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Volume XXVII 8 Page This Week The Beaufort News, Thursday, February 3, 1938
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Number 5
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Slot Machines Are
Back In Carteret
President
Treasurer
This Time They Are
Called "Silent
Salesmen"
MAYOR GIBBS FORBIDS
OPERATION IN M. CITY
Slot machines, this time more at
tractively decorated and defined as
"Silent Salesmen,' are back in Car
teret county. But they are not op
erating in Morehead City where
Mayor H. S. Gibbs has instructed his
policemen to arrest any person
caught playing a machine and at the
same time arrest the man in whose
establishment the apparatus is locat
ed. Here in Beaufort the machines
have not been forbidden and neither
have they been forbidden in the hin
terlands of the county.
There is a reson why the machines
have not been banned here in Beau
fort and in the rural filling stations
and refreshment stands. Last week,
a local attorney, who requested that
his name not be mixed up in a slot
machine story, served restrainnig or
ders on municipal and county author
ities. By the serving of this or
der, the machines apparently are al
lowed to be operated without being
molested by authorities. But Mayor
Gibbs indicated thta restraining or
der or no restraining order the ma
chines in Morehead City placed there
a few days ago by the Silent Sales
men representative would not be op
erated. As a result, in Morehead
City, the machines were turned a
round face to the wall and are still
in that position unless they have been
removed by the owners.
The new style slot machines are
very similar to the old time 'one
arm bandit affairs. You insert a
nickle and pull a lever. By so doing
you buy yourself a package of mints,
if you think about retrieving same
from the mint compartment. As the
lever is pulled three decorated
wheels beneath the glass front start
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Covering The $
X WATEMIIJIONI I
By AYCOCK BROWN
OUT OF A clear sky came flatter
from a person up-state who wants to
have facilities for pub
lishing a 16-pag4 tabloid each week
and the offer for me to Decome tu
tor of such a newspaper, because a
'mutual friend' had informed the
writer that I was an anti-New Dealer
The fact that I am an anti-New Deal
er oam as a complete surprise to
me. I'll admit I like to write about
anything that makes news whether it
if. is a crack at something that seems
crack pot on the part of the New-
Deal or visa versa, cut I nave nev
itted mvself as being an
anti-New Dealer.
OP COURSE if someone has got
a little matter, of say $250 a week
to start as a salary, I could be induc
ed to become an anti-New Dealer if
there was some sort of guarantee
that I would be given at teast one
year's work, plus the assurance that
I could have a body-guard for pro
tection while anti-New Dealing, I be
lieve I could save enough of my sal
ary during a period of one year to
take a vacation on some island "a
(Continued on page eight)
"He lines longest that it awake most
'W FEBRUARY
S The hot blast was first
successfully used in iron
making, 1837.
t Sailors Snug Harbor,
Staten Island, incorpo
rated 1806.
Amolli-i Fnhart became
the bride oi George
Palmer Putnam, 1931.
Schenectady burned, in
habitants massacred by
the French and Indians,
1690.
t-General Robert E. lee
made commander of the
Confederate forces, 1865.
10 Buffalo. New York,
created by an act of the
legislature, 1810.
11 Daniel Boone, pioneer of
Kentucky, bom, 1735.
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Much Un-Employment
In Carteret County
Approximately 4.95 percent of
Carteret's total population of 16,900
persons are un-employed, according
to the preliminary report on total and
partial unemployment compiled re
cently through the cooperation of the
postal officials throughout the coun
try.. .This information was furnished
The Beaufort News by P. A. Lewis,
chairman of the Mayor's Committee
in aiding in making the census. A
total of 836 persons were unemploy
ed in Carteret at the time the report
was made. As a comparison to unem
ployment, Mr. Lewis stated that Pitt
County had only .98 percent unem
ployed out of a total population of
54,456. In that Eastern Carolina co
unty there were only 536 persons un
employed when the report was made.
Carteret's unemployment . situation
is more than double the state aTerage
the report shows. Out of a total pop
ulation of 3,492,000 persons in North
Carolina, 2.4 percent are unemploy
ed or a total of 79,369 persons.
Rotarians Discuss
Problems Of Youth
At a weekly meeting of Beaufort
Rotary Club a discussion of the youth
problem here was held with Graydon
Paul, chairman of a committee ap
pointed to investigate the status of
local Boy Scouts movement taking
the lead. Prior to the meeting Rotar
ian Paul, and his committee, Rev.
