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VOLUME XXIV
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1935
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NUMBER
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Kirby Convicted Of Second
Degree Murder Is Sentenced
Thirty Years In Penitentiary
Elsie Bryan, Speakeasy Hostess
-Mentioned Well Known
Whites in Her Testimony
And Was Given Eight Month
Sentence.
CIVIL TERM CONTINUES
Two Morehead Youngsters
Will Matriculate at Rocky
Mount Reform School, But
Could Have Been Sentenced
To Pen
George Kirby is a lucky colored
man. Charged with murder in the
first degree, as a result of his slay
f ng Bert Thoma3, rival and seriously
injuring Nancy Debrix his girl friend,
he would have, upon conviction of
that charge been sentenced to the
electric chair. But a verdict of mur
der in the second degree was brought
in by the jury and Judge M. V. Barn
hill imposed a sentence of not less
than 25 years or more than 30 in
the State Prison. George did not
look at all worried after hearing the
sentence, as a matter of fact there
was an indication of a smile on his
dusky face, and wbo wouldn't smile
when they had been saved from the
'hot-seat.'
E. Walter Hill was appointed by
the State to represent the Negro,
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in March punctured Bert Thomas "l swiKwiS uj.waru.
with buck shot, (he died a week later iAnd what sort of amused, me was to
in Morehead City hospital) and also dr e sa? that hej; dld n0'
W hi. crirl Nancv in th W. Nanevillke the Rhapsody in Blue" type of
v..- fi ,j't ,.,
litis Vlllj iciriiwjr ickuicicu auvu
an extent that she can walk and it
looked for a while that she might lose
her leg. Insanity in his ancestors
probably saved George from the chair
Jealousy has been termed at times as
a form of insanity so he himself was
probably insane on the morning of
the shooting.
iNancy Debrix, former speakeasy
hostess in the Out Back section was
sentenced to 8 months in prison for
vioating the prohibition laws. Her
case was interesting.. In her testi
mony she mentioned several well
known whites as being patrons of her
establishment.
(Continued on page eight)
BEAUFORT BANK
PAYS DIVIDEND
Nine hundred and eighty-one de
positors will be paid five per cent div
idends on Saturday, June 15, it was
announced today by W. A. Allen,
liquidating agent. The checks which
will be given to those who call or
mailed to those who do not represents
the sixth dividend paid by the local
bank.
This makes a ttal of $80,565.85, or
40 per cent that has been paid de
postiors. Placed in liquidation on
December 29, 1931, the bank has also
paid $23,138.03 to preferred credi
tors and $36,281.38 to s.cured cred
itors. TIDE TABLE
Information as to toe tide
it Beaufort is given in this co
imn. Thj figures are approi
imatel correct nd bated on
table's furnished by the U. 8.
Geodetic Surrey. Some allow
ances must be made for varia
tions in the wiad aad also with
respect to the locality, that b
whether near the inlet or atj
he heads of the estuaries.
High Tide
Low Tide
Friday, June 14
5:48
6:18
m. 12:09 a. m.
m. 12:02 p. m.
Saturday, June 15
6:37
7:05
a.
m.
m.
Sund
12:5b a. m.
12:45 p. m.
June
16
1:42 a. m.
1:36 p. m.
m.
7:50
8:15
8:40
m.
Monday, June 17
m.
m.
2:28
2:23
a.
P-
Tuesday, June 18
9:05
9:29
m. 3:12 p.
Wednesday, June 19
9:56 a. m. 4:00 a.
10:19 p. m. 4:03 p.
Thursday, June 20
10:50 a.
m. 4:47 a.
5:00 p.
Covering The
WATEllFUOXl
By AYCOCK BROWN
EDGEWATER CLUB HAS char
tered the two masted schooner, Luth
er M. Werner, for an indefinite per
iod. The craft will be. used for tak
ing guest members to the Gulf Stream
after dolphin, amberjack and other
tropical fishes out there waiting for
the lures of 'blue-water' anglers.
CAPT. R. C. WEIGHTMAN, U. S.
G. G. is commander of the Norfolk
Division. He conducted the "Miss
Gattis" investigation cn board the
Travis and at Cape Lookout Wednes
day. Capt. Weightman in Coast
guard circles is known as a "Four
Striper" and that is not at the bot
tom of the ladder by any means. He
was formerly on Modoc and knows
North Carolina's off shore pretty
well but there are many places, Ocra-
coke Hatteras and such that he wants
to get a
closer view of in the near
future.
