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VoluineXXVI
8 Pages This Week The Beaufort News, Thursday, September 16, 11
5c Per Copy
Number 37
Carteret Schools Open
"With Heavy Enrollment
: The schools of Carteret County got off to a good start to
day with all teachers except one at their posts of duty and
' with enrollments in most cases exceeding expectations.
H igineering Officials
Malting Name For Himself
Take A Coastal Cruise
t ci
Today's opening has been pre-i
ceded by more than two weeks
of strenuous effort in getting
the buildings in order and the
necessary supplies on hand, by
a principals' conference in the
Superintendent's office last
Monday, and by conference in
the local schools between prin
cipals and their respective
teachers. The Superintendent
asked that yesterday be used
by the teachers of the one-two-and
three-teacher schools in
getting the buildings in "ship
shape" for the opening.
The five new school buses arriv
ing at the county seat last Friday
will provide new equipment for the
children of the Adams Creek, Broad
Creek, Mansfield and Merrimon sec
tions and for one community in the
Newport section, where one double
trip will be eliminated. Also as a r
suit of receiving this new equipment,
definitely better equipment although
not new equipment, will be available
for the children of the Crab Point,
. Harkers Island, Ocean sections and
the Oyster Creek section on the old
New Bern road.
Much disappointment was express-
. ed by the principals ft Mpadajr'l
meeting on learning that the State
Textbook Commission consistently
insists that the eighth and ninth
grades of the Carteret County
schools continue to use the old Math,
ematics this year because the State
furnished last year a sufficient num
ber of new copies of the old text to
fully meet the needs for mathematics
text in these grades.
(continued on page five)
fishing And
ALL OUTDOORS
By AYCOCK BROWN
THE RECENT 'mullet shift' and
waterspouts also brought an improve
ment in sports fishing, although the
sea beyond the Inlet during the past
10 days has been too bumpy at times
to sail on and troll in comfort. Never
theless, some excellent catches have
been made by the trollers. Raymond
S. Peery and Ritchie T. Peery of
'Tazewell were mightly well pleased
with the catch they made on Monday
with Capt. Jess Pagels aboard his
boat Jessie. I did no;' have an op
portunity to count the fish, but I saw
part of their catch of big blues, (al
most the size of Hatteraa Blues) be
ing packed in and filling to capacity
one of the larger mullet kegs down
at Southgate Packing company. The
Peery's were of the opinion that the
Blues packed as they were, would
not need re-icing before they reached
Tazewell the following afternoon a
bout 4 o'clock.
GAME WARDEN LEON Thomas
tells me that any resident of the
coast taking o.ut marsh hen hunters
should first have a guide's license.
(Continued on page eight)
TIDE TABLE
Information as t- the tide
at Beaufort is give In this
column. The figures are approx
imately correct and based on
tables furnished by the U. S.
Geodetic Survey. Borne 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 the estuaries.
.High
5:27
5:46
6:12
6:30
6:54
7:13
7:37
7:56
8:21
8:40
9:06
9:26
9:53
10:15
Lew
Friday, Sept. 17, ' ,
a. m. . 11:29 tu ra.
p. m. 11:47 p. m.
Saturday, Sept. 18
m. iz:i4 a. m.
m. 12:36 p. m.
Sunday, .Sept. 19
m. is:oi a. m.
m. 1:22 p. m.
Monday, Sept. 20
m. 1:38 a. m.
m. 2:06 p. m.
Tueaday, Sept. 21
m. 2:16 a. m.
m. 2:50 p. m.
Wednesday, Sept. 22
a. m. 2:55 a, m.
p. m. 3:33 p. m.
