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41st YEAR, NO. 93. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1952 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Douglass Suggests Clean Up
Program for Morehead City "
I, Attorney Clyde Douglass of Ra
leigh, a native of Carteret county,
has written to Joseph A. Dubois,
manager of the Morehead 0ity
chamber of commerce, with sug
gestions for improving the appear
ance of Morehead City.
Douglass wrote the letter after
the recent chamber of commerce
barbecue designed to promote
; Morehead City as a year-round va
cationland. Douglass said that an
"honest-to-goodness" clean up cam
paign is essential to such a pro
motion.
Douglass' letter follows:
November 10, 1952
Mr. Joseph A. DuBois, Manager,
Chamber of Commerce,
Morehead City, N. C.
My dear Joe:
Absolutely no gripes just a |
few observations in re Morehead
City and Atlantic Beach!
If we are going to drive toward ;
making Morehead City a year
round vacationland, we should im
mediately put on an honest-to-good '
ness clean-up program, with some
live steam behind it.
The bus traveller's introduction
to Morehead City is a bus station
that is a disgrace to the communi
ty. The building itself is not so
bad: it simply needs an attractive
paint job in colors that would be
inviting and awakening, instead
of the present casket-gray walls
and filthy looking, sickly red roof
? the symbol of a dead or dying
town! A platinum-gray or a rich
cream with white trim and a lau
rel-green roof would look clean
and attractive and more like a va
cationland. This could be accomp
lished by a proper appeal to the
bus company ? the railroad; and
if necessary to the utilities com
mission.
The yacht traveller's introduc
tion to the city, while approaching
the yacht basin, is a row of burned
and dilapidated structures that are
a menace and an eye-sore! If the
owner declines to remedy this, the
buildings should be condemned by
the city. The owner would, no
doubt, glady co-operate.
The auto traveller's introduction
to the city from each direction
could and should be greatly im
proved by a clean-up, paint-up, re
pair and demolition program, with
a full head of steam behind it.
Owners certainly should co-operate
and upon a proper approach, no
doubt would.
The visitor's introduction to the
See DOUGLASS, Page 2
Scout-o-ree Set ^
For Wednesday
The fall Scout-o-ree, for all
Scouts of the Carteret district, will
be held Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 7
p.m. at the Beaufort football field.
There will be seven events in
which Scouts may participate.
Tent pitching calls for a team of
four Scouts. Equipment needed
for this event: one pup tent, pegs,
4>ole and hatchet. Tent should be
folded not over 20 inches square,
pegs and front of erected tent.
Tents will not have to be ditched.
Points: first patrol, 20 points, sec
ond, 15 points, third, ten points,
finishing five points.
Knot tying contest. Entry, four
Scouts: Reference: September
/Scouting magazine, page 27, Chain
gang. Equipment needed for this
event: one rope at least 14 feet long
for each patrol. The patrol is in re
lay formation and at the signal the
first Scout ties a bowline around
i?V, right ankle and hands long
end of the rope to the next Scout
who tics a clove hitch around his
right ankle and the next ties a
bowline and the last m?n ties a
clove hitch. When the knots are
tied, the group races to the finish
line. First patrol, 20 points, sec
ond, 15 points, third, ten points,
completing, five points.
Three-legged race. Two Scouts to
enter. Legs tied together, need a
piece of sash cord thre$ feet lo^g.
First patrol, five points, second,
three points, third, two points,
Completed, one point.
Paper bag bursting. Eight Scouts
needed for entry . . . one Scout may
run twice. Scouts line up in relay
style, on signal. Scouts race to
the lone on one foot, holding the
Other in one hand, turn a somer
sault, while seated pick up a bag
which is supplied, blow up and
burst and return to the finish line
on one foot and touch off the next
Scout. First patrol, five points,
second, three points, third, two
points, completing one point.
Hand signaling ? entire patrol,
no equipment needed. Test of pa
Jtrol leaders ability to guide his pa
tftol through the formations and
use of the field signals. The contest
wjll continue until the judge has
?determined the patrol leader's abil
| In the log chopping event, each
pktrol will furnish a pine log, six
inches in diameter and three feet
1 long or longer and one hatchet.
