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42nd YEAR, NO. 79. THREE SFPTIONR EIGHTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1953 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Local Stevedores Unaffected
By Northern Port Strike Wave
The Morchead City local of the*
International Longshoreman's As
sociation will probably not be af
fected by the strike in northern
ports, Leroy Guthrie, president,
said yesterday.
When contract negotiations fell
through, the union called a strike
at midnight Wednesday. At noon
Thursday, the White House an
nounced that President Eisenhow
er would seek an Injunction under
the "Taft-Hartley act to keep the
stevedores at work.
The strike affected ports between
Portland, Me., and Norfolk, Va.
"We've already signed our con
tracts so there's no reason at all
for us to strike," Mr. Guthrie said.
The local union is a part of the
South Atlantic and Gulf Coast dis
trict of the association and there
contract negotiations were com
pleted in recent weeks.
Mr. Guthrie revealed that steve
dores will receive several raises
depending on the type of cargo be
ing discharged. These raises go up
to 7 'i cents per hour for certain
goods and types of work.
The waterfront strike centers in
New York City where the docks
closed down immediately after
the strike was called. The con
tract negotiations are complicated
by the fact that the American Fed
eration of Labor at its convention
Sept. 22, expelled the I. L. A. from
its membership and set up a rival
stevedore and longshoreman union.
Mr. Guthrie reported that Frank
Yeager, president of the southern
district, has called a special con
vention for Oct. 12 in New Orleans
to discuss the future relation of
this district with the A. F. L. and
the I. L. A.
The Morehead City local will hold
its regular monthly meeting next
Thursday night at which time del
egates to the special convention
will be chosen. Mr. Guthrie said.
Referring to the possibility that
ships headed for strike-bound ports
might be sent to Morchead City,
Mr. Guthrie said that "unless the
union orders us not to, we'll un
load any ship that comes into the
Morehead City port."
During the 1951 strike in north
ern ports, ships were regularly di
verted to South Atlantic ports
where they were discharged with
out labor difficulties. Many of the
ships were unloaded at the Charles
ton port.
The A. F. L. expulsion order
grew out of charges of corruption
and racket domination centering
on the New York and New Jersey
docks. No similar charges have
ever been made for most of the
ports in the South Atlantic region
The strike, if it is not halted
by an injunction, is expected to
cost $1,500,000 per day and affect
800,000 people in New York alone.
The I. L. A. claims about 40,000
members in New York and about
20,000 members elsewhere. Three
of the New York locals with more
than 2.000 members have already
bolted to join the new A. F. L. or
ganization which bears the same
name as the old one.
Patrolmen Help
On 'Wolfpack'
Carteret County's state highway
patrolmen are participating in the
patrol's "saturation" patrolling
plan. Under this plan, patrolmen
literally saturate stretches of heav
ily-traveled highway. A patrol
man is stationed every six to ten
miles and covers that same area,
back and forth, (or 12 hours of
the day.
Patrolman R H. Brown worked
in Onslow County over the week
end On Saturday he traveled a
total of 375 miles over the same
10 miles of highway and on Sunday
314 miles. He made eight arrests,
two for drunken driving.
Patrolman W. E. Pickard worked
in Craven County and during his
stint of "wolfpack'' patrolling made
12 arrests. Patrolman Pickard
commented that this saturation
plan has worked in Indiana.
North Carolina's Motor Vehicles
Commissioner, Edward Scheidt, re
ports that he was pleased with the
work of the patrolmen. They
trtok to Highway 17 at 6 o'clock
Friday night and were stationed
every 10 miles from Elizabeth
City to the South Carolina line.
The wreck total for the weekend
was held to six, resulting in only
two injuries. Patrolmen made a
total of 348 arrests.
During the same weekend last
year one person was killed on that
particular stretch of highway. Com
missioner Scheidt said that by the
oretically saving one life, the heavy
patrolling more than paid for the
effort put fortji by the patroluwo.
