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VOLUME XXXII No. 5
10 PAGES THIS WEEK
BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, FEB. 3, 1944
10 PAGES THIS WEEK
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
NORTHERN PFC
GIVES MEATY
STORY OF FORT
TO GIRL SCOUTS
BLACKOUT
Kennan's Research
Adds New Facts To
Knowledge of Fort
Frank J. Kcnnan, Editor of "The
Alert" Fort Macon, jeeped over to
Beaufort last Friday afternoon for
' the solo purpose of speaking to our
I fiftv lieaufoit Girl Scouts cn the
I .('History of Fort Macon" as a part
? -of a study they are making oi men
community.
Mr. Kennan iruve a carefully
; prepared address which is perhaps
the meatiest story oi tne ron, t-vei
given here. He interpreted the
strategy of the 1862 campaign by
drawing a comparison with the
IMarginot Line in the present war.
.Both were designed to protect
.from a given direction only ap
iproached from another they were
-.vulnerable. General Burnsid in
'.1862 moved his forces in by 'and
;and sea. Heavy firing drove them
off from the water side but forces
were moved forward before can
non (could be adjusted to meet the
land attack.
w nrp nvintinir Mr. "Kennan's
: address practically in lull for lov
ers of local history whom we feel
will want a copy of it.
Vm t Macon has a history dating
Tback more than two hundred years.
4 Although not always known by the
f name of Fort Macon, records show
f that there have been fortifications
! near where Macon now stands,
f These early installations were
I .crude and wouldn't even make a
f .good pill-box today, but with the
.4 V1W. nr armor that was pitted a-
gainst them, they served cheir
purpose well.
Sore Thumb
Parhaps it might be well to de
viate for a moment and see just
how clever and strategic wa3 the
locating of the Fort at the en
trance of Old Topsail Inlet, which,
incidentally, was the old name of
Beaufort Inlet.
Draw a straight line along the
main lines of sea-travel from New
York, south to the Gulf Port? or
the West Indies, and what do you
find? That long line of shoals and
and banks that run from Cape Hat
teras to Cape Lookout sticks right
out into the sea-lanes like a sore
thumb.
And that is exactly what this
spot has been, a sore thumb !
The peacetime danger of round
ing stormy Hatteras is traditional.
Its straeetic value in wartime is
quite -obvious; for every ship sail
ing north or south along this coast
.must come within hailing dis
tance, almost. This was of ev
ven greater importance in the days
before steam for to swing too
wide around Hatteras meant the
.loss of the favorable Gulf Stream
;and the prevailing southwest wind
on the North-bound passage.
First Fort
The First Fort at Beaufort Inlet
is known to have been standing in
1712 when it is mentioned in an
early document. Presumably, this
was the first nrotection set ud bv
the early settlers in this section, as
they began to fill in the Vir
.ginia and Carolina Coast in the
late 1600's.
See FORT MACON Page 5
RATIO
BRIEFS
GASOLINE
A-8 coupons good through Feb
ruary 8.A-9 coupons good Febru
ary 9.
SHOES
No. 18, Book I, good indefinitely
for one pair.
No. 1 "Airplane" Stamp in
Book III good for one pair.
SUGAR
Stamp No. 30, Book IV, good
for 5 pounds of sugar through
March 31. No. 40 good for 5 lbs.
canning sugar through February
28, 1945.
CANNED GOODS
G. II, J, Book IV, good through
Feb. 20. K, L, M, good through
March 20.
MEATS
Brown V, W, good through Feb
ruary 26.
FUEL OIL
Period 3 coupons good through
Feb. 21. Period 4 and 5 gov.
REMINDERS
Income tax deadline for filing
returns March 15. Earlier filing
desirable.
Tire inspection deadline for A
coupon holders March 31; for B
and C-coupon holders, February 28
A practice air raid drill and
blackout ha been announced
for the Coattal area, for Tues
dav. February 8, by R. Walk
er Martin, Director, State of
fice of Civilian Defense. The
first warning will be at 9:30;
theall clear, at 10; 10.
Mr. Martin says the drill is
an Army ordered exercise to
test the complete mobiliza
tion of civilian protection
forces within the shorest per
iod of time and on short no
tice. Funeral Services
For Mrs. Wheatly
Held Last Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie
Adair Wheatly, widtsv of John
Wheatly, were held from the home
on Orange Street lasc Saturday at-
ternoon.
The services were conducted by
the Rev. Stanlev Potter, pastor of
Ann Street Methodist Church of
which she was a member. He was
assisted by the Rev. Edgar Jones,
rector of St. Paul's Episcopal
Church.
Mrs. Wheatly died at Potter
Emergency Hospital Friday even
ing after a short illness. She is
survived by one daughter: Mrs.
