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, THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD
mE NEWS OF THE RICHEST AGRICULTURAL COUNTY IN THE FOREMOST HISTORICAL AND RECREATIONAL AREA OF NORTH CAROLINA
''ol. VII; No. 12
COUNTY
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W 4N QUARTER, N. C., THURSDAY, NOV. 29, 1915
GOVERNOR CANCELS
HYDE HUNTING TRIP
®^eclosures on Property Not
Paid on Since 1939 In
Attorney’s Hands
Reynolds, Deyton, Constable
Guests of Wa sons; Attend
Rotary Meeting
f'orec^osures on property on
.'lich taxes have no; been paid
!'' Dare County, some of it dat-
back to 1939, with addition-
interest, will begin soon. Due
^ a shortage of lawyers during
war period these suits have
delayed, and in the natural
|''Urse would have been staried
^0 years ago.
The County Commissioners re-
[®ht!y put these acdounts in the
^nds of Attorney W. C. Morse,
is now preparing the suits,
^foperty involved in any that
not contested will be adver-
^®d and sold in final sale at
courthouse door. The buyer
become owner and the
j'foperty is not subject to redemp-
‘‘on.
How with real estate more in
^hiand, and more money in cir-
['•'ation, it is expected there will
little trouble in finding buy-
for such property as is not
off during the progress of
Most accounts are expected
be settled. However, the own-
will pay much more than
would have paid if they had
Allied on time.
Governor I^. Gregg Cherhy who
had planned to hunt at ,Lak;
Matiamuskeet Wednesday and
Thursday of this week was forced
to cancel his trip because of
pressing business at the capital,
including a meeting of the rura’
industries eommittee. Hyde
County friends of the governor
were disappointed that he was
unalie to visit the county.
Three department heads made
the .rip and enjoyed a visit with
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Watson and
Mr. nd Mrs. George Watson at
Lake Landing. They were Dr.
Carl V. Reynolds, state health of
ficer; Dr. E. W. Constable, State
chemist for the Department of
Agriculture; and R. G. Deyton,
head of the 'Budget Bureau. F.
F. Caudle, district manager for
the Burrough Business Machine
Company and Dr. Roy Purser,
manager of the State Hospital at
Go’dsboro, Were also with the
party.
With Mr. Wtson and George,
the officials were guests of the
Engelhard Rotary Club Wednes
day evening. They were intro
duced at the meeting by Mr. Wat
son and each made a short talk.
CANADA DEVELOPS HER ELECTRIC POWER
NORFOLK LAD STEALS
DRINKWATER’S CAR
^COUTS TAKE OVER
TOWN AND COUNTY
$15,000 PAID
IN CHRISTMAS
SAVINGS CLUBS
Assigned to Various Offices
Offices in Manteo Tuesday
®oy Scouts of the Manteo troop
'Ok over the government of
County and the Tawn of
fnteo for a day, Tuesday of
lis Week, and nobody has heard
^ them failing to do a better job
‘®h the old folks are doing,
'^ybe they did better; in some
'dances, not a doubt.
■'Anyway the Scouts had a good
playing at running the Gov-
^arnent, and so'me of them learn-
® a few things. Scoutmaster Dan
Canady is keeping his troop on
toes. Here is a list of the
'auts assigned to the various
’’Sts for the day: Dan Cannady,
mayor; 'Bobby Owens, chief
Police; Lindsay IMidgett, fire
Francis Meekins, town
yk; Arnold 'Midgett, town com-
**^sioner; Russell Midgett, co'Un-
Commissioner; Sam Midgett,
?eri{f; Thomas Cannady, judge;
^arbert Etheridge, prosecuting
korney; Billy Charlton, clerk of
aPerior ICourt; Jimm'y Williams,
'Sister of deeds; Jack Cahoon,
'^ifare officer; Roger Meekins,
'bool principal; Everett Liver-
'Sh, farm agent; Wilbur Austin,
^Perintendent O'! schools.
of
Largest Sum in History
Bank of Manteo Ever
Paid Out for this Purpose
A total of approximately $15,-
000 was paid out November 17
by the Bank of Manteo in the
form of Christmas Savings j
checks. This was the largest
sum in the history of the bank to
be paid to holders of Christmas
Savings accounts. About $12,-
000 was mailed out last year. |
A new club opens December 3, j
and the wise person will begin'
savings his or her money this
way for another Christmas sea-,
son. i
C "CANADA has a wealth of water-
/ power resources favorably dis
tributed throughout the country in
relation to other natural resources,
to centers of population and to
transportation facilities. Since the
turn of the present century, water
power development has had a pro
found effect upon the national
economy. This development, in
creasing from a total of 173,000 h.p.
in 1900 to more than 10,283.000 h.p.
