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PATRONIZE THE BEAUFORT NEWS ADVERTISERS HELP THE FINNS LEAVE DONATION AT BEAUFORT NEWS OFFICE Carteret County's Oldest NewspaperEstablished 1912 v VOLUME XXVIII; NO. 6. BEAUFORT, N. C THURSDAY, FEB. 8, 1940. PUBLISHED WEEKLY 0 - Local Firms Help Principal Leary ESTABLISH "SICK-ROOM" AT SCHOOL TOWN BOARD Bailey Is Workpg Hard For Carolina Waterways Projects ill ih HIGH POSTAL OFFICIAL IN TOWN TUES. Postal Officials In County Here At Meeting Paul R. Younts of Char CommiJ : jners Agree TO LET C. OF C. USE WATER LOT Plan To Construct Nautical Style C. of C. Office To Jail Improvements LOCAL FIRMS responded very readily when Principal Tom Leary announced that he would establish a "Sick-Room" or Hospital Room at Beaufort Public School. A ipare room off the balcony in the aud itorium wa available for tuch use but there were no funds with which to equip it. When Principal Leary let this be known equipment wai donated very generously. The Red Cron gave first aid supplies; Joe House Drug Store donated a bedstead and springs; Eastman Furniture Company gave a dresser, mirror and a mattress for the bed; Miller Furniture Company contributed a day bed; Parent Teachers Asso ciation bought rugs, bed linens and other necessary items which was deeply appreciated by the school; and, Bell's Drug Store has asked Mr. Leary to give a list of all medicines and other drug supplies which are needed and his firm will donate same. Since it was established the room has been used extensively and it it proving of real value. In the picture, ( a posed shot and not an actual emergency scene) Miss Eleanor Jones, faculty member is ,hown bandaging a minor wound suffered by Delphine Eubanks, high ,chool student as Mrs. Julia Pake, school matron assists. (Photo by Aycock Brown.) Town commissioners of Beaufort on Monday night heard a request from Aycock Brown, secretary Chamber of Commerce in behalf of the organization which propose-! to construct a nautical style headquarters building on the waU'i'I'ront at thi' foot of Pollock Street. It was explained that the building when completed would not mar the beauty of the waterfront, and that its design would, as a matter of fact add to the pictur esque harbor. The building would serve as a sort of Information Headquarters for all visiting tourists. The commissioners read ily agreed to permit the construc tion of the building, provided it met with the approval of the city fire laws, and the U. S. Engineer ing Department which controls th harbor and certain types of con struction. The Board endorsed the fire department's present policy of an swering out of town calls, despite (Continued on Page 8) ., w -j If J I ... ! 1 I Drum Inlet Work Almost Finished Court Defendants Had Better Settle Their Obligations AH defendants of both Record ers Court and Superior Court who have failed to pay fines and costs in full in Carteret County had bet ter be making arrangement to do o at once, it was stated at the Clerk of Court's office today. Those failing to meet the obliga tions they owe these courts will be subject to re-arrest and will have to face Superior Court Judge Luther Hamilton, during the week beginning March 11. Rev. S. J. Erwin Has Answered Call For Baptist Pastorate Rev. S. J. Erwin, pastor of the New London, (N. C.) Baptist Church has answered the call to assume the pastorate of the First Baptist Church in Beaufort, it has been announced here. Rev. Mr. Erwin was guest pastor at the lo. .hnrch last Sundav and was received cordially by members and the general public. He will arrive here on or about March 1, it was stated. Next Sunday guest pastor dur ing the morning worship will bo Rev. R. T. Willis, Jr., of Morehead City. Sunday evening services will be in charge of the Intermedi ate Baptist Young People's Union it was announced. ALMANAC birthday;1 Of Famous People POTATO SPECIAL WILL TOUR AREA OF 7 COUNTIES 5-Car Train To Carry Movies and Potato Grading Machines DAMAGE NOT SEVERE AS FIRST ESTIMATED Five railroad cars will maltp nnthp srjecial "Irish Potato Train" which will tour seven coastal counties of opatorn