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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
49th YEAR, NO. 92. EIGHT PAGES
MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1900
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Neuse Association Reaffirms
Stand on Bridge, Port Growth
The Neuse Development associa-'
tion, meeting at New Bern Wed
nesday night, reaffirmed its stand
against location of the proposed
bridge at Morehead City, citing
that the obstruction to navigation
it will create will be detrimental
to development of the Morehead
City port. This view will be put
before the Corps of Engineers hear
ing this morning at the Morehead
City municipal building.
In the report on Morehead City
by the president, W. B. Chalk, it
was stated that the Morehead City
Garment Co. would move into its
new building this week.
Mr. Chalk commended Charles
McCullers, secretary of the asso
' ciation, for his efficient work. After
going on the industry-hunting tour
to Chicago, he wrote 300 Chicago
firms, making follow-up contact
from the Neuse Valley area.
The. president reported on growth
of business at Morehead City port.
Speakers at the meeting were
Marvin T. BalT, chief, procurement
assistance, section of the Small
Business administration, and Al
bert Doyle, Charlotte, who spoke
on business and industrial counsel
ing conferences sponsored by such
organizations as the Neuse De
velopment association.
The president will appoint a com
mittee to study the need and pos
sibility of sponsoring such a con
ference.
John D. Lewis, vice-president
from Goldsboro stated that a new
firm, National Welders, had begun
operation in Goldsboro. Page Ben
ton, city manager, shared informa
tion regarding the German type
. pilot sewage disposal operation
known as the Hilderbrand system.
William S. Page of Kinston area
reported that a twenty-acre site
had been selected just east of Kins
ton on highway 70 for a vocational
industrial school to be built similar
to the operation in Goldsboro. He
also reported that a small business
in Grifton has been formed through
financing from Kinston,
i Robert L. Stallings, vice-presi
dent from New Bern commented on
the economic benefit of Tryon Pal
ace to New Bern. He stated that
the city and county have complet
ed an airport zoning project which
was demanded and necessary due
to the rapid expansion" of activity
at the airport. He stated 17,000
passengers deplane and excess of
17,000 enplane from the New Bern
^airport annually.
Paul Baker, president, Kinston
Chamber of Commerce and Jim
Latta, director of industrial de
velopment “Committee of 100’’
made a report on their industrial
hunting tour to Chicago with the
other eighty businessmen from
North Carolina. Mr. Baker stated
that four hundred industrial firms
and businessmen were called upon.
Twenty-two of the firms stated
they were definitely contemplating
expanding in the south and some
favored North Carolina.
i The president and secretary will
attend the Northwest North Caro
lina Industrial Development asso
ciation Dec. 6 at Elkin.
The next quarterly meeting will
be held in Kinston Feb. 15, 1961.
Coast Guard Refloats
Schooner Wednesday
, Fort Macon Coast Guardsmen
refloated a 48-foot schooner Wed
nesday morning after it ran
aground at 8:10 in Morehead City
west channel near day beacon 1.
James M. Spence Jr. of Muske
gon, Mich., was owner and opera
tor of the schooner. Aboard the
Coast Guard 40-footer which made
the assist were Bill Hancock, BM3,
Clayton Russell, BM3, Bill. Vinson,
EN2, and Spencer Gunn, SN.
Children Need Not Pay
Library Fines This Week
Six Groups Will
Present Views
To Engineers
Representatives of six organiza
tions will present arguments
against the proposed bridge site
at an Army Engineers hearing at
10 a.m. today in the Morehead City
municipal building.
Groups opposed to the bridge as
a hazard to navigation are South
ern Railway, the Lower Neuse De
velopment Association, the More
head Maritime Association, the
Greater Morehead City Chamber of
Commerce, the United States Sal
vage Co., of New York, and the
Morehead City Pilots association.
The Maritime Association met
at the civic center Thursday morn
ing to discuss the hearing and the
best way to present their thoughts
about the bridge site.
Attending the meeting were D.
