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THE HYDE COUNTY RECORD
BELHAVEN
VOLUME TWENTY NINE
ESTABLISHED JANUARY. 1903
BELHAVEN, N. C FRIDAY, APRIL 13TH, 1934. 5 Cents Per Copy fet
NUMBER FIFTEJEfcC
CWA WORKERS
i CONSTRUCT 35,000
PIT PRIVIES
W. S. Riddick
lAspires For CTudge
Recorders Court
' ' (By M. F. TRICE)
The termination o CWA activi
ties in Beaufort county on March 29
brought to a close one of the most
worthwhile public neaitn PrOKi
ever undertaken on a county-wide
basis, for with the passage of the
Civil WVrks Administration into his
lory there was brought to a stand'
stll the , pit privy construction work
that has been underway for the past
gevenal months. J ' . ..
The pit privy construction activity
Has done much to advance the cause
of public health not because of the
actual number of privies constructed
to date for many more of them are
needed, but because the people have
beccme conscious of a. need for great
er cleanliness of the premises of in
dividual households and for improv
ed community sanitation as well. In
becoming conscious of a need for a
better sanitary enviornmen4., the
or the community is tak
ing the first step in the great war
against disease.
The diseases that develop as u
direct result of an insanitary envioru
n4ent are the so-called filth diseases
chief of which are typhoid fever
colitis, dysentery and hookworm dis
ease. The germs of the first three
and the eggs and'organisms of the
fourth are expelled in large quanti
ties in the bowel discharges of an
afflicted person and because of this
.f v,nmn excrement improperly
AOVb, "-" u 1 1
of the citizens of a household or
disposed of is a menace to the heaitn
ft m m 11 tl it V.
Hookworms' gain entrance to the
intestinal tract of man through the
akin and blood, stream. Soil that has
iwnr rnntaniinated with fecal mat
VJV'VWtaaw T I i.U
'flflicted with t&3
hookworm is likely to contain myraid
organisms and; their egg
- In order fur a pterson to become- in
fested with such terrible ceatures all
that is necessary is that the infeced
tmA hv bare feet. The hook
worm) usually enters the body throu
the skin of the feet, producing .what
rnmmonlv called "grcjunJ itch."
Once embedded in the skin the organ
isms gradually work their way into
Wr,nrt stream and thence into the
intestinal tract. Once established in
v,o intestines of a person, hookworm
T,r.vpnt the nroper assimilation of
food and causes the victim to lose
weight, vitality, and interest in prac
" o ' - ,
tically everything. Hookworm's sap
the strength of a person, tear down
body resistence and makes the victim
an easy prey for the microbes of
other diseases. Persons aflicted with
hookworm are usually spoken of by
their fellowmien, who are ignorant of
the cause of their lassitude, as being
of no-account and good for nothing
The drain upon the resources of rela
tives and the governments, state
and local occasioned by hookworm
amounts to an appreciable figure
-each year. Children, because of the
almost universal custom of allowing
KorofnnteH durins the
L I1C I II ftu - '
warm- months of the year are especail
ly susceptible to the disease.
Typhoid fever, dysentery, and the
other bacterial or germ diseases of
the intestinaf tract are usually con
tracted as the result of a person
eating or drinking the germs of these
ailments. The transfer of germ?
from human excrerdent to the body
cf a wel person is effectuated in a
variety of ways. Flies have been
found "to be such an important fac
tor in spreading disease that many
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WOMAN'S SKULL
FOUND IN MARSH
Willis S. Riddick has today made
announcement of his candidacy for
the office of Judge of the Record
ers court for this township, subject
to the Democratic primary on June
Mr. Riddick is popularly known
throughout this section ana it is ex
pected that he will give his oppon
ents soma stiff opposition. He is
owner of the Belhaven Motor conv
arpnt for the Chevrolet car,
and has been justice of the peace
was a town alderman at tne time i"e
here for the past 25 years. He is a
member of the local school board and
present electric light plant wa3 in
stalled by the town. Prior to his go
ing into the motor car business, he
was part owner of a large saw mill,
known as the Riddick and Windley
n-.Hl,- which was competely destroyed
by the storm of 1913.
