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THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD
News of the richest agricultoral county in the foremost historical and recreational area of north Carolina
Y c A S E S
A hied quickly
AN HYDE COURT
Vol^
5; .No. 32
SWAN QUARTER, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1944
Single Copy 5 Cents
CHERRY VISITS
HYDE; SPEAKS
IN DARE COUNTY
N
^UiTibg^ Qf Cases Continu- Shows Syrnpathies For Road
Mapping Developments in Pacific Theater
And Bridge Needs
Of Section
To Next Term Of
Court in May
a long list of cases ' Hyde county people who talked
mrt ST ^^‘al in Hyde County with Gregg Cherry, candidate
ere * ®aday morning but several for governor of North Carolina,
)r until the next term when^he came through the county
therg
*sed
•St Ion:
Cases"
lents docket and judg-
Cii were as follows:
Pugh, no brakes, plead
ayn,’^ days suspended upon
I). uf cost.
ailj ■ W sllace, no brakes, plead
laym’ days suspended upon
, ®at of cos
r u f Hoot,
“rakei
r^Pended
reason or another and the last Thursday afternoon were im*
'^’®re quickly tried or dis- pressed by the sympathies shown
The court session did not ^ for the needs of this section. He
came to Fairfield from Columbia,
drove to Swan Quarter; down to
Engelhard and journeyed on to
Manteo.
Mr. Cherry, speaking in Manteo
Thursday night, drew hearty ap
plause when he announced that j
he expected to fulfill the mandate |
of the legislature of 1920. If he
were elected governor, bv connect- j
ing Dare, Tyrrell and Hyde with '
other sections of the state by pro- |
per bridges and all weather roads'. |
“I am saying this sinccerely as ’
a citizen, and it is not just a cam- j
naign promise,” Cherry told the i
Dare County audience. “The good j
people of this area should have,
the same provisions of outlet that!
they have in the other sections of |
the state, and I expect to use my |
every influence to see that roads j
and bridges are provided,” he con- i
tinned. '
Mr. Cherry promised to use his
30 days suspended
of cost.
en, colored, improp-
''^Pendl’ guilty, 30 days,
Upon payment of cost,
r Bowden, colored, improp-
fs, nloprl guilty, 30 days,
PACIFIC OCEAN
PHILIPPINE
JSLANDS
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PALAU
^ (VELASCO «EEF
. .rKAYANGE.
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NORTHWEST REEf i;^
yKOSSOl REEf
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.kkawasak passage
^"noamegaTpassv
LREK ALONG
AlWOKAKO PASS'
COASTLAND COUNTIES
LOSING FORTUNE IN
UNHARVESTED SEAFOOD
i ■
plead
upon payment of cost.
>artil Adams, colored, no op-
lays ^ license, plead guilty, 30
fost uspended upon payment of
Nifl]
••ot guilty, found guilty, sLx
suspended
I'lsad*!!”? Blount, colored, assault,
'"'’ttlis
•ipoti roads,
of $15 fine and cost.
Sad batt colored, assault
plead guilty, 6 months
fiae . J upon payment of $15.00
bi uu cost.
, Tunnell, assault and
Ihaimahera
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Packing:, Canning, Salting and Smoking Of
Fish Practically Neglected; Vast Quantities
Of Herrings Available, But Not Caught, As
Fishermen Devote Efforts To.. Catching
Quickly Sold Crops.
PLYMOUTH
OUT FOR SENATOR
IN 2ND DISTRICT
influence, if elected, to also get an ;
Har^’ 1*^°^ pros,
lesj (jy, .BB Brown, colored, reck-
aa .''•ug, plead guilty, 6 months
af suspended upon payment
® ^ud repairing George
ad. ‘‘'“cu’s car which was damag-
aheclj*®® Turrow,
colored, forging
continued.
Whitaker, colored,
Toads B^®ud guilty, 60 days on
l25 fj Suspended upon payment of
^w^^iars!-
IN HYDE FOR
EASTER HOLIDAYS
J all-weather road down the banks
to Hatteras. It was said in Dare !
that so far as political recollec- [ MANY
tion goes back it is the first can
didate for governor to promise a
highway to Hatteras. .
