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THE COASTLAND TIMES
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Vol. XX Manteo, N. Friday, February 11, 1955 No. 33
IT IS TIME TO WORK FOR A ROAD TO COROLLA.
Now that a hardsurface road serves the community of
Duck in Dare County, and reaches within 15 miles or so of
Corolla on Currituck Beach, it seems in order that Dare
County leaders should join forces with Corolla and Curri
tuck County, in order that this isolated community may
have a better way of life. We think that the long effort by
real estate promoters to sell bonds to build a toll road along
this beach may have caused the State Highway forces to
hold off, but now that it appears there is no early likelihood
of such road being built, there is no longer any need to wait.
The people of Corolla seriously need a road, as much
as does any community in the state, so that they might go
freely back and forth to Currituck’s mainland where are
their relatives, numerous friends and business and political
connections. In this day and time, folks need to get readily
to their own county seat. A good road would solve this prob
lem for the people of Corolla, who now must take a long
and uncomfortable trip in an open boat across Currituck
Sound, or drive the rough sand trail down to Duck before
they reach a road to lead them to Currituck.
Corolla is an interesting community, and it is favored
with one of the finest beaches in the entire state which
makes it susceptible of great development and in time this
development would be worth many millions whereby Curri
tuck County would get an enormous tax return.
But there are other advantages in better travel facili
ties these days. Better schools are made possible. Accessi
bility to medical services. And last but not least the delights
that come from easily communication with old friends,
neighbors and relatives.
Let us study the importance of building a road to
Corolla.
GARDEN CLUB STUDIES
PLANTING TREES, SHRUBS
The Roanoke Island Garden
Club met February 3rd at the
h<me of Mrs. Ernest Yeates with
Mrs. A. H. Ward as co-hostess.
Mrs. J. W. Davis, president,
asked for a report on the number
of dogwoods planted during dog- :
wod week. The number was 1
meager due to severe weather, but
there were promises for continu
ing the planting campaign. Other
business matters presented were
attendance on the Board meeting
of the Garden Club of North Caro
lina on February 9th and 10th at I
the Carolina Hotel in Pinehurst,
a discussion and vote concerned
with the sale of note paper as a
money making project, and a vote
in the affirmative for cleaning up
the community house lawn as a
civic project. Mrs. Davis read a j
letter from Mrs. J. B. A. Daught- j
ridge of Rocky Mounty, district '
director, accepting an invitation
to the Roanoke Island Club for !
March 3rd. This date the local club ■
is scheduled to meet at Seatone i
and Mrs. Davis placed emphasis ■
on a full attendance of the club i
membership. She encouraged
members to bring visitors and '
prospective members.
Mrs. Yeates introduced the pro- ;
gram of the afternoon on the j
planting and conservation of I
trees and flowering shrubs, by
reading the poem, “Plant a Tree”.
This was followed by a round
table discussion of the afternoon’s ,
topics. Contributions to the topic
were made by Mrs. Ray Hallman,
Mrs. A. Q. Bell, and Mrs. Fred
Basnight, Mrs. James Bardin, and
Mrs. O. J. Jones .
The hostesses served coffee and
cakes during a social hour.
t OCRACOKE
(Continued from Page One)
County, this Board hereby favors
such legislation as will make it
possible for them to become a
part of Dare County, with full
provisions they be guaranteed the
same type of township represent
ation in county affairs, and all
other benefits of Government as
other townships of Dare County
now enjoy.
“It is ordered that a duly certi- |
fied copy of this resolution be 1
IN MEMORIAM
In sad and loving .memory of :
my darling husband, and our
precious daddy, Claude Thompson
Williams, who passed away three
years ago, February 12, 1952.
Three sad years have passed,
since our great sorrow fell.
The shock that we received that
day,
we still remember well.
Its bitter grief, a shock, to part
from one we loved so dear,
but the gates of heaven opened,
and God called him home to rest,
He will never be forgotten,
by those who loved him best.
They say time heals all sorrow,
and helps us to forget,
but time so far has only proved
how much we miss you yet.
God gave us strength to fight it,
and courage to bear the blow,
but what it meant to lose you,
no one will ever know.
Sadly Missed,
Devoted wife and daughters.
