«■ ^?a*“ watw .THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD ^ News of the richest agricultural county in the foremost historical aisd recreational area of NOirm Carolina No. 38 'OLIxicianS ^USY on eve OF PRIMARY SWAN QUARTER, N. C. THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1944 Single Copy 5 Cents WHY DO THEY FAIL TO GET OVERSEAS MAIL? Pilots—After a Job Well Done phe; Cn!^L^‘^PPorters Confident Navy Says It May Be Your Will Give Their “Pdidate Majority lUsy in Hyde county are Irs jjj nnsing interest among vot- Ihetn minute effort to get ltd cag*! fP .i-o file polls Saturday I'etejan primary. Fedicf P°'ifical obser\'ers are pth ^ light vote compared tnly years. Some estimate I Pg]] f® 1,000 votes will be cast. Fse a,. at , 6:30 a. m. and Chief P- »’■ face fg ^'iferest centers on the “ Gre^ Sevemor in which Major ^vir ^lierry of Gastonia, Dr. Pnd^np ^^eDonald of Greensboro, F Pitiet Pad candidates. Cherry iiotis in liofh have organiza- tedief county. Both sides are fPres?^ ^i'^fory, but the general 'arty talking to arry ®®ders is that Cherry will thJ’’® ^aee “for renresentative has' o^'^anization carefully routing it. P- n Tiir, j*" ^ county. Own Fault; Address Care fully and Use V-Mail Servicemen overseas and their families at home in the Sixth Na val District worry about each oth er when the mail is slow getting through, but there is really no great reason for concern. I The Navy’s Fleet ■ Post Offices ' are operating 24 hours a day to | give sendee to the Fleet and even tually mail will get through as ; swiftly as wartime conditions per mit. The Navy’s advice is to keep writing often, address mail clearly and correctly and speed it on its way by Sending it V-mail—which is air mail all the way through. There are any number of reasons why mail addressed to men in the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine may be de layed, even with a vast Navv mail local cam-; according to its Navy Postal Ser- D. Midgett, Jr., of En-1 ^Partp of Swan I Wi, candidates. j Sla(igg^"}®®ht E. S. Fisher of •lohn is being opposed by iiecorrl' ,f^®®Pess of Engelhard for Person p^mer’s ^ , tVinno-h Mail to the members of the Ar- But when mail is lost, or unde livered, the blame almost inevitab ly can be placed at one of two | sources—the servdeeman or the _ who wrote him — even ®'’’s Judge. " I though it is true that ships do get Seii^tp^® two seats in the State sunk and majl does go to the bot- tlifee f^i® district there are foui with them, tent p^^^^idates. They are incum- ’’'gton “ffus” Daniels of Wash-1 "led Services overseas has reached "atice Roy Hampton and Zeb the staggering total of 2.5.000,000 Pive of Plymouth. j pieces a week. Nearly 3,000,000 of Seat jv, '^^P'iidates are out for the these are insufficiently or incor- ty fP® U. S. Senate now held rectly addressed, fonjjg R. Reynolds. They are Some ideas of the tenacity and of Ciy*!® R- Hoey! efficiency of the Army and Navy a^d ftep. Cameron Morrison^ postal clerks can be drawn from L. Hitch of Charlotte, the fact that, of these millions of and r, ^^Pamons of Burlington Poorly or wrongly addressed let- aon. p Yoeman Newton of Gib- ters, more than 97 per cent even- OFFICIAL U. #. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH. liave^,'^®y> Morrison and Ritch tuallv reach their destination. But Jeneroi^?®*^ active campaigns. The delay usually, and understand- talltig ‘ iP’Pression one gathers ™PS,into months, that p '^tth political leaders is .