Thursday, Sept. 23
a. m. 3:37 a. m
-p. a. A -M p. m
Office Hours
Supt. J. G. Allen expressed
the bope that his duties will
permit him to spend more time
in the schools this year than
heretofore and has. asked, for
the convenience of our readers
and of the public generally,
that wo give prominence to
the fact that it is his hope to
spend most of his Mondays,
Wednesdays, and Fridays in
the schools therefore, that
those desiring to transact bus
iness with him personally caa
not count on his presence at
the office on any days other
than Tuesdays, Thursdays, and
Saturdays. He stated that it
will, be his purpose to be in his
office on Tuesdays, Thursdays,
and Saturday unless urgent
business requiring immediate
attention should necessitate his
absence from the office on
these ' day J. '
The regular hours' for the
- office of the County Board of
Education are 9:00-12:00 and
l:00-S:O9 Monday : ,t.yough
Friday, and 9:00-1:03 on Sat
urdays. j'
Rail President
Uh
H- P. Crowell
Pictured above is H. P. Crowell,
executive president of the Atlantic
and North Carolina railroad and
managing director of the Morehead
City Poit Terminal, Mr. Crowell will
be the most prominent figure in a
meeting of the A and N. C. directors
in Goldsboro on next Tuesday. Some
people are saying that interesting
news will evolve from that meeting,
especially news of interest pertain
ing to the progress of thes tate con
trolled carrier. The News and Obser
ver's "Under the Dome" 'writer had
the following to say about "Railroad
er Crowell," following a report of
July operations early this week:
Last winter men and boys in
the tobacco country had no to
bacco work to do so they busi
ed themselves gathering scrap '
iron from alleys and wherever
it wasn't bolted down. For it,
local junk dealers paid prices
high enough to cause muncipal
ities to experience difficulty
keeping all their manholes cov
ered. The junk dealers in turn as
sembled it in carload lots and
shipped it to Morehead City vis
the Atlantic and North Carolina,
which the State has been oper
ating in the red since the Nor
folk Southern - abandoned it.
Scrap cluttered the streets of
Morehead City, brought ocean
going steamers to Morehead's
new port terminal, and sent A.
' & N. C. revenues ballooning in
to black figures for the first time
since before the depression.
Moreheads Chamber of Com
mercemen lifted hands in hor
ror at the suggestion, but many
a person continued to believe
the scrap iron was going to Ja
pan to be made into shrapnel,
aerial bombs and destructive
whatnots. Some even were so
crass as to intimate that it might
be shot back at America and
Americana.
In July activity in tobacco
made collection scrap iron less
attractive and when the carloads
of junk quit rolling to the sea,
the A. 4 N. C. dipped into the
(Continued on page five)
4 "5 Stl
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W
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Hurling George
As a baseball nlaver George Brooks
Jr., has a very bright future. Since
he was in grade school here he has
been starring in athletics. Sometf ime
ago, while a student at Middle Geor
gia College, Brooks was taken ov-
LOCAL STUDENTS
OFF TO COLLEGE
Beaufort Probably Has
Educational ' -.
Record
At least 50 and probably more stu
dents than that ars planning to leave
or have left Beaufort for colleges
and prep schools this year, This in
formation was given Th News by
M. Leslie Davis, local attorney, Who
thought it had the makings of a good
story. And considering the fact that
less than 2,500 white persons live in
Eeaufort, it is really an outstanding
record for a small town. A list of
students who have gone away already
or are planning to leave within a
few days includes the following:
Rollins Lewis, Richard Bloodgood,
John Morrison, Teddy Richards, Mary
Taylor Hinnant, Tom I. Davis, M.
Leslie Davis, Jr., Charles Davis, Ev
elyn Davis, Robert L. Davis, Gilbert
Potter Ed Potter Jr., Laurence Rud
der, Elizabeth Huntley, Charles
Thomas, Frank Thomas, Ed. Hancock
Jr., Charles Gillikin, John Austin,
Roland Longest, Charles Stevens, Jr.
John Stevens, Louise Bailey, Hugh
Jones, Jr., Maude Bloodgood, Jose
phine Betts, David Jones, Cluad
Wheatly Jr., Robert Hill, Richard
Chad wick, Ralph Thomas, Smith
Morris, Eleanore Way, William Adair
Jr., Braxton Adair, Opal Merrill,
Helen O'Bryan, Taylor O'Bryan, Jo
seph House Jr., Borden Mace, Lu
cille Safrit, Elizabeth Thomas, iSadie
Moore, Bertha Barbour, Charles
Hamilton, Jahn H. Skarren, Marjorie
Humphrey and Jean Stubbs. The
above list may not be complete, but
it includes at least 50 of the local
students going away to schools and
Colleges.
The schools and colleges to which
the above students will go include:
Louisburg, Wake Forest, State, U. N.
C, Campbell, S. Georgia College,
Elon, Oak Ridge, E.C.T.C. Poughkep
sie, U.- S. Naval Academy, Temple
University, N.C.C.W., Red Springs,
Lenoir-Rhyne, Peace, Atlanta School
of Pharmacy, Davie Tree . Surgery
School and Christ School.
