"Unknown Seas"
A Dramatic Romance
of Old Beaufort
By Mrs. G. M. Paul
Here March 14, 1941
VOLUME XXIX; NO. 9.
Plans 'To Extend Present Town Terms Is A
FALSE RUMOR
State Legislature
Appropriates Funds
For Oyster Gardens
Capt. John Nelson, N. C. Com
missioner of Fisheries and Dr. H.
F. Prytherch, director of the U.
S. Fish and Wildlife Laboratory
here were in Raleigh last week
the State Legislature appropriated
a special fund of $10,000 to create
two or three experimental oyster
gardens on the coast. The money
may not be available until the end
of the fiscal year in June, which
would delay plans for establishing
the gardens at least one season, in
the opinion of Capt. Nelson.
The idea behind the experiment
al farms is to show coastal resi
dents the advantage of cultivating
oysters. It is hoped that the "ed
ucational campaign" will result in
coastal residents leasing the many
hundred thousands of acres of oys
ter bottoms for carrying on private
oyster cultivation. The oyster in
dustry was once very important in
North Carolina but during recent
years bottoms have become deplet
ed and no effort was made to grow
the bivalves commercially.
' The three experimental gardens
proposed will be located on North
River, near Beaufort and on Pam
lico Sound. The money when avail
able will be used in the construc
tion of piers, watch towers, plant
ing and developing the experi
mental beds. From this small be
ginning, North Carolina has an op
portunity to develop an oyster in
dustry valued at anywhere from
ten to twenty millions of dollars
annually.
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V. S. FIRMS PAY AXIS POWERS
, . WASHINGTON. While the senate
1r nrnnnrintr in onnM tVio lan.lnnca
bill committing this country to vast
outlays for Great Britain, certain
American firms are paying out hun
dreds of dollars monthly to Ger
many and Italy, which funds are
being used to fight both the United
States and Britain.
This secret Axis aid is being de
livered in the form of royalty pay
ments on industrial formulas, trade
marks, copyrights and patents. The
money is paid in dollars and is de
posited to German and Italian ac
counts in New York banks.
The justice department, which has
conducted a secret investigation,
has uncovered these interesting
facts:
1. That the royalty payments are
now running around $500,000 a
month, of which Germany gets at
least 80 per cent.
! ; 2. That a considerable portion of
the money was used by Germany
ilast year to buy U. S. goods for de
livery to Latin American buyers, to
make good on contracts that Gcr
JEflDy confliintla had -'norl f"r
See Merry-Go-Round, Page2
ALMANAC
HISTORICAL
EVENTS
FEBRUARY
28
First railroad chartered, 1827.
March
1. First American bank chartered
1780.
Missouri Compromise,
1820.
War with Algiers, 1815.
U. S. Constitution went
Act.
into
J effect, 1789.
6. Boston Massacree, 1770.
6., Massacree at the Alama, 1836.
BIRTH DA Y 5
Of Famous People
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. cua u n i y
28. Isabel Irving, actress, 1871.
March
1. W, D. Howells, author, 1837.
J'ope Leo, XIII, 1810.
6. Alex. G. Bell, telephone, 1847.
4. Knute Rockne, coach, 1888.
5. Howard Pyle, artist, 1853.
C. Ring Larder, humorist, 1885.
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Mayor Huntley Says
No Movement Here
To Extend Term
Of The Mayor
There were rumors going
up and down Front Street
this week that a movement
was underway to extend the
term of office of the present
mayor and town board for
two additional years without
the formality of an election
in May. The Beaufort News
figured that the best source
to get the low-down on the
matter as many persons seem
ed to be more or less perturb
ed at hearing " the rumors,
was to get a statement from
Mayor Huntley.
Mayor Huntley emphatically de
nied that he had heard of any such
plan, or that a Bill to the effect of
the rumors was now in Raleigh,
waiting to be introduced by Rep
resentative H. S. Gibbs in the Gen
eral Assembly. The rumors going
streetwise, however, were not en
tirely unfounded, although appar
ently a bit misconstrued, it was
learned. There has been some talk
of having a Legislative enactment
which would make the term of mu
nicipal office holders in Beaufort
and Morchead City extend for a
period of four years, for those who
would be elected as Town Commis
sioners and Mayor in the May
Elections of this year.