® handling and distribution of the ^tll get a majority of ^uPtime mail, the Naval Postal Cam ip Hyde county with Service points out, even when it’s Morrison second. .correctly addressed, is a compli- have „ tncumbent State officials ®^ted and mtricate oneration. Se Navy Helical fighter pilots relax in their carrier “ready room” and talk over their recentc successful interception of Jap Zeros. Catching a flight of 20 to 24 of these enemy planes headed for Tarawa, the United States airmen shot down 17 in a single action without losing a man. Seated directly liehind the picture of the girl is dark-haired Lt. (j. g.) Eugene R. Hanks, Gibbs, Idaho, who shot down five Zeros in less than 5 minutes. aw, HAS ANYONE IN HYDE SEEN BIGGER TURTLE?! NEW DUCK STAMP READY TO PRINT Iredell County Man Lands Turtle Weighing 25 Pounds Mud Will Carry Drawing of Well- Known Wildlife Artist, Walter Weber of Q opposition. W. N. Crawford ®upRy necessitates codes, keys and inatin®'^"®]>oro is seeking the nom-' Pumpers. A great percentage of ovej 1 for Secretary of State p®''®' personnel is continually on ^harii"^^ Eure; State Treasurer “p ^p®'^®- Transportation is L. J Johnson is opposed by hazardous waters and Pfed g®JPPS of Chapel Hilb and “elds. The added obstacles of dis- Has anyone in Hyde county everi captured a mud turtle that weigh ed more than 25 ounds? That The new “duck stamp’’ to be is sued for the 1944-45 hunting sea- the question that came to our mind ®®p taken from a drawing when we read the story of how an by Walter A. Weber, well known Iredell county man did just that wildlife artist. Secretary of the near Moo«"svine. L. Ickes was ad- ! vised today by the Fish and Wild- -- The story of how Mr. and Mrs. life Service. ^PPter of Huntersville is f?”®®’ supn'y- casualty and rou- j C. H. Morrow ’landed the big tur- j Eleventh in the series the new 9°’' Auditor against j f'"® transfers make the Navy Mail j tie, which they weighed at a ' migratorj’ bird hunting stamp un- CaL. !^®®s Pou. I Service much more complex than i neighboring store, is told as fol- iversallv cnlleH • t’'® Governor' f^® routine pickun and delivery of lows in the Mooresville Enter-, now in the hands of engravers’ and 1. h.,1 . ■ Rallentine of Vnrina. W. i ^ domestic nostoffice. | prise: Iwill be available to the mihUe ot Since mail from home is admit- ■ Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Morrow all first and second class pLt of- , "re fishing in the lake. They fices on July 1. of men overseas, the Navy makes 1 saw the line of one hook move and every human effort to see that '' men of the Na\w, Marine Corns, Coast Guard and Merchant Ma rine get their mail as soon as pos- °f Camden, former' . . ®rs, and James T. I.yda of redly a primary factor in morale! were fishing in ’’'^^nsboro. hUPTON HEADS BELHAVEN lions CLUB sible wherever thev are. There are M.. 71- ^ '.,“1 Mr. Weber, who is assistant cu- thinkine he had^^" R, ^ator of birds in the National Mu- thmking he had caught a freight Washington, D. C., has chos- ' , , . , . , , ®d for h*s subject three white- Finally he eased his load to the fronted geese—part of a flock surface of the water and saw what I ’>”■'2= ~»fl clerk. Te h.d causSTIiw lie head oH I 5 k . ' J thr Berave T ona^ emh ' assistants assigned turtle larger than a man’s fist-L 1 regut! ad - t M^ririe Corns and i and we mtn a haymaker’s fist. 7." t-f in Panwo tft wlfv While Mrs. Moirow held the ?! waterfowl and to phila- -rantefiro. last week. »_ -i . ... n/r n*- j j . • . telists and conservationists line Mr. Morrow waded out into xt i the water, seized tJie turtle by the aiVp fa * i ^ . J Ii. t.* . ^ twice the size of a special deliv- a d M d ^®"y it costs $1 and may be and New, land , , r .n Purchased singly, in blocks, or in That was just the start of the 28 stamps, battle. That turt e “blowed” at Everyone over 16 years of n A V, y4 I , a V.. r-1 - ^ At last count Jn?**'®*' offipp there were over 1.700 Navy post- i"S . Still.,i T-' Fie,. Poe. Elffi- apr.,.0 covcr a city block in each Gaylord, Secre-ji^^gg ^ d/'’’®® Francisco A V second vice-presi- ’Vp-i, Wy’a^ j "‘Gus’’ Gaylord, Secre- ! ^'on Claude Ricks, f,n,id,n,r p.rp,. in j,igh. outgoing letters and 5,900,000 parcels in a month. Before the war every country in the world, with few ’Tamer RpTff TpO °^®'- H* Georve ^ k ! handles .30.000,000 . ^eorge Aycock, Robert ,.ttpr= Pr,d Maxwell Carawan, to the state Lions T^harigj.