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VOLUME XXIV
EIGHT PAGES this WEEK THE BEAUrORT NEWS THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1935
George Kirby Bonn
To Superior Court
Buckshot Victims
d Over
Suffer
This Negro Who Ran Amuck and Shot Nancy
Debrix and Bert Thomas Last Thursday
Waived Examination When Brought to Trial
Before Mayor Taylor; Police Court Monday
Was Lengthy Affair With Corn Liquor Being
Cause of Most Cases on Docket
George Kirby, considered a bad
Negro' by many of his race, and al
so local authorities, waived examina
tion when given a hearing before
Mayor Bayard Taylor in Police Court
Monday night, and he was bound ov
er to the June term of Superior
Court under bonds totaling $2,000.
Unable to raise the bond he was turn
ed over to Jailor Chaplain who will
be his guardian until court convenes.
Kirby is the Negro who ran amuck
last Thursday morning and with a
12-guage single barrel shotgun, shot
Nancy Debrix through the leg and
Bert Thomas in the back and heel.
Despite the fact that he was shot
in the heel, Thomas is still alive, but
in the hospital. Dr. Lewis removed
15 buck shot from his heel, stern and
back and the man is still in a some
what serious condition.. Nancy De
brix who has a French sounding name
was asked by a News reporter if she
or her ancestors hailed from some of
the French West Indian islands. She
replied that her parents came from
West Virginia. The buckshot from
infuriated Kirby's eun penetrated her
leg, going clear through making an
ugly wound. Dr. Chadwick, her phy
sician said that if complications set
in she would probably lose her leg.
That would bring a charge of 'maim'
against George in addition to the
rather serious one he now faces, to
CANDIDATE
I
I
Burning of Two
Schooners Make
One Good Story
When two schooners burn at sea in
practically the same location, al
though two years apart it is a coin
cident. Especially is it a coincidence
when the schooners were owned by
the same man, when both carried the
same cargoes and the castrophes hap
pened almost two years to the day at
practically the same latitude and
longitude. But such did happen and
the owner of the crafts was Capt.
John Day of Oriental who passed
through Beaufort last week enroute
to Cedar Island where he is interest
ed in considerable property.
He stopped by the Beaufort News
office to see the editor. The editor
j knew that Capt. Day had made a tale
J about the sea to tell, if he would just
; talk. He did talk a bit, about those
two schooners.
! The G. J. Cherry, 3 master, Capt.
Long, bound from Charleston to New
lYork in November 1927 caught fir
and burned at sea, 231 miles East
of Cape Hatteras.
In 1929, the Adelaide Day, 4-mast-er,
bound from Georgetown to Bos
ton with a cargo of lumber, caught
fire 250 miles east of Cape Hatteras
and was lost. The month was Novem
ber. Both ships were owned by Capt
Day of Oriental. The Adelaide Day
was the last seagoing vessel he own
ed. Maybe someone will think this is
not much of a story, but the writer
thinks it is and he knows that it is
only secondary to some of those in
which Capt. Day has played an im
portant role.
Edgewater Visitors
Praised Our County
C H. BUSHALL
He is one of the three candidates
in fho fioll frw yn fR.-. f iur..-
wit: assault with a deadly weapon M'- Bushall, promfses if elected, to ' ' s. ' N" week afer
with intent to kill. "make Beaufort a better town for stoPPin? over at the club as the guest
us people to live m." Also in the
lineup for this office are Bayard Tay
Expressing theirselves as being de
lighted with Edgewater Club and
, with the coastal country of the Car
Iteret peninsula generally, Jerome V.
'.Terome, Mrs. Jerome and their son
l J. E. Jerome left for their home on
Long Island, N. Y. this week after
British Explorer
On Hatteras With
A Sea Going Auto
Or that is what the headlines over
a story in the New York American of
Tuesday would indicate. Mr. and
Mrs. F. A. Mitchell-Hedges now res
idents of Park Avenue were photoed
just before they took off for a "per
ilous honeymoon" on "shifting sands"
Cape Hatteras. They told New York
reporters that they would make a
mockery of that ancient mariner's
ditty:
"When the Bahamas you do pass
Then look out for Hatteras."
