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NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 504 Arndtll St Morchead City Phooa 6-41 7B CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES "1 10/ I 42nd YEAR, NO. 50. T^TQ SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1953 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS New Ports Authority Named by Governor * Governor William B. Umstead Saturday announced his appoint ments to the seven-member State Ports Authority. Three of the mem bers of the present board were re appointed. The General Assembly this year reduced the number of members on the authority from nine to seven and ended the terms of members June 30. Those who were re-ap pointed are A. G. Myers of Gas tonia, textile official; W. Avery Thompson of Hallsboro, lumber man; and J. H. White of Winston Salem. tobacco executive. Mr. Myers has served as the chairman of the authority in the past The new members are Harold F. Coffey of Lenoir, president of Kent-Coffey Furniture company; Senator Edwin Pate of Laurinburg, businessman; J. Harvey Moore of Charlotte, president of Brown Manufacturing company; and Ray mond Bryan of Goldsboro, presi dent of T. A. Loving Construction company. All of the new appointments run for four years, expiring July 1, 1957. In making the announcement, Governor Umstead described the new members as "outstanding men who will render a great service to the state of North Carolina." Members of the present board who were not re-appointed were W. J. Bason of North Wilkesboro; Terry Sanford of Fayetteville; Dr. J. Mcintosh Hedrick of Winston Salem; David Holton of Edenton; and E. G. Anderson of Roberson ville. George R. Ross, director of the state Department of Conserva tion and Development, served as an ex-officio member of the old board. The Ports Authority was orig inally created by the 1945 General Assembly to promote the develop ment of state ports. In 1949 an ap propriation of $7,500,000 was made to finance the development of the ports at Morehead City and Wil mington. No date was set for the swearing in of the new board. County Council Holds Meeting ' The summer meeting of the Car teret County Council of Home Demonstration clubs met recently in the office of the home agent in the courthouse annex in Beaufort Mrs. A. H. Tallman, president ol the council, presided. At the meet ing the group planned to encour age mosquito control in the coun ty, working through the health de partment as a health and safety measure. The clubs will also sponsor i county-wide drive to enlist rural people in group hospitalization in August and September. The council voted to go on record as favoring the awarding of read ing certificates on* a yearly basi; instead of the present plan. Thif question came before the state fed eration earlier. At the present time, a club member may earn < reading certificate and advanced recognition only. Program planning for 1954 wili begin in July. Club members wil be asked to make suggestions thii month. A suggestion box will b< used and suggestions should b< made in writing. The suggestioni will be used by the county progran planning committee in setting ui the month by month program foi club meetings. The council voted to contribut< to a campaign for books for Pakis tan. The books will be used foi education purposes. County mem bers were also asked to contribub recipes for use in the state federa tion cook book. Mrs. Tallman named a nominat ing committee to present a slate ol officers for the year 1954-59. Serv ing on the committee are Mrs Noah Avery, Mrs. Gordon Laugh ton, and Mrs. Paul Beachem. Th< committee will make its report it September. Election Ballots Mailod For Beaufort Chamber Gerald Hill, president of th< Beaufort chamber of commerce ha: announced that ballots are beta) mailed to all chamber members foi the election of officers. The balloti must be returned by Friday. The board of directors has order ed that all members be nominate* for the 12-man board of directors Tonight's board meeting hai been postponed and will be held al 8 p.m. June 30 at the town lull: Lose* License The state highway patrol has an bounced the revocation of Um driver's license of George Dewej Kquils of Beaufort The action wai taken after Equlla was convicted of driving while under Ute influenc* of alcohol and bit and raa driving Court Term Ends > Ahead of Schedule The two-week June term of Car-i teret county superior court ended Thursday afternoon, a day ahead of schedule. Judge Henry W. Stevens, jr., and court officials had expected that the term would con tinue until Friday, but one of the civil cases scheduled for trial was continued until the next term of court. On the final day of the civil ses sion, a jury refused to award dam ages to Lottie Mae Lewis who was suing Joseph Blaskowitz for in juries received in an automobile accident in Fayetteville. The jury held that Mrs. Lewis was not injured through the negli gence of the defendant. E. C. Willis and Sons were awarded damages amounting to $350 from Carlisle Bell. W. C. Matthews received dam ages amounting to $214.02 from W. M. Mutter. Matthews won the judgment by default A mistrial was ruled in the case of Salter v. Lawrence. The same ruling was made in the divorce case of Floyd C. Kirkpatrick v. Pauline Kirkpatrick. Leila M. Conway, who was suing for alimony without divorce from Reginald Conway, said that she was willing to make another at tempt to live with her husband. The suit will be held in abeyance during the trial period. Divorces were granted to W. P. Query from Fannie M. Query, Hilda Mae Holland from Hugh O. Hol land, David Curmon from Jerry Ann Curmon, Dan L. Smith from Della V. Smith, Gurney T. Murray from Thelma Murray, Norma Par ries from Johnnie Parries, Audrey S. Long from Ernest E. Long, Homer L. Mentier from Lucy L. Mentzer and Lela Lefler from Jes sie Lefler. Cases continued until the next term were Willis v. Barbour, Proc tor and Gourlay Produce company, Flying Inn v. Marino, Johnson v. Britt, Matthews v. Wray, Safrit v. Gaskins, Eure v. Conn, Yeomans v. Piner. Davis v. Taylor, Willis v. Fulch er, Burgess v. Burgess, Idleburg v. Idleburg, Gillikin v. Gillikin, Gar ner v. Garner and O'Conncr v. O'Conner. All other civil cases were settled out of court before coming to trial. Morehead Board Affirms Sewer Extension Policy* Boy Scouts Hold Court of Honor The court of honor ?f the Car teret district of the Boy Scout* wai held Sunday night at the First Bap tist church of Beaufort. Troop 201 of Beaufort wai the host troop for the ceremony which was held as. part of the regular evening wor ship service. The highest award presented at ' the ceremony went to David Chip > man of troop 91, who reached the . rank of Star scout. The award was : presented by W. C. Wall, scout ex ? ecutive. Scouts receiving second class - awards were Johnnie Owens, Jack - Lewis, Allen Autrey and Larry ' Kirk of troop 201 and John Dennis and Calvin Jones of troop SI. .The > awards were presented by Dr. Wal I ter Chipman of Beaufort. i First class awards went to Sam my Merrill of troop 201, Ben Day 1 of troop 130, Leroy Blanchard and ? Lloyd McCabe of troop 101, Woodie > Hancock and Blaine Johnson of > troop 75 and Daniel Willis of troop - SI. Fred Bertram of Beaufort pre l sented the awards. i Merit badges were presented to I Sammy Merrill and Allen Autrey of troop 201, Ben Day of troop 130 I and David Chipman. Joseph Chip I man and Daniel Willis of troop 31. i The badges were presented by Gor '? don C. Willis, sr. The participation banner for the i troop with the largest percentage ? of scouts advancing in rank went > to Charles Hassell of Beaufort, r scoutmaster of troop 81. The at tendance banner went to Scout ! master Carlton Rose of troop 201 - for having the greatest number of r scouts, scouters and relatives prea - ent at the ceremony. ! Sammy Merrill of troop 201 as - sisted in the opening exercises by leading those present in the pledge - of allegiance and the Boy Scout t oath. Mr. Rose closed the ceremonies . with the scoutmaster's benediction. ' At its meeting Thursday night in the city hall, the Morehead City board of commissioners voted to continue in force its policies with respect to extension of sewer ser vice. Several requests for sewer ser vice were presented by commis sioners D. J. Hall and Ted Garner, and the board voted to make ser vice available in the future on the same basis as it has done in the past. This policy requires that proper ty owners guarantee at least $600 in tap-on fees before service will be extended to a block. The installa tion of sewer lines costs the city approximately $800 per felock. It was pointed out that these fees can be maintained only in those blocks which have access to a dis charge line to the sound or Cali co creek. Where discharge lines must be laid, the costs of sewer service are much greater than $800. The board approved the trans fer of active taxi-cab permits from Leroy Guthrie to Marvin Powers. Mr. Powers has purchased Mr. Gutrie's taxi cab business. A brief discussion was also held on the problem of the city hall's leaking roof. A definite decision on this matter was postponed until the city's budget for the coming year is planned. A special meeting the first Thursday night in July was called to discuss the budget. In other matters the board voted to allow a marine helicopter from Cherry Point to fly over the city at less than 5,000 feet in order to make aerial photographs. The board also approved the platt plans for a proposed filling station to be built by Morton Davis at the intersection of Arendell and Bon ner streets. This is located in the area proposed by annexation at a public hearing tomorrow nighli Until the property is annexed the city's zoning powers are limited to approval or dis-approval of the platt, or strait, plans of the prop erty. Bonner street is the recent ly paved road from Arendell street to the present highway 70. Easements were also granted for the construction of docks at the foot of 6th street and 5th street. Other commissioners attending the meeting were D. G. Bell and S. C. Holloway. Dr. John Morris was out of town. Mayor George W. Dili, jr., presided. \ GOP to Organize * Precinct Committee L. J. Noe, Jr., temporary chair man of the Beaufort Republican precinct committee, has announced ? that an organizational meeting will i be held at 8p.m. July 10 in the j county courthousc. r The purpose of the meeting will i be to organize a permanent com mittee and to elect officers and , directors. Mr. Noe has issued a | special invitation to all young Re . publicans to attend the meeting, i The precinct committee will be t the first of its kind in Beaufort township. In the past, all cam paigning and matters of patronage have been handled by the county organization. A similar precinct - committee was organized last De '? cember in liorehead City. r Beaufort Republican leaders say > that they hope to have a Urge num I ber of Republicans at the meeting ) and hope to be successful in or Morehead Annexation Hearing Is Tomorrow Night in Courtroom Bombing Range Meeting Urged Congressmen Graham A. Barden and Carl T. Durham have suggested a meeting between Marine Corps authorities and members of the Conservation and Development board to work out a solution to the controversy over bombing in fishing areas. The controversy began when the Cherry Point air station announced that it wishes to use the Neuse river and Cedar Island bay areas as bombing ranges. Mrs. Roland McClamroch, a mem ber of the C&D board, immediately wrote to members of North Caro lina's congressional delegation pro testing such a use of the area Mrs. McClamroch told the con gressmen that the area is one of the most important fishing sections on the coast. She added, "It is hard to understand why the most valu able areas for our fishing industry should be the ones chosen when there are so many unused inland areas which would not affect our fishing." The congressmen brought the protest to the attention of General Lemuel C. Shepherd, commandant of the Marine Corps, and suggested that a meeting be arranged. They said that the general assured them that the Marine Corps would be happy to take part in such a con ference and suggested that it be held at Cherry Point. Congressman Durham also wrote to Gov. William B Umstead and urged his cooperation in arrang ing the conference. He stressed the need for an understanding be tween the Navy and the people in the area who are dependent upon the fishing industry. Congressman Barden said that the Conservation and Development department bas spent large sums of money on investigating the hab its of fish in the area and knows which waters are valuable for fi*h in* > i He said that the Marine Corps, however, tioes not always know which areas are valuable and often selects such a spot as the site (or a target range when another would do as well. The congressman said. "The practical solution is to get the two groups together. I'm sure a solu tion can be worked out at such a meeting." Farm Bureau ^ To Meet Tonight Robert Laughton, president of the Carteret County Farm Bureau federation, has announced that the federation will meet at 8 o'clock tonight in the county court house in Beaufort. The meeting will discuss the proposed formation of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual In surance company. The proposed company will offer full automobile and truck insurance coverage to all regular and associate members of the Farm Bureau. The organization of the company was authorized at the state con vention in February in Charlotte, and work on the organization has been going on since that time. The compay, similar to Farm Bureau insurance companies in oth er states, will be owned and oper ated by Farm Bureau members. It will furnish the insurance at cost to Farm Bureau members in the counties which elect to participate. During July and August, the company's agents will solicit char ter policy holders in the various counties and will make the neces sary arrangements for financing the company. It is expected that the company will begin operations Sept. 1. Mr. Laughton has said that the meeting will be very important to Bureau members who wish the bur eau to "do something tangible on the local level." He has urged all members to be present at the meeting. Dreams of Banks Wealth Shattered Dreams of sudden wealth along the Outer Banks were shattered last week when officials of the DuFont firm, the National Lead company, and the U.S. Department of the Interior reported that there are no commercial deposits of titanium on the banks. Earlier this year reports and ru mors spread that potential wealth fn the form of titanium and other heavy metals was ready to be tapped. The reports involved the new national park and it was ru mored that the wealth would not be available if the government owned the land. Conrad L. Wirth, director of the national park aervice, published the finding! of geologists to apike the rumors. The banks were thoroughly prospected in IMS and again in 1B51 by the DuPont com pany. "At no place in this section from Oeracoke Inlet to Naga Head was any deposit found that DuPont would consider commercial," the report 3tated. "In a few places," it continued, "there waa a concentration