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Carteret County's Oldest NewspaperEstablished 1912
Volume XXVII
8 Pages This Week
The Beaufort News, Thursday, S. - ?2, 1838.
5c Per Copy
NUMBE 40.
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EEAUFORT WILL not be visited by a genuine circus this year
bill when the Art Lewis Shows come to the midway of the Carteret
F&id durinv October 10-15, one of
circus featuring a number of acts
Coroner
Probe Stella Killing
Covering The
V aterfront
By AYCOCK BROWN
THE FIRST SEA-goinif mer-1
..i,..t r,1i fk-ino- riu American i
flan to enter Morehead City Fortj
Terminal was driven in by hurri-
,.-.m. i.Mmvts off shore. She was
the American Oil Company's tank
er "Amsco" of Wilmington, Del.,
and Port Arthur, Texas. She
arrived off the bar early Tuesday
morning, while the hurricane was
-till to the southward but roaring
northward.
COASTGUARD at Fort Macon
saw her pilot flag flying and noti
fied port terminal officials who In
turn sent their pilots to sea after
the vessel. She sailed easily into
port and moored without a bit of
trouble. Morehead City's ocean
terminal must have impressed the
skipper and the crew of that Am
erican vessel, because of its con
venience to the coastwise shipping
lanes, and its easy accessibility
without the aid of tug-boats.
IT WAS INTERESTING to hear
the late M. R. Beaman talk about
the port terminal and how it wuold
eventually develope. He could
give you a word picture and then
back up this picture with one
drawn by Artist Henri Mertz,
which showed Morehead City as a
great ocean terminal. On that
picture were shown huge oil stor
age tanks along with the addition
al transient sheds, and overhead
highway, under which was located
not one or two, but several rail
road tracks.
IT WAS A pretty picture. To
day that picture is becoming faded
in spots as a result of the poss
ible disposal of the A. and N. C.
Railroad. John Gold of Wilson
gave the first statewide publicity
to how many of the Morehead
Citizens are feeling about the pro
posed disposal of the road today.
(Continued on page 8 )
What's the Answer?
Br EDWARD FINCH
1V1HY DO THINGS SEEM TO
WrURL ROUND AND (?X)ND
WHEN WE ARE DIIZY?'
THERE is a small organ located
in the back of the head which is
responsible for our sense of balance.
. When this organ becomes diseased
or disturbed it can no longer con
" tribute balance to the brain and we
ore conscious of being dizzy. Dur
ing the dizzy spell the eyes cannot
respond to the command of the
Ibrain. One focuses on one object
and the second on another at the
same time, causing the brain to see
two pictures. The result is the
confusion which we call dizziness.
O Western Newspaper Union.
the features will be a sideshow
and attractions.
jury Vil
Watson Youth Was
Killed B
!!
ov rai3
Father
J. W. Wiitstni, Sr., a farm
er of the Stella community,
mii;it face Coroner George
Oill and a jury in More-head
City Friday morning
phiin why he killed his 2:
! v Natson, J'1.,
and ex--year
old
on Mon
day night. The senior Watson
claims self-defense, it has been re
ported. It was reported that the youth
armed with a .22 calibre rifle was
threatening to shoot his father and
other members of the family, when
the father ran to a barn, grabbed
a shot-gun and fatally shot young
Watson. The coroner's hearing
is expected to bring out some ad
ditional information relative to
the killing.
Lunch Room Opens
At School Building
A lunch room has been opened
by te P. T. A. for all school chil
dren in the Home Economics
rooms.
Regular plates will be served for
10 cents. Sandwiches, pies and
drinks and other foods will be
sold. This project is started this
year under the supervision of Mrs.
Ed. Potter and profits received
will go to feed the undernourished
children.
All parents are urged to give
their full cooperation to this
worthwhile project.
NEW FILLING STATION
ON HARKERS ISLAND
A new service station has just
been completed by W. M. Hancock
and C. H. Davis on Harkers Island.
In sending an announcement to
The Beaufort News this week it
was stated that the station was to
be operated by Walter Davis and
would carry automobile supplies in
addition to gasoline and lubri
cants. The station which is lo
cated at the corner of the main
road and ferry driveway will also
carry "all kinds of eatables" in
stock. (The foregoing item came
unsigned to The Beaufort News,
but is being published despite the
fact that it is "free publicity."
