rSSE CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (EtUblUhed 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (EetablUhed 1936) 38th YEAR, NO. 64 EIGHTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1949 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS^ AND FRIDAYS Countians , Graduates Will Hear Talk by Prominent Political Figure Morehead Board Reduces Speed Limit on Evans Street Jaycees Offer Town Assistance On Housing Deal Morehead City Jaycees have of fered their help and assistance to the town if it is needed towards gaining low rent Federal housing for Morehead City. Jaycees ex tended the offer at their Monday night meeting in the Fort Macon hotel dining room. Skinner Chalk, Jr., proposed j that Jaycees investigate the pos sibility of obtaihing the housing, which was authorized under a re cent Federal bousing bill. Those present voted in favor of the plan and offered to work in any way if their help is needed. Bruce Goodwin stated that mos quitoes were becoming increasing ly thicker all the time and said that the aid of a government en tomologift from Cherry Point and the use of Marine DDT could be obtained if the county commiss ioners would so request. Some discussion took place over wheth er the DDT would prove harmful to certain crops but it was finally agreed that the entomologist would know what atea to avoid. A letter was sent to the commiss ioners asking that they request Marine assistance in fighting the pests. Harvey Hamilton, Jr., Warren Beck, and James Robert Sanders were appointed a committee to contact county superintendent of schools, Harvey Joslyn, and of fer Jaycce assistance in obtaining sufficient grounds for the propos ed new Negro school to be built in Morehead City. A letter was read from Charles Cooper, Durham photographer who recently won the Miss North Carolina photography contest, thanking Jaycees for their hospi tality and courtesy toward him while he was present for the beau ty pageant. Walter Morris dis See JAYCEES) Page 6 Rev. J. 1 Harris Accepts Norehead City Pastorate The Rev. j(, Albert Harris has accepted the pastorate of the Free will Baptist church, Morehead City, and will begin his duties there Sunday. He succeeds the Rev. J. C. Griffin who has been pastor and acting pastor for the past 26 months. Mr. Griffin will leave today to attend a church conference at Chipley, Fla., and after his re turn will reside with his wife at New Bern. Mr. Harris, 26 years of age, is serving at present at Pine Level. He is well accomplished in the ] music field and has attended the Bob Jones college and the Free Will Baptist Bible college at Nash ville, Tenn. His wife who is a music teacher expects to teach and to assist in the church program. Mr. Griffin requested the pub lic to .attend Sunday's service and welcome the new pastor. Lightning lWftf iithI Light Cirrail to fafcd Trouble on the Beaufort street light circuit which caused the town to lie in darkness Tuesday night and the early part of Wednesday night wns discovered at 10 p.m. Wednesday. George Stovall, manager of Tide W.ter Power company, said that lightning apparently went in on a street light head, melting the copper inside the insulation, thus making the defect difficult to de tect. After using all testing devices, the crew went to work, removing each street light held, and finally discovered the difficulty last night * The tanker Esso Montpelier ar rived in port yeaterduy afternoon from Paytown, Tex, with a cargo of gasoline, kerosene and bunker fuel oil. It will probably depart for Baytown aometime today. ? ? The speed limit on Evans street, formerly 35 miles an hour, was re duced to 25 miles an hour and two additional stop lights (or the street were ordered by Morehead City cumnliisionf rs at their Tuesday night meeting in the Municipal building. Commissioners spent a lengthy period discussing the Evans street traffic situation before finally de ciding to reduce the speed limit and install the lights at the cor ners of 12th and 21st streets where they cross Evans The discussion was provoked by Commissioner D G. Bell's presenting the toWn board with several petitions from Evans street residents. The petitions requested the board to require one side, one-way parking on the street. There were eight identical petitions with a total of 110 signatures. Attorney Alvah Hamilton ex amined one of the petitions and discovered that five of the signa tures were in one person's hand writing and Mayor George W. Dill, Jr., found both a man and his wife's signatures on another. The