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V TH OVER 7,500 People Read The Beaufort News EACH WEEK SEAPLANE FLOAT DEDICATION HERE MAY 11TH PLAN TO ATTEND Carteret County's Oldest NewspaperEstablished 1912 "of VOLUME XXVHI;NU. 16- BEAUFORT, N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 18,1940. PUBLISHED WEEKLY Part Of Group Who Organized North Carolina Waterways Association April 5 Core Creek Community Choristers V V i Thev Sins In State's Most BeaJtitul Rural Church om,Aurujii PflT TTIPn ' A PART OF THE GROUP who met in Washington, North Carolina on April 5 for the purpose of orgainzing the North Carolina Waterways Association are shown in the above picture. Officers of the new organization which has its objective the improvement of waterways along the coastline, flood control, beach erosion and similar projects are: Edmund H. Harding, Washington, president; Vice Presidents: Miles L. Clark, Elizabeth City; Dr. D. J. Rose, Goldsboro; Dr. Ben F. Royal, Morehead City, and Louis T. Moore, Wilmington; Directors: W. O. Huske, Fayetteville; J. H. McMullan, Edenton; O. L. Wil liams, Swanquarter and Hon. R. Bruce Ethe ridge, director, department conservation and development, Raleigh. Secretary-treasurer of the organization is Aycock Brown, of Beaufort. (Baker Foto, Washington, Cut courtesy Elizabeth City Advance.) Tony Seam on Thinks Blues Will Be Here At An Early Date Capt. Tony Seamon, one of the better known party boat skippers of Man-head City who owns and operates the Waterfront Restau rant where delicious seafood din ners are served, stated this week that in his opinion the run of blues would begin within a week or two and at any rate not later than early May. Gulf Stream fishing will begin about the same time. Covering The Waterfront By AYCOCK BROWN ED HARDING answered my let ter and said that he thought my idea to have a girl in a bathing suit present the girl in a Dutch cos tume a boquet of gladiolus at the Tulip Festival in Washington to day was a good one. Naturally it would have been good, because it would be a sort of official invita tion to the Tulip Festival Queen to visit the Gladiolus Festival we plan for late June in Beaufort. Ed who is secretary of the chamber of commerce of the Beaufort County seat suggested that the stunt be pulled today while the Tulip Festi val was on the air. That is, when the broadcast over WPTF, would be underway. "If you put the stunt across then you will have not only a large audience, but you would have an opportunity to get your little jab in the microphone:" IT WOULD ALL have been splendid publicity. But I could not make arrangements to go and if I go over on Friday as I have tentatively planned the liitle cere mony of a bathing suit clad girl (Continued on page 3) ALMANAC BIRTHDAY Of Famous People APRIL Constance Talmage, actress, 1900. Harold Lloyd, actor, 1894. Josh Billings, humorist, 1818 Ada Rehan, actress, 1860. James Buchanan, Pres. 1791. Rear Admiral Selfridge, 1804 Marconi, wireless, 1874. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. HISTORICAL EVENTS APRIL 19. Battle of Lexington, 1775. 20. ' Bacon's Rebellion 1676. 21. Battle of San Jacinto 1836. 22. War with Spain 1898. 24. Diving Bell first used in sub marine rescue work 1939. 25. J. Wilkes Booth captured 1865. Excellent Response Shown By Carteret Citizens Who Wish To Be Served By RE A Rookery Raiders Caretaker of the property on Middle Island reported this week that the egrets and herons had re turned to the rookery there during the past few weeks, but they are faring hard due to raids on the rookery being made by persons go ing there after dark and slaugh tering the birds. State Game offi cials, N. C. Bird Club and Audubon Society are being informed. GOOD PROGRAM GIVEN C. OF C. Two Speakers And Movies Feature Of Meeting While the representatives of several business firms of Beeauort could not attend due to other pressing mat ters, those who wera present at the quarterly meeting and banquet of the Chamber of Commerce at the Inlet Inn last Friday night enjoyed fried chicken with all acces sories, two fne speeches, the first by Dr. Ben F. Royal, chairman of the Morehead Cty Port Commission, the fecond by Bob Thompson, director of the State News Bureau, Department