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43rd YEAR, NO. 44. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROUNA TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1954 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
County, State Give Scott Majority
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Legal Acfi?n Sfarts to Close Dog Race Track
Jaycees Name
Contest Judges
Seven Beaufort Girls
Will Vie for Beauty
Title Saturday Night
Judges have been named for the
Beaufort Beauty Pageant at 8 p.m.
Saturday at the postoffice dock in
Beaufort.
They are Joe DuBois, and Theo
dore Smith of the Sea Level Cham
ber of Commerce; D. G. Bell, state
legislature candidate, Morehead
City, Moses Howard, county com
missioner, Newport; and Mrs.
Thomas Noe, Miss Morehead City
of 1949, Beaufort.
Chairman of the judges com
mittee is Holden Ballou.
Seven contestants will take part.
They are Bobby Dennis, Kay Wil
lis, Faye Merrill, Judy Mason, Sue
Gibbs, Carol Cole, and Margaret
Bryant, all of Beaufort.
Starting at 4:30 p.m. Saturday
the contestants will ride through
Beaufort in a motorcade led by
either Beaufort or the ? Queen
Street High School Band.
Tickets for the pageant may be
obtained from Beaufort Jaycees.
Seniors to Attend
Ail-Night Party
Beaufort and Morehead City
High School seniors will be treat
ed tonight to a gala evening spon
sored by Bill Sutton, manager of
the Beaufort Theatre, and Clyde
Carr, manager* of Ule Oeern Park
Drive-In Theatre.
After commencement, Morehead
City seniors will be escorted to
Beaufort by State Highway Patrol
men and Morehead City Police
where they'll join Beaufort seniors
in front of the Beaufort Theatre for
a street dance.
A surprise movie will start at
midnight. After the movie, the
seniors will be escorted to More
head City to the Ocean Park Drive
in.
There they'll be guests at a wein
er roast sponsored by Dom's Lunch,
Morehead City. A movie will be
shown following the weiner roast.
After the movie at the Ocean
Park the seniors will be escorted to
the Recreation Center in More
head City for a breakfast furnished
by the Sanitary Fish Market and
the New Bern Provision Co.
The breakfast will be prepared
by Morehead City grade mothers.'
Valuable prizes and cash awards
will be given away throughout the
night's festivities. Featured prize
is a used car donated by Dick Park
er of Parker Motors.
The car, a five-passenger club
coupe, is painted in Morehead City
and Beaufort High School colors.
Mr. Carr said that parents of the
seniors are invited. The whole
affair will be chaperoned by grade
mothers.
He said that if this year's af
fair proves successful, another will
be planned for next year.
Driver to Appear
In Court Today
William L. Lewis, 105 N. 13th St.,
Morehead City, will be tried in
Beaufort Recorder'i Court this af
ternoon on a charge of hit and run
and I .eland Swain, 213 Marsh St.,
will be tried on a charge of park
ing hit truck on the wrong aide
of the street.
The two drivers wei* cited last
Monday night following an accident
on Turner Street juat north of Ann.
According to Carlton Garner, a s
siatant chief of police, Lewis in
a 1053 Plymouth was turning
from Ann north on Turner when
he struck a Dodge pick-up truck
owned by Swain. Swain'a truck
was headed south, parked on the
eaat side of Turner street.
As Lewis swung around the cor
ner, Officer Garner said, his car
sideswiped the pick-up and kept go
ing. Deputy Sheriff Marshall Ays
cue happened to be behind Swain's
car and he stopped the Plymouth
?t Broad and Turner Streets.
Deputy Sheriff Ayscue then
railed Officer Gamer. Damage to
the Plymouth was eatimated at ISO
and damage to the pick-up was
estimated at *150.
K The long-awaited local ac-<
tion to oust the Morehead
City dojj race track came to
a head Saturday when Sam
Adler, Morehead City, secre
tary of the Carolina Racing
Association was cited to ap
pear in Superior Court in
Beaufort next Wednesday,
June 9, to show cause why
the track should not be
closed.