Home Demonstration Club
Miss Martha Barnett, home dem
onstration agent, has announced
one meeting for Monday. The Mer
rimon club meets with Mrs. Jim
Stallings at 2:30 p.m.
Came Warden Arrests
Manv Huntina Violators
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George Bryan, Newport, has
been charged with allowing dogs
to chase deer during closcd season,
Leroy Mcintosh, county game war
den, reported this week. Bryan was
apprehended Friday and will be
given a hearing Tuesday before L.
W. Hassell, Beaufort justice of the
peace.
J. C. Jones, Newport, charged
With having an improper plug in
his gun, was arrested Saturday.
Mr. Mcintosh said that he was
scheduled to be given a hearing
before A. L. Wilson, Newport jus
tice of the peace.
Six arrests for alleged violation
of hunting laws were made Thurs
day, Sept. 24. C. D. Garner, Crab
Point, is charged with hunting
without a license, taking marsh
hens from a motor boat, using a
gun that holds more than three
shells and possessing a green
heron. The arrest was made on
the Newport River. Garner was
given a hearing before Earl Mason,
Beaufort justice of the peace, and
paid fines totalling $20 and court
eosts amounting to $13.
Alex Roberts, Morehead City, was
given a hearing before Mr. Mason
and was found guilty of taking and
possessing shore birds during
closed season. He paid $10 fine and
costs. Mr. Mcintosh explains that
shore birds may not be hunted in
any season. ,
Bonnie Rice, Morehead City, was
apprehended on the same charge.
but was freed when he agreed to
testify in behalf of the game war
den.
Ten dollars and costs were levied
on Wiil Canada. Morehead City, for
taking marsh hens from a power
boat and possessing a green heron.
He was arrested on Newport River.
A. J. Willis, Morehead City, was
apprehended on Newport River
and charged with taking and pos
sessing mink during closed sea
sons. He paid $10 fine and $6.50
costs before Mr. Mason.
Guy Willis, Morehead City, was
charged with the same offense but
was released when he agreed to
testify on behalf of the game
warden.
Two arrests were made Wednes
day, Sept. 23. Harvey Turner, Pink
Hill, is charged with hunting with
a gun that holds more than three
shells. Turner was scheduled to be
given a hearing before Mr. Mason
this week but the case was contin
ued for two weeks.
Cecil Peterson, Beaufort, was ap
prehended in Lennoxville marshes
and charged with having an im
proper plug in his gun. He was
ordered to pay $10 and costs.
Arrested Saturday, Sept. 19, and
given hearings before Mr, Mason,
were the following:
Alton Bryan. Newport, shotgun
holding more than three shells, $5
and costs.
Sidney E. Manning, Havelock, no
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Brush Burners Must Get
Permits Says Forester
Stale Forester Fred H. ClaridgtH
today called attention to the new
state law covering brush burning
as he urged all persons to be "ex
tremely careful" in handling fire
in or near any wooded areas.
The brush burning law. v. it ich
was rather sharply revised by the
1953 General Assembly, becomes
effective October 1 and is in effect
until June 1.
The new law makes it unlawful
for any person, firm or corporation
to start or cause to be started any
fire or ignite any material in any
woodlands under the protection of
the Department of Conservation
and Development's forest service,
or within 500 feet of any such pro
tected area, during the hours be
tween midnight and 4 p.m. without
first securing a permit.
Permits may be obtained from
the state forester or any person
authorized by a county forester or
ranger to issue them. They are
given without any charge. Penalty
for violation of the brush burning
act is a fine up to $50 or imprison
ment up to 30 days.
This section of the new law docs
not apply to any fires started or
caused to be started within 100 feet
of an occupied dwelling bouse. In
other words no permits are re
quired for this type of burning.
