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3tf I Do Your Christmas Shopping SEAFOOD Mr Irt. 12-2-37 I Trout 3c I r i. t ' P. Drum, 4c Shrimp, 5c; Croak lc SN- Trout, 3; S. Mulls 3c Flounders 7c; S. Trout 7c Pompano 10c J. Mulls Sc Volume XXVI 12 DR. ROYAL TELLS ROTARIANS ABOUT SYPHILIS SCOURGE Disease Prevalent In Carteret Called 'Great Killer' 1 Out of 10 Have It According to the law of av erage, (for North Carolina) one out of every 10 persons in Carteret county have syphilid, despite the fact that in 1936 only six persons were actually reported from this county to the State Board of Health, a requirement according to law. In Carteret county through October 29 of the current year only 12 cases had been actual ly reported to the State Board of Health from Carteret coun ty. But these figures do not show the true picture. The true picture would be seen if the actual number of syphilis cases reported, was mul tiplied by -10 to 50, according to Dr. Benl Royal, guest speaker on the Beaufort Rotary program at the In let Inn Tuesday night. Already medical science has con quered yellow fever, and typhoid . . diphtheria and tuberculosis are al most conquered and today research is being carried on in an effort to find a way to eliminate cancjf, and other killing diseases including syph ilis. Syphilis can be conquered, but it is a big job the U. S. Public Health Department and the state depart ments throughout the country aided by phiysicians have tackled. An ex (Continued on page ten) UUXMXG LIGHTS By JOHN SIKES RECENTLY I wrote for several of the State newspapers a short screed about the peculiar brogue of Coast al North Carolina. I called it "Hoigh Toide." I thought it was innoucuous enough. Frank- ; J Tfl ly it; never occur. W'.4 a rP,l t.n :rc that flnv body would give it more than a pass- that. Imagine my i surprise, then, to 1 find that it pro duced all sorts of reactions. TWO OR full THREE of those John Sikes who read it, and were outspoken about it, accused me of ingratitude for having written it. They said I used it to poke fun at the educational background of our (Continued on page eight) 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. High Low Friday, Dec. 3 8:20 a. m. 2:04 a. m. 8:29 p. m. 2:44 p. m. Saturday, Dec. 4 8;53 a. m. 2:42 a. m. 9:05 p. m. 3:21 p. m. Sunday, Dec. S 9:28 a. m. 3:17 a. m. 9:45 p. m. 3:58 p. m. Monday, Dec. 6 10:03 a. m. 3:51 a. m. 10:23 p. m. 4:34 p. m. Tuesday, Dec. 7 10;41 a. m. 4:27 a. m. 11:03 p. m. 5:13 p. m. Wednesday, Dec. 8 5:09 p. m. 11:20 a. m. 5:55 p. m. Thursday, Dec. 9 11:46 a. m. 5:59 a. m. 12:03 p. m. 6:40 p. m. IHF JiL Vtf iff Carteret Pages 2 Sections Much Traffic Goes In November November was a very busy month for draw bridge tenders on local in land waterways. Official reports of the tenders show that almost twice as much traffic passed thiough the CAPT. HENRY NOE DIES IN LENOIR He Sailed The Seas During The Days Of Sail Capt Henry Noe, one of the best known and best liked cit izens of Beaufort, died at the home of his daughter Mrs. Ed ward Simmons in Lenoir about 4 o'clock Monday afternoon. He had gone there a few weeks ago to visit his daughter for an indefinite period, shortly af ter he had suffered a slight stroke of paralysis at his homo here. Mrs. Bettie Noe, his wife, was with him at the time of his death. First news of his death was receiv ed here by his twin brother Capt. Oscar Noe, superintendent of Beau fort Fisheries Inc. The deceased had been in declining health for a bout a year during which time he was in semi-retirement, but usually spent part of each day until he was stricken, at the L. C. Davis and Bro thers Fish Company here a firm which he was associated with for a number of years. For several years Capt. Noe had been a magistrate, and it was not unusual for him to hold his 'court' or perform marriage cer emonies at the fish house where he made his headquarters. Continued on page four DREDGE COMSTOCK ARRIVES IN PORT Will Restore Channel Depth To Terminal To 30 Feet The United States Engineering Department's dredge "Comstock" of the Wilmington District has ar rived in Morehead City and will proceed immediately on deepening the channel leading from the port terminal to the ocean beyond Beau fort Inlet. The Comstock was observ ed moored at the terminal wharf early today. Major Ralph Millis, IT. S. Army district engineer in Wilmington had announced to the press earlier in the week that the Comstock had been assigned to dredge out the bar chan nel at the Morehead City port and to restore the project depth of 30 feet. "Considerable shoaling is be ing experienced at the port,' the newspaper dispatch quoted Major Millis as saying. The Comstock has a displacement of 983 tons. The vessel is 163 feet long, 17 feet deep and 35 feet wide. She was built in Baltimore back in 1915. According to the government ship's registry she carries a crew of 28 men and four officers. New Fords Arrive Several 1938 Model Ford V-8's