North Carolina Newspapers

THE HYDE COUNTY the news of the richest agricultural county in the foremost historical ANDRECREATIONAL AREAOFNCT;THCAr.QLTNA yOL. I; NO. 18 SWAN QUARTER. N. C., DECEMBER 28, 1939 single Copy I^ROPOSED FISH LAW POINTS TO FED. CONTROL CHRISTMAS 40 YEARS AGO STATE’S GREATEST WATERFOWL REFUGE IN HYDE COUNTY ^11 Fish Would B© Graded by Federal Agents; Plan to Save Undersize Fish By BILL AUK LAWRENCE (In the Mecklenburg Times) To those of us who were children ^more than forty years ago, we A step toward the long feared! ha. dly see how any child could I'edsral control of the fisheries, I "'ant more than he has every day "hich would mean uniform laws en-1 in the year. The gifts and luxuries i forced in all states, and protection "'hich we enjoyed at Christmas for species srarce, or threatened ; time are common pmce every day , "•ith extinction, is being planned I m tlie year noiv. lire only raisms j «arly in January, according to the oranges and foreign nuts we had following announcement from during the year were not even Wa55hincrf-^n • plentitul at Chnstmas, and all the . , ^ , . , , child got of these would not half A long-discussed move to estab- j.,, stocking, dsh a Government-operated system Of compulsory inspection and vol- Christmas we had stick Ontary grading of fish and fishery ^ chocolate drops to products will he argued in Congress of the big Day. Apples xt session. grew on most every farm and some The House Merchant Marine |p - jjjem were saved for Christmas, ^onimittee, headed by represents- there was enough to go around "e Bland (D.-Va.), has called a, family and some to give Public hearing for January 16 on neighbors who had none. "ill for the purpose offered by Rep- j other gifts for members of tin i^®sentative McCormack (D.-Mass.). family and close friends were limit- The bill would set up the inspec-^ed to handkerchiefs, lace collars, fion and grading service under the vases, tin horns, tin trains, dolls, federal Bureau of Fisheries, and and pocket knives. There was little the service would apply to “fish, j else to buy and little else expected, fishery products, fishery by-prod- j Some of the older people did do a Pots, shellfish, crustacea, seaweeds I little knitting of special gi ts for HYDE COUNTY contains the greatest waterfowl refuge in North Carolina in the famous Lake Mat- tamuiskeet, largest lake in the State. The Lake, which is 18 miles long and some seven miles wide, at "ots, shellfish, crustacea, seaweeds i little knitting of special gits for I ®od .all other forms of animal and'special friends and loved ones and.^®®®°’^ ^ J* rr,ir,' 'Vegetable life and the products and | occasionally there was a new' quilt "V \>qmlico! by-products thereof,” in interstate ' for the married son or daughter, j burned >nto Pamhco or foreign commerc;. Now everything is available and The agricultural rec- Bureau inspectors would be re-1 everything is expected up to the ! l^-mation project PI J. n £ ...I., .-.MV. „ .C i-L..-. /-w. nn_ fiuired to examine all fishery prod Pets before they were admitted to processing plant whose prod- Pets move in interstate commerce. everyrning is expecieu up uie i . , - " . . .. i limit of the pocketbook or bank ac- boo expen^si"^, an ^ ' i count, and so many times to the to the Govejment as a | straining of the credit of the giver. | refuge. J and ' —o i.iuvc lu Forth years ago no one thought of | geese now in a i e , nd | and all products found unfit for hu-, giving a gift that had not been fishing and hunting ot un consumption would be con- foj* in full at the time it WiaSi . deinned and destroyed or used for given. j WARREN WATSON NAMED fertilizer or non-food purposes. | In those days the families w'ould FOR HYDE CENSUS WORK The inspectors would also have : get together and the men and boys authority to enforce sanitation ' spent most of the day hunting w'ith standards to be established by the jog and gun. This sometimes con- bureau in the processing plants., j tinned through the.w'hole of Christ- The bill would not apply to any mas w'eek and the families would fiah taken by any individual fisher- spend a day in each other’s home. Plan and sold directly to consumers ^ hunters usually furnished "f to retail dealers. ' | plenty of rabbit, turkey, squirrel, The bill would also prohibit the^quaii and other game for families iPiportation of fishery products fo gat. }''hich failed to meet the same spec-. The w'omen did the cooking and jfications to be established by the , gared for the small children and inspection sendee under te bill. jhad a good time with their visiting. The grading sendee to be estab-. jp was a great time for all /and bshed under the bill would be en-;there was plenty. ■ tirely voluntary on the part of the I During the evenings the group Processor, and upon the processor’s , would gather around the organ and application, the