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" GET CHRISTMAS i t i COP' IN tAKLI FOR AD-TAKER DIAL 448-1 t SHOP EARLY ONLY 14 MORE SHOPPING DAYS 'TIL CHRISTMAS 2 VOLUME XXVI I; NO. 50. TOWN BOARD FOR OF BEER Jackson Day Dinner County Chairman IRVIN W. DAVIS, chairman of the Democratic Executive Com mittee in Carteret County ha been named by John Larkin, Jr., at chairman of the Jackson Day Din ner Campaign in the county. It will be hia duty to contact promi nent Dcmocrata, receive donation! and create intereat in the Jackton Day Dinner to be held in Raleigh on January 8, 1940. Lakola Sailed By Here Last Sunday The Lakola, German-manned auxiliary yacht which is being: de tained in Wilmington by Federal authorities, passed through Beau fort Channel ar.d the harbor laU Sunday afternoon bound for the high seas and an unknown destina tion. Several persons saw the mystery craft as she sailed through the harbor on her cruise southward It was alleged that the crew of six only one being naturalized, were making attempts to sail back to Germany, in violation of rules gov erning aliens of a beligerent coun try, when the Patrol Boat 228 un der command of Capt. Frank Tu ten of Morehead City Base A, was ordered to stop the craft, which occurred in Topsail Sound; Heavy Shipments Of Scrap And Oil Moving From Here Heavy shipments of menhaden products are moving from Beau fort this season. Since the Autumn fishing season began over 200 car loads of fish scrap and menhaden oil have been shipped via the Beau fort and Morehead City railroad and present indications that ship ments wil continue to be heavy It looks like a banner year for the menhaden industry. Although little publicity is given in connection with same, it is understood author, atively that the prices for menhad en products are very good this season. Covering The Waterfront By AYCOCK BROWN Guest Columnist News Story In The DAILY ADVANCE Elizabeth City, N. C. ' MANTEO, Dec. 2. By the time the yarn crossed Oregon Inlet headed north it was encrusted with grisley details, each of them au thenticated by people who had seen or touched some item salvaged from the shark's belly when a dis mayed CCC boy at Cape Hatteras set out to practice a little taxider my only to abandon it in sheer hor ror when a human hand slithered through the first exploratory incis ion. NOT JUST a human hand, but a wrist with a watch strapped around the wrist. Also a belt-buckle with an initial on it, and a leather-bound note book, with its pages filled with writing in some strange lan guage, believed to be German, to- matters not readilyTdVntiTrabie-uwi-r to the fact that the shark's diges tive juices had been at work on them. JUST SO the story stood in its bare feet when it crossed Oregon Inlet the day after Thanksgiving nd headed north, attended by au (Continued on page 3) L J BIDS SALE HERE ON SUNDAY Plan Bicycle Rules For Town Also Discussed Town Commissioners at their regular monthly meet ing on Monday night enacted an odinance effective imme diately that all establish ments in Beaufort which sell beer must close on Saturday night at 12 o'clock and re main closed until 7 o'clock Monday morning. The rul ing will effect two places on Front Street, the establish ment operated by "Pop" Nassef at the corner of Front and Turner Streets and Tal lyho Tavern in the center of the main business block and two Negro restaurants north of the railroad. The ruling was a climax to a complaint lodged against the Nas sef place at the November meeting by Commissioner C. C. Guthrie. At that meeting he gave eye wit ness description to alleged rowdi ness which took place at this loca tion. The Commissioners ruled that Nassef would be given 30 days to get his business in shape and that he must close on December C. On Monday night however, he was present at the meeting and through his attorney E. Walter Hill asked for an amendment to the ruling which would peimit him to stay open. Two or three persons at the meeting stated that they were partons of "Pop's" place and that the rowdincss there was no worse than any "beer joint" down town. After some discussion the for mer ruling was changed and in the Continued on Page 3) CAPT. SLATE TOLD ROTES OF DRY ICE Good Attendance At Meeting Tuesday Capt. Thomas B. Slate, who is internationally recog nized for his research work in dry ice was guest speak er at the Rotary Club meet ing1 here this week. Sent to Beaufort and the U. S. Fish eries Laboratory on Piver's Island by the government to continue his research into the possibility of dry icing methods be ing used to relieve the fishing in dustry, Capt. Slate made another important discovery which he be lieves will help the