Each member of the patrol will go
to the log and chop for one minute,
return to the starting line and
touch off the next man until the
log is cut in two pieces. First pa
trol, 20 points, second, 15 points,
third, ten points, completing, five
points. '
The pioneer event calls for a
tieam of three Scouts. Fire making
equipment is needed. No treated
wood, tinder or flint water must
boil over the sides of the can. Any
means of support must be an oil
can. Matches may be used for one
half credit. First patrol 20 points,
I Second, 15 points, third, ten points,
completing, five points. The win
ning patrol will be the super duper
patrol for the fall.
Sea Level Men ?>
Hurt in Wreck
, Two Sea Level men were injured
Sunday night when the car in
which they were riding turned over
' pn the road between Gloucester
and Marshallberg.
? John Taylor, a Coast Guardsman
stationed in Virginia, was given
emergency treatment at the More
bead City hospital and transferred
to the U. S. Naval hospital at Camp
Lejeune. Edward GaskiU was treat
W and released at the MorelMad
City hospital.
Taylor was treated for severe
lacerations of the face and head.
GaskiU suffered minor cuta and
bruises. Both men were taken to
,4he h-spltal by a passing motorist.
,*-i Taylor, the operator of the car,
told Highway Patrolmen Bill Smith
and Bob Brown that he was driv
at a moderate rate of speed
a the car turned over.
car, a IMS sedan, was ?
Conservationists
Tour Project J
The Board of Supervisors of the
Lower Neuse Soil Conservation dis I
tnct met Thursday in Morehead
City. The highlight of the meeting
was a tour of the Open Grounds
farm where the group saw the con
servation program which is being
carried out by Miss Georgina Yeat
man, owner of the farm.
The meeting was attended by
board members from Carteret, Cra
ven, Onslow, Pamlico and Jones
counties. Representatives of the
Morehead City and Beaufort cham
bers of commerce also attended the
meeting.
The object of the meeting was to
emphasize the need for more in
tensive cultivation and for the con
servation of all natural resources,
particularly soil. The tour of the
Yeatman farm showed what can be
done along these lines.
Supervisor Charles Davis called
for the establishment of advisory
committees on education and pub
licity. Fred Hardison described the
background and functions of the
soil conservation district* and Roji
Beck described the development of
the project on the Yeatman farm.
An advisory committer on pub
licity and education was set up
among Beaufort and Morehead City
businessmen and chamber of com
merce members.
Members of the committee are
Lockwood Phillips, Grover Mun
den, S. A. Chalk, jr., Fred Lewis,
W. C. Carlton, W. J. Blair, R. R.
Barbour, Joe DuBois, Gerald Hill,
Dan'l Walker and the members of
the agriculture committee of the
Beaufort chamber of commerce.
Attending the meeting from
Morehead City were H. L. Joslyn,
Albert Gaskill, Munden, Chalk,
Carlton and DuBois. Beaufort was
represented by Gerald Hill, presi
dent of the Beaufort chamber of
commerce.
Several boys receiving on-the-job
agricultural training in Craven
county joined the group for the
tour of the Open Grounds farm.
The tour, which lasted for more
than two hours, showed the group
the new machinery and methods
being used on the farm.
Morehead Rotary
Hears Dr. Taylor
Dr. Harden Taylor, former di
rector at Pivers Island, spoke to
; Ihe Morehead City Rotary club
Thursday evening. Dr. Taylor, al
though retired, is serving on the
ex?cntive committee of the Insti
tute of Fisheries Research and wS*
formerly president of Atlantic
Coast Fisheries. Recently he par
ticipated in the United Nations
Scientific Conference on Conser
vation and Utilization of Resources.
Dr. Taylor now lives in New York
City.
Dr. Taylor described briefly the
effects of ocean currents on ma
rine life and explained that the
average depth of the sea is 2.38
miles and that 85 per cent of the
animal and vegetation on earth is
classified as marine.
