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Carteret County9:
Oldest NewspaperEstablistj 1912
Volume XXVI
8 Pages This Week The Beaufort News, Thursday, December 30, 193 5c Per Copy
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Number 52
1
Tin ec Ships Taking On Scrap
Metal At Morehead Terminal
el '
In vestigating Death Of Veteran
George W. Street Oi W.Beautort
Crime In Carteret
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Small Norwegian Ship
Arrives Britisher
Clears Today
Vessels Of Many Nations
At Port During Past Year
The small Norwegian frei-vViror-
Rpstnm with a net ton
nage of 1,316 registry, reach-!
ed Morehead City port termi
nal early Wednesday morning
to take on a cargo of approx-j
imately 3,000 tons of scrap
metal which will go to Rotter- j
dam in The Netherlands. A1-!
ready in port and loading simi-j
liar cargoes were the S. S. Red-;
f T 1 . 1.J.-A1 I
gtone or ionuon, aue to iaKe on
4,400 tons of scrap metal and
the S. S. queen Eleanor of Glas,
gow, Scot. The Queen Eleanor
was expected to clear today for
Rotterdam with a cargo of
7,300 tons of scrap metal, The
Beaufort News was advised by
Port Supervisor W. H. Smoak
cn Wednesday.
The Bestum is a very small ship
compared to several of the cargo car
riers which have cleared Morehead
City Port Terminal with scrap iron
since the shipment of this commodity
started several months ago. The S.
S. Redstone is also a comparatively
unall ship.
The first vessel to come to More
head City port terminal after an ex
port cargo was the British freighter
Warziristan. Since her arrival last
Spring, a number of vessels have
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Covt lintf Tht
WATER EUOX1
By AYCOCK BROWN
ESTHER AND I appreciated the
78 Christmas cards we received this
year from our friends living all the
way from Corea, Maine, to Clear
water, Fla., and from Mexico City
to San Francisco. We appreciated
the cards which came from our
friends here at home. It is I believe,
rather fashion-
r lable, to
get out
greetings of a dif
ferent sort from
the average run of
cards which one
finds on the coun
ters for sale in the
different stores in
town. Lut it is al
so expensive to
get out the origi
nal kind, and we
Aycock Brown
like most of our
lriends sent store bought cards with
private messages to most folks to
whom they were addressed.
(Continued on page eight)
New License Plates
Must Be Displayed
In addition to the state au
tomobile license plate, which
mutt bo displayed on all moTin
cart after midnight, December
31, 1937, it U also necessary
for residents of the Town of
Beaufort to dUplay city license
plate on their ears and trucks.
Chief of Polic. Walter F. Lonf
est urges all auto and truck
owning citUens to purchase city
; license plate now. The cost is
l' $1. Same may be obtained
from the Chief of Police or
from City Clerk T. Murray
Thomas at the Town Hall. Local
Citizens who fail to display
the 1938 town license plates on
their cars of trucks after mid
night, December 31, 1937, are
subject to indictment, it was
stated.
Subscription Rate
To News Increased
Effective January 1. 1938,
subscription rates to out of
State subscribers to The Beau
fort News wilt be $2 per year
and $1.00 for six months. We
are forced to make this change
Jue to the increase price of
newsprint, which will advance
on January 1. To local sub
scribers and those in North
Carolina the rate will continue
at $1.50 per year and 75c for
sixmon,th or $2.50 for two
years. (Beaufort Publishing
Co.) ..'
I I I
Most Of Us Thought
This Would Happen
Charles I.aban Abirnthy Jr., son
of ex-Congie.-srnan Aharnathy who
represented th Thirl District for 13
yea. 3 announced m N'sw Brn a few
days aico that, h w r.ld b a candi
date for tle.-tio-t to th office his
father once held wi rJn office which
Congressman Graham A. Barden
now hold: in the corr.lr.af election of
l'.3n. That the younger Mr. Aber
nethy would asca'.n attempt to un
seat Cn.re-isir.?.;i Br :en the tried
it back in l. ?,.) cam a no surprise
to must po-jjie who kno t'.eir coast
al po'iiti.-s. Cor!jrr-i--..in.4.n Barden will
be a car. li h; to id h.mself in
the office he r. vc o-:.: ipies.
