CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
48th YEAR, NO. 91. TWO SECTION8 FOURTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1959 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
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SHIPS AT NIGHT
Coroner's Jury Declares
Angler's Death Unavoidable
Strawberry G rowers Hear
Three Specialists Speak
Rural folks Interested in grow-'
ing strawberries attended a meet
ing Wednesday night at the civic
center
Speakers were Melvin Kolbe,
horticulture extension specialist;
Eldon Scott, extension entomol
ogist. and J. C. Wells, extension
plant pathologist. Their talks were
illustrated by color slides, charts
and flannel board illustrations.
Mr. Kolbe commented that North
Carolina strawberry acreage now
is about 1,600, down from a one
time high of 6,000 acres. He at
tributed the reason to growers' not
being interested in doing a good
job in strawberry culture.
Prices of the berries, he added,
have held up well. He recommend
ed selection of a good site for the
plants, use of certified plants, care
ful soil preparation, insect control,
disease control, spacing of plants
2 feet apart in rows 4 feet apart,
testing soil, use of proper fertilizer,
irrigation when necessary, mulch
ing with straw, grading berries in
the field and group marketing.
Mr. Kolbe pointed out that large
buyers of berries don't want to
bother with small lots. He sug
gested that all eastern North Caro
lina strawberry growers market
their berries cooperatively.
Mr. Wells listed the following as
the eight major strawberry plant
diseases: leaf spot, leaf scorch,
gray mold, fruit rot, crown rot,
Couthern light, nematodes, virus
and red steel diseases.
He designated gray mold and
nematodes as the most trouble
some. Persons interested in learn
ing the controls for the above dis
eases may contact the county
agent's office in the postoffice
building, Beaufort.
Mr. Scott named the insects that
attack strawberry plants: spider
inites, plant lice, berry weevils,
#pittle bug, grubs and other soil
Insects. Control measures for those
can also be learned by contacting
the county agent's office.
"L M. Williams, county agent,
estimates strawberry acreage in
the county at about IS.
.Attending Wednesday's meeting,
In addition to Mr. Williams, were
Mrs. Leona Rogers, Mrs. Noe Av
ery, Mrs. L. D. Springle, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Worthington, Wayne
West, Mrs. Gaston Simpson, Mr.
and Mrs. W. N. Gilchrist, David
Warrick, assistant county agent,
and Mrs. Floy Garner, home eco
nomics agent.
Jaycees Review
Red Cross Plans
At the weekly meeting of the
Beaufort Jaycees Monday, Raven
Darden made a report on the can
vassing to be done by the club for
the annual Red Cross drive.
The territory to be covered by
the Jaycees in Beaufort is from
Huntley's to the North River bridge
on highway 70 and from Huntley's
to the Russell's Creek bridge on
highway 101.
The club also heard a report on
the car (how sponsored by the Jay
cees at the Morehead-Beaufort
football game. Seventeen cars
from dealers in the county were on
display. The club expresses its
appreciation to all the dealers for
their cooperation in making the
showing a success.
It was announced that the car
show would be an annual event in
the future. Assisting Dick Dickin
aon with the show was Bob Safrit.
Clyde Owens Jr. reported that
the club now has a cook and she
will prepare food for members at
their next dinner meeting, Nov. 23.
The motion was made and sec
(tided that the club attend church
as a group, the last two Sundays
in November and the first two Sun
days in December. This will in
clude Sunday attendance at the
Methodist, Ann Street Baptist, Free
Will Baptist and Episcopalian
Churches.
Newport WSCS to Have
Uiaar Saturday, Nov. 21
The Women'! Society of Chris
tian Service, St. James Methodist
Church, Newport, will have its an
nual bazaar in the educational
building at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov.
>1. The bazaar will continue until S.
Included will be a barbecue sup
per and bake sale. The WSCS in
vites the public to come and buy
Christmas gifts.
N* Truth to Tale
Albert Gainey, Beaufort school
principal, said yesterday that there
is no trench mouth epidemic at the
school, so far as he knows. He
laid that if there were any casta
of trench mouth, the teachers
would have reported it. He termed
"Just one of those stories" the ru
mor that trench mouth is spread
ing throughout the school.
