SEAFOOD MRT. 5-26-38
Shrimp 4 6; Croaks lc
S Crabs 40.60c, Plrs 2c
Flounders 3c 6c
Blues 3c S. Trout 6c
S. Mackerel 4c
The Beaufort News
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Carteret County's Oldest NewspaperEstablished 1912
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BEAUFORT
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CARTERET
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Volume XXVII
8 Pages This W'ek The Beaufort News, Thursday, May, 26,1938
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Potato Shipments
On Increase Here
Much Produce Moves
From Beaufort By
Rail This Year
Irish Potato shipments from
Beaufort by rail during the past
week has shown a steady increase,
and although the total yield this
year might fall slightly below
some previous peak seasons, the
farmers and brokers seem to be
fairly well pleased with the situa
tion. During the period ending
last night exactly 95 solid car
loads of potatoes had moved by
rail from the Beaufort area. Dur
ing this same period several hun
dred truck loads have moved.
In addition to potatoes, all pro
duce shipments have been heavy
out of Beaufort this season. Since
the Bean harvest began six car
loads have been shipped by rail not
including the movement of this
commodity by motor truck. Ap
proximately 130 solid car-loads of
cabbage have been shipped accord
ing to L. W. Jones, agent for the
Beaufort-Morehead City railroad.
And several hundred motor truck
loads of cabbage moved during
the harvest of this commodity
which is practically ended now.
Next week, tomato shipments
will begin from Beaufort and al
though it is hard to estimate how
many car-loads will move from
here, prospects indicate that it
will be a peak year.
Barden Will Speak
At Harkers Island
Congressman Graham A. Bar
den will make an address at the
schoolhouse on Harkers Island,
Saturday night, May 28, at 8
o'clock, it was announced today.
It will be the first speech of a po
litical naturn that the Third Dis
trict Congressman has made in
Carteret this year. During the last
election he carried Harkers Is
land with a good majority in the
Primaries. Since that time he has
secured an appropriation of $50,
000 for dredging a channel from
Back Bay (adjacent to Harkers
Island) to Cape Lookout Bight,
on which work will start within
the next few months. The public,
and especially the citizens of Har
kers Island are extended an invi
tation to be present for the ad
dress on Saturday night.
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Number 20
Dean NoeWill
Introduce Him
Final Exams For
Students Monday
Principal R. E. Miller from
3enderson, where he is visiting
Jiis week, notified The Beaufort
tfews today that all High School
itudents who were prevented
!rom taking their examinations
lefore school closed are request
id to be at the schoolhouse on
flonday, May 30 at 9 o'clock, at
hich time they will be permitted
0 take their examinations and
hus get a grade. He requests that
tudents bring in all rental books.
Social Security
Official Coming
Here on June 2nd
George W. Jeffrey, Manager of
the Wilmington Field Office of
the Social Security Board, will be
in Morehead City between the
hours of 9 and 10 A. M., Thurs
day morning, June 2, and in Beau
fort between the hours of 11 and
12 A. M., for the purpose of as
sisting employers and wage earn
ers who desire information reeard
ing the old-age insurance features
of the Social Security Act.
Mr. Jeffrey says that it is his
desire to see those persons who
have worked in employment cover
ed by the Social Security Act and
who have attained the age of 65
since January 1, 1937, as well as
the relatives of wage-earners who
have died since that time.
Mr. Jeffrey wil be at the Post
Office in Morehead City and in
Beaufort Anyone who has any
questions regarding the old-age in
surance features of the Social Se
curity Act is invited to see him at
that place.
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juthrie Life Saver
At Atlantic Beach
Although Atlantic Beach ha3
ieen bountifully blessed by nature
,s being the only beach south of
.ong Island that runs east and
rest, thus eliminating undertow
nd offering exceptional advan
ages of safety, protection and
outhern breeze, complete life
uard service is provided as an ex
ra precaution for surf bathers.
Leroy Guthrie will again Te
hief life guaYd there this season,
or the ninth years. He has been a
fe guard since he was 16 years
f age. So far a "perfect" record
t Atlantic Beach, there never hav
Jg been a single loss of life there
ue to drowning.
