W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 10L? A Mercer of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936) 40th YEAR, NO. 19. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1051 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS County's Real Property Values Go Up 10 Per Cent Widow Takes Over Constable's Job The widow of Constable Luther T. Hardison, Coral Gables, Fla., has taken over her husband's job. "My husband told me if anything happened, I should take his place so I could continue to care for the two small children", she said. Hardison, who was shot Feb. 15 on a lonely road near Mobile, Ala., was the uncle of C. S. Hardison, jr., 1511 Shepard st., Morehead City. Harris T. Mullis, 23, a prison er he was taking back to Coral Gables, Fla., from California, was captured in New York and charged with the crime. Constable Hardison had not hand cuffed Mullis for the long ride be cause he believed "there's no such thing as a bad boy". Just as her husband would, the matronly new constable holds no bitterness in her soul for the youth. "He shouldn't be turned loose, though, because there is something seri ously wrong with his," Mrs. Hardi son said. She's not particularly happy about her appointment. She looks at it with determination as a job to be done "because that is what he wanted. The Hardisons have four child ren, two grown and a boy, three and a girl, nine. Her married daughter will help her care for the smaller children while she is away from home as constable for Mi ami's populous District 3, which includes Coral Gables. Another woman will have charge of other law enforcement problems in the district. Mrs. Ruth Linda Sutton was appointed justice of the peace recently after the death of her husband. Sutton and Hardison were good friends, so there will be little change in policy with their widows in their places. We won't have I any trouble," Mrs. Hardison said. "My husband and I know most of the people we have to deal with, and this is a good, quiet district." The large, friendly forty-seven year-old woman handled the paper work for her husband's of fice and had accompanied him often on his rounds of serving papers and straightening out "fam ily squabbles and such things." "Luther believed in never mis treating any one," she said. "He would drive miles out of his way 'sometimes just so he could put a prisoner he was returning in a good jail overnight, or to settle an argument before it got to court." Mrs. Hardison said she had a capable young deputy, Joe Willis, to aid her in dangerous jobs of law enforcement. She doesn't ex pect to use a revolver in her new job. "But I could use one il I I have to," she said quietly. Vote Due Today on Revising DecisiononLiqiwrReferendum Construction Hits Upswing Lifting of the government freeze on building material, a ruling that was in effect until Feb. 15, has given impetus to building in More head City. Permits issued by A. B. Roberts, building inspector for Ihe city during the month of Feb ruary shows requests for the con struction of eight new houses at an estimated cost of $18,850 with the sum of $5,895 covering the costs of repairing. Permits issued for the construc tion of new homes were: S. H. Barrow. Avery street, between 12th and 13th, $3,000; Ella Mae Roma ni, Aremiell street, between 21st and 22nd, $1,300; W. S. Allen, Avery street, between 12th and 13th, $2,400; Lawig A. Lewis. Aren dell street, between 11th and 12th, $1,800; Carl D. Garner, Bridges street, between 21st and 22nd, $700; W. E. Barnes, Shackleford street between 15th and 16th. $8, 500; Ruth L. Grantham, 4th street. $650; Undscy Guthrie, Shepard street, between 13th and 14th, I $500. The White Ice Cream company was grafted a permit for the moving and remodeling the old Boomer house moved from the cor ner of 7th and Arendcll street to make way for the new store build ing now going up on that corner. The house located on Fisher street will be remodeled into an apart ment at an estimated cost of $5, 000. A permit was issued C. N. Albert for repair work on his house to cost $495 and to the Sound Chevro let for repairs to their garage to cost $400. Total amounts of per mits issued $24,745. While the site for the new Belk building at the corner of 7th and Arendell streets is being cleared, a permit for the construction of this build ing does not appear in the Febru ary report. Beaniori S cools Prepare For Coming Camporees In preparation for coming camp orees, Beaufort Boy Scouts camped overnight Friday at the Legion fairgrounds, Beaufort. The