In 1944. has been the mainspring
of the great industrial expansion
of the past four decades and has
brought to the greater part of the
population the amenities of electric
lighting and other electric services.
In the past five years of war, water
power has been fundamental to
Canada’s vast war production pro
gram. Aluminum production alone,
which has increased sixfold since
1939, has taken latterly one-quarter
of all electric energy generated in
the Dominion and power has per
formed a vital role in virtually
every phase of the war effort. In
the post-war period, Canada’s re
sources of developed and undevel
oped water power will be of strate
gic assistance in meeting the prob
lems of reconstruction and rehabili
tation
As it has proven sound commer
cial practice to install hydraulic-
power equipment averaging 30 p.c.
in excess of the six-month flow
power, it is estimated that Canada’s
presently recorded water power
provides for an installation of more
than 51,350,000 h.p. That is, the
present development represents
only 20 p.c. of the possible devel
opment.
Up to 1943 the pulp and paper
industry was the laigest consumer
of electricity but because of a sub
stitution of coal for electricity in
Its boilers its total consumption
was almost 2,000.000.000 kilowatt
hours less In 1943 than in 1939.
despite an increase of more than
1.000,000,000 kw h of primai y pow
er. In 1943 it was surpassed by the
aluminum industry as a consumer.
MARINE CORPS NEEDS
OFFICERS AND MEN
Si'S##;
Slaps Lady Companion in Man
teo, and Leaves Her; Makes
Quick Time
Single Copy 5 Cents
MANNS HARBOR
MEN TO BUILD
AN ICE PLANT
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Canada’s “white coal,” the Niagara River (top), cascades through its
gourge to the mighty Niagara Falls is one of their important sources of
power. (Lower right) A huge generator is shown being carefully drop
ped Into position at Unit #10, Shipshaw. (Lower left) Workmen put the
final touches on the dam at Barrett’s Chut;.
WF^COTT BUYS ALL VINCENT BALLANCE
OF BOATBUILDING CO. DIES OF INJURIES
A. W. Drinkwater of Man’.eo
has been afraid to drive his 1935
Plymouth six miles to Wanchese
for fear a tire would blow out.
But Wedhesday an absolute
stranger walked up to the car in
front of his door, took the car
and got 70 miles an hour out of
it for a distance of 20 miles, when
it threw a rod through the motor
and stopped near Wright Bridge.
Responding to a call from Man
teo officers, Edgar Perry and W.
S. Belangia of Kitty Hawk took
into custody Charles Blair Les-
ner, 26, of Norfolk, who aban
doned the car and was trying to
hitch-hike home. They brought
him to Manteo and he is lodged
in jail, charged with the theft of
the car and driving drunk.
He told officers he came to
Manteo the same morning with
Mrs. Margaret (V. J.) Arnold of
114 Shoop Avenue, Norfolk. Both
of them imbibed freely and fell
out -after reaching Manteo, at
which time he pasted her a heavy
smack across the right eye, and
left town in the car.
The young man started life at
17 in the insane asylum at Wil
liamsburg, Va., and has a long
court record in Norfolk. Mrs Ar
nold was arrested shortly after
Lesner took the car, by Patrol
man Howell, and Officer Marvin
C, Mitchell and charged with
driving while drunk. She posted
bond and left town. The case will
come up Tuesday.
White Brothers Looking For
ward to Future; Colum
bia Doctor Interested
W. Stanford White of Manns
Harbor, a hustling young man
who has made quite a success
in a short time by hard work,
and goo-i business foresight is
heading Manns Harbor’s newest
venture, an ice plant to cost
$25,000.
