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41gt YEAR, NO. 57. ? TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1952 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
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Rumors Falsely Report That Child
Dies at Beachfront Bites of Snake ^
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Rotarians See
Film on Europe
President W. C. Carlton
Appoints Committees
t For Coming Year
The Rev. Priestly Conyers, III.
pastor of the Presbyterian church
in Morehead City, entertained the
llorehead City Rotary club Thurs
day by showing colored movies of
fiis travels in Europe this past
Btear.
James Wheatley, program, intro
duced Mr. Conyers. who showed
lilms beginning with his voyage
from New York, and of his travels
lo Ireland, England, and Switzer
land. In Switzerland, whefe he
studied, he i ade movies of Basel,
Geneva. Lake Geneva, and the
flhine river.
I M Resident W. C. Carlton has
ha^ied committees for the coming
year. H. S. Gibbs has been placed
In charge of club service activities.
Directors are Gibbs, Jim Morrill, I.
E. Pittman, Dr. John Morris, Wal
ter Freeman, and District Governor
Stanley Woodland.
Harvey Joslyn is attendance
Chairman. Kenneth Prest and Gan
non Talbert compose the classifi
cations committee. The fellowship
eommittee is made up of George
AlcNeill, chairman, Bob Howard,
and Carl Southerland. Robert Tay
lor is chairman of the magazine
eommittee.
Hoyle Green it public informa
tion chairman, and George W. Dill
Is in charge of Rotary information.
iPhe club service program commiP
tee is composed of James Wheat
ley, chairman, Floyd Chadwick,
and Grovcr Munden.
Director Walter Freeman is
ehairman of the vocational service
Committee. Others serving under
him are Gordon C. Willis, Jim
Thompson, George R. Wallace,
Paul Branch, and T. D. Lewis. The
vocational service program commit
tee to made up of A1 Chestnut,
chairman, and Albert C. Gaskil!
Director Dr. John Morrla is
ch&Lman W the ewnmuiiKt aerviu:
committee. Gary Windell, Dave
Exum compose sub-committees un
der the direction of Dr. Morris.
A special committee on youth
work will also operate under the
supervision of this committee. The
chairman of this committee is Jack
Roberts. Other members are Priest
ley Conycrs, Truman Kemp, Sam
Holloway, and Earle Mobley.
The community service program
committee consists of Eugene Roe
lofs and Clyde Jones. Director
Jim Morrill is chairman of the In
ternational Service committee.
Others. serving with him are L. A.
Daniels. Delfido Cordova, Paul
Geer, W. C. Matthews, Priestley
Conyers, and Alvah Hamilton.
John Bridgers is sergeant-at
arms and Stamey Davis is sick call
chairman. The international serv
ice program committee is composed
'of Lonnie Dill and Virgil Jenkins.
A. fish fry will be held Thursday
night at Tom Lewis' camp, just the
other side of Camp Morehead.
Members of the Rotary will assem
ble there at 6 :30. Attending Thurs
day's meeting were three visiting
Rotarians: Robert A. Lawrence, of
Panama City, Fla.: Dr. B. D. Bunn
of Whiteville, brother of Dr. John
H. Bunn of Morehead City; Sterl
ing Wooten, Goldsboro.
Guests were A1 Sutton of Wil
mington. guest of President W. C.
Carlton and L. J. Hook of Wash
ington, D. C., guest of Jack
.Roberts
[farmers to See 7
I Ways to Irrigate
? With interest in irrigation at an
? all time high in North Carolina as
? a result of the June heat wave and
' Jttrought, demonstrations on the use
of irrigation equipment will be
held at three locations in the state
in early August.
The demonstration will be held
in Scotland county on Aug. 5, in
Warren county on Aug. 6. and in
Orange county on Aug. 7. They are
r being arranged by local county
agents and H. M. Kllis,?n charge
,of agricultural engineering work
for the SUte College Extension
service. All interested persons are
invited.