HOPING MARRIAGE
STAYS OFF ROCKS
Judge WebMVithholds
Decision In Case
Of Non-Support
Judge Paul Webb and Attorney
Walter Hill for the defense and So
licitor M. Leslie Davis are hopeful
that Mrs. Lillie Belle Modlin Gillikin,
attractive young matron, and her
young husband Leonard McDonald
Gillikin can patch their difference.-"
up and s:til peacefully on the sea of
matrimony, which according to the
testimony of various witnesses, the
defendant c;v.! plaintiff in Recorder's
Court on Tuesday, h:is not been such
a pleasant voyage to date.
Mrs. Gillikin who is employed on
a federal project making ? 12.50 per
week had her husband arrested for
non support. He according to testi
mony given in the court makes about
$40 permonth. They have no chil
dren. It has been some time since
they lived together. Mrs. Gillikin
lives with her mother here in Beau
fort. Mr. Gillikin lives in Southpott
at the present time where he has a
job driving a truck. This tiial at
tracted considerable attention. The
testimony was interesting at times;
there were hints of jealousy taking a
role in the marital life of the young
couple; there were hints of interfer
ence in the affairs of the married
couple by their parents.
Judge Webb withheld his judg
ment in the case tor another week.
Ho is honeful that Mr. and Mrs. Gil
likin can patch up their troubles
the attorneys in the case are also
hopeful that some sort of arrange
ment can be made whereby the mar
riage of these two fine young people
will 'not go on the rocks' or prob
ably it would be better to say to
try and get the marriage off the
rocks' which it has apparently been
on for sometime judging from the
testimony.
Some time aeo according to a
court official Wallace Morris of At
lantic was employed as an enforce
ment officer bv the ABC Board of
Carteret. His duty, it is understood,
was to do a bit of undercover work
relatives to illeeal sale of liquor in
the county. On Tuesday in Recorder's
Court some of the cases came up lor
trial. They follow:
In the case of Tom Garner of New
port, charged with hiding liquor in
his woodshed for the purpose of sale,
udgment was withheld for one
week by Judge Webb.
Willie (Red) Stewart, charged
with violating the prohibition law
was found not guilty.
(Continued on page eight)
Charles Hassell Is A
Champion Quail Shot
Charles Hassell, rural mail carrier
for Beaufort routes is about the best
quail hunter in Carteret county. He
has killed more of the fast flying
game birds this year than any otner
person in the county, according to
all information which The Beaufort
News can gather. Much of the credit
for Charles Hassell being a champion
quail hunter should go to Bing Cros
by, a pointer, and Lady, a setter,
two of the best bird dogs that ever
went afield in Carteret.
No New Recriuts For
CCCWill Be Taken
Carteret County has no quota for
CCC recruits during the period be
ginning January 1 and ending March
31 it was announced today by an
official of the Welfare Department.
It is likely that Carteret will be giv
en a quota during the period begin
ning on April 1, 1938, it was stated.
Public Enemy No. 1
Bill Payne, whom the daily
newspaper stories describes as
North Carolina's Public Enemy
No. 1 has been in Carteret coun
ty recently, according to reports
coming from Marshallberg. One
of the citizens there is said to
have not only seen Payne in
person, but also the suitcase in
which he totes his shot and Tommy-guns
although the citixen
did not say that he had actu
ally seen the artillery. In Beau
fort on Wednesday, Sheriff
Chadwick stated that he had re
ceived a radio report that a blue
sedan bound north from Wil
mington on Route 17, was be
lieved to be hauling Bill Payne
and a companion. Since his sen
sational escape from State Pris
on a while back, Payne has-been
reported seen in just about ev
ery part of North Carolina ex
cept Carteret county, and now
thanks to reports he can make
the front page of this rural
weekly. Payne is a very elusive
sort of preson. He has made
front page in the dailies so
much recently that no one is
surprised, if the fellow is not
reported seen or practically
cornered in Wilmington and
Asheville all on the same day.
CHRISTMAS
Christmas has come and gone m
in Carteret county. Various res
idents celebrated the occassion in var
ious ways. Some people went to
Church to worship, others attended
the Christmas programs presented in
the various churches. Quite a num
ber of people were kept busy during
the day attending egg-nog and cock
tail parties. Others went joy-riding.
Some of the joy rides had tragic end
ings. In Morehead City and Beau
fort fireworks helped make it one of
the loudest Yule Celebrations on
record. In Beaufort and Morehead
City on Christmas Eve carol singers
brought happiness and contenement
to the ill, the aged and those confined
to their homes. Merchants were
glad when closing time came on
Christmas Eve.it gave a chance to
rest after several days of the best
pre-Christmas business in years.
