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Cedar Island, Attractive Isolation (Continued from Page i. Section 2)| ping trips to larger inland centers. For a number of years Lupton yas one of the most important fishing villages in the county. With a limited amount of farm land about the island, only small patches were available for gar dens. As corn was one of the household staples, the supply was brought to, the island by fisher men visiting inland communities, exchanging salted fish and other water products for corn. To convert the corn into meal, Joe Lupton built and operated a windmill of the style popular throughout the county at the turn of the century. The women rais ed tobacco for family use. From the immense Indian shell pile were sold hundreds of bushels of shell for the making of lime. Mail service was given the vil lage with mail being received thr$e times a week by boat from Beaufort. There is a pathetic story told about one of the post masters. a woman, who was serv ing the office in 1920. The facts, as given in the Morehead City Cdhster at that time, relate that she became demented because of an alleged shortage in her ac counts. Preparing a concoction of lye and coca-cola she gave the poison to her 4-year-old daughter, Mil dred, and 7-year-old son, Edward, drinking a portion herself. Fear ing the poison would not kill her, she slashed her throat with a butcher knife. The victims were discovered by the mailman, Luther Caskill. who summoned aid. They were rushed to the hospital at Morehead City where the moth er and litt'ie girl died, the boy sur viving. The mother gave as the reason for her rash act that she feared the shortage would be held against her, and by ending the lives of her children, they would not be thrown upon the mercy of the world. jStorms and changing ways of hie eventually sent the older in habitants of Lupton to communi ties on the mainland and many of ' the younger generation into pro fessions or trade. The only evi dence of a former settlement to be found on the island today is a graveyard where many of the is land’s early settlers found final rest. Two camps are located on the old town site, that of the Hog Is Ltfid Gun club and the late Cap tain John Smith. His building is on the site of his former home where his boyhood and young man hood days were passed. To this camp he would frequently return when he felt the “call of the sea” for a day or two of fishing. With the exodus of the inhabi tants from Lupton, many made their home at either Roe or Lola on Cedar Island across the bay, two settlements that were started about the time of Whale Camp and Lupton. “Along the high ground of Cedar Island, only one road, five miles in length connects the two small settlements, Lola at the south end | ahd Roe about four miles toward the north end. Because the island 1 is small and because it has only I one road from end to end, it hides f nothing. All the homes, stores and I churches are built along this road i or along the shore of Hog Island b*v. Three church denominations care for the religious life of the island. That of the Methodist and Primi tive Baptist at Roe and the Free Will Baptist at Lola. The Primi tive Baptist church society was the first to be established on the is land. In 1832, members of this society living on Cedar Island, Hog Island, Rumley’s Hammock and Ports mouth petitioned the Hunting Quar ter church for a letter of dismissal to be constituted into a body or church among themselves on Ce dar Island for their convenience. The petition was granted. On Dec. 8, 1832 the church at Cedar Island was constituted, headed by Elder George W. Carrawan and Samuel Ross. Elder Carrawan be came the first pastor, followed by Riders Benjamin Pollard, Thomas Gbodwin, John R. Brinson, John Riley Rowe, Eldridge Styron, Ran som W. Gurganus and B. L. God win, now serving. In 1833 this church was received into the Kehukee Association at the Falls of the Tar River. The society retained membership in this association until 1851, when they united with the White Oak Association. *tSpyenty-five years passed before , another church society was formed on the island. In 1908 a small group of earnest Christians under i the leadership of Elder D- B. Gar i ner of Newport of the Free Will I Baptist denomination organized the Pilgrims Rest Free Will Baptist ! church in the Lola community. The first officers were D. J. Day, deapon; Clifford Lupton, clerk, and |i Ifouis Daniels, ruling elder. A small school building served as tie first place of worship until the prespnt building was erected and dedicated in September 1912. As the membership