®®; which will be held at ®l next^l*' June, will be appoint Boti. V, ith T ■' ^eakei- ''n* TBe guest Barolij mT?® introduced by ^'^'lidat Norman is a tfom k, J® for the State Senate R district. N'm • McCl ®’'t Thursday night. T ,^®®® Norman of the Ply- Mr Morrow like a lion and lunged hunts migratory waterfowl is L at him Again Mr. Morrow seized, q^j^ed to have a Federal hunting him with his hands and was almost,stamp in his possession, validated puBed into the water by his signature. The stamp, which P- 11. Mrs. Morrow, who ; is transferable, remains valid exceptions, by this time had retreated a safejfor one venr from T.iK. i fp t.,po iwas represented by ships sailing | distance, to bring him a big stick, i 30 ^ .1^0 the nlapp pf the seven seas. Today Americans ! He took the stick and beat the tur-' it”, iTcense ^ tie over the head until he was sub- ^ license, dued. Mr. Morrow ket the big'mon ^ are scattered all over the world ' and onlv the overburdened trans- , ports of Allied nations are avail- I able to carry mail. I War has interrupted trade j routes, and few ports of entry are o ■ "icvkiean of PI..mon+Ti I ^'’^Bable to which mail can be the ^'"'Pander Guv^C Ha!^?s^!^F ease. Mail to ^SAR, via the Pacific has guests ot tne ceased. Certain Atlantic and Medi terranean routes are the only ocean lanes open to mail for Am ericans in the Far East. Air trans portation is the only service to many far flung overseas bases. Despite these substantial ob stacles, the Navy gets mail through as quickly and surely as possible — and could improve the Service if civilians and servicemen will exercise a little care in help- ?®as Plentiful foods , potatoes, canned green and wax in plentiful supply -fing V''" P'ost of the country ^inisL:.“''®- the War Food Ad- U’ food?®" ®®Pprts. Other plenti- Pow include: oranges, butt!?'!-; beans;- „„ itg ^ "^aising. H citrus marmalade; | “jbe The money realized from duck stamps is used by the Fish and ^^EAKS^™ALF ANCESTORS OF CITIZENS OFMAJ.CHERRY, Washington Attorney Tells Hyde Court And Audience Cherry Well Qualified Views Small Criminal Docket In Hyde Court; Speaks To Grand Jurors On Respon sibilities Of Citizens In Nation At War. CROATAN CIRCUIT HAS ENERGETIC PREACHER wmm GOOD STOCK SAYS JUDGE “I hope Hyde county will give Gregg Cherry an overwhelming ^ ^ ^ maioritv in the primary Satur- ouperior Lourt JuiTst From Carteret County Points Out Good Ancestorial Stock As Ke cratic party in Eastern North' North Carolina, told the citizens' gathered in the county courtroom j in Swan Quarter for the opening j of the May Superior court session' Monday morning. Said Mr. Carter,; “I am certain that Gregg Cherry, will win the gubernatorial nomin ation by a comfortable margin.' While no man big enough to be governor would hold it against a county for voting against him, it doesn’t hurt to be on the winning side.’’ He pointed out that Hvde county has voted for few winning candidates for governor in recent years. j Mr. Carter pointed out the qual- ities of Major Cherry that make him well qualified to serv^e as leader of the State. He told of the hard road that the candidate from Gastonia came up to get to the' place where he is today. “He has made a success by hard work,’’ said Mr. Carter, who said such a record was on the white side on the ledger in favor of Mr. Cherry. Because of his services in the last war, Mr. Carter pointed out that Mr. Cherry was best qualified to handle the problems of return ing war veterans. Mr. Cherry vol unteered in the last war and serv-1 ed overseas as captain of a ma- ■ chine gun company. One of the' REV. W. B. PARKIN, a native The people of the coastland of North Carolina possess more of j real character than those living I any place else on the face of the I earth. Judge Luther Hamilton told I the Hyde county grand jury Mon- ! day morning at the opening of the j May term of Superior