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Carteret County's Oldest NewspaperEstablished 1912
Volume XXVIII
8 Pages This Week The Beaufort News, Thursday, January 26, 1939.
5c Per Copy
Number 4.
Proposed Fishing Pier
At Cape Lookout Comes
In For Wide Publicity
Planters Urged To
j Notify Farm Agent
Their Cotton Plans
All farmers of Carteret
ICounty who have not plant
fed cotton since 1936 are re
ceiving letters from J. .0
jjAnthony, farm agent, this
Iweek with the excerpts
fwhich follow: "We are just
ran receipt of instructions from
ilialeigh, stating that it is necessa
jry that the AAA know by Febru
ary 15, the amount of cotton to
1 be planted in 1939. If you are
planning to plant cotton and have
?ot received a notice of your 1939
acreage allotments, let us know a:
s once that you want to plant cot
'jton in 1939. Please give this
, your immediate attention."
It was pointed out in the letter
that the instructions to notify the
Jlarm agent applies only to farm
ers who have not p'anted for the
past several years and want to
'epme back into cotton. The Ral
eigh office has stated that after
February 15 there will be no fur
tier allotment It was also made
cear in the letter that 11 regular
ctton growers have received their
139 allotment and that the letter
fom. Anthony with instructions
ffom Raleigh did not apply to
ttem.
Covering The
Waterfront
By AYCOCK BROWN
TWO STORIES, one under an
Elizabeth City date-line, the oth
er from Washington, D. C, ap
pearing in today's newspapers had
a reference to "big-time" aviation
development in this State. The
Elizabeth City story stated that
work began there Tuesday on the
$128,000 WPA project which will
when completed, be a modern and
up-to-date Coast Guard Ai' Base,
Obtained through the efforts of
fnncrrpssman Lindsev Warren cf
the First (N. C.) District The
wasnineion siory unuer mc tan
tion: "Warren Has Hopes For
I Ocean Air Base" quoted the Con
gressman as saying he was look
ing into the possibility" of Eliza
beth City, N. C, becoming an air
base for trans-Atlantic plane ser
vice. THE TRUTH OF the matter is
that Elizabeth City will probably
become the western terminus of
a trans-ocean air service with
Warren looking into the "possi
bilities." However, the idea for
making a point in North Carolina
such a base for trans-Atlantic
plane service is not original with
the story coming from Washington
today. When the Federal Govern
ment was pumping mud and sand
from the port terminal channel,
(Continued on page. 8)
What's the Answer?
Br EDWARD rWCH
Okat is the ORIGIN of
TKEWOtyDUNNlNG"?
WHEN England was very young,
a man by the name of Dun was
bailiff. He bent his efforts to the
collecting of debts long overdue and
vfcs so successful that his fame
spread throughout the kingdom un
til his very name was incorporated
into the language and any repeated
efforts to collect payment on ac
count came to be known as "dun
ning." 6 Western Newspaper Union.
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Beaufort Datelines
Carry Story Over
Entire Nation
LEASES FOR SHORE
LAND ALMOST READY
Beaufort and Cape Look
out are coming in for wide
spread publicity this week
through the publication of a
story in newspapers from
coast to coast about the pro-
Eosed fishing pier at Cape
ookout. In the meantime,
F. M. Simmons of Carteret
County and Charlotte, who
was on the coast last week
and who proposes to build
the pier stated that leases for gov
ernment lands adjacent to and in
the vicinity of the million dollar
breakwater at the Cape would
probably be let between now and
February.
It is the plans of Simmons to
start work on the pier immediate
ly after the leases have been grant
ed. He will be assured first thac
the inland route to Cape Look
out Bight via Core Sound and Bar
ren's Inlet will be maintained at
proper depths. The pier which will
represent an expenditure of $35,
000 or more would be completed
by the summer of 1939. Bill Sharpe
of North Carolina's Advertising
Division released a story about
the proposed pier to several hun
dred newspapers in the United
States this week. His story fol
lows: ,
BEAUFORT, Jan." 25 To bm!
the growing popularity of ocean
fishing, a 600-foot fishing pier will
bo built at Cape Lookout this sum
mer by F. M. Simmons of Char
lotte. The pier will afford comfort
able surf fishing at a location wide
ly known to anglers, and is expect
(Continued on page 8)
'Freedom And Democracy9
To Be Placed First In
9?ei. 'Noe's Dream Church
FOSSILS FROM
CARTERET NOW
INN.MSEUM
In 1910 Tooth Of
Mammoth Found
In Canal
Under "Waterway Notes" in
The Lookout, published in Beau
fort on January 14, 1910, was the
item which follows:
"A large piece of jaw-bone was
taken from the pump of No. 9
Dredge soma 200 yards above the
drawbridge on Core Creek last
week. The jaw contained one
large tooth. It weighed approxt-
lately 30 pounds, and is said to
be a part of the jaw of a large
mastodone. the tootn ana jaw
will probably be sent to Raleigh
for exhibition at the State Muse.