Frank Aycock. Elizabeth City at
torney who engineered the forces
which closed the Currituck track,
appeared before Judge Clawson L
Williams in Pitt County Superior
Court Wednesday and asked him to
sign a complaint filed by Wiley
Taylor Jr., Beaufort.
Mr. Taylor is solicitor of the
County Recorder's Court here. He
said yesterday he was contacted
"some weeks ago" by the ministers
association of the county regard
ing action to close the track.
Consults Aycock
Before undertaking action, he
consulted with Mr. Aycock who has
made several trips to Beaufort to
discuss the legal procedures with
Mr. Taylor. Mr. Taylor states that
there is "no money in this" for the
lawyers unless the court rules
against the track and they are as
signed fees by the court.
Mr. Aycock represented the
plaintiffs m the Currituck issue and
was awarded a $7,500 fee
Observers in Morehead City say,
however, that the legal fight to get
rid of the track is being financed
by interests at Atlantic Beach
which last summer spoke out
against track operation.
The order Judge Williams signed
and returned by mail to Beaufort
Saturday asks that the Carolina
Racing Association Inc. show rea
son why they should not be closed
permanently and prevented from
conducting gambling in the future.
The papers were served on the
secretary a I the octng asaociation
by Depaty Sheriff Bobby Bell.
Solicitor Conuneata
While Mr. Taylor said that he
has taken up the gauntlet against
the track on behalf of the minis
ters, church members, and private
citizens who have contacted him,
he commented yesterday:
"Church people are great ones
for stirring a stink, but they are
also among the first to hold their
noses and run when it starts smell
ing. I was promised all kinds of
help when this action was first
proposed to me by the ministerial
association.
"When the chips were down J
discovered that church folks, too,
think more of their own businesses
and personal security than they do
their souls. They are thin-skinned
and more afraid of the human
judges who see them every day
than they are the judge in the here
after and the fire and brimstone
they will suffer eternally.
"Now that I, with or without
wisdom, have commenced this ac
tion, I hope that there are a few
who call themselves christians who
will stick by me in the future IF
I need their help.
"There are those who s?y that I
have killed myself politically in
Morehead City. That may be true,
but I do not believe it. There are
many people there who have urged
me as vigorously as from any sec
tion that this action be taken. I
sincerely believe that a majority of
the people there are glad that the
track is about to go.
"Be that as it may. if political
victory must be purchased at the
cost of prostituted convictions, any
one who wishes to oppose me is
welcome to the Job. So long as the
people of Carteret County retain
me as solicitor of their court I shall
continue to treat averyone Impar
tially and to do my duty as I see
It.
"When the time comes that I
must cater to . . . gamblers . . .
then my conscience would no
longer allow me to serve. II my
job is on the line, It's gangsters
against the Lord. May the best man
win."
The race (rack is awaiting now a
decision by Don Gilliam, federal
district judge. The motion asks
that North Carolina officials be re
strained from prosecuting bettor*,
at dog tracks.
Operators of the former Moyock
track in Currituck County, claim
that betting at the Moyock track
did not constitute a vitiation of
state laws.
The motion has been in Judge
Gilliam'i hands for several weeks.
Observers bold little hope for the
judge ruling In favor of the track
Interests. If he rules against them,
the case will be carried to the next
highest federal court.
The county Board of Commis
sioners will meet at 10 a.m. Monday
in the coUrthouaa, Beaufort.
Search Continues for Body
Of Soldier Who Drowned
Potato Growers
To Meet at 8
Tomorrow Night
Irish potato growers have been
invited to a meeting in the court
house, Beaufort, at 8 o'clock to
morrow night to discuss the advis
ability of forming an organization
to promote the sale of potatoes.
The meeting is being sponsored
by the North Carolina Farm Bur
eau.
