Ain
, THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD
l^J;jEWS OF THE RICHEST AGRICULTORAL COUNTY IN THE FOREMOST HISTORICAL AND RECREATIONAL AREA OF NORTH CAROLINA
5; No. 43
SWAN QUARTER, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1944
Single Copy 5 Cents
WELL MAY BE SUNK
IN DARE COUNTY SOON I
TO COST $200,000,001
^^^ndard Oil Representatives • Taking Leases on I
Jj^nds in Preparation for Geophysical Survey; I
'jells May Be Bored to Depth of Two Miles; Riv-!
Between Oil Companies for Leases
STATE PEACE OFFICERS MEET NEXT WEEK
I'll
more or less about
ftan over oil leases
at
*bost of us know about, but
Soi^g ^ there seems to be
Well of the sinking of a
Oare County, and such
m
” Well *+
?2ooQon” estimated will cost
ST- in similar terri-
ati(j gP, about two miles,
iri a well has been driven
oil ^ait did not produce
Sta^j ^'^^e representatives
lilaj. ®’ad Sinclair, in partic-
ttoti f been busy in this sec-
Os nionths seeking oil leas-
'l>at 3*ad it is apparent
gin y ° *iriliing for oil will be-
ble u as much land as possi-
lioftjj ^ leased. The state of
*“®rolina has leased the
Wey river bottoms, and a
boafjj be as easily sunk over
bore ’ anywhere else, perhaps
broagv^’ ^or materials may be
t to the site by water.
bghts leases for oil
fid Dare County was sign-
, Theo. S. Meekins of Man-
Paying quantities.
of
LACK OF RAINS
BRING DESPAIR
TO MANY FARMS
bo
last
"'>'1 to
'veek for 7,000 acres of
Sor a ” ^l^ndard Oil at 10 cents
lati(j Meekins sold the
laiae^°^® two years ago, but re-
litoe mineral rights at the
^lOo’ forsight paid him
City -' Foreman of Elizabeth
Of f ®'^®otly leased 11,000 acres
for County land to Sinclair
fl. r
»>er Of
j^'^aufman and Mark Wag-
Ihis .^l^boma came into town
'lard
Week
Oil
representing the Stan-
Of g and with the assistance
obfgjj^. ''''1 man, Mr. Graham, are
ots names of landown-
Who county. Mr. Kaufman
nZ
the sf ^®'^ently negotiated with
Well ll"® ®il rights, says a
Hatteras Island Roads Driest
In History; Gardens
Whither and Die
Lack of rain for the past two
months is bringing despair to far
mers and gardeners in the coast
country, and roads are so dry
along Hatteras Banks it is diffi
cult of travel except at low wa
ter along the surf. Famed for its
gardens, this section is rapidly
drying up, and bad fires have
done serious damage to the for
est southwest of the Cape.
On Roanoke Island, and other
parts of the county crops are
coming to nothing because of
'scarcity of rain.-The only bright
ispot is East Lake where the wa
ter table is higher, and there have
been several rains which have
kept crops about normal. Rains
occur more frequently in the
areas where there are tall for
ests, but oddly enough, the clouds
seem to be drawn away from the
flat, level stretches, and sounds
and rivers.
The dry spell is uniting folks
in a firm stand to ask for road
improvements along Hatteras
j banks. Fortunately, Governor-
Elect Cherry has promised to do
something about the situation. It
will be up to the folks not to let
him forget his promise.
'commercial fisheries
MEET IN MOREHEAD
CITY JULY 17th
HYDE MAN WAS
HUNG FOR COST
STORY HAS IT
Governor Had Pardoned Man
But That Didn’t Stop
Death Sentence
COUNTY SEAT OF HYDE
HAS BEEN LOCATED IN
FOUR DIFFERENT PLACES
I
A poor Hyde county man was
hung in 1858 despite the fact Seat of Government Has Been Located At Wood-
that he had been pardoned by|,,„ titt
the Governor, writes Josephus | stocK, Germantown, Lake Landing and Now
Daniels in his Ramkattle Roaster
column in the News and Observ
er. According to Mr. Daniels story,
the poor man could not pay the
Swan Quarter; Population in 1940 Was Only
Slightly More Than in 1850
cost after the pardon was grant- -^t p APPTPTTT TTTRU
pH and thp haniJinf^ wa.«; rarripH,^^* tj XJ X U rvl-j
DEPT. PLANNING
LONG PROGRAM
SHERIFFS TO MEET—Pictured above are Nash s Sheriff C. V. Fauiloier
-left), president, and John R. Morris of Wilmington, secretary-treasurer,
of the North Carolina Sheriffs association which holds its annual conven
tion in Hendersonville July 6-7. At its 1943 convention, the association
adopted a resolution commending the voluntary cooperation program of
the Brewing Industry Foundation’s North Carolina committee. j
Around the Courthouse
SOM!E STATISTICS—The FSA
personnel in cooperation with
other agencies recently gathered
some interesting information and
facts to help them plan their
work. Here are some of the things
that they learned:
Hyde county has 996 farms
with 553 part and full owners; 10
cash tenants; three share cash ten
ants; 400 share tenants and crop
pers and 28 other tenants. These
figures were obtained from the
1540 census report. It was also
j learned that in 1939 789 families
had a gross farm income of less
than $1000 and 593 had an income
of less than $600.