mayor and Mr. Hamiltoh agreed that there were probably similar duplications in the other copies. It was agreed that though there were the signatures of a fairly large per centage of the street's residents, that the petition would have to be bypassed for the pre sent time. The consensus was that there would be just as many peo ple who had not signed the peti tions who were against one side parking as there were those in favor of it. Also, a recent recommendation by a representative from the State Highway Patrol, that in his opinion the street shAuld not have one side ride parking, was taken into con sideration. The board seemed to agree that there was a definite traffic hazard on the street. It stated that if re ducing the speed limit and adding more stop lights did not help, it would then consider the one side parking proposition. A request from Ben H. Gray, delivered by Mayor Dill, asking the board to compensate him for expenses he incurred while assist ing in promotional work in 1938 1939 concerned with obtaining a race track in Morehead City was heard. The board recognized the fact that he had done such work but it was its opinion that the town had not authorized the work and therefore it was in no way financially obligated to compensate him for it. Mayor Dill disclosed that the wooden coal bin behind the Mu nicipal building had disintegrated and that a new one would have to be built. , He said that he had al ready nctified several builders of the need and had given them spe cifications and asked for bids. The bin is to be 16 feet wide, 25 feet lone and ' feet high, con structed of concrete blocks with See BOARD Page 6 Stalemate Lingers in Cannery Issue i i. ? Again no conclusion was reach ed at a Beaufort Cannery a bank ruptcy hearing in Raleigh Tues day, this time because Carteret county witnesses scheduled to ap pear failed to show up. The hearing was called 'by re feree in bankruptcy Joseph B. Chesire, Jr., in an effort to settle various financial and legal diffi culties involving the cannery. A similiar hearing was held late last month but no conclusion could be reached since all necessary' testimony could not be heard. Harry Whitehurst, A. T. Leary, and E. W Copeland, all Morehead City and Beaufort residents, had promised to be preaent to give testimony, it was reported None ef the three appeared and con sequently Mr. Chesire waa forced to call another hearing for Aug ust 29. Subpoenaa will be issued for the witnesses to appear at that hearing to make certain they will show up. O. C. Lawrence and T. O. Williams, both county residents, will also be subpoenaed to present testimony at the hear ing Wiley H. Taylor, Jr., Beaufort attorney who is trustee for the bankrupt cannery firm, was pre sent at the Tuesday hearing aa was George W. Bait. Morehesd City attorney representing credit* ors of the firm. Board Will Not Consider New Law Until Next Spring No new shrimp regulations will be considered by the Board of Conservction and Development un til nejet spring, Roy Hampton said at the conclusion of a two-day in spection trip Thursday and Friday over Pamlico Sound shrimping grounds by the commercial fish eries committee, of which he is chairman. Hampton said that claims that numerous out-of-state boats had in vaded the shrimping territory and that thousands of pounds of small fish arc being killed daily by the shrimp trawlers "appear to have been terribly exaggerated." "There are right many boats in there, but not as many as claimed," Hampton said. "Also many fish are being debtroyed, but no more than last yeai." The trip by the commercial fisb-' cries committee carried it to Englehard, out into Pamlico sound and across to Hatteras. The group spent Thursday afternoon on the sound, that night at Hatteras and the next day in the sound. Mainly, Hampton said, it was a "get acquainted" trip for the com mittee members. Accompanying him were Fred Latham of Bel haven, Mrs. Roland McClamroch of Chapel Hill and A. H. Guion of Charlatlr Eric Rodgers of Scot land Ncck, the other committee member, Wts'Uhable to go. It is customary for the commit tee to hold a public hearing on proposed shrimp regulations. No hearing would be necessary until the regular bearing next April or May it was reported. , "There seems to be nothing to get terribly alarmed about," Hamp ton said. He admitted there is "quite a congestion" of shrimping boat^ in the canal at Englehard. "The ditch just isn't adequate," he added, es timating that about 200 boats an chor there. ' Conservation Director George Ross