THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD
NEWS OF THE RICHEST AGRICULTURAL COUNTY IN THE FOREMOST HISTORICAL AND RECREATIONAL AREA OF NORTH CAROLINA
No, 37
SWAN QUARTER, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1945
Single Copy 5 Cents
I^IOH-UPS in
^asonery visit
IN HYDE COUNTY
'
and Dinner Meeting
^lattamuskeet Lodge,
Friday, May 11
'J*L
’> ® Royal Arch Masons of
[yj
® 'County and Belhaven were
'With the official visit
of the highest O'fficers of
nlg Crand Royal Arch Masons,
Ijj Crand High Priest and the
^nrinent iComimander, and
(> Crand Com'mander of North
on Friday, May 11, at
> ^hiuskeet Lodge No. 328 at
7 Landing.
Lj ''’’iipandon A. E. Baum of Lake
master of ceremon-
^fter Companion Ofif Jordan
GROCE HELD FOR
GRAND JURY FOR
MANSLAUGHTER
Judge Dismisses Reckless
Driving Charge Against
^ Him and Bryan
' " * ' -y- •>/, ^ s
Judge Baum dismissed the
charge of reckless driving against
Jesse iC. Groce Tuesday; but
found proibalble cause for man
slaughter and sent the case on to
the grand jury. He also dismissed
the charge of reckless driving
against J. H. Bryan oif Henderson,
N. C., in whose car Steve Floyd
was riding the night he was kill
ed April 7 near Kill Devil Hills.
There was no evidence present
ed to indicate that Mr. Groce kill
ed Floyd who was fooind dead on
the road .shortly after the mis
hap in which five vehicles were
'3pter served a delicious chick-' involved. There was much con-
^ -her with all the trimmings., flkt in the stories told, but the
,^'*t-wood Gfflbs of Engelhard, ■ strongest witness was Miss Vir-
of Mattamaiskeet Lodge gie Perry of Kitty Hawk who
was riding in Mr. Bryan’s car.
She said a car came through last
%
tile
Chi
sshington returned thanks,
ladies of the Hyde O.E.S.
^28, gave the address of wel
Companion B. S. Benner
® in behalf of Royal Arch
ions of Washington and Com-
^lion M. F. MpKeel, Jr., of
^shingtion, .who is the Grand
^Wain of Host of Grand Chapter
jj. of N. C. introduced the
'Sht Eminent Comimander of the
Comimandery of N. C. Lu-
R. Thomas of Goldsiboro,
gave some timely remarks
the modern day world,
a ' N. Harper of Charlotte, the
p-ana High Priest of the Grand
pPter of ,R. A. M. of N. C. was
J" introduced by Mr. McKee of
^sbington.
oftej. inspiring talk by the
high priest, a vote of
Q^nks Was given the ladies of the
I who served the dinner,
ihe meeting adjourned.
%EE NEGROES
attack wise on
HIGHWAY; FINED
W III-—
^hteo Merchant Assaulted
y Three Drunks; Told to
^liut His Damn Mouth
Parker, who has a rec-
fighting and getting in-
oj nhubie 'was fined $25 and costs
«ourt Tuesday for striking
Ude Wise, well known 'Manteo
J-i
which she thought killed Mr.
Floj'd, and that she thought this
car was the one driven by Mr. i
Groce. {
'Witnesses appearing for the |
state weer Mr. Bryan, Geo. Ray |
Wescott who drove the truck that |
collided with Mr. 'Bryan’s car, |
A. W. Huffman who drove the.
second car to collid with Mr. Ry- i
an’s car, and his oompanion, R. ■
P. Outz. Also testifying were G. j
A. 'Harmo.n of ^ 'Hainpton, Va^ ' sl^deSVILLE HOME CLUB
whose car was in collision witn
that of the two sailors, Huffman
and Oetz, and Police Officer Mit
chell of Manteo.
COMMENCEMENT
PROGRAMS FOR
SWAN QUARTER
Sermon to Be Sunday, May!
27; Class Day and Gradu- j
ation Tuesday, May 29
SEVEN COAST COUNTIES
ORGANIZE ASSOCIATION
FOR T. B. SANITORIUM
The commencement sermon for;
the graduating clajs of the Swan N. w. Shcltoii of SwHH Quarter Elected President
i ' At Meeting Held In New Bern Wednesday Night;
Hope to Secure Navy Property At Morehead
City For Hospital
i Released by U. S. War Department. Bureau of Fublio Relationi.
