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Your Duty As A Citizen Is To Vote In The Election Tuesday Nov. 5 Beaufort nbjws DRAFTEES Find Your Number On Beaufort News Bulletin Board On Craven Street ELECTION Returns Will 3e Received Tuesday Night At Beaufort News Office Carteret County's Oldest NewspaperEstablished 1912 3- VOLUME XXVII; NO. 44. BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1940. PUBLISHED WEEKLY H r Will Carteret County Vote Tuesday Be Lower Than On Nov. 3rd 1936? County Republicans Well Organized CHAIRMAN C. H. Buihall of (he Republican Executive Com mittee in Carteret County stated tnJav that the Republicans were well orgainzed and that he predict ed a heavy vote during the Elec tion next Tuesday. For the past everal weeks a number of Repub lican Rallies have been held in the various communities, at which prominent Republicans made spee ches. Chairman Bushall stated that he would like to urge all Re publican voters to go to their re spective precinct polls next Tues day and cast ballots for their can didates. Fishing Good For Party Aboard The Cruiser Monnie M Fishine was (rood for Capt. and Mrs. Murray Tolson of Ocracoke and Mr. and Mrs. Stamey Davis of Morehead Citv who were fishing iioat nho.ird Capt. Tony Sea mon's cruiser "Monnie M" Wednesday. The party fishing in the vicinity of Shackleford Break water and Beaufort Inlet and be yond, landed 125 hogfish, a large number of sheepshead ana many other species. Capt. Tolson who is a well known fishing guide of Ocracoke Island and a retired Navy Man, was high in his praise for Capt. Sea mon and his cruiser Monnie M. It is different type boat than those used at Ocracoke, being larger and especially equipped for Gulf Stream fishing. The Monnie M was the first fishing cruiser in Morehead City to paint a flag on its bow and incidentally it was one of the first vessels to be equipped with ship-shore radio. Picture Of Tarpon In Upstate Paper A piclwre of Miss Josephine Betts holding a tarpon which weighed 30 pounds or more was published in several daily papers up state recently. The tarpon was the second to be taken in a net on the Carteret coast this autumn It was landed by a member of Ot tis Purifoy's fishing crew. ALMANAC HISTORICAL EVENTS 1 J. W. Packard, Packard car 1863. Warren G. Harding, Pres. '05. Wm. C. Bryant, poet, 1794. Will Rogers, humorist, 1879. Will Hays, movie czar, 1879. J. P. Sousa, composer, 1854. Andrew D. White, statesman, 1832. BIRTHDAY Of Famous People November 1 Stamp Act became low, 1765. 2 Kansas adopts prohibition '80. 4 Gatlin gun patented, 1862. 5 Chinese exclusion act 1892. 6 N. Y. adopts Women Suffrage, 1917. 7 Battle of Tippecanoe, 1811. ; - : , f r J Only Four Carteret County Offices On Ballot MUCH INTEREST IN NATIONAL TICKET Biff Question facing those interested in current politics is whether the Carteret County vote on Election Day, next Tuesday, November 5, will be as large as it was in 1936 when an all time recoru was made- It is believed that some voters will not take their usual interest because of the fact that only lour rmmtv officers are to do fillpH These county offices are: ro. State Senators, John D. Larkin nnH K. A. Pittman, uemocrais, (no Republican running); H. Gibbs of Morehead City, Demo- crat vs Walter M. Lewis, Moreheaf! , ELECTION RETURNS In it effort to lerve Carteret County and the general public at good newtpaper should, ine Beaufort Newi will on next 1 ue- day night remain open and give Election return from Larteret a reoortt come in from Precinct and l. tk Stata and National Ke- turn, a received by radio. City Republican for House of Rep resentatives: Irvin W. uavis, uem ocrat, vs Jesse M. Willis, Republi can, Register of Deeds, and Lola R. Leffers, Democrat, for survey or with no opposition. Both Democratic and Republi can leaders in Carteret have pre dicted a heavy vote and are urging that citizens cast ballots for their respective party candidates.. There seems to be more inter est in the Roosevelt-Wilkle race for President of the United States than any other. On November 3, 1936 (last na tional