Associated with him are his
brother, Me'vin White and Dr.
Steenie C. Cnaplin of Columbia.
The latter will operate a retail
and storage business at Columbia,
and a good business between the
Dare and Tyrrell communities is
expected when travel is resumed
over Alligator River.
Mr. White is a large shipper of
fish and expects to utilize a large
part of the plant’s capacity, in
his own business.
The plant building is to be of
cinder blocks, and equipped with
new machinery, and is lo be lo
cated to the west of Mr. White’s
home on the Manns Harbor high
way.
It will cater to the home and
fishing trade at Mashoes, Manns
Harbor, East Lake and Stumpy
Point.
49 HYDE MEN BACK
HOME IN CIVIES
IMAGINE OUR
FARMERS BUYING
WESTERN HOGS
Assigned Peacettime Strength
Will Require Men to Replace
Reserves Being Discharged
Recently Discharged From Coast
Guard; Injured Saturday At
Oregon Inlet Junction
HOLIDAY RECESS
STARTS DEC. 19
)NLY A DOG BUT
: PRINCELY FUNERAL
^ags” Daniels of Manteo is
He was only a little fice
that Charlie Ful-cher brought
’b from Duck, in the North
of Dare County one dismal
t5 years ago. He gave him
Alonzo Daniels.
^gs” endeared himself to the
People in that childless home
the manner that a true and
htul dog can do, and he be-
'6 the object of such love and
- as a great many children do
arijoy.
•tags” had his special place in
home, and as the years bore
upon him, he was the o-b-
' of more care and attention,
^aps he was not so abile as
tormer years, and this week
blade the mistake of getting in
'''ay of an approaching auto-
aile.
^ags” Daniels was buried in
■be baby’s casket, silk-lined
pluch covered, with silvered
'Hes. -Undertaker Marvin
'bs put on the funeral. The
Was buried on the plot of
^ on Roanoke Sound where
and Mrs. Daniels are buil-d-
b new home, and where they
always see his brave. In
b it will be suitably marked,
’biidst their grief over the loss
^heir pet Mr. and Mrs. Dan-
bby they do not want another
Throu^^h action of the Dare
County Board of Education the
dates for the Christmas recess
have been set for the schools of
Dare County.
In order to allow more travel
time for those who find it neces
sary to use public transportation
the holiday recess will begin
with the closing of Dare County
schools on Wednesday, Decerpber|
19.
The county schools will re-op-
en Thursday, January 3, 1946.
WAR RATES HIGH
IN COTTON FIELDS
Roy carawan gets '
I. Discharge from army
'|!’'’Sgt. Roy J. Carawan of Swan
'barter recently at the Army Air
I fees Convalescent Hospital,
E’bitsburg Barracks, Plattsburg,
York, was honorably dis-
Jbfged from the service Satur- ^
p. November 24.
REX HOSPITAL
3. Mann of Raleigh and
m is a patient in Rex
according to news
Hyde County this week.
.. .North ..Carolina and ..Arizona
are leading the nation in wage
rates being paid cotton pickers
this fall, says the State Agricul
ture Department.
The Bureau of Agricultural
Economics has just completed a
s-urvey which shows that this
Slate and Arizona are paying an
average of $2.30 per hundred lbs.
Reports have reached the Ag
riculture Department that some
cotton producers have been forc
ed to pay as much as $3 per hun
dred however.
In contrast, the average wage
rate for picking cotton 10 years
ago was 65 cents per hundred lbs.
and in 1931, the lowest in the past
20 years, cotton pickers received
an average of only 36 cents per
hundred.
Owners of the meohanical cot
ton picker operating in the Robe
son County area are getting $1,25
per hundred pounds this autumn.
BAE says that the lowest wag
es paid cotton pickers in the
t'nited SItates this year are i
Georgia and Alabama, where the
rate is $1.70 per hundred. South
Carolina is paying $1.75 and Vir
ginia, $2.20.
