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FISHING
OFF BEAUFORT
INLET
THIS MONTH
Carteret County's Oldest Newsp& Established 1912
Volume XXVII
8 Pages This Week
The Beaufort News, Thursday, TOBER 20, 1938.
5c Per Copy
NUMBER 44.
Plans To Develop Cape Lookout As Recreational Center Announced
iiniJiiejiAUJriiiKi
Urges Farmers To
Attend Meetings
Committeemen Will
Be Elected For
S-C Program
All farmers of Carteret
County who reported their
farms to the County Agent's
office during the early
Spring of 1938 are receiving
a letter this week notifying
them of an election meeting
to be held in Beaufort area on Oc
tober 25 and the Newport area on
Wednesday night, October 26.
The purpose of the meetings will
be to elect committeemen who -will
take part in the Soil Conservation
Program for the coming year.
County Agent J. 0. Anthony has
stated that the meeting for the
pirpose of electing committee
men is a most important phase of
the program and urges every far
mer to attend. Text of his letter
to fiu-mers follows:
"To Producers in Carteret County:
"Community committeemen for
the 1939 Agricultural Conserva
tion Program for Carteret County
will be elected at a meeting to be
held at Beaufort Tuesday night,
October 25th, at 7:30 P. M. This
will include all farmers residing in
Beaufort, Straits, Smyrna, Hunt
ing Quarter, Merrimon and Har
lowe Townships.
"On Wednesday night, October
26th, at 7 :30 a meeting will be held
t Newport for the election of
community committeemen for
Newport, White Oak, and More
head Townships. At these same
meetings delegates will be elected
to a county convention, and the
(Continued on page 8)
Fishing And
t f
I AH Outdoors
By AYCOCK BROWN
t
PROPER PUBLICITY was not
given some new channel bass fish
ing grounds exploited on the
was away on a Gulf Stream fish-
iug trip that week when the story
was made and although the story
was published in The Beaufort
News it did not reach Page 1 and
it was surely Page 1 news. Capt.
Jess Pagels and Ritchie Peery, the
latter from Tazewell Va., went
down to Cape Lookout one day
and after tiring of boat fishing
went across the beach from the
lighthouse to try the surf casting.
THE RESULTS were worth
talking about. In less than an
hour four channel bass had been
landed. The largest tipped the
scales at 27 pounds, and although
it takes a 40-pounder to give you
claim to one of those Field and
Stream award buttons, a fish of
this size when taken in the surf
can furnish plenty of sport and
then some. With the opening of
Harden Inlet (the drain which con
nects Lookout Bight and Back
(Continued on page 8)
What's the Answer?
Pr EDWARD riNCH
KlOW OID THE COSTOAAW
OF TIPPING THE. HAT r'
OPXSIKIATE. f I ks,
IN OLDEN days it was required of
the common people when In the
presence of their ruler to strip them
selves of their clothing as a symbol
of laying down all they possessed
for their superior. From this was
evolved the act of a gentleman tip
ping his hat to a lady which ac
tion merely says: "I take off my
hat to you who are my superior."
C Western Newspaper Union.
Guest Speaker At
4-H Banquet
L.lJur rf 11 ...I..... .. ...... .. .1
WHEN 150 OR more mem
bers of the 12th District 4-H
Service Clubs attend the ban
quet meeting in Community
Center Auditorium Building
Friday night they will hear
Mrs. Estelle T. Smith, Dis
trict Agent, who is slated to
be one of the principal speak
ers present. Service Club
members from Craven, Car
teret, Jones. Pamlico and
Lenoir Counties will be pres
ent at the meeting which
will be presided over by
Manly White, District Pres
ident of Cove City. Other
speakers on the program
will be Miss Frances Mc
Gregor, assistant State 4-H
Leader and Miss Annie D.
Foreman Older Youth pres
ident of North Carolina. For
entertainment there will be
dance numbers by Miss Flor
ence Smith and singing by
Paul Cox. Craven County
Assistant Farm Agent. A
delicious banquet will be
prepared and served by the
Carteret Federation of Home
Demonstration Clubs.
