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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-04-20
PACE EIGHT
RAIN PUTS OUT
SERIOUS FIRE IN
HYDE CO. WOODS.
carelessness Caused Blaze Sunday
Burning Some 1000 Acres
of Woodlands

approximately 1000 acres of
woodlands were burned over in
Hyde County Sunday afternoon
and many thousands more would
have gone up in smoke except for
heavy rains that followed gale
winds which pushed the flames
from the general area of the
Engelhard State Fire Tower in a
northeasterly direction towards
Swan Lake for distance of some
four and one-half miles, according
to S. A. Dowdell, district State
Forester in Elizabetk City.
Mr.. Dowdell, wh6, with state
forest personnel, was on the scene
shortly after the wildfire began
racing from it's point of origin,
stated that brush burning on a new
ground area near the firetower was
responsible for the blaze. Actually
the brush burning had taken place
on Friday and the land owner,
against whom some action is eX-
pected to be taken as a result,
repeatedly stated that he thought
his fires were completely out.
This was not the case however, as
smoldering log famed by the
high winds started the blaze again
West Virginia Pulp and Paper
Company officials in Manteo were
much concerned about the fire be-
cause it was headed in the gen.
eral direction of their Hyde and
Dare N. C. Woodlands.
Biggest loser from the fire was
the Dwight Corporation, owner of
the some 1000 acres burned over.
Forester Dowdell stated from mi
tial estimates that the loss was
about one-half to two-thirds pine
trees, the remainder being brush
lands.
At least three other forest fires
in the general area of Hyde-Tyr-
fell-Dare counties recently were
charged up to careless brush
burning, it was stated. The state
foresters and wardens urge all
farmers or land owners planning
to burn brush to have necessary
permits and advice on weather
conditions before carrying out
their plans.
On Roanoke Island Sunday, the
high winds were responsible for a
marsh fire, believed carelessly or
maliciously set, which burned over
an estimated thousand acres of
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-04-20
MRS. ELIZABETH r. TWIFORD
WILL BE So ON APRIL "a

Mrs. Elizabeth Sykes Twiford,
for many years a resident of East
Lake, and the widow of the late
Mamie Twiford will be 80 years
old Tuesday, April 24th. She has
resided at Point Harbor for the
past several years. She is loved
by many friends, and known to
them as "Miss Puss." Mrs. Twiford
has son, Rudolph Twiford. and
daughter, Mrs. Jim Twiford, liv-
ing at Point Harbor. She has an
other daughters, Mrs. Clarence
Twiford living in South Norfolk.
She is a native of Frying Pan
community in Tyrrell County and
member of a prominent family. A
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-04-20
TO STUDY PROBLEM OF
UNDERNO URISHED DEER

Thorough the past several years,
it has become apparent. each sea-
son that deer on the Dare Main
land are growing smaller and
weaker. This condition has come
to the attention of the N. c. Wild
life Resources Commission, and
this agency is beginning a study
of the animals and their, habits.
Ben H. James, head of the east
ern division of the Commissions
big game project, has crew OF 8
or 10 men on the mainland this
week working on the project.
Studies are being made to ascer-
tain just what the problem is. He
stresses that people should not be-
come alarmed should they notice
killing of the animals during the
next few days. In order to make
a complete study, it is necessary
to take some animals for full ex-
animation of organs. 1t is pointed
out though, that suitable carcasses
will be turned over to State insti-
buttons, with the meat being used
in this manner.
Should their findings indicate
undernourishment, there are many
things which the Commission can
do to correct the situation. Deer
have been known to spend their
entire lives in an area of one
square mile, continually feeding
on the same area. They are strictly
herbacious type animal, and cor
rection could be made by provid-
ing adequate and suitable food.
''The condition did not come about
overnight, and cannot be corrected
overnight" Mr.. James said. Only
through complete investigation
can the cause be found and elimi-
mated.
Cooperating with the Commits
sion's crew are local Game Pro-
tectors w. S. White and Wade
Register. Deer in other areas of
the county are not affected, it was
stated.
During the past year, both deer
and bear have suffered in a wide
area of Northeastern North Caro-
lima because forest fires destroyed
many acres of feeding ground.
Many hunters believe this has
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-04-20

