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SHOP EARLY ONLY 20 MORE SHOPPING DAYS 'TIL CHRISTMAS FOR AD-TAKER DIAL Carteret County's Oldest NewspaperEstablished 1912 4 gfgXXVH; NO. 49. BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, NOV. 30, 1939 PUBLISHED WEEKLY Trade At Home With Your Community Merchants fhis Christmas 1 ct CHRISTMAS u ...mniV PW (MS g -anti If 3 -,.k HUNDREDS ON sjWas Winner In Baby Contest County-Wide Roads Program To Begin In County Friday Dovekies i Local Merchants Announce Many Christmas Values In Their Stores This Season CUTE AND friendly little Billie ;ue Willis, 10-month, old daughter ;f Mr and Mr.. Jamei L. Willi.. wa adjudged winner of the annual Baby Popularity Contest .pon.or- . . o ...i rKonl last Friday at DCAUlWi night. She wa. crowned queen ,nd awarded a .ilver trophy cup. Runner-up in the contest was Rob ert W., son of Mr. and Mr.. Robert Guthrie. PORT TERMINAL EXPECTING NEW BUSINESS SOON Lifting of the Arm Em bargo at the recent ipecial session of U. S. Congress is expected to bring an u crease in patronage at Morehead ru.,. --.nnr - terminals almost immediately, it was learned authoratively today. The Beaufort News editor read a reprint of an editorial in the Philadelphia Record stating that big shipments ot scrap iron would be leaving this country for belligerent countries at an early date. Great Britain alone expeci. to take 750,000 tons and du ring the same period Ger many's border nation of Italy expects to take approximate ly 150,000 tons in the Ameri can market. Upon investi gation it was learned that one firm in Eastern North Carolina is ready to ship some 10,000 tons through the port of Morehead City. Is -.:u l. .. at an early date to sec train loads ( . -.'-- to the Morehead City terminal, nor should it be a surprise to see armed merchantmen coming after the commodity. TIDE TABLE rtnUiei. Arctic sea birds no larger than a quail have appeared in flocks of thousand, along tne Carteret Coa.t tince the off.hore gale, of la.t week. Fir.t .pecimens taken were picked up by Graydon Paul and Preston Manson on the Atlantic Beach causeway. They picked up one dead bird and an other slightly injured which naa flnn Into telephone wires along the route. The live dovekie was turned over to Dr. H. F. Prytherch of the Fisheries Laboratory, who identified the bird, and placed it in the "Fish Farm" pond. i Dr. Prytherch and Stanley Woodland then went out with a net and caueht two more live speci- ments. Still later two more speci- i i mens were picked up Dy passu. motorists on the highways ard were turned over to Dr. Prytherch. All were placed in the Laboratory "fi.h farm." Records show that the rare birds, native to Greenland and Labrador are seldom ever seen a .far south ' as Carolina, although a lone spec, iman was killed at Cedar Island a few years ago. Record also indi cate that in 1905 fishermen at Cape Lookout taw flocks of thous ands following a severe storm in the north. The tiny birds frequent I. oommit suicide by mistaking black asphalt for water and nying against it. They are the principal food of Eskimos, Arctic toxes ana Polar bears. All Sections Will Benefit During Coming Year Cartaret's WPA County- WMo Rnnrl PrnoTjjm which I I 1 V v j. t. u. - - - was discontinued in Septem- ... i i ; i : ber will oe reumea immedi ately, it was announced Tues daynight by P. K. Ball, Car teret's WPA supervisor. With the news breaking into print on Wednesday and reaching the rural sections on Thursdav, it will have a real Thanksgiving signifi- CONGRESSMAN BARDEN HELPED GET PROJECT Representative Graham A. Bar-1 den sent a wire to Aycock Brown, ! Secretary Chamber of Commerce this morning which showed that he active in setting the County Wide WPA Road Program resum ed. His wire follows: "On recent visit to Carteret County I was contacted by various officials and interested parties with reference to the fact that therj there were no road projects in op eration by WPA. I have taKen mai ter up with WPA and have receiv ed following wire from Williamston ;..