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VOLUME XXVIII; NO. 12.
Judge Hamilton-Hassell and Holland
Busy Officials of Superior Court
EUSIEST OFFICIALS of Carteret Superior Court last
week were Judsre Luther Hamilton seated between the
flaps of cur Country and NorJi Carolina, Veteran Clerk of
Superior Court L. W. Hasse 1, standing and Sheriff C. G.
Holland seated at right. Ancther busy man who played
an important role was Solicitor Dave Clark who is not shown. From
the Bench, the efficiency of both Clerk Haisell and Sheriff Holland
was praised by Judge Hamilton. And incidentally, it has been law
of this State for a half Century that flag of State and Nation be dis
played in courtroom, but it was not until last week that flags made
their appearance in the Carteret Court room (Photo Shop Picture
by Roy Eubanks.)
72 Years In Prison Sentences
Dealt Out By Superior Court
Carteret Plugged
By Guest Editor
WPTF Program
Thousands of persons along the
Central Coast were tuned in on
Radio Station WPTF'. "Sunday
Editor" program last Sunday to
hear Editor Aycock Brown make
his first broadcast and to see if
he sounds as hay-wire-ish on the
air, as he does in an ordinary con
versation. Many persons have
complimented That Beaufort News
editor and Bob Pomerani, WPTF's
publicity director has written that
much food comment had been
heard around the studio of the pop
ular Raleigh radio station which
is owned by Durham Life Insur
ance Company. Several, whose
radio were out of commission,
have requested that the continuity
or text of talk be published, and
to give readers an opportunity of
seeing how their editor tried to
plug his home-town and Coastal
Carteret -the complete continui
ty is reprinted on Page 7 this edi
' lion.
ALMANAC
BIRTHDAY
Of Famous People
FOR MARCH
Van Dyke, painter, 1549.
J. C. Leyendecker, artist
1874.
Andrew Mellon, statesman,
1855.
G. Borglum, sculptor, 18G7.
W. T. Smedley, painter 1856
RuthHanna McCormick 1880
Aristide Briand, French
statesman, 1862.
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28.
HISTORICAL
Events In March
FOR MARCH
22.
23.
24.
25.
Good Friday.
Aguinaldo captured 1901.
EASTER.
First Roman Mass in Mary
land 1634.
Florida discovered 1613.
Embargo Act passed 1794.
27.
26.
Snyder Slayers Are
Given Suspended
Sentences
Prison sentences totaling
CO years, (not including 12
of which were suspended)
was the record of any Superi
or Court in Carteret Countq
which was dealt out by na
tive horn Judge Luther Ham
ilton here last week. And
Carteret Superior Court ap
erated at a profit, which has
not always been the case dur
ing past sessions.
Credit for the general round up
of criminals in Carteret goes to
Sheriff C. G. Holland ; credit for an
Clerk's Office Is
Praised By Judge
High praise for the efficiency
of the Clerk of Superior Court's
office was given from the Bench
by Judge Hamilton during Court
week, In addition to praising the
efficient record keeping system
and the duties of Clerk L. W. Has
sell and his assistant Mrs. Eva
Bravaldo he spoke very highly of
the new card indexing system of
law violators in the County during
the past 25 years. This indexing
system makes it possible to find
the complete Carteret criminal
record of any person ever in court
before, in just a few seconds where
in the old days it took many min
utes. efficient and profit-making court
week goes to L. W. Hassell and his
assistant Mrs. Eva Bravaldo ot
the Superior Court Clerk's offices;
and further credit for bringing
gangdom to justice and subsequent
trips to the penitentiary where
they will be out of circulation for
some time to come, goes to Solici
tor Dave Clark and Judge Hamil
ton. Drawing the greatest number of
years in prison was Harvey Fillin
game, slayer of Charles Adams,
25-year-old Morehead City fisher
man on the eve of New Year's Eve
at Steve Cromartis' hotspot "Cur
rie's Villa" on Money Island Beach
who was sentenced to 20 years.