They left New York Wednesday
night, by motor, "bound for the
treacherous Cape Hatteras, twenty
miles off the Carolina shore."
"To get there, the explorer ex
plained, they must wait for outgoing
tides to drive over the infinitesmal
arm of broken sand stretching out
into the ocean. Near the end lies
Hatteras, a colony of 100 Deonle.
They are mostly, he said, descendants
of victims shipwhecked on Diamond
Shoals."
"Our last stop on the map," said
Mrs. Mitchell Hedges, "Is Whale
bone Filling Station. From there we
make our own road."
"The trip will be both a honey
moon, and a fishing research expedi
tion, with Mitchell-Hedges nlannine
to record shapes and sizes of native
nsh. His bride has her olans tnn.
She is going to use the hitrh velocitv
rifle her husband gave her to shoot
wild hogs, deer and ducks."
(editor's Note: Hatteras villa
has over 500 residents. Whalebone is
the name of filling- station at Roa
noke Island bridge. Other places on
map between Whalebone and Cape
Hatteras: Rodanthe, Salvo and Avon
and Buxton. Never heard of wild hogs
on Hatteras of late vears and thP
season is closed for duck and deer
hunting. The fishing should be
though.)
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NUMBER 13
George Null, Federal Housing
Ollicial, Will Speak at Mass
Meeting In Beaufort April 5tb.
BEAUTY SHOW BOUND
Kirby in police court said little oth
er than that he would waive exami
ci man Liitii He wuuiu waive exami- c uojaiu xay
nation. Sitting crouched on the front lor for re-election and N. H. Russell
bench, he looked like a cornered ani- who announces this week.
mal. As a matter of fact he was!
cornered with Chief Longest standing nTDUfTADC' METT '
nearby and Sergeant Gherman Hoi- HUlijlL 1 lHO iTlILFil
ianu guarding tne stairway,
(Continued on page eight)
Carteret Sports
By BRAXTON ADAIR
SET FOR TONIGHT
Commerce Group Need Sup
port of Every Beaufort Citi-
zen if Plans and Program is
Accomplished
BICYCLING
A great many cyclers are looking
. i rt j .. :i i. . l.
The directors of the Chamber of
Commerce will meet tonight in Dr. 'no trouble encountered
of Floyd M. Simmons, manasrinsr di
rector of the organization.
As a sportsman, Mr. Jerome is na
tionally known, being president of the
Long Island Association of Sports
man's club, Brooklyn Game Protec
tive Association, East IsIi'd Anelers
and Boating Association, Inc., and
Brookhaven Field Trials club. His ser
vices are in constant demand as a
judge of Field Trial running dogs.
He stated that conditions were ex
cellent in this section for field trials
for running dogs, beinsr far sunerinr
to sections where clay soils makes it
impossible to stage same excent nn
clear days. In Carteret regardless of
weather conditions there would
Maxwell's office. This is
tZ!l0.?Sr,J: fathering of the group since
the first
March
be one of the biggest events in this
section on that day, or promises to
be. A brand new bicycle will be giv
en away to the cycler who makes the
round trip from here to Atlantic,
with smaller prizes to second and
third place winers. Ben Jones who is
fathering the race has a chance to
make this a big event r.nd one that
will attract state-wide intention, be
cause of the distance.
will probably be discussed. One of
tlie important matters before the
Coiiisnerce body at present is to com
pete the organization's membership.
With less than 70 members at pres
ent, many of whom have failed to
be
in running
trials, he asserted. What would make
this section ideal is the fact that the
general terrain of the county would
make it possible t0 run trials in eith
er wet or dry weather with plenty of
birds available. The Jeromes were en
route home after three months in
Florida.
Bertie cotton growers have decid-
BIG REAL ESTATE
DAL IS RECORDED
The Interstate Cooperage Com-
pany, a subsidiary of the Stand
ard Oil Company of New Jer
sey sold approximately 25.000
acres of land in western Carteret-
county this week for $139,
000. This is the biggest real es
tate transfer recorded here since
Irwin W. Davis became Register
of Deeds and probably the larg
est ever executed in this coun
ty. The land will become a part
of the National Forest park lands
thep urchaser being the United
States of America. Much of the
property is located near the
nine foot road in the Newport
section and from thence west
towards the Craven and Onslow
county lines. One hundred and
thirty nine dollars in Revenue
stamps were attached to the
transfer papers, Mr. Davis stated.