State and County
Officials To Meet
A joint meeting of the state leg
islators of 25 southeastern North
Carolina counties, county and city
commissioners and county and city
auditors will be held in Clinton next
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock for
the purpose of considering the ques
tions of organizing a state depart
ment of justice, city and county
classification of property, public as
sistance a,nd social security and oth
er important matters, it was an
nounced today by Fred R. Seeley,
Carteret representative. Several of
the city and county officials of Car
teret expect to attend this impor
tant gathering, it was stated.
Brooks Jr.
r hv the St. Louis Cardinals and
during the past summer was farmed
out to the Daytona Beach "Islanders'
club. "Next Spring he goes in train
ing with the Cardinals.
ACTUAL WORK ON
LAB BEGINS SOON
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Duke University Will
Build Biological
Unit, Here A
It is likely that actual construction
of the Puke University Marine ab
oratory Unit on Pivers Island will
start sometime during the late aut
umn 6r coming winter. That is the
opinion expressed by Dr. Herbert F.
Prytherch, director of the U. S. Fish
eries laboratory here, who has been
assisting the Duke officials in an ad
visory capacity since they purchased
property on the southern side of
Pivers Island some time ago for the
purpose of establishing a laboratory.
Dr, A, S. Pearse of Duke's biologi
cal department left here Wednesday
following a visit of several days at
the Fisheries Laboratory where he
made- a study of parasites of crabs.
Dr. Pearse, world famous biologist
could give no definite information re
lative to when work of the Duke pro
ject would begin, but Dr. Prytherch
feels sure it will be at an early date.
-- Already much of the ground work
on the property has been completed,
including the construction of a con
crete road connecting with the gov
ernment's driveway and the sinking
of a deep well.- The Duke Labora
tory will represent an expenditure of
approximately $50,000 at the begin
ning, it is understood.
FISHING IS GOOD
AT PRESENT TIME
Fishermen are getting fair prices
for the excellent catches of fish that
have been made since the change in
weather about 10 days ago. The im
provement in commercial catches is
due to the mix-up in the seasons ac
cording to Gherman Holland of Car
teret Fish Company and local repre
sentative of the Southgate Packing
Company of Norfolk. Never before
have mullets the sixe that have been
caught recently been taken so early
in the season. An abundance of
rain, or fresh water mixing with the
salt water is believed responsible for
the improvement. Mullets and spots
are running in large schools. Due to
a mild winter last year the best
shrimping season since 1933 is be
ing experienced. The mullets now be
ing taken range in size from one
pound to 30 ounces, the size usually
taken in late October and early No
cember. Big Mullet Haul At
Wade Shore Fishery
One of the biggest hauls of mullets
made during the past week was that
of Capt. Charlie Russell and his mate
Ed Russell and crew of Harkers Is
land at Wade Shore Fishery last Fri
day, according to I. N. Moore, local
merchant. Approximately 6,000
pounds were landed and while the
mullet fishing has been very good
recently, this is said to be one of the
largest catches.
UU
High U. S. Engineering officials made a complete tour of
inspection of many waterway projects in the Third Congres
sional District last week with Representative Graham Bard en.
SPUD MATTER
Irish Potato growers of Car
teret county are advised by
County Agent J. O. Anthony to
keep in daily contact with him
relative to the proposed refer
endum which is likely to be
held within the next few days.
Efforts of potato growers in
co-operation with the AAA to
establish a separate goal for
Irish potatoes for 1938 in the
Soil Conservation Program U
planned through the proposed
referendum. A leaflet contain
ing "Some Facts About Pota
toes, " are available at the
Farm Agent's office and all
growers should secure same and
study the situation. Further in
formation relative to the pro
posed referendum will be found
under the editorial heading
"Of Vital Importance To Po
tato Growers" on page 4 of
this edition.
Leading Farmer
L Jp
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George W. Huntley
In the above photo, sitting in
front of a few of several thousand
cases of Topsale Brand tomatoes
which he packed this year is Mayor
George W. Huntley of Beaufort, one
of the leading farmers and business
men of Carteret county. Since the
photo was made a few day.s ago Mr.
Huntley has shipped about 6,500
cases of tomatoes which he raised on
his farms and packed at a local can
ning plant he had leased for the seas
on. Mr. Huntley is secretary of the
N. C. Truckers Advisory committee
which was started at the request of
agricultural officials in Washington,
and which is making an effort at the
present time to have legislation en
acted which will lead to the control
of potatoes. On Friday Mr. Huntley
and the advisory committee will meet
in Washington, N. C, to work out
plans for thes tate wide potato re
ferendum which is hoped to get a
reaction from every grower of po
tatoes in the state, looking towards
control of the crop.
