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Dare County News, and Advertisements I
JOHN C. EMMERSON, JR., Associate Editor and Manager Dare County Dept.?-Office Hotel Fort Raleigh, Manteo.
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Sandy Ridge To
Be Joined To
Rest of the World
('.onsidonible progress is ho
i?n> mtule in the constnutiou
of (lit' road bet wen Buffalo
(litv and Sandy Ridge. Sap
lings fill from the swamp lie
side Hit' right of way art* Ik
iiii* laid as a corduroy founda
tion for dirt hauled from Hit*J
high ground at cillicr ex
tremity of the road.
Opening of the road will mean
S iiiething more than the mere link- '
in;t of two communities in Easti
Lake township?something more
like a consolidation of the Com
monwealth of North Carolina and
the Kee State cf Sandy Ridge, with
the United States government as the
financial sponsor of the union. For
R-i :i : ruction Finance Corporation
relief funds pay for the cost of
opening higliway communication
with the three-family Sandy Ridge
cs ftmiunity. which for a century,
cnc.'-upassed by impassble swamps,
has? been sufficient unto itself.
Sandy Ridge, an island of high
ground in the heart of the juniper
iwfmp. was discovered by accident
more than 100 years ago? in "slave
times." anyway, says Mrs. Nancy
Ei&abeth Kane, who has spent 35
of 'her 74 years on the ridge. John
Sonde,lin of Currituck came upon'
ii yvhile hunting. Perhaps he was
cne of those pioneer spirits who be
gins to feel crowded and uncom
fortable if the smoke ofa neighbor's
(himney can be seen above the hori
z:c?Sandy Ridge must have ap
peared an ideal place to establish
a world of his own. In any event I
het* tock * possession, tag. baggage.)
family and slaves. The high land j
\va-> cleared and ditched, crops I
planted" ih the fertile soil?game ?
abounded in the woods, spinning j
v.ircel and loom would turn his cot-'
ton into clothing. An occasional
tiait to the outside world, through
Suftuly Ridge gut to Mill Tail Creek
anil tlie'Alligator river in his boat, i
and he could trade his mink, 'coon
end bear hides foA such necessities
a. were not produced in his empire.1
Manteo Bottling Co.
ORANGE CRUSH
Containing Pure Orange Juice.
! r.ttgur and carbonated water
j ... Rich in Vitimins
E. J. ALF0R1)
.
Surveying
Concrete Work
A
Specialty
Estimates Furnished
tf MANTEO
where no doubt the Civil War itself j
had but a faint echo.
John Sanderlin and his family,
Ictig dead, are buried on the ridge, i
No family of that name survives!
th-re. though some of his descend-,
ants live in the section. Mrs. M. D.;
Sawyer of East Lake is a grand-1
daughter. Three families. 19 indivi- j
duals, make their home on the ridge. |
live under much the same conditions i
as of old. C.ops of corn, stock!
peas, sweet potatoes: garden patch-!
es. cattle and hoe,.;, provide a living.
Trapping for fur bearing animals is
still a leading industry, cattle have j
to be penned u? as a protection from j
raiding bears, deer sometimes browse!
tn the young crops, the swamp is j
still an encircling jungle. Sandy I
Ridge i.u,. a riuggish stream of dark j
swamp water winding through a1
iecty tunnel ci undergrowth. is still;
a highway o:' traffic. But the beats
moored at the landing c:i the gut f
are powered. the community's single j,
radio 'r ings Presid; nt.s' messages j
and the niu-ie of the Waldorf ball-'
rcoui. and now a permanent high-1
way is coaling into being.
Mrs. Nancy Kane's father, who'
came to Sandy Ridge from his old
acme a: Creek Place, an island in
Mi l 'iail et.vk. first conceived the
K..ui. dumped sawdust and board
ends I ..,.4 l:e mill at Buffalo City
along the light of way of ail aban
doned ng, railway of the Dare!
Liimb.r ei.uipwuy. The new road!
follows the same route, soon, the'
scii :o! bus will include Sandy Ridge
in its daily round and the com
munity's days of isolation will be
over.