G. Bell, George W. Dill, William
T. Davies, A. T. Piner, Robert
Seamon, Robert Darden, G. L. Ben
nett, Robert Gaskill, W. B. Chalk,
Clark Orrell and Robert Hicks.
Members not attending were Dr.
B. F. Royal, Dr. John Gainey and
James R. Sanders.
Blaze Destroys
Harrell Home
Fire of undetermined origin de
stroyed the Atlantic Beach home
of Miller Harrell, Jacksonville and
Morehaad-.City realtor, parly Sun
day morning.
Firemen from the Atlantic Beach
and Morehead City stations bat
tled the blaze for four hours but
were unable to save the dwelling
which was pretty well gutted when
firemen arrived.
The house, a two-story concrete
block and wood structure, was lo
cated on the road to Club Colony,
fronting east. It was unoccupied
at the time, although a group of
Jacksonville Midget football play
ers had staged a victory party in
the house earlier in the evening.
The alarm was received at 2 a.m.
Sunday.
The Atlantic Beach fire depart
ment rushed two trucks to the
scene. They were joined by two
more from the West End station
in Morehead City.
Mr. Harrell, who lives at Jack
sonville, has a home in Morehead
City and operates Harrell Realty
Co. here.
Driver Turns Car Over
At Gloucester Saturday
William Howard Gaskill Jr.,
Harkers Island, escaped injury
Saturday night when the 1955 Ply
mouth he was driving turned over
on a dirt road near Vincent Pig
ott’s junk yard, Gloucester.
Damage to. the Plymouth was
extensive, according to patrolman
W. J. Smith Jr., who investigated.
In observance of Children s Book
Week, the county library, Beau
fort, will not charge fines on books
in the hands of children that are
overdue. Regardless how long the
book has been out, if it is returned
this week no fine will be charged,
according to Mrs..Minnie Simpson,
librarian.
The following are new children’s
books at the library: The First
Northwest Passage, O’Meara;
Gateway to Space; Charles
Coombs; How Space Rockets Be
gan, LeGrand; New Shoes, Noel
Streatfield; The Shadow of Rob
ber’s Roost, Rushmorc.
Liza of the Hundredfold, Lansing;
The Trouble With Jenny’s Ear,
Butterworth; The Big Splash, Ca
rol Kendall; Black Stallion and
Flame; Walter Farley; Cappy and
the River, Avery.
The Rightful Owner, Jesse Stu
art; The Willow in the Attic, Far
alla; If Everybody Did, Jo Ann
Stover; The First Book of Paint
ings, Lamont Moore.
The First Book of Africa,
Hughes; Candy Floss, Rumer God
den; Pepito’s Story, Eugene Fern;
Kate Douglas Wiggin, the Little
School Teacher, Miriam E. Mason;
Green Eggs and Ham, Dr. Seuss;
The Shoemaker and the Elves,
Grimm; and The Twenty Miracles
of St. Nicholas, Bryson.
Nov. 30 Will
Be City Park Day
In Morehead
Wednesday, Nov. 30, will be City
Park Day in Morehead City.
On that day, members of thf
Morehead City Woman’s dub, spon
sors of the city park oh Bogue
Sound, will accept donations of
topsoil, bulbs, perennials, fertilizer,
evergreen shrubs such as ligus
trus and petisporum; crepe myrtle,
and playground equipment.
Jaycees will be present to plant
the shrubs and flowers. Mrs. M.
J. Loutit and Mrs. M. T. Mills,
chairman of the project, announce
that the Morehead City band will
play during the day and refresh
ments will be served.
The day will begin at 11 a.m.
and end at 5. Mayor George Dill
has proclaimed Nov. 30 as City
Park Day.
The park is located just west of
34th street and south of Arendell. It
is equipped with picnic tables and
a boat launching ramp.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, Nov. 15
5:09 a.m. 11:36 a.m.
5:25 p.m. 11:48 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 16
5:56 a.m. 12:22 a.m.