John Bridgers, who is retiring
from active membership in the club
and is moving to Florida, was elect
ed an honorary member of the
Morehead City Rotary club.
H. S. Gibbs, sr., who has com
pleted more than twenty-six years
of perfect Rotary attendance, was
elected as a Senior Active mem
ber.
Clyde Jones was elected to Past
Service membership.
Wayne Waller, Washington, D.
C., was the guest of Rotarian
George R. Wallace.
Beaufort Police Kept Busy
Making Weekend Arrests
Beaufort police had a busy week
end. They picked up some 14 per
sons charged with public drunken
ness in addition to several other
persons charged with various of
fenses.
Police Chief Garner and Capt.
Maxwell Wade arrested James
Poole Chadwick, colored, Friday
night about 11 p.m. and charged
him with having IS pounds of beef
steak in his possession that had
been taken off the boat "Wilcox."
He is in jail under $300 bond.
Picked up at the same time as
Chadwick was Sam Edwards,
charged with aiding and abetting
Chadwick. The men were arrested
by the small building behind the
county jail after the two officer*,
patrolling that area of Beaufort,
had seen two men trying to hide.
The charges against the two men
will be heard in the Beaufort mu
nicipal recorder's court on Friday.
B?y Seoul Court oi Honor ,
Scheduled for Sunday
The Carteret District Boy Scout
Court of Honor, formerly schedul
ed for last Sunday evening, will be
held next Sunday. Nov 23, at the
Church of th^ Latter Day Saints,
Harkers bland.
At the Court of Honor. Boy
Scouts in the Carteret district who
have earned additional merit
badges and who have taken tests
for higher Boy Scout rank, will be
honored and Boy Scout certificate!
gives by acouteri of the local coun
cil.
Edward Smith, colored, giving
his address as Baltimore, Md., is
in the county jail under $100 bond
after being arrested Saturday by
Chief Garner and Captain Wade on
a charge of public drunkenness
and of molesting the girls working
behind the counter in a Beaufort
five-and-ten-cent store.
Arrested Friday night by Chief
Garner and Captain Wade was
Rhonda Storey on a charge of fail
ing to stop at the stop sign at
Queen and Broad st. He is free on
$25 bond.
Durwood Owens was arrested
Friday night on a charge of pub
lic drunkenness and is free on $35
bond, pending an appearance in
the Beaufort court on Friday.
Others picked up over the week
end by Chief Garner. Captain
Wade, and Lt. Otis Willis, were:
James Anderson, colored, Bir
mingham, charged with public
drunkenness. He is free on $25
bond.
James Cray, colored. Richmond,
Va? charged with public drunken
ness. He is free on $25 bond.
Layton Fields, colored, Balti
more. charged with public drunk
enness, is free on $25 bond.
Henry Jackson, colored, Cincin
natti, charged with public drunk
enness. He is free on $25 bond.
Leroy Butley, colored. Lancaster.
Va? charged with public drunken
ness. He is free on $25 bond.
Jermoe Flee, colored, Baltimore,
charged with public drunkenness.
He is free oil $25 bond.
Charlie Lyons, colored, Pitts
burgh, Vs., charged with public
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drunkenness, is free on $25 bond.
James Richardson, colored, Bal
timore, charged with public drunk
enness. is free on $25 bond.
John Ellison, colored, Beaufort,
charged with public drunkenness,
is free on $25 bond.
Ervin Byard, colored, Florida,
charged with public drunkenness,
is free on $25 bond.
Sam Green, jr., colored, Beau
fort, is in jail under $25 bond,
charged with public drunkenness.
James Spencer, colored, Lancas
ter, Va., charged with public
drunkenness, is free on $25 bond.
Lucinda Fisher, colored, Beau
fort, is in the county jail under
$35 bond, on a charge of public
drunkenness and being a public
nuisance.
Andrew Henderson, colored, 1501
Bay st., Morehead City, was ar
rested Saturday afternoon on Ann
St., on a charge of failing to give
a hand signal before stopping. He
was driving a pick-up truck owned
toy the Sound Appliance company.