As accessories to the murder and
a series of other crimes from auto
(Continued on page 8)
Carteret County's Oldest Newspaper ..Established 1912
HIGH RANKING
COAST GUARDS
ATTEND RITES
Capt. Leslie Moore
Passed Saturday
In Baltimore
High ranking members of
the United States Coast
Guard and his former ship
mates of the Service from
land and sea units attended
the funeral rites in More-
head City on Monday aftvr
noon for Chief Boatswain
Leslie Moore, one time in
charge of Cape Lookout Sta
tion but attached to C. G. (L)
Headquarters in Washington
since December 3, 1935. He
died in a Baltimore hospital
last Saturday following a
long illness.
Capt. Moore was buried with
full military honors, the pall-bearers
being fellow Coast Guard offi
cers, the body bearers, members
of the crew of the patrol boat Mc
Lane "f Morehead City, with a
sijiiad from the McLane firing n
farewell salute. Corporal Wil
liams bugler of Troop "A" Stat'.'
Highway Patrol, stationed in
Greenville blew taps and a large
detachment of Patrol members
under the command of Sergeant .J.
A. Merritt, of Kinston, were pres
ent to pay homage to an outstand
ing member of the Const Guard
and handle traffic. Final com
mittal rites were conducted by Ma
sonic Lodge No. lOo of Morehead
City. Funeral services conducted
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. V. II.
Guthrie of Morehead City, were
conducted by Rev. R. Cole Lee.
Son of the late Alfred and Char-
(Continued on Page 8)
Board Hears Tax
Valuation Group
The Carteret Board of Equiliza
tion which held a two day session
here this week reduced valuation
on business property front foot
ag in Beaufort and heard persons
interested in menhaden processing
plants. No definite action was ta
ken on the menhaden plants. Plans
are to have professional Board of
Appraisers come into the County
and place valuation on these prop
erties. New Resolution On
Bridge T oHarkers
Island Is adopted
Seeing a possibility of losing the
opportunity to share in the funds
allocated by the WPA for the con
struction of a bridge to Harkers
Island, the County Board of Cm
missioners passed a Resolution this
week to be forwarded District
Headquarters of the Highway
Commission favoring the construc
tion from Straits to Island, rather
than having no bridge at all.
What action will be taken now re
mains to be proven. Letters about
bridge elsewhere in this edition.
Bamby Bread Is
Making Coastal
Debut Thursday
Effective today, the Royal Bak
ing Company, one of Eastern
North Carolina's foremost bakeries
for 24 years, will start a daily de
livery service in Beaufort and
other Carteret County Communi
ties. Founded in 1916 by the late
Bartholomew Streb, whose one am
bition was to produce only quali
ty products, the Royal Bakery has
a phenomenal growth and has
opened new territory as the op
portunity presented itself.
Daily huge trucks will bring in
to this territory a complete as
sortment of fresh Bamby Breads
and Royal Cakes. Special orders
for parties and entertainments can
be obtained from local grocer.
The Royal Baking Company is
now under the management of
Raymond and Bart Streb, sons of
the founder.
Imports
United States imports during the
crop year 1938-1939 were equiva
lent to the produce of only 7,564,
000 acres, while farm exports rep
resented produce -from approxi
mately 28,375,000 acres.
BEAUFORT, N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 21,1940.
North Carolina Lacked What
Other Sections of U. S. Had
At Rivers - Harbors Congress
Principal Speaker
At Vo-Ag Banquet
REPRESENTATIVE Graham A.
m;ir iP M
Harden of the Third Congressional j )1,.K.f7Hte8 asst.muU.d at the Mav
Distnct is scheduled to return , fl(nV(. H()t(i, ,)y Rl,nato. josiah W.
crom vvasmngion mis weeii-cug iu
be principal speaker at the annual
Father and Son Banquet of the
Newport Chapter of Future Farm
ers of America, a unit of the Vo
cational Agriculture department of
the school there.
(Jthers taking part in the pro- i
gram include future farmers Ko
land Murdoch, Chapter officers,
.lames Murdoch, Bill Gould, Na
than Garner and Bernard Quinn;
Rev. C. S. Boggs, N. B. Chesnutt,
District Supervisor of Agricultu
ral Education and possibly Colonel
George W. Gillette, U. .S. .Army
Engineer of Wilmington who is in
terested in flood control measures
the rural residents along the upper
reaches of the Newport River de
sire. - . -
The always delicious banquet
will be prepared and served by the
Home Economics Class of the
school. In the background, but
responsible for the success of past
annual banquets will be C. S. Long,
who was North Carolina's Master
Vo-Ag teacher during 1939.
