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Volume XXVI
10 Pages this week
Carteret County's Oldest Newspaper -Esta hed 1912
The Beaufort News, Thursday, November 2 937
THANKSGIVING
Honor the Lord with
thy substance and with
the first fruit rf all thy
increase. Proverbs 3:9.
5c Per Copy
Number 45
REV.LD.HAYMAN
WILL BE PASTOR
OF CHURCH HERE
JlauliHf For Mullets Thetj
Rev. C. T. Rogers Is
Transferred To
Rosemary
REV. MR. DIXON OF
NEWPORT RETIRED
Landed A Giant Mola
1
Rev. L. D. Hayman, who hai
been pastor of the Methodist I
church in Nashville succeeds;
the Rev. C T. Rogers who has
occupied Ann Street Methodist
pulpit for the past three years, j
Rev. Mr. Rogers has been trans
ferred to a larger church in!
the town of Rosemary, which
is a manufacturing center and
a 'twin-city' to Roanoke Rap
ids. The announcements of
pulpit changes in the New
Bern District were made at the
Methodist Conference in Ral
eigh a few days ago.
The only other change made in
Carteret county ministers is at New
port where the Rev. J. C. Whedbee
will succeed the Rev. Mr. Dixon
there who is being superannuated.
The Rev. O. W. Matliewson will re
main in Atlantic. There will be no
change in the Straits-Harlowe circuit,
where the Rev. J. L. Joyce is now
serving as pastor. Morehead City
Methodists were pleased to learn that
tneir Kev. a. n. Houston will con
tinue to occupy the pulpit there.
Down at Ocracoke the Rev. W. A.
Crow whs reappointed to his post
which also includes a charge at
Portsmouth in this county.
There will be many people in Beau
fort who will hate to see their Rev.
Mr. Rogers leave. Since his local
pastorate began Ann Street Metho
dist has made progress. Local Meth
odists are looking forward to the ar
rival of the Rev. L. D. Hayman, who
Continued on page four)
Newport Boy Faces
Patricide Charges
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'The Rarest Of All
Maritime Fish"
Pictured above is the giant
Sunfish or Mola, which was land
ed in a mullet net at Brown's In
let recently by Capt. Whitford
Gillikin of Beaufoit and his crew.
It weighed several hundred pounds
and measured 73 inches long and
83 inches from tip to tip of its
vertical fins. Director Harry Da
vis of the State Museum will re
produce a model of the fish. At
tight is the net which caught the
Mi.la. (News and Observer Photo.)
MUJXSIXG
L 1 HUT S
By JOHN SIKES
NEWSPAPER columnists custo
marily reminisce; sometimes embar
rassingly so, always personally.
Without encouraging the notion that
1 think the custom is impoitant, or
even interesting, I would like to
make note ho: ?,
in my second
tempt at column
ing unie rthe ban
ner o Messrs,
Hatsell and Brown
that I was living
ni Beaufort at the
time the World
War was declared.
That was back in
1914. My Dad,
who was the Ann
John Sike Street Methodist
minister then, brought the family
lrink'mg water to the house from
the artesian well down on the corn
er of what is now Joe House's drug
store. I may be wrong about the ex.
act location.
BUT IT WAS the year the Boston
Braves, the miracle team of baseball,
beat the Philadelphia Athletics four
(Continued on page ten)
A Jeweler For The
Past 50 Years
TIDE TABLE
Information as t. 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 the estuaries.
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Christmas Seal Drive Begins
ds Red Cross Roll Call Ends
Seals You Buy Will
Help Undernourished
B. A. BELL
Pictured above is B. A. Bell, who
has been a jeweler for the past 50
years, 27 of which have been spent
in Beaufort. In addition to the fore
going distinctions, Mr. Bell is also
the oldest active merchant in Car
teret county. He is assisted in the
management of his business by his
very efficient wife, Mrs. Mattie Bell.
They have one son, Ben Bell Jr.,
who is outstanding in student acti
vities at the Beaufort school and a
wizard at several hobbies. The pho
to of Mr. Bell is the first in a series
of local merchants who will make
Front Page in this newspaper from
week to week.