ha* instructed the Division of See New Law Page 6 Residents of Carteret aod ad joining counties will have an op portunity to hear at 8 o'clock to night the man who has caused an international and national stir in the political, religious, and educa tional field ? Congressman Gra ham A. Barden of North Carolina's third Congressional district. Congressman Barden's federal aid to education bill has caused dispute and worldwide comment involving Cardinal Spellman, Mrs. Eleanore Roosevelt and Pope Pius. He will deliver the commence ment address at the graduation of Morehead City Technical in stitute which will be held at More head City high school tonight. The topic of the Congressman's address has not yet been released. Prior to the commencement, a dinner will be served to 32 invited quests at the MCTI dining room. Among them will be administra tive officers of North Carolina State college, mayors of the coun ty's three incorporated towns, of ficers of the Chambers of Com merce, civic leaders, political lead ers and members of the press. Those who received invitations are Congressman Barden; Col. J. W. Harrelson, Dean J. H. Lampe, E. W. Ruggles, and Rudolph Pate, all of State college; State Sena tors D. L. Ward, New Bern; and John D. Larkin, Jr., Trenton. H. J. McDonald and Aycock Brown, New Bern; Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, Carteret County health office; Dan Walker, manager of the Beaufort Chamber of Com merce; Dr. W. L. Woodard, presi dent of the Beaufort Chamber of Commerce; L. W. Hassell, mayor of Beaufort; Dr. L. W. Moore, i chairman of the county board of j education; Lockwood Phillips, pub I lisher of the Carteret County NEWS TIMES. Lambert Morris, county record er, and Clayton Fulcher, both of Atlantic; A. R. Craig, mayor of Newport; R. L. Pruit, principal of Newport school; Irvin Davis, | register of deeds; Robert G. Lowe, manager of Morehead City Cham ber of Commerce; George W^DilL mayor of Morehead CitJfJlr Dr. J. W. Morris, president of the Morehead City Chamber of Commerce; Dr. K. P. B. Bonner, chairman of the county board of commissioners; Charles V. Webb, member 'of the county board of education; H. L. Joslyn, county superintendent of schools; H. S. Gibbs, Carteret county's repre sentative in the legislature. Luther Hamilton, former com mercila fisheries court judge; Dr. B. F. Royal, Cafct. John A. Nelson, state commercial fisher ies commissioner; Alvah Hamilton, county counsel; and Dr. J. H. Bunn, pastor of the First Baptist church, Morehead City. Children of JOUAM Home To Present Concert Monday One of the features of Mon day night's supper meeting of tfie Harkers Island, Beaufort, and Morehead City councils of the Junior Order, American Mechan ics will be a concert by. the teen age children of the JOUAM home of Lexington. The meeting will begin at 7 o'clock at the Carteret county recreation center, Shep ard street, Morehead City. It is expected that approximate ly 100 will be initiated into the order that night. Actively seek ing members here has been L. T. McColl, field man from South Carolina. The Slate convention of the JOUAM will take* place *t At lantic Beach Monday through Wednesday with headquarters at the Ocean King hotel. Members of local councils serv ing as the convention committee are the following: Morehead City Lodge No. 252: Alvah L. Hamil ton, chairman, W. C. Matthews, Dave W. Freshwater, and M. T. Mills. Beaufort Lodge No. 248: C. Z. Chappell. chairman, William L. Hatsell, Clarence Guthrie, and J. H. Neal. Brotherhood Council No. 338, Harker'B Island: M. L. Yeomans, chairman, Telford Willis and Irvin Willis. Pictures of four distinguished guests who will attend the con vention appear on page 1, section 2 of today's paper. The Beaufort Journal, in its is sue yesterday, confirmed the re port that aegOtlations are in pro cess for the Journal This report was made by the Carteret County NEWS-TIMES last Tuesday.' One party from Long Islsnd now holds options on the Besufort pa per and another Jirm in Carteret county has been offered the week ly. Music Provides Rotarians' Fun One of the best programs of the year was enjoyed by Beaufort Rotarions Tuesday night at th? Inlet Inn when Mr. and Mrs. Grayden Paul provided the spark that set off a full evening of music. Mrs. Paul played a number of aelections on the piano and her husband led the club in a group singing. Jack Oakley, Vocational Service committee chairman, announced that Ben Copeland had been ap pointed to serve with him on the 1 committee. Just prior to the regular