Louis Hayman and Edgar Swann hari
met to discuss the local Boy Scout
movement. The Rotary Club went on
record Tuesday night as unanimous
ly endorsing the Scout movement
here and plans are being worked out
to try and help other problems involv
ing the youth of Beaufort at the
present time. Rotarian Paul gave a
very forceful picture of certain con
ditions existing in Beaufort today
among the' youth of the town.
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Dr. Clifford W. Lewis
Mrs. Martha L. Loftin
Pictured above are the new officials of The Chamber of Commerce
of Beaufort, elected at a general meeting of the organization held in
The American Legion Hut recently. Dr. C. W. Lewis as president, suc
ceeded Fred R. Seeley who held the post for two years. He is actively
connected with every civic movement started in Beaufort, and under
President Lewis', leadership the organization is forging ahead. Mr.
Martha L. Loftin as treasurer succeeded J. P. Betts. She proved that she
was the most logical person to bo treasurer when she handled all arrange'
ments for the recent general meeting and banquet. Mrs. Longest as
treasurer collects the monthly dues from members of the organization,
and will in the future disburse these funds. At the general meeting
Aycock Brown was re-elected secretary of the Chamber of Commerce
and his work is primarily that of a publicity man for Beaufort. Ha also
handles all communications to and from the organization. The Beaufort
Chamber of Commerce has 75 members at present and is growing steadily,
according to Mrs. Loftin.
President's Birthday Events
In Carteret Were Sucessful
To Visit Carteret
February 11th
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Dr. Charles E. Barker
Dr. Barker will be in Carteret
county on Friday, February 11, for
three adrresses before groups in
Beaufort and Morehead City. Accord
ing to tentative plans he will talk be
fore high school students of More
head City schools and Beaufort
school during the day at gen
eral assemblies. In the evening he
will be guest speaker at an inter
city Rotary meeting in Morehead
City. The Beaufort Club and Rotary
Anns will attend the Morehead City
meeting on that night to hear the
noted lecturer, and this Friday night
meeting will take the place of tha
usual Tuesday night meeting in Beau
fort, and the Thursday night meet
ing in Morehead City.
Dr. Barker Is a noted lecturer and
it is estimated that during his lec
ture career he has addressed more
than four million adults and three
million high school students, and ap
proximately one-half million college
students m the United States. He ap
peared in Beaufort two years ago
unddr the sponsorship of the local
Rotary Club at which time he gave
very inspirational lectures. His ap
pearance in Carteret county on Feb
ruary 11 is sponsored by the More
head City RoUry Club.
Chairman Hood Shows
$101.40 Profits In
This County "
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On Wednesday morning, Thomas
Hood, chairman of the Celebrations
of the President's Birthday in Car
teret county displayed a check for
$101.40 which he was' forwarding tol
Keith Morgan, National Chairman of
similar events held throughout the
country, from which proceeds will be
used in the fight, against infantile
paralysis. The $101.40 profit from
the Beaufort-Morehead City Ball,
the Newport Square Dance and the
Harkers Island Square dance was
four times as much profit as realiz
ed from the President's Birthday
Ball in New Bern, county Seat of
Craven where only $25 in profit
was reported.
Incidentally under the leadership
of Chairman Hood, Carteret county
this year made more profit from tho
celebration of the President's Birth
day Ball than in any former year. In
a letter to the editor of The Beau
fort News he praises very highly the
splendid co-operation given him by
community chairmen, but Hood him
self is the person who worked hard
est. His letter, which contains a fi
nancial statement of activities fol
lows: Mr. Aycock Brown, Editor
The Beaufort News,
Beaufort, N. C.
Dear Aycock:
OcracoU Petitioners
WantedWioute Changed
Holland Will Seek
Office Of Sheriff
Gherman Holland, a member of
the Beaufort Police force and opera
tor of Carteret Fish Company stated
today that he would be a candidate
for the office of sheriff in the com
ing election. While he has been spok
en of as a possible candidate for the
office he did not make any definite
statement until last night when he
s interviewed by the editor of
The Beaufort News.. Holland is one
of the most popular men in Beaufort
and has a strong political following
Sheriff Elbert M. Chadwick has not
made any statement to The Beaufort
News, but it is believed that he too,
will be a candidate to succeed him'
self.
I wish to take this means of ex
pressing my deep appreciation to you
and your entire staff for the inter
est and co-operation given us in put
ting over the activities in Carteret
for iha Celebration of the President's
Birthday to raise' funds for those
afflicted with Infantile Paralysis.