Countians Send
In 495 Samples
For Soil Tests
Four hundred ninety-five soil
samples have been submitted for
testing by 84 residents of the coun
ty, R. M Williams, county agri
culture agent, reported this week.
The samples were picked up at
17 soil sample stations Monday.
Mr. Williams said that those who
sent in soil samples can expect a
report, by mail, from the soil test
ing service, Raleigh, in about two
weeks.
He expressed his appreciation to
all those who took part in the
three-week campaign, which start
ed Oct. 18 and continued through
last week. Four counties partici
pated in the special soil testing
program. *
The following places were desig
nated as soil testing stations in
this county: Cecil Morris Store, At
lantic; Johnny Davis Store, Davis;
Headen Willis Store, Smyrna.
RE A Office, Harkers Island;
Mrs. Cleveland Gillikin Store, Bet
tie; Guy Carraway's home, Mcr
rimon; Mrs. Lionel Conner Store,
Harlowe; Lee Murdoch's Store,
Wildwood.
Wilbur Merrill Store, highway
101, Beaufort; C. G. Gaskill Store,
Beaufort; Charles Freeman, Crab
Point Community, Morehead City;
Roy Garner Store, Newport.
Leon Weeks Store, highway 24,
Newport; Joe Taylor Store, Bogue
Community, RFD Newport; John
Weeks, Cedar Point Community,
Swansboro; Jim Young, and Ger
ald Pelletier Store, Stella.
Ministers Hear
Welfare Officer
Mbs Georgle Hughes, county
welfare superintendent, spoke Mon
day to the Carteret County Minis
ters Association at their monthly
meeting at the civic center. More
head City.
Miss Hughes defined the impor
tance of welfare work and the need
for public understanding of wel
fare. She was introduced by the
Rev. Ralph Fleming, Newport, pro
gram chairman.
The ministers voted to meet for
their Christmas dinner, with their
families, Monday. Dec. 7, at the
Re* restaurant. The date was
changed from Dec. 11. The Rev.
John Cline, Beaufort, is in charge
of the Christmas dinner and pro
gram.
Devotions were in charge of the
Rev. Barney Davidson. Morehcad
City. The Rev. W. A. Hales, presi
dent, presided.
The Beit meeting of the associa
tion will be Monday morning, Jan.
11, at the civic center.
Loaes License
Robert Avon Glover, route 1
Beaufort, has been notified that his
driver's license has been suspend
ed by the North Carolina Depart
ment of Motor Vehicles for drunk
driving.
A coroner's Jury Monday night
at the courthouse returned a ver
dict of unavoidable accident at an
inquest into the boating accident
that claimed the life of Ellis Smith,
47, of King, N. C., on the morning
of Tuesday, Oct. 13.
Smith and two companions, Fred
White and Quannah Lee (Fat)
Smith, were fishing from an out
board motor boat in the Beaufort
Channel when their skiff was ram
med by the fishing boat Phillip.
The three jumped clear of the boat
just before the collision and White
and Quannah Smith were later res
cued, but Ellis Smith, who could
not swim, drowned.
The captain and the crew of the
Phillip were represented at the
hearing by Beaufort attorney Claud
Wheatly.
The first witness called to the
stand by coroner David Munden
was Fred White, who was in the
boat with Smith at the time of the
accident.
White testified that the three of
them usually fished in the vicinity
of buoy No. 21 in the channel but
on this day they had decided to
fish near buoy No. 1. He said that
they anchored their boat about 15
or 20 feet from another skiff from
which W. B. and B. B. Mock were
fishing.
He said that they saw the Phillip
when it first approached the chan
nel but didn't pay any attention to
it, assuming that the pilot of the
boat would see them. White said
that the next time they noticed the
fishing vessel, it was about SO feet
away from them and heading
straight for their skiff. He said
that one of the crew members ran
out on the bow of the Phillip and
shouted for them to jump over
board. The three of them in the
outboard boat jumped and the Phil
lip rammed the skiff.
White said that he and Ellis
Smith went into the water together
and he tried to hold Smith above
the water, as Smith could not
swim. He said that Smith pulled
the two of them under twice and,
becoming exhausted from the
struggle, he let go of Smith. White
testified that he saw Smith go un
der again and that was the last he
saw of the drowned man.