of so called heavy minerals, but the ti tanium oxide content of tbeee heavy metals was fouifd to be very low in comparison with deporila further south that have been eoo sidered commercial. Therefor*. K is our considered Judgment, after studying these areas, that so coo mercial production of titanium minerals will ever be profitable in that area." The lead company's mineral de partment seconded the DuPont re port and stated that "the lands within theae boundaries have no economic value to us at this time and furthermore, it is not our in tention to acquire these lands." Thomas H. Miller, acting direc tor of the Bureau of Mines of the federal government, also gave ? negative report am the powlMlltiea of heavy metal deposits la the area from a commercial standpoint. Titanium and other heavy metals have been develeped 1M0 aad are ia i *9 ? Gas Explosion Sunday Wrecks Asphalt Still At approximately 3:55 Sunday afternoon a muffled explosion in terrupted the quiet recreation of a hot weekend for Morehead City residents. A cloud of black smoke rose from the vicinity of the port terminal and drifted northward. An asphalt still or kettle at the* Trumbull Asphalt company's plant exploded. F. E. Seelbinder, man ager of the plant, reported that no estimate of the damage to the still was available. No persons were injured in the explosion and the plant went back into operation at 2 o'clock Monday morning. The still went into operation at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, Mr. Seelbinder explained, and the asphalt got too hot causing the ac cumulated gases to explode. The light-weight explosion hatches on the still were blown out, and the force of the gasses lifted the still and wrecked the stack, he con tinued. The plant has two stills and is now using its second one. Mr. Seel binder reported that there was about 18 inches of asphalt in the still at the time of the explosion. Approximately three to five i minutes after the explosion the Morehead City fire department sent two trucks to the scene and Aren dell street leading to the plant area became so clogged with the auto mobiles of sight-seers that volun teer firemen had difficulty in threading their way through the traffic to join the trucks at the scene. No fire followed the explosion. Most of the asphalt stayed in the still though one motorist who was driving by the plant at the time of explosion reported that his car was covered with drops of asphalt. Mr. Seelbinder said that the still will have to be rebuilt. No dam age was done to the other facilities of the plant. The Trumbull asphalt firm is not a part of the Fry Roofing company though it sells asphalt to roofing manufacturers throughout the state. The asphalt is also used in the paving of roads. Ordinarily the explosion hatches on the stills are sufficient to take care of occasional gas flashes, Mr. Seelbinder said, but the overheat ing Sunday afternoon created more gas than they could accommodate. Earlier reports that a steam boiler had exploded were incorrect, he said. Pre-Dawn Fire Causes * Damage to Store, Stock Garner Honored At Ceremony Charles M. Gamer of Newport ivas honored as Carter# cwuty'j Father of the Ye?fc' at a ceremony on the steps of the Morehead City town hall Saturday morning. He was chosen in a contest sponsored by 10 Morehead City merchants. Mayor George W. Dill, Jr., made the presentation to Mr. Garner on behalf of the merchants. "I am de lighted to have a part in recogniz ing you as 'Father of the Year,' " Mayor Dill told Mr. Garner. Each of the 10 stores participat ing in the contest presented nom ination ballots to customers in the weeks before Wednesday, June 17, on which they could nominate their candidates for the honor. The nom inations were judged on the basis of the qualifications listed and not on the number of nominations for any one candidate. Judges for the contest were Mrs. J. W. Jackson, John L. Crump and George B. Stovall. Mr. Garner. 62 years old, has raised nine children including the Newport triplets. Four of his chil dren now live in Nevada, one is in the Navy at Pcnsacola, Fla., and a step-son, Fairleigh Small, lives in Morehead City. During most of his life Mr. Gar ner was a farmer around Newport, but for six years he was Newport's policeman and for the past year he has worked as a caretaker at the Wallace Fisheries. The Gar ners have nine grandchildren. Each of the stores participating in the contest presented Mr. Gar ner with a gift Saturday morning. The gifts were a suit of clothes from Leary's; a pair of shoes and six pairs of socks from The Boot Shop; six dress shirts from Belk's; a ten-inch oscillating fan from Car teret Gas company; a 17-jewel Wittnauer watch from Early Jewel ers; an Ashaway smoking stand from Eastman's Furniture com pany; a Rath tenderised ham from Freeman Brothers; a rod and reel from Hardware and Building Sup ply company; a Brownie flash camera set from Morehead City Drug company; and a set of four Kar-Rugs from Parker Motors. r An early morning fire of unde termined origin Sunday caused heavy damage to the stock at the Boot Shop on