bureau, in coopera- |sing gospel hymns, while the young tioii with other agencies of the ; people sat in the corners and court- J’ederal State or local governments, | gd of played games in the parlor. "'ould supply certificates of class, j duality and condition of fishery; Many of the boys of the teen strictions are permitted. The great pumping plant shown above has been converted into a hotel, and its tall smokestack made into an ob servation tow'er. In the foreground is the canal through w'hich the wa ter w'as spilled into Pamlico Sound. Dr. Ira N. Gabrielson, chief of the Bureau of Biological Survey gives Matt.amiiskeet high rank in his re cent report. Since use of bait and live decoys in hunting ducks and geese has been outlawed by Federal regula tions, the waterfowl w-ere banded chiefly by Federal workers. A total of 2,007 waterfowl were banded at Mattamuskeet during the 1939 fiscal year, Gabrielson’s re port showed. Top place was held by the Sand Lake refuge in South Dakota with 7,705 bandings. Gabrielson also included Matta muskeet among the list pf refuges that have other public values than wildlife conservation. He said the refuge provided the only recreational facilities within a radius of many miles, and it had been found that controlled use for public enjoyment did not interfere with the waterfowl. TELEPHONE Omcm TO RAISE BEEF CATTLE EN HYDE CO.; HAVE CAMP Reed Growth in Extensive Area Provides Ex cellent Winter Feeding; Soy Beans, Hay and Corn to Be Raised For Further Feed; Camp Houses Built For Employees to Enjoy Week End Hunting and Fishing ENGELHARD TO GET 2ND DAILY MAIL JULY 1ST products offered for shipment. IN THE PUBLIC EYE -A brief sketch each week con cerning some official or prominent citizen of Hyde County. age had a little money and spent a ■part of it for firecrackers, which they shot during the holidays. Those who did not have the money for firecrackers usually devisea some other means of making a FAITHFUL HANNAH CHURCH Colored Church Twice Destroyed by Elements Complete Again Despite Prayers of Erstwhile Minister By THOMAS E. SPENCER Bids Being Received For Ex tra Round Trip From Wash ington Postmaster Says Engelhard is to get a daily two round trip mail service from Wash ington after July 1, instead of the one trip service at present, it has been announced by Mrs. M. A. Matthews, postmaster at Engel hard. Mrs. Matthews said that when the two round trips become effective the trip now being made to Middletown by the mail carrier from Washington would be discon tinued with a new messenger route probably being instituted from En gelhard to Middletown. Bids are being received this month, Mrs. Matthews said, for the Washington-Engelhard routes. The announcement this week cul minates efforts being made by En gelhard people for some time to secure an extra mail from Wash ington each day, giving serv’ice comparable to that received at Swan Quarter. W. WARREN WATSO"?!, promi- noise Every family had a gun nent Hyde County man, former and powder to load it with. This chairman of the County Commis- could be used to make a noise, but sioners, and former State Presi- ,the boys wanted a louder noise; dent of the Association of County I than the gun would make, so they I Commissioners has been named to iwould get the anvil from the shoploompde the business census in Hyde ^jand put iwwder on the holes and .County. This Week: R. L. JONES “shoot anvils.” That would make | D. W. Lupton, District Super- Born Roland L. Jones, April 21, a noise. Occasionally a stick of|^isor of the Census of the First ^i>2, at Fairfield, Mr. Jones has! dynamite would be fired to wake Census or Congressional District . r* _ _ _ _ ; ji ^ — ..w.. . 1V. T if- 1/I WI *®come a prominent fig'ure in thej^ip the community, and it did. We B'ic and religious life of this com- j believe that this had more to do tunity. The son of Mr. and Mrs. | with the laws against fireworks in bomas B. Jones, he has devoted .this state than anything else. 'is life to farming. Graduated j Once we tried to make a noise *■"10 Trinity College (now Duke that was a little different. A hole diversity) in 1913, Mr. Jones had "t been long out of college when ’ 'vas drafted in the army in 1918. was bored in. a big stump and an iron used to place over the hole in which the powder had been packed “ served overseas about eleven was weighted down wlfh a^ few knths, receiving his discharge at Lee, Va., in August, 1919. He I a member of the Hyde County 'ost No. 211 of the American Le- ian and was elected commander of post last June. member of the Faii*field Meth- bst church, Mr. Jones has served several years as steward and astee. He is also master of the sticks of wood. When the charge was fired the iron came down and a big log of wood on top of it broke the handle off. It was the best iron in the house and we learned from mother that this was no way