The reason it is printed is because
The Beaufort News wants to keep
the island in the spotlight until the
SH & PWC does something for the
terrible conditioned "Main Road"
on the island.
Mrs. Wilbur Willis
Substitutes Here As
Home-Ec. Teacher
Due to the extreme shortage in
vocational home economics teach
ers that are suitable for vocational
work, the local school is still shortJ
one teacher. Several prospective
teachers are being contacted in
other states and every effort is be
ing made to secure the very best
that can be obtained this late in
the season. Mrs. Wilbur Willis
who has had special training in
this work has been secured to do
substitute work until the new
teacher arrives. Mrs. Willis was
dietician in the new Duke labora
tories here during the summer
with much success.
Right-of-Way For
Flash Messages
When the joint Anti-Aircraft
and Air Corps maneuv
ers begin on October 3, the
primary purpose will be to get
messages reporting "enemly"
planes to the "army" imme
diately. These messages will
be sent by telephone. Many
of the messages will go over
rural lines. Telephone sub
scribers or any person using
telephone during maneuvers
are requested to stop their
conversation immediately and
hang up receiver if they hear
the word "FLASH". It will
mean that an observer has a
report for the Army. FLASH
MESSAGES will have the
right-of-way over private or
personal conversations of cit
izens. It is essential that
persons in communities where
rural telephones, such as those
used in all communities East
of Beaufort, adhere strictly
to this request.
Student Body At
Local Sdhcol Is
Larger TLis Year
The .--Indent body at Beaufort
Consolidated School is larger this
year than during the period of
1937-38. I'l ii-.cipal Miller stated ;
this morning that already 8'jO stu-;
dents hail matncuiaieu, ami wime i
there would be a few drop-outs,
there would also be more students
coming in, so it is estimated there
will be a total of approximately
900.
At present there are 275 stu
dents enrolled in the high school
department with 575 in the ele
mentary grodes. There are 85
beginners,, starting in the . First
grade this year.
Eastman Showing
Mystery Control
Philco's newest sensation, the
Mystery Controled Radio arrived
in Beaufort at Eastman Furniture
Company this morning. .Until you
have seen a demonstration you
will not believe that it is possible
to hold a small dial box in your
hand on one side of the street, dial
a station, and then hear the radio
in Eastman's store across the
street start presenting a program
from that station. You will not
believe it because there are no
wires connecting the dial cabinet
in your hand and the radio but
it is true.
NEWS OWNER IS ILL.
William L. Hatsell owner of The
Beaufort News is ill at his home
on Queen Street.
Red Roberts Failed To
Un-Mask "Masked Marvel
Only Small Crowd
Witnessed Best
Wrestling Of
The Season
Despite the fact that
storm warnings and weather
conditions generally, reduc
ed the crowd of fans to a
minimum, the wrestling mat
ches presented here on Tues
day night were declared by
those who saw them to have
been the best that Promoters
Al Simon and Ralph King
have ever put on in this
coastal county. Red
Roberts, the Birmingham
matman who became a sort
of favorite among fans in
The Casino on Atlantic
Beach during the summer,
failed to unmask the Mask
ed Marvel.
The Marvel, whose real identy
and hailing port is unknown here
abouts, won two best out of three
falls over Red, but the Birming
hammer was given the decision on
the second fall, which made it a
full three fall affair.
Following his defeat Roberts
displayed a deep gash on his cran
ium intiictea tnere on inurs
day night by one Jack Bloomfield,
a Jewish wrestler in Bristol Va.,
last week. The Jew hit Red with
(Continued on page Eight)
Hatter
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This Section Did
Not Have Much
Of A Storm
New England Coast
Gets Biggest Blow
A tropical disturbance or
iginating in the ocean north
of the Leeward Island last
week roared northwestward
towards the Bahamas and
southeast coast of Florida
with hurricane force cover-1
ing an area of approximate
ly 300 miles in diameter.
Southeast Florida boarded up for
the blow, but on Cat Island in the
Bahamas, Sunday the borometer
which wa slinking to a dangerous
low, started ruling, which was an
indication that the movement oi'
the, storm was changing. It did
not strike Florida and only the
I outer limits struck the North Car-
; oK'in with full force, death
andd
a j
tremendous propatiy (lauiai;
left in its wake.
