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Carteret County's Oldest NewspaperEstablished 1912
VOLUME XVIII; No. 3
BEAUFORT, N. C. THURSDAY, JAN. 18, 1940.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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MAINTENANCE
OF WATERWAYS
RECOMMENDED
Several Carteret
Projects Are
Included
Maintenance work on sev
eral waterway projects in
Carteret County would be in
cluded in the nroposed ex
penditure of nearly $1,000,
000 recommended for this
State during the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 1940. The
U. S. Army Engineers' chief
sent the recommendations to
Congress last week-end. The
recommendations contained
no new projects.
This means that while consider
able money would be expended, no
new projects which have been ap
proved, such as the widening oi
Beaufort harbor to 600 feet and
extending it east to abreast the
foot of Marsh Street instead of
abreast Pollock Street as at pres
ent, nor the improvements for the
channel connecting Core Sound
with Sea Level harbor, and other
projects approved would be includ
ed.
Naturally this caused some con
cern locally because proponents of
these new projects, have worked
tirelessly for years in an effort
to get the improvements. The
Chamber of Commerce of Beau
fort, leader in the general move
ment for improvements and new
waterway projects here, and in
East Carteret immediately con
tacted Colonel George Gillette in
Wilmington relative to the matter,
and also Congressman Graham A.
Barden in Washington.
On Wednesday Colonel Gillette
called on the local secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce and dis
cussed the matter further. He in
dicated there was no cause for any
immediate alarm, and that it was
quite posibl( with the proper in
terest biin hhown to have certain
now projects included in the 1940
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Fishing And
All Outdoors
By AYCOCK BROWN
JACK LINCKE, gold miner and
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sportsman, who is one oi me wet-n-ly
readers .of this column in far-away
Seward, Alaska, conveys the
following message after reading a
recent item about the famous
channel bass fishing on the Cen
tral North Carolina Coast :"Put a
location notice on a big drum for
me. I am a disciple of Isaac Wal
ton, and like 'em big. How I
would like to dip a lint off that big
rock (Teach's Hole at Springeis
Point) where we used to catch
flounder and pin-fish on Ocra
coke Island. Everytime I read of
a Gaskill, a Styron or other descen
dants of the island, I get home
sick.
IN THIS particular leter the
former Tarheel who has led an
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ALMANAC
BIRTHDAYS
Of Famous People
January.
19. General Robert E. Lee.
29, Josef Hofmann, musician,
1887,
' 21. General "Stonewall Jack
son, 1824.
22. Lord Byron, poet 1788.
23. Geo. McManus, cartoonist,
1881.
24. Joseph M. Choate, ambas
sador, 1832.
25. Chas. Curtis, Vice-President,
1860.
HISTORICAL
Events In January
2.0. F. D. Roosevelt inaugurat
ed 1937.
21. Edw. VIII of England as
cends throne, 1936.
22. Panama Canal treaty sign
ed, 1903.
23. . Floods in Ohio and Missis
sippi at high point, 1937.
24. Gold discovered in Cali
fornia, 1849.
25. First colored regiment for
med 1863.
We Introduce To Carteret Readers
Our Washington Correspondents
r,
ROBT. ALLEN DREWTEARSON
Drew Pearson and Robert S. Al
len, who write our weekly feature
" Washington Merry-Go-Round, "
are nrohablv the best known of
Washington correspondents.
National attention was drawn to
Pearson and Allen when their first
book, "The Washington Merry-Go-Round",
became a best seller. The
book concerned the foibles and the
strong points of the great and near
great of the capitol city. Since
that time Pearson and Allen have
held national attention by other
best sellers, including "The Nine
Old Men" and by their sprightly
column of "inside" news. This
column deals with highlights and
sidelights, rather than with opinion
for Pearson and Allen are essen
tially news reporters rather
than commentators. Their news
"scoops" have been historic."
Drew Pearson is tall, slender,
professorial-looking. He was a
professor in fact, having taught at
the University of Pennsylvania and
at Columbia between periods of
globe trotting and covering impor
tant nows posts in various parts of
the world. Pearson was born m
Lvanston, Illinois, in 1837 gradua
ted from Swarthmore in 1910, then
woiked with the British Red Cross
in the Balkans and was head of
Quaker Relief work in Serbia, Al
bania, and Montenegro. In 1922,
he shipped as a seaman from Seat
tle, and what with some newspa
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Chamber oi Commerce Plans
To Erect Nautical Style
Building For Headquarters
Gene Autry" Pistol
Gets Morehead Boy
In Serious Trouble
James Harold Wade of
the "Quawk Point" section of
Morehead City, was placed
on probation for two years
and ordered to pay the costs
of the court when convicted
in Recorders Court Tuesday,
(upon his own . testimony,
given in rich Moreheadese)
on charge of assaulting, J. L.