The proposed organization, ac
cording to Will H. Rogers, direc
tor of organization of the Farm
Bureau, would be similar to To
bacco Associates or the North Car
olina Peanut Growers Association.
Enabling Act
An act passed by the 1947 Gen
eral Assembly allows farmers to
develop a program which would in
crease the consumption of the pro
duct they grow.
Before such a program can be
started, farmers are required to
express their opinion in a referen
dum. They would indicate their
willingness to pay a small fee to
promote through advertising and
other means the consumption of po
tatoes grown in eastern North Car
olina.
Approval Needed
The program would be carried
out by a committee of potato grow
ers and other qualified agriculture
officials. The referendum requires
a two-thirds vote of approval by
persons voting.
Representatives of Ike Farm
Bureau and the North Carolina De
partment of Agriculture will attend
tomorrow night's meeting.
R. M. Williams, county agent, in
a letter to potato growers last
week, said, "I hope that you will
put forth every effort to attend
the meeting and learn of the pro
posed program being offered to
develop a better market for your
potatoes."
* Coast Guardsmen of Fort Macon'
were still searching at noon yester
day for the body of Pvt. Joe E.
Stanley, 22, of Reidsville, N. C.,
who drowned between 10:30 and
11 o'clock Saturday morning.
Private Stanley met his death
after he jumped from Mom and
Pop's fishing pier on Bogue Sound
to retrieve a lard stand he lost
overboard.
He was the son of Mrs. Minnie
Stanley and the late Joe C. Stan
ley of Reidsville.
Stanley and three companions,
including a brother-in-law, O. E.
Barrett, of Reidsville. arrived Sat
urday morning for a day's fishing.
They were casting from the end of
the pier on the sound side of the
beach close to the location of
the old Atlantic Beach drawbrige.
His companions said Stanley
purchased a lard can to keep fish
in. Returning to the fishing site he
lowered the stand into the water
with a fish hook to partially fill it
with water.
The hook broke and the stand
floated off, Stanley removed his
shoes, handed Barret his wallet,
and jumped in after the stand, re
covering it about 50 feet from the
pier. It slipped from his grasp,
and he dived after it, only to come
up and say "I lost it."
Meanwhile, the rapidly falling
tide had swept him from the pier,
towards the new draw bridge. Stan
ley attempted to swim against the
tide, without success. His compan
ions yelled to him to take it easy
while they went after help.
He went under approximately
100 yards from the pier, appar
ently from sheer exhaustion. While
drifting with the tide he unknow
ingly crossed a sand btfll sfherc
the water was only three feet deep.
The drowned man had Just com
pleted eight weeks of basic train
ing with the Army at Fort Jack
son, S. C., according to George
Smith, Atlantic Beach Chief of Po
lice. He was on a 14-day furlough
when the tragedy occurred.
In addition to his mother he is
survived by five brothers, George. J
Jack, Mack, and Bob, all of Reids- 1
ville, and Bill, of Camp Gordon.
Ga.
Sheriff, SBI Investigate
Murder of Migrant Laborer
Legion Chooses Four
Boys for Boys State
M. F. Beaver, past commander
of American Legion Post No. 46,
has announced the names of boys
who have been selected to at
tend Boys State from Morehead
City High School.
They are James B. Willis Jr.,
Joe I Hi Hoii Jr., Billy Laughton
and J. L. Seamon.
They were chosen by the Le
gion. Expenses to Boys State
June 13-20 will be paid by the
post, Lions and Jaycees.
Police Report
Car Recovered
A car owned by William E.
White of the Curve Inn, Morehead
City, was recovered yesterday at
12:30 p.m. In Morehead City. It
was reported stolen at 9:30 Satur
day night.
The car. a 1MB Chevrolet, was
parked back of the office of Luther
Hamilton, Arendell Street, when it
disappeared.
Joe Lewis, Morehead City, driver
of a bread truck, heard that the
car was stolen and told police he
had seen it early yesterday parked
it the Morehead City School next
to the ball park.
