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SUPPORT BEAUFORT'S LIBRARY PROJECT STOP SPEEDING IN BEAUFORT Carteret County's Oldest NewspaperEstablished VOLUME XXVIII; NO. 35. BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1940. PUBLISHED WEEKLY i ii ii ii a Ami 4 T if mnf A eaofort Becomes eadquarters Fos N. C. Marine Life WRECK VICTIM Killed Instantly Near Hancock Maryland Leon Gillikin, 31, accom ' panying Doyle Lewis on a truck laden vdth shrimp from Beavfort and bound for Chicago, was killed instantly at Sliding Mountain, near Hancock, Maryland, when the truck they were aboard was wrecked last Saturday morning. L.ewis sunerea on ly minor injuries and return ed home by bus. He was! driving the truck at the time of the accident but was absolved of all blame as the wreck was un avoidable. The truck was owned by 0. W. Lewis, and the shrimp were transhipped to destination following wreck. The body of Gillikin reached mounting it, Capt Charles Hatsell assistant to Dr. Prytherch, "doc tored" the Tar Heel .'gator and nursed it back to health. After hibernating during the winter and weathering one of the coldest spells the coast has experi enced in years, the 'gator today is healthy and lively. In addition to the acquarium Dr. Prytherch announced' the opening of the new and re-modeled museum at the laboratory. Every species of marine life in the waters of North Carolina are on exhibit. Tho (Continued on page 8) Covering The Waterfront B, AYCOCK BROWN MOST HUMAN story I have heard this week was told by the Rev. Joseph Mason Carraway of Merrimon. It had to do with an incident in his life that he recalls as if it were only yesterday in stead of 40 years ago when he was an active minister in the Metho dist Episcopal Church, South. The Rev. Mr. Carraway, now in the af ternoon of his worthwhile 90 years here on earth tells the story this way: "In 1894 THERE were three communities on Shackleford Banks In r two of these communities, Wade's Shore and Diamond City, were churches on my Circuit where I called regularly. There was no church at Mullet Pond, the smaller of the three communities and the residents there attended services at Wade's Shore. "ON THIS particular occasion, I was at Mullet Pond and it wa necessary for me to walk t Wade's Shore, three or four mile? down the beach, where I would conduct services during the after noon. As I walked along the beach (Continued on Page 3) ALMANAC BIRTHDAY Of Famous People August 30 31 Julian A. Weir, artist, Emneror Yoshihito, 1852. Japan, 1879. September Rex Beach, arfthor, 1877 Hiram Johnson, Sen. 1866 John Drew, Sr. actor, 1825 Harold MacGrath, author, 1871. Richelieu, Fr. statesman 1585 HISTORICAL EVENTS August 30 "Soak the Rich" Tax Bill pass ed, 1935. September Japanese Earthquake 1923 Labor Day. Revolutionary War Treaty signed 1783. Hudson River discovered 1609 Specimens of Sea Life May Be Seen Here (Reprint from an Associated Pre&j Story) Eeaufort is being devel oped into North Carolina's marine life headquarters. Long has it boasted of hav ing the only diamond back propagation farm and the only "fish farm." Now Dr. H. R. Prytherch, director of the U. S. fisheries laboratory here, announces the instala tion of the only salt water ac quarium in the state. The acquarium may not be as pretentious as some but the insta lation of glass tanks, stocked witn many forms of fish and crusta cean life, makes it one of the most unusual between Brooklyn and Marineland, Fla. In addition to hundreds of col orful little fish, the tanks contain odd-shaped crabs, oysters, starfish, eels and marine reptiles. In large concrete pools nearby tourists have an opportunity of seeing giant log gerhead turtles in the various sta ges of growth and several specie3 of terrapins and shell reptiles. In another tank is a nine-foot alligator, captured by the skippei of a freighter in the inland water way near New river last year. It was brought to Beaufort in what was thought to be a dying condi tion and presented to the labora tory. Instead of putting the huge reptile out of his misery and specimens, ranging from small sea horses to giant sailfish and ocean (Continued on Page 8) W.P.SMITH IS , LAD TO REST Member Of County Commissioners Board prominent Business man here for years Funeral services for Wil liam P. Smith, 72, were con ducted on Sunday at Ann Street Methodist Church where he attended regularly during his lifetime in Beau fort. The