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Volume XXVIII
Beaufort, N. C, April 20, 1939.
Number 16.
Cabbage Bring Good Prices At Auction Market 1gn Opening Day
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Rotarians To Entertain
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Carteret Is Also Famous
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POLITICS
There still seems to be no
great amount of heat arous
ed locally over the coming
Election which is schedued
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; week. All candidates are
' pi urged to pay their filing fees
before fee paying time ex
pires, 1 0-day s prior to May
2. Some people' seem to
I have the idea that the ar-
rangement of the Political
g Announcements in the col
i umn elsewhere in this edi-
; i tion was showing favoritism
'1 due to the layout, today
; we hope the arrangement
' meets with the approval of
J everyone.
Covering The 2
Waterfront
Br AYCOCK BROWN
DE. H. L. BLOMQUIST, Duke
University botanist who was at
tached to the local marine and
botanical laboratory of the institu
tion on Piver's Island last summer
wrote this week wanting to know
if I happened to know where Chic
amacomico is situated. Perhaps
t you too would like to know. It is
the original (Indian) name of Ro
jdanthe, famous little village on
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WNU Service
For Fresh Water Fishing
Catch Of Mizzelle And Edwards
WOODARDACED
SEVENTH HOLE
AT GOLF CLUB
Bailey And Snooks
First To Reach
Tourney Goal
High spot in Sundays play
off at the Gulf Stream Golf
Club was Dr. W. L. Wood-
ard's hole-in-one. The Doc
tor used a Number two iron
off the tee on the 167 yard
No. 7 hole for the ace. Play
ine with him were Charles
Hassell, Ben Jones and West Tay
lor. There will be a medal for the
dentist for his achievement.
First to reach the 54 hole goal
in the Tournament was George
Bailey and George Snooks, with
Bailey four up.
Standng of players reaching the
36 hole mark are as follows:
Bill Skarren 7 up on Coach Mc
quaid.
Piggy Potter 15 up on Bly Noe.
Chas. Owensby 12 up on Chas.
Hassell.
Hardy Lewis 4 up on Ray Has
sell.
C. L. Beam 7 up on C. P. Tyler,
Chas. Britton 10 up on Tom
Kelly.
Those to play only 18 holes so
far are:
Dr. Darden Eure 5 up on Dr.
W. L. Woodard.
Halsey Paul and Ben Jones even.
Lewis Dickerson and Greer
Hudgins even.
Several more members getting
started next Sunday will be re
quired to play only 36 holes.
. "The 'Blues' still have a slight
margin on the 'Reds', but there
is still time for things to happen",
said Manager Owensby.
Prizes may be seen at Joe House
Drug Store, Feltons Clothing Store
Baileys Jewelry Store and the
A. & P. Store.
Smyrna School To
Have Open House
On Thursday, 27th
The principal and teachers of
Smyrna Consolidated School have
sent out invitations inviting all in
terested persons to visit the school
house on Thursday evening, April
27. A feature of the "Open House"
evening will be activities on the
part of students. The program for
the event follows:
Theme: World Peace; Song:
God Bless Our Native Land; Wel
come: Edward Moore; Play: "Mars
Loses His Throne;' Address: "A
mericanism For Americans; Chor
us, God Blesa A'merka; Exhibits':
Class Room.
Boy And
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BASS AND PERCH are plentiful
in fresh water stream of this
peninsular, which is almost sur
rounded by flowing tides. These
beauties were landed by J. I.
Mizelle and O. C. Edwards of
Newport on Easter Monday at
Walker's Millpond. (cut cour
tesy GreensVro Daily News.)
Barden's Radio
Speech Will Be
Published Soon
Representative Graham A. Bar
den's radio speech delivered over
a national hook-up on the National
Farm and Home Hour in Washing
ton last week has been received at
The Beaufort Newt office. This
speech, which attracted wide at
tention will be published in next
week's edition of this newspaper.
Racing Commission
Named By Morehead
City Commissioners
Dr. Ben F. Royal, Stanley Wood
land and Dr. Darden Eure were ap
pointed by the Morehead City
Board of Aldeimen at their meet
ing Monday night to serve on the
newly created Racing Commission.
Their duties will be to carry out
the provisions of the dog racing
bill passed by the last Legislature.
