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PATRONIZE THE BEAUFORT NEWS ADVERTISERS FOR REAL SPORT ATTEND THE COUNTY BASKET BALL GAMES Carteret County's Oldest NewspaperEstablishefe 1912 VOLUME XXIX No. 1 BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, JAN. 4, 1940 PUBLISHED WEEKLY Holland, Thomas And Laws Capture Killer Af Solve Robberies - . W Famous Artist LOvu bit, ceieorated artist of Paris, France after com pleting two sketches of historic houses in Beaufort this week went to Fort Macon on Wednesday and drew a pic ture of the interior of that old fortress which is shown above. The sketch will be transformed into an etching and will be one ia a series of 50 to be made, depicting a North Carolina version of the Famous Photographer Made " Picture Stories Of Local Sujbects Early This Week SOMEONE WILL WIN MOTORBIKE SATURDAY NITE Uuless the lucky holder of du plicate ticket No. 225,908 calls at Carteret Hardware Company be tween now and 9 P. M. Saturday, January 6, 1940, feme other per. ton is destined to win the $89 Mo torbike offered by Beaufort Thea ,tre, Carteret Hardware Company and Hardware and Building Sup plies Corporation. On Saturday night about 9 o'clock drawing for a winner will take place at The Beaufort Theatre, where the beau tiful bike is now on display. Some, one in the audience or someone in bearing distance of the loud speakers will win, because if the holder of duplicate to first number drawn is not present, drawing will continue until there is a winner. It will be necessary for all ticket holders to be present when the drawing takes place, to be eligible for winning, officials of the firms listed above. Fishing And All Outdoors By AYCOCK BROWN THE COLD weather and snow on the coast early this week would have spelled doom for many ducks had the season on migratory wild fowl not closed on December 20. During the early winter the ducks got the breaks due to a series of bluebird days which kept them away from the blinds where hun i ters were waiting. If weather ' such as we had early this week had I prevailed during tne open season, the ducks would have been easy marks for gunners because those are the conditions under which wildfowl stool within gun-range of blinds. KURT SEVERIN, the photogra pher famous for his Central and South American Indian pictures goes hunting with his Rollieflex on the Carteret and Carolina coast. Ecr!" t!!sjekjeshjtjictures of three stories which had settings at the U. S. Fisheries Laboratory here. One of the principal ob jects he "shot" was a cast in plas ter of paris showing the colorful (Continued on Page 8) Sketches Picture of Historic Old ... .. Jkf ' South. After completing the j Pictures To Appear In The Better Magazines Kurt Severin, one of the world's foremost photogra phers, was in Beaufort early this week shooting picture stories which will eventually appear in better magazines of this country. Arriving late Sunday night, Severin, who had been sent to the Carteret County seat by Bill Sharpe with the idea that he might get a pictorial story of the menhaden industry, awoke on Monday to find it snowing in Beaufort and thus killing his chances to start to work on the fishing sequence. With Secretary Aycock Brown, of the Chamber of Commerce he was shown pictorial story possibili ties other than the menhaden se quence. On Fiver's Island he dis covered what he thought would make good picture stories, and so on Tuesday he started shooting same. These stories will show the art of fish-casting, a modern form of taxidermy which has been car ried out at the U. S. Fisheries Lab oratory by Miss Roxie Collie of the State Museum, Miss Elizabeth Merwin, local artist and a group of NYA workers. Dr. Prytherch's important oyster pest control methods which resulted in his win ning North Carolina Academy Award last year was also photo graphed. A third picture story by the famous photographer will be a sequence on the Diamond Back terropin propagation as car ried on at the laboratory under the direction of Capt. Charles Hatsell and Dr. Prytherch. Kurt Severin whose Latin-American and Indian photographs have almost become an institution at least in Europe where foreign fea tures are in greater demand than in U. S. A., was much the same as his professional confreres