HYDE COUNTY
tHE NEWS OF THE RICHEST AGRICULTURAL COUNTY IN THE FOREMOST HISTORICAL AND RECREATIONAL AREA OF NOKTH CAROLINA
^ SWAN QUARTER. N. C.. SEPTERBER 28, 1939
DARE AND HYDE PAPERS
TO PAY CASH PROFITS
FOR CIRCULATION WORK
PROGRAM OF FIELD y meet
EVENTS FOR HYDE quarterly meet
COUNTY FAIR OUT
Field Event" Both Friday and
Saturday For All Clas- i
sifications |
I^LENTY ACCOMMODATIONS
available for the influx
OF HUNTERS SOON EXPECTED
I The program for the field events
t - iTyj.1 rr be held is connection with the
Who PiOllGGriCd. With V^Ott&g^GS jjy,je county Fair at swan Quarter
at New Holland Near Lake Now Owns and
LtpGratGS HotGl at Swan QuartGr; (JthGr I Turner of Lake Landing.
Haoes NGarby CatGr to Visitors
With
only a few weeks before I
for the influx of sportsmen ;
. ^ have made Mattamuskeet a
for the past few years, the i
to^,®''3n who perhaps has had n j
g 00 than anyone else except the i
''ernment itself in attracting
^j®Jfsmen to this area is ready;
I accommodations calculated to
Sp 2? more people to the hunting
'fions of Hyde County.
Q,?®ference is made to Leslie
popular proprietor of
isfl *^'N6al Cottages at New Hol-
^ at the main entrance to Lake
L ^ftamuskeet. Mr^ O’Neal, who
® run a general store at New Hol-
fore-
IN THE
PUBLIC EYE
A brief sketch each week con
cerning some official or
prominent citizen of Hyde
County.
Isi
for more than 25 years
the possibilities of the section
five or six years ago and
l^.^fed the first of his cottages at
Holland for accommodating
® '’isiting huntsmen.
tiV(
Mr. 0
’Neal has formed the prac-
This Week: S. O. JONES
Sheriff of Hyde County
One of the most rabid followers
of the European war in these days
in Hyde County, is Samuel Orlando
Jones, high sheriff of the County of
Hyde. One reason for his keen in
terest is the fact that he registered
for the last draft during the last
war but the war ended before he
was called. And he is anxious to
get into this one either by active
service or by taking care of the
wmmen and children while their
husbands and fathers go to war.
Born in Sw’an Quarter September
-Accumulative points will be aict-1
ted the winners in the various
events and these will be counted
I toward the winner of the fair lov
ing cups and banner.
Friday, October 20, the field
i events will get under way at 10
! o’clock with a bicycle race for girls
I only, ,a soap box derby for boys
! only, and obstacle race for girls and
I boys, a sack race for girls and
boys and a spoon and egg race for
everybody.
The events will continue Satur
day morning between 10 and 11
o’clock with a hog calling contest
for men, a rolling-pin contest for
women and a corn shucking contest
for men and women.
In order to compete for the
SPORTS FISHING IN
HYDE CO. WATERS
GETTING BETTER
Big Catch of Drum Reported
Near Ocracoke; Bay and
Lake Fishing Also Good
JUDGE I. M. MEEKINS
Judge Meekins federal judge of
Elizabeth City has been invited to
speak at the quarterly meeting of
the Hyde County Chamber |Of Com
merce to be held at Fairfield Mon
day evening. Important matters
Sport fishing has picked up con
siderably in Hyde County waters
in the past few' days according to
reports reaching Swan Quarter.
Trout fishing in the Sw'an Quarter
Bay as w'ell as fishing on Lake
Mattamuskeet and surf casting
near Ocracoke have all figured in
the good reports.
News from New Holland is that
several parties have been having
good luck on Lake Mattamuskeet
fior the past few days.