-. n.int Road Project Car. teret County Will Uparato xrusa. Unquote" GAB-MC. Our forefathers gathered around the first Thanksgiving dinner and gave thanks for safety and security. Their ideals have passed down through the generations, and we today in equal reverence give thanks for the privilege to live in . . . the land of freedom they made possible for us QUAIL SEASON OPENS TODAY Yuletide Ads In This Edition Of"N ews HAPPY THANKSGIVING From THE BEAUFORT NEWS STAFF 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. FIRMS OBSERVE THANKSGIVING Most of the firms in Beaufort are observing Thanksgiving today, by taking a holiday. 1 he rost ut f ice, Forst Citizens Bank and Tru.t Company, County and Municipal office, and many of the .tores are closed. In several of the store., the employes will be taking the day to display Christmas goods, as the Christmas holiday trading sea son opens officially on Friday. BOAT SINKING INVESTIGATED Last Of Bodies Is Found Saturday Near Canal r-nnrp for hundreds o work ers in Carteret. The announcement came iui bv WPA official Ball of Carteret, Pratt Wallace and others of this district to the otlico of State Highway Commissioner Ernest Webb in Kinston. Commis (Continued on Page 8) MANY ATTEND SERVICES BY NEWPASTOR Ann Street Pastor Received B. D. At Yale SPECIAL AGENT GATLINGTALRS TOROTARIANS Lieutenant Moore ToldOfNCHP Activity H1G H Friday, Dec I LOW 4:57 AM. 5:46 PM. 11:15 PM. Saturday, Dec. 2 11:49 AM. 5:57 AM. 12:07P PM. 6:44 PM. Sunday, Dec. 3 12:47 AM. 7:05 AM. 1:04 PM. 7:44 PM. Monday, Dec". 4 149 AM. 8:15 AM. 2:06 PM R:45 PM. Tuesday, Dee. S 2:57 AM 9:22 AM. 3:15 PM. 9:42 PM. Wednesday, Dec. 6 4:03 AM. 10:25 AM. 4:20 PM 10:37 PM. Tharsdsv, Dec 7 5:03 AM. 5:19 PM. 11:24 PM. A professional diver from Norfolk was sent to the scene of the Southland-Kspee-Es-peco collision on the Inland Waterway near Core Creek bridge last week to make a t ivya Ha ma ire done survey " ,e to the menhaden cratt before .QC! raised and towed into Mnrp'hPad City for repairs. i- p t7- r,f Beaufort has the contract to raise the ves sel and tow it into port. . .i firi the body of E j. Fulcher of Stacy, a member of , ...u wt h s life in the tne crew , f crash was found near the mouth of Adams Creek canal las o-ju.--, . ti j.... oftor the tragedy oc red Funeral services for the ...I.' .- .ducted at the late victim wcic - . , home in Stacy on Sunday. A large " I' ,1rls and relatives of th edeceased were pres en at the funeral to pay a last body of Fulcher was the last of the dent Ten men in the crew of 20 aboard the Southland lost their lives. Eight were Negroes. An investigation into the sink ing of the Southland was started ft week aboard the cutter "Pam ifco" by a 3-man "A" board com (Continued on Page 8) Many persons of Ann St. Methodist church heard tun Do, w Stanley Potter U1C c. " . . j nKi.av ViJa first sermon in his UCMVCl III new charge on bunaay. ine attendance was good at both the morning ana evening ser vices. x Rev. Mr. rotter comes to oeau fort from Clayton where he has been pastor or tne Meinour church for four years, rrior to going to Clayton, he had preached for seven years in tne mhic oi tinn nf crooked judges, crooked jurors and only thing which will make this a crimeless country, Special Agent wiinara trai ling ot the w. vrep ro e to;,.o trl 1 Reaufort Ho rn tfUOHV v.- tarians at their weekly meet- on Tnpsdav nlgnt. uaning talk was a feature of the program. Hp had been inviteu to come iu, the Carteret County seat following his activities in helping Shenft Holland, Deputy Thomas and High way Patiol Corporal Clay and Pa trolman Laws solve the mysterious killing of Charles Snider, Winston Salem deer hunter slain while he slept in his tent in lonely Stella woods on November 1. MOTOR BIKE TO BE GIVEN AWAY HERE DEC. 23RD Tho ctrpnmlined motor-bike val ued at $89 which is now on display in the lobby of The Beaufort Thea tre will be given away, absolutely free to a lucky winner on Saturday night, December 23, at Carteret Hardware Company. Cooperating in making this beautiful Christmas Gift available for a lucky winner are three firms: The Beaufort Theatre, Carteret Hardware Com pany and Hardware and miuain-ji Supplies, Inc., the latter in More head City. Ouail. fast flying morsels nf tho field, mav be legally killed today and according to Game Warden Leon Thomas hunters should have good luck. "Quail," said Thomas today, "are very nu merous