l5Wsecority,too! 7 he Most Widely Read Newspaper : Along The Central Carolina Cou 3LUME XXXIII No. 37 10 PAGES THIS WEEK BEAUFORT, N. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14. 1944 10 PAGES THIS WEEK UtITY BOARD JAWS JURORS OR OCT. COURT ther Matters Considered of outine Nature The Board of County Commis sioners met Monday of this week .with Chairman Bonner presiding land all members present except Tilton Davis of Harkers Island, i The following jurors were chos en for the October term of Su- HUGHES-GUTHRIE FEUD TO BE HEARD III OCT. SUPERIOR COURT Graham, Held For Deaths on Atlantic Highway, Bound Over to Oct. Court Recorder's Court on Tuesday drew a Court Room half f ull of spectators to hear the Hushes-HutVii-io fonH aired. Fred Hushes. erior Court: BEAUFORT: Rov J niKht policeman, Morehead City, Y1 FUNERAL FRIDAY FOR TWO KILLED SUIIDAYNIGHT Allen Nelson and Billy Have Double Service In Pacific f .V" irrawav. C. W. Britton, T. C. Ilikin. R. B. King. Robt. K. jfjnn, Orville Gaskill, B. F. Garland Gillikin, Paul em, Winfield Gillikin, Roy ' VuHu P Arthur Then- "alVetVJv His; MOREHEAD CITY: rneli'Sh,., Walter E. Lewis, Joe &U4amsR.JW; Taylor, Jr., Mai J ILL Willis: SMYRNA: Ivy Gas- jfS(U; SEA LEVEL: Howard Ful- taer, Murray Mason; NtiwruKi. -M. T. Watson; NEWPORT RFD Sxioael Salter, K. S. Swinson, B. S. Taylor, J. T. Graham; HARKERS ISLAND: W. T. Salter, Dan Yeo- mans, Martin Guthrie, Allen Moore WILDWOOD.: A. C. Murdock. Jr., ATLANTIC: .. MeJvin Morris, -fiTRAITS: G. A. Whitehurst. Ger- ild Whitehurst, tl. M. uavis; w, Salter: MARSHALLBERG: 1, , UrtA James D. Potter and (J. L. Chap .i . . . . i9i were appointed to investigate iroperty valuation of land at the fextreme west end of Broad Street, Beaufort, belonging to Edmund Jones. The Board adjusted valua tion for Charles Mason, Atlantic, n land taken by the Government to the Air Base. Tax values were also adjusted for Walter Whitley, Morehead City, Mrs. E. A. Simp- kiAs, and on Lot 6, sq. G9 belong ing to Elizabeth DufTey Bridgers, , lorehead City. Mrs. Margaret L. Willis, Hark fr Mandrand Mrs, Julia Aldridge til, Beaufort, were admitted to e blind roll to receive state "om ;rsation. uneral Monday or "Whit" Willis f Marshallberg 4. Mr. Whitfield Willis well known ijherman died Sunday, Septem .er tenth, at 11:30 A. M. cf ty- .'hoid fever in the homo of his ' brother in Marshallberg. Mr. Willis Ms 70 years and one day old. t Funeral services were conduct id from the Marshallberg Baptist Jhurch at 2 :30 Monday afternoon y Rev. H. C. Cuthrell and Rev. frazier after which the body was laid to rest in Victoria Cemetery, Jarshallberg. Mr. Willis is survived by sons: Sheldon Willis and Willis, both of Marshallbenr lister: Mrs. Sabra D. Willis two brothers: Van B. Willis Walter Willis. two Roy one and and flit A T I o n , BRIEFS GASOLINE A-ll good through Nov. 8. I SHOES No. 1 and 2 "Airplane" Stamps jn Book III good indefinitely. SUGAR I Rfamna Mn 90 1. 59! anA 53 book IV, good for 5 pounds of su- gar indefinitely. No. 40 good for i-jm , uii ti 'a ft, ougai vtuvuu a. v w uary 8, l'Jiti. CANNED GOODS Blue Stamps, Book IV, A-8 5 good indefiintely. MEATS Red Stamps, Book IV, A-8 thru fhrough L-5 good indefinitely. FUEL OIL s f enod 4 and 5 coupons now J-alid for current season will re main valid throughout the coming heating year, .period 1 coupons for next season are now valid. i NOTICE f Every car owner must wnte tiis license number and State in advance on all gasoline coupons n his possession. Rent Control All persons renting, or offering or rent, any living quarters what overe must register each dwell- ,hg until with rent control office in their rent area. Persons who leel that they are being overcharged (for rents may submit comprint to OPA. Complaint forms ar av ailable at the local War Price and Rationing Board if your area does not have a rent control office. was charged with assaulting Leroy Guthrie, Morehead Citly, operator of the Seashore Taxis on