Help for returning service men
is another program for which Mr.
Cherry expressed sympathv.
“There are 300,000 of them. We
cannot wait for the Federal gov
ernment to come to their aid. It is .. tt j i.
our obligation to see that theyl “yde County homes were
have work and not that thev live uiade happy last week end by vis-
TJnits of the U. S. fleet made their deepest penetration of Jap waters recently t« shell Falan, one of i
Nippon’s most heavily fortified island fortresses. Palau, shown at right in a closeup, is only 460 miles from |
the nearest of the Philippine Islands and only 900 miles from Manila. No occupation of Palau may be
expected, however, until the Carolines are entirely in Allied hands. - ■ - - ^
Hampton and Norman Seek
Place Vacated, By Martin
County Incumbent
Martin county having stepped
out of the Senatorship of the Sec
ond District for the term, two can
didates from Plymouth in Wash
ington county have come forward.
W. Roy Hampton, well known bu
siness man and officia’l, has an
nounced, and Zeb Vance Norman,
attorney and well known public
I figure is running.
The district comprises the coun
I - .
MEN ! The Coastland counties of North
' Carolina are becoming more awake
to the great economic loss they are
suffering by neglecting many val
uable seafoods. This loss is the re
sult of certain fishing practices
that have become habits over a
period of years, but which are
blindly adhered to despite changed
conditions of marketing and trans
portation.
lA fortune in the packing of salt
and smoked herrings and canning
of herring roe is being lost be
cause fishermen long ago stopped
fishing for herring because fresh
herrings required considerable la
bor to handle, and brought poor
prices after a few weeks early in
the season. The small mash her
ring nets were not replaced when
worn out, and fishermen hence-
Tattig'. ''''••hams, three counts of
*^®®Passing, all continued,
le i ^hthrell, three counts of
Cijf^ ’^^Passing, all continued.
Watson, trespassing, con-
^'•^Brell, trespassing, con-
j'attl
VISITORS MONDAY JUNIOR-SENIOR
FOR L. J. WESTON^ BANQUET HELD
ties of Dare, Tyrrell, Washington,
Hyde, Martin, Beaufort and Pam- jjave devoted their entire at-
I lico. By long established custom tg^tion to shad nets in the spring
Church Servces Attracted
Many During The
Day Sunday
Father Of Former Herald .4d
Manager Passes Sunday
Morning
AT LAKE LODGE
Joe q;
^11(1 batt colored, assault
Weaj ^ry with a deadly weapon,
''’itb assault, but not
on doles and charity,” he told the
Manteo group.
Mr. Cherry promised better pay
for teachers in order that we may
properly pay our good ones and I
its of friends and loved ones who
are away on war jobs or in the
military service and dont get home
very often. The columns of corn-
secure other good ones to fill the j munity personals on the society
thousands of teacher vacancies
now general all over the state.
I the vote of Martin and Beaufort by
j reason of size has controlled the
nominations.
Party leaders in the district from
time to time have exerted suffici-
ent influence to permit some of the
New Holland Hotel Scene Of smaller counties to have a senator.
Fairfield School Washington, being one of the smal-
Banquet igj. counties, now seeks the place.
I candidates from Ply-
The dining hall of the Matta- jnouthh the best known in the far
muskeet Lodge, was a scene of eastern Coastal counties is W. Roy
beauty and delight, Friday evening Hampton, who for many years has
March 7, when the junior class of Been a member of the State Fish-j times the present volume of catch
Funeral services for L. J. Wes
ton, 75, widely-known farmer and
former merchant, were held at the
Amity Methodist Church Monday
morning at 11 o’clock with the Rev.
F. D. Davis officiating. Interment
. , o I IT • jf- i,- V, Commission, and who is also a Uvouldnt have been profitable.