At the same time, Reuben Davis,
colored, Norfolk, was charged with
driving too close to the truck. He
was driving a 1850 Oldsmobile con
vertible which was in collision with
the truck. About $100 damage was
done to the car.
All charges will be beard in the
Beaufort court on Friday. The
court, usually in session on Thurs
day of each week, has bees post
poned until Friday because of the
absence of the clerk of the court,
Dan Walker. Walker is attending
the Conservation Congreas in Ral
eigh this week.
Episcopal Cornerstone Laid
The impressive cornerstone laying ceremonies of (he St. Andrews
Episcopal church, More head City, was observed by not only its own
members but persons of many faiths.
This picture shows, left to right, Bishop Thomas H. Wright, who
presided at the services, Stanley Woodland, lay reader of the church,
R. H. Dowdy, treasurer of the building fund, and the Rev. Dan Allen,
rector of the church.
The ceremony was held at 4 p.m. on Nov. 9. The new church is at
2007 Arendell st.
Newport J Commissioners
Accept Lighting Contract
The board of commissioners of
the town of Newport voted at
Thursday night's meeting to accept
a new street lighting contract with
the Carolina Power and Light com
pany.
The contract was approved after
George Stovall, local manager for
the company, explained that the
company would not be interested
in a contract for a period of less
than ten years. The commissioners
had earlier asked that the contract
be for two years rather than the
proposed ten-year period.
flridmasSwl
Sales Begin 4
The 1952 Christmas- seal cam
paign of the Carteret county tu
berculosis association opened yes
terday and will continue until
Christmas. The goal in Carteret
county is $3, (XX).
Mrs. W. T. Loftin, county chair
man of the campaign, has announc
ed that 285 letters were sent to
business houses last week. Another
3,000 letters have been mailed to
individuals. Those receiving the
letters have been asked to purchase
the seals.
The money realized from the
sale of seals will be used to con
tinue the association's work in the
eradication of tuberculosis.
The officers of the Carteret coun
ty tuberculosis association are
Stanley Woodland, president Dr.
John Morris, vice-president Dr. F.
E Hyde, secretary; and James Dav
is, treasurer.
The contract calls for an increase
in lighting at a slight increase in
cost. The present 800-lumen lamps
in use in the town will be replaced :
with 2500-lumen lamps. The light
will be increased by about 213 per
cent and the cost will increase by
about 11 per cent. Mayor Charles
A. Gould, jr., signed the contract
on behalf of the town.
The commissioners also voted to
pay the membership dues of the
Newport firemen in the state fire
men's association. The dues 1
amounted to $13.50, $1 each for the 1
chief and his assistant and 50 cents
for each fireman. '
Chief Bill Dugjwe explained that
the due? also include insurance
tycl ills for the members ?' the d*
pariment. He said thai member
ship in the association also means
that other member departments are
obligated to assist the department
in case of need.
The commissioners approved the
new officers elected by the mem
bers of the fire department. They
are Bill Duggee, chief; B. T. Smith,
jr., assistant chief; Paul Smith, cap
tain; Milton Gould, lieutenant; and
Joe Jones, secretary^
Marine NCOs /
Discuss Gambling
Gambling in itself, is not ruining
American sports, according to opin
ions presented by a panel at the
Cherry Point NCO Toastmasters
club on Nov. 12.
The panel members, M/Sgt. C.
B. Casebecr, M/Sgt. L. Rhynard,
T/Sgt. P. L. Brady and HMC. R.
\V Davis, agreed that the pres
sures, bribes, coercion, etc., that go
behind gambling to make a gamble
into a sure thing for the bookie
arc the things which might ruin
the sporting set-up in this country.
But they indicated that they did
not believe this would be the case.
A loud, striped bow tie was
awarded to Chief Davis for his
presentation of view on the sub
ject. A motion from the group re
quests that he wear the tie at the
next meeting.
The NCO group will send two
members to the Officers Toast
masters club on Nov. 26.
