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Carteret County's Oldest Pfewspaper.xEstablished 1912
Volume XXVII
8 Pages This Week
The Beaufort News, Thursday, April 14, 1938
5 - Copy
Number 1ST
Auction Market's Cabbage Service Begii$v Friday
Beaufort n
All County Prom
At Beach May 6
WILL REPAIR
ISLAND FERRY
"It is bur intention to take
the Harkers Island ferry out
of service after the noon trip
next Tuesday, April 19th,
for repairs," Roy J. Hart,
District Engineer informed
The Beaufort News today.
The ferry will be out until
we can make extensive re
pairs, but we hope to have it
back in service by Friday,
April 22nd, it was stated.
First Swimmers
First swimmers of the
season plunged into the wat
er of Beaufort harbor from
the Inlet Inn pier late Wed
nesday. They were Miss
Helen Jones and Miss Eliz
abeth Thomas. Although
Beaufort has had one of the
mildest Spring seasons in
years, these two youngsters
were the first to take a
plunge in local waters, this
year. It won't be long now
until the Inlet Inn will be
the scene of swimming acti
vities daily.
Herons Return
The herons returned to
Lenoxville Rookery this week
and now several hundred
pairs of the various species
which come there each year
are busy about their annual
nest building. Later one or
two species of egrets are due
at the rookery. Lenoxville
Heron and Egret Rookery is
a real attraction to tourists
coming to Beaufort and also
many local persons.
Catching Blues
Bluefish showed up in Car
teret waters this week and
while no one has gone after
them with hook and line, sev
eral hundred pounds have
been taken in nets. Bluefish
not only mean money for the
commercial fishermen but
this species attracts a largo
number of anglers from var
v ious parts of the country to
Carteret's shores. Capt. Char
lie Lewis and Capt. Telford
Willis were the fishermen
making the first catch of
blue in nets, according to
reports reaching The News.
Some of them weighed up to
eight pounds.
TwoCoastguardsmen
In County Promoted
To Chief Warrants
George Harrison Meekins, of
ficer in charge of Fort Macon
Coast Guard station and Fred G.
Gillikin of Cape Lookout are two
of six officers in the Seventh Dis
trict appointed to Chief Warrant
Officers recently. They won their
promotion for outstanding service
in the Coast Guard.
Others in this District who were
given the promotions include Tom
Barnes of Virginia Beach, Henry
Holmes of Cape Henry, Bernice
Ballance of Cape Hatteras, W. H.
Lewark of Kill Devil Hill and T.
E. Midgett of Caffey's Inlet. The
appointments of the advancement
in rank will date from February
15 and in addition to the honor
ed rating, they will receive a nice
increase in pay. "
Most of those given the advance
ment in rating are natives of
Dare county. Capt. Gillikin is a
native of Marshallberg. Capt
Meekins is an native of Avon on
Hatteras Island. Two years ago
three men were advanced to Chief
Warrants in the Seventh District.
They were: W. G. Etheridge,
Charles 0. Peel and the late
Capt John Allen Midgett
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Lonnie Pittman to Edna Lloyd,
Beaufort
Robert E. Laughton, Morehead
City, to Marie M. Lockey, New
port Prentice Lon3t, Ceaufort to
Rozalea Chadwic'.c, Eaaufort
Outstanding Social
Event Of Year
For Schools
IS PRESENTED BY
ATLANTIC BEACH
The third Annual All- Co
unty Senior Class Dance and
Entertainment was assured
by E. G. Petry, new manager
of the Atlantic Beach, when,
in his letter of March 25th,
to Supt. J. G. Allen, he ex
Dressed his pleasure and
that of his Company in fin
ancing this delightful enter
prise and cooperating wan
the Carteret County Board
of Education as sponsor, and
fixed the time as Friday
evening, May 6th, 8 :30 to
11:30 o'clock.
