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43rd YEAR, NO. 90. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 19M PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
County Board Accepts Audit,
Gets Storm Damage Estimates
The County Board of Commis-t
sioners, in session yesterday for the
first time since Tuesday's election
which returned all of them to of
fice, heard estimates on damage
caused by the hurricane and a re
port on the 1893-54 audit.
W. J. Blair, representing proper
ty owners at Club Colony, Money
? ijnd, Ocean Ridge and as a repre
sentative of the Dunes Club, sug
gested that temporary fencing be
rrectcd to help build up the
beaches.
The cost for 3% miles of the
fencing was estimated at $2 40 per
foot or a total of $44,252. In a for
mal recommendation to the board,
Mr. Blair said, "This temporary
sea wall has been recommended by
engineers as the cheapest and most
satisfactory method by which
erosion can be stopped and the
beach built back to its former con
dition."
The fence would extend from the
western limits of Fort Macon State
Park west to the western limits of
Ocean Ridge, excluding the town
of Atlantic Beach.
Bill McLean, representing inter
ests at Emerald Island, urged that
the damage estimates for the beach
areas be forwarded to the Civil De
fense director at Raleigh immedi
itely rather than wait for estimates
to come in from other Carteret
warterfront areas because, he said,
the beaches represent a valuable
source of county income.
The board agreed that the neces
sary forms shall be filled out im
mediately and the beach damage
estimates taken personally to Ra
leigh. Mr. McLean said he could
supply the board with his dollars
and cents estimate yesterday after
noon.
Fences Proposed
He recommended the erection of
two sections of snow fence, one
eight feet from the other, along the
three-mile length of Emerald Isle
on which roads have already been
paved.
He said the sand would build up
between the fences, forming t tem
porary breakwater. This method
he termed "most practical and
cheapest." Mr. McLean said that
plans for the remaining nine mills
of Emerald Isle would be revised
with the roads set back farther
Iiwwt "cc.in. '
In two places, he added, the
ocean and the sound met because
of the storm and that fill would
be necessary to prevent inlets cut
ting through completely.
M. F. Courie, Money Island, also
appeared before the board.
W. P. Wall. Raleigh, of the firm,
Williams and Wall, reviewed high
lights of the just-completed 1953
54 audit. He pointed out that 90.82
per cent of the 1953 levy had been
collected and that slightly less
than a fourth of the 1954 levy had
been collected in advance. The
advance collections amounted to
J102, 504.50.
Debt Reduced
In June 1940, he remarked, the
county debt was $3,549,246 but it
has now been reduced to $1,737,187.
The current operating deficit was
$27,000, due largely, he explained,
to a reduction in revenue from the
liquor stores.
He said the county was making
satisfactory progress financially
and commended the auditor, James
D. Potter, for maintenance of ex
cellent records.
The board authorized the ac
ceptance and filing of the report,
thanked the auditing firm for its
promptness in compiling the' audit,
See BOARD, Page 2
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Patent Comes Through
Chief of Police E. J. Willis, Morrhead City, was recently issued
a patent on his automobile door lock. The chief is pictured above
with his grandson, David, and the model car equipped with his in
vention. The lock prevents doors of automobiles from flying open
upon impact and was conceived, Chief Willis said, to help cut down
injuries resulting in auto accidents when victims are thrown out of
the car.
Assistant Chief
Arrests Driver
Carlton Garner, assistant chief
of t|>e Befefort police department,
cited Thomas Massey, 504 Marsh
St., Beaufort, for failing to stop
fit i stjkHPriday night.
Maaary was unable to show a
driver's license but could show
evidence that he was in the pro
cess of getting a license from
his hometown, Cameron La. Officer
Gamer told him not to drive his
car again until he received the
license.
Sunday night officer Garner
picked him up again. Massey was
still unable to show a driver's
license. When officer Garner wrote
him a citation to appear in court
on the additional charge of not
having a driver's license, Massey
attempted to slip him a five dollar
bill.
The assistant chief immediately
charged Massey with attempting to
bribe a police officer.