to make a noise. announced that his office had com- I pleted preparations for the taking of the business census in January. The Bureau of the Census only al lotted 12 people to do this work in the entire district and selections. have been rtiade as follows: | Pitt—^Frank Brooks, Greenville and Mrs. John Andrews, Ayden. Beaufort—Ruffin O’Neal, Wash ington and R. H. Paul, Jr., Edward. Martin—Claude T. Smith, Rober- sonville. Pasquotank—J. J. Hughes, Eliza beth City. Hyde—W. AY. Watson, Lake Landing. About a quarter of a mile north of the business section of Middle- town, with its steeple towering above all the buildings in its vicin ity, stands the Faithful Hannah Negro Baptist Church—the church that for'the past'^ years'has doiie its part in converting the Negroes of this section to the Christian faith. The building has just been completed, having been destroyed twice in the past two decades by freaks of nature which many of its neighbors and members believe to have been acts of God, as was pre dicted in the early twenties by Sam Spencer, minister of the church, who was opposed to a majority of the congregation’s desire, to con struct a new and larger building to take care of the church’s growing membership. The church in its infancy was a small structure, but like most churches of that period grew rap idly, until it would not house the fast growing congregation. There fore, it was decided that it* would be best to tear down the small building and construct a larger one in its place. The minister, Sam Spencer, was opposed to this pro gressive move and was dismissed from his ministry of the church for this reason. To retaliate, he is said to have prayed a prayer that no newchurch building would stand. Nevertheless, the congregation raised the money and in 1923 they tore down the little church and I started constructing a larger one ' I in its place, but before much work | j had been done, a wind of a whirl-. ' wind nature blew it down. Not to | ; be daunted by the mishap, the faithful members of the jffiurch ’ again raised money and built a large building. This house stood ; for several years and was the scene of many revival meetings and gala affairs, but in 1933 a storm struck i the Hyde county coast, destroying , many buildings—among them was Faithful Hannah. I j Nature, through these violent acts, seemed resolved that this church would not stand as was nre- j , dieted by Elder Sam, and gossip jwent around thick and fast among the superstitious colored folk that God had turned His wrath upon ! the members of the church for con structing a new house of worship. But the more enlightened mem bers of the congregation were re solved to have the building re erected. They held socials, took spe cial collections, and campaigned for money to rebuild their church. Today, after much hard and pa tient work, they have at last com pleted their building. Its green steeple towers many feet in the air as a symbol of success. These colored people have thought church, talked church, hoped church and I now they have a church, which makes us think of the words of , Emerson, “Every thought is a pray er and every prayer is answered.” AAA LEADER REPORTS SOIL BUILDING GAINS HATTERAS HAS PUBLIC HEALTH RELIEF STATION And there was the nice custom teo Dare—Mrs. Vivian Ryder, Man- 'Stee. He is also master oi me ^ of kissing the young lady under the irfield Lodge No. 520, A F. and' mistletoe. But this should be dope M., a chair he has held since | properly or your efforts are in vain. 18. [Every time someone kisses under n 1938 he was appointed to the;the mistletoe a berry should be- nertioru anu de County board of education plucked from the branches for there ciohon, Murfreesboro. 1 was made chairman of that! are only as many blessings bestow-1 Chowan and Perquimans—R. ’ ed as there are berries. And if the Brinn, Hertford. Camden and Currituck—James A. Taylor, Maple. Washington and Tyrrell—Delbert Allen, Tlymouth. Hertford and Gates—W. A. Mc- Dr, Crankshaw in Charge; Good Work of Hospital Is Recognized; Warren Aids T. These enumerators \’Vll be in rnn- ference during the week with Mr. I.upton aiid the Assistant Super visor, W. A. Everett, of Edenton. Mr. Lupton stated that the farm and population census would noc dy. Mr. Jones is a strong belilever in mistletoe ever touches the ground versified farming and engages, | its properties of good luck are de ftly as a hobby .and partly be-1 stroyed. Use he has found' livestock a] The romantic story of the mistle- *Uing and paying proposition on,toe is an old one and still popular. ® modern farm, in raising live-[The reason for failure in most — ’ck. He has a fine herd of Here- cases is that the rules are not be taken until April and that enu- fd cattle, and also a number of, strictly carried out. Remember ’ aerators To'r that work would not 'foe hogs and Hampshire sheep. I the rules