"K. F. C. labor just digs holes
and fills' cm up again." say the
critics, bat the gang working out
of Buffalo City is extending a
frontier?empire building at t'4
cents a day.
i
Ferry Passengers
Experience Thrill
Passcnge.s cf tlie Manns Harbor!
ferry experienced ail of the thrills'
of a fire at sea on the mid-day trip
of Thursday cf las: week when |
flames iitkcd cut beneath the floor
of the eieva-ted pilot house of the
Dare, v/h-.n the ferry was midway j
cf Creator. Sound. A strong head |
wind .ireatchv-d a rapid spread of
t::. flam ? and while Captain T. A. j
Baurn kept the boat headed full
?peed toward i:.; landing passengers
anc! crew made strenuous efforts to
stamp cut the fire.
Engineer Lloyd Midget: rushed up
"o the pilot house with a bucket of
water which could not be used with
eifVo a;:\i a hole had been batter
ed in the floor. C. C. Smith, a pas
senger. heaved a bucket full of water
upward from the c'.-'c!< 1. low. only to
have the wind whisk it away and
dr? nch Sheriff D. Victor Meekias as
he n: turned tiie ladder to the pilot
house deck. An oil drum, rolled up
and stood on end beneath the seat
of tiie lire, finally allordecl a vant
age paint from which Smith ex
'inguhuie-' It with gla :_es of water
Panda d him by a companion. Steer
ing ropes passing through the pilot
house floor dose by the seat of the
flames and it appeared lor a time
.hat they might be burned through
.and tli' ferry put out of control.
The cause of the fire could not be
. determined.
Bank of Manteo|
Opens Doors To
More Business
Business swung back to
normal in Dare county Fri
day morning as the Hank of j
Mautco opened its doors for
100 per cent service under the;
endorsement of the Slate
Hanking department, (.us-j
turners who came to the tell-j
er's window all through I'ri-l
day and Saturday, depositing j
cash and checks accumulated dur-j
ing the national bank holiduy i
which swelled receipts for the two
days to a figure greater than de
posits for any similar period in the i
bank's 28 years of existence. j
Final approval for the ending of;
the bank holiday as far as the local j
institution was concerned was ac-1
cc:dtd by the North Carolina Bank-1
ing department at a conference held 1
at Raleigh Thursday night at which!
every member of the board of direc- j
tors of the Bank of Manteo were in j
attendance. Though uction upon j
the application of the local bank for
re-opening was necessarily delayed
due to the fact that some 200 sucn
applications had claim to prior con
sideration. no difficulty was experi
enced in satisfying all requirements
of the state department when its
application was rechud. As a fruit
of the conservative policy of ths
board in the past in strictly limit
ing the total amount of loans to any
one individual, little of the bank's
paper was classed as frozen by the
State examiners and directors of
the bank readily posted ample secur
ity for any such paper as well as for
sums due from banks in other parts
of the state which have not yet been
granted permission to open.
Officers and directors of the bank
express the belief that the Bank of
Manteo has entered upon an era
which will entrench it even more
firmly in the regard of the people
of the county. Already a number
of accounts of Dare county people,
| previously carried in other banks
' have been placed with the local in
jsiitution. Re-opening of the bank
1 was followed by a decided stimula
! ticn of trade in the section, as fish
ermen were able to handle out of
town checks without delay and mer
chants generally report a decided
[ upward trend in business.
( Bank officials express their ap
preciation of the confidence reposed
in the bank through the period of
national emergency, and look upon
the very thoroughness of the exami
nation by the state department and
the rigity of its requirements for re
opening as a powerful influence in
restoring confidence throughout the
country and bringing back prosper
ity.
Officers and directors of the Bank
of Manteo are R. C. Evans, presi
dent; D. B. Fearing, vice president;
R. Bruce Etheridge, cashier; D. E.
Evans, assistant cashier; Z. V.
Brinkley, O. J. Jones, L. D. Tark
ington. M. B. Fearing. Herbert A
Creef and M. K. Fearing.
BY TRUCKS TO YOUR JOB
LUMBER ? MILL WORK ? SHINGLES
Sash, Doors, Blinds, Etc., Etc.
Chesson Mfg. Co.
Elizabeth City, N. C.
!The Bank of Manteo
Offers 100 For Cent Service To Its Customers
We invite yon to make full use of our facilities and
solicit your account upon the basis of 28 years of serv
ice to the people of Dare County.
IBank At Come For Safetu and Convenience
The Bank of Manteo
He who keeps his business credit
will prosper.
