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The Most Widely Read Newspaper Along The Central Carotins?' Coast
VOL. XXIX NO. 49
BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, DEC. 4, 1941.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
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Carteret Farmers Begin Setting
Out Cabbage For Spring 42-Crop
Beaufort's Newest
S&P GROCERY
GOING FORWARD
Elsewhere in today's edition of
The Beaufort Newt is the display
advertisement of the S&P Groc
ery Store which was established on
September 21, 1940, and is going
forward with excellent progress.
It Is Beaufort's youngest grocery
store and is owned and operated
by two of Beaufort's youngest bus
iness men, Charles Smith and John
Parkin. Both of these young men
got their initial grocery store
training at C. D. Jones Company.
' Since they went into business at
their store in Lire Oak street,
(across the street from Johnson
Saunders Dry Cleaning Company)
these two grocers have tried sev
eral forms of advertising. They
have tried newspaper displays,
hand bills and other forms. On
Wednesday when they placed their
current ad, they told Publisher
Hatsell, that they found the most
effective means of advertising was
through The Beaufort News and
in the future they will be placing
frequent displays in this newspa
per, in which three grocery stores
advertise regularly and a fourth
occasionally. The S&P carries a
full line of staple and fancy groc
" eries, meats, poultry, soft drinks,
igars and cigarettes and they al
so feature a prompt and efficient
delivery service.
i
Full Time Sanitary
Officer Joins Staff
Of Health Dept.
,' George Starr, of Goldsboro, has
arrived to take over the duties of
Sanitary Officer for the Carteret
County Health Department.
Mr. Starr received his B. S. De
gree at Wake Forest College in
1937. He then enrolled in the
; School of Public Health at the
University of North Carolina
where he received his certificate in
jTublic Health.
, Mr. Starr was first associated
with the Anson County Health
Department. After 18 months he
was transferred to the Union
County Health Department in
Monroe.
;; For the past three months thj
new County Officer was a member
Of the Sanitary Corps of Dr. J.
Roy Hege, Director of the National
Defense Emergency Health Dis
trict who was supervising Public
Health in the maneuver area.
Washington, D. C.
' LITTLE BUSINESS
x The President has on his desk a
confidential report that would warm
the heart of the defense-harried lit
tle business man if he could re,ad it
Submitted by Lowell MeUett, one
' ot the "passion for anonymity"
White House secretaries, following a
'. careful survey in 35 states, the
, memorandum by inference severely
criticizes OPM and war department
1 handling of defense contracts.
I MeUett found that little business
generally is bitterly disgusted with
I the whole defense administration, is
convinced that It is being run by
j big business and corporation law
i yers. and is up in arms politically
f f about the matter. MeUett warns
that the administration bad Deuer
do something about the situation
and do it fast or it will be Just too
bad in next year's crucial congres
sional elections.
A long list of specific grievances
are detailed in the report: Little
firms are excluded from defense
orders in favor of big competitors,
even though there was no difference
in their prices. Endless run-arounds
from OPM and army brasshats be
cause the little business men had
no "in" with the big shots. Small
manufacturers put out of business
by the priority system which en
ables big concerns with defense con
tracts to hog supplies of raw ma
terials. JMallctt -'" thal-the-DaJ?
See WINCHELL Page 7
Hundreds Of Acres
Will Be Devoted
To This Crop
In County
Carteret Coast farmers, or
some of them, were busy this
week setting out cabbage
plants for the Spring of 1942
crop and within the next
few weeks, this very import
ant early produce crop will
be growing on several hun
dred acres in the county.
One of the first farmers to set
out his Spring cabbage was K. W.
Wright who grew his own plants
on five acres of ground at his
farm on N. C. Route 101, a few
miles from Beaufort. He is prob
ably the first to get plants in the
ground.
His plant bed of five acres pro
duced three million plants which
are now ready for transplanting
in just a few weeks due to the ov
erhead irrigation system he has in
stalled on portions of his farm.
Of the three million plants he will
use enough to set out about 40 or
5 Oacres on his farm or leased
land. The remainder are being of
See FARMERS Page 10
ELIJAH WILLIS
Former Prominent
Beaufort Man
Died Saturday
Elijah Willis, 67, who died at
the Marine Hospital in Norfolk,
Va., Saturday morning at 7 :30 o'
clock of a heart attack, was buried
Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock
with Masonic honors from the
Methodist church at Williston,
Rev. L. D. Haynian, pastor of the
local church, officiating.
The deceased was a former
prominent citizen of the county,
having lived for many years in
Beaufort, where he was officially
connected with the freight lines
operated from Beaufort to Nor
folk. Some years ago he moved
to Norfolk where he was engaged
in the same line of work. He has
many friends in this section who
mourn sincerely his death. Sur
viving are his widow, Mrs. Pearl
Whitehurst Willis of Norfolk, a
sister, Mrs. L. L. Simpson, of Smy
rna, and a brother, Charlie Willis
of Williston.
