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The coastland times., 1954-01-22
STATES SENATORIAL RACE
ABOUT TO TAKE SHAPE
(Oxford Puplic Ledger

North Carolinians who have an
eye, hand or mind for politics are
in for an interesting race in the
forthcoming Senatorial Cam
paign.
With Senator Lennon and for
mer Governor Kerr Scott both
drawing up to the starting line as
contenders for the office, North
Carolina voters can prepare to
make their choice.
Scott has been running with all
the force and vigor he possesses
for six months; and he has picked
up a lot of early strength and
some of the folding money that
must go into Senatorial Cam
paign. He is an experienced cam
paigner and his statewide ac-
quaintance is likely to do him far
more good than harm when he
"opens up"
The incumbent, on the other
hand, is the appointee of Gov
ernor Umstead, who along now
should be riding the lead pony in
North Carolina's political parade.
The Governor has disappointed
some of his staunchest political
admirers in his first year in office
and only time can prove that he
can rally the political strength
essential to elect his appointee.
The field is wide open and
there may be some surprises be-
fore the race is run.
The coastland times., 1954-01-22
ANOTHER of OCRACOKE'S
SONS WRITES OF HOME
Cecil S. Bragg Has Fond Memories
of His Homeland; Does a Poem
About The COastland Times

Another son of Ocracoke has
been stirred by memories of his
boyhood, through reading the
Coastland Times, and writes us
a letter from Philadelphia. He
also does a poem about the Coast
land Times, and has done a poem
about Ocracoke, which we will
publish in an early issue of this
paper.
Mr. Bragg's letter follows:
1907 w. Somerset st.
Philadelphia, 80 Pa.
Editor Coastland Times:
For my first copy of 'The
Coastland Times" l feel deeply
indebted to my good friends Mr..
and Mrs. T. w. Howard, of Ocra-
coke, who are presently visiting
their son, Lafayette Howard, and
his wife in Haddon Heights, N. j.
When l visited them recently
they gave me the paper contain
ing the article Here I Build My
Castle" written by my long-long
ago school boy friend, Captain
Marvin Howard.
1t is truly a master piece-from
the heart-of native of Ocra-
coke, who actually lived it, and
felt the things he so ably por-
trayed.
1 am glad l was fortunate en-
ough to have seen it and to have
read it.
/ was raised on Ocracoke and
experienced many of the trials
depicted in the article. g.
/ some day hope to return
there, probably to spend my re-
manning span of life.
Enclosed herein, you will find
So please place my name on your
subscription list and notify me
when more money is due.
You will also find some mem
ories of the Island, which / have
tried to put in rhyme.
If the verses meet with your
approval, l would appreciate see
ing them in print-if not good
enough, l will not be insulted.
i am very much interested in
seeing Ocracoke Isla n do r
should l say some parts of it
taken over by the National Park
Service. Would it be possible for
you to supply me with some
literature concerning this subject.
l love the old place so dearly
l would even be willing to go
The coastland times., 1954-01-22
OTHER EDITORS
MANY CHANGES OBSERVED
AFTER Sc YEARS PASS BY
Qawrenceville, Virginia, Times
GaZette)

Next Monday will be court
day and it is hoped that the dis
graceful conduct of last court day
will not be repeated. 1t will not
be if the officers of the law do
their duty"
This stern notice appeared in
a column called Local Matters
in the Brunswick County News,
published Thursday, June IA,
1897.
A copy of the paper, yellow
and brittle with age, was brought
to the Times-Gazette office. 1t
was found under the carpet OF
Spring Hill Church near Seward
Forest, when the church was be-
ing torn down.
Victoria Was Queen
Very little local news was car
ried in any of the eight pages.
The first page had a story on the
celebration of the Diamond Jub-
lice of Queen Victoria, England's S
last queen before the present
Elizabeth II. President Mckinley,
the paper announced, had chosen
as his summer residence, Cherry
Farm, an isolated and wooded
area seven miles Southwest of
Washington"
Princeton had just defeated
Yale in baseball.
Brief statements of fact about
prominent people and countries
made up a large part of the
paper. One statement noted that
between 10 and Is U. S. Senators
now rode bicycles, and were
looking for a room in the Capital
where they could store their
silent steeds.'' Another congra-
tulated the Emperor of Austria
on never having been shot at by
a would be assassin.
Fashions of the Day
Fashion illustrations showed
ladies with long skirts, tiny
waists, mutton-leg sleeves, and
straw hats. The Woman's Column
gave information on How to
Wash Black Lawn" and Bleach
ing Last Years Hats"
Following the newspaper styles
of the day, sensational headlines
proclaimed happenings in the
state. "A Severe Fall'', "A Child's
Fearful Death,'' and "a Sus-
picious Death" proved, upon
reading, not to have been so Sc
we're, fearful, or suspicious.
The coastland times., 1954-01-22
GOING
S 0 M E
P PLACE? !?
BY REV. THEo. B. DAVIS
In the Zehulon Record)