PAUL WHITEMAN THE multi
chined maestro who will be at Atlan
itc Beach this week-end says that the
depression is over and that the ferris
, . , .
music Whiteman made
famous,
I stead he liked Blues songs,
j (Continued on page eight)
CARTERET TOMATO
HARVEST STARTED
Few Shipments Already Made;
N. Y. Price $1.15; Much
Produce Has Rolled Out of
Beaufort This Year
Carteret's tomato harvest will be
gin about Monday although a few
shipments have already moved. This
year the total acreage of tomatoes
in Carteret is approximately 300, of
which about two-thirds is east and
north of Beaufort.
This is by far the largest acreage
ever devoted to tomatoes and local
railroad officials state that it will , 'antic Hignway, according '
probably mean that refrigerator cars nomreement made this week by
will be sent here to take care of the George W. Huntley Jr. president of
shipments,
tv tn.
matoes in New York is $1.15 for 30
pound baskets, which is considered a
fair price by shippers.
To date over 200 freight carloads
of potatoes and almost 50 carloads
of cabbage have rolled out Beaufort.
Cabbage shipments have stopped
and potato shipments aj; on decrease
each day. The current price on po
tatoes today, $1.75 per barrel, or 10
cents hove last Friday quotations.
Capt. Bill's Shipmates
Didn't Like Editorial
Capt. Joe Gaskill of New Bern,
master of the late schooner "Jennie
K. Tomlinson" of Drawbridge, Del.,
which used to trade in an dout of
Beaufort was a visitor here this week,
coming down from his home in New
Bern with Bill Caroon, his bank- ac
counting son-in-law Capt. Joe is
well known here. He has many
shipmates in Beaufort and along the
Outer Banks of the coast.
Along with Capt. Henry Noe they
sought out the editor of this news
paper and requested that he write
something about an editorial in the
Kinston Free Press entitled "Nature's
Nobleman." This eritorial had to do
with the passing of Capt. Bill Gaskill
last week, one time shipmate of both
Capt. Joe and apt. Henry. "The man
who wrote that piece was probably so
drunk when he was on Ocracoke that
he failed to see the many admirable
qualities of Capt. Bill, and there's
never been a finer man," said Capt.
Joe Naturally the editr of this news
paper, apt. Henry and anyone else
who knew Capt Bill agrees to that
statement.
"Nature's Nbleman" is reprinted
in this issue on the Beaufort News'
Editorial page.
Associated Press. Few of the papers Prytherch of the U. S. Fisheries LaD-
Cowpeas and soybeans on all the featured the story. But a similar oratry on Piver'a Island wanted a
small grain stubble not in lespedeza , wire sent to the New York Herald small dolphin for exhibition purpos
is a wise farm progrem, says P. H. Tribune, was played up in double col- es. So, as a result of the expedi
Kime, State College agronomist. umn type. That goes to show the (Continued on page eight)
COVERING TH
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Aycock Brown, Editor o f The Beaufort News
We don't recall what he was writing at the time this Eubanks Photo
Flash was made, probably it was a st ory about the alligator that looks on
while the keys click. That is one th ing about editors, they are liable to
have most anything in their possession that interested subscribers have
broght in the be written about.
Dr. Prytherch Wants
Huge Turtle For The
Pool at Laboratory
A pool, 20 feet in diameter, has
been constructed on Fiver's Island in
the circle at the end of the new drive
way just completed and now Dr.
Prytherch the director of the labora
tory wants a 500 pound sea turtle
to place in the pool. He is willing
to pay a nominal price for the tur
tle, so the fisherman who is lucky
enough to get a big fellow can make
a bit of extra money by selling it to
the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries here.
Live specimens of salt water life
will be placed in the pool. To start
with there will be a small loggerhead
or two and possibly some Diamond
back terrapins and haw's bill or green
turtles. The clean salt water in the
pool will make it possible to see
these reptiles of the sea as they swim
in natural surroundings. Visitors are
cordially invited to visit the island,
they may park their cars at the end
of the new bridge and walk across or
park their cars at the end of Front
Street and let Capt. Jack take them
across in a row boat. But the pub
lic will not be allowed to motor di
rect to the island except on official
business.
Independent Motor
Service Organized
Independent Motor Service, Inc.,
will open for business soon at the
corner of Lenoxville Road and At-
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the organization, rv. o. -uns h.,
will be the shop manager and John
Basden, said to be one of the best me
shanics in Carteret county will be the
chief mechanic.
While Independent Motor Service
will cater to the repairs of all makes
of cars and trucks the firm will
feature truck repair service. The
building is the only garage in Car
teret county that will have drive-in
accomodations for the larger trucks
used in transporting produce to dis
tant markets.
Much cotton in Sampson County
has been planted for the third time
with a poor stand still being secuied.
GULF STREAM FISHING EXPEDITION
WAS FOR BOTH SPORT AND SCIENCE
By AYCOCK BROWN
North Carolina newspapers are
passing up a good bet when they fail j
to play up the Gulf tream fishing,
off Cape Lookout, Ocracoke and!