AKhoti.-.th in the path' of the hur-vii--.'.iic
i.t on-.' tine tlic rca-.t of
C:.-:'.: ri-t wi a lucky !irs;ik' in t.'.
foif;-! '.f ) l:i:;h pwi.i1 area c 'li'
tnpr in from the northwest. This
hiuh p'.-ersure lnoupht north-west
v.ii.-.:.; .-I'ld lower temperp.tuves. It
purheil the hurricane farther off
shore a.-- it pa.-,sed up the Gulf
Stream here.
At Ilatteias and this is absolute
y official data .u'iven The tBavu
fort News today oy Kichavd Daily,
: veteran U. S. Weather observer
there, the highest wind '.. velocity
recorded ct -5:55 o'clock" Wednes-,
day morning was 61 miles an
hour. At that Jme the barometer
was registering at 29.28. The
wind was from the northwest, hav
earlier in the night. Tides were
high, but not at record highs.
In the Weather Bureau yard
the depth of tides pushed, in front
pamlico Sound by the northwester
was from 18 to 24 inches, Obser
ver Daily reported. In the Beau-fort-Morchead
City area the wind
blew a half a gale, but never ex
ceeded 35 miles an hour, On Oc
racoke Island rain squalls refilled
empty cisterns from which the re
sidents obtain drinking water.
On Tuesday the American Oil
Company's tanker "Amsco" sought
refuse at the Morehead City Port
terminal until the blow passed.
She sailed shortly after noon on
(Continued on page 8)
Baseball Sunday.
Beaufort will play Straits here
Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock
in Highland Park. The game
should be interesting because of
the pitching material on both
teams: Knowles of New Bern will
pitch for Straits; George Brooks
of Beaufort, will pitch for the locals.
More Wrestling For
Community Center
Next Tuesday
Night
Two new faces will ap
pear in the grappling event
at Community Center next
Tuesday night at 8:30
o'clock when Promoters Al
Simon and Ralph King pre
sent the third in a series of
weekly wrestling matches at
Beaufort. If the matches
on next Tuesday are half as
good as the show here on
Tuesday night which was
witnessed by only a small
group of fans due to weather
conditions those paying ad
mission will get their
money's worth.
In the opening match on Tues
day Bonnie Mathis, bringing one
of the new faces will meet curly
headed Al Cadell of Boston. Math
is has never wrestled in this sec
tion, but Cadell has and his style,
even though he had to display
same with a barefooted and bald
headed Greek, went across big with
the audience. Mathis weighs
190 pounds and hails from Omaha
Nebraska. Cadell tips the scales
at 185. Their match will be two
best out of three falls in a one
hour time limit.
(Continued on page Eight)
PICTURED ABOVE is the streamlined Sinclair tank truck which serves the stations of this terri
tory. Sinclair is in the news this week as a result of the opening of the new station at the corner of
Front and Craven Streets. The station was named "Topsail Service Station" and the winner of the
priie was Aycock Brown. Tom Potter i3 local agent for the Sinclair Refining Company, Inc.
Topsail Service
Station To Give
Away Free Gifts
Toiw.il Service Station at the
t.;,;.;u:. ;,f Fro -it ami Crawn street
wijicb V.-WI listr.dle .'hu-li'-ii- products
I cc.i.wV!y, ;!pc
ei for business
but the formal
be hM iiiitil to
, Se.icember 23.)
,vh cu.:iOiiier pur
wuly tins wet k
;);'C'M:;;r viil 'V
iv.orrow, (Fri.:.:
at which time i
chiv
ine a minimum of five gallons
oi' Sinslair fl-C Gasoline will be
given a can of Sinclair House-hold
Oil sin. I other sui'.vei.iis.
The new Tep v.il Service Sta'J.m
is operated by Gray lia.isell and
John Chaplain, Jr. Roth a;e well
known locally and bolh are known
fo; their integrity and ability to
plear.e customers.