meet- , ing, the president held a meeting i with the board of directors andj heard from Graham Duncan, chairman of the classification I committee, and Numa Euro, chair- 1 man of the membership committ ee. According to Dr. TTiomas En nett, club president, the work of these two committees is of prime importance in building up the membership ? of the club. Viaitors were Eldon Jones, Dur ham, Ben Booth. Danville, Va? Lawrence Stroud, and J. D. Par ker Greenville, and Frank Exum, Morebead City. R. B. White, manager of the I White lee Cream and Milk com- < pany, Morehead, announced today I that Pure-Pak container*, in which . White producta are packaged, have < been granted use of the Good I Houaekeeping Guarantee Seal. i Police Question Negroes; Believe Danger Yet Lurks Atlantic Baptists to Build Thomas Nelson, using the spadr. breaks ground for the new Bap tist church at Atlantic. The ground breaking service was held early last month. Standing to the right of Mr. Nelson is the Rev. L. C. Chandler, pastor, at the extreme right, O. C. Lawrence, contractor. Members of the congregation are in the background. Committeemen To Meet Seed Dealers At 9 This Morning I Carteret County Agricultural I Conservation association commit teemen will hold a meeting with county seed dealers this morning at 9 o'clock in the ACA office, Beaufort, to discuss seed prices for the coming year. Seed dealers will submit prices they intend to charge for yarious senior and the ifcimiiit&em&rf will therl decide on the price they con sider will be fair bftth to farmers and dealers "alike. These will be the prices charged this year. At 10 o'clock the committee men and representatives of other agricultural agencies will meet for the purpose of selecting 'ACP prac tices for the 1950 program. A national outline of practices for* 1950 was prepared by the ACP office in Washington based on recommendations of farmers throughout the country. This out line was submitted to the state committees of the 48 states and the state committees in turn se lected those practices that are ap plicable to the separate states. A state handbook was then drawn up with recommended prac tices included, and submitted to the counties. The county commit tees finally select the practices necessary for their counties and a county handbook is prepared and given to each farmer showing hini all recommended practices for his respective county. Two of the main practices be ing stressed in Carteret county are permanent pastures and drain- , age (open ditch and tile), and both practices have proved effec-| tive here, B. J. May administrator reported. Farmers Receiva Notices On 1950 Wheal Allotments Wheat acreage allotment noti- | ccs for 1930 have been mailed to Carteret county farmers and work , Is now being done on establishing cotton allotments for 1950, the , county Production Marketing Ad- , ministration office announced to lay. I Cotton acreage notices will pro- , bably be mailed in the fall, PMA officer B. J. May said. He added ? that present indications arc that | allotments for 1950 will be neces sary because of he large surplus . at cotton now on hand. Skidding Car Snap Off Telephone Pole Wednesday A telephone poie was snapped off and a '35 Ford coupc dam i?jed to the extent of $150 at I o'clock Wednesday morning on highway 70 approximately 75 J pards east of the Carteret Craven line. No one was injured. The Ford was being driven by William A. Haslof, a Marine, of \JMR 252, Cherry Point. Haslof told the investigating officer that he apparently fell asleep. The car ran into a ditch and struck the pole, skidding about 100 feet. A Marine riding with Haslof es caped injury. He was. not iden tified by the investigating patrol man, W. J. Smith, Jr. Circle to Sponsor Organ, Chimes Recital Tonight Alma Potter Circle of Ann Street Methodist church will present Mr. Theodore Webb of Morehead City and New Ro chelle, N. Y.? in a concert oil the chimes and organ at 8 o'clock this evening. Mr. Webb, an organist of national renown, is spending his vacation in Morehead City with his wife. The concert is being given for the benefit of the building fund of the church. A silver offering will be taken. Ports Authority Retains Engineers J. E. Griner Company of Balti more and Durham has been retain ed by the State Ports authority for port construction at Morchead Ci ty This move, an indication of the rapid movement toward materiali zation of port development plans, was made Tuesday. The engineer ing firm of Roberts and Company, Atlanta, Ga., has been retained for work