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VOLUME XXVII; No. 45.
BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, NOV. 2, 1939.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
' The Menhaden Fleet Returns To Beaufort Fort MaCOn Coast Guard
Ready For The Coast Guard
Super Unit Is Completed
Old Building Will
Become Barracks
For Riflemen
Winston-Salem
Man Victim Of
Shooting Today
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plants during the winter months. Several cf the boats the fleet which has returned to
Beaufort for the winter will be recognized in the EUBANKS-NEWS photo shown above
Beaufort is the center of the menhaden industry in North Carolina. One of the largest
plants of its kind on the Atlantic coast, The Fish Meal Company, owned by J. Howard
Smith Is located in West Beaufort. The Beaufort Fisheries, a growing corporation lo
cated on Taylor's Creek has experienced considerable improvements and expansion
since local owners purchased the plant. With 30 menhaden vessels in port, the popula
tion of Beaufort is increased 600 or more persons.
NEW TERMINAL
FOR BUSSES IS
OPENED TODAY
M. G. Chambers Will
" Be Manager And
Agent
Beaufort's new bua termi
L .jial to serve Seashore Trans
f portation Company, which op
I rates three lines here was
p formally opened today with
f . M. G. Chambers as manager
and agent. He succeeds Jo
i siah W. Chadwick as station
.agent, who has served Sea
f shore as local representative
. for a number of years. Mr.
Chadwick has sold his inter
I est in the shoe repair shop to
"Mr. Chambers, who will al
iso become local sales repre
! tentative for the News and
: -Observer.
The new bus station completed
VETERAN BUS AGENT
Jotiah W. Chadwick officially
retired m aent of the Seaihore
Transportation Company here to
Jay with the opening of the new
quarters on Queen Street. He had
terred Seaahore for a total of 16
years and eight months, or since
tbe first bus rolled into Beaufort.
at a cost of over $3,000 is owned
by I. E. Ramsey. It is located on
'Queen Street near Front, in quar
ters near the old home of The
I (Continued on page 8)
Fishing And
All Outdoors
By AYCOCK BROWN
' WINNER OF the Cero Contest
eponsored by Hardware and Build
ing Supplies Corporation in More
head City was Richard Carpenter,
Monroe, Ga. His fish weighed 44-1-4
pounds. He was fishing with
Tony Seamon aboard the cruiser
Monnie M. when he made the
catch. He was using Pfleuger tack
le. For making the catch Carpen
ter will win a $30 Pfleuger Tem
plar reel. His guide, Capt. Seamon
will be awarded a $12 Pfleuger rod.
; THE AUTOGRAPH reads:: "To
Aycock Brown, who knows and
loves with the author, the Banks
of the Carolinas Van Campen
Heilner," and the autograph is in
the best and most complete book
on Duck shooting ever written. (A
Book On Duck Shooting, Penn
Publishing Company, Philadelphia,
$7.50) Time Magazine which sel
dom mentions a book unless it is
tops sai dthe folowing about Van
Campen Heilner's newest book
rnu a spreirom uuitij BaW ur mg
Salt Water Fshing, (Penn Pub
lishing Company, $5) published
two years ago.
, "Sportsman Heilner's opus may
prove as valuable a handbook for
duck hunters as his Salt Water
(Continued on Page 8)
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k... .f nnrtimu in catchine fish for the scrap ana on
-DOLLAR MAKERS-
Ads Invariably
"Contact" Part
Of Community
By GEORGE T. EAGER
(Reprinted from last week's
Magazine Section of The Beaufort
News) .
THE owner of a fine florist
shop. iAjnidwvjstern . city
wai recently discussing ad
vertising with a business
friend. The friend owns a
thriving food store that does
an annual volume of $300,
000. A complete stock of
choice foods, excellent serv
ice and judicious use of news
paper advertising had built
the business.
"Don't talk to me about adver
tising," said the florist. "There is
so much of it everywhere that it
just can't pay. Look at this news
paper here. So chockful of ads
that mine would never be seen or
noticed."
The two men happened to be
walking through the busiest sec
tion of the city. "You are one of
a number of men in this city who
would be making more money if
you understood how advertising
works," said the owner of the food
store. "Advertising is just like
the traffic in this city . Traffic
looks tangled up and confused,
there's too much of it and you
might think that any single auto
mogile or truck would be lost in
the shuffle. But just remember
that this gray car that is passing us
and that red delivery wagon that
just turned the corner, are very
important to a certain number of
people in this city."
"It's the same way with adver
tisements. There seems to be so
many of them that they are con
fusing. But each advertisement is
important to somebody. Today's
papers carry an advertisement of
my store featuring a special pur
chase of oranges and grapefruit, a
lot of new cheeses and a special
offer on ginger ale. To a lot of
people that advertisement is lost
in the traffic. But experience has
taught me that this same adver
tisement will seek out for me
enough people to whom the mer
chandise is highly important to
make it pay."