T-2-11-ltc
CAPE HATTERAS NATIONAL
SEASHORE HAD 4.033 VISITORS
TO AREA DURING JANUARY
Nags Head.—Despite severe
weather on many January days,
4,033 visitors entered Cape Hat
teras National Seashore Recrea-
■ tional Area byway of Nags Head
I Oregon Inlet during the past
month, according to figures re- j
leased by Allyn Hanks, superin- I
tendent.
The estimated number of visit
ors is based on an automatic
I counter located on the State
Highway between Nags Head and
j Oregon Inlet. The counting of
visitors reflects only entering
visitors, and does not include lo
cal or commercial traffic.
It was estimated that 1.582 pri
vate autmobiles other than local
, and commercial vehicles entered
i the National Seashore during the
i period.
A traffic pattern within the
new oceanside recreational area is
| established by automatic control
: points at Oregon Inlet Fishing
i Center, Oregon Inlet State-oper
ated ferry, Cape Point Road at
Buxton and the Hatteras Inlet
, commercial ferry owned and
■ operated by Frazier Peele of Hat-
I teras, it was stated.’
During the travel year ending
• December 31, 1954, an estimated
111,000 persons visited Cape Hat
teras National Seashore, one of
the nation’s newest Park Service
i units. This number did not include
local residents of the Outer Banks
region or commercial traffic.
DARE CO. FISHING CONTESTS
CONTINUE TO GET NOTICE
Nags Head’s third annual Surf
Fishing Tournament last October
has been publicized throughout
the nation with a photograph of
Art Clark and his 60% pound
channel bass has been given at
tention in the February issue of
Sports Afield Magazine.
Several photos by Sebastian
Sommer of the State Advertising
Division who worked with Tourist
i Bureau Manager Aycock Brown in
photo covering the tourney illus
trate the article which was writ
ten by Robert D. Hall. It is the
| second story in less than a year
that Sports Afield has used about
I the Dare Coast region. A few
j months ago an article by Bill
Wolff illustrated with color pic
turts by Brown and Sommer and
told about the new National Sea
shore Recreational Area.
The Nags Head tourney and the
Rodanthe contest were held in
Dare during the past year. In a
forthcoming issue of Woman’s
World Magazine (circulation 4,
000,006) a story about the new
Cape Hatteras Seashore refers to
the Detroiter who caught a big
channel bass in the surf near
Rodanthe to win the Rodanthe-
Waves Surf Fishing Tourney
which will be held again during
the Autumn of 1955, Brown
stated.
spread on the minutes of this
Board; that a copy be forwarded
to the Ocracoke Civic Club for
transmittal to the people of Ocra
coke; that a copy be sent to the
Representative of Dare County,
the two Senators of the Second
District; and copy to interested
newspapers of this area.”
HoSsy
SAYS WHITE RACE EARNED
ITS SUPERIORITY
(NOTE: Mr. Mathis, who for
merly lived on Roanoke Island
and is now in Norfolk is the
author of a recently published
novel, brilliantly written and deal
ing with the early settlements on
Roanoke Island.)
To The Editor:
The white man has spent t'ho'u
sands of years carving for him
self this civilized state. He inter
spersed it with a gradually devel
oping, soothing and spiritualizing
balm of culture and an objective
dynamism of creative thought and
action, not anywhere nearly ap
proached by any other race in
mankind’s history. He has
achieved a position—a state in
his struggle towards the light—
in what he conceives to be the
Creator’s objective in him. But he
has by no means reached the
stance of the complete victor.
There is still an immensely long
way to go—and he must keep
struggling forward and .upward.
He still has a large number
among his own people who con
tinually want to tear down or di
lute, what took him so many
years of desperate struggle and
sacrifice to build up.
No one has taken him by the ,
hand and shown him the way—
only the Divine Creator’s inherent :
grace and his own interested will
ingness. And that grace is equally ;
available to all humanity. God is
not race-prejudiced!
When the Negro has learned to |
be as fully able to take advantage |
of his “Life’s” opportunities as ■
the white man has done—and i
achieve reasonable fulfillment to i
a degree comparable with the I
white man—then, indeed, he will ■
become the white man’s equal. I
So far, he has not yet done ■
this. Neither in literature, nor mu- |
sic, nor art, nor medicine, nor so- '
cial sciences—and least of all, in I
either abstract or applied sciences,
or the trades, or moral and ethi
cal standards, has he come any
where near this as a goal. It is .
not enough to claim the white
man doesn’t give him a chance.