Slade, a merchant with a
deadly weapon, to-wit: a
Gene Autry cap pistol so re
alistic looking that anyone seeing
such a gun pointed at him would
incidentally see graveyards. Wade
age 16, told a clear story oi wnar
led up to the actual assault, n in
cluded the breaking of a window
pane with a snow-ball on January
1. Considerable evidence was giv
en and a nlea in behalf of the Doy
was offered by Eugene wade, who
works at the Morehead City post
office. Due to his past record,
which included time at a reforma
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Bridge To Atlantic
Beach Temporarily
Closed To Traffic
Atlantic Beach Bridge was dos
ed temporarily for four or five
days, beginning on Tuesday of this
week, for necessary repairs to the
draw span, it wasannounced by J.
B. Jennette. maintenance supervi
sor of the State Highway and Pub
lic Works Commission. The work
on the spaa was absolutely necee
sary and would have been attend
ed to before this date, except that
authorities waited until there
would be a minimum of traffic
ever the route following the dote
f fishing and resort season.
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GEN. HUGH S. JOHNSON
With booming voice, jutting jaw
military figure, General Hugh
Samuel Johnson is a striking per
sonage. Today his nickname is
"Old Iron Pants" In his West
Point days and later in the army,
he was called "Tuf fy."
Tough he is. But he is not de
void of sentiment or of learning.
Who's Who lists General Johnson
as soldier, lawyer and -manufactu-er.
But while he was still a young
man, doing army service in the
Philippines, he was writing books
of fiction for boys. He also wrote
magazine stories. He has a native
gift for words, and he writes as he
speaks, with bluntness, yet with
picturesqueness, and often with
humor and apt allusions from the
classics and the Bible.
The general was born August 5,
1882, of old pioneer stock on an
American frontier amid Indians
and buffaloes at Fort Scott, Kan
sas. As a boy he lived in Oklaho
ma among Cherokees, Choctaws,
and Comanches. He ran away to
enlist with the Rough Riders in
1898, but his father caught up with
him and brought him home. Then
came .West Point, service at Fort
Clark, Texas, at San Francisco du
ring the earthquake, in the Phipip
pines, and back in the U. S. under
General Enoch Crowder. Crowd
er advised him to study law for the
legal department of the army and
made it possible for him to do so at
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Board Of Directors
Held First 1940
Meet Monday
DISCUSS WATERWAYS
AND PUBLIC WHARVES
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors at the
first meeting of the year held
in Miller Furniture Company
on Monday night approved a
suggestion made by George
W. Huntley to erect a small
nautical-like building along
the waterfront to serve s
headquarters for the organi
zation. The secretary was
instructed to appear before
the Town Commissioners at
their next monthly meeting
and outline the plans for a
building and. permission to
erect same on city-controlled
property along the water
front. Such a building: would result in
a headquarters for the organiza
tion at which persons seeking in
formation could always find a rep
resentative. A clerk would be
employed to serve a stenographer
to the secretary and members of
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Lee's Birthday On
Friday Means Bank
Will Have Holiday
Officials of First Citizens Bank
and Trust Company stated today
that along with other banks in
North Carolina they would close
Friday, January 19, in observance
of General Robert E. Lee's birth
day. All States which were in the
Confederacy, observe the great
General's anniversary, but he
bank employees are usually the
only persons who are privileged to
enjoy the holiday by not working.
FIRST VIOLENT
DEATH OF YEAR
AT GLOUCESTER
Earl Chadwick Dies
Following Auto
Accident
W,ar nViarlwirk vountr man
of Gloucester, died in James
Walker Memorial Hospital,
Wilmington, Monday follow
ing injuries (a fractured
skull) received .Saturday
night about 1:30 o'clock
when the Chevrolet pick-up
truck in which he was a pas-spno-er.
overturned on the
Rmvrna-Gloucester road. G
L. Chadwick. driver of the
car was later arrested by
Cnrnoral J. K. Clay, and Fa
trolman John Laws of the
State Highway Patrol who
investigate tne wrecK. cor
poral Clay said the charges
would be reckless driving
and personal injury.
Chadwick was first taken to
Morehead City hospital following
the wreck, but later removed on
Sunday to Wilmington to the
James Walker-Memorial hospital.
Also taken to the Morehead City
hospital was Osorne ; Pigott of
Gloucester who -was a passenger in
the pack part of the truck with
Chadwick andi Clem Chadwick.
Pigott suffered a compound frac
ture of the left &tm-': and minor
lacerations arid bruises when
thrown from the . .truck. Clem
Chadwick'a left' hand was badly
lacerated and he was badly shaken
up and bruised about body and
legs. Two other boys, Chadwick
brothers of Gloucester were also in
the cab of the truck but they did
not suffer any serious injuries and
neither 'was the driver injured.