Fall Federation
Day Planned For
Friday, Oct. 28th
The Home Demonstration Clubs
of Carteret County will observe
their Fall Federation Day on Fri
day, October 28, it was announced
this week by Miss Margaret Clark,
Carteret Home Demonstration
Agent. Taking important roles
on the program of the day will be
Mrs. Estelle T. Smith, District
Agent, Mrs. J. E. Harris, 12th Dis
trict Chairman, and Mrs. W. B.
Norris, County Council President.
The program for" Federation
Day follows: Presiding, Mi's. W.
B. Norris; Song, "America The
Beautiful'; Collect of the Club Wo
men of America; Welcome; Greet
ings, Mrs. J. E. Harris; Roll Call
and Report of Clubs and Curb
Market; Song, "Song of the Open
Country"; Presentation of Visi
tors; Picnic Lunch; Song, "We're
On The Upward Trail"; Team
Demonstration, "The Clothes Clos
et", Hilda Carraway and Dolphin
Eubanks and 4-H members; Rec
reation by Clubs; Presentation of
Awards and Prizes, Sephie Lee
Clark, Pamlico Home Agent and
Song, "Singing Our Way Home."
Annie D. Foreman
To Attend Banquet
And Make Address
Annie D. Foreman, of Beau
fort, and member of Carteret
County Service Clubs as Pres
ident of the North Carolina
State Older Youth's will at
tend the 11th District Ban
quet at Burgaw Saturday
evening. Miss Foreman's
message to the Southeastern
District will be "The Best is
Never Too Good." Her elec
tion occurred at the annual
conference at Raleigh, June
11, 1938. .
Watson Murder Trial
Starting Here Today
Senator And Army
Officials Landed
Three Large Cero
On an inspection trip of nearby
waterways early this week Senator
Josiah Bailey, who was making a
short visit in Morehead City, Ma
jor George Gillette, District U. S.
Engineer and General Max C. Ty
ler, Assistant Chief of U. S. En
gineers passed through waters
where Cero were being caught.
They started trolling and in a short
while had landed three good size
specimens of these fighting game
fish which show up in nearby wa
ters during mid-October.. .Back in
Morehead City the Senator, the
Major and the General, each hold
ing a Cero were photographed by
Aycock Brown.
WHITE CANE DAY
HERE SATURDAY
The Cane You Buy
Helps Prevent
Blindness
SCHOOL CHILDREN TO
BENEFIT FROM FUNDS
Saturday will be "White
Cane Day" in Beaufort and
Carteret County. If you see
a person wearing a minature
white cane pinned to the
lapel of their coat on Satur
day, October 22, you will
know that, that person has con
tributed a dime or more to aid
some unfortunote blind or near
blind person in Carteret County.
If you are approached by a young
salesman who would want to sell
you a white cane on Saturday by
all means buy one.
White Cane Day is sponsored by
the Eastern Carolina Association
for the Blind. This association
includes Carteret, Craven, Pamli
co, Onslow and Jones counties.
Membership in the Association
costs $1 and if you are a resident
of Carteret County and join, you
are given the assurance that !H)
percent of your dollar will be
used locally to aid the blind or
near blind. The membership drive
gets underway simultaneously with
"White Cane Day' when the mina
ture white cane pins are offered
for sale on the streets and in the
communities of the County. Fif
ty percent of the proceeds from
the sale of white canes remains in
the county.
The intention of the association
is not only to aid those who are al
ready blind by finding for them
suitable employment, teaching
them vocational subjects and help
ing them learn to read by use of
the Braille system, but also to
provide funds to purchase glasses
for those who could not other
wise obtain same.
Several months ago a survey
was made in the schools of the
county and many children with de
fective eyesight were found. In
many cases the children were more
than 50 percent blind. And in
the majority of cases the children
or their parents were unable finan
cially to buy glasses which would
correct their eyesight. In the
schools of the county today there
are dozens of such children who
need glasses, but who cannot af
ford to own same.