Although formal announce
ments went out only yesterday
from the Superintendent's office
the members of the Senior and
Junior Classes of the county have
awaited confidently definite an
nouncement of this annual classic
in the life of Carteret County stu
dents, as have aho numerous pat
rons and citizens who have been
privileged to join with the young
men and young women of our
high schools in the preceding
proms that have been acclaimed
by the more than 1500 people in
attendance as being, so far as the
people of Carteret County are con
cerned, the most wholesome, the
most delightful home affairs pro
moted at the beach in recent years
the high plane on which the stu
dents and their invited guests
have held these dances gaining an
(Continued on page 8)
Beaufort Nine Shuts
Out Morehead City
Ben Wade suffered his second
defeat by a shut out when he
lost to Beaufort yesterday after
noon by a score of 3 to 0. Tay
lor pitching for Beaufort held
Morehead batters to two hits and
struck out sixteen. Wade lost his
game in the third inning when
Beaufort garnered three succes
sive hits and scored two runs.
Wade was master of the situation
up to and after that inning ex
cept in the eighth when Beau
fort scored its third run by means
of a batter being hit by a pitch
ed ball and two wild pitches by
Wade. Wade used a good fast
straight ball to advantage with a
curve now and then. Taylor had
a slower ball than Wade but us
ed his curve and drop most of
the game.
This Is the first athletic con
test in which Beaufort has scor
ed a victory over Morehead since
the Bpring of 1936 when George
Brooks pitched several victories
over the neighboring city's team.
Beaufort scored three runs,
made four hits, two errors and 19
men struck out. Morehead scored
no runs, made two hits, no errors,
and sixteen men struck out. Tay
lor pitched 31 men in nine innings
while 30 faced Wade in eight.
Morehead's two hits were an in
field hit and a Texas leaguer over
the shortstop. All of Beaufort's
hits were Texas leaguers.
Twin City Bowling
Tourney Improving
Gaiety, together with a
hard fought play-off was the
high light of Tuesday
night's bowling over at the
Idle Hour. The much fav
ored Morehead J. C's. were
held to a score of 12 to 12
by the local Chamber boys.
The Beaufortites were out to win
after being almost completely de
molished in the prior week's en
counter. Though the locals came
up quite a bit over last week's
score, there was a slight disap
pointed atmosphere among the
boys. The general opinion is that
after next Tuesday's play-off, the
Morehead boys are not going to
have the lead that they are nurs
ing now.
High siirsrs. fr-
aggregation we;-a Leary add Ma-
Popular Pastor Of
Baptist Church
Rev. Ben F. Gehring
Rev. Ben F. Gehring, is the
popular pastor of the First Bap
tist Church here. He succeeded
the late Rev. J. W. Morgan who
served as pastor for several years.
Prior to coming to Beaufort Rev.
Mr. Gehring was pastor of church
es in Louisiana and Texas and
Summer Supply pastor in Raleigh.
Since coming here he has not only
won his way into the hearts of the
First Baptist congregation, but
he has also taken an important
role in civic affairs. He is a mem
ber of Beaufort Rotary Club, The
Chamber of Commerce and the
Local Council of Recreation for
youths and Gulf Stream Gelf
Club.
WORK OF YOUTH
IS SHOWN HERE
Sixteen Blue Ribbons
Are Awarded; Tox
Be Annual Event
Many people visited the 2
day exhibit of Youth Work
presented here on Friday
and Saturday. The exhibit
was the first of its kind ev
er presented and created
much interest. Rev. L. D.
Hayman, instrumental in
presenting the display, stat
ed that it would be an annu
al event in the future. He
believes that from the small
beginning last week, an ex
hibit of Youth activities will
grow into a tremendous
event each year.
Much credit for the success of
the exhibit goes to Mrs. D. F.
Merrill, NYA supervisor in Car
teret county, Mrs. Cordova, Home
(Continued on page 8)
POLITICS
Five new candidates for pub
lic office have published announce
ments this week. Earl C. Davis of
Harkers Island will seek the Leg
islature seat which Fred R. See
ley now occupies and for which
he is seeking re-election to; Judge
Paul Webb has announced for re
election; Julian Brown and W. Z.
McCabe have announced as can
didates for Commissioners and
Earl Mason announces for Coron
er. A total of 17 candidates have
announced to date and this num
ber will increase to 25 before
election day, it is predicted.
Neill, taking first and second
places respectively, with Crip
Jones and Bob Lang capturing
honors for Beaufort.