No permits arc required for
brush burning between 4 p.m. and
12 midnight under the new law,
Mr. Claridge said, as winds, which
have a tendency to spread brush
fires, are not as gusty as they usual
ly are during other hours. He cau
tioned. however, that care must be
exercised at all times to prevent
what might be disastrous forest
fires as a result of carelessness on
the part of brush burners. A Urge
percentage of forest fires is caused
annually by careless brush burners,
the state forester said.
E. M. Foreman, Carteret County
forester, has announced that all dis
' trict fire wardens can issue the
permits. They are J. G. Taylor at
Bogue, Neil Chadwick of Newport,
route 2. Adie McCabe of Wildwood,
Roland Salter at Bcttie, O. G.
Pigott at Gloucester. Robert King
at the Open Grounds, and C. A.
Johnson at Harkers Island.
The permits may also be obtain
ed at Kuhn's Corner near Stella,
Mrs. Lester Hall at Broad Creek,
Mrs. Edwards at the Newport Drug
Store, the Sinclair station in Mans
field, Carteret Hardware Company
Id Beaufort, the county ?heriif'i
office. Leroy Macintosh, county
game protector, Everett Merril in
Beaufort, Charlie Bell and Carlisle
Taylor at Harlowe, Dewey Hardisty
at North River, the Otway . fire
tower, Headen Willis at Smyrna,
and the Post Offices in Davis, Sea
Level, and Stacy.
Burglars Apprehended
Deputy Sheriff Hugh Salter said
that the men who broke into Fred's
Sinclair Service SUtion, Camp
Glenn, the night of Sept IS, are
Marines stationed at Cherry Point.
Investigator Joe Collins, Cherry
Point, said that the men are also
involved in other burglaries com
mitted hi eastern North Carolina
recently.
Morehead Club
Plans Project
The Morehead City Jaycees are
considering sponsoring a project
to. benefit the Damon Runyan Can
cer Fund.
At the regular Monday night
meeting of the club, the members
discussed the possibility of selling
house number markers to be set
in lawns. The markers are about
12 inches high and 14 inches wide
with metal frames, and most of the
profits will go to the cancer re
search fund.
The numbers are made of a phos
phorescent material and can be
easily seen at night. P. H. Geer Jr.,
president of Jthe club, reported that
the markers will probably sell fo^
$3 apiece. They have wire supports
to be pushed into the lawn.
The Damon Runyan Cancer FuHd
was set up several years ago as
a memorial to Damon Runyan, one
of the nation's most popular writ
ers. Walter Winchell, well known
columnist, heads the fund.
It was also reported at the meet
ing that the club has now sold 58
$100 bonds for the new lights and
additions at the Camp Glenn Ath
letic field. The Jaycees are trying
to sell 80 of the bonds. The bonds
bear 3 per cent and will be re
tired in a five-year period.
With Ronald Mason of the Beau
fort club, Mr. Geer attended the
Junior Chamber of Commerce In
stitute in Washington, D. C , last
weekend. Eight eastern states
were represented at the meeting.
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy of
Wisconsin addressed the club mem
bers. National officers and other
leading members of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce organization
attended.
Paper Week Begins;
Plant Open to Visitors
An Informed Press for an In
formed People is the theme of
National Newspaper Week which
opened yesterday.
In observance of the week,
school pupils and others interest
ed in newspaper publishing are
invited to visit THE NEWS
TIMES plant Tuesday and Friday
of next week. If possible, teach
ers in charge of groups who wish
to go through the plant should
notify THE NEWS-TIMES office
at least a half an hour in ad
vance.
THE NEWS TIMES is located
on Arendell street, Morehead
City, next to the Carolina Power
and Light Company.
81 Will Serve
At County Polls
Chairman of Elections
Board Releases Names
Of Officials
Eighty-one registrars, judges and
pollholders will serve at polls
throughout the county tomorrow.
North Carolinians will decide to
morrow whether to borrow $72 mil
lion to build schools and mental
hospitals.
F. R. Seeley, chairman of the
County Board of Elections, said
that the burden on the board was
considerably lightened this year |
? all but two of those asked to be
judges accepted the assignment.