church audito rium was filled with friend.? of the deceased representing every walk of life; floral of ferings in profusion were a tribute of esteem to him. Rev. VV. Stanley Potter, pas tor of the church conducted the final rites in the church and at the graveside in Ocean View. Cemetery. Born at Merrimon, the son of the late William P. Smith and Mrs. Smith, he was orphaned while quite young. Moving to Beaufort later (Continued on Fage 8) WORLD'S FAIR SHOWS TO BE A FEATURE OF THE CARTERET FAIR Election Board Names Chairman Just as we go to press today it was announced that Bayard Tay lor had been elected chairman of the Carteret County Board of Elections. He succeeds the late D. W. Morton. Bayard Taylor ap pointed board member by State Chairman Lucas, James Wallace Mason and Tom C. Wade had meeting of the board today for the purpose of electing chairman. Purpose of the meeting today was to create. a new precinct in Carter et made possible due to the in crease in the County's population. Wool As a result of the national de fense program and improvement in consumer income in this coun try, the outlook for domestic mill consumption of wool continues favorable. Noted Theologian Spending His Vacation In Beaufort IM1I1I11JIII.LIIJJI1MM.PJIJ ! ! IU JLL mjJI JJI. II. lILUjlJU ILWHH WI 1IL MIWH JMJ Ul IHIIJ . IIWIH" IT T ; t ItlfM ;i; 111 . iilBiJ I 1 i X 1 HI : :"A 1 V rTr ico API H NOP. forme Memphis, and now rector of St. James Church which he founded spending his vacation in Beaufort. (Eubanks-News Photo.) Carteret County's Increases 1,366 During Decade Terrapin Freak Had Short Life A 2-headed terrapin hatched in the propagation pens on Pivers Is land Tuesday, lived for about 24 hours and then died. It was tha second time according to Capt. Charles Hatsell that a two headed specimen has been hatched on the island although several deformed reptiles have been discovered. The other 2-headed specimen lived for over two years before dying. Doubleheader At Atlantic Sunday Davis will meet Manns Harbor in a double-header in Atlantic Bali Park next Sunday afternoon, it was announced today by Grady Davis. The first game will begin at 2 o'clock. Everyone is urged to attend this eame if they are in terested in seeing some real base ball. At Beaufort Week of October 7, 8, 9, 10 11 and 12th FIFTY ATTRACTIONS ON GIANT MIDWAY Announcement is made of the coming engagement of the World's Fair Shows; tru ly "A World's Fair in Beau fort", at the Carteret Agri cultural Fair, starting Octc ber 7th and continuing until October 12th. One of Amer ica's largest and most beau tiful modernistic midways, presenting a galaxy of mid way attractions of the high est calibre, with all new shows and many of the latest thrill rides. For many years the old estab lished World's Fair Shows, title has been a symbol of the best in out door amusement attractions ' (Continued on Page 4) r dean of St. Mary's Cathedral in Population Largest Municipal Population In Morehead Beaufcrt, Oldest Town, Show3 Increase Of 251 Carteret County made a somewhat puny increase in its populartion during the decade between 1930 and 1940. In 1930 the countv had 16,900 persons. In 1940 according to census figures obtained by The Beaufort News from Ed Hughes of (Continued on faee 81 Time To Crack Down On Speeders Is Be fore, Not After, They Have Killed Someone. (An Editorial) The time to crack down on speeders is before, not af ter, they have killed someone," writes Keith Saunders, publicist for the Highway Safety Division, who read the editorial in The Beaufort News last week relative to speeding violations in the Carteret County seat. In the meantime, no local comments have been made about the movement this newspaper would sponsor to curb speed ing. The Beaufort News hid rather expected local au thorities to at least say something about the condition even if they did not plan to take any action. School will start soon. There will be hundreds of children on the streets each morning, noon and after noon. Those children, per haps my child or your child will be the victim of a speed ing automobile. . Must we wait until someone is killed, crinoled or oossiblv maimed for life before action is tak en? We urge you to read facts and figures in Keith Saund ers' letter to The Editor. Ex cerots follow: "I have read with considerable interest your editorial regarding speeding on the streets of Beau fort, and wish to commend you and the News for taking