Capt. Bob Burrus carried a
party from Swan Quarter to Ocra
coke for the week end and w'heniSeeks Chang© From Old One
they came back they reported ex-j Crop System and Will Raise
Manteo TimGS and Swan Quarter Herald Offer
Unusual Opportunity to Men and Women
Who Will Enter the Work of Selling Sub
scriptions; Good Chance to Raise Money For
Schools or Churches.
geoTpT^artM^
OF FAIRFIELD
TALKS TURKEY
prizes it is necessary that the name j^re to come up at the meeting ac-
V ® pf catering to these .sportsmen,
oviding not only comfortable
. asd meals at all .hours of the
su'i, necessities
as all size gun shells for sale 30, 1877, Sheriff Jones has spent .his
jjSat at his store near the cabins, ijfg jn the county farming and
jo^ ^'s.0: has available for rent or serving as deputy and now' as sher-
a large stock of boots, rain .^yith the exception of about nine
j. aviation suits and other years w'hen he worked on hydrau-
^o make the hunters more jjg dredges in New' York.
“'Portable while hunting. At present he is serving his third
T.hreg excellent cooks are also term as sheriff of the county, hav-
d^^vided to furnish good mea.l.s and ing been elected to two two-year
J? prepare and cook game w'hich terms and lastly to the newly made
. visitors bring in. Numerous four-year term. Previous to his
j?Mes nrake their headquarters at election as sheriff he served as
O’Neal’s store, so that the deputy under Sheriff George E.
^*®iting huntman has no occasion Davis and also until he resigned
% to go elsewhere
■ or for guide service. He married
of the person and the event he .or
she wishes to compete in be mail
ed on a post card to “The Rectory,”
Lake Landing by Thursday, Octo
ber 19. A person can enter as
many events as he w'ishes.
cording to Secretary Robert Ed-
w'ard Tunnell, W'ho requests that all
members attend.
FOOTBALL SEASON TO
BEGIN IN HYDE TODAY
Because of the county-wide hers of the Swan Quarter branch of
CIVIC AIMS DISCUSSED
AT SWAN QUARTER WED.
A number of business and pro
fessional men of Swan Quarter,
some members and some non-mem-
cellent luck. Included in the
catches w'ere 28 drum ranging from
12 to 34 pounds w'hich were all ta
ken within an hour and a half late
Monday. Included in the party
W’ere Wilson Clark, Nox Britt and
Bill Thompson of Washington, N.
C., J. G. Pearce of Helena and Dan
Roy of Kinston. The party had as
their guide. Duck Williams of Oc
racoke.
Mr. Narren, cashier of the bank
at Macclesfield and a party of four
W'ere taken out in Swan Quarter
Bay Monday by Sam Overton of
Swan Quarter and reported
catch of 164 trout.
Another party consisting of J. T.
Stokes, Jack and Lou Whit Powell
teachers meeting to be held in Swan
Quarter tomorrow (Friday) the
six-man football games between
the high school teams of the coun
ty are being played today (Thurs
day). Swan Quarter goes to Fair-
field and Sladesville goes to Engel
hard.
Friday of next week the schedule
w'ill continue w'ith Swan Quarter
Splaying at Engelhard and
ville playing at Fairfield.
So
under Sheriff Thomas E. Davis.
the former Miss
5 , popular”have been the cabins Maude Williams who has served by
Q’JUhe service provided by Mr. his side and done much of the of-
that each season has found fice work since he has been in of-
’'y of his former patrons return- flee. They have no children,
and bringing others with them A Mason and an Odd Fellow,
'0 tu- ,, .. , — Sheriff Jones has been Right Sup-
Fellows and in
the Hyde County Chamber of Com
merce, W'ere called by P. G. Gallop
to meet at the agricultural build
ing Wednesday evening to discuss
the possibility of forming a Sw'an
Quarter chapter of the Greater
Albemarle Association and other
important matters.
The meeting w'as held too late to
■nermit details in this w'eek’s issue
Slades - but these w'ill be published in the i
next issue.
1,000 Turkeys a Year
and Mr. Warren of Windsor were
Regardless of the outcome of
the controversy with the President
over Thanksgiving, Geo. P. Carter
of Fairfield, is doing his part to
make of that institution a success.
He has 140 prime birds coming on
in fine .shape, .and declares it is his
intention to point the way for a
change from the .one crop system
that has bothered Hyde County so
long.