Cape Hatteras. Naturally they think j
it is a free publicity stunt when stor-
ies are mailed or wireu in, louu'w-jeo.
ing a catch of dolphin, amberjack or
other tropical species available to
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the angler who will go to 'blue water' tell them about what is offered 'blue
after them, But why not write it up?iwater' anglers off Cape Lookout.
It is news and without the least shad i Scientific and Sport
ow of a doubt the Gulf Stream While the Edgewater Club expedi
Fishing off North Carolina is going tion headed by Coach Simmons was
to be one of the biggest sporting primarily for the purpose of gaining
features the State has to offer before j
many years and to those who doubt i
it. iust mark those woi-ds.
Last week following an Edgewater
Club fishing expedition that carried a
group of us to the Gulf Stream a-!
board the two caster Luther M. Wer -
ner, under command Capt. William
Casey, stories were wired the prin-
jcipal papers in this State and the
E WATERFRONT
Thousands of Herons
Rearing Their Babes
In Nearby Rookeries
It is unbelievable until you have
seen it with your own eyes. To say
there are 5,000 herons in the Lenox
ville rookery this year would be put
ting it mildly. There are nearer
10,000, according to Capt. Dave God
win, custodian of the rookery and
local warden for the Audubon socie
ty. There are five species, including
the Black Crown, Lousiana, Little
Blue, Great White and Egrets there
this year. While the majority of
young have already been hatched,
Capt. Godwin says that they will con
tinue laying eggs until August.
ast Sunday he served as guide
fqr the editor of this newspaper and
John Allen, New York artist, whose
hobby is bird study. They made
photographs and through high pow
ered glasses were shown the different
species.
Down on Brown's Island is another
rookery of sea birds, and during a
two week's trip down on the outer
banks of the coast, Mr. Allen saw
quite a number of tern, gull, skim
mer and other species. Some were
just laying eggs, others had already
hatched. On Royal Shoals in the
Pamlico Sound is one of the largest
Tern rookeries along the Atlantic
coast.
RECOMMENDS NEW
JAIL FOR COUNTY
Because the alleged jail is nothing
more than a fire trap and one that a
small boy can and has broken out of,
the Grand Jury in their report to
day recommends that Carteret Coun
ty provide a modern prison to con
form with North Carolina Penal Reg
ulations. Just what action the com
missioners take on the recommenda
tion re-mains to be seen.
That was the principal part of the
report. Naturally they inspected all
county institutions and offices and
found same in good condition. They
recommended that the Commission
ers provide a pick-up truck for the
Superintendent of the County Home
to use.
difference of something or other.
People are interested in Gulf
Stream fishing. Last week it was
the principal or most played up story
in the Beaufort News, the story a-
bout our fishing trip, and believe it
or not the 50 extra copies we print-
were soia oui Deiure 'oaiuruay
night sold to people who wanted to
send the story to their friends and
i li i. . m rj i
knowledge about a sport available
for guest members of the club and
to try and land a marlin swordfish,
'.there was a scientific angle to
the
cruise. Comparatively little is known
about the habits of dolphin, and
iDr. E. W. Gudger, noted ichyologist
of the American Museum of Natujal
History in New York, wanted speci-
mens of stomachs. Dr. Herbert F.
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ber Of The "Mis gattis"
Jailed To Appear at Hearing
Aboard C. G. Travis Wednesday
THROUGH STATE
Capital Keyholes
By BESS H1NTON SILVER
WHISKY State politicians are
hopeful that the wet and Dry issue
can be kept out of the 1936 primar
ies. They aver this is a question to
be voted upon and determined by the
people not gubernatorial or sena
torial candidates. There is little a
Governor can do about it. Governor
Ehringhaus attempted to smooth the
alcohol waters in the closing hours
of the late legislative session, but
failed. And don't forget, a Tar
Heel Governor hasnt the veto power.
COURAGEOUS Senator Josiah
W. Bialey has no doubt made thous
ands of friends in his efforts to a
mend the Wheeler-Rayburn utility
bill in Congress. Senator Bailey has
submitted no less than 41 amend
ments to the bill, all of which, it is
said by some interested people, will
be beneficial to the users of gas and
electricity, as well as those who
own stock in such concerns. As on
his vote on the soldiers bonus bill,
even the Senator's bitterest enemies
can easily realize his courage of con
victions. (Continued on page seven)
FAMOUS MAESTRO
Paul Whiteman
Everyone has heard of Paul White
man. Ask a native of the Malay Ar
chipeligo, Greenland, Madagascar
Patagonia or any place in the world
who Paul Whiteman is and it is a
safe bet that they have heard of the
fellow. He is probably the most
famous musician living today, and
persons in Carteret county and else
where will have an opportunity to
see and hear the fellow play his fid
del or whatever it is he plays, when
he brings his internationally famous
orchestra to Atlantic Beach this
week end. On Saturday night in the
Casino by the Sea he will play for a
dance and on Sunday afternoon he
and his group of artists will present
a concert in the Casino, a cncert that
will bring out SRO signs quickly, it
is predicted.
