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Carteret County's Oldest NewspaperEstablished 1912
( VOLUME XXVIII; NO. 4.
BEAUFORT, N. C. THURSDAY, JAN. 25, 1940.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
His Job One Of Issolation
Crew Member of Diamond Lightship
Fillingame Brothers Escape From Carteret County Jail
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THIS UNUSUAL photo by Bill Sharpe shows a member of the
crew of Diamond Lightship off Cpe Hatteras climbing one of the
masts on which is located a beacon that marks the ocean's coastal
sea lane to mariners after dark. Members of the lightship crew lead
a lonely life. Although the vessel is within sight of land on clear
days, many of the crew members whose houses are on nearby Hat
teras Island, have in the past had to travel via passing steamer to
New York or Miami enroute the sSort distance to relatives when
they go on liberty. (Winston-Sa'em Journal Photo and Cut.)
Dr. Royal Heads Finnish
Relief Drive In
Outdoor Life To
Publish Picture
Of Norma Larkee
Outdoor Life Magazine will soon
publish a picture of Miss Norma
Larkee of Morehead City. The
picture will show her fishing in the
surf on Atlantic Beach... It was
made by Aycock Brown on one of
his photographic tours to tbe surf
last year and on the particular day
the picture was made Miss Larkee
and other members of the More
head City High School Senior class
wereat the resort enjoying a beach
party.
This photo is the ninth in a se
ries of Carteret County subjects
which has been given wide circula
tion through the press via newspa
pers, photo services and mag axines
by The Beaufort News Editor,
since January 1, 1940. Several
million persons have or will see
the photographs.
ALMANAC
BIRTHDAY.1
Of Famous People
January
26. Samuel Hopkins Adams, au
thor 1871.
27. Kaiser Wilhelm 11, 1859.
28. Henry M. Stanley, explorer,
1841.
29. Wm. McKinley, President,
1843.
30. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Pres
ident, 1882.
31. Eddy Cantor, actor, 1893.
February
1. Victor Herbert, musician,
1859.
HISTORICAL
Events In January
26. Spanish Rebels take Barcelo
na, 1939.
27. Incadescent light patented
1880.
28. Panama Railroad completed
1855.
29. Kansas admitted to Union
1861.
31. Gov. Goebel assassinated
1900.
February
1. Screw S. S. Propeller patent
ed 1838.
County
Donations May Be
Left At News
Office
Dr. Ben. F. Royal of More
head City has been appoint
ed as Carteret County Chair
man for the Finnish Relief
campaign which is headed in
this state by former J. C. B.
Ehrinehaus and in the nation
by former President Herbert
Hoover. Newspapers ot Lar
teret, including The Beaufort
News, have agreed to help out in
the drive for funds and contribu
tions towards this cause may be
left at The Beaufort News office.
No special quotas have been set and
no one will be canvassed for funds.
Dr. Royal explained in detail
about the Relief Fund at the week
ly meeting of Rotary here Tuesday
night. Following his talk, Rev.
Bill Stewart was named as local
chairman of the drive and he too
will accept donations for the cause
Every Rotarian present made a
small contribution, and made it
freely at the meeting on Tuesday
night.
The public is advised that the
fund will go to non-eombattants.
Many persons might say: "Why
should I contribute to a fund for
Finland?" These persons are ad
vised that maybe this tiny nation
which is being invaded by Russia
and Communists might be fighting
our battles for us right now. In
other words if Finland loses, who
knows but what similar attempts
will be made to invade our own
country.
The money collected in Carteret
will be forwarded State, and then
national headquarters of the Re
lief Drive. Persons who cannot
conveniently call by The Beaufort
News office may mail in their con
tribution, regardless of how small
or how large.
Negro Given Road
Sentence Tuesday
David Howard, Negro, was given
four months on the roads when he
plead guilty to charges of assault
with deadly weapon in Recorders
Court Tuesday. James Allen,
another Negro, and employed
aboard the fish boat Sterling was
the victim. Howard admitted hit
ting Allen with a heavy piece of
pine wood, when the latter alleg
edly cursed him and failed to make
any effort to pay for certain
time he, (Howard) had served on
the streets for him.
1 4-H County Council I
! Meeting Here Jan 27
An interesting program has
; been announced for the 4-H Coun
i ty Council meeting which will be
heli at the Home Agent's office
on Saturday morning, January 27,
at 10 o'clock. Belva Lewis, pres
ident of Markers Island Club will
preside. Routine matters of in
terest to club members will be pre
sented. Taking part in the pro
gram will be Hilda Carraway,
Council Secretary; Eloise Garner,
Council Treasurer; J. Y. Lassiter,
County Agent; Margaret Clark,
Home Agent, and Lillian Williams.
