=3E CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES _ ?_ _ A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936) 39th YEAR, NO. 26 THREE SECTIONS? TWENTY PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. MARCH 31, 1950 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Last Passenger Train Out* Of Morehead City Leaves Today Accident Case Will be Tried In Superior Court Judge Lambert Morris Dis misses Case Charging Negro With Rape Willie Brown Lawrence, jr., of ' Otway, charged with manslaughter as the result of the accident in which Frank Kdward Gillikin was killed, will be tried in the next term of superior court at Beaufort. The case against Mark Washing ton. Negro, charged with rape, was dismissed. Probable cause was found in the Lawrence case in Tuesday's ses sion or recorder's court and the defendant has been placed under $500 bond. Judge Lambert Morris threw the rape case out of court after the evidence was heard. Charges of manslaughter, reck let1- -mil drunken driving, and driv ing without a license were lodged against Lawrence as result of the fatal accident March 17 in w|iieh young Gillikin, of Otway, lost his life. Lawrence was driving his car when it ran off the road at M. L. Yeoman's store. Marker's Island hit a telephone pole, tore through a grove of trees and slopped 270 feet from the liighway. liilhkin died while oil the way to the hos pital. Washington was charged with raping a 17-year-old Beaufort Ne gro girl at 7:, "to Sunday night in the vicinity ol Temple's sawmill near the west Beaufort bridge. He was al>o charged with stabbing the girl in the leg. Sentence Imposed A tw o years' suspended sentence on the roids was given William L.I ll.irdc.st> lor failing to comply with I the terms of a judgment rendered I April 12, 1949, where he was in- 1 dieted for nun-support . Sentence | was suspended on condition Hard- 1 esty pay the costs of court and I S10 a week to his wife for the sup port of his minor children. Prosecution in the case of Hu bert I'erry. charged with abandon ment and non-support, was deemed malicious .md the prosecuting wit ncss was taxed with the costs. I Garland Gillikin was found guil- 1 ty uf giving a bad check. Sentence was suspended on condition he pay the costs of court and make the check good. Notice ol appeal of the verdict was entered and the case was bound over to superior court under $150 bond. Pays Fine, Costs Joseph Fulchcr was fined $50 and cos's for public drunkenness I and carrying a concealed weapon. I The gun in the case was ordered confiscated. Raymond Jackson was lined $10 and costs for assault I and battery. A number ol verdicts were ap pealed to superior court. Kdward G. Summerlin and Antonio Aguilar, both found guilty of speeding, ap pealed and bad their cases bound over under $100 bond each. Ellis Worthington, found guilty of reck less and careless driving, was | bound over under $75 bond. Hor ace C. Bell, found guilty of failing to yield the right-of-way and there by causing an accident, was bound over under $50 bond. 1. H. Williams pleaded guilty to Sec ACCIDENT, Page Six March of Dimes Brmgs in 15,000 A. II. James, campaign chair man, announced today that the fi nal report on the March of Dimes 1950 collection in Carteret coun- 1 ty is $5,000. This is $2 200 short of the goal. Mrs. Phillips Russell, director of organization of the state March of Dimes, reported in a ctter to THE \'K W.S-TIMLS today that on the basis of approximatey 75 per cent of final and tentative reports, somewhere between $850.0fH) and $900,000 has been raised in North Carolina. Mrs. Hussell added: "For the past eight years - since the beginning of my association with the infantile paralysis work In this stale - our weekly news papers have given unstinting sup port to our annual fund raising drive. "I am convinced that your co operation has contributed to a very large measure to our continuing success in persuading the people to give generously to this cause. "Please accept our sincere grat itude for your help". By F. C. Salisbury "All aboard" will sound for the last time today when the passen ger train of the Atlantic St East Carolina railroad pulls out at 4 p.m., bringing to a close the pas senger car service of that road that has been in continuous operation for nearly 92 years. It was on July 7, 1858 that the first train ran through from Goldsboro to the ter minal at Morehead City, following the completion of the Atlantic & North Carolina railroad. From the archives of state his tory one can gather much infor mation of interest covering the con ception and turbulent days of this state-owned railroad, from the time of its conception in 1852 to the execution of its lease to the How land Improvement company in 1904. Over 100 years ago the matter of railroad transportation engaged the legislatures and internal improve ment commission of the state. Projects were presented for con The recent State Public Utili ties commission ruling authoriz es removal of passenger trains from Goldsboro to Morehead City. The order goes into ef fect at 12:01 a.m. tomorrow. struction of state-owned railroads at most every session of the as sembly from the early part of 1800 up to 1848. Up to that lime the Wilmington St Gaston and the Gaston & Ral eigh were the only railroads in North Carolina. More than half the state was dependent upon the horse and buggy for distances from 30 to 400 miles to market. East Wants Road Following the completion of the North Carolina railroad, extending i'rom Goldsboro to Charlotte that had been largely built by state funds, a demand came from the eastern counties between Wilming ton and the Roanoke that they be given an outlet to the