Capt. Eric Anderson
Will Sail to Europe
Capt. Eric Anierson, master of
the auxiliary yacht Catchalot, of St.
Mary's City, Md., will soon take the
craft on a cruise in European waters.
C. M. Robinson, owner of the vessel
and a group of his friends will be a-
board in addition to Capt. Anderson'
and the crew. The Catchalot is one j
of the vessels on which Col. Charles '
Lindbergh searched for his kidnapped j
child a few years ago. Enroute ;
from Florida and the Wejt Indies re-1
cently she tied up in Morehead City!
for a day or two beforo continuing
northward to her home , ort.
Capt. Anderson has just left for
Maryland after spending some time
here visiting his wife, Mrs. Eric An
derson who lives on Turner Street.
After reaching European waters, the
vessel will cruise the Mediterannean
and Njorth Seas touching Norway,
Denmark and Sweden, the latter be
ing the native land of Capt. Ander
son. The Brunswick County corn crop
is reported in excellent condition
with all other crops growing well. ,
Sworn Statement Only Evi
dence Investigation Board
Had To Prove Cape Lookout
C. G. Negligent In Failing
To Render Aid When Boat
Wrecked Easter
HENRY GUTHRIE DIED
Clyde Willis Notified To Be
Present At Hearing Took
Trip Down Banks And Was
Located At Ocracoke
Clyde Willis, master of the pleas
ure boat "Miss Gattis" had an oppor
tunity Wednesday to give his version
of why he thought Capt Lookout
coastguardsmen were negligent in
their duty on Easter Sunday, when
they failed to render aid to the
craft while it drifted aimlessly off
Beaufort Inlet and later when it
wrecked 'n the breakers of Shakel-
ford Banks. But young Willis
was
not present at the hearing.
Lieutenant P. A. Short, comman
der of the C. G. Travis on which the
investigation was held had notified
Willis earlier in the week to be pres
ent at the hearing. A board consist
ing of Capt. R. C. Weightman, Nor
folk Division and District Cammand
er James A. Price of Elizabeth City
conducted the investigation.
But Willis failed to show up. Hear
ing that he had gone down the Banks
towards Hatteras, Lieutenant 'Short
got in touch with Ocracoke coast
guardsmen who located Willis and
were holding him for further in
structions came shortly from the
Travis' commander, who notified the
Ocracoke station to release the man,
that there were -no charges against
him, that he was only anxious for
him to be present at the hearing. It
was not compulsory that he be there,
except that he had started something
and it would have simplified matters
it he had been present.
(Continued on page eight)
FARM WOMEN TO
MEET ON JUNE 20
R. B. House To Be Principal
Speaker; Mothers Urged to
Have Children Under 10 at
Home
Dr. R. B. House, of the University
of North Carolina will be the prin
cipal speaker at the annual District
meet of the Home Demonstration
Women from Onslow, Jones, Crav
en, Pamlico and Carteret counties
next Thursday, June 20. The meet
ing will be held at Atlantic Beach.
Approximately 2,000 people at
tended this meeting last year, and
Miss Helen Dry, local Home Agent
states that an equally large number
is expected this year.
But No Children
Dr. Knox, of the 'State Board of
Health, urges the women who are
planning to attend the District Meet
ing this year not to carry any chil
dren under 10 years of age because
of the Infantile Paralysis siuatlon.
Mrs. Estelle G. Smith, District Agent,
earnestly requests mothers take the
advice of Dr. Knox in regard to this
matter.
BRINGS RESULTS
If you have something to sell,
a place to rent, or want to buy
something your best bet is to
insert an ad in our classified
column. The following ad
FOR SALE ONE 15 FOOT
Sharpie Sailboat, practically
new $35 Apply U. S. Bureau
of Fishre-ies.
was inserted in Thursday, June
6, edition of The Beaufort
News. Not only did the Direc
tor of the U. S. Bureau of Fish
eries receive numerous requests
from prospective buyers, but
the advertisement meant a sale
of the boat. Classified and dis
play advertising in the Beau
fort News pays, because the
Beaufort News has long been
recognized as the best adver
tising medium in Carteret coun
ty. Five thousand potential
readers will see your ad when it
is placed in the Beaufort News.
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