Paroli'tia the week of February 12-17. This exhi bition train is designed to aid in the rehabitation of the $5,000,000 commercial early Irish potato industry in the state. Cooperation in this educational movement are: The Norfolk Sou thern railroad, the extension serv u nf N. C. State college, th United States and North Carolina department of agriculture, thd freight container bureau, the fruit growers express, and other agri cultural agencies, including the N. C. Produce Growers Cooperative association. Accompanying the train, and in charge of the exhibits, wil be Bux tonVVhite, crops marketing special ist of the N. C. Department of Ag riculture; L. P. Watson, horticul turist, and Howard G. Ganis, plant pathologist, of the extension serv ice: and John W. Gannaway of the marketing section of the Agri cultural Adjustment amnimsua- tion; J. F. Dalton, general traffic manager of the Norfolk Southern, and representative of the Freight Container bureau and the Fruit Growers express also will be on the (Continued on page 8) Atkinson Dredging Company of Norfolk will complete dredging op eration at Drum Inlet this week, it was announced today. During the past two or three months the dredge has been digging the chan nel through the Inlet to a depth of 12 feet. Approximately $50,000 was spent on the project which opens a new gateway to the ocean from Core Sound. SENATOR JOSIAH W. Bailey, chairman of the Sen ate commerce committee, made a move this week to re commit and redraft the om nibus bill in which several important waterway projects in North Carolina, including the enlargement of Beaufort Harbor, has been buried, it was indicated in a News and Observer story from Washington on Wednesday. Senator Bailey has received permission to over haul the authorization bill for Riv ers and Harbors appropriations, and whittle it down to a figure that the Senate can approve and that will be consistent with the current economy program. The Chamber of Commerce here contacted Senator Bailey a few days ago relative to using his in fluence in including Beaufort's harbor, (which needs enlarging to such an extent that it has reached an emergency stage) and other Caiteret and Central coast pro jects which have been given ap proval after years of hard work (Continued on Page 8) lotte, national president of the National Association of Postmasters, was principal speaker at a meeting ot Car teret County postmasters in the Federal Building here on Tuesday. Other speakers on the program included officers of the State Chapter of the national organization. President Yountu was introduced to those present by Postmaster II. O. Phillips of More head City. Those present for the meeting included the following: ,1. R. Teague, of Henderson, N. C, President of the State Chapte-' of National Association; Wythe M. Peyton, of Asheville, N. C, past President of the State Chapter; Miss Annie L. Scott, of Sanford, N. C, Secretary of the State Chap ter; R. R. Eagles, Postmaster, New Bern, N. C, and the ' following Postmasters: H. 0. Phillips, More (Continued on Page 8) TAX NOTICE ! ! Attention of readers is called to an advertisement relative to tax payments which appears on Page 2 of this edition. Tax Collector E. O. Moore urges all persons to read the notice and act according to its instructions. Sensational Shoe Sale At Felton's .Felton's annual shoe sale which for a period of 10 days, beginning February 10th, will offer sensa tional price slashes on all national advertised shoes in stock including such famous brands as Jarman, Fortune and Churchill for men, Rnster Brown for children and Air-Steps, Odettes and Personality for women. Several hundred pairs of shoes are offered at prices starting at less than one dollar. Carteret Jurist To Preside At March Term Superior Court JUDGE LUTHER Hamilton of Morehead City, will preside over the mixed term of Superior Court scheduled to be held here during the week beginning March 11. Judge Hamilton, appointed as a special judge by Governor Hoey, has made a splendid record on the bench and is held in high esteem by all court attaches and attorneys and citizens in the Counties where ! he has presided over court terms. Have You Helped The Finns? J Leave Donation At Beaufort News Office. Fire At Arrington Home Tuesday Nite Blamed On Rodents In February 9. Wm. H. Harrison, Pres. 1773. 