Mr. Weston passed away Sun- Fairfield high school honored the gf the Cape Hatteras Sea-! No attempt is being made to
day morning following a short ill- seniors at the annual banquet. ghg^e Commission. He has served harvest the great catch of har
ness. He was stricken Saturday | table, with covers for thirty as chairman of both the County rings available in the sounds. In
because shad represented a mini
mum of labor, and brought high
prices.
More rapid transportation now
brings all shad producing sections
in competition. Modem refrigera
tion, which keeps shad in prime
condition for months means that
eastern North Carolina fishermen
cannot control the market to the
extent they used to. However, this
year, shjad have brought good
prices all along, but in ordinary
Public assistance and public insti
tutions came in for some sound
favor from the candidate.
Mr. Cherry went to Manteo from
eo .^eadly wer^^^rsente^ced and was eniertainH
suspended upon payment the Rota;|^' Club. He spoke
and Costs I '^ter in the Dare courthouse.
tiov ®ibbs, allowi
'oy to allowing 14-year-old
Brive automobile on public
McDonald will spfak
TO GRADUATING CLASS
Dr. Ralph McDonald, pre.sident
held tues. ! of the N. C. Educational associa-
OR HENRV THOMPSON tion and candidate for Governor
IVeii nuiviroL.yiM Carolina will deliver the
Pavjv, • ’ 30 days suspended upon
®'’t of costs.
morning with a stroke of paralysis,
page of the Herald this week tells ^ long resident of Hyde
about many who visited here, and r;„uj.tv Mr Weston was well ter-piece r .•
undoubtedly our correspondents known and highly regarded. He cements of other white spring many other places of distinction.
1 _ 1_ • O • O jyi y-vT^T^-k-VtCi rt -n -| -1 TTTT
lorning \\i a -j . ^ i? j'iguests, was beautiful with its cen- Board, and the Board of Education recent years tons of them have
1 e ong resi en o y , ter-piece of white iris, and arran- in Washington county, and held gone into the ground to fertilize
St. George’s
flowers, and ivy.
Mr. Norman is equally
gardens and field crops. Fishing
well laws now prohibit this, and mil-
failed to report many others which ^ member of o
they did not know about. g jg^.^ church ' ! favors and menus were fas- known in the other counties of the ■ lions of them are being turned out
Many people attended church ^Sum^vins are his wife the for- Bioned of red and white crepe pa- district for his long career as a: of the nets, and left in the waters,
services Sunday to take part in jyjjgg Margaret V Fisher four P®’’ ribbon, to represent the practicing attorney. He has taken Only a few small packing nlants
special Easter worship programs, jauehters Mrs Heber W. Windley senior class. These an active part in the Southern Al- are making a stab at salting her-
ci .u.— J. attend -- - * - -- — — Wpre dpsio'Upd and mndp hv the ill- Kpmp-rlp acsnpisifipTi ffi'npp If.s pro*- rimrs. but thp rep .t. pnnQ K-rirtcr
Some of them do not
church services and their
of Elizabeth City, Mrs. E. P. Sha-
attend- ygjj^gr and Mrs. Richard W. Spar-
nown Washington Man, ®°^”™®”®®”'®'^'' address to the
Native Of Hyde Dies ' Quarter high school gradu- ance and six members joining
Sunday ' i ating class Friday morning, May
J'jj j 12, at 11 o’clock, it is announced
services for Henrv B. this week by H. G. Guthrie, princi-
McDonald
were designed and made by the ju- bemarle association, since its org- rings, but the roe in cans bring
nior class under the direction of anization, and has served in m'lnvlhigh prices, and is a highly nu
ance Sunday was an urge to get RaRigh and Miss Christine Watson. places of preferment in his town tritive food. Smoked herrings
into the spirit of this Christian Heston of Norfolk, Va.; two sons', . Cuthrell secretary of and county,
holiday. _ Lawrence . Weston and Fisher J™®’'
A week-long revival service at Weston of Portsmouth, Va.; four,
Providence Methodist church m p-randchildren. and a brother, R. B.
Swan Quarter came to a close Sun- Weston of Middletown,
day night. The services were high- Mrs. Sparrow was employed as
ly successful with a good attend- advertising manager on The Her-
The toasts and responses which
' were given in order, were effective
in their simplicity and meaning.