"Interest in irrigation." Ellis re
ported this week, "is now at an
all-time high as a result of the hot,
dry spell in June. We have been
swamped with requests for infor
mation on the subject, and dealers
who handle irrigation equipment
also report unusually high inter
,est"
, Persons attending the demonstra
tion will have an opportunity to
Tiear discussions on irrigation, ask
^questions, and see various-sized
.units in operation. They also will
be able to obtain a general idea of
gwhat an irrigation system for their
farm would cost.
Flying furiously through Carteret
county over the weekend were tales
of a child being bitten by a snake
at Atlantic Beach, with death re
sulting from the snake bites.
THE NEWS-TIMES has checked
and re-checked all channels and has
found no verification for the ru
mors.
Mayor A. B.*Cooper of Atlantic
Beach stated that such an accident
had not occurred at the beach, and
M. A. Sly and Earl Kultz, managers
of the amusement rides at Atlantic
Beach, said there is no truth what
ever in the stories.
According to the general rumor,
a 4-year-old child was placed in one
of the cars on a miniature train
ride Thursday afternoon. The child
began to scream and when it was
taken off the ride, it was found
to have been bitten by a rattle
snake which was in the car. The
rumor further runs that the young
ster died before it got to the hos
pital.
THE NEWS-TIMES brands the
rumor completely false on the
basis that the Carter?t county coro
ner, Leslie Springle, who is re
quired to investigate all accidental
deaths, has not had a case in the
past week; none of the Carteret
county undertakers have had a call
to move a child's body or arrange
for a funeral for the child; and
although it would be advantageous
for businesmen at the beach to
keep such information from the
general public, THE NEWS-TIMES
accepts as truth the reports by the
mayor and operators of the rides
to the effect that no child has been
bitten by a snake there.
Mayor Cooper said that as far as
he can determine, an accident in
volving a child and a snake is al
leged to have occurred at another
place called Atlantic Beach. There
are other beaches by that name
along the Atlantic coast.
Persons have claimed to have
read accounts "in the paper." If
such a story were printed in news
papers. the reader failed to read
the dateline beyond the words "At
lantic Beach:" If "Fla." or "S. C."
followed "Atlantic Beach," the
state designation was ignored.
At this point, if such an acci
dent occurred at Atlantic Beach,
North Carolina, we want the body
of the child produced and a death
certificate stating that death was
caused byvfMtfc# tette.
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Beaufort Bank j
Sells Half Dollars
James H. Davis, cashier of the
First-Citizens Bank and Trust com
pany. Beaufort, announced today
ttutt the bank has on sale George
Washington Carver - Booker T.
Washington Memorial half dollars.
They are available to the public for
$2 each.
Banks over the nation are co
operating in the sales of these coins
as a public service. The Carver
Washington half dollar was au
thorized by the present Congress.
The objectives of this program are:
1. To sponsor and conduct a ae
ries of activities designed to incul
cate American ideals that will help
to develop Negro youth into strong,
dependable Americans.
2. To expose the Negro masses
to a program of solid Americanism
that will counteract Communist
propaganda and offer educational
advancement in American ideals
and principles.
3. To work towards the eradica
tion of poverty and want among the
most underprivileged Negro since
such conditions breed discontent,
unrest, and poor Americanism.
4. To work towards increasing i
sense of pride and interest among
Negroes in all projects designed for
community betterment aa being es
sential to the progressive Ameri
can way of life.
5. To contttbute towards im
proved living by stressing the dig
nity and worth of the individual.
6. To do everything within our
power to make the' Negro aware of
the great opportunities which our
land offers; to develop pride in his
heritage as an American; to .have
him realize his responsibility to im
prove; to guard and to cherish his
American birthright.
Three Piston Attaad J
Dnke Supply Pastor School
Attending the Duke university
Accepted Supply Pastors' school
from this county are the Rev. Louie
A. Lewis. Beaufort Methodist cir
cuit, the Rev. A. L. Reynolds, pas
tor of Franklin Memorial Meth
odist church, Morehead City, and
the Rev. Charles W. Wooten, pastor
of the Atlantic Methodist church.