Residents nearby told police It
was parked there sometime Sunday
afternoon.
Sgt. Carl Bunch of the Morehead
City police force, said the car was
damaged. The handle to the trunk
was torn off and the back partition
between the trunk and seat torn
out. The finish was also scratched
as though It might have been
driven through woods.
Police also got a report that an
other car. owned by a William S.
White, had been stolen at the
beach. The police said they be
lieved that was a csm of the man
forfetting where he had parked bis
car. It was later located.
? Sheriff Hugh Salter and Robert
Pope of the State Bureau of In
vestigation were working yesterday
on an alleged murder Saturday
night in the migrant labor camp at
Ward's Creek.
Robert Wright. Miami, who can
not be located, is reported to be the
victim.
The sheriff ii holding two men.
Randolph Cummings, Collier Coun
ty, Fla., and Paul Hilchrlat, Miami,
for questioning.
Sheriff Salter received word ear
ly Sunday morning that Wright
had been killed. Death was due,
acording to their informant, to
stabbing and a blow on Wright's
head with a pipe.
By 11 a.m. yesterday the body of
the alleged victim had not been
found The men being held for
questioning are from O. W. Lew
is's camp.
Elijah McCray, charged with
murdering hi? wife, Alfair Kelly
McCray. May 20 in Beaufort, is
being held in the county jail with
out bond. McCray and his wife
were migrant workers too.
Navy increases
Enlistment Quotas
The Navy is accepting men for
enlistment in increasing numbers.
Navy Recruiter William H.
Grimes, announced today.
Enlistment quotas for the month
of May tripled far this area and
are scheduled to keep Increasing
until the month of July. At the
present time applicants only have
to wait about two weeks from the
date of their application before
they are enlisted. Grimes said.
Anyone interested in enlistment
or desiring Information on oppor
tunities offered them by the Navy
may aee the recruiter at the Post
Office Building in New Bern any
day except Tuesday or Thursday.
Maa Arretted
John Hurley waa charged with
public drunkenness 'Sunday in
Beaufort. He la docketed for trial
In BMufort Recorder's Court taUy.
Cancer Tag Day Will
Take Place Saturday
Mrs. George Ball, chairman of
the County Cancer Crusade, an
nounced Saturday that the can
cer tag day scheduled for Satur
day was called off. Tag day
has been re scheduled for this
coming Saturday, June 5.
The postponement was re
quested by the American Legion
Auxiliary which had designated
Saturday as Poppy Day.
Cancer tag day has been sched
uled to meet the goal of $1,475
which has been set for the cru
sade in the county.
Leaf Disease
Specialist Will
Visit County
Farmers who have diseased to
baeco plants will have an oppor
tunity to have the disease diag
nosed and a prescription for- cure
given at a meeting at 2 p.m. Thurs
day at Newport.
J. C Wells, extension plant path
ologist, Raleigh, will be at the ag
riculture department of Newport
School to confer with growers. The
clinic will continue until 5 p.m.
R. M. Williams, county agent,
said that farmers having leaf disease
trouble should bring several of the
diseased plants to the clinic. Mr.
Wens will identify the x and
suggest methods of preventing or
controlling it.
Due to wet weather there has
been an outbreak of blue mold in
tobacco fields in this section of
the state. Mr. Williams said, that
areas affected here are Crab Point,
Wildwood and Newport. While
blue mold is usually confined to
the plant bed, the continuous cool
weather and rain have created con
ditions favoring its growth after
the tobacco has been transplanted.
To control blue mold in the
field, the county agent suggests
that soil be cultivated up around
the plant. The plant should be
topped out a little higher than
normal, or a sucker left at the top,
or a sucker left at the bottom.
He added that there is no prac
tical control for blue mold in the
field other than one of the three
things mentioned above? the top
ping and suckering. ?
Some of the blue mold has been
transferred from the bed to the
field. He advised that farmers
continue control measures in the
bed as long as plants are being
taken from the bed for resetting.