"It seems only practical," said
Mayor Huntley, "that the terms
should be for four years instead of
two as at present. All county officer
now extend for four years and it;
seems to be working out very nice
ly. "A new mayor or new commis
soiner has really learned his duties
thoroughly only after several
months in office and at the end of
two years his experience thus gain
ed should naturally be of mora
value to the citizens of the town in
which he serves, than art inexper
ienced office holder just elected,"
he said. Then too, the expense of
the election every two year.? would
be reduced if the office was for
four years.
MAY MAKE CHIEF
POLICE APPOINTIVE
Mayor Huntley further stated
that only two towns remain i.1
North Carolina where the chief of
police is an elective job. These
two municipalities are Beaufort
and New Bern. It is understood
that during the present Legislature
the town of Morehead City thru
enactment is abolishing the elective
chief of police and making it an
appointive post.
From another source The Beau
fort News learns there is a possibi
lity that a bill in the legislature
may be presented to abolish the
office of chief of police as an elec
tive job in Beaufort and make it
an appointive post, before the cur
rent session ends.
OUTER BANKS
HATTERAS Richard B. Daily,
chief of the Hatteras weather bu
reau returned to his post there last
week, after being transferred to
Washington, D. C, some time ago
for temporary duty in that city.
New Owners Of The
Vogue Return From
N. Y. Buying Trip
The Vogue of Beaufort, owned
and operated by Mrs. Bessie P.
Lewis for the past several years
has been purchased by Mrs. Alber
ta Chadwick and Mrs. Vera L.
Smith. Mrs. Chadwick and Mrs.
Smith returned last Saturday from
New York City markets, after
spending a week, personally select
ing their firm's new Spring mer
chandise. They were accompa
nied by Mrs. J. C. Parsons, the for
mer buyer for The Vogue.
Under its new ownership The
Vogue will continue to feature its
well known slogan, "Exclusive but
not Expensive". The new owners
Mrs. Chadwick and Mrs. Smith
have had much experience in the
merchandising business, and thejr
firm should have a very bright
future. Both are well-known lo
cally and have a host of friends
and patrons who are wishing ther.i
well in their new business venture.
Mrs. Lewis is retiring on account
of her health. She stated this
week that she wished to thank ev
eryone for their patronage to The
Vogue while she owned the firm,
and appreciates the business that
has been given her. Mrs. Lewis
will still continue to make her
home in Beaufort.
Carteret County's Oldest NewspaperEstablished 1912
Many Cruisers Of The "Monnie M"
Type Will Be In C. G. Auxiliary
mt, f'" ' pjU '1
CAPTAIN TONY SEAMON, owner and master of the
Gulf Stream fishing cruiser told a Beaufort News man last
week that while he had not joined the Coast Guard Auxil
iary (Flotilla 18) recently formed in Morehead City, that
he was planning to later. His boat, the average size of
the vessels which will form the Auxiliary flotilla fleet is
shown in the above photograph. (Photo by Aycock
Brown, Cut courtesy Greensboro Daily News),
Mine-Sweeper Bids
Opened On Feb. 26
Bids submitted by-Bell-Wallace
Shipyard for the construction of
two mine sweepers at their More
head City plant along with bids
from other existing N. C. shipyards
which are seeking small boat con
tracts, were opened in Washing
ton on Wednesday. The More
head City firm expects to know
within a week or less if they will
get contracts to build the mine
sweepers. Carteret County
Postmasters Help
Polio Fund Drive
Postmasters in Carteret County
received little buttons to be dis
played in lobbies and sold in the
drive for funds to aid in tho Infan
tile Paralysis fight which was es
tablished by President Roosevelt.
In Carteret a total of $40 was thus
raised, which was the largest
amount from any one source to
help raise funds for this purpose.
The button-sale drive for funds in
Carteret yas under the leadership
of W. H. Taylor of Beaufort Post
Office who is county director for
the National Postmaster Associa
tion which sponsored the drive.
Mrs. Imogene Daniels of Roe, on
Cedar Island in turning in her re
port of the button sale, stated that
much credit should go to 11-year-old
Alvin Ross Lupton who took
charge of sales there and sold a
large number of buttons. Young
Lupton deserves praise for his ac
tivity, and so do other postmasters
who cooperated in the drive.