Due to the publicity given the
fossil remains of some sort of pre
historic animal in the vicinity of
Wilson recently, the Editor after
reading the above item in an old
newspaper loaned by Miss Annie
Rumley, contacted Director Harry
Davis of the State Museum in an
effort to determine if the tooth
referred to was ever displayed
and if so what identification it was
given.
Hatteras bom and former Car
teret citizen, Davis in an interest
ing letter a few days later wrote
the editor about Carteret fossils.
Excerpts follow:
"We bare on record and on
exhibit hero one Mammoth
tooth, a molar weighing six
pounds. This was taken while
tue waterway was being dug
in the upper part of Cora
Creek. It was donate by
(Continued on Page 8)
Flying Sheriff Of
Dare County
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SHERIFF D. Victor Meek
ings, pictured above is the
'flvinf nheriff of Dare Coun
ty. If he hears of a situation
which needs his attention at
Hatteras, some 50 miles by
air line or 65 miles by un
roaded beach from Manteo,
he always flies to the scene
of the situation. But being a
Sheriff in Dare County, a job
which he is consistently re
elected to is only one job of
Victor Meekins. He is a news
paper publisher, and his
weekly newspaper, The
Dare County Times shares
the honors with The Beau
fort News as being the most
(Continued on Page 8)
Wallace Honored
Charles S. Wallace, Morehead
City's No. 1 citizen was honored
in Greensboro this week. He was
elected president of the board of
trustee of Greensboro College,,
Inc., James E. Lambeth, of Thom
asville, was named vice-president;
Thomas C Hoyle, Greensboro, sec
retary and Rev. W. M. Curtis,
Greensboro, treasurer and busi
ness manager.
Wife Brings Glad
News To Former
Dean Jan. 20
Under the caption "Free
dom and Democracy'" to be
placed first in Rev. Noe's
New "Dream Church" ap
peared the photograph of
Beaufort-born Rev. Israel H.
Noe, Mrs. Noe his wife and
Margaret and Eugenia his
daughters, in the January 20
edition of the Memphis Press
Scirniter. afternoon news
paper of the Tennessee city.
Sub caption was that "Wife
brings ex-dean glad news,
Diocesan Convention has ap-
P roved petition for St. James
arish here (in Memphis.)
The foregoing news was not on
ly of vast interest to thousands of
will also be good
news to the citi-
zens of Beaufort
his home town,
who renewed
friendships with
him last year af
ter he had spent
an extended va
cation here, liv
ing at the Man
son House, from
which he made
daily visits to see
his mother. Mrs.
Dean Noe
Susan H. Noe.
Excerpts from the Press-Scim-iter
story vhich started under a
three column lead on page one and
continued for more than a column
to page two follows:
Happy and eager for action,
Rev. Israel H. Noe, returned to
Memphis today ready for the crea
tion of his "dream church" in
which "first things will be put first
freedom and democracy."
Delegates of the 107th annual
convention of the Tennessee Dio
cese of the Episcopal Church,
meeting in Chattanooga late yes
continued on Page 8)
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CARTERET SOIL
SURVEY MAPS
ARE AVAILABLE
The new Soil Surrey maps just
issued by the Department of Ag
riculture for Carteret County are
row available and a copy of same
lias been furnished The Beaufort
News by Representative .Graham
A. Barden who stated in an ac
companying letter that .he .would
be glad to send similar maps to
farmers or others in need of same.
The mans and data about Carteret
was prepared in lJ3 unaer me
direction of S. O. Perkins. They
ere complete in every detail.
Publicity Picture
THIS PICTURE of Miii
Hattie Styron which show
her holding two Diamond
back Terrapins at the U. S.
Fisheries Station on Piver's
Island was one of several
similar shots made recently
Kv Avrnr.lc Brown for nub-
licity purposes. Her photo
along with photos of Miss
Catharine O'Bryan and Miss
Julia Thomas modeled with
terrapins and others show
ing Capt. Charles Hat sell
planting young ones will il
lustrate stories to be used in
advertising the world's only
terrapin propagation farm
located in Beaufort. The
stories will be released by
the Division of Advertising
of the State Department of
Conservation. A n o t her
good publicity angle on the
above photo is the fact that
it was made during early
January, and is proof that
here on our Carteret Coast
persons can if they want to,
wear summer-time shorts
with comfort. (News Pho
to. "Biography"
"A well-written life is almost as
rare as a well-spent one."