The menu consisted of chilled to-
CUTHRELL IS ONLY
CANDIDATE TO FILE
A. L. Cuthrell of Fairfield, chair
man of thd Hyde County Board of
was
were held at the late pal of the school. Mr.
%asl,’- East Fourth street, and Mr. Guthrie were classmates
day ‘•'Ston
at
p. 11 o’clock Tues-1 in college.
Clarkg with the Rev. D. A. In making the announcement,
•i'st Pastor of the First Metho- Mr. Guthrie said that he had in-
•"as officiating. Interment vited Mr. McDonald to make the
A son'^ f cemetery. j address about six months ago be-
^adigj, the late R. J. and Mar^ fore he announced himself as a
By(jg nompson, he was bom in candidate for governor. There was
1^88, on September 10, ^ no political motive involved.
^®ll Washington in | fi-ie baccalaureate sermon for
Mr, rp, ® Be has resided since. , tke Swin Quarter class will be de-
With q was first associa- livered Sunday, May 7, by the Rev.
?’®'’'antilp Brothers in the c. W. Guthrie, pastor of the Meth-
•aro,i L ® business and later en-
ald when the paper was first start- “«to .mice, croutons, roast turkey, County Commissioners, was the
There were special Easter pro- ed. She was Miss Frances Weston ®r“Berry sauce, person who had filed for of-
grams in many Hyde County then. ^ buttered beets, creamed com, snow pjee in the May 27 Democratic pri-
churches. This newspapero was un-
tritive food,
bring a dollar a dozen or ten cents
apiece.
All of the herrings that enter
the upper sounds on their way to
the main spawning grounds of
North Carolina must pass through
Dare county waters, yet there is
no plant to take care of a catch,
if some fishermen would make one.
•Ted busi “••siuess and later en- odist churches in the Swan Quar-
If,aving IJ®®® for himself, the fimi ter-Fairfield charge.
®ou known as H. B. There are 14 students in
'“••ipso.
feed.
ii ‘“PSOTI P o - -- --- cus:; x~t ot-i^Ladii^o iii tll0
Son, and engaged in graduating class at Swan Quarter
general merch- this year. While the commence-
several years, mgnt exercises will be held May 12,
•oouiber of the First school
3urv: • ®Burch of Washington.
will not close until a few
days later and the graduates will
g are his widow, Mrs. pot get their diplomas signed until
olard Thomnson, a dau- then.
™iss Betsy
Shter w°olard
Bottle'
able to learn of many of them.
The annual program was held Sun
day night at the Middletown
Christian church. There was a
large crowd at the services at the
Mt. Olive church at Ponzer and
reports reaching here Monday said
a large Fairfield gathering at
tended services at the Fairfield
Baptist church and heard the Rev.
J. T. Lennon.
The Easter services at the En
gelhard Methodist church were a
part of the revival meeting which
had been going on for a week and
which continued through Wednes
day night with the Rev. F. D. Da
vis, pastor, preaching. The seiwices
were held under the auspices of
the Engelhard Baptist and Metho
dist churches.
At Swindell Forlc the family of
flaked potatoes, head lettuce with jpary, it was learned Monday from Twenty five years ago when trans-
l\/r A A.TV l\/r A /'•XnrUTT'T Russian dressing, hot rolls, butter, election officials. Mr. Cuthrell portation was poor, a few stabs at
LVIAIN y IVI AL^xV.'CiKILs i i coffee, strawberry jello with whip ggeks re-election on the Board of packing herrinfrs was made, but
BRINGING PROFITS
TO HATTERAS MEN
cream, chocolate cake and nuts.
