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Carteret County's Oldest NewspaperEstablished 19
PUBLISHED WEEKLYj
VOLUME XXVII; NO. 40.
BEAUFORT, N. C. THURSDAY, SEPT. 28, 1939
Congressman Barden Enlists Aid Of FSCC To Stabii Seafood Prices
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Ten Firemen On S. S. Vapper Refuse To Sail Without Bonus
Demand One Hundred English
Pounds For Cruise To Europe
SWEET POTATO
GROWERS MAY
SELLTO FSCC
County Agent Sends
Out Questionaire
For Opinions
Sweet potato growers in
Carteret County may sell
part of their crop this year
to the Federal Surplus Com
modities Corporation, it was
learned here today at the
County Agent's office. A
form letter has been sent to
each individual grower by
Countv Aeent J. Y. Lassiter,
outlining the fact that in some
counties the FSCC is already buy
in? U. S. No. 1 potatoes loaded in
the car at 50 cents per bushel
basket. The growers furnish the
baskets and pay shipping point in
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Mullet Fishermen
Making Good Hauls
Off Central Coast
Capt. Oscar Laas Is
Making Efforts
To Settle It
Ten firemen aboard the
Esthonian freighter, S. S.
Vapper, now at Morehead
City Port Terminal have re
fused to sail to a foreign port
in a belligerent country un
less they are given a bonus
of 100 English Pounds, or ap
proximately $500 in Ameri
can money, it was learned
today by a reporter of The
Beaufort News.
Capt. Oscar Laas, master of the
VPKHPl stated that his owners, the
Tallinn Shipping Company of Tal
lin, Esthoia, has offered the fire
men approximately 150 per cent
increase over their regular wages,
to make the crossing to Lurope,
but they had not agreed to this
proposal as we go to press today.
Capt. Laas was in telephone
communication with the Esthon
ian Consulate General in New
York City today, but the matter
was not settled. The Esthonian
maritime laws have a way of deal
ing with matters of this kind, but
so far no agreeable solution has
been reached in the case ol the 10
firemen.
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Carteret Fair Attractions
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' Mullet fishermen are making
hauls off the Cen
tral Carolina coast this month. Al
though the southwester did not
mnto renditions favorable today,
tVia Autumn winds from this direc-
;,,- lnot imn.illv onlv a short
on,1 with another shift to
the northward, the fishing will im
prove again.
The Southgate Company which
operates a packing house on the
waterfront in Beaufort during
int pnnn 1ms nrocessed some 70
000 pounds of fish during the past
few days, it was reported early
this week.
UNtCUS, TROUPE
Fishing And
All Outdoors
By AYCOCK BROWN
By Bill Sharpe Guest Columnist
TAR HEELS, who for years
fished for channel
bass and blues are rubbing their
eyes over the most astonishing
fishing season this state has ever
seen.
TAKING OF two huge blue
marlin within two hour's sail of the
coast might have been passed over
as anaccident. But the landing of
a 50-pound wnhoo at Southport
made even themost nonchalant an
gler admit that maybe them
damyenkees were right when they
said the coast of North Carolina
teemed with strange fighting fish.
THREE YEARS ago the dolphin
was "discovered'' in the Gulf
Stream off this shore. A beauti
ful fish, which changed colors rap
idly when taken out of water, the
dolphin's reputed speed of 60 miles
an hour and its spectacular leaps
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auicKiy auraciea angieis.
dnl-Viin fiaViormon sonn Cattle back I &te
with amberjacks, the "powerful
and beautiful" a fish with good
game and food qualities.
TWO 75-POUND channel bass
commenced this season auspicious
ly, and while the giant Hatteras
blues did . not appear this season,
the lack was more than made up by
the taking of numerous sailf ish for
the first time in many years. Sev
en were caught in one day off
f!nn Lookout this season. From
Southport came word" that anglers
F. F.TONGEST
DIED FRIDAY
Had Been Deputy
Collector Here
Many Years
Francis Floyd Longest, 84,
died at his home here last
Friday morning following
an illness of several months.
Widely known and promi
nent in the political life of
Carteret, "Uncle Frank" as
he was known to" his intimate
friends had served since the
Roosevelt administration ber
gan as deputy collector of
the port of Beaufort, a posi
tion he had held until recent
ly when his daughter Mrs.
