NEWS-TIMES OFFICES
Beaufort
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Morehead City
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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936)
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38th YEAR; NO. 84 SIXTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1949 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRiDAYS
Council Pays High Tribute
To Fisheries Research Institute
Air Enthusiasts
To Meet Tonight
With CAP Officers
CAP Considers Possibili
ty of Establishing Unit
In Carteret County
Carteret county air enthusiasts
will meet with officers of the Ci
vilian Air patrol at 8 o'clock to
night at the Inlet inn, Beaufort,
to discuss possibility of organ
izing a CAP unit here.
Capt. Harvey A McKee, Air
force-CAP liasion oificer, inform
ed Dan Walker manager of the j
Beaufort chamber of commerce,
that he and Col. George D. Wash
burn would make an inspection
trip to this area and meet with
those interested in a CAP unit.
Captain McKee said, "Our na
tional program now encompasses
all activities, used by or related ;
to, aviation. Out National Radio
Net is one* of the finest of its
kind in the nation and will def- !
initely have great interest appeal
to amateur radio fans.
"Our Cadet program, for boys
and airls, ages fifteen (15) through
seventeen (17), is aimed at giving
every youngster in our nation who
is interested in aviation, a tho
rough knowledge and understand
ing of this subject.
"Our service rendered to air
minded America by our Scarch
and Rescue squadrons have been
favorably commented on by civic
minded groups throughout the
country and our plans in this re
?pect will enable us to do even
greater service."
Both the Beaufort and Morchead
City chambers of commcrce re
quested that CAP officers investi
gated the possibility of establish
ing a unit Ml Carteret county.
Among those expected at the
meeting tonight are Jack Savage,
Earl Taylor, Tom Mills, Mr. Walk
er.
Home Nursing
Course Considered
A discussion of the possibility
of establishing a home nursing
progrjm in the public schools took
place Tuesday afternoon when
Mrs. Marion Everett, general field
representative of the southeastern
area, American Red Cross, met
with Dr. N. Thomas Ennett. chair
man of the eastern Carteret coun
ty Red Cross district.
It was agreed that more than
likely such a home nursing pro
gram can be instituted. The de
sirability of organizing a Junior
Red Cross in the schools was also
discussed as were plans for the
annual Red Cross fund-raising
campaign to be held in March.
Mrs. Everett expressed the opi
nion that this area should be well
organized for relief work, particu
larly in connection with damage
done by windstorms.
The resignation of Mrs. Harry
McGinnis as home service chair
man was accepted and Mrs. James
D. Rumley was appointed to fill
the vacancy. Other appointments
were Mrs. Ed Potter as treasurer
and Lockwood Phillips as publi
city director.
Mrs. Fred Boswell Wins
Prize on Wedding Cake
Mrs. Fred Roswell, Beaufort
RFD, won a blue ribbon and $5
cash premium on a 28-inch three
tiered decorated wedding cake
she entered at the State fair last
week.
The cake stood on a mirror
which was 22 inches in diameter
and gracing the edge of the mir
ror were white icing swans and
minute pink rosebuds and pale
green leaves.
The cake was topped with an
elaborate chapel decoration un
der which stood a bride and
groom. In the roof of the cha
pel, designed with criss-cross lat
tice work, twining leaves, and
rosebuds, were two silver bells,
also made of icing. On the peak
of the roof were two tiny white
doves.
It was reported that Mrs. Bos
well's entry was the first wed
ding cake ever to be entered at
the fair.
Agent Commends
County Sweet
Potato Growers
Carteret County sweet potato
growers are to be commended for
their splendid cooperation in the
sweet potato storage house fumi
gation campaign that was put on
in the county last week, R. M. Wil
liams, county agent, said yester
day.
This is the second season in
which the potato growers have co
operated with the county exten
sion service office in sponsoring
a fumigation project with Larva
cide to destroy potato disease or
ganisms in storage houses, report
ed Mr. Williams.
A considerable number of farm
ers who fumigated their houses
last fall have reported that their
potatoes kept well while in storage.