White stated that four or five
minutes after thf accident Elliot
(EUy) Guthrie, captain of the fish
ing vessel, jumped overboard in an
attempt to help the three in the
watec. White said that he was
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Baptist Hospital
To Close Nov. 21
The Eastern Worth Carolina Bap
tist Hospital will close Saturday,
Nov. 21.
Operated by tbe Atlantic Baptist
Association, the hospital is forced
to cease operation because of high
costs.
Although the association attempt
ed to raise funds for a new hos
pital, the attempt was unsuccess
ful. Another factor, said to con
tribute to the hospital's closing was
the lack of support by other Bap
tists throughout the state.
T. A. Montgomery, a hospital
trustee, said financial difficulties
arose when patients did not pay
bills and the Craven County wel
fare department could not give suf
ficient help in charity cases.
Craven county residents will vote
Nov. 28 on floating a bond issue to
build a county-owned hospital.
Hospitals in New Bern, in addi
tion to the one about to close, are
St. Luke's operated by Catholics
for white patients of all faiths, and
the Good Shepherd, a Negro hos
pital supported by the Episcopal
diocese of eastern North Carolina.
Parents Ask If
Schools to Serve
Cranberries
School authorities said Wednes
day that no cranberries were
served this week in school cafe
terias. A few Carteret parents be
came alarmed Tuesday at the an
nouncement that .some cranberry
products are contaminated with a
poison that may cause cancerous
conditions in humans.
H. L. Joslyn, county superinten
dent of schools, said that he had
heard that lunchroom managers at
Camp Glenn and Morehead City
schools were substituting apple
sauce for cranberry sauce on their
menus. The applesauce was red
in color.
He said he didn't know whether
there were stocks of cranberry
sauce at lunchrooms throughout
the county, but would check prior
to the serving of the Thanksgiving
dinner which always carries the
traditional cranberry sauce.
He reported that the shipment of
turkeys for the school Thanksgiv
ing dinners arrived Wednesday.
Mr. Joslyn added that he doubt
ed cranberries from Oregon and
Washington, the states reported to
have the contaminated berries, are
available on the east coast.
The substance claimed by the
Food and Drug Administration to
have caused cancer in the thyroids
of rats is aminotriazole, a chemical
weed killer.
Red Cross Drive
Moves Slowly
Although the Red Cross drive,
county-wide, is moving slowly, the
Rev. W. A. Hales, Beaufort chair
man, reported "reasonable suc
cess" following a check-up meeting
Tuesday night.
Red Cross canvassers in the
Beaufort area are to meet again
Tuesday night at 7:30 at the court
house to make final reports.
Mr. Hales reminds people that
the Red Cross has invested over
$60,000 in this county in recent
years while the county has con
tributed about $11,000.
The goal for the current cam
paign has been set at $5,000, ac
cording to Herbert Phillips, More
head City, who is campaign chair
man.
Persons who have not been con
tacted by solicitors may mail their
checks to Mr. Hales, Beaufort, or
to J. R. Sanders, Morehead City,
who is Morehead City's fund chair
man.
Mrs. Snowden Thompson is serv
ing as co-chairman with Mr. Hales
in Beaufort.
Two Jaycees Report
On District Meeting
Donald Davis and Bill Singleton
gave Morehead City Jaycees a re
port on the district meeting held
recently in Rocky Mount at the
meeting Monday night at the Blue
Ribbon restaurant.
It was announced that the club
would continue their facial tissue
sale through this week.
Herbert Phillips reported on the
progress being made in readying
the Jaycee float to be entered in
the annual Christmas parade the
latter part of the month. Initial
plans were laid to sponsor a ban
quet for the football team, in co
operation with the Morehead City
Touchdown Club.
Hearing Date Set
Carteret residents have been in
vited by the State Highway and
Public Works Commission to pre
sent road requests at a hearing at
2 p.m. Thursday at the Beaufort
county courthouse, Washington.
This is Friday, the 13 th ? Scared ?
By ELLEN BORDEAUX
Arc yoa superstitious?
If so, this is one of those days
than can either be lucky or un
lucky, depending on which way
your superstitions lie.