With theree play-offs in the
ground, the Morehead Junior
Chamber of Commerce is leading
the Beaufort Chamber of Com
merce by a score of 42 to 30.
Thus, leaving five more play-offs
or 120 games for the Beaufort
teams to catch up and go beyond
this twelve game lead.
'Spectators are increasing in
number every time, as well as
showing an added amount of in
terest. The management of the
Idle Hour will certainly have to
make more room if the Tuesday
night crowds continue as they
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UNPAID CHECKS
CAUSE ARRESTS
George Dodge Faces
Three Charges In
Local Court
A series of checks which
were never paid resulted in
the arrest oi George Dodge,
but when the cases against
him came up for trial on
Tuesday in Recorder's Court
they were continued to the
April 19 session. The charg
es aeainst Dodge were
brought by local business
firms who accepted trie
checks from Louis B. Willis.
Originally the checks had been
made out to Willis, and endorsed
by him when presented for pay
ment to local firms including
Scarboro-Safrit Lumber Com
pany and C. D. Jones Company.
The checks were signed Curri
tuck Cannery by George Dodge,
but before they reached the Eliz
abeth City Bank on which they
were drawn, payment had been
stopped. Quite a bit of local in
terest is centered round the cas
es which are scheduled for trial
next Tuesday.
Judgment was deferred to Ap
ril 19 in cases coming up from
Harkers Island and involving
Lloyd Willis, Charles C. Jones
and Romain Rose. This case was
a lengthy affair and includes charg
es of disorderly conduct and
'chunking.' Judgment was contin
ued in the case of John E. Wood
ard charged with driving an auto
while drunk. His license was re
voked and costs were ordered
paid.
William Willis of Morehead
City was given a 2 years jail sen
( Continued on page 8)
Beaufort Mentioned
In Colliers Weekly
Beaufort came in for some na
tional publicity in the current ed
ition of Collier't Magazine thru
a paragraph in the editorial col
umn "Any Week" by Walter Da
enport. The paragraph had to do
with an experience of Davenport
when he vitited Beaufort recent
ly. It follows:
"YOU probably know just how
it is. Every once in a while you
have to do something extraordi
nary to keep yourself from biting
yourself. So we decided that noth
ing short of a trip to North Car
olina would do us. Reminds us of
the time our uncle rebelled a
gainst Aunt Harriet's superb
cooking. "By God, woman,"
cried Uncle to Auntie, "can't
you cook a bad meal once in a
while? Ain't you human ever?"
On our way through North Caro
lina we stopped at a tea-food cafe
in Beaufort. And there we saw a
sign on the wall. We asked the
proprietor to sell it to us. He did.
It reads: "Eat here and save your
wife for a pet."
(Editor's Note: The sign refer
red to once hung on the wall of
Mathis Cafe. AB.)
TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tide
at Beaufort is given in this
column. The figures are ap
proximately correct and bas
ed on tables furnished by
the U. S. Geodetic Survey.
Some allowances must be
made for variations in the
wind and also with respect
to the locality, that is wheth
er near the inlet or at the
head of the estuaries.
High Low
Friday, April 15
8:30 AM 2:31 AM
8:53 PM 2:36 PM
Saturday , April 16
9:09 AM 3:10 AM.
9:33 PM 3:12 PM
Sunday, April 17
9:49 AM 3:47 AM
10:12 PM 3:50 PM
Monday, April 18
10:29 AM 4:25 AM
10:51 PM 4:28 PM
Tuesday, April 19
5:06 AM
11:08 PM 5!l0 PM
Wednesday, April 20
11:32 AM 5:51 AM
11:50 PM 6:57 PM
Thursday, April 21
"'4 M 6:42 AM
12:38 PM 6:33 PM
Debating Champs
In Tournament
0m
TALLY AND DAVIS
Campbell College debaters this
week competing in the national
Phi Rho Pi Forensic tournament
in Norman, Oklahoma, are Joe
Tally, Jr., of Fayetteville, and
Tom Davis of Beaufort. Tom is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Les
lie Davis of Beaufort, who have
another son, Leslie, also at Camp
bell. The Campbell team recently
won a loving cup in the Southest
ern Division of Phi Rho Pi that
embraced seven states. Tally also
won another loving cup for" best
extemporizer.
