:,f;. CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
I 45th YEAR. NO. 57. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGK8 MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY. JULY 17, 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIPATB
Matthew Mitchell
Case Heard, Goes
To Higher Court
[ Charles Salter Says He
Went to Mitchell House
For Liquor, Was Shot
Matthew Mitchell Jr., Morehead
City Negro, was bound over to
Superior Court under $500 bond
by Judge Herbert Phillips after a
preliminary hearing yesterday in
Morrhead City Recorder's Court.
Mitchcll, charged with shooting
Charles Dclford Salter, Morehead
City, "with intent to kill, inflict
ing serious bodily injury," didn't
take the stand.
Salter took the stand and stated
that he went to Mitchell's house
on Bay Street at 12:45 a.m. June
3 to get some whisky from Mit
chell's sister, Beatrice.
He said that they had had two
shots each of white lightning be
fore Matthew came home. Salter
said that he and Beatrice were
standing in the kitchen and that a
third drink had been poured when
Matthew came home.
Matthew went into his sister's
room and turned off her radio, and
she went into the room and turned
I it back on, according to Salter.
Didn't Feel Bullet
He said that Beatrice, returning
| to the kihehen, sat down for the
third drink, and that he was stand
ing and had finished about half
of it when Matthew re-appeared at
the entrance to the kitchen with a
rifle in his hands. He said that he
heard the rifle go off, but didn't
feel the bullet hit him.
Salter said that he and Beatrice
scuffled with Matthew to get the
rifle, and that Matthew told him
to leave. Beatrice, according to
testimony, then said that Salter
didn't have to go since he was
her friend.
Salter said that he had been to
the house before to get liquor but
that he had never sat down and
drunk it with Beatrice, lie said
that he didn't pay for the drinks
on the night he was shot.
He told the court that he left
the Mitchcll house and went home,
and that a next-door neighbor
took him to the hospital. He was
wounded in the chest.
Beali'icc was not present in
court, She "is tn Morehead "City
Hospital as the result of having
been shot last Monday.
Officer Testifies
Lt. Carl Bunch of the Moro
head City Police Department wSs
the only other witness. He said
that he had a call from the hos
pital at 2:10 a.m. and that from
information he received from Sal
ter he went to the Mitchell house.
He said that Patrolman Bill Con
die went to the back door and he
to the front He knocked at the
door after seeing the shadow of a
man holding a rifle through the
front door window.
After receiving no answer Lieu
tenant Bunch said that he kicked
in the door and found Matthew ly
ing on the bed, and the rifle was
under the bed. He said that he ex
. amined the rifle and that it smcll
ed as though it had just been fired
and another shell was ready for
use.
At first Matthew denied shoot
ing Salter, but then admitted the
assault, the officer said. Matthew
told him that he had shot Salter
because the white boy was lean
ing over his sister as though kiss
ing her.
Lieutenant Bunch said that it
looked as though there had been
a scuffle in the kitchen because
broken glass was on the floor. He
said that he found white lightning
at the house later, under a bed.
Owens Frederick
Installs Officers
Owens Frederick, past president
and director of lone 31E. installed
officers of the Down East Lions
Club at the meeting Friday night.
I. ions met in their building at At
lantic.
John McCormick, Atlantic, was
accepted as a new member. James
Crowe, president of the liorehead
City Lions Club, acted aa proxy for
J .W. Johnson, incoming president,
who Is at Mt. Airy.
Officers for the next year, in ad
dition to Mr. Johnson, are William
Gorges, first vice-president; Al
dridgc Daniels, second vice-presi
dent: Wayne Parker, third vice
president.
Doity Gaakill. secretary - treas
urer; Wilbur Goodwin, Lion tamer;
and Ralph GaakiU, tail twiater.
New directors are Charles Cau
dell Jr. and Roy H. Willis Direc
tors from last vear who will con
tiaue to serve are John Hamilton
[and Clayton Fulchcr Jr.
Itatien Issued
Jobn Ellison was apprehended by
hief of Police Oaf Springle in
eaufort yesterday. He was charged
ith public drunkenness and pat in
w county Jail uaifcr'tas toad.
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Beach Officially Receives Resuscitator
The K&J rcsuscitalor, purchased
with funds raised through THE
NEWS-TIMES during the past sev
eral weeks, was turned over to the
town of Atlantic Beach Saturday
morning at the beach town board
meeting.
Shown above, left to right, are
Mayor A. B. Cooper, Commissioner
Con Lanier, Greenville; Commis
sioner Shelby Freeman, Atlantic
Beach; Commissioner L. T. White
Sr., Raleigh, and Lockwood Phil
b.is, publis>*/r of THE NEWS
TIMES.