EASTER
A variety of Easter Day services
are scheduled for nest Sunday.
One of the first to be announced
was the Sunrise services at Corf
Creek Community Church, where
famous singers and music by th".
High School Band will be featured.
Stories of other services p'anned
for Easter Day will be found else
where in this edition.
Fishing And
All Outdoors
By AYCOCK BROWN
SENATOR BAILEY had made a
tentative engagement for me to
visit President Roosevelt in Wash
ington last Friday morning to in
vite him down to North Carolina's
share of the Atlantic Ocean for a
fishing trip. But Thursday night
the President had a slight attack
of grippe. When Mr. James, the
Senator's secretary called the
next morning, all Whitehouse en
gagements, tenative and otherwise
had been cancelled for Friday and
Saturday. Worst luck for this
village by the sea fishing enthusi
ast. BUT ON TWO occasions last
week Senator Bailey had visited the
President on matters of State and
on both occasions he had talked
about the projected fishing trip a
young Tarheel editor was planning
for him. And Senator Bailey in
formed me that the President is
definitely interested in wetting his
line in the ocean waters off North
Carolina where dolphin and amber
jack are as thick as sardines in a
can at times and where the
biggest blue marlin north of Bimini
have been landed, and where a
whole batch of sails and barracu
das were taken last year to make
new fishing history for a section
already famous for its rod and
reel fishing1.
(Continued on Page 8)
Waterway Interests
Must Organize To
Be Recognized
BAILEY AND SCHLEY
TALKS INTERESTING
(Written Exclusively For
Ileaul'ort News)
liv VICTOR MKEKINS
Tin
The discouraging news
that the President may veto
the Rivers and Harbors Bill
if it passes the Senate, was
received last Thursday and
Friday by the North Carolina
delegates to the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress
in Washington. The bill has
passed the House calling for
improvements all along the
coast of this State, to pro
jects that are badly needed.
The discouraging news was
Iiailey, whose speech bcl'or
tin
group on Thursday morning was
the high-spot of the session. Al
though he brought discouraging
news, the senior Tarheel senator's
talk, delivered in his eloquent.
Southern drawl brought applause
after applause and kept newspa
permen and photographers busy
scribbling notes, something they
rarely did while other speakers
were delivering their talks as a
(Continued on Page 8)
Speaks At Atlantic
DR. ZENO B. SPENCE of Golds
boro is scheduled to make a speech
in the School Auditorium at Atlan
tic tonight at 8 o'clock. He is
Eastern Carolina leader of the
Townsend Plan. Accompanying
him to Atlantic will be 40 musi
cians and entertainers, it has been
announced.
Brighter Prospects
For REA Project In
Core Creek Section
Prospects look brighter now for
the establishment of the long
sought for REA project which
would carry electric energy to the
residents of Core Creek and Ilar
lowe communities. The Chamber
of Commerce secretary has been
advised by Dudley Bagley, chair
man of the NCRE Authority that
the Jones-Onslow REA project as
well as the New Bern REA project
have been started and that next
on the list will be the Carteret pro
ject insofar as East North Carolina
is concerned.
Chairman Bagley of NCREA will
come to Carteret soon (possibly
within a week) to confer with
County Agent Lassiter, Chamber
of Commerce officials and others
interested. The secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce has urged
Mr. Bagley to make every effort
to get this project underway at a
very early date.
C. of C. Directors
Meet Monday Night
The Board of Directors of the
Chamber of Commerce will meet
at Miller Furniture Company on
Monday night, March 25th, at
7:30 o'clock. All members of
Board and others interested are
urged to be present.
IS
Novel Way To 5. c t Finnish Funds
Only Foldim? tHmev In The Bottle
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1
muemim
BEAUFORT FOLKS contributed rather slowly to the Fin
nish Relief Fund until someone thought of the bright idea
to use an empty bottle to hold . the funds. That meant on
ly folding money would be collected, and Miss Julia.