EGGS WANTED?Hen eggs. Duck
eggs.. Highest Market prices?Spot
Cash. W. C. GLOVER. Elizabeth
City, N. C. cF3-tf
NOTICE OF AOMIN 1ST RAT ION
I- Having qualific 1 a> A?lnisiii^tr?tt rix wit li
\\ II annexed nt ?estate i?f Thomas X
Surideilin. deceased. late ??f !>ure t'uirity,
North t'aroliti.i. thin is to notify nil person*
| having claims against tin* estate of said ?!?
I'l'tse.l to exhibit them to the undersigned at
Kitty llawk. North Carolina. on or before th?*
I'Stli day of .M.iri'h, in.'H, or this notice will
he Headed in bar of their recovery. All per
sons indebted to Said estate will please iiiakt
immediate payment.
This l.T:li day of March. 1033.
tT.AI IllA II. SANIir.ltlJX.
' M ? I-lit. Administratrix with Will Annexed
Dare County Doings |
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Hospitality, traditional of Dare
County, was outraged early Mon
day morning as Manteo's pariah
pack of meandering mongrels, in |
canine convention assembled, yap- ?
ped, yeljK-d and yowled derision and j
defiance, envy, hatred and malice,;
at two members of their own spec-'
ies?dignified dewlapped aristocrats
of dogdom??which disdainfully re
graded the pack through the win
dow of the car that brought them
from the bloodhound kennels of the |
Branch Detective Agency at Norfolk.'
Ignoring their reception the vis-!
iting bloodhounds, Sam and Queen, j
were put on the cold trail of thieves j
who entered the F//ans Brothers i
store at some time Saturday night,'
carrying off a quantity of m:r-!
chandise and tobacco. The trail I
was lost at a point in Bowser town \
where it was evident that the thieves!
had gotten into a car. The robbery i
is the second to occur at the Evans
store, a similar job having been
pulled off Christmas night.
I A bumper crop of mammoth blue
berries is expected by E J. Hancock,
local manager of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company's interests
j at St umpy Point, provided there is
I no frost damage. Four acres of the
| fertile land beside Stumpy Point
I bay is now planted in the blueber
j rles, which were originally intro
: duced from New Jersey.
I
j The committee composed of Roy
L. Davis, Captain T. A. Baum and
i Representative R. Bruce Etheridge
| which appeared before the State
I Highway Commission last week is
I optimistic as to the prospects of
(state aid for the East Lake-Per.
1 Landing Perry. Chairman E. B.
Jeffreys expressed hearty sympathy
i with the transportation problems of
this section and engineers of the
commission have been directed to
make a survey of the ferry situa
I tion.
i
Mrs. William Harris Rollinson is
i receiving strong endorsement for ap
' pointment as successor to Miss
. Maud O'Neal as (wslmistress at
? Hattcras. Miss O'Ni.-.l. a Repubii
i can. has held Hie position for a
1 number of years under national ad
ministrations of both political par
' lies.
; Fear that the teaching staff of|
' the Stumpy Point High School will
! be reduced from five to three mcm
i bers if the State takes over the
j eight months term and local tax,
' levies a:e prohibited, is expressed by;
| the patrons. A committee compos-!
ed of R. Dewey Wise. Calvin Payne, j
I George Wise and L. W. Hooper.:
plans to go to Raleigh shortly in
behalf of maintaining the standard
of the school.
!
1 Carl Mann, Manns Harbor mer-1
chant and member of the Beard of'
] County Commissioners, is nominated J
] for the election as Dare County's
most enthusiastic huntsman . Four
; teen hound dogs of all ages and con
i dition answer to his call. 12 guns,
I single-shot and repeaters ? from
; Springfield Army rifle to .22 cali
[ bre?-making up his armory.
Representative R. Eruce Ether
I idge announced when home from
| Raleigh last week that he intended
; to keep an open mind as to his pro
posal to introduce a bill which
; would allow candidates for the
I county governing boards to be nomi
I nated from each township by town
ship vote. He said that he would
j welcome expressions of opinion as
.to the wisdom of the proposed
'measure from all parts of the coun
i' ty.
| Rehearsals have begun for the;
American Legion Minstrels which 1
! will be staged about April 15 under i
jtne direction of E. J. Alford. Among
those taking part will be Mrs. Claude
Etheridge, Mrs. I. P. Davis. Mrs.