industry. He discovered the successful experi ments in "fish-farming" which Dr. H. F. Prytherch director of the N. S. Fisheries Laboratory is conduct ing here. (Continued on Page 8) Christmas Seal Sale Progresses The annual Christmaa Seal Sale in Beaufort and Carteret ia making satisfactory progreaa under the direction of Mra. Gary Allen. In addition to the aalea made direct to local buaineaa firms and individ ual., unnnrl In tha campaign is being given by the achoola and civ ic organisation of the county. Seventy-five per cent of the to tal amount realized from aale of aeala will be retained locally for tubercular welfare work. Rev. Ben H. Gehring Resigns As Pastor Of Baptist Church Rev. Ben H. Gehring tendered his resignation as pastor of the First Baptist Church here during last Sunday night. He asked that his resignation be accepted to take effect at any time between now and January 1. His congregation however, requested that he remain t;i Fphmarv 1. but Rev. Mr. A this would aepena upon the wishes of his new clsargrj to which he has been appomicu. He will become pastor of a Bap tist Church in Vinton, Louisianna, and wired his acceptance of the Dastorship on Tuesday evening. He gave as his reasons for resign- f (Continued on Page ) Carteret County's Oldest Newspaper ..Established 1912 Southland and Espee Carteret's Worst ABOVE PICTURE made at sunrise on Saturday morning, November 18, shows barge Es pee landen with empty chlorine gas drums as it was jammed with Carteret Fish and Oil Company's menhaden vessel Southland. Nine bodies were still missing as this shot was made from mast of Lynhaven which was tijd alongside the tug Especo which was shov ing (not towing) Espee north crash occurred. (Photo by THE LYNHAVEN, shtar ship to Southland ar.d U. S. C a t G.iavd wcua boats are shown in this nicturc taken later Saturday morning when -ffvts wers bem? mide to retrieve the bodies of Beven Negroes who had been drowned H';e trn .jed at' vhen forepeak of Southland crushed and was sent to bottom of 15-foot deep canalPhcto by Poy Eubynks J X -BB .'v'J,- i f -.i,,,..-' A.j':.j :,, ., .. -.AwiiiarniMiu.i..i,ay--fea mmmmiif,, , .Irir wm , . UNTIL THE latt bedy was found Coastguar l.-men searched for the missing. Tim pic ture chows !y reci operations when crews from Fort Macon Station under command of Roland f f.yro. from Cape Lookout undar command of Capt. Dameron Meekins and from Cors Bar.s uncl-r command of Capt. Monroe Gillikin, searched the wreckage for bodies. Later crew numbers of the cutter Pamlico arrived on the scene and assisted in search. (Photo by Roy Eubanks.) trajyedy was an iVoirlment cf Jaatice. Capt. Carlson, r- J-- it c r C.mrA Teatifvinar before this Board in vision mmoucr, J surrivora of all vessels involved in craah. J. F. Duncan ia attorney for owner of the Southland; Hamil ton and McNeill are local repreaentative. of the barge-tug owners. What will eventually grow out of the trarecy in way of damage auita (if any) ia not known at thia time. (CnU for illustrations furnished , courtesy of Otis Black. Washington Herald- Times, Washington, BEAUFORT, N. C. THURSDAY, DEC. - Especo Collission Pictures Marine Tragedy Claimed Ten Lives &?4r A X through Inland waterway, near Core Creek bridge when Aycock Brown.) IhBBB:;' nvestigation bv a 3-man "A" Board compoaed of Judge Staley, u. a. XJr57T5tanronniii 7, 1939. rafe5iCaiot. Crapater, Norfolk Di- Morehead City and Norfolk were i D. C SeekfWo Supervise Coty Tax Listing Annual Membership Meeting Of C. of C. Tonight; 7 O'clock H. P. Edwards, preaident of the Atlantic and Eaat Carolina Rail road ia acheduled to make the principal talk at the annual mem bership meeting and banquet of the Chamber of Commerce at the Inlet Inn here tonight at 7 o'clock. A feature of the meeting will be the election of officera for the or ganization to aerve during the coming year. December Term Of Court In Session Judge J. Paul Frizzelle of Snow Hill is presiding over the December term of court in session here this week. Up until today a number of civil actions had been tried. A complete story of the court activi ties will be presented in this news paper next week. The cases tried brought a number of out of town attorneys to Beaufort during the week. DIRECT TELEPHONE ROUTE FOR B. & M. The Beaufort & Morehead City Railroad which ha been deacribed by Robert Ripley aa the short eat line in America, owning no rolling atock, which ia actually making money, "believe it or not" haa im proved facilitiea now with the es tablishment of .direct telephone connectiona between the local headquarters and Goldaboro, ria A. and E. C. linea. MAKE SURVEY FOR HARKERS ISLAND BRIDGE Reported Survey Is Being Made