I A DANGEROUS LANDING ON IWO JIMA—Perchea on a
'weapons carrier, two ground crewmen watch anxiously as a P-61
! Mustang fighter comes in for a landing on a treacherous airstrip.
I In the face of these hazards U. S. planes have made successful forays
against Japanese targets on the Nippon homeland from the earliest
conquest of Iwo Jima.
MEETS WITH MRS. CREDLE.
NlTkOGEN PRODUCES
LARGE CORN YIELDS
The Sladesville Home Demon
stration Cluib met at the home of
Mrs. Eugene Credle on Tuesday ■
afternoon. May 8, with Mrs. Cre- j
Joel Swindell as i
The living room was j
. . beautifully decorated with spring'
'New methods for. increasing ji^.^^ers. The meeting was opened i
corn yields in North Carolina are singing, "Come Thou Almighty {
'being tested by a la’rge numiber after which the club col-
of grotwers this year and the use- repeated. The hostesses
of large amounts of nitrogen per pretty poems,
acre, when the corn is u After the business session two
knee high, is one of the mo» im interesting 'book reports 'were
portant points in .the plan. given. "Christ of the American
State College agronomists gf Rg-ad” was reported by Mrs. Ed-
both the Agricultural Expert- ©’'Neal'l and "Let the Hurri-
ment Station and Extension Ser- ggne Roar” .was reported by Mrs.
vice call special attention to the Lin^vood Lupton. Garden notes
five steps in increasing corn given by the garden leader,
yields. These five steps are the Edgar O’Neal,
use of a 'proven local variety or hostesses then served de
an adapted hybrid; adaptmg e jigigfjg refreshments With pretty
fertilizer to suit the Mbl oon i- (banquets as favors on each plate,
tions; providing enough plan s o meeting then adjourned to
produce desired yields; avoiding
J’''*ant, and Washington King,
Sj ? rifled and abetted the as-
; Was fined $15 for 'the of-
® and for being drunk and late, deep cultivation, where pos
sible; and vaTying the topdresser
w’^^erly. Bphriam Daniels, Jr.,
but $50 for driving drunk
tiu for aiding and abet-
gthe assault. All drew suspend-
sentences.
Uj^ording to Mr. Wise’s testi-^
the Negroes were drunk
Of highway near the home
"ilton Jollif, while Mr. Wise
s deliv,ering groceries, and
the Negroes called to him
provocaition and told him
V ®hut ijig damn mouth. When
"’'anted to know what it was
albout, he said the Negro Par-
^itacked him as he sat in his
the other two encouraged
^ attaiok.
LWfi'oer Marvin Mitchell
kljgj^^h Shore Patrolman Chief
thg made the arrest, said
Ofjg *Skoes •were drunk and dis-
y shortly afterward, and
biu them tried to miake trou-
against Ernest Rid-
sjuip^Lo was charged with as-
his former wife, Mrs.
Tiojq Lewis, was continued to
tSain '^®®tlay. Also, the case
bit 3^ A-lphonso Wise, colored,
tonti^^^'^^ting Zorado Jennett was
^hnrued.
^ Stewart, colored, charg-
bt driving without license
Pormit or 'brakes, was
Sett costs. Leroy Mid-
fined $10 and 'costs for
"*«iuiess.
with soil fertility and expected FAIRFIELD 'W.S.C.S. MEETS
yield increases. | WITH CARTER SISTERS
For yields up to 50 bushels per! The Woman’s Society of Chris-
acre, 6,000 plants pere acre are tian 'Service of the Fairfield
needed; for 50 to 75 bushels, 7,- Methodist Church met at the,
200 plants; and for 75 to 100 bush- home of Misses .Emily and Mary j
els about 9,400 plants. ,Carter for its regular meeting'
Tests have shown that where afternoon. Mrs. Rover
land produces from 16 to 35 bush- presided and Mrs. R. G.
els per acre with litHe or no nitre- Roebuck was leader. The subject
gen topdressing, the foUoiwihg in- "The Christian Home
creases per acre may be obtain-. Throughout the World,
ed, if a.U .practices as to plants! Those present were Mesdames
and cultivation are tfollo.wed: 20 Ada Burrus, Prank Young, Ellen
pounds of nitrogen per acre, 10 Jones, Rover Baynes, R. G. Roe-
to 12 bushels; 30 pounds of N., 'buick, P. C. Simmons, H. C. Jones,
16 to 18; 40 pounds of N., 16 to Cora Rue and Misses Mary Sim-
25; 60 pounds of N., 25 to 35;
80 pounds of N., 30 to 45; and 100
mons and Robena Midyette.