a firm stand against this most dangerous of all traffic violations. "The time to crack down on speeders is before, not after, they have killed someone. "Our Records show that 188, or EXPERT WILL DEMONSTRATE .WATER PLANTS Farm Water Systems Subject At Meet On Sept. 4 A demonstration on farm water systems will be held at the Newport School auditori um on Wednesday night Sep tember 4, at 8 o'clock, it was announced today by J. Y. Las3iter, Farm Agent and Miss Margaret Clark, Home Agent. H. M. Ellis, exten sion agricultural engineer of State College will conduct the demonstration. Mr. Lassiter asks the people of Carteret not to pass up this oppor tunity of getting first hand infor mation on farm water systems. With rural electrification going forward in leaps and bounds, there are a great many places he says, where electric water systems can be installed. He further states that there are possibilities of springs or overflowing wells in the county that can be used to drive a hydraulic ram to deliver water for farm needs. Mr. Lassiter says that Mr. Ellis canjgive the people of Carteret plans for putting in a complete wa ter systenvunit by unit over an ex tended period, and thus keep down the amount of money at any one time. In looking over the figures for the county, Mr. Lassiter finds that some of the people who have lived on farms for ten years walked 3, 000 miles carrying water. He sug gests that by putting in a good wa ter system that this labor could bo used not to grow more crops, but to grow better crops to increase the farm income. , Miss Clark has emphasized fact that most of the water is carried by the housewives, and she says the housewife needs this time to de vote to other household activities such as sewing, or canning iix& vegetables and ' -meats:- or' other recreational pursuits. Mr. Ellis says this problem in volves both the housewife and farmer, and urges both to come to the meetine on September 4, at Newport. By putting in a home water sys tern, labor previously lost in car rying water can be spent in mak ing the farmstead a more charm ing and livable place. Barden To Help Salter Pathers Get Daily Mail Pleasing news to the residents of Salter Path was received yesterday by The Chamber of Commerce here from Representative Graham A. Barden to whom the local organi zation had forwarded a petition earlier in the week requesting dai ly mail service. Relative to the (Continued ' on Page 8) 22.4 per cent of the 839 drivers in volved in fatal traffic accidents in North Carolina last year were exceeding the speed limit, and speed too fast for existing condi. tions was a major factor in a ma jority of the traffic deaths in o r state. "Speed is dangerous. Speeders kill more people than drunken drivers. And it may be that if the people of your community can be trained to observe the speed laws inside the city limits, they will be come less prone to drive at an ex cessive rate of speed out on the highways. "May I again express to you the Highway Safety Division's appre ciation of the interest the Beau fort News is taking in the fight to reduce traffic deaths and injuries in North Carolina, and to assure you that the service of our office are available to your community for the asking." Rev. Israel H Noe Is Spending Vacation In Beaufort With Family DEAN NOE WILL TALK TO ROTES Dr. Blomquist Was Guest Speaker Tuesday Dean Israel H. Noe of St. James Cathedral in Memphis Tennessee, who is spending his vacation in Beaufort ac cepted an invitation today to be guest speaker at the regu lar weekly meeting of the Beaufort Rotary Club on Tuesday night. He gave the program committee, Rotary President W. L, Woodard, Graham Duncan and Aycock Brown the assurance that he could be depended on to be guest speaker, unless some thing untorseen occurrea to prevent it. , On Tuesday night Dr. H, L. Blomquist, director of botanical studies at Duke University and the Duke Marine Laboratory here was guest speaker. He made a most interesting talk on the relation ship between the public and uni versities and the instructors em ployed at universities. Some splefr did philosophy was expressed by the speaker. Rotarian Cordova and Joslyn of Morehead City made up their at tendance and Joe Pyron of Ath ens. Ga.. was truest of Rotarian Aycock Brown. Excellent attendance is expect ed next Tuesday night when Dean Noe speaks to' the club. ' lie is no stranger to Beaufort Rotarians having spoke at the