An old man said to young
man, "a man can't 60 anywhere
unless he's going some place. !"
The old man had known the
other as a youth in earlier days.
He was now a rising" prize
fighter with nothing to do but
stay fit" and win. This he was
doing very successfully and salts
factorily to himself. Beyond
making money and spending it he
had no objective in life. A choice
for youth, but none for old age.
This story reminds one that
every day one sees both boys and
men just going along. Direction
and speed do not count. Nothing
is planned except the temporary.
l recall a young man l knew
years ago. He was then 26 and
had year or two in high school.
l had just graduated from Wake
Forest College and was teaching
in a school in Person county. He
said to me. Its time that de-
eide on what I'm going to do" A
few years after apparently he had
not yet made any decision. The
last l heard of him he was a book
agent out in the midwest.
Especially do l remember two
young fellows in college with me.
One was the son of rich cotton
mill man in the Piedmont. This
boy spent more in one year than
l did in the four years of college.
He "went through" college and
returned home where he con-
tinued to live wasted life. He
finally died from dissipation. l
never heard him make a serious
statement of his future. He had
neither a care or purpose in life.
He just drifted the way of least
resistance on the current of time
into eternity. Each of us is go
ing some place" whether we
plan it or not.
The other young man was from
S. c. One would believe he came
from a good yet poor family. He
roomed alone and almost starved.
He subordinated everything to
consuming desire and purpose to
have an education. He burned
the midnight oil. He graduated
with one of the highest marks
ever made in Wake Forest. What
he planned to do with his life, no
one knew. 1t seems that when he
had reached one goal he had no
other. The last time l heard of
The coastland times., 1954-01-22
OUR FLAG ON THE HIGH SEAS.
industrial News Review

The main problem of American merchant shipping
which follows the essential trade routes of the world in COM
petition with foreign vessels easily be described The
building and maintaining ships in American yards
far higher than in Europe And American enjoy
wages working conditions and other benefits which defy
comparison with those known abroad
This is the why merchant marine must have
government aid it is to survvead which is extended
under unique repayment clause providing that the money
must be returned earnings permit.
Such aid has long been government policy. However,
the law not working at all effectively at present No new
orders received by private American yards in either
August September and all ships being built due
for completion by 1855 earlier Our existing ships are be-
coming obsolescent.
This that unless corrective action is taken the
American flag will gradually disappear from the high
so the merchant marine is concerned That would i'm
peril the national defense and undermine The
problem important to all of uswhether live in the
land bound states or on one of our sea frontiers
The coastland times., 1954-01-22
MORE POWER-FOR WHAT?
(Norfolk- -Virginia-PiloD

The news from Detroit that
"one of the older automobile
makers is planning to equip a
few 1854 model cars with super
charged engines" inspires the re-
dictionary thought that maybe
there is such a thing as too much
progress. What in the world do
they want that extra power for?
Automobile makers, all of
whom are steadily increasing the
power output of their vehicles,
are quoted as insisting that they
are not engaged in a horsepower
race" and denying that more
powerful motors encourage great
er speed except for those who
speed anyway All of which
sounds to us like gobbledygook.
Those who don't drive too fast
don't need the extra power and
the extra power will only make
the foolish driver that much more
dangerous. As for smoother rid
ing, which a more powerful en-
gine is supposed to provide, if
cars get any more smooth, drivers
are likely to forget they are driv-
ing at all and become absent
minded.
A persuasive case can even be
made out for the theory that the
automobile manufacturers ought
to retain-and perhaps even spe-
cially install--a few bumps and
jumps to remind the driver to
keep his mind on the business at
hand.
The biggest automobile news
n the past two years is that the
The coastland times., 1954-01-22
LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND
elizabeth City Independent-Star,