Refreshments of delicious cake
pounds of N., 30
corn.
Fertilization reco,mimended at
to 50 bushels of •and lemonade were enjoyed.
STORY OF BANK
TO BE TOLD IN
COMING EDITION
' lips, pastor of the Baptist church ,
I es in Hyde County, on Sunday, [
May 27, at 11 a.in. in the school
I auditorium. Assisting Mr. Phil-
I lips in the service will be the Rev.;
I J. Waiter Lollis, ipastor of the;
Christian church in Swan Quar-!
ter. The high school choir, un
der th'e direction of Mrs. Marina
J. Baum, will provide music. 1
The 'Class Day and graduating
exercises will be held on Tues
day, May 29, at 8:30 p.m. in the
school auditorium. Hhis year the
seniors are presenting a class
play, "Gypsies for a Day,” by C.
L. Eaddy.
The scene of the play is the
camping grounds of the gypsy
clan, composed of the 12 •;eniors.
For this one evening, the seniors
turn gypsies and stage the wed
ding of their princess to a prince
from the great Klan Future.
Blandina Credle, valedictorian
of the class is playing the princess
role. Ray Swindell is the prince.
William Wheeler, salutatbriani is
Chief Black Tom, the leader of
the gypsy clan. Other gypsies are
Nel'da 'Williams, Edith Faye Har
ris, Maurice Berry, George Ross,
LAKE LANDING GIRL
COMPLETES TRAINING
The Engelhard Banking
and Trust Company began
operating as the East Car
olina Bank RIonday, May
14. The growth of the insti
tution in recent years with
expansion into Tyrrell
County brought about the
decision to change the
name.
The story of this success
ful Hyde County institu
tion; how it helped Engel
hard grow; the leaders and
those who are responsible
for its growth; and the com
pliments of the business
people of this section will
be told in a coming edition
of The Hyde County Her
ald.
The issue devoted to the
Bank was scheduled to ap
pear not later than next
week, but because of the
manpower shortage, it is
likely that it will be delay
ed. Many handicaps will
prevent us from presenting
as complete an issue as we
would like to, but be never-
the-less hope to get out
something interesting and
informative.
MRS. SAM TESTA of Aulburn,
Florence'Brinn,^ Marjorie Gibbs', N. Y., the former Miss Willie
Dorris Armstrong 'Maxine Gibbs McKinney, daughter of Mr. and
and Russell Blal«. , J. T. McKinney of Lake
' I Landing was one of the 42 cadet
TELEPHONE COMPANY ' 1“ W.dt" da"
HAS NEW PRESIDENT May 2. iMrs. Testa 'is a graduate o^f
the Engelhard high sohool and
Luther Hill Succeeds John N. the Union 'Springs School of Cay-
Porter Who Becomes Chair- oinza, N. Y.
man of Board
ENGELHARD COW OWNERS
Luther W. Hill has been named P.4DLOCKING YARD GATES
president of the Carolina Tele-
phone and Telegraph Co'inlpany, With a number of mysterious
whose home offices are in Tar- happenings in which cows have
boro, succeeding John R. Porter, been found roped as if ready to
who was named chairman of the be loaded on trucks, some Engel-
board at the same meeting. Mr. hard oow owners have padlocked
Porter, wh'O operates farming in- their gates to keep their animals
terests near Sladesville, had been from falling info the hands of
president of the company since thieves. Some think that it is the
1938, at which time be succeed- iprank of youngsters, but others
ed Geo. A. Holderness. Mr. Hoi- ,ar« of the opinion it is some one
derness, until Porter was named ^'ho prefers to steal rather than
board ebainman, held that posi- work.
tion, but has retired from active Latest attempts were efforts to
pa'rticipation in the company. away with cows of .Mrs. Alice
'Hill is a native of Darlington, Midgette and Mayhew Selby. Mrs.
S. C., and since August, 1943, has Midgette frightened the would-be
been operating vice president of cow rustlers away. 'It is thought
the company, coming to the Car- they might have attempted to get
olina firm from the Southern Bell one of I. B. Watson’s cows at the
Company’s offices in Atlanta. A W'atson Hotel and were frighten-
veteran of World War I, Mr. Hill ed away. Mr. Watson missed his
has had more than ,20 years ex- cow rope and later found it to be
perience in the telephone busi- the one used to tie Mrs. Mid-
I ness. gette’s cow.
— ' There have been numerous such
HYDE FARMERS CAN GET events around Engelhard during
SLAUGHTER PERMITS ^he past year.