Hyde county on the basis of
one doctor of 1,000 people needs
seven doctors and on the basis
of one dentist to 2,000 people the
county needs three dentists.
It was estimated that today 150
low income farms need additional
or improved privies; 250 need
screens or repaired screens; 150
need water supplies..
pointed out by those Who favor
this that it would at least make
the records look better, and it
would not change the amount
of money paid.
This is how the plan would
work. The value of a man’s prop
erty, now listed $2,000 would be
put $4,000, but the rate would be
only half of what it will be or
$1.03 per $100. The tax would be
the same it otherwise would be.
this
Will
Positively, be driven in
a ^tthough it will take
aapy ^ to make all prelimi-
able He says consider-
will be spent, all of
a^d u ."'tD stimulate local trade
new business and op-
Ren this section,
that reach here to indicate
and H parts of Currituck
PrinQj^'t® ^nd all of Dare are the
eratio^^' sections under consid-
Caroij'^ tor oil surveys in eastern
insist th informed citizens
Ptospg had there been great
"'"old ? this section, it
They been sought long ago.
the hi that the only reason
tive h* companies are now ac-
is sett^'^^ that the government
to pj, Up vast sums of money
U ij ®P®ct for new oil, and that
difficult to spend the
other’ "
of someone else. On the
the iv^^t the scarcity of oil, and
iog i’''oved methods of find-
Worij Tnake it feasible to
At ap with good results,
of oil is scarce because
ilifflg ,'^®®t-e of warfare; and it is
t to bring to the eastern
hand there are those who
Sti
Doard
aodar
in wartimes, and if
olose .*^ii could find it here
it — ^ - ' '
Us
Co,
refipe
ast.
would mean much to
Hes along the Atlantic
34
farmers SELL
^AMBS AT CO-OP SALE
farmers, 34 strong,
Co-Op ° fambs at the Plymouth
ceipt- Monday. Total re-
Top Y were ,$1,964.85.
payton
latpbs tv, Fonzer who had 5
tor Sw”*' Pres-
Fairfield who had
Sotpg that sold for $124.40.
iParVot pounds of wool was
at the sale.
showers bring
Chairman Roy Hampton o^f
Plymouth, of the State Depart
ment of Commercial fisheries,
has announced that the usual
summer meeting of the Division
will be held at Morehead City on
Monday, July 17th. This meeting
will be of great interest to the
people of the coastal -counties. In
the old days, before tire and gas
rationing came in, there was a
large attendance for many fish
ermen went, whether they had
business or not. On this occasion,
only those with urgent business
will attend.
NEW HOLLAND NEGRO WITH
OUTFIT WITH GOOD RECORD
Elmo McClaud, son of Mrs. M.
McClaud of New Holland, is sta
tioned with an ack-ack outfit in
the Mediterranean theater, an
nounces the public relations of
fice in a special dispatch to this
newspaper. The Negro outfit has
a good record, according to the
report which lists two other Ne
groes from this section as being
a part of it. They are Pvt. Ivory
W. Peartree of Pantego and Pvt.
Joe W. Davenport of Roper.
The battalion was activated at
Camp Stewart, Georgia, in May,
1942, with all enlisted personnel
consisting of Negro troops from
all over the country. It is the fath
er of all Negro ack-ack units. It
went overseas in April, 1943.
’The battalion is proud that it
is a part of the unit that was
chosen as the anti-aircraft guard
for Prime Minister Winston
Churchill when he was- recuperat
ing from pneumonia' at Marrak
ech a few months ago.
E AND R COUPONS NOW
GIVEN FOR WORK AUTOS
ROUND-UP—The Board of
County Commissioners will meet
in regular monthly session Mon
day . . . County offices in the
courthouse close Wednesday af
ternoons.