All members are urged to be in at
tendance. Beaufort School Is
Getting Sanitation
Condition Improved
Sanitation conditions at Beau
fort School (white) will be consid
erably improved when the work
now being done under the supervi
sion of Roy Barbour is completed.
Two new toilets and washrooms
are being installed on the second
floor. When completed the rooms
will have the latest and most mod
ern automatic equipment for the
commodes, lavatories and urinals,
In addition to 12 new commodes in
the two new toilets, the commodes
in the toilets on the lower floor
will be equipped with automatic
flushing apparatus.
The work is being, done follow
ing nn agreement between the
members of the local school board
and Superintendent J. G. Allen of
the County Board last year befor-j
the Autumn session began. At
that time due to the increase in
enrollment at the school over a
period of years, the sanitary fa
cilities were not adequate.
Interest Continues
In Boy Scout Work
From Week to Week
The Boy Scouts Hut on the Le
gion Green will be ready for the
newly formed troop here to hold
meetings in at an early date.
Scoutmaster James P. Davis stated
today that former Scoutmaster L.
D. Hayman had sent in the key to
the house and removed properties
which had been installed there for
NYA workers. Several of the win
dow panes of the hut are out, how
ever, so the building will not be
ready for meeting on Friday night,
when the next meeting takes place
Scribe Bobby Stephens, senior
patrol leader announced that the
meeting on Friday night would be
held at Jack Allen's home on
Orange Street. All scouts are
urged to attend. At the present
time majority of the members of
the two patrols, Sea Gull and Gulf
Stream are working on their sec
ond class requirements. Last week
signal and compass reading in
struction was studied by 11 scoul3
who were present.
The local scouts have also dis
tributed 250 slotted President
Birthday Cards. The slots in these
cards are for dimes. When a per
son fills a card or partially fills it,
the coin-card is sealed and sent to
President Roosevelt. The monies
thus collected are used in the In
fantile Paralysis Campaign. In
dentally 60 per cent of the amount
thus collected returns to Beaufort
to be used locally in fighting in
fantile paralysis.
4-H Clothing
Leaders School
Miss Willie Hunter, Extension
Clothing Specialist, State College,
will give a Leaders' School to the
clothing project leaders of the six
teen Carteret Home Demonstra
tion Clubs, on Tuesday morning,
January 30, in the home agent's
office in the Courthouse Annex, it
was announced today. Local clo
thing leaders are inviting home
demonstration club presidents and
4-H club leaders to attend this
meeting with them as clothing is
the major club project of the year.
Music And Gaiety
Galore To Be
Featured
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KIRBY'S BAND TO
Carteret's greatest
dential Ball will be present
ed at Beaufort Community
Center tonight, beginning at
(J:30 o'clock and ending at
1:30 A. M. Anticipating
chilly weather, officials in
charge of event have been
busy all day taking care of the
heating facilities, and the spacious
auditorium will be warm and com
fortable on the inside, regardless
of conditions outside, it has beer
promised.
Ticket sales have been very
:.;ood and it is believed that the at
tendance tonight will top all pre
vious records. Mrs. Martha Loi
tin and her large corps of assistants
have worked hard to make the oc
casion one of the greatest since the
first Birthday Ball was presented
Many people have bought tick
ets who will not even attend th
dance. They paid their dollar be
cause they wanted to help in th
campaign to raise money to figh
infantile paralysis. Fifty per cen
of all profits derived from th.
event will be retained locally to ah;
sufferers of infantile paralysis
the remainder will go to the Na
tional Foundation which is conduct
ing research in an effort to stamp
out the dreaded disease.
Added Attractions
Rnndy Kirby and his orchestra
featuring Mias Floren-ee Smith,
singer and dancer, will make the
music for the festivities. In addi
tion to much regular dancing,
there will be time allotted to square
dancers. Other attractions will in
clude cake raffling. The spacious
auditorium has been beautifully
decorated for the occasion and it
looks like a big night.
Rev. E. C. KolbWill
Preach At Baptist
Church Here Sunday
Rev. E. C. Kolb, of Wingate, N.
C, will be guest preacher at the
First Baptist Church here next
Sunday, January 28, it was an
nounced today by the Pulpit Com
mittee. Rev. Mr. Kolb will preach
at 11 o'clock Sunday morning p.nd
again at 7.30 o'clock in the even-
ing. All Baptists and the public
are invited to attend tne services.