When you buy a white cane on
Saturday or if you join the Asso
ciation you will be helping provide
a way to help these children. You
will be helping prevent future
blindness.
Representative Fred R. Seeley,
is director of the Carteret branch
of the Association. The activi
ties of the association in each
county is sponsored by the local
welfare departments.
MARRIAGE LICENSE.
John Burke, Detroit, Mich., to
Nina Uttrup, Rochester, N. Y.
Leo Hill, Stela, N. C, to Mar
garet Parker, Stella, N. C.
Francis Whitley, Morehead City,
N. C, to Sallie Rouse, Dover, N. C.
All white.
He Is Charged With
Killing His Son
Jesse Watson
MANY CASES TRIED
BY JUDGE FRIZZELLE
Trial of J. W. Watson, 69
year old Stella farmer, char
ged with the second degree
murder of his son J. W. Wat
son, Jr., on Friday, Septem
ber 16, started in Superior
Court here today before the larg
est audience to attend any case
tried before Judge J. Paul Friz
zelle during the current October
term. The defendant is represent
ed by Ward and Ward of New
Bern. Prosecuting the case is So
licitor Dave Clark.
Complete details of this after
noon shooting during mid- Sep
tember at the Watson home has
been published in The Beaufort
News recently, but for the benefit
of readers who do not recall the
case, the senior Watson claims
that due to defective eyesight on
his part that he could not deter
mine whether his 22-year old son
was approaching with a .22 calibre
rifle with apparant intent to kill,
but that he thought he was doing
just that. Senior Watson under
the barn shed shot his son with a
12 guage shotgun and killed him
instantly. Members of his family
will testify in his behalf. It was
brought out at the Coroner's hear
ing that Jesse Watson, the slain
son did not have the rifle in his
hands at the time he was killed.
When 11 men on the jury voted
for conviction and the 12th voted
for acquittal, the case against
George Dodge charging him with
giving worthless checks was order
ed a mistrial.
Local firms who are anxious to
prosecute Dodge on the worthless
(Continued on Page four)
ODDITIES
Quail Adopted
By Hen Sticks
To Barnyard
A quail on the farm of R. B.
King, near here probably thinks it
is a chicken instead of a quail.
During the summer all but one of a
brood of young quail near the
King's chicken lot were killed by
vermin.
This quail at that time was just
beginning to feather and was adop
ted by a hen with a brood of chick
ens and reached the adult stage.
But the quail did not fly away.
It remains in the chicken lot ex
cept for occasional flights, comes
when Mrs. King calls the chickens
at feeding time and goes inside the
hen house and roosts every night.
Twin Apple Is
Grown In County
A twin apple was grown on a
tree in the orchard of Duff Pure
foy this year. He pulled the ap
ple early this week and brought it
to the Beaufort News office so
that it could be included in "Od
dities of The Week". Anyone else
having odd looking fruit, vegeta
bles or anything which would make
an item for this column are invit
ed to submit same to the editor.
Beaufort Youth
Beats Rat Game
Maybe you were among those
who played the rat game at the
Fair last week and lost but one
youngster in Beaufort did not lose.
He observed the game closely and
noticed that a strange woman
seemed to be winning most every
time. So the youngster started
playing the same colors as the wo
man played. He stopped winner
of about 75 nickles a short time
later. This youth spotted the rat
game operator's "come-on" woman
and incidentally by playing her
colors came out ahead of the rack
et. Many others were not so fortunate.
Senator Reynolds
Sending Destroyer
Morehead Oct 27
The U. S. S. Helms one of the
newest destroyers in the U. S.
Navy fleet has been ordered to
visit Morehead City on October
27. The occasion will be Navy
Day and the public will be per
mitted to visit aboard the ship and
inspect the craft. News that the
destroyer would be here on Navy
Day was received by Aycock
Brown in a wire Monday night
from W. E. McDonald, secretary
to Senator Robert . R. . Reynolds.