increased, the bjuikfing was remodeled and Sun day school rooms added. The Rev. John Floyd is the present pastor. lOpit of a small Sunday school group, organized in March 1935 by Cecil B. Harris, a native of the is . Jan<f, who was teaching in the com i -haunity school, the Cedar Island Methodist church originated. Un til taking up thp study for thp min istry, Mr. Harris served as super intendent of the school with Mrs. i Gladys Lupton as secretary and I treasurer. fc 'The Rev. W. J. Frpemgn, pastor I of the Atlantic charge, was the I ' Pilgrims Rest Free Will Baptist (-fourth at Lola on Cedar Island. first pastor of the church. He held services on Saturday nights. An old lodge building formerly used by the Charitable Brotherhood was the first house of worship. The first church officers were Mrs. Arlie Daniels and Mrs. Hugh Lupton who served as stewards. For several years Mrs. W. T. Dan iels was church treasurer. Trustees were W. T. Daniels, Arlie Daniels and Mrs. Hugh Lupton. Through the efforts of the wom en of the church, raising funds, and with liberal donations and help from the Duke Endowment Fund, a house of worship was erected in 1939; the service in the new struc ture was held in the fail of that year. To the school teacher, Cecil B. Harris, who became a minister of the Gospel, is given the credit for establishing the Cedar Island Meth odist church. The present pastor is the Rev. J. LI Bryant of the Sea Level Circuit. Until the island school was con solidated with the school at Atlan tic, a grammar grade and high sohool department was maintain ed. The school building was lo cated about halfway between the two settlements. For several years a postoffice was maintained at both Roe and Lola. But one of fice now serves the island, known as Cedar Island, located at Roe with a rural delivery to the Lola section. Before the county began connect ing its many small settlements with good roads the only approach to the island or the township was by water. Traffic across Thoro fare was first carried by a small ferry, replaced in later years with a draw bridge. Cedar Island may well be called an unsophisticated island. Nobody is in any great hurry. Summer homes along the bay indicate that the island offers peace and relaxa tion. The sound and river attract sport fishing, both from boat or pier. Within the township, three miles off shore to the east lies Harbor Island. Mystery surrounds this place for legend has it that murder was committed there at two dif ferent times. In February 1720, during an in terval when the province of Albe marle was without an ordained minister, the Bishop of London’s commissary at Charleston sent one of their missionaries from South Carolina, the Rev. Mr. Taylor, to the northern province of Albe marle. While laboring at Bath he left Pamlico to visit Core Sound, the most southern settlement in the province. His fate was a sad one. He was in his own boat and un fortunately he was indiscreet enough to permit his crew to dis cover that he had in his possession a considerable amount of money, for he was possessed of some wealth. On his way he landed at Harbor Island and never left alive. The story told was, that, tossing about two days and nights in an open boat, he perished from cold. But none of the crew perished and the authorities, suspecting he had been murdered, instituted inquir ies, but could discover nothing of his fate nor obtain the money which he was known to have had with him. Several years before the pur chase of Harbor Island by a gun club in 1912, the property was own ed by a man by the name of Pike, said to have come from New York or some other northern city, bring ing with him a Negro servant. Pike erected a house and with his servant resided on the island for several years. The mysterious disappearance of the Negro form ed the base of the theory that he had been murdered, probably by Pike and buried on the island. Shortly after the disappearance of his servant, Pike left the island, later selling the property. Superstitious folks living in the eastern part of the county have handed down the legend that the ghost of * the Negro haunts the place. Should that be the case, the ghost of the white preacher no doubt is hanging about the island, each apparition keeping the other company. A strange pair. Two Men Take High Ride On Phone Pole Guy Wire Richmond, Va. -CAP) — David Botts and Eugene Adams, both 23, had something approaching a roll er coaster ride on the Marshall Street viaduct here. Their automobile crashed through a guard rail and wound up on a grass plot 85 feet below. Po lice said it slid down a telephone pole guy wire. They