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j83 Q GET CHRISTMAS COPY IN EARLY FOR AD-TAKER DIAL 448-1 TUJME XXVIh NO. 48. Ten Menhaden Boat "Southland" And Scow "Espee" Shoved By Tug "Especo" Crash Friday TRANSFER OF EDGEWATER IS RECORDED HERE Club Property Is Purchased By Floridan REVENUE STAMPS ON A total of $150 in U. S. Revenue Stamps were at tached to the deed transfer ring Edgewater Club to S. G. Tarilton of Miami Beach. The transfer was recorded with the Register of Deeds here on Tuesday. The sale was made by Floyd M. "Coach" Simmons and the amount involved is $150, 000. This is the largest amount ever involved in a single deed of traus fer recorded here. Formerly the Morehead Villa, the magnificent property owned by Simmons for four years is said to have been constructed in 60 days at a cost of $300,000 during the boom days of the "roaring twenties." (Continued on Page 8) Body Of Fisherman Identified By Card A social security card was in strumental in identifying the body of Alex Karl Olsen, Norweg. fisherman, missinc since Sunday, 12 from the trawler Slow and Eay, according to Sher iff C. G. Holland who instigated after the body cam to surface in Morehead City harbor about noon Monday. Fred O. Basnight, matter of the trawler, stated that last time he taw OUen wat 8 o'clock the night he wa reported misting. It wai hard to identify the body until the social security card, hard ly blurred, was found in an over coat pocket. The card gave the home address as 22 Woodhull St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Coroner George Dill stated that after examination .he .wat .con vinced that Olten came to hit death by accidental drowning. Covering The Waterfront By AYCOCK BROWN OPINION expressed here this week was that the "A" Marine In vestigation Board hearing started aboard cutter "Pamlico" would not only eventually determine official ly whose at fault in the Especo Espee and Southland colision last Friday night, but that it would al so result in new regulations for the government owned and maintained Inland waterway. Such a regula tion could possibly prohibit future shoving of large barges through the narrow waterway. Some peo ple seem to be of the opinion that if the Especo (tug) had been tow ing instead of shoving the barge Espee No. 4, that the accident would not have occurred. BRIDGE TENDER Whitley of the Core Creek Bridge requested that I call to the attention of navi gation interests that it is unlaw - -- --- tii tn mvuuH thiniiirh tne nrinire I . . 1 I l ..Q V ' ' " " V . He cited instances where certain menhaden vessels (not the South land but others) had passed uu uut uuieia nv t'"" I through the bridge opening on the waterway frequently without slowing down. The speed limit through the drawbridge is six nau tical mile per hour. Full speed of (Continued on page 8) I r n. - IT" - -M Lives Lost Recover Only Nine Bodies; C.G. To The Rescue WORST TRAGEDY EVER TO OCCUR ON CANAL Tn a snlit second 10 mem bers of the crew of 20 a hoard the menhaden boat Southland lost their lives about 6:30 o clock Friday evening when the vessel, heavily laden with a cargo ot T.Spee JNO. 1 01 iNCW ium Citv which was being shoved northward through the In land Waterway oy tne rug "Eneco" of New York City. Those losing their lives were Elijah J. Fulclier and his brother Charley Fulcher, of Stacy, white men and the following colored men: Joe Eagles, (whose body was the last of the colored victims found) of Southport; Robert Lee, Board Of Inquiry A three man "A" Marine In- tpection Board wat in tettion aboard the U. S. S. Pamlico at the Ocean Port Terminal in Morehead City Monday to hear evidence from survivors of the barge-tug and menhaden boat collision on- the Inland Waterway near Core Creek bridge latt Friday evening which claimed the live of 10 members of the crew. These giving testimony to the board included: Capt. John Guthrie, matter of the Southland, and crew members of the ill fated croft. Alto tettifying were Clar ence Taylor of Carteret Fith and Oil Company, owners of the vetsel and Charles S. Wallace, whose shipyard built craft. On Board: J. Frank