Guy Lennon, Mrs. Angus Midgett,
Mrs. R. H. Atkinson, Miss Helen
Viniarski, G. T. Westcott, Jr.. W. j
! N. Jolifl, Jerry Parker. Curlus Bus- J
| night, Fiank V/hite. Raymond j
I White, Roy Westcott. Robert Hutch-1
iinson and E. J. Alford.
I The Sea Hawk Inn at Nags Head j
(is undergoing a thorough overhaul-)
j ing preparatory to re-opening in1
j May under the management of L. S. j
I Paikerson. A separate dining room
| and cabaret will be featured this ,
I year, Mrs. Parkerson being in cha.go
of the former.
' |
/ Captain Llewellen Cudworfh last j
'Sunday celebrated his 78th birthday
?at his home in Wanchese, children.
grandchildren and great-grandchil
! dven being in attendance, same ccm
;ing from distant points. Boatman
1 and former sheriff of the county, \
Captain Cudworth retired from the :
command of the O. T. & Lloyd, Jr.,1
several months ago.
I I
Jasper Gaimel and Pearl Midgctt j
! of Colington were united in mar- i
iriage in an unique ceremony per
formed on Wednesday of last week.
|The couple were married by Justice
i of the Peace I. P. Davis as they sat j
j in their car parked on County street, j
j Miss Sibyl Daniels, daughter of j
| Mr. and Mrs. Melvin R. Daniels of !
| Wanchese. is to take a part in the
I annual play of the Eastern Caro- i
I i
liria Teachers College at Greenville, j
where she is a student.
A. K. Spencer is in charge of a
community garden established on
the Mother Vineyard tract by Theo-1
dore S. Meekins, director of Recon-1
struction Finance Corporation re-!
lief funds. Produce from the gar-'
den will be distributed to the needy j
of this section while another will
be established at Kitty Hawk to!
care for the needy of that area. Miss.
Hattie Midgett will be in charge of!
the Kitty Hawk project.
I
Terrible scenes were enacted at j
San Pedro, California, following
the recent earthquake, according to
a letter received from Mr. and M:s.
W. L. Daniels of Wanchese from
their son. Roy Daniels. The latter,
who is attached to the U. S. S.
| Northampton did guard duty ashore
and said that two members of the
. crew of his ship were shot in clash
' ts with looters.
;
R. Cutrell, photographer, has j
'opened a studio in the home of H.
Shulman en County street. Mil.
I Cutrell. who was barn in Fairfield
and reared in Elizabeth City, says!
that he aid business for some time j
in Columbia and has plied Ills trade)
I throughout the southern states. j
A IC-fco: motor boat is under
construction in the shop of Herbert;
i A. Creef. proprietor of the Crcef!
,Chevrolet company. The boat will!
be powered by a Chevrolet motor. I
Dwellings are under construction j
in Wanchcse for Harry Iiayman,
ind Sam Jones Daniels, the latter'
ately of Norfolk.
The Better Homes campaign of I
,he Manteo Home Demonstration I
:lub will get under way on May 12
it which time it is hoped that Miss!
lane McKimmon, state home dem- I
mstration agent, will be in attend. I
ince, and speak at an open meet
ng at the court house. At the club
neeting Tuesday afternoon a coiri
nittee was appointed to wait on
ihc Board of Town Commissioners I
and ask that the practice of those I
who put trash out along the high- j
way be stopped.
Features of the meeting were the 1
exhibition of a beautiful hooked rug
by Mrs. R. M. Jeanette, a reading on
heme improvement by Mrs. Willie
Midgut and a demonstration of
making upside-down cake by Miss
Alice Carter, home demonstration
agent.
Highway Engineers J. C. Gardner
of Tarboro and R. H. Roper of
Edenton left Wednesday morning
for an inspection trip down the
banks, during which a survey will be
made to determine the practicabil
ity of :eopening through traffic from
Oregon Inlet to Hatteras.
The following property transfers
were recorded in the office of Mel
vin R. Daniels, register cf deeds,
last week.
W. L. Crain to Eddie Crain, one
acre adjoining W. J. Crain prop
erty.
Arietta Scarborough to Fulton
Scarboiough, five acres on the Pam
lico Sound in Hatteras township,
deed to take effect at the death of
the vender.
Arietta Scarborough to B. F.
Etheridge, Jr., 25 acres of the Fulch
er tract.
Theodore S. Meekins to James c
G. Heath, lot in Roanoke Park.
R. Bruce Etheridge, trustee, to
J. D. Brothers, five acres in Nags w
Head township.