Thomas, attractive employee in Sheriff Holland's office
soon had the bottle filled. Shown in picture making contribution is
John L. Haverstick of Beaufort and Fernandino and looking on with
keen approval is Otis Smith.. .The scene is in front of The Fish Meal
Company, and employees and executives of that organization con
tributed freely to the Fund, as they always do to any worthwhile
undertaking. (Staff Photo by Aycock Brown.)
Will John L. Lewis CIO Outfit
Fight Rc-Election of Barden
By
R. E. Erwin In The State Magazine
With several battles royal al
ready scheduled, the North Caroli
na colony in Washington will
watch with great interest this Sat
urday night the expiration date for
filing of Congressional candida
cies for the May 2" primary. The
busy season in Congress is ii'.u on.
and according to present indica
tions half the Tar Heel delegation
in the House will be dividing its
time between Capitol Hill and the
highways and byways of their Dis
t: ids where they must seek renom
ination. Advance information and analy
sis points to the Third District as
the greatest Congressional battle
ground. The Committee for Industrial
Organization, head ed by John L.
Lewis, is whetting its axe and look
ing, with an executioner's eye,
upon the head of Representative
Graham A. Barden of New Bern.
The CIO is out to get "Hap" Bar
den, member of the House Labor
Committee and plain-spoken ene
my of the CIO, in this election. It
goes almost without saying the
CIO would like to see Barden off
the Uibor Committee out of Con
gress. One Quart of Corn
Feature of Court
One quart of untaxed corn
liquor, made perhaps in some near
by swamp, featured in Recorder's
Court on Tuesday. David Psrsell
was charged with its pos,esi"ri and
found guilty was ordered to pay
half the cosk of the court Char
lie Reels, John R. Jones Ouinn
Reel;, Clifton Reels, and Charles
Chadwick involved in the -ame
case, were found not guil'.r
Mail Truck Wreck
Near Newport Tves
Willi - I.oftin driver of R-au-fort-Goi
lsboro V. S. Mr il T-ic' -e-ueived
minor inj-.r ies on Tuesday
morning when thi track he
driving west-bound turned over
near Newport. 1 he truck was
considerably damaged. Charles
Britton, owner of mail contract was
notified, carried the mail on to
Goldsboro, and Loftin returned to
Beaufort to be treated for injuries
He made the run again today.
POLITICS BREWING
Politics began to brew here this
week with announcements being
made by Charles L. Skarren, Jr.,
and Fred R. Seely that they would
be candidates for the Legislature.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Harden, like a lot of other forth
right members of Congress, re
fused to take the attitude that the
Wagner Act and the Wage and
Hours Law were holy, sanctified,
and inviolate. He saw in them
many errors and irregularities and
many elements of gross unfairness
to employers, and he set out to
amend them. Thus came the fa
mous Barden Amendments, still
before the House Labor Commit
tee. Their author already has a
ehieved some success in his effortJ
for reasonable interpretation f
the Wage and Hours Law through
the cooperation of the new Admin
istrator, Col. Philip Fleming, Ar
my Engineer.
The Third District is preponder
antly agricultural in character, and.
North Carolina citizens as a whole
have disapproved the high-handed
dictatorial tactics demonstrated by
the CIO in many parts of the coun
try. Therefore, this CIO opposition
should help Graham Barden more
than it should hurt him among his
own people. The CIO is definite
ly after his scalp. You can look
for trouble in the Third District
between now and May 2, because
Barden is a scrapper who meets
(Continued on Paee 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 variations in tin
wind and also wim rcsp
to the IocrI it y. thaf i- .vheih
er nppr tv-- :..'.. - t.
i
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HIGH
LOW
Friday, March 22
6:43 A.M. 12:37 A.M.
7:09 P. M 1:05 P. M.
Saturday, March 23
7:"?5 A. M. 1:31 A.M.
8:01 P. M. 1-51 P.M.
fJjr.Jay, March 24
?.:' A. M. 2:22 A. M.
8:52 P. M. 2 40 P. M.
Mcnday March 25
9:15 A.M. 3:11A.M.
9:44 P.M. 3:26 P.M.
Tuesday, March 26
10:05 A. M. 4:01 A. M.
10:34 P.M. 4:14 P.M.
Wednesday, March 27
10:55 A.M. 4:52 A.M.
5:05 P. M.
Thursday, March 28
11:26 A.M. 5:46 A.M.
11:47 P.M. 6:00 P.M.