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KEEP YOUR MONEY AT HOME TRADE WITH HOME-TOWN MERCHANTS TRY THE CERO FISHING OFF BEAUFORT INLET THIS MONTH Carteret County's Oldest Newspaper ..Established 1912 Volume XXVII 8 Pages This Week The Beaufort News, Thursday, November 3, 1938 5c Per Copy Number 44 BIG POLITICAL BATTLE SCHEDULED FOR NEXT TUESDAY 11 Old JUiLiiUr LWL 1 Republicans Believe Chances For Victory Are Best Since 1928 ctive Campaigning I As Election Day I Draws Near ; With Election Day almost I1 tfere the most active cam- paigning in many years is Being carried out by mem- bers of the Republican Par- ty in Carteret county. Repub I Hcan leaders will tell you I tihat if they can gain approx I imatelv 750 votes next Tues day their candidates will march to victory and into of ce. In the General Election Oif 1936 Republican candidates $ho led their side of the ticket ere swamped witn majorities -om their Democratic foes ia lumbers ranging upto 1,500 votes. ing that figure as a basis for an erage it would take only a gain 4f 751 to sweep the Republican findidates into office. I Republicans are optimistic Al fKmr will Y ley ieei ITUllllUflit lul urc "n ii tiake the gain because they claim fliere are many disgruntled Demo crats. They even claim that they lave persons who have been on Bcmocratie pay-rolls for several ars helping them build up the tes of certain candidates. Elsewhere in today's edition are ihlisherl at least three Kenublican F" ,lvertisements. The larger is spon I u red by Republican County Chair E : (Continued from Page 8) iV Covering The Waterfront ', I WONDER HOW many people i Beaufort know that during the ist week or 10 days our popula n has increased (for a tempor y period of two or three ;.nths) some 800 or more people, is true and if anyone wants to lick up on the figures they can mnt the menhaden boats moored local piers some Sunday after mi n and multiply that figure by ". Each boat has a crew of ap :oximately 25 persons and there ie around 25 non-resident boats the menhaden fleet basing here t the present time. AND ON WEDNESDAY most f the boats caught fish. That is good sign. When he boats catch :sh, that means additional money i be spent around town on the eek-end. At this season of the oar Beaufort probably smells ke stale fish to people not en aged in the business or who are t profiting from the menhaden atches.but that odor smells like ollars and cents to hundreds of iersons in town. (Continued on page 8) What's the Answer? ft By EDWARD riNCH I JHEJJflk IllOW DID TRIAL BY JURY ORIGINATE I TT HAS been 8 natural evolution from the form of trial employed by the Romans whereby a man was tried before a judge and a body ot judices. In its present form, the jury consists of the minimum amount allowed by law 12. There could be as high as 20. By the Constitution of the United States all criminal cases have a right to trial by jury; also all civil suits where the money in question amounts to $20 or more. Western Newspaper Union. n 2 Methodist Churches Will Become United On Ocracoke Island Since before the majority of residents of Ocracoke can remem ber there have been two places of worship on the island. One was the 'Northern' Methodist Church., the other the 'Southern' Methodist Church. Today it has been de finitely announced that these two churches, both with a membership roster of the very finest people along the North Carolina coast, many of whom traces their ances try back to early English settlers of the 17th Century, will unite. Uniting of the two fine Meth odist churches of Ocracoke Island will bring together in closer reli gious relationship the entire citi zenship of the island. The maj ority of residents of Ocracoke are God-fearing men and women who have lived through the years from what the nearby ocean and sound has to offer those who will work hard for what they go after. Present plans are to use the Southern Methodist Church as the main place of worship and the place where the ministers will preach the sermons to islanders. The Northern Methodist church will be converted into Sunday school rooms for the two united churches. Later, if present plans carry, one great church, built per haps with funds from the Duke Endowment