Earl Chadwick was brought to
the hospital in Morehead City by
Ernest Nelson, son of Capt. John
Nelson. The Highway Patrol was
notified cf the accident about 5
o'clock Sunday morning and went
to the scene immediately to inves
tigate the accident.,,. ' .
Funeral services for Chadwick
were held pn Wednesday after
noon. Owner of the truck was H. D.
Chadwick, father of the driver.
The deceased is the son of Mrs.
Sabra Chadwick and the late Ion
Chadwick.
A coroner's inquest in the fatal
ity, first violent death to occur in
1940, is scheduled to take place on
Friday. Outcome of Coroner's Ju
ry verdict will determine whether
additional charges will be brought
against the driver of the car.
CARTERET FAIR
BOARD ELECTED
NEW OFFICERS
"World Fair Shows''
Signed Up For
The Midway
Legionaire Clyde Walker
of Morehead City was elect
ed president of the American
Legion sponsored Carteret
Fair Association at a met
ing here this week. He in
company with General Man
ager R. Hugh Hill and Treas
urer T. E. Kelly went to Ral
eigh on Wednesday to at
tend a state meeting of North
Carolina fair officials. Upon their
return, they announced that Prell's
famous "World Fair Shows" had
been signed up as the midway at
traction for the 1940 fair to be
presented in Beaufort during the
week beginning September 30,
Other officers elected at the
meeting Tuesday night were C. Z.
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Beaufort Warmest
During Past Month
Beaufort's balmy and healthy
winter climate which went in re
verse for a few days during the
first week of 1940, was given con
siderable publicity nevertheless for
its delightful December tempera
tures according to press dispatches
reaching here. From the New Bern
Tribune we reprints
"Beaufort had the highest aver
age temperature ia North Carolina
during the month of December, ac
cording to the current issue of
Climatologica! Data of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture Weath
er Bureau. The temperature at
Beaufort during the month aver
aged 49 degrees."
Nearest Golf Links To Gulf Stream North of Florida
Gulf Stream Golf Club House And No. 1 Fairway
GULF STREAM Golf Linki, a 9-hole course which it continu
ally improving has the distinction of being the nearest linki to
the Gulf Stream north of Southern Florida. That it the reason
it was named Gulf Stream Golf Club. While many people may
not yet realize it, the golf links it a real asset to Coastal Carteret.
About 50 percent of the inquiries from prospective vacationists
ask if there is a golf course here, and the links is used by a large
number of non-residents. (Photo by Aycock Brown)
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Free Bathing Beach With
No Picket Fence Would Be
Developed Near Fort Macon
wicmcni ii litis
Wins Jackpot Of
$100 Wednesday
Clement Willi of Davit won the
$100 Jackpot at Beaufort Theatre
on Wednesday night. Although
he wu not inside the theatre to
claim the money, he was standing
out front holding a ticket with
large crowd who had bought tick
ets but could not find a seat inside.
He did not hear his name when
called, but the serial number on
ticket he held proved that he had
purchased same a half hour of
more before the dawing. ' Em
ployed of the theatre in lobby and
ticket office verified fact that he
had purchased same sometime be
fore the drawing. So, he was ad
judged the winner, and was pre
sented the $100.
The Jackpot next week will start
at $20 and increase $10 each week
until there is a winner. Due to
the confution caused Wednesday
night, Manager Lang stated that in
future whether a person is inside
the theate, lobby or out in front
under the marquee waiting to get
inside that he or she must claim
prize within two minutes from the
time name is drawn.
President's
Much interest is being shown in
the approaching President's Ball
to be presented at Community
Center on next Thursday night,
r.?r. W. I. Loftin, chairman, stated
otiay.
She said that many tickets had
been sold. Merchants will be
?sked to decorate windows adver
tising event. Mrs. Hardy Lewis,
Jr., will have charge of cake-raffle
tickets sale. John Merrill,
Marshallberg, will call figures for
square dancing from 10:30 to 11
o'clock. Boy Scouts in Beaufort
and Morehead City are distribut
ing President Birthday cards.
These card, have slot, for dimes
to be sent President in Infantile
Paralvsi. C.m.in. Half of
amount will be returned here and
half of total profits of ball will bs
retained locally.
Internal Revenue
Service Man Will
Come To Carteret
Charles H. Robertson, collector
of Internal Revenue for the State
of North Carolina in Greensboro,
has advised The Beaufort News
that a representative from his of
fice would be in Carteret at the
Fort Macon Hotel on March 5 and
6 to assist tax payers in filing their
income tax returns. The period
between February IS through
March IS has been designated as
filing period to assist taxpayer in
filing their income tax returns, it
was stated.