6:13 p.m. .
Thursday, Nov. 17
6:37 a.m. 12:32 a.m.
6:68 p.m. 1:09 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 18
7:20 a.m.
7:42 p.m.
1:16 a.m.
1:56 p.m.
Contractors Put
Finishing Touch
On New Plant
• Morehead Garment
Co. to Move Soon
• Supper Dance Set
For Saturday Night
Finishing touches are being made
this week to the new Morehead
City Garment Co. plant on Bridges
street, Morehead City.
Employees and friends of the
firm will be entertained at a buf
fet supper and dance at the plant
at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Pressing operations are already
under way in the new building,
but other machinery will not be
moved in until after this weekend.
Grounds around the attractive
one-story brick building have been
lanfiscapcd. It is anticipated that
the concrete block building at 16th
and Fisher streets will be torn
down so that the parking lot at the
west end of old building may be
enlarged. Employees will use the
16th street entrance.
Entrance to the business offices
is on Bridges street. To the left
of the front entrance is the office
of Mrs. J. W. Jackson, president,
and the board of directors room.
To the right are payroll and book
keeping offices.
With completion of the new build
ing, bookkeeping now done at the
affiliated plant in Lillington will
be done in Morehead City, Mrs.
Jackson said.
The part of the building beyond
the offices contains a snack bar,
cutting room office, shipping office,
shipping and piece goods depart
ment, storage area, truck loading
and unloading platform under roof,
lavatories, dispensary, floor lady’s
office and machine shop, where re
pairs are made to equipment on the
floor.
All parts of the building are air
conditioned, except the department
at the rear of the building where
shirts are stored before being
pressed. Mrs. Jackson explains
that cooler air on the fabrics is
not desirable at that point.
A sprinkler system in the new
plant is a major factor contribut
ing to lower fire insurance rates
than those on the frame building
out of which the firm is moving.
Following the buffet supper Sat
urday night, music for dancing will
be provided by The Pastels, an or
chestra from Jacksonville.
Carmi Winters
Visits Lions
Lion district governor, Carmi
Winters of New Bern, was the
guest and featured speaker Thurs
day night at the meeting of the
Morehead City Lions club.
Mr. Winters, in a report on Lion
district 31-H over which he pre
sides, stated that the district rais
ed $64,000 in last year’s White
Cane drive. He also stated that
the Lions Eye Bank now has 8,000
eyes willed and that District 31-H
is sponsoring 16 boys at the Lake
Waccamaw Boys Home.
The date for the Lions’ mid-win
ter convention was announced as
Jan. 16-17 in Kinston and the state
convention will be held in Greens
boro next June.
Visitors attending the meeting
included L. J. Hill, Logan White
hurst, and Bill Cuthrell, Beaufort,
and Harry Shadle, Havelock.
Louis Carter, Negro, Killed
In Stabbing Saturday Morning
Officials View Vote Results
Ray Lackey, Newport Rural
Fire association president and
fire chief Charlie Gould look over
Newport’s election results on a
blackboard. “We are happy
over the 480-75 victory for rural
fire protection,” said Mr. Lack
ey.
Menhaden Fleet Begins to Assemble
For I960 Season in Carteret Waters
All menhaden boats expected to
be fishing here this winter will
probably arrive by the middle of
this week, according to plant op
eGators.
The number of boats operating
out of Carteret ports this season
is expected to be about 30, as com
pared with 55 last year. Plant;
operators are not optimistic about
market prospects and are reducing
operations accordingly.
The Fish Meal Co., Beaufort, is
expecting to operate about seven
boats; two of the boats that oper
ate in ocean waters for Beaufort
Fisheries have arrived; and the
Standard Products Co., fleet is in;
in Morchead City, boats that fish
for R. W. Taylor Co. and Wallace
Fisheries have made port.
Beaufort Fisheries reports that
there is a large body of fish north
of Cape Hatteras. Its boats brought
in the first of the large oil-bearing
fish last Tuesday.