of Con servation and Development and as a final to the evening, a full hour and a half of East North Carolina movies, many hundreds of feet in color, sent to Beaufort by Colonel George W. Gillette, U. S District Engineer of Wil mington. (Continued Next Week) First In Series Of Salvation Army Services Held Here Special music and a message by Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Tyler, marked the opening service by the Salvation Army in the American Legion Hut here last night. Prior to the services at the hut, a prelude of music and Salvation Army mes sages were delivered on the street in the downtown business area. The services last night were the first in a series to be held each week at the Legion Hut, which will eventually result in the establish ment of a regular Salvation Army outpost here, according to Envoy E. V. Farmer of New Bern who made arrangements for the serv ices last night and will conduct these in the future. Several Meetings For Members Are Held OF C. AND BARDEN STRATED MOVEMENT Excellent response is being shown by the citizens ot Ku ral Larteret county m con nection with the proposed es tablishment of approximate ly 126 Rural Electrification Authority lines, which if plans are carried will result in electricity Deing made a vailable for every citizen in Carteret with exception of a few families at Portsmouth and possibly Lukens on the east side of South River at Merrimon. Efforts are being made by lead ing citizens of Carteret county to assist certain rural residents who do not have the advantages of elec tricity in obtaining same for their homes and other uses on farms or fishing communities. Original leaders in the movement to estab lish the additional lines, which will become part of the Harkers Island Cooperative, is the Chamber of Commerce of Beaufort and Repre sentative Graham A. Barden of the Third District. Dudley Bagley, chairman of the North Carolina Rural Electrification Authority, (Continued on Pace 8) FROST HAS NOT DAMAGED CROPS The slight frosts of last week end did no damage to vegetable and flower crops in Coastal Car teret County, according to a check up maJe early this week when the weather changed. On the week end it appeared that considerable damage would be done. Many of the farmers had prepared for frost by piling brush or saw-dust at th'j edge of the fields which would have been set afire had frost tem peratures been reached. On Sat urday night just as the mercury dropped to frost levels a favor able southerly wind started which prevented it and this wind, from out the Gulf Stream was probably saved the farmers of Coastal Car teret thousands of dollors. Soft Crabbing To Begin In Carteret Soft crabbing, an important in dustry in the communities of Core and Bogue Sound will be getting underway next week and from the Marshallberg area over 100 dozen daily will be shipped at the begin ning. Later this will increase to thousands of dozen each week. Carteret is southern center of soft crabbing industry. Eleven persons in Carteret have filed for public office, with five of these being can didates for the job of repre- lentative in tne ixortn Caro lina General Assembly. Fil ing deadline was last Satur day. Uncontested candidatei are: Frank L. King, of Beaufort, (Dem ocrat) for Justice of Peace; C. V. Webb of Morehead City, (Demo crat) for Board of Education; and L. R. Leffer, (Democrat) for County Surveyor. Three Republicans and two democrats have thrown their hats n the ring for the office of Rep resentative in the N. C. General Assembly. Fred R. Seeley, i cumbent, withdrew from the race for a House seat in a formal an nouncement appearing last week. Seeking election to the House of Representatives from Carteret are Democrats: H. S. Gibbs, Morehead City and Charles L. Skarren, Jr., of Beaufort; Republicans: Julian Brown, Marshallberg; N. H. Rus sell, Beaufort and Walter M. Lewis of Morehead City: Although it has been generally known that he would seek the re nomination, Irvin W. Davis, Regis ter of Deeds, did not formally an nounce until this issue that he was a candidate to succeed himself. Opposing him in the race for Reg ister of Deeds is Vivian Chadwick of Straits. COUNTY MANAGERS Two persons in Carteret County have been formally appointed