C. G. John Salter
Gets Promotion
John Salter who has been sec
ond in command at the Coast
Guard Station at Seaside Heigths,
N. J., for several years has been
named Captain, to succeed Captain
H. W. Steele, who reports for duty
in Washington. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Kilby Salter of Sea
Level, N. C.
Almost Freeze When
Skiff Is Swamped
Harry Mann and Bertie Smith
of the Merrimon section were
crossing South River in a fkiff last
Saturday night during a hard gale.
The skiff sunk and it was necessary
for them to wade ashore. They
suffered considerably from expos
ure and "almost froze to death"
before they reached the home of
Mrs. Robert Pittman where they
changed clothing and got warm . .
During the same gale the barge
Columbia also went ashore near
the mouth of South River.
BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, FEB. 27, 1941.
Income Tax Expert
Coming Next Week
An expert whose duty it will be
to help those persons who must file
income taxes will be in Beaufort
next week. He is scheduled to have
a desk in the Post Office lobby on
Tuesday and Wednesday, March
4-5. All persons who are in doubt
about how to fill out their Returns
are urged to contact the Federal
income Tax representative who is
being sent here by Collector C. H
Robertson of Greensboro.
Bill Introduced
To Abolish Local
Park Commission
A Bill has been introduced in the
General Assembly of North Caroli
na by Representative H. S. Gibbs
which if it becomes law will abol
ish the Beaufort Park Commission.
In other words the bill would turn
the Community Center Property
over to the Town Board cf Com
missioners for them to do with as
they deemed fit. Under the pres
ent set-up through Legislative en
actment, the Park Commission hi'R
complete authority.
Constructed during the early
days of the Works Progress Com
mission, the Community Center
project gave employment to largo
numbers of persons who needed
the work and the money they re
ceived in salaries very much. For
some reason, there has never been
any great amount of activity nt
the Community Center although
the building during the summer
months serves as class rooms for
two units of Woman's College
which has established seaside sum
mer schools here. The golf course
is in fair shape but only a few
people seem to play golf and the
tennis courts are seldom ever used.
A mattress making project was
established in one of the rooms of
the Community Center building
and several months ago the care
taker of the property was given the
privilege to operate a sort of recre
ation place in the auditorium. Un
der the present set-up there is no
police protection available for the
Community Center, and that, ac
cording to Mayor Huntley is one
of the things apparently needed.
He referred to some fights which
had occurred at Community Center
recently by patrons of the dances.
New C. G. District
Effective March 1 (Saturday),
the Charleston Coast Guard Dis
trict will be established, including
all units from Ocracoke to Geor
gia. Capt. Yeandle, formerly in
charge CG Cutter "Hamilton" will
be District Commander.
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OLD BEAUFORT
ROMANCE THEME
OF LOCAL PLAY
Thirty Five Local
Person In Cast
For Roles
"UNKNOWN SEAS" TO BE
PRESENTED MARCH 14TH
Following a great deal of
research, Mrs. Grayden M.
Paul, has written a romantic
drama of old Beaufort, based
entirely on actual facts,
which has a very "Gone
With The Wind" flavor be
cause the time of the play is
during ante-Bellum and Civil
War days. The title is "Un
known Seas", and the his
torical drama in three acts
will be presented at Beaufort
School auditorium on Friday
evening, March 14, at 8:00
o'clock. There will be no
chargg of admission and per
sons attending the drama
will be seeing 35 Beaufort
people taking roles of 35
Beaufort people of another
era.
The play will be strictly of inter
est to grownups, and children, un
less they are accompanied by their
parents, and unless they sit by
their parents in the auditorium,
pay strict attention, remain quiet
and cause no confusion (as chil
dren have had a tendency to do at
recent presentations at the school
auditorium) will not be encour
aged to attend.
Act one of the play with two
scenes has its setting in the parlor
of the home of Dr. Manney of
Beaufort in the year 1830. Scene
See Old Beaufort, Page 8
REA Co-operative
Will Have Office
In Beaufort Soon
The Carteret-Craven Electric
Membership Cooperation this coun
ty's second REA financed rural
power project held its first regular
meeting Tuesday night and dispos
ed of several problems that should
speed up the beginning of actual
construction. A resolution was
passed that an office be tsablished
in Beaufort and it wil be located
in the building on Ann Street for
merly occupied by Noe's Market.