at Wilmington. A. G. Myers, Gastonia, chairman of the Ports authority, expressed the hope that leases will be re ceived within the next few days for a portion of the government owned shipyard at Wilmington and for the present port terminal fa cilities. The authority is hoping to re ceive a 75-year lease from the Morchead City Ports commission and a 50 year lease from the U. S. Maritime commission for Wilming ton property. The lease on the Morehead City property, a member of the author ity said, involtcs assumption by the State Ports authority of the debt of the Morchead City Ports commission. This authority member Mid that i tentative agreement calls for the luthority to pay off $138,000 owed to the Reconstruction Finance cor poration without interest, which to tals $30,000. The arrangement also calls for the authority to settle t debt of $213,000 owed by the Morehead City commission to the State-con trolled Atlantic and North Caro lina Railroad for $13,800 ? 10 per :ent of the principal of $138,000. This is subject to the approval of the railroad's board of directors. After leases arc received, he idded, iiie authority plans to start actual construction work "just as juickly s we can." The engineering firms will draw up the actual construction plans and oversee construction work, rhey will receive a commission of [our per cent of the project costs [or their services. Myers said, sdd ng that their retention is subject to approval by the Governor and iie Council of State Comni.saion Member Nello L. Teer said plans are to call (or bids ind award contracts for the work it Wilmington and Morehead City ta soon as the engineering firms ran complete their work. It ia hoped Jhst blda can be asked in three or four months he said. Proposals for the leasing of the Morehead City property and for :he Wilmington property have wen discussed with the Morehead City Ports commission and the U. 5.* Maritime commission. Marshall Johnson, Negro of the North River road was released by police authorities ytsterday noon after extensive questioning follow ing two break-ins in Beaufort early yesterday morning. Another Negro, "Pap" Parker of Harlowe, was being held in the Beaufort town jail pending further investi gation of the attempted entry to the Leonard Register h \c. Queen street, early Wednesday morning. County and town police both ex pressed the belief, however, that the actual culprits are yet at large. The fact that there were two more break-ins after Parker's arrest in dicates that he is not responsible for yesterday morning's crimes. The intruder (or intruders) yes terday morning attempted to lift the screen at the home of Mrs. I Nina Brady in the 200 block of Fulford street, but was frightened off; hovever $2.50 was taken from the James Musselwhite apartment on the first floor of Mrs. Macon Snowden's home, Craven street. Both Johnson and Parker were taken into custody after being sought out by bloodhounds. The hounds, owned privately, arc used by the Authorities when necessary and were brought here from Jack sonville and Greenville. I A scream from the Brady house frightened away the person at tempting to enter there and the night policeman, Carlton Garner, went to that home at 2 a.m. At 3 a.m., he said he received the call to Craven street where Mrs. Musselwhite is reported to have I said she was awakened by someone grabbing her big toe. j Beaufort police have spent two sleepless nights in a fruitless at tempt to stem the tide of burglar ies and break-ins. Chief of Police Louis Willis, red-eyed, Officer Garner, unshaven, and Officer Hi ram Kerr have been working every minute astisting two State Bureau of Investigation men, S. G. Gibbs and II. H. Starling. Sheriff Gehrmann Holland and Deputy Sheriff Murray Thomas have bev*n working closely on the cases with town officials. Officer Garner reported that he was called to the Register home at 2:30 Wednesday morning where j he found that the screen was torn out of the window. Mrs. Register | told the officer she heard the sound I at the screen but thought that it i her kitten climbing up the wire mesh. Then when someone touch- 1 ed her prm she screamed. The intruder immediately left and the policeman was summoned by Mr. Register. Mrs. Register ; was her kitten climbing up the wire I i the person attempting to get in i could reach her without coming througn. Mr Gamer said that prior to the Register call he was notified by j See POLICE Page 6 Two Cars Collide I Id Norefaead City Damage totalling an estimated $225 waa caused to two automob iles