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V GIVE YOUR HOME TOWN MERCHANT FIRST CHANCE TO SUPPLY YOUR CHRISTMAS NEEDS f 5 "Money You Spend At Home Often Comes Back To You' ONLY 14 SHOPPING DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS ortN: DO YOUR SHOPPING NOW AND MAIL EARLY CarteretCounts Oldest Newspaper, .Established 1912 Volume XXVII 10 Pages This Week The Beaufort News, Thursday, December 8, 1938 5c Per Copy Number 49 EEAUF These Coastguardsmcn In The News Ft. Macon's Skipper T Goes To C. Hatteras CAPT. GEORGE II. Meek ins who for the past two years has been officer in charge of Fort Macon C. G. Station was transferred last Thursday to the very important (ape Hatteras station. Capt. Meekins who has attained the rank of Chief Boatswain (L) is a na tive of Avon, so his new command will plate him almost within sight of his home community on Hat teras Island. He has a splendid record in the Coast Guard Service and is known far and wide for ef ficiency, friendliness and devotion to the Service. He has served as commanding officer in Little Kin nekeet and Big Kinekeet and Fort Macon. At Fort Macon he is succeeded liy Capt. Fred Gillikin, Chief Boat swain (L), who for many years has been in charge of Cape Lookout. Because of the growing import ance of Fort Macon, the transfer of Capt. Gillikin was a step up ward. He is a native of Marshall lierg. Capt Monroe Gillikin of Core Banks station was trans ferred to Cape Lookout as officer m charge and Capt. Dan Willis who has been stationed at Oak Is land goes to Core Banks as afficer in charge. (Dare County Times I'hota.) Covering The Waterfront By AYCOCK BROWN AFTER THE BEAUFORT News came out last week I picked up another newspaper and read where on Wednesday the U. S. E. D. Fal con arrived in Morchead City and that the high army officials aboard had been joined by Congressman Harden early Thursday and that (luring the day an inspection of surrounding waters was made by the group. The story as I read it somewhat dampened my front page story which featured the ar rival of General Schley on Thuis (Continued on page ten) What's the Answer? Br EDWARD riNCH IViWY DOtt A HUMAN BEING HAVt TO LEARN TO SWIM? ilPIISf I) ECAUSE man is the only animal, " with the exception perhaps of the monkey, who cannot swim as soon as he can walk. Man's In bred Instinct Is to climb. When in danger of drowning and not know ing how to swim, he will attempt to climb, resulting in a treading of water only. If he is not taught the motions of swimming he will never learn them of his own accord. 6 Wtern Newspaper Union. 1 $ Nx few A fiK I ,V r 7m Ballance Of Cape Hatteras Retires AFTER 29 YEARS of bril liant Coast Guard Service, Capt Bernice Ballance, Chief Boatswain (L) was officially retired from the Service last week. He had served his coun try well for nearly a third of a century having been in the United States Navy before enlisting in the old Life Saving Service at Chica macomico Station on March It, 1910. He was almost as famous as the late Capt. John Alan Midg ette and during his term of service he showed outstanding heroism during several major rescues. He is a native of Hatteras and has lived on the Outer Banks all of his life with exception of time he was in the U. S. Navy. Included in the famous rescues in which he played a part were wrecks of the Venturas in 1917, the Merlo in 1918, the Ciboa in 1937 and the Anna Mae in 1931. He was decorated by this govern ment and the Norwegian govern ment for outstanding heroism. At Cape Hatteras he is succeeded by Capt. George Meekins, who un til last week was in charge of Fort Macon C. G. Station. (Dare County Times Photos). YULE LIGHTS TO BE READY BY SATURDAY Colorful Christmas Is Planned For Twin-Cities A colorful Christmas is planned for Beaufort and Morehead City this year and by Saturday of this week the streets after the sun goes down will present a festive annearance. worKmen nave busilv encased this weeK erecting ine eiecuieai wuv will carry the juice to hundreds of .1 ... .... n.hii.h vaiioiis colored bulbs along thoroughfares of Carteret's principal towns. Civil' organizations and the two the towns will also erect community Christmas trees to add color to the holiday occasion, In the mean time home owning individuals are making plans to decorate their places. By next week Beaufort and Morehead City should present a very colorful picture to those who go out after dark. Rotes Hear Gehring Rotarian Ben Gehring, who to citizens generally in Beaufort, is Rev. Benjamin Franklin Gehring, pastor of the First Baptist Church, had charge of the otary program