ev erything else but a skilled photog rapher before he went out into the "field." Although he descends from a family of newspaper owners, he first worked in a factory, later wrote movie scripts and humorous stories and finallyocTTirsTasV ing love: Photography. When still a boy, his parents urged him to study painting which he did un der several recognized artists. Yet (Continued on page 8) Fort Macon sketch, Orr left this afternoon for Wilmington to draw additional pictures. Due to unsettled conditions in Europe he will probably return to Beaufort and set up & workshop to make his etching, instead of returning to his home in Paris, he stated before leaving for the Cape Fear city. (Bill Sharpe Photo Cut courtesy Otis Black, Wash- ington Herald Times.) Photo Of Church In New Year's Edition Inspiration For Poem Editor's Notes Under the caption "Church of the Year in Carteret" there appeared in our New Year's edition last week .1 photo of Core Creek Community Church, which was built and presented to the community by Colonel F. S. Dickinson, of Ruth erford, N. J., Inspired by the photo of the church, Miss Virginia Stanton, talented writer of verse in Coastal Carteret, wrote the poem which we print below. A. B, MEMORIAL B y VIRGINIA STANTON He will not need a marble shaft, Oh God, Your servant who has built this structure here, To tell in words of all the deeds he did. This is enough to make it very clear To all the world what kind of man he is. In busy quietness he made a church Here by the waterway, where life goes on In never-ending stream. Oh they who speak Of brotherhood should come in unison, And look upon a work of love like this. Record Number In County Jail; 1939 A record number of prisoners were incarcerated in Carteret Cou nty jail during 1939, it was reveal ed here today by Sheriff C. G. Hol land who gave a report of his Chief Deputy R. E. Chaplain, who serves as jailer. A total of 385 persons were jailed during the year the report shows, and Jailor Chap lain stated that he felt positive that this was an all-time record. Jutt about every crime known was in volved in the jailings, the Sheriff stated, from petty larceny to mur der. Scarboro-Safrit Co. Shipping Lumber To Langley Field Base Carteret County lumber is being used in construction work now un derway at Langley Field, Va., it was learned here by a Beaufort News reporter this week when he asked where the big loaded truck was bound. Unsettled war condi tions in other countries have made the United States war conscious and in most of the navy, army and air" bliseXTn uc heoTretrffctioirwork is now underway. The Langley order is probably the first to be shipped from this Coastal County to ba used in government defense expansion. , Fort Macon 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 respect to tho locality, that is wheth er near the inlet or at the head of the estuaries. HIGH LOW Friday, Jan. 5 4:47 AM. 5:02 PM. 11:08 PM. Saturday, Jan. 6 5:44 AM. 5:66 PM. 11:12 AM. 12:05 PM. Sunday, Jan. 7 6:42 6:44 AM. PM. 12:07 AM. 12:56 PM. Monday, Jan. 8 7:17 AM. 7:30 PM. 1:00 AM. 1:40 PM. Tuesday, Jan. 9 i 8:00 AM. 8:13 PM. 1:41 AM. 2:21 PM. Wednesday, Jan. 8:41 AM. 8-r54PM L 10 2:23 AM. Thursday, Jan, 11 9:19 AM. 3:03 AM. 9:34 PM. 3:35 PM. Subscribe to The Beaufort News. CARTERET HAS TWENTY-EIGHT SUDDEN DEATHS Report Of Coroner Reveals 1939 As A Record Although it is nothing to brag about, Carteret County had a record number of vio lent deaths during 1939, a checkup by The Beaufort News disclose. During the year at least 28 persons lost their lives from unnatural causes, violently or sudden ly. Majority of the deaths occurred from drownings. Worst tragedy of the year was the boat collision which resulted in the death of 10 persons on tho Inland Waterway during the au tumn. Second biggest tragydy of the year was the drowning of five persons in a car which ran off the State Highway's ferry slip at Gloucester. The slip was not bar ricaded at the time and neither were there warning signs along the highway approaching the ferry dock. This has all been changer! since the tragedy, nowever. Three otners or a total of 18 persons were drowned in Carteret during the year, assuming that those on the menhaden boat "Southland" drowned instead of being killed from