this year in Carteret County. carteret is one or several counties in Eastern Carolina which will observe lay-days on quail hunting this year. It will be unlaw ful to hunt them except on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. This should have - holnfnl affect in the con servation of quail. Game W ay Aon Thnmai urces all hunters to have their licenses and he stated that all auto matic and pur.p guns must k rln-orr1 for three shells v. I"" Otl , , n nnlv. The ha? limit IS 1U birds. C. OF C. BANQUET TICKETS ON SALE Edwards, Barden and Gillette Invited To Be Present With North Carolina's Thanksgiving being celebra ted today, the annual Christ mas trading season will offi ciary begin tomorrow. It 13 o onotnm in Rpaufort and throughout the State to offi- cially open unnstmas uu ing season on Thanksgiving Day, andwnue some cities observed the F.D. R. Thanks- A Message From Santa Claus The special agent did not say a word about that particular case, although he did praise the coopera tion given by authoiities in t'-ie county while he was working in Carteret. He urged r.nt:i:y to cv zanize clubs for boys, where tlu-y ?ould through association with of ficers of the law learn that peace (Continued on Page 8) Rules for the contest are simple. For each dollar's worth of book theatre tickets ($.20 value for $1) purchased from the theatre, or for u Ar.v vii.-.nl nr naid on ac- I count at either the Cai teret Hard ware or Hardware and Building Supplies, Inc., the purchaser will be given a duplicate numbered tic ket. One numbered ticket goes in a box at either of the three firms giving the bike away, the dupli cate is retained by the purchaser. On Saturday night, December 23rd the various tickets will be placed in one container and one will be !rawn. The holder of the lucky ticket, wins the bike. Tickets for the annual membership banquet of the Chamber of Commerce will go on sale this week-end, ill ! held at the In let Inn on next Thursday night at 7 o'clock. C. L. L. Beam, president of the or ganization will preside at the meeting. Invited guests at the event will include A. and E. C. President, H. P. Edwards and Vice-President, Ed Buchan of Kinston and Sanford Congressman Graham A. Barden, o nd Colonel George Gillette of the U. S. Engineering Department, l ocal persons invited to attend who ;;ia non-memoers oi me uigamia lion include J. F. Duncan who is .ViprlnloH rn introduce the A. and E. C. officials, George J. Brooks, W. V. B. Potter and C. K. Wheat- i f & Kay Kyser Koming ly, each of whom are officials of i the Beaufort-Morehead uty nan road. In accepting the invitation on be half of himself and Mr. Buchan, President Edwards stated that he would tolk briefly on plans for operation of the Atlantic and Eas tern Carolina Railroad and devel opment of industries planned for this community. Mrs. W. I. Loftin, treasurer of the Chamber of Commerce will have charge of ticket sales. Ap proximately 60 persons are ex pected to attend the meeting LISTEN FOLKS, let's kaep confidential. If I'm a mysteri ous character, it's only because I w- to heln Christmas make the world of childhood and the grown up world share that kinship wnica mu.t often be set aside in the usual year-round run of things. Let your children go to progressive schools, and "express themselres ' but please folks, let them be- liatvo in ma. And vou keeD on believing in the children's right to live in a land of make-beielve just as long as they can. If it weren't for small boys and girls, Christmas wouldn't be the wonderful holiday it is. So how about a little co operation, folks? I'll keep right on handing out the Christmas cheer and coming down chimneys i(f you'll keep right on making every child's heart happier come Christ mas time. giving celebrated in sorr.3 parts of the nation and start ed Christmas Shopping Cru sades last week-end, Beau fort's Yule-tida trading sea son begins tomorrow. ! TJUL-K AT HOMg Sctiiiui'i C'uriiamas shoppers arc u.ged to shop early, mail Missouri. ! He received his A. B. Degree at rhr:maS Seal Central College, r ayette, aiissuu.i, - Later he studied at Yale University bale 1 O Degin Haven Conn., where ne ill :..a R D. Desrree. He spent the summer of 1928, travel-: ing and studying in