marsh and scattered wooded plots
between Dykes Fishing Center and
Wanchese. 1t is understood that
officials are now investigating the
origin of this fire, which if mali
ciously set, was also a violation
of the state laws.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-04-20

brother, w. S. Sykes, for several
years chairman of the Tyrrell
County Commissioners, died during
the winter just past.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-04-20
JAMBOREE
CONTINUED from Page One)

males along the Outer Banks have
been growing boards of assorted
styles and colors, to be displayed
in competition as the type each
would think a pirate may have had
adjoining his 18th Century chin.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-04-20
VICTOR DANIELS SEEKS
COMMISSIONER NOMINATION

Victor v. Daniels of Wanchese,
well-known boatman and Captain
of the Daniels Oil Company tug
at Manteo, has filed in the pri-
mary for County Commissioner on
the Republican ticket and not hav-
ing opposition, will be the candi-
date on the Republican ticket to
oppose Lawrence Swain of Manteo
in the November election.
Sumner Scarborough of Avon
has filed as a candidate on the
Republican ticket to oppose Ellis
Gray of. Avon as member of the
Board of Education.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-04-20

been the worst problem. There
hasn't been enough feed for them.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-04-20

The first dated coin is believed
to be the silver crown of Austria,
dated 1886.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-03-21
Carers
Column
By-W. Horace Carter

Leroy modern and spacious varet
store in Tabor City, and man whom have come to know
We thought enough of along TO the gathering
farmers here last week and thus along to you:
proud of his daddy.
killed a they gave him stripe"
Oh that's nothing, said the second youngser My dad
and he killed two Germans and they gave hin
stripes"
The third youngster phased you boys don
tell all My dad bum He shot policeman
and got a whole suit full of stripes
When was in the Navy from 1912 until 1916 I served
with Wilbur (BiD aboard L. s. S. Zcnoba,
AKA craft that didn't do much toward helping win the
Bill was an enlisted man aboard the Zcnobia with a
quaermaster rating about much about
seafarng things as most of us officers he had put
Merchant Marine prior enlsng the Navy
and time, about before he started
comparison with lot OF folks
Well. obvious that Leach had ability and
knowhow and thing be regard
less q what he undertook.
Off and on since service,
ricd little correspondencehe alone remains the last of
the shipmates to write occasionally. Bill the
manager Cincinnati Ohio Division
Chemical Company, Division OF w R. Grace & Co.
Last week Bill he made his first speech He talk
the Cincinnati Better Club before packed
house and according to the minutes of that meeting he made
quite hit. His topic What Railroad Tick"
Here are some Of the things Bill said and they seem
mighty appropriate to
The railroad has contributed much to the spread of civil
ization the creation diffusion wealth. OF
industries and Improvements in the standard OF living. The
railroad has long since August s. 1929 the
first locomotive America tried
wooden railroad PcnnSy lania
My definition Of railroad is exactly synonymous
to thac the dictionary. Here my definition y
organization. whose sole commodity transpora-
ton and the prime requisite of railroad scrycegOod
service
Bill made such hit with his railroad talk that
speaker graduate
ed the rank of General But he felt Bills talk
that the high ranking
my friend Bill Leach seems to be doing o. X.
81 like TO compare the operation of railroad opcr-
y 4 O
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-03-21
THESE STRANGE EGGS

We don't know whether its the
weather, the season, Providence or
what but hens have been turning out
some mighty queer eggs in recent
months around Tabor City.
Among those oddities brought into
the office are eggs inside of eggs,
eggs five times the normal size, eggs
with numbers engraved in the shell
and now one that has perfect set
ting sun on it, This one with the sun
looks much like the drawing that ap-
pears on the Japanese flag.
Now some people read significance
and see these strange freaks as being
omens Of something disastrous in the
future. Some mighty fine hens have
been led to the slaughter block and
lost their heads over such unusual
Shendgans. Inuts uIastorous for the
hen.
But as far as their significance to
the human population, we see little
reason for losing sleep.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-03-21
IHlS POLITICS