Serving at the polls in each pre
cinct are the following: Ports
mouth, John R. Willis, Dorothy
Mae Salter. Nora Dixon: Cedar
Island, J. B. Goodwin. J. W. Good
win, and Hazel Goodwin.
Atlantic, Clayton Fulcher. J. W.
Mason, Dennis Robinson; Sea
Level, Alvah B. Taylor, Herbert
Salter. Mrs. Earl Hamilton; Stacy,
Earl Fulcher, Hedrick H. Salter,
Romain Gaskill; Davis, Mrs. Alvin
Davis. Corbett Davis and one other
yet to be appointed by the regis
trar.
Williston, Mrs. Ruby Willis. Mrs.
Fannie G. Davis, Jesse Piner;
Smyrna, Mrs. Bertie Simpson,
George Hancock, Mrs. D. V. W&ie;
Marshallbcrg. I. W. Moore, Fred
UtHikin, Mum AJnia Unrfe
Harkers Island, Charltl William
Hancock, Minnie Evelyn 'iiiy lor.
Mrs. Telford Willis; Straits, I^on
Chadwick. Mrs. W. D. f'hadwick,
D. A. Jarvis; Otway. Mrs. Myrtle
Gillikin, A. B. Lewis. Iredell Law
rence.
JBettip. Cleveland Gillikin, Theo
dore Willis. Harvey Lawrence;
Merrimon. Peter Carraway, W. L.
Cannon. Guy W. Carraway; Har
lowe, Lionel Conner, Mrs. J. R.
Bali, B. A. Oglesby. ,
Wire Grass, M. M. Eubanks, Mrs.
Addie Norris, W. Z. Merrill; Beau
fort, Frank L. King, John D.
Brooks. George G. Woolard; More
head Precinct No. 2, Bruce Good
win, Mrsv Retha King, Mrs. Frank
E. Cahoon.
Morehead Precinct No. 1, W. A.
Willis, James B.' Willis, E. C. Guth
rie; Salter Path, George W. Smith.
Ed Nixon, Joe Zajac; Wildwood.
C. Addison McCabe, Albert E. Mur
doch, W. B. Taylor; Newport, Pren
tice Garner, Y. Z. Simmons, Chris
tine G. Carroll.
Broad Creek, Norman Guthrie.
Arendell Guthrie, Asa Dixon;
Bogue, Mrs. Essie Smith, Mrs. O.
B. Arthur, D. A. Taylor; Cedar
Point, John A. Weeks, John S.
Jones, John Guthrie.
Peletier, Sam Meadows. N. Worth
Watson, W. D. Norris; Stella. J.
C. Barker, L. W. Pelletier, and A.
L. Norris.
Cable, Box Burn
Ti e meter box and cable on the
exhibit building at the Legion fair
grounds, Beaufort, caught fire at
7 o'clock Wednesday night. The
blow-out was believed to be due to
power overload. Damage was re
ported slight.
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Voters Ballot Saturday
On State Bond Issues
Folks See Phillips'
Fire from Causeway
Hundreds of Beaufort and More
head City residents lined the cause
way Monday night to watch the
Phillips fish factory fire on the
island in Newport River. Folks
thought at first that the "northern
lights" were dancing awfully close
until they saw flames' shoot up.
No one seems to know how the
fire started. The owners of the
factory, H. O., Jasper, and Llew
ellyn Phillips of Morehead City,
said that there was no one on the
island at the time, not even a care
taker. The loss, estimated at more
than $100,000 is partially covered
by insurance, according to Llew
ellyn Phillips.
The sky was still aglow at 9 p.m.
The fire was detected, evidently
from the mainland, about 6:30 p.m.
A crew from Fort Macon Coast
Guard station with an inch and a
half portable water pump was the
only fire fighting equipment avail
able for use against the blaze.
They said it had gained too mueh
headway for their apparatus to be
of much value. Mr. Phillips said
a fire fighting system was available
for use when the plant was in oper
ation.