Although quite a number of per
JJLDSQgllAPPrSS TO &LL
William Hatsell Aycock Brown
Earl Mades Jack Williann
and Miss Martha Carrow
Who Get Out The
BEAUFORT NEWS
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For You Each Week
Counterfeit Money
Counterfeit money has been
popping up in Carteret county
recently and just where it is
coming from nobody knows, al
though Secret Service men who
have been assigned to the case
would like to know. The U. S.
Secret Service men will eventu
ally know to, because a case of
federal law breaking to them is
never closed until the guilty
party is under lock and key in
the Federal penitentiaries. As
sistant Cashier James Davis of
First Citizens Bank and Trust
Company detected two counter
feit bills a few days ago. They
were deposited by local parties,
who did not know they had
counterfeit money. Immediate
ly the branch office of the U. S.
Secret Service in Charlotte was
notified and an agent was put on
the case. So far no definite
clues as to the origin of the
money has been discovered, or
if discovered same has not been
made public. Several similar bills
have been passed in other sec
tions of Carteret, especially in
Morehead City, according to re
ports. If you get a phony look
ing bill, it should be taken to the
bank immediately as the em
ployees are experts on detecting
the unreal kind of kale.
Now They Are Safe
From Hunters
The migratory wildfowl season, the
best in many years along the N. C.
coast ended last Saturday. Almost
immediately flocks of wild duck
vere seen in Beaufort's harbor, which
shows the intelligence of these wat
erfowl. Geese like those in the pho-
tp were plentiiul in famlico Sound
this year. (American Museum of
Natural History Photo.)
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sons were injured in automobile ac
cidents during the holidays, none
were fatally injured. (John
Stanley of Onslow died early Sun
day morning at Morehead hospital
the result of being run over by auto
mobile beyond Swansboro). Several
persons are in the hospital here as a
lesult of accidents or were treated
and discharged.
Jesse Gillikin of Marshallberg suf
fered a broken spinal vertabrae and
a fractured shoulder. He is in Pot
ters Emergency Hospital. Gillikin
was in an auto wreck. His brother
also in the wrecked car was inju ed
only slightly.
Wallace Willis of North River is in
the hospital suffering from a broken
shoulder. He wa injured in an
auto accident.
Virgil George of Marshallberg nar
rowly escaped death when the car in
(Continued on page eight)
FROM
May File Claim For
Benefits In County
Unemployed individuals who are
eligible to receive benefits through
unemployment compensation may ap
pear at the N. C. State Employment
Service Office in the City Hall at
Morehead City on each Tuesday, be
ginning January 4, to file claims for
these benefits. The office will re
main open from 9:30 until 3:30 on
each Tuesday to receive claims for
these benefits. The foregoing an
nouncement was made today by W.
C. Carleton, former principal of
Beaufort High School who is now
connected in an executive capacity
with the N. C. State Employment
Service.
E. R. MILLER IS
NEW PRINCIPAL
Succeeds W. C. Carle
ton Who Has Accept
ed a Govt. Job
E. R. Miller for the past four years
nrincinal of the Louisburg i'ublic
School has been employed as prin
cipal for Beaufort Graded School and
will assume his new duties with th
opening of the schools of the county
next Monday. He was selected for
the job out of nearly 50 applicants
who had applied for same following
the resignation of v. L. Carleton
who has accepted a position with the
N. C. Employment Service. Principal
Miller was chosen for the job by the
Board of Trustees at a meeting on
Monday night. -
Hp eomes to the local school high
fy recommended for the work which
he will undertake. Mr. Miller is a
graduate of the University of North
Carolina and is an applicant tor an
M. A. degree at Columbia University.
He is married and has one daughter,
age 4. He has been teaching school
for the Dast 1 1 years. He is a native
of W'ilkes County.
JOHN STANLEY OF
ONSLOW IS DEAD
He Was Run Over By
Auto Driven By
Local Man
John Stanley of Onslow county
died at Morehead City hospital early
Sunday morning the result of injur
ies received when he was run over
near Swansboro Christmas Eve night
bv an automobile driven by Theodore
Respass of Beaufort. The accident
was declared unavoidable and the
driver of the car was absolved of all
blame in connection with the death,
it was stated by Steve Stanley, oper
ator of the Beaufort-Atlantic mail
and express line who is a cousin of
the deceased.
