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Morehead City
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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
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THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-FOUR PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1952 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Wruck Driver Arrested after Motorcycle Wreck Injures Two Newport Men
A Morehead City trucK. 'river was arrested by the high-*
vay patrol Monday night after he was involved in an acci
lent which sent two Newport men to the Morehead City
lospital.
Roy Clinton Rapor was charged with driving under the
nfluence of alcohol and failing to yield the right of way.
The few cases on the docket of I
Beaufort Municipal recorder's
P>urt were dealt with speedily last I
lesday afternoon. Court adjourn- 1
shortly after 2 p.m.
Another public drunkenness con- j
ction resulted in an order that
'illie^te^rt cehfined io*#il'|
30 days, with the sentence to
suspended on condition that he
Erk on town property for 15 days j
each of two counts of public j
inkenness. He was also ordered .
remain on good behavior for two |
?rs.
In other action by the court, |
idge Earl Mason ordered a capias
ued for Charlie Jones for failure j
comply with the judgement of
^previous sentence. He had been 1
Bnvictcd on a charge of public |
|*unkenness but had failed to pay
its of court.
|t)udge Mason also ordered a cap
issued for Reuben Davis. Davis j
feited bond when he failed to !
pear on a charge of driving too '
,e to another vehicle.
|Frederick Bailey was given a 30
|y suspended jail sentence on a
irgc of public drunkenness. The |
nee was suspended on condi- j
n he pay costs of court.
ames Easter, convicted on a
irge of public drunkenness, was j
red to pay court costs,
conviction on a charge that
entered a place of business and
laved in a disorderly manner,
using to leave when ordered to
so, resulted in an order to pay
its of court against Rufus Fair,
He was also ordered to pay
>e dollars as costs of a front
is window broken during the
npt to evict him from the place
business.
B>ampson Taylor, John Bullard,
rlie Lyons, Harry piackwell,
iglas Swain, and George Lfftch
e ordered to pay court costs on
ivietlons of public drunkenness.
^K?alvin Robinson and Leo Otis
ley were both given 30 days in
with the sentence to be sus- (
on payment of court costs, j
charges of public drunkenness.
ViHie Godette, charged with op- j
ting without an operator's li
se, was ordered to pay costs of
rt.
case of Cecil Merrill, charg
with public drunkenness, was
itinued.
lyceesrlan
lyColledkn
he Morehead City Jaycees at
[ir Monday night meeting eom
plans for a toy drive to be
ucted tomorrow afternoon,
toys collected during the drive
be distributed at the Jaycees'
ual children's Christmas party,
[embers of the Jaycees in radio
ipped cars will tour the city be
n 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. tomorrow,
wishing to contribute toys
ey to the drive will call the
station which will relay the
ige to the cars.
lew toys or used toys in good
dition will be accepted by the
s. Any money collected dur
the drive will be used for the
'chase of toys.
Toys will also be collected at 9
tomorrow morning at a spe
cial children's movie At the City
Mieatre. The show will consist of
a 1 program of comedies and car
toons for the children.
' Children will be admitted on
presentation of a new toy, a used
toy in good condition or payment
M 15 cents. The money will be
wed to purchase toys.
president Walter Morrte an
nounced that the football commit
Me liks arranged several tentative
dates for the 1BS3 football sched
ule. The remainder of the schedule
Mill hinge on the choice of a site
Mr the Beaufort-Morehead City
time The two teams will meet
faly once next year, and represent
atives of the Jaycees of both towns
lave been unable to agree on a
die. The game will be played
Oct 9.
..Ralph Gardner reported that
work is still going ahead on the
faw athletic field. He said that
~ ' of the brush has been cleared
. and asked for volunteers M
ish the Job tomorrow afternoon,
said that grading will begin as
as poaaible.
Joe DuBoia, manager of the
t of commerce, reported to
Jaycees on the town's Chrtst
prorootion He explained what
done and what haa yet to
in the way of decoration.
?He was arrested by Highway Pa
trolman W. E. Pickard.