Other arrests made over the
weekend by assistant chief Garner,
all for failing to stop at a stop
sign were James Allen, Cameron,
La., James Page Jr. and Douglas
Dudiford, both of Fernandina,
Fla.
Theatre to Meet
The Carteret Community Theatre
will meet at 7:30 tomorrow night
at radio station WMBL. The meet
ing scheduled for last week was
postponed because the Beaufort
bridge was closed.
Courthouse, ABC
Stores, Banks to Close
Beaufort and Morehead City
town halls will be closed Thurs
day in observance of Armistice
Day.
The Morehead City- post-office
will have a window open from
It o'clock until 1 p.m. Thurs
day but the Beaufort post of flee
will be closed all day.
The banks, ABC stares and
courthouse will be closed.
Other buslaesses will be open
as usual.
Phone Company
To Give Rebate
If your telephone service was
knocked out by Hurricane Hazel.
Carolina Telephone and Telegraph
Co. will make adjustments in your
telephone bill to compensate for
the service not received, accord
ing to W. E. Marshall, district
commercial manager. By Oct. 26,
better than 90 per cent of the esti
mated 30,000 Carolina company
telephones put out of order by the
storm were back in service, Mar
shall said.
"We particularly appreciate the
public patience and understanding
shown the company during the
emergency," the district manager
added.
A note is being enclosed in the
billings of all telephone sub
scribers informing them that they
will be credited on forthcoming
bills for the time their telephone
was out of order.
14-Year-Old Boy
Shot Saturday
Terry Preston Salter
Recovers at Sea Level
Hospital
Fourteen-year-old Terry Preston
Salter, Atlantic, was accidentally
shot at 3:30 Saturday afternoon at
Atlantic while he and some other
boys were "shooting target." Salter
was taken to the Sea Level Hos
pital where his condition was re
ported yesterday as satisfactory.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Preston Salter. Sheriff Hugh Salter
said that the boys were at Gus's
Pond off the old Shell Road.
John Michael Smith, 15, Atlantic,
was loading a breech-loader type
shotgun and as he snapped it shut,
it went off. The shot hit Salter
just above the Knee on the front
leg and passed out the back about
6 inches above the knee, breaking
the bone.
Sheriff Salter said Salter was
lying on the ground when the ac
cident occurred.
The boys carried him to thp
highway and from there he was
rushed to the hospital;
Smith is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Gaston Smith, Atlantic.
Live Oak Street
Section Zoned
The Beaufort Town Board, in
session Thursday night at the
town hall, zoned tor business pur
poses Live Oak Street, from the
intersection with Ann northward
to the town limits.
Halsey Paul, chairman of the
planning board, said that it was
understood that the area was for
business but such had never been
legally established.
Because the legal advertisment
appearing in THE NEWS -TIMES,
and published as requested by the
town, designated the proposed zon
ing as northward from Front
Street, residents of the block
from Front to Ann were present
to object to zoning that area for
business.
They were Miss Mary Arrington,
Edward Arrington, Julian Arring
ton. Mr. lark Dill, and Jack
Oakley.
Mr. Paul said that the arftertis
ment was evidently in error be
cause the planning board meant
to zone only the area from Ann
northward on Live Oak.
Miss Arrington said that the
house on the southeast corner of
the intersection should be torn
down and a small store building
near the comer condemned. The
town board said it'i the fire de
partment's job to recommend that
buildings be declared hazardous.
Commissioners present were
James Rumley, Gerald Hill, Gor
don Hardesty, W. G. Temple and
Mayor C. T. Lewis. Also present
were Dan Walker, clerk, and Gene
Smith, town attorney.
The November meeting of the
town board, scheduled for last
night, was postponed because the
clerk was at Washington, D. C ,
regarding obtaining of federal aid
as the result of the hurricane.