It was felt that the fumigation was
a wise investment. Storage house
fumigation kills the disease organ
isms which live over summer in
the house or on baskets. It does
not kill diseases that are brought
into storage on the potato after
fumigation or does it make up for
improper storage conditions.
Sweet potato harvesting is get
ting under way on a limited scale
in various communities of the
county this weak.
Reports by various potato grow
ers indicate that practically normal
yields of U. S. No. 1 potatoes will
be harvested ofl some fields; how
ever. most reports show that there
will be a considerable reduction
of yields due to excessive rain con
ditions during the early growing
season. No attempt will be made
to dig some fields due to the small
number of potatoes available for
harvest. The best information
available indicates that there will
be around 50 per cent of a normal
crop harvested
On some farms the early set po
tatoes rotted in the ground while
those which set on the vines later
are still small in size. For this
reason and due to the favorable
| growing weather conditions at the
i present time many growers are de
! laying harvesting in order to ob
j tain maximum yields.
A rather* high percentage of
cracked potatoes have been ob
served on a number of farms thus
far, Mr. Williams added.
Edwin Matthis Erects First
TV Set in Carteret County
"Sometimes it's good and somc-|
times it's bad," reports Edwin
Matthis, Morehead City, on recep
tion from his television set, the
first in Carleret county, which he
has had in use for a month.
Mr. Matthis installed the set at
his radio repair shop on Bridges
Street in late September. In ad
dition to the regular Vt he uses
two boosters to increase the likeli
hood of reception from the near
est TV station. Richmond, Va.
(The station at Greensboro, he ex
plained. cannot be received on his
channel). I ??#
He reports that he has . received
Richmond fairly often and occa
sionally the station in Washing
ton. Best time for reception, he
cays, is around 6:30 or 7 o'clock
it night. However, he managed
to receive parts of the Wortd
Scries when it was being televised.
Some of the best 'programs re
reived were a "rodeo from Madi
son Square Garden and the high
, Ugh Is of the World Series as film
m\ during the afternoon of play
jhd televised that night. He says
images are usually as cltar as oa
,/i v
k. . . ' ,
any other television set he has
seen.
Theoretically, Mr. Matthis "says,
he should not be able to receive
any stations at all since his set
is more than 50 miles from the
nearest transmitter. He believes
reception will pick up even more
when the station at Norfolk goes
into operation in the near future.
Tide Table
(Tides at Beaufort Bar)
HIGH
LOW
Friday, Oct. 28
1:04 a.m.
1:32 p.m.
7:04 a.m.
8:12 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 29
2:15 a.m.
2:37 p.m.
8:16 a.m.
9:14 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 3*
3:19 a.m.
3:38 p.m.
9:27 a.m.
10:09 p.m.
Mraday, Oct. 31
4:19 a.m.
4:34 p.m.
* 10:31 a.m.
10:57 p.m.
Tuesday, Nw. 1
5:13 a.m.
5:21 p.m.
11:24 a.m.
11:39 p.m.
High tribute was paid to the
work being done at the Institute
of Fisheries Research at a meet
ing of the institute's advisory
council Wednesday in Morehead
City.
Present for the meeting were 1
many distinguished personalities,
including Dr. R. E. Coker of the
department of zoolog>, University
of North Carolina, George R. Ross,
director of the State Board of Con
servation and Development, Rov
Hampton, chairman of the com
mercial fisheries committee of the
state board, and Dr. ilardctl Tay
lor, scientific consultant, president
of the New York Academy of
Sciences and recent delegate td the
United Nations Scientific panel
on natural resources.
Mr. Ross Speaks
j Mr. Ross led oft the meeting
I with a discussion of the problems
| now confronting the department
1 of conservation and development
I as invloves exploitation of various
j marine resources. He said the in
' stitute was instrumental in "ob
! taini'ng the basic facts relating to
! the fishing industry, a job well
j worthwhile."
| Dr. Taylor's speech dealt with
' the theoretical purpose of such an
j Institute and stated that he felt
its work should not be so much <
' repressive but more promotive and
creative. He said much scientific
advancement had been made in al
most every field of production >\ith
the exception of the fishing in
dustry which still uses methods
dating back to the days of sailing
I vessels.