SEVERAL MEETS
PLANNED BY Y D
Increased Activity
Shown By Young
Democrats
A series of Precinct meetings
of Young Democratic groups in
Carteret county are now- under
way, with the first being held at
Otway last night. These meetings,
according to P. A. Lewis, are for
the purpose of completing the or
ganization of Precinct Clubs cf
the Y D Club of Carteret. The
various meetings are being held in
the local school house of each
precinct.
The following schedule of nioet
ings was announced: Thursday,
April 14, Morehead City; Friday,
April 15, Davis; Saturday April
16, Harkers Island; Wednesday,
April 20, Harlowe; Friday, Ap
ril 22, Newport and Tuesday, Ap
ril 28 at Bogue. To date seven
Precinct club3 h3ve been, formal
ly organized and the membreship
(Continued on page 8)
OFFICE SEEKERS
BEGIN TO FILE
Ten candidates for public of
fice have filed with the Board of
Elections during the past few days
and there are several candidates
who have announced they will run
who have not yet taken care of
this important matter. Those fil
ing to date include: For Sheriff:
C. G. Holland and E. M. Chad
wick; For Coroner: Earl Mason)
For County Judge: A. B. Morrisi
For Representative: Earl C. Da
vis; For State Senate: C. L. Skar
ren Jr., and for County Commis
sioners: Cleveland Davis, W. Z.
McCabe, J. W. Stewart and W.
P. Smith.
Better Homes Week
Observance Planned
A group of civic leaders
and interested citizens met
in the office of Miss Mara
garet Clark, Carteret Coun
ty Home Agent on Monday
night to hear her explain
plans for a "Better Home
Week" observance starting
April 25 and to heartily en
dorse her plans. Beaufort
and every community in the
county is expected to take
part in the observance,, and
as a result it is expected that
much good -will be accom
plished. In Carteret the observance will
be primarily a clean up and home
beautification week. Mayor Geo
orge W. Huntley promised that he
would give every cooperation to
Growers Urged
To Co-operate
GOLF CLUB NOW
OWNS A MOWER
Gulf Stream Golf Club has pur
chased a power driven mower lor
the purpose of cutting the grass
on the fairways. The mower ar
rived on Tuesday afternoon and a
colored boy operating it got num
ber one fairway and part oi num
ber two in excellent shape. As
Spring advances, increased inter
est is shown in Gulf Stream Golf
Club by golfers.
Ten Carteret Boys
Off To West Coast
Ton Carteret county boys are
now enroute to CCC Camps in the
Ninth Corps area which embraces
falifomia. Washington and Ore
gon on the west coast. When offi
c'als of the Carteret Jjepanmeni
of Welfare announced last week
that applications would be receiv
ed from a quota of 10 boys wish
ing to join the CCC, for west coast
duty they were skeptical about
whether that number would be in
terested in going so far away from
home. A total of 18 youth ap
plied as recruits.
Only 10 of that number were
accepted, but the entire 18 were
taken to Washington on Monday
for examination, with the thought
that the extra eight would be al
ternates should some not pass ex
aminations. Those accepted who are now en
route by rail for the west coast
duty include: Raymond E. Dillow
Marshallberg; Charles M. Dunham
and Arthur H. Mayo, Morehead
City; James T: Gillikin, Otway;
Paul B. Gillikin, Bettie; Stanley
L. Weaver, Jarvis A. Scott, John
L. Perry.Robert W. Modlin and
Levi A. Lloyd of Beaufort. They
signed up for six months duty.
Fifty Dollar Prize
To Be Given On Sat.
The Fifty Dollar prize consist
ing of groceries will be presented
by City Grocery on Saturday
night to the holder of a lucky num
bered ticket to be drawn from a
keg inside the store.. .1. N. Moore
and Leslie Moore operators of the
store conceived the idea to award
the prize three months ago and
there has been , much interest
shown in the contest, it was stat.
ed. The lucky number will be
drawn at 8:30. o'clock. Saturday
night.
Relief Commodity
W. H. To Be Moved
Beginning Friday, April 15,
the Carteret County Commodity
Warehouse will be located at 110
Turner Street and open to cli
ents from 9 A. M. till 1 P. M. on
days commodities are in stock.
