2000 mile air trip via Miami and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The bulk of men and heavy equipment will load out of Morehead City I'cb. 8, utilizing four large U. S. Navy ships. For the general scheme of the exercises Puerto Rico will be considered s a friendly island, held by the attacking forces. Culc- bra and, Vieques, nearby islands, will be attacked by amphibious landing troops and Naval Air pow er flying from Puerto Rico and from flattops. Two night fighter squadrons of the Second Wing, VMF (N)114, flying F6F's and VMF-531 flying F7F's will be used in the role of defending aircraft and will be in aerial operations against the air support attack. Tentative plans call for all hands to be back at Cherry Point in late March. Troops returning via ship will be given liberty in Havana, Cuba for three or four days after the operation. Regular liberty will be by air for most of the aviation specialists, making the trip via Ma rine aircraft, and will be afforded regularly during the stay in Puerto Rico. There will be a practice period for the Second Wing after the for mal Second Task fleet exercises are completed. It is possible MAG- 11 will be airlifted, as a group, from St. Croix island to Puerto Rico by Marine air transports around the 11th of March. Last winter Marine Air Group 11 was in Puerto Rico for maneuvers with the Second Task fleet, rein forced by Marine transport squad ron 252, Marine fighter squadron (N)-531 and Marine photographic squadron 354. Court Receipts Total $58,021.04 for 1948 Court costs, fines, and miscel lancous fees for 1948 amounted to $58,021.04, a total of $7,336.70 more than for 1947, according to a report by A. II. James, clerk, of superior court. From these receipts $33,547.97 was paid to the county and the remainder was paid to officers, witnesses, the State, and to vari ous individuals for damages. The .payment , to the. county showed an increase over 1947 of approximately $10,000. Paid to the clerk's office in trust funds during 1948 was $6,843.43. Mr. James commented, "We feel justified in estimating that about 70 per cent of our income for the year came through recorder's court. However, the business of the court In general showed re markable increase during the year.'. Two Girls Receive Slight Injuries When Car Crashes Near Harlowe Baptists Begin New Building ft Leaders of the first Baptist church arc pictured here at the ground-breaking ceremony for the new educational building which will be located at Ninth and Bridges streql. Thev are, reading from left to right, J. G. Bennett, It. T. Willis, Jr., James Willis, W. C. Matthews, Mrs. Gordon Willis. David B. Webb, W. C. Carlton, George McNeill, Dr. John Bunn, holding the spade, Malt Nelson, It. T. Willis, Sr., Mrs. Louis Norris, Mrs. John Bunn, Mrs. O. B. Wade, and Mrs. .1. F. Giddens. Photo by Dan Wade Ministers Select Rev. W. Caviness Hospital Chaplain The Rev. W. D. Caviness. pastor Of Franklin Memorial Methodist church, has been selected by both the Morehead City Ministerial as sociation and the Coastal Minis terial association to serve as hos pital chaplain. Mr, Caviness will be on call at all times for a'tcncne to patient in the hospital. It will also be his duty to keep the ministers 'inform ed of members of their congrega tions who arc hospitalized. At the meeting of the Coastal Ministerial association yesterday morning in the civic center, Dr. John Bunn was appointed chair man of a committee to cooperate with THE NEWS-TIMES ill com pilation of church news. Serving on this committee will be the Rev. Winfrey Davis, Beaufort, and Mr. Caviness. The ministers were urged to back the health department's mass X-ray program which will begin next month. The address at yesterday's meet ing was made by the Rev. J. M.. Jolliff, pastor of Newport Metho dist church. His topic was "The Life of St. Paul." Dcvotionals were in charge of the Rev. C. Maness Mitchell, pas tor of the Beaufort Methodist cir cuit. His theme was greater faith, a challenge for the new year. The Itcv. H. L. Harrcll, pre sident, conducted the business ses sion. Covering the Rv Avcock Brown NEW BERN, N. C This would be a good year for New Bern to have a big celebration commemora ting the 200th anniversary of the introduction of printing into North Carolina. If a celebration is not in order, then it may be a good idea to invite the North Carolina Press Association to have a meet ing here. Printing was introduced into North Carolina in 1749 by James Davis of Virginia. He set up his press in New Bern near tjie pre sent location of Broad and East Front Street and there is a histori cal marker erected to his memory. In addition to being the first printer to set up a press in the State, he was also one of the first postmasters of this old Craven city at the confluence of the Ncusc and Trent River. When he came to New Bern the town was only about 40 years old. It had been founded by a Swiss named dcGraffcnrcid, who had