boys went to the camping grounds after, school Friday and returned home Saturday afternoon. There will be a county-wide camp oree in April at Fort Macon and following that camporee there will be another at Wilson. T.he Fort Macon camporee will also give the Scouts training in the projects and program they will be expected to carry out at Wil son, explained Charle* Hassell, Scoutmaster. Two Firt Departments Get Call to Harlurs Island Fire departments of Beaufort and Morehead City received a larms from Harkers Island earljr Monday morning but the small grocery-fishing supply store blaze was brought under control before help was sent out. When Beaufort firemen were un able to make the out-of-town run, due to Beaufort'a strict town-only operation, Morehead City was sum moned for help. But by this time the small fire was over, and Chief Grady Bell's men never reported. Harold Guthrie, owner of the combination grocer^ and fishing supply store estimated damage at $200 Only the front of the build ing was scorched. Stock was, un harmed. Nobody knows how the blaze started. The House will vote today on the motion by Walter Crissman, intro ducer of the state-wide liquor ref erendum bill, on whether the bill shall be moved from the unfavor able category, in which the commit tee placed it, to favorable. Crissman's motion to that effect, which was made last week follow ing the report from the proposit ions and grievances committee, was postponed until this week because John Regan, chairman of the committee, was absent when the vote on the motion was taken. According to House procedure, a bill can be moved from the un favorable calendar if two-thirds of the members of the House approve. George W. Dill,, Carteret's rep resentative in the legislature, re ported that in spite of the execu tive session called by the propo sitions and grievances committee to consider the Crissman bill last week, the committee voted to al low representatives of the press to remain. Reporters, however, made their exit. Compensation Bills At the request of H. L. Joslyn, county superintendent of schools, Dill introduced two bills last week requesting compensation for mo torists whose vehicles had been damaged by school busses. HB 479 would compensate George Wallace, Morehead City, and HB 480 would pay for damages done to the car belonging to Walter Edwards, Morehead City. Both bills were re ferred to the committee on ap propriations. HB 35S Passed Passed by the house last week was HB 3SS which would remove Newport township from jurisdic tion of the Cherry Point Air Sta tion Zoning commission. This bill will go now to the Senate. Dill joined with Etherldge of Dare and Collier of Pamlico in in troducing a bill providing for pay ment of North Carolina's member ship fee in the Atlantic States Marine commission. Carteret's legislator commented that the State Highway commission will level all the fire power at' its command on the appropriations committee this week in an attempt to have them reject the Powell municipal street aid bill. This bill, which passed the Sen ate, has passed all hurdles except the coming bearing before the ap propriation* committee. This will be the last opportunity the high way commission will have to defeat the proposal which they contend would divert $5,000,000 to municip alities, which should be used for maintaining the state's primary road system. End in Sight Dill commented yesterday that the legislative session is reaching the point where the end is in sight, probably a month from now. The appropriations committee will ac cept no more amendments to the revenue act after Thursday. In the past Dill said, legislature usually continues in session one month after tbe appropriations and finance committees end their work. North River, PalWiur Clubs io Meet This Vitk North River and Pclietier Home Demonstration clubs will meet next week. The demonstration at the North River meeting will be on home dry cleaning and pressing and at Pclietier on candlewick spreads. Mrs. Ray West will be hostess to the North River club at 2 o' clock Thursday afternoon and Mrs. D. W. Truckner will be hostess to the Pelletier club at 2:90 Friday afternoon. Mrs. Verona Langford, eastern district home agent, will meet with Mrs. Carrie Glllikin, home agent, Tuesday afternoon in Bttutat. County Gives Plaque In Honor of Taylor Boys A plaque in honor of the four Taylor boys, William, Daniel, Al fred, and Leslie, natives of Sea Level, will be placed in the science room of the Atlantic Consolidated school in the near future. The