II strikes us rs unusual that CO.
iumu-S should have two candidates
Tor Inc superior Court Judgeship
"hI'c brunswick and Bladen counties
nave Il" one entered in the race.
W hvn he governor appoirr,d
labor tIty'S Raymond Mallard to the
post few months ago, he had the
support Of every lawyer in the comfy
IA" '"e endorsement of the vast ma
jofItI OF the people. Many of those
people had worked diligently to get
MIR. MaIiard the appointment.
during his present term as Judge,
Mr. halIard has done an OUTSTANDING
joo as everyone acquainted with his
uutleS Is quick to acknowledge.
we do not believe that anyone.
any Where can do a better job than
MI. Mallard. lie has years Of OK
Periehce as lawyer that makes him
natural for the post and he is prov
ing that ability every day.
Nov on the last filing date an
other Columbus county man has
thrown his hat in the ring for the
position. 1t strikes us as being rather
unusual and not in the best Interest
Of the county.
when MIR. Mallard was appointed
II marked the first time that anv
columbus man ever sat on the Super-
Tor Court bench. 1t was distinct
hohor to the county and to Tabor
lily. If other counties in the iudicio1
district did not see fit to oppose Mr.
MaIIard in the coming primary. we
feel that politicians of Columbua
would have done well to have kent
the candidates to one.
We have absolutely no COMPLAINT
against Mr.. Mallard's opposition but
we ito feel that one Columbus candi-
date would have been sufficient
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-03-21
RED CROSS DRIVE

Howard Fowler has agreed to &C
cept the Craftsmanship of the Red
Cross drive in Tabor City. For that
alone he deserves to be commended.
1t appeared for while that no one
was interested enough to even try to
raise the $1,000 quota.
There have always been objections
raised to the Red Gross and we can't
say that some of them are not we'll
founded. But we can also remember
incident after incident in which they
were of service to mankind.
Sometimes we have to overlook
some of the faults of organization,
like we do people, and view them
in their entirety. 1t brings little
clearer picture and emphasizes the
good rather than the bad.
The Red Cross, like all the other
myriad of charitable organizations,
must have the support OF the people
to succeed. Thus we wish Howard
much success in his effort to reach
the goal.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-03-21
Reminiscinu
SEVEN YEARS AGO
Ry Lcyerne Ward

Tabor City's Junior Red Dow
lis copied the boys title at tho
First Whitcvillc InvitationaI
Junior Varsity Basketball tour
namcnt which closed Saturday
night.
the Tabor City High School
G!ce Club will present a pro-
gram of Easter music Sunday
morning, April II. at II O'Clock
at Mount Tabor Baptist
Church.
Members of the American
Hosiery Glass at Tabor CIV
School made a pligramarr TO
Raleigh last week accompanied
by +. +. Thompson and Miss
Evelyn Waddcll.
Ten entries have been re-
ccivcd from students in the
Tabor City schools in ths Civil
tan essay contest being con-
Quoted on a nationwide basis
II was announced yesterday by
Ben Nesmith, III, chairman OF
the local clubs essay commit
tee.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-03-21
SHOOTING STRAIGHT FROM A SHOULDER

County Agent Charlie D. Raper is a gent who
shoots straight from the shoulder
He's about his objective as any man can be whS
he has such feeling of dedication to the farmers
of Columbus.
At the farmers meeting last week he chose TO
tell the farmers there was only way to make
money IN growing produce-grow top quality produce
Ills words hit many between the eyes but Raper
WASH trying to cross anyone he simply wanted to
see the farmers IN this area prosper and named the
difference between profitable and disastrous seasons
II were Il farmer. I'd certainly want Raper y
my ball team. He's the farmers best friend.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-03-21
Ponder
Future
NJ AIM TAX
BY AL HARRISON