Mayor Cooper, in accepting the
resuscitator thanked the people
who contributed and THE NEWS
TIMES for its interest in welfare
of visitors to the beach. He said
that town personnel would take
proper care of the resuscitator and
transport it wherever it is needed.
(Sec editorial page 1 section 2).
The equipment, of the best ob
tainable, not only serves as a re
suscitator. It can draw water out
of lungs, "make" a person breathe
through use of the resuseitator and
also provide oxygen on "inhalator"
when a person has started to
breathe on his own.
The resuseitator ean also be used
on two persons at one time. It is
equipped with several sizes of faee
masks so that it ean be used on
children and adults.
Mayor Cooper said that the resus
eitator will be kept at the Atlantic
Beach police station. Because offi
cers may not always be at the sta
Photo by Jerry Schumacher
tion, persons who need the resusci
tator should call 6-4228, where
Mayor Cooper says, someone is on
duty 20 out of 24 hours a day.
People calling for the resuscita
tor should clearly state where the
resuscitator is needed and not, as
frequently happens in an emergen
cy, forget to give essential infor
mation. Mayor Cooper said too that
persons taking the call should also
sec that they have the necessary
information before ending the con
versation.
Marine Reservists
To Meet Friday
Men in the Marine Reserve are
invited to meet Friday night at the
Crossroads, Ilavclock, for organi
zation of a Marine Reserve unit.
The meeting will start at 8:30 p.m.,
standard time.
According to Walter Teich,
Adams Creek, former Marine ma
jor, 10 men, including officers, are
needed to form a unit.
Lt. Col. Bill Pratt, Havelock,
has been named commanding of
ficer of the unit proposed for the
Havclock-Morchead City area. If
enough men show interest, Mr.
Teich said that a unit may be
formed in Morchead City alone.
Capt. Jack W. Cain, of the Sth
Marine Corps Reserve and Recruit
ment District Headquarters, Wash
ington, D. C., was here last week
to make plans for organization of
reserve units. Units are being con
sidered also for New Bern and
Jacksonville.
After completion of organiza
tional details, questions on reserve
retirement, promotions and recent
legislation will be answered.
William Marbley in Jail,
Charged with Shooting
William Marbley, Morrhcad City,
Is being held in the county Jail on
? charge of shooting and wound
ing Beatrice Mitchcll, Morchead
City. The Mitchell woman, who
was involved in another shooting
fracas in June, is in the Morchead
City Hospital.
According to Sheriff Hugh Sal
ter, Beatrice was shot by Marbley
on the Crab Point Road last Mon
day night. Marbley used a .45 pis
tol. His victim was wounded in the
leg.
The sheriff said that Marbley
and the Mitchcll girl were in an
automobile with some other peo
ple when Marbley stopped the ear
on the Crab Point Road, ordered
everybody out and shot the girl
in the leg as she was leaving the
car. The others took refuge be
hind the automobile.
Capt. Buck Newsome and Pa
trolman Walter Thoataa of the
Morchead City police force were
called to the scene and they noti
fied the sheriffs department. The
pistol has never been found. Marb
ley told authorities be left it where
the shooting occurred.
He was put under $1,000 bond,
according to A. H. James, clerk
of superior court. A* attempt was
made to give him a preliminary
hairing in Thursday's recorder's
court, but evidence In tin caaa was
sot complete.
The case is scheduled to come
up this Thursday before Judge
Lambert Morns.' >
Temperature Hits
90 Degrees Sunday
County beach enthusiasts were
treated to a warm weekend. The
mercury roue to 00 degrees on
Sunday, according to E. Stamey
Davis, weather observer.
The low for the weekend was
recorded Thursday when the tem
perature dropped to 70 degrees.
The high and low temperatures,
as well as wind directions (or the
weekend, were as follows:
Max. Min. Winds
Thursday 89 70 S
Friday ...' 85 74 SW
Saturday 80 70 SW
Sunday .... 00 75 SE
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Taesday, July 17
3:47 a.m. 0:51 a.m.
4:27 p.m. 10:57 p.m.
Wednesday, July U
4:46 a.m. 10:48 a.m.
5:19 p.m. 11:48 p.m.
Thursday, July 1#
8:41 a.m. 11:40 a.m.
6:07 pm _i
Friday, Jaly M
8:30 a.m. 13:34 a.m.
[6:80 pjn. 12:29 poa.
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Soldier Pulled from Surf
By Coast Guard Thursday
Tickets Must Be
At Drive-In July 31
For Firemen's Show
To be eligible for the prizes to
be given at the Beaufort firemen's
show July 31, persons must have
their tickets at the East Drive-In
theatre that night.