Fishing And $
All Outdoors 1
By AYCOCK BROWN
IT WAS the best cornbread I
ive ever eaten. Dannie Rose,
rst mate and galley chef aboard
le Idle-On cooked it late Monday
Iternoon, after Capt. Dickin
m's cruiser had returned from a
ip off Cape Lookout Shoals and
as moored at her pier in front of
lie Anchorage on Front Street,
board the Idle-On besides Capt.
ickinson and his excellent corn,
ead cooking mate was my friend
ndrew J. Lewis, District Mana
ir of Provident Life Insurance
)mpany and a group of his re
esentatives including Jim
heatly of Beaufort Before I
i further I might fcdd that the
ackerel which Mate-Chief Ros?
oked mackerel which had been
ught by the party during the
rly afternoon off at the Cape
Ided materially in making the
rn-bread more delicious, and the
ly Capt Dickinson's right hand
in and galley operator prepares
sickerel it fit for a king., as all
a second rate newspaperman.
THE INSURANCERS arrived
inday afternoon. In the party
;re M. R. Ferrell of Kinston G. I.
irriker, Battleboro; Kisler As
w, Enfield; B. R. Bissette,
iring Hope; T. J. Jones, Rock
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SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWS
$1.50 A YEAR
When he makes the annual
Memorial Day address here on
Sunday afternoon, May 29, Sen
ator Robert R. Reynolds will be
introduced by the Very Rev. Is
rael H. Noe. The Memorial Day
exercises will be held under the
auspices of Carteret Post 99 of
The American Legion. Legion
naire C. L. Beam received the fol
lowing telegram from Senator
Reynolds on Tuesday: "Am look
ing forward with pleasure to de
livering the Memorial Day address
under the auspices American Leg
ion and Legion Auxilliary at Beau
fort next Sunday at 3 o'clock. I
expect to arrive in Beaufort a
bout 2 P. M." Robert R. Reynolds
USS.
Legionnaires To
Attend First Baptist
Church Sunday
The members of Carteret Post
No. 99 and all ex-service men are
requested to meet at the Hut in
Beaufort Sunday morning at
10:30 where the line of march
will be formed to attend the First
Baptist Church. The pastor Rev.
Ben F. Gehring will deliver a spec
ial message to the ex-service men.
There will also be special music
by the choir.
HALF HOLIDAYS
TO BEGIN SOON
C of C Directors
Have Monthly
Meeting
Chamber of Commerce
directors met in the office of
Dr. C. W. Lewis on Monday
night for the purpose of dis
cussing plans for half holi
days during the summer
months, the coming postof
fice celebration and other
matters of a routine nature.
The half-holidays which are
observed by merchants dur
ing the summer months will
begin at an early date, if the
firms here will cooperate.
Definite decision has not
been made as to what day
of the week the holiday wiil
be observed.
A lengthy discussion was held
in connection with the official op
ening celebration of the new
postoffice and federal building
here. No definite date has been
set for the opening. A committee
was appointed to push plans for
the celebration.
Another matter of importance
which claimed the attention of
the directors was a report on the
NYA shell souvenirs which will
be distributed free of charge to
tourists. Quite a large number
of souvenirs have already been
distributed and during the sum
mer months several hundred more
will be given away. This method
of advertising Beaufort is prov
ing very successful.
She Was An Honored
B. H. S. Senior
"Tong," Chinese Word
'Tong" is a Chinese word mean
ing club or association. The tong
wars have given Americans a false
impression. The tongs are usually
organizations for social betterment,
to prevent disputos, but sometimes
things get out of hand and there are
"wars."
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Obverse of a Coin
The obverse of a coin or medal is
the side containing the principal de
vice, the front, or side meant to be
displayed.
Lenoxville Rookery
Invaded By Gunners
MCHS FINALS
BEGIN SUNDAY
Dean Israel Noe And
J. M. Broughton
Speakers
The Very Reverend Israel H.
Noe, former dean of St. Mary's
Cathedral in Memphis, Tennessee,
who is now on vacation in Beau
fort his home town, will deliver
the baccalaureate sermon at More
head City High School Sunday
morning (May 29) at 11 o'clock.
The Commencement exercises of
the Morehead school will be con
cluded on Friday night, June 3,
when J. M. Broughton of Raleigh
will deliver the principal address.