Table topics for the meeting last
week called for each person to
state in one minute what his opin
ion of comic books was and wheth
er or not he wished his children
to read the comic book covers he
had just been handed.
Club members also elected
M/Sgt. N. A Edding as a new
meiyber and heard a report from
a special committee working on
Christmas toys for needy children.
Heavy fchhl Drenched
Carter el Canty Last Week
One and .25 inches of rain fell
in Carteret county last week, ac
cording to E. Stamey Davis, offi
cial weather observer. He says that
on the first three days of last
week, a total of .87 inches of rain
fell, while on Saturday, Nov. IS,
.38 inches of rain fell.
A high temperature of 72 was
reached two days last week, on Stt
urday and Sunday. Low tempera
ture of 40 was recorded on Thurs
day.
Thursday, Nov. 13 63 40
See NEWPORT, Page 2
Max. Min.
Friday, Nov. 14
Saturday, Nov. 19
?andty, Nov. 1?
70 48
72 00
72 4S
Harkley Given
Suspended Term
Man of Many Names Enters
Plea of Guilty to Three
Motor Vehicle Charges
Willie Moore Harkley, colored,
of Beaufort was given a 90-day
suspended sentence yesterday in
Morehead City recorder's court
after he pleaded guilty to three
motor vehicle violations.
Harkley was charged with driv
ing without a license, giving a fic
titious name and fraudulent use of
another's license. He was given 30
days on the roads on each count.
The sentences are to run consecu
tively.
The sentences were suspended
on condition that he refrain from
operating a motor vehicle for six I
months, remain on good behavior
for six months and pay a fine of
$25 and costs.
Harkley was originally charged
with driving with an expired li
cense. He was arrested Friday
night when Patrolman Carl Bunch
of the Morehead City police
stopped him to check the muffler
on his car.
At the time of his arrest, Hark
ley gave his name as Levi Fenner
of North Harlowe. He presented a
driver's license with that name.
Since the license had expired,
Bunch arrested him.
Police became suspicious when
they found a citation with the
name of Charles Edward Hender
son. The citation had been issued
in October by Highway Patrolman
Bill Smith. Harkley later admitted
that he had given Henderson's
name and driver's license when ar
rested by Smith.
A check by police disclosed that
Fenner was actually Harkley who
is also known as Willie Moore.
Beaufort and county authorities
report that Harkley has also used
some 15 or 20 other names.
Harkley was given a suspended
sentence Oct. 28 in county re
corder's court on a charge of driv
ing an improperly registered car.
iV ws also ?ive? a suspended sen
tehc* OH. BO in Beiufort recorder's
court for operating a motor vehicle
without a license.
Welfare Staff y
Attends Meet
Three members ol the county
welfare staff returned Saturday
from attending the 33rd annual
Public Welfare institute held on
Nov. 1214 in Raleigh.
The three who attended the con
ference are Miss Georgie Hughes,
county welfare superintendent,
Miss Lola Kemp and Miss Mary
Lane, both staff members of the
welfare department.
The three left Beaufort on Nov.
11 and before attending the con
ference toured the Rocky Mount
Training school and on the 12th
toured the alcoholic rehabilitation
center at Butner.
The three heard discussions of
public welfare and how it can meet
the needs of people more fully
through its cooperative services
with other programs. Experts from
every field with which the public
welfare groups are working par
ticipated in a panel discussion.
They also heard talks concerned
with social legislation in North
Carolina and throughout the coun
try. Speakers on this topic were
Albert Coates, director of the Insti
tute of Government, University of
North Carolina, and Brandon
Hodges, state treasurer.
Cherry Point Mm (in ^
Blood lo Air-Force Mother
Mrs. Alice Abbott, 1102 Evans
St., Morehead C^ity , received two
pints of type O positive blood from
two members of Marine Wing Serv
ice Squadron-2 of the Second Ma
rine Aircraft Wing at Cherry Point
last Thursday morning.
The blood donors were Sgt. Rob
ert H. Cooper and Pfc. James T.
