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Volume XXVII 12 Pages This Week The Beaufort News, Thursday, March 24, 1938
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Number 12
Big-Time Bootleggers
Banished From County
Many Defendants Get
Stiff Sentences In
Court Last Week
Cal and Rob Whaley and
Charley Brewer, convicted of
violating the prohibition laws
were banished from the coun
ty last week and given suspen
ded sentences. Also banished
from the county, or subject to
a long term in prison, was
Pearlie Odum, local Negress
who had frequently been up
in lower courts on bootlegging
charges. Those given the ban
ishment from county sentences
by Judge Luther Hamilton
have been generally known as
the 'big-time' bootleggers of
Carteret for some time. .
Each of the foregoing defendants
was given privilege to dispose of
their Carteret property, but they
must be out of the county by the
June Term of court or face terms in
prison. The Whaleys who have not
gotten rich in their efforts to com
pete with the ABC stores, told the
court through their attorney that
they plan to go to Florida and start
life anew but not as bootleggers,
Charley Brewer is moving to Wins
ton-Salem. Just where Pearlie will
go was not determined, but she
either going to get out of the coun
ty or do a long stretch in prison.
Bootleggers who "told it to the
Judge" in Superior court here last
week were rounded up in a series of
wholesale arrests made by ABC en
forcement officers. Leaders in the
raids were three detectives from
Branch National Detective Agency
in Norfolk. They were assisted in
making the actual arrests by local
officers and deputies.
Small-fry bootleggers and their
sentences follow: Ransom Jones,
Beaufort, 12 months on the roads;
Beals Sparrow, invalid Negro, who
told the court that he bought it on
credit and that 'just about every
body in Beaufort who bought boot
leg liquor owed him' was given 12
months in prison; Because Ed Sharpe
offered no alibis, admitted that he
had gotten mixed up in bootlegging
because it was the only way he
could make a few dollars for his
family, due to a broken ankle, and
also told about acting as agent for
(Continued on page eight)
GUY GASKILL IS
CLEARED OF ALL
SERIOUS CHARGES
Tobacco Acreage
To Be Announced
Early Next Week
If farmers will co-operate
with the employees of the Farm
Agent's office, and not call there
unless it is absolutely necessary
during the week-end, it is prob
able that the individual tobacco
acreage can be announced by
early next week, it was stated
today.
"As farmers voted for a crop
reduction, they must keep in
mind, that it will be a reduc
tion and in some cases very
drastic," Farm Agent J. 0.
Anthony stated.
Reports I n Sunday
Newspapers Were
Not Helpful
A front pago story in the
Sunday News and Observer
indicated that Capt. Guy Gas-
kill, until recently skipper ot
the State Patrol Boat "Hat
teras" was facing serious charg
es as the result of a drinking
spree on Roanoke Island last
week. But later reports clear
ed Capt. Gaskill, too late how
ever to offset the harm that
had been done by the first
story. The same story which
appeared in the Ralegih news
paper was reprinted in a Car
teret county paper on Monday.
Capt. John Nelson, N. C. Fisher
ies Commissioner, went to Manteo
last week-end when the shocking
reports reached Carteret county.
He made an investigation and de
determined definitely that Capt. Gas
kill was not guilty of alleged charg
es of assaulting an elderly woman
and a small child on Roanoke Island.
Gaskill did plead guilty of drunken
ness and in Recorder's Court was fin
ed $5 and costs.
Last Saturday Capt. Gaskill told a
correspondent for the Virginian- Pi
lot that Friday night was the first
time in his life that he had ever tak
en a quantity of liquor and that he
was unable to remember what had
happened. His record in the Coast
Guard and as holder of unlimtied
navigation license on all oceans were
without a blemish and he was select
ed to command the Hatteras because
of his sobriety and integrity.
Capt. Nelson dismissed him from
command of the Hatteras and Tom I
Basnight of Mantea is temporarily
in charge of the vessel. Despite the
difficulty which Capt. Gaskill had
gotten into, Capt. Nelson was high
in his praise of the record that has
been made with the vessel under the
ousted skippers' command. "His ac
(Continued on page eight)
Gov. Hoey Will Speak In Beaufort
Governor Clyde R.