Ball
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First Development
For Fort Macon
State Park
Free bathing and the elim
ination of a closely guarded
fence to prevent persons
dressen in bathing suits enter
ing surf without paying will
be principal attractions of an
ocean resort to be developed
as a part of Fort Macon State
Park, and plans are to have
the project completed by the
summer of 1940, Philip Ball,
Carteret WPA Supervisor,
announced last week-end.
Plans for the development have
been "drawn" by Superintendent
Tom Morse of the State Park Ser
vice in collaboration with Supervi
sor Ball, and will include bath
houses, concession buildings, board
May Establish CCC
Camp At Fort Macon
With the thought in view of ex
pediting much needed work at
Fort Macon State Park, Director
R. Bruce Etheridge of the Depart
ment of Conservation and Develop
ment will soon go to Washington in
an effort to obtain two new CCC
Camps for North Carolina, one at
Fort Macon the other at Mt. Mitch
ell. Announcement to this effect
was made during the meeting of
the Board of Conservation and De
velopment which was concluded
Wednesday Recommendation
that tke CCC Camps be establish
ed in the State Parks was made by
Superintendent T. W. Morse. It is
understood that this work would
be in addition to proposed develop
ment of a free bathing beach on
the State Park at Fort Macon, for
which plans have been submitted
to WPA approval. It was the
CCC which partially restored old
Fort Macon a few years ago.
walk and free parking areas.
There will be no picket fence,
closely guarded, to prevent per
sons wearing bathing suits from
entering the surf. Competent
Life Guard Service will be mair.
taine:) at the resort.
It has been the "competent life
guard service" angle which has
been the reason owners of Atlan
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P0"8 nn using u.c
r entering the ocenas suif, cv
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Another Beaufort
Picture Is Given
Wide Circulation
A photograph showing Dr. H. F.
Prytherch, director of the U. S.
Fisheries Laboratory inspecting
a 300-pound loggerhead turtle
which froze to death during the re
cent (and unusual) cold wave
here with a flock of curious mal
lards in the background has been
given wide circulation recently.
The picture released through Wide
World syndicate (New York Times
owned) was made by Aycock
Brown. Several Beaufort snow
scene pictures by Boy Eubanks re
leased early his year were pub
lished in V olk, Raleigh, Winston-Salem,
Ir iensboro and Char
lotte newspapers.
f This Letter From:-5
i"South Of Border,
fDown Mexico Way"
Dear Aycock;
I congratulate you on The Beau
fort News issue of December 28th,
which I have read with much inter
est, mainly your Waterfront col
umn in which you wrote your pref
erence on a weekly journal among
good people to a city daily. I
have tried both and know the de
lights of editing a weekly among
appreciative people. Your excel
lent Chronology in the same issue
brought me up to date with what
is going on in Carteret and Other
Eastern Counties.
New Years Greetings! '
Faithfully,
Josephus Daniels.
Embassy of the U. S. A.
Mexico, D. F.
January 6, 1940.
Covering The
Waterfront
By AYCOCK BROWN
NORFOLK Dredging Company's
"Washington" which started main
tenance work on Taylor's Creek
where it connects up with Beau-,
fort harbor eliminated a couple of
troublesome shoals which had for
med there thus providing smooth
sailing for heavy laden menhaden
boats bound for Beaufort Fisher- :
ies, Inc. The dredge would prob
ably started operations at the oth- .
er end of Taylor's Creek and work
ed this way, except that Colonel
Gillette was informed by the
Chamber of Commerce about boats
going aground frequently on this
end of the cut. It all goes to show
what a coorerating U. S. District
Engineer we have now. He is tha
best to ever serve North Carolina
wateiways and r.o one will deny
it. V
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TIDE TABLE
Information as to the the
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 rrv.ist hr
made for variation: in the
vinrf aid I'tr" with rep-'?t
to th locality, thH is whetb
er near the inici .n ai iht
heud of the estuaries.
Friday, Jan. 79.
2:52 A. M. 9:28 A. M-
3:11 P. M. 9:32 P. M.
Saturday, Jan. 20
3:54 A.M. 10:26 A.M.
4:15 P.M. 10:28 P. M.
Sunday, Jan. 21
4:53 A. M.
5:14 P. M. 11:25 P. M.
Monday, Jan. 22
5:56 A.M. 11:24 A.M.
6:08 P.M. 12:18 P. M.
Tuesday, Jan. 23
6:36 A. M. 12:19 A. M.
6:59 P. M. 1:08 P. WU
Wednesday, Jan. 24
7:26 A.M. IillA-M.
7:51P.M. 1 :5 P. fcf.
Thursday, Jan. 25
8:15 A.M. S 2:01A.M.
8:42 P.M. 2:42 P. &S
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