Elizabeth City business and
cjtic leaders would do we'll to
join the Dare County Tourist
Bureau, Dare County Board of
county Commissioners and
others on the Outer Banks, in
their efforts to get the State
Highway and Public Works Com
mission to hurry along the ac
QUESTION and operation of extra
ferries across Oregon Inlet.
AS pointed out in his article
yesterday by Aycock Brown, the
extra advertising planned for the
Outer Banks and the National
Park area is going to bring an in
flux of tourists and sightseers to
the heretofore almost isolated re-
gion,. and the present ferry SER
vice is wholly inadequate.
Spring will be here now before
one knows it, and with spring
weather people take to the high
ways, looking for new places to
visit. There are thousands upon
thousands of people within a
radius of 100 miles of Hatteras
who have never crossed Oregon
Inlet. But with the paved high
ways many of these people will
want to visit the historic Outer
Banks of North Carolona.
Traffic across the Inlet last
year showed a tremendous in
crease and the ferry service was
not adequate to take care of these
motorists, as they should have
been cared for. This year extra
thousands will be going down
Hatteras way and unless there is
an early Improvement to the
ferry service, many will be dis
appointed, and many others will
be Inconvenience by lack of
sufficient ferry service.
Elizabeth City will get a good
share of the tourist business go-
ing to Hatteras, as many of the
travellers from upstate come via
this city. Certainly it will be to
our advantage to lend any sup
port we can in getting adequate
ferry service for these people
who will be passing our way on
their, trip to the Outer Banks.
The coastland times., 1954-01-22
ANOTHER $4,000, 900 TO WILLIAMSBURG
Northampton, Va Times)

900 to the work of restoring the historic capital of
Virginia, Williamsburg The pledge brings Mr. RocketeeG
contribution to this historical work to approximately So9
OOO0O0.
The $44,000OOO which has already been used to bring
about the partial restoration of Colonial Williamsburg has
recreated the colonial capital for length of mile down
the main street, Duke of Gloucester Street.
On each side of the street. colonial shops and houses
have been reproduced in exact detail they stood IN VII
iamsburg in colonial times In this restored city, everything
is done just done then including the baking
of bread in od-time ovens, with od-time ingredients.
The restoration of colonial capital is of course,
worthy project The fact that it is recognized as an educa
tona project shown by figures released recently by Ken
meth Chorley president of Colonial Williamsburg Inc which
show 100000 visitors have toured the partially
tored capital since 1926 Over quarter of million of these
visitors during the last year.
We glad to the restoration continuing and the
additional 900 will insure that there lowering
of standards the work AS the country grows older its
citizens will treasure their early history and more and
the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg will become more
and more valuable with the passing years.
The coastland times., 1954-01-22
60 SECONDS OF
WISDOM
Ru Ernd D0dooe
TEXT: He who will not answer
TO the rudder must an
swer to the rocks.
-Herve'
BY Fred Dodge

A social service worker eS ne
negro community was impre- ed
by a family of boys who were es-
pecially we'll b eh ave d. She
thought she should see their
mother and perhaps learn some
thing she could pass on to other
mothers who were having trouble
with theor children.
81 wish you'd tell me how you
raised your boys so WELL" she
asked.
"Ah'll tell you, mis-" the proud
mother responded, "Ah raise dem
boys wild barrel slaves, yessum,
an ah raise 'em real frequent"
The day of the barrel-stave
method of raising children may
have passed to some extent. Yet
there is supervision that par
ents must exercise if they are
going to be fair to their boys and
girls. Youth needs a rudder in
the hands of parents who can
steer their children with loving
firmness through the waters of
growing up. If the hand comes off
the rudder, or if it is too relaxed,
eager, inexperienced youth will
stray off the course. Is it, then,
fair to blame the child? There is
duty of parenthood to keep a
firm hand on the rudder. The
parent who fails to do this, or the
youth who fails to answer to the
rudder, must answer to the rocks.
The coastland times., 1954-01-22
WHEN A MAN is POOR

is poor when he has lost the confidence of his
friends when people nearest to him do not believe
him. when his character is honeycombed by deceit and
punctured by dishonesty He poor when he makes
at his character when he does not stand clear
out supreme his idea When this couded he in danger
of the worst kind of poverty To be In the poorhouse not
necessarily to be poor If you have maintained your nte
gritty your character stands forth square to the world
you have bent the knee of principle to avarice you
not poor though you may be compelled to beg bread
Queensland Freemason
The coastland times., 1954-01-22
ANDY HODGES ENTERS IN
RAIL FREIGHT CONTEST

Andy Hodges, the popular Bel
haven agent of the Norfolk
Southern for 35 years is one of
some so agents of the railroad
now entered into a contest to in
crease freight landings. Last
year there were 1887 cars in
freight handled through Bel
haven. Mr.. Hodges will under
take to increase the record this
year.
The coastland times., 1954-01-22
WHY ADVERTISER?