Notice To Other
Newspapers
Other newspapers aie granted
permsision to use stories in whole
or excerpts from same as they ap
pear in this newspaper if full cred
it-line for such reprints is given
The Beaufort News The Publish
Covering The
Waterfron t
By AYCOCK BROWN
I WONDER what, if any efTci
it would have if owners of each
firm in Beaufort would write a let
ter or appear personally before the
Board of Town Commissioners and
not only request but demand that
they be given protection from so
licitors, agents and organizations
which operate in direct competition
with them. I wonder what the ef
fect would be if each firm that
pays for the privilege to operate
would let it be known in no un
certain terms that they refused to
pay privilege taxes until this con
dition was stopped.
THERE IS HARDLY a business
in this town which pays for the priv
ilege of operating that does not
have to compete with those who
pay no privilege. The situation has
reached a stage where it is worse
than the Mail Order House bus
iness. I say there is hardly a firm
in Beaufort which pays privilege
taxes which does not have local
competition from those who do
(Continued from Page 1)
Pappy Yokum Dream
! Turnip Is Shown Here
.V git-antic turnip, a regular
"Pappy Yokum" dream turnip, was
brought to The Beaufort News of
f'ce this week by our sports colum
nist James W . Stewart, l ne cur
nip, grown by George W. Davis of
Smyrna, in his turnip patch,
weighed nine pounds and 15 ounc
es. It was so large it would not
fit inside a water bucket. As a
matter of fact this turnip is prob
ably an all time record.
Famous Novelist Is
Writing For News
KATHLEEN NORRIS
IN OUR LAST week's edition we
announced the addition of two new
columns, Weshington Merry Go
Round by Robert S. Allen and
Drew Pearson and General Hugh
Johnson, in The Beaufort News
Magazine Section which is distrib
uted weekly to readers in Carteret
County. The famous columnists
who now arc writing for The Beau
fort News through their respective
syndicated columns were received
favorably by our county readers.
Comments have come in from many
This week we take additional pleas
ure in introducing to readers of
The Beaufort News Magazine Sec
tion, Kathleen Norris, whose col
umn "Kathleen Norris Says",
si-ould have a wide appeal not only
to women, but to every person who
wants to get a clearer insight on
life and living. The column this
week by Kathleen Norris, is titled
i c
Women
Course."
Need A Charm
chool'
Morehead City's
Community Tree
Given Publicity
Morehead City's Community
Christmas Tree, sponsored each
year by H. B. Utley, publisher of
the Twin City Daily Times received
considerable publicity in the cur
rent issue of Publishers' Auxiliary.
A photo of the tree made by D. G.
Bell during the New Year's snow,
showing Mayor D. B. Willis of
Morehead City in the foreground,
made front page in the publishing
trade journal.
Carteret Legion
Members Plan To
Attend Luncheon
Commander William T. Bailey,
child welfare committeemen and
other Legionaires interested in
Carteret Post's activities in wel
fare are planning to attend a
Dutch Luncheon at Hotel Kington
on Sunday. The meeting-Lunch
eon devoted to the interests 0i
child welfare will start promptly
at 12:30 o'clock. Immediately af
ter the lencheon Dr. Casstevens
will proceed with the child welfare
meeting, telling what is available
for destitute families and how to
go about getting it.
Jim Caldwell, Legion Adjutant,
has written all Post Commanders
and welfare officers of posts in
East Carolina urging good attend
ance at the meeting. Child wel
fare is one of the great service?
which American Legion Posts in
this and other States carry out
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It Was Second Time Since
January 1, That Prisoners
Saw Their Way To Freedom
John Sikes Gives
Birth To Weekly
In N. Wilkesboro
From the Publishers' Auxiliary,
trade journal of the "Fourth Es
tate" which has a weekly circula
tion of 13,500 among newspaper
offices throughout the nation, we
reprint the following:
"December, 1939, brought two
new weeklies to North Carolina
one at North Wilkesboro and one
at Thomasville. The first issue of
the Northwestern Press appeared
at North Wilkesboro on December
7 and carried a large volume of lo
cal advertising. It is owned and
published by a stock company of
around 100 North Wilkesboro cit
izens and business men. John
Sikes, formerly publisher of the
Edenton Daily News, is the editor.
The Thomasville Tribune made its
first appearance in Thomasville on
December 14. W. A. Kennedy, oil
company manager in Thomasville,
is the publisher, and C. T. Brum
field is the editor."
John Sikes on the Northwestern
Press was formerly general man
ager of N. C. Fisheries, Inc., m
Morehead City. He is not only a
ood newspaperman but one of the
jest promotional experts in North
Carolina.
Beaufort Firm Low
Bidder On New P. O.
An Associated Press dispatch in
the morning newspapers stated
that the Public Buildings Adminis
tration in Washington yesterday
received u $49,089.50 low bid for
construction of a postoffice in
Morehead City, N. C, from E. L.