He concluded his speech with
the admonition to make the most
of the opportunities available in
this area and at the institute to
produce results beneficial to fish
ermen and conservationists alike.
Dr. Coker spoke on the idea be
hind the Institute, the elaborate
planning and study which preced
ed its founding, and the great sup
port given to its work by the State
and outside sources.
Mr. Hampton concluded the
morning's talks with a listing of
recent accomplishments of the In
stitute. Particular emphasis was
made on findings relating to
shrimping habits, researai work
on shrimp net mesh sizes and oys
ter research.
Staff Presents Studies
Members of the Institute's staff
took up the afternoon's program
j with a discussion their present
j work.
Carter Broad presented his stu
1 dies of the shrimp in sound and
J ocean waters in North Carolina.
I Dr. Eugene Roelofs described in
i detail the fish census which he has
been making of fish in the sounds
i and also discussed the selective
value of net meshes of different |
| sizes. Dr. A. L. Chestnut explain- (
ed that oyster investigations were |
1 under way at the Institute and ,
j summarized its results thus far.
| Wednesday night the Institute's
, executive committee met and ap
I proved both the past year's pro
' gram and the program planned for
the coming year. Members of the
! executive committee are Dr. Co
! ker, chairman. Dr. Taylor, Mr.
i Hampton. Rex Winslow of Chapel
I Hill and Fred Latham of Belhaven.
County Officials, Doctors
Plan School Health Program
Plans for treatment of certain
school children; particularly ton
sil cases, in keeping with the
school health program made pos
sible by the 1949 North Carolina
Legislature, were made at a meet
ing Tuesday afternoon in Webb
Memorial Civic center, Morehead
City.
Present at the meeting were Dr.
N. Thomas Ennett, county health
officer, H. L. Joslyn, sueprinten
dent pf Carteret county schools,
Thomas C. McGinnis, superinten
dent of public weliare, Or. Frank
Hyde, president of the county me
dical society, Hoyle L. Green, ad
minister of the Morehead City
hospital, and each surgeon prac
ticing in the county.
Following dicussion It was re
ported that a treatment plan would
probably be put into effect within
the next two or three weeks.
Havelock to Got Disposal
Plant, Water System
A "desperate need" for housing
for civilian perSbnnel employed at
the marine corps base at Cherry
Point was cited by the utilities
commission as it granted Havelock
Builders and Supply Company this
week the right to construct a water
system and srwage disposal plant.
Granting a certificate of con
venience and necessity, the com
mission's order quoted testimony
of officials of the Cherry Point
base and cititens as to the need for
the project, which would be loca
ted on a site near S locum Creek,
adjacent to the air station.
It was estimated that construc
tion of the water distribution sys
tem. and to obtain the supply,
would rat $113,182.
Judge Orders Negro's Attacker to Pay $550,
Suspends 2 Year Sentence Against White Man
Zoning Board
Schedules Hearing
Air Base Commission Seeks
Opinions on Law Requir
ing Building Permits
The Cherry Point Marine Corps
Air Zoning commission has sche
duled a public hearing for 2 o'clock
Tuesday. Nov. 15. on the resolu- 1
tion adopted at the first session
of the commission Oct. 18.
This resolution provides that a
permit must be obtained before j
any construction or reconstruction
can be carried out in the area with
in the vicinity of the base and
along highway 70 to Newport.
The hearing will take place in
ihe office of the public works of
ficer, Marine Corps air station.
The zoning commission has the
power "to regulate and restrict
the height, number of stories, and
size of buildings . . . the per een
tage of the location and use of
buildings, structures and land for
trade, industry, residence or other
purposes ..." in the following
area:
"Beginning in Craven County at
i the southeastern corner of the
i Cherry Point Marine Corps Air
I Station Base on Highway 101, and
; running thence south one mile;
i thence westwardly and parallel
j with State Highway 101 to a point
j cne mile eastwardly of U. S. High
way 70; thence southwardly and
parallel with said highway 70 to
j the northern boundary of the Town
of Newport in Carteret County, or
] sjid boundary extended eastwar
I dlv; thence westwardly with said
boundary of said town, or said
l boundary extended, to the right of
j way of the Atlantic and North
I Carolina Railroad Company: thence
| northwardly with said right of way
i of suid railroad company to a
i point one mile northwardly of the
west of Slocum's Creek;
thenee noflh 45 degrees east to
the boundary of said Cherry Point
Marines Corps Air Station Base,
and thence with said boundary
| southwardly and eastwardly to the
I place of beginning."