Telegram was as follows:
"Senator Reynolds has been ad
vised today by Navy Department
to effect that new destroyer U. S.
Helm has been ordered to visit
Morehead City to participate in
Navy Day celebration to be held on
October 27. Know this will be
pleasing news to you and the
Senator's many friends in that
section."
MAKE CHANGES
IN GAME LAWS
Quail And Turkey
Season To Open
December 1
Since the general game
laws wera published some
time ago changes in dates
have been made in open
hunting seasons of some ani
mals and birds. A memo
randum to this effect was
sent to County Game War
den Leon Thomas this week. The
new opening dates were set by the
Board of Conservation and De
velopment at a meeting on Octo
ber 11.
The quail and turkey season
which formerly was scheduled to
open December 15 and close Feb
ruary 20 will open December 1st
and close February 15, allowing 10
more days of hunting. There will
be four days less of rabbit shoot
ing, as the season will open Than
ksgiving Day, (November 24) and
close February 15, instead of open
ing November 20 as previously an
nounced. Hunting oppossum and
raccoon with guns and dogs will
be permitted between October 1
and Febraury 15 or 15 days earlier
for the opening than previously
announced.
Game is plentiful this year.
Several deer have been killed since
the season opened October 1.
Other seasons now open includes
Bear (October 1-Jon. 1); Oppos
sum and Raccoon; Squirrel, Sora,
Marsh Hen, Rail and Gallinule.
License fees for hunting this
year are as follows: Non-resident,
$15.25; SUtte $2.10 and
county $1.10. Guide's license are
$5.25; County trapping license are
$2.25.
Friends Of George
Hayes Send Him To
Morehead Hospital
Merchants and firms in Beau
fort who have been paying George
Hayes a small stipend each week
to act as night watchman for their
places of business this week con
tributed $1 each and sent him to
Morehead City Hospital for treat
ment. He had been seriously ill
with a throat infection for several
weeks and when early this week
it was learned by local merchants
that he, (Mr. Hayes) had been un
able to eat any for five days due
to paralysis of the throat, they
sponsored the raising of a fund to
send the sick man to the hosptial.
If anyone else would like to as
sist an aged sick man who has
served faithfully in carrying out
his watchman duties for several
years they may leave their dona
tion at The Beaufort News Office.
It is believed that the hospital
treatment Mr. Hayes is now get
ting will prolong his life, which
was slowly ebbing away early this
week.
Simmons Seeks Permit
To Build Fishing Pier
Names Waterway
"Barden's Inlet"
, 5 .f 0 '
7?
EARL DAVIS who would
be president of Harkers Is
land's Chamber of Com
merce (if Harkers Island had
a Chamber of Commerce)
has named the improved
"Drain" between Lookout
Bignt and Back Bay which is
now an all-weather water
way with a depth of eight
feet at mean low water "Bar
den's Inlet." The Beaufort
News backs Earl Davis in this
proposal. Everyone famil
iar with the project knows
that Reoresentatiye Graham
A. Barden was directly and
solely responsible for its im
provement. Rotarians Buying
Belts And Badges
For School "Cops
Youngsters at Beaufort
Graded School who volun
teer for service as "School
Traffic Cops" will wear Sam
Brown Belts this year fur
nished by the local Rotary
Club. On rainy days these
young volunteers j will wear
rain-coats which were furnished
last year by Carteret Post 99 of
the American Legion.
At the weekly meeting of the
Rotary Club, Principal Ralph Mil
ler speaking briefly told of the
tragedy on the highway at Smyr
na last Thursday which claimed
the life of a 6-year old school boy
who was struck by a passing truck.
He spoke of the useful purpose
which trained traffic officers tak
en from the schools perform in di
recting traffic in the vicinity of
schools. He asked the Rotary
Club if they would sponsor the pur
chase of official white Sam Brown
Belts and badges for the boys who
would volunteer their .services.