The two Newport men, Douglas
Henderson and Elwood Jenkins,
were seriously injured when the
motorcyle on which they were rid
ing struck Rapor's truck on US 70
west of Morehead City. They were
taken to the Morehead City hos
pital where their condition is re
ported as satisfactory.
Rapor told Pickard that he was !
making a left turn whe? the acci- j
dent happened. He said that he
had waited for traffic to pan ani '
tljen b*d??lartqd. j
~ 'ftipot' said thaf he did npt ser
the motorcycle, operated by Hen- !
derson, until it was about 15 feet ;
from the truck. The motorcycle
struck the side of the truck and
went off the road. It travelled
about ten feet before coming to
rest in a shallow ditch.
The truck driver said that he
stopped and called an ambulance
and the highway patrol.
When questioned about the odor
of alcohol on his breath, Rapor
told Pickard that he drank "a little
beer" earlier in the evening. He
said that he was returning to his
home when the accident occurred.
The accident was the second mo- !
torcycle wreck in which Jenkins
has been involved in recent months.
In September, a motorcycle on
which he was a passenger over
turned after it struck a rut on US
70 near Newport. The operator of
the motorcycle, Franklin Griffin of
Morehead City, died as a result of
injuries suffered in the accident.
Jenkins escaped with minor
scratches.
High Bond Set
In Civil Suit
A civil suit slated for trial in
the next session of the superior
court in Beaufort has resulted in
confinement in the county jail un
ttl.MO bond for > mdMisted i
as George Higgins.
The suit arose out of a complaint 1
by Henry Joel Clark, Morehead
City, that Higgins had wrongfully,
wilfully, wantonly and fraudulent
ly dispose of an F-7 1951 Ford
tractor and a Fruehauf trailer. The
complaint further alleges that the
tractor and trailer has been con
cealed, removed or disposed of so
it cannot be found and the de
fendant has therefore been guilty
of a fraud.
The plaintiff. Clark, asks that
the possession of the tractor and
the trailer, if found, be returned
I to him, that if it cannot be turned
over to him that he be paid some
| $10,000. the marketable price of
| the vehicle, and that he be award
ed $1300 actual damages and
$5000 punitive damages.
Clark also asks that the court ;
assess the costs of the court action
and the suit against Higgins.
The suit claims that Higgins, em
ployed as a driver ' by Clark to
move a truckload of furniture
from Houston, Tex. to Sacramento,
Calif., in equipment owned by
'Clark, with the profit to be split
equally by the two men, left the
furniture and the truck and trailer
in Los Angeles and it has not been
found since.
Higgins was arrested by Deputy
Sheriff Hugh Salter at the AAA
Storage company in Beaufort. Ac
, cording to Salter, Higgins was
working there at the time of his
arrest.
State Engineer Says Work to Begin Monday
On Long-Songht Relocation of Highway 70
Fisheries Head J
Releases Report
Fin and ^Shellfish Take,
- B.-fflq Stxreen"Million
To Slate's Fishermen
Some 16 million dollars in fin
fish and shellfish has been taken
from the waters of North Carolina
during the last two years. \
The figure was released in the
report from C. D. Kirkpatriek, \
Morehead City, state fisheries com
missioner and head of the commer
cial fisheries division of the State
Department of Conservation and |
Development. He submitted his re
port to George R. Ross, director of !
the conservation and development
department.
Kirkpatriek says the catch of j
food fish for the biennium was !
41,715.000 pounds, with a value of j
$4,020,150 to the catchers. Catches ;
of spotted and gray trout and
flounders showed a decrease of
about 50 per cent from the pre- J
ceding biennium, but the take of i
shad and pompano was about dou
ble. He put the valuation of the
menhaden catch for the period at
seven million dollars.
The business of fin fishing in |
eastern North Carolina water was j
materially affected by weather con- 1
ditions during the period, accord
ing to the commissioner. Weather
conditions were not too good.