10. Wm. Allen, journalist, 1868. 11. Thos. A. Edison, inventor, 1847. 1 ? Ahraham Lincoln. Pres. 1809. 13. Sidney Smith, "Andy Gump" 1877. 14. Gen. Winfield Soott Scott, 14. 15. Joseph Hergensheimer, nov elist, 1880. HISTORICAL Events In February In February 9. Weather Bureau established 1891. lO.Canada ceded to England 1773 11. Daniel Boone, Pioneer born 1735. 12. Savannah Ga., settled 1733. 13. Gen. Ethan Allen died 1789. 14. Valentine Day. 15. Battleship Maine sunk 1896. Install New System In Clerk's Office Fire which damaged the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Arrington at the corner of Live Oak and Broad Street on Tuesday night to the ex tent of $1,500 or more and furni ture to the extent of $500 was blamed on rats. As there was no fire in stoves in section of house where flames started, Mr. Ar rington believes that a match car ried into the ceiling by mice or rats caused the conflagration. The second floor of the building was gutted and much damage done to the roof and furniture. The blaze was first discovered by Lio nel Arthur a neighbor. If it had not been for the splendid work ..l Beaufort's volunteer fire depart ment the house would have been completely destroyed and other nearby houses endangered. The Arrington family have taken a suite of rooms at Woolard Apart ments across the street from their former home while the fire damage is repaired. President's Birthday Ball Was Concluded On Thursday Harkers Island BRIDGE A group of business and professional men gathered in Miller Furniture Company on Tuesday night and dis cussed the proposed and much discussed Harkers Is land bridge. The meeting came following a visit to Kinston last week, made by Charles Brit ton, George Brooks and Dr. L. W. Woodard, when they heard State Highway Commissioner Ernest Webb give different estimates fol lowing surveys of all bridge routes. The officials told the Beaufort ovnnn that the estimate on a Len oxville-Island span was $191,000; a Straits-Island span was $nu,uuu; on a Marshallberg-Island route and span, $156,000 and that a three cture from Lenoxville, rnnnectinflr with a Straits-Island span was $340,000. After discus sing the various routes, those pres ent decided to enlist the support of all communities in Carteret and especially East Carteret favoring the three-way bridge. Commissioner Webb and his as sociates will be invited to a meet ing in Beaufort within a week or 10 days so that the . citizens at large and their representatives may have an opportunity to urge the State Highway and Public Works Commission to build the tVirpp-wav hridere. because such a structure would serve not only the i islanders, but " every . community Ooaf nf North River, nroviding a npw short cut to the county seat It was the concensus of opinion by those present at the meeting of the State cannot build a three-way bridge, that they construct the Lenoxville-Island span. Sheriff Instructed To Buy Material For New Cell MARCH TERM JURY DRAWN AT MEETING County Commissioners on Monday authorized Sheriff C. G. Holland to install an es cape proof cell block inside the County Jail here for the purpose of holding prisoner? who are charged with seri ous crimes. The action came following a series of escapes from the County jail. Sher iff Holland did not know ex actly what the cell-block would cost the County, but indicated that it would be a good investment, rpardless of cost. Only three members of the Board were present for the Febru ary meeting. They were: Chair man K. P. B. Bonner, W. P. Smith and W. Z. McCabe. Commigsioner Cleveland Davis of Harkers Island NYA WORKERS GIVE FRIENDS A DINNER NYA worker! under the super vision of Mrs. Rosa Merrill enter tained the Board of County Com missioners, Register of Deeds Ir- . r.i ' r r 1 1 1 vin W . Uavis, anerirr v. v, ni land, County Auditor James Pot ter and Rotary President Aycock Brown at a luncheon on Monday in the new NYA building on the northeast