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SUPPORT BEAUFORT'S LIBRARY PROJECT STOP SPEEDING IN BEAUFORT Carteret County's Oldest NervspaperEstablished 1912 VOLUME XXVII; NO. 36. BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1940. PUBLISHED WEEKLY Carteret County Schools Open For Autumn Session Next Thursday ii ii eiti m COAST GUARD MAKES CHANGE IN PERSONNEL Warrant Officers Have Charge Of Stations Effective last Sunday the Coast Guard personnel in several stations along the North Carolina coast was changed. Under a new set up warrant officers will have charge of more than just the one station where they re side. In some cases a war rant officer will have charge of as many as three stations. That is the case at Chicama comico. Capt. Palmer Midgette, former ly of Little Creek arrived at Ro danthe on Sunday to make his headquarters at the Chicamacom ico station and he will also have charge of Pea Island, (only sta tion in the world which has a Ne gro crew) and Oregon Inlet sta tion. It is understood that Capt. George Meekins, (formerly of Fort Macon) will have charge of Cape Hatteras and also Big Keh nekeet at Avon. Clarence Brady chief petty officer ha had charge of Big Kennekeet and will remain there for awhile, lb is understood. Capt. Levine Midgette, also a chief petty officer will remain at Chic a raacomico, where he has been stationed since its famous keeper the late Capt. John Alan Midg ette died fo lowing injuries re ceived in an auto accident. Capt. Norman Etheridge has been transferred to Fort Macon Station, succeeding Capt. Will Lewark. Capt Etheridge had chief petty officer rating but was -takirij iwiwimnt officer exam: (Continued " on Page 8) Covering The Waterfront By AYCOCK BROWN CRUISE LOG: I have covered the waterfront since last Thursday afternoon and gathered enough material to write a book. It will be hard to condense this data to 5.000 words but I shall attempt it nevertheless, because there is a market for the story once it w written. Leaving Atlantic at 4 o'clock at this season of the year via the average boat, one reaches Ocracoke at dusk. The island be gins to loom up in the ocean as you pass old Northwest Point light house, dismantled today except for the old pilings and decking. I wonder what would happen on i dark and stormy night if a boaf. should crash into what is left of Northwest Light foundation. FRIENDLY islanders, summer residents and vacationists greet you as your vessel reaches Pamlico Inn wharf, and in less than an hour many have assembled at Wahab Village for the nightly square dance. . . . The finest coast guard (Continued on Page 3) ALMANAC BIRTHDAY Of Famous People September 6. Jas. K. Hackett, actor, 1869. 7. Eli Perkins, humorist, 1839. 8. A. Dvorak, composer, 1841. 9. Leon Tolstoy, composer, 1841. 10. Gen. Joe Wheeler, 1836. 11. John B. Thacher, statesman, 1847. 12. R. M. Hoe, inventor, 1812. H ISTORICAL EVENTS September 6. Pres. McKinley assassinated, 1901. 7. Settlement at Boston 1630. 8. Huey Long shot, 1935. 9. French stop Germans at Mar- ne, 1914. 10. Burnside occupied Nashville 1863. 11. Battle Lake Champlam 1814. 12. St Mfciel Salient attacked 1918. Premium List For Carteret Fair Mailed To Scene Below Shows Part Of Many r ; HUNDREDS OF PREMIUM books for the American Legion sponsored Carteret Fair were being mailed today. The above scene show part of the exhibits on display at a former successful Carteret County Fair. The school gymnasium is used as Exhibit Hall. The Carteret Fair this year begins on October 7 and continues for one week. The High School Athletic Field will be the Fairgrounds and the World Fair Shows will be the midway attraction this year. The 1940 Fair Booklet being mailed today is about the same size as last year. The Premium list includes hundreds of dollars in prizes. The booklet was printed in the Beaufort News Printshop. (Eubanks-News Photo.) BALL BROTHERS CAPTURE BEAR The Ball Brothers, Raymond and George were pestered with bears recently so they obtained permij sion from Game Warden Leon Thomas to set a trap for the ani mal, which was doing so much dam age to their corn fields. On Wednesday they caught the bear and sent for Thomas to come out and shoot the animal. Ordinarily it is against the law to kill or trap bears during the closed seasons, but when the animals become a nuisance, they can be trapped out of season if permission is first ob tained from the game warden. Warden Thomas says about IS persons have applied for such per. mits recently. SEVERAL CASES TRIED TUESDAY Man Who Destroyed Bridge Must Pay Damages