have been received by Loftin Motor Company this week and are now on display at ihis firm's headquarters on Craven Street. EAUI County's Oldest Newspaper, .Establish 1912 The Beaufort News, Thursday, December 2, 1937 Through Beaufort Beaufort Draw Opened 968 Beaufort channel bridge as the bridge over Newport river. These records will h-ive a tendency to set tle any argument.! that may hav? occurred recently relative to which Il Won't Be Long INow-Just 19 Christmas Shopping Days Time continues to chop away tha days, and now there are only 19 of them left in which neardy all of the Christmas shopping must be done. The wise shoppers of Beaufort, Morehead City and greater Carteret county have already given the task some time and consideration and their activity will show an increase as ; th days hurry by. " : Beaufort and Jtfrehed City merchants have just completed all arrangements for the bus iest periods they have experi enced in years. These mer chants toil through the long months serving the people of our communities, sometimes making hardly enough to meet the ccsts that must be raised in support of yours and our com munity. At this time let us re member our hem ? merchants He Will Preside At Civil Term Court JUDGE W. C. HARRIS Judge W. C. Harris of Raleigh will preside over the civil term of Decern ber Court in Carteret county which begin on Monday for one week. Judge Harris who is intimately known as 'Buck' to his friends is no stranger in Carteret. He presided ov er court sessions here in October 1927 shortly after he went on the Bench, and in Dec. 1932. If he could catch a term during the summer months along the Carteret coast he would be a 'lucky Buck' because we have much in the way of climate, sports and social activities during the summer months which would appeal to any Superior Court jurist or any body else as for that matter. Judge Harris is a member of the Baptist church. Rev. Morgan Resigns Rev. J. W. Morgan, pastor of the Baptist church here has tendered his resignation. Officials of church have not yet accepted same. Rev. Mr. Morgan is in a Winston-Salem hov pital at present. Now! Mail Channel tf Newport Hirer Bridges Times; Newport River Draw Opened 587 Times diaw biidge has the most watev Iraf fice passing through. During the month of November ihe Beaufort Channel Bridge was opened 968 times to permit naviga first when starting or doing our Christmas shopping, real izing that the success of each of u a is measured to some ex tent by the success of the home merchant. Beaufort, Morehead City and Carteret county merchants have just about everything one could wish for in the way of a suitable gift for -anyone or everyone. Many of the leading merchants of this section have been telling you about their Christmas stock of goods thru ads in this newspaper for the past two or three weeks. This week there are more mer chants, teling the citizens of greater Carteret about their Christmas offerings in this newspaper. Patronize these advertisers and you will be keeping your money at home. W. P. Smith Has A Narrow Escape W. P. Smith, local merchant and chairman of the Carteret County Board of Commissioners is lucky to be alive today. To get the full signi cance of the foregoing sentence it would be necessary for a person to see the Smith bathroom at their home on Queen street following an explo tion last Friday night. Mr. Smtih was sitting in the tub taking a bath when a heavy cast iron wood-burning stove exploded anil flew to pieces. Heavy pieces of cast iron were blown thru the floor, through the window and in to the wall, knocking several hols in the woodwork or plastering. Both bathroom windows were broken and the explosion wah deafening. A small particle of wood or steel struck Mr. Smith on the chek, but the injury was so slight he did not discover riijht r.way that he V.ad been hit. Mrs. Smith stated thb. ihe had built a fire earlier in the evening using corn cob kindling, later placing ordi nary slab-wood on the blaze. Tha fire had been burining for sometime be fore the explosion occurred, which added mystery to it all. It is thought that probably certain gasses were formed inside the stove which caus ed the explosion. Minstrel And Beauty Show Friday Night Moonlight Minstrels, sponsored by the grammar grades of the Beaufort School will be presented in the aud itorium on Friday night starting at 7:30 o'clock. Immediately following this excellent presentation Miss Beaufort will be crowned in a beau ty pageant which includes a number of the attractive Beaufort girls. The names of the beauty contestants, their sponsors and the number of votes received until Tuesday of this week follows: Pearl Bravaldo, Young Man's Shop, 125; Margaret Hurst, Lip man's 125; Carolyn Wheatly, J. D. (Continued on page eight) Packages 5c Per Copy- 1 tion to pass. During the same time the drawbridge over Newport river on the Morehead City side was op ened 587 times. DR. II. M. HENDRIX DIED ON TUESDAY