Without the publicity yon gave us it
would hjtye. been jmpossjlfe .to put it
over.'
At Harfet: TsJand, Earl Davis did
a splendid job, and . I understand
they had a big time down there.
Thanks to Earl 1 !
At Newport, R. L. Pruitt came
through fine and with the help of
his committee they had a large at
tendance and a very successful ac
tivity. In Beaufort and Morehead City,
Mrs. W. S. Chadwick and Mrs. Geo.
McNeill worked diligently and cer
tainly deserve a lot of credit. The
committee came through with all
kinds of co-operation, and we all
join in a great big thanks ! I
For the benefit of the public I
wish you would publish the following
financial statement of the activities
throughout the county:
Beaufort and Morehead City re
ceipts were $221.40; disbursements
$173.87; Net profit $47.53.
Newport receipts, $62.00; disburse
ments, $25.90; net profit $36.10.
Harkers Island receipts $38.90;
disbursements $4.00; net profit, $34
90. Total Receipts . $118.53
(Cintinued on page Eight)
Cedar Islanders Have
A Very Narrow Escape
When the 140-foot tug Plymouth
was rammed by the S. S. Everett at
Sandwich, Mass., last Thursday one
man, Samuel Spraguc of Moulton,
Mass., was killed and four members
of the tug's crew who are natives of
Cedar Island narrowly escaped
death. Dallas Goodwin, of Cedar Is
land, a seaman aboard the tug, which
sank in less than three minutes after
she was struck by the Everett, was
in Beaiifort this week and told the
story to The Beaufort News. He was
in his berth when the collision oc
curred and was awakened by the gen
eral alarm.
An oil tanker in the vicinity res
cued Capt. Joseph A." Goodwin of
Aulander, Fla., and Leonard Good
win of Norfolk, (both .former resi
dents of Roe, this county). Other
members of the crew were saved by
and the S. S. Everett and an Engi
neering boat employed at Sandwich.
The rescued mn were taken first to
the.vEngmwH'ing .- offic., and - from
there to a nearby Coast-Guard Sta
tion where they were given medical
attention. An investigation of the
wreck which caused the sinking of a
splendid all-steel, ).40-foot tugboat is
now underway, it was stated.
U. S. Postal Officials
In Washington Give
Out Statement
"Bad Disease" Murderer
Lodged In Carteret Jail
BENEFIT PAYMENTS ARE
UP WITH LAST YEARS NOW
The Federal Social Security Admin
istration office at Wilmington has
paid out already this year almost as
many old age and death benefits as
during the whole of 1937, George
Jeffreys, in charge of the office stat
ed yesterday. A number of benefits
are being paid in this section at pres
t r.i. :-L-. " ' '
Officers Capture
Big Apple Killer
Herman Lance, Georgetown,
S. C, Negro who operated the
Big Apple Cabaret' until the
night of January 18, when he
fatally wounded LeRoy John
son and L. B. Bryant, Florida
Negroes employed on a men
haden boat as fishermen out of
here was captured near Har
lowe last Sunday. He was dis
covered asleep in a tobacco
barn by the officers who had
been tipped off as to his where
abouts and made the arrest.
The officers making the arrest
included Kitty Bryant of Crav
en county, Chief Longest, Of
ficer Holland, Deputy Murray
Thomas and Deputy Chaplain
of Beaufort. In Mayor's court
Monday afternoon Lance waiv
ed examination and he was
placed in the county jail, to be
held without bond until MaTch
term of Superior. Court.
Viola Admits She Shot
Her Man But Said It
Was Self-Defense
Advise Barden They Do
Not Know Uf Proposal
When it was reported here last
week that the Ocracoke mail line
may be changed to terminate at Swan
quarter in Hyde County instead of
Atlantic in Carteret county citizens
of Beaufort immediately contacted
their Chamber of Commerce to get
authentic information about same,
and to start a fight to keep the route
operating to Carteret county.
The Chamber of Commerce th
rough its secretary wired Congress
man Graham A. Barden and within
two hours his answer was received.
The wire addressed to Aycock Brown
follows.
"Re your wire. I immediately
contacted Second Assistant Postmas
ter General's Office in connection
with Route 18,098, Ocracoke, Porta
mouth, Lola and Atlantic daily trip
except Sunday. There is no disposi
tion on their part to change present
set-up.. .They stated to me that if
any movement were started to
change present route they would im
mediately get in touch with me. Do
not feel anyone should have any
work about change of type mention
ed being made."