Fishing Areas Defined
Appearing in the legal advertis
ing section of todays NEWS-TIMES
are the boundaries of the state's
commercial fishing and inland
fishing waters as set at the recent
meeting of the Board of Conserva
tion and Development
Last Rites for Governor
To Take Place at 11 Today
William B. I'msiead
. . . dies in office
Luther Hodges
. . . rise* to governorship
6,064 Voters Go to Polls
In Carteret Last Tuesday
After the official count of bal-<
lots cast last Tuesday, everybody
raised an eyebrow for the total vote
was 6,064, far surpassing pre-elec
tion estimates.
Of both county and state candi
dates. A. H. James, unopposed
Democratic candidate for clerk of
Superior Court received the high
est number of votes. Second high
est was Lambert Morris, County ,
Recorder's Court judge, with 4,499
votes. Sheriff Hugh Salter ran
third highest with 4.495 votes. He
was the only one of the top three
with opposition.
In the race for general assem
blyman, Grayden Paul, Republican
candidate, carried Marshallberg.
Smyrna. Stacy, Straits and Willis
ton. But the Republican county
commissioner candidates carried
only two precincts, Stacy and Wil
liston.
C. M. Krouse. Morehead City,
was soundly beaten in the consta
ble race for Morehead township.
William Dugee, unopposed consta
ble candidate in Newport township,
polled 422 votes and R. E. Chap
lain, unopposed for constable in
Beaufort township polled 1,088
votes. Beaufort township includes
Beaufort and Wire Grass.
A. R. Craig, Democratic candi
date for justice of the peace at
Newport, defeated A. L. Wilson,
Republican candidate, 384 to 152.
The vote for unopposed state
randidates does not appear in the
.ote tabulations in today's paper.
Their vote was as follows: Frank
Crane, commissioner of labor, 4,
501 ; for associate justice, William
Bobbitt, 4,514, Wallace Winborne,
4,494, Carlisle Higgins, 4,494.
See VOTE, Page 2
Tide Table
Tide* at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Tuenday, Nov. 9
3:31 a.m.
9:52 p.m.
12:09 a.m.
12:59 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 10
7:32 a.m.
7:44 p.m.
1:01 a.m.
1:47 p.m.
Thuriday, Nov. 11
3:15 a.m.
3:36 p.m.
1:52 a.m.
2:45 p.m.
Friday. Nov. 12
9:08 a.m.
9:28 a.m.
2:44 a m.
3:37 p.m.
Red Cross Gives
$3,11 in Aid
The Red Cross Disaster Chapter
has given $3,500 to 25 families,
according to Hudson Bacon, direc
tor. i
The families, have received aid
toward emergency relief and have
obtained food orders, emergency
repairs to homes, and emergency
clothing.
The list of applications for aid
has grown to 140 families.
The local Red Cross Disaster
advisory board met last Thursday
night and will meet again Friday
night. The board is composed of
11 local persons who meet with
Red Cross officials to determine
the amount of work to be done
in the county.
The disaster office is located on
the second floor of the courthouse
annex, over the welfare depart
ment.
ABC Officer Picks
Up Load of Whisky
R Z. Jackson, a migratory labor
er from Florida, was arrested by
M. M. Ayscue, county ABC officer,
at 10 o'clock Sunday morning on
highway 101.
According to the officer, Jack- j
son was hauling in his car a case
of nontax-paid whiskey. With him
was his wife and oldest daughter, .
who was 14.
Jackson was put in jail and is I
scheduled for trial in County
Court this morning. The car, a
1941 Ford, is being held by the
county. Jackson was driving to- ,
ward Beaufort when apprehended. '
Baptists to Meet ,
The Sunday School Council of <
the First Baptist Church will meet i
at 7 p.m. tomorrow night and that i
meeting will be followed by a busi
ness conference at 7:30 regarding i
the church building program. <
Luther Hodges Succeeds
William B. Umstead
The body of Gov. William Bradley Umstead will lie in
state from 9 until 11 o'clock this morning in Trinity Meth
odist Church, Durham, and funeral services will be held
at 11.
Governor Umstead died Sunday morning at 9:10 o'clock
in Watts Hospital in Durham. He was the victim of a
Parks Engineer
Visits Fort Macon
C. M. Step, Raleigh, state parks
engineer, told THE NEWS-TIMES
Friday that the Raleigh office is
drafting estimates and plans on
the repair of Fort Macon State
Park and said that work will begin
as soon as money is available.