He Believes In It
ADVERTISING
PAYS EASTMAN
Heaviest advertiser in The
Beaufort News during the month
of November was Eastman Furni
ture Company. George Eastman,
head of this firm, believes in ad
vertising, and he told the adver
tising representative of this news
paper on Monday that he felt that
the main reason his November
business of 1941 was far ahead of
the same month last year was be
cause of well placed, and proper
ly made up ads in The Beaufort
News. Mr. Eastman has not just
started an advertising program
he has seldom missed having a dis
play ad in each weekly edition of
The Beaufort News since he went
into business in Beaufort three
years ago.
That is perhaps the reason hit
firm has made such rapid progress.
During November his was the only
firm which took as much as a half
page of space in a single edition.
He said that last month's advertis
ing brought results and in a big
way. He has not slowed up in the
size of advertising space, as will
be noted on Page 6 of this edition
where he again takes a half page
space, listing a few of the many
items of furniture offered by his
firm, plus one of the finest line of
toys ever before offered in Car
teret County. You will be reading
more (in ads) about the Eastman
firm during December and in Jan
uary and every other months of
the year in The Beaufort News.
INITIAL WORK
OF DREDGING
IS COMPLETED
Basin Of 14-Foot
Depth Created
By USM Base
Finishing touches to the
initial dredging of the basin
in Bogue Sound to provide 14
feet of water for vessels go
ing to and from the U.S. Ma
rine supply base now under
construction at Camp Glenn
will be finished this week
end. The Dredge "Reilance"
of the C. Walker Hodges Dredging
Company which has been doing
this work will within the next few
days (unless present orders are
changed) proceed to the Neuse
River side o fCunningham Field,
gigantic air base of the U. S. Ma
rines under construction in the
Havelock section.
It has been reported that two
additional dredges are expected
soon at the Supply Base at Camp
Glenn to proceed with further dig
ding of the channel from that
point to the Morehead City Port
Terminal channel. The initial
depth of the channel will be 14
feet, but this depth may be made
greater at a later date.
In the meantime progress si be
ing made on shore at Camp Glenn.
Two of the new buildings are neai
ly completed and others are bein
built. It has been said that while
the initial expenditures for creat
ing the supply base at Camp Glenn
will be less than one million dol
lars that eventually, several mil
lion dollars will be spent in that
vicinity.
The Reliance which has been do
ing the initial dredging work is un
der the command of Capt. George
O'Neal of Ocracoke. Harry Hodg
es, brother of the owner of the
firm which owns the dredge and
others, is general superintendent
of the job.
Parkin Resigns As
Local Scoutmaster
Bill Blades Parkin, manager of
the local bus station who was or
ovdained a few days ago as a Free
Will Baptist minister, has resigned
as Scoutmaster of the Beaufort
Boy Scout troop. He did a fine
job working with local Scouts dur
ing the period that he served as
scoutmaster. He gave as his rea
sons for resigning, pressure of
work which prevented him from
being able to give proper time to
the job. As we go to press today
no successor had been officially
namid.
FOR CHRISTMAS GIVE
THE BEAUFORT NEWS
TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tide
at Beaufort is given in this
column. The figures are ap-
proximately correct and are j
T based on tables furnished by A
j the U. S. Geodetic Survey.
so meauowances must
made for variations in the
wind and also with respect
to the locality, that is whetD
er near the inlet or at the
head of the estuaries.
HIGH LOW
Friday, Dec. S
8:59 AM 2:43 AM
9:21 PM 3:27 PM
Saturday, Dec. 6
9:35 AM 3:18 AM
10:01 PM 4:01 PM
Sunday, Dec. 7
10:15 AM 3:54 AM
0:41 PM 4:39 PM
Monday, Dec. 8
10:52 AM 4:33 AM
5:20 PM
Tuesday, Dec. 9
11:24 AM 5:18 AM
11:36 PM 6:06 PM
Wednesday, Dec. 10
12:10 AM 6:13 AM
12:21 PM 6:59 PM
Thursday, Dec. 11
1:02 AM 7:16 AM
1:13 PM 7:52 PM
Royalty At Smyrna High School
IN A CONTEST SPONSORED by the Junior Class of
Smyrna School on the night they presented their play re
cently, the two popular young students pictured above
were selected a king and queen in a contest. The king, J. C. Davis,
is a member of the freshman class, and a resident of Davis. The queen
is Miss Ruth Willis, member of the
Smyrna. (Eubanks-News Photos).