when they collided on Evans street at $:45 Wednesday after noon. George Riley I^cwis, Morchcad City, was traveling east on Evans between 8th and 7th streets when he- cut left into the line of on coming traffic in order to turn in to a driveway, according to police. Lewis' car, a 1947 Kaiser, struck the front end of a 1941 Ford driven by Nathan D. Gilli kin, Beaufort, RED, and damaged the front end of the Ford consid erably. Gillikin received bruises and a skinned forehead as a re sult of the accident otherwise no injuries were suffered. Damage to the Kaiser was esti mated at $75 and $150 to the Ford. No charges were preferred since tbe two drivers agreed to settle the matter out of court. Tide Table (Tides at Beaufort Bar) HIGH LOW Friday, August 19 3:35 a.m. 9:36 a.m. 4:11 p.m. 10:33 p.m. 8-itnrday, August 2$ 4:38 a.tf. 10:39 a.m. 3:10 p.m. 11:49 p.m. Sunday, August 21 5:36 a.m. 11:39 a.m. 6:05 p.m. 12 midnight . Monday, August 2t 6:29 a m 12:34 a.m. 6:56 p.m. 12:34 p.m. Tueaday, August 21 7:20 a.m. 1:20 a.m. 7:48 p.m. 1:27 pjn. Baptist Pastor |Wi 1 Head CROP Appointmenl of The Rev. Winfrey Davis Announ ed Al Ministerial Mealing The Rev. Winfrey Davis, pastor of First Baptist church, Beaufort, J will serve as chairman of the coun ty Christian Rural Overseas pro gram this fall. Th< announcement of his ap pointment was made Monday morn ing at the meeting of the Coastal Ministerial association at the Civic center, Morehead City. This is a program throughout the nation, sponsored by the churches, to help starving peoples of the world. It originated mainly as a rural program emphasizing flow of pro ; dtice from the farms, but it has ! spread into every state on a much broader scale. New officers of the ministerial association will be elected next month. Appointed to the nomina ting committee were the Rev. T. R. Jenkins, Beaufort, the Rev. Win frey Davis, Beaufort, and the Rev. It. L. Lawrence, Morehead City. The Rev. Priestly Conyers, new pastor ot Webb Memorial Presby terian church, was accepted as a member of the organization. He led the devotional on "Love" at Monday's meeting. The Itcv. Ben Annell, Duke Uni versity divinity student, who is assisting this summer on the Beau 1 fort cucuit of the Methodist church, read a paper on "The Church" in the absence of the Rev. C. M. Mitchell who was scheduled to speak. The Rev. H. L. llarrell, Straits, president of the association, was in charge of the meeting, i Skipper Report On Coming Ouise "Things arc shipshape for the Tar Heels Afloat Labor Day 1 cruise from Morehead City-Beau fort to Wrightville Beach and Wilmington," it wan announced today by George Eastman, Beau fort to Wrightsville Beach and boating organization. Plans call for assembly at the Morehead City yacht basin Friday night, Sept. 2, with local enter- , tainment aboard the boats, at At lantic Beach and at Carolina _ Racing association grounds. Sat urday morning, bright and early, a flotilla of some 60 boats will *j shove off down the Inland Water- ! way for the 70-mile run to W/ightsville Beach. Docking will be at Wrightsville Marina. Sunday morning, guides will pi lot any fishermen over the Wrightsville bar and to, they say, sure-catch fishing shoals. Sunday afternoon, the Wilmington- t Wrightsville hosts will take their guests on an auto tour of the entire New Hanover area, begin ning at 2:30. The annual ban quet and business meeting is at Lumina at 7:00 Sunday night. Tar Heels Afloat is a non profit, dutch-treat organization j for boat-lovers and eastern North Carolina development-m i n d e d boat owners. Two cruises this \ summer, to New Bern and Bel- , j haven, have involved some 100 | boats. Membership cards and pen nants may be obtained from head quarters at Chambers of Com- 3 merce in New Bern, Beaufort, and . Morehead City. 1 Mtws Briefs The Carteret County Business j an<J Professional Woman's club will meet at 7 o'clock Tuesday -j night in the Ann Street Methodist 1 educational building at Beaufort. A program will follow dinner. 1 The condition of little Barbara 1 Sue Simpson. 3-year-old daughtar 3 of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Simpson, 3 Beaufort, who was struck by an automobile Monday afternoon, hi 3 favorable, according to Dr. Joha . 3 E. Way. The child's left leg was '' broken in the accident. John Bunyan Congleton, Bean- J fort, was admitted to the Stata hospital at Dig Hill W.drwaday | afternoon. Th? aged Beaufort peddler was taken to the hoapltal by Sharif! Gehrmana Holland.

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