injuries. Three died of heart attack, one death was charged to acute alcoholism. Three were killed as result of be ing shot, one death was charged up to hit-run driving, an accident at a fish factory resulted in one death. One death wa csaused by a truck striking a child and a train killed another person. Majority of vio lent deaths were solved the report of authorities, and Coroner George Dill revealed. - Conference Games Here Friday Night The girls' and boys' teams of Newport school will meet at Beau fort School Gymnasium on Friday night at 7:30 o'clock in the first Basket Ball conference game of the county, it was stated today by Coach McQuade. The conference games always attract a full house and it is believed that Friday night will be no exception. The schedule of conference games will be found on page Six. Routine Matters Mark Meeting Of Carteret's Board Kach member of the 5-man Board of County Commissioners were ivesent for the first meeting of the year which was deferred f . ini New Year's Day to January 2, this week. Routine matters disposed of duv i:b the meeting include the fol io. ing: Bids for supplies to the County Home for the current . or.th was awarded C. D. Jones Company. There was only 12 .-onts difference between the bid nt" C. D. Jones and City Grocery. The George B. Street tax matte as adjusted following a discussion between the Board and Attorney J. F. Duncan. TAX JUDGMENTS The Tax Collector was author ized to docket for judgment, all 1937, 1938 taxes due Carteret County for which tax sales certif icates have already been made. The Board allowed $25 per month for transportation of WPA and NYA workers from Newport to Beaufort, this represents a por tion of the total ?osts for trans poration, part of which is borne by the workers themselves as in the Eastern part of the county. F. R. Seeley and Dr. K. P. B. Bonner were appointed a commit, tee to adjust the property valua tions of B. H. Brady, Morehead township. It was ordered that Mrs. Clar ence Whitehurst of Beaufort is of fered three water lots in Moreheai City listed in name of Joseph Dix on heirs, at $100 per lot. The matter of termites in . the Annex Building was deferred un til July, 1940. It was ordered that a telephone fca JnstllHJntheNYA supervi sor's and Home Agent's office It was ordered that the valua tion of L. T. Murphy, Davis town ship, be charged against the prop erty for 1936, 1937, and 1938. Charles Adams Slain In Roadhouse Brawl Tax Listing Begins In County Tuesday LISTING OF Carteret County property for taxation began on Tuesday, three months earlier than usual, under the direction of Fred R. Seeley, tax supervisor, who is pictured above. Listings in past years have begun April 1, but tho last legislature, at which Seeley represented Carteret, the date was changed to January 1. List takers had completed anangements for their work prior to Tuesday and an advertisement elsewhere in to day's edition urges citizens to list during January or be subject to in dictment by the Grand Jury or suf fer an additional 10 per cent pen alty. This Week Marks 5th Anniversary Of Heroic Rescue This week marks the fifth anni versary of heroic rescue' opera tions at frozen.in Tangier Island near Crisfield, Maryland, in which Raymond Davis, retired U. S. Coast Guardsman played the leading role. Many will recall the severe cold weather of January, 1934, in which the residents of Tangier Is land were ice bound, fuelless and in some cases foodless. AU com munications to the mainland were out of commission. The uncomfortable situation was finally relieved by the arrival of the U. S. Coast Guard Boat No. 154, under command of Raymond K. Davis. He and his crew worked day and night releasing boats from the ice and performing other er rands of mercy. They rescued three men half frozen who had be come ice-bound while hunting on nearby Deal's island. They trans ported a number of sick people to the mainland for hospitalization, thus being credited with saving the lives of several and carried physicians and medical supplies in addition to other supplies to the stricken residents of the Chesa peak Bay fishing village on the is land. Several letters of commenda tion were written about the feat performed under the direction of Davis in charge of No. 154. La ter duo to an accident in which he was disabled to the extent that he had to retire from the Coast Gua.