It was not stated, when, and if a
referendum would be held on the
matter which has met with some
opposition from certain citizens
and the Ministerial Association.
The way the matter stacks up at
present seems to be that no refer
endum will be held until some ar
rangements are made relative to
the establishment of tracks and
kernels for the dogs and the pari
muteul betting parephenalia. Each
member of the commission accept
ed his appointment. Each member
of the commission is well known
and highly respected business or
professional men of Morehead
City,
High School Pupils
To Have Dictionary
For Classroom Use
Dictionaries will be furnished
high school pupils next year for
classroom use throughout the
county under the Flat Fee Rental
System in vogue for high school
texts on the basis of 1 dictionary
for every 4 high school pupils.
The importance of the decision of
the State Textbook Commission
making this announcement pos
sible cannot be fully appreciated
except by the high school teacher3
and principals themselves.
A group of teachers appointed
by the high school principals met
in Supt. Allen's office Monday af
ternoon to make a selection, the
choice being between three dic
tionaries, the recommendation of
the group being the Webster's Stu
dent's Dictionary For Upper Gra Je
Levels, the reasons for the adop
tion being contained in aw ritten
report prepared and signed by
those present for this purpose,
the report being of such merit as
to indicate clearly the careful and
intelligent deliberation accorded
to the- task assigned them.
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Girl Scouts
YOUNGSTERS TO
BE HONORED AT
BANQUET TIES.
Mrs. Merrill Told
OfNYAWorkAt
Tues. Meet
As their share of the ob
servance of National Youth
Week, the Beaufort Rotary
Club on next Tuesday night
will have as their guests at
the regular weekly supper
banquet, the members of the
local boy and girl scout
troops. Plans for the program
which will be presented in The Le
gion Hut instead of the Willis
Tea Room (for this particular oc
casion) were discussed at length on
Tuesday night by Rotarian L. D.
Hayman who has charge of the
program this month. This discus
sion however was only a sideline
to the real program here this week.
Mrs. Rosa D. Merrill, head of
Carteret County NYA work made
an interesting talk about activities
among the young men and women
who have found worthwhile em
ployment through this Federal
agency. In particular, Mrs. Mer
rill outlined the work in this coun
ty where young men ana women
are given gainful employment on
various projects, and later in many
ases private employment. Nine
S'YA workers in the County found
outside employment during the
past month through assistance of
the county supervisor. Mrs. Mer
rill also spoke of plans to present
at an early date a Youth. Exhibit,
showing the work of these young
men and women.
The Rofary Bulletin contained
the names of all boy and girl
smuts in Beaufort. At first it
was planned that each member in
vite one boy and one girl. But
this did not work out evenly and
.some of the members of the groups
were left out. Upon motion of
a Rotarian, it was decided that the
club extend a blanket invitation to
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I -AND. r"-J&
VICTOR? ME E KINS
The Country Doctor
"How dear to my heart are the
scenes of my childhood when fond
recollection presents them to
view." Few memories hold a
greater appeal than the mental
picture of the old family doctor.
Looking back as far as 30 years
ago, I recall the only doctor I ev
er knew professionally during my
bovhood. I can plainly see the
lively little bay mare, with the bug
gy that listed to the starboard,
with the shiny enamel weather
beaten away from the back curtain
strips in many places, leaving bare
the worn white fabric; the wooden
running gear was naked in some
places where the yellow paint had
peeled off; and the traces were
slack and flapping where the leath
er guides had worn through; one
end of a shaft was split from too
close contact with the narrow bush
lined roads that led to the homes of
poor people, all because the rig
never had time to stop, so con
stantly did it go back and forth.
Yet how we used to look for its
coming and it was a welcome sight
when after looking long and anx
iously for hours, it finally could be
seen jogging along the lane.
I see as plain as day the slender
drooping figure of the tireless,
kind and thoughtful man who nev
er seemed to need any sleep, who
never forgot the sweet tooths of
his juvenile patients; who con
stantly whittled on white pine
chains, as he jogged along in his
buggy, or stood a long and faithful
virgil at the bedside of some old
patient. He would look across the
tops of his glasses with that far
away stare as if he saw some dis
tant thing other folks were not
privileged to see.