Last weeks Career Day. held at the Tobor n,
School was success It's amazing how the In,S al!
educators of n G. take time to attend snch uins
ferences " eoR
It's good way for high school student to co
look at material about colleges throughout the s
without botherng to write for it. viz S'ae
Most noticeable, to me, the soft-spoken D.
Armstrong of the University of North Carolina poy
is director of admissions and one of the incest no
you will ever deal with. 'oH
Several times in the past three years I've had bov,
ask me how they could go to Carolina without aHn
money. Each time if the seemed to warrant =; !
wrote to Roy and asked for information on scboI,,
ships for deserving students. Each time the retnn
mail brought reply expressing sincere desire ~
help.
SO far, not single of the boys has met P
halfway and none of the scholarships have materac
ed. I'm almost ashamed to think about asking him
again His time is valuable and hate to keep wastna
1t. Yet when talked with him at the Career Day.
event he still interested in helping secure scbo
ships for boys who lack necessary finances to obtain
a college education.
In about II years. I'll enter a plea on nv ou,
behalf. That one Pm sure will meet him half way
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-03-21
SHE DIDN'T TRUST ME

Kate Rogers, wife of r. r. Rogers is one of the
most conscientious civic workers to be found in any
town She in charge of the beauty contest at thu
annual Minstrel Show and by chance she asked II
would make the cards for the girls to carry across
the stage.
, told her two weeks before the show that I'd
have them ready for her that night
Wen, time and golfing trips slipped by. No cards
did | come close to fixing until the last few hours
of the day.
Kate wasn't going to let me get by with failing
to do and leaving her in the lurch at the last minute
one called several times and every time l saw hp
she asked about it,
My apologies, Kate, for worrying you but it's sort
OF the way do things - wait until the last minute
then knock myself out getting it done
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-03-21
A MAN WITH APPEAL

DR.. Jasper Memory, head of the Education d.
partment at Wake Forest represented his school At
Career Day He is former Whiteville resident and
as down to earth" as can be- It's wonder Wake
Forest continues to prosper with such men as DR.
Memory tak king the good will' jaunts.
Seems the more educated, the nicer the man.
| couldn't help but wonder why Wake For$
enthusiasts didn't forget about football and basketball
records and brag about having man like Dr. Memor
on its faculty.
Columbus County should be honored to claim tbt
native.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-03-21
SHE HAD ME PINNED

Are YOU the who writes those things about
the County Commissioners" asked the attractive
Young lady during the Career Day affair.
muttcrcd an acknowledgements and checked to
see what she was carrying that she could throw
at me.
was much the defensive | don't rccs8
whether she said nice things or not.
She was the wife of County Commissioner Charles
Council.
Evidently must be living a peaceful life Charles
haSn t called me in several months.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-03-21
IS THERE SOMEONE BEHIND THE SCENE?

go when Lee Greer, Clerk of Columbus County Court,
1lIed for the Superior Court udgeship against Ray
mona b. Mallard it came a surprise to most people
!" we county. 6
Greer endorsed Mallard for the appointment less
IMAM year ago. Proves that political word is some
times hardly worth listening to-
What bohers is whether or not there is a
defeated political bgwig working behind the scenes?
fonucians die such slow death - they refuse to
DeneVe the figures on the voting machines and feel
that election year is their opportunity TO reghn
power Some prefer to do it through other candidates
whie the more self-centered toss their own federS
back into the ring. ~
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-03-21

have helped in establishing the $50
acre requirements, will be given pri-
GRITTY in the selling season.
There is still some acreage available
to those interested in the cucumber
deal and farmers will have until the
end of this week to sign up.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-03-21

Yes there i something fascinating about a
railroad. Yet doubt if even a seasoned raiIraadcr
can grasp the vast magnitude OF Americas railroad
operations. Our traCkIgc represents % per cent of
the worlds total. This mileage : made up of ap-
pr0Nimatcly b62 operating companies These rail-
roads in the United States represent an investment
of nearly $4,000 900 600. One authority estimates
that somewhere every 30 of the day and
niGht either passenger or freight train starting
its
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-03-21
,@s> -
hHXG4E
countryside
BY PHILLIPS HARRELSOS

