The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-05-22
PROSPERITY LARGELY OURS THROUGH
FAVORABLE TREATMENT BY NEWSPAPERS.

No part of the magnificent commonwealth that is North
Carolina has received more favorable treatment by the
newspapers of this and other states than immediate
coastal section In Raleigh Greensboro, Winston Salem
Rocky Mount Durham Goldsboro Elizabeth City, and in
the papers of Norfolk and Richmond Va constant stream
features editorials kept alive interest In the
many attractions of this historical and scenic through
the past third of a century.
third of century ago. there was just about pub
cty being done for region We had not become ia
There native newspapermen interested IN
particular in boosting its appeal to sportsmen and tourists
The editor of this at that time being engaged IN
his early years of newspaper work on an tzabeth City
weekly easier to write about the things he knew
of being mbued with intense love for his native land
and about it. and after time began writing for Raleigh and
Norfolk papers, occasions doing with
Observation-Disclosures of the Coast Guard, the lighthouse
service the fishermen and the older and more famed snip
wrecks.
Because it was easier to write about things of which
he knew the of the Coasand section soon to
overshadow the of other localities in the papers ter
rory and he received lot of rbbng good natred more
about being unable to write except about Roanoke
Island and its surrounding country But the work went
and in time other editors and of influence noted it. and
out OF the support that followed one-nan puohcty cam
paign, there grew many movements to aid region
W. o. Saunders the crusadng Elizabeth City editor got
interested in the area, and promoted the Kill Devil Hill Me-
mortal project which Lindsay Warren made possible through
Congressional aid Mr. Saunders organized nationwide
socation to back Mr. Warrens effort this Association
has maintained desutory activity through the years The
late editor also promoted the idea of Lost Colony
Raleigh interested Paul Green writing the
script and thereby expanded movement which had
previously been fostered in other forms by the late
Clement Goldsboro photographer and Mrs. Mabel Evans
JONES' Dare County educator
For many years the late Herbert Peee of Elizabeth
City devoted much space and effort in his newspaper the
Advance to the of this region and this was
nestmable benefit Over quarter of century of his last
wears Hon Josephus Daniels of Raleigh avishv devoted
his paper to the of promoting this region and real
friend he proved to be- through his circulation
His great work in our behalf has been followed through most
generously by Editor Jonathan Daniels who eped
other ways The News and Observer has done much
u.s. and our region is greatly indebted to it.
Our establishment of weekly newspapers to the
long forgotten counties of Dare Hyde Tyrre and other
parts OF the Coastand has done much to pubhcze the
has hrOuO these
counties in the realm of the newspaper world and through
Both the Ledger-Dispatch and the VirginanPilot of
Norfolk have been valiant friends providing much val
liable through their columns They have
wonderful coverage to sports and other
tons Stated largely by North Carolina writers with long
service first at home their columns have therefore been
sympathetic and understanding and thereby exceedingly
constructive.
Among the few in the beginning, say, about quarter
OF century ago. when only three four newspapermen
noticing there Ben Dixon MacNei News and
Observer staff telling the world about and he
ceased through the years For four years
the vantage point of Cape Hattera he is still at with
subtle ncisveness with which picked up Lost
Colony 1887 and launched it that offered it
We could go and on acknowledging debt to the
Fourth Estate Those who have helped legion poor
and impoverished and undiscovered country such as
could have gotten far without its help
ed great riches
The benefits the free advertising done for us appar-
ent every hand higher standard of living made
available employment has increased Every mechanic and
laborer who wants to work may do due to the great
amount OF building IN the Guides and others
ing to the tourist trade find employment at home pro-
duce from farms and gardens of the ready market
There return because the new
prosperity and which makes possible many benefits for the
public which otherwise might not have come to pass
took lot of pioneering publicity Among the great
est of pioneers pubcsng this Coasand Carl Goerch
and Bill Sharpe, copubishers of "The Ra-
leigh We think maybe should put Bill Sharpe and Carl
Goerch at the top of the list Their unusual position through
the years. and their several individual pendants per-
patetc have made possible for them do
for than the average working newspaperman might have
done And they have been sharing with
their talents and the fruits of their abors fallen lavish
ly in our laps.
We could go on and on naming friends and would
miss many But just few of those who so much
for us include Ralph Poole Winder Harris Lenoir Cham
bers R. K Larson, Louis Jae Harry Moore of the Nor
folk newspapers Woodrow Price Lynn Nsbtt the late Tom
Bos Charlie Parker of the State News Bureau of Raleigh
Hden Ramsey of Ashevie Beatrice Cobb of Morganton
Talbot Patrick and Henry Godsboro Josh Horne of