MISS SADIE MOORE
"Miss Beaufort" left today for
Winston-Salem to enter the state
wide beauty pageant to be staged
there tomorrow. Miss Moore was se
lected winner of the local contest
here several weeks ago. The winner
in the state-wide contest will be giv
en a trip to New York to seek other
beauty laurels. ' k- . -
He Will Tell The People of
This County How They May
Borrow on Liberal Term
For Repairs and Mederniza
t ion Work for Dwellings and
Farm Properties
FHA PROGRAM BEING
CARRIED TO FARMERS
ON HONOR ROLL
so.j iha treasurer, Wiley Taylor, and i
r,.marfli mi nn dnps. flip mpmVjnr. 1
CT -i i- -7 ..w jn wivi iiuuui nui:
shiu drive will be resumed and also d on the Cleveland 844-4 strain as for the winter
t.ie collecting of dues. Ie major variety ot cotton to be a dispatch receivp-d horP frnm ,
Norman Chadwick of Straits, a stu
dent at the Appalachian State Teach
ers Lollege was on the Honor Roll
Featuring the mass attack on the
housing problem in Carteret County,
George Nutt, Farm Representative of
the FHA, will speak at the Court
House, Friday. Anril fi. 7
when he will tell people living in the
rural sections of this important
county how they may borrow on lib
eral terms for repairs and modern
ization work for dwellings and farm
properties. A cordial nivitation has
been extended to everyone, both ru
ral and urban communities to attend.
The drive to carry the benefits of
the FHA program to rural families,
is being forwarded by farm and home
demonstration agents and vocational
agricultural teachers, according to
Miss Cora A. Harris, Field Represen
tative, and Publicity Agent for the
FHA of North Carolina. Miss Harris
is assisting N. F. Eure, Chairman
Carteret County Better Homes cam
paign; Miss Helen Dry Home Dem
onstration Agent: Hucrh Ovprst-reo
Farm Agent in promoting the Bet
ter Homes Drive in this county. She
is urging every nronertv owner tn
attend the Mass Meeting where the
entire program will be fully outlined
by Mr. Nutt.
"There is a desperate mppH fm
farm rehabilitation," said Miss Har
ris. Continuing she said: "A total of
more than one-half hillinr. rfniiar
was needed at the close of the year
tor repairing, modernizing and
replacing farm houses in certain ag
ricultural sections in the United
States. The Southeastern rural area
shows the greatest
jlina, South Carolina and seven other
I southern States, are included in the
group of a deplorable condition of
farm homes. The sum necessary for
restoration and building in this group
of states amounts to $186,300,000.
now is the time ofr all good men to
Carteret County; Come Here1. "Thel. Progressive Faier, who
From New Bern I .eeps abreast of modern crop produc-
Ition methods, realizes th noccacifw
:onnectedlof weI1 kePt buildings and attractive
........ ou.ii.Uiiuiii6a, n souna Duna-
ing improvement plan increases the
worth and value of his property. Ren
ovation of his buildi
manufacturers, conrtactors, building
supply dealers, and fiinancial institu-
U.GOSSARDTO
BE HEAD WORKER
Will Supervise Case Workers in
mr. uossara has been c
with the NCERA with headquarters
m Jew Bern for the Dast t,-n vPar
In Carteret county he will supervise
under the direction of the District
NCERA office in New Bern all rliVf
affairs. Mrs. Lewis who has hPpn
cwio wmi i as nppn m- v ....tuuncii iiinnLti-
rector of the CWA and FERA will 10ns are cooperating in Better Hous-
suuu ua iiansierrea irom this district mcaii a nennue nnan-
it was stated this week. Under her cial savinS and forestalls more costly
direction thousands of needy in Car-later on"
c uue unai every property own
er we mean owners of any building
will attend the meeting where Mr.