Mr. Carter has built a new house
for his 140 Birds, and now he is so
^ w’ell pleased with his success wdth
them he is getting ready to build a
house of 1,000 bird capacity. With
turkeys bringing $3 or $4 apiece on
the markets, ,he ought to be able to
realize a nice profit when they can
carried out by Sam Overton Tues- ^^^^^^^ ^
day and likewise reported good j ^2 apiece.'
catches of trout and mullet.
ENGELHARD ORGANIZES
A FIRE DEPARTMENT
M. Long Made Chief; Commun
ity Buys 750 Gallon Pump
ing Outfit
bringing
the Mattamuskeet hunting
„ “’inds, made famous the country porter of the Odd
'■’Ver - - . - ,
Over
since
the government took it addition has held several small
’ in 1934 to make it a fowl ref- chairs. His church membership is
So. W'ith the Providence Methodist
J^ach year additions have been church of Swan Quarter.
to the cabins with the result | The only hobby he would admit
there are now 16 rooms, al- of w'hen questioned was “cutting
.''^t all of which are w'ell screened the fool” and at that he probably
.**'1 equipped to accommodate com-j,has few’ equals at teasing and prac-
up to four persons. Hotitical joking even among those of a
MODERN TRANSPORTATION
HAS CHANGED THE LIFE OF
OLD MIDDLETOWN IN HYDE
One of Oldest Communities in Hyde County
Did Flourishing Shipping Business After
the Civil War; Depression and Lack of Unity
Credited With Decline of Shipping
arid
the
^ Cold water is provided in
“‘‘owers with the rooms being com-
•.‘ably heated.
ji t addition to the cabins at New
“fiand, Mr. O’Neal a little over a
^go acquired the ownership
^ ^ tianagement of the hotel in
Quarter, 10 miles aw’ay. The
has been renovated, w'ith
additions, and is being man-
jSed by Miss Pearl Saddler, sister-
Haw of Mr. O’Neal,
wlso accommodations for hunters
provided at the Lake Mattamus-
Lodge, situated on the lake
J " leased by the government to
• S- Mann.
y^ae Lakeview Cottages built last
(j,?a by R. L. Gibbs and E. M.
si‘^«al, son of Leslie O’Neal, were
I burned but are now being re-
I ’ I and will be operated by El-
Jones.
■ H. Barber w’ho operates Bar-
j. a Shanty at Lake Landing also
' '’iail-ing sportsmen,
f *ber accommodations in sur-
j ading territory are provided by
L- Watson who runs the
jt al, at Engelhard .and by the
iti House and Mrs. Nat Credle
, Swan 0\iarter and otlier i)rivate
cotnes,
younger age and in w'hich he could
pass. It was partly because of his
offer to several young w'ives here
abouts to care for the ladies and
children w'hile their young hus
bands go to war that he says “the
ladies all made me mad and now I
am determined to go to the war
myself.”
The reporter learned from others,
however, that bird hunting is really
the Sheriff’s hobby and that he now
has a young bottle-raised dog
which he'expects to train during
the coming season.
Citizens of Engelhard have or
ganized a strong company to fight
fire. By popular subscription, they
have bought an American-La
France fire engine w'ith a 750-gal-
lon pump. J. M. Long was made
chief at the meeting, w'hile M. A.
Matthew's, banker, was elected
secretary-treasurer.
The recent fire at Manteo has im
pressed the people with the need
for an effective fire fighting organ-
ilation. The company w'ill hold
regular semi-monthly meetings.
Failure to meet w'ill exact a fine.
The follow'ing w'ere unanimously
elected to nil the respective posi
tions and places, viz:
J. M. Long, chief; M. A. Mat
thew's, secretary-treasurer; Hubert
Selby, 1st .assistant chief; A,. G. Sil-
verthorne, 2nd assistant chief;
1 Frank Swindell, 1st engineer; Der-
— , ®°’^^L'vard. De-. Gibbs, 2nd engineer; George
Engelhard, lies the quiet and lazy^spite all these efforts the vfilap | Litehfield, Max Mann, Royden Neal
Mr. Carter, who is one of the
most'farsighted citizens of Hyde
County, many years ago envisioned
a ferry across Albemarle Sound.