The AAA asks North Carolina
^ ... farmers to save as much as pos-
planting for corn m rotation with
DdST. CONFERENCE
ttict ^'ing Methodi'st dis-
at Columibia as
from the Fairfield
J, Thursday, May 3, iwere
Watson and A. L. Cuthrell.
3'ttending from Fairfield
Mrs
M, Roebuck, Mr. and Mrs.
5m w.'^°’kes, Mrs. Ida Swindell
Emily Carter.
y. ■ ''TLLIAMS out again
Wn O. L. W'illiams' of
beijj Quarter is out again after
'^(fo to his home on
Mr UTders for several days.
suffers a heart ail-
heavy fertilized crops is 200 to
300 pounds of 6-8-‘6 or 5-7-5 and
in rotation with legumes for seed
and small grains, 300 to 500 Lbs.
per acre. In rotation with pea
nuts and legumes, the recommen
dation is 30 Oto 500 pounds of |
4-8-8 per acre. L
soin clover for seed harvesting.
The shoi 'uage of fats and oils is
not likely to be materially eras
ed before late spring or summer
of 146, says a Washington report.
Farmers Buy War Bonds for FutureJExpansion
THE LIGHTS COME ON '
BRIGHTER AS WAR ENDS,
The government revoked its so-
called '"brown-out” order restrio-
tin gadvertising and orna'mental
lighting with the announcement
of the end of the war in Europe
by President Truman. The Pam
lico' Ice and Light Company has
been advised that its customers
may again use electric power for
these purposes.
ATTEND FBI MEETING
Patrolmian C. E. W’hitfield and |
Sheriff Pratt Williamson attend-,
ed an FBI conference in the Vir- i
ginia Dare Hotel in Elizabeth City ^
Wednesday afternoon. May 9. ,
Hyde County farmers may now CARAWAN HOSTESS
'Olbtain permits and quotas for TINY OAK HOME CLUB
slaughtering from the Hyde
County War Price and Rationing Home Club of
Representatives of seven East
ern North Carolina counties, in
cluding Hyde, met in New Bern
J Wednesday night and organized
j an association to negotiate 'with
; the Navy for 'the Morehead City
I Section Base for the purpose of
! converting it int oa hospital for
the treatment and care of tuiber-
; cular patients until beds are
i available in the State Sanitorium.
N. W. iShelton of Siwan Quarter,
one of the representatives from
Hyde County, was elected presi
dent.
The new group is to be knoiwn
as the Tidewater Tuberculosis
Sanitorium. Member counties are
Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Hyde,
Jones, Lenior and Pamlico.
The Naval Section Base at
Camp Glenn, in Carteret Coun
ty one and one haif miles west
of Morehead City, is being dis
continued. The buildings are
available to a non-profit asso
ciation at one dollar each.
The new association hopes to
secure the buildings, which the
State Board of Health will spend
about $50,000 in converting into
a T.B. hospital. The only cost to
the 'participating counties will be
the trearmetn of patients from
their respective counties who are
not aible to pay their own ex
pense.
The shortage of beds in T.B.
sanitoriums of the State make it
necessarj’ for some people suffer
ing from the disease to go with
out proper treatment. Beds are
avallaible 'only when patients' are
released or one dies. The propos- -
ed sanitorium would relieve this
for thees counties.
Officers of the Association are
N. W. Shelton, of Swan Quarter,
president; G. O. Mallard, Trenton,
vice president; and J. Gaskill Mc
Daniels, New Bern, secretary-
treasurer. Other members of the
board of trustees are John Bra-
gaw, W.ashington, Mrs. Harry
Latham, Belhaven, James Davis
Potter, Beaufort, Dr. K. P. B.
Bonner, Morehead City, J. Gas-
kill McDaniels, New Bern, F. J.
Koonde and G. O. Mallard, Tren
ton, W. L. Measley, Lagrange,
Harry Sutton, Kinston, and C. D.
Fentres, Bayboro.
T.ie idea of a coastal sanator
ium was that of Dr. R. K. Oliver
of the U. iS. Pulblic Health Ser
vice 'With headquarters in New
Bern. He engineered the project
to the point of organization.
Hyde iCounty representatives at
the Wednesday evening meeting
were Mr. Shelton and J. S. Mas
on. They were designated by the
County Board of Commissioners.