Kirkpatriek also reported that as
a result of the 1947 enacted law j
providing for the development of j
the state's oyster and other bivalve
See FISHERIES, Parfe 7
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unie upposinon
To Rezooing Lot
A public hearing Wednesday
night on a request for rezoning of j
a lot on Bridges street, Morehead
City, produced almost no opposi
tion to the request.
Only one resident of the neigh
borhood, Frank Sproul of 2005
Bridges street, appeared to regis- j
ter any sort of protest against re
zoning the property for business.
The request for rezoning was
made by James C..iith who plans
to erect a launderette on the prop
erty located on the north side of
Bridges between 20tli and 21st
streets. The change in the zoning
was recommended by the zoning
board of adjustment. Two other
lots on the block already are being
used for business purposes.
Sproul, who lives across the
street, said that he has no objec
tion to the launderette. He said
that he is, however, afraid that re
zoning the lot would open the way
for a later conversion of the laun
derette into a "juke joint." He
said that he wished to object to
the rezoning if the certificate of
use and occupancy does not protect
adjacent property owners for at
least five years.
Mayor George W. Dill, jr., said
that the certificate of use and oc
See ZONING, Page 7
Engineers to Blow Up >/
Abandoned Fishing Boat
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The menhaden boat Doswcll S.
Edwards which sank Monday night
at the Beaufort bar is scheduled to
be blown up as a menace to navi
gation. The demolition had not
taken place V press time but may
occur at any time within the next
30 days.
The Edwards sank as it was be
ing towed into port by another
menhaden boat, {he W. A. Mace,
after its pumps had broken down
12 miles west of the bar.
Capt T. B. Finer, skipper of the
EdwaMs, said that the towing
hawser broke as the ships reached
the bar. The Edwards began to
fill with water and sank in about
ten minutes. The 23 crewmen
abandoned ship in the purse boats
and were picked up by the Mace.
Wcak's Warmed Day
Brings Some laiafall
Carteret county had a small rain
fall on the warmest day of this
week. The rain fell oh Wednesday
when the temperature reached a
maximum of 70 degrees.
Lowest temperature during the
week waa 42 dt grass.
The 85-foot boat sank in about
20 feet of water at the edge of the
shoal about 100 yards west of the
main channel. The Coast Guard
buoy tender Conifer has been
standing by since the sinking to
keep tabs on the position of the
wreck.
Captain Piner says that the trou
ble with the pumps was first dis
covered at about 1 p.m. Monday
just as the crew had finished bail
ing the nets. He beached the ship
at Salter Path where, the crew
dumped part of the 425,000 fish
which the ship was carrying.
The Edwards was on the beach
for about two hours while the Mace
and the Coast Guard cutter Agaaaiz
stood by. The Mace, commanded
by Capt. Browning Piner, finally
took the Edwards in tow and pro
ceeded toward Beaufort. The ship
sank just after it reached the bar
at 6:30 p.m.
William Potter of the Beaufort
Fisheries says that the boat was
worth about 13,000 before it left
port Monday morning. Potter also
said, "The boat la now worth noth
ing. It h?s been abandoned and
wfnjM^demoliahed by the Army
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Port Manager Negotiates
With Taylor Import Firm
Negotiations to secure some of|
tl?.? business of the Norfolk
pdrtitrgfrxporttflg Mirui * o( t). E.
Taylor and company for the port
terminal have been underway for
many months. J. D. Holt, po' t man
ager, announced today.
A banana freighter, the S. S.
Fraser. operated by the Baylors,
docked with 5.000 tons of bananas
at Wilmington last week because
Beaufort Calls
Public Hearing
A public hearing on the exten
sion of towi limits in Beaufort has ,
been called for L/ec. 30 in the town
hall at 7:30 p.m.
The public hearing was called
after the board of town commis
sioners received a petition from
residents in an area not now in
cluded in the town limits asking
for annexation.
The area in question includes
residents on Ann and Front st.
Petitioners asking to be included
in town limits are Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Woodard, Mr. and Mrs. Glen
L. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Has
kins, Dr. and Mrs. J. O. Baxter,
jr., Mr? Paul L. Alden, Mr. and
Mrs. Odell Merrill, Mr. and Mrs.