Hoey has definitely ac
cepted an invitation to
make the Commence
ment address at Beau
fort High School on
Monday night, May 16,
it was stated today by
Principal R. E. Miller.
Prior to the Commence
ment address Governor
Hoey will be guest
speaker at a banquet
given in his honor by
The Chamber of Com
merce at Beaufort Com
munity Center Auditor
ium. The drawing of
Governor Hoey shown
at the right was widaly
published during his gu
bernatorial campaign.
Local residents will be
glad to learn that North
Carolina's No. 1 citizen
will speak here on the
above date.
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Pasteur "Convicted Of
Second Degree Murder
MANY ATTENDED
THOMAS DUNCAN
FUNERAL RITES
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SPRING RECITAL
HERE ON FRIDAY
Music Department Of!
Beaufort School
Presents It
27 The governor of Naw York
prorogued the legislature,
1812.
2IWreaty with Denmark
signed, 1830.
2J 2,000 persons hold Easter
services in graveyard,
Bethlehem, Pa., 1891.
Art Pl...liUl urnnf inlA
1918.
31 Knute .lockne, famous
football coach, killed in
airplane crash, 1931.
APRIL
1 The Liberty party is
formed, 1840. m
A recital by the public school Mus
ic Department of the Beaufort City
school, will be given in the school
auditorium Friday evening. March
25th at eight o'clock. This recital
will consist of songs in unison, and
in two and three parts which will be
sung by the different high school
groups, The junior chorus, the girls
glee club and the boys' glee club.
The Rhythm band which is made
up of the nrst graue pupus, win
give several selections, a song and
three instrumental numbers. Attrac
tive band uniforms will be worn by
these little girls and boys.
An added feature of the program
will be a song and parasol drill by
sixteen girls selected from the third
and fourth grades. These girls will
wear summer afternoon frocks in
pastel shades with hats and parasols
to match.
It is hoped that many patrons and
friends will come out to hear there
pupils perform. A nominal admission
charge will be made, it was announc
ed by Miss Rachel Hayne, the direc
tor of the music department.
' Orange Blossoms
First orange blossoms of the seas
on were brought to The Beaufort
News office this week by Charles V.
Hill whose bush is located in the
back yard of hi3 residence on Ann
Street. While it may be news to many
that oranges even grew in Carteret,
there are many bushes in pots or
yards of citizens, although they are
not grown commercially in this semi
tropical climate.
IT WOULD SEEM that after I
period of berserk bustling in an ac
tivitv that is charitably called the
fish industry you would be satisfied
to sit vacantly by and allow your
vagrant thoughts to creak out con
elusions about something equally as
cockeyed but far removed from that
industry. I find, however, that once
being identified with any certain
industry your acquaintances will not
permit you to forget that identifica
tion. As a consequence, I find my--self,
every now and then, attempt
ing to make two and two add up to
four with respect to the fish bus
iness. In the business there are
many couplets of twos and twos that
positively will not add up to four,
but the one that seems to keep com
ing back to my mental processes de
manding an answer concerns the
cheapness of seafood products. It
bothers me; irritates me like a mouse
nibbling in the closet when' I'm try
ing to sleep.
THERE IS A notion among gour
mets, and gourmands, who feed in
areas removed from productive bod
ies of water, that fish are obliging
little creatures which, upon hear
ing the plaintive cry of the hu
man appetite, sacrificially swim to
the nearest wharf and jump into
the nearest frying pan or broiler
This notion, doubtless, is based upon
(Continued on page eleven)
Thousands of Dollars
Going Into Local
Constructions
Beaufort is experiencing
one of the biggest building
booms in many years and thous
ands of dollars are going into
local constructions at the pres
ent timo. Most of the buildings
are of the commercial type,
but several residences are al
so being built and the building
and lumber supply business of
the Beaufort firms is on the increase.
Largest building, and one that
is taking shape rapidly is the new
postoffice or federal structure at the
corner of Pollock and Front Streets.