here this week. He gave a talk on the history of the Baptist Church, showing its growth in this country since 1GX3. MING TOY'S JUMP Jumping from the second floor front veranda of Miss Laura Thomas' apartments on Front Street miirht cost the life of Ming Tov. a Chow owned by Mrs. Mur ray Thomas. Ming Toy probably thought he was on the porch down stairs when he jumped. BONNER BOARD Appointments Was Chief Business During Meet Dr. Kemp Plummet- Battle Bonner, of Morehead City, u chairman of the new board of Carteret Commissioners, lie was elected at the December meeting of the Board here on Monday and succeeds W. P. Smith, of Beaufort, wlio has served in this capacity for the past two years. Commis Smith was elected vice-chairman. The election of the chairman and vice-chairman came immedi ately after Dr. Bonner who had been sworn in by the Clerk of Court, swore in W. P. Smith and W. Z. McCabe, former membeis who were re-elected and new members Raymond Davis of Mar shallberg and Cleveland Davis of Harkurs Island. Dr. Bonner made a very interesting talk to the com missioners outlining the duties of this phase of county government. He is an expert on the subject hav ing seived previously as a commis sioner and as chairman of former boards. Prior to the swearing in of the new board the old board members met at 10 o'clock and cleaned up their business. Bids for supplying the County Home was grante i Freeman Brothers in Morehead City; property of Robert Jones Jr. and Robert Jones Sr., in White Oak township, comprising 185 acre9 was ordered listed for 1936 37 for $3,650. Charley Aldridge was admitted to the County Home and then the old Board adjourned sine die. Appointments to county offices was the principal business of the new Board of Commissioners. James D. Potter was re-appointed county auditor; Alvah Hamilton was re-appointed county attorney; Dr. L. W. Moore was appointed County Physician, succeeding Dr. Chadwick; George . Lewis, was re-appointed superintendent of the County Home; Mrs. Nannie Wade was re-appointed Courthouse jani tress; John Johnson was re-ap pointed caretaker of the Court nous green and buildings. During the afternoon the Board of Education mW Board of Com missioners in joint session accept ed the resignation of Charles L. Skarren, Jr., as member of the ABC Board, George W. Huntley Jr., whose name was placed in nomination as board member was appointed to succeed Skarren. The bond of Sheriff Gehrmann Holland for $10,000 and Coroner George Dill for $2,000 were ap proved and ordered filed. The Board designated the old Board of Education office in the Courthouse as headquarters and office for Sheriff Holland. The stock of merchandise of the A. and P. Store was ordered to remain listed as of April 1. Virginia Stanton's Poem to Robt E. Lee To Be Published It First Appeared In The Beaufort News Virginia Stanton, whose beauti ful poemt frequently appear in The Beaufort Newt, was very much iurprUed a few days ago when the Columbia Book Publish ing Company, of New York, wrote her advising that her "To Robert E. Lee'' would be included in the forthcoming edition of "The Pae bar Anthology of Verse." This book will soon roll off the presses of the publishing company. The poem first appeared in The Beaufort News. The editor of The Beaufort News submitted same for Miss Stanton to the News and Ob rr in which it was printed on Lee's birthday. The editors of , the forthcoming book read the ver ses after the poem was published in the Raleigh newspaper. SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWS $1.50 A YEAR ELECTED CHAIRMAN He Celebrates 88th Birthday Tuesday B. A. BELL OF Beaufort celebrates his 88th birthday next Tuesday, December 13th. He has not only passed the three score and ten mark but he has actually been ac tively engaged in the jewel ry craft for more than three score and ten" years. For the past 28 years he has been en gaged in the jewelry business in Beaufort and the current year slogan of the firm is "Your Jewel er for 28 years." He- comes from a family of jewelers. His father who taught him the craft while k was still small boy was a jeweler. Three of his brothers were jewelers. He is a native of Beaufort County and for years he lived in Washington where he was engaged in the jewelry busi ness.. .If he had repaired only one watch each day, (a small average perhaps) he would have during the three quarters of a century that he has been engaged in the craft repaired a total of nearly (Continued on page 5) HIT AND RUN VICTIM DIES Eugene Brooks, 28-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Brooks, of Otway, died