AUGUST 27th BIG
METHODIST Dx\Y
AT STUMPY POINT
Great Improvement Now Evi
dent in Test Farms Operat-
• ed by State
ed and the hanging was carried ,
out.
Here is the story as he tells
through the Old Codger in the
Ramkattle Roaster column:
“ . . . . I’ll tell ye a yarn I got
first hand what wud seem fer to
justify yjer incredulity. In 1867
when Jonathan Worth wuz Gov
ernor one day Col. Dave Carter
uv the Hyde County family uv
Carters but who wuz then living
in Roily told (the Governor that
a man in Hyde whom he had de
fended wuz *to be hung an’ con
vinced the Governor that he wuz-
zent guilty. So the Governor is
sued a pardon, with the great
seal uv the State, an’ gave it to
Colonel Carter to take to the
sheriff uv Hyde County to stop
the execution. After several
weeks Colonel Carter returned
an’ called on the Governor who n^w , territory was Bath, which
sed: ‘I suppose ye carried my 1,* Haywood, .nH was the county seat, of Bath
By Thompson Greenwood
Raleigh, June 28—The State
Department of Agriculture has
expended approximately $100,000
during the past 12 months laying
the foundation for a long-range
program looking to the adaption
of agriculture in North Carolina
to the needs of the post-war
world.
Fred E. Miller, director of the
Test Farms division for the De-
The county seat of Hyde Coun
ty was moved three times before
it was located at Swan Quarter
in 1836. The first county court
house was built at Woodstock
near the present boundary of
Hyde and Beaufort; the second
j at Germantown; and the third at
■ Lake Landing.
The county seat was moved
from Woodstock to Germantown
in 1789. It remained at this Cur
rituck township community for
31 years until it was moved to
Lake Landing. It remained at
Lake Landing until 1836 when it
was moved to Swan Quarter.
The present courthouse which
has been remodeled twice since it
was completed is believed to be
more than 100 years old. It was
remodeled in 1878 and 1909.
Before Hyde was organized as
partfti'ent has supervised the ex-l« seat of government
ICE WATER—Hyde county of-
j fiee holders with offices in the
county courthouse have obtained
a cooler for keeping ice water
to help relieve their thirst these
I hot days. The plan is to rotate
I it with each office holder keep-
I ing it a week and seeing that it
; is filled with water and ice. It
is beginning this week in the of
fice of Bonner R. Lee, Register
of Deeds.
Clyde R. Hoey to Be Principal
Speaker at 100th Annivers
ary Celebration
pardon an’ arrived in time to
prevent the execution?’ The Col
onel replied that he arrived in
good time an’ presented the Gov
ernor’s pardon to the sheriff.
‘But,’ Colonel Carr added, ‘though
yer pardon arrived all rite, they
hung -the man.’ This shocked the
Quaker Governor who wuz as
tounded that his pardon had bin
disregarded. ‘Yes,’ sed Colonel
Carter, ‘on' the pardon, in ac
cordance with the law, were the
words “upon payment of costs.” ’
He added that the poor devil did-
dent have the money to p^y the
costs an’ so he wuz hung.
“No pardon after that time had
the words ‘on the payment uv
the costs in the -case.’ ”
HYDE BOY COMPLETES
STUDIES AT ARMY SCHOOL
and
Washington counties, and for va
rious improvements in the old
farms.
New cattle will be brought into
the State—the famous Brown
county, of which this section was
a part. Hyde county at that time
was known as Wickham Precinct.
It was formed as such in 1705.
Wickham became an independ-
Swiss^br^ed, which‘i7as laTge ast^^ county in 1729 and Wood-
the Holstein in size and in milk was chosen as -the location
production. And the milk of the the seat of governnrent. The
Brown Swiss is much richer than f®*^® f the county was changed
that of the Holstein. These cows ^ Hyde in 1712 m honor of Ed-
-around 10 in all-will be placed ward Hyde, colonial governor,
on the new farm at Transou, N. Comparing population figures
C in Ashe earlier days with the 1940 cen-
The 410-a-cre Ashe farm, which ®u® ®hows that the number of
cost $24,000, will be used for the P®«Pl® ®ounty in
Brown Swiss, beef cattle, and 185° was -only slightly less than
sheep.
there were in 1940 and possibly
On the Haywood farm, the ^_°/e than today. There were 7 -
Clark place on the outskirts of 6=’° ^yde county
Waynesboro, will be placed dairy 1850 cornpared with 7,860 in
cows and projects to be carried lO^O. Available figures show that
out at this station will be concer- fo.n ’
ned with greater milk production 1000- H was 8,550 in 1930.