This project wil consist of 145
miles of line to serve approximate
ly 435 member-consumers. There
wil be substations at Newport and
Atlantic, the lines from thes
points to serve the folowing com
munities: Bogue, Broad Creek,
Stella, Peletier, Harlowe, Bachelor
Merrimon, South River, up N. C.
101 and across North River to
Straits and all of Cedar Island. It
will be possible for service to be
extended ;.om these lines to other
communities at a later date provid
ed enough mmebers are found to
warrant lhe construction cost.
Enough current will be available
on the Cooperative's lines to sup
ply up to 5 HP motors. There will
be a favorable rate fixed so that
motors and appliances that use
large quantities of current can be
utilized at very low cost.
Covering The
Waterfront
B, AYCOCK BROWN
EARL TAYLOR, Beaufort's lead
ing aviation enthusiast told me
this story: The pilot of the Waco
seaplane which had been beached
on the waterfront asked the man
in the boat who was going to pull
the plane out in the harbor, to ar
range the rope so both ends could
be controlled from the boat by
merely making a loop around the
strut between the pontoons. The
man in the boat, not mincing a pro
fane reply gave the pilot to un
derstand, that he the pilot was try
ing to get away without paying fci
the towing. The pilot assured him
that he would do nothing of the
kind. Taylor declared that th?
boat had a marking on it which in
dicated that was publicly owned by
either the N. C. or U. S. Fisheries.
The man in the boat who did not
want the pilot to get away without
paying for the three or four min
utes towing job, in Earl's opinion
is on a public payroll, that is state
or federal. If the foregoing facts
are true, it seems like a shame
that a pilot of a plane forced down
must pay for such trivial .services.
NO WONDER THE pilot got a
bad taste in his mouth about Beau
fort hospitality. No wonder he
See WATERFRONT, Pge 8
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Citizens HerKy Ask U. S. E. D.
Toj Assist In Keeping Waterfront
And Local Harbor Clear Of Trash
C. of C. Directors
To Meet On Friday
Dr. W. L. Woodard, acting pres
ident of The Chamber of Com
merce here in the absence of C. L.
Beam, hat called a meeting of the
civic group' board of directors for
Friday night, March 28, at 7:30
o'clock. The meeting will be held
in Miller Furniture Company, Dr.
Woodard stated. All members of
the Board of Directors and others
interested are urged to attend as
several matters of importance are
scheduled to be brought up, it was
indicated.
SKARREN RITES
CONDUCTED HERE
Well Known Citizen
Was A Plumbing
Contractor
Funeral services for Wil
liam E. Skarren, 70-year old
prominent citizen of Beau
fort, were conducted at the
home on Ann Street, WecU
nesday afternoon at 3 o'clock
with Rev. Stanley Potter,
pastor of the Methodist
church and Rev. E. C. Mc
Connell, rector of St. Paul's
Church officiating. Mr.
Skarren who was a retired
plumbing contractor, died
late Monday night from a
heart attack.
Although he had been in poet'
health for several years, his death
was unexpected. He had worked
in his garden on Monday and was
apparently much improved and was
not heard to complain of feeling
unwell. He was stricken after re
tiring that night.
Mr. Skarren is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Carrie Scott Skarren
and four daughters, Mrs. D. M. Do-
noyer, Mrs. Halsey Paul, Mrs.
Howard Jones and Mrs. C. O. Pitts,
all of Beaufort; four brothers, Ed
ward F. Skarren, Beaufort; Harry
Skarren Norfolk; Bert Skarren of
New York and Frank Skarren,
Philadelphia. One sister, Mrs,
Joe McNally of Brooklyn, N. Y
also survive.
Tourney Story
A complete story of the Carterst
Basketball Tournament which is
now underway in Marehead City,
will be published in The Beaufort
News next week. Receipt of late
ads crowded this and several other
items out of taday's edition.
Sea Level Man Is
Tried By Recorder
John Hamilton of Sea Level was
ordered to surrender his drivers'
license and pay costs when convict
ed in Recorders Court on Tuesday
of operating an automobile while
intoxicated and damage to proper
ty. Principal Clark of Sea Levti
School was the prosecuting witness
in the case.
