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Legion Sponsored
CARTERET FAIR
In Beaufort
OCT. 9th TO 15th
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Carteret County's Oldest NewspaperEstablished 1912
VOLUME XXVII; NO. 41.
BEAUFORT, N. C. THURSDAY, OCT. 5, 1939.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY,
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Exposition
Carteret
Fishing And
All Outdoors
By AYCOCK BROWN
NIMRODS by the hundreds
have gone into the forests and
poeosins of Eastern North Caroli
na this week in search of big game.
Driving through the country one
can frequently hear the baying of
deer hounds, and while dozens of
these fleet footed pieces of veni
son have run unexpectedly into
stands where hunters with rifle or
shotgun, the latter loaded with
buskshot, have been waiting and
the animals met their doom. There
are reports trickling in of hunters,
out for the first time who have
been surprised to see a deer come
within gunshot range, only an at
tack of "buck fever" saved the
buck. So far there have been no
reports of anyone killing a doe
in Coastal and heavily wooded
Carteret at any rate, where Game
Warden Leon Thomas has con
tacted over 100 local and non-resident
big game hunters during the
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Pfleuger Reel On
Rig Which Landed
Largest Kingfish
A Pfleuger "Capitol" reel, the
best piece of fishing tackle in
America in its price class was used
by Richard L. Carpenter of Mon
roe, Ga., who landed the 44 1-2
pound Cero off Beaufort Inlet last
Sunday while fishing with Capt
Tony Seamon aboard , his cruiser
"Monnie M" of Morehead City.
The huge fish, (true name King
fish) measured 63 inches from
tip to tip and it was the largest
taken since 1937 in local waters.
The previous record was a 45
pounder hooked by Mrs. S. W.
Thompson, of Morehead City, who
was also using Pfleuger tackle.
She too was fishing with Capt.
Seamon, who in the sportfishing
town of Morehead City, has a sort
of reputation of being the cham
nion Cero euide. Previous rec
ords this year was a 39-pound Ce
ro taken by Lawrence Lancaster ot
Vanceboro. He made his catch
Sundav. September 21.
The record fish taken Sunday
was brought to gaff on 42-test
Cuttyhunk line, some 45 minutes
after it had struck Creek Chub
Bait Company's "Red Head Plug."
Others in the party with Champion
Carpenter were his wife Mrs. Car
penter; and Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Carpenter and daughter of Kins
ton, and Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Car
penter, of Elberton, Ga.
Covering The
Waterfront
By AYCOCK BROWN
MY FRONT PAGE editorial
week before last urged North Car-
! olina representatives in the U. S.
; Congress to consider preparedness
l along with their neutrality which
i is iow in the spotlight at the spec
i session, and to consider very se-
! iously the matter of buliding for-
tification for protecting their
' I J coast 'ine in this State which will
i something is not done, be the
open door for enemy invasion when
:pi some war lord decides to make ag
, j gression attempts on America,
f They will be doing that sure as
ii : shooting before many years have
Vt passed. The editorial attracted a
bit of attention.
THE TRIBUNE in New Bern la
beling it "A Matter Of Common
Sense" used the entire editorial
unday. On Saturday night after
publication, Major George Gil-
I '. lette, District Engineer of Wil
1 ' , mington, called to ask about the
y'' fishing and make reference to the
v editorial. So, far I hnva heard
from two representatives in Con
gress. My contention is thst its
a matter of vast importance, not
only to North Carolina but the na
tion at large. People generally
may pass the matter up now but
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"World
Shows" On
Fair Midway
Legion Sponsored
Event To Begin
Here Monday
THRILLING RIDES
AND MODERN SHOWS
American Legionaires of
Carteret Post 99 will be
sponsoring their fourth an
nual event when the Carteret
Fair, featuring Max Gru
berg's "World Exposition
Shows" opens here on Mon
day. In addition to more
exhibits the midway attrac
tions this year will be superi
or to any entertainment ever
offered here, the sponsoring
group officials believe.
Among the 14 rides and 16
tented attractions are many that
Gruberg has exhibited in the past
at the late Chicago Century of
Progress, the Dallas, Texas, Cen
tenial and the Great Lakes Expo
sition held for two years in Cleve
land, Ohio. It is from these ex
hibits that the show gets its name
of "Exposition Shows."
As the automobile has taken the
place of the horse and buggy, so
such attractions as the French Ca
sino have replaced the old statue
turning to life of the old days.
Those of our predecessors who saw
the old time Ten Nights in a Bar
Room with the lesson it gives on
the evils of drink, now can see the
expose of the drug traffic, enact
ed by living actors and actresses
in the Chinatown attraction.