It was closed down and was not
scheduled to reopen until the men
hrden season this fall. Mr. Phillips
made no definite commitment as
to whether the plant would be re
built.
In addition to the main fish
processing plant, a dining room,
employees' living quarters, and a
foreman's dwelling were destroyed
A dock, an elevator for unloading
fish, and several smaller buildings
were undamaged by the flames.
The island on which the factory
was located is owned by the Phil
lips brothers.
Beaufort Marine Gets
Suspended Road Term
CP&L Announces
New Cable Plans
Construction is scheduled to start
Oct. 15 on the new submarine cable
crossing from Morehead City to At
lantic Beach at the new bridge,
George B. Stovall, district manager
for the Carolina Power and Light
Company. annoui\ped this week.
The cable and overhead line by
{ho ol?l brWpe vrMl be remove-*.
Mr. Stovall reported that contrac
trxs have submitted their bids but
no contract has been awarded by
the utility company.
Approximately 650 feet o i sub
marine cable will be used at the
draw of the new bridge and the
rest of the crossing will be over
head lines with a clearance of 25
feet above mean high water. The
underwater cable will be buried at
a depth of approximately 10 feet
below the bottom of the sound.
The cost of the project will be
approximately $75,000. Mr. Stovall
revealed that the submarine cable
will be a 25,000 volt line and its
cost is nearly $16 per foot. This
new cable will enable the company
to expand its services on the beach
as demand grows without overload
ing or building new lines. Eventu
ally the firm plans to put in a sec
ond cable for emergency use.
The Army Corps of Engineers of
fice in Wilmington has announced
that plans for the project are on
display at the Post Office in More
head City. Any person having an
objection to the work from the
standpoint of navigation should
communicate with the engineers.
Objections will not be received
after Oct. 9.
Service to the beach will be con
tinued through the old cable until
the new one is completed. The
company's plans call for the re
moval of the old cable after the
completion of the new line.
Gun Recovered
Deputy Sheriff Hugh Salter lost
his gun over the weekend. Sheriff
C. G. Holland said it was found
Monday morning in one of the sher
iff's department cars.
What Can Ya' Lose? All!
(Editor's Note: A statistician em
ployed In Carteret County visited
the Carteret County "Fair" Wed
nesday night. Following a night's
close observation o( the games of
chance, he wrote the following
article).
Pick a man at random. Blindfold
him. Place him at any open spot
on the midway at the Carteret
County fair. Tell him to walk in
any direction until he comes to the
first ride, show or game of chance.
The probability is about one-half
that he will end up at a game of
chance. What is the probability of
winning if he chooses to participate
in a game of chance?
For the many wheel and dice
games at the fair, the chances of
winning are easily determined by
means of inductive reasoning based
on the mathematics of probability.
Let us look at one of the dice
games where the participant al
ways rolls the dice.
U be beta that he wiU roll a sev
en and happens to make that point,
the houae pays him three times as
mucn money as ne Dei. Likewise,
if be bets that lpiii roll under a
seven, that ia, anything from 2 to
6, and he rolls thul, the bouse
pays him as much aa he bet. The
same procedure takes place (or
rolling anything over a 7.
Now there are 3d different ways
in which the numbcra on a pair of
dice can come up. Out of these
38 ways. ? 7 can be rolled in 6
ways. Hence, the probability of
rolling a 7 is one in Mx. For the
participant to have an even chancc
of winning, the house would pay in
the order of 5 to 1 rtther than 3
to 1.
As it stands, the odda against the
participant are 5 to l Further,
there are IS oat of M ways Hi
which a number undtr 1 can be
rolled. In an evea game, the house
would pay in the order of 11 to IS
rather than even money If the par
ticipant made hia bet The lame
adds prevail for rolliig a number
greater than 7. The liklihMd of
winding in this particattr dice
game reati with the kouaa.
