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OVER 7,500 People Read The Beaufort News EACH WEEK ATTEND BOY SCOUT Basket Ball Game Friday Night Carteret County's Oldest NewspaperEstablished 19iSS ft . '.F VOLUME XXVIII; NO. 11. BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 14,1940. PUBLISHED WEEKLY 9in ' They Have Roles In National Rivers And Harbors Congress At Washington WHO.' V 7T aWSMWIISMMST- flP!-MlWWfrB SENATOR BAILEYj CONGRESSMAN BARDEN Covering The Waterfront By AYCOCK BROWN IF YOU ARE ever iy. a- Wil mington way ami want some of the best barbecue you have ever tasted, I highly recommend the Blue Top Tavern or Tourists Homes about three or four miles from the Cape Fear City on Route 17. The place is operated by Mr. and Mrs. Betts (he is a cous in of ''Lady Carteret" Betts of Beaufort) and everything is spotlessly clean. The tobies in the dining room have clean white lin ens, and the whole atmosphere of the place is different from the av erage run of roadside tourist camps. Barbecue Betts, like his brother J. P. is an old bakery man. He told me Sunday that he was in the bakery business for 40 years before deciding to enter the road side tavern field and with a lay out such as he has I would prefer his present field. Incidentally that "V" in J. P's name stands for Por ter. THE ORIGINAL Floating Thea tre was due in Wilmington Sunday night from Jacksonville. In the Onslow county-seat they had about the same amount of business as they had in Beaufort. That was a bit better than GO per cent of ca pacity houses every night. It is about the same amount of business they have been having all down the (Continued on Page 8) ALMANAC BIRTHDAY Of Famous People FOR MARCH Andrew Jackson, Pres., 1767. James Madison, Pres. 1751. Chief Justice Taney, 1777. Grover Cleveland, Pres. 1837. Wm. Jennings Bryan, states man, 1860. Chas. W. Elliott, educator, 1834. Ziegfield, theatrical producer, 1869. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 21. HISTORICAL Events In March FOR MARCH 15. 16. 17. 18. L '" i 5i( W 'iv. k Vr., Russian Czar dethroned 1817. West Point Academy found ed 1802. Palm Sunday St. Patrick's Day. New London, Tex., school de stroyed; 400 children kill ed, 1937. Stamp Act repealed, 1766. Spring- begins, 1:24 ?. M. 19. 20. GENERAL SCHLEY SPEAKERS ON the morning ses sion of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress which opened at the Mayflower Hotel in Washing ton today were Senator Bailey, whose subject was "Economy and the Rivers and Harbors Program." General Julian L. Schley, Chief U. S. Army Engineers who visit ed Beaufort Harbor last year with Colonel Gillette, speaks on "The Development of Our Rivers and Harbors.". .Representing Central Coast interests at the hearing is Congressman Barden and local delegates to the Rivers and Har bors Congress is Editor Aycock Brown. The National Rivers and Harbors Congress is a powerful organiza tion working in close harmony with the U. S. Engineering Department and the Congress of the United States. Delegate Brown was ap pointed by Governor Hoey. CORPORAL CLAY SOLVED CASES OF AUTO-ARSON Corporal J. K. Clay, of the State Highway Patrol stationed in Beau fort' StWridetr cotfrt-' in 'Jackson ville last week where he gave evi dence which led to the conviction of a gang of auto-arsonists who were given prison sentences by Judge R. Hunt Parker. It was Corporal Clay who literally broke up the auto-burnirtr for insurance "racket" in East North Carolina, lie has several similar cases on docket in Lenoir County and as re sult of his activities fire insur ance companies have been saved thousands of dollars. Principal Leary Is Elected For A Two Year Period Showing the great confidence they have in Principal Thomas G. Leary, the Beaufort District Board of Trustees re-elected him on Monday night, not for just another year but for a two year period. In re-electing a principal for a two year period the Board of Trustees set a precedent. Every member of the board was present and each were unanimous in their decision to re-elect Principal Leary for a two year period, due to the pro gress which 1 the consolidated school is making under his leader ship. A program of further improve