Morehead City And
Beaufort C. of C.
Seek Pedlar Taxing
Beaufort and Morehead City
Chamber of Commerces will have
representatives appear before the
govrning bodies of the county and
each municipality at the next reg
ular board meeting and request
that-, p.on resident pedlars a af
firms operating in this County be
taxed for the privilege. The mat
ter was discussed at a meeting of
the Morehead City C. of C. last
Thursday night. Jacob Miller and
Aycock Brown of the local C. of C.
were present at the meeting.
BEACH BRIDGE
WILL GET NEW
GEARS DEC. 15
Draw Not Closed
As Announced
Beach bridge was
not closed today as announ
ced earlv this week. This
announcement came last
nieht from Roy J. Hart, Dis
trict Engineer for the State
Highway Department. In a
letter to The Beaufort News
Mr. Hart wrote as follows:
"The proposed work on the At
lantic Beach Bridge has been post
poned until December 15, 1939, to
avoid conflict with the fishing sea
son.
"The repairs, which the Bridge
Maintenance Department expect
to do at that time, which will re
quire the closing of the bridge,
will be on the draw span. This
work will require two or three
days. It will be necessary to put
in some new gears in the machin
ery and also make some repairs to
the bottom chord.
Tobacco Leaf
Oddity
A tobacco leaf oddity wai
brought to the Beaufort News of fi
ce this week by Nightwatchman
Hayes. The leaf, is in reality a
four-in-one leaf on one stem. It
is the first of its kind ever dis
played here, although last year a
triple leaf was brought to The
News office from the western pa.-t
of Carteret.
Information as to the tide
at Beaufort is given in this
column. The figures are ap
proximately correct and are
based on tables 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 inlet or at the
head of the estuaries.
Friday, Nov. 3
11:58 AM. 6:06 AM.
12:19 PM. 7:04 PM.
Saturday, Nov. 4
12:58 AM.
1:20 PM.
Sunday,
2:50 AM.
2:27 PM.
Monday,
7:15 AM.
8:06 PM.
No
8:27 AM.
9:08 PM.
Nov. 6
3:15 AM.
3:36 PM.
Tuesday, Nov,
-4-&2-AM-.
9:35 AM.
10:05 PM.
7
10:40 AM.
4:40 PM. 11:00 PM.
Wednesday, Nov. 8
5:21 AM.
5:37 PM. 11:40 PM.
Thursday, Nov. 9
6:31 AM. 12:03 AM.
6:29 PM. 12:35 PM.
OVER $100,000 IS
SPENT UN fKUJUUl
One of the -most modern
Coast Guard station build
ings along the Atlantic Coast
has just been completed and
hirned over to ' the govern
ment at Fort Macon and at
an early date, a compliment
of 16 to 20 men will be sta
tioned there. It is the tirst
"super-station" to be com
pleted on the North Carolina
Coast.
At an early date;.after the mem
bers of the crew have been trans
ferred to the new quarters in the
new building, completed at a cost
of over $50,000, the old structure
will be moved to a nearby location
and will be used as a barracks for
(Continued on Page 8)
Hit And Run
Victim Dies
Without gaining conscious
ness, A. J. Adams, 20-year
old resident of the Broad
Creek section, died in More
head City hospital early
Monday, a few hours after
he was struck by a hit-run
driver on Route 24 Saturday
night at 8 o clock. Driver of
the car, windshield of which
was broken by the impact
along with one headlight be
ing knocked out had not been
arrested up until today al
though Statet County and
Municipal officers are. on
the lookout for him- "'''
The young victim was struck as
he stood on the left side of the
highway talking to Stanley Dixon
and Misses Verona Buck and Lou
ise Cannon in front of the John
Cannon residence. It was report
ed that the car, traveling towards
Morehead City, swerved across the
road from the right to the left
side, struck Mr. Adams and threw
him across the 20-foot highway.
..Mr. Adams is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Irene Adams; his fa
ther, Alex Adams and four sisters:
Mrs. Frank Willis, Mrs. Garland
Willis, Mrs. Lonnie Salter, all of
Broad Creek, and Mrs. Lewis
Hayes of Pelletier. Funeral ser
vices were conducted at the Broad
Creek cemetery Tuesday afternoon
by Rev. Edward Mingo, Holiness
minister.