Quite an array of cases were tried in Recorders Court on Tuesday with No. 1 on the docket being Willie Mason who was charged with damage to personal property, etc. The evidence showed that the defendant had destroyed a bridge over a canal in the Atlantic-Cedar Island territory. lie plead not guilty to the charge. Rut. after hpnrinff rho evidence. Mason was found guilty and Judge Webb ordered prayer for judg ment and continued, unon condi tions that he repair the damage to the bridge or in lieu ot tnat pay the owners the value of the hridce and costs of the court. The Hefendant annealed and the case will go to higher court (October term). Bond m same of $1UU was ordered. Theodore Lawrence was sen tenced to six montus on the roads whfln found euiltv of drivine an automobile while intoxicated. This was done due to his past court recrd, it was stated. From the foregoing judgment the defend ant eave notice of appeal and the case goes to Superior Court. The defendant was placed under Dona of $300. E. T. Lloyd, charged with ope-rnt.ine- an auto on the highwav while under influence of liquor, asked for jury trial so nis case was continued to Superior Court. Domestic trouble resulted in J. M. Willis beine in court on Tues day on charges of assault. After hearing the evidence the Court found the defendant guilty. in3 order was prayer for judgement and continued upon condition that he remain of good behavior for two years and that he not assault (Continued on page 8) GIVE THE EIGHT MAGAZINE SECTION Due to business conditions we have been forced to dis continue the Beaufort News Magazine Section for the present. We hope to again carry this feature as soon as business will permit it. THE MANAGEMENT Broughton Visits Two Yacht Basins On Chesapeake Bay Governor J. Melville Broughton who is slated to succeed Governor Hoey in the executive mansion January 1 has been getting a round considerably since his win ning campaign in the Democratic primary. . He has visited junt about every section of the State and the coast has seen him several times on business or pleasure trips. A great fisherman, the next gov ernor, has casted in just about all the salt water ports from Virginia to Southport. Last week, however, he was va cationing outside the State.. .With President R. P. Holding of the First-Citizens banking houses, James Pool and Banker Pyer of Smitkfield, Clyde Douglas and W. L. Spencer, of Raleigh, Governor Broughton and party were guest of of Stanley Wahab of Ocracoke and Baltimore aboard tho latter's fin; new yacht "Wanderer." In addi tion to some excellent striped bass and trout fishing the party based temporarily at Maryland Yacht Club and Annapolis harbor where Broughton made an inspection of facilities. The next Governor of North Carolina is planning to use his influence in the development of similar yacht basins at Ocracoke, Beaufort and other sections along the North Carolina coast and that will be something new for a Tarheel chief executive to actu ally try to develop the waterway facilities of the State. Newport School To Open September 12 Newport, Sept. 4. Final prep arations are being made for th:1 opening of the Newport Consoli dated School on Thursday, Sep tember 12. The formal opening will be held in the school auditori um at 9 o'clock. Rev. C. S. Boggs pastor of the local Methodist church will conduct the devotional exercises. (Continued on Page 8) day Articles Displayed LAW ' is - -1 ' - OF - WAY Opening Of Schools Should Be Warning For Fast Motorists SLOW UP SAVE LIVES The opening of schools throughout the state drew this week from Ronald Ho cutt, director of the Highway Safety Division a reminder that pedestrian fatalities a mong school-age children have taken an upward trend in North Carolina in the past FAST DRIVERS ARE GIVEN WARNING Mayor George W. Huntlay is sued a hand bill warning this week to automobile drivers who travel up and down the streets of Beau fort at break-neck speeds. Motor ists have been warned to travel no faster than 20 miles in business district and 25 miles per hour in residential district. The town of ficials should be commended for making this move and if they act ually enforce the law relative to speeding they should be praised again and again. fpw vears. "As a matter of fuct," the safe-; ty director stated, the percentage j of nedestrian deaths in the school- aee group in this state is more tain , double the percentage of pedefttri- j an fatalities in all age groups. During the 1937-38 school year, he pointed out, a total of 91 schoo!