? They should write their name
and address on the back of each
ticket and give it to anyone going
to the show, or to a Beaufort fire
man.
The firemen arc sponsoring the
film, Naked Street, to raise money
for a rescue truck. Tickets may be
obtained from firemen or at the
following stores:
Bell's Drug Store,, Joe House
Drug Store, Jack 'n Jill Children's
Shop, Airport Barber Shop, and
Potter's Pure Food Store.
m/agi. iiuruiu wnm;, unncu
States Army, was pulled from the
water at the cast end of Atlantic
Beach Thursday at about 5 p.m.
He was pronounced dead by Dr.
S. W. Thompson Jr., Morehead
City, several hours later.
Although the man, aged 28, was
believed to have drowned, Coast
Guardsmen who made the rescuc
and tried to revive him, are of
the opinion that death was due to
another causc, probably a heart
attack.
White was floating face down
when he was located and pulled
into a Coast Guard boat. He
"turned blue" almost immediately,
they added, which is unusual for
a drowning victim.' They also re
ported that there was no water in
his lungs.
'No Comment'
Dr. Thompson, when asked what
he attributed death to, said be had
no comment.
Those familiar with ways of the
water point out that a drowned
person never floats. lie goes to the
bottom and if not pulled to the
surface by drags, the body does
not reappear for several days.
According to Constable George
Smith, White was from Deep Run,
near Kinston, and had come to
the beach for the day with hia
girl-friend. He was stationed 4t
Fort Benning, Ga., and was home
on a 30-day leave.
When it wa> noticed by aome
one, evidently on the Sportsman's
Pier at Money Island, that White
needed help, the Coast Guard was
summoned.
Boat Used
Coast Guardsmen went to the
scene taking their boat on a trail
er, launched it and went out sev
eral hundred feet Into the ocean
and picked White up.
Meanwhile the resuscitator at
the Beaufort Fire Department had
Cart Bump Saturday
At Beaufort Intersection
Two cars collided late Saturday
afternoon at Front and Orange
Streets. Beaufort.
According to Assistant Police
Chief Carlton Garner, Leroy Dud
ley, driving a 1953 Ford, said the
sun got In his eyes and he dida't
see the other car, > 1932 Chevro
let, being driven by Clyde Piner.
Chief of Police Guy Bpringle
said Dudley's car was slightly
damaged. There was no damage to
the Piner ear.
Meeting Scheduled
Hudson Bacon and Frank Hollo
well, Red Cress officials, art sched
uled to moot tomorrow with county
Red Cross and Civil Defense per
sonnel.
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arrived, as wen as inc resuscuaiur
at Atlantic Beach, and exhaustive
efforts were made to revive White.
Coast Guardsmen who made the
rescue and helped work on the
victim were Ronald Quidley EN2,
Frank D. Anderson SN, Edward L.
Privott SN, Stanley Manette, EM2,
Eugene Pond BMX, and Franklin
Pearson YN3.
Beaufort firemen on the scene
were Elmond Rhuc, Freddy
Snooks, Joe Long, Vergil and Ger
ald Woolard, Norwood E. Gaskill,
and Maurice Peterson.
The dead man's father was iden
tified as Charles White. The body
was taken to Dill's Funeral Home
and then sent to Kinaton.
(Editor's Note: Some questions
were raised as to why the Beau
fort resuscitator was at the scene
when there is a resuscitator at At
lantic Beach. The Beaufort resus
citator was there because it was
sent for.
When there is trouble, persons
may call for help from any source
they wish.
Beaufort firemen willingly an
swered the call as they have in
the past. The Atlantic Beach re
suscitator was rushed to the scene
as soon as it was learned that
there had been a "drowning."
Folks may summon the Beaufort
rcsuscitattr any time they want
The resuscitator at Atlantic Beach
is available also).
Beach Board E xpresses
Concern Over CD Fund
Defendant Asks
For Jury Trial
Five Forfeit Bonds
In County Recorder's
Court Thursday
Malcolm Wlicalton. charted with
disturbing the ,K-?ce r?,,ioStcd ?
? Ury trial before Judge lambtrt
R Morris in County '
Court Thursday and was b0"1"'
over to Superior Court under ?150
bond.
Max Gerald Campbell was fined
$10 and costs for failing to display
a license on a vehicle.
Bonds were forfeited by Pearley
Spell, assault. Ray Neal Willis and
jerry Junius Garner careleu and
reckless driving; Robert Brui
Fulcher, speeding, and James
Glenn Heath Jr., driving on wrong
side of road.