The county boards of Craven
and Carteret counties will act as
boards of adjustment in case of !
appeals concerning decisions in j
their respective spheres of juris
diction.
No charge will be. made, the >
zoning commission states, for is- .
ftsuance of a building ^permit. |
Congressmen Visit Air Base
To Investigate School Problem
Cherry Point. N. C. ? Public
hearings, aimed at obtaining in
formation on over crowded schools
in the Cherry Point and North
Carolina area, were conducted
here Tuesday by' a special sub
committee of the house of repre
sentatives' education and labor
committee.
The sub-committee, headed by
Congressman Cleveland M. Bailey
(D-West Va..) heard military and
civilian officials' personal testimo
ny on school facilities problems
caused by population congrestion
created by activities of the federal
government during aoid since the
war.
From this data, collected here
and at similar hearings in the
South and far West, the congres
sional group will make recommen
dations for permanent legislation
to supplement emergency laws
that have been continued on a
temporary basis.
Brigadier General Ivan W. Mil
ler, Commanding General of the
Marine Corps Air station, and Ro
bert Pugh. Craven county school
superintendent, outlined the need
for additional elementary and high
school classrooms in this area. Re
presentative Graham A. Bardcn
(D-NC) also spoke in behalf of
the local school problems.
It is estimated that the average
attendance in the next five years
will climb to 1,40<) elementary stu
dents an:l 500 high school students."
About 550 elementary students arc
now enrolled in this area, and some
250 high school students attend
school in New Bern, Morehead
City, and surrounding communi
ties.
To handle this anticipated stu
dent load, 29 elementary class
rooms, in addition to the 10 al
ready requested, and a high school
of 25 classrooms, with an audi
torium, lunchroom etc., would be
needed.
Other members of the subcom
mittee were Thomas 11. Burke (D
Ohio). and Roy W. Wier (I)-Minn.).
Brigadier GenerM John K. Cannon.
USA. represented Ft. Bragk at the
hearing. Major William Ward, Jr.,
USMC, appeared for Camp Le
jeune. Educational officials from
Fayetteville and Cumberland coun
ties "'ere also present.
State JC Head
Names C. Wheatly
For District Job
Claud Wheatly, Jr., of Beaufort
was appointed district 8 vice-chair
man of the State Jaycee Hoover
Commission Project committee at
a district 8 meeting in the Kins
ton Jaycee Youth Cooler Monday 1
night.
Micou Browne of Raleigh, state
Jaycee president, appointed Mr.
Wheatly to what was termed "one
of the most important jobs in dis
trict 8 this year." More than 100
Jaycees from eight eastern North i
Carolina towns. 20 of them from |
Morehead City and three from
Beaufort, assembled in Kinston to
discuss the findings of the Hoo
ver Commission investigating fe- '
deral government practices
Frank Owens, president of Kins
ton Jaycees, opened the meeting
and then presented Bernard Leary
of Morehead City, vice-president
of district 8. Mr. Leary in turn
introduced the two guest speakers,
Micou Browne and Dave Harris
of Charlotte.
Principal speech of the evening
was made by Harris who is state
chairman of the Jaycee Hoover
Commission Project committee.
Harris explained the findings of
the commission and what effects
its recommendations would have
upon the federal government if
I carried out.
Following Harris's speech the j
group passed a resolution adopt
i ing the state and national Jaycee
, plan for advocating reforms in the
federal government. It was agreed
that local clubs should be encou-i
raged to educate the public to the
findings of the Hoover com mis- j
, sion and also to request signatures
to petitions to the president of the I
! United States urging needed re- j
forms.