ments planned by the District Board of Trustees and their Prin cipal will eventually place Beau fort Public School in the same rat ing or even better than state schools of similar size. Members of Board present for the meeting were: Chairman Raymond Ball Joe House, C. L. Beam, Halsey Paul, Elbert Dudley, James Caff rey, Aycock Brown, Manley Eu bank and John Dill. Two Mail Contracts Have Been Awarded Two mail contracts in Carteret County have been awarded during the past few days. The Beaufort Harkers Island route, operated for about 30 years by Cleveland Davis was given to low bidder Kelly Wil lis. It was reported here that there was only five or six dollars difference in the bids of these two persons. Steve Stanley operator of Seashore Transportation Com pany's shuttle bus to Atlantic and down East points was awarded the contract for mail in that area. This contract was last awarded to Hugh Carraway but he sub-let or turned it over to Stanley. Trial Of Fillingame Gang Holds Spotlight in Court REPUBLICANS OF CARTERET ATTEND MEET Native Of Carteret To Be Candidate For Congress Julian P. Gtiskill, native son of Carteret who has been practicing law in Goldsbore tor the past several years was chosen by Third District Re publicans to run for Congress at the convention held in thg Wayne capital last Friday. This brings the total of Congres sional candidates in the Third Dis trict to four, Representative Gra ham A. Barden, the incumbent, Dr. Zeno Spence and Charles Laban Aberncthy, Democrats, having pre viously announced. Attending the convention from Carteret were Claude R. Wheatly, Capt. Gorge Brooks, A. T. Gard ner, Wiley Lewis and C. H. Bush all. A. L. Butler, of Clinton and Mr. Wheatly of Beaufort, were named delegates to the national convention. The alternates are Charles Fletcher Honeyeutt, of Clinton, and W. G. Rouse, of New Bern. Capt. Brooks was named Presidential Elector. .1. W. Cowell, of Pamlico; Gaskill of Wayne; W. H. Fisher, of Samp son; Deems II. Clifton, of Duplin and A. T. Gardner, of Carteret were elected members of the state executive committee and Clifton was re-elected chairman. Gaskill, the Congressional nomi nee ot l'.Kil) on the Kepuhliean ticket in the Third District was nominated unanimously by the 10 delegates. He is the son of Nor man Gaskill of Sea Level. There were delegates present from six of the nine counties in the Dis trict. Jorros, -Ortstdwy atftf Tetf'fie"r were not represented. North Sea Skipper Pays For Violating N. C. Trawling Law Capt. John Firth was ordered to pay a total of $260 when convict ed in Superior Court here on Mon day for violating the N. C. Trawl ing Law by fishing within territo rial waters. The vessel, .a .110 foot converted sub-chaser with an American flag painted on her bow. caused no little interest when brought into Morehead City on the week-end by Capt. Glenn Willis of the Patrol Boat Hatteras. The vessel was apprehended near Wash Woods C. G. Station in November 1938, but made a getaway at that time and was not picked up again until this week. The craft is owned by A. F. Emory of Newport News, but hails from Hampton, big Virginia trawling port. After the original violation, Capt. Firth was succeeded by Capt. William Pow ell of Hampton. Americans Only Fish Farm Is Located At Beaufort U. S. Fisheries Biological Laboratory On Pivers Is land Issues Bulletin On Experiments In Marine Fish Farming. Over fifteen thousand salt wa ter fish, consisting chiefly of the Jumping or Striped Mullet, did not go south as usual this winter but instead were forcibly detained in experimental tidal ponds con structed at the U. S. Fisheries Bio logical Laboratory at Beaufort, N. C. Two years ago these ponds were constructed in cooperation with the Works Progress Adminis tration and the Conservation De partment of North Carolina in or der to determine the possibility of utilizing salt marsh ponds and small coastal bays for rearing and live storage of fish and for oyster culture. The experimental opera tions, conducted here since 1938 under the supervision of Dr. H. F. Prytherch, have demonstrated that by improvement of tidal areas through the construction of dikes sluice gates, etc., it is possible to grow