John Stanley was 65 years of ago
and a widower. He is survived by
five children, f 11 daughters. On Christ
mas Eve nigl t, he was walking a
cross the highway in company with a
little girl and in an effort to dode
the approaching car, he started back
cross the road and was struck. Eye
witnesses stated that if ho h:id con
tinued across the road that he would
have escaped injury. The little girl
was unhurt. Mr. Stanley was d-.if,
and apparently did not hear the an-nt-nachinc
car until ha saw it a'l-
L' a
proaching in the twi-light, whi:h
caused thec onfusion whicn re u'ter!
in the accident and his death.
Party Boat Fishermen
Facing Bait Troubles
Guides aboard 100 or more party
boats in Carteret county who gain a
livelihood during the summer months
by guiding visiting anglers will face
spriou bait trouble as a result of a
ruling by the Fisheries Commission
of the Board of Conservation and
Development prohibitnig the taking
nf shrimn until September I. A
erouD of euides representing
this
fleet had a meeting last .eek to
discuss the feasibility of bringing
the matter to the attention of ' the
Conservation Board at their Janu
ary meeting. The guides through
their reDresentatives will ask the
Conservation" group, to amend 'the
ruling so that shrimp may be taken
during the summer months for bait,
He Left Beaufort For
Veterans Hospital
On December 3
He Died In D. C. Prison
Hospital On Dec. 22nd.
There is a much bieirer story
in connection with the death
of George W. Street, World
War veteran whose funeral
services were conducted here
Mondav. than has been pub
lished and than is generally
known. Oenrce Street died at
the District of Columbia work-
hnnse hosmtal on December
22. Reports from there indicated that
the cause of his death was due to
'hardening- of the arteries.' Dr. F. E.
Hyde told the Beaufort News that
Street's ailment had been Bright's
Disease.
The bodv of the deceased arrived
on last Sunday. Funeral services were
conducted at the home on Monday
and burial services were conducted
at Harlowe. The Rev. Mr. Hedge-peth
conducted the last rites, hurving is
Mrs. Street his widow and four chil
dren: Mrs. Elsie Gabriel, Revulah,
Margaret and Johnny Streets. His
mother Mrs. Martha Street also sur
vives. The deceased was a private in
Co. E., 106th Infantry during the
World War. He saw duty overseas.
The 'bigger story in conection
with Street's death resulted from the
fact that his family and friends were
under the impression that he was in
Mount Alto Veterans Hospital at
Washington, when in reality he was
(Continued on page eight)
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MtEJXWiM;
LIGHTS
By JOHN SIKES
EDITOR'S NOTE: One of the
most interesting features in recent
editions of The Beaufort News is
Running Lights, a column by John
Sikes. More than one person has com
mented on the Running Lights col
umn in the Christmas edition. Th.
comments were.
favorable -every
one of them. The i
column last week i
also attracted ths
attention of Hark-
ers Island's fore
most philosopher,
Jimmie Guthrie.
We wrote his com- (
ments in a letter
A 4
to the edtior this
If
week. The John
Sikpa nrp snendine
John Sikes
the holidays away from tneir nom3
in Morehead City and since his copy
for Running Lights failed to show
up in time to make this edition, we
are using the letter from Jimmie
Guthrie this week. For this week on
ly Jimmie Guthrie is guest column
ist of John Sikes. A.B.
By JIMMIE GUTHRIE
RUNNING LIGHTS written by
John Sikes and appearing weekly in
The Beaufort News certainly takes
(Continued on page eight)
TIDE TABLE
Information ns 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 mu'St 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 th-' estuaries.
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Eta
If I
High LoMr
Friday, Dec. 31, 1937
7:23 a. m . 1:03 a. m.
7:34 p. m. 1:44 p. m.
Saturday, Jan. 1, 1938
7:52 a. m. 1:35 a. m.
8:03 p. m. 2:16 p. m.
Sunday, Jon. 2
8:28 a. m. 2:13 a. m.
8:43 p. m. 2:51 p. m.
. Monday, Jan. 3
9;05 a. m. 2:53, a. m.
9:22 p. m. 3:26 p. m.
Tuesday, Jan. 4
9:42 a. m. 3:25 a. m.
9:59 p. m. 4:00 p. in.
Wednesday, Jan. 5
10:18 a. m. . '4:00 a, ii.
10:39 p. m. 4:36 p. m.
Thursday, Jan. 6
10;57 a. m. 4:41 a. m.
5:14 p. m.