This is the second announcement
made for this office, Jule Purvis hav
ing filed his candidacy a few week3
ago. The present, Judge J. A. Leigh
has made no ormal announcement
in regard to the office.
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DOINGS OF CO. 424,
CCC AT BELL ISLAND
What appeared to be an innocent
looking box containing most anything
from stationery to a picnic lunch
in the office of Mrs. T. S. Payne,
director of relief of Hyde county was
in reality a box concealing as ghast
ly an article as a woman's skul.l
Mrs. Payne, on an official trip to
Ocracoke last week, was presented
this unusual arift by some nsnermen
from Core Sound who had just found
it in the marshland at Cedar Island.
The only accounting that could be
made for this find wa3 the story of
a vessel which capsized at this point
nearly 35 year3 ago.
In the terrible storm ol Augusr
1899, which many of the older resi
dents of this section will recall, a
sailimr vessel the "E. L. F. Hard-
castle" was capsized near Cedar Is
land and all on board were drowned.
It is thought that this skull is that of
the captain's wife since she was the
only woman on the boat.
(By -FOREST D. HUMPHREY
'Camp Correspondent)
The dance held last Friday night
in honor of the members who were
leaving at the close of this enroll
ment period turned out fo be the
outstanding social event of the
spring season.
Music for the dance was furnishea
by Halett Deans, of Belhaven. Dur
ing inlarrssion lunch was served
to all after which the dance con
tinued until midnight.
0. L. Williams
Candidate For
Representative
What The CWA HAS
Accomplished In
Hyde County
FOUR MEN ARE
CAPTURED AT STILL
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County officers
dFriday noon surrounded five "ne
groes at a still located in the Terra
Ceia section, captured four of tihem
and after taking the quartet to
haven heard Judge Leigh, of Record
er's court, sentence two of them In
18 months on the roads, wunuoiu
tA:nor. and put a fine
on the fourth who turned state's eyi-
Honrs.
riv fin .rallon capacity, copper
... in lordnn'a Pasture at Ter
S(.U I" JIM
ra Ceia in 'an' open dJStrwtr -wu
a,fKrt tlie tall grasses.,., .'
In addition to the still the officers
found 650 gallons' of mash whicn
julh..wI Ti fivp crallons of
Unnr. The still was running when
ika nffii-pri "found it.
m, ffi.pr under the direction
of Sheriff William Rumley and
others making up a party of eight
located the still and surroundecJ it
t the ensuine uproar and coasmg
f the five neeroes were cap
tured. They were Albert Grets, John
Stanley, Thad Eason and Levy Hem-
ti, norrrvps were taken to Bel
haven and arraigned in Recorders
court before Judge Leigh. Albert
Grets who was said to be under lb
, M r.f acre had the judgment wirii-
hPlH and John Stanley turned state's
evidence, and was taxed with the
costs of court ana releiM. me n
er two, Thad Eason and Levy Hem
bry, were given sentenies of 13
months on the roads.
Included in the sheriffs entouiage
were Deputies Bryan Marslender and
VA Hovt. highway patrolman Edwin
it. "D.ir!" TTnrrU and
McMUlian, Jiarvey i
Deputy Jack Harris.
'On November 29th actual work
was begun on the CWA program
of Hyde county.
From that date up to March 31
the closing date cf CWA approxi
mately $29,132.59 ha3 been paid
. to 446 workers in the coifhty. Be
sides this, truck rentals and oth
er Durchase orders, nearly all of
which was expended in the county
amounted to $2,153.86. '
There have been.85,584 bushels
of seed oysters . planted in the
county which in two' or three
years, will . grow, . into 100,00ft -.
, bushels.' This work has encourag
ted the planting of oysters by pri
" vate-intersts.: ThV oyster plant--ing
will ' probably continue under
-the new program; -
Many of the roads'-of the coun
ty have been greatly improved
by CWA work, among them be
ing the Fairf ield-Engelhard road
the Oyster Creek road, the New
Lake road and the . Scranton
Sladesville road.