E. H. Bradbury, Mr. and Mrs.
James L. Quinn, jr., Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel E. Sadler, and Mr. and Mrs.
Wheeler Martin.
If 15 per cent of the qualified
voters residing in this area pro
posed for annexation file with thes,
board of commissioners at the pub- 1
lie hearing' a petition requesting
an election on annexation, then a *
election is required by law.
Furthermore, if a petition is ]
filed by 15 per cent of the resi
dents of the town requesting an j
election on the proposed annexa- '
tion, the election is then required I
under North Carolina law.
Christinas Carols
To Ring Sunday v
Ralph Wade, music director of j
the Morehead City school, yester- j
day released the program for the
Union Christmas service to be held
at the school Sunday night. Music
will be furnished by Mrs. Theodore j
Phillips, organist. Mary Lou Nor
wood, Ann Garner, Ann Webb. Co- !
rinne Webb and James B. Willis,
accompanists, and the school >
chorus.
Carols of Christmas will begin
the program, followed by the
chorus processional. O Come All
Ye Faithful: The Sleigh, Kountz
and White Christmas, Berlin, are
sung by the entire chorus: O Little
Town of Bethlehem, Redncr, con
gregation: Scripture and prayer,
the Rev. C. R. Berry of the First
Christian church.
Now Let Every Tongue Adore j
Thee, Bach, chorus; How Lovely
Are the Messengers, Mendelssohn,
chorus; Joy to the World, Handel,
congregation; Announcements.
A Child This Day is Born, a tra
ditional English song and Shepards
Awake, Davis, the boys glee club;
Birthday of a King. Neidlinger.
solo by Billy I.aughton and
Shepards Christmas Song, arranged
by Luras, the girls chorus.
A Christmas meditation, Rev.
Berry; Silent Night, Holy Night. 1
Grubei, congregation: Gesu Bam
bino. Pietro A. You, choraa, David
Small, solo; Hallelujah Chorus.
Handel, chorus; Benediction, Rev.
Berry.
The public is invited to attend
and no admission will be charged.
This is the annual winter concert
of the chorus and glee clubs.
Tide Table
Tide* it Beaafart Bar
HIGH LOW |
Friday, Dec. It
4. "00 a.m. 10:28 a.m.
4:11 p.m. 10:27 p.m.
Haturday, Dec. It
4:51 a.m. 11:22 a.m.
5:04 .p.m. 11:15 p.m. i
Sunday, Dec. 14
5:40 a.m.
5:54 p.m. 12:13 p.m.1
Monday, Dee. If
6:29 a.m. 11.04 a.
8:45 p.m. 1:02 p.m. j
Tuesday, Dec. M
7:17 a-m. 12:51 a.i
p.m. 1:40 fj
. . ..
Ihe freighter ran lev y fuel .^11
HfuLbof n sehedtk-d u> itoek at Nth
folk as usual.
Unloading operations were car
ried on at Wilmington with steve
dores and banana conveyors bor
rowed from the Norfolk docks.
Due to rivalry between the two
state owned ports, it was believer!
at Morehead City that Wilmington
had stolen a march in securing I)
E. Taylor and company business
which for sentimental reasons, if
no others, is believed rightfully
due Morehead City
D. E. Taylor and his brothers
are natives oi Sea Level where
they are now building a 15- bed hos
pital and tourist hotel from earn
ings of their far flung shipping
business and hotel ownings which
See PORT, Page 7
Fulcher to Head j
Medical Society
Dr. Luther Fulcher. Beaufort, is
the new president of the Carteret
County Medical society. He suc
ceeds Dr. M. B. Morey, Morehead
City.
Dr. Fulcher was elected presi
dent at the group's meeting last
Monday night at the Morehead City
hospital. Dr. Manly Mason, New- j
port, was also elected as secretary
treasurer of the organization, suc
ceeding Dr. Fulcher.