as managers fqr gubernatorial can didates. First announcement was that Ben H. Gray, Morehead City resident, had been appointed a: manager in Carter', for Lieuten ant Governor W. PV Horton. On Wednesday of this Veek Brough ton Headquarters in Raleigh wired that James Davis Potter, had been appointed County manager for J M. Broughton, one of the many contenders for the gubernatorial nomination. ' ' S - i, . First gubernatorial political speech is scheduled for next Wed nesday, April 24, in the Courthouse here when Lieutenant Governor Horton will make his appearance Townsend To Speak ..Dr. Francis E. Townsend is scheduled to speak in Goldsboro on Saturday, April 20, and a number of Carteret County residents who are boosting his plan are expected to attend. Judging from some of the letters to the Editor which are appearing from week to week, there seems to be a difference of opinion by some of the Townsend tes as to whether or not Town send Plan is political. Horton To Speak Here April 25 Lieutenant Governor Wilkins P. Horton. of Pitlslmio. Democratic candidate for Governor of North Carolina, will deliver an address in the Carteret County courthouse in Beaufort at 8 o'clock Wednesday night, April 24. In this speech, Mr. Horton, who is making address es in nil parts of the State, will discuss various issues involved in liis campaign for, the Governor ship, and it is expected that he will lie heard by peoole from a wide area. Durin? the past twenty-six years Lieutenant Governor Horton has been practicing law in Pittsbo ro. He served as a State Senator at the regular sessions of the Gen eral Assembly in 1919, 1927, 1931, and 1935, also at the special ses sion in 1920. He was elected Lieu tenant Governor in 1936 and has occupied that office since January 1937. By virtue of his office he is Chairman of the State School Commission. mit' J CARTERET COUNTY has one of the few if not the only non-sectarian church in North Carolina. It is the Core Creek Community Church, one of the most beautiful rural places of worship in the State which was presented to the community by a former resident who made a financial success and did not forget the folks back home after he had made it. One of the attractive features of the church is choir of well trained voic es. The group in accompanying photo are most of the chorisers, snapped at an early morning service recently. They are reading from right: Front row Miss Minnie Sabiston, Miss Irene Sabiston, Miss Madie Dickinson, Miss Florence Dickinson; second row Mrs. Jim Dickinson, Miss Thelma Dickinson, Miss Marguerite Dickinson and Mrs. L. C. Dickinson; back row: Rev. W. Y. (Bill) Stewart, pastor of the Community Church, Miss Annie D. Foreman, Mrs. Stewart and Jesse Willis. (Photo by Aycock Brown.) Smyrna-Beaufort Play Here Friday Smyrna High School's baseball team will meet the Beaufort High moundsmen here on Friday, April 19, at 3:30 o'clock it was announc ed today by T. McQuaid, coach of the local team. Residents of Beau fort and surrounding territory are urged to attend the game. SCHOOLS CLOSE FRIDAY, MAY 10 Superintendent Has Ordered Diplomas For Graduates The curtain will ring down on the last school in Carteret county Friday even ing, May 10th," so the schools of the County are on the "home stretch", the superin tendent, principals, and teachers being unite busy with plans for the closing of tne year s work. Detailed plans preparatory to i'.iMr, of the schools this pring and L'.okinjr to the opening the M-hools next fall, were out ;:u) by the superintendent at ir.ripal's conferences held, for the larger schools on April 10, and . '.' i the smaller schools on April 13, 1 v.'hich times report forms, sun-i-..", and sprinjr tests, were deliv eil to the principals alonj? with 't:ned certificates as a postajre owniy measure as follows: 31'5 'Vrtificat.