DAVIS VISITS HOEV
Earl Davis of Harkers Island,
made a trip to Raleigh this week to
talk to Governor Hoey about a
bridge from Lenoxville to Harkers
Island. While in Raleigh he also
called on Chairman Dunlop of the
S. H. and P. W. Commission.
COUNTY ACHIEVEMENT DAY MEET
WAS ONE OF THE BEST EVER HELD
Carteret County Federaton Of Home Demonstration
Clubs Celebrated Thursday, October 26th By Mak
ing Report of Outstanding Club Accomplish
ments Of The Year For Membership
A DISH WASHING TEAM
WASHING IS NOT A
One of tho most enjoyable events of the Home Demon
stration Club year is the County Achievement Day to
which the club members invite the entire public.
Thursday, October 26, was the
date on which the Carteret County
Federation of Home Demonstra
tion Clubs celebrated this day.
Outstanding club accomplishments
of the year were given for the
county as follows:
Foods and Nutrients Mrs. Hel
en Smith, Atlantic.
Food Conservation Mrs. Julian
Fulcher, North River.
Clothing Mrs. Will Norris,
Wire Grass.
Home Beautification Mrs. Bil
ly Smith, North Harlowe.
Home Management Mrs. Har-
fy Giliikiii,1 Dettie. -
House Furnishing Mrs. Leslie
Gillikin, Smyrna.
Home Dairy Mrs. S. B. Wilkins,
North River.
Home Gardens Mrs. Elmer
Willis, Williston.
Parent Education Mrs. Lillian
Sheriff And Coroner
Make Investigation
Clifton Snyder died this morn
ing at 10:40 in Morehead City
Hospital as the result of beinif
struck in the brain, shoulder and
body fay buckshot fired from a gun
in the hands of an unkown assail
ant at a camp on the Herman Tay
lor farm near Stella. Officers are
investigating the mystery which
surrounds the shooting. Snyder,
a native of Winston-Salem along
with A. P. Elliott, (both are em
ployes of the Piedmont Granite
Corporation) had been in the
Stella section for several days on
a deer hunt. Elliott told Coroner
George Dill, Sheriff Holland, Cor
poral Clay and other investigating
officers that he did not even hear
the report of a gun being fired.
Evidence in the vicnity of the
camp showed, however, that part
of the load not only entered the
head and body of Snyder but also
struck the fender of the car.
C. of C. Wires WP A
Administrator For
Carteret Projects,
With the thought in view of giv
ing employment to several hundred
people in Carteret who are on r
A rolls, the Chamber of Commerce
on Wednesday wired N. C. WPA
Administrator C. C. McGinnis, re
questing early approval of projects
in county. At the present time
only 27 men are working on WPA
projects in Carteret. The usual
number averages about three or
four hundred men. Copy of wire
sent the N. C. Administrator fol-
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"Carteret County with only 27
men working plus overhead will
be desperate owing to almost com
plete failure food fishing. Ur
gently urge early approval of pro
jects to help situation. We have
nothing in mind but will gladly ten
der assistance in anyway we can
help."
Of All Things!
WPA Foreman, Robert Taylor,
reported the theft or removal of
eizht rubber tired wheelbarrows
from the tool box on the Com
ir.unity Center Drive project this
week. It is the first time in
history perhaps, that anyone has
ever stolen a wheel barrow,
Usually people steal luxuries,' but
something to work with, seldom if
ever. There is a possibility that
a Hallowe'en pranker removed the
barrows but if that is the case it
might turn out to be something
serious, because they happened to
be the property of the United
States Government.
SHOWED THAT DISH
DRUDGERY AS SUPPOSED
Wade, Williston.
Home Poultry Mrs. Bessie
King, North River.
Education Mrs. 0. C. Skinner,
Russell Creek.
Health Miss Jessie Powell.
Russell Creek.
Recreation Miss Arnecia Ai
ley, Beaufort.
Citizenship Mrs. Joe DuBois,
Crab Point.
Curb Market Miss Madie Dick
inson, Core Creek.
Best local club report of county,
Mrs. H. W. Merrill, North River.
bers have sponsored the youth pro
grams of the county so it was with
pleasure that they listened to the
county 4-H clubs report of Mrs. W.
G. Simpson and the County Service
report of Miss Arnecia Wiley.
(Continued on page 2)
THE NEW U. S. Coast Guard quarters at Fort Macon is
shown in the above picture. . It is one of, if not the most
complete quarters for members of the service along the At
barracks for the visiting Coast Guardsmen who come to
The old station building nearby will be converted into a
barrocks for the visiting Coast Guardsmen who come to
Carteret to practice on Camp Glenn Rifle Range. Capt
W. H. Lewark is officer in charge of Fort Macon station,
the first of the super-stations to be completed on the North
Carolina coast (Aycock Brown Photo).