Twelve penoas queried this week
said they were not superstitious,
but several admitted that they plan
to be "extra careful" today.
Miss Madeline Royal, Morehead
City, said she was superstitious
about some things, but Friday the
13th was not one of them. She de
clared that she had a "favorite"
superstition, "Don't sneeze with
food in your mouth." If this hap
pens, she said, someone will die.
Charles Willis, Morehead City,
had a ready explanation for this.
He declared that the person who
snceccd probably choked to death
trying to swallow the food before
sneezing! Mr. Willis claims that
.be is definitely not a believer in
superstitions and never has been.
Folks who declared that they
weren't the least bit superstitious
were Lloyd Brooks of Beaufort.
Miss Vernie Bowman, Miss Lela
Hollis, Mrs. Barbara Bartocci of
Morehead City, and Mr. and Mrs.
Norman T argon of Cherry Point.
Mr. Targon announmt that Fri-!
day the 13th is just another work
ing day for him. Mrs. Bartocci
(aid she didn't even realize that
the 13th of this month falls on Fri
day.
The laying about black cats
bringing bad luck holds several
people in its grasp. Mrs. Vi Rose
of Beaufort said that if she saw a
black cat cross her path she
thought she'd turn around. Mrs.
J. G. Bennett, Morehcad City, de
clared emphatically that she'd go
out of her way to keep from cross
ing the path of a black cat.
In. W. L. Derrick son, Morehead
City, said she's "careful" after
seeing a black cat and Miss Bow
nun ajrecs that (he'd tic cautious.
Howard Lewis of Harkers Island
says he is superstitious about
some things and thinks he'll be a
little more careful today than
usual. Mrs. William B. Willis of
Morehead City, shopping with her
two children, says she doesn't think
today will be much different than
the rest.
So there yon have it. Some folks
are superstitious and some are not.
Here are some of the more well
known superstitions:
If a dish towel is dropped, com
pany is coming ; if your nose itches,
company is coming; if your eye
itches, you're popular; it's bad luck
to enter by one door and leave by
another; if it rains on your wed
ding day, you'll shed tears all your
married life.
Never borrow salt, you'll borrow
trouble; apd if you borrow salt,
never return it. Never start to
make a dress on Friday unleaa you
can finish it. If you don't finish
it, the person for whom it is being
made won't live to wear it out.
There are many more . , . you
can probably make up a list of
your own that would stretch from
here to yonder. Here's hoping that
this day, for you, will be ? lucky
one.
Mistrial Ordered in Case
Against Annie Hinson
Beaufort Plans Broad Coverage
Of Ifs Christmas Parade Dec. 4
Mrs. Wiley Lewis, chairman of
Beaufort Christmas parade and
carol sing Dec. 4, announces that
the festivities will be broadcast
and televised.
At a Tuesday night meeting at
the town hall, the Beaufort Mer
chants Association reviewed plans
for launching the Christmas sea
son in Beaufort.
William Roy Hamilton, town
commissioner, reported that the
proposed museum of the sea, to be
established in conjunction with the
town's 250th anniversary, will be
located at the south end of Pollock
Street, instead of west Beaufort,
as originally planned.
He said that the open area
around the proposed range light to
be erected by the Coast Guard
would be available for display of
marine relics.
Mrs. Lewis reported that the pa
rade will form at the school at 6
p.m. Friday, Dec. 4. It will go
south on Marsh to Front Street,
west on Front to Turner, and north
on Turner to the courthouse
square.
There the floats will line up on
Broad Street and the bands will
be stationed in the quadrangle in
front of the courthouse annex.
Bands already booked for the night
are the Beaufort, Morehead City,
and Queen Street high school
bands.
Mrs. Lewis announced that
Charles Jones. Beaufort band di
rector, will supply the bands with
simple music that can be readily
learned and played without scores.
The Swansboro school band and
Jacksonville Drum and Bugle
Corps have also been invited.
Floats in the parade will be di
vided into three categories:
church, school and commercial.
Smyrna Supper
Makes PTA $326
Smyrna PTA members learned
at their meeting Monday night at
the school that their profit on the
recent ham supper was $326.70.
The report was made by Vannie
Willis, who thanked those who
served and those who donated food.