Pridmore. They were driven by
Mrs. Abbott's relatives to More
head City for the transfusion.
Mrs. Abbott, who entered the
hospital a week ago Sunday, is the
mother of Cpl. William E. Abbott,
USAF, now serving in Korea.
Tide Table
Tide* at Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
i Tuesday, Nov. IS
8:22 a.m. 1:90 a.m.
8:38 p.m. 2:94 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. IS
9:07 a.m. 2:42 a.m.
9:23 p.m. 3:40 p.m.
Thunday, Nor. M
9:53 a.m. 3:20 a.m.
10:12 p.m. * 4:27 p.m.
Friday, Nov. tl
10:43 a.m. 4:21 a.m.
11:07 pjn. 9:18 pjn.
Man Who Wrecked Five Cars
Found Guilty on Two Charges
M/Sgt. William E. St?lgerwald<
of Camp Lejeune was found guilty
of drunken driving and careless
and reckless driving yesterday in
Morehead City recorder's court.
Steigerwald was arrested Nov. 8
after his car struck and damaged
four cars parked on Bridges street,
Morehead City.
He was given a 30-day suspended
sentence on each of the two
charges. The sentences are to run
consecutively. The first sentence
was suspended on condition that he
pay a fine of $100 and C06ts and
remain on good behavior for six
months.
The second sentence was sus
pended on condition that he pay
$50 and costs and remain on good
behavior for $ix months.
Steigerwald has denied that he
was drunk at the time of the acci
dent. His two companions at the
time said that Steigerwald was not
drunk. The defendant did not tes
tify in his own behalf.
Capt. Buck Newsome of the
Morehead City police testified that
he believed that Steigerwald was
under the influence of alcohol at
the time of the accident. He said
that the defendant told him that he
was traveling at 10 miles per hour
at the time of the accident.
Newsome described the damage
done by Steigerwald's car. The
Buick convertible which he hit
travelled a distance of 43 feet from
the point of impact. The Buick hit
a Ford sedan which had been park
ed in front of it. The Ford, the
Buick and Steigerwald's Cadillac
were all total wrecks. Two other
cars, a 1952 Ford and a 1947 Mer
cury convertible, were less heavily
damaged.
When asked why he had released
Steigerwald on bond, Newsome said
that the defendant had sobered up
by the time he was released about
two hours after the accident.
Headon Piner, 1008 Bridges st.,
See COURT, Page 2
Toastraasters J
Aid Santa Claus
Children's happy faces will not
be missing at Christmas time if the
staff non-commissioned officers
Toastmasters club No. 935 of Cher
ry Point has anything to say about
it. To assist the charitable organi
zations in this area to procure toys
for kids that Santa Claus happens
to miss, the Toastmasters will ini
tiate their collection, repair and
distribution program on Thursday,
Nov. 20.
Teams have been designated to
make a house-to-bouse canvass at
the Marine Corps air station, pick
ing up any and all toys that marine
families wish to contribute. Sur
rounding living quarters of both
marines and civilian workers have
been included in the following
schedule:
Thursday, Nov. 20 ? temporary
married quarters, married enlisted
men quarters and base trailer park.
Friday, Nov. 21? married offi
cers quarters, Hancock village and
Fort Slocum village housing units.
Monday, Nov. 24 Havelock
housing, Havelock park and Fort
Macon village.
It is anticipated that the teams
will start their collecting rounds
at 7:30 p.m.
Those more fortunate families
having used toys to contribute will
benefit through the program by
ridding their households of old
toys, which are now merely clut
tering closets and corners, to make
way for brand new ones.
The club plans on one overhaul
and repair night, and more if
needed, to repaint, clean and gen
erally renovate the toys so they
will be more presentable.
Distribution will be effected in
the Beaufort, Morehead City, New
port, Havelock and New Bern areas
through churches, welfare agencies
and any other charitable organi
zation* which might want to help.
The Toastmasters' main interest
is to insure a Merry Christmas for
the local youngsters, corresponding
to the programs of the New Bern,
Beaufort and Morehead City fire
departments, with mutual assis
tance a desired goal.