! Last item of business at the
meeting was the choosing of a
meeting spot for the next district
8 meeting in January. Greenville
was chosen as the site.
Agar Output at Sperti Averages 100 Pounds
JCs Buy Outfits
For Safety Patrol
Beaufort Jaycces have ordered ,
' 12 rain eapes and hats for mem- i
bers of the Beaufort school safety
patrol. They will also purchase
Sam Brown belts and badges for
patrol members.
I A1 Stinson, chairman of the Jay
cee safety committee, reported
at the meeting Monday night that
he has met with the boys several
times. They will be organized ac
cording to rank, lieutenants, cap- 1
tains, etc.
The Jaycees will also award :
merit badges to those boys ddftig j
outstanding work on the patrol. |
Mr. Stinson reported that a safe- j
ty film will be shown at the local |
theatre once a week and passes .
have been obtained for members ?
of the school safety squad.
Two films on fire prevention
have also been ordered from the
National Fire Underwriters and
these will be shown at the theatre
in the near future.
Noinro Youth Committed
To Trainini School
A 13-year-old Beaufort Negro
youth was committed to Morrison
Training school. IIo(fman. tjiis
week after he pleaded guilty to
burglary before juvenile court
Judge A. H. James.
The youth pleaded guilty to en
tering the residence of E. J. Mu?
selwhite,. Beaufort, late this sum
mer in tiie company of Charles
Baxter. Jr., 15-year-old Beaufort
Negro youth who was sentenced to
five to eight years in prison in
superior court last week on three
count* of burglary.
The school at Hoffman ii main
tained for f>legro Juvenile delin
quents. Mr. James said he believed
the 13-year-old boy will remain i
there until he niches hia 18th
birthday. .
Norehead's While Way
Goes into Operation
Morohead City's new white
wa^ oq Arendell street went in
to operation for the first time
Friday night.
The new lights, authorized by
town commissioners over a year
ago, extend from the Jefferson ^
hotel to 11th street.
1 They operate under a new me
chanism which turns them on
and off automatically, according
* to the intensity of natural light.
George Stovall, manager of Tide
Water Power company, stated
that he hop^s to install a simi
lar system in Beaufort as soon
as the equipment is available.
Farmers Mast Report
To ACP Office by Nov. 1
Farmers in the county are again
reminded that Tuesday, Nov. 1,
is the closing date for reporting
practices carried out under the
1949 ACP program. ACP officer
B. J. May stated today.
All approvals of practices not
reported by Tuesday will be can
celed and money for the practices
returned to the county pool. Mr.
May stated. He also reminded
farmers that no more purchase ?
orders will be issued for winter"
cover crop seeds and permanent j
? pastures.
All of the $16,000 allotted to the ,
county for carrying out practices j
in 1950 has been allocated to farm
ers. May continued, and 'therefore
no further approvals can be given
with promise of payment unless
additional funds can be secured.
He concluded that there is no pos
sibility of securing more money
until spring, if then.
Tanker Monipelier Sails
From Morohead lor Texas
The tanker Esso Monipelier ar
rived in port Wednesday from
Baytown, Tex.#1t departed yester
day for Baytown after diacharg
ing its cargo.
The Marine transport AlsKain
also shipped out yeaterday alter '
being In |port almost two weeks. '
Agar production at the Spcrti
plant. Beaufort, is averaging about
100 pounds daily, Harold Leahy,
manager, reported this week.
Because the weed formerly har
vested in this area is not available
at present, it is being collected in
Florida, baled and shipped here.
Verne Rudolph, with his large
weed collector, left Beaufort last
, week for southern waters. The
next crop of red weed in this sec
tion should come in about June
but there is always the possibility, 1
agar producers say. that the crop
here will not be sufficient to keep
the plant in operation without raw
materi?l from other sources.
Because there has been difficul
ty in' drying the weed, production
at the Sperti plant is less than half
of what it should be, but it is hoped
that installation of a drying room
will make higher production pos
sible.
Di*. M. B. Cooke, consultant en
gineer of Plainfield. N. J., is here
now in regard to proposed drying
changes.
