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Volume XXVI
Eight Pages
The Beaufort News Thursday, April t&, 1937
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Number 17
SENIOR PROM AT
BEACH NEXT
FRIDAY
BILLY DARST TO
MAKE THE MUSIC
Management Of Resor
Hosts For Second
Annual Event
Rillv Darst and his 10-piece or
rhestra composed of State College
students will make the music for the
AotH annual All-County Senior
Class dance to be presented in the
Casino on Atlantic Beach, Jtnday
nipht. Mav. 7, it was announced to
dav bv Bob Connell, managaingdir
ector of the Beach for the current
season. In addition to the 10-pieces
of music the orchestra hailing from
Raleigh also features two entertain
ers, it was stated.
On Tuesday afternoon Mr. Allen
met with the principals and the pres
idents of Ihe junior and senior class
es of the schools in the county and
made tentative plans for the program
A feature of the program will be the
grand march, with only the juniors
and seniors and their escorts parti
cipating. Later in the program
there will be prizes awarded the
honored classes which brings the lar.
gest percentage of parents to the
dance, and also prizes for the best
dancers, the prettiest girls etc. It
will not only be a dance, but also an
entertainment.
Only the honored classes and their
selected invited guests will be admitt-
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Covering The
WATER FttOXi
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By AYCOCK BROWN
ACCORDING TO Lloyd's Registry
of Shipping the Japanese S S. Taigen
Maru, expected on tne Dar aDout
o'clock this afternoon and bound for
Morehead City port terminal for
canto of approximately 5,000 tons
of scrap metal, is larger, or at any
rate loneer than any vessel yet to
call at the new $2,000,000 port de
velopment. She is listed at 409 1-2
feet long. The two Scandinavian ves
sels which have cleared during the
past few days were a few feet short
er than this vessel expected today.
And both the British, Waziristan and
the Norwegian, Samnanger, which
had previously called at the port for
taking on or discharging cargoes
Were shorter in length than the Jap
vessel.
THE TAIGEN MARU hails from
Osaka, according to Lloyd's Registry.
She sailed from Boston for Morehead
City on Monday of this week. Her
net tonnage is 5,666, which means
she can carry a gross tonnage of al
most double that number. She is of
the steam turbine type and her own
ers is Shimomura-Kisen, according
to Lloyds. The Taigen Maru was
formerly the S. S. Luise Neilsen, and
was built in Seattle, Washington
back in 1917. She is 54 feet wide and
has a draft of 27 feet.
NAMES OF ALL Jap vessels are
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Sailiny Under Flags- of Separate Nations-Sister Ships Met
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Joy Of Reunion At Morehead City Port Terminal Turned To Sadness
First meeting of two sea-going
freighters in the now Port of More
head City brought both reunion and
death. Shown in the excellent photo
by D. G. Bell of Morahead City is the
Sandhamn of Stockholm, Sweden
arriving at the new ?2,000,000 port
development at which the Fenwood
of Oslo, Norway is already docked
taking on scrap metal for shipment
to Japan. The two niotorships were
originally constructed as sister ships
in Norway, tho Sandhamn in 1929,
the Fernwood in 1930, but they had
never come together, in the same
port until Friday, April 16. The joy
of their reunion was turned to sad
ness on the following Thursday
when Capt. Bertil Nilceus, master of
the Sandhamn died of a heart attack.
His body was returned to Sweden
for burial, leaving Morehead City on
Saturday of last week. i
Both ships have cleared with car
goes, the Fernwood with 7,500 tons
goin.-- direct to Japan left first. Of;
Tuesday of this week the Sandhamn
under the command of Capt. Sven
Lantz, former chief mate who ber;
came master at the death of Captc
Nilseus, cleared for Wilmington id
complete her cargo after taking on
approximately 4,500 tons at More-
head City. Capt. Lantz, age only 32,
is perhaps the youngest skipper of
any foreign freighter which will ev
er clear the port of Morehead City.
An interesting story aboutt he sister
ships as told by Second Mate E.
Weden of the Fernwood will be
found on Page 3 of this edition. (The
cut is reprinted through the courte
sy of the News and Observer, and
the splendid photo from the air is
by D. G. Bell of Morehead City).
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Local Politics -;-At
A "Glance
MISS OPAL MERRILL
Miss Opal Merrill, the very at
tractive daughter of Mr. and Mr3. D
F. Merrill of Beaufort RFD. has been
chosen as May Queen for the May
Day festivities to be presented at
Beaufort Graded School on Monday.
It is the first time since May Day
festivities have become an annual
custom at the local school that girl
from the rural sectioi has been chos
en for this honor.