corner of Courthouse Green. Each of the girls on the project contributed a nickle each. bought provisions and cooked and served the lunch. It was a friend ly gesture on their part to those who have shown a deep interest in National Youth Administration here. The Reno Angle To March Term Court Socially It Was A Success-But Not Financially Seven persons have applied for absolute divorces and the cases are scheduled to come up during the March Term of Superior Court, records in the Clerk of the Court show. Majority of the divorce cases are sought on two year's sep aration clause. One complaint a! leges adultery on part of defend ant. The seven cases now on doe- l.-i. - fnlli-c. Storo-il Snltor Reu me .is ciany nit vs Iona Salter; t. O. Lurtis vs A. j success this year. ivl. turns; rvooeib rtuiiius vs uuiui F. Adams; Dorothy Willis vs A. !.. Willis; Pearl Hamilton vr. Willie Hamilton and W. A. Eiant vs Margaret Bryant. Tough breaks in the pre sentation of the annual Pres ident's Birthday Ball present ed to raise funds tor the campaign to fight infantile paralysis did not hinder its success socially. Everyone agreed that they enjoyed the events very much, but finan cially the balls, were not a Stealing Lumber Cost This Negro Manley Bailey, colored, was found guilty of stealing $1.80' worth of lumber when tried in Re- . . m -J T T . coi'der s i;uort mesuay. ne who given a six months road sentence, suspended upon payment of the costs. The costs amounted to $22.80 which hade it an expensive nier-p of timher for Manley. Henrv Turner was found guilty nf sRsniilt. on his wife. He was o-ivPTi a six months suspended sen tence upon condition that he not violate the law and remain of good behavior and pay the costs, a mounting to $19.85. A new filing system has been installed at the office of the Clerk of Sunerior Court here which gives a complete criminal record of de fendants who have appeared in Recorders Court and Superior Court. The system was installed under the personal supervision of Clerk of Court L. W. Hassell and Mrs. Eva Bravaldo, assistant clerk of Court. The cards hr.ve spaces v.hich not only show defendant's name, but each crime he or she has committed and the outcome of the case when taken to trial. Covering a period of 20 years, approximately 3,000 cards have been filed. It means that a person's record today can be determined in a matter of seconds where in the old days before the system was installed it took several minutes in an un-indexed book. John Singleton To Be Beach Manager According to reports current in Morehead City, John Singleton of Palm Beach, Fla., will be manager of Atlantic Beach during the 11)40 summer season. Mr. bingleton, whose wife is the former Miss Elo ise Freeman, of Morehead City, is well known in this section and has many friends on the Carteret Coas who will be glad to see him as man ager of the resort. Last year h? was resident manager of Atlantic Beach Hotel. As manager of At lantic Beach, he will be succeeding popular Ed Petry of New York City who held the position for two years and is at present cqnnected with Manufacturer's Trust Com pany in New York. Covering The Waterfront By AYCOCK BROWN I HAVE BEEN told by someone who was present at the time whe'i the WPA got ready to renovate th" countv jail a few years ago that three tvnes of metal for bars wa- shown the Board of Commissioners so they could select what they wanted. Their selection, accord ing to mv informant was not for case hardened steel which is said to be of the same metal as hack saw blades are made, but the cheapest material. It just goes to show thnt cheap material always proves expensive in the long run. In tho final settlement the recent jail deliveries will cost the County more perhaps than the difference in price of cheap metal bars and better grade metal. DEAN NOE told me before he left Beaufort for Memphis last week after a short visit with his mother who was celebrating her 89th birthday, that the complete story why he went on a prolonged fast (which made him front page news throughout the world) has not yet been told. He told me .that the complete story may be (Continued