Mr. Willis, chairman of the ways
and means committee, said thi
committee has proposed a clam
bake as the next project. The
group approved.
Mrs. Edward Moore, treasurer,
reported a balance in the treasury
of $642.61, which includes ham
supper receipts and membership
fees totaling $170.70.
Stewart Daniels, principal, an
nounced that this is American Edu
cation Week. He encouraged par
ents to visit the school and have
lunch with their children. He spoke
on civil defense, stressing the im
portance of being prepared for
emergencies. A film was shown.
The Rev. D. M. Tyson, pastor of
the Williston Methodist Church,
gave the devotional. Banners for
attendance were won by Mrs. Edna
Willis's fifth and sixth grades, Mrs.
Ann Salter's 11th grade, and Nor
man Chadwick's 9A.
Charles Harris Jr., president,
presided. The Williston commun
ity served pie and coffcc in the
lunchroom.
14 Gloucester Club
Members Meet
Fourteen member* of the Glou
cester Community Club attended
the meeting Tuesday night at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Smith.
They planned to pick up cans and
trash along the Gloucester roads.
At the Christmas meeting, Dec. 8,
the club will make plans for its
annual Christmas sing and lighting
of the community Christmas tree.
The meeting will begin at 7:30 at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. A1 Hub
bard.
Miss Josie Pigott, president of
the club, presided. Refreshments
were served by the hostess.
Court Acquits Becton
In Non-Support Action
A Morehead City man, Shaw Bec
ton was acquitted on non-support
charges Monday morning in More
head City's recorder's court.
In the. other two cases heard,
Charles Davis of Morehead City
forfeited bond on a public drunk
enness charge and Fred Alien Ball
of Newport was ordered to pay
court costs after the court found
him guilty of speeding and scratch
ing off.
The case against James F. Keel
was continued until next week's
court. Judge Herbert 0. Phillip*
HI presided.
They will appear in the parade in<
that order and will be judged only
in the category in which they are
entered.
The winner in each classification
will receive $25 in cash.
Also in the parade will be pets.
Children from all over the county
may enter their pets. Plans are
to give numerous prizes for the
pet event.
Jack Neal reported that local and
nearby fire departments have been
invited to enter their equipment.
Scout troops throughout the county
have also been invited to parade.
The parade will start at 7 p.m.
and will be followed by the sing
at the courthouse. The Rev. W.
A. Hales, Beaufort, president of the
County Ministers Association, will
give the invocation.
Mayor W. H. Potter will extend
the welcome, followed by group
singing and announcement of float
and pet winners. It is hoped that
15 to 20 choirs from churches
throughout the county will be pres
ent to take part in a 15-minute
program of carols, arranged by
Miss Ruth Durham, minister of
music, First Baptist Church, Beau
fort.
All choirs in the county have
been invited. Mrs. Lewis reminds
them that they need not prepare
a program nor rehearse before
hand. The music will be simple
and well-known.
Cherry Point Marine base has
agreed to supply four flood light
units with operators and a field
lighting unit so that the courthouse
area will be well-illuminated.
Shrubs will be roped off and per
sons are asked to observe the re
stricted areas.
The Beaufort police force and
county officers will be on duty.
Santa Claus will appear in the pa
rade and also in downtown Beau
fort from 10 a.m. to noon and 2
p.m. to 4 p.m. the four days prior
to Christfhas.
Carl Hatsell reported that fire
men would put up guy wires for
street lights this week and next
week they will start stringing the
lights. New street decorations this
year will cost about $1,000.
Tinsel rope for the street decora
tions will be curled by the Junior
Woman's Club. E. W. Downum,
chairman of the advertising com
mittee, reported on the advertising
program.
James Potter, president of the
association, presided prior to turn
ing the meeting over to Mrs. Lew
is. Albert Chappell, secretary
treasurer, read the minutes of the
previous meeting and reported
$1,195.90 collected to date. The
association hopes to collect $1,400.
J. O. Barbour Jr. predicted that
the Christmas parade "will be the
biggest parade Beaufort has ever
had."
In case of bad weather Dec. 4,
the parade will be held the next
night, Saturday, Dec. 5.