election) Roosevelt-Garne-received 3864 votes as compared to 1910 for Landon and Knox in Car teret. The 1936 election was a landslide for the Democrats. To day, many people say the 1940 battle for the Presidency is an even money bet. In 1936 Congressman Barden re ceived 3868 votes as compared to 1814 for his opponent Julian Gas kill of Goldsboro. Next Tuesday the Congressional race will again be between Barden and Gaskill in the Third District. Governor Hoey received 3622 votes in Carteret in the 1936 Elec tion as compared to 1994 for Gil liam Grissom his opponent. Irvin Davis in 1836 chalked up 3622 votes as compared to 2095 for Waddell Pridgen. This year Davis who is a candidate to succeed himself is opposed by Jesse Willis. Several Carteret Club Members At Pamlico Meeting Twenty-three persons from Car teret County were prest t whei, Service Club members from Crav en, Jones, Carteret, Onslow, Pam lico, and Lenoir Counties gathered for the annual Twelfth District 4-H Service Club Banquet which was held at Stonewall School in Pamlico County on Friday night, October 25. Presiding over the event was Virginia Stanton, of Beaufort, President of the District bervice Clubs. Eloise Sawyer extended welcome to the group, to which Eleanor Packs resnonded. Josephine Mar- ton gave the year's report for Car teret County's Service wuos wnicu See Club Members Page 4 Important Legion Meeting On Friday Carteret Post 99 of the Ameri can Legion ha extended an invita tion to all ex-ervice men, regard le of whether they are member of the American Legion or not to attend an important meeting which will be held at The Hut on Friday night, Norember 1 at 7:30 o'clock. At the meeting plan will be dis cussed for Armistice Day Celebra tion and the annual Armistice Day Dinner. Plans are to have a Dutch Dinner for all ex-service men and their wives and friends on November 11. THREE JURORS ON COMMITTEE PRAISED CAMP Signed Statements Of Their Report On . Prison Camp There seems to be much confusion arising from a par agraph of the Grand Jury Keport signed bv M. S. Lee, Foreman, relative to Prison Camp 202, and this W2ek in addition to a letter from Dr. O. H. Johnson, prominent Morehead and Beaufort eye, ear, nose and thrjat special ist expressing his views on the unfavorable publicity this section gain :d as result of the report, tizned state ments from thn e member? of the committer of four on the grand jury vho inspect ed the camp w?re nanuea The Beaufort N jws for pub lication: Earl A. Campen, farmer and J. VV. Humphrey, daii yman appeared in pers0n at The Beaufort News 0ff ice to jeav6 tbeir statement. Their statement fo lows: Report On Prison Camp "This is to certify that we were members of the committee of four persons from the 'ecent Carteret County Grand Jury who visited the State Prison C; mp No. 202 at Newport. We fou id the Prison Camn in excellent condition, the food served the pi soners of ex cellent quality. Wj found the dining room, the bath rooms, and all toilet facilities and also sleep iner quarters in excellent condition. We commend the Prison Camp su nprintendent for thi manner in which he keeps the camp. We al so interviewed a few of the pri3 oners who were pre: ent when we made our inspection and they re ported that they wers faring well. We have nothing but praise to make in connection with the ope ration of Prison Camp 202, and we See Grand Jurors Page 8 Mrs. Sinie Cannon Of Merrimon Also Had 5 Draft Sons John A. Wallace, well known citizen of the South River and Merrimon section read with inter est the item about the five Hassell boy who are ubject to draft. They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Hassell. Mr. Wallace called The Beaufort News attention to another family in his section which had five sons of draft age. They are Council, Raymond, Fred, Clyde and Cecil Cannon, the sons of Mrs. Sinie Cannon, a widow. The on ly difference between the two ca- e is that Mrs. Cannon has an extra son not eligible for draft and al so a daughter. In the Hassell family, the five sons comprise all of the children.. .And speaking of sons, Haywood S. and Mrs. Rhue