CarlyU
kaw , ., vtAy.. i&ii3J
January In Beaufort
Excerpts Of News From January 19, 1883 Edition
Of Carteret County Telephone; January 7
and 14th Edition Of The Lookout 1910.
NOTE: The Editor whose hobby is reading and collecting old
lewspapers is indebted to Miss Annie Rumley for the loan of old Beau
ort newspapers from which the following excerpts are gleaned:
POTTER and CHADWICK were publishers of the Carteret Coun
y Teleprone on January 19, 1883. The slogan of the newspaper
yhich was published weekly at a subscription price of $2 per year,
vas "Unawed by Influence and Unbribed by Gain". The Telephone
vobably got all of the Town of Beaufort's advertising and printing,
.s L. A. Potter was mayor and R. W. Chadwick was city clerk. These
t-o men were the publishers of the only newspaper in the County.
Messrs. D. W. Morton and son, living near Harlowe had recently
killed seven hogs weighing an aggregate of 1,368 pounds. Under
'Home News'" it was announced that Mrs. R. W. Chadwick would
sell all winter hats at cost: , , , , The Commissioners of Navigation had
just issued to Mr. Willie Bright,
the son of Mr. John Simpson of
ered from injuries received when
away. . . . L. C. Howland, county
announced that on three days during
at the Courthouse for the purpose
Dr. F. Borden Mace in a two column
public that he had drugs, medicines and chemicals for sale, also per
fumery and fancy articles. and pure brandy, wines and liquors for
(Continued
Vitally Interested
In Coast Guard
, V
o
SENATOR BOB REYNOLDS
of North Carolina and the most
widely traveled man in the U. S.
Senate does not mind telling the
world that, "We can't do too much
for the Coast Guard boys." On
Thursday, January 12, he made a
two hour speech on the Senate
floor, talking at length on the
wonderful history of the Coast
Guard from its very beginning,
and told of his experience during
the past summer on baird a Coast
Guard cutter aboard which he
went to Alaska and subsequently
to Point Barrow where he helped
erect a market in honor of the
late Will Rogers and Wiley Post
who lost their lives in that vicinity
(Continued on page 8)
Returning From
Safety Meeting
Man Has Wreck
While returning to his home on
Codar Island several months ago
after attending a WPA Safety
Meeting, Dennis Goodwin was in
volved in an automobile wreck.
The car he was driving eolliied
with another car driven by Claud
Gillikin down east. At the time it
was apparent that all persons in
volved agreed that it was an acci
dent with no one to blame in par
ticular. But on January 20 a war-
1 - 1 . lit-
lcr.t charging uoouwin witn wan
ton and wreckless driving was
gotten out by Gillikin.
After heannir the evidence in
the Coodwin-Gillikin case,
the
Court found the defendant
guilty.
not
Foilowintr tiial n: charges of
assault with a deadly weapon re
suited in Roosevelt Johnson, Noa:
mi Worthy and George Worthy be
ing sentenced. Naomi and George
were given SO days each when
convicted of simple assault. Roose
velt Johnson was convicted of as
sault with deadly weapon charg
es and assigned to work the roads
for four months.
Telephone To Island?
When C.T. & C. Co. Directors
meet at Tarboro Friday the matter
of extending cable to Harkers Is
land will be discussed.
a pilot's license. . . . Little Edward
North River, had completely recov
a blind mule he was driving ran
superintendent of public instruction
the following week he would be
of examining school teachers.
four inch advertisement told the
from Page 8)
Proceeds From Womanless
Wedding Friday Night To
Be Used For Advertising
MORE REASONS
GIVEN FOR C. G.
AT PORTSMOUTH
Three Boats Almost
Lost In Nearby
Waters
Three additional reasons
why Portsmouts Coast Guard
station, (decommissioned a
few months ago in favor of
plans to have fewer but super-stations)
should be made
active again reached The
Beaufort News this week
from a person down in the
Sound region who is quite fa
miliar with the situation as
it exists without a unit of the
service on the northern tip of
Core Banks.
There was the case of the Clyde,
Jr., stranded southwest of Ports
mouth recently with two men on
board, far beyond the vision of the
Ocracoke Coast Guard, but within
sight of the decommissioned sta
tion. Their boat banged around
on the shoals all night and if the
weather had been freezing they
would have probably frozen to
death. It was mere luck that a
citizen of Portsmouth Community
saw the stranded craft the follow
ing day and telephoned to dis
tant Ocracoke for Coast Guard as
sistance. Southeast of Portsmouts in the
ocean, the boat "Patricia" became
disabled when the propeller be
came entangled with a net Af
ter all the fleet had gone into their
base at Ocracoke, the N. C. Fish
eries Patrol Boat Hatteras, bound
north from Cape Lookout happen
ed to sight the helpless Patricia
and towed her to safety. It is
easy to imagine what would
have happened if the Hatteras
had not came along especially if
the wind had reached gale force as
it frequently and suddenly does
out there in the graveyard of the
Atlantic. The Patricia was out of
range of the Ocracoke station but
would have been within range of
a lookout (had there been one) on
duty at Portsmouth.