court at Swan Quarter when he learned that there was little crime in the county from court cases docketed for trial. “We are the crux of the salt,” he said, explaining that he was born and reared on the shores of Core Sound at Atlantic in Car teret County. I “Through the veins of the peo- , pie of Eastern North Carolina flow some of the purest Anglo- I Saxon blood as you will find any- where in this country,” he said, ’ going on to e.xplain that in the I whole state only 1-6 of one per I cent are foreign bom. The jurist said he liked to mingle with peo ple of his kind; people with names that were familiar to him. I He went on, “Through the veins of your here in Hyde county flows opportunity.” “You have a great county,” he told the jurors, saying that it had many great blessings, although it was not endowed with - - ... f 7. TVT /-. • blood of conduerors—men who major plaks in the platform of Beaufort, N. C., is pator of the ; made sacrifices to make the world the Gastonian is aid for returning Tour Methodist churches on the a better place in which to live. It servicemen Dare county mainland comprising been a long time since I vis- The Washington attorney re- charges at Stumpy Point, Manns Quarter,” he said, “but viewed Mr. Cherry’s long legisla- Harbor, East Lake and Mashoes. tive career saying that this above He served a year ago at Hatteras ^ ^ad the all else made him the man of the He studied at Emory and Duke hour to serve as head of the gov- Universities. His grandfather government in North Carolina dur- came to Beaufort from Hull ing this war permd and the com- Yorkshire England and settled in ^reat wealth mg peace. “He has served every Beaufort and fathered 11 children. I T i term in the lAssembly since 1931,” Young Mr. Parkin makes his home ’ ^ ^®b ^be jurors to Mr. Carter said, pointing to the at Stumpy Point. This church has S 1 responsibili- outstanding committee assign- 22O members. He preaches there L®® ®bat have been thrust upon ments he has held with credit. every Sunday morning except the Americans by the ‘ He IS unsuTpassed bv any man fifth Sunday. Manns Harbor ^^at is engulfing as far as being equipped to serve,” church has 179 members and he IkL H^uuRon said Carter told the Hvd® audience preaches there Sunday afternoons S ouTfor ^^® ‘He has an intimate knowledge of at 3 p. m. He preaches at East forefathers and be coura- the working of the government,” Lake every second and ^ ^®ht'® n 7- k fourth Sunday nights, and at Ma- bard for us to visualize Mr. Carter, a staunch Demo- shoes every first Sunday night *'be peace of our coun- crat, toW those in the _ courtroom Mashoes is the smallest wth onlv bard to under- with what esteem Major Cherry 37 members. His churches have S'oinBl on across the A k„ kk„ Tx 4-,., ' sea . . . We have to be present to realize the horrors . . . seeing lov ed ones pulled from the bomb shattered rubbish . . . see their lives snuffed out by the bombs . . . see them die and fail like birds,” he told an interested audience. The jurist made a point of the will be the IS held by the Democratic party. certificates of excel- He has carried the banner of the ,ence. Mr. Parkin is planning a narty for many years, now,” Mr. g^la occasion at the Stumnv Point Carter said He deserves your church in August when Senator- vote, and the nomination. I hope Elect Clyde R. Hoey Hyde county will give him an speaker overwhelming vote Saturday.” j _J candidate for one of the three ’ DGETT TO TRAIN FURTHER fact people of the home front must seats in the State senate from this ATHENS, GA. NAVY SCHOOL take more responsibility in their district spoke briefly in behalf of , government if they are to justify his candidacy. Others in the race Athens, Ga.