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He Is The Mayor Of
Atlantic Beach
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BEST KNOWN person on Atlan.
tic Beach is Newman Willis, who
is not only mayor of the popular
resort town, but assistant to Man
ager Ed Petry and year round cit-
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lien. Me has Deen a wormy em
ployee of Atlantic Beach for sev
eral years, Already be is supervis
ing initial work of improvements
which come each year prior to the
opening of the hotel and amuse
ment centers and the arrival or
beach residents.
Letter On Local
Crime Published
In This Edition
A letter on the local crime wave
is discussed in a very interesting
manner in a letter from Tom Car
row of Philadelphia, (who lived in
Beaufort years ago when people
were so honest and law abiding it
was not necessary to lock doors at
night). The letter is published on
page 3 of this edition under the
box 'caption LETTERS. Readers
are urged to read the letter which
is addressed to the editor,
RALLY DAY AND
SPRING FLOWER
SHOW APRL 21
Event Will Begin
Promptly At
1:30 P. M.
The Annual 4-H Rally Day
Program and Home Demon
stration Spring Flower Show
are to be held in the Court
House and the Home Agent's
office, Saturday afternoon,
April 22, 1:30 o'clock.
The W. P. T. F. Service Club
radio broadcast; a 4-H Dress Re
vue; duet "Little Sir Echo"; a
Team Demonstration; a Stunt;
presentation of awards with a
County 4-H Report; and Corona
tion of County 4-H Health queen
and king by Mr. L. R. Harrill,
State 4-H Club Leader, State Col
lege, Raleigh, are highlights of the
afternoon program, to be presided
over by Miss Fammillee Willis,
president Carteret County Federa
ted 4-H Clubs.
Immediately after the program
in the Court House the home dem
onstration Foods and Nutation
leaders with Mrs. S. E. Hayne, as
county chairman are to entertain
at an informal tea in the Home
Agent's office at which time the
Flower Show Exhibition may be
visited.
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BEST CATCH OF
WEEK TAKEN BY
NELSON'S PARTY
Best catch of fish made during
the past week was chalked up by
a party of Winston-Salem anglers
guided by Capt. Ralph Nelson of
Atlantic. Ten men from the to
bacco city fishing with Nelson on
Sunday and Monday at Drum Inlet
landed a total of 62 channel bass
from the surf at Drum Inlet. The
catch was officially weighed upon
return of party to Atlantic com
munity and the range in weights
was from five to 30 pounds each.
Capt. Nelson, who is one of the
guides listed in The Beaufort Newt
directory appearing on page three
of this edition, has purchased
lumber and will start work imme
diately on increased facilities at
bis "Drum Inn" north of Drum Inlet.
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Farmrfs
Will Realize Good
Prices If They Co-operate
WARNING!
Whoever has been trying
to get the idea across to
merchants and firms, (ser
stations and places of amuse
ment) that is is legal to op
erate pay-off slot machines
in Carteret County or any
where in the State as for that
matter is all wrong. As a re
sult Sheriff C. G. Holland to
day issued a statement warn
ing those who permit the op
eration of pay-off slot ma
chines in their places of bus
inesses will be subject to in-j
dictment and that the ma
chines will be confiscated.
To give some who might be
innocent of the tact tnat siot
machines which pay-off are
illegal. Sheriff Holland stat
ed that he would not start
raids until the first of the
coming week.
CITIZENS URGE
U.S.E.D. GROUP
TO FIX HARBOR
Many Citizens Were
Present At Meet
On Monday
Quite a large number of
citizens were present at the
U. S. Engineering Depart
ment hearins in the Court
house here on Monday after
noon. Purpose of the, hear
ing was to secure evidence
Which wili convince the En
gineering Department that our
very small harbor now over run
with traffic, and resulting in con
stant dangers to navigation inter
ests, needs widening and length
ening. A width ef i'QQ feet (as
cow.;ared to 200 to 400 feet
present) with harbor lines extend
ed to abreast Marsh btreet or
Liveoak Street is being sought.
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Setting Hens Are
Taken By Thieves
In Npoto Section
John Ellison, respected colored
citizen of Beaufort dropped by
the News office this week and want
ed to run an advertisement as fol
lows: "I still have two shoats and
about 35 chickens left. Come and
Get Them!" He was prompted for
this desire t advertise because re
cently he has been the victim on
two occasions of chicken thievery.