Dean of the achool is the Rev.
Leon Couch, minister of the First
Methodist church, Morehead City.
The school, which closes tomorrow,
is of two and a hall weeks' dura
tion.
It aids accepted supply pastors
in completing work required in the
study coursc prescribed by tfie
Methodist church. Featured are
workshops dealing with visual ed
ucation, church literature and
music, and working with alcoholics.
Deadline Rears ior Port J
And Progress Edition
Advertiser* miihlU to appear
in THE NEWS-TIMES port and
pr ogres* edition which will be
published Tuesday, Aug. 11,
should contact THE NEWS
TIMES immediately, if they have
not already been contacted by
members of our advertising staff.
Every effort has been made to
con tar' businessmen in this area
but we fear that after the edi
tion appear*, a few will feel that
they were neglected in that their
advertisement was not included.
We would like everyone to
have a port in this entire under
taking, which in Itself alone will
tell the world that this is a pros
perous business area. Persons
wishing to be a part of the port
and progress edition, Carteret's
biggest publishing venture in
history, should phone THE
NEWS TIMES ?-4175.
Trailer Buns j
Sunday Morning
At Mansfield
The trailer owned by Guy Avery,
Morehead City route 1, burned to
the ground at 8:30 Sunday morn
ing. The trailer was located in the
back yard of the home the Avery's
rent from the M. L. Mansfields at
Mansfield.
It was reported that Avery went
into the trailer to light the gas
stove to heat water for cleaning
chickens that he didn't want to
clean in the-house. He lit the stove
and put the water on and left- the
trailer. Just a few minutes later,
an explosion ripped through the
trailer and flames burst out. It is
believed that the gas stove ex
ploded.
Both the Morehead City fire de
partment and Newport rural fire
truck answered the alarm. The
water system, hose and hydrants
at the nearby Mansfield lumber mill
wore used to c<*rtfol the fire.
Nearby j>ine trees caught fire, and
those flames were put out. The
trailer, however, coukl not be
saved. Its value was estimated at
$1,500.
Avery operates a shooting gal
lery at Atlantic Beach.
Police Arrest j
Driver Thursday
T/Sgt. Charles Worthy, USMC,
has been charged with speeding
and making a U-turn illegally on
Turner street, Beaufort, at 9:30
Thursday night. He posted $50
bond for his appearance In record
er's court, Beaufort, today.
According to Chief of Police
Carlton Garner, Worthy made a
U-turn in the middle of the block
on Turner street between Front
and Ann. The police followed him
and clocked him at S3 miles an
hour on the causeway where the
speed limit is 40 and 45 miles an
hour on the bridge where the speed
limit is 20.
They stopped him near the port
terminal, arrested him, reported
to the Morehead City policc, and
returned Worthy to jail in Beau
fort. With the chief at the time
was Maxwell Wade.
The two officers arreated Luther
Glover at S o'clock Sunday night
on a charge of public drunkenness
and pat him in the county jail
without privilege of bond. He will
be tried in court today.
Coanl Motor
Catdwi Fin at Brack
A cement mixer motor near At
Untie Beach caught fire at 3:30
Friday afternoon but no damage
was caused other than burned out
wires.
The mixer was on the ocean-front
lot owned by Harry Hill of New
Bern. According to Hill, who is
building a home on the lot, the gas
tank was leaking and when an at
tempt was made to start the mixer's
motor, it backfired and caught fire.
The Morehead City fire depart
ment answered the call.
CfcPL Bulletin Boprints J
MEWS-TINES Editorial
The recent "Finer Carolina Re
port" published by Carolina Power
and Light company, carried a re
print of THE NEWS-TIMES edi
torial which appeared June IT,
1952. The editorial, warning against
summer lassitude in the CPfcL
Finer Carolina municipalities con
tests, was entitled. Are Our Towns
Becoming Finer?
The Finer Carolina Report tells
of the progrea various towns in
the contest have mad* to date.