—Naval Aviation being worthy of the sacrifices be- are Roy Hampton of Plymouth Cadet George E. Midgett, of En- made by their fellowmen and E. A. Daniel of Washington, gelhard. has reported to the U. S. across the sea fighting under the Daniels seeks re-election for a Navy Pre-Flight School here for Neatest difficulties to preserve second term. ; three months of intensive physical freedom. The founders of this na- ' toughtening and instruction in ad- ^ion, left us of today with many FUNERAL HELD THURSDAY ■ vanced ground school subjects, freedoms and privileges, he said, FOR ANDREW BURRUS Upon successful completion of the but they also left with us certain a big feast. The turtle practically: °*'b®r funds for the purchase and covered the bottom of a 450 gal-i waterfowl refuges Ion barrel. That turtle is as big as the cushion in a fat man’s chair. Mr. Pox has lost some pigs kept throughout the country. Ninety percent of the fund goes for this pumose, while the remainder is near the lake and it is believed L.®®*^ for pnntign and distribu- that turtle could tell where theylL®" stamps, enforcement of the went. And by the way did you ¥Hunting Stamp know a turtle could bite you after' ®^^®^ Federal acts for his head is severed from the body ’'''® migratory birds. beat for 1934-36, the first year of is- and that its heart will some twelve hours been killed and dressed? after it has ®'>®’ 635,000 stamps were sold. Jr’eak sales occurred in 1941-32 WIDOW’S BARN BURNS WHEN LIGHTENING STRIKES Mrs. Sarah Ann Stowe of Eng elhard lost her barn, more than a hundred dollars worth of com and some miscellaneous farm and home utensils when lightning and 7’ dS Navy Department KV®bydrated sLps sova^OTr ! ®"® ®'’®®ytbing possible to uig-, Bakes- wW flour and!Postal les. ’ *^acaroni’ ssnjxrkofH. I Ps^'sonnel in the various Navy! 7. i ^k k -u- r. T' ° food ®^‘»i®al- and I ’ ’ P®st Offices.” declares Lieuten-1 building Saturday ev. ood. , and rye breakfast j ^ Cypress' between 8 And 9 o’clock. It ■ ______ Drive, North Charleston, S. ®k”y’'®''®'^ destroyed '•'ELEpi^ES rOMINr ^®™’y ®f 923 Ponce de Leon help arrived. LZ!: ^^'^^^^i Ave., Atlanta, Ga., Officer-in-Bong was the first preson ®f manufacture of ^barp of the Fleet Office in the ^® ^®®'^® ^re. ®''t of ol*® t®>®Phones to the ex- Gharieston Navy Yard. “The main bep„ sets per quarter 1 ®auses of delay in getting mail to ^^thorized by the War i of the Naval forces are jb'® exw Board. First deliveries! *^be fact that mail is im- ^ lOo oriA®^ Approximate- j addressed, or possibly Phoneg’ ®k *'®''' orders for tele- , baf_ mUers on which air postage Three executives of the Otis El evator Company spent the week end at Bodie Island clubhouse from where they made jaunts to the Oregon Inlet fishing grounds with Capt. Charlie Perry of Kitty Hawk, and with Earl Mann, care taker of the club. Frank Morris and Fred Kuelle of the New York office, and Har old Swanson of the Philadelphia „ -7 thot For leie- , "■* 7,^7. „„„ mia. oue xvae- office came down Friday morning- ®ause of 1 , ®annot be filled be- been paid does not go air mail bum, a son, John Madison, at; to the club which is owned bv Da equipment are ac- because of the inability to fly the Fowle Memorial hospital, Thurs- vid Lindquist, Chief Engineer of ’"e each month. (Please turn to Page 4) day. May 18. the Otis Elevator Compfny SWAN QUARTER Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rae- when 1,440,000 were sold. Despite wartime restrictions on hunting due to lack of ammunition and gasoline, more than 1,125,00 of ^ess the current series have been sold through March 31, 1944. OTIS ELEVATOR EXECUTIVES fishing AT OREGON INLET j course, he will be transferred to a Funeral services for Andrew Naval air station to begin prog- Burms, who passed away last rfissive flight training prepara- Monday in a New York hospital,. J®ming a combat unit, were held from the old home near Midgett, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Middletown Thursday afternoon U- Midgett, Jr., graduated at 1 o’clock with the Rev. J. T. Engelhard high school in 1941 and Brown, Christian minister officia- attended The