I;i addition to a complete line of
Sinclair products including H-C
Gasoline, Pennsylvania and Opa
line Motor oils, Super-flame kero
sene and heating oils, Emerald au
to oils, Sinclair P. D. Insecticide,
Sinclair Lighter Fluid and House-
hold Oil, the new Topsail Service
ouauon win Ieature grease Jods town owning considerable prop-i UP
using Sinclair W aterproof Grease. erty He was president of the I INT
Thev reasUisr eduinment-. at" thw
t t " -T-i --
service station is tne most modern
in this coastal territory.
Approximately $8,500 was ex
pended ii constructing the Top
sail Service Station which is con-
eni.T.tly located
l V
ov.ntown
Liufort and adjacent to the Sin -
clair Oil Dock. Including the cost ago from .Maryland to build fort
of the lease for the property, over ! Macon for the Federal Govern
.? 23, 000 was expended securing the I ment, and the late Elizabeth Da
beautiful new station for Beau- vis Potter, a native of Beaufort.
fort. Incidentally it filled in
ugly gap along Front Street.
REAL RESULTS
Mr. Y. E. Fodrie, of Newport
sert The Beaufort News an adver
tisement last week to be inserted
two weeks advising the public that
he had collard plants for sale. Be
fore the second insertion date ar
rived the following postal card was
received from Mr. Fodrie:
Dear Sirs:
I have sold my collard plants.
Put in an ad this week saying:
"Collard Plants Sold Out."
W. E. Fodrie, Newport, N. C.
And that goes to show that the
advertiser gets results when his
ad is inserted in this newspaper.
D. W. Sabiston.
D. W. Sabiston, 81, resident of
the Core Creek section died in
Morehead City hospital today fol
lowing illness of several weeks.
He was prominent citizen of that
section. Born in Bi'aufort, he was
the son of the late William B.
and Sarah Sobiston.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Ann A. Sabiston and two
daughters and two sons. They
are: Mrs. F. Frank Dill and Mrs".
X. R. Munden, Great Bridge, Va. ;
B. A. Sabiston, of Longwood, Ala
bama and D. W. Sabiston, Jr.,
Shallotte. Three brothers and
one sister survive: L. R. Sabis
ton, John Sabiston, and G. M.
Sabiston, Core Creek and Mrs. G.
Y. Dudley, Southport. Funeral
arrangements had not been an
nounced as we go to press.
Sons of Legion
Organize Here
On Tues. Night.
At a meeting held Tuesday
night the Sons of the Legion of
Carteret County, discussed their
program for 1939. In spite of the
rain and the threatened hurricane
a large number of boys turned
out.
A nominating committee, com
posed of George Bailey and David
Hill, of Beaufort, Floyd Chadwick,
Jr., and Luther Hamilton, Jr., of
(Continued on page 5)
Son or r ort
nnimer Died
fames H. Potter, Sr.
Was Prominent
Ci
tizen
James Ilollister Totter,
Sr., died at his home here
iast Friday night following a
lintrerinc: illness of several
months.
He was CO years
of age.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Sunday afternoon at Ann St.
Methodist Church with Rev. L. D.
Hayman, the pastor officiating.
Burial rites were conducted in
Ocean View Cemetery.
Mr. Potter was a prominent cit
Won nt Rnfnrt. H wa s nnp tf I
l
the outstanding builders of this i
i o u '-- f 'J. 4 iU
Dtsuiuit ice -uiiijjaiiy aiiu uiic ui
;ts founders.
For many years he!flv for . three or four dav cruise
was engaged in the seafood indus-1 up the Gulf Stream vja Cape Look
try here. out- jn t,e party will be a group
Th0 thn nn of thP ' of fishing and outdoor columnists
late William Jackson Potter, who
! came to Beaufort over 100 years ;
Mrs. Nannie Murray Potter, wife
of James H. Potter, Sr., died sev
eral years ago.
Surviving is one daughter Miss
Nannie Potter, of Beaufort, and
live sons: Guy Potter, of Charles
ton, West Va.: W. V. B. Potter, H.
L. Potter, J. T. Potter, Jr., H. L.
Potter and toward Potter, ot
Beaufort. Several grandchildren
and great grandchildren also sur
vive. Active pall-bearers at the final
rites were grandsons of the de
ceased including: James H. Pot
ter III, Tom Potter, James D. Pot
ter, Jack Potter, Alonza T. Pot
ter, William Potter, Harold Webb,
(husband of his grand-daughter)
and Edward Potter. Honorary
pall-bearers included many resi
dents of this and nearby towns,
close friends of the deceased.