Child Injured
In Auto Accident
Betty Jo Dudley. 3 ? year ? old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dud
ley, 909 Cedar St., Beaufort, was
cut on the cheek at 4:30 Friday
afternoon when the car her mother
was driving ran into a telephone
pole.
The accident occurred at Live
Oak and Broad Streets, Beaufort.
Mrs. Dudley, in a 1953 Plymouth,
was going east on Broad and tried
to turn north on Live Oak when
the wheels of her car caught in a
switch box on the railroad tracks.
Chief of Police M. E. Guy said.
Mrs. Dudley lost control of the
car and ran into the telephone
pole on the northeast corner of the
street. With her were her thrte
daughters, Cynthia, Mary Anne and
Betty Jo.
Chief Guy estimated damage to
the car at 1400. He said the switch
box, which caused Mrs. Dudley's
car to hit the pole, is recessed be
low the street about 6 inches.
Todttmasters Club
Welcomes New Members
The County Toastmasters Club
welcomed Dr. David C. Farrior and
Dr. W. L. Woodard, both of Beau
fort, as new members at a meeting
Thursday in the Beaufort court
room.
The club changed its meeting
time. Starting with this month
it will meet at 7 a.m. every second
and fourth Wednesday at Holden's
Restaurant, Beaufort.
11-Year-Old Boy
Shot in Arm
While Playing
Eleven-year-old Bobby Metz, son
of Capt. and Mrs. Adam Metz, 1528 !
Ann St.. Braufort. was shot through
the right arm about 3 o'clock Fri
day afternoon while playing at the
home of Lee Garner, highway 101,
j north of Beaufort.
Bobby was taken to Morehead
City Hospital where he was treat
ed and discharged, but he is still
under the doctor's care, his mother
reported yesterday. A bullet from
a .22 rifle went through his arm.
Bobby went to the Masotti home
near the Garner's to play with Ed
die Masotti. With them was one of
Bobby's friends. David Quidley,
Bel Air Street, Beaufort. The three
boys, according to Mrs. Metz, went
to the Garner home.
Diane Garner, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Garner was home alone.
It was reported that the boys start
ed teasing her and throwing mud
on the porch. She tried to get them
to go away and when they wouldn't
she got a gun.
She aimed it at the boys and
David and Eddie ran, but Bobby
didn't. She pulled the trigger and
the bullet went through Bobby's
arm.
Mrs. Metz said a man whom she
could not identify, brought Bobby
to her door and she drove him to
the Morehead City Hospital.
Newport Service
Station Entered
Leamon Garner's service station
and grocery store near Newport
was burglarized Thursday night.
Chief of Police Ormsby Mann, New
port, and the sheriff's department
were continuing investigation of
the robbery yesterday.
Garner's place of business is lo
cated about a mile west of New
port on highway 70.
Chief Mann said entry was
gained through a window. Automo
bile tires, seat cushions, spark
plugs, hams, coffee and "something
of everything that was in there"
were taken, the chief said.
The soft drink vending machine
in the place was broken into Wed
nesday night.
Chief Mann said Garner's was
also entered several months ago.
Entry at that time was gained
through a window too.
Solicitorship to Go
Into Run-Off
Carteret County reversed itself in the Democratic Pri
mary Saturday and went for Kerr Scott. In the guberna
torial election in 1948 Scott polled only 657 votes in Car
teret but his vote Saturday was well over 2,800, defeating
his opponent, Alton Lennon who polled less than 2,200.
Other successful candidates in this county are Edwin
W. Kerr Scott
. . . wins again
Arthur Walton,
Daughter Hurt
When Hit by Car
Arthur Walton, Smyrna, was seri
ously injured at 8 o'clock Saturday
night when he was struek by an
automobile at the Smyrna Drive-In
theatre on highway 70. His 10-year
old daughter, Marjorie Sharon Wal
ton, was also struck but she was
not hurt.