Some valuable drainage' work
has been done at Fairfield and at
Ocraco-ke. At Fairfield1 approxi-
Smilin CKarlie Says
A
CIGAR TWENTY-SIX
YEARS OLD
n W. Blount has in his possession
a cigar that is 26 years olC. The cigar
was presented to Mr. Blount d j
S. Hark as one of six, on De.mber
2.". . 908. It is in glass jar and ir
a perfect state cf p.-.nervation, with
a label "E Principe de uaies. air
Clark was"at that time superintend
ent of the Interstae Cooperage com
pany.
o-
SURE CURE OF
DEVIL'S DISEASE
could do and enjay
-if we werenr too
-able t afford then'
i
pt.
ness
(By Gathleen Miller)
pt. Faith; 1 pt. knowledge; 1
temperance; 1 pt. Brotherly kind
1 nt. Fire; 1 pt. virtue; 1 pt
patience; lpt. Godliness; 1 pt. Char
ity. One good resolution well snaK
en together three time's a day with
prayer will cure any of the devil's
disease, such as Evil eye. Blasphemy
back-biting, deceit, tobatfeo habits:
whisky drinking, niurmuring.
It kills the nerve of prejudice and
purifies the blood. Shake well before
using, ruV unttf it affects the heart.
Take a good dose of this medicine
365 days to the year aa4 if it Son t
cure tiie heart dese it will bank
rupt Heaven.
mately 1,000 acres of land which
has been cultivated at a great
disadvantage due to lack of drain
age is being helped to a large
extent by work done by CWA and
to be completed under the new
program.
The drainage project at Ocra
coke has for its prime purpose
the eradication of mosquitoes
through drainage of the breed
ing places. This work is also to
be completed under the hew pro
gram. The U. S. Coast and Geodetic
survey has run several transverses
and placed permanent monu
ments in rjiny points in the
county.
The sidewalks built in the town
of Engelhard were very, badly
needed and are a great improve
ment to the town.
The sanitation and school sani
tation projects have greatly im
proved the sanitary, conditions of
the county, 43 units having been
built.
Two artesian wells have been
' drilled on school grounds. The
materials for which were furnish
ed by the county. Playground's
were also greatly improved upon
at Swan Quarter High sohcol.
A tax delinquency survey, cen
sus of business and prices farmers
pay were federal projects waicn
were caried on in the county.
A registered nurse at Ocracoke
doing both home and school work
Library, workers in all white
schools. i
Lunch rooms in all sckools in
the county.
Janitor at Ocracoke and S'aJes
ville training sohool.
Teachers for adult illiterate
(negro).
Registered nurse for work in
Hyde (mainland).
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The rrd-yea quarterly church con
ference will convene at tfee Free Wil
Baptist church tonight at 8 o'clock
tKo ator. N. D. Wires, has an
nounced. A laxe attendance is org
ed.
The CC baseball club began prac
tice last week after a lonir delay due
to bad weatfier. Eight teams have
ben forftied from the company work
details. A tournament has been
planned "which will bring out the best
two squads to compete as the camp
champions. Players for the camp
team will be selected from the 8
different teams after the tournament
has been clayed.
A schedule of gamt3 between the
C. C. fclub and other nearby teams
will be '(arranged as soon as possi
ble. r
Member Joseph C. Powell, of Wil
son ha been appointed assistant ,
leader for educational purposes, :
Lieut Claud Killian and Lieut
Samuel H. Crocker arrived last week
to take over duties of Lieut. W. L
Gardner and T. W. Neeley who were
detachei' from the CC service April
1.
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Plana- are underway for a dance to
be held durinir the later pact of this
month. for the purpose of raising
funds to buy baseball equipment for
the C. C. ball club. Alt.icugh plans
have not been, completed it is certain
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that every euort .win oe maue w
make the dance a success and every
Lfwrotwha attends, will enjoy, every
I -'.-V - iV. i:
o ma.fr" M'vt . . ...
45 new members are expected by
the first of May.
Eight members of the company
have been selected as students to
study the jobs of the specialist who
will be discharged' July 5.
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P. C. A. LOANS
RECEIVED
O. L. Williams prominent attorney
of Swan Quarter has today mpde an
ouncement of his candidacy to repre
sent Hvde county in the 1935 Gener
al Assembly subject to the action of
the Democratic primary to be held
on Saturday June 2nd.