Other action at the Monday night
meeting included a report from the j
public relations committee. The re
JP?rt staU'd that arrangement^ had
c*n ifade with the county v?*r
intendent of schools, H. L. Joslyn.
for an essay contest in the high i
school grades. The contest subject 1
will be "Why the private practice
of medicine furnishes this country j
with the finest medical care."
Substantial prizes are offered on
the county, state and national level. I
The first prize on the national level
will be $1,000.
Dr. Allen Davidson of New Bern
was a visitor to the society and dis- j
cussed certain medical matters to
be considered at the next session
of the general assembly.
Two committees of the society,
the public relations committee and
the censorship committee, were,
by action of the members, consoli- 1
dated into one committee. Mem
bers of the consolidated commit- !
tee are Dr. N. Thos. Ennett, chair- j
man. Dr. F. E. Hyde, and Dr. John I
W. Morris.
Dr. B. r . Koyal was elected dele- >
gate to the North Carolina Medical j
society and Dr. K. P. B. Bonner |
alternate.
Dr. Luther Fulcher presided in
the absence of Dr. M. B. Morey, j
outgoing president.
Since the December meeting is
the time for election of officers, no
scientific program was presented.
Menhaden Run J
Prospects Good
A report from C. D. Kirkpatrick,
stale commercial fisheries commis
sioner. indicates that menhaden
prospects are good this season. He j
says that most of the fishing boats
are bringing in the large fish which
are. of course, the most valuable.
The oil content of the menhaden
is running as high as IS gallons to
the thousand, he reports. And he
expects , that the fish will be
brought in in great quantity if the
good weather continues. It should
be an excellent season from cur
rent indications.
Kirkpatrick says also that the
oyster season is going along very
well. The oysters are not quite so
fat as last year, the commissioner
reports, but production has been
good, considering the weather.
Food fish catches are excellent, I
he says, and are better than in a
number of years.
For some reason completely un
known at this time. Kirkpatrick re
ports. practically all of the scallops
in this fishing area died this year.
The prospects for the scallop sea- 1
son had been excellent but the
catches this year will amount to
almost nothing.
He points out that some 45.000
gallons were taken last year and
the drop this year will be felt here.
Only a small quantity of scallops
and those In a limited area are
M?r available.
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Marine Fined
$200 on Four J
Auto Charges
James Mclvin Muchern, Cherry
Point marine who was involved in
a recent accident at Atlantic Beach,
was given a 12 month suspended
.sentence Monday in Morchead City
recorder's court.
Muchern was found guilty of
driving without a license, speeding
75 miles per hour in a 25-mile
zone, careless and reckless driving
and driving while under the influ- j
encc of alcohol.
The marine's sentence was sus- 1
pended on condition that he pay a
fine of $200 and costs, remain on
good behavior for two years and
refrain from operating a motor ve
hicle in North Carolina for 12
months.
Kenneth Howard Dyer received
a 60-day suspended sentence when
he was found guilty of driving
after his license had been revoked.
He also received a six-month sus
pended sentence for driving under
the influence of alcohol. The sen
tences are to run consecutively.
The sentences wore suspended
on condition that he pay fines
amounting to $250 and costs, re
See COURT, Page 7
Camp Wins j
Special Election
Neal Campen of Wire Grass has
beep elected to represent Carteret
cc .itj* on .lit- board of supervisors
h U the l.uwrer Neuse Soil Conserva
tion district. He defeated Milton
Truckner of Pelletier in the spe
cial election.
Campen will take the place on
the board now held by Carl W. Gar
ner of Newport. He will take of
fice Jan. 1 for a three-year term.
Although all registered voters in
the county were eligible to vote in
the election held from Dec. 1 to
Dec. 6 only 98 ballots were cast.
Campen received 50 votes, Truck
ner received 39 and nine ballots
were thrown out.
Each county in the district has
three members on the board of su
pervisors. The other representa
tives of Carteret county are L. W.
Howard and Floyd Garner, both of
Newport.
The Lower Neuse Soil Conserva
tion district is made up of Onslow,
Carteret, Craveft, Pamlico and
Jones counties.