MAY LEASE PROPERTY
it was reported here today that
the Sinclair Oil Company was seek
ing or had gotten an option on prop
erly at tne southeast corner of Front
and Craven streets, including two
buildings located thera. It is under
stood that they will establish an aeen
cy nere. Keport were not confirmed,
As Others See Us
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John Sikes And Aycock Brown Sham Battling
No special news is attached t the above sham battle between John
Sikes, the man who is telling tht world about N. C. Fisheries' Carolina
Coast Sea Fresh Fillets and Aycock Brown, editor of The Beaufort News.
The pose was snapped for a special purpose to show the couple as
ethers see them and not the good friends they really are. (Eubanks
Newi Photo),
Politics are again beginning
to boil as local jobholders fight
for the privilege of hanging on
the plums so generously be
stowed upon them in the past.
The political picture from a
local standpoint is far from
pleasant. This year as in years
past the Chief of Police Wal
ter Longest, his assistant C. G.
Holland and Town Clerk Mur
ray Thomas have gone into a
political huddle and advanced
five candidates for election
who are apparently pledged to
see that they continue in office
This regardless of the ofhciai
recora maae oy these men in
the past.
. .Politics at best are ugly, bu
when three men can dictate
the Board 1 of Commissioners
who shall hold office, and in
turn to these Commissioners
how they shall run the town
government, it is of vital im
portance, for the future inter
est of the town, that the condi
tion be corrected.
It does not take close obser
vance to become aware that
one of our local officers oper
ates a fish house which re.
Quires a firreat deal of his timet
that durinsr the fishing seas-
on this othcer goes apparently
for days at a time when he nev
er appears in the role for
which he is paid. Yet it is safe
to say that durins this oeriod
no reduction is made in his sal
ary or deductions made for the
time which he spends conduct-
ing nis personal business. It is
not hard to believe that with
few exceptions every man in
Beaufort would be delighted to
noid a position with the town
at a salary of approximately
$100.00 per month if he were
free to conduct his personal
business at times to his choos
ing- .
When a person is paid mon
ey, derived from hard working
taxpayers to fulfill certain du
ties, and he in turn uses the
time he should be on the job
to compete with other local
business men who are not for
tunate enough to have an inde
pendent mcome it is the duty
of the commissioners to act.
In this connection we are not
directing an attack against
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any individual Dut against a
condition which exists by reas'
on or urortunate circumstanc
es which have grown up in the
past.
In any municipal set-up the
result of annual audits should
be made known to the public.
Banks and insurance compan
ies furnish the public with an
nual reports of their business
transactions for the previous
year, yet in a town where all of
the taxpayers are stockholders
the people are never inform
ed of its financial condition. Is
it because audits have not
been made that these state
ments are not published or is
it negligence on the par (of lo
cal jobholders?
Yet to UDhold the
referred to the Commissioner
who have been advanrod Kv
me aDove named men have in
dicated that thev will vote to
return these men to office.
I own governments were not
set ud for the benefit of fw
political jobholders but for the
good of all taxpayers. The tax-
Eayers are the ones who should
e the guiding influence in
local affairs and condition nt
the type that now exist in our
town government should be
brought to an end.
Municipal Election
To Be Held Tuesday
Message To Voters
The General Assembly of
North Carolina has enacted
legislation making markers il
legal in town elections. It is
rumored that the town clerk
will be at the polls on election
day in this capacity to push
votes in the ballot boxes for
the Board of Commissioners ad
vanced by Chief Longest, C. G
Holland and nimseir. It you
permit your ticket to be mark
ed or allow anyone to enter
the voting booth, unless you
need and request assistance,
you violate the true intent of
the election laws. Do not be
misled VOTE AS YOU SEE
FIT AND FOR THE CANDI
DATES YOU FEEL WILL
BEST SERVE YOUR INTER
ESTS AND THE INTERESTS
OF THE TOWN.
President's Friend
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Recorders Court
Only two cases were disposed of
in Recorders Court Tuesday. The
case against Tom Cunningham,
charged with assault on a female was
nol prossed with leave. Robert Mc
Credy, convicted of driving an auto
mobile while under the influence of
liquor was fined $25 and costs.
Arrested For Assault
Frederick Hughes of Morehead
City was arrested Wednesday by
Sheriff E. M. Chadwick and placed
under bond of $500 on a series of
tssault charges. He is alleged to have
assaulted his step-father Mr. Parke.
Stewart Will Preach
Baccalaureate Sermon
Commencement exercises of tho
Beaufort High School will begin on
Sunday afternoon, May 9, at which
time Rev. William Stewart, Pastor of
the Franklin Memorial Methodist
Church, Morehead City, will deliver
the Baccalaureate Sermon. The ser
vices will be held at the school aud
itorium and will begin at three
o'clock.
Rev. Stewart has made a host of
friends in Beaufort because of his
work here in a recent revival con
ducted at the Ann Street Methodist
Church. He is an inspiring speaker
and always has an interesting, worth
while message. The public is urged to
attend the services.