The wheel game consists of a
needle spun over a wheel sectioned
into 40 parts. Red tabs are placed
in about 8 of the sections. Bet
a dollar, give the needle a spin,
and if the point of it conies to
rest on one of th*. red tabs, the
participant receives ten dollars.
With S red tabs on the ^rheel, the
chances of The needle coming to
rest on one of them is 1 in 5.
Under the laws of probability
(and introducing no bias), If the
wheel is played five times, there is
a good chance of winning once,
in such a case. $5 would get the
participant $10. and the house
would ultimately go broke. That
the laws of probability evidently
do not prevail is evidenced by the
fact that the wheel operating game
seems quite profitable to the op
erators.
Lot's look into the wheel game
further. The hem gets a sucker
on the hook. The operator says, i
"Look, tips* ar** eight red tabs
on the wheel. I'm going to put <
8m GAJUUNG, Pa(e t
William Glass, a Marine living in
Beaufort, was plaeed under a three
month suspended sentence in Beau
fort Recorder's Court Tuesday
afternoon, fie was ordered to pay
a $50 fine and costs of two actions
against him.
In one he was charged with as
saulting his wife and in the other
he was charged with carrying a
concealed razor and appearing in
public drunk.
Glass pleaded guilty to being
drunk but ?ot guilty to carrying a
concealed weapon.
Chief Testifies
Thf U nf<B?itaerib lut the ?t'*le
was A. fc. Guy, chief of police. He
said thai Officer Mark Wade came
by his house the night of Sept. 14
and had a woman in his car. Offi
cer Wade reported that the woman
wanted the officer to go with her
to her house to get her clothes be
cause her Husband had been beat
ing her.
Chief Guy said he told Officer
Wade to take the woman to her
house (an apartment in the Russell
Manson apartment house) and to
tell her husband to behave himself.
Chief Guy said he didn't know
what had happened there until
later in the night he, Patrolman
William Pickard, Marine MPs, and
Officer Wade found Glass sprawled
on the walk at the foot of Queen
street on Front.
Razor Found
The chief said that as he turned
Glass over, a straight-edged razor
was found under his arm. The razor
was presented as evidence. Glass
was then put in jail. The chief said
he kept calling for Bobby, his wife.
The next morning the chief said
that Glass told him that the razor
belonged to him.
The next witness was Sgt. Paul
D. Bray, head of Marine military
police in Beaufort and Morehead
City. Sergeant Bray said he was in
Morehead City when the Morehead
police received a call from Officer
Wade in Beaufort. Officer Wade
asked for an MP.
Sergeant Bray went to Beaufort.
He said that Glass seemed to be
having "quite a bit of trouble with
his wife. He struck her in my pres
ence. Then he ordered me out of
his house."
The sergeant said that Officer
Wade then went to the chief's
house and he called for more MPs
from Morehead City. Meanwhile,
Glass had left his house and was
found later on the waterfront. The
sergeant said he was more worried
about Glass's wife at the time, not
knowing what Glass might have
done to her.
Sergeant Bray said that when
Glass was turned over the razor
dropped out from between the up
per part of his arm and his body.
The sergeant said that later Glass 1
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Tide Table
Tides ?( Beaufort In
HIGH LOW I
Friday, Ocl. Z
3:54 a.m. 10:07 a m
4:17 p.m. 10:52 p.m.
Saturday, Oct 1
4:52 a.m. 11:06 a.m.
5:12 p.m. 11.39 P m
Sunday, Oct. 4
5:42 a.m.
5:56 p.m. 11:57 p.m
Monday, Oct. 5
8:27 a m. 12 18 a.m.
9:38 p.m. 12:40 p.m.
Taeaday, Oct. 8
7 05 UB. 12 53 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 1:21p.m. I
? Carteret County voters will join
interested citizens in all parts of
the state in going to the polls aiid
voting on the $72 million school
building and rnenttal institution
bond issue.
Polls will open in county pre
cincts at 6:30 a.m. tomorrow and
close at 6:30 p.m.