club meeting on other occasions when he is m town. His messages are always worthwhile and highly enjoyed by the Rotes. AUTHORITY BACK-FIRES Fake Officer Stops Wrong Car For Inspection PATROLMAN JOHN LAWS HAPPENED TO BE DRIVER Impersonation of an offi ficer, driving an automobile while under the influence o intoxicating liquor and being drunk on the highway got fien 1. Hill oi Kaleigh in trouble a few days ago at the Newport river bridge. In re corders court the defendant plead not guilty to driving drunk, and, nolo contendere to the other two charges. It was the first time that such a collection of charges had ever re sulted in the arrest of a person in Carteret County. Court officials state that testimony showed that Hill, who had apparently had or was on the verge of having a drink, tied triffic up at the bridge when he started stopping cars and bi cycles to find faults such as no roar light on the bicycle, minor defaults 'vith cars in addition to obstruct, ing traffic. The would-be-officer's mistake was to stop Patrolman John Laws and Corporal J. K. Clay of the Highway Patrol and ask fur their drivers license. They turned the tables and Hill was placed un der arrest. After hearing the ev idence the court did not find Hill guilty of the drunkenness and driv (Continued oa Page 8) Boards Postpone Meetings Until Tuesday, Sept. 3 All county and municipal gov erning boards have postponed their regular monthly meetings until Tuesday, September 3, instead of the first Monday or September2 This was because Monday is Labor Day and a legal holiday. The boards affected include the Car teret Commissioners, The Board of Education and the Town Board of Aldermen. Noted Theologian Makes Progress With Church Rev. Israel Harding Noe, former dean of fashionable St. Mary's Cathedral in Mem phis, Tennesee, is spending his vacation with his mother. Mrs. Susan Stanton Noe. The noted theologian who is now rector of St. James Cathed ral, a church which he found ed in Memphis and which has gained 551 communi cants since it was organized. arnved here Tuesday accom panied by his wife, Mrs. Noe , and their two daughters. Since their arrival they have been visiting their many friend here and although Dean Noe has emphasized that he is here pn-; marily for a rest following a stren uous and successful year with ma Church, it is believed he will preach in one of the churches next Sun day, The Beaufort News has clipped from the Memphis Commercial Appejal, a story which should be of interest to everyone who -knows Dean Israel Noe. It has to do with the astounding progress he has made in the religious life of the Tennessee city. Excerpts follow: Colliers Gives Land For Site Of Church The vestry of St. James, young est in the family of Episcopal Churches in Memphis, voted last night to accept an offer from the Colliers of property on Poplar just (Continued on Page 4) Fishing And All Outdoors By AYCOCK BROWN UNLESS A sailfish is landed in waters off Cape Lookout between the time this column is written on Wednesday and appears in print on Thursday, Wrightsville Beach is leading the Beaufort-Morehead sector in number of sailfish taken this season. On Wednesday, Ed McLaurin, good friend of this col umnist, wired that Bryce T. Beard, Jr., 19-year-old Salisbury youth, landed a 6-foot, one inch, sailfish 12 miles off Wrightsville while fishing with Capt. Moore of the boat Valhalla. Earlier this year a baby sailfish was landed, giving Wrightsville two of this species as cbmpared to only one for Cape Lookout, landed by a party fishing from aboard Capt. Tony Seamon's cruiser Monnie M. CAPT. SEAMON of Morehead City has not only rigged up new canvas surrounding his "hurri cane" deck with a gorgeous sail continued from page eight) TIDE TABLE Information as t'' 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 Survty Some allowances must be made for variations in the wind and also with respect to the locality, thai is wheth er near the inlet or at the head of (he estuaries. HIGH LOW Friday, Aug. 30 5:23 AM. 11:25 AM. 5:45 PM. 11:31 PM.. Saturday, Aug. 31 6:15 AM. 12:16 AM. 6:36 PM. 12:28 PM. Sunday Sept. 1 7:05 7:25 7:55 8:16 AM. 1:04 AM. PM. 1:21 PM. Monday, Sept. 2 AM. 1:51 AM. PM. 2:12 PM. Tuesday, Sept. 3 8:46 AM. 2:36 AM. 9:05 PM. 3:01 PM. Wednesday, Sept. 4 9:37 AM. 3:21 AM. 9:55 PM. 3:15 PM. Thursday, Sept. 5 10:29 AM. 4:07 AM. 10:47 PM. 4:44 PM. "J !
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