in Morehead General Hospital at 7:45 o'clock last night the result of injuries when struck by a hit and run driver near his home Sunday night. He did not enter the hospital until early Mon day morning in what hospital at taches termed a critical condition. State Highway Patrolmen are in vestigating the tradegy which claimed this young man's life. The deceased is survived by his widow and one small child, it was stated. ft I ss. i ! E sy " 1 CHRISTMAS SHOPPING NOTES By AYCOCK (Shopper) BROWN BEN'S BICYCLE Shop is featur ing wheel toys of every kind this year but the contraption at his place which has attracted so much attention recently hos been the dem Bike or the "Bicycle Built for two." One night recently I saw a young couple riding it down the streets and I started thinking about that tune the words of which are built up around a bicycle built for two. -But I am not that old. I heard my father singing it about the time I was kicking bottles out of my cradle. Did I say milk bot tles? ON MY WAY to Margaret's Tandem Bige or the "bicycle built ad Wednesday I stopped long enough in Davis Brothers Store to admire some nifty table cloths or something with washable and gaily Beauty Salon to get the Mati-Hari painted Mecix naneecs51..46 :f .Go painted Mexican scenes on them. This store is featuring many at tractive gift suggestions. NEATEST and most practical FARMERS VOTEli 1 ON SATURDAY H Farmers of Carteret County and throughout the area of the United States affected by tobacco and cotton crop control will have an opportunity to express their views on the matter through balloting from 8 o'clock Saturday morning until 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Barden To Attend Banquet Tonight Although it was reported here early today that Con gressman Graham A. Barden and his secretary Tom Mc Gee could not attend the Banquet tonight because of pressing TVA matters in Washington, a wire was re ceived by Secretary Aycock Brown, of the Chamber of Commerce that he was leav ing Washington at noon for Beaufort. Although he might arrive a trifle late, Barden plans to be present. Also planning to be present at the event starting at 6:30 o'clock is Major George Gil lette, U. S. District Engineer of Wilmington. Rare Mola-Mola Is Taken By Shrimper Near Cape Lookout A rare Mola mola, the fifth ev er recorded along the North Caro lina coast, was landed in a shrimp net near Cape Lookout last week by Capt. Joe Rose of Morehead City. The strange fish which sometimes reaches the weight of 1,800 pounds is better known as the ocean sun-fish. The Cape Lookout specimen weighed approx imately 75 pounds. It was taken to N. C. Fisheries Sn Morehead City and frozen solid. Dr. Her bert F. Prytherch, president of the Fisheries and director of the U. S. Fisheries Laboratory here said that a cast would be made of the sunfish to be displayed in the ma rine museum on Piver's Island. Last year a much larger Mola mola was taken in a haul net ef. Bogue Island by a group of fisher men. A cast of that speciment is on exhibit in the State Museum in Raleigh. The Cape Lookout spec imen was displayed on the Fisher ies docks in Morehead City last week while a Beaufort News pho tographer made shots of it to be used as publicity for this section. CAN FIELD ELECTED DEPARTMENT CHIEF Succeeding Chief Leslie Brinson who served for the usual term of one year, Charles Canfield auto matically became chief of the Morehead City Fire Department at a regular meeting of the de partment held in Morehead City this week. 1 gift for the youngsters who wants something to wear I saw at FELTON'S this week. It is the newest thing in rain coats., call ed a SAFETY COAT because it is of white rubber. If you have ever driven a car in misty or rainy weather and almost run down someone crossing the street dress ed in Brown or black rain coat you will appreciate the Safety Coat-. so-called because it is white and most of all visible through the m ist. , ELSEWHERE IN th.s paper to day is the picture of a person who probably has the distinction of be ing the oldest active jeweler in North Carolina and perhaps the oldest active jeweler in America. I refer to B. A. BELL who cele brates his birthday next Tuesday and who last week as a result of an interview I had with him re garding rings of a sort (you should not loan mnoey on ) was given two or three paragraphs in my (Continued on page ten) For In Planned This Little Fellow Won A Silver Cup DURING A RECENT popularity contest presented at Beaufort Graded School the little fellow pic tured above received the most votes and was awarded a silver cup for the honor. He