Where the old freak side show
with its two headed chicken and
four legged calf were once the big
attractions on a fair ground, Gru
berg presents the Monroe Broth,
ers assistants to the late Howard
Thurston with several of thaf mas
ter mind of magic illusions great
est creations.
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Beaufort School To
Share In Profit Of
Fair Lunch Booth
Beaufort Graded School's PTA
and Athletic Association will share
in profits derived from the opera'
tion of a lunch booth on the
grounds of Cateret Fair next week
as a result of an agreement be
tween the Board of Trustees .and
the Parent Teachers Association.
To prevent local competition by the
operation of such a booth, the Pa
rent Teachers will cooperate with
the American Legion Auxiliary
who have operated efficiently and
successfully such a booth on the
grounds since the Fair Associa
tion was organized. This will mean
only one local owned lunch booth
During Fair Week, as the school
will be operating a lunch booth,
privileges to other persons serving
lunches at the school will be can
celled, so that more profit will be
derived for the school. Arrange
ments will be made for lunches,
sandwiches and milk, to be taken
to the corridor of the school build
ing, so that pupils of parents who
object to their children going to
the stand on the fair ground may
be served as usual, it was brought
out at the meeting of the School
Board on Monday night.
Persons who patronize the Le
gion Auxiliary-Beaufort School's
PTA lunch stand on fair grounds
will be helping raise needed funds
for the PTA and Beaufort School
Athletic Association.
John Memakis Back
From Vet. Hospital
John Memakis, prominent citi
zen and World War Veteran, and
founder of the Busy Bee Cafe in
Morehead City has returned from
Kecoughtan Veteran Hospital in
Virginia where he was interned
for three weeks receiving treat
ment. He is high in his praise for
does for veterans of the World
War, and the general management
of the institution. The new Vet
erans Hospital to be constructed
in North Carolina at Gayettexille,
will ba of the same design as Ke-coughtan.
Sheriff C. G. Holland and Deputies
Capture Still, Cart, Mule and Mash
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ALTHOUGH HE had confiscated hundred of gallons
went into office, it was not until aSunday morning, in September, that Sheriff C. Gher
mann Holland actually capture a still in which such booze is made. With Deputies R.
E. Chaplain, T. Murray Thomas, Jr., and W. R. Longest a raid was conducted in the Oyster Creek section
and quite a haul was made. In addition to the 50-gallon copper still, 500 gallons of mash, a mule and
cart was found. The mash, ready for brewing was destroyed. The still shown in the photo on the con
fiscated cart pulled by the confiscated mule was brought to the county seat, destroyed and sold for junk.
Shortly afterwards William Hardesty came to town to claim the mule and cart, saying that he did not
know they were out of his barnyard, and that it was not his still. On charges of manufacturing whiskey
William Hardesty and Dewey Hardesty were arrested. Their case scheduled for Recorder's Court hat
been continued for two sessions. A bond of $300 was required before the mule and cart was returned!
to the owner. In th picture Sheriff Holland is shown in center holding a worm of the still. At his
right is Deputy Thomas at his left, Deputy Chaplain. (Aycock Brown Photo).
Comments Favor This Newspaper's
Proposal For Coastal Protection
(Text of Congressional and Editorial Comments Will Be Found On
Page 2, This Edition.)
"I expect to follow through on this matter," wrote Representa
tire Graham A. Barden, immediately upon reading the proposal of
The Beaufort News' front page editorial two weeks ago relative to
protection of North Carolina coast from possible invasion. "Pro
tection and fortifications for N. C. Coast wouldn't be bad, and your
fine editorial Was timely," wrote Senator Robert R. Reynolds. , . Ed
Storial comments relative to the proposal were captioned s follows:
"A Matter of Common Sense," The (New Birn) Tribune ( "Why Is
North Carolina Excepted?" Charlotte Obslnrer and "Cautious
Carolinians May Remember Roanoke Island,' The Raleigh Times.
Eastman Furniture
Co. Phone Is B-343-1
Eastman Furntture Company,
one of tho regular advertisers in
The Beaufort News announced to
day that its telephone number
since moving to new location .has
been changed to B-343-1.
