The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-02-01
A NEW COUNTY
ADVOCATED IN
BELHAVEN 1910
The Belhaven Citizen, News
paper of That Day, Car
ried Article About 1t

calleQ the belhaVen Cltlzen, pub
lished by Woodward Printing Co.,
and copy now in the hands of
A. L. Johnston of Croatan st. re-
veals it was well patronized by the
merchants of that day. This paper
is dated December 16, 1910 and
printed in red ink. The plant was
located in the present office of the
Belhaven Pilot. w. B. Woodward,
South Carolinian, grandfather of
Cleve Woodward, was editor
manager.
The payroll of the mills in Bel
haven then was a thousand dol
lars day. The town was building
its city hall. A live subject was
the proposal that a new county be
formed of the area surrounding
Belhaven of lower Beaufort and
Hyde counties, and the paper car
ried a letter by Attorney E. NJ.
Cox on the subject.
Advertisers in this number,
which was shortly before Christ
mas, were the following firms:
W. H. Sanderlin's bargain house:
A. C. Latham's Belhaven Drug Co.;
G. A. Conner, the furniture man;
Raft Brothers Clothing Store;
T. r. Gibbs Pharmacy; Wight's
Tailoring Parlors; Peele Bros. Co.;
Jarvis, Butt & Co., clothiers;
Clark Smith Co., dry goods; Win
dly Company; Russell and Manley
Variety Store; Bank of Belhaven;
Sawyer Wholesale Grocery Co..;
Geo. V. Latham, bicycles; L. A.
Whitley, Drayman; Belhaven Pro-
duce Co.; S. E. Wilkinson, contrac-
tor; Stubs & Snyder; insurance;
J. R. Elks' New Meat Market;
Hotel Carolina; Lewis Emory,
Meats; D. w. Blount, groceries;
G. A. Smith, blacksmith; Prof. S.
W. Wells, piano, organ, voice
teacher; Wright's Tailoring Par
lors; A. ]. Riddick, public dray;
Stubbs and Synder, insurance.
The old paper of Al years ago
carried a supplemental advertis-
ing sheet printed on one side with
several advertisements and pro-
fessional cars. w. M. Dawson ad-
evrtised tailoring, dyeing, clean
ing. R. R. Surles advertised hand
painted china.
William B. Rodman and Wiley
Rodman of Washington, attorneys,
advertised. In Belhaven, Tooly &
Simmons, E. M. Cox and ]. A.
Leigh, all lawyers, ran profession
al cardsas well as DIR. w. ]. Bull
lock; also DR.. E. F. Martin, den
fist, and E. W. Ackiss, real estate
dealer. A man named Houston ran
a bakery, and a man named Drap-
er had a photograph studio.
The paper carried a half-page
ad for Clark Smith Co. on the
front page and not an item of
locai news, all of which was car
ried inside. 1t was four pages. We
learn that there was a Grand Ger
man held at the Carolina Hotel
that evening, with an Italian
string band from Washington, D.
C. Capt. ]. w. Ward was toast
master and Mrs. Ella Pugh and
Mrs. Geo. Old, chaperones. Others
mentioned were w. A. Buys, Miss
Hazel Old; Harry Swindell, Carol
Sharp; Jeff Creole, Elsie Donovan
Tolbert Curliss, Matte Daw; Tom
Jarvis, Rose Selby; John Tooley,
Ethel Swindell; Mr.. and Mrs. J.
L. Taylor, Mr.. and Mrs. E. Allen
Jones.
R. w. Lucas was running a shirt
and overall factory; the gas steam
er Galateer was running three
times a week to Scranton and
Swan Quarter, w. H. Wilkinson,
manager. The boat ride TO Swan
Quarter took four hours. The edi-
tor was praising G. w. Connor's
furniture store and said he was
doing a $4,000 annual business.
A new restaurant with Greek
cook had opened between D. Le-
scfsky's and Cooper and McKin-
ney's grocery, open from daylight
to midnight.
Frank Snyder was providing a
Christmas street entertainment by
importing an Italian grinding or
gan and trained monkey by cr-
press
The editor urged establishment
Of wood yard. Unless one was
an employee of the sawmills, he
couldn't get sufficient wood.
E. M. Cox urged that the pro-
posed county be named Wilkinson
in honor of John A. Wilkinson.
Will Kirk was architect of the
now city hall. R. H. Surles was
the jeweler. Clarence Sears al
post drowned when his sailboat
unset. A nearby beer saloon was
strongly denounced. Mrs. Ernest
Swindell had just died. The Metho-
dist church being fortunate in hav-
ing a pastor who did not nee,I
I the parsonage. IL was tn he rentad