Misses Evelyn Clark and Selma
Blake of the eighth grade, and
1 Misses Alice Reid Berrv and Win-
Commissioners. these were inadequately capitalized
There were only five days left so they’ could not provide anv large
for filing and it appeared that market for either fish or labor,
there would be little or no inter- Nevertheless, on a small invest-
Fish Not Often Caught ln,fieW Doughtie of the First Year ggt in the local campaign this year ment of two or three thousand
Quantity; Make Apoear-
ance Unexpectedly
high school, served as waitresses, something unexpected han- dollars, returns of $5,000 to $6 000
and sang between courses. They
received
, pens—^which wouldnt be unusual in in a season have been
^ wore white dresses, with paper ap- County politics. Officers up and in one instance a much larger
Several Hatteras fishermen who j Tons and caps in the class colors, election this year are members in'’omp reported. Herrings were ob-
work nets outside in the ocean, are j Goodbyes were said around 11:30 Board of Commissioners, tainahle for as; low ea Ti p°r
making good profits these days j ^o Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Mann, keep- gf Education, Representa- thousand, and even now they can
from unusual quantites of Boston ®ts of the lodge who pleved an Recorder’s Judge. be houfrht as low as $2, a thou-
Mackerel. At the ice plant of the | important role in making the even-
Hatteras Development Company I mF pleasant for everyone,
one sees these beautiful fish be-' Guests, besides the seniors wove:
'T'lio Fairfii^ld school faculty, N.
Shelton, Supt. of Schools, C. M
Cuthrell, member of the Boa’'d ol’
Education. P. C. Simmons, chair-
ing packed for shipment to north- j
ern markets. I
Old fishermen say they have!
never appeared in quantities of
this size before. Some attribute
Thompson, at
FOR IRISH POTATOES
Edward $2.30 FLOOR PRICE SET
^Bo is with the ar-
Mts. ij in Italy, his mother,
®Ts, o' Thompson, four broth-
Thompson
of Swan
There will be a floor price of
.30 per hundred pounds for early
nrold Thompson of commercial Irish potatoes, the War
^^shiii'2^’ Thompson, Food Administration informed the
Pson RFD, and Robert Division of Markets wdth the State
sistp ^^n.nns Harbor, and Departmen of Agricluture recent-
b ^®TtB Selby of jy I'jjg support price last year
Mrs. C. E. Hamilton of ^^s $2.25.
W- T. j 'j'ljg support plan as announced
by WFA as follows: “Early and
"'as in Thomnson, ^ ,Tr., intermediate potatoes will be sup
ported by purchase and by other
LnK,. ‘ —^'"O.
Mrs. W. V. Swindell gathered for their presence to the unusually
its annual Easter reunion with all disagreeable winter which may
but one of the children. Maxwell have brought the fish a long dis-
of Leaksville, present. The other ^ tan®® from their usual habitat,
children and their families met to- | ’
gether and enjoyed an outdoor I SWEET POTATOES
dinner. They were Metrah, Mai-1 Treat sweet potato seed stock
colm, Marvin, Melvin and Mildred.
with a disinfectant before bed-
Si?"
^We and Mrs.
A son ^"^Bington.
Ho ’. Nenrv
dierl*'® Business with his fath
A m l9sq
..••ctive nniib' ' ar’-angements for diverting pota-
, pail bearers were George ^nes to canners, dehydrators, and
lest O. HardinpT, other orocevssors. Basic price for
A. Eckh*^rc^*^’ Gardner, opr-iv and intermediate notatoes is
. ® other Eobin^on. ^5,3^ f-; Torm.. Maryland,
"“'’“•'ary b b® T0pm,..o,.p and Virginia. Basic
pallbearers. joo rounds for U. S.
■> p-T-ide notatoes in new bags,
-'--,1 arri loaded.
Ta
N Ha
His
REVIV4T, BEGINS SUNDAY
AT GULBOCK METHODIST
. Hr, ana^A^’^^Ef^TION
^ the p .Hrs. J. L. Blake gave S5
• Pd Red Cross War
•a thio ”“•’ fban $4 as was listed
•a news
Bu-
y W;
®spaper March 30th.
ai' Bonds and Stamps.
Revival sem'ices at Bethanv Me
thodist church C-’lrock, will begin
} Sunday. Anril i6i-h .Sunday servi-
I cns will be h"!'! '•I'lndav afternoon
I at 3 oelock- ’m- —- I'aH thereafter
I xxr;n Lrt ^ ATrpYiiyjo*
I TLp T>nLL'/» TC * ' +0 o-ffpri'I tho
I rv>or»tiv>rr "F* F4 ^pc!_
• her, will do the preaching.