migrated here, during the year 1709 and established a settle ment, which he named after his native Berne. James Davis during his career in New Bern must have been a very busy man. In addition to be ing the town's printer and post master he also held a commission as magistrate under Governor Try on whose palace here was a show place at the time. : " Two' years after setting up his press here, Davis started, in 1751, the publication of a newspaper North Carolina's first.' It Was call ed The North Carolina Gazette "with freshest advices foreign and Cherry Point-Beaufort Line Erection Begins Work starts this morning on extension of the power line from Cherry Point to Beau fort, George Stovall, local manager for Tide Water Power company, announced yesterday. The right-of-way crew has been working for two weeks and the next few weeks will be spent in locating poles and selling crossarms. This new line will make it unnecessary for Beaufort to depend on the Morehead City substation to relay power from ' Cnrry Point. Line erection hi -in tMi gt of W. A. Ward, con struction superintendent for Midland Construction Com pany. Plans to put in this circuit were made last year following the ice storm which left Beau fort without power for almost two days. R. C. Godwin to Speak At Friday Legion Meeting K. C. Godwin, North Carolina ve terans employee representative for the United States Employment ser vice and state membership chair man for the American Legion, will speak Friday night at the Jan uary meeting of American Legion post No. 46'in the Legion hut west of Morehead City. Theme of Mr. Godwin's talk will he membership. Skinner Chalk, the post's membership chairman, has requested that all members attend the meeting and suggested that Mr. Godwin's talk will be of inter est to all veterans. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. Waterfront domestic." The newspaper was a weekly and it continued for about six years. On the 27th day of May in 1706 The Gazette again appear ed and continued until the Revo lution. Whether Davis was its pub lisher during the latter period, my reference book does not say. James Davis also published the first book in North Carolina. This was in the year 1752, a rcvisal of the Acts of the General Assembly, a small folio. Yellow leather was used in binding the book, so it became known as the "Yellow Jacket." Two hundred years after Davis had set up his press which did of ficial printing for the colony, an other firm that of Owen G. Dunn is doing similar printing for the State. Two hundred years . after the state's first newspaper was born here, New Bern still had one news paper, The Sun Journal, an after noon daily and a good one. hundred years after the State's first newspaper was born here, New Bern still had one newspa per, The Sun Journal, an afternoon daily and a good one. 1 don't know whether New Bern will try to promote any celebra tion commemorating the birth of printing in North Carolina -and here, but it's a natural for some good publicity about a historical city that is proud of its history. Site of the first printing here in New Bern at the present time seems to be the subject of some dispute but it does not involve a newspaper. It involves the loca Sce WATERFRONT Pf. 4 Two colored girls were slightly injured Sunday night when a '49 Lincoln, driven by Walter Rober son Copes, colored, of Beaufort, crashed into a (rep on route 101 near Harlowe. The car belongs to Frank Leonard, ilea.iiort, who was not in Ihe car at iiie lime. The girls, Maltic Bell Garrison, Hi, Beaufort, and Nellie Hender son. 25, Mansfield, were treated at Morehead C it y hospital and dis charged. Copes, who is Mr. Leo nard's chauffeur, was uninjured. Damage to the car has been csji mated at $1,200. according to Slate Hmliv:'y Patrolman It. W. Fowler who investigated. Mr. Leonard car ried no insurance on the car which is being repaired now at Newport. The accident occurred at 7:30 Sunday night. Copes was leaving Ihe hridue near the intersection of the Mill Creek road and high way 101 "and tried to straighten out Ihe curve at a high rate of speed," Patrolman Fowler said. The car ran off the left side of the road, skidded approximately 75 yards, traveling the last 30 yards sidewisc and crashed into a large pine tree in fronl of Charlie Bell's stoic. The whole right front of the car was smashed. The Garrison girl has an' injured back and neck and sustained bruises about the face. The Henderson girl sprained an ankle and received a cut on the leg. It is reported that Copes was permitted to use the car when he was not chauffering Mr. Leonard. Two X-Ray Units To Operate Here Two X-ray machines will operate in the county during the mass X ray program which will begin Feb. 15, Dr. N. Thomas Ennctt, health officer, has announced. One trailer, equipped with a ma chine, will begin operation in the western part of the county and work toward Morehead City, while the other will begin at the eastern