!for the mountain counties, with
Amarillo Army Air Field, Am- horticulture, and hurley TIRES ON TRUCK ARE
arillo, 'Texas-A^us L. Swindell, tobacco. This farm, 300 acres, cost CUT, GLASSES BROKEN
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Swin t^g state $45,000. Many farms
,Sunday, August 27th, has been
definitely set as the date for the j
big Methodist event at Stumpy; 51:11 of Swan Quarter, N. C., jias throughout a half-dozen" counties
Point, at which time Hon. Clyde |
R. Hoeji of Shelby, nominee for |
Some criminally reckless per-
AMONG HIGHESH—The tax
levied for debt service in Hyde
County is among the highest in
North Carolina. Only three other
counties in the state have a high
er debt service tax rate than does
Hyde with $1.23. The counties
having higher rates are Pamlico
with $1,505; Craven with $1.26;
and Ashe with $1.25.
PROPERTY VALUATION —
The property valuation of Hyde
county in 1943 was $3,889,476.
This was slightly more than it
was the previous year.
Speaking of valuation, we have
heard sentiment, both pro and
con, about raising the valuation
and lowering the rate. It is
'Senator, will make an address,
acording to Rev. W. B. Parkin,
the minister. The occasion will
commemmorate the 100th anni
versary of the founding of Meth
odism on the Dare mainland.
A big outdoor dinner will be a
feature of the occasion and sever
al thousand people are expected
from Dare and neighboring coun
ties. The citizens of Stumpy
Point are making great prepara
tions for the day, and look for
ward to a homecoming to the
church.
NEW AUTO STAMPS MUST
BE ON AUTO BY JULY 1
completed his course of studies iVip A^hevill-e avpcp stud—
as an aviation mechanic in this gd ^n tofsearch tor alarm suU- considerable
Army Air Forces’Technical Train- aWg'to a® neel of the Exp^
^ , , aoie TO tne neeas oi tne n^xperi- +riintrc nn
mg School. 'rngnt Station
this reckless act which was com
mitted apparently without rea
son.
Meekins, a fish dealer who
The Federal Auto Use stamp,
which can be obtained at all post
offices, must be on all cars and
trucks by July 1st. The stamps
cost $5 each. There are penalties !
provided for failure to buy and
display the stamp.
North Carolina ‘^Seamen” Meet at Service Center
in Nation’s Capital
TO CROPS, GARDENS
Thi
‘Under
genera]"*.'^^ showers that were
aftern- Hyde County Tuesday
dens l^rought relief to gar-
ces ^ crops that in some pla-
Parch 7 *aeginning to dry and
The ra; ^'^^'^se of lack of rain.
in Swan Quar-
the gg ^® that had come to
'Whiip^'^'''y three weeks,
ferpd Hyde gardens had suf-
rain, the
beconip county had not
Section., ®®rious as it is in some
Of the state.
The
Bond Drive be-
June—remember it.
Farrners and other operators
who use automobile motors, to
power saws, pumps, mills and so
forth, may now be given “E” and
“R” non-highway coupons to pur
chase gasoline for this purpose,
Theodore S. Johnson, district di
rector of the Raleigh Office of
Price Administration has announ
ced.
i An automobile repairman may
also be granted a non-highway
ration to buy the gasoline he
needs tor testing motors.
These are the only two instan
ces where non-highway gasoline
should be used in the tank of a
registered vehicle. In each case,
Mr. Johnson pointed out, the “E”
and “R” gasoline is granted only
to run the motor while the car it
self remains stationary.
'IT/ASHINGTON, D. C. — Seaman Daniel Hollingshead, Sl/c of
VV Salvo greets a fellow “Seaman”, Lois Heath, Waves of Walnut
Cove, whom he meets at the Pepsi-Cola Center for Service Men and
Wonien ii^Washington, D. C,
Seaman K-ollingshead is not a native if Dare County, but has
been stationed at Gull Shoal Coast Guard station. Miss Heath's home
is in- the mountains of North Carolina.
kins’ trucks, left broken down on
His graduation from this tech- Corn-planting began at this ^way Saturday night, break-
meal school now fits him for air- new mountain farm several days . ^
plane maintenance and he will ago. All crops now on the place, tires. No one
be sent to an air base -where he with the exception of those on ^ apprehended for
will assist in keeping America s privately leased land, have be-
Flying Fortresses in the air for come property of the State De-
Allied victory. partment of Agriculture.