Mr. Step commended THE
NEWS -TIMES for its Friday
editorial which called attention to
the fact that the park needs re
pairing but commented also that
apparently funds for immediate
repair were lacking.
Mr. Step said repairs needed at
the park will be "pretty extensive."
The only way funds can be obtain
ed is through the emergency con
tingency fund and even if a request
is made there is no assurance that
the money will be granted.
Mr. Step commented that so
many dunes have washed away
that to rebuild without assurance
of some protection from high water
and wind, would be foolish.
The park is being cleaned up as
far as possible. Mr. Step came to
the county Thursday to make
surveys and said that when funds
are available the parking lot at
the fort will be one of the first
things rebuilt.
Two Cars Tangle
On Arendell
A 1950 Plymouth collided with a
1951 Pontiac on Arendell Street.
Morehead City, Sunday in front of
the Morehead City Drug Store.
The Plymouth was headed east
on Arendell Sfreet and was driven
by Irma Cherry Warren, Maysville.
Carlton Robinson, Morehead City,
was driving the Pontiac and was
backing out of a parking space
when the collision occurred.
Capt. Herbert Griffin, Morehead
City Police Department, investi- ,
gated and said that no charges
were brought against either driver. ,
He estimated that the Plymouth
suffered about $130 damage while
little or no damage was done to
the Pontiac.
Employment Service
Offico Closes Today
In respect for the late governor,
William B. Umstead, whose funeral
akes place toflay, the United
States Employment Service Office,
Sth Street, Morehead City will be
?losed today.
Mrs. Julia Tenney, office man
iger, says the office will also be
closed Thursday, Armistice Day.
??bronchial attack which overtaxed
a weakened heart.
Officiating at the funeral services
will be Dr. C. D. Barclift, pastor
of the Trinity Methodist Church.
He will be assisted by Dr. D. D.
Holt, Greensboro, the Rev. D. A.
Clark, pastor of the Mt. Tabor
Methodist Church, Bahama, and
the Rev. C: S. Hubbard, pastor of
the Chapel Hill Methodist Church.
Burial will be in Mt. Tabor
Church yard in Mangum Township,
Durham County. Pallbearers will
be John Harden, Greensboro; R.
Gregg Cherry, Gastonia; Frank
Taylor, Goldsboro; F. L. Fuller Jr.,
Jones Fuller, R. P. Reade, Knox
Massey, Walter R. Biggs, D. A.
Sorrell, all of Durham, and E. L.
Rankin Jr., Raleigh.
New Governor
Lt. Gov. Luther Hodges will take
the oath as Governor this afternoon
at 4 o'clock in the Hall of the
House.
The Governor's survivors are
Mrs. Umstead; a daughter, Merle
Bradley Umstead; a brother, State
Representative John W. Umstead.
Chapel Hill; a half-brother, Henry
Umstead, Durham; and a sister,
Mrs. Lucille Long, Chapel Hill.
Governor Umstead was born in
northern Durham County May 13,
1895. He graduated from the Uni
versity of North Carolina in 1916
and taught high school history at
Kinston for a year before entering
the Army as a commissioned sec
ond lieutenant.
He was overseas for eight months
in World War I with a machine
gun battalion of the 81st "Wild
eat" Division.
Starts Law Practice
After the war he took up the
study of law at Trinity Law School
and began practicing law in Au
gust of 1920 in Durham. He won
his first election two years later
as prosecutor of the Durham Coun
ty Recorder's Court.
He was re-elected to the office
in 1924 and in 1926 was elected
solicitor of the Tenth Judicial Dis
trict. In 1929, he married Merle
Davis, Rutherford County, and was
elected to another term as solicitor
in 1930.
Governor Umstead went to Con
gress as a representative of the
newly-created Sixth District in 1932
and was re-elected in 1934 and
1936.
In 1938, he became a full part
ner in a Durham law firm. He was
See RITES, Page t
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