-d, Davij whose home is in Marihall b;r;, moved to Beaufort. He is weli known through the county and a member of the 5-man board of County Commissioners. Fodrie Appointed Agent Of B. M.R. R. Beginning Jan. lsl Jimmie Fodiie who for many years was employed by the Nor folk Southern Railroad here as as sistant to Agent Seth Gibbs wa: employed this week as agent for the Beaufort and Morehead City Railroad. He succeeds L. W. Jones who had been agent since the railroad changed hands a few years ago. Agnt Fodiie a resi dent of Beaufort is an experienced railroad man. To County Readers A complete chronoiogicaTTecoru of important world events during 1939 will be found on Page 2 of The Beaufort News Magazine Sec tion this week. Editor. Currie's Villa Was Scene Of Fatal Shooting Fillingame Gang Cnofess To Their Part In Row Which Cost A Life; Also Clear Up Robberies In what oficers termed as "drunken brawl" Charles Adams, 25, of Morehead City was killed when shot thro ugh the heart by a bullet fired from a .32 calibre Sav age automatic near the en trance of Currie's Villa on. Monev Island Beach last Saturday night about 11:15' o clock. It was reported by, eye witnesses that the fatal lv iniured man staggered in to the dance hall, and lunch room clutching his chest and saying: "I'm "shot!" He walked irom the iron aoor to the nickleodeon between the dancers on the floor and back to a bench in front of a counter where he sat down. No one paid much attention to ' him. Witnesses stated hey thought someone had been shooting fire works outside the building an-1 that Adams was only joking. Al- most immediately after he sat down at the counter he toppled over in the floor dead. It was Carteret County's 28th and last violent death of 1939. Sheriff Notified With no telephone connections between Currie's Villa and tho mainland, some time elapsed be fore a phone could be reached to notify Sheriff C. G. Holland. Im mediately upon receiving the re port, Sheriff Holland and Deputy" ' T. Murray Thomas, Jr., left for the scene. In Morehead City the were joined by S. H. Patrolman John Laws. They arrived at Mon ey Island Beach at midnight or about 45 minutes after the shoot ing. In the meantime the princi pals involved in the shooting had made a get-away. In the mean time too, most of the 20 or 30 pa trpns said to have been present when the shooting occurred had left. About eight or 10 persons, some of them apparently so drunk they did not seem to realize that a murder had taken place were'" there when the officers arrived. From this group the officers quickly pieced together evidence and Sheriff Holland and Patrolman Laws started out to search for those who allegedly had been in volved in the shooting. Deputy Thomas was detailed to remain at the scene of the tragedy. The body remained on the floor until Coroner George Dill arrived' about 1 o'clock and swore in a jury to view the body. It was then moved to Morehead City where an autopsy was performed on Sundav to remove the fatal bullet. It wis a steel jacket .32 calibre. (Continued on Page 8) Covering The W aterfront By AYCOCK BROWN AT 12 :?2 O'CLOCK on Satur day nieht I walked into the estab lishment known as Cui lie's Villa on Jlo-.-y Isla..d r?a,, foi: ..'..: up on a murder sU-ry tip received 1. -.n. tw a fr. n tho Kb : :'f -'2 minutes e3-lir. Sim iff h.i I augriwtvd that I dfiw over in car as that would g'we nn an op portunity to come on back tn Beaufoit when I got ready msteaj of staying up until, an indefinita time with him. He suggested thnt I take my camera along, as thero might be a newspicture. STARTING OUT on a midnight murder story alone to a lonely beach where a murderer might btf laying in wait for just such an op poitunity that an auto and Ion driver might present may caus concern to some people but I nevec gave it a thought until I was out on. the causeway nearing Morehead City; Naturally I was glad to dis cover upon reaching Moteheadi City that my friend .Walter Han- TOck-of Slwrchcsd -Cits traffic: squad was on the verge of going1 to the beach in a taxi. I was irlad tf have him as my companion. Somow (Continued on Page 8). :
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