A similar occurrence occurred
in the case of the Annie and Ger
trude in just about the same spot
shortly afterwards. A few weeks
ago The Beaufort News gave a
graphic description about a group
of fishermen from Atlantic, whose
boat went aground on a shodl be
yond the vision of either Ocracoke
or Core Banks Station but quite
near Portsmouth.
Hugh Piner Home
Damaged By Fire
The Hugh Piner home on Ann
Street was damaged considerably
by fire early last Sunday mornin?.
Beaufort and Morehead City fir?-
men co-operated splendidly in
bringing the fire under control.
Damage to the property was snis
to have been bet-.veen $1,500 ar-J
$1,800. Mont the furniiuia
in the nous? was f jvea.
World's Exposition
Shows Signed For
Carteret Co. Fair
World's Exposition Siows or
Philadelphia will be presented at
the American Legion sponsored
Carteret County Fair this year, :t
was announced this week follow,
ing a trip to Raleigh by T. E. Ksl
ly and R. Hugh Hill, Fair officials
who signed the midway attraction
The fair this year will be present
ed during ti e week of October
9-14. A feature of the World's
Exposition will be 14 riding de
vices, 14 shows and five big free
acts.
SPECIAL OFFER
For limited time we will con
tinue giving 4-doien Hayne Glad
iolus Bulbs with each subscription
at $1.50.
Prominent Men Of
Beaufort Cast
In The Show
CITIZENS URGED TO
BUY MANY TICKETS
A "Womanless Wedding"
which will be a revival of
an old time amusement quite
popular when many of us
were younger than we are
today will be presented by
The Chamber of Commerce
on Friday night at Beaufort
Graded School Auditorium.
Proceeds of the event which
will star many prominent
and well-known citizens of
Beaufort will be used for ad
vertising our town.
The Chamber of Commerce is
using this method of raising funds
for advertising in preference to
soliciting subscriptions from cit
izens. As a result, every person in
Beaufort whether they are plan
ning to attend the Womanless
Wedding or not, are urged to buy
(Continued on Page 8)
Fishing And
All Outdoors
By AYCOCK BROWN
DRUGGIST HESS of Joe House
Drug Store tells me that I do not
know my wintertime fresh-water
fishing. Recently I stated in this
column, that I did not know so
much about this type of fishing and
that I had passed similar informa
tion on to J. Hammond Brown of
the Baltimore News Post and
Johnny Mock of the Pittsburgh
Press.
BUT DRUGGISTS Hess does,
know his fresh water fishing. Ev
ery Sunday that he is not on duty
he is usually on some stream cast
ing for black bass. On his last trip
down to West Fork, (a cold and
bleak Sabbath) he landed four
beautiful black bass. "And you
can tell the world that in Carteret
County, black bass will take a
lure during any kind of wintt
weather," said Druggist-Fish ..
man Hess.
SIMMONS 0 MD last week-end
that he would p: .bably start work
on the fishing pier during Febru
ary. The matter of getting proper
leases on the government controll
ed shore line has been long drawn
out But this matter will be taken
care of in a few more days, and
then shortly afterwards unless
something unforseen occurs
work will begin on Carteret's first
fishing pier to be located at Cape
Lookout.
TIDE TABLE H
:
Information as to the tide S
at Beaufort is given in this g
column. The figures are ap- 3
proximately correct and are H
based on tables furnished by ii
the U. S. Gefdaic Survey, g
Some allow;, ru-.'s must be g
made for variations in the g
wind and also with respect j
to the locality, that is wheth- g
er near the in'et or at the
head of the estuaries.
li
stts-s
HIGH
LOW
Friday, Jan. 27.
12:C8 A. M. 6:33 A. M.
12:24 P. M. 6:48 P. M.
Saturday, Jan. 28.
12:58 A. M. 7:31 A. M.
1:15 P. M. 7:44 P. M.
Sunday, Jan. 29.
1:56 A.M. 8:36 A.M.
2:16 P. M. 8:44 P. M.
Monday, Jan. 30.
3:02 A. M. 9:42 A. M.
3:27 P. M. 9:47 P. M.
Tuesday, Jan. 31.
4:11A.M. 10:46 A.M.
4:37 P. M. 10:51 P. M.
Wednesday, Feb. 1.
5:13 A.M.
5:39 P. M. 11:48 P. M.
Thnrsday, Feb. 3
6:12 A, M. 11:53 A. ML
:37 P. M. 12:44 P. M.