Mrs. Swindells sister, Mrs. Mary help control seed home
Mason was also at the gathering. diseases, say Extension horticul-
Traffic was light and no serious; ^“•'•®ts at State College,
traffic accidents were reported by
patrolman C. E. Whitfield. The
shortage of gasoline kept travel
by motor cars to a minimum.
Buses were crow’ded. The Engel
hard Bus Company was forced to
put on extra buses to carry the
passengers.
man of Faii-field school
and Alvah O’Neal of Swan Quar
ter.
OPA SAYS CORN PRICES
Two Plymouth men. Zeb Vance Thia y-eek
Norman and W., R. Hampton, last Toing begging on the markets. If
week filed for nomination for the they were salted, they would bring
Seante from the Second Senatorial - +b”nsaud and if smoked,
district. Mr. Hampton is a member easily $50 a thousand. And vot
of the Board of Conservation and citizens will na=s im this
iiiB, A-oy'i Development and Mr. Norman is a onnortumtv and will pav 22 cents
committee Washington ”®'i”d for mullets a-d maoVorel
County. Both men are ^widely and spots when cold weather
knowTi in political circles in their comes.
home county. i Crab Industry Neglected
There are two senators elected, Thousands of dollars couH be
PROOUCf
AND
CONSfRVE
SHARI
PUV SQUARE
m
pFICHTS
C>T0UBFB8d0lll
WILL REMAIN THE SAME ^^^p (Ji=tyi'’t which is compos- realized each summer from nearby
. ed of the counties of Hyde, Tyrrell, markets if some would establish a
No increase in the price of com ■\^asViington, Martin, Beaufort and crab shedding business, so as to
for the 1944 crop year is being con- Pap^ijpo. It is custom not to elect supply the local demand for soft
sidered by hhe Office of Price Ad- from the same county, craps at 75 cents a dozen. Almost
minisyation, Theodore S. Johnson, r q Horton of Williamston and no investment is required for this
District director at Raleigh an- r Daniels of Washington rep- industry, only the saving of peel-
nounced. resented the district last term. Mr. ers by those who take hard crabs.
“The decision to hold com prices paniels has served only one term , The picking of crab meat could be
at their 1943 levels w’as made be- jg expected to he a candidate | come another great industry, giv-
cause com is the basic feed for again this year. ; ing employment to many people,
livestock and poultry,” he explain- but there is no plant opemting
ed. 'The great majority of farm LAYERS here, and all the crabs are shipped
families would suffer rather than Farm lamng flocks in the IT. S. by tmok to Virginia and Marv-
benefit from an increase in the are about 5 per cent higher than land. Crabbers make around $20
price of com. | last year "-i—ing n mcnrd pmr^ee- a /la’y during the summer season,
“.4ii increase in the price of com ; No^i^h Carolina egg mayke+s
would not bring any substantia] in-’ a-e f'oo'led erd ’ .so-■ye-
naked to eat more
cheap source oi' 'y
crease in com production, but
would raise the price of beef, veal
lamb, pork, butter, eggs, poultry
and other livestock products ivith
I out increasing their output,” he
pointed out.
The country press is the hnhvark
of American Democracy. It must
be kept going!
WATF"'"
It appears " —
plant about 1 1-2 tir"-' - -
watermelons fi”'® yra- • ’ ■
acreage in Nor+Vi riay-1' •
UP 2,300 acre"' h”’: • ’
2,600 acres less than normal.
Kn+ thousands of dollars worth of
VMici'Tipas is lost because the meat
is rot prepared at home.
It is amazing that ip a. land
so abundant with sea food there
ara Tio local interests with suffi
x-in n.'orit ini+i,ativp to develop these
-r- husipesses which could mean so
1’ '"'-r +ho ..ponle. But ve.or after
i'-' xooT- f>i0 fishermen are content
with the ready cash they cap get
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