There are 54 memners of the
Senior Class of Morehead City's
school this year. Of that number
49 will receive diplomas, it was
stated today by H. C. Joslyn,
principal. Also taking part in the
Commencement Exercises will be
28 members of the Commercial
School, who will receive diplomas.
Warden Godwin Has
Issued Warning
To Poachers
TIDETABLE
Information as to the tide
at Beaufort is given in this
column. The figures are ap
proximately correct and bas
ed on tables furnished b
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.
MISS SHIRLEY JOHNSON
Pictured above in her gradua
tion cap and gown is Miss Shirley
Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Johnson of Beaufort. Miss
Johnson was one of the most
honored students at the local high
school during the past year. She
was president of her class, valedic
torian, the best all-round student
and the most popular. And she
did not take all the honors in her
family during the school year.
Her younger sister, Mary Christ
ine Johnson, an eighth grader won
the American Legion Scholarship
Award which was given to the per
son most outstanding in scholas
tics generally.
Stiflnded Nyugat
Floated Tuesday
DEAN NOE WILL
PREACH SUNDAY
NIGHT AT DAVIS
The Very Rev. Israel Harding
Noe, former dean of St. Mary's
Catheral in Memphis, Tennessee,
will be guest pastor at the Davis
Baptist Church, in the Davis Com
munity on Sunday night. An
nouncement that he had accepted
the invitation to preach there was
ade by Irwin W. Davis today. A
cordial nivitation is extended
everyone to attend the services
and hear the famous divine
preach, it was stated.
Mayor Receives
CMTC Information
Mayor Huntley received con
siderable information this week
about the Citizens Military Train
ing Camp which will open at Camp
Bragg June 16 and continue
through July 15. In a letter
from the Procurement Officer it
was stated that Beaufort had de
signated few if any candidates for
the encampment. Any young
man desiring to take the military
training offered may get complete
information from Mayor Huntley.
Audubon Warden D. J.
Godwin said today that
poachers were busy at Lenox
ville Heron Rookery on Sun
day afternoon, May 22, be
tween the hours of 2 o'clock
and sunset, and it likely that
arrests will be made since
the license number of the car
in which the alleged gunners
went to the location where
three species of heron and
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High
5:57
6:23
6:49
7:11
Low
Friday, May 27
AM. 12:04 AM.
PM. 12:01 PM.
Saturday, May 28
AM. 12:57 AM.
PM. 12:54 PM.
Sunday, May 29
7:39 AM. 1:47 AM.
8:03 PM. 1:44 PM.
Monday, May 30
8:33 AM. 2:36 AM.
8:56 PM. 2:36 PM.
Tuesday, May 31
9:27 AM. 3:25 AM.
9:49 PM. 3:27 PM.
Wednesday, June 1
10:22 AM. 4:15 AM.
10:43 PM. 4:21 PM.
Thursday, June 2
5:08 AM.
11:18 PM. 5:20 PM.
Beaufort Bowlers Win
In Championship Match
The Lint-Doctor
A lint-doctor is a sharp-edged rul
er on the delivery side of the calico
printing cylinder, to detain any lint
or fibers which may come off the
cotton cloth.
Adjusting
Coun ly Debt
After many conferences
between the representatives
of the Bondholders Commit
tee and the County Board of
Commissioners, all techni
calities have been adjusted
and the plan is now in oper
ation, it was stated today.
One provision of the agree
ment between the County Com
missioners and the Bondholders
Committee is that bond coupons
maturing on or before July 1935
are to be made available for use
in paying taxes which are delin
quent for the year of 1934 and
prior years. S. A. Chalk of More
head City has been named agent
for the Committee who has plac
ed in his hands coupons to be used
for this purpose. No doubt he will
be glad to asssit in cooperating
with any and all taxpayers who
are interested in effecting finan
cial savings in the payment of
their county taxes for these years.
New bonds are to be issued
and exchanged for the old bonds
outstanding as soon as practical,
which will be in the near future.
Use ot Kind Words .
Jud Tunkins says kind words In
this life should not be monopolized
by the high-power salesman.