Governor William B. Umstead
climaxed the pre-election campaign
Wednesday night when he joined
with Charles Carrol, state super
intendent of instruction, and Dr
David Young, superintendent of
the state's mental institutions, in
urging the state's voters to cast
their ballots for both bond issues.
The issues up for vote tomorrow
will be $50 million for school build
ing and $22 million for mental in
siuuuons.
Governor Umstcad, noting the
bonds arc to be repaid jver a per
iod of 20 years said tliat "careful
calculations" show the payments
on principal and interest will av
erage about $4,600,000 for each
of the years.
"In view of the fact that both
principal and interest amount to
only two and one-half percent of
present state approriations from
the general fund," the governor
said, "new taxes will not be
required solely for the purpose of
retiring these bonds. It has been
suggested in some parts of the
state that the passage of the bonds
would increase the tax on land.
This if? not true. There is no
state levied land tax, and none is
proposed in connection with these
bond issues."
The first $10 million in the
school bonds will be divided with
$100,000 going to each of the state's
100 counties. Of the remaining
funds $15 million will be divided
according to average daily attend
ance and $25 according to need.
Irvin W. Davis of Davis, county
register of deeds, has been chair
man of the bond effort in Carteret
County. Also working hard for
the passage of the bonds has been
the Carteret County School Boards
Association, an organization com
p?rd of rU diBtrtei school board
inf Hkf-i Jn the county Local
IT A gfcoups and other civic organ
izations have also been working
to get voters out for the election.
THE NEWS-TJMES will cooper
ate with the Associated Press in
North Carolina in sending returns
from Carteret Courtty to Raleigh
so that accurate checks can be
made throughout Saturday night i
on the progress of the issues.
Each ballot will have two issues
with a space for casting the ballot
for or against the individual is
sue. It will be possible for a voter
to vote against both, for both, or
split his vote on the two bond is
sues.
Jaycees Enter
Member Contest
Beaufort Jaycees, in session Mon
day night at the inlet Inn, aecepted
a challenge from Morehead City
Jaycees to up their membership,
percentage-wise, higher than the
Morehead Club's during the month
of October.
The club that loses the member
ship race will entertain the win
ner at a dinner.
Wiley Taylor Jr., chairman of
the athletic committee, reported
that the Jaycees purchased a thou
sand dollars worth of football
equipment for the current season
and paid $2,500 for the new cement
block fence at the field.
The club commented on the fine
performance and appearance of the
Beaufort band at the game Friday
night. It was the first time the
band appeared in their new uni
forms. Gate receipts and conces
sion sales were termed satisfactory.
The president, Ronald Earl Ma
son, reported on the recent Mid
Atlantic Jaycee Institute meeting
?t Washington, D. C. Mr. Mason
was one of nine North Carolina
Jaycees who attended. The key
note address was delivered by Sen
ator McCarthy, Wisconsin Republi
can.
Sam Gibbs, chairman of the Jay
cee fire prevention committee, an
nounced that his committee is
planning a special fire' prevent ion
campaign for Beaufort Oct 4-10.
Clerk Rules in Favor
Of Charles H. Freeman
A. H. James, clerk of superior
court, has entered i judgment in
favor of Charles 11. Freeman in the
case of Charles H. Freeman vs.
Jasper. Lewtllyn. and H. O. Phil
lips. all of Morehead City.
The clerk ruled that the plain
tiff is entitled to recover $400 with
Interest from Dec. S. 1949 on a
promissory note signed by the de
fendants and held by the plaintiff.
Judgment in the case was made
Wednesday. Sept. 23. ?
Sixth Arrest
Made in Pig Case
Judge Dismisses Charges
In School Bus, Truck,
Automobile Wrecks
Another man, Ernest Brown, has
been arrested in conneetion with
the recent hog thefts in Carteret
County but the case did not come
up for triai Tuesday morning as
scheduled. The state said that it
was not in a position to successful
ly prosecute the case and that more
investigation was necessary.