The result .of that vision is a mag
nificent bridge over the sound. T"-
day, he is looking far ahead, and
attempting to .show' the people of.
how' to diversify and I
Beginning October 1, the Dare
County Times and the Hyde Coun
ty Herald offers an unusual oppor
tunity to active w'or'xers w'ho will
engage in a subscription selling
drive. These tw'o new'spapers have
decided to increase their circula
tion, and create a better paper for
its readers, as w'e:; as a more valu
able medium for its advertisers.
It is imperative that the papers
raise cash to carry on the business.
The cost of raw materials going in
to printing is increasing, along with
everything else. And so instead of
starting a subscription contest,
W'hich pays out much money to
help brought in from outside, these
newspapers have decided to divide
the money with the homefolks; in
short to give them the profits for
their w’ork.
Further details .of this plan are
announced elsewhere in a large ad
vertisement in this paper. 'The
complete details may be obtained
upon application to the office of the
paper nearest you. We want
agents in Tyrrell, Hyde, Dare, and
Currituck Counties, and w’e want
subscriptions from people living in
these counties. It makes no dif
ference whether you sell the Dare
County paper or the Hyde County
paper. That is the choice of the
subscriber.
Chance For Churches and Schools
In cases where the w’ork is done
Hyde County,
find more profits from their labors, by churches and schools they may
His new turkey house w’ill be club together and raise a goodly
100 X 150 feet. A 12-acre section sum for their activities. It is not
of his 140 acre farm will be devoted .hard to get relatives and friends to
to pasturage for the birds. He has ' subscribe to either of these papers,
sowed a patch in crimson clover. They enjoy reading the home news,
and his arrangements permit a part, and these papers give them more
of the land to be grazed at the time ; of the ,ho,me new’S than any other
—about four acres.
“We have been raising too many
caterpillars and army wo/ms,” Mr.
Carter says. “Now is the time to
.change. We can grow’ anythint5 m
the world in Hyde County, and its
rich pasturage suggest profits in
livestock, as w’ell as crops.”
By THOMAS E. SPENCER iment was thrown up North of the
On the upper shores of Middle K’Hlage to stop Yankee soldiers
Creek, about three .miles south ofi^’^^’^ penetrating
lard, lies the quiet and lazy'^P^^® all these e , ^
village of Middletown. The large captured before the end of the
and dilapidated w’arehouses the rot-
'Jhe
the refuge
tj,. open sea.son on
J.'® season w’ili be 46 days inclu-
from November 15 to Decem-
^ the same as last year.
county ncea
IN MEETING FRIDAY
Th.
Hyde County unit of the
Carolina Education Associa
Self ™ ^Le Sw’an Quarter
w building Friday afternoon
j the theme of the meeting be-
S the goals for the year 1939-40.
n ^Iks will be made by Mrs. Essie
jj ''"n lon Making the First Year a
One; by Mrs. Edna Brinson
Closer Relationship Between
and Teachers; by Miss Viola
t-'on Parent-Teacher Rela-
home and school;
y Rowell Lane on Better Sports-
Pship Between Schools; and by
J) Margaret Lupton on Ha,ppi-
® Through the Medium of Song,
tip devotionals and announce-
will oamplete the program.
, Hdward Bonner spent Monday in
THE
t
ting wharves, the vacant stores, an
old rusty dredge, a tumbled-d.ow’n
boathouse, rotting boats, and rusty
equipment tell the tra.gic story of
another once prosperous coastal
trading center to go down with the
sail boat.
Middletown^ is one of the oldest
communities in Hyde County. It
was settled during the early days
■of colonization in this part of the
country. Before the white man set
tled here it is believed to have been
the home of a tribe of Indians.
Shell hills at the mouth of the
creek and nearby sound shore.
Sam. C. Spencer, nozzelmen; R. R.
. I Spencer, captain; Leslie Gibbs, lieu-
After the war Middletown again ’v\TlIiam A. Patrick, Men-
U . ^ etc
RUPERT HUGHES
A thrilling story of love and
adventure in the Near East.