Three Memberships
Needed To Meet
Local Quota
$407 RECEIVED FROM
396 MEMBERSHIPS
.. Next to final the checkup
of the Twenty-Fifth Annual
Roll Call of the Beaufort
n Cha p t e r of
I (of The Red
Cross made
today by the
chairman, E.
C. McConnell,
tal of 396
nCw.vnUwu amounting to
$407.00.
The names of workers in Beau
fort and other communities to
gether with the number of mem
berships secured by each are as
follows :
Beaufort: Mrs. Graham Duncan,
82; Mrs. George Brooks, 25; Mrs.
See RED CROSS Page 10
MISS CLARK IS
GIVEN SENDOFF
BY HER CLUBS
She Served Well As
Carteret County
Home Agent
Eighty people, represent
ing the various County Home
Demonstration and Service
Clubs, gathered at the Home
Agent's office in Beaufort
Thursday night, November
27, to honor Miss Margaret
Clark, as a final gesture of
the warm affection and es
teem in which she is held by the
MISS HORNE IS NEW
COUNTY HOME AGENT
Miss Evelyn Home is Carteret
County's new home agent. She
was elected to the post on Monday,
according to announcement of
Miss Margaret Clark, the retiring
home agent who has accepted a
higher paid hut similar joh in
Sampson County. Miss Horne was
formerly assistant home agent of
Cumberland county with headquar
ters at Fayetteville.
She is a graduate of Woman's
College, of the University of North
Carolina with honors. She is a na
tive of New Hanover County, a
former 4-H Club member and has
been employed with the home
agent's department in Fayetteville
for the past five months.
people of Carteret County from
the Craven and Onslow County
lines to the most extreme portions
of its soil. Miss Clark, who is
leaving next week to become Home
Demonstration Agent for Samp-
See MISS CLARK Page 10
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SMLFIS
Mild weather recently may be
the cause of it all, but a number
of sailfish have been sighted, sev
eral have been caught in purse
seines and last night Hugh Piner
of Gulf Service Station here re
ported that Jimmie Leech of Char
lotte, fishing with Capt. Charles
Carrow aboard the "Pilot" and
trowing for Cera off Cape Lookout
brought W tW"Trjlrinwe(
footer. Mr. Leech who had come
to the coast with Dr. Mack David
of Raleigh had gone deer hunting
with Charles Hatsell, John Hill,
Charley Simpson and Robert King.
A buck weighing 177 1-2 pounds
was killed by this party, the initial
shot being fired by Hassell.
NO GARDENS IS
COSTING COUNTY
Farm People Losing
Much Money As
A Result
Farm people of Carteret
County rob their pocket
books, as well as their health
when they fail to grow a gar
den, says L. P. Watson, Ex
tention horticulturist of N. C.
State College. To prove his
point, the agricultural lead
er presents the following
facts and figures:
The 1940 census showed that
543 farms in this county had a
garden, but 171 farms in the coun
ty did not have a garden. The val
ue of all the farm gardens in tha
county, as estimated to the census-takers
by the farm people
themselves, totaled 27,096. That
s an average value per garden of
50.
By multiplying the average val
ue per garden by the number of
farms without a garden, it can be
seen that the loss to the county
due to the failure of every farm
family to have a garden totaled
$8,550.
Watson reported that the State
totals show that $1,868,940 wa?
lost by North Carolina farm peo
ple because of a lack of gardens.
The census report shows that 247,
127 of the 278,276 farms in the
State had a garden, leaving 31,
149 without a garden. The total
value of all gardens in the State
was $14,773,625, or an average
value of $60 per garden.
Little Dare County on the coasf
reported the highest value per gar
den, $153, but there are only 55
farms in the county. Forty-six of
them had a garden.
The Extension , horticulturist
says that the vegetal '.es which can
be grown in a half-acre garden
would cost the farm housewife
$225 if bought at retail prices.
One-tenth of an acre will produce
an abundance of vegetables for
one person. A family of five,
therefore, would need half an acre
for garden crops.
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Sheriff Begins Task Of Serving
Executions Against Property On
Which Taxes Are Now Due
Fifty Days From December 1, 1941, Property
On Which Taxes Are Due For 1937-1938
Will Be Advertised Four Weeks and
Then Sold To New Owners.
The huge task of serving
started this week by Sheriff
tatives of the Sheriff's office.
1, 1941, unless the taxes against property are paid, the
property will be advertised for four consecutive weeks and
T then sold to the highest bidder at
World
Record
Capt. Bernice R. Ballance, re
tired U. S. Coastguardsman, reel
ed in a 75 1-2 pound channel Bass
measuring 64 3-4 inches from tip
to tip and 41 inches around girth
in surf at Cape Hatteras Monday.
This fish is pound and half larger
than any ever before taken of
species with rod and reel, which
was landed at Chincoteague, Va.,
in 1929. News of this record catch
reached Beaufort News editor as
we were going to press today.