Man Narrowly Escapts
In jury irmn HifU Bnll.l
A .22 calibre bullet entered the
window of ? Beaufort house Satur
day morning and narrowly misied
the occupant Richard Goodman,
Front street, reported to police
that he waa sitting near the window
when the spent rifle bullet entered
the window.
Police Chief Carlton Garner and
Lt. Otis Willis inveatlgated the
complaint bnt could find no trace
of the rifle or whoever fired the
shot The shot ia believed to have
come from the direction of Ann or
Broad street Goodman reported
that the bullet entered a window
ion the north ride of the houae.
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Alleged Swindler
To Be Tried </
In New Bern
George B. Harris, 41, who is al
leged to have swindled merchants
in several eastern North Carolina
cities and towns, was turned over
to New Bern authorities Saturday
night by the Morehead City police.
He will be tried for obtaining
money under false pretenses.
Harris was arrested iq Jacksoi -
ville Thursday and turned over to
Morehead City police. He was
originally arrested for public
drunkenness but examination of his
belongings revealed that he was the
man wanted for allegedly cheating
merchants in Morehead City and
New Bern.
Harris, using several names, is
alleged to have represented him
self as a salesman for a Chicago
calendar and stationary firm. He
took orders for calendars, letter
heads and other business supplies.
He also collected small deposits
with each order. Authorities claim
that he never turned in the orders.
Morehead City police were called
into the case when Harris left his
order book in a filling station
where he had taken an order. The
owner of the station noticed that
orders in the book were signed
with several different names. He
became suspicious and called the
police.
Harris had been heard to make
inquiries about buses to Jackson
ville. Morehead City police alerted
Jacksonville authorities to be on
the lookout for him.
Harris told police that his home
is in Alabama, but some of the
order blanks listed a Durham ad
dress.
A check with the stationary firm
disclosed that the company has no
salesman with any of the names
u?ed by the alleged swindler.
Records in Harris' possession
showed that he had taken (frders
in communities in eastern North
Carolina and southern Virginia.
The deposits amounted to about
$200. Harris had $8 in his pocket
when he was arrested.
Morehead City authorities
waived the right to prosecute Har
ris at the present time and turned
him over to New Bern police who
hold several warrants for his ar
rest.
Three to Discuss
Fishing Industry
Three representatives of the
commercial fishing industry in
Carteret county will speak today
at the second session of the con
servation congress sponsored by
the department of conservation
and development.
Clayton Fulcher of the Fulcher
Seafood company, Atlantic, Wil
liam H. Potter, general manager
of the Beaufort fisheries, and C.
D. Kirkpatrick of Morchcad City,
commissioner of commercial fish
eries, will diacuss the programs
and problems of groups dealing
with the state's commercial fish
eries.
Also on today's program will be
Col. Clyde P. Patton of the North
Carolina wildlife resources com
mission, Dr. Robert E. Coker of
the Institute of fisheries research,
University of North Carolina, and
Dr. Harden F. Taylor, former di
rector of the North Carolina sur
vey of marine fisheries.
Morekoad City Lions Club
Raises Monty io Aid Blind
Fred Lewis, president of the
Morehead City Lions club, reports
that the club cleared $620 on the
recent broom and mat sale The
money will be used to aid the blind
in thia county.
Brooms and mats left amount to
$200 and the c|ub will go to Beau
fort either this week or next to sell
the remainder. Allen Colenda was
officially welcomed into the club
at the Thursday night meeting.
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Miss Martha Barnett. home
agent, has announced that five
meetings are scheduled lor this
week. Tuesday the Cedar Island
club will meet at 2 p.m. with Mrs.
Charlotte Lupton. At 7:30 the aame
day. the Wire Graaa dub will meet
with Mrs. B. A. Phelps.
Camp Glenn meets Wednesday at
2 p.m. with Mrs. Will Olancey;
Crab Point at 2 p.m. Thursday with
Mrs. John Williams; and Glouces
ter at 2 p.m. Friday with Ma.
Lloyd Pifott.
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