C&D Planning Official
Will Address Board
Robert D. Barbour, administra
tor, division of community plan
ning, will speak to members of the
County Planning Commission at
7:30 Tuesday night at the office of
the Carteret-Craven Electric Mem
bership Corp.
Mr. Barbour is with the Depart
ment of Conservation and Develop
ment. Members of the county
board of commissioners and D. G.
Bell, county legislator, will also
attend the meeting, announces W.
C. Carlton, secretary.
Port Shipping
Up Over 1957
At Both Ports
Army engineers report that
waterborne commerce at North
Carolina's two deep water ports
increased in 1958 by 126,700 tons.
The port at Wilmington handled
4,826,608 tons in 1958, for a record
high. During 1957 the port handled
4,752,777 tons.
The report showed that Morehead
City handled 506,616 tons, compared
to 453,794 in 1957. The figure was
some 30,000 tons under the 1953
record.
If the 91,583 tons of cargo (most
ly menhaden movements) which
moved through Beaufort Inlet were
added to the Morehead City total,
the Carteret port would show an
all-time high figure of 598,199 tons.
But such traffic, the majority of
which is normally bound for Beau
fort and which uses only the inlet J
portion of the harbor, is considered
"additional traffic" and is not car
ried in the over-all harbor total.
Col. R. P. Davidson, district en
gineer, said the figures were pre
liminary and would not become
official until published in the an
nual report of the chief of en
gineers.
Foreign commerce at Morehead
City stepped up 17,382 tons last
year with 206,135 tons against 188,
753 tons in 1957. Imports in 1958
totaled 155,720 tons and 161.552 tons
in 1957 for a loss of 5,832 tons.
Exports, however, ro?e from 27,
201 tons in 1957 to 30,415 torn in
1988. Exports consiithw of 11,000
tans of corn and ? 10,000-ton hike
in tobacco movements account for
a net increase of 23,214 tons.
Coastwise shipping, mainly pe
troleum products, took a rise with
143,000 tons last year against 129,
000 tons the previous year.
Wilmington did not (arc as well
as its sister port in foreign com
merce, showing a loss of 49,404
tons in 195* in comparison to 1957.
Imports in 1*50 went up from
382, 873 tons to 490,340 tons for an
increase of 107,467 tons. The hike
is accounted for by petroleum
products, steel products, fertilizer
material, coal tar products and mo
lasses.
Exports at Wilmington went
down from 336,308 tons in 1957 to
179,437 tons last year for a loss of
156,871 tons. The loss is attributed
almost wholly to movements of
scrap iron, shipments of which
dropped from 178,370 tons in 1957
to 15,818 tons in 1958. Dried milk
went from 10,855 tons to 2,349 tons;
wood pulp from 37,000 tons to 33,000
tons while tobacco products roae
from 21,000 tons to 26.000 tons.
Wilmington's coastwise traffic
stepped up almost 280,000 tons with
2,857,650 tons in 1958 and 2,578,272
tons in 1957. Receipts in this order
were 2,836,895 tons and 2,557,614
tons. Shipments were 20,755 tons
and 20,658 tons.
Domestic movements in and out
of the harbor consisting mostly of
pulpwood and petroleum products
totaled 337,000 tons in 1958 and 297,
000 tons in 1957 for a gain of 40,000
tons.
Through traffic in 1958 went
down to Ml, 000 tons from 1,157,000
tons in 1957. This traffic is gen
eral including pulpwood, paper
products and petroleum products.
A mistrial was the out
come in superior court this
week of the case against An
nie Mae Hinson, Morehead
City, charged with posses
sion and sale of non-taxpaid
whiskey.
C. L. Stanley, juror, was with
drawn when the jury could not
agree. The jury was comprised of
one Negro and 11 white men.
Roma Wade, Morehead City, the
first witness to testify when the
case was called Tuesday, said that
Annie Mae sold him and three oth
er boys two pints of bootleg whis
key in ABC bottles.
The sale allegedly occurred in
March of this year. When asked
how he knew whether it was boot
leg whiskey, Wade told the court
that "it tore your stomach up.'*
Wade said that he and Elam Ray
(Buster) Fulcher went into the Hin
son house at 1304 Fisher St., More
I head City, and Fulcher asked for
the whiskey.