Olive Cause was given the
appointment.
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Rotary Regatta
Trophies To Be
Awarded Friday
Four silver cups, appropriately
engraved with the names of the
winners, will be awarded at a
meeting of the Rotary Club at the
Inlet Inn on Friday night. The
cups are the trophies offered in the
Rotary Regatta held here early in
September.
Winners of cups, all of whom
have been invited to be present,
along with special invited guests,
are: Mondell Salter, Morehead
City; Miss Virginia Pou, Raleigh;
Roscoe Mason and William Willis,
of Beaufort. Chairman Graham
Duncan of the Regatta Committee
wilL nr".! make the presenta-
Trfies when the trophies
rded. All Rotarians are
urged to attend the meeting. The
euns are now on display in a
show window of Carteret Hard
ware Company.
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SHERIFF AND
DEPUTIES ON
RAD SUNDAY
Capture Still, Mule
Cart And Other
Paraphenalia
Sheriff C. G. Holland and
Deputies Murray Thomas, R.
F.. flhanlain and W. R. Lone-
est made a raid in the Oyster
Creek section last Sunday
morning captured a beau-
tilui copper still, a DiacK
miilii a cart nnrf other nara-
phenalia necessary to mak-
ine1 moonshine liauor. They also
poured out about 500 gallons of
mash, the liquid from which
when distilled in copper makes
what is commonly known here
abouts as "Carteret County Corn."
No men were captured at tne
site of the still but it was learned
that the mule was owned by Wil
liam Hardesty, and the land upon
which the still was located, was
upon his land. Hardesty denied
knowledge that the mule and cart
were off the premises. The re
sult was that both William Hard
esty and Dewey Hardesty were ar
rested on charges of operating a
still. As the otiicers approached
the location of the till which
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Best Catch Of
Season Is Made
At Drum Inlet -
Marketing Specialist Here
To Investigate The Matter
Polling Places
For Referendum
On October 5th
N. C. Fisheries, Inc.
Leads Fight For:
Better Prices 1
Pollinz placet for tobacco farm
er of Carteret County who will
vote in the Referendum to be held
on Thurday, October 5th, were
announced today by County Agent
J. Y. Lattiter.
Theie Dollinsr nlacet follows
Beaufort, Smyrna and Straits
Townships, at Courthouse Annex,
Beaufort.
Harlowe Township, at L. N.
Conner's Store, Harlowe.
Merrimon Township, at Merru
mon School Building.
White Oak Township, at Buck's
Corner.
Morehead Township, at Lodge
Hall, Wildwood.
Newport Township, at Garner's
Store, Newport.
"Farmers of the abore designa
ted townships will be required to
vote at the polling places indicat
ed for the townships in which they
reside," said County Agent Lassi
ter. Farmers will be voting on
the flue cured tobacco quota and
marketing control, a matter which
is being explained fully to farmers
in meetings throughout the Coun
ty at the present time.
IN THE UPPER picture is s eaown the Unicus Troupe
one of the two bi free attrac ions which will be present
ed each afternoon and night at the American Legion
Sponsored Carteret County Fair which paena in Beaufort
for one week beginning on October 9. IN LOWER picture
a death'defying motorcycle lider, featured star in one of
the 15 shows to be featured on the midway by the
World Exposition Shows is shown. There will also be
15 thrilling rides on the mid v. ay.
Edwards Tells How Hz Flans
To Make "Old Mullet Unz' Pay
First Will Install
Deisel Powered
Locomotives
$ ;s:icd for
1 However.
the early f ut .'.i'o.
a numb?:- cf fjv.ncr
NEW OPERATOR TO
! WORK WITH B.
th Frying Pan Lightship in the
Gulf Stream. Bonita and cabio
attracted fishermen to Ocracoke.
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County 4-H
Council To Meet
Carteret County 4-H Club boys
and girls are inrited to attend the
Fall County Council to be held in
V. ka . ..' office. Saturday
were taking grrat-lraea4a--madjrra d ? , September 30, at 10
. i t t :U4-v; :n k . 1 i ' .
o'clock.
Council officers for 1940 are to
be elected and the year's program
of work adopted.