Maude Henderson, of Beaufort;
two nieces: Mrs. Sid Doyle and
Mrs. Sam Scott, both of Beaufort:
and a nephew: W. E. Adair, of
Beaufort.
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Schools Collect
8,054 Dimes For
Paralysis Victims
Mrs. Ruby Simmons, Chairman
of the March of Dimes Committee
for the Infantile Paralysis Drive in
the schools reports that 8,054 of
them were collected or in other
words $805.40 worth.
She broke this down for us- to
day as follows:
Beaufort School $325.72
Morehead City School 235.95
Newport Schofel 115.30
Smyrna School 45.00
Camp Glenn School 28.13
Harkers Island School 25.30
She made special mention of the
work of members of Miss Edith
Lewis Fifth Grade who collected
$36 more than any single grade
in the County.
LABOR CAMP
FOR CARTERET
BEFORE SPRING
Accomodations For
300 Laborers on
Oaksmith Estate
West of Morehead
The truck producing farmers of
Carteret County will be gr( atly
interested in the announcement
this week by County Agent R. M.
Williams, that there will be a Farm
Labor Camp constructed in t he
county before the spring harvest
ing of vegetable crops.
Through the cooperation of the
War Food Administration with
the Extension Service, Mr. Heri
tage and two of his engineers, Mr.
Thomas and Mr. Phillips, made a
survey Wednesday of last week at
which time they plotted the
grounds for the camp site.
The camp will be located approx
imately three miles west of More
head City on Highway No. 70 on
what is now known az the Oak
smith Estate. The camp capacity
will be large enough to take care
of three hundred laborers.
With the help of the U. S. Em
ployment Service efforts are be
ing made to direct moie of the mi
gratory laborers to stop over in
North Carolina as they pass tnru
going north.
The camp grounds surrounding
the buildings will be made as at
tractive and inviting as possible so
the migratory laborers will want
to stop over. Recreational facili
ties will be provided lor the .abor
ers while thev are in camp and
they will be under police supervis
ion at all times. Sufhcient camp
management will be employed to
see that the camp is properly oper-
ated. A health nurse will be sta
tioned at the camp and a locai
doctor will assist in conducting a
health clinic at two week intervals.
Smyrna Takes Two
From Harkers Is.
The Smyrna girls took an early
lead and stayed ahead of Harkers
Island throughout the game. Al
though both teams played very
hard Smprna won with a victory of
55 to 28. Audrey Better was high
I score player for Smyrna with a to
tal of 29 points. Gaskill was high
scorer for the visitors with 14
points.
The Boys game which followed
immediately after the girls game
was very exciting, although Hark
ers Island boys played very hard
they were no match for Smyrna.
At the end of the game Smyrna
had a total of 27 points and Hark
ers Island 11.
Lester Davis was high for Smyr
na with a total of 9 points. Willis
was high for the losers with 3
points.
James Paul, Reporter.
D. F. C. AWARDED
ERI4EST StIOVDEt
Bft. Boy Again
Brings Honor To
Old Home Place
BEAUFORT GIRL
STATE EDITOR OF
MAINE DAILIES
Mrs. Frank C. Littlefield, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Bayard Taylor,
has been made State Editor of
the Lewiston Maine Sun-Journal,
one of the oldest and largest dail
ies in Maine. This Maine publish
ing company prints the morning
Lewiston Daily Sun and the after
noon Lewiston Evening Journal
with a total circulation of 40,000
daily.
Mrs. Littlefield, as Marianne
Taylor, began her journalistic
career a few years ago with her
popular column in the BEAUFORT
NEWS, "A Sea Gull Told Me."
Baptist Hour
Dr. John L. Slaughter, Pastor of
the First Baptist Church of Bir
mingham, Alabama, will be speak
er for the Baptist Hour on JFebru
ary 6. Dr. Slaughter is a member
of the Foreign Mission Board of
the Southern Baptist Convention.
His subject will be, "Sharing
Christ With Our World.
Music will be by The Baptist
Hour Choir, John D. Hoffman, Di
rector, and George L. Hanrick,
Organist.
The Baptist Hour is heard here
at 8:30 AM. EWT over WPTF,
Raleigh.
Comdr. Ernest Snowden was a
warded the Distinguished Flying
Cross last week by Vice-Admiral
John H. Towers, Commander of
the Pacific Air Force. The award
is made for ''heroism of extraordi
nary achievement while particip-
ating in aerial flight." Three oth
er pilots attached to Navy carriers
were also decorated. These four led
the air attack on Jap bases in the
Marshall Island early last December.
Ernest Snowden, is an Annapo
lis man, Class 1932. He was raised
to full commander last November
and given command of all air craft
attached to one of our largest air
craft carriers 92 planes.
Comdr. Snowden has distinguish
ed himself before this in the Pa
cific theatre of war. He was in the
great action of August 7, 1942
when Guadalcanal and Tulagi were
bombed, and was aboard the car
rier WASP when she was sunk on
September of the same year.