Tee-Tinsey Johnson
Kills James Fulford
Out Of Date Chart
Cause of Costly
Mishap
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Accompanied by Tug "Res
olute" the S. S. Nyugat sail
ed from Cape Lookout Bight
at 3:10 P. M., presumably
for Newport News, Va., Coast
Guard and Port Officials re
ported. When the S. S. Nyugat of
Budapest, Hungary, sailed
from Morehead City last
Friday morning at 6 o'clock
the weather was perfect, ex
cept for a light southwest
breeze. Port Terminal pilots
saw the vessel safely across
Beaufort bar and left her at
7 o'clock. Four hours later
she was stranded on Lookout
Shoals about 10 miles south
east of Cape Point. Cause of
the accident which was to
prove mighty expensive was
an out of date chart which
First Officer R. Kovacs was
using at the time.
Cape Lookout Coastguardsmea
under the command . of Capt.
Fred Gillikin went out to the
stranded steamer. A radio mes
sage was sent to the C. G. Cutter
Mendota, some 200 miles away
to come to the Nyugat's aid. In
the meantime with only a slight
list and apparently no damage the
crew remained aboard the vessel.
The Mendota made every effort
to pull the stranded Nyugat from
the shoals, but could hot. As a
last resort the Merritt-Chapman
Company in New York whose
business it is to salvage wrecked
vessels was notified and their tug,
the "Resolute" was sent to the
scene. After working several
hours the Resolute assisted by the
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Wife Of Former
Senator Passes
In This County
Carteret Flowers
Going To Market
Throughout U. S.
Carteret county grown flowers
are being shipped to cities through
out the United States this week.
The last week of May is one of the
best of the season for flower
growers, because all varieties are
in big demand by florists through
out the country to be placed on
sale for Decoration Day which
falls on May 30. Each day from
the farms of S. E. Hayne, H. B.
Avery and J. K. Vanderveer,
flowers are moving and an average
of one loaded express car daily is
needed to take care of the shipments.
Dean Noe Presents
Trophy Monday
Night
Morehead City's Jaycee
Bowling team which won the
recent tourney from the
Beaufort Chamber of Com
merce's team, will be guests
of the latter's team at a ban
quet in the American Legion
Hut here Monday night
(May 30) at 7:30 o'clock.
At this banquet, however,
the Beaufort Team will be
awarded the Bowling Tro
phy. Dean Israel H. Noe
will present the trophy, and
deliver a short address.
The Tournament which lasted
for eight weeks ended on Tuesday
night, May 17, and the four high
est bowlers from each team were
selected to play off the champion
ship match last Tuesday night In
the championship match Beau
fort's team which consisted of Pot
ter, Lang, Meekins and Hood won
from Morehead City's Leary,
Freeman, Bell and McNeill.
Approximately 90 persons will
be present for the banquet and
dance which will follow immedia
tely afterwards. Persons attend
ing the banquet and dance will be
members of the bowling teams of
the twin-cities and their ladies.
The banquet will be prepared by
the Missionary Society of Ann St
reet Methodist Church. Attrac
tive favors will be presented to
those attending this finale of a
sucessful sporting event.
Excellent sportsmanship was
shown by the members of the two
teams throughout the tourna
ment. Each town's team were ad
equately supported on each Tues
day night by their friends. Dean
Noe, internationally famous
divine, in his short address is ex
pected to speak on sportsmanship
and its advantages in the game of
life.
Funeral services for Mrs. Belle
Simmons. 73-year old wife of
Former Senator Furnifold M.
Simmons were conducted at Christ
Episcopal Church in New Bern
last Sunday afternoon with the
Rev. C. E. Williams, rector, assist
ed bv Bishop Thomas C. Darst
officiating. She died at Morehead
City hospital Saturday afternoon
following an illness of about two
years. She was brought to More
head City about three weeks ago
from Tacoma Park, Washington
where she had received treatment.
Her husband, Senator Simmons,
her daughter Mrs. Wade Meadows
and her brother Seth Gibbs were
at her bedside when she died Sat
urday. Mrs. Simmons was a native
of Hyde county, the daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Gibbs
of Middleton. She and Senator
Simmons had been married foi
52 years.