will be constructed for the united churchmen and women of the island. On Occra coke island throughout the years there have been only two churches, a 'Northern' Methodist and a 'Southern' Methodist. Capt. John Willis Sells Seafood Cafe Capt. John Willis, for many years operator of the Seafood Cafe on Turner street sold out his interest in same this week to Miss Ruby Taylor who has been his as sistant for several months. Capt. Willis while retired from active work at the present time is plan ning to establish a new business at an early date. He may go to Ocracoke Island and operate Wa hab Village's "Spanish Casino" a dine and dance restaurant. Miss Taylor is well known in lo cal restaurant circles. She is a native of Merrimon in this county. She plans to operate an eating place which will specialize in home cooked food under her personal su pervision. CREW OF THE HELM ENJOYED DANCE A hundred or more members of the crew of the U.S.S. Helm which visited Morehead City during Na vy Day exercises were entertained at a dance in Community Center Audtiorium last Thursday night. Everyone enjoyed the occasion and excellent order and good fel lowship between townspeople and the blue-jackets prevailed. Local Boy On Wake Forest Debating Team Wake Forest, Nov. 3. Tom Da vis, of Beaufort, has been chosen as a member of the Wake Forest intercollegiate debating team, ac cording to a report released today by Prof. Zen Robinson, debate coach. . Davis is one of the 16 new men chosen to compete in the four naments and 80 debates which are scheduled for the tea mthis year. He is one of the 20 men selected out of the 50 who entered prelimi nary try-outs for the squad. Wake Forest has been a consist ent leader in forensic competition, winning the Southern champion ship two out of the last three years. Cottonseed has started sprout ing in the boll according to reports from Lenoir and Wilson counties. The lint also was damaged by re cent heavy rains. Election Returns Through the co-operation of The Beaufort Theatre who will furnish their public address sy stem for the occassion The Beau fort News will give Carteret Coun ty Election Returns next Tuesday night. Persons interested in the Returns are urged to be inside the threatre or on Front Street in the vicinity of The Beaufort Theatre during the evening. Aycock Brown, editor of The Beaufort News will make the announce ments. Potato Oddity Oddest looking potato dug in Carteret county during the past week was brought to The Beaufort News office by E. M. Chapman, deputy sheriff and jailor here. His potato was in reality four po tatoes in one. They were joined together in such a fashion they formed a perfect cross and an im perfect swastiska. BEAUFORT WILL BEGIN TO BOWL Meet At Millers To Complete Plans Beaufort bowlers meeting last night in Miller's Furni ture Company completed nlnns fnr a minimum of 14 teams and starting Thursday nignt, iNovemuer iu, iney will assemble at the Idle Hour Alleys on Atlantic Beach and start practicing for practice games before entering the proposed tournament with the Morehead City Jay-cees sometime during the winter. Thp 1fi individuals of the Beau fort group making the. highest scores will be selected as teams to pnmnptp u.-ifh t.hp Jrv-ppp teams. .The local bowlers will practice on each Thursday night until plans for the tournament have been com pleted. Bowling last year between the Local Chamber of Commerce team and the Morehead City Jay-cee team created much interest and had a tendency to draw the young men and women of the towns to a closer relationship. PRIEST DIES OF INJURIES IN ACCIDENT Father John Murphy, ' Is Fatally Injured Near Greenville Fathpr John Murnhv. 