W. H. Potter, manager of Beau
fort Fisheries, reports that the fish
are arriving on schedule. Wea
ther will determine how success
ful the boats will be. But the total
catch and tonnage will be less than
in recent years due to fewer boats
operating, he commented.
Jlenhadcn plant operators, pro
Four-H'ers to Attend
Fair at Wilmington
Four-H‘ers and parents planning
to attend the 4-H Fair and Honor
Day at Wilmington Saturday will
meet at the health center, Beau
fort, and Camp Glenn school, Sat
urday at 10:30 a.m.
The group assembling at Beau
fort will stop to pick up the Camp
Glenn group en route to Wilming
ton, according to David Warrick,
4-H advisor.
The fire chief commented that
this will be one of the first tax
supported fire districts in the
east. There is one in Edgecombe
county.
The fire district plan goes into
effect next July 1, so the Rural
Fire association will remain in
ducers of menhaden oil and scrap,
are gloomy because they say their
markets are being taken over by
oil and scrap imported from Peru.
According to reports from the
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries,
Washington, D. C., 50 thousand
tons of fish meal and scrap and 4.9
million gallons of oil were produc
ed in this country in August, an
increase of 3 per’cent in fish meal
and scrap and 25 per cent increase
in oil production over August 1959.
Menhaden meal (45 thousand
True Bill Returned; Rape
Case Continued Thursday
The grand jury returned a true
bill charging William Jerry Willis,
Morehead City, with rape of a Ne
gro girl whom he asked to baby-sit
for him. An effort was made to ob
tain a jury and start the case
Thursday afternoon, but when it
was found that it would take al
most a day to get a jury, the case
was continued until a future term
of court.
Willis was returned to jail.
Louis Ed and Mary Willis,
charged with corrupting the morals
of ’Negro youth, failed to appear
and an order was issued to bring
them into the next term of court.
James O. Harris, charged with
assault, disturbing the peace, using
loud and profane language, plead
ed guilty to shooting Edward Bar
rett. A six-month sentence was
suspended on payment of costs
and hospital bills for Barrett. The
gun was ordered confiscated.
Edward Turner Powell was found
guilty of driving drunk, improper
registration and driving on the
operation in the township until
then.
Discussions will soon begin
among interested parties about
fire protection outside of the
township for areas east of New
port river bridge along Highway
70, Mill Creek and Broad Creek,
after July 1, 1961, the chief said.
tons) made up 90 per cent of the
August total, while yield of men
haden oil (4.3 million gallons) ac
counted for 88 per cent of the oil
production.
One hundred eighty thousand
tons of meal and scrap were pro
duced the first eight months of
this year, 13 thousand tons below
the same period of 1959. Oil pro
duction amounted to 17.5 million
gallons, an increase of nearly 1
million gallons compared with the
eight-month 1959 period.
wrong side of the road. He paid
$200 fine and costs.
Richard Lee Amos did not con
test charges of breaking, entering
and theft. He pleaded guilty to
forcible trespass, was given 12
months in jail, suspended. He was
placed on probation for two years
and ordered to pay court costs.
William A. Scoggins pleaded guil
ty to careless and reckless driving.
Prayer for judgment was continued
on payment of costs.
Nils Sandsmark, charged with
careless and reckless driving,
pleaded not guilty. The case was
non-suited. Henry Meacham Stan
ley pleaded guilty to speeding and
paid $25 and costs.
Cases of William Lester Johnson
and James G. Exum, charged with
speeding, were continued.
True bills were returned on
Homer Lee Sealcy, careless and
reckless driving; Allen Gray Nor
ris, speeding, racing an.d failing to
stop at a stop sign, and Oscar Hill,
assault.