Theodore S. and John A. Meekins '!
to Balfour Baum, several parcels of
lots in Roanoke Park.
John A. Meekins and Theodore S. ^
Meekins to W. P. Baum, lots in |j
Roanoke Park.
W. S. Baum to Theodore S. Meek- t
ins, lots in Roanoke Park. a
Balfour Baum to Theodore S> g
Meekins, lots in Roanoke Park. F
F
Small catches of shad, damage to h
gill nets by crabs and robbery of *
pound nets are complaints of
Stumpy Point fishermen. Most gill I
nets have been taken up on account C
of damage by crabs which become t
entangled and chew and tear the s
nets to pieces in freeing themselves o
B
Crepe myrtles, pink ramblers, s
wisteria, butterfly bushes, broad
leaf evergreen plants and cedirs r
were set out around the Masonic
Hill at Wanchese Monday by the
chapter of Eastern Star. The chap- j
ter also has funds in hand with
which it is proposed to set out a \
number of pyramidal arbor vitae j \
shrubs. Those assissting in the I <
work were Mrs. Leo Midgett, Mrs.Bc
Bannister Davis, Miss Alice Carter,
aptain H. C. Smith and family. fl
Forced to take to a small bate^ I
rhen the trawler Mobjack of Ham I
an caught fire Tuesday morning m I
he ocean three miles ott the Creed; I
[ill Coa3t Guard station, j j
toughlin, captain and owner; H
in Moore of Norfolk, engineer. ay I
ilix Borezenr were brought iahor* H
y the station lifeboat in eonimJM I
f B. B. Meekins. No One Ma;. v I
he station. Moore, his fact- ^ H
rm severely burned in the fire, ty
iven first aid treatment by Chy
?harmacist McNab of the Cj> I
latteras Radio station and he ^ H
ils companions were later taken :u I
lorfolk in an ambulance plane. H
The picket boat of the Hattern H
nlet station and the patrol bJi:
)G 22 stood by the wreck wh.ee H
turned to the water's edge, in r*. H
ponse to a telegram from the i?. I
lerwriters Theodore S. Meekins If.
Aanteo Wednesday morning for H
cene, to make a survey of the wr?t I
SO BISCUIT MAKERS I
MEET AT 11ATTERAS I
Countywide projects of the month H
vcre carried out at meetings ol H
Vomens Home Demonstration H
3irls Four-H Clubs of the South I
inks by Miss Alic? Carte., lion.. H
(Continued on Pay Tarn H
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SPECIALS
1000 Yards Prints at yard |llt.
1000 Pieces Spring Underwear at Hie l<> 19c
One Lot of Silk Dresses, each
l.'itH) Yard LL Lotions, 10 in. width at- (ic
M. L. DANIELS
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We Are Proud of Our Home Bank
Every citizen of Dare County has cause for pride in the BANK OF MANTEO,
?open and operating on a basis of unrestricted service, with the endorsement of
the North Carolina Banking Department.
CONFIDENCE and STABILITY, built up during 28 years of efficient service
to the community, have met the test of the national emergency and justified the
faith of the hank's depositors.
We can express our appreciation in no better way than by giving the BANK
OF MANTEO our unreserved support, thereby establishing it as an even greater
force in the economic life of the community.
We can bring back prosperity by keeping our money in circulation in our
own community.
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ijfj The Bank of Manteo Gives Us 100% Service; Let Us Give It 100% S'jpp>rt |l
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L D. Tarkington
Fancy (Groceries and Meals
Carson W. Davis
Davis Wants To See You
M. L Daniels
The Manlco General Store
S. A. Griffin
Feeds, Fertilizers?Esskay Products
, - ?
Dare County Motor Co.
Ford and Ford Products
i
i Manteo Supply Co.
Manteo, N. C.
I
| Virginia Dare Transportation Co.
Passenger and Freight Service
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Sophia Tillett
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Millinery?Dry Goods?Notions
Green Front Grocery
Everything Good To Eat
S. A. GRIFFIN, JR., Manager
Manteo Pool Parlor
TILLETT & MEEKINS, Proprietors
J. M. Woodhouse
Herbert A Creef
Manteo Machine Shop
Creef Chevrolet Company
Jones Wholesale Co.
Evans Brothers
General Merchandise
Prime Meats and Groceries
W. B. Fearing Company
Roanoke Service Station
M. A. DANIELS, Manager