Staley of the Department of Justice, Captain Eugene Carl ton, supervitor U. S. Steamboat In tpection Service and Capt. T. G. Craptter, Norfolk Division Com mander, U. S. Coast Guard. Ju lius F. Duncan appeared as attor ney for the Southland owners while E. F. Gillighan represented owners of the tug and barge. At a sub sequent hearing tettimony will be taken from owners of the tug and barge, it was stated by Judge Sta. ley. Southport; Henry Clarridy, Boliv ia; Junius Tootle, 17, Morehead City; James Yarborough, New Bern; Jim Jackson and John Wil son, Mayport, Fla., and N. R. Hew itt, of Southport. With the ex ception of Hewitt, whose neck was broken and whose body was found shortly after the collision, the seven Negroes were trapped in the forepeak of the vessel and drown ed like rats. Their bodies viewed by a Beaufort Newsman showed evidence that they had made a mighty effort to get out of their watery trap. It is believed that the Fulcher brothers were killed instantly. The body of Charley found floating near the shore at Gallant's Point on Monday. Badly crushed (Continued on Page four) Defendant Still Too Tight To Be T..'n1 On Tnpftdav aiiwuw. . Allison Fulford and Sarah H.r- desty two of three Negroes t.c.ng r .ii. l: .fill rharees or selling " too tight o- Tuesday to f.c. tri. ,h. Courthouse Wednesday. -- . .i .jir. i hev were in mc . 1 : - Tii.irliv. 1 Mini An tne proviuu. - ' rTIir7..ni,aTthe vwTiri - ber when their case comes up next -T- U nlaeed in iail ft v - - I i j - , to be waterwagoned for a twee n D. -L... ,nJefendant in the case wat not tight on Tuesday and could have been tried except that Sarah and Allison were atiU plastered. idJixdr ii Jl JUL A M1L-4 v V Carteret County's Oldest NenspaperEstablished 1912 When Vessels Collide On HOLIDAYS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS SOON Thanksgiving And Christmas Will Be Observed Thp first thrill nf n Vinlirloir from school during the pres ent session will be felt by the pupils of Carteret County when the schools of tha county begin the annual. Thanksgiving holiday at the close of school on Wednes day, November 29th,. with most of the schools remaining closed until the following Monday, December 4th. Even in the . most remote schools where the enroll ments are small and where it is likely that very few of the chil dren will have anything exciting to look forward to, Supt. Allen i insists that at least one day be tak en for Thanksgiving, believing a? he does that no holiday ex'.'eUs in importance or appropriateness the one day during the year set aside for an expression of the gratitude of individuals and of a nation for the many blessings for which even the humblest have cause to be thankful in America, a! peace. With Christmas cards and gifts already on display in our local stores and with Santa Claus due to (Continued on Page 8) PROPOSED Greensboro-Beaufort AIR MAIL FEEDER ROUTE rHI 1 Mil VWYmTmrT"Ww s - 4k x? a Route route i,.m ROUTE U.mW MADISON AUGU)tA LEGEND O .CmSMWms Aftrvrtf . .ares with cxistim w4jt jwcjl TERMINAL POINTS V, and E. C. and B. and M Railroad Officials To Be Guests At C. of C Banquet To Be Presented At Inlet Inn Here December 7 BARDEN AND GILLETTE ALSO ON GUfcM US! . ... ,..! Ulticiais oi me Auauuc and East W1,' Oiuci-w "Z.".:"T Morehead Citv Railroad.. 7 ,, Kepresentanve Graham A. Third Con gressional District and Colo tip (ieorce Lrinetie. u. o. uis -- . , ,,,.1 trict Engineer of Wilmington iil - fc ollirlorLnieguesi list nf the annual member ship meeting and banquet of the Beaufort Chamber of Commerce here Thursday night, December 7. Mem bers of the Board of IDiric tors meeting on Monday night completed plans for BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, NOV. 23, 1939 SHERIFFS TIP SOLVES MYSTERY $75,000.00 Combined payrolls of the various fish scrap and oil plants in Carteret County amounted to over $75, 000 last week-end, it was estimat ed here. This sum wat paid work er! by the three plantt in Beaufort, three plants in Morehead City and the factory located between the two towns. It was probably the larsrest amount of monev in a sin gle pay roll in