of Beaufort, R. F. D., have 10 chil dren, all sons, but each of them were too young to register for the selective draft. Washington, D. C. GERMAN MORALE SUFFERING U. S. observers acquainted with .the morale of the German people are getting bullish about Britain, in view of the heavy R.A.F. bombings of Germany. These officials point out that Ger man conquests on land, even if they should be extended beyond the Bal kans into Egypt or even to India, do not relieve the problem of the 80,000,000 Germans who must con tinue to take punishment from Brit ish bombing. It has been proved already that the military genius of the Germans is in land movements. They have no strength at sea, and they have failed to gain complete mastery in the air, though at times they have come close to it This leaves the British with an air force growing daily stronger by arrival of Cana dian and American planes, to bomb the great German cities in an at tempt to break civilian morale. German conquests abroad do not teliese the distress of people in such See Merry-go-round Pge 2 Congressman Barden To Speak In County CONGRESSMAN Graham A. Barden will make two peeche in Carteret County thi week in be- If of the Democratic ticket. Hi firt tpeech will be at Newport hool Auditorium tonight (Octo ber 31) at 7:30 o'clock. Many persons from all parts of Carteret and especially Beaufort and More- head City, have stated they planned to attend. On Saturday night, the final Democratic Rally in Carter et before election will be held on Harker Island with Congressman Barden as the principal speaker. This rally will be held at the school house at 7:30 o'clock. Chairman Davis of the Democratic Executive Committee stated today that the public was urged to attend the Harker Island rally, and that ar rangements had been made for the ferry to return to mainland after speaking. Draftees Drawn irst 100 ounty First hundred Draft Num bers drawn in Washington on Tuesday which affected Carteret County men are list ed below. These are The Beaufort News numbers ob tained in the order in which thev were drawn and have nothing to do with the Or der Numbers ot the urait, al though the Serial Numbers are found at the beginning of each name. Readers are advised that thj numbers 1 to 100 printed below and preceding Serial Numbers and names have nothing to do with any early callin? of many of the Draftees. Our number 100, for instance.was Order Number 1954 and Serial Number 609. The first hundred numbers drawn affecting Carteret follow: , 1 158 James Langley Willis, Beaufort. 2 192 Kenneth Willis, Mar shallberg. 3 105 Cleveland Jackson Garner, Newport. 4 188 Robert Adams, Now port, RFD. 5 120 M. Leslie Davis, Jr.. Beaufort. 6 84G Milton Duffy Arnold, Newport, RFD. 7 161 Earl Wallace, M. City 8 14 Albert Salter, Atlantic. 9 57 Harry Chance Chaning Beaufort. 10 153 James Gaskins White hurst, Beaufort. 11 19 James Howard Smith Beaufort, RFD. 12 706 Eldridge Thomas Gas kill, Roe. 13 172 Jack Edward Vann Beaufort. 14 126 Willie Jeremiah Allen Morehead City. 15 187 Manley Morton, New port, RFD. 16 1854 Henry Graham Ed wards, Newport. 17 167 Joseph Allen Conway, Beaufort. 18 1369 Alonza Frederick Bryan, Newport, RFD. 19 162 David Foster Styron, Morehead City. 20 147 John Bender Weeks, Beaufort. 21 1300 Welt on Gaskill, More head City. 22 1355 Oscar Underwood Styron, Morehead City. 23 689 ' Maxwell Delance Simp son. Beaufort RFD. See Drafee's List Page 8 1-.WWUI.. ,.l.lll,l..,.,,s, ' ; ? , 15 ' ) ' : -iJ: : L 4m.0m; , M IA 1 z In WIDELY KNOWN MARINER DIES Capt. John Day W as Master Of Many Sail Vessels Funeral services forCapt. John Day, 75, widely known mariner were conducted at the graveside in Lola on Ce dar Island, Wednesday af ternoon at 3 o'clock. He was found dead in bed at his Orientl home late Tuesday. Coroner Jack Harris ot Fam lico Countv was summoned following the finding of the body. He found a revolver still gripped in the hands of Capt. Day, and deemed an inquest unnecessary. It is believed that despondency due to ill health and because he was a heavy loser in the financial crisis a few years ago was responsible