The finished agar product is
shipped from here to various drug
companies, bakery houses, and
electrical companies. The Sperti
plant at Beaufort is one of the
few in the nation which produce
agar in commercial quantities.
? I
Beaufort PTA to Sponsor
Carolina Hayride Caravan
Beaufort Parent-Teacher as- j
sociation will sponsor the Carolina
Hay Ride Caravan at 8 o'clock Fri
day night in the school auditorium. 1
Starring in the show will be
Uncle Ray and Winstead, also fei- 1
tured will be Tye Frost and "The
Melody Boys." with "Susie Q" as
the special added attraction The
Fishermen's Quartet of Harkers
Island will sing.
The Carolina Hay Ride Caravan
toured the county last year, spon
sored by PTAs, athletic associa
lions, churches and other organ
iiations It gave shows at Atlan- 1
tic, Sea Level, Davie, Smyrna. Sal- 1
ter Path. Swaitsboro, Belgrade.
Havelock. and Oriental.
Proceeds from the show will go j
in the PTA treasury. I
James Garland Willis. Morehead City, was sentenced to two years j
on the roads in Tuesday's session of recorder's court when he entered
a plea of nolo contendere to the charge of assault with a deadly wea- |
pon. I
Sentence was suspended on condition that Willis remain sober and
on good behavior for five years, pay a $50 fine and costs, and pay
$500 to the clerk of superior court for the use of the prosecuting
witness, Larry Ward, Morehead f ? ? a
City Negro.
The charge was drawn up as
the result of an encounter Satur
day ni$it, Sept. 24, when author
ities said Willis cut Ward severely
about the body with a knife.
According to police reports.
Ward was employed at a white j
residence on 13th street off Shac- j
kleford street in Morehead City.
The Saturday night in question
when he finished work he left the
residence and met his girl friend
who was waiting for him in front
of the house. Further down the
block they passed a house where
Willis was sitting on the porch.
Witnesses reported that Willis
jumped from the porch exclaiming
"We don't want any niggers around
here." With that he struck Ward
several blows with a knife, inflic
ting several deep cuts in his chest
near his heart.
Ward Treated
Ward was taken to Morehead
City hospital where he received
treatment for a considerable peri
od of time.
William Fenner Kelton. More
head City Negro, charged with
reckless and careless driving,
drunken driving, involvement in
an accident, damage to property,
and hit and run. was found guilty
of drunken driving and sentenced
to six months on the roads.
Sentence was suspended on con
dition Kelton pay a $100 fine, the
costs of court, and cost of the da
mages to the car of Julius C?esar
Stanley. A second charge of drunk
en drying against Kelton was nol
prossed.
Charges against Kelton arose as
a result of his wild ride through
Beaufort and the causeway Sun- :
d jy night striking one car in Beau
fort and another on the Morehead
I City bridge.
Mildred Garrish and Annie May
Smith were both found guilty of
See Jl'IMit: ORDERS, Page 4
Rotarians Hear
Talk on Cripples
Beaufort Rotarians were urgrd
to help cripples in every way pos
sible, particularly in matters of re
habilitation and employment, by
Rotarian Jack Oakley at the meet
ing Tuesday night in the Inlet Inn
dining room.
Mr. Oakley's program concern
ed the care of crippled children.
He brought a two-year-old crippled
child, David Canficld, Morehead
City, to the meeting to demonstrate
that such a disability was not ne
cessarily one that confined a
child's activities.
The child displayed his artific?! .
limb and easily showed Rotarians I
that it was no handicap by jump
ing and frolicking as well or bet
ter than any child his age. Mr.
Oakley stated thit present day
scientific orthopedic surgery had j
done so much to correct his de- j
tormity that he seemed to be per
fectly normal in all his physical ,
activities.
President Thomas Ennett show
ed the club a bulletin from the >
Athens. Greece, Rotary club and |
read excerpts from the bulletin. ;
He also read a letter from the
president of the Athens club sta
ting thnt this was the first post
war publication of the group.