DISTRICT PRESIDENT
VISITS REBEKAH LODGE
Miss Elsie G. Burke of Wil
mington, district president of the
Rebekah Lodge, visited the Swan
Quarter order last Tuesday, No
vember 20. She gave an inter
esting talk on the work of the
Rebekah lodges throughout the
State.
A Thanksgiving offering was
made to be sent to the orphan
home.
After the meeting, a delicious
oyster supper was served by
Mrs. Rosaiee Hodges and A. C.
Credie.
The United States Marine Corps
needs 30,000 officers and men to
hold its assigned peacetime
strength at 108,000, Col. H. C.
Waterman, officer in charge of
the Southeastern Recruiting Di-v-
sison, said today.
“The 'Corps is discharging hun
dreds of men throughout the na
tion every day,” Waterman said,
“and lit is estimated that as the
reserves are returned to civilian
life 30,000 replacements will -be
needed to keep our strength at
th peacetime figure set -by Con
gress—(100,000 men and 8,000 of
ficers.”
As part of the intense drive
underway to recruit the needed
personnel, \Marine Corps head
quarters recently lowered the
minimum height equirements for
men 17 thrcuugh 19 years from 66
inehes to 63 inches, -while mini-1
mum requirement for men over.
19 remains at -66 inches. j
This came at the same time as
the order permitting voluntary!
enlistment of men over 17, for
the -first time since -Dec. 15, 1942.
Men under 25 may enlist with
out any prior military service,
but ex-servicemen over 25 who
have not passed their 32nd
birthday may enlist provided
they have not been separated
fro mthe service for more than a
year, ilgx-servicemen are restor
ed to their fromer temporary
ank if they enlist within 90 days
of their discharge.
(Seventeen-year-olds -must have
their parents’ consent to enlist.
Men 18 to 21 may enlist without
parents’ consent as long as Se’ec-
ti-ve Service is in force. After
the draft is dissolved they will
need signed approval from their
parents before being accepted.
G. T. WBSCOTT of Manteo is
now the owner of the Manteo
B-oatbuilding Company’s entire
assets, having bought the stock
o-wned by M. K. and W. B. Fear
ing, G. H. and R. B. Lennon, L.
D. ^Hassell, and Martin Kellogg
this week. Wih'at is left of a once
flO'urishing war time industry,
which brought lots of money to
Manteo, is a valuable business lot,
a large warehouse, some lumber
and a number of tools. The plant
is being operated as a woodwork
ing shop by H. K. Tugwell.
The other buildings of the com
pany, go to H. A. Crsef, and the
marine railiway plant and boat
building business is being con
ducted by Allan Hayman, well-
known bo-atbuilder of Elizabeth
City.
Lamar Vincent Ballance, 26, of
Hatteras, who left the Coast
Guard 'Service as Chief Boat
swain’s Mate, died Wednesday
morning in the Norfolk Naval
Hospital of injuries sustained at
1:00 a.m. Saturday morning, No-
I vember 22, when his car over-
! turned at Oregon Inlet junction
i near Manteo.
Young Ballance, who was re-
i turning from Norfolk, was driv-
, ing at a speed of about 80 miles
i per hour, when a‘ front tire blew
I out, according to Tomm^' Mc
Pherson, his compansion. ^le was
taken to Dr. Johnston at Manteo
for treatment, but never regain
ed consciousness.
H-e was popular at Hatteras,
and was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
D. Loran Ballance. He leaves be
sides his parents, two sisters,
Mrs. Harold Gray, and Miss Yan-
! cey Ballance, and a brother, Ker-
mit, all of Hatteras.
DONALD LEVVIS OF MANTEO
ON WAY HOME FROM WAR
TWO NEW PRINCIPALS
FOR DARE’S SCHOOLS
ALBERT CREDLE WITH
NAVY IN THE ATL.-lNnC
L. W. Huggins Goes to Mann
L. W. Huggins Goes to Manns
Harbor; Walter R. Longest
To Avon
A veteran of 5 years sea duty,
Albert Bryce Credie, machinist’s
mate, first class, USN, son o-f Mr.
and Mrs. A. A. Credie of Swan
Quarter, N. C., is serving aboard
the destroyer U9S McDougal.