BCtlliG Ntldlp SAitS Ni'N
picking tobacco plant beds
seems to Ice the order of the
day these nice sunny days. AL
most everyone reports 4 nice
stand OF plants on their beds
and growing like all get out.
You know II wont be long now
before folks will be transplant
inc their plants. | can rcmGm-
Der when had 10 drop
plants ahead of the men who
set the plants with a wooden
peg and the rule was To drop
a plant every step. My daddy
never could understand why |
could never take two steps OF
the same length.
Lieut. \. =. Wurlcy Jr. Is
spending a furlough with his
relatives and many friends in
the Ccrro Gordo - Cherry
Grove area after graduation
from Officers Candidate School
at Lakeland Air Force Base.
San Antonio. Texas. on March
Is. Lieut.. Worlcy has been a
member OF the Air Force since
1917. serving at various bases
in the United States and Eu-
rope. Congratulations. Lieu
tenant,
Mrs. \. f. Norris OF the
Clarendon Bcavcrdam sec
ton was a recent patient al
Community Hospital in LoriS
Mrs. Ponncll Mcneil OF
Chadbourn is patient at Duke
Hospital.
Mrs. Bcrta Sanderson con-
tinucs seriously i'll AT the home
OF her daughter. Mrs. Clarence
Blackwell OF Route /. Ccrro
Gordo.
Mr.. y. NJ Hayes OF Route !,
Ccrro Gordo. is Il patient al
the Veterans Hospital at Fay
cttcvillc.
Mrs. Thclma Lipkin OF
Brooklyn. n. Y. has returned
homo after weeks visit with
her mother. Mrs. A. p. WorlCy
OF Route /, Ccrro Gordo.
Corporal Garland Crib. son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Crib OF
the Clarendon section. arrived
at Fort jackson from Germany
for discharge on March :. Cor
poral Cribb was stationed in
Germany Tor eighteen months
prior to his return To the Unit
cd States.
Mr.. and Mrs. {. {. Simmons,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Sim
mons. all Of the Bravcrdam
community are yaca,ing in ST,
Petersburg. Florida. Getting all
rested uD So picking straw
berries won't hurt so bad,
Mr.. G.. c. Smith o. the Pre-
way section has some mighty
pretty chicks had IN. ,,,c,l-
IRE OF visiting with him sever
al days ago and looked over
his plant which was m ,riov-
able experience. A. rrcs.r, he
has several hundred chicks ~
various s,.g.> of growth. Some
are small w.ilc others ar, n.7r
fry size. Mr.. smith has very
interesting and sound ideas
concerning the raising Of
chickens both for market and
for home consump.ion
Strawberries are looking
good throughout the area now.
Some folks are busy .,r3wiur
while others are finished I,
seems to me that Their, are
more berries It's year than in
years just past.
Mr.. John II. Ward Of the
Lebanon section was = nation,
recently at Columbus County
Hospital.
The latter part of last week
sure was tough on pcddIcrs
way a fellow needed out-ric-
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-03-21
FARMERS DECISION

proposed truck crop market, put their
story squarely on the line to farmers
at the meeting here last week.
They made it clear that they want
ed to buy produce here but that
farmers had to take chance along
with them. They emphasized that the
commodities would be bought at mar
ket prices just as long as the buyers
had any way of disposing of that
produce.
We believe that farmers in general
Sympathize with that viewpoint. No
one in his right mind is going to buy
something he can't sell at some price.
Thus farmers, like businessmen in
every other phase of the economy,
have some risk to run, some chance
to take. But, as we have pointed out
on numerous occasions before, except
for those crops in which the govern
ment itself sets flooring, everything
the farmer does is a price gamble.
And he CANDLES with the weather as
we'll.
This is the American free enterprise
way and nothing other than supply
and demand can, over the long haul,
ever determine the real price, the
real value of any commodity.
We know that farmers need addi-
tional cash crops this year and the
chances are that they will need them
even worse next year. We also know
that every tobacco center in the Caro-
linaS is looking for something 10 turn
to as the bright leaf acreage dimin-
iSheS.
We believe that in many instances
they will turn to food crops. Ina,
emphasizes the need for us to -. 80.
one year jump. If We can .-...a.. ..
a market here this year 60: ....r ..
three good items, We wiki ...,,
definite advantage over uLosy ...t
that wait until next sr,ts,. to
their cash crops.
1t is Il certainty now ,..s, be-.
have market for ~ least y, u..,
of cucumbcrS. 1t Is also Il r,........
that there will be market ..r Cd.
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