Arendell street, Morehead City. Morehead City firemen were call ed to the scene at about 4 a.m. and returned several times before they completely extinguished the fire. The firemen said that the fire to have ttarted In a parti tion and remained smoldering in the wall boarding each time it ap peared to haye been put out. Each 'time that the firemen re turned to the station, the fire broke out again and they returned to ex tinguish it. Eldoo Nelson, fire chief, said that the men spent about an hour fighting the fire. Chief Nelson said that he has been unable to determine the cause of the fire, although there is a possibility that it may have been caused by a short circuit. He said that there was little dam age to the building with the excep tion of smoke and water damage. He said that most of the damage was confined to the stock of the shoe store. Jasper Bell and Herman Kirby, operators of the store, said that they have not yet been able to de termine the extent of the damage but believe that the loss will be heavy. They said that they have not yet completed an inventory of the damaged stock. The owners of the store said that their loss is covered by insur ance. The damage to the building, owned by L. S. Spence of Mel bourne, Fla., is also covered by in surance. * Summer Program Registration Heavy One hundred and fifty children have registered to take part in the Beaufort summer recreation pro gram, and Kenneth Stargardt, pro gram director, has announced that he will continue to register chil dren who wish to take part in the program. He has started four baseball teams for the junior boys and hopes to complete three teams for senior boys to play baseball. Games will be played at the ball park during the morning this week, and swimming will be at Pivers Is land in the afternoons. The junior gtoup held its first dance last evening at the Scout building, and this evening and to morrow evening table games will be played at the Scout building from 7 until 9 o'clock. Friday evening the senior group will have it* dance at the Scout building from 7 to S. Tide Table Ttta at Beaufart Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, June 23 4:49 a.m. 3:22 p.m. 10:33 a.m. Wedaeaday, June 24 6:33 a.m. I2:4S a.m. ?:S8 p.m. 12:31 pm rrts ay, Jut M 7:20 a.BL 1:11 a.m. T. 43 pjn. pjn. 3:42 a.m. 11:43 a.m. 8:12 ^ 12:#1 p.m. * A petition signed by more than 100 persons will be presented to the Morehead City town board tomorrow night asking that the city annex certain areas west of the present city limits. A public hearing on the annexation proposal will be held in the city court room at the city hall beginning at 7:30 o'clock. Earlier this month a committee was formed to obtain signatures on a petition asking for annexation of the area west of the present city limits bounded on the north by the present highway 70 and on the south by the railroad and the sound. The intention is for the western limit to be the state property line at Camp Glenn. The area includes the rifle range north of the highway. The committee has been headed by E. G. McKinley of 2717 Arvon A Beaufort Seeks < New Police Chief The town of Beaufort has begun to advertise for a new police chief to replace Carlton Garner. The advertisement, inserted in several publications throughout the state, asks for applications from trained, experienced officers. In a letter to Mayor-elect Clifford T. Lewis, Chief Garner has applied for the position of assistant chief of police. He said that he was mak ing the application before the new town officials take office in order that there will be no delay in com pletion of plans for the organiza tion of the department. As assistant chief, he will hold the rank of captain but will con tinue to receive his present salary. Tentative plans for the organiza tion of the department call for him to take charge of the night shift. Chief Garner said yesterday, "I have considered this step for some time, and I have discussed it with various members of the town board and with the mayor-elect. They told me to do whatever I think best about it. "In the new job, I'll have less headaches than as chief, and I will be working much shorter hours. At the present time, I'm working day and night and never have any time to myself. As assistant chief, I'll be working only a regular nine hour shift "I wilf remain as chief until the t^nmiwionenr find a replace ment tor me, and if they do not find a suitable man I will remain." Glenn Adair, police commission er, said that the new chief and Capt. Mack Wade, now night of ficer, will make up the day shift under the proposed set-up. Lt. Otis Willis will move from days to nights. Commissioner Adair says that the town hopes to obtain the ser vices of a trained officer who has had experience on a large police force. He says that he believes that the town's offer will prove at tractive to such a man. PMA fo Starl ' Cotton Survey B. J. May. manager of the coun ty PMA office, ha> announced that his office will soon begin a survey of the amount of cotton grown in the county during 1951, 19S2 and 1953. He said that the survey will