mullet, spotted trout, flound ers, channel bass, sheepshead, croakers and several other com mon species in captivity or store them in a live, healthy condition for many months until there is a Case Against Gang Got Underway Wednesday HAMILTON PRESIDES CLARK PROSECUTES Spotlight of the March Term of Superior Court here this week was focussed on the trial of the Fillingame Gang and their accessories in a number of crimes. The grand jury returned a true bill of first degree murder against Waddell, Harvey and Charles Fillingme and Guion Smith in connection with the death of Charles J. Adams, 25-year-old fisher man at Currie's Villa on Money Island Beach, New Year's Eve. Although in signed confessions from each shortly after they were apprehended by Sheriff C. G. Hol land following their capture indi cated that itwas Harvey who pulled the trigger on the Colt automatic from which the fatal shot was fired, the other three in the mix up were named as accessories. Solicitor Dave Clark, however, see ing no indication of premeditation tried the boys on second degree charges. Harvey Fillingame was convict ed of manslaughter and was sent enced to 20 years in State Prison. Charles L. Fillingame was found guilty in aiding and abbetting in manslaughter and was sentenced to 10 years in State Prison. Waddell Fillingame was also found guilty of aiding and abbet ting in manslaughter and was sent 'to State Prison for 10 years. Guion Smith was adjudge not guilty by the Court on the murder charge but plead guilty of larceny and breaking and entering and was sentenced to 8 years on the roads. The cases were being tried be fore .Judge , Luther Hamilton, na tive son of Carteret who has made an outstanding record as a jurist since he was appointed Special Su perior Court Judge by Governor Hoey. The Fillingame case at tracted more spectators than had ever before crowded into the courtroom or in many years at any rate. Not only was every seat taken but spectators crowded the aisles and bar. The charges of murder against the quartet got underway early Wednesday. Grover Conway plead guilty to the charge of breaking and enter ing and larceny was given two years in State Prison on one count and 12 months on another. Last sentence to begin at the expiration of the first. W. C. Gillikin plead guilty to breaking and entering and was sen tenced to two years, this was sus pended and be was put on proba tion. On charge of larceny, pray er for judgment and continued for five years upon the payment of $50 was the penalty in this case. Following this trial of second (Continued on Page 8) favorable market. The ponds also proved satisfactory for protected natural and rearing of the mul let which is the most important food fish caught in the South At lantic and Gulf States. The pro duction of the Jumping Mullet in this region amounts to approxi mately 40 million pounds annually with a return to the fishemren of nearly 1 1-2 million dollars. Dur ing certain peiiods when the mar kets are glutted with this fish the coastal ponds would make possible the temporary live storage of a considerable quantity thus main taining better prices for the fisher men and making available a supply o fresh fish at any season of the year. In the fall of 1938 the experi mental ponds were stocked with over 3,000 fish ranging in size from roe mullet weighing over 5 pounds to small immature fish hav ing a length of 6 and 8 inches which were approximately one year old. The fish were captured with nets during their fall migra ( Continued on Page 8) Local Envoy To Washington Vr. If Vf REPRESENTING the waterway interests of Beaufort and East Carteret County, Aycock Brown, Editor of The Beaufort News, is in Washington, D. C. this week at tending the important National Rivers and Harbors Congress which convened at the Mayflower Hotel for a two-day session this morning. In the role of special en voy from Beaufort, Editor Brown is also seeking a refund of $10, 000 and interest from the govern ment, the amount this town put up as sponsors share in the Taylor's Creek project, which in 1914 was a more or less local project but today an important link in the vast Inland Waterways of the North Carolina coast, and used by more