Robert McCabe, who also testi
fied, said that the boys made two
trips to the house, one before mid
night and one after midnight, to
get whiskey. He said that he and
William C. Matthews stayed out
side the house while Wade and
Fulcher went in.
McCabe said that the other fel
lows had been drinking prior to the
time they went in the Hinson house
the first time.
Patrolman E. D. O'Neal Jr. said
he picked the boys up at 13th and
Evans Streets at about 2 a.m.
March 9, 1959. McCabe had testi
fied that the police patrol car pull
ed up while the boys were carry
ing Matthews, who had passed out.
On the jury were Bernice Mor
ris, M. F. Beaver Jr., L. P. Hen
derson, Frank Morning, C. L. Stan
ley, M. J. Lockhart, Karl Olson,
Clyde W. Young Jr., George W.
Adams Jr., Fillmore Lawrence,
Jerry Darling, Cecil Walker, and
John Guthrie Jr.
The grand Jury found no true
bill on Leslie Morton, charged with
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Farmers to Get
Queries by Mail
Questionnaires for the 1959 Cen
sus of Agriculture arc now in the
mail and will be in the hands of
local farmers within a few days,
it was announced today hy field
director Joseph R. Norwood of the
Census Bureau's regional office at
Charlotte.
The farm census questionnaires
are being mailed from Chicago,
with the distribution timed so that
the report forms will reach farm
ers about a week ahead of the date
when census takers will begin the
field canvass.
The advance mailing is for the
purpose of giving farm operators
time to consult their records before
filling in the answers required by
the questionnaires and getting
them ready for the census takers to
pick up.
This procedure is designed to in
sure greater accuracy of reporting
and to save time both for the farm
er and the census taker when the
latter calls at the farm.
The 1?S* Census of Agriculture
questionnaire is designed to pro
vide information on the number
and size of farms, acreage and
harvest of crops, livestock produc
tion and inventories, selected farm
facilities and equipment, selected
farm expenditures, farm values,
and mortgage debt.
On the average, each farmer is
asked about 100 questions, many of
which can be answered by simply
checking "yea" or "no".
Beaufort Board Approves
Site for Harbor Range Light
Beaufort commissioners rescind
ed action taken at an earlier meet
ing and granted the Coast Guard
permission to establish a range
light at the foot of Pollock Street.
The commissioners met Monday
night at the town hall.
Lt. J. E. Riddel), commander of
the Fort Macon Coast Guard Sta
tion, and D. G. Bell, Carteret legis
lator, appeared before the board
and asked that they reconsider the
earlier decision. The lieutenant ex
plained that they had exhausted all
sourccs' and found that the town
property was the only available
place for the light, if it is to be put
on land.
lie told the board that commer
cial power can be used to increase
the candlepower of the light if it is
on land. This light, which will re
place the discontinued Bird Shoal
light, will be another step towards
24-hour pilot service to Morehead
City state port, the officcr explain
ed.
The Pollock Street property has
also been choscn as the site for
the museum of the sea plained in
conjunction with next year's 250th
anniversary celebration. Grayden
Tides at tke Beaufort Bar
Tide Table
HIGH
LOW
Friday, Nor. 11
6:51 a.m.
7:12 p.m.
12:34 a.iu.
1:06 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 14
7:31 a.m.
7:48 p.m.
1:15 a.m.
1:49 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 15
8:07 a.m.
8:27 p.m.
1:58 a.m.
2:31 p.m.
Moaday, Nov. It
8:42 a.m.
?:06 p.m.
2:34 a.m.
3:01 p.m.
Paul, chairman of the historical
association, said his group has no
objection to the light being placed
there.
The board agreed to the request
on the condition that the light be
placed in accordance with Lieuten
ant Riddell's explanation and not
interfere with the marine museum
project.
A delegation headed by the Rev.
M. C. Carter, pastor of Mt. Zion
Baptist Church, appeared. Mr. Car-#
ter said his church is planning a
new building on Cedar Street, in
an area zoned for commercial use,
and wanted to know what reatric
tions would be in effect if the build
ing could be erected in that area.
Tke board assured him that the
church could be built and referred
him to the building inspector wbo
will go over the property with him