LibraryCommittee
To Colled Books
On 'Big 5 Day j
Finer Carolina Contest
Committee Seeks New
Volumes for Library
Jimmy Wallace, chairman of the
Finer Carolina library improve
ment committee, Morehead City,
announced today that the commit
tee has set next Tuesday. July 22,
for collection of recent books to
add to the Webb Memorial civic
center library.
Tuesday, July 22, will be "Big
5 Day." The goal of the committee ?
is 500 recently published books on
the following subjects: philosophy,
psychology, religion, poetry, chem
istry, physics, botany, useful arts,
aviation, radio, home economics,
child care, boat building.
Books for children ages 6 to 16,
books of fiction for adults, books
on travel, amusements, sports,
games, English grammar, short
hand, typing, bookkeeping, garden
ing, flowers, plays, history, refer
ence books, current history, and
fishing.
The library committee is seeking
books published within the past
few years. Wallace said that this
is not a campaign to help people
get rid of old books, but a drive to
put a new variety of recent books
on the library shelves.
Beginning today persons who
have books to contribute should
phone the chamber of commerce of
fice, 6-3404, and give their name
and address. The books will be
collected next Tuesday by members
of the library committee.
If anyone prefers to give money
for the purchase of a book, they
may do so and will be given the
privilege of writing in the front of
the book a message of dedication
or a statement to the effect that
the book has been placed in the ,
library in memory of a deceased
person.
Wallace said that, proportionate
ly, the committee is seeking more
children's books and fiction for
adults than the other types.
Chamber Hears
Report on Ads "
Members of the board of direc
tors of the Morehead City cham
ber of commerce, the advisory
council, and chairmen of commit
tees heard reports at a recent
meeting on the results of chamber
of commerce advertising.
They were shown a table full of
coupons clipped from chamber of
commerce ads in upstate news
papers, a table piled with letters
received during June asking defi
nite information on types of recre
ation at Morehead City, and 225
requests for fishing and hotel infor
mation.
J. A. DuBois, chamber of com
merce manager, said that every in
quiry is answered immediately by
letter, color brochure, directory,
maps, special mimeographed
pamphlet, or by long distance
phone.
During a membership and fi
nance discussion it was shown that
in 1951 150 members contributed
$8,000. an average of $54 per mem- ]
ber. To reach the $9,500 budget i
for the current year would require '
a membership of 380, with each
giving $25, it was pointed out. <
DuBois said that cost of servic- i
ing members in 1951 was $23.80 i
per member which does not include |
salaries, advertising or printing.
"Your chamber of commerce is a I
department of your business," the i
manager commented. "Uncle Sam <
knows it. He exempts your con
tribution from taxation." i
New York Man, Convicted J
Of Thefts, Will Serve 60 Days
Supporting the Leaf Farmer
Tobacco farmers are urged to go to the polls Saturday to vote on
marketing quotas, price support, and Tobacco Associates. Every land
owner, tenant, and sharecropper is eligible to vote. The polls open
at 7 a.m.
Lions President >
NamesCommittees
Fred G. Lewis, president of the
Morchead City Lions club, Thurs
day night appointed committees to
se/ve foe tbie coming year.
Committeemen are Lewis Hinson
and Harry Van Horn, attendance;
J. D. Willis and Fred Hardy, con
stitution and by-laws; James Bell
and E. L. Faucette, convention. ,?
Victor Wickizer and Hinson, fi
nance; E. L. Hessee and Albert Mc
Rlmon, Lions education; Oscar All
red, Charles Bell and McElmon,
membership; Frank Moran and
James Bell, program and entertain
ment.
J. G. Bennett and D. B. Webb,
publicity; J. T. Willis and Wick
izer, boys and girls work: Moran
and Clarence Bell, citizenship and
patriotism; Charles Bell and Webb,
:ivic improvement.
Allred and J. W. Willis, commun
ity betterment; Bennett and Alva
Willis, education; J. T. Willis and
Faucette, health and welfare; A.
Willis and Clarence Bell, safety.