Nutt will noint nnf nva oi
It is the plans of the directors to Planted this year.
i engage tno services ot some young
FISHING
T , , . ,. , . ... i engage uiu services oi some youns
l ocal ripalprs are disnlavinr their , ..
----- ------ - - -' iiauy in town to assist m the collec-
fishing tackle. It will b only a short tion of dues becaus, on thig
time until the fish will ba running ;important matter hing.es the success
and hundreds of people will be com- or faiU vj of th(J oranization which
,ng to Carteret shores to cast their is really showi activit B, ma
lures for the salt water beauties to jne3-
be found in adjacent waters.
BASEBALL
Beaufort High school baseball
Rtitution's publicity department.
team started practicing this week
for the coming season, with about
thirty candidates out for the team.
The team having lost only three reg
ulars from their last years squad is
expecting to have a banner season.
With most of the practicing time
being devoted to hitting and fielding,
the boys appear to be in first class
condition with the exception of sev
eral members of the team having
minor ailments all of which are ex
pected to return to practice shortly
Manager Claud Wheatly says that
there are six rrames already schedul
ed, three of vhich are to be played
at our home p irk and three of which
are to be phjd away from home.
He says that he expects the team to
play ten games before the season is
up, with our nrst game to be play-
Much correspondence addressed to'on Bogue Sound are reaping a some
the Chamber of Commerce has been what rich harvest of hard crabs for
handled by Aycock Brown the sec- markets natives of the Marshallberg,
retary during the past two weeks. Harkers Island and eastern areas are
Hugh i Sullivan who would establish a making preparations for the soft
fish by air freight service continues Crab season. Already a few soft crabs
to write for data. Several persons have been caught and shipped from
from this and other State have writ- that section and next week the in
ten about boarding house, hotel and dustry Which brings thousands of
apartments and cottages available dollars to eastern Carteret each year
here for summer visitors. One firm should be off to a good start,
has soug.it information pertaining to The crustacean delicacy has al
the establishment of a lumber con- ready appeared on the menus of
centration plant in this section and)80me of the better restaurants in
Northern Interests are seeking inf or-1 Beaufort. Mathis was featuring them
me eautousnmem; oi a;, day or two ago at 60 cents an or
textile plant in Beaufort, if tlipir ro.j , ...
SOFT CRABBING INDUSTRY STARTS
IN CARTERETAS SPRING ARRIVES
While the residents of Salter Path. .ti,
iiuau jccr oiia uuiici wuilliuuilltius
textile plant in Beaufort, if their re
quirements can be met.
J. P. Befcts, chairman of the Adver-
der. which seems auite hicrh. but as
the season advances these prices will
drop. Present indications point to
j -it. -cu. if , , " w'wiuiues anu inciaently
ed with Ft. Macon CCC today (Thurs- j urges all citizens of this town and
, intern Carteret county to support
The boys are very grateful to Mr. the Chamber of Commerce.
Chas Hassell for devoting his time to ;
the coaching staff of the Beaufort' NOTICE TO EX-SERVICE MEN
High School. I Any ex-service man who wishes to
SKEET SHOOTING g0 to CCCamn ti'ease sp T V.
B. H. Noe started auite an en-II v. f!nmmnnrJa p., r,1. a
T.lSinE' nnrt nnhlioitir ,,;.. j.i.j . .
f,. , .x -"w7 oi.ai.eu . wards a good season for those en-
S 1 J . 13 -US " Pl3ns ed in th( soft crab industry, fish
f or an advertising campaign that will eries officials believe,
help tell the wor d about Rpnnfnf t. . i . , ., . .,
j i, . ... , . n is unuerstoou mat tne nrst craos
Mhe r opP. rtumtle n.d wcidently caught or shipped this season came
trom the Marshalberg area. It will
not be long though, until the other
teret county and manv imnnrtant
work projects were helped and ac
complished. TU 1 J
-ue new neau ca.'ie worker IS not , "uu every angi
a native of North Carolina. He comes, Federal Housing Program."
1. J! f 1 .
ueie irom uni0 wnere he has been
connected with
I "v.un; auu
lY.M.C.A. work for a creat manv
vears. He was pYnpcf-ori tn i,.- I
.wwwv.v. i,w tiouiHK: Ills
duties with the local office today.