-s of Promotion to H'jlh . '.'irml : -!.M (Vitificates of Perfect 1 ; tendance: VSJ Reading Circle .'estificates; Total 1028. Dip'.o (Continued on Page 8) Hard Crabs Line Fishers' Pockets With Much Money Capt. John Nelson, N.,- C. Com missioner of Fisheiies staled thi morning that since the hard crab binjr season began approximately 1,200,000 pounds had been taken which brought the fishermen en gaged in catching them r.p;)'. "v mately three cents per pound. This added to the sum realized by per sons in fishing communities em ployed at markets and the trans portation of the crabs had brought the total to about $o0,000 that has been reealized from this phase of the fishing industry. Communities that have shared in the hard crabbing profits include Marshallberg, Salter Path, Broad Creek, Sea Level, Davis Atlantic and, Harkers Island. The crab season's opening was the first real money realized by the fishermen since shortly after Christmas. Since that time many fishermen had found themselves in dire circumstances. UNDER NEW REFUNDING PLAN ' CITY'S BONDED INDEBTEDNESS WH NOT FALL DUE UNTIL 1974 Eight Hundred Acres Of Tomatoes Will Be Set Out In Carteret This will be a peak year for the growing of tomatoes in Coastal Carteret County if present plans are any indication. It looks now as if 800 acres will be set out in tomatoes this Sp-ing, according to early estimates of Farm Agent J. Y. Lassiter. Last year the acre nge was slightly more than 500 acres. In June of this year, Car teret, and especially the area east and north of Beaufort will glori fy the tomato growing industry by including this valuable crop as a feature of the second annual Glad iolus Festival.. .One firm has sold over two million tomato plants in Carteret up until early this week. Forest Fires On Rampage In West Carteret County Forest, fir CCC worker wardens assisted by were of the opinion that they had the Haze which did considerable damage in Croatan ational Forest of Carteret Coun !y under control as we go to press t icy. The forest fire which was i" ntered in the vicinity of Bogue a Tuesday and Wednesday was leclartul to be the worst in 10 years. The big blaze was discovered on Monday near Johnigan's Camp. Hut it was soon out of control. The flames this week are one in a se ries of many fires that have been taking place in Croatan Forest re cently. Fire wardens are of the opinion that some of the blazes are being set maliciously or through carelessness of passing motorists. Tom Davis Wins In Speaking Tourney Tom I. Davis, Wake Forest sen ior from Beaufort, was decla:ed after dinner sneaking champion of the Grr.n i Eastern Fori nsic To ir nr.mcnt for the second consecutive year, is was announced at Win throp College, Rock Hill. S. C, vhere the speakers converged or April 12-14. It was the first time in the history of the tournament that the same person has won a title two years in succession. Tom Davis is tho son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Leslie Davis. Forty-two col leges and universities with 185 rep resentatives from 17 states took part in the annual speaker's classic. New Interest Rate Reduced From 5 To 3 Percent Twenty-six years ago on May 1, Beaufort started go ing in debt. On the previous day the Town owed nothing. Through the years the bon ded indebtedness grew from the original $10,000 spent as sponsors share for Taylor's Creek improvements until it reached the huge propor tions of $755,000 with the ac cumulation of interest. Of the total high the debt has been reduced to $548,000 under the refunding plan. On Monday nigTit the Town Board of Commissioners met and adopted a plan which will carry this $548,000, known as the bond ed indebtedness, which . includes the balance due on all of 'the im provements the municipality has obtained, electric lights, streets, sewerage systems and such for a 'uiiod of 35 years at a low rate of interest. The interest will in crease periodically, but through (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 jjy the U. S. Geodetic Survy. Some allowances must be made for variations in the wind and also with respect to the locality, that is wheth er pear the inlet oi at th head of the estuaries. HIGH LOW Froday, April ".9. 5:27 A.M. 11;22A.M. 5:57 P.M. 11:45 P.M. Saturday, April 20 6:22 A.M. 12:20 A.M. 6:49 P. M. 12:38 P. M. Sunday, April 21 7:13 A. M. 1:15 A. M. 7:41 ?. M. :-.2S P. M. Mondav, Amtl 22 8:05 A. M. 2:35 A. M. 8:31 P. M. 2:16 P. M. Tuesday, April 23 8:54 A. M. 2:53 A. M. 9:21 P. M. 3:03 P. M Wednesday, April 24 9:45 A. M. 3:41 A. M. 10:12P.M. 3:50 P.M. Thursday, April 25 10:34 A. M. 4:31 A. M. 11:01P.M. 4:39 P.M.
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