But regardless of how cheering:
the wire of Congressman Barden
might be to the Chamber of Com
merce and local citizens interested
in a continuation of the present
route, there has definitely been a
movement underway to have it chang
ed so as to terminate at Swan Quar
ter, about 25 miles west of Ocracoke
across the Pamlico Sound, said to
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DRIVER OF NOON
BUS DIED SUNDAY
Jesse Taylor, who for many years
operated the Seashore Transportation
Company bus which leaves Beaufort
at noon for Rocky Mount, died at his
home in Goldsboro last Sunday. He
died of a heart attack. He was one
of the oldest drivers from the point
of service in the State and was well
known and popular along the line.
Many friends of Mr. Taylor in Beau
fort will regret to learn of his death.
Funeral ' services were conducted
Monday afternoon in Goldsboro,
where his widow and four children
survive.
RUNNING
LIGHT S
By JOHN SIKES
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Seven Coastguardsmen
From This District On
Cruise to Porto Rico
HAVING, AFTER two and a half
years of tedious effort, forsworn
and forsaken any connection soever
with the pixilated business of at
tempting to provide products of the
sea for the dinnig table, I now find
myself in a business in which every
one, regardless of his occupation, is
engaged. It is the business of sell
ing. And before I attempt to philos
ophize about everybody being in the
the business of selling, this is not a
new business with me. I have been
in it before. I hope I will have sense,
and success, enough to stay strictly
within the limits of the business this
time, with the exception of an occa
sional dip into print through this
and other mediums.
WITHOUT ASKING you to be
lieve that I have discovered a great
new truth I say that everybody,
makes his living by selling. Let us
see': Claude Wheatly and Jule Dun
can try to sell judge and jury that
their client is not guilty; Aycock
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"He was comine toward me with a
piece of stovewood, threatening to
kill me, so I picked up the shotgun,
pulled the trigger and downed him in
his tracks to save my life, is tne
story Viola Rhodes Fuller calmly
told a Beaufort News reporter on
Wedneadav a she sat on the bunk
in her steam heated cell at the county
jail. As she talked she calmly rolled
a cigarette from Bugler tobacco, and
declined a ready-made Chesterfield
which the reporter offered. "I have
some ready made ones," she said as
she picked up a package of Camels
out of a pile of Dectective and Love
Story Magazines, lying on the bunk.
"You know your husband died a
bout the time we got him to the hos
pital," said Sheriff Chadwick, who
accompanied the reporter to the mur
deress' cell. "Yeah, they told me
about it, and I guess they will send
me to the gas chamber," she replied.
"But if I had not shot him, he would
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Seven Coast Guardsmen from the
Seventh District left last week for a
cruise to last the better part of the
month, on the Coast Guard cutter
Bibb, and which will take them to
Porto Rico and other plpces in tho i
Carribean sea. The detail is in charsre '
of Boastwain (L), Palmer S. Mi--!
station,
station.
The men under Mr. Midgut a s .s
follows: Almey Burrus of Cap; Hat
teras; T. J. Harris of Kill Devil Kir.:
Oak Island; W. E. Willis of Fort
David Garrish of Oak Island; W. E.
Willis of Fort Macon; Walter Lewis
of Lookout; William Hooper of Lit
tle Island; Walter D. Barnett of
Cape Henry; and Chesley C. Miigett
of Wash Woods.
The trip is part of the war maneu
vers incident to the regular Coast
Guard service, and will give the boys
a good outing with interesting ex
periences.
TIDE TABLE
Another Salt Cargo
Another salt cargo will be receiv
ed at Morehead City .Port terminal
on or around March 1, if rates quot
ed R Hugh Hill by the terminal op
erators are satisfactory with the
Southern Salt Company in Norfolk,
Mr. Hill is in Norfolk today confer
ring with officials of the salt Com
pany. The salt would come to ' the
ocean port in Carteret from Turk's
h'ar.d. it was stated.
Information is U the 'w
at Beaufort is glvei. in thi
column. The figures are appro
imately correct and based a
tables furnisheif l,y the U. 3.
Geodetic Survey Sme allow
ances must be rf.ade for varia
tions in the wi.il and also with
respect to the locality, that is
whether near che mlet or a'
the heads of th? estuaries.
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