Mystery Surrounding
Man's Disappearance
In Newport Section
One day, late in October about
five weeks ago, R. S. Simmons of the
Newport section was returning from
New Bern in his Model A. Ford. In
James City it was necessary for him
to have certain repairs done on the
car. He did not have the sum nec
essary to pay the repair bill in his
pockets at the time and two men,
probably employees at the Service
station accompanied him to Newport
to get the money needed.
Mrs. J. G. Allen has been appoint
ed chairman- of the annual Christ
mas Seal sale in Carteret county, it
was announced early this week by
Dr. R. L. Carlton of Winston-Salem,
managing director of the N. C. Tu
berculosis Association. As a result of
the sale in Beaufort this year under
nourished children at the local school
will be fed, it was stated.
Mrs. Allen announced that the
seals will go on sale in Beaufort, to
morrow, November 26. The sale of
the seals in this town is sponsored by
the Parent Teacher's Association,
and this oiganization is responsible
for having the funds derived from
same to be used in the lunchroom of
the local school for purchasing food
for the undernourished youngsters.
A meeting will be held at the homo
of Mrs. Allen next Monday after
noon, at 3 ;30 o'clock to map out
plans for the sale campaign. Mrs.
Merrill, president of the PTA and
the members of the welfare and fi
nance committee of the organiza
tion are urged to be in attendance
at this meeting.
Carteret's Citizens
Stood By Red Cross
, " An excellent response has been
shown by citizens of Beaufort and
the communities of East Carteret
county during the annual Red Cross
Roll Call for 1938, which officially
ends today, according to Mrs. M. E.
Bloodgood, chairman of the Roll Call
Coommittee of the Beaufort Chapter.
The Beaufort Chapter includes not
only this town but all communities
between here and Cedar Island.
Cedar Island sent in their report
on Wednesday and 19 new members
have joined there this year with $7.20
additional contributions which accor
.1 : a. . n . t-i i
'iing io .urs. tiiooagoou, is exception
ally good for the communities of Lola
and Roe on that Island. Harkers
Island another eastern community
has shown excellent responce with 41
new members added there.
At th last report Mrs. Bloodgood
received, (and it is not complete)
the workers in Beaufort had secured
81 members up until early this week,
The above represents only a partial
list of the 24 workers whose names
follows:
(Continued on page ten)
THREE VIOLENT
DEATHS
Two Negroes And One
White Man Killed
During Week
Three violent deaths have occur
red in Carteret county since last
Saturday. Two were Negroes, one a
white man. About 7:30 o'clock Sat
urday evening Sir Walter Godette,
27-year-old Negro of the Harlowe
section driving a model A Ford died
almost instantly when the car he
was driving collided head-on with a
truck driven by W. G. Willis, of
Smyrna. Neither Mr. Willis or Ver
non Simpson, the other occupant of
the truck were seriously hurt . . .
On Sunday 40-year old Romie Mann
of near Newport was killed by his 16
year old son, LaRose Mann. A story
about this killing appears elsewhere
in this edition.
The car-truck crash on Saturday
occurred on Atlantic road, adjacent
to Avery's Flower farm. John Wesley
uoaette, tatner of the driver of the
car, was taken to Potters Emergen
cy hospital immediately, but he died
Continued on page four
Killed His Father
Who Was Beating
His Mother
CORONER'S JURY SAID
SHOOTING JUSTIFIABLE
Skipper of Fisheries
Patrol Boat Hatteras
Over Seven Million
Pounds Of Seafood
High Low The three of them returned to the
Friday, Not. 26 Service station, near New Bern.
3:02 a. m. 9:13 a. m. whire it was said he paid the repair
3:23 p. m. 9;36 p. m. bill and got into the car and started
Saturday, Not. 27 for home. But Simmons never reach.
4:10 a. m. 10:13 a. m. ed home. The car in which he was
4;28 p. m. 10:27 p. m. riding was found abandoned on the
Sunday, Not. 28 New Bern road near that town.