It developed that the Rotary
treasury was at a low ebb but the
members immediately agreed to
be assessed 75 cents each for the
purchase of the belts. Enough
money whs raised to buy 12 or
more belts and badg- s for the
young "traffic officers." The
usefulness of school traffic offi
cers has bien shown in many cities
and towns of this State. Auto
ists learn to heed the signals of the
young traffic officers and auto
ists learn that these youngsters
wearing official regalia of school
traffic officers have pi. . nty o
power when a violator is repecte 1.
Joe House Jr., Is
Elected President
Of Sons Of Legion
Joe House, Jr., was elected pres
ident of the Sons of the Legion at
a meeting in the Hut here Monday
night. It was the first official
meeting of this newly organized
group of youngsters. Joe DuBois
active in senior Legion work pre
sided ver the meeting.
Other officers elected included
Chester Pittman, 1st Lieutenant;
David Hill, 2nd Lieutenant; Floyd
Chadwick, Jr., Adjutant; Jayky
Beam, Sergeant; Buddy Arthur,
Finance Officer; Howard Stubbs,
(Continued on page 8)
; iy"""' 'J I
Would Be Possible
To Fish All Day
For About $2
U. S. ENGINEERS
ISSUE NOTICES
A fishing pier costing ap
roximately $25,000 will be
built at Cape Lookout this
winter and be ready to ac
comodate anglers by March
or April 1939, if the U. S.
Engineers grant a permit
which is sought by F. M. Sim
mons of Charlotte. It will
be the first in a series of de
velopments for Cape Look
out coming as a result of the
improvement of Barden In
let which connects the Bight
and Back Bay. This new
all-weather inlet has been
dredged to a depth of eight
feet. It was completed last
week.
The Chamber of Commerce here
has received a public notice from
Major George W. Gillette, dis
trict engineer in Wilmington
which folows:
"You are hereby notified that
F. M. Simmons, Charlotte North
Carolina, has made application for
a permit to construct a pier in
Lookout Bight, Carteret County,
North Carolina. The proposed
pier is to be C00 feet long and 1(J
feet wide with an ell 26 feet long
on the outer end. Plans showing
the proposed work may be seen at
this office and at the office of the
Postmaster Beaufort, N. C."
"Please advise me whether or
not you have any objections to
(Continued on pags 8)
Covering The
Waterfront
By AYCOCK BROWN
ONE OF THE greatest needs in
Beaufort at the present time is a
bus terminal. No one can deny
that the present facilities are in
adequate and at the wrong loei
tion. The busses take up too
much space on congested Front
Street in the business section.
Then too, the rest room facilities
at the present station are inade
quate. Just why the Utilities
Commission of this State has not
discovered the bus terminal situa
tion as it exists here today and ei
forced better conditions and facili
ties is not known by this columnist
but surely it comes under their
jurisdiction.
THIS COLUMNIST is not
critizing the operation of the so
called terminal here at present.
(Continued on page 8 )
TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tide
at Beaufort is given in this
column. The ligures are ap
proximately co.' ict and are
based on tables furnished by
the U. S. G.Mdetic 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
Fiiaay, Oct. 21
(5:23 a. m. 12:02 a. m.
6:38 p.m. 12:39 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 22
7:08 a. m. 12:49 a. m.
7: 22 p. m. 1:27 p. m.
Sunday, Oct. 23
7:52 a. m. 1:33 a. m.
8:05 p. m. 2:13 p. m.
Monday Oct. 24
8:36 a. m. 2:21 a. m.
8:47 p. m. 2:53 p. m.
Tuesday, Oct. 25
9:17 a. m. 2:54 a. nu
9:28 p. m. 3:33 p. ra.
Wednesday, Oct 26
9:58 a. m. 3::32 a, m.
10:11 a. m. 4:13 p. m.
Thursday, Oct. 27
10:38 a.m. 4:11a.m.
10:54 p.m. 4;54p. m.