on Pajje 8) Eire interrupted the first ball given at Community Center audi torium. If the building had not caught fire the ball would have been a financial success, but the interruption came early in the evening before many had paid ad mission to the dance and before the cake had been raffled off to (Continued ' on Page 8) Ask Candidates Tn Takfi Stand On Education Matter T- H-D Clubs Sponsor Cancer Lecture In Morehead, Feb. 15 Under the sponsorship of the Carteret Federation of Home Dem onstration Clubs a Cancer Lecture will be presented in the auditorium of tl-e Public School Building in Morehead City on Thursday after noon, February 15, at 2 o'clock i! was announced today by Miss Mar. Clark. Home Aaent. Dr. H. could not be present due to the ( fact that he is ill with pneumonia j at Potters Emergency Hospital here. Commissioner Raymond K. ; Davis had gone to Duke Hospital to contribute blood for a transfusion to Charles Willis, critically ill there. Bids for supplies to County Home during month of February was awarded City Grocery for $116.45. Nearest bidder to the low was C. D. Jones Company with. bid of $119. Tax Supervisor Fred Seeley was ordered to investigate the property valuation of Homer S. Piner, Wil liston and report at the next meet ing his findings. It was ordered that bills by County Coroner George Dill b paid in connection with the inquest of Charlie Adams, C. A. Johnson, and victims of the Southland dis aster. Tax Supervisor Seeley was in structed to investigate the proper ty values of Ivy N. Taylor, Mar jorie Gooding and M. S. Webb Es tate. The Highway Commission is urged and requested to take over a certain road in Otway communi (Continued on Page 8) cer specialist will be the guest speaker. He will show slidos and movies of the subject he will dis ni. Miss Clark stated that th- Issuing a challenge to all candi dates for public office to make nublic their stands on Education, Professor Guy 13. Phillips oi me ; pUDiic wa cordially invited lo at University Education Department lenJ the eclure. of Chapel Hill, told school officials , meeting in Morehead City on Mon- p FUarVi Project day night that "it is not sufficient ; t ree Keacti rrojeci to review the past development in At Ft. MflCOn State education in North Carolina."! nil Annrnvfl Members of the Carteret School-; Park IS ApprOVea master's Club and members of the ... i i i t l t-. i .... TtT.. nUi.. f. iy vm- .uis si-hnn hoards in tarierei, lienor's irora i were present at the meeting. Five members of the Beaufort Board were present. Professor Phillips said: "Educa tion, which must depend upon pub lic support, must be presented in an effective manner and must pre sent a program of progress." Professor Phillips, executive sec retary of the North Carolina School Board Association, address ed the Schoolmasters' Club, the lo cal Parent-Teacher Association, (Continued on Page 8) TIDE TABLE Information as to the tide at Beaufort is given in this column. The figures are p nroximntolv correct anr are based on tables furnished by U. S. Geodetic Survey allowances must be for vavintiv in thr nnd nlso with respect to the loflitv. that is wh Vl er near the inh t or a th head of th.- estuaries. the Some made wind Tuesday said the Department or Conservation and Development' project for providing a free bath ing beach at Fort Macon btate Park has been approved by the WPA according to an item appear ing in The New Bern Tribune. The project provides for the expendi ture of $50,000 in making free bathing possible. The beach will be constructed on the ocean side, near the western limits of the State Park about a mile or. more from the Inlet. HIGH LOW Fridry, Feb. 9 8:55 A. M. 2:44 A. M- , 9:06 P. M. 3:08 P. M. Saturday, Feb. 10 9:30 A. M. 3:19 A. M-. 9.43 P. M. 3:41 P. M. Sunday, Feb. 11 10:04 A. M. 3:55 A. M. 1C::0 P. M. 4:15 P. M- Monday, Feb. 12 10:39 A. M. 4:30 A. M. 10:57 P. M. 4:48 P. M. Tuesday, Feb. 13 5:09 A. M. 11:13 P. M. 5:25 P. M- Wednesday, Feb. 14 11:36 A.M. 5:53 A.M. 11:51P.M. 6:09 P. Mw Thursday, Feb. 15 12:17 A.M. 6:44 A. M 12:33 P. M. 6:58 P. M-
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