State Highway Patrolman W. J.
Smith Jr. said the driver of the car,
Denny Taylor, Sea Level, has been
charged with following too closely.
According to the patrolman. Taylor
was following a Studcbaker which
had stopped.
Taylor said he applied his brakes
but couldn't stop. To avoid hitting
the car in front of him he swerved
to the shoulder of the road where
Walton and his daughter were
walking. After he struck the Wal
tons, the car ran in a ditch.
Both Walton and his daughter
were taken to the Sea Level Hos
pital. The father is suffering from
internal injuries. His daughter was
examined and discharged.
Taylor was driving toward Beau
fort in a 1953 Ford. He is in the
Coast Guard, stationed at Elizabeth
.City.
Chamber Elects Three Men
To Board of Directors
W. B. Chalk, W. J. Blair, and
Truman Kemp were elected Thurs
day to the Morchcad City Chamber
of Commerce board of directors at
a meeting in the Recreation Cen
ter. Morehead City.
They will serve three years and
replace Warren Beck, Grover Mun
den, and George Eastman, whose
terms expire this year.
The annual membership, meeting
and ladies night was highlighted by
a talk by Ted Davis, new chamber
manager. His talk, The Art of
Public Speaking, was illustrated by
appropriate gestures and mimicry.
He said that there are three
types of speakers, the debonair, the
repertory, and the humorus. He
dramatized each type.
Mr. Davis also commented on
three long-range chamber pro
grams, the all-coastal highway, the
railroad transferral and improving
of the harbor.
Although they are long-range,
Mr. Davis said that he would en
deavor to see them accomplished.
He said chamber members should
back and work wtth the chamber
in all project!.
Mr Davis was introduced by
Warren Beck, chamber president,
who presided during the business
meeting.
Commend* Former Manager
Mr. Beck commended Joe Du
Bois. former chamber manager, for
his fine work. He also introduced
former chamber manager*. All
were present. They were W. C.
Carlton, Robert Lowe and Mr. Du
Bois.
The meeting was well attended
by members of various civic organ
izations, the Morehead City Lions,
Jaycoes. Rotary, Emeritus Club,
and Carteret County Shriners.
The Invocation was given by
Father J. Paul Byron, factor of St.
Egbert's Catholic Church, More
head City.
Group Sings
Mr. Carlton led the group in sing
ing Carolina Moon and Let Me Call
You Sweetheart Mayor George
W. Dill Jr., of Morehead City was
toastmaster and introduced guests.
Mr. Dill and Mr. Beck awarded
door prizes
The fried chicken supper was
prepared and served by the Re
bekah Lodge, Morehead City.
Guesta were Norwood Young,
Dan Walker, and Mrs. Ruth Cub
bage, Beaufort; Mr. and Mrs. Joe
DuBois, Sea Level; Father Byron
and Mr. and Mrs. William Davies,
Morehead City.
Door prize winners were Mrs.
S. W. Thompson. Thomas Noe,
John Willis. R. B. Howard. Mrs.
Gary Wlndell, Mrs. Lewis Hinson,
Mrs. Sally Moore. Charles Willis,
H. S. Gibbs Jr.. Mrs. W. J. Blair,
Mrs. Richard McCiain, the Rev.
W. C. Cook, pastor of the AME
Zion Methodist Church, and Dr.
D. J. Eure.
Mrs. Frank Cheek, Stanley
Woodland, all from Morehead City;
Joe Zajac, Salter Path; and Mr.
Walker and Mrs. Cubbagc, Beau
fort.
Tide Table
TMca at Btnlort Bar
HIGH LOW
Timday, June 1
7:59 a.m. 2:06 a.m.
8:26 p.m. 2:03 p.m.
Wcdneaday, June i
8:51 a.m. 2:S7 a.m.
9:16 p.m. 2:56 p.m.
Thursday, June 1
9:42 a.m. 3:47 a.m.