four brothers contributed $2,250 to pay for equipping the science room. Cost of placing the plaque, j $49.50, has been met by the county under authorization of the county board of commission- j ers. Easter Seal Sale , Begins in County Mrs. Martha Loftin, Beaufort, has been appointed chairman of the 18th annual Easter Seal sale, according to an announcement re ceived today by P. S. Randolph, exe$"tive director of the North Carolina LMgae for 'Crippled Chil dren. Carteret county's goal in sale of Easter seals this year is $1,000. Collected last year was $491.25, ac cording to Mrs. Loftin who served as chairman in the 1950 campaign. Uses for Money That money was used to 'send children of the county to orthoped ic clinics in Ashevillc and Golds boro, to give a teacher training in rehabilitation work, and to aid a family which had spent all avail able funds they had for their little boy whfr needed orthopedic atten tion. Replacing Mrs. D. F. Merrill as the treasurer this year is Thomas C. McGinnis, superintendent of the welfare department. Others on the board of the Carteret unit, League of Crippled Children, are the Rev. W. L. Martin. Mrs. W. L. Woodard, Mrs. Lawrence Rudder, Mrs. Vera Smith, all of Beaufort; Mrs. Darden J. Eure, Hoylc Greene, Graven Munden, all of Morehead City, and members of the welfare board, Mrs. T. T. Potter, Beaufort, Mrs. Cecil Morris, Atlantic, and Stanley Woodland, Morehead City. Letters to Go Out Letters containing Easter' seals wtill be mailed out next week. Re cipients are asked to return con tributions in the envelope enclosed with the seals. The sale will con tinue until Easter Sunday, March 25. Of the funds raised in the sale. 91.7 per cent are retained in the state where they are raised. The ? emaining 8.3 per cent goes to the National Society for Crippled Chil dren and Adults to finance its pro gram of research, education and service. Lions Vote Nor* Funds Far Visually-Handicapped An additionil $50 to the $107 al ready donated to the welfare de partment. was voted by Lion's club members Thursday night at Hotel Fort Macon. This sum will pur chase glasses lor needy adults. Following the business session. Owens Fredericks gave an inter esting talk on his lite. Born in Georgia, ^he served 21 years In the Navy, wandering capriciously about the world. Why did he chooee More head City to settle down in? Well, it wasn't easy. In 1031 he was sta tioned in Morehead during a tour of duty. It was the "moat forsaken place" he had ever seen. Maybe it was the salt air or the sand or the local girl he married, but somehow Owens got to liking the town. Accordingly, he re quested permanent statiorflng. And now that Owens is firmly entrenched in Morehead -Cltjr, the Navy is recalling him again In May. Marines Fight 350-Acre Blaze \at Cherry Point Cherry Point Marine firefight ers on Wednesday fought a brush lire of undetermined origin which swept over an area of 350 acres of scrub timber. Hampered by .shift ing winds which spread the fire beyond control, the firefighters battled the blaze from late morn ing to midnight. The fire was first discovered by the operator in the control low er of the Marine Corps Air station, who turned in an alarm at 10:55 a.m. The Air Station Fire depart ment dispatched three high pres sure trucks to the scene. The for estry crew went into action with back tanks and shovels, while the Public Works department sent bull dozers to the area to cut fire breaks. Despite the efforts of these Ma rine firemen, and a crew from I he National Forestry service, it was late afternoon before the fire was enough under control to start tack ling the job of extinguishing it. Patrols Set Up Working far into the night, men from units of the Second Marine Air Wing and Air Station firefight ers, patroled the fire breaks to see that the flames didn't jump outside the contained area, then late last night a series of backfires were kindled to burn off fuel in the path of the big blaze. By midnight the fire was out. A small crew was left at Hie scene to prevent a flare-up of the embers. Loss Small The forestry officer for the Ma ine Corps Air station reported that the loss by this fire was small , because of the type and condition of trees in the area that was burn ed over. Some game was chased from the area by smoke and flames. Fire men reported deer and other wild life darting across the fire breaks. Local firefighters were not so much concerned with damage done in this bla/.e as they were with the potential destruction that a fire of this type can. cause. lla