Nobody gave the white man his
chance and there were many who
tried to keep him backward and
enslaved. The white man doesn’t
control the universe, nor the
world—only his own hard won
little back yard. The chance is
always there if you want to take
it—and pay the bill! The white
man will even lend a hand as,
indeed, he has always done in the
past.
Let the leaders of the Negro
race everywhere organize—not
to fight the white man for un
realistic concessions of a vague
equality—but for a determined
promotion of the colored people
to a state of moral, ethical and
intellectually creative ability com
parable with the white man. Un
til then, the white man will al
ways be at heart scared of the
colored man. And—no trust —no
equality! Color will have not
much to do with it.
ALEXANDER MATHIS.
Norfolk.
LOVES HAM ALSO
To The Editor:
No doubt you will receive many
letters about the article you wrote
on the old fashioned country cured
ham, but I do want you to know
I enjoyed it so much.
It brought back .memories of
the years I spent in Columbia, N.
C. and we had the kind you speak
of in our home. Now, here in
Charlotte you will never find any
that can compare with Eastern N.
C. ham.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Hardy Davenport
The Wellons. Apt. 110
Charlotte, N. C.
Feb. 7th, 1955
AGED WATERLILY WOMAN
BURNED TO DEATH FRIDAY
Waterlily.—Mrs. Nora O’Neal
Jones, 72, a widow who lived alone
in this Currituck County fishing
spot, died of burns Friday night.
The burns were sustained Fri
day morning while kindling a fire
in a coal stove at her home. She
ran screaming from the house and
three boys in a passing school bus
smothered the flames with their
jackets.
She was taken to the hospital in
Elizabeth City, where she died.
Doctors said her body was com
pletely covered with burns.
Funeral services were held at
the home Monday at 2 p.m. The
Rev. Mark Alexander, pastor of
Coinjock Baptist Church, officiated.
Burial was in the Hampton Ceme
tery.
She was a native of Currituck
County, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Winslow O’Neal and the wife
of the late Benjamin Jones. A
member of Coinjock Baptist
Church.
Surviving are one son, A. B.
Jones of Waterlily; one foster son,
Earl Baum of Aydlett; and two
grandchildren.
THE COASTLAND TIMES, MANTEO, N. C.
BATTLE
(Continued from Page One)
fired from the Confederate bat
tery, evidently as a signal of some
kind or other.
The mainland of North Carolina
lay in our left, and this we had
to hug closely for two miles or so,
the deep water running there.
Every moment I expected to see a
puff of white smoke followed by a
whiz come from among the tall
brakes on the bank, but for some
reason or other the Confederates
had neglected placing a battery
here, which appears to me the
more astonishing from the fact
that at any time during this two
miles I could have almost thrown
a biscuit on shore.
After the above distance the
channel made a curve to the right
towards Roanoke, passing under
the guns of the first port and con
tinuing along the sands to the ex
treme points of the island, with
two other forts commanding it at
equal distances from the first,
they being arranged so that a
cross fire could be brought to
bear on vessels attempting to
force their way through. Between
the first and second forts lay the
Confederate steamers, seven in i
number, and the action was com- i
menced at long range between j
them and the Federal gun-boats ,
as the latter advanced steadily in >
line to the attack.
This Was The Fort “At Head
quarters”
At half-past eleven Fort Bartow i
chimed in as the Federal squadron I
came within its range, and it was
now that the Spalding, on board
which ship I was, with the Gener
al and his staff, opened fire from
her rifled parrott. In a few min
utes the plan of action was some
what changed, the Confederate
steamers retiring behind some ob
structions placed in the channel,
and moving up towards the en
trance to Albemarle Sound, evi
dently with the purpose of draw
ing a portion of the Union vessels
through the narrow opening left,
and immediately under the guns
of the second port. This was seen
and understood by Commodore
Goldborough, who detached half
a dozen of his boats to block their
passage back again, and to engage
them as nearly as the obstructions
in the channel would admit.
This is the period of the action
I have chosen for one of my
sketches. About two p.m., the Con
federate fleet retired out of range,
the largest vessel, the Curlew,
being so damaged that they had
to inn her ashore under the shel
ter of a battery near the upper
point of the mainland to prevent
her sinking. She was afterwards
burned by her crew, and the bat
tery blown up to prevent it fall
ing into the hands of the Federa
lists.