The following is reprinted from the Wayne Arkansas,
Progress
'The late William Wrigley riding with friend
crack express train from New York to Chicago His COM
panon curious to know why the agnae continued to
spend so much money advertising.
"Your gum is known all over the world, he said. why
don't you the millions you spending on adver-
tising?"
"Wrgley pondered second and then asked, 'How fast
is this train going?"
"About 60 miles per hour" replied the other.
Then, asked Wrigley, "why doesn't the railway
pany the engine and let the train travel its
momentum? ?"
The coastland times., 1954-01-22

down there and make a speech
or speeches to see the Island pre-
served as it should be historically
and otherwise.
Through the medium of your
paper, am sure that in the fu-
ture, shall learn many things of
the Outer Banks and of the Coast
Land, that have formerly been
missing.
Very truly yours,
CECIL S. BRAGG
The coastland times., 1954-01-22

Leftover broccoli, Bruss els
sprouts or cauliflower can be
placed in a shallow dish, topped
with a cheese spread and brown
ed under the broiler. Placed on
a slice of boiled ham or cold
chicken, this combination will be
a main course easily prepared
and welcome change from the
usual fare.
The coastland times., 1954-01-22
A GENTLEMAN

There are many definitions of gentleman, but this
from old scrapbook about good any
we have ever heard:
"a gentleman is who is clean both inside and out
who neither looks UP to the down the poor who
can lose without squealng and win without Dragging who
is consderate women children and old people; who too
brave to lie and generous cheat and who takes his
share of the world and lets other people have theirs
Alice Crowell Hoffman
The coastland times., 1954-01-22
THINGS TO REMEMBER

The Eisenhower administration has been criticized
because have been appointed to top offices
rather reputed to be familiar with the running of
government
Maybe change worth trying After all, we have had
years by keenest politicians and theorists whe
could accused of being businessmen and the country
has been brought to the brink of bankruptcy.
BY R. M. HOFER
A housewife reported that her Negro cook demands
more pay account of todays high cost of living.
Raising chilln sho expensive the cook complains
Why it cost almost much to feed chile do human
being aoaT
Take all the swift advantage of the hours.
The coastland times., 1954-01-22

Take all the swift advantage of the hours.
Evening star., 1954-09-13
Benson Willing 10 Have.
Farm Policy as Vote Issue
By the As.oeiosed Press

MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 13 -
Secretary of Agriculture Benson
said here yesterday. Il am very
willing to have agricultural pol
icy made a major issue in the
coming campaign"
He told reporters the flexible
farm price supports program is
gaining votes daily" for the Re-
publican Party.
Without question" he said,
lowered price supports have in
creased consumption Of dairy
products.
Mr.. Benson disagreed with
Democratic predictions that the
new farm bill will cause farmers
to repudiate Republican Con-
gress members and elect enough
Democrats to control the next
I Congress.
He noted that the new pro-
gram was worked out by a bi-
partisan group.
MI. Benson is scheduled to ad-
dress the Association of Com
missioners, Secretaries and Di-
rectors of Agriculture at Brain
erd today.
Evening star., 1954-09-13
Close Loses Custody Bid,
Must Pay Son. S Support
by The Associated Press

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla,
Sept. 13.-Upton Close, former
radio commentator and author OF
a Washington newsletter. has
been ordered in Circuit Court to
pay $75 month for temporary
support of his son, Spencer
Hall, IL.
Circuit Judge Joseph S. White
Saturday also denied Mr.. Closes
bid for custody Of his son. Mr..
Close, whose real name is josef
Hall, now makes his. home IN
Lake Worth, near here.
u MrssHall has fled two suits
against her former husband. One
asks that he be required to make
up $4,000 in back payments for
I the boys support. The other asks
that he be required to keep up
the payments in the future.
Mr.. Close contended the pay
ments were supposed to be for
tuition to special school for
Spencer. He said he stopped
making them when Spencer was
! taken out of the school.
Evening star., 1954-09-13
Grand Jury lndicts
Man Suspected in
II HOUSEKEEPING