10:06 p.m. 3:45 p.m.
Friday. June ?
10:33 a.m. 4:36 a.m.
10:84 p.m. 4:43 p.m.
I Gill, state treasurer; Charles F.
Gold, state insurance commission
er; William J. Bundy, Superior
Court judge; Luther Hamilton Jr.,
solicitor.
Hugh Salter, sheriff; Irvin W.
Davis, register of deeds; and the
following for commissioner: Moses
C. Howard, E. H. Hotter, Walter
Yeomans, Dr. K. P. B. Bonner and
Alvah B Taylor.
The above results are based on
incomplete, returns. The race in
this county between J. Paul Friz
zelle and W. J. Bundy for judge of
superior court is extremely close
and it is possible that in the final
tally Frizzelle will be declared the
winner.
Throughout the fifth judicial dis
trict Frizzelle was reported to be
leading Bundy at noon yesterday
by about 400 votes.
Makes Clean Sweep
Hamilton made a clean sweep in
this county and did well enough in
the other five counties through
out the district to make things
look yesterday like a second pri
mary between Robert D. House Jr.,
Greenville, and himself.
Hamilton said yesterday that he
didn't know whether he was a
couple hundred votes ahead of
Rouse or Rouse is ahead of him.
He was pleased with the vote the
county gave him and added that ho
felt he could have done a little
better in Jones than he did.
Counties of the fifth judcial dis
trict are Green, Pitt, Craven, Jones,
Pamlico and Carteret.
While some were saying yester
day that it looked as though there
might be a second primary on the
senate fight, former Governor
Scott continued to build up his
margin. With only 116 of the state's
precincts yet to report Scott had
12,390 more votes than all his op
ponents combined.
Chairman Comments
Gene Smithy co-chairman of the
Scott committee in the county yes
terday said his committee is "ju
bilant" over the outcome. He said
when he reported the county vote
to Scott headquarters Saturday
night they were pleasantly sur
prised.
He added, "While the commit
tee did a lot of work, we were aid
ed considerably by the candidate
we were supporting!"
In the 1948 primary when only
2.641 Democratic voters turned out,
Scott polled 657 votes to Charles
Johnson's 1,625 in Carteret. Both
were running for governor, but
Scott swept the state.
The Morchead township con
stable fight is very close. At 11
a.nfl. yesterday it was reported un
officially that George Smith, At
lantic Beach, w?fc 30 votes ahead
of Murphy Jenkins, Morehead City.
The township cover* Morehead
City precincts, Salter Path, Broad
Creek and Wildwood.
Sheriff Salter and Register of
Deeds Davis piled up impressive
votes, Salter winning by about 4
to 1 ove? his closest opponent, Ray
Highsmith and Davis winning by
aboift 5 to 1 over Vivian Chad
wick.
Unofficial Returns
Unofficial returns from 25 of the
county's 27 precincts arc as follows
(Stella and Portsmouth are miss
ing): senator, Scott 2,834, I.ennon
2,129 (long term); Scott 2,128, Len
See PRIMARY, Page 2
Harlowe Negro
Shot Sunday Night
Leander Carter. 24, Harlowe Nd
gro, was shot Sunday night and ad
mitted to the Morehead City Hos
pital at 1:1ft a.m. yesterday.
The shooting occurred in Craven
County at the Blue Bird Inn. Har
lowe. Sheriff Hugh Salter notified
Sheriff Charlie Berry, Craven
County of the incident.
Carter was allegedly shot by a
Marine who is beipg held by au
thorities at Cherry Point. Carter
underwent surgery at the hospital
and was reported in fair condition
yesterday.
Ponies Will B? Rounded
Up at Lookout Tomorrow
The first pony penning of the
season will take place tomorrow at
Diamond Pen on the eastward
hanks about two miles north of
Cape Lookout light house.
Boats will take spectators and
prospective buyers to the bank*,
leaving from Marshallbcrg and ;
Harkers Island about S a.m.