6:04 a. m. Since that time his whereabouts
6:19 p. m. 11:09 p. m. have been unknown.
Monday, Not. 29 A relative of Simmons told The
5:51 a. m. 11:16 a. m. Beaufort News that several persons
6:04 p. m. 12:00 p. m. in the Newport section were of the
Tuesday, Not. 30 opinion that probably he had been
6:34 a. m. 12:02 a. m. the victim of foul play . . . that is
6:42 p. m. 12;45 p. m. they think he might have been mur-
Wedneiday, Dec. 1 dered. But no good reason was ad-
7:11 a. m. 12:45 a. m. vanced for that thought. Simmons is
7:19 p. m. 1:27 p. m. said to have been addicted to a cer-
TbundaT, Dec. 2 tain 'headache remedy' which he
7:46 a. m. 1'2A a. m. took due to his poor health and ner-
'7:54 p. m. 2:06 p. m. vous condition,
Over seven million pounds of sea
food has been or will be shipped in
boxes made by Scarboro-Safrit Lum
ber Company this year, it was esti
mated when Mr. Safrit stated on
Wednesday that approximately 75,
000 boxes had been turned out by
the local firm this year. The esti
mate was figured on a basis that
each box would eventually contain
approximately 100 pounds of sea
continued on page ten)
Writer Errs About
Carteret Peanuts
A couple of Sundays ago in a full
page article appearing in the News
and Observer a writer stated that
"Carteret County would produce
1,000,000 pounds of peanuts this
year and that Carteret was a n?w
peanut territory. Quick as a fl h,
when he read the article. County
Farm Agent J. O. Antho ly wiote
the tditor of The News and Ob er
ver, asking that he would like for
(Continued on page ten)
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Capt. Guy Gaskill
Capt. Guy Gaskill, native of Hark
ers Island, who holds fiist mate licen
ses for any vessel on any sea and an
expert practical fisherman who knows
North Carolina waters like a book is
skipper of the State's new patrol
boat Hatteras which is now basing at
Manteo and operating out of Ore
gon Inlet in search of violators of
fishing laws. Under a Manteo date
line a few days ago it was revealed
that since the vessel started its oper
ation a number of non-resident men
haden factory-boats and trawlers had
been apprehended by the crew of the
Hatteras. It was stated that approx
imately $1,500 in fines or licenses
had been collected from the violators
of North Carolina's fishing laws, and
that indicates that the vessel is pay
its way. (Dare County Times Pho-to.)
LaRose Mann, 16-year old
youth of the Newport section
came to Beaufort early Mon
day morning to be arrested
and placed under bond of $500
on charges of manslaughter.
He freely admitted to a Cor
oner's Jury which exonerated
him of all blame by saying the
'shooting was justifiable,' of
killing his father about noon
last Sunday. LaRose told a
straightforward story about
the whole affair, never once
showing any signs of emotion.
The editor of The Beaufort
News accompanied Sheriff
Chadwick and acting Coroner
King to the scene of the shoot
ing Sunday afternoon. The ed
itor served as one of the six
man jury. Upon his return to
Beaufort he wrote a detailed
story, which under the caption,
"Coroner's Jury" follows:
Coroner's Jury
By Aycock Brown
Six of us who had been sworn in
as his jury, by acting-Corner King of
Carteret, expressed our opinion that
it was justifiable patricide. As we
expressed this opinion to the coroner
and Sheriff Chadwick we could gaze
through the op?n door of the ram
shackley tenant ho-- ' see the
crumpled body of a nun who had
gone deer hunting on this Sabbath
morning instead of to Sunday school
or church with his wife Eva and their
three children, Larose, age 16, Pres
ton, age 9, and Clarissa age eight.