Sertem- ber 4th with a deadly weapon, to wit a coca cola bottle, with intent to kill; and Guthrie was chsrged by Hughes with assault with his fists on the same date ; and back last May first, Hughes charged Guthrie with simple assault. Instead of a morning of drama, counsel for "Hughes asked to have "intent to kill" stricken from the warrant as it takes the case out of the jurisdiction of the lower Court; when denied, Hughes, through his attorney waived exanv ination and was bound over to the October term of Superior Court and Guthrie requested, through his attorney, that he be given jury trial and was bound ovir Ic the October Court. Scarcely less interest was shown in the case of Robert Lee Graham, of Sanford, in jail since Sunday unable to give bond of $3,000. Graham was held on three charges: manslaughter in the death Sunday nkrht of Allen Nelson and his son Billy, with hit and run driving, while under the influence of in toxicants. Graham also waived examination and will be heard in Superior Court. Mrs. Wiggins, white, Broad Creek, charged 55-year old Polish farm laborer John Obedsski with assault on a female with intent to kill. Mrs. Wiggins is not the cling ing vine that gave women the so briquet "the weaker sex." Bent toil worn she is but proved her self nevertheless well able to take her part and seemed to enjoy the Court procedure. From Mrs. Wiggins' testimony, the Court was given a mental pic ture of a free for all in the Wig gins tobacco bam last Thursday when the two were grading tobac co which they raised on shares. As best as couid be gathered from Obedaski's broken English, it started over the question of who was boss. Mrs. Wiggins claimed, although it was hard to believe, that she got the worst of it with bent glasses, "a busted lip," and other injuries, but said, "I kick ed him as fur as I could." On the stand, Obedaski denied everything saying she called him names, hit him with a tobacco, stick, and he pushed her away. Mrs. Wiggins interrupted with, "You know I don't have no tobacco sticks grad ing tobacco. If I could have not a tobacco stick, you wouldn't of hit me" and thus it went. Obedaski was found guilty of simple assault. Continued prayer for judgment on Condition he give no trouble for a period of a year and pay officer's costs of $1.50. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Nelson and four year old Billy of Atlantic were walking along the Highway; last Sunday evening at 8:45 be tween their home and that of John E. Nelson when they were struck by a hit and run driver, and Allen and his son, Billy, were kill ed. Death is said to have come in stantly to both victims although Billy's body was knocked so far from the Highway by the force of the impact that it could not bo found until a truck with a search light was brought to the scene from the Air Base. Funeral services were conduct Funeral services will be conduct ed Friday afternoon from the Primitive Baptist Church by Rev, Edwards and the bodies laid to rest in the Atlantic Community Cemetery. Allen Nelson is survived bv his wife the former Inez Salter, daughter of Captain Oscar Salter, USCG; one son, Allen, Jr.; his parents, John East Nelson ' and Sidney Nelson ; one brother, John, Jr.; USA, Louisiana, who is home for the funeral; and one sister, Mrs. Amanda Rooss, Atlantic. Coroner A. H. James' report stated that a car owned by Robert Lee Graham, foreman of construc tion work in Atlantic, was picked up with sufficient evidence triat it was the car that struck the two. Circumstances led to the arrest of the owner who has been confined in the Carteret County jail since unable to give ?3,000 bond. No. in quest was deemed necessary. Graham appeared in Recorders Court Tuesday charged with man slaughter, drunken driving, and hit and run driving, but waived ex amination and will be heard in uc tcber term of Superior Court. jr. Cpl. Gray Oiborne Davit, USA on ot mn. muaon mmi Marshallberg i serving with the 5th Air Force Service Command