32. of St. Egbert's Catholic church, at More head City, was fatally injured when his automobile, skidded and overturned five miles from Green ville on the Vanceboro highway Friday afternoon. He died in a Greenville hospital at 3:20 a. m. Sunday. Father Murphy had been at St. Egbert's several months and was quite popular with Morehead City residents and summer visitors on the coast. He was a native of Ireland where he was educated save for his course in theology which he took at Mt. St.Mary's at Emmittsburg, Md. He has rela tives in New York, although his parents reside in Ireland. Funeral rites were conducted at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Ral eigh Monday with the Most Rev. Eugene J. McGinniss, Bishop of Raleigh, officiating. The remains were sent to Philadelphia, where burial took place on Tuesday. Catholic church authorities from several points in the State and a number of members of Father Murphy's congregation at More head City were here for the serv ices. Among relatives attending were a sister, Mrs. William Galla gher, of Philadelphia, and two brothers, Francis Murphy, of Yon kers, N. Y., and Michael Murphy, of New York City. Father Murphy had formerly served at Rocky Mount, Goldsbo ro, Roanoke Rapids and Hender sonville before going to Morehead City. James Brisson, 4-H club boy of Bladen county, has produced 99.4 bushels of corn on his demonstra tion acre, according to a report from the county agent. CLUB WOMEN OF COUNTY MET FRIDAY It Was Achievement Day And Many Attended The Annual Fall and Ach ievement Day of the Carteret County Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs was held in the Court House, Fri day, October 28th, and showed club spirit enthusi asm evidenced by the clubs repre sented and the total year reports given by each club. Mrs. Will Norris presided over the morning and afternoon ses sions with Mrs. Leslie Gillikin act ing as secretary. Mrs. S. E. Haynes gave the welcome with a message, "Be a Friend", and Mrs. Estelle T. Smith with greetings stressed "Better Living by Increas ing the Family Income", At the noon hour a picnic lunch was spread in the Home Agent's office and a social hour enjoyed. The afternoon session was de voted to recreational numbers which were presented by the vari ous clubs after the Team Demon stration, "The Clothes Closet", presented by Hilda Carraway and Delphine Eubanks, 4-H club mem bers. (Continued on page 8 ) Co. Chairmanship For Robin Hood Farms Awarded Mrs. Luther Hamilton, of Morehead City, has accepted the Carteret County chairmanship for the Robin Hood Farms, it has been announced by Mrs. Edwin C. Gregory, of Salisbury? state organ ization chairman, who has appoint ed leading women in xarious parts of the state to assist with county campaigns in behalf of the educa tion project. Robinhood Farms is a planned innovation in vocational education that seeks to open farm schools for worthy but under-privileged North Carolina boys and girls to make them self-supporting thiough free training in practical farming and domestic science. For the first of these farms, a site has been procured near Pine hurst. Of its 2,275 acres, 70 have been cleared for intensive cultiva tion. Seventeen buildings already erected are suitable for use as dormitories and other structures of the institution. A barn there is said to be the most commodious in the state. The residence to be used as a gorl's dormitory, is unu sually spacious and attractive. Boys and girls will be selected from every county in the state for admission. The Fall Council of the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs gave unanimous endorse ment to the Robin Hood Farms, and it has also been endorsed by the North Carolina Division, Uni ted Daughters of the Confederacy and commended to the North Caro lina Society, Colonial Dames of America. REVIVAL MEETING BEGINS SUNDAY AT LENOXVILLE William Blades Parkin will con duct revival services at Lenoxville beginning Sunday night at 7:30 and continue through next week, He has conducted several meetings in different communities in this section and much good has been accomplished. The public is cordi ally invited to attend and worship with him. Letter to Editor Lively Paper To the Editor: ... I believe the Beaufort News is the livest and best edited news paper of its size in the country. . . Sincerely, Fred Stedman. High Point, N. C. October 29, 1938. MR. J. F. ROGERS CONTINUES ILL Mr. J. F. Rogers continues ill at this time. He has been confined to his bed for the past week and is in a serious condition as we go to press today. SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWS $1.50 A YEAR She Heads A State Organization HiraiiinrfciaMinu mniimaiii A CARTERET County girl, Miss Annie D. Foreman, pictured above