At 3 p.m., the troops commenced
landing, protected by the guns of
the Picket and Delaware, who
shelled from amongst the pines
the force that had been drawn up
to oppose the debarkation. At six
the firing ceased between the Fed
eral gun-boats and Fort Bartow,
and by midnight upwards of 9,000
men had been safely put on shore
without accident.
Went Through Deep Swamp
The difficulties the troops had
to contend against in landing were
great, the place chosen being a
perfect swamp, which extended
inland a distance of a quarter of a
mile, and in which the men sank
to their knees and waists. To make
matters more uncomfortable, a
thin cold rain fell throughout the
night, the soldiers having no other
shelter than what they stood in,
and many of them were complete
ly benumbed by daylight. Nothing
disturbed the stillness of the dark
hours save one solitary report of
a gun which heralded the death of
a Massachusetts soldier who was
thrown out in the forest as a pick
et; this was the only collision that
occurred during the night. There
was something particularly im
pressive in gloom of the dark pine
woods with the knowledge that
perhaps within a dozen yards
lurked the enemy, and that at any
moment the watcher might be
sent to his last account.
Day broke cold, damp and mis
erable; and, after a drink of water
and a biscuit to each man, the
Federal force prepared to advance
into the interior, following a path
which led to the main artery run
ning through the island. About ten,
the first collision took place be
tween the opposing forces, at the
point where the pathway alluded
to above intersects, the main road.
Foster’s brigade was the first to
move forward, and he deployed his
men to the right of the road in the
woods, engaging the enemy’s
skirmishers as he felt his way
step by step through the bieast
high swamp. I followed this force.
General Reno, then occupied the
road with his brigade, forming the
center, while General Parke forced
an opening through the roads and
swamps on the left, contending
against the same difficulties that
Foster and his men were encount
ering on the right. General Burn
side directed the whole of the
movements.
From the cross road to the
clearing, which the Confederates
had three guns in a fieldwork,
there was a continuous rattle of
musketry, the fire from the con
cealed Secessionist skirmishers
cutting up the Union men severe
ly; in fact, even I, who you may be
sure kept in a pretty safe place,
heard the bullets humming around
as though a beehive had been
overturned in the neighborhood.
At midday the clearing was
reached by the head of Reno’s col
umn, and its appearance was sa
luted by roundshot and grape
from the field-work already men
tioned. During this time Foster
and Parke were each pushing on
through immense obstacles to out
flank the battery, the latter get
ting up two of his regiments first,
the 9th New York, or Hawkins'
Zouaves, and the 21st Massachu
setts.
Confederates Were Routed
General Parke, immediately he
reached the flank of the breast
work, ordered the above two regi
ments to charge, which they did
in the most brilliant manner,
dashing through the swamp and
over the stumps of the pine-clear
ing. and into the battery which the
Confederates were hastily leaving.
One officer alone. Lieutenant
Selden, of the Richmond Blues, re
mained to dispute its possession.
In my sketch he is seen falling
back from the parapet, dying as a
gallant soldier should, with his
face to the enemy. All could see
him to the very last proud and
erect, waving his sword and en
couraging the men to stand. But
his example was lost upon them,
their panic complete, and Lieuten
ant Selden, whose gallantry had
been unavailing, I saw laid care
fully in a sheltered spot ten min
utes after he fell.
The Confederates now retraced
to the upper portion of the island,
hastily pursued by Reno, who had
with him but a small portion of
his force. Foster also passed on
with his men towards the rear of
th* water battery that had en
gaged the gun-boats throughout
the previous day, and coming up
an intersecting path that led to it,
he ordered the 4th Rhode Island
ers to advance at double and take
it, ‘which they proceeded to do
with a deafening cheer. On rush
ing into the works they found,
to their astonishment, the place
deserted and guns spiked. The
garrison, hearing of the defeat of
their force in the center of the
island, and foreseeing an attack in
the rear, had evacuated the place
and retired in the same direction
as their beaten comrades.