west that would open up the center coastal section to join the junction point at Goldsboro. The Sanders bill of 1852 provid ed that the Atlantic & North Car olffiartWbM Hi ft from Beaufort harbor to Goldsboro. Following a survey by Walter Gwynn, a com pany was organized with a capital stock of $1,000,000 of which the stale was to purchase Iwo-thirds of the stock. In anticipation of Hie state be coming a stockholder, it was decid See RAILROAD, Page Three County Farmers Hope to Control Mold on Tobacco f Contacts with a considerable number ot Carteret county tobacco growers indicate that a greater number of farmers arc preparing to control blue mold this year, K M. Williams, county agent, re ports. It has become the usual practice for many tobacco growers to prepare 100 square yards of plant bed for each acre of their to bacco allotment. Of the 633,800 flue cured tobacco acreage allot ment last year, 63.300,000 square yards of plant beds were grown. Tobacco authorities state that with the proper management of to bacco plant beds the plant bed yardage could be reduced one-half. Accordingly tobacco growers could have saved over 4'i million dol lars last year on plant production. Blue mold, which is caused by a fungus parasite is the most de structive and costliest enemy of plant production. With the use of the present fungicide treatments the ravages of this disease can be reduced to a minimum. Lacked Plants Last year, due to blue mold de struction, many growers found themselves without a sufficient number of plants to set their acre age, relates Mr. Williams. This condition resulted in cost of pur chasing and transportation of plants from one farm or county to anoth er. Setting acreages late resulting in reduced yields, the mixing of varieties not adapted to certain farms and the introduction of cer tain tobacco diseases caused fur ther trouble. Very little black shank disease lias been reported in Carteret county. Adjoining counties have been having consid erable trouble with this disease. Fortunately, our tobacco research people have developed varieties re sistant to this disease, commented the farm agent. Any or all of these practices can mean none other than lower net return per acre for our tobacco farmers, Mr. Williams pointed out Blue mold has already done con Sec FARMERS, rage Three Part oi Inland Waterway To Close April 28-29 Col. H. R. Cole of the corps of engineers, U. S. Army, Wilming ton, has announced that the in land waterway between New River, N. C., and Swansboro, N. C., w.ll be closed Friday and Saturday. April 28 and 29. Col. Cole says the closure is due to "military necessity." He asked all navigation interests to govern their schedules accord ingly. Business Women To Offer Hospital $40(1 for 'Tent' Members of the Carteret County Business and Professional Wo men's club, at their meeting Tues day night in the Seout building, Beaulort, decided to give $400 to Morchead City hospital for the purchase of an air-conditioned ox ygen tent, providing the hospital will pay $150 as its portion of the purchase. x Grace Ayscuc, president, and Mrs. C. L. Beam, corresponding secretary, will present this propo sition to the hospital hoard of trustees at the next meeting. Mrs. Beam read a letter from Congressman G. A. Barden. He thank the group for their interest in having the 20 per cent feder al luxury tax lifted and said he agreed with them. He said that since the war has ended he could see no reason for the tax contin uing. The president appointed the fol lowing to a nominating committee: Mrs. Zclma Talbcrt. Miss Betty Joyner. and Mrs. Lovie Kulchcr. They will make their report at the May meeting and new officers will be elected. Mrs. Blanda McLohon. treasur er. reported j$468.99 in the tre^-. urv. Mrs. \yscuc requested that district dues be paid and reported that the Carteret club is the only one in the district which has paid its total assessment for the pro posed retired business and pro fessional women of North Caro lina. Mrs. Marian Kyan gave a report on the district meeting at Kinston March 19 and Miss Joyner was appointed to investigate possibili ties of the club meeting in the First Methodist church, Morehcad City. Guests at the meeting were Mrs. Hilda Peeling, Mrs. Margaret Flanagan^ both of York, Pa.. Mrs. L. W. Moore. Mrs .R. M. Williams, Mrs. James Davis Potter and Mrs. T. G. Leary. The program, in charge of Mrs. Fulcher, was presented by pupils of John Van Dcventer. instructor of piano at Beaufprt School. Piano solos were played by Lc titia House, Bitsy Brooks. Bar bara Harris, Peggy Williams,, Ray Frances Hassell, Elizabeth Ann Leary, Catherine Potter, and Judy Moore. Mr. Van Deventer announced that his pupils will present a re cital Friday night, April 21, at Beaufort school. Broken Lin* Causes Power Failure Tuesday A broken line at the rear of the Bill Fulcher home on North River road caused a power taliure Tuo.s day afternoon in Beaufort, down cast, and on the Bcaufort-Morc head City causeway. George St oval 1, manager of the Tide Water Power compahy said the power went off at about 1:15, according to their charts, but the trouble was not re ported until 2:10 p. m. Mr. Stovall said the repair crew men reported that it looked as though an insulator had been shot and moisture, due to the heavy rains that afternoon, penetrated the line and caused a short cir cuit. Power was back on at 3:10 in Beaufort and shortly thereafter in Lennoxville and down cast. House Committee Approves Projects al Marine Bases Among the military expendi tures approved recently by the house armed services committee is $1.765, 500 for quarters at Cherry Point Marine air base; *5,808,000 for family