ir the Southwest Pacific. Cpl. Davis is Louisburg College boy who specialized in business administra tion. He is with the Quartermaster section of his organixation. MULLETS The "mullet shift" last week brought in the first mullets in quantities. Duffy Guthrie made the bizgest haul to date off Suiter Path 41.000 pounds. The fish were caught by Carteret Fish Com pany and nandled by Otis Puri foy, Morehead City; Brownie Pin- er caught 37,000 pounds which were handled by S. W. Davis. Bros., and Carteret Fish Company. Roba and Friends BAPTISTS TO HAVE SPECIAL SERVICES FROM OCTOBER15-25 Rev. Stephens of Warsaw to Preach 4 1 to PUBLISHED WEEKLY, Worse Storm Since '33 Strikes Carteret Coast Gale Beginning in Early Morning Reached 105 Miles an Hour Between 8 and 9. Protracted meetings will be held in Beaufort Missionary Bap tist Church beginning October 15th and continuing through Oc tober 25. Rev. G. Van Stephens of Warsaw will do the preaching. Services will be held each ev ening at 7:30. For the first thirty minutes, the church choir, under the direction of Miss Daphney Paul, will lead in singing old and familiar hymns from the church hymnal and the Beaufort Male Quartet will sing one or more of these Gospel songs each evening. These meetings are being held for the Glory of God and for the good of the people of Beaufort and their friends. Everyone is wel come. Rev. M. O. Alexander, the pastor, says the invitation is a personal one, "You Come, and bring othrs with you." Other cases were the usual number of traffic violators. ROTARIANS Rotarians at their regular Tues day evening dinner meeting at the Inlet Inn had the privilege of list ening to Joe Williams, Assistant Secretary of the North Carolina State Farm Bureau, who has been working in Carteret with County Agent R. M. Williams in the inter est of organization of the Farm Bureau. Mr. Williams gave an in formative and interesting talk on the work of the Bureau in the Unit ed States. Childrens Services Resumed at Ann St. Methodist Church Dr. R. K. Oliver, County Health Officer, has given permission to include the children aeain in all church services beginning Sun day, September 17th.' Ann Street Methodist Church, the Church School, Leagues, and Sunshine Choir will hold their reg ular meetings and the Sunshine Choir will sing at the Sunday ev ening service. : Apostle Benson To Visit L. D. S. Church on H. Is. Harkers Island will experience one of its really great events when on the evening of Sept 18th, Monday, at 7:30 Apostle Ezn T. Benson of Salt Lake City, Utah, will visit the L. D. S. Chapel there for the purpose of holding one of those well known Mormon Confer' ences. Apostle Benson who served a Mission in Great Britain from 1921 to 1923 is well known the world over as a great agriculturist and Boy Scout leader, not mentioning the many other services rendered his church both at home and a- broad. Accompanying the apostle on his conference tour will be Gra ham H. Doxey, president of the East Central States Mission. Both of these men are eloquent speakers and the public is invited to attend. DR. JONES BACK Dr. and Mrs. Edgar Jone who have been vacationing in New England are returning; to Beau fort this week. Dr. Jones will be present for the regular eleven o'clock service at St. Paul's Epis copal Church Sunday morning, September 17. Dr. Jones wntes A halyard slipped out of place or. the weather signal staff last week and the "small craft warning" on Thursday went lip late ftnd only after nimble Roba Lee Kirur climb ed up to the very top to take care of the matter. Again on Wednesday afternoon, Roba Lee, Charles Chappell, Ern- Mrs. Snooks Buried Friday Afternoon CARTERET BOYS IN THE SERVICE HUNDREDS LEAVE FOR NEW BERN AND OTH ER UP STATE POINTS Sgt. Edwin Martin, USA, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Martin of Norfolk, formerly of Merrimon, who has been spending leave here, left Sunday to return to his sta tion in California. John Carraway, USNR, son of the Peter Carraways, returned to Camp Peary, Va., Sunday follow; ing "boot" leave at home. Captain E. C. McConnell, Chap lain, USA, is now stationed at An niston, Ala., and Mrs. McConnell and the children are with him there. est Guthrie and Joe Beam came to I 1 lew emerery, the rescue and raised the pennant and flag to indicate the approach of the storm. Later Roba Lee climbed to the top of the pole and repaired the cross tree so that the lanterns might be displayed. Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Viella Rhue Snooks, 49, were con ducted from the home on Broad Street last Friday afternoon by the Rev. M. O. Alexander of the Beaufort Baptist Church, and the body was laid to rest in Ocean NEWS DAY LATE The Beaufort News is be ing issued today (Friday) due to the storm which struck here early Thursday morning which disrupted the electric power lines, resulting in their being no electricity all day. This is the first time that The NEWS has failed to ap pear on Thursday since the big snow ia 1936. Mr. Bell of Harlowe Burial Fri. Afternoon Mr. Armstead Bell, 53, Harlowe, died at his home Thursday night at six o'clock after u long illness. He was the son of the late W. N. and Lula Hardesty Bell. Funeral services will be conducted Friday afternoon a three o'clock from the home by the Rev, John R. Poe, Newport. Mr. Bell is survived bv his wife and ten children: Cecil Bell, Mrs. Cook Williams, Mrs. Ralph Bolin, Edsel Bell, Eloise Bell, Royall Bell, Clyde Bell, Carl Bell, David Joyce Bell, Roger Royce Bell, and by three sisters: Mrs. George Ball, Mrs. Earl Dickinson and Mrs. G. C. Bell all of Harlowe. BLUE TOKENS, FAREWELL If you've got some blue token? in your purse, better use them now because after September 30 they will be good only for the kids to play with. Until next Sunday the OPA says, you can use them ju.-.t that they have I'had a grand time as you always have used them. Be- but are anxious to get back." LUCKV Mrs. A. T. Smith, Cedar Street, was a fortunate visitor to the Dora Dean Beauty Shop on its op ening day last Saturday. Her lucky registration number entitl ed her to a free permanent. DICKINSONS SUFFER $500 DAMAGE LAST WK. FROM LIGHTNING Lightning last Thursday night struck the east chimney o the home of Mrs. Gerald Dickinson, Ann Street, tore two sides of the chimney down to the roof and cracked the chimney down to with in several feet of the ground. The Fire Department was called out, but there was no other damage ex cept from falling bricks and soot. The chimney, which is being re built this week, is an inside chim ney which will make it necessary to replaster and redecorate two rooms. Damage estimated at $500 is covered by insurance. ginnir,j Sunday, September 17, n tailers will cease eiving blue tok ens to consumers as ration change, and shoppers will be able to spend them only in groups of 10. If nec essary, shoppers may pool tokens to make up groups of 10. Remov al of practically all canned and bottled vegetables and fruit spreads and specialties from rationing September 17 makes use of blue tokens unnecessary. Beginning September 17 point values on can ned fruits, canned juices, canned tomatoes, catsup and chili sauce will be designated in multiples of 10. Mrs. Snooks suffered a stroke on Wednesday while visiting at the home of her daughter on Broad Creek and was moved bv ambu lance to her home in Beaufort. Death came at 5:30 on Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Snooks was the dautshtei of the late Sarah Morris and Reu ben Rhue. She is survived bv her husband, Will Snooks, and by a number of children. Lt. (jg) Charles Davis Harris, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Harris, Marshallberg, has been serving on an LST in the European theatre of operations since April, 1943. Lt. Harris is a graduate of ECTC and was a member of the teaching staff of the Fairmont High School for a year. In 1942 he en listed ir. the Navy as an ensign and wa3 trained at