Action centers on Dr. David
Jebb, skilled surgeon, who,
while in a strange land, is
given temporary custody of
a little girl. Cursed with an
overpowering fondness for
drink, Dr. Jebb finally suc
cumbs to temptation, even
in the face of his responsi
bility. When he regains his
faculties, David finds himself
in a foreign land; inhabited
by a people unknown to him.
The child has disappeared..
But that's enough—you'll
want to find out for yourself
how David Jebb untangles
the threads of his life. "The
Gift Wife" is one of Rupert
Hughes' greatest stories.
READ EVERY INSTALLMENT
IN THIS PAPER!
became of center of shipping.
Northern oyster boats coming to
Gull Rock for oyster plants also of
fered another industry for this
coastal village. So remained Mid
dletown until about 1928.
With the coming of large boats
and the gasoline engines, the peo
ple lOf Middletown found that their
narrow and crooked channeled
creek was inadequate to take care
of the shipping. The prodilce had
to be freighted in small craft to the
large boats anchored in the sound.
Finding this very tiresome and
HYDE COUNTY BOYS
ENLIST IN U. S.
NAVY
dall h’. Long, Jule Midyette, Ben 1 Henry Isadore Morris, Jr., son of
G. Midyette, E. C. Miller, Leewood
Swindell, L. W. Gibbs, section hose-
men; Keith Cohoon, A. J, Schmitt,
Timothy W. Williams, electricians;
James 'w. Miller, medical director.
HYDE FARMER EXPECTS
75-BUSHEL GRAPE YIELD
which were found by the early set- slow, the businessmen formed a
tiers, tell the story of great festive!stock company and dug a canal
south of the creek to take care of
the increasing water transporta-
'"feenville.
activities in early times.
The village was one of the larg
est if not the largest in Northeast
ern Hyde until the coming of motor
transportation and the vanishing of
the sail boat. Its stores and ware
houses served the people of North
eastern Hyde. Boats
grown produce and livestock at its
wharves followed the creek’s nar
row and crooked channel to the
sound, and hence went to Elizabeth
City, New Bern, Norfolk, and New
York to sell the produce and buy
manufactured necessities produced
in the cities, to bring to the citizen
ry of Hyde.
Middletown was one lOf the first
settlements in the county to have
postal service, having such a public
service added about 1887 (exact
date not known). Although the
service was slow and far inferior
to that offered by the local office
today, it was one of tte citizens to
prize, and a credit for the young
Republic to offer such services un
der difficult transportation con
ditions.
The war between the States
found Middletown a busy little com
munity. Many boats were being
built here, which was an aid for the
Southern Confederacy. This made
the village a military objective for
Hyde’s Scuppemong grape crop x,
yield is good this year and th-vSyde County Young Peoples
■ flavor is unusually
Be sure to
story beginning next week'.
Union forces. The people know-
• ..i. or ling this, built a fort at the mouth
start this thrilling, creek to protect it from
tion.
Middletown flourished for a few
years with its larger facilities for
transportation and the farmers
round about raised large quantities
loaded local 'Of high priced soy b^ans. Then
came the depression and the stock
holders of the new canal were un
able to keep its mouth clear of
sand, and a lack of unity among the
people caused the Federal Govern
ment to turn from helping them.
The same was. true with the Fede
ral Government’s all-weather road
to Engelhard. It went around the
village because of lack of coopera
tion and selfishness. Middletown
folks now see their past mistakes.
Today the little village and its
people live in quiet and friendly
tranquility as the business of the
village slumbers. But they are
friendly and united. An uccasionai
rumor conies around sometimes j
that their little post office, which'
was organized so many years ago,
will soon bp discontinued. But the
people say, “No. 'We’re satisfied.
Mioney intere^ will not defeat us.
We are united.” 'They were re
warded for this spirit last week
when postmaster H. C. McKinney
was assured by post office officials
that it was not likely that their of
fice would be discontinued so long
as the people were satisfied with
quality and flavor is
good. The crop ripens in Septem
ber and harvest has been going on
for some time.
Most of Hyde’s crop is grown in
the North Lake region, which is
north iOf Engelhard on the Engel-
hard-Fairfield road. Lee Gibbs is
the largest grape farmer in the
section. Mr. Gibbs has one big
vineyard which he says will yield
75 bushels this year. The farmers
receive $1.50 a bushel for
grapes.
papers, and we expect to give still
more of it when this drive is con
cluded. All you have to do is to go
ask people to subscribe to the pa
per. They will not bring it to you.