Credie enlisled in the Navy in
June ,1940. His wife, Virginia,
also lives at (Swan Quarter.
THREE HYDE YOUTHS '
REGISTER FOR DRAFT
Three Hyde County youths who
reached their 18th birthday this
month have registered for the
draft with the county draft board.
They are Geo. A. Long of Engel
hard and Percy A. Harris of Swan
Quarter, white, and Richard J.
Fonvile, Swan Quarter, colored.
Principals to fill te remainder
of the school term in the Manns
H'arb'or and Avon sebo-os have
been secured within the last two
weeks by Supt. R. I. Le-ake.
L. W. Huggins, formerly prin
cipal c'f the Manteo school, has
-tii-ke- over the Mai^ns Harbor
F-ihcol, having recently received
his discharge from the Army Air
Force. Mrs. O. J. Jones has been
actirig as principal until a per
manent principal could be locat
ed.
Walter R. Longest of Beaufort
has accepted the principalship at
Avon. He is a graduate of Elon
College, and has recently receiv
ed his discharge from the Army
after serving 30 months. Prev
ious to entering the service, he
had one year’s teaching exper
ience.
Donald J. Lewis, MMlc, USNR,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lewis,
o-f Manteo, is on his way home.
Lewis is one of over 300 high-
point Navy veterans whom the
“Magic Carpet” is bringing back
to the (States aboard of the USS
Diphda.
-The USS Diphda—one of more
than 250 carriers, battleships,
cruisers, and attack transports in
the (Navy’s famed “Magic (Car
pet” fleet—left Okinawa, Novem
ber 14, and is scheduled to ar
rive in iSan Francisco about De
cember 1.
Passenigers will go directly to
the 'Separation centers nearest
their homes to complete the for
malities of obtaining their dis
charges before returning to civil
ian life.
Farmers of this Stale are now
buying hogs from- Midwest mar
kets at a rate of approximately
1,500 per week, according to of
ficials of the N. C. Agriculture
Department.
This unprecedented importation
of hogs is attributed by D. S.
Col-trane, Assistant -Commissioner
of Agriculture, to the record corn
crop and to the fact that in 1944,
when the prices on hogs dropped,
hundreds of farmers sold their
entire stock.
The rainy weather of the sum
mer and early fall hit the peanut
crop so severely that many pro
ducers left them in the field,
finding it more profitable to
“hog” them than to attempt to
harvest them and put them on the
m-arket. Hogs are being purchas
ed for theme peanuts, according
to Coltrane.
When meat rationing began, he
explained, more and more hogs
were produced, and this contin
ued until 1944, when feed be
came scarce and expensive, and
the price of bogs declined. As a
consequence, farmers became dis
couraged, and instead of merely
reducing -their herds, many of
them sold out completely. Now
they are going back to hog-rais
ing again.
However, Dr. William Moore,
head of the department’s Veter
inary division, expressed the
opinion that “we can’t have a
stable livestock industry in N. C.
until our farmers decide to stick
with the livestock business they
happen to be engaged in—wheth
er it be hogs or beef cattle.”
Hyde County veterans—49 of
■them— have returned home dur
ing November, as the tempo of
demobilization speeds up. Those
recorded as returned from ser
vice by the draft office are as fol
lows:
Engelhard — Claudie Spencer,
Leslie B. Gibbs, Lee Thos. Swin
dell and R. Engbent McKi-mmey.
Ocracoke—(Horace M. Gaskins,
Jack C. W-illis, Homer J. McGee,
Ches’ey T. Austin, Lewis J. Tole-
son, Jr., and Leslie T. Garish.
(Swan Quarter—^Elwoud Over-
ton, Daniel B. Harris',' Russell
Swindell, John F. Cahoon, Win.
F. McKinney, Edward Spencer
and Bernie C. Williams.
-Scranton — Lee W. Swindell,
Gr?dy E. Brinn and Stephen Jen-
nette, Jr.
Lake Landing—E. Otis Mason,
Harry H. Doug’as, Charlie E.
Midgett, Leon G. Ballance and
Wilbert Carawan.
Fairfield—Joseph W. Culhrell,
and .Spencer iS. Payne.