Princeton Univer sity. His ship has taken part in the Invasions of Sicily, Italy, and France. She had a close call on New Year's night when she was beaten by terrific storm a sketch of which was given in the May American. Lt. Harris has two sons, now a year old whom he has nev er seen. His wife is the former Cecelia Cobb of Merry Hill. Har ris writes his family that he is faring fine but is longing for the day when he can take his twins on his knees. Sunday School At St. Paul's Superintendent Charles H. Bushall announces that Church School at St. Paul's Episcopal Church will be resumed at 9:43 Sunday morning, September 17. The school 4wia bene closed for the past five weeks, in compliance with polio control regulations and he hopes to have all children pres for the reopening. Jack Allen, Kestler Field, Mo., and Frank Pinner, Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., spent the past week together in St. Louis. Mr. Joyner of M. C. Died This Morning A. H. Joyner, Evans Street, Morehead City died this morning, September 15, at his home follow ing a long illness. The "body will be taken to the home this after noon and to Farmville, N. C, to morrow for internment. Mr. Joyner served as City Clerk for Morehead City from 1935 to 1943 when he retired because of ill health. He is survived bv his wife, a son, Acuilla H., Jr., USN, who is become from qservL-e in England, and a daughter, Betlv SCHOOL MONDAY Carteret County Schools largi and small, white and colored, wu' begin the school year next Monday morning, September 18. Part of the roof of the Atlantic Hieh School was blown off by the storm. Roy Dickinson, "Tom Dick" son of Mrs. John T. Noe, Broad Street is at Newport, R. I. awaiting com missioning of the ship to which he has been assigned. Mrs. Dickinson and his baby have been with him there. Adrian Brooks, Water Tender, 2nd class, USN., left Monday for New Orleans after spending a few days leave here with his family on Turner Street Clarence Beachem, store keep er 2nd class, aboard a destroyer, is here from the Pacific with has par ents, the Paul Beachems. jjt. Edward rotter, usnk, is here this week visiting his parents, the E. H. Potters of Marsh Street. Pfc Manly E. Murphy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie G. Murphy, Marshallberg, graduated last week from the aircraft mechanic's course conducted by the Army Air Forces Training Command, Camp Curtis sair, Buffalo, N. Y. Camp Cuitis sair specializes in instructins soldier-technicians in the repair and maintenance of the famous P-40 Pursuit ship and the C-46 Com mando. The latter is the largest twin motored cargo ship in the world. The last minute change of direc tion that was the only hope for the North Carolina Coast came, and the center of the tropical hur ricane that threatened this section during the night Wednesday did not strike us in full force although before it was spent it did consider able damage all along our low ly ing section proving the most disas trous storm since '33. A signal announcing "storm of violence with N. E. winds" flew over Beaufort throughout Wed nesday afternoon, Wednesday night two red lanterns with a white between were displayed indica'ang approach of a tropical of a tropi cal hurricane, and the Weather Bureau urged residents to " seelj safety in higher sections. In the early morning, the bare meter dropped to 28, a high wind arose accompanied by rain in creasing violence as the morn ing advanced. Hourly radio re ports urged evacuation and dur ing the night hours seventy-five families left town, many others packed their War Bonds and oth er treasures and were ready to get out on a moments notice. Be tween one and three in the morn ing the USMC evacuated Marines (both men and women) from At lantic to Cherry Point, Army per sonnel at Ft. Macon, except for a , few necessary men, were moved out, and personnel from Ocracoko evacuated. Some fifty or more private citizens from Lenoxville wereb rought in by the USCG and taken