For those who send in the first
batch of subscriptions, there will
be an extra cash bonus.
I For those who turn in the first
batch of -subscriptions to either or
both papers by October 6, there
jwill be an extra cash bonus. Extra
' bonuses will also go to tho-se who
I send in the largest number of sub-
_;scriptions by that time and still
'another cash bonus of great value
j to the agent who sends in the larg
est number during the period of
I the drive which lasts during the six
weeks following October 1.
In addition to the cash paid for
getting subscriptions, we will allow
our agents a good cash commission
on all orders solicited for job print
ing through the territory as they
go along. If your friends need
! envelopes, letterheads, salesbooks
' or other printing, they would no
j doubt prefer giving you the order
New officers were elected for the ; than sending it away to distant
Un-jprintshops.
If you want the full details of
this drive, and wish to share in its
church profits, get in touch with the near
est office at once. Give references.
■We cannot take up time with
The New Bern Naval recruiting
office has sent in 17 boys for en
listment during the month of Sep
tember. Of the 17 boys enlisted 3
of them were Hyde County boys.
Foster Linwood Jarvis, son of Mrs.
Mattie Bell Jarvis, Swan Quarter;
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Isadore Morris
of Lake Landing; and John Israel
Watson, son of Mrs. Fannie Wat
son, Engelhard.
YOUNG PEOPLE’S UNION
1 elects NEW OFFICERS
ion at the monthly meeting at Wat
son Cfi-apel Sunday night. Miss
Hazel Ashy of the Soule
was elected president and Miss
Grace Watson of the Watson
Chapel church was elected secre
tary-treasurer. Miss Lois Gaboon
of the Providence church of Swan
Quarter was named reporter.
The installation ser\’ice for the
new officers will be held at the next
meeting the fourth Sunday night
their at Swan Quarter with the ProVi-
dence church.
triflers who do not expect to work,
but will give much time to real
workers who are earnest and make
an effort.
H.
B. WYATT’S FATHER
DIES IN PETERSBURG
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE AND LOVE
FOR GOOD OLD HYDE COUNTY..
Help along the cause of boosting good old Hyde. You
vvho live here now, and you who have once lived here—no
matter where you are—still have the spirit of Hyde in yonr
blood and your bones. Send along a dollar for an eight
month’s trial subscription; a whole year for $1.60, and keep
in touch with the old friends and scenes of other days.
There isn’t' a day you don’t think -of going back to Hyde.
The next best thing is to get the Hyde County Herald each
week; just like a letter from home. And if you have a
friend who wants to hear from good old Hyde, send him this
copy after you read it. When you think of anything into'
esting to write, don’t hesitate to send it in. Mail subscrip-
;ions to:
THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD
Postoffice Box 505 Office: Berry Bldg
SWAN QUARTER. NORTH CAROLINA
;i -ti
I, ■
Union war craft, and an embank- its service
News was received here this
week of the death Sunday of
I George W. Wyatt, 80, father of H.
B. Wystt, foreman at the New Hol-
:land CCC camp, at the home of his
I daughter, Mrs. R. H. Ramsey, in
I Petersburg, 'Va. Mr. Wyatt was
j preparing, when stricken, to ceie-
ibrate his 80th birthday September
27.
' Funeral services were conducted
ifrom the home of a son in Rocky
I Mount Tuesday afternoon with the
Rev. F. H. Craihill, rector of the
Episcopal church, in charge. Inter
ment was in the Pineview ceme
tery.
Born in Elizabeth County, Vir
ginia, Mr. Wyatt had been a con
tractor until his health forced his
retirement.
Besides his son at New Holland,
other survivors are two sons, W. R.
Wyatt of Rocky Mount, George W.
Wyatt, Jr., of Fort Lee, N. J.; his
daughter, Mrs. Ramsey of Peters-
|bury, Va.; two brothers, Robert
I Wyatt and W. H. Wyatt of Hamp-
iton, Va.; and a sister, Mrs. Cady
Chiler of Hampton, Va.