non-resident vessels than those lo cally owned. On his return from Washington be will stop over in Raleigh for a radio broadcast over station WPT F which will begin at 2:15 o:clock Sunday afternoon. Local Firms Are Advertising For Easter This Week Several local firms are inserting Easter advertisements in this edi tion. Beaufort merchants are quick" to realize the results from advertising not only at special sea sons, but throughout the year. Easter advertisers in this edition each of whom are telling the world about their fine line of merchan dise include: E. D. Martin Com pany, Felton's, F. R. Bell Druggist, Joe House Drug Store, Duchess, Margaret's and Mrs. Rose Adair. Corporal Clay And Patrolman Laws On Troop Pistol Team Patrolman John Laws and Cor poral J. K. Clay of the State High way Patrol btationed in Carteret County were among the five best shots of 41 members of Troop "A" participants and are not the Pistol Team which will compete with oth er Troop teams of the State and later interstate teams. Patrolman Laws was again No. 1 man. Sec ord best shot was Sergeant Bis sette of New Bern and taking third place was Corporal Clay, station ed in Beaufort. Fourth and fifth places were taken by Billy Kensy -t New Bern and Louis Lane of Elizabeth City. At a subsequent match in Jack sonville, fourth and fifth men Hen sey and Lane will shoot with Ser jeant Wells 03 Ahoskie and H. C. Johnson of Jacksonville to determ ine who will have the honor of be ng on team. John Laws who has. been stationed in Morehead City for a number of years is the best shot in the Highway Patrol. Ocracoke Boys On Maj Bowes Program Appreciateed Votes Walter and Edgar Howard, two music makers of Ocracoke Islan 1 who were guest on Major Edward Bowe's Amateur Hour last week have written the Beaufort News Editor asking that he express ap preciation through the press to literally hundreds of persons along the coast for the votes they sent in following their share in the pro gram. They were among the winners on the niarht's norgrani and as result of the appearance on Major Bowe s program, they ap peared on a national hook-up last night over WCNW, the New York Daily Mirror station. Harnett County farmers believe in crotalaria, but they want only the Striata strain, according to Joe B. Gourley, assistant farm agent of the State College Exten sion Service. Produce Growers Experrnenting With Celery Growing On Large Scale In Carteret This Year GIVE FIREMEN CERTAIU PARTS IN LOCAL DEPT. Expected To Create More Efficient Firemen Beaul'oit's Volunteer Fire De partment at its regular weekly meeting last Thursday night should prove of much importance during coming activities. To cre ate more interest and with the hopes of establishing a more effi cient fire-fighting force, each man has been given a special post to fill during coming alarms. A list of each member of the department and the post he will be expected to fill when answering alarms in the future follows: General Staff J. F. Duncan, Jr. Chief. C. S. Han-ell, Asst. Chief. T. R. Whitehurst, Senior Fore man. G. G. Hassell, Junior Foreman. C. J. Brinson, Secretary-Treas. D. G. Eubanks, Engineei-. E. M. Noe, Asst. Engineer. Drivers Truck No. 1. D. G. Eubanks, E. M. Noe, W. B. Longest, Jr., C. G. Holland, H. H. Lewis, Jr. Drivers Truck No. 2. D. G. Eubanks, E. M. Noe, C. G. Holland, R. T. Norris, T. R. White hurst. Drivers Truck No. 3 1). G. Eubanks, E. M. Noe, T. li. Whitehurst, G. A. Glancy. Hosemen J. E. Arrington, J. M. Darling, J. M. Hill, B. L. Jones, J. A. Lewis, C. D. Manson, B. H. Noe, N. M. Scott, B. H. Whitehurst, O. B. Wil lis, 1. B. Merrell, R. E. Mades, Otis Mades, Roy Merrell, James, Atkin son, Ray Hassell, C. W. Britton, W. I. Skiirren, Dave V. C'lawson, Clayton Garner Laddermen Geo. Brooks, Jr., G. G. Lewis, Frank Rice. William Springle, C. M. Noe, J. V. Caffrev, C. R. Has sell. Colored Division Jule .Ionian, James Davis, Dan Smith, Caesar Jordan, James Stan ley, David Mathewson. Business Lots In Morehead Smaller Than In Beaufort Answering an editorial appear ing in last week's edition, relative to the difference in the valuation of business property in down town Morehead City and down town Beaufort, Charles V. Webb, for