Familiar Scenes On Midway
V Of World Exposition Shows
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FAMILIAR SCENES on the Midway
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reproduced in the picture above. The scene at top shows employes
putting up the show, and incidentally, up to 65 local persons will be
given employment Sunday morning at the fair grounds in helping do
the work at good wages, according to J. B. Mannheimer, contracting
agent of the show who was in town this week. FREE ACTS. One
of the two sensational free act to be presented twice daily is shown
in the lower picture.
sfc..k.ia&., s ' .arks. ,m am""" ""K' i
ON INSPECTION CRUISE
Representative Graham A. Bar
den, Representative Lindsey War
ren, U. S. Marshall Ford Worthy,
Major George Gillette and Ray
Adams of Washington, D. C, are
on a cruise of Carteret and near
by waters this week aboard the
now U. S. Engineering Yacht
"Kitty Hawk." . .
af the World Exposition
Carteret Fa1rfceTe wif wwk arfc
of moonshine liquor since he I
CROP CONTROL
Voting on the question of flue,
cured tobacco marketing quotas
was repirted to be heavy in Coast
al Carteret today and in the final
check-up the returns are expect
ed to be close. It has been indi
cated that voting will also be close
in Craven, but that in Onslow and
Lenoir the proponents of controle
will carry the election by a large
majority.
S.S.VAPPERIS
STILL IN PORT
Plans To Go To
New Orleans
Cancelled
THREE FIREMEN LEAVE
With the turn of affairs in
Estonia, which has given
broad rights to Russia, the
S. S. Vappsr of Tallinn
which has been at the ocean
oort in Morehead City since
September 8, is ?most a ship
without a country- Capt.
Oscar Laas master of the ves
:? hps been having his trou
bles since the ship reached
port. ..-.-.i
Originally scheduled to take on
.1 cargo of sorap iron for a port in
.he United Kingdom, the plans
.veiv cancelled due to that na
tion becoming involved in war, and
;iuse neutral ships carrying car--;
s of woodpulp and iron ore
have been sunken by German sub-
! ";i.;r.cs. While the vessel lay in
! -it awaiting definite orders, the
.row has repainted her hull and
:'. h week the f lajjs of Estonia and
j t lie ship's name and country were
'ir.ihted on each siu'e. This is a
v,tr time move that has been given
prnetinally all neutral ships on the
si'Ven seas.
Early this week tenative orders
c:.r.u in for the Vapptr to proceed
to Ke v OrU-nas to take on a car
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Many Attend Lodge
Meeting cn Monday
With 24-year old J. A. Ipoek of
Ionic Lodge, Cove City, youngest
Masor.ic District Deputy Grand
Master in North Carolina present
and approximately 70 other mem
bers of this great fraternal order
also here, the meeting of Frank
lin Lodge of Beaufort and Ocean
Lodge of Morehead City here Mon
day night was outstanding. Deputy
Grand Master Ipoek of the Sev
enth Distrht was the most distin
guished Mason present.
Other members of the Masonic
Order pre seuf
ir! rperesenta-
tives of St. John's Lodge, and
Doric Lodge, New Bern; Ionic
Lodge, Durham and also members
of the organization from Beaufort,
S. C, Portsmouth, Va., Wilming
ton, N. C, Baltimore and Madison,
Conecticut
County Board
Lenoxville
Island
Lenoxville-Island
Bridge Favored In
Three Resolutions
Resolutions from the County
Board of Commissioners, The
Beaufort Chamber of Commerce
and The Rotary Club of Beaufort,
have been endorsed and forwarded
State Highway and Public Works
Commission favoring the construc
tion of the proposed Harkers Island-mainland
bridge from Lenox
ville Point, instead of Straits. The
Board of Town commissioners
when asked to adopt a similar res
olution for Beaufort (the commu
nity which would profit most from
the shortest route) tabled propos
al at their meeting Monday night.
John Parkin Is
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Seriously Hurt
In Truck Wreck"
John Parkin, 22, well-known
young" BeStifort man, son of Mrs.
Rosa Bell Parkin, is in Morehead
City hospital suffering from a
double fracture of the pelvis re
ceived early Sunday morning when
the truck he was driving overturn
ed at the first curve beyond the
bridge on the Atlantic Beach
causeway. He was formerly em
ployed at C. D. Jones Company
here, but for the past several
months had been in charge of de
liveries for Dixie Dairy Products
Company in Beaufort.
Although his condition is criti
cal, the attending surgeon told a
nember of the family on Wednes
day that a slight improvement had
been noted. According to the ver
sion of the accident given a mem
ber of the family by the injured
man and in turn reported to The
Beaufort News:
"He had been to the L ile Hour
at beach Saturday night until late
and upon his return to Beaufort
decided to return to Morehead
City as it was almost time to
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FRANCIS KING
FOUND DEAD IN
HIS WINE SHOP
Funeral services for Francis
Clement King, 53, were conducted
at the home of his sister Mrs. Da
vid R. Davis in New Bern Tuesday
He was found dead in his wine
shop (The Family Wine Store) on
the Beaufort-Morehead City cause
way Monday afternoon' by Nat
Russell, owner of the store who
had gone there to collect rent.