Mr. Williams has long been con
nected in the business social and re
ligious life of his county, and has
nlany friends who are urging him
to seek the nomination for represen
tative. In his announcement today he
has pledged that if elected he will
"help the masses rather than the
classes in Hyde county and Nortr.
Carolina." :.,
Teachers To Support
Candidates Favorable
To Schools
HYDE COUNTY
BOYS GO TO CAMP
Ten Hyde county boys left Swan
Quarter last Monday by truck for
Fort Bragg for a two weeks train
ing course preliminar to entering C.
C. C. camps.
These boys have been selected by
Mrs. T. S. Payne, director of relief
for Hyde county. Most of the boys
selected fro mthis section are sent
to Camp Edward L. King in Dur
ham; or to the camp at Bell Island
The boys who left Monday were:
Murl Sadler, Swan Quarter; Pell
Midyette, Scranton; Rayfield Mayo
Swan Quarter, Walter Cox Cuthrell
FairfieU; Plum O'NeU, Scranton,
Dan Williams, Fairfield; Archie Cara
wan, Scranton; Julia Spencer, Engel
hard; Willie Daniels, Fairfield; Farm
worth Selby, Engelhard. .
Alternates Frank Blake, Swan
Quarter; Hollandl Midyette, Lake
Landing; Harvey Carawan, Swan
Quarter; Grate Spencer, Swan Quar
ter. .. ; .
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fnously adopted by the teachers of
Beaufort county in public meeting
assembled March 10, 1934.
Resolved, that whereas the mtouu'
tenace of the public schools and ti
regulations of teachers' salaries axe
matters determined by the General
Assembly of North Carolina,
, And whereas the 1933 Legislature
provided for a state wide nnifora.
school term of eight months, but
provided for 'support for such ternr
as a less figure than was provided
for only a six months term previoua
to 1933.
; !And whereas the cut in teacherV
salaries has been accepted by thf
teachers in good faith a3 & "depres
sion" measure, but the devaluation
of the dollar has imposed another
exceedingly heayy cut insomuch that
the cost of living has greatly risen
while the salaries of teachers have
been cut down.
And whereas it is hoped that by
the time of the conyciung of the
1935 Legislature the depression will
have nartiallv nassed. and consentient
ly somJe relief extended to the pub
lic schools of the state,
And whereas further the teachers
of Beaufort county desire to main
tain as a group an impartial attitude
towards . Legislative candidate
that have or may come out, but feel
that only such candidates are entitled
to support in the June primary as
are friendly to the schools,
Now, therefore, it is hereby resolv
ed by the teachers of Beaufort comi
ty that they will .support with, their
votes and influence .only auch can
didates for the 1935 general asseta-
bly as pledge themselves to the wel
fare of the public schools.
Signed T. S.. Mercer, Q. A. Wil
son, E. W. Joyner, Row Henry, com
mittee of principals. .
FISHING GOOD AT
MATTAMUSKEET
Milford Jefferson of Washington
was appointed on March 15th as gen-
eral sunervisor of the Production
Credit Association for five counties
Hyde., Beaufort. Martin. Tyrrel
and Washington.
Mr. Jefferson wa3 in Swan Quar
ter last week in the interest of the
association.
About 85 P. C. A. loans have been
applied' for in Hyde county and 35
crop emergency loans. Farmers must
first apply to the P. C. A. for a
loan and if sufficient security is not
available they may make applica
tion to the w(eergency crop loan of
fice. All farmers applying for loans
must give satisfactory evidence that
Via is cooDeratinsf with the produc
tion control program of Agricultural
Adjustment Administration.
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Program Proposed For
Building Small Homes
A home buildine program backed
by the government to put mlore than
a billion dollars of private capital
to work, is expected to be sent to
Congress for approval within the
next 10 days.
After a survey had been mads
showing the shortage of small homes
particularly in the city suburbs, te
small towns and in the country, the
building program! was thought prac
ticable. It is thought also that banks
and lendinz agencies would readily
furnish, money to contractors for
building if the government insured
the motrgages.