Citadel, Charleston, ting. Interment was in the family f®’" years. He completed cemetery. Naval Flight Preparatory School Surviving are two sisters, Mrs.' Columbia, S. C., and was trans and we must not jvx:*./ wiv. lllL/ti” ■\X7”lJT.p • i kOUIVlXlIi^ 11C tWU SlOL-dO, J.TJ.XO. ' ster in a barrel while he planned i ”;BBbfe semice to supplement Swindell and Mrs. James f®"ed here from the CAA responsibilities shirk them. Stating that America and her Allies must have courage at the paace table after the war is won from ®’^ the battlefields. Judge Hamil ton said, “My feeling is that if after this war more courage is not demonstrated and there is not enough forthrightness found there, we will have a repetition of ^7777 War ^be last conflict. And if we don’t Twiford of Middletown and two Service School, Macon, b^J® ?'don°rtWnk^ dviHzlitof is brothers, Bryan Burrus of New, F^«orgid. . saving, anyway.” The jurist from Carteret took Bern and Claud Burrus of Middle- town. FUNERAL HELD FOR MRS. SELBY THURSDAY FUNERAL HELD FRIDAY FOR J. R. MASON Funeral ser\’ices for J. R. Ma- ! son, 63, farmer and mill operator. Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy were held at the home near Swan Selby 71, were held at the home Quarter Friday with the Rev. C. rear Middletown, Thursday at 2 W. Guthrie assisted by two visit; o’clock with the Rev. J. T. Brown iug’ Baptist ministers, officiating, officiating. Interment was in the Interment was in the family plot. Gulrock cemetery. Mr. Mason passed away in Mrs. Selbv pas^sed away Wed-1 Fowle Memorial hospital in Wash- | nesday. May 17, after a short ill-ijn&ton Wednesday morning follow- the jurors ttiarour ancestors made I mg an illness of several weeks, great sacrifices to give us the Surviving are her two sons,' He was a member of Providence greatest nation on the face of the Thaxton Selby of Middletown, and Methodist church and for a num- | earth. He explained that the ereat Alfred Selby of Norfolk, one bro-, ber of years was a steward in the and old Chinese nation with all ther, Ozzrow Gibbs ' the view that we are in for many more sacrifices before the war will be over. “And sad as it is, before it is over we are going to have some of our loved ones coughing up their lungs as the result of poison gas and have them die like birds,” he said. Going on, he com mented, “It is necessary that this happen. Nothing has been vouch safed without sacrifices.” The judge went on to explain to town, one sister, Mrs. Addie Evins of Norfolk and two grandsons, Chester and Thaxton Wade. ED. HODES LOSES BARN WHEN LIGHTENING STRIKES Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Roy Jorden, Virginia, Marie Mason, army nurse, Italy; and Mary Elizabeth, Swan Quarter; of its love for peace, had stood the onslaught of the beastly men of the land of the Rising Sun only by courage. “Nothing has been pre served through the years that is four sons, Clyde, Kentucky, Mar-' worthwhile that has not come vin; Harvey, Swan Quarter and through sacrifice,” he said, point- John Jessie, overseas. REPORT FOR LIMITED SERVICE IN THE ARMY Ed Hodges, Swan Quarter town ship farmer, lofet his bam and a considerable amount of com and a number of plows and other farm equipment when it was strack by Max Gibbs of Middletown and lightning Saturday evening during; Odell Williams of Swan Quarter a severe electrical storm that left Wednesday, May 17, to re swept over this section Saturday port for induction into the Army, evening, according to reports rea- They were accepted sometime be cking this newspaper Monday. fore the limited duty. mg out through numerous stories recorded in history and in holy writ. The jurist kept the jurors and a courtroom filled with interested spectators listening for more than an hour to his words that rolled out as he brought a message hear ing on the citizens responsibilities and his rights in this grcrot fed- (Please turn bo page 4) .X- / ’ ■1 ■ 1 i\