Practiced Dentistry In Beaufort For 25 Years Following a prolanged ill ness, Dr. Harry Matthew Hen drix, for 25 years a dentist in Beaufort, died at his home on West Front Street about 7 O'clock Tuesday night. Even a3 he was dyings Beatort Kotarians, at their weekly supper mnetintf at the Inlet Inn,'- stooa at "the request of President Graham of tJia Club and with bowed heads offered a silent prayer for him. Dr. IJcnririx had during his life been a member of the local Rotary Club sines its organi zation. He was also a member of the Masonic Order. Dr. Hendrix was a close friend of Dr. C. S. Maxwell, dean of Beaufort physicians. It was thi latter who induced Dr. Hendrix to come to Beau fort, rome 25 years aso from his home in China Grove, near Char lotte. Only a few years before he had graduated fom the dental school of the Universitv of Maryland. Funeral services were conducted at the home Wednesday afternoon at 3 :30 o'clock with the Rev. Mr. Fret m of St. Paul's Lutheran in Wilmington officiating, assisted by Rev. E. C. (Continued on page four) British Freighter Expected Saturday A British freighter, the Queen El eanor of Glasgow, Scotland, is expect ed to arrive at Morehead City port terminal in ballast Saturday, (De cember 4) to lift a cargo of scrcp metal to be shipped to Rotterdam. Rotterdam was the destination of the Greek vessel Tzenny Chandris, which sailed from here a few weeks ago and sank two days later in a storm off Hatteras. The Queen Eleanor is j a vessel of 3,204 tons, according to . W. H. Smoak, supervisor of the term inul. She was built in Sunderland, Scotland in 1918 and is owned by the Queen Lines Ltd. of Glasgow. In Morehead City she will take on ap proximately 7,200 tons of scrap met al. It is likely that she will be in port for about 18 days. Piobably clearing just before Christmas, Su pervisor Smoak stated. Wallace Takes Over Texaco Plant Here George R. Wallace of Morehead City took over the operation of Tex aco Oil Company's business here on December 1. Ben Arrington, for sev en years a faithful employee of the Texaco Company here has been made manager of the Beaufort plant. Cecil Harrill, formerly with C. D. Jones Company has been employed as truck driver for the plant here. No announcement was made in reference to the future operation of the Red Star Service station. For many years and until his death the Texaco Com pany here was operated b Carl 1 Chadwick. Early! ss. BUY SEALS NOW Christmas Seal Fund Will Help Our un dernourished School Children Number 48 DECEMBER TERM OF CIVIL COURT STARTS MONDAY School Ownership Controversy To Be Heard Judge Harris Presides No crowded calendar will face Judge W. C. Harris of Raleigh when he presides over the December civil term of su perior court here next week, but one case of local interest to be heard has to do with a con troversy about the ownership of St. Paul's school, which un til her death last .year, was for many years operated by Mrs. Nannie P. Geffroy. M. R. Geffroy through his attor neys will try and show that the school properties are legally his thru . inheritance from his late wife, Mrs. Geffroy. Attorneys for Geffroy are E. Walter Hill of Beaufort and the firm of Ward and Ward in New Bern. C. H. Bushal, senior warden of St. Paul's church, in behalf of the church contends that Mrs. Geffroy had only a lifetime interest in the school property and that at the time of her death it was to go back t St. Paul's Church, fer owners. Opinions in the m tt.-r ol the own ership controversy vary here in Beaufort where considerable interest has been aroused over the situation. Claud R. Wheatly, local attorney and a St. Paul Church official will represent the Church at the hearing. It is understood that he will -be as--asiied by. Buacan,' - Carteret . county's most prominent attorney. Cocuiitfj The WATEMt FltOM By AYCOCK BROWN I RECEIVED my first Christmas card this week. It came from Fred Hexum, whose address while he is a shore from ships or 'on the beach' is usually the Harbor Hotel, 136 Em- barcadero, ban. Francisco. If any. one knows their San Francisco I they know that the 1 Embarcadero i not considered th? finest social center! o f that Pacific! coast city. It is! the waterfront street, near the harbor where ships from all na- Aycock Brown tions come and go. Fred's card was addressed to me at Ocracoke. The reason he sent it so early, and I am postitive of this, is because he was (Continued on page eight) RAIL DIRECTORS TO MEET MONDAY Directors of the Atlantic and North" Carolina Railroad will meet in Kins ton Monday, it was stated today by II. P. Crowell, president and manag ing director of the strtto controlled carrier. This is the first quarterly meeting to be held. Formerly the di rectors met semi-annually. Mr. Crow ell indicated that matters of routhia interest wouIJ discussed on Mon day or as he put it, ''We are just getting together to talk things over.'' uiitftXr
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