and “she who is not kiss- be selected until the latter part oi ^f. Jones was married Septern-, ed under the mistletoe at Christmas March. No informaion has yef " 19, 1923, to Miss Inez Starnes will not be married in the year been given him as to ho\v many — ■ . ■ . .. » enumerators will be assigned to each county and those who do the work must successfully pass a test. Enumerators do not receive any salary nor travelling expenses and are paid fees for their work. Granite Falls. They are the fonts of tw,o children, Margaret d Tommy. ^hille at college he was a mem- '■ of the Kappa Alpha social fra- 'Uity. SHEEP federal and State research agen- 5 are renewing attempts to adapt -®P types to the region or sec- us in which they are being pro- which follows.’' COLORED PREACHER INJURED IN WRECK (Crowded out last week) Caho Farr.ow, colored preacher 0'’ Swan Quarter, was injured and his mule killed last Thursday night when his cart was run into by a Mr. Johnson of Pantego, who was HOME-KILLED Fewer hogs are being fed to ma turity this year than usual in Bind said to have been blinded by the 'en County, since farmers are killing in winch they are oemg pro- lights of a car he was meeting.'and salting their pork at home be-' - so as to produce superior!The accident occurred near Marvin [cause of the currently low market; ■mals. 'Swindell’s on the lake road. !prices for hogs., 1 Representative Lindsay Warren stated this week that the U. S. Pub lic Health Service has established what is known as a third class re lief station at Hatteras for the treatment of beneficiaries of the Public Health office and it has been authorized by the Administrator of the Federal Securities Agency. Final arrangements for the open ing of the relief station are nearing completion and it is felt and hoped that its establishment will in some measure help to relieve the medical care problem of all beneficiaries in that locality. Dr. D. W. Crank shaw has acepted the offer of ap pointment as Acting Assistant Sur geon in charge of the relief station. When Mr. Warren visited Hat teras in September a delegation of local citizens talked with him about the matter as it was hoped to turn the community building into a small hospital. He took the mat ter up with the U. S. Publi" Health service which has been conductin.g an investigation since that time. It is believed that the location of this relief station at Hatteras will be of much service to the people on the beach. MRS. CARRIE CLARK, 80, DIES IN ECTZABETH CITY The ^eath of Mrs. Carrie M. Clark, who was alnrost 80 years of ■age, at the Elizabeth City hospital Friday morning is of more than passing interest in this section. Mrs. Clark was the widow of the late Carey 'C. Clark, captain of a [tank steamer that plied up and down the waters of Eastern Caro lina and who was blown up with his vessel in 1918. She was the mother of Miles Clark, and Mrs. Howard Kramer of Elizabeth City, and has two living sisters, Mrs. Fleet Ray of Sheffield, Pa., and Mrs. T. E. Coulter of Lorraine, Ohio. For 'more than 20 years she had taught la Methodist Sunday school class. I She was a native of Oil City, Pa. I Elizabeth City loses , a citizen ; universally beloved. She was gen erous, gracious, and kind, and few In a preliminary report on Trip- le-A activities in 1939, E. Y. Floyd., AAA executive officer of State Col lege, says gains were made in every phase of soil building during 1939, and that there is promise that 1940 will be even a greater year for the Agricultural Conser vation Program. The use of ground agricultural limestone increased to 108,464 tons as grants of aid alone, '.vith indi viduals buying and applying an equal amount in excess of that re quired for practices under the pro gram. This compares wsth 78,169 tons of lime used in 1938 and 30,- 584 tons used in 1937, Floyd said. In 1939 the use o" triple-super phosphate as a grant of aid totaled 3,514 tons, as compared with 1,863 tons in 1938 anl 370 tons in 1937. The construction of terraces totaled more than 20,000,000 linear feet during the past year, as contrasted with 15,233,000 linear feet in 1938 and 9,849,000 linear feet in 1937. “There were also encouraging gains in the seeding of lespedeza, winter legumes, and blue grass,” the AAA executive said. ‘“We had a greater participation in carrying out soil building practices by com- nlving producers iin 1939 than in 1938.” Floyd estimated that 151,600 farms earned some payment for agricultural conservation and soil- building during the year, and 75 per cent of the total soil-building allowance set apart to be earned by producers was earned. In addition, cotton parity pay ments are being made to 118,000 farmers, and wheat parity pay ments to 3,024 producers. Tiiat this area provides excellent opportunities for the raising beef cattle is the opinion of twn ex- .ecutiveB of the Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Comany of Tarboro, who are starting beef cattle opera* tions on an extensive farm which they have acquired in Hyde County which borders on the Pungo River. The telephone officials, Mr. Por ter, president, and Mr. Mullins, looking to the time when they 'wiH retire from the company five years hence, sought and located about 800 acres in Hyde County in the Scran ton section. They took over the land a little over a year ago, and have already done much to reclaim some parts of the land which had * not been .cultivated in ten or fifteen years. In the land which they have ac quired and in adjoining land be longing to a lumber company from which they can acquire grazing rights, there are hundreds of acres of forest and waste land with a rich growth of reeds. These reeds pro- |vide excellent winter grazing for beef stock and with the open land 1 being reclaimed for cultivation with j lespe'deza, soy beans, and com, I they expect bo provide feed for the stock. 4 Some 60 Hereford heifers have recently been purchased from Ala bama and have been turned into the reeds for grazing. With this [stock as a start Mr. Mullins, who jwill supei intend the stock raising, expect,! to go into bee' raising in ;a big way, at'thC's'amS time im- j proving the stock for beef purposes I through bi’eeding. j Not only will they go in for beef cattle, but hogs wiii figure in their 1 stock raising operations. They [have about 16) hogs after operar- , tions of only a little over a year. I Recent visitors at the farm known as tin Rivershore Farm ^viewed the cleared fields, the widen- led and impro'/ed road, the new barns and stock houses, and re- [called that the place had changed considerably in the past year. I Reeds would a ce touched both the narrow road a year ago, they said, .and the cnauces would have been that a car would have gotten stuck on the roa J besides. ; The area leenis with game of all kinds, including lir h in the adjacent [river. Employees of the telephone company have b_e:i permitted to build two log houses on the faw. and since the houses were oomplet- [ ed a short while ago, the employees .and a limited number of guests Carolina hunting, fishing and en joying camp life in ireneral. j Logs were cut frot i the farm by a number of colored laborers I brought in for that purpose. The logs were stripped, and all work Tri erecting the camps, except the brick work in fireplaces and chim neys, was done by the telephone employees at various visits. I And so Messrs. Porter and Mul- [lins are starting stock raising oper ations and at the same time their employees are finding Camp Caro lina an excellent place to spend week ends. SCHOOL MASTERS OF TWO JAILED FOR ALBEMARLE MEET8TH: STEALING TRUCK people were more affectionately re garded. Columbia will be host to the schoolmasters of the Albemarle I area January 8, in the annex of the ; Methodist church, it wav announced j this week by W. T. Crutchfield, county superintendent of schools I who will act as host. A dinner will 'be served the school folk who are [expected ' from Washington, Per- Iquimans, Pasquotank, Currituck, I Dare, Camden, Gates, Chowan and [Bertie counties, Mr. Cruchfield said. I The complete program will be (announced later. HUNTING GUIDES INJURED IN WRECK THREE FAMILIES CHANGE RESIDENCES (Crowded out last week) John Lee and Earl Harris, hunt ing guides of Swan Quarter, were [injured Monday morning as their .car crashed into a,fish truck en the ! like road. The heavy smoke near Marvin Swindell’s prevented the drivers from seeing the approach ing car. Lee was injured most seriously, sustaining several broken ribs and chest bruises. (Crowded out last week) Three families have changed resi dence in the last few davs in Swan I Quarter. Dr. and Mrs. N. P. ! Fitts have moved into the home ■ with Mr. and Mrs. John Lawrence. J. Afien Harris has taken the house [vacated by .Mr. and Mrs. Fitts and C. C. Gaboon has .moved from Juni- ner Lake to the house vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Harris. i (Crowded out 1; st week) I Alphonso Campb.rll and Glee ; Hardy, both colored, were lodged in 'jail in Swan Quarter Tuesday in (connection with the larceny of a pick-up truck belonging to W. H. Boomer of Swan Quarter Monday (night. The truck wa'l taken from j the side of the road in front of Mr. j Boomer’s house. Some members of 'the family heard the truck pull off ! so Mr. Boomer came to town and [called Patrolman Sim ison in Bel- 1 haven and with Deputy Sheriff Branch Spencer started toward Bel- haven. Patrolman Simpson had found the truck at Sc anton after seeing the driver flee into th.o woods. ENGELHARD HGST TG NEXT MEETING GAA The next meeting of the board of directors of the Greater Albemarle Association wifi be held Januarv 11. at 7 o’clock in the Engelhai-J school, it was announced this week by P. D. Midgett, Jr., president.