Three Thousand Surrendered
At Camp Georgia the entire
Confederate force that had not
succeeded in making its escape by
way of Nags Head was come up
with by General Reno, and after
firing a few shots, they surrend
ered in a mass, numbering nearly
3,000 all told, 1500 having got
across Roanoke Sound to Curri
tuck with old General Wise, whose
son was killed in the engagement
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at the fieldwork. Thus was Roan
oke Island captured by the Fed
eralists, their success giving them
the command of all the inland wa
ters of North Carolina, and a cap
ital basis for operations on the
mainland. which will be com
menced immediately. The entire
loss of the Unionists does not ex
ceed 260 killed, wounded, though
had the Confederates shown any
thing like a fight at their field
work the number might have been
quadrupled. I am inclined to
think that the latter, with 4500
men and their strong natural posi
tions. should have held at bay the
Federal fotve brought against
them; but more “kidos.” therefore,
is to be allowed the victors.
Local Sent unent Divided
With regard to the sentiment of
the people or. the island, it appears
to me to be quite as much one way
as the other. I think all they want
is to be let alone by both parties.
The following were more especial
ly the sentiments of a Mr. Jarvis,
farmer and fisherman, whose
house had been taken possession
of byte Zouaves; he was a per
fectly bewildered individual. His
family was in one of the negro
shanties, and he was outside,
mourning over the events of the
day. He had “nothing agin the
North.” and had sold a great many
shad to them. But, the troops had
killed one of his pigs, and his
wife had lost her temper and her
flat irons. “Do you own any
negroes, Mr. Jarvis” queried I,
“Well, I did but three of ’em
went to Hatteras last week, two
more have run'away, I don’t know
where, and there’s one in the
kitchen I’ll give away if anybody
wants him.” It was a clear case of
unmistakable collapse. He was as
sured by one of the Staff who was
present, that his remaining prop
erty should be protected, and that
all deficiencies should be made
good if he was loyal.
HAZEL
(Continued from Page One)
take into consideration what it
gets, but only gives on the basis
of need, as sworn to by the needy
and those in distress from storm
or other disaster.
Hazel, along with all the trouble
she caused, blew ten thousand
dollars and better into the pockets
of Dare County people, or people
with whom they must deal.
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph
Peele of Manteo a daughter,
weight seven pounds, nine ounces,
on February 7 ih the Albemarle
Hospital, Elizabeth City.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1955
ENDORSEMENTS FOR
OCRACOKE ROAD,
FREE FERRY GROWING
Various Groups Urge Stabilizing
16 Miles of Road on Island
and Free Ferry
Since the meeting of Directors
of the All-Seashore Highway heU
last week in Manteo when a
lution was passed favoring eSP
stabilizing of 16 miles of road on
Ocracoke Island connected with a
toll-free ferry at Hatteras Inlet,
muiy groups have come forward
with endorsements and promised
support of the project.
Saturday night, the civic club
of Rodanthe and Waves in regular
monthly session passed a resolu
tion in vigorous support of this
project. The club comprises a
membership of some 85 per cent
of the citizens of the two commu
nities on the north end of Hat
teras Island.
The Manteo Rotary Club Mon
day night gave unanimous en
dorsement to the proposal for a
paved road from Ocracoke Village
to Hatteras Inlet and a free ferry
over the inlet, in order to give the
people of Ocracoke Island an all
weather outlet. The club also ex
pressed favorable interest in a
mosquito control program for the
salt water marsh area of Coastal
North Carolina.
Tuesday, in Manteo the Dare
County Board of Commissioners
passed a resolution endorsing the
project and promised to give it
active support. It was called a
great project for the benefit of
the people of Ocracoke and Hat
teras Island.
At the .meeting held in Manteo
last Thursday, District Chairman
R. S. Wahab of Ocracoke presided
and directors attending were Wil
ton Walker of Currituck; F. L.
Peele of Hatteras; W. H. McCown
of Nags Head, L. L. Swain. Ay
cock Brown and Melvin Daniels of
Manteo. Mr. Wahab outlined the
aims and purposes of the Associa
tion, to work for the construction
of an all-seashore route from
Nags Head byway of Hatteras
and Ocracoke across to Carteret
Couifty. This Association meets
again in Wilmington, Monday and
Tuesday of next week to continue
the campaign for the road.
GAME
(Continued from Page One)
week.
Much appreciation is expressed
by the |ocal committee for the
very successful Drive due to gen
erosity of all the people.