is president of the Older Youth Conference of North Carolina, a state organization representative of the 4-H Service Clubs which in cludes a membership of thousands of boys and girls mostly from ru ral sections. Miss Foreman was elected president several weeks ago at a meeting in Raleigh. She was guest of honor at the 12th District banquet in Community Center Auditorium here recently and also guest speaker at a similar meeting in Burgaw. FALL FLOWERS ARE BLOOMING Chrysanthemums Are A Riot Of Color Near Beaufort If you have driven out on North River road recently you have al ready seen the many colors of the rainbow displayed in the 1938 chrysanthemum crop. Many per sons living in that section grow chrysanthemums and this is the blooming season. While most of the flowers are sold locally in Beaufort or on the curb market in Morehead City, some of the growers take the flow e.s by the truck loads to Now bein and other nearby cities. Largest chrysanthemum field on the North River Road this year is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Merrill, near North River Church. If you are interested in flowers you should by all means drive out to the Merrills and see their multi colored chrysanthemums, now in full bloom. CHARLES HIGGINS DIES IN LEXINGT'N Retired Pharmacist Was Sergeant-at-Arms in 11 Sessions of Legislature Lexington, Nov. 1 Charles Mo Lean Higgins, 69, retired pharma cist and for 11 sessions connected with the staff of the General As sembly as s'-rgeant-at-arms, died at his home last night following a stroke early yesterday morning. Dr. Higgins, as he was popular ly known, was dubbed by legisla tive reporters as perhaps "the most courteous man in North Car olina," and to the end he main tained that unfailing grace; he thanked his physician and compli-1 mented him on the correctness o: j treatment prescribed. He was one of the best-known and most popular legislative at-j taches, and by popular consent , was an "M.A." Master of Adjec- j tives. Dr. Higgins already had I started a campaign for the office of sergeant-at-arms of the 1939 House. A native of Carteret County, Dr. Higgins served as pharmacist in several cities. He resided in Salis bury a number of years befora moving to Lexington, where his children resided, several years ago. Surviving are his widow; three sons, Nelson, John, and Arthur Higgins; a daughter, Mrs. S. T. Chadwiek, all of Lexington ; and a sister, Mrs. B. B. Arrington of Beaufort. The body will lie in state at First Methodist Church from 2 o'clock until tl e funeral, at 3 o'clock, tomorrow afternoon. Dem rats S The II Will Poll If Next a a Police Dog's Young Master Turns Wagon Into Dog Ambulance A dog is a boy's best friend visa versa. It is being proven here in Beaufort. Probably you have seen young Bobby Robinson tak in his Police dog up at Dr. Hyde's house every day for treatment re cently. Perhaps you have not and here is the story. Several days ago an automobile ran over Bob by's pet police dog. There is no vetenarian in Beaufort to look af ter injured dogs. But Bobby had a friend who helped him treat his pet. The friend is Dr. Hyde. Dr. Hyde treated the dog for two or three days and then discov ered to save the animal's life it would be necessary to amputate the injured leg. It was either that or let the dog die. Bobby trans formed his little wagon into a temporary ambulance, and now if you happen to see him trudging along Ann Street, pulling his in jured dog, you will know that he is on his way to Dr. Hyde's house, where Dr. Hyde is saving his pet's life. Organizing Adult Educational Classes The WPA is sponsoring an edu cational program throughout North Carolina. Special emphasis is being placed on the teaching of reading, writing, arithmetic both elementary and high school grade, and history. Other fields of edu cational work are also offired, but with less stress. J. W. Stewart of Beaufort has been added to the list of instruc tors on this program. He is or ganizing classes at Marshallberg, Smyrna, Otway, Bettie, and Beaufort. Any adult wishing to take advantage of the free in struction offered by Mr. Stewart will please get in touch at once with him personally, by mail, or inform the principal of the school in