REP. LINDSEY WARREN
Representative Lindsey Warren of
the First Congressional District is a
personal friend of President Frank
lin D. Roosevelt. It was perhaps for
that reason that President Roosevelt
has consented to visit the 350th Anni
versary on Roanoke Island at Man-
ieu nexi August is ana deliver an
address. Following this speech Con
gressman Warren and President
Roosevelt will probably, (if present
plans carry) board a boat and sail
down the coast of North Carolina a
long the western edge of the Gulf
Stream for some of the excellent dol
phin and amberjack fishing found in
those waters. It is quite likely that
such a fishing trip would terminate
at Beaufort Inlet or the Morehead
City Port terminal. Representative
Warren is a native of Washington,
N. C. Fishing is his favorite sport
and his favorite fishing grounds in
clude Ocracoke, Hatteras and Oregon
Inlet and the Gulf Stream off Hat
teras and Oc.-acoke. He has frequent
ly fished along the ccast with his
Congressional associates, most fam
ous perhaps, Senator Joe Robinson
of Arkansas, and Vice President
Oarner.
Every Office On Town
Ticket Is Contested
Very Hotly
VOTING PLACE TO
BE AT TOWN HALL
One of the hottest contested muni
cipal elections for Beaufort in many
a year is scheduled to take place on
next Tuesday, May 4. Each office on
the town ticket is sought by more
than one individual and as all of the
candidates seeking lection are pop
ular and well known here, it is hard
to predict what the outcome will be
when the final count is made. The
voting place will be at the Town Hall.
Bayard Taylor, mayor is not seek
ing re-election to that post. Instead
th contest for the job of Mayor is
between George W. Huntley and Af
T. Gardner. Neither of these men"
are strangers to the people of Beau
fort, each have many friends and
supporters for the job they seek, s
to predict the winner accurately'
would be a hard job. The Mayor
job pays $50 per month.
Two groups are hoping to be elect
ed as members of the board of com
missioner. One group includes E. H.
Potter, James Rumley, L. C. Davis,
G. M. Paul and J. T. White. With the
exception of James Rumley, each of
the foregoing candidates are new.
Another group seeking the vote for
board of comnmj'.ior include
Frank King, J. T. Rice, Mrs. Maude
Chadwick, C. .H. Bushell and Louis
Willis. It is interesting to note that
Mrs. Chadwick is the first woman
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RiriuriD inAc rAf cm
ABOUT JUDGESHIP
Rumors current hereabout
early today that Luther Ham
ilton had been appointed spec
ial judge by Governor Hoey
and that he had accepted the
position was proven false. HanS
ilton told the Beaufort News
that it was news tn him Rnh
Thompson. Drivate secretary
to Governor Hoey wired The
Beaufort News that no suclt
appointment had been an
nounced from the Executive
Office. In the meant ifne every
one hereabouts agree that be
cause of his exceptional abili
ty, Hamilton if appointed and
if he accepted would be a fine
man for the job.
May Day Program
Has Been Postponed
The Spring Festival of Beau
fort Graded School scheduled
take place on Friday, April
! i een P0tponed, and
will be presented on Monlv.
May 3, it was announced today
by W. C. Carleton,
PLAN NIGHT CLUB
IN BEAUFORT SOON
Sponsored By Park Comitm
sion, It Will Be Presented
At Community Center
May 21
The Beaufort Park Commission
will sponsor a Night Club at Grey
Moss Inn, Beaufort Community Cen
ter on Friday night, May 21, it was
announced today. It will be the first
of a series of night clubs to be pre
sented there by the women of Beau
fort and sponsored by the Beaufort
Park Commission.
Dinners will be served, with danc
ing between courses with the biggest
attraction being a floor show. The
Night Club Dinner will start at sev
en o'clock and end at nine o'clock.
At nine o'clock a Bingo party will
begin with grand prizes offered the
winners. Charges for the Night Club
attraction and Bingo Party will be
nominal. ... uUJlaKjg
TIDE TABLE
Information as U the tide
at Beaufort is given in this
column. The figures are approx
imately correct and based on
tables furnished by the U. S.
Geodetic Survey. Some allow
ances must be made for varia
tions in the wind and also with
respect to the locality, that is
whether near the inlet or at
the heads of tho estuaries.
High
11:02 a.
U:i9 a.m.
11:43 p. m.
Friday, April 30
m. 5
5;
Saturday, May 1
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54
6:45
6:57
Sunday, May
12:04 a. m.
12:33 p. m.
Monday, May
12:53 a. m.
1:24 p. m.
Tuaadar. Mar 4
1:32 a. m. 8:33
2:23 p. m. g:03
Wcdnady, May S
2:51 a. m. g-26
3:26 p. m. io:05
TWrday, May 6
3:55 a. m. 10:19
4:26 p. m, li;Q4
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