Every potato grower knows that
something is needed in the way of
control or crop legislation if they
ever expect to realize any profit from
this commodity. While the N. C.
Truck Advisory Committee is vitally
interested in staging the referendum,
the AAA officials co-operating with
local county agents are also co-operating
in the proposal.
GOLF CLUB DRIVE
IS NOW UNDERWAY
Following a meeting of the Greens
Committee and officials of Gulf
Stream Golf Club last night a drive
for new club members was started
with a total of 100 as a goal. Also
discussed was a proposed golf tourn
ament for the club with Charles Has
sell being appointed chairman of a
tourney committee including Bill
Skarren, B. L. Noe, C. J. Owensby,
George McNeill and Aycock Brown.
Stanley Woodland, an official of the
club stated that he plans to start a
membership drive in Morehead City
for new membres. Charles W. Brit
ton, president of the club presided
at the meeting. Charles Hassell will
accept applications from boys under
the age of 17 who wish to become
caddies. A series of autumn social
vents to be staged by the club was
also discussed.
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lift
They were impressed with the
cruise made aboard the U.S.E.
D. 95-foot yacht Falcon and
the Hatteras, a smaller cruiser
attached to the W llmington
office of the War Department.
Besides Representative Bar-
den Brigadier General Max C.
Tyler, assistant chief of the U.
S. Engineering Department,
Major George W. Gillette of
Washington, D. C., and Major
Ralph Minis in charge ot the
Wilmington district were in
the party. Dr. Herbert F. Pry
therch, director ot the U. S. bu
reau of Fisheries here also
made the trip as guest of the
high officials.
They sailed from Morehead City a
bout noon on Thursday through
Adams Creek Canal for Oriental on
the north shore of Neuse River where
Congressman Barden joined the par
ty. From there they sailed across a
turbulent Pamlico Sound to the pro
tected waters in the bight of Royal
Shoals where an overnight anchorage
was made.
Early the following morning the
party was met by Ocracoke coast
guardsmen and piloted through the
criss-cross channel of the Swash to
Ocracoke. The party was well heel
ed with fishing tackle and would have
probably tried a morning with the
Channel Bass of Ocracoke with David
Gaskill as guide, had the wind beett
blowing from any direction except
the northeast. But down at Ocra
coke they dont fish nor'easters so
after a brief stop at acake, which
incidently is in C.-.sreauaian Lindsey
Warren's district, the party sailed a
( Continued on page eight)
I WATEIl FilOm
1 By AYCOCK BROWN
THE ATTORNEY who told me th
story had forgotten the man's nam
and asked that he not be quoted 6uiT
he story is too good to pass by with
out some mention. An old gentle
man from the country visited the aU
torney and said : "Mr. , I want
you to tell me something about this
sexual security?" The attorney told
him that the sexual security was
something he did not know anything
about but if it was social security,
he was talking about, perhaps, Mr.
Seeley could give him the d. 'sired in
formation. " DOWN AT OCRACOKE there
lived a person who for approximately
20 years dressed and was accepted as
a woman. One day a strange man
left the island on the mailboat. Not
even the skipper of the boat recog--nized
the man. The woman hae
changed to a man overnight The
man is living today and has bee
married at least once. It was a story
I wanted to write. Victor Meekin
visiting the island knew of the in
cident. He told me if I would get
the date and a photograph or wo
that he knew a contributor to Amer
ican Weekly, (The Hearstpapenr
Sunday glamour section) who would
pay me $25 for my troubles. But I
did not get the information. Several
months ago the complete story ap
peared in some newspaper, I forget
just which one.
DOWN AT THE Southgate Pack
ing Company last night I was watch
ing the mullet-gutters working on the
remainder of 22,000 pounds of fisit
which had been brought in during
the day. Gherman Holland, why
attends to Southgate's local inter
ests in salting mullets told me that
he would give me a good story about
the catches if I would come back
later. Probably the story appears
alsewhere in today's edition. I waa
anxious that my brother Gene from
the up-lands see the catch so I went
to the telephone to call him. A man
in the office came over before the
number answered and said: "Please
don't phone that story in to the News
and Observer. ... If you do the fish
ermen down here will be ruined." He
thought that I was getting ready to
phone a story to up-state papers a
bout the good catches that had been
made.
THIS MAN WENT on to say that
up state where Beaufort and More
head City fish are being hucked and
delivered, the people think the fish--ermen
alnog the coast are rolling la
wealth and refuse to pay fair price
for fish. One merchant up state
(Continued on page eight)
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