Costs l'aid
Costs were assessed against Raj*
?ild D Gorkowski, no mufflir,
Gladys Anderson, malicious prose
cution, and Bobb, Lewis Brown
and Douglas Lee Hamby, speed
ing The assessments were mad
against Brown and Hamby instead
of 30 day roads sentences.
Half costs were assessed Elci
norc Styron Gillik.n no opera o s
license, and Kll.s Gray Gi k.n,
allowing unlicensed person to op
erate vehicle.
Charges of assault against Evan
Mann Adams, and nonsup^
against Howard Fallin Jr. w
left open for future prosecution.
A charge of speeding against
Wesley Merritt Wilson was dis
missed.
Cases Continued
Cases against the following were
continued: L. E. OUtikin. rvin
Willis, Dewey Willis, Joseph Lc
Gillikin, Kalph B. Lockcy, Howard
Hose Jr Fete Davis, Clyde Dixon
Barnes, David E. SiKton, Arthur
N. Sutton, L. Pierson Willi*. Dor1*
I Klainc Klitxkc.
Stanley Dixon, Babe Ross, Leroy
Branton Clyde Allison Cope.
I.ambort Hark, Jack french ^ank
Boyette, Elvin More
George Huntley Styron Ol'n HL
opii Joseph Gionelli, Mrs. Mary
Lee' Rose J. B. Crowe. William
Marbley. Dover Pittman Lawrence,
Clyde Johnson Cannon.
JC' s Will Wash
Your Car Sunday
jxsr.ssnssis
vtce Station on Front Street Sun
day from 1-8 p.m.. . according to
Tommy Potter, chairman of the
event. , , ...
The price for t wash job will
be with the proceed, going
to the Jaycces. Cars will be called
{or and delivered. The numbci
phone is 2-4728. i.
persons wanting to have : theU
cars washed are earnestly request
cd to make arrangements with the
jaycces prior to Sunday ?o that
the work during the afternoon ca
be evenly distributed. i
Mr Potter said that during th
car wash last year the ?>**?*'
wasted an hour and a half wai
ing, then the cars all cam? : at once
Thirtv were washed last year,
jaycces hope to double that num
ber this year.
School Official
Comments on Bills
Contacted in regard to the pro
posed legislation on public
schools. H. L. Joslyn. county
school superintendent, said yes
terday that he believes the ad
visory Committee on (education
has "made a fair study" of the
situation.
"The committee has spent long
hours on the matter and I'm sure
they know more about it than I
do," Mr. Joslyn continued. "Our
state superintendent of public
instruction approves of the pro
posals and wp will follow along
just like every other county in
the state."
Tentative drafts of the educa
tion bills were released Saturday
morning.
Congressman
Reports on Bill
J. A. DuBois, manager of (he
Morchcad City Chamber of Com
merce, has received a telegram
from Congressman L H. Foun
tain, reporting that the banking
and currency committee has re
ported favorably on the federal
disaster insurance bill.
Congressman Fountain said the
flood insurance bill, S3732, was
passed without the Knowland
amendment.
Mr. DuBois said that chambers
of commerce and towns in this
area were requested to send tele
grams to Washington when it look
ed as though the bill would be
killed in committee.
He said the bill has been pushed
particularly by folks in the Wil
mington and Nags Head areas.
Congressman Fountain also ad
vised Mrl DuBois that contact with
congressmen relative to backing
the bill would be advantageous as
the bill passes through channels
toward final vote.
ASC Manager Speaks
To Morekcad Lions Club
B. J. May, County ASC manager,
spoke on the Soil Bank at the meet
ing of the Morehead City Lions
Club Thursday night at the Hotel
Fort Macon.
President James Crowe an
nounced that he will name commit
tee chairmen for the coming year
at next week's meeting.
Atlantic ifeacn town 0111
cials expressed deep concern
Saturday morning at their
hoard meet in* over the fact
that no Civil Defense dis
aster funds have been paid
as yet to the town.
Commissioners L. T. White and
Con I^anier said that payment is
long past due and urged the mayor,
A. B. Cooper, and the town elerk,
II. M. Eure, to take aetion within
the next 30 days to get a definite
report on the status of the town's
application.
Mayor Cooper said that the town
has spent its own funds to repair
hurrieane damage and as yet no re
imbursement has been made by
Civil Defense. J. G. Hassell. con
sulting engineer for the county,
who has been filing the applica
tions, was invited to Saturday's
meeting, the mayor said. Mr. Has
sell was not present.
S. A. Horton of Atlantic Beach
Sales and Service, which supplies
water to the town, was present
relative to including in the water
rate a seasonal rate for a house oc
cupied by two families (a two
apartment cottage).