is Kenneth Wayne Whiterurst, the 2-year-old son ot Mr. and Mrs. James Whitehurst (Eubanks - News Photo), NO RECORDERS COURT TUESDAY But Busy Session Was Held Last Friday There was no recorders court in Beaufort on Tuesday due to the fact the December term of Superior Court was in session. But on last Fri day most of the day was tak en up in disposing of or hear ing various cases. The Friday ses sion had been continued from the previous Tuesday due to the ab sence of the Judge who was out of the county. Judgment was withheld in the case of Sam Prcscott and James Carroll, of Newport, who were charged with operating a place of public nuisance. They were char ged with selling liquor and per mitting abusive language and do ing other things to be done in the establishment which proved to be a nuisance nature. V'aughan Haskett is under $"(i; bond to appeal :;t a future session of court on charges of breaking and entering D i' e Garner's place Haskell i.nd .!. "'. Gainer wen also clunked wun ureuKing ami en tering the place of Sam Prescott, but duo to certain fingerprint evi dence, the case was postponed un til Tuesday week. James Cauoll charged with vio lating the prohibition l.uvs '..v tried but judgment was wiihlic! '. Domestic; difficulties was re sponsible for Colan Salter being brought into court to answer char ges of disnr Jerly conduct. He is a resident of Atlantic. A four months suspended sentence and payment of costs was ordered. Hoffman Land Case The case of Crump vs Phillips, which involves litigation of the Hoffman Estate lands on Bogue Banks has had the spotlight in the Civil Term of Court here this week. The case was still in ses sion today: Judge Frinelle is hearing tbe case as presented by witnesses and a bevy of counsel lors at law. Restriction Selling Beer Beaufort Is By Town oard "Belching In Booze" Describes Local Conditions Beaufort's downtown busi ness section especially on Front Street which has been belching in booze to such an extent that respectable citi zens have sent numerous complaints to Mayor George W.. Huntley recently will be cleaned up on or about Janu ary 1, 1939, if plans of the Board of Town Commission ers are carried out. It is no secret to citizens who go down town at night and especially on the week-ends that conditions which are largely blamed on wide open selling of beer have made de plorable situations. Public drun kenness on the streets and rowdi nes. in and in the vicinity of beer selling places have brought about conditions which are going to re sult in the closing of several places or at any rate restricted sales of beer. While the Town Board can not make regulations regarding the operation of the ABC Store on Turner Street it is planned to have Representative Seely make every effort to have a Legislative Bill passed calling for the closing of the store not later than 6 o'clock every night, including Saturdays. Mayor Huntley who has been making a survey of conditions following numerous complaints which have reached him regarding the beer situation told he Board, that while he was not in favor of Blue Laws, something must be done to cope with the problem. He offered as suggestions for the (Continued from page 9) Fishing And All Outdoors By AYCOCK BROWN A .1. SLAUGHTER who operates a fishing and hunting camp near the nine foot road between High way 24 and Newport, contacted me in the lobby of the courthouse this week and asked me to say something about the black bass fishing up his way. I was quite surprised when he said that black bass could be caught in the creeks near his camp throughout the win ter. He spoke of two bag limits he had landed recently, eight bass in each limit, one catch weighing 32 pounds the other 36 pounds. He told of one fish which alone tipped the scales at over 7 pound3 and believe it or not Brother that (Continued on page ten) It TIDE TABLE Information as to the tide at Beaufoit is given in this column. The figures are ap proximately correct and are based on tabl s furnished by the U. S. Gio-.'etic Survey. Some nllowiui-.s must be made for variations in the wind and also with respect to the locality, that is wheth er near the inlet or at thL' head of the estuaries. HIGH LOW Friday, Dec. 9. 9:22 A.M. 2:58 A.M. 9:49 P.M. 3:48 P.M. Saturday, Dec. 10. 10:14 A. M. 3:51 A. M. 10:43 P. M. 3:39 P. M. Sunday, Dec. 11. 4:45 A. M. 11:06 P.M. 5:32 P.M. Monday, Dec. 12 11:40 A.M. 5:46 A.M. 12:00 P. M. 6:29 P. M. Tuesday, Dec. 13. 12:38 A.M. 6:54 A.M. 12:56 P.M. 7:29 P.M. Wednesday, Dec. 14 1:39 A.M. 8:03 A.M. 1:56 P.M. 8:28 P.M. Thursday, Dec 15. 2:47 A. M. 9:10 A. M. 3:01 P. M. 9:24 P. M.