Miss Ruby Austin. Junior Stock
Clerk will be in charge of distri
bution. Commodities during the
past several n-.onths have been
distributed from a room in the
Courthouse Annex.
mak2 the campaign a success in
Ppaufo.t. A request will be made
that tha Town Officials have Live
Oak Cemetery, an historical spot
nf unusual interest and incitient-
ly of unusual shabbiness, cleaned
up during the week, so that it wii.
be more attractive to the many
tourists who go there during the
year.
Home owners will be requested
that they set aside the week to
clean up around their premises.
There was a suggestion that a 'tin
can' day be observed by local
theatres, the theatre managers to
admit free of charge youngsters
bringing a certain number of cans
to the theatre. But after a dis
cussion it was decided that this
(Continued on page 8)
Important Meeting
Will Be Held
Fri. Night
DAILY QUOTATIONS
WILL BE RECEIVED
EpAiifnrt. Prndur.fi Auc-
tion Market officially begins
operations nere ior tne ivoa
season on Friday as the har
vest of cabbage from nearly
2,000 Carteret acres gets un
derway. Farmers and rep
resentatives of the Auction""
Market will meet here Fri
night at 7:30 o'clock in the
courthouse for the purpose
of reaching a better under
standing of the plans for cal
bage sales. Early this week
approximately 400 letters
carrying announcements of
the beginning of the Car
teret Cabbage Harvest on
April 15, were mailed to
produce buyers in this and
several eastern states.
Dr. C. W. Lewis who has played
a very important role in the es
tablishment and operation of the
Auction Market, both as a menv
ber of the Beaufort Business As
sociation, its founder and as lead
er of The Chamber of Commerce
which is co-operating in the opera
tion stated yesterday that through
the press he wanted to urge
close co-operation between the
farmers and the Market. Far
mers are urged to realize that the
Auction Market is not a profit
maker but operated solely for
their benefit.
Beginning Friday morning the
Auction Market will receive eacV
day between 7 and 8 o'clock the
prices being paid for cabbage and
other produce from Baltimore,
Wilmington, Bayboro and Mt.
Olive. This price will be marked
on the weight slips of trucks com
ing into the county to buy cab- .
bage in bulk cargoes. Farmers
are urged to not sell cabbage un
til they are shown the official
weight slip which will bear the
prices of that current day. Farm
ers are advised that the Chamber
of Commerce has made arrange
ments with Western Union Tele
graph Company to open the office
at 7 o'clock for the purpose of get
ting quotations early in the day
and also for the benefit of farm
ers who wish to wire produce buy
ers in distant cities for informa
tion about truck or carload sales.
In the letters leaving here this
week to produce buyers, the ap
proximate of other truck harvest
were listed, including potatoes,
beans, tomatoes, peas and early
corn.
As we go to press today the out
look on cabbage is not encourag
ing, but within a few days it is
possible that the Carteret harvest
will be in demand as the cuttings
in other area3 are closed. For
the first few days it may be im
possible to get quotations from
Mt. Olive and Bayboro as it is un
derstood the beginning of the cab
bage cuttings there come about
10 days later than in this coastal
county which is in a different ag
vieultuial zone.
A few truL-k loads of cabbage
u fvn-.-i Carteret fields to date
have averaged from 65 to 75
cents.
Civie and farmer committeemen
who have given considerable time
and work to the Auction .uaiivei
include besides Dr. C. W. Lewis,
the. following nersons: Pritchard
A. Lewis, Halsey Paul, Seth Gibbs
Hugh Hill, Carl Gaskill, Louis nay
man. Dr. C. S. Maxwell, George
Huntley Jr. and George Huntley
Sr., Dave Merrill, Doll Lewis, w.
J. Laughton, C. T. Eubanks and
Farm Agent J. O. Anthonq and
Aycock Brown.
MSS BERYL HAYMAN
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
Miss Beryl Hayman, daughter
of Rev. and Mrs. Louis D. Hay
man, was taken to Potters Emer
gency Hospital this morning, hav
ing had an acute attack of appen
dicitis. Reports today are that
Miss Hayman is getting along as
well as can be expected,