This building is scheduled to be
completed some time in July and
will house not only the postoftire
but several federal agencies includ
ing a deputy custom collectors of
fice. The funds for constructing this
building were obtained through ef.
forts of the Chamber of Commerce
and Congressman Graham A. Bar-
den. He secured an appropriation of
$119,000 for the construction of
this building from the government.
The contractor is A. Farnall Blair, a
Louisiana firm.
Next largest building project and
one which will eventually mean an
expenditure of even more than tha
cost of the federal structure is the
Duke University Marine Laboratory
on Pivers Island. Already one of the
buildings at the land-end of the new
wharf is taking shape. This build
(Continued on page eight)
Member of Prominent
Beaufort Family Is
Claimed by Death
Funeral services for Thomas
Duncan, 77, member of an out
standing Beaufort family, were
conducted this afternoon at c
o'clock at Ann Street Metho
dist Church, with Rev. Louis
D. Hayman officiating. He died
at his home here last night a
bout 7 o'clock and although
his health has not been the
best during recent months, his
death was unexpected and a
shock to citizens of this town.
Thomas Duncan was the son of
the late William B. and Sally Ram
sey Duncan. Until his retirement sev
eral years ago he was active in the
mercantile business. But he was lit
erally never retired from business,
Until his death, and for many years
he was official displayman for the U.
S. Weather Bureau. He was the build
er of the first telegraph line into
Beaufort which was later sold to
Western Union.
Surviving is his widow, Mrs,
Laura Nelson Duncan. Six years ago
they celebrated their Golden Wed
ding anniversary. Seven children
survive. They are: Mrs. N. F. Eure,
Miss Lena Duncan and Graham W.
Duncan of Beaufort; John N. Dun
can and E. E. Duncan of Raleigh;
Mrs. VV. P. Sellers, Norfolk and Mr.
W. P. Kennedy of Richmond, Va.
Two half brothers and one half
sister also survive. They are, J. F.
Duncan, prominent Beaufort At
torney, Miss Lillian Duncan of Beau
fort and James S. Duncan of Greens
boro.
Burial rites were conducted in
Ocean View Cemetery. Mr. Duncan
was a member of Ann Street Meth
odist church, and throughout his life
he was a Christian and highly re
spected citizen.
The News Helped Get
Whaling Laws Issued
The Whaling Treaty Act, adopted
at Geneva. Switzerland, as it ner-
taint to the United States has been
LII.L . 1 r
puDiitnea ana a copy ot same was
received by Aycock Brown today
from Congressman Barden's office in
Washington. Copies of the law, which
was published in pamphlet form by
the (government, are being distribut
ed to various persons and localities
along the coast. Printing of the Law
in pamphlet form, folowed an edi
torial appearing in The Beaufort
News, suggesting that the govern,
ment do this, so that residents a-
ong tne coast who did not know it
was unlawful to kill whales, would
know in the future. So far Coast
Guard Headquarters, which conduct
ed an investigation of the whale kill
ed at Cape Lookout recently by
Capt. Dan Yeomans, have not issued
report on the results of the inves
tigation.
Must Serve Six Years
For Each Bullet He
Shot In His Wife
Robert Pasteur, 25-year old
Beauofrt Negro who murdered
his wife Verna Sparrow Pas
teur, was sentenced to 30 years
in prison by Judge Luther
Hamilton after the jury delib
erating for 23 1-2 hours return
ed a verdict of murder in the
second degree Saturday after
noon. Pasteur left early this
week in custody of officers for
the State penitentiary where
he must begin his long prison
term. If he makes a model pris
oner and is promoted to A
grade after the first years of
his confinement, Pasteur has a
chance to get parole after
some 20 or more years.
That Pasteur did not have to pay
for the life he took with his own
life, in the lethal gas chamber at
Raleigh, surprised many person
hereabouts who were confident that
the murder was one of the coldest
and most outright premeditated af
fairs to ever occur in Beaufort. But
Pasteur had brilliant attorneys de
fending him, and when they intro
duced testimony by two prominent
physicians, that when Pasteur per
forated Verna with five bullets on
that cold night of December, he was
probably or could have been tempor
arily insane, sentiment changed.