The body of Romie Mann lay in a
pool of oozing, crimson blood which
was already getting black in splot
ches. The face of the dead man was
white, very white except for several
blue spots, perhaps the shot marks
which had almost passed through his
head from the hole back of the left
ear where the full load of shot had
entered leaving a nasty doggish look
(Continued on page nine)
IVATEtt FilOXI
By AYCOCK BROWN
Marianne Making (jood
Miss Marianne Taylor, the talent
ed daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bayard
Taylor is spending the Thanksgiving
holidays here with her parents. Since
she left Beaufort during the late
summer to make her home in Prov
idence, R. I., she
has been making
good as a singer.
She had already
made good as a
singer in Beaufort
years before she
left this town.
Here she was a
member of a fam
ous trio which
would have really
gone places if the
right talent scout had heard them.
This trio included, besides Marianne,
Miss Ruth Lewis and Miss Mildred
Johnson. Since she was very young
Marianne had filled an important
place in St. Paul's choir. In Provi-
dence she lives with her relatives Mr.
and Mrs. Ted Downes. Mr. Downes
operates the Crown hotel. Soon af
ter her arrival in the Rhode Island
city, Marianne became a featured
singer in the Crown's Cocktail
Lounge, where she entertains each
night. She is also a featured singer
with Karl Tatz and his Rhode Island
ers, an orchestra which has a repu
tation or being one of the best in
the New England states. There are
manypepole in Beaufoit who will
be glad to learn that Marianne is
making good brcause she has many
li lends here in rtr home town who
are wishing her the best of luck.
We will be hearing more fine things
about the career of talented, attrac
tive, Marianne, as time goes by . . .
Mark those words. P. S. Incidental
ly she is an ex-columnist ( A Sea
Gull Told Me) of The Beaufort
News A.B.
Quail Season Opened
Last Week; Wildfowl
Season Opens Nov. 27
The quail season opened in Car.
teret county last Saturday and al
though no one has brought in a brace
of these feathered delicacies for the
editor's table to date, reports are that
here on the coast the crop of these
fast flying morsels is exceptionally
good.
On Saturday of thi.s week (Noveni
ber 27) the migratory wildfowl sea
son opens in North Carolina and will
remain open until December 26. Re
ports from all sections indicate that
there are more ducks and wild geese
along the coast this year than any
time since 1930, this year the eel
grass started disappearing.
Capt. Gus Styron of Cedar Island
says that ducks and geese arrived
there several weeks ago and the wea
ther of late has been such that they
are using the shoaly waters near the
shore. Guides down in the Davis
area report that ducks are numerous
in that section of Core Sound. David
Gaskill of the Pamlico Inn at Ocra
coke telephoned on Wednesday to say
that not only were there more ducks
and geese in the Pamlico Sound re
gion this year than in several years
but that brandt too are numerous.
There will be no open seasoa on
brandt this year.. however.
NORFOLK newspapers a few days
ago quoted James Kelly and Joseph
Lamb, British seamen who left the
late S. S. Tzenny Chandris before
she sailed for 'Davy Jones' locker'
from the port of Morehead City, as
saying the vessel ,
was top-heavy, be
cause the smaller I
scrap was loaded!
at Norfolk and thel
heavier pie c e s
placed on the top
at Morehead City.
The newspapers
quoted these sia
men as saying
that thev refus
to sail aboard the Aycock Brown
vessel on the proposed cruise tJ
Rotterdam, because she was i:i
such bad condition, j,nd because her
engines were not operating satisfac
torily. But there is always two sides
to a story.
I AM OF THE opinion, since I
talked with John Memakis, part own
er of the restaurant which makes
the best coffee of any In Cartertt
(Continued on page Ten)
-V
Pound and Half Lemon
Is Grown In Carteret
LmJ
A lemon, three timet the lize
of any eTer offered for ale in
local storei which probably
came from Florida or California,
wai brought to The Beaufort
New office on Wednesday by
Miss Madie Dickinson, daughter
of Mr. and Mn, Ray Dickimon
of Core Creek. Her lemon
weighed one pound and a quar
ter pounds and it was grown on
a bush at their country home.
Four other lemons are still on
the bush and are now ripening at
the Dickinsons. A lemon of a
similar size harrested by Miss
Dickinson last year furnished
juice enough to make three
bug lemon pies.