Carteret this year and nossiblv in several vears. Bulk of the total amount remained in Carteret and that brought about a tort of temporary boom for mer chant! and othert. Kicking Machine Bet Is Paid Off Claud Guthrie who bet Jack Windlsy that Carolina would win paid off late Saturday by having his stern kicked on the famous "Haywood Kicking Machine" at Croatan. Witnessing the pay-off were W. H. Taylor, C. G. GaskiU and A. B. Hooper. Guthrie paid off with a grin and said, It will be a different tale next year." (Ed. Note I wonder if he meant to speU tale that way?) ' , J.. -I VA-- cmst nrv UKtUIT f wmisosTCst - , 1 v orttsnpn .HHOSVltE -V . V ,he banquet which will be held at th 3 Inlet Inn. H. P. Edwards, president and general manager and Ed Buchan, vice-president and traffic manager of the A. and E. C. R. R., have al ready accepted invitations to be present. In accepting the invita tion Mr. Edwards wrote the local secretary that while neither he nor Mr. Buchan were public speakers, they would be glad to say a few words in regard to their plan for the development of the railroad and the community of Beaufort and Carteret county. The A. and E. C. officials will be introduced by J. F. Duncan, at fnrtheBand M. which serves ueaufort and the eastern section of Carteret. George J. Brooks, president of the Beaufort and Morehead City railroad, W. V. B. Potter, C. R. Wheatley and other officials of the road have (Continued xn Page S) v. m -.7y!!TMr OFAV6TTEVHLE W!Cow Pit ypswzo V Q om i x srr 1 i 4 ' RED CROSS Well over $200 has already been collected in the annual Red Cross memberthip drive, according to Rev. Bill Stewart who it co-chairman thit year with Mrt. M. E. Bloodgood. Several localitiet and many tchools in the Beaufort Chapter have not yet reported. Harkers Island workers practical ly guaranteed that they would top $50 in that community. Mrs. Bloodgood's women workers in the drive here had not given final re port as we go to press today. Many villages in the East are ex pected to responnd in a big way this year, because they know from experience that by helping they will be helping an agency which has come to their aid in the past during storms. Editor To Speak Editor Aycoek Brown has ac cepted an invitation to make a short talk to the members of the Hi-Y and students at the Colored School here on Friday afternoon during Chapel period. .,. ,. .. ImTtsauc WfOIKi . " 0"l ELIMttTH ' j-mt. .HEUOERSOH ,RLEK5M Z-SON, , rf) .KLHtWEN MIMA WMUNGTON irmr(jw-n kinstom VZT;' ''MEW BERN fea VMOOREHEAO V mv 'kaufort BEAUFORT TO BE TERMINUS OF AIR ROUTE Mail Service Will Be Sponsored By du Pont Advantages of direct air mail service would be pro vided to this community and neighboring towns and cities under a tentative plan for the establishment of Air Pick-up feeder routes in this area similar to those now op erating in Pennsylvania, Del aware, West Virginia and Ohio. The plan has been developed by Richard C. du Pont, of Wilming ton, Del., internationally known flier and aviation authority, in connection with a program for the crooHon of a national air feeder svstem which he receTrriy--snilrS".;t ted to the Post Office Department and the Civil Aeronautics Authori ty. du Pont is president of All American Aviation, Inc., the com ( Continued on Page 8) 1 r Inland Waterway Four Men Arrested On Manslaughter Charges As Fatal Shooting Is Solved Annual Classic Beaufort meets Morehead City in its annual gridiron classic here Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Old time foes in football the game is expected to draw a big crowd. Illegal Booze And Seven Men Nabbed Seven men, 740 gallons of con traband North Harlowe (Craven County) liquor, a Dodge and an almost new Ford V-8 were nabbed Tuesday night by T-Men out of New Bern and Craven ABC offi cers, near the intersection of 9 foot Newport Road and Route 24 in Carteret County. The whiskey represented an investment of $1,- ouu. The men arrested and ordered held for Federal Court by U. S. Commissioner T. H. Smith include: Troy Langley, 24, Rocky Mount, R. F. D. 1; Rommie Roscoe Lang ley, Rocky Mount, R. F. D. 1; Merl Bernard Joyner, 