Pasteur in his own defense claim
ed that he went haywire and shot
his wife at a time when he did not
know what he was doing. He stated
that this "haywireness" was the re
sult of news that he had received
which indicated that his estranged
wife was running around with ano
ther man, one Johnson, of the Har
lowe section.
On the other hand, witnesses for
(Cintinued on page Eight)
GOLF CLUB WILL
MEET ON MONDAY
Gulf Stream Golf Club will
have its annual meeting next
Monday night at7:30 o'clock in
the club rooms of Beaufort
Business Association, located
upstairs in the Potter Building
on Front Street, opposite The
Beaufort Theatre. This is a
very important meeting and is
called for the purpose of elect
ing officers for the coming year.
Not only are original members
of the Club requested to be pres
ent but invitations are extend
ed everyone interested in the
game of golf to attend the
meeting and voice their opin
ions in any discussions. Charles
Britton, president of the club,
will preside.
Hoodlums And Terrorism
Paul Jones, manager of C.
D. Jones Company, Carteret
County's largest and most sue
essful erocerv firm in a lprtpr
to The Beaufort News denounc
es certain situation existinor
here at the presentt Ime and
which have existed for some
time. C. D. Jones Coirmanv is
one of the, Beaufort firms
which pays taxes, without hes
itation or delay. But yet Paul
Jones, manager of the firm de
clared this week that unless
the reign of terrorism, and law
breaking was not curbed in
Beaufort, that he was ready to
(Continued on page eight)
Bowling 1 oimiament
A bowling tournament between
eight teams consisting of members
of the Chamber of Commerce of
Beaufort and a similar number of
teams consisting of members of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce in
Morehead City will get underway in
Atlantic Beach Bowling Alleys oper
ated by Alfred Cooper next Tues
day night. The Tournament will con
tinue for several weeks, the contests
to take place on each Tuesday night,
according to Tom Hood who with
Bernard Leary has worked out the
plans.
The Beaufort teams follow: Chris
topher Jones and Tom Hood; Charles
Case and William Way; Charles
Britton and Jack Neal; Lucian Whit-
(Continued on page eight)
Recorder's Court
The case against Cal Whaley was
nol-prossed with leave.
Vance Hill, charged with rc-kless
driving, continued; J. M, Worth,
driving drunk, guilty, praypr ijr
judgment and continued upon pay
ment of costs; James Polk Johnson,
assault, continued; Arline Taylor,
charged with damage to property,
nol-prossed with leave: Lacy Little,
abandonment and bastardy, continu
ed to next Tuesday; Emple Francis
Jones, bastardy, continued; Wiilliam
Vann, capias, settled; George Aus
tin, drunk and disorderly, guilty;
Travis Austin, driving drunk, license
suspended; William Lawhorn Barnes,
operating auto while drunk, four
months suspended pentence, one
year nott o operate auto and pay
costs; Alvin Wade, peeping and tres
passing, continued.
TIDE TABLE
Information as t the tide
at Beaufort is giveu in thi
column. The figures are appro
imately correct and ba3ei ,
tables furnished by the U.
Geodt'tic Survey. Sinie a'.i
ances must be niude for varia
tions in the wind im l -.!. wiih
respect to tho iucai.t,, '-(.at i
whether near ch? mitt or at
the heads of tha estuaries.
An Oregon man spent 20 years of
his spare time drilling a 90-foot tun
nel into the side of a mountains Re.
cently he found gold in "them thar
hills."
High Lrw
Friday, March 25
2:49 a. m. 9:20 a. :n.
3:17 p. m. 9 36 p. m.
Saturday, March 26
3:53 a. m. 10:15 a. m.
4:20 p. m. 10:32 p. m.
Sunday, March 27
4:50 a. m.
5:11 p. m. 11:06 p. m.
Monday, March 28
5:38 a. m. 11:26 a. m.
5:56 p. m. 11:52 p. m.
Tuesday, March 29
6:21 a. m. ' 12:16 a. m.
6:38 p. m. 12:36 p. m.
Wednesday, March 30
6:63 a. m. 12:61 a. m.
7:19 p. m. 1:16 p. m.
Thursday, March 31
7:44 a. m. 1:44 a. m.
7:60 p. m. 1:55 p. m.