In addition to completion of the The State’s largest test farm is „
schedule of academic and practi- now in Washington County, Engelhard, started to
cal studies as an aviation mechan- Sprawling over 2,000 acres, this gtyj^py pojnt Saturday afternoon,
ic, he has been thoroughly drilled land will be used for test m hy- ^ bearing burnt out of the mo-
in ’ military tactics and defense brid corn, small gram, soy beans, miles out of En-
arid a course of physical training and lespedeza. Situated five ggibard and he was forced to
that has conditioned him to meet miles east of Plymouth on a Fed- j^g^g (.j^g .truck. He discovered
all requirements of an American eral highway, this station cost ^j^g damage when he returned
soldier. : the State $27 500. The old station, gundav afternoon to have it pull-
Wenona, eight miles south of the g gg^age
STATION SET ABLAZE 'WHEN new one, is now up tor sale. Deputy Sheriff Claud Davis of
GAS FUMES IGNITED There was a time several years E^ggihard was called in to inves-
ago when it was impossible dur- ^jgg^g ,^g ^g^g ^o one has yet
Fumes of gas escaping while mg the winter months for visi- apprehended. Davis said it
gas was being unloaded into the tors to reach some of the State appeared to have been the act of
tanks at Mack’s Esso Station in t^st farms, but thanks to the g mean and thoughtless person.
Swan Quarter Wednesday morn- dose cooperation of the various
ing were ignited when Charlie boards of county commissioners j/jfjgg MILDRED WHITE tVEDS
Sadley who was standing nearby aod the State Highway Depart- £XSIGN ARTHUR L. BARTON
lighted a cigarette. The blaze ment—this is no longer the case, ‘
which resulted set the corner of ^od all farms are now accessible ^ marriage of interest in Hyde
the station afire. The danger of over paved highways. County was solemnized recently
the moment caused immediate Since 1937, when W. Kerr Charleston, S. C., when Miss
concern, but the blaze was quick- Scott became Commissioner of Mudred White became the bride
ly extinguished. | Agriculture 30 acres have been Ensign Ai'thur L. Barton of
added to the Piedmont Station at gan Antonio, Texas. The bride
SURPRISE SHOWER GIVEN Statesville at a cost of $8,500; g lovely gold dress with
MRS. GIBBS WED. NIGHT the Upper Coastal Plain Station j^jggj^ accessories and orchid cor-
at Rocky Mount is 248 acres larg- ^ggg ^he marriage was in the
Mrs. E. L. Gibbs of Swan Quar- $20,000; the Coastal Plain Sta- borne of friends in the presence of
ter was honored at a shower giv- tion, Willard, 129 acres, $6,500; 89 g close friends and officers
en at the home of her cousin, acres have been tacked onto the associated with Ensign Barton.
Miss Magaline Gibbs at Engel- Tobacco Station at Oxford at a
hard last Wednesday night. The ®f $6,000; and new buildings,
party was a surprise to Mrs. financed by the Works Progress
Gibbs who received many nice Administration and the United
glf.^g ' States Department of Agriculture,
About 50 guests attended and have been built at Oxford and
were delightfully entertained | Willard at a total cost of $119,000.
with contests and games. , As soon as materials are avail-
Delicious refreshments were able, new and modern barns anc
served after which the gifts were other buildings will be erected at
unwrapped and admired by those the new farms,
present. j And—^though nothing can be
' released of it yet—work now be-
LIGHTNIXG KILLS MULE ing caried forward on the eight
Lightning struck and killed one test farms should mean a new day
of a pair ol mules belonging to for agriculture in this State and
George Slade, Negro tenant far- in the South,
mer of near Swan Quarter, dur
ing an electrical storm that
struck in that section Tuesday
afternoon. The mules were stand
ing under a cedar tree which was
struck and set afire by the bolt
of lightning.
Wisr Sinml
inrestmpgit Ss
Your investment
In Ameriea * * *
Miss White is the daughter of
W. O. White of Swan Quarter
and was graduated from the En
gelhard high school in 1943. She
has recently been living in Balti
more, Md., where she was doing
war work at Black & Decker Co.
Ensign Barton, a member of the
Na-vy Air Force, is stationed in
Charleston where they will live
for the present.
DURHAM
Ens. and Mrs. James C. Black
announce the birth of a son, James
Carter Black Jr., in Duke Hospit
al, Durham, Wednesday, June 7.
Ensign Black is the son of the
Rev. and Mrs. B. H. Black of Dur-
liam, and a grandson of the late
Geo. I. Watson of Lake Landing.
He is one of five sons of the Rev.
and Mrs. Black now in service
and is stationed at Miami, Fla.
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