? Work will begin Monday on the relocation of Highway
70 in Morehead City, according to R. Markham of Green
ville, highway commission engineer. Markham made the
announcement Wednesday at a conference with Mayor
George W. Dill, jr., of Morehead City.
The wort^wiK he done by t?c highway -t'vmhi?i*.r>n, not"
Kv it nirlwirliir' 'jirflirfti nnmniiB *
sion workmen and engineers will
move equipment into the area Mon
day and work on part of the project
will begin immediately.
Plans call for the new road to
run from the present highway at
the Blue Ribbon club to Arcndell
street. The first step will be the
surfacing of a right of way from
Highway 70 along the north side of
Arendell street. It will tie in with
the town pavement at 24th street.
When the first part of the
project is completed, the crew will
then begin work on the south side
of Arendell street. This will tie in
with the town pavement at 34th
street. The final step in the project
will be the resurfacing of the re
mainder of Arendell street.
The exact route to be followed
by the new road is at present
known only to the highway com
mission and its engineers. The
time table for the project is also
unknown, but town officials hope
that the work will be completed
before next summer.
The relocation of Highway 70 has
been sought for several years by*
officials of the town and the cham
ber of commerce. The change was
first proposed in the 1920's and has
been hanging fire ever since. It
has been known for some time that
the change would be made, but the
date for beginning the work had
never been released.
Mayor Dill said, "The relocation
of the highway will mean a great
deal to Morehead City. It will
bring the summer tourist traffic
through the business district in- !
stead of routing it along Bridges
street. It will also cut down the
heavy trafjw wtach constitutes a
hazard on Bridge* street which is
almost entirely residential."
When informed of the highway
commission's action, Joe DuBois, !
manager of the Morehead City j
chamber of commerce, said, "That's 1
the best news I've heard in a long ]
time. It's something the chamber j
of commerce has been seeking for j
many years. We knew it was com- 1
ing but did not know when." 1
Beaufort Club
Offers Prizes
The Beaufort Jaycees are encour
aging the display of Christmas
decorations in Beaufort homes this
year by offering prizes for the best
outside display luring the Christ
mas season.
The club will award a $10 first
prize for the home owner who has
the best Christmas display or dec
oration outside his home or in a
| picture window where it tnny be
[easily viewed by passersby. A sec
ond prize of $5 will be awarded
also.
! The Jaycees took this action at
; their Monday night meeting. Ron
jald Mason, chairman of the Christ
i mas committee, offered the resolu
1 tion.
I Members of the group also in
structed the athletic committee to
j purchase four portable oil heaters
| for installation in the Beaufort
I high school gym. The heaters are
designed to radiate 140 thousand
BTU per hour each. Club members
believe that these heaters will heat
i the gym to a comfortable tempera
jture. Estimates for heating the
gymnasium by steam had been ac
cepted but were not received in
time for action on Monday night.
The club has now officially taken
over the basketball activities of
the Beaufort school on request of
school officials. The gym heating
project is the first step in their
program in adopting this activity.
I Jaycee members a la* made a trip
to Cherry Point last week to look
at an assembled metal goal and
backboard in order to determine
how to put together the two which
have been property of the school
for some time. They will assem
ble and install the two sometime
during the Christmas holidays.
The club also adopted as a
project for the year the Crusade
See PRIZES, Page 7
Woman's Sentence Suspended
In Whiskey Possession Case ^
Mimred tsaum was given a six
month suspended prison sentence
Tuesday in county recorder's court
after she was found guilty of pos
sessing non-tax paid whiskey. The
sentence was suspended on condi
tion that she pay a tine of $25 and
costs.
Utilities Commission Hears J
CT&VS Request for Rate Hike
The state Utilities commission
heard the Carolina Telephone and
Telegraph company's side of the
row over increased telephone rates
in North Carolina last Tuesday in
Raleigh. They will hear the cus
tomer's side of the story some
time in January or February.
CT&T is asking for a return of
7.5 per cent on net investment as
of Oct. 31, 1952.