Coroner George Dill who inves
tigated the death stated that the
cause was acute dialation of the
heart resulting from acute alco
holism. DDuring the past sum
mer the deceased had operated a
v ine shop on the boardwalk at At
lantic Beach.
Although Mr. King was a na
tive of Louisburg, ha had at ona
time lived with his late parents, Dr.
and Mrs. Robert Edward Kir.T in I
Carteret County. The deceased
had during his youth attended the '
old Graham's Academy at Mar-
-thalioerg and later lived in l.a.:-.
'r-;t where Ids father piacti. .1
j.'ntisUy. Besides his s-i-'c, I"r,
j.ivu. ::i is survive J by o.-.e arc.r.
r, Robert E. King of 1,'cw E.;.i
Parents Answerm
Th?s Message Will
Help Their School
Parents, :f you have used cloth
ing, vhic'i is no longer being us.d
n ycur homo, viil you please do.
rial: thom ts tne school? We ar:
badly in need of them, and ccn
place thsm where they will be of
service. Some of the children
are very inadequately dressed for
these cool, and will be colder days.
If you have a donation of clothes,
will you please call Mrs. Lipman
or Miss Gertrude Styron? And
either of them will be glad to call
at your home for them.
Will you please do your part by
helping some needy child keep
warm this winter?
Committee la Charge.
Favors
- Barkers
Bridge Route
Important Matters
Passed At Meet
Here Monday
OTHER BUSINESS
ROUTINE NATURE
Following a lengthy dis
cussion, in which various
opinions were expressed,
with a bit of oratory on the
part of Representative Fred
Seely, the Carteret County
Board of Commissioners at
their meeting here Monday
morning passed a resolution
favoring the construction of
the proposed bridge between
the mainland and Harkers
Island, from Lenoxville, the
short route instead of from
Straits ........... -
(Since negligence on the parr
of the State Highway and Public
Works Commission in failing t
hare proper warning signs at tho
ferry dock approach and proper
barricades or safty gates resulted!
in the death of fire people on one)
occasion last summer, plans for
the construction of a bridge
(sought for years by the islanders)
moved rapidly Ed. Note.
Like a bolt of thunder out of a
clear sky to the majority of peo
ple came the announcement a few
weeks ago that the State Highway
and Public Works Commission
through the benevolent approval
of a handful of politicians had de
cided to build the bridge. They
would build it from Straits to the
Island, however, instead of from
Lenoxville.
...Immediately the fight to harO
the structure built from Lenox
ville Point to th Island, was renew
ed. There are people in this
county who will say that the whole
set-up to build the bridge from
Straits to Harkers Island was a
political set up. It is said
upon reliable authority that 99
percent of the people on the is
land have signed a petition ask
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44-Pound Channel
Bass Landed This
Week At Drum Inl.
A 44-pound chanel bass, two
pounds larger than the previous
season record for Drum Inlet, was
taken there on Sunday by Deputy
Sheriff Robor Dean of Guilford
County, according to a report from
Capt. Ralph Nelson. Drum or Chan
nel Bass by the hundreds have
been taken at Drum Inlet during
the fall moon season of October
Capt. Nelson stated. He estimates
that over 3,000 pounds of these
copper colored surf fighters have
been taken with rod ana : c! ... -ing
the past two veok.
TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tide
at Beaufort is given in this
column. The figures are ap
proximately correct and are
ased on tables furnished by
the U. S. Geodetic Survey.
Some allowances must be
maie for variations in the
wind and also with refjK-ct
ti the locality ti . ' is v bett
er near th. ir.;-t ..r ;.t th.
her.d of ;hw estuaiko.
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LOW
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7:7 AM.
8:27 PM.
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8:39 AM.
9:29 PM.
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9:49 AM.
10:29 PM.
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10:53 AM.
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Friday, Oct.
:08 AM.
1;S8 Til.
Saturday, Oct.
2:18 AM.
2:47 FM.
Sunday, Oct.
3:30 AM.
3:C8 PM.
Monday, Oct.
4:38 AM.
5:00 PM.
Tuesday. Oct.
JUL
5:36 AM. 11:25 AM.
5:57 PM. 11:53 PM.
Wednesday, Oct. 11
6:29 AM. 12:18 AM.
6:48 PM. 12:50 PM.
Thursday, Oct. 12
7:19 AM. 1:05 AM.
7:38 PM. 2::00 PM.
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