Van Horn, Hessee and Hardy,
sight conservation; Webb, Moran,
Bennett and Allred, building.
Projects for the year were dis
cussed by the club and the build
ing committee was appointed to
sponsor the tent minstrel, which
they hope to sponsor this year.
Hit awl Ron Driver Injnres
Girl a! Mammon Sunday
Helen May Murray, 10-year-old
colored girl, Beaufort route 1, was
:he victim of a hit and run driver
near her home at Merrimon at 8:30
last night.
The child was taken to Morehead
"ity hospital where she was treat
ed for cuts on the head and dis
;harged.
Patrolman H. G. Woolard in
vestigated.
Morehead Partyboalmen J
To Entertain Veterans
Thirty-five Korean war vet
erans who are now in the hos
pital at Fayetteville will be en
tertained by Morehead City party
boatmen Tuesday, July 29.
The men, all Army veterans,
are convalescing at the hospital,
and will be brought here by
Amy transportation and return
ed Tuesday night after a day's
fishing; .
Party boatmen who have of
fered their boats are Ottis Puri
foy, Willard Lewis, Hubert Ful
cher. Bill Henry. A fifth boat is
ing sought by J. A. DuBois, man
ager of the chamber of com
merce.
Roy J. Keller j
Serves odFHA
Roy J. Keller, route 1 Beaufort,
has been appointed to membership
on the Carteret County Farmers
Home Administration committee
for a three-year term. He succeeds
Leland II. Morris, who on June 30
completed a regular three-year
period of service.
Other members of the commit
tee are Lawrence A. Garner, New
port, and Allen J. Vinson, Pelle
tier.
These appointments are made by
the secretary of agriculture, stated
I. M. Robbins, Farmers Home
administration supervisor. Rob
bins says the services of these com
mittees are indispensible to this
USDA agency. They determine the
eligibility' of loan applicants, cer
tify those who are qualified for
assistance, and appraise both the
value of farms and their suitability
for individual families.
In fact, a favorable recommends
lion or certification is a prerequi
site to making every loan ^of any
type, he added.
Frank Nance, 'Farm Labor Supervisor
Comments on Need for Hired Labor
Carteret county produced about I
$1,900,000 worth of truck (Tops in i
1952 that were harvested bf hired '
labor. The county (Red over 1,200 |
migrant laborers this year along i
with 400 local laborers to harvest a i
record truck crop as to dollar value,
announced Frank Nance, farm la
oor supervisor.
"Farm Labor is a critical fac- ,
tor hi your life and mine," declar
ed Nance. "It has a direct effect
oa us whether we be consumer or
grower or any one of the many
other persons connected directly or
indirectly with the using of and
the results from farm labor, he con
tinued.
"As a consumer we know that it :
is to our advantage both from a
health standpoint and a financial :
atandpoint to secure the products
we need to maintain a high stand
ard of living at the lowest possible
coat. The farm products that go on
the nation's table can either raise
or lower the health standards of
the nation. To each of us our
health is a personal thing to be
maintained and guarded at all cost,
rhe more we know about how the
proper diet will aid us in this
search for good health the more
we demand a variety of foods.
More Vegetables
"Not too long ago we were a
meat and potato' nation. Other
vegetables did not enter too much
Tide* at Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, July 16
2:24 a.m.
3:08 p.m.
8:39 a.m.
9:46 p.m.
Wednesday, July 16
3:27 a.m.
4:00 p.m.
9:37 a.m.
10:50 p.m.
Thursday, July 17
4:29 am
5:05 p.m.
Friday, Silly IS
10:36 a.m.
11:47 p.m.
5:27 a.m.
5:56 p.m.
11:17 pjB.
11:31 a.m.
in our dietary habits. Now the
growers of the nation are growing
many vegetables that were ignor
ed before. To do this they h*ve to
increase their labor force. With
out the additional labor and im
proved mechanical methods of
farming they could not have met
the demand for auch a variety of
crops as they now produce.