As support for this proposal, the
company explained that it is carry
ing on such a heavy expansion pro
gram that its net investment will
be substantially increased in the
months ahead. Thus, it reasoned,
the rate base will be so much
broader by the time any increase
becomes effective that the rate re
turn will prove to be much smaller
than the commission's order may
intend. v
To earn 7.5 per cent on its net
investment as of last Oct. 31. the
company claims it would have to
get at least $2,283,844 more from
its customers.
In past hearings, the commission
has baaed its allowances of in
creases on net average investment,
a figure worked out to show the
overall amount utilities have put
into plant and facilities.
n SHOPPING DAYS
TO CHRISTMAS
CT4T representatives told the
commissioners that progress means
deficits in the telephone business.
They cited figures to back up this
statement. Their books show that
Carolina now has some 103,463
telephones in 41 counties, six per
cent more than in 19S1 and 113 per
cent more than in 1945.
On their books, each of the tele
phones represents an average in
vestment of $328.43. 15 per cent
more than in 1951 and 297 per cent
more than in 1945.
The company indicated that they
believe this tremendous differ
ence is brought about by increased
cost of materials and labor since
1945.
The only way the company can
hope to break even, the argument ,
went, is to raise rates to keep pace
with the cost of expansion and im
provements.
In an effort to keep pace, Caro
lina has raised its rates five times
since 1945. Increase five, granted
last Msy. set up customers bills
*1,072,500 a year. The bulk of the
increase was imposed on business
subscribers, intrastate long dis
tance tolls and various service
charges. In the new round, the
company wants to lay the load
mainly on residential service and
intrastate tolls.
The propoaed increase is being ,
fought by a special committee or- 1
ganiied by towns, counties, civic
groups and military Installations in
the Carolina area.
Both Beaufort and Morehead
City have protested the increase.
Several representatives from Beau
fort, the Beaufort Chamber of
Commerce, and the Beaufort Ro
tary club attended the bearing in
Raleigh this week.
t ? _ .
Walter Chadwick was sentenced
to 30 days on the roads after plead
ing guilty to a charge of public
drunkenness. He was also given in
additional 30 days for violating the
terms of a previous suspended sen
tence.
Adrian D. Willis served notice
of an appeal to the superior court
after he was fined $10 and costs
for careless and reckless driving.
His bond was set at $100.
Horace Gaines Wilson was fined
$25 and costs on a charge of speed
ing 75 miles per hour. Michael
Stephen Gilko was fined $10 and
costs for speeding 65 miles per
hour and driving without lights.
Ronald Schild was fined $10 and
costs after pleading guilty to a
charge of speeding 55 miles per
hour.
Allen Murray was found not
guilty on a charge of drunken driv
ing. Louie Caffrey Willis was or
dered to pay costs for careless and
reckless driving.
John Tony Wilson failed to ap
pear to answer charges of drunken
driving, careless and reckless driv
ing and resisting arrest. His bond
was ordered forfeited.
Bonds were also forfeited by
Claude Alfred Henderson, Clarence
Tootle, jr., Barbara Ann Fulcher,
Maxine R. Conklin and Robert E.
Shaw.
The state declined to prosecute
cases against Ralph Mayo, Fannie
S. Cannon and Ray Jones.
Cases were continued against
James Allen Salter, John Tyson,
jr.. Jack B. Stallings, Ernest Lee
Allen, Rose K. Farmer, Horace
Jones. Fred Ivey Hare. John G.
j Jones, Charlie C. Jones. Ben Clif
ton Taylor, Howard Taft Swindell,
Jack Jones, Eugene Wallace and
Lewis Edward Tyler.
Freddie Harkley Charged
With Assanll on Wile
A warrant for the arrest of Fred
die Harkley, colored, Beaufort, has
been sworn out by his wife, Flossie.
The warrant charges him with as
sault on a female, his wife, while
she was doing an ironing. She
claims that he knocked her over
and she was burned with the iron.
The complaint was made to the
county sheriff's otiiee.
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