for him taking his life. Capt. Day during his lifetime was not only master of sailing ves sels, but he owned several himself. During the World War, he became quite famous for his successful ca reer an a "filibuster." That is he made many cruises carrying cargoes of guns and ammunition to vessels of beligerent nations He had frequently told the editor of The Beaufort News how he would make these dangerous mis sions, keeping dates with bellig erent ships at a dot on the map of the South Atlantic. One of the strangest coincidents occurring in Capt. Day's career as a ship owner was the burning of two of his vessels. On a certain date in the Thirties one of his ves sels north bound with a cargo of lumber caught fire and was de stroyed 300 miles off Cape Hatter as. One year later to the day and almost at the identical latitude and See Capt. John Day Page 8 F. R. Bell Named Chairman Of Draft Advisory Board Frank Roland Bell, of Beaufort who i a World War Veteran and understands the many situations which may arise during the filling out and filing of Draft Question- aires, hat been nanyd chairman of the Carteret County Selective Draft Advisory Board.. .His Board will consist of men whom he will appoint in the various precincts to aid in the work. Answering the Questionair accurately and com prehensively is a matter of vital importance because it will be the manner in which the questions arc answered that the Draft Board will have to go by as draftees are call cd up for examinations. Chairman .Bell's .appointment was made by Chairman Carl G. Gaskill, Secretary S. A. Chalk and member William H. Bell of New port. Their recomendation of the aDDointment eoes to Governor Clyde R. Hoey for confirmation It will be confirmed. Other draft officials in Cartere't are Julius F. Duncan, appeals agent, and Dr. S W. Thompson, examining officer. Chairman Bell, of the Advisory Soard is owned of Bell's Drug Stcre in Beaufort. Cub Reporter's Notes: Happy War Item: He was a top dance director in Hollywood. Taught Shirley Temple, Alice Faye and many others how to hoof . . . She was a "name1" in Europe, once wed ded to the Ziegfeld of Norway and Sweden . . . She came to Hollywood and her first film was a flop foolish story, shoddy direction, etc. . . . She returned to The Old Country . . . The Hollywood dance director fol lowed ... He became a big hit in the London night club sector with his own joynt . . . They were mar ried. Such happiness! . . . Then Came The War . . . They fled to her home in Oslo . . . The bombers followed . . . And dropped their eggs close enough to let them feel the splinters . . . They took their children (one by the ex-husband) and sought refuge all over Europe . . . They finally landed in the USA . . . Old friends never forget . . . Money gone, London night club and home In Oslo lost Buddy DeSylva gave iacJtDonahue arolejo "-Pan-See Winchell Page 2 Bis nil Hundreds Of Visit Beaufort News Draft Bulletin Board Big Vote Predicted By Chairman Davis IRVIN W. DAVIS, chairman of the Democratic Executive Com' mittee today predicted an over whelming victory for all Democrat ic candidates. Alone with other Democratic leaders of Carteret h has conducted a series of rallies each night during the past week. Since this is the last edition of The Beaufort News, before Election Day, on Tuesday, November 5, Mr. Davis wishes to get across to read ers the importance of going to the Polls and voting next Tuesday. Incidentally, Mr. Davis is a candi date himself for the office of reg ister of deeds, in his efforts to get Carteret to go Democratic from a county, state and national stand point, he also expresses in advance appreciation for any support the voters give him for re-election to ;he office he now holds. Hallowe'en Carnival The Annual Hallowe'en Carni val will take place Friday night in the Beaufort School Gymnasium. Doors will open at seven o'clock. There will be amusements for young and old; bingo, fishing ponds, cake walk, and many other amusements. The admission will be five cents. , At nine o'clock the dance will start, admission being 25 cents per couple. The