be made in preparation for cotton marketing quotas which will be imposed in 1954. He said that it is possible that all cotton planted this year will be measured shortly after July 15. Letters will go out during the next few days to all farmers who are listed on the 1950 allotment sheets and to others believed to have grown cotton during the past three years. The farmers who receive the letters will be requested to furnish crop information as soon as possi ble. Mr. May says that they should furnish the Information even though they may not be interested in growing cotton in the future. The information received in the survey will be used to determine acreage allotments and marketing quotas for the county for next year's cotton crop. Mr. May says that he believes that there is very little cotton grown in the county, largely be cause of the difficulty of obtain ing labor to pick the cotton. He said that when he first came in here in 1M2, there were more than 1,000 acres of cotton in the county but most of it was never picked because of the labor prob lem. He said that the amount of cotton has decreased since then, although there was a slight in crease in 1950 the last year of which the PMA office bas any rec ord. Mildew Found R. M. Williams, county farm agent, reports that downy mildew ha* been found on cucumbers and cantaloupe* In New Hanover coun ty. He says that growers of such plants should dust them with basic copper sulphate to prevent losses lias the discus. 'drive. John T. Connor of 2716 Ar von is vice-chairman. The commit te is composed of approximately 10 residents of the Homes drive, Noyes avenue, and other residen tial areas in the section. Working in two-man teams, the committee has obtained more than 100 names on its petition. Under the terms of the state law, the town can annex the area without a refer endum vote if 85 per cent of the residents of the area sign the peti tion. The petition asks that a refer endum be held if more than 50 per cent but less than 85 per cent of the residents sign. Leaders of the committee report that at the present time they have enough names on the petition to guarantee that any referendum election will be carried in favor of the annexation. Last night a final meeting of the committee and interested citizens was held in the Clyde Jones show room. On May 23 an annexation pro posal was defeated by U votes in a referendum called by the city. A total ot 145 voted in the election with 78 casting ballots against the proposal and 67 in favor of it. The area included in that election was larger than that in the new pro posal. It would have included the land between 25th and 28th streets from the highway north to Calico creek. Under the state law at least 12 months must intervene between an nexation elections for the same area. By changing the bounds of the proposed area the committee has made a new proposal. Leaders of the committee report ed that they hope to have enough names on thWr petition by tomor row night to allow the town to an nex the area by resolution. They have stressed in particular the im proved schools, lower fire insur ance rates and property value pro tection which would follow upon the annexation of the area. Judge Dismisses > Cooke Appeal Judge Henry W. Stevens, jr., in superior court Thursday dismissed the appeal to the state supreme court of Nellie Richardson Cooke. Mrs. Cooke had appealed a decision handed down by Judge John J. Bur ney at the June 1952 court term. Judge Bumey at that time con firmed the sale of property on Ann street in Beaufort and ruled that Mrs. Cooke was to receive four twelfths of the proceeds of the sale with the remainder to be divided between David C. Richardson and Mrs. Bertie Caffrey. When Mrs. Cooke announced that she intended to appeal to the supreme court. Judge Burney set the appeal bond at $500. It was be cause this bond has never been posted that Judge Stevens dismisa ed the appeal. The judge originally intended to dismiss the appeal during the March court term, but Mrs. Cooke protested. After a lengthy court room scene in which Mrs. Cooke was threatened with a contempt citation, the judge agreed to give her until the June term to per fect the appeal. In her court appearance in March. Mrs. Cooke was threatened with the contempt- citation after she interrupted the trial of an other case and attempted to make a speech to the people in the court room. Mrs. Cooke went through the same procedure when she appear ed in court Thursday to oppose the dismissal of her appeal. The judge on several occasions warned her to address her remarks to him In stead of to the spectators. At one point during the day he ordered her to return to her seat after she followed him into his chambers to continue her argument. Young Beaufort Farmer Attends Short Course Kerney Merrill, jr., of Beaufort is attending a two-week farming short course at State college In Raleigh. The course will end Sat urday. The purpose of the course is to give young iartnert instruction in the various phases of modern farm ing. The course is being sponsored by the North Carolina Banker*