Besides her husband she is sur
vided by two daughters, Mrs. ,
Meadows and Mrs. Joe Patterson
of New Bern; two step-daughters:
Mrs. Graham Andrews and Mrs.
Louis Mahler of Raleigh; one step
son, J. H. Simmons of Jones coun
ty: one brother, Seth Gibb3 of
Beaufort and one sister, Miss
Mary Gibbs of Blowing Rock.
Now They Turn In
Fire Alarms To
Call Police
Willis Assistant
Beach Manager
James Newman Willis, mayor
and postmaster of Atlantic Beach
is assistant this year to Manager
E. G. Petry at this resort Since
1930 he has been general superin
tendent of the Beach property.
He is now assisting in preliminary
preparation for the opening of the
beach hotel June 2.
James William Fulford,
Beaufort Negro, who was
perforated with bullets near
Alarm Box 36, last Sunday
night died in Morehead City
Hospital Monday night.
"Tee-Tinsey" Johnson, who
allegedly did the shooting
hopped into a Chevrolet and
sped away in the general di
rection of Harlowe his home.
During the excitement some
one turned in a fire alarm
from Box No. 36.
That brought not only the po
lice but also the fire department.
When they arrived on the scent
they found critically wounded
Fulford, but no Johnson. The
shooting took place near one of
the restaurants in the colored sec
tion shortly after churches had
turned out on Sunday night. It
was stated by eye-witnesses that
the Harlowe Negro was primed up
with liquor, which probably was
the cause for the shooting.
On Wednesday afternoon an
other false alarm was turned in
from Box No. 36. The depart
ment and police answered the a
!arm to discover no fire, but in
stead Willie Turner, Negro World
War veteran who had run amuck
and cut up his mother Sade Turn
er. Willie was taken to jail. The
next time an alarm is turned in
hereabouts, persons will be won
dering whether there is a fire un
derway, or some sort of shooting
or cutting out in the Negro sec
tion of town
Triamphal Arch
At Orange? not far from Avignon,
standi the finest triumphal arch in
France, probably dedicated to Ti
berius. It ii 61 feet high and occu
pies a space 64 by 28 feet
C. B. Arthur Buys , .
Bogue Sound Home
The Hibbs homeplace on Bogue
Sound was sold this week to Mr.
and Mrs. C. B. Arthur of New
York City, it was announced by
John L. Crump, Morehead City
real estate broker who handled
the transaction. The country ear
tate, situated on a high bluff ov
erlooking Bogue Sound is one of
the prettiest home locations
Carteret county.
In addition to the residence of
Colonial design, the estate in
cludes 125 acres. Mr. Arthur, new
owner of the estate is a native of
Morehead City. He is an executive
of Liggett and Myers Tobacco
Company. Mrs. Arthur, the form
er Miss Elodie Webb is the daugh
ter of William M. Webb of More
head City . . Amount involved in
the transaction was not given for
publication, but it amounted to
several thousand dollars.
in
Covering The
Waterfront
By AYCOCK BROWN
BIG NEWS of the week on the
Coast of Carteret was the strand
ing of the Hungarian S. S. Nyugat
on Cape Lookout Shoals. The ves
sel laden with scrap iron of No. 2
grade, sailed from Morehead City
Monday morning at 6 o'clock for
Genoa, Italy. Pilots took the ves
sel past Beaufort bar and left
her at 7 o'clock. At 11 o'clock
she piled up on one of the shoals,
off Cape Lookout about 10 miles
from Cape Point. Shortly after
noon Associated Press wired that
an unidentified steamer was a
ground on Cape Lookout Shoals
and to follow up with bang-up
coverage. I knew postively that
it was the Nyugat, but checked
with Capt Gillikin of Cape Look
out before sending the wire.
SO MUCH for that. Elsewhere
today in this edition you will read
about the wreck of the Nyugat and
her subsequent floating after .
hundred or so hours And on
Tuesday night I presented at our
Rotary meeting a man who could
tell us more about wrecks on Cape
Lookout Shoals. I had asked Mr.
Esposito, who discovered the fine
climate and fine soil of Carteret
county as a place ideal for the cul
tivation of beans and tomatoes to
to be guest speaker on our pro
gram. You see for the current
quarter I am chairman of the pro-
gran, committee. But Mr. Espo-
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