Europe. Rev. Mr. Potter and airs. roue, j arrived in Beaufort last week to make their home in the Parsonage. Mrs. Potter is a graduate oi ml Holyoke College, South Hadley. Mass. They have two small chil dren, W. Stanley Potter, Jr., and E. Louise Potter. LOCAL FIREMEN GIVEN A BOOK One of the larger fire insurance companies of the nation recently sent out to all editors, weekly and daily an interesting little book .t.owin- the saga of the IMewlora Fire Department in attractive eoi- ored pictures. Publisher Hatsell of The Beaufort Hows presenteo his copy to the volunteer fira de partment f Bea.fort. Daltoa Eubanks of the Department re ceived the book on behalf of the firemen. Here On Friday Fri'ay, December 1, (the day . w Thnnksifivinir) the annual Christmas Sea! Sa!e, rponsored by the North Carolina Tuberculosis Association will git underway. Locally and throughout the coun ty (exceptin? Morehead City) the sales this year will again be in thai'ge of Mrs. J. G. Allen. The Seal Sale in Beaufort will be handled by the Ways and Means Committee of the P. T. A. of which Mrs. Haley Paul is chair man and the Welfare Committee of the P. T. A. of which Mrs. Milton Lipman is chairman. In other sec tions of the County the schools v iil have charge of sales. Mrs. Allen stated today tnat Kay Kyser, the world's best known orchestra leader, and a na-fi.- r.f Vnrrh Carolina conies to town on Sunday for a three day run in his fust moving picture 'That's Right, You're Wrong." In addition to Kyser, Sully Mason, who has relatives living here, uin-. ny Sims and Ishkahibel of the or- chestra aie featured along with May Robeson and Adolphe Menjou. t The picture is said to be a sens;i : tional hit everywhere it r.a oe. . , shown. i ' . . . ..... i .i thpir I , hristmas nHf-kacptt cr v Brief business will mciuae tne eiec- ----- " -Hn of officers for the C. of C. for tnd ,ast lut not to TRADF! 1940. BEACON LIGHTS AT HOME with HOME TOWN MERCHANTS. The Chamber o.' (Continued on Page 6) per cem- Scout Minded Boys To Meet On Fnday Rnvs in Beaufort who are inter ested in the reorganization of the Boy Scouts here are urged to meet at the home of James Potter III on Fridav night At that time James Biggs, who will assist in Scout work and Dr. W oodard, no tary Club scout representative will be present along with others inter ested. The boys interested are ad vised that the meeting will be held at 7 o'clock. BEING ERECTED Students Visit On Tender "Linden" Now In Port in will be used for health work in Carteret with 25 per cent going to the State organization. Beaufort and Carteret County is expected to respond as g-enerously, perhaps more so, to the campaign this year as in the past Attend Dedication Several persons from Carteret County are attending Institute of Government dedication in Chapel Hill . Beacon lights, approxi mately 17 of the latest stan dard type are being erect ed in main channel of Bar den Inlet, it was stated here todav by Capt. G. Nord, mas ter of the Coast Guard L. H. Tender "Linden." in tne wonting party erecting the light beacons are eight or more men. They live aboard a quarter-boat wmcn waa towed here by the Linden on Sun day. A large pile driver is also . . . - kain U!Md patl. m mv i to erect the beacons. Beacons for v, inlpt were obtained at request of Congressman Barden, for whom the "drain" is named. The Linden will remain in port (Continued on page 8) Covering Tho Waterfront By AYCOCK BROWN A CORONER'S inquest into the tiiikiiV? of the menhaden boat "Southland" is tentatively set for Friday night, it was reported in Morehead City on Tuesday, ine three man "A" Board which con ducted an investigation info th.j Kinking nf the boat bv the Large- shoving tug Especo, resumed it hearing in Norfolk on Tuesday oi this week and took evidence from Capt. Dunbar and the tug's crew. ACCORDING TO dispatch from Knrfolk naners. CaDt Dunbar tes tified that, "the Southland blew no whistle before the collision in which she was sunk, although her lights were showing clearly. After tW til IT hleW fllll! sviliniic. Cz.t Dunbar said the fishing boat swerved to the port. Capt Dun bar said that he immediately gave backing orders but added that (Continued on Page 8)
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