carnival and dance are spon sored by the P. T. A. and the School. Forty Two Students At Beaufort School Make Roll Of Honor Principal Tom Leary of Beau fort Consolidated School stated to day that 42 students from the sec ond grade through the eleventh made the Roll of Honor. In the First Grade during the first month no g:ades are given, the work of the pupil being marked satisfacto ry or unsatisfactory. The list of Honor students follow: Second Grade: Eleanor Gas kill, Mark Eubanks, Ivey Mason, Tommy Davis, Patty Dexter, Bet sy Fulford, Caroll Ann Willis, Al bert Small, Jean Ball, Jane Bas !en, Elizabeth Bell, Letty Eudy .ml Shirley Lipman. Third Grade Helen Paul, Ken leth Willis, Jimmie Willis, Iris .Todrie and Jimmie Fodrie. See Honor Roll Page 8 How Red Cross Chapter Works On Monday of this week the Red Cross proved its value to one fam- ly in Carteret county.. .The fath er or a family living in Aiianuc was critically ill. The mother telegraphed a son who was work ing in the Naval Base at Norfolk telling him to come home. The boy went to the Field Director of the Red Cross at the Naval Base. He advanced money for bus fare out of the emergency fund for such purposes, wired the secretary of the Beaufort Chapter of the Red Cross, and the local secretary in turn telephoned the family that the boy was on his way and would arrive Tuesday. .... And some people say they don't belive in the Red Cross. J . 'i it, Persons First Two Carteret Men Drawn Were Named Willis Hundreds of persons from all parts of Carteret County have visited The Beaufort News office on Craven Street since this newspaper posted the names and serial num bers of al! parsons who regis tered for the Selective Draft. Hundreds more came on Wednesday and Thursday when the Master List con taining the order and serial numbers were posted and a3 we eo to press today more and more persons are corn- Questionaire Is Most Important Draftees are advised that it i most important that they fill ouS their draft questionaires which they will recive in a few days in a most comprehensive manner. For the purpose of giving assistance in this connection, the Draft Board) has appointed F. R. Bell, Beaufort druggist, as chairman of an Advia orv Committee. He in turn will appoint assistants in the various precincts. If a draftee doe not understand the important details of answering questions on Quea- tionaires, they should seek the as sistance of their nearest Advisory Committeeman. ingto check their serial num bers with their order num bers. Jame3 Langley Willis, of Queen Street, who is employed at a laun dry in Morehead City, was holder of selective service lottery No. 158, the first taken from the gold fish bowl in Washington shortly af ter 12 o'clock and following tha speech by President Roosevelt on Tuesday. It means that he along with all other registered men in Carteret will receive a blank ques See Draft Bulletin Page 8 Three Registered For Draft Down On Portsmouth Island Only three persons registered for the draft down on Portsmouth Island. This tiny community on Ocracoke Inlet is the last outpost towards the northeast in Carteret County. Felton Dixon, one of the draftees enlisted in the Navy tho same day he registered. His se rial number was designated aa 1488. Ernest Salter, serial No. 759 and Lionell Gilgo, serial No. 760 were the other two. Only Dixon and Gilgo were natives of the community. Gilgo will proba bly be interested to know that his Order No. is 4222 which is a long way from any selective service. 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 Survey, Some allowances must be made for variations in th? wind and also with respect to the locality, thJ is wheth er near the inlet or at thu head of the estuaries. HIGH LOW Friday, Nov. 1 8:56 AM. 2:35 AM. 9:16 PM. 3:15 PM. Saturday, Nov. 2 9:46 AM. 3:23 AM. 10:07 PM. 4:07 PM. Sunday, Nov. 3 10:?'' M. 4:12 AM. 11:00 PM. 4:59 PM. Monday, Nov. 4 5:05 AM. 11:30 PM. 5:25 PM. Tuesday, Nov. 5 11:53 AM. 6:04 AM. 12:24 PM. , 6:55 PM. Wednesday, Nov. 6 12:49 AM. 7:09 AM. 1:19 PM. 7:55 PM. Thursday, Nov. 7 1:49 AM. 8:17 PM. 2:19 PM. 8:52 PM.