care of by the Red Cross at the Court House until after noon Thursday. Headquarters, Southeast District of the Red Cross sent two trained disaster relief workers who with Chairman F. E. Hyde were on the alerte all night keeping communi ties in the east informed of the situation, helping with evacuation, making arrangements to keep in touch with the outside world by wireless in the event we should be cut off, and otherwise preparing to meet whatever might arise. A heavy wind lashed the section -until well into the morning. It reached its peak between 8 and 3 when, according to Army Opera tions, Ft. Macon, the velocity waa 105 miles an hour. Poles were snapped off, trees blown down by scores, tin and composition roofs loosened and became toys of the wind, window panes blew in, sign boards went down, false .store fronts fell, tressises blew out of place, plate glass windows, includ ing those straight across the East man Furniture Company were shattered, electric current and tel ephe service was disrupted par alyeiaj; business, falling poles and wires blocked the Causeway a round five temporarily halting the flow of evacuees out of town. No See STORM Page 10 GET RETURNED "G. I. JOES' JOBS. More than 50,000 returned vet erans of the present war were placed in jobs during July by the Veterans Employment Service of the War Manpower Commission thus making a total of more than a half million who have been plac ed. Employers are offering veter ans the cream of the jobs that come within their capacities WMC says. Royce Vincent Emory, son of Mrs. Delia Emory of Roe, has been in the Southwest Pacific with our Amphibious Forces for the past five months. He entered the but the original roofing beneath I Navy in November, 1943, receive .1 is good and school is expected to his boot training at Bainbridgo, open at scheduled. Md., his LST training at Camp Bradford, Va. Emory has served m both the Atlantic and Pacific. Gurfield Emory, Mo. MM, lc, USCG his brother, has been in the iie; vice for 16 years. Hd has served ir. both the Atlantic and Pacific ami for 16 months aboard a destroyer during -vh'ch time he was in sever all engagements. He is now fit Cape Lookout. TIDE TABLE Information as to the tide at Beaufort is given in thi.i column. The figures are ap proximately correct and are based on tables furnished by the U. S. Geodetic Si'-vey. Some allowances must, be made for variations in the wind and also with respect to the locality, that is w heth er near the inlet or at tlw head of the estuario. FUNERAL TODAY FOR DAUGHTER OF THE PERCY GARNERS A 12 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Gamed died early Wednesday morning at her homo in Newport. Funeral services will be conducted from the home this afternoon at 4:30 by Elder Major Simmons of Newport and burial will be in the community ccme tery. HIGH LO. LOUISBURG GIRLS Beaufort will be well represent ed in the Freshman class at Louis burg College this fall. Four of our 1944 high school graduates intend to leave next Tuesdav to begin the year there: Jean Fod rie, Mary "Francis Morton, Emily Taylor, and Carol Dean Bessent. Pfc Henry G. Bellamy, USA, son of Mrs. Lena Simmons, Beau fort, RFD, is reported wounded in action in the Mediterranean Theater. Bernard A. Phelps, Jr., 1st lieu tenant, USA, former Beaufort High School student now of Bal timore, is with the Signal Corps in the Hawaiians. eorge Phelps, his brother is som'.here in England serving with t.ie Infantry. See SERVICE Page 10 Friday, Sept. 15 Date ot i33- Sio.-m 7:43 AM. 1:43 AM. 8:00 PM. 1:55 PM. Saturday, Sept 16 8:22 AM. 2:20 AM. 8:37 PM. 2:34 PM. Sunday, Sept. 17 Constitution Day 9:00 AM. 2:55 AM. 9:12 PM. 3:11 PM. Monday Sept. 18 . Jewish New Year 9:34 AM. 3:28 AM. 9:46 PM. 3:47 PM. Tuesday, Sept. 19 10:07 AM. 4:00 AM. 10:20 PM. 4:22 PM. Wednesday, Sept. 20 10:41 AM. 4:31 AM. 10:55 PM. 5:00 PM. Thursday, Sept. 21 11:16 AM. 5:03 AM. 11:32 PM. 5:36 PM.

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