Leeohville—iHallett Radcliff.
Ponzer—Joe B. Carawan
New H-o’land—Thos. O’neal and
Charlie Carawan.
Negroes returned from service
during the month are as follows:
‘Lake Landing — Coleman J.
Bryant, Linwood Howard, Carrol
Midgett, Leland Gibbs, Pernell
Mackey and Dav-ld Gibbs.
Fairfield—James H. Spencer,
Robert H. Long and Geo. C.
Simpson.
Scranton — Colley Simpson,
Marshall L. Chance, Weldon
Credie, Wialter L. Burrus and
Elijah Gray.
(Swan Quarter-^Tilman O’neal
and Wm. B. Harris.
’Middletown—(Willie E. Collins
and iHallet C. Collins.
ST.\TE MUSEUM GIVEN
TWO MORE ALLIGATORS
ROBERT W. MIDGETT
PASSES AAVAY IN TEXAS
CPL. BROCKIE DANIELS
GETS WAC DISCHARGE
I Cpi. -Brockie Daniels, WAC,
I has received her discharge from
■ service, and has returned to (her
I home in Manteo, where she is
- visiting her father, Capt. E. S.
' Daniels. She plans to be in Man-
‘ teo until about the first of Jan-
; uany.
i -OpI. Daniels was in service two
' years, 14 months of which were
spent overseas. She was station
ed in Paris the whole of her
overseas time.
Robert W. Midgett, 48, died
Sunday night at the Goodhue
Hospital, Port Authur, Texas, af
ter a heart attack. «
Son of the late William Gr-ay
and Mrs. Margaret Meekins
Midgett, he was employed by the
Texas Oil Company and was a
member of the Maritime Union.
He was a member of the Manteo
Methodist Church.
He is Survived by one sister,
Miss Rosalene Midgett, of Man
teo; five brothers, Zora A. Mid
gett, Alfred A Midgett, Leroy
Midgett, all of Manteo; WiFiam
N. Midgett, U. S. Navy, station
ed in Norfolk; Seldon R. Mid
gett of Brunswick, Ga.
“Rob” Midgett was popular
with his acquaintances in Man
teo. He had recently returned to
sea, after a visit home for several
months.
The State (Museum has two
m-ore alligators on its hands—^^one
nine feet in length and the other
only nine inches.
The nine-footer was fo^und by
W,. M. Mangum, cab driver of
Jacksonville, N. C., -who d.scov-
ered it in the yard of the hospital
-^t Camp Lejeune. A hurried yell
for a military policeman and two
shots from a pisiol cleared up the
situation. Frank Meacham, mus
eum taxidermist, is assisting
Mankgum In preparing it for a
trophy.
The nine-inch alligator, now
on display in the aquarium, was
acauired from Miss Virginia
Wade, wihose sister, 1st Lt. Sarah
Wade, sent it to her by mail from
New Orleans. Miss Wade kept the
alligator only a iew minutes.
(Now it is the property of the
(State Museum.
-Farmers need to plan exhibits
now ^ for the Seed Exposition at
Lumberton on January 30 and 31.
Cotton seed in Eastern Caro
lina are garding low this year
ATTENDS MEETING
Supt. -of (Schools 'N. W. Shel
ton of Swan Quarter left this
(Thursday) morning for Chapel
Hill where he will attend the Su
perintendent’s Work Conference.
CPL. LOFTON mDGETT
i RECEIVES DISCHARGE
I -Cpl. Lofton Midgette has rg-
; ceived his disdharige from the
Army, and returned to his home
in Manteo about two weeks ago.
He has been in the European war
theatre for about 19 months. His
brO'ther, Ernest Midgett, is in the
South Pacific with the Marines.
GEORGE MIDGET'^^ OF
ENGELHLXRD DISCHARGED
-Ens. (Al) Geo. Midgett, son of
Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Midgett of
Engelhard received his discharge
from the Naval Air. Corps last
Friday, No'/ember 23, at the Navy
separation center in Charleston,
S. C. George was attending col
lege at the Citadel at Charleston
when (he entered service. -He
plans to continue his. scho-oling
at Duke University now that he
is back in civies.