NAME U. S. 0.
VOLUNTEERS
Mrs. Blythe Noe
Is Beaufort
Chairman
While committees for the
USO Volunteer Enlistment
Committee have been named
in Beaufort and Morehead
Citv, with those of Newport
to be named shortly, L. B.
Avison, Director of the or
ganization which will have
as its objective the entertainment
of soldiers, sailors and marines in
Carteivt County stated today that
his group had hopes of securing
similar committee workers in the
communities of East Carteret.
These communities include: Atlan
tic, Davis, Smyrna, Marshallberg.
Core Creek, Gloucester, Straits
and Barkers Island.
Mrs. Blythe Noe is chairman of
the Beaufort Committee and her
co-workers include: rMs. William
H. aBiley, Mrs. N. F. Eure, Mrs.
G. W. Duncan, Mrs. Robert Safrit
Jr., Mrs. Julian Hamilton. Mrs. E.
See USO Page 10
$20,000 Damage
VILLA HQTEL
ALMOST LOST
LAST FRIDAY
Morehead Villa .largest hotel on
the Central Carolina Coast, was
saved from complete destruction
by flames last Friday morning by
Morehead City's Fire Department
aided by the fire department of
Beaufort. The east wing of the
building was the place of origina
tion of the fire. Had the firemen
not been on hand to combat the
flames the entire structure would
have probably been razed. The ho
tel fire fighting equipment was
placed in service immediately h-
Stamey Davis and another fire
man of the Morehead City De
partment who happened to be
there when the blaze was discover
ed.
Within a few minutes the More
head volunteers, followed closely
by the Beaufort volunteers arrived
with equipment and they worked
hard and successfully stopped the
blaze. Fire fighting equipment
from Marine Barracks, New River,
arrived later but by that time the
blaze was under control. Chief
Vernon Guthrie of the Morehead
City Department reported to The
Beaufort News that fire damage
amounted to approximately $5,000
while the water damage was esti
mated at $15,000. Owners of the
building plan to restore the dam-
I aged building immediately.
executions on property was
C. G. Holland and represen
Fifty days from December
the Courthouse Uoor m ueauiort.
The Execution advertisements will
appear in the local papers of
Beaufort and Morehead City,
equally divided, Sheriff Holland
stated.
In Carteret County there were
1,263 executions to be served on
Monday morning against propert
owners who are delinquent in their
1937-38 taxes. Naturally persona
who have executions served a
gainst them will make every effort
to settle their taxes at once, thus
saving their property for them
selves. However, those who da
not pay up immediately will sea
their property advertised through
the execution sales notices, start
ing in The Beaufort News on Jan
uary 22, and after appearing con
secutively for four weeks, same
will be sold and a Sheriffs Title
will be given the new owner.
Sheriff Holland commenting on
serving of the executions and
scheduled sales, remarked that it
was the first time this procedure
had been followed since ihe went
into office. He expressed regret
that it must be done, but stated
that it is all acrording to the law
of the State, as provided by an Act
of the Legislature in 1939. He wa3
given orders to serve the execu
tions, and is progressing nicely
See SHERIFF Page 10
Carteret Post To
Go To Davis
Carteret Post No. 99 American
Legion will go to Davis for their
regular meeting tomorrow (Fri
day) night. The members will leave
from the corner of Front and
Craven streets around 6 o'clock
and the meeting will be at 7 o'
clock. After the meeting an oys
ter roast will be held. All members
are invited to attend.
Notes of An ( ;
Innocent Bystander:
The Wireless: All the grumbling
you hear about the Army's morale
being way down to here is German
cooking. Gsn'l Marshall, Army
Chief ot Staff, made that warning
in his speech. Its all tricked up to
disturb the soldiers' loved ones, and
it's surefire with the stupider Con
gressmen . . . Clark Gable's nifty
via a Red Cross show: "Our an
cestors lived in log cabins and sod
huts to establish a gov't based on
the theory of 'We, the People.' and
not '1, the State' "... Many of the
afternoon dramas contain some oC
the theater's best players. Whjr
don't the sponsors also try to hire a
better grade of witers? . . . One
place where a writer is needed
but needed is on the "single" shows.
The patter the announcer and artist
swap between numbers always)
sounds as if they'd lost the script
and ere covering up the wait . . .
One headliner explained the reason
he never used guest stars is be
cause he's never met a star who
knew how to behave like a guest.
The Story Tellers: Correspondent
ames Young, who was Jailed bjt
the Japs for reporting what he sawj
in China, gives them real reason tot
holler copper in a Reader's Diges
hoticle. In "Japan Risks Destrue
tion," Young should raise lots
blood pressure in Tokyo . , . Clark
See WINCHELL Page 3