part and work toward Beaufort. The machines will operate one week at Beaufort and Morehead City and will stay one day at the following places: Stella Pcllcti cr's store, Kuhms Young's store, Pclletier postofficc, Cedar Point Week's store, Boguc near Smith's store, Ocean Hartfield's filling station. Broad creek near church, Newport Nine-Foot road at Church of Christ and on the Nine Foot road at the Masontown sign, also at Newport postoffice, Junc tion of highway 24 and 70 Buck's filling station, Mansfield Mans field's filling station, Salter Path near school. , Atlantic near net factory, Sea Level near Primitive Baptist church. Stacy near Gaskill's store. Davis postoffice, Willlston post office, Smyrna near Chadwick's and Smith's store, Mar kers Island near school, Otway near old postofficc, Bcttic Spivcy's store, and Harlowe and Russell's Creek. Christmas Seal Sale Nets $1,418 to Date Latest figures for the tubercul osis Christmas seal sale in Cart eret county stand at $1,416.55, Mrs. Martha Loftin, executive secretary of the TB association, has an nounced. A $2,000 goal was set for Carter et county and it was hoped by Wiley Taylor, Jr., chairman of the drive, that $3,000 would be raised. Reminders are being sent out, asking persons to make contribu tions now if they did not do so be fore Christmas. Tide Table HIGH LOW Tuesday, Jan. II :10 AM 11:41 AM 9:25 PM 11:31 PM Wednesday, Jan. 12 '0:02 AM 12 midnight 6:18 PM 12:32 PM Thursday, Jan. 13 6:53 AM 12:22 AM 7:07 PM 1:20 PM Friday, Jan. 14 ' 7:41 AM 1:12 AM 7:57 PM 2:07 PM Inspection Lane Due in Morehead Thursday, Jan. 20 The motor vehicle inspection lane for this area will come to Morehead City next Thursday for a two ami a half day stay. In ac cordance with the motor vehicle law of 1947. all motor vehicles will have to be inspected twice each year, beginning with 1949. The first inspection period will be from Jan. 1 to June 30 and the second inspection period will bo from July 1 to Dec. 31. Although the various model cars may he inspected at any time dur ing the first period and again at any time during the second period, the following dates have been set for the first semi-annual inspec tion: (1) All motor vehicles of year model up to and including the year models 1036 shall be inspect ed on or before January 31, 1949. (2) All motor vehicles of the year models 1937 and 1938 shall be inspected on or before February 20, 1949. (3) All motor vehicles of the year models 19119 and 1940 shall be inspected on or before March 31, 1949. (4) All motor vehicles of the year models 1941 and 1942 shall be inspected on or before April 30, 1949. (5) All motor vehicles of the year models 1943 thru ,1947 shall WfJVwtod on tc bulrfp May 31, (6) All motor vehicles of the year models 194H and 1949 shall be inspected on or before June 30, 1949. Tax Collector Beminds Payers of New Form 1040 A in C. 11. Itobertson, collector of in ternal revenue for the North Caro lina district, today called atten tion of tapaycrs to the new op tional form 1040A income tax re turn blank. This is the new form which may be filed by most wage . earners with incomes of less than $.3,000 who want the collector to compute their tax. Formerly, a similar form wis printed on the back of the with holding statements which employ ers furnish to all employees sub ject to withholding. This year, the' form has been printed on a sepa rate sheet of paper in order to provide more space for writing ahfj instructions, and to minimize pro blems of those taxpayers who work for more than one employer. Co pies of the new form are available at most employers' offices, banks, post offices, and at the collector's office at Greensboro, N. C. Employers will continue to issue withholding statements to employ ees. Each employee must attach the original copy of each of his withholding statements to his in come tax return, whether he files on the new form 1040A or the re gular income tax blank, form 1040. By law, employers are required to furnish annual withholding statements for the year 1948 not' later January 31, unless in unusual circumstances they get an exten sion of lime from the collector. ' Committeemen Make Leaf Acreage Adjustments Agriculture Adjustment Admi nistration committeemen of Car teret county met Thursday night with B. J. May, production market ing administrator, made acreage adjustments in tobacco and dis cussed the program for 1949... ' ' Carl Bunn, district field PMA representative, attended the meet ing which was held in Mr. May's office in the postoffice building. Mr. May said he was gratified with the splendid attendance. AH committeemen, except one who failed to get his notice, were pre sent. , .: .. . -v Mr. , May remarked . also that farmers cannot bo informed as to their potato acreage allotment Un til the county allotment is received from Ralcjgh. As soon as this in formation cornea from ithe state capital the final allotments will be computed and the farmers noti fied. , , I