Advantages of the
Nine Month's School
By Student of Harkers Island
High School
Our State Superintendent of
Public Instruction, Mr. Clyde A.
Erwin, asks for $3,434,845 to op
erate the schools of North Carolina
an extra month each year. The ad
dition of this month making a nine
month's term has greatly improv
ed the schools of our State, and es
pecially those of the rural areas.
I think all the boys and girls of
North Carolina should have equal
educational advantages. Before the
nine months' term was adopted by
the State, about one-fourth of the
boys and girls of North Carolina
already had the opportunity of at
tending school nine months each
year. This, of course, included the
school children of the larger cities,
which were able to operate school
an additional month. Since the
larger cities already had a r.inth
month, the longer term really ben
efits the children of the rural
schools and of the smaller towns.
If the State of North Carolina had
not assumed the responsibility for
the support of a ninth month, it is
very likely that these beys and girls
would never have had this oppor
tunity, because the wealth of North
See SCHOOL Page 10
In Different
Hemispheres
&
9 & XA
sv J '7f 9n " lit A m
i f rfct '
MORE THAN HALF
OF TOTAL BOND
QUOTA REACHED
Sale of "E" Bonds
Must be Boosted if
We Reach Our Goal
Lonnie E. Rhue
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County Chairman 1. E. I'i'ilman
c i the Fourth War Loan Drive re
ports official sales for Carteret to
be $179,679.50. That leaves a to
tal of $150,320.50 of our quota
still unsold as of yesterday. Mr
Pittman broke this down for us as
f olows :
E Bonds
F Bonds
G Bonds
Tax Saving Notes
C Tax Notes 1945
pre cent 65-70
"E" or "the peopl
$76,087.50
592.00
1,400.00
39,500.00
27,000.00
22,500.00
2's bonds"
Wilbur Rhue
Lonnie E. Rhue, Private, USA,
son of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Rhue, ol
Broad Street, writes of his safe ar
rival abroad, but does not name
his destination. He entered the
Army at Fort Bragg two years ago
this April, trained at Fort Knox,
Ten., and Camo Polk. La. He sail
ed from NewYork
Wilbur Rhue, USA., Lonnie's
older brother, also entered the
Army at Fort Bragg. He trained at
Camp Lee, was sent from there to
California, and is now serving in
India. r -
have not yet sold in the proportion
to other bonds that was hoped.
"The time is half gone" said Mr.
Pittman this morning, "this is the
people's drive. We can't fall short
of our quota, don't let us down."
The campaign of Mrs. J. G. Al
len, Chairman of the Woman's
Division has centered chiefly on
the house to house canvass and
energetic campaigns made through
the schools. Beaufoi't schools
sold $4,375.00 worth of bonds and
$345.00 worth of stamps on Tues
day of this week and other schools
of the County are pushing the
Campaign with the same enthusi
asm. Mrs. Allen announces that the
only exception to tho school chil
dren's solicitation and the house to
house canvass soo far planned is a
concern and dance at Smyrna
School Gym scheduled for Satur
day evening, February 12th. Chief
Warrant Officer Ralph C. Church,
of Fort Macon, is coming over
with the 211st Army Concert Band
of 25 members, give a popular
concert folowed by dancing to the
strains of his dance orchestra. Ad
mission will be purchase of fifty
cent stamp. iL
Quota Tripled
In Polio Drive
The Infantile Paralysis fund
raising campaign for Carteret,
under the Direction of Mayor G.
M. Paul, more than tripled its nuo
ta of $516. Not all returns are yet
in but already the total amount
collected exceeds $1700.
The Ball Committee, the School
Committee, and the Theatre Com
mittee all did superb work. The
crowd at the President's Ball at
the USO Friday night taxed the
building. Nearly $250 was added
to the fund through the sale of
tickets and the march of dimes
contest, and hundreds of service
men and civilians and their ladies
intermingled in an evening of un
usual pleasure.
Miss Margaret Ann Paul, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Halsey Paul,
and Corporal Wayne Campbell, of
Fort Macon, formed one of the
couples winning in the waltz con
test for which Margaret Ann was
awarded a box of candy.
Horse and Mule
Clinics Next Week
JUDGE WEBB HAS
HEAVY DOCKET
TUES. MORNING
Taylor, Sea Level,
Judged Not Guilty
In Fishing Case
CARTERET BOYS IN
THE SERVICE
Word has been received of the
safe arrival in England of Lt. Ann
Stout, USA Nursing Corps.
Cecil C. Truitt, Jr., of Beaufort
and Memphis is making his third
crossing as a member of the U.S
Merchant Marine and is slated for
entrance at the Academy on Long
Island.