From Straits It was reporter here this week that State Highway En gineers are now surveying for the proposed Straits-Har-kers Island bridge. Whether this is part of the survey promised Chamber of Com merce officials by Commis sioner Ernest Webb and his District Engineer Spruill in Kinston recently which would also include the "three way" bridge to contact Len-oxville-Straits-Harkers Is land could not be learned. Earl Davis of Harkers Island wis (Continued on Page 8) Bloodhounds Seek Trail Of Robbers Bloodhounds were brought here today from Wilson to trail the rob bers who broke into at least two places last night. Up until the lime we go to preaa today no one hud been apprehended. The break-ins occurred at the B. and M. freight office, where L. W. Jones and George Brooks, Jr., checked up nrd could find nothing missing and .il:o the store of J. A. Lewia on Ann Street. Local Firm Low Bidder On Pier For Postoffice Euve Brothers of Beaufort with -sin offices on Craven Street were Jio low bidders on the proposal to )uild the bulkhead pier in front of h? U. S. Postoffice here, it was revealed on Tuesday. As this story s written the exact amount of bid could not be determined but it was approximately $9,500. It was stat ed that this bid was approximately $2,000 lower than the next lowest. Several firms were bidding on the project. A few days ago a representative of Tidewater Construction Com pany in Norfolk flew here to loo!; over the property before making a bid. The pier will not be construct ed of metal, however it will be of ;";h"B' f7r" and a small green or park will be in center. The pier was obtained through ef forts of the Chamber of Commerce with the aid of Representative Graham A. Barden. PUBLISHED WEEKLY Commissioners Met Monday To Name Tax Listers Fred R. Seely was appoint ed supervisor of tax listing in Carteret County by the Board of County Commis sioners at their meeting here on Monday. Appointment of Tax Listing officials in De cember is the earliest it has ever been done before. They will start listing the first Mon day in January. For sever al years the listing has taken place beginning the first Monday in April. Years ago it took place in June. A general law throughout tka State requires the listing in Janu ary. It means that millions of dol lars in taxes will be saved by the State, especially from big tobac co companies which usually hava their taxable tobacco out of the State by April. Seeley's job will continue for a period of tHree months. The listers' job must be complet ed within 30 days. Tax listers for various parts of the County ap pointed by the Board follows: Portsmouth township, Theodore Salter; Cedar Island, township, Mrs. Duffy Day; Atlantic and Sea Level, J. W, Mason ; Stacy and Da vis, H. H. Davis; Williston and Smyrna, George W. Davis; Maorek allberg, Irvin Moore; Straits, He (Continued on Page 2) REA Official Coming To County On Friday To Discuss Project Dudley Bagley, NCREA Admi i.strator of Raleigh wired Aycoek Brown, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce that he would be i Carteret County on Friday of this week to discuss the proposed rural electric line for the Core Crek Hailowe section, Mr, Bagley is coming to the County at the re- Bagley Arrived Today. Chairman Bagley of the NC REA Authority, arrived in Beaufort to day ahead of achedule to go inta the matter of the proposed rural power project for Core Creek-Har-lowe. With County Agent Latsi ter he is interviewing several per sona along the proposed route. quest of Representative Graham A. Barden who conferred with him is Raleigh a few days ago relative t the project. Beaufort-Smyrna Cage Game Friday The boy's teama of Beaufort and Smyrna will meet in a double header baaketball match here at the Sehool Gymnasium on Friday night at 7:30 o'clock. Much interest ho been ahown in the games 'jecaus in a similar doublcheadc r last week, Smyrna licked the locals. TIDE TABLE Information as to the tide at Rcaufort is given in this column. The figuvos are ap proximately correct .:nd are bnsrd on tablos furnished by thf U. S. Geodot c Su'vey So'vte allowances v Jst be mo V fov va.int ,! in the wind and aiso wan re-iue' to the locality that iswl-etK er near the inl.t or a'. th head of the estuaries. HIGH LOW Friday, Dec. S 5:57 AM. 11:32 AM. 6:12 PM. 12:2 PM. Saturday, Dec. 9 6:46 AM. 12:24 AM. 7:00 PM. 1:11 PM. Sunday, Dec. 10 7:33 AM. 1:12 AM. 7:4G I'll. 3:57 PM. Monday, Dec. 11 8:17 AM. 1:67 AM. 3:31 PM. 2:49 PM. Tuesday, Dee. 12 9:00 AM. 2:39 AM. 9:15 PM. 3:21 PM. Wednesday, Dec. 13 91SSKMr 2:2?" 9:57 PM. 4:04 PM. Tharsasay, De. 14 10:23 AM. 4:03 AM. 10:41 PM. 4:4s) ffc.
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