A man who police at one time
suspected in connection with II
housebrakings was indicted to-
day on charges of breaking into
two homes and stealing prop
erty valued at $453.
He is John E. Fletcher, "a, OF
the 800 block of North Carolina
avenue Sc. The indictments
charge him with breaking into
an apartment in the 1900 block
of P street Sc. on July "a and
house on July %.
Assistant United States At
torney John C. Conliff jr., said
there was insufficient evidence
to consider grand jury presen-
tation in all the cases. Three
cases were presented and the
grand jury ignored one of them
Charged in Safe Theft.
Roy Mitchell, Il. colored, of
| the 1900 block Of c street Sc,
was indicted on charges of
breaking into grocery store
| in the 5000 block of Connecti-
cut avenue NV. and stealing a
safe containing $1,000.
Police said Mitchell did not
succeed in taking the safe from
| the building but only from the
second to the first floor. Mitch
ell, police said, saw an officer
| trying doors to the store and
attempted to escape. He climbed
over roofs and down to the
street and got into his auto
! mobile but@was captured afte,
short chase, police said.
/ Two Hacker Holdups.
John Lockridge, 48, listed a!
having no fixed address. was in.
dicted on charges of robbing two
! taxicab drivers of a total of $2t
and their taxicabs. He also wa'
indicted on a'charge of carrying
gun without a license.
Forest M. Hubbard, "a, O.
Evening star., 1954-09-13
Builders Big Fall Festival
By Robert ]. Lewis

The biggest home-inspection
day" in Washington area history
was chalked up yesterday as
thousands of area families took
advantage of a clear, cool day to
visit almost so Fall Festival of
Homes exhibit houses.
"Total attendance undoubtedly
set an all time record" James
w. Pearson, executive secretary
of the Washington Home Build
ers' Association, said today.
"No one could possibly make
an exact count-so large were
the crowds-but we estimate total
attendance conservatively at
more than 100000
Fast and Furious Sales.
Sales, too, were surprisingly
fast and furious in projects in
the medium price field, with one
builder reporting more than 80
houses sold between Saturday
afternoon and Sunday night.
Several builders reported big
volume sales while others show :
ing but a single house renorted
their houses were sold Home
Builders Association spokesmen
this morning estimated about
500 houses had been sold,
Many builders said additional
contracts could be expecren from
contracts made yesterday
The Fall Festival of Homes was
sponsored b! the Washington
Home Builders Association in
cooperation with The Stay 1t
will continue daily and Sunday
from noon until dark. through
Sunday, October 3.
Veterans Chief Buyers.
Many development builders
said sales were being made chiefly
to young veterans, though there
was a large turnout of fsmilies
of all ages.
Biggest crowds came yester-
day between 2 and pm, but
crowds started to form as early
as 8 am. in some places ano
continued till after dark.
This place was so mobbed
actually almost sold the same
house twice." a f1ustered woman
sales agent at one development
said.
Homes on the big house
inspection tour are located al
over the District area, from
north of Rockville to south o
Alexandria and as far west a
Fairfax.
Star Detailed Locations.
Detailed locations of the al
most so houses were given il
last Saturdays Star in a mai
and list of directions which vii
be repeated next Saturday as tn
festival continues.
The Home Section of The Sta
showing the route of the tou
went along with the thousand
of persons on their home inspec
tion trips yesterday.
Good weather and a gal;
spirit turned the observance int
a sort of outing for whole fam
lilies.
Taking advantage of thi
spirit, one builder served FIRE
Evening star., 1954-09-13

ADVERTISEMENT.
Evening star., 1954-09-13
4Pct. Gain Reported In Years Farm Exports

the preceding year. OF the $1l4
million increase. the export Of
833. 900 additional bales of cot
ton In the 1953-54 period alone
brought in $102 million more
than the preceding year. the de-
partment said.
Exports Of farm products
amounted TO 10 per cent of total
exports, unchanged in the past
two years.
Evening star., 1954-09-13

More Than 700, 900 Inspect Model Homes,
Sales Fast and Furious in Mediun1-Price Class

and will have another thousand
or so before we lock up at 10
p.nl.," he said.
Builders showing houses in
the categories up to $4,000 re-
ported the largest crowds. But
one firm offering a house at al
most $4,000 had crowds so large
that automobiles were parked
solidly on both sides of the street
for four and-a-half blocks dur
ing most of the time between 3
and 5 pm.
Other firms showing houses in
higher-priced categories also re-
ported an unusually good turn
out.