quarters at Camp Le jeunc in addition to Navy hospital conversion for family quarters. $128,000, and construction of the railroad spur between Lejeune and Cherry Point, *3.000.000 The bill, a much amended ver sion of a senate measure, is now ready for house action. The senate In January passed a military public works bill of less than *&>, 000,000. Morehead Board Calk Meeting Of Townspeople Commissioners Want lo Hear Opinions on Town Recrealion Program Morehead City citizens will have the privilege of expressing their opinion on the advisability of re opening the Carferct County Rec reation center. Shepard street, al a mass meeting at 8 o'clock Tues day night in the municipal build ing. The meeting has been called by the board of commissioners. If residents want the center re open ed, Mayor George W. Dill com mented, the only way seen to fi nance it is to levy a tax to be used for municipal recreation. "Fortunately," the mayor con tinues, "this docs not mean that our tax rate will increase. Be cause of the state ports program, the Morehead C ity levy of 10 cents per hundred will be removed June 30 this year. "Therefore, this 10 cents could be applied to municipal recrea tion and be used to maintain the recreation center. Revenue from this levy 'amounts to about $8,000 annually," he said. t It is believed that $8,000 will adequately maintain the recreation center, with a paid director of rec reation. The mayot said there would be no objection to other ?money-raising projects being un dertaken by the groups or organ i zalions that may use the building. To use the 10 cent levy for rec reation. the matter will have to be submitted to the people in refer endum. the Mayor stated. To explain the methods of le gally constituted municipal recre ation a state recreation commis sion officer will speak to a j^roup of Morehead City citizens at a meeting today at the Jefferson res taurant. The Carteret Recrealion center was closed several weeks ago when the board of directors resigned. They presented their resignations -because they stated that operation rf the center "o<>it>mirnlIv feasible. * * Rotarians Hear Judge Hamilton Judge Luther Hamilton was nucst speaker at the Beaufort Rotary club meeting Tuesday flight at the Inlet Inn. Judge Hamilton discussed pres ent federal government policies, deploring its tendencies toward the welfare state. He pointed out that doles from the government were destroying the initiative and independence of citizens and that in many, incidents free enterprise found itself in competition with the government. He favored all legitimate aid to needy citizens but he was opposed lo across-the-board handouts. He favored autocrat control in time of national emergencies but op poses all forms of professional, in dustrial or agricultural regimenta tion in times of peace. President Knnett. and the club as a whole, gave to the Rev. W. L. Martin, rector of St. Paul's, Beaufort, a warm welcome back to the club. The topic for next week's meet ing will be the significance of Eas ter to all Christendom. Methods to Cook Fish to be Shown A demonstration on methods of cooking fish will ho conducted at 3:30 Wednesday afternoon in the Morehead City achool lunchroom Topic of the demonstration will Ik "The Use of Kish in School Lunches." School administrators, dietitians, school lunchroom staffs, restauran teurs, fish dealers, or anyone else interested, is invited. The demonstration is brim; spon sored by the Kish and Wildlife Service of North Carolina under the National School lunch pro gram which is directed by the de partment of agriculture Purpose of this "cooking school" is to stimulate a wider use of fish, especially in school li^ich rooms, because fish is an economical food which is very hlch*ln proteins, minerals, and bod>-building fac tors. the Kish and Wildlife Serv ice report*. Miss Jean Burgos of the KAWS laboratory, Collega Park, Md.. will conduct the demonstration. The announcement of her visit here was made by 11 L. Jaelyn, county superintend**! of >rh? fc Carteret County Census Workers Will Begin Enumeration Tomorrow , Eight Boys Receive First Animals in Pig Chain Eight Carter *t county farm youths wr re given pins yester day in the county's first 4-H pig chain. The eight boys were presented with the animals late yesterday afternoon at the llibb Farrior farm near Newport. They will raise tlu* animals and turn over one of the offspring to other 411 youths who in turn will follow (he same procedure, thus making a "chain of pigs" that will boost the county's livestock produe t.on. K. M. Williams, county agent, explained. The seven 4-H boys who receiv ed the porkers were Tommy Gooding and Colon Merrili, Beaufort RFI), Kdwurd Lee Bec ton. Ilarlowe, Tommy Oglesby, llarlowc. Joe Howard, Newport, Karl Taylor, Pelletier, and Ger ald Miller, Wildwood. The name of the eighth boy was not avail able at press time. These boys were carefully se lected front scores of applicants. Havelock Jaycees Launch Campaign Against Carnivals Carnivals have no place in the center of Havelock and a civic movement should get underway to prevent their locating anywhere near the center of the commun ity. Havelock Jaycees agreed at their recent meeting at the Rose Motor company. Jaycees proposed to contact all the civic groups in HavcIock and ask their support of a drive to keep out carnivals. It was pointed out that a movement was under way at the Marine Uase to declare the prevent carnival irea off limits to Marine TTMpainrf \i i tngenu-'ls an being rjLa to institute a softball Icagv in Havelock. chairman Vein iveitti. of the recreation committee, re ported. Keith said support for the league already had been ob i 41iio