Those allegedly involved in the
thefts arc .1- D. Arnold Jr.. Odd
Askland. Ralph Arnold. James
Thomas Brown, Alton Waddell. and
Brown.
Two cases that were the out
growth of auto accidents were dis
missed. One was against Oscar
Salter and the other against Den
nis Clifton Lawrence.
Mr. Salter was charged with pas
sing a school bus in an improper
manner Monday afternoon. The
bus and pickup truck Mr. Salter
was driving collided. Damage to
the school bus was estimated by
Lester Hall, school bus mechanic,
at $250. Damage to Mr Salter's
truck was estimated at $100.
Curtis Joseph, Beaufort RFD 1,
driver of the bus, was the first to
testify. He said that he was the
substitute driver and that the acci
dent happened on the Laurel Road
as he was turning into Freddy
Hunter's place to turn around.
Joseph told the court that to
make the turn the bus went over
to the left side of the highway.
He said that lights were blinking
on the bus. he had his stop sign
out, and the right turn signal flash
ing. As he turned to the right, he
said that Mr. Salter struck the bus
on the right side when he tried to
pass it on the right.
Patrolman Testifies
Patrolman W. J. Smith Jr. testi
fied that Mr. Salter told him that
he saw the lights blinking and the
stop sign out but when the bus
went to the left he thought it was
going to stay there
Harvey Hamilton, representing
Mr. Salter, asked that the case be
dismissed because the bus went
over to the left side of the road
without blinking its left signal as L?
well as iUMTikM. Judge Lambert
Morris said that as long as the bus
went to the left and there was
a clear passageway on the right,
there was no basis Jor charges.
The regular bus driver is Kmma
Perry, Beaufort RFD 1. Joseph
was driving because the substitutes
are put on occasionally to give
them experience. No one was hurt
in the accident. All the children
had been let off the bus. The ac
I cident occurred at 4:05 p.m.
Mr. Lawrence was charged with
failing to yield the right-of-way,
causing an accident. The accident
occurred Thursday. Sept. 24, at
10 p.m. Patrolman K. H. Brown
who investigated, reported the ac
cident as follows:
Truck Backs Out
Mr.' Lawrence, in a 1946 Stude
baker truck was backing out of
Vernon Gillikin's yard at Otway on*
highway 70 when the truck choked
down on him and stalled.
Ralph Gray Mason. Beaufort
RFD 1, driving a 1949 Ford con
vertible, was proceeding toward
Beaufort and said he could not sec
lights on the trucks because of the
angle at which the truck was across
the highway.
Mr. Mason said he realized that
a truck was across the road when
he was about 300 feet from it. He
put on his brakes but slid into it,
his left front hitting the right
door of the truck cab.
With Mr. Lawrence was his wife
and children. No one was injured.
Patrolman Brown estimated dam
age to the convertible at $300 and
to the truck $100.
After hearing evidence. Judge
Morris ordered the case dismissed.
County Residents
Have Licenses
Revoked by State
Four county residents and a
Cherry Point Marine have received
notices of the revocation of their
driver's licenses as a result of con
victions in the Beaufort Recorder's
Court.
The safely division of the De
partment of Motor Vehicles this
week announced that the licenses
(of Carl B. Tjurbeville, Koland A.
Small and Mack Donald Gillikin,
all of Beaufort, have been revoked. ,
Others were Robert L. Jones of
Newport and Walter M. Blanchard.
All were convicted of driving
drunk except Jones who was
charged with driving after his li
cense had been revoked.
Beaufort court judgments also
brought about license suspensions
for Joseph P. Ferrara and Alexan
der R. Fulton of Cherry Point and
Charles W. Gaskins of Havetfck.
Each of these suspensions followed
convictions of speeding in excess
of 85 miles per hour.
Former Official Dies
Warren G. Bell of Wilmington,
former president of Tide Water
Power Company, died Thursday
morning.