Davis and Company, Beaufort and
Morehead City. Algernon Blair',
Montgomery, Ala., bid $52,630,
and Uure Brothers of Beaufort, N.
C, $53,500.
Rotary Club Will
Honor Boy Scouts
Rev. Bill Stewart, Jacob Miller
and Dr. Warden Woodard were ap
pointed on a committee at the reg
ular weekly meeting of Rotary
Tuesday night to work out plans
for entertaining the Beaufort Boy
Scouts at a barbecue supper on
the first Tuesday or Friday during
February. The barbecue will be
held at Core Creek Community
House. Rotary Anns will also
probably be invited to attend. It
is hoped to have Scout Executive
Sigwald of Wilson present as a
guest.
Morehead City Baby
Wins The $5 Award
Margaret Thompson Guthrie
infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Agnew Guthrie, won $5 award hy
The Beaufort Theatre for bhi
the first baby reported born cur
ing the recent showing of Brother
Rat and A Baby. Dr. Thompso-i
made the announcement. Tin
winning babe was born at 10:15
o'clock last Tuesday morning
Runnerup for the prize was George
Elmer, son of the Joseph Pasteur.?
(colored) of Beaufort.
Orthopedic Clinic
To Be Held At
Greenville Feb. 2
We wish to remind our readers
of the State Orthr edic Clinic to
be held next Friday in Greenville.
February 2nd, from 12:30 to 4
P. M.
This Cinic takes all types of
cripples, both white and colored,
free of charge who are unable to
afford private treatment. It is de
sired, though not required, that
patients be referred by a physician
or the Welfare Officer, and that
the patient bring such note to the
Clinic.
Were Held Without
Bond On Many
Charges
The notorious Fillingame
brothers, Charles, Waddell
and Harvey, sawed their way
to freedom from the Carteret
County jail sometime be
tween 10 o'clock Tuesday
night and 5 o'clock Wednes
day morning. It was the sec
ond time since January 1,
that prisoners have escaped
fron the recently WPA ren
ovated Carteret jail. Folks
around town have been making
critical comments since the escape
about the inferior metal which
must have been used for window
bars in the jail. It seems that the
bars might just as well be made
of wood, considering the easy way
important prisoners saw their way
to freedom through same.
The Fillingame brothers were be
ing held without bond on charges
ranging from carrying concealed
weapons, breaking and entering,
and grand larceny to murder. One
of the boys, Harvey, confessed that
Temporary Hideout
Of Gang Discovered
Sheriff C. G. Holland stated as
we go to press today that be be
lieved that the temporary hideout
of the Fillingame gang who sawed
their way to freedom from Car
teret jail Tuesday night, had been
found. The hideout was in the
barn located at the rear of the
Cibbs house, (first on right hand
side of highway after leaving
Highland Park on Route 70. The
fugitives probably stayed there
yesterday and until this morning
when they allegedly stole a Plym
outh automobile owned by W. A.
Cole and made a getaway.
he killed Charles Adams, 25 year
old Morehead City fisherman at
Currie's Villa on Money Island.
Beach on the night of December
30. His brothers were held as ee
cessories to the killing.
Also arrested and held on simi
lar charges was Guion Smith, who
sawed his way to freedom from
Carteret's jail early in January.
About one week later he surprised
everyone by appearing at the Coun
ty Jail one morning and giving him.
self up. As he had violated parole
on a charge of larceny from which
he had been released from State
Prison several months before,
Smith was returned to State Prison
One Charles Broccolier, an Italian,
being held in jail on charges of
breaking into Johnson-Saunders
Dry Cleaning Company last Octo
(Continued on Page 8)
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 he
made for variations in the
vinH iln with rep Tt
to the iocHlity. tit is wheth
er near thi- inlet ' h'. thi
head of tht estuaries.
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Friday, Jan. 26
9:05 A. M. 2:51 A. Mt.
9:33 P. M. 3:28 P. M.
Saturday, Jan. 27
9:55 A. M. 3:41 A. M.
10:25 P.M. 4:15 P.M.
Sunday, Jan. 28
10:45 A.M. 4:34 A.M.
5:03 P. M.
Monday, Jan. 29
11:18 A.M. 5:30 A.M.
11:36 P.M. 5:56 P.M.
Tuesday, Jan. 30
12:12 A.M. 6:31A.M.
12:28 P. M. 6:53 P. M. ,
Wednesday, Jan. 31
1:09 A.M. 7:36 A.M.
1:24 P.M. 7:53 P.M.
Thursday, Feb. 1
2:13 A.M. 8:42 A. MW
2:29 P.M. 8:54 P.M.