Following the regular iqeeting
the board of directors met and
decided that the club should spon
sor the Boy Scout movement and
Beaufort's summer recreation pro
gram as its principal project of the
year. It was stated that the group
could choose no project as worth
while for community service as
the ones chosen.
Guests at the meeting were
George W. Dill, Jr., mayor of
Morehead City, and R. P. Moore,
Goldsboro. district soil conserva
tionist with the United States De
partment of agriculture.
Morehead City to Consider
Granting More Cab Permits
At the request of various cab
companies in Morchcad City, the
town has agreed to consider the
issuing of (our ^norc taxi permits.
A public hearing on the matter
has been scheduled (or 7:30 Tues
day night, Nov. 8, it the municipal
building.
Specifically scheduled (or con
sideration is an additional permit
for the Service Cab company, an
additional permit for City Cab
company, one more for Veterans
Cab company, and another for
Quincy Heater. *
Rents Controlled
In Carteret, 20
Other Counties
Carteret is one of 21 counties
in the slate still under rent con
trol. Its neighboring counties, Cra- .!
vcn and Onslow are also opera
ting under rent cciling law as
are seven towns in the state.
Controls have been lifted re
cently in the town of Lexington
and the {blowing counties: Perqui- j
mans. Beaufort, Vance, Hender
son. Richmond, Robeson, Scotland, j
Granville, Pender, and Iredell.
Two of these areas, the town
of Lexington and Beaufort coun
ty, were decontrolled as the result
of action by Governor Scott. The
Governor approved petitions by
the Lexington town commission- I
ers and by the board of aldermen
of the town of Washington in
Beaufort county.
In addition to Carteret, counties
stil! covered by rent ceilings are
Buncombe, Mecklenburg, Gaston,
Catawba. Durham Alamance, On
slow. Cumberland, Craven, Pas
quotank. Pitt, Rowan. Davidson
I (except Lexington), Guilford, For
isyth, Orange, Wake, New Hanover
(except beach areas), Hoke, and
; Chowan.
Towns still under controls are
the township of Goldsboro, city of
i Tarboro and township No. 12,
township of Uockv Mount and Sto
ney Cre* k, city of Wilson, Ply
I mouth, and La Granft.
I Governor Scott still has under
consideration a petition from the
Asheville city council for lifting
| of controls there. He has received
a number of letters and telegrams
urging him not to approve the peti
tion and a number of others ask
ing him to approve it.
The Governor said last week he
would not act on the petition until
he had conferred with Asheville
citizens. He has been in the Ashe
ville area all this week.
Farm Contest
To Close Nov. 5
The Better Farming for Better
Living contest booklets must be
in the hands of the county home
agent f>r the county farm agent
by Nov. 5, it w?s announced today.
Forty-six families in the county
are participating in the contest,
according to Mrs. Carrie Gillikin,
home agent, but they will not be
eligible for any of the cash awards
unless their contest booklets are
turned in by the deadline.
This booklet is sponsored co
operntively by Tide Water Power
company, the agriculture exten
sion agents in the county, and the
Beaufort chamber of commerce.
Families participating keep ac
count of the greater part of a year's
work on the farm. It covers their
activities in the community, eat
ing habits, appearance and effi
ciency of their farm and home,
land and farm practices, produc
tion, and business operations.
A sweepstakes prize will go to
the family having the highest
score in all 13 counties participe- .
ting. Two regional awards will
also be made. One region includes <
Bladen. Brunswick, Columbus, Du- ,
plin, New Hanover, and Pender
counties; the other region in- .
eludes Carteret. Craven, Greene, j
Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, and Pam
lico counties.
Clerk oi Court Issues
Waning to Businessmen
A. II. James, clerk of superior *
court, reminded businessmen to
day that any of them who are ope
rating a business or firm under an
assumed name must register
name in the clerk of court's office. ^
This does not apply, however, to
firms incorporated under 'Utaj
law.
Mr. James estimated that
thin 50 per cent of the fira
the county that do not
under the name of ttieir o*
to register with the clerk.
pence of this duty make* the i
chant or businessman guHty at j
misdeameanor and he can be |
cuted in the court*.