-a?e children were killed on (Continued on Pace 8) Record Wahoo Is. Landed Off Cape Lookout Thursday Paul Jones, Jr., of Farmville, fishing in the Gulf Stream off Cape Lookout last Thursday land ed a 35 pound wahoo, which is be lieved to be the season's record fish from a weight standpoint for the North Carolina coast. A mem ber of Kip Farrington's party fish ing out of Hatteras several days ago landed an 18 1-2-poundor near Diamond Lightship. This wahoo was turned over to Dr. Prytherch of the U. S. Fisher ies Station here to be mounted. Other members of the Jones party included V'ernice Jones of Farm ville, Charlotte Perkins, of Green ville, Bob and Mrs. Lang and Jack and Mrs. Neal of Beaufort. They also caught several dolphin and amberjack. The party was fish ing with Capt Darcy Willis aboard his Gulf Stream cruiser Joy. CHILDREN In Exhibit Hall r,H feu tiiftv : w i '511 MARSH HENS ARE VERY NUMEROUS Marsh hens are very numerous on the Carteret Coast this year and hunters who enjoy the sport of killing the elusive gnme birds of the tidal flats have been having very good luck since the .season opened last Monday. One of the best bags on Wednesday was ob tained by Sam Thomas and "Pick" Manson. On flood tide they man aged to kill 13 of the birds. The bag limit for marsh hen is IS per person per day. They are hunted successfully only on flood tides, and the higher tha tides, the bet ter the chances are for killing the birds. In addition to local gun ners several hunters from other sections have been in the county. Game Warden Leon Thomas says (hat all hunters he has checked on naa proper licenses, next open 'cird season will be for dove, which may be legally killed beginning September 16. COUNTY BOARD MET ON MONDAY Three Resolutions For Road Work Passed JURORS ARE DRAWN A resolution of condolence vas passed by the Carteret roara or. commissioners on Monday and forwarded to Mrs. W. P. Smith, whose hus band, died since the last meeting. Mr. Smith had been a member of the Board for several years. A copy of the resolution was spread on the minutes of the County Commissioners' records. Bid for supplies to the County Home was awardsd to City Gro cery for the current month. This firm was the only bidder for sup plying the county maintained in stitution. The State Highway and public Works Commission were re quested through resolutions to surface the County Road from 20th Street in Morehead City to Calico Creek; take over and make a part of the County System the road from No. 70 to Piner's Point, and, the McCabe Road from No. 24 to U. S. 70. Jurors for the October term of Superior Court were drawn dur ing the meeting Monday. October Jurors L. N. Pigott, Gloucester; Otis Willis, Ed Simpson, Roy Keller, Will Arrington, L. D. Springle, Alex Graham, Sr., Cleveland Gil likin, J. W. Humphrey, Earl G. Campen, C L. Beam, Beaufort; Cecil Morris.Melvin Robinson, El mer Mason, Atlantic; Woodrow Chad wick, Straits; M. S. Lee, Leb (Continued on Page 8) Final Preparations Are Now Being Made For Opening September 12 REGET ERROR LAST WEEK We regret very much the mixup that occured in the tory of the dath of Leon Gillikin. In putting the type together a part of the Ma rine Laboratory story wai put in the wrong place. FIRST QUOTA OF RED CROSS IS COMPLETED Local Chapter Has Made Number Of Articles The Beaufort Chapter of the American Red Cross has completed its first quota of supplies for the war-stricken people of Europe. Included in this quota are twenty handknit sweaters, two lay ettes, and a number of dress es for women and children. These will be shipped to National Red Cross headquarters this week and from there sent to such coun tries as are accepting the aid of tho Red Cross. Since the conquest of France by Germany materials that were in tended for France are being: sent elsewhere as Germany does not permit the American Red Cross to work either in Germany or in countries conquered by it. It is understood by the local officers that clothing and 'other' supplies wtj ES sent to England. Material for the second ouota will be received by the local chap ter 'within a few weeks and work will be resumed again. The quota will be much lanrer than the first and will probably be sent to Fin land. This country is in great need of warm clothinir for its neo pie as many lost every possession at the time of the Russian invas ion. A call for workers will be made shortly and the officers of the Beaufort Chapter hope that many will volunteer for the work. Note In A Bottle Season Has Opened Every year about this time when i . i. . tne tropical disturbances come roaring up the coast and tides along the