Reporting freight ship
ments well ahead of those
for the same period last
year and effecting reduc
tions in administrative ex
penses that he estimates will
save approximately $35,000
annuallyy, Harry P. Edwards
formerly of Sanford, presi
dent of the newiy-organizea
Atlantic And East Carolina Rail-
pnmnanv. which September ',
1 began operating the Uid wuuet cf
road under lease irom we sie-,
Mmmnv. onened his '
official headquarters in New Bern j
nneninff record and the luture ;
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prospects for the 86 mile line.
First for the rezion. Diesel lo
comotives will be installed on the
line as soon as possible, Edwards
announced. These will be run by
fuel oil and are expected to bring
substantial savings not only in the
this week and declared that he was
favorably impressed with his
present amounts spent for coal but
Best catch of chinnel bass made
on the Central Carolina coast this
year was down at Drum Inlet ear
ly ibis week by a party of anglers
fisbira; with Capt. Ralph Nelson,
well-known sportsman guide of
Atlantic who maintains a fishing
camp known as "Drum Inn" north
of the inlet. Fishing i:i the surf,
a total of 92 chinnel bass had been
landed up until Wednesday nigtit
by a party cf anglers from Wins
ton-Salem and Kannapolis. The
largest fish, tipped the scales at 39
pounds 15 hours after it was taken
from the water. It was landed by
Rev. S. L. Kenny, Lutheran pas
tor of Kannapolis. Allowing three
pounds for shrinkage, the 42
pound bass will be entered in the
Strte-Wsds Surf Casting Tourna
ment at the Winston Hill Store, of
ficial .weighing .station .at .42
pounds.
Capt. Nelson stated that several
of the bass landed weighed over
30 pounds. The fish were not wast
ed. Instead they were taken to At
lantic and iced for transportation
back to the home of theanglers.
Other in the party besides Rev Mr.
Kenny, were Ranc'ilph Doss, C.
Amosn Charley Amos and Bill
Privette of f Winsaton-Salem and
C. G. Kenny and Bill Francis of
Kannapolis. In addition to the big
catch of channel bass, the party
landed several flounder, and sea
trcut while surfcasticg, Capt. Nel
son stated.
COMMITTEEMAN
OF STATE AAA
SPEAKS FRIDAY
Tobacco Growers
To Hear John
Broome
A plan worked out EeV
tween officials of N. C. Fish
eries, Inc., and the Federal
Surplus Commodities CQt
poration, through the aid of
Representative Graham A
Barden, may result in fishes-
men ot Carteret ana aajonj-
mg counties snaring in aq
annual million and half dol
lars set aside by the F. Fs .0
C. for the purchase 01 sea
foodThis would act as &
price stabilizer for such pro
ducts, it was announced to
day by Dr. Herbert F. Pry
therch, president of the self
help cooperative in More
head City.
Taking an active role in efforts
to brine about this plan which
would keep the price of fish ana
seafood above a livable level lot;
the producers is Stanley Wood
land, general manager of N, Q,
Fisheries, Inc.
Ralph M. Woodside, marketing
specialist of the FSCC has mads
a trip to the Cetral Carolina coast
to conduct an invesfigation. Fa
voring the proposal to get th0
market stabilized and better pri
ces for the producer of the fish, irj
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SEVERAL MEETINGS
ARE BEING HELD
also in the numoerof iuen treccss,
ry to operate the railroad. No re
duction in train crews is being
An official of the Beaufort and
Vorehsmd City cUilroas! stated to
day that K. P. Edwards, operator
of the newly organized Atlantic
und East Carolina Railroad, has
promised every cooperation to-
presi-! r..jauforl aaJ E Carteret and
ccnr.ccts w:th the A. and t. l. K
R. at Morehead Cty.
office employes are Deing iuiu
;.- tha o-p-aral nlnn trt rut ex-
... v ..w t-
The Morehead City per-
lel is being; decreased, in the
s.-heme of consolidating opera-
i tiir.g ar d headquarters, with the
' accounting, legal and traffic of
fices at Kinston. Aithougn f
! wards re?rets having to lay off
some of the line's workers, he is
nprmittinz them to exercise their
rights of seniority, he says, if there
are other jobs with the railway
that they desire.
Most of the discharged "higher-
ups are-temporarily assisting 11
Firs!; Foot Ball
Game Of Season
Here Friday P. M.