The commissioners approved a
rate of $27.50 per season for a two
apartment house. Commissioner
Lanier pointed out that people had
been inquiring about such a rate.
Cites Drainage Problem
n. A. Barefoot, Atlantic Beach
Grocery, appeared before the board
relative to the drainage problem
at his store at the intersection of
the Fort Macon Road and Atlantic
Beach Highway.
Mr. Barefoot said that John
Humphrey, county road superin
tendent. and C. Y. Griffin, highway
official, consulted with him. They
agreed to lay tile to carry water off
under the surface of the street if
the town will pay for the tile.
The state said that the problem
was not solely theirs, that the poor
drainage resulted also from water
draining off town streets into that
area.
The commissioners suggested
that Mr. Barefoot and Mayor
Cooper/t'onsult further with a high
way cnginM*. -
Wall Discussed
Russell Gant, Burlington, proper
ty owner in the town, appeared be
fore the board relative to a neigh
bor's retaining wall preventing free
access to the Gant cottage.
Mr. Gant said the wall was built
into the street and otherwise
jeopardized his property. The clerk
was authorized to write the owner
of the wall in question and ask that
it be removed by March 1, 1957.
See BOARD, Page 2
Luther Lewis Announces
Schedule for. Pageant
The schedule for Miss North
Carolina Pageant, July 28-28, has
been announced by Luther Lewis,
chairman of the Jaycee-sponsorcd
event.
Initial registration for contest
ants will be at Bud Dixon's Motel
July 29 from 1 to 9 p.m.
All contestants in Morehead City
Wednesday, July 23, are invited
to a Moonlight Cruise Picnic and
get-acquainted party on the head
boat, Carolina Queen, at 8:30 p.m.
Registration will also be from
9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Thursday,
July 28, at Bud Dixon's Motel for
contestants who don't arrive Wed
nesday.
Breakfast will be served the girls
that morning at 8 at the Busy Bee
Restaurant.
Tom Tom Ready for Work
At Cannoa'a Bolt Yard on Pel
latter Creak ia Tom Tom. probably
the uMHeat tugboat in the world
outaide a toy ahop. But Tom Tom
la do toy; ahe town disabled and
engtaelcaa SO aod 80-(ooter>, deep
draft trawler* and (hallow-draft
cruisers against the strong current!
of More head City waters.
Tom Tom is only 26 foot long,
and wis built by Um Cannons for
yard use. She if complete wttk fire
lighting equipment, and bis an
Photo by Jtrry Kinwclur
auxiliary generator that givei
quick life to dead batteries in va
rious boats around the yard.
Her 22-indi wheel adds to her
great maneuverability, a must for
working in the doce quarters of
Cannon's busy yard.
From 9 to 10 a.m. press, radio
and TV reporters will interview
contestants at the Carolina Racing
Association track.
The big parade of all contestants
through Morehead City will start at
1 p.m.
The girls will meet the Judges
from 2 to 2:30 at the track and
from 2:30 to 4 p.m. there will be
rehearsals at the track.
At 9 p.m. dinner will be served
at Mrs. Russell Willis's restaurant,
with the judges attending.
The girls will assemble at 7:13
at the track and the first perform
ance will get underway at 8 p.m.
On Friday at 8 a.m. the girls
will eat breakfast at the Broad
way Restaurant, and from 9 to 12
noon will rehearse at the track.
Lunch will be at 12:30 p.m. at
the Rex Restaurant and the girls
will resume rehearsals from 2 to
4:30 p.m. at the track.
Dinner will be at 8 p.m. at the
Sanitary Restaurant with the
judges present.
The girls will oncc again assem
ble at the track at 7:15 and the
second performance will get un
derway at 8 p.m.
Saturday breakfast will be at ?
a.m. at the Busy Bee Restaurant,
with rehearsals at the track from
10 to 12 noon.
Lunch will be at 12:30 p.m. at
Capt. Bill's and at 2 p.m. the girls
will assemble at the track, with
the third performance to get un
derway at 2:30 p.m.
Dinner on Saturday will be at
5:30 p.m. at Fleming's Restaurant.
The judges will not be present.
At 7:19 all of the ftrla will aa
semble at the track in evening
gowns and will bring their bathing
suits.
The fourth and final perform
ance will (tart at 8 p.m. with the
10 finaliats competing in all three
divisions. The finalists will not be
announced prior to this perform
ance.
At each *1 the first three per
formance. one-third U the girls
will be In evening gowns, one-third
in bathing suits and one-third pre
senting their talent skit