'The localities in which large
crops of fresh table vegetables are
grown do not, a* a rule, have
enough local labor to meet the de
mands of the farmers at harvest
time. The farmer, to meet the crisis,
plans ahead with his local repre
sentative of the Farm Labor Place
ment agency who in turn ia a part
of the State Employment Security
commission. The states work in co
operation with the United States
Employment service. Thus the far
mer has this entire service at his
command to serve him in meeting
his labor needs!
"Through this service he can
See NANCE, Fag* *
? Theodore Shoemaker, New York, was found guilty yes
terday on charges of breaking and entering Mobley Buick
company and Sound Chevrolet company, Morehead City,
and was ordered to serve 60 days on the roads on each
count, the terms to run concurrently.
Shoemaker was tried before Judge George McNeill in
Morehead City recorders court.'
According to police reports.
Shoemaker, with an accomplice, a
young boy under *16, went into the
car lot next to Sound Chevrolet late
Saturday night. They parked their
car, a 1947 Oldsmobile, by the fence
and went in the fenced enclosure.
As they were coming out they
were surprised by Will Hill, color
ed night watchman.. In their hands
they had a tire, wheel, jack, jack
wrench, and other automobile para
phernalia. Hill told them to stop
and leave the loot.
The two ran and he shot at them
with his .22 rifle, preventing them
from taking their car. About half
an hour later. Shoemaker turned
up at the police station and told
Patrolman Guy Springle that his
car had been stolen. Soon Hill re
ported to the police what had hap
pened at the car lot and the police
decided to hold Shoemaker without
bond.
Shoemaker offered at one time
to make a clean breast of every
thing if the police would let him
go, but the officers refused. Shoe
maker's accomplice has been re
manded to juvenile court.
The Oldsmobile is being held by
police. Capt. Buck Newsome dis
covered in the car Sunday several
chrome tire rims and it was learn
ed from Shoemaker that he had
stolen those at Mobley Buick be
fore going into the Sound Chevro
let lot.
Car Turns Over; J
Driver Uninjured
A car flipped over several times
at 8:15 Saturday night on highway
70 one mile west of the highway
and Masontown road intersection
but the driver, William JoS^pb
Pureed, USMC, Cherry Point, es
caped only with bruises.
Damage to the car, a 1941 model,
was estimated at $300 by Highway
Patrolman R. H. Brown who inves
tigated. According to the patrol
man, Pureed attempted to cut
around a car parked at the side of
the highway.
As he did so, he met an oncom
ing car and to avoid hitting it had
to go off the left side of the high
way. When he hit the soft sand
shoulders his car turned over sev
eral times. Prior to the accident
he was headed toward Morehead
City.
Another man was in the car with
Pureed, "but he took off through
the woods," declared Patrolman
Brown. A charge of careless and
reckless driving has been placed
against Pureed.
Patrolman J. W. Sykes assisted
in the investigation.
REA Board Hears
W. C. Carlton y
At the board meeting of the
North Carolina Rural Electrifica
tion authority at Atlantic Beach
Friday W. C. Carlton, Morehead
City, manager of the Carteret
Craven REA, spoke to the board
and traced the development of the
local unit since its organization in
1940.
The cooperative in August of
that year had a membership of 200
farm families and today's member
ship is 2,700.
The board acted on problems of
condemnation in obtaining trans
mission and distribution lines in
the state. Chairman Gwyn B. Price
presented maps showing the prog
ress made in rural electrification
by private utilities and cooperative
since 193S. He stated that tenta
tive estimates show that approxi
mately 88 per cent of the rural
homes in North Carolina now re
ceive central station power.
D. D. Barber, jr.. and Walter E.
Fuller, staff members of the REA
reported on progress in the electri
cal and telephone fields.
Attending the meeting in addi
tion to those mentioned above were
Directors S. H. Hobbs, jr., Chapel
Hill; D. E. Purcell, Reidsville; C.