29, Rocky Mount; Robert Henry Kermon, Kocky Mount, all under $400 bonds each; and three Negro youths, Linwood Joyner, 16, Herman Joyner, 15, and Nathaniel Joyner, 12, all of Rocky Mount, R. F. D. 1, all under $100 bonds each. The liquor va3 consigned to Rocky Mount. It was revealed that the back-track route via Mill Creek, Newport, Jacksonville to Rocky Mount was being used by the "runners instead or a more direct route via New Bern, 5-Cs Club Meets At Community Church The 5-C's Club met at the Core Creek Community House Monday evening November 20 with 25 ans wering roll call. President Jesse Willis called the meeting to order, the Pastor led in prayer, after which the group joined in singing America, and Home on the Range. The meeting was then turned over to Misses Madie and Thelma Dickinson who proceeded to put on an interesting program, keeping the group in a haDOv frame of mind, so much so, that they were reluctant to leave. Ten new members were added to the club, which has for its motto, Help Others." Hitch Hiking Coon A raccoon rode all the way from Atlantic to New Bern while hang ing under the truck of Claytor Fulcher last week-end. How the inimal sot there and how it stayed put during the long and rapid ride .mined a mystery. It was dis u.ered in New Bern by a garage mechanic. C. of C. Will Ask For Better Mail Service Locally Citizens of Beaufort are won dering why the mid-day mail must be delayed practically every day. For the past several days the mail due at 11:20 o'clock has not been arriving until nearer 1 o'clock. Citizens who expect a better mid--isy-StYipe have asked the Cham ber of Commerce to cbntacT the Chief Railway Mail Clerk in Nor folk with the thought of getting the service improved. The mail is brought to Beaufort from Golds, boro via the morning train. SHOP EARLY ONLY 26 MORE SHOPPING DAYS 'TIL CHRISTMAS PUBLISHED WEEKLY Needham Garner Of Newport Admits Firing Shots FIRELIGHTERS THOUGHT LIGHT WAS DEER'S EYE Following up on a tip re ceived by Sheriff C. G. Hol land last Saturday, Special Agent Williard Gatling of the SBI, Deputy T. Murray Thomas and Highway Pa trol Corporal C. J. Clay and Patrolman John Laws, piec ed various angles of clues of fered together and by Tues day night, they had cleared up the mysterious and tatal shooting of Charles J. Snider, Winston-Salem quarry work er, who was slain at his camp in the Stella section on Thursday morning. Novem ber 2, where he and E. J. El nthpr Winston-Salem quarry worker had come on October 29 to spend a lew days deer hunting. In solving the mystery the coun ty and state authorities arrested Needham Garner, 45, Newport; Kenneth Chance, 65 year old farmer of the Newport section, J. B. Hudson, radio repair man of New Bern and R. E. King, insur ance man of Washington, N. C. Garner is charged with the actual shootins. while Chance, Hudson and King are named as accessories in the shooting. Each were charged with manslaughter and released under bonds of ?l00O each. The bond was named by Judge R. Hunt Parker who was inter viewed by S.-Man Gatling and county authorities in New Bern where they had gone on Tues day afternoon to arrest Hudson and King. Judge Parker -mr holding court in New Bern at the time he ordered that manslaughter charges be brought against the , men. . ; Each of the defendants confess ed their part in the tragedy. so; it is likely they will v.-nivp examina tion and remain undr bond for trial in superior court. Solving this mysterious shoot continued or. Page 4) TIDE TABLE 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 reaper-', to the locality, that i wherh. er near the inlet : 9' ,l ; head of the estuaries. HIGH LOW Friday, Nov. 24. 6:01 A. M. 11:40 A. M. 6:19 P.M. 12:33 P.M. Saturday, Nov. 25. 6:44 A. M. 12:29 A. M. 7:01 P. M. 1:17 P. M. Sunday, Nov. 26. 7:25 A. M. 7:44 P. M. Monday, Nov. 8:07 A. M. 8:28 P. M. Tuesday, Nov 8:51 A. M. 9:16 P. M. 1:11 A.M. 1:58 P. M. 27. 1:52 A. M. 2:39 P. M. 28 2:34 A. M. 3:21 P. M. 2 9:36 A. M. 10:04 P. M. 3:16 A. M. 4:05 F. M. Thursday, No 30. y 10:24 A.M. 4:03 A.M. 10:55 P.M. 5:04 P.M.
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