John Broome, state com
mtteeman of Beaufort Coun
ty who has served in this
capacity for several years,
will talk to tobacco growers
rf r.arrerer. on Fridav niffht
at 7:30 o clock m the isew
port School auditorium, it
was announced today ty
f!nnntv Aeent J. Y. Lassiter.
The meeting in Newport is one of
several arranged by Agt. Lassiter
which are now being held in the
county for the purpose of discuss
ing the ppresent tobacco situation
and the proposed control referen
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Gibbs Brothers Dig
Some Heavy Sweets
A bunch of several sweet pota
toes on the same vine, dug on the
farm of the Gibbs brothers here
early this week weighed nine
pounds. Carl Gaskill, local pro
duce broker and feed store opera
tor did a bit of figuring and esti
mated that if every potato slip set
out by the Gibbs Brothers had a
sim ilar yield, that the total per
acre would be over 1,000 bushels
,. that whether vou know it or
r.ot would be record yield in any
body's language.
Covering The
Waterfront
By AYCOCK BROWN
LAWRENCE LANCASTER of
Vanceboro, probably caught the
record Cero of the season last bun
day when he landed the 39-pound-er
while fishing with Capt. J. J.
Piner aboard his party boat Pa
tricia in Onslow Bay off beautort
Inlet. Lancaster, brother-in-lalw
of John Laws famous crack marks
man of the Highway Patrol was
fishing with quite a number of
persons aboard the boat and
strange to say only the 39-pound
Cero and a small blueish was tak
en. The largest Cero taken up
until Sunday weighed 29 pounds.
DESPITE FAVOKAliLi; weath
er conditions on the week-end no
outstanding catc'ie3 were report
ed from any cf the fishing centers
Thurston Gaskill of Ocrr.cok.; and
Ralph Nelson of Atlantic ?.nd IVrum
Inlet who have se:vei fiitV fully
r s contacts for this column in their
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Beaufort High School's gridhon
stars will meet the strong Vance
boro team here Friday afternoon
in the first game of the season, it
was stated today. Local citizens
are urged to attend this opening
game and cheer for their home
team. The game will begin at
3:30 o'clock on the High School
Athletic Field.
James Hassell Is
New Supervisor Of
Gulf Stream Club
TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tide
at Beaufort is given in this
column. The figures are ap
proximately correct and are
based on table3 furnished by
the U. S. Geodetic Survey.
Some allowances must be
made for variations in the
wind and also with respect
to the locality, that is wheth
er near the ir.kt or
head of the estuaries.
P. Crowell, A. and N. C. president,
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SCHOOL BOARD
MEETS TONIGHT
The Beaufort School Board will
meet tenigght, (September 28) at
7:30 o'clock in Principal Thomas
G. Leary's office at the Beaufort
Graded School building, it was
.tmtmA !- All members of the
James Hassell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. L. W. Hassell, has been nam
ed as supervisor cf Gulf Stre:.m
I Golf Club and Community Center
. cronerties. succeeding C. G. Ow-
ensby, who has accepted a posi
tion with the Atlantic and East
Carolina Railroad as chief dis-
-ot-.!i5T' Tn nHitinn to his duties
of keeping the course in playing i
shape, Supervisor Hassell will also
take care of the Community Center
building, tennis courts and gener
al properties of the project. His
appointment to the job, recom
mended by the 20 members of the
Golf Club, was approved Ty Park
Commissioners Sera aitrtss;
n.-J k.- k- -Jviied bv the
Secretary to attend the meeting. Hugh Hill And Aycock Brown.
HIGH
8:22
8:39
8:57
:15
9:33
9:31
10:12
10:32
10:56
11:17
11:42
12 M
LOW
Fr day, Sept. 29
A3.. 2:15 AM.
PM. 2:44 PM.
Saturday, Sept. 30
AM. 2:46 AM.
PM. 3:19 PM.
Sunday, Oct. 1
AM. 3:19 AM.
PM. 3:55 PM.
Monday, Oct 2
AM. 3:53 AM.
PM. 4:36 PM.
Tuesday, Oct. 3
AM. 4:34 AM,
5:23 PM.
Wednesday, Oct 4
AM. 5:20 AM,
PM. 6:20 PM.
Thursday, Oct. 5 ,
6:17 AM.
PM. , T:2rri-
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