L. Ballance. St. Paul's, and Glenn
C. Palmer, Clyde.
Sob Due Today
A submarine participating in
Marine maneuvers Is scheduled to
dock at Morehead City today. The
Shell tanker, Paludina, arrived
Saturday from Curacao and left
Sunday after discharging part of its
cargo o I aaphalt. It ia bound for
Mayaquez, Puerto Rico, where it
#111 discharge the remainder of the
asphalt.
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8. J. Nay Lists
More Helpers
At Polls Saturday
B. J. May, county Production and
Marketing administrator, today an
nounced names of men who will
assist in conducting the referen
dum on marketing quotas and as
sessment for Tobacco associates.
The referendum will be held Sat
urday, with the polls opening at 7
a.m. and closing at 8 p.m.
Reports on the balloting in each
community will be received at the
PMA office in Beaufort Saturday
night.
In addition to the officials an
nounced last week, the following
have been named also: J. C. Bar
ker, Allen Vinson, Joe G. Taylor,
Robert E. Laughton, James G.
Murdoch, Carl W. Garner, Artis B.
Garner. Manly M. Eubanks, and
Noah Avery. J. C. Barker will
work with John D. Young in the
voting at James "Young's store in
Stella.
Allen Vinson will assist Lee
Sawrey at the community building
in Pelletier. Joe G. Taylor will
work with Marvin Taylor at Joe
G. Taylor's store in Bogue. Robert
K. Laughton and John J. Oglesby
will have charge of the polls at the
Crab Point grocery at Crab Point,
while James G. Murdoch and Addi
son McCabe will be in charge at
Lee Murdoch's store In Wild wood.
Carl W. Garner will assist Y. Z.
Simmons in the voting at Newport
Tractor and Equipment company in
Newport and Artis B. Garner wUi
work with Cecil Pringle at Qttfira't
stofrP the Nine-Foot road.
Icy M. Eubanks will assist W. a.*
Hardesty at Lionel Conner's store
in Harlowe ami Noah Avery will
work with Kerney A. Merrill, jr.,
at Gasklll's feed store in Beaufort.
Guy M. Carraway will serve un
assisted at the post office in Mer
rimon.
Police Investigate
Morchcad City police investi
gated two auto accidents Saturday.
At 5:30 p.m. a 1951 model car
driven by Reuben S. Salisbury of
Fredericksburg, Va? turned right
from 28th street to go east on
Evans and struck a 1950 model car
waiting on Evans to enter 28th.
Driver of the 1950 model was
James B. Cuthrell of route 1 Beau
fort. Owner of the car Salisbury
was driving was Lewis H. Catrett,
jr.. Washington, D. C. Cuthrell was
owner of the car he was driving.
Damage to each vehicle was es
timated at $50 by Patrolman Carl
Bunch, investigating officer.
Patrolman Bunch also assisted in
investigation of an accident at
11:30 p.m. Saturday at the inter
section of 18th and Bridges. A
1952 model automobile driven by
Earl A. Sells, jr., USCGC Agassiz,
was pulling a small trailer and
turned off Bridges to go south on
18th.
As he did so, a 1950 model car
behind him, driven by E. G.
Robertson of Pigeon Forge, Tenn.,
stationed at Cherry Point, struck
the trailer, police said. Both cars
were headed cast on Bridges.
Damage to the trailer was negli
gible, damage to Robertson's car
was estimated at less than $50. Lt.
Carl Blomberg investigated. No
charges were preferred in either
case.
Power Firm Asks Permil
To Pol Cable Across lease
The corps of engineers, Wilming
ton. announced today that Carolina
Power and Light company has
made application for permission to
construct an overhead cable across
the Neuse river, just upstream of
the drawspan of the Norfolk and
Southern Railroad company'a draw
bridge at New Bern, N. C.
Plans show that the mnilmuBt
vertical clearance of the cable will
be 50 feet above mean high water.
Plans for the proposed cable may
be seen at the engineeri' office at
Wilmington or the post office at
New Bern.
Objections to the proposed work,
if any, will be received at the Wil
mington engineers' office until
I Aug. 8, 1932.