Assisting Mr. Gossard will be the
same case workers who have hern in
the county heretofore. They are: Mrs.
A. if. Koberts, Mrs. Ruth Mebane, I '
Miss Ruth Roberts and Miss Sara : NEW JOB Speaker Robert Grady
Rumley. Only a few changes have Johnson, presiding officer of the pres
taken Dlace in tb lnnal volit.f m Ucf ltnnon r Wo..i-:.. : :j
i - ...w viju..-. -iwu.Tt- vl iiupicaciiiaiivt-a, is saiu
stage when they are placed in floats, I The office and field wnrV
the crabs enter the 'buster' stage andlthe exception of one or two whn wr 'hio-her msrks Tlio rari.f foil,
transf erred t0 New Bern, will be the ' round Raleigh is that he will toss his
same in Carteret county. jhat into the ring for Lieutenant Gov-
It has not been announced to where ernor when the primaries roll around
Mrs. Lewis will be transferred. She next Spring. The head man of the
will remain in Beaufort for several I House isn't having much to say a-
aays neiping Mr. Crossard to get fa- bout the matteT for publication these
THROUGH STATE
Capital Keyholes
By BESS HINTON SILVER
an hour or two after becoming a
'buster' they emerge a larger soft
crabwhich if allowed to remain in
salt water soon becomes a 'paper-
shell' and then a hard crab.
To people who have never seen the
transfiguration of these crustaceans,
it is a novelty well worth ttoine to
the crab centers to witness. It is hard
to realize just after a soft crab has
emerged from his shell just how it
came from such a small covering.
But that is nature's way of allowing
these delicious delicacies to grow.
At one time soft crabs brought
approximately 100.000 dollars into
Carteret County each year." That was
during the boom days, however, at
present prices, hundreds of people in
the crabbing centers will have an op
portunity to make good American
money without expecting handouts
from the Relief organizations. April
is considered the best month of the
year for the soft crab industry, a
miliar with this office and his work
here.
days but his friends will tell you that
he is getting his ducks in a row to
srive the other bnvs n nm fnr fVioTn
NINETEEN IN COUNTY (money in 1936. There are some who
MAY JOIN CCC FORCES say that the name of Johnson on the
I ticket for two offices in one election
Nineteen boys in Carteret county might not be so hot but do not be
whose parents are on direct relief j surprised if State Treasurer Charles
may apply for service in the Citizens M. Johnson, a cousin of the Speaker,
Conservation orps between now and ' finds other fields in which to graze
Monday, according to a statement .before next Democratic primary day.
issuer una wees py jars. Malcolm AriAMUy 'nends of Clvde
K. R. Hoey, brilliant Shelby Demo
crat, expett him to annonuce his
candidacy for Governor in the Demo
cratic primaries of next year almost
Lewis. The requirements are that the
applicants be between the age of 18
and 25. and that ,t.hev are thp anna
of parents on direct relief. They may
. ...j, lQJI w, yumcmca 01 next year almost
apply to Mrs. Lewis in Beaufort and any day now. They will tell you that
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communities on Core Sound and the great many people think.
adjacent bays and rivers start. In
these communities composed of 'Sea
Level, Stacy, Davis, Wiliston, Smyr
na and Harkers Island the crabbers
who have not already started opera-
i-onunuM to page four) er of the FERA before April 5th. Soar ready and some are already
11T1 .1 M .1 ... .
wnen taKen irom the "noats or
'sheds' they are packed in dry sea
weed, (if wet was used the soft body
would change to peeler or hard
crabs) and they are shipped to mar
ket via motor truck or railway express.
will be sent to Wilmints-on
trance examinations. Two alterna
tives will also be taken in by the lo
cal office.
( Eight new orchard and garden
demonstrations have been started in
Person County as a beginning of
greater food production by tobacco
growers.
ne can command at least 90 per
cent of the votes of his native Clev
land County without even issuing a
command. Still there are a lot of
people who would like to see him rua
for the Senate against "Our Bob"
Reynolds in 1938. Mr. Hiey is accus
tomed to making up his own mind
and fighting his battles in his rw
(Continued on page four)