beaches are frequently t . i . .... nign, tne note in a bottle season opens. Recently a note in a bot tle was found on Ocracoke beach which had traveled all the way from Gibraltar Recently another party found a note in a bottle on Shackleford Banks. We did not get the details. The latest bottle note however, was found by T. G. Leary at the point of Cape Lookout last Sunday. On official reporting paper of the U. S. Hydrographic office, the penciled note informed the finder mat it was thrown overboard in Lattitude 26-06 N,( Longitude 29 46 W by C. F. Stober, 2nd Mate aboard the S. S. Esse Baytown on May 13, 1940. The bearings giv en indicate the spot on the chart a few hundred miles off Cape Ba. .iador, Africa, slightly southwest of he Canary Islands. As requested in several languages, printed on the note, Mr. Leary forwarded his find to the Hydrograpjhic office in Washington. Derelict Mine Did Not Explode After C.G. Gave It Works A derelict mine which washed ashore north of Drum Inlet failed to explode on Wednesday when Core Banks Cjast Guardsmen gave it the works with their 30-3C -iflej from a distance of 200 yards. Punctured five times by bullets, only liquid, (possibly sea water which had seeped in) leaked out. When first discovered the mine looked businesslike enough. Three of the fuse prongs were still in tact. A fisherman found the mine and the Coast Guard took it to their station. Instructions from headquarters came, advising them to shoot it full of holes to determ ine if it was "dead" or "alive." Teachers Meetings Scheduled For V ednesday The White Oak School of Carteret County opened to day and all other schools of the county of whatever size and race will open Thursday, September 12th, accbrding to information received to day from Supt. J. G. Allen. A conference of principals of all schools will be held in the of fice of the Superintendent on Mon day, September 9th, at 9:30 A. M., for the discussion of plans and ob jectives for the year. The teachers of each school of 5 or more teach ers will meet with their respective principals in their respective schools Wednesday morning, Sep tember 11th, at 9:30 o'clock. Supt. Allen is requesting that the teach ers of 1-, 2-, and 3-teacher schools meet with their principals or com mittees at their schools Wednes day at the same hour to do the 101 things that ought to be done, even in the smallest school, in or der to get everything in "ship shape and to open the schools properly. The schools open with' compara tively few changes in teaching per sonnel and C. D. Chadwick, prin cipal of the White Oak school, con stitutes the only change in prin cipals of the larger schools. In the larger schools the jani tors have been busy preparing tho buildings and grounds for the open ing, and with due diligence on the part of local officials the build ings should be in "ship shape" when the 4500 children' of Carteret County march on them after four (Continued on Page 8) Fishing And All Outdoors By AYCOCK BROWN YOUR "AIRMAIL" letter was hurled at me from a zooming p4ano while I was standing on the point of Hatteras Inlet fishing, nearly striking me on the head, and it was the most unusual delivery of air mail, I have ever experienced, Van Campen Heilner, the famous fish ing authorty told me. So much for the markmanship of Dave Driskill of Manteo the man who operates a charter air-taxi service to points along the Outer Banks. Before sailing from Beaufort last week for the jaunt I was taken along the coast, Driskill landed at our air port and told me that he had brought Heilner and Albert Lyons down on the previous day. Tha idea struck me that Heilner, who has made an extensive study of the waters of the "ocean's grave yard" off the Hatteras coast, could (Continued from cage eight) TIDE TABLE Information as fr the tide at Beaufort is given in this column. The figures are ap proximately correct and are based ou tables furnished by the U. S. Geodetic Survy. Some allowances must be made for variations in the wind and also with respect to the locality, thp-t is wheth er near the inlet or at the head of the estuaries. HIGH LOW Friday, Sept. 6 4:57 A. M. 11:22 P.M. 5:40 P.M. Saturday, Sept, 7 11:40 A. M. 5:53 A. M. 12:16 P. M. 6:44 P. M. Sunday, Sept. 8 12:35 A. M. 6:55 A. M. 1:15 P. M. 7:51 P. M. Monday, Sept. 9 1:37 A. M. 8:01 A. M. 2:21 P. M. 8:57 P. M. Tuesday, Sept. 10 2:47 A. M. 9:06 A. M. 3:31 P. M. 9:59 P. M. Wednesday, Sept. 11 4:00 A.M. 10:10 A.M. 4:35 P. M. 10:56 P. M. Thursday, Sept. 12 5:01 A. M. 5:29 P.M. 11:09 P.M.
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