your community. Helen O'Bryan On Woman's College Sr. Dance Group Greensboro Nov. 3. Miss Edith Vail, member of the physical edu cation department and director of dancing groups at Woman's Col lege, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, N. C, has announced election of nine students to Senior Dance group at the college. New members include: Misses Dorothy Bartlett, of New York; Mildred Bumgarner, Greensboro, N. C. ; Edith Goodman, Miami, Fla. ; Eloise McLean, Greensboro, N. C; Elizabeth Wescott, Chest erton, Md.; Helen O'Bryan, Beau fort, N. C.j and Katheiinc Schneck Allentown, Pa. The outstanding feature of the program for the advanced group this year is the plan for presenta tion of a number of original com positions in int'.'rpretntive dancing. Over 2,OC0 Persons Visited U. S. S. Helm Over 2,000 peisons visitod the U. S. S., Helm one of the most modern destroyers of the Atlantic Squadron which spent two days in Moiehcad City at the ocean term inal last week in observance of Navy Day. Just before the vessel sailed on Friday, Lieutenant Shan non, told a representative of The Beaufort News that over 2,000 persons had visited aboard the ves sel Wednesday afternoon and on Thursday. The Helm sailed from Morehead City for Norfolk where she took on supplies before clearing for waters of the West Indies for bat tle practice. Before sailing from Morehead City, one of the officers in describing the proposed cruise to southern waters said; "By this time next week we will be wearing our whites." Are Sure Lead At Tuesday Democrats Urged To Vote Straight Ticket Party leaders through ad vertisements appearing in this and other county news papers and through personal contacts are urging Demo crats to vote the straight Democratic ticket in the elections next Tuesday. Sev eral meetings have been held by Democrats in the various precincts recently and not only the candidates them selves but every leader of the party have been out working for Democratic interests. The Democratic party and Dem ocratic candidates are advertising heavily in this edition of The Beaufort News. The party chair man urges citizens to "Vote Dem ocratic" in a half page broadside. Next largest advertisement is for C. Gehrmann Holland, candidate for Sheriff on the Democratic tick et. Outstanding part of this ad vertisement is the fact that Hol land has stood by the Democratic party. With his excellent slogan, "0n3 Good Term Deserves Another", Representative Fred R. Seeley ad vertises in 30 inches of space, not merely his own candidacy, but urg (Continued from Page 8) Fishing And All Outdoors By AYCOCK BROWN OUTDOOR LIFE Magazine's "Where-to-Go" Editor who for the past several years has frequently written this column for informa tion about places to fish or hunt and general outdoor sporting news pertaining to the' North Carolina coast in a letter received this week stated that he had a reader in Ohio who wanted to know where the surf fishing would be good be tween November 17-20. That in itself would hardly be mentioned in this column today because so many letters come from prospec tive fishermen that it is hardly considered unusual. BUT THIS particular reader not only wanted to know where the surf fishing would be good but al so wanted to know if there were any fishing piers in this vicinity. That is an indication that persons who fish are pier-minded. And if the pier is built at Cape Lookout as planned, it will attract not only persons from nearby North Caro (Continued on page 8) TIDE TABLE Information as to the tide at Beaufort is given in this column. Thp figures are ap proximately correct and are based on tables furnished by the U. S. Gi-..!.'tic Survey. Some allow;);;, -vs must be ma le 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. Friday, Nov. 11 HIGH LOW Friday, Nov. 4 fi:06 AM. 5:22 P.M. 11:25 PM. Saturday, Nov. 5 5:51 AM. 11:33 AM. 6:06 PM. 12:14 PM. Sunday, Nov. 6 6:32 AM. 12:18 AM. 6:50 PM. 1:03 PM. Monday, Nor. 7 7:15 AM. 1:02 AM. 7:35 PM. , 1:46 PM. Tueday, Nov. 8 8:00 AM. 1:43 AM. 8:20 PM. 2:31 PM. Wednesday, Nov. 9 8:47 AM. 2:25 AM. 9:09 PM. 3:16 PM. Thursday, Nor. 9:37 AM. 3:11 AM. 10:01 PM. 4:03 PM. ; i I 1 I j f ! It
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