Salter Path's
Oldest. Citizen
Died Cn Sunday
Funeral sen ices t or Mrs. Cal
donia Willis, lb"), the oldest resi
dent of Suiter P:.th and probably
the oldest person i.i Carteret
county, were conducted at the
community'!; Mcthodi.-t Church on
Bogue Banks Monday morning at
10 o'clock. She had been ill for
several months.
Mrs. Willi., was the daughter of
the late John Henry and Eliza Wil
lis. She was born at S:.u-y in
December 1813. Mrs. Willb was
the widow of the late Cicero Wil
lis. She was a devout member of
the Methodist Church. Last rites
for this beloved woman were con
ducted by Rev. George Willis of
Salter Path assisted by Rev. D. B.
Garner. Interment of the body
was made in Gales Creek ceme
tery on the mainland at 1.30
o'clock Monday.
The deceased is survived by two
sons and seven daughters. They
are: Edwin Willis, Harvey Wil
lis, Mrs. Laura Smith, Mrs. J- C.
Lewis, Mrs. Hannah Moore, Mrs.
E. B. Willis, Mrs. George W.
Smith and Mrs. Charlie Willis.
She is survived by 144 grand
children and great grand-children.
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Fishing And
All Outdoors
By AYCOCK BROWN
BLYTIIE XOE has a three foot
alligator on display in his store.
It was brought in early this week
by a resident of Davis who captur
ed it on a road in that vicinity.
So far, Mr. Price, superintendent
of the Open Grounds property, of
Miss Georgia Yeastnian has failed
to slay the grand-daddy of all
"gators" in the South River sec
tion. He is gunning for one of
i . , ...1 - '71
tne nuge repines wnicn Will nieas-
ure- he believes, 16 feet from tip
UNLESS-.THE trip is called off,
a -pAim no ara Qailina. navf TVfnn-
from magazines and newspapers
in northern cities. We plan to
take a leisurely cruise up the Gulf
Stream to Diamond Light ship and
touch Haterras and probably Oc
racoke before returning to the
Carteret coast. If we could only
raise a blue marlin it would mean
a swell break for the North Caroli
na coast, off which one giant blue
marlin has been taken this year.
INCIDENTALLY IF I make the
cruise it will be the first thing in
the form of a vacation I have had
since that seven years vacation I
tu i.,t Henvession. Unon mv re.
. tnok nn Oracoke Island durine
turn I will have plenty of materi
al for stories about fishing and
cruising which afteh all will be
work for a news water so maybe
the trip will not be a vacation.
MARRIAGE LICENSE.
Raynor J. Mann, Newport, N. C,
to Ruth L. Hall, Newport. White.
Walter Willis, Beaufort, to
Stella Warren, Beaufort. White.
Isadore Reese, Morehead City,
to Elsie Tootle, Morehead City.
Colored.
TIDE TABLE
Ir.formatlo.i as to the tide
at Beaufort is given in this
column. The iV.'-i.-cs are ap
proximately i -on ect and bas
ed on tablts furnished by
the U. S. Geodetic Survey.
Some allowances must be
in a '.e for variations in the
wind and also with respect
to the locality, that is wheth
er near the inVt or at the
head of the cftui- f.
Friday, Sspt. 23.
7:27 A.M. 1:14 A.M.
7:46 P. M. 1:43 P. M.
Saturday, Sept. 24.
8:14 A.M. 1:58 A.M.
8:30 P. M. 2:30 P. M.
Sunday, Sept. 25.
8:59 A. M. 2:39 A. M.
9:13 A.M. 3:14 P.M.
Monday, Sept. 26.
9:43 A. M. 3:21 A. M.
9:50 P. M. 3:58 P. M.
Tuesday, Sept. 27.
10:28 A. M. 4:01 A. M.
10:39 P. M. 4:43 P. M.
Wednesday, Sept 28.
' 4:42 A. M.
11:11 P. M. 8.28 P.M.
Thursday, Sept. 29.
11:22 A.M. 5:28 A. M.
11:54 P. M. 6:19 P.M.
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