Board, Mrs. Dorothy Cahoon, Quarter township held its
chief clerk, announced this week. j.ggyia]. monthly meeting 'last
The permits and quotas are nee- -j-jjursday, Mlay 10, at the home
essary to be eligible to sell any ’q Oarawan.
meat. The ruling went into ef- ^ Three book reviews were giv-
fect Monday, May 14. | following the business session
According to Mrs. Oahoon, if a ^ith Mrs. Zeb Emory reviewing
farmer does not wish to sell be- qj.. Christrovis Office, Mrs. W.
tween May 14 and July 1, he 'may ^ 'iviheeler. Papa Was a PreaCh-
have until July 1 to register for; gr, and Mrs. B. 'F. Mason, Only
a permit, but no registration will Hum'an Once,
be accepted after that date. j i^iss Roach gave a report of
^^—“ i the district meeting. Her demon-
COURTHOUSE OFFICES TO stration this month was "How to
CLOSE WEDNESDAY P.M.S prgteCt Home 'Canned Foods.”
The county offices in toe | Those present were Mesdames
courthouse in Swan Quarter' will g Williams, Zeb Emory, W. W.
close each Wednesday afternoon G. W. Thompson, Mam-
during toe months of June, July .^jg Hjgg^ b. F. Maso nand Mrs.
and August, it was dis'olosed this Qarawan.
'Week. lOounty Attorney O. L. j The hostesses, Mrs. Carafwan
Williams also announced that his ■ jy[j.g q w. Thompson, served
NAT GIBBS MANAGES NEW
ENGELHARD STORE BUS.
Nat Gibbs of Engelhard is man
ager of the new 'hard-ware siore at
Engelhard which is located in toe
S. S. Neal building on the corner
of the main town intersection.
The store, lot and merchandise
was recently purchased from Mr.
Neal (by Amos Paul of Greenville,.
'Mr. Gilbibs’ brother-in-Jlaw. It is
being operated under the name of
the Engelhard Paint & Hardware
Company. They plan to enlarge
their 'hardware and paint stock,
as well as continue to deal in
general merchandise.
HOME ON FURLOUGH
Opl. Lloyd O’Neal, who has
office would close during this jfi,n'kB and candy during served 'the past three years over-
period. The mercantile establish- ‘ social hour. .seas in the Am.erican theat,
ments in toe co-uinty seat have | club wlU meet -next month
qibserved a ha'Sf holiday in the! 'jvirs. Mammie Ri'ce.
middle o-f the week for a num-j
ber of years. , mrs. O’NEAL HOSTESS
^ T iooc tnr toe 1945 crop! ON FARMS throughout the Nation this scene is being repeated daily in
Ceiling prices wppn in-' anticipation of the Mighty Seventh War Loan as farmers buy War Bonds
o.f sweet potatoes have oee ; gyg jg future electrical developments planned in the post-war period,
creased 17 cents a bushel oyer . yigjory v'olunteer Edward Schroer, right, of Cole County. Missouri, sells a
the 144 schedule as an incentive war Bond to Vernon Wade, center, while County Extension Agent Clyde
f ■ creased production this Brown casts an appraising eye on Wade’s fine span of Missouri muies.
TO ROSE BAY HOME CLUB
MRS._ MARSHALL AWARDED j Home Demo-nstratiion club
HUSBAND’S PURPLE HEART ggy jjgid fits regular
Mrs. Charles H. Marshall of ^ gating with Mrs. J. B. O’Neal on
' Lake Landing has recently re-' .Friday, 'May 4. The opening song
ceived toe Purple Heart for ; "Pa'ith of Our Fathers.” This
wounds' her husbahd, Ppl, Mar-I^^ followed by the club collect,
shall of, Engelhard, received to The hostess read a beautiful po-
Gei-many on February 27, 1945, titled "Hoinor Roll.” _ .
'Which proved to be fatal. j Tollcwing a business session
Cpl. Marshall entered toe ser- ^le agent’s demonstration,
vice in Decemlber, 1942, and was jnem'ibers enjoyed a game. The
overseas only eight months prior jicste'ss served coo-kies and stra-w-
to his death. 1 berries with whipped cream.
seas in ithe American theatre of
operation, is visiting his parents
Mr. and ‘Mrs. Ed O’Neal at toeir
home near Lake Landing. Opl.
O’Neal left with toe first induc
tees to go from Hyde after Pearl
Harbor.
VISITING SISTER
Sidney Williams, U. S. Navy,
is visiting his sister, Mrs. R. S.
Cox and Mr. Cox at Engelhard.
It is toe first time he has seen
it'hem in five years. He graduated
from the Engelhard High School
in 1936. He has recently (been
serving in toe Pacific.
Buy More Bonds and Stamps.
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