The proposed mortgages would be
for a period of from 15 to 20 years
and the costs for the building would
be taken care of by the amortized
n:rtgages and no second mortgages
would be necessary. A cost lint
probably would be placed on houses
to be built or modernized.
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Mr. and Hrs. H. Way Marsh an?
Mn. and Mr. J. H. Lopton attended
Xi - "the theatre in Raleigh last Tuesday
'With only a few more days allow
ed for bass fishing before the season
closes, fishermtn rom all parts of
eastern North Carolina have passed
through here en route to Lake Matta
muskeet where they find little trou
ble in catching all the law will al
low. In fact, it is said the fish there
are being caught with such little ef
fort and in such large numbers, the
excitement and thrill of pulling them
in has given way to almost dull
monotomy.
Sport fishing in Mattamuskeet lake
is being done in a comercial manner
with euides and boats furnished and
hotel accommodations available. Both j
hunting and fishing can be enjoyed ;
at this point alnsost the year round
It is said that no charge is being!
made to the residents of Hye county ;
for the privilege of fishing in the i
lake. !
According to local fishermen, fish
ing in the Pungo and Pamlico rivers
will begin to be good about the first
or second week in May when the
croakers begin to bite, and the
height of the best sport fishing wil'
be in the fall from September to De
cember when trout weighing from 1
to 10 pounds are caught. It wil be
remembered that last season was ex
ceptionally good , especially at Dur
ant's Point for large trout which
were caught until the latter part of
December when the cold weather set
in.
FIREMEN GUESTS
OF LOCAL FIRE
DEPARTMENT
About 300 firemen from all parta
of eastern Carolina were here as the
guests of the Belhaven fire depart
ment last Tuesday evening.
A number arrived early in the day
however, the meeting did. not con
vene until 7:30 at the Town Hall.
After the business session was over
'an oyster roast was enjoyed at the
I Ruark factory. y ,
A portion cf Pamlico street in the
i down town section was roped
i off for dancing, Hallet Deans and
his orchestra furnishing the music.
About 75 couples enjoyed the danc
ing utnil nearly midnight.
The Eastern Carolina Firemen's
association meets quarterly ahef it
was decided that the next meeting
will be in Morehead City during the
month of July.
Hard Luck
Miss Cuthrell Beauty
Contest Winner
Lake Landing, April 13. The Out
Door club of Lake Landing sponsor
ed a beautv contest and musical con
gest at the Lake Landing high school
building Saturday nignt.
Several of the local gins too pan
in this beauty contest. Namely: Miss
es Bessie Adams, Jennie Mann Fish
er, Edith Cuthrell, Bila Bonner Mann
Eueenia Saumderson, Sue Fisher and
Maxine Boomer, each of the contest
ants received many votes but Miss
Edith Gray Cuthrell won out by a
large majority. The girls were love
ly dressed in pastel colors. Miss Cuth
rel was dressed in a gold and brown
semii-evening dress wili accessoiies
to match. Each oi the girls repre
sented flowers. Miss Cuthrell being a
JIarigold cf tba garden. ,
Mr. Graves of the Grave Ware
house of Wilson together with sever-
,al other persons from Wilson were
;en route to Mattamuskeet Lake on
! Wednesday when, a few miba out
Jfrom Washington their car overturn-
ed doing considerable damage to the
machine but none to the occupante.
They managed to get to the lake and
caught a prize catch of about i3
black bass. The fish that were on a
string and tied to the side of the
boat, were kept alive, however, in
some way one of the party ih-'nand-
iling the line let it slip and "Tiway
the twenty fish went to the woe and
'dismay of the fishermen.
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The "many friends of Victor ''k.nip
brose will regret to know that he
'continues quite ill at the ;Duke
hospital in Durham where he under
went a major operation several days
'ago. Mr. Ambrose has been quite ai
'for several weeks and his condition
has grown steadily worse. Mrs. Am
! brose and his daughters Misses Jose
I chine and Lillian Ambrese are Vitb
iim at the hospital His brother
James Ambrose, was called to Dur
ham Tuesday when it was WrngBt
there was liHie hope for his recow
err.