IRISH POTATO
FARMERS WILL
MEET TUESDAY
Information To Be
Given By Group
Of Experts
Irish Potato growers are
urged to attend a meeting to
be held in the Court House
here next Tuesday (Novem
bei 7) for the purpose of
hearing information relative
to potato diseases, seed pro
ducing areas, washing and
handling potatoes and the
proper and improper metnoa
of handling the crop general
ly, it was stated today by
County Agent J. Y. Lassiter.
The following will attend this
meeting: A. E. Marcker, Wash
ington, D. C, who will discuss the
outlook; Dr. R. O. Pool of the Plant
Pathology Department, who will
discuss potato diseases and their
control, as well as the latest infor
mation of the seed producing
araas; Puxton White, Marketing
Specialist cf the State Department
of Agiiculture, will discuss wash
ing and handling Irish Potatoes,
and L. F. Watso, Extension Hor
ticulturist, will show several hun
dred feet of moving picture films
on the proper and improper meth
ods of handling the Irish Potato
crop.
Mr. Watson took these pictures
on a trip to Florida for the purpose
of getting this information during
the potato season. Every potato
farmer in the county is urged to
attend this meeting.
Legion Auxiliary
District Meeting
In M. City Tuesday
All members, former members,
and women eligible for member
ship are urged to attend the Dis
trict meeting of the American Le
gion Auxiliary at the Civic Cen
ter in Morehead City on Tu"s lay
afternoon, it was stated today by
Mrs. Floyd Child wick, District
Cnmmitteewoman who will pre
side. Honored guests expected at the
noting will he State President
Mrs. Weaver Newhy, of Newton-
tiss Arelia Adams state secret - i -
v and Mis. J. B. Edwnrds of Wil
iMgton area, vice-presidnt In
v led in the district are: Craven.
: ilow, Jones, Carteret and Pam-
co Counties.
Mrs. Mann will be
the principal speaker, explaining
the work of the Auxilhry and out
line plans for the year s woik.
Long Ears Of Corn
Grown At Williston
Two yellow ears of corn averag
ing 14 inches in length were
brought to The Beaufort New of
fice by Jimmie Stewart last week,
who stated that it was grown by
Everette Willis, of Williston. The
ears were the longest ever brought
to The Beaufort News
fffce arrri
they were perfect specimens ex
cept the grains seemed to be in
fested with corn weevills. Corn
weevills have damaged several fine
fields of corn in Carteret .County
during the current year.
GEORGE BROOKS
HEADS B. & M.
RAILROAD HERE
-.LA.
Future R. R. Service
May Depend Upon
Cooperation
George J. Brooks was elec
ted president of the Beau
fort and Morehead City Rail
road at a meeting of the offi-
cials of the short, but very
important line. Although
the line is only 3.17 miles, it
serves Beaufort ancl the com
tYuuiirips nf rhfi East. Mora .
freight originates in Beauior$
than all stations and towns
between Beaufort and New;
Bern.
Other officers elected at the re
cent meeting included W. V. B.
Potter, vice-president; C. R. '
Wheatly, secretary-treasurer; J. F.
Duncan, attorney and R. W. Safrit
and Stanley Woodland members of
the board of directors who serve in
this capacity with the other offi
cials named,
A working agreement, similar to
((Continued From Page One)
A. & N. C. Reports
$15,000 Loss In
Past 18 Months
H. P. Croweil, former president
of the Atlantic & North Caroiiiisi
Railroad, submitted a report this
week to Governor Clyde R. Hiey
covering eighteen months opra-
ttion of the road ending August 31,
and showing a net losscf $i-),2JJ.-03.
Covering; The
Waterfront
By AYCOCK BROWN
WITH THE return of the M -n-haden
Fleet, Beaufort's watjr
f rout is one of the mot pictjr
esr.ue of any town on the Noth
Carolina coast. About "5 of the
i picturesque vessels, -.vith cro vh
msts high o.i the mainmast u o
bnsinK he,.p at tlv, prjsen; t;-. ie a.id
1 additional boats will b-j ai.-iviig
i during the novt fow days- St ,n
boat ,9r.L.s a ctew of 2. 0
25 boats here swells th ; po-jalat. ) i
of Reaufoit some 500 nerson.v It
I mpana hotter t!mp fir tho tim
being, here, because each membor
of the fleet spends money locally
Grovery stores can also feel the ef
fect of the fleet's arrival here, as
all food supplies are bought local
ly. I WAS IN doubt a bit about my
reception at the office of Highway
Commissioner Ernest Webb in Kin
ston last week. It seems that I
have criticized the State Highway
officials about as much or possV
bly more than any other person or
the coast. I had taken a certain
stand in news stories about the
proposed bridge to Har-kgEsJaland,
But the fact that I have conducted
a small war against the Highway
officials, the matter was never
mentioned until I brought the sub
ject up myself. I asked Mr. Webb
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