About 20 chickens in all have
been taken from the premises of
John Ellison. Meanest trick of all
occurred last week-end when the
thieves stole four setting hens from
their nests, which resulted in the
loss of 72 eggs which would have
otherwise hatched at an early date
We decided to write a story instead
of placing the aJ when Ellison said
"Just tell them to come on bac!c
and steal thes boats and the res',
of my chickens if they are no,
afraid of the consequences." John
has a gun loaded with buckshot.
New Road Connects
Landing Field And
State Highway 101
A new 30 foot road h?s been
constructed leading fr.str. i;hj :nain
drive of West Beaufort near the
landing field to Route 101, a d;s
tance of approximately nine tenth?
of a mile. This much needed road
will prove a short cit into Beau
fort, espscially when traffic U
heavy on 101 will the new rout'",
prove practical to those bound
from the country to the downtown
area.
The new route .perfectly grad
ed and drained was constructed
under the supervision of County
Highway Superintenden Capt.
Charles Thomas. It is only one of
many routes he has built in Car
teret, but it is one of the best from
a practical and graded standpoint.
It is well worth a drive to We3t
Beaufort, just to try out and fa
miliarize yourself with this new
route.
Twenty Tons Sold
Wednesday; High
Price $40.50
Beaufort Auction Market
opened he r e Wednesday
morning and about 20 tons
of cabbage were sold dur
ing the day, which seemed to
please the operators, and in
cidentally, please the farm
ers who received better pric
es as a result of competitive
bidding on the part of buy
ers. The market is open today and
although the majority of the cab
bage crop in the county is not yet
ready to cut, several tons were
being handled through the auction
market.
Best quality cabbage on Wed
nesday the opening day brought
$40.50 per ton. Some which had
been cut too early and were a3 a
result of an inferior marketing
grade sold as low as $35 per ton.
But these prices are far better
than were received during the 1938
season, when auction marketing
efforts failed, and the prices sank
to three and four dollars per ton
before the Federal Surplus Com
modities Corporation stepped in
and hiked the price to about eight
and nine dollars per ton.
Bill Sermons, of Greenville, auc
tioneer and co-manager of the
market with his cousin Wayland
Sermons of Greenville was well
pleased with results and co-opera-(
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Fishing And J
All Outdoors I
By AYCOCK BROWN
MORRIS A. BOXOFF and par
ty of New Yorkers are scheduled
to arrive on the Carteret Coast
this week to fish the territory
UrSabouts, 'for sybat - ever the
waathec jnisM piimir- From, the
at,opposite direction, as this scTt w
written, Capt. Mel Eldard, aooaru
the Julienanna, is enroute fro"W
Bimini in the Bahamas bound for
Beaufort. Bornoff and party will
meet Capt, Eldard here and just
what species of fish they are most
interested in, my fine fishing
i friend Capt. Walt Willis of the
! Fishing Information Bureau, Penn-
iryivania Station, N. Y. C., failed
to state, when he wrote me to be
on the lookout for the party.
IT IS MY hope that these will
be big game fishermen, heeled
with the proper tackle with which
to tackle the big fellows, off in
the Gulf beyond Cape Lookout.
There are blue marlin off Lookout.
A pal of mine aboard one of tha
Merchant and Miners boats which,
makes regular cruises between
Philadelphia and Miami, has seen
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TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tide
at Beaufort m given in this
column. The figures are ap
proximately correct and are
based on tabbs furnished by
the U. S. Gcr.detic 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
Friday,
LOW
21
3:15 AM.
April
9:14 AM.
9:29 PM.
Saturday,
9:57 AM.
10:16 PM.
3:16 PM.
April 22
3:56 AM.
3:58 PM.
Sunday, April 23
10:44 AM. 4:43 AM.
11:03 PM.
Monday, April
4:45 PM.
24
5:35 AM.
5:43 PM.
25
6:33 AM.
6:48 PM.
11:35 PM.
Tuesday, April
11:55 AM.
12:30 PM.
Wednesday, April 26
12:53 AM. 7:37 AM.
1:32 PM. 7:57 PM.
Thursday, April 27
1:58 AM. 8:39 AM.
2:41 PM. 9:06 PM.