were unin jured. Straight BOURBON Whiskey S3-6® 4/S QUART mots DtrnujNO company lAwuricuuia, umtuckt Kettles of this type were used for trying out the oil from whale blubber. A kettle like this is on display at the Museum of the Sea, 'j Beaufort. Carteret 4-Hers Eligible For Contest at State Fair Three tractor • driving 4-H’ers from the eastern 4-H District of the state have been named to rep resent their area in the slate cham pionship tractor operator’s contest at North Carolina State Fair Oct. 14. Jackie White, Cresweli, won first place rating at the recent district | meet and will also represent the district in the state championship, iractor plowing contest. J. War ren Swain, route 1 Columbia placed | second, and Allen Kirby, route 2 Newport, placed third. Each of the boys will enter the tractor driving competition on even terms and have a chance to win the coveted and valuable cham pionship trophies. All entrants will rereive an ex pense-paid trip to State Fair. They will also be presented a 4-H shirt and helmet to be worn during the contests. They wMl compete for $250 prize ! money, with $50 first prize gping to j the winner of each contest. Special! trophies jn these events and the j money are contributed jointly by: the fair management and the Car J olinas Farm Equipment Dealers j association. Np Red Cedar Seedlings, Arizona Cypress Suggested By R. M. WILLIAMS County Agricultural Agent There will be no red cedar seed lings available this year from the state forestry nursery. This short age in red cedar is due to a seed failure last year and disease in the nursery beds. The red cedar set out during the last planting season were practically a complete fail ure. due in the most part to dis eased seedlings. If any 4-H clubs, FHA, or adult farmers are in terested in set ting out red ce d a r seedlings during the fall and winter months a source of red cedar plants can be lo cated outside of the state-. In our state nursery, however, we have Arizona cypress, which can be used as a substitute for red cedar. R. M. This plant is very similar to the cedar except that it is not sticky to the touch, and does not have the cedar fragrance. This is a fast growing tree, but cannot tolerate much yegetative competition. I would like very much to see at least a few people in Carteret coun ty set out some of these Arizona cypress so that we can observe their type of growth and suitability tor Christmas trees. IV. A. Stevens, our extension bee keeper specialist says that this has been a good season for the produc tion of honey. A good many of our beekeepers report the best honey flow that they have had in several years. If you have sick looking azaleas, boxwood, holly, or other ornamen tal plants growing around your home, an attack of nematodes may be your trouble. If jour plants have low vigor, yellowish brown leaves with green veins, grow very little and are shedding leaves at the tip of the branches, the chances are that nematodes are your prob lem. Be sure your plants are not set too deep — with the top of the root ball level or a little above ground level. Also be sure that the soil water drains quickly away from tlje plant. Poor drainage, planted too deop; too much or too little fer tilizer can also make plants sick. Nematodes can only be Seen, in most cases, with a microscope. It is hard for the average person to know whether or not you have the nematode problem. Some nema tdoes cause knots to form on the roots. Other types do not cause this condition of the root system. For this reason you cannot always look at the plant and tell whether they are troubled with nematodes. U is suggested that you provide your plants with ideal growing con ditions. Then if you have a sick looking plant it would be well to treat it for nematodes. Two ma terials are recommended: Nema gon and Fumazpne. The drench method is the easiest j and least expensive to use. For j established plants, prepare a small Size of family Farm to Grow Will the family farm be domi nant in 1975? “Yes,” predicts H. L. Stewart, an economist for USDA’s Agricul tural Research Service. “Family farms of 1975 will be even more specialised than at present, but will continue to domi nate most types of farming,” says Mr. Stewart. Mr. Stewart believes the aver age size of family farms will in crease, while the total number of 'farms will decrease. He foresees an increase in the present trend to adopt labor-saving and out-put increasing improvements essential to economic survival in competi tive farming “Farmers of 1975 will employ others to perform more services,” he says. 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