many years tax lister in the Town ship stated that it was due to the depth of the lots. He stated that the difference was due to the depth in Morehead City was 100 feet and in Beaufort approximate ly 200 feet. On the other hand, Mayor George W. Huntley claims that the Beaufort business lots are based strictly on front foot basis, with out regard to depth. The differ ence in valuation is $27 per front foot or Beaufort $117; Morehead City $H0. Borden Mace Gets Attractive Offer For Visual-Ed Job Borden Mace, a student at th. University of North Carolina, ami the son of Mrs. W. A. Mace of Beaufort, was offered an Httrac tive job in the Extension Division of Cler.i'-.n College, S. C, as a vis ual education expert. It i.-. simi lar to the work hi- has been study ing at the University. Instead of accepting the position however, Borden, (better known hereabouts as "Bookie") decided to remain at the University and get his degree. Visual Education is a comparatively new field of work, and the chances are that with the offer of a good job along this line while he is still a student, that he will get a better offer af ter he gets his degree. Mechanical defects of automo biles were held responsible for only 9.4 per cent of the 1939 High way fatalities in North Carolina, Believe Conditions Right For June Marketing Twenty acres on the M. Trombetta produce farm ia East Carteret County will be devoted to celery culture this year and already the plants in the plant bed are showing; a satisfactory grow th. The plants will be set out about mid-April, and ac cording to S. H. Breese, it is believed that cuttings can be carried on during June which would fill a gap in the existing celery markets, as the crops in Florida are over and the Jersey crops do not begin until July. If the experiment proves suc cessful, and initial trials at grow ing on a 1-acre plot last year wt9 successful, a valuable new pro duce crop for this section will be discovered for the section is al ready famous for its truck farm ing, due to the nearness to the Gulf Stream which gives a favor able growing climate. M. Trombetta's produce farm in Carteret contains 128 acres. Planted already this year are 10 acres of carrots, 10 acres of beets, 12 acres of lettuce, 3 acres of Ro maine Lettuce, 2 acres of parsley and provisions are made for devot ing about fiO acres to tomato cul ture and 20 to celery. Other produce farmers of Car teret are looking with a great deal of interest towards the celery growing experiments. Mr. Breese who spent some time here last year, is an outstanding authority on growing the valuable crop. He hails from Macedon, New York. Fishing And All Outdoors By AYCOCK BROWN THE FAME OF Judge E. Hunt Parker, Superior Court jurist is not a habitual hunter, but sports men of Onslow County and East Carolina are ready to adopt him as their favorite judge. Several months ago Judge Parker sen tenced a man to six months in a prison camp for kiliug another's favorite bird dog. MORE RECENTLY, while hold ing court in Jacksonville, he sent enced a defendant to four months at hard labor for hunting quail, not only out of season, but after his license was revoked. Later he changed the sentence to $200 and costs fine, and in the Eastern ter ritory it is generally understood that Judge Parker believes in en forcement of the game laws. UNLESS WEATHER conditions are unfavorable, anglers surf cast ing on the Outer Banks and in the Corncakc region this week stand a good chance to laud fish. The tides are right for fishing and this (Continued 0:1 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 be made for variation- in the wind and aiso with respect to the locality, that is wheth er near the in'i t at the head of the estuaries. HIGH LOW Friday, March IS 11:44 A.M. 6:09 A.M. 12:06 P.M. 6:19 P.M. Saturday, March 16 12:31 A. M. 7:07 A. M. 12:56 P.M. 7:17 P.M. Sunday, March 17 1:29 A. M. 8:11 A. M. 1:59 P.M. 8:24 P.M. Monday, March 18 2:36 A.M. 9:16 A.M. 3:10 P.M. 9:31 P. M- Tuesday, March 19 3:45 A.M. 10:19 A.M. 4:21P.M. 10:37 P.M. Wednesday, March 20 4:52 A. M. 1 Eiq D u. 11.1s P Ijt - Thursday, March 21 5:51A.M. 11:39 A. M. 6:17 P.M. 12:14 P. Mu
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