Rufus Fair, charged with violat- !
ing the prohibition law was found
guilty and given a 90-day sentence
which was suspended upon pay
ment of the costs and upon condi
tion that the defendant remain o
good behavior for a period of two
years.
Guthrie-Jones Drug
Store Is Now Open
For Business Here
Guthrie-Jones Drug Store, for
merly of New Bern, has opened fer
business in the building on the
south s ide of Front Street former
ly occupied by Owens Bros. Groc
ery. It is Beaufort's newest and
third drug store. The owners are
Clarence Guthrie and David Jones,
both registered druggists, natives
of Beaufort and well known here.
The new firm will feature a com
plete line of drugs, toilet articles
sundries and fountain service.
Prescriptions will be compounded
only by registered druggists. Else
where in today's edition will be
found one large display advertise
ment of this firm and several small
er spot ads. An opening special
offered at the Guthrie-Jones Drug
Store on Saturday, March 1, will
be Banana Splits for a dime and
a newly created Hot Fudge Sundae
for a nickle more.
For Important
News of th Coast
Read The
Beaufort News
Each Week
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
It Is A Violation Of
U. S. Law To Throw
Trash In Water
MOVEMENT UNDERWAY
HERE TO ENFORCE SAME
Although there have been
spasmodic attempts to for
bid local citizens and opera
tors of business houses from
throwing trash, rubbish and
garbage overboard since
Beaufort was a very young
town, the matter of keeping
the harbor clean has always
presented a very serious
problem. Much of the gar
bage and trash which is
dumped overboard finally
fetches up on the beach a
long the waterfront. This is
very distasteful to summer
visitors and vacationists, al
though apparently the local
citizenship does not seem to
worry much about the situa
tion, or if they do worry,
nothing is ever about the
matter.
It was stated here this week that
a new movement is underway to
request the U. S. Engineering Dc
partment of the War Department
to intercede and enforce their rub
ing which makes it a violation of
the federal law to throw trash and
garbage overboard in an establish
ed harbor. Ferhaps Town authori
ties who have made efforts to con
trol the situation from time to
See TRASH, Page 8
Notes of an Innocent
Bystander
The Front Pages: Benito Pop-Eye
is so busy getting out of England's
way that he hasn't noticed his press
is getting lippy. Telegrafo of Leg
horn, his own son-in-law's rag, is the
sassiest. It admits the beating at
Bengazi and even praises the vic
tors' ability . . . The Spanish dai
lies are exhibiting boldness, too.
They warn that Weygand's French
army isn't keeping in shape just for
a parade. They remind the Fas
cists the French would like to get
hunk for the back-stabbing of last
June . . . Wendell WiUkie, The Na
tion tells you, is satisfied to keep
a-feudin' with publisher Roy How
ard. That weekly reports that Wen
dell declined to have the Howards
as farewell buddies when he clip
pered to Europe . . . And Willkie's
alliance with FDR inspires Detroit's
columnist Harry V. Wade to antici
pate the day when the Republieani
party will consist entirely of the Chi
cago Tribune.
The Story Tellers: The bad bar
gain the Bolos made with Berlin at
the Start of the war is exposed by
See Winchell Page 2
TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tide
at Beaufort is given in this
lolumn. The figures are ap
proximately correct and are
based on tables furnished by
the U. S. Geodetic Survey.
S meallowances must be
made for variations in the
wind and also with respect
to the locality, that is wheth
er near the inlet or at the
head of the estuaries.
Friday, Feb. 28
9:43 A. M. 3:33 A. M.
7:58 P. M. 3:50 P. M.
Saturday, March 1
10:18 A. M. 4:09 A. M.
10:35 P. M. 4:25 P. M.
Sunday, March 2
10:53 A. M. 4:45 A. M.
5:00 P. M.
Monday, March 3
11:11 A. M. 5:26 A. M.
11:29 P. M. 5:39 P. M.
Tuesday, March 4
11:49 A.M. 6:11A.M.
12:07 P. M. 6:25 P. M.
Wednesday, March 5
12:31 A. M. 7:04 A. M.
12:51 P. M. 7:16 P. M.
Thursday, March 6
1:22 A.M. 8:03 A.M.
1:45 P. M. 8:13 P. M.
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