Official Results of Last Tuesday's Election in This County
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Atlantic. 200 123
Beaufort.-.-.1274 817
Bettie.-. 81 22
Bogue. 87 SI
Broad Creek.— 117 97
Cedar Island... 38 63
Cedar Point.. 102 56
Davis. 80 195
Harkers Island. 212 349
Harlowe.-. 70 127
Marshallberg. 100 191
Merrimon. 63 22
Morebcad No. 1.- 754 487
Morehead No. 2. 806 653
Newport. 549 386
Otway... 70 148
Pelletier... 50 23
Portsmouth.. 4 1
Salter Path. 82 50
Sea Level. 114 67
Smyrna... 29
Stacy... 22 106
Stella-. 26 46
Straits .- 64 45
Wildwood. 182 148
Williston.-.~ 32 142
Wire Grass. 56 39
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Paul William*, Negro
pulpwood worker, is being
held in the county jail with'
out bond for the murder of
Louis Carter, 26 - year - old
pulpwood worker. Carter, a
native of Arkansas, died
from a knife wound in his
jugular vein Saturday morn
ing in a Campen camp on
the Laurel road.
David Munden, coroner, will con
duct an inquest at 8 tonight at the
courthouse. On the coroner's jury
are M. M. Ayscue, J. W. Sykes,
Charles L. Pake, S. J. Rabon, Hen
ry Hatscll and Cecil Brooks.
Deputy sheriff Bruce Edwards
said Williams and an Indian spent
the night at the camp. Carter and
James B. Lee came in about dawn
and Carter and Williams started
arguing
Williams claimed Carter cut him
on the right arm and cut a finger
on his left hand. Then he said he
got his knife and hit Carter one
time in the neck. The wound killed
him.
The sheriff’s department was no
tified of the cutting by the Cam
pens. Sheriff Hugh Salter and
deputy Edwards found a pocket
knife under Carter’s body. Wil
liams, who disappeared from the
scene but later gave himself up at
the sheriff's office, said he lost the
knife he had.
Carter’s body was removed to
Barrow’s funeral home, Morehead
City.
Grand Jury Says
Morehead Jail
Needs Repairs
The grand Jury recommended in
its report Thursday that repairs
be made to the Morehead City jail
and that the sheriff’s department
patrol the airport regularly to keep
cars off the runways.
The jury said toilet facilities in
the Morehead City jail are bad,
mattresses should be replaced,
windows arc broken, and the cells
are too small to accommodate four
men.
The Beaufort-Morehead airport
administration building is in good
condition, the jury said, adding
that damage caused by Donna is
expected to be repaired soon and
other repairs are to be made by
the time the season opens next
summer.
It was noted that repair to boun
dary lights cannot be made until
money is available.
The report stated that there are
insufficient restrooms for the
courthouse and courthouse annex.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Edwards, who
are in charge of the county jail,
were commended for the condition
of the jail; the caretaker of court
house grounds was also commend
ed.
The Newport prison camp, At
lantic Beach jail and county health
department building were reported
in good condition. School buses
were reported to be safe. Justice
of the peace reports from June
through October were inspected.
The jury recommended the follow
ing:
1. That justices of the peace file
a report saying that they have
nothing to report when such is the
case.
2. That a system be devised for
Icalling witnesses before the grand
jury.
3. That mimeographed informa
tion be presented the grand jury
as to its duties and responsibili
ties after the jurors are sworn in.
4. That the welfare department,
court and juvenile authorities check
into the welfare of the child whb
was allegedly involved in the case
charging her father with carnal
knowledge.
Foreman of the grand jury was
P. H. Geer Jr., Morehead City.
Three Cut in Fight
Saturday Morning
Three men were cut in a fight at
2:30 a.m. Saturday in a fight at
their home, Marsh and Cedar
streets, Beaufort.
They were Willie May, Emmit
Stewart and Wilbur McDaniel. Po
lice chief Guy Springle put Mc
Daniel in- jail later Saturday morn
ing after he was discharged from
Morehead City hospital.
The others were still in the hos
pital but were to be jailed as soon
as they were released. The charges
against them are engaging in a
fight and assault with a knife.
McDaniel was put under $100
bond. Chief Springle said they
were drunk when they started the
fracas.