Robert Neil Willis, Radioman
1st class spent a few hours here
over the week end with his parents,
Capt. Jack and Mrs. Willis.
Glenn Adair, Aviation Cadet,
has been transferred from Nash
ville, Tenn., to Greenwood, Mississippi.
Sgt. Bill Murray Thomas has
been transferred from Africa to
Italy.
Chief Charles Allaire, USCG, is
in Morehead City Hospital where
he underwent a minor operation
this morning.
J. O. Barbour, Jr., was last week
advanced from the rank of Lieut,
to that of Captain, USA. He and
Mrs. Barbour spent the week-end
here with Captain Barbour's parents.
Lt. Claude Wheatly, recently
stationed at Camp Butner, is in
Tennessee on maneuvers.
Edward Arrington, USN, station
ed at Norfolk, spent the week-end
with his parents on Live Oak St.
Pvt. David A. Hill, son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. H. Hill, of Front
Street, who has been studying at
the University of Kansas, has been
transferred to the Army Air Forc
es for pilot training and ordered to
report to Ft. Leavenworth, Kan
sas, for assignment.
Walton Hamilton, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Hamilton, of Gor
don Street has been transferred
from Camp Rucker to Nashville,
Tenn., for maneuvers. Last week
Walter was promoted to Corporal
from private skipping the interven
ing Pfc.
Pvt. John E. Wiley, whose wife
Mrs. Carrie Anderson Wiley lives
on Turner Street, and who has been
in a hospital in North Africa rccov-
See SERVICE Page 10
The case of Tillman Taylor, Sea
Level, hanging in Recorder's Court
since last September was closed
Tuesday. He was judged not guilty.
Taylor was charged with having in
his possession (last August) mul
lets caught in a purse seine in in
side waters. Taylor claimed he
suspected nothing illegal. H. B.
Hunter bought them for him from
Capt. Cal Willis, captain of the
fish boat the crew of which has al- ,
ready plead guilty of using a
purse seine in forbidden waters.
H. B. Hunter died a week ago and
his testimony had never been
heard.
Kemp Bonner, 16, charged with
entering the dwelling of Lt. Brunk,
USN, of Morehead City, and tak
ing personal property valued at
$25 plead guilty and was bound ov
er to the March Term of Superior
Court under a $300 bond.
John Lipscomb (colored) of Fu
quay Springs plead guilty of as
sault and drunk and disorderly
conduct He was given 30 days in
jail on each charge.
Virginia Settle (white), 17,
I formerly of Durham but for the
past year of Morehead City, plead
There will be a series of horse
and mule clinics held in Carteret
County Tuesday and Wednesday
of next week.
Due to the rationing of fuel and
farm equipment it is all the more
important that our workstock be
put in good working condition.
Therefore, Mr. Williams says put
these animals in shape to do
the job by treating them for inter
nal parasites and giving them bet
ter care. If you have noticed any
loss of body weight, unthriftiness,
rough coat of hair, loss of appe
tile, dio-estive trouble, or weak
ness and lack of ability to do good guilty to prostitution. She was sent
BIG MONEY IN
"MOSSING"
2 yr. Old Industry
In Carteret County
Proving Profitable
Persistent stories come In of
"big money' 'in "moss" in the
eastern part of the County. Last
week an Associated Press newspa
per story carried the statement
that an out of state company had
signed a contract for 100,000
pounds in this section for which it
paid a top price of twenty cents.
Another 100,000 pounds is said to
have been used by the local Van
Sant plant at Lenoxville during the
year.
The princely top price of twen
ty cents goes for the best quality
of clean, bleached, and dried
"moss" dried on the racks or
wooden frames covered with purse
net or chicken wire observed a
rour.d the shores. Along the Atlan
tic Highway yesterday, however,
we saw row boats in the canals by
the road loaded with the moss or
red seaweed or red algae or grac
ilaria confervoides it's all the
same. They told us that the local
plant is now interested in buying
only the wet. The price? What
See MOSSING Page 10
Early Morning
Fire Damages
Cotten. Home
Monday morning at 7 o'clock
fire alarm 33 called the Beaufort
Department to the home of G. L.
Cotten about two and a half miles
out on the North River Road. By
the time the truck reached the
scene of the fire, the parlor and
all of its furnishings had been
pretty well destroyed. The fire
men using the booster tank with a
bout 350 gallons of water extin
guished the blaze in about thirty
minutes and saved the rest of the.
six room house. Loss, estimated at
between $1500 and $2000, was
covered by insurance.
It seems to be the general opin
ion that the fire originated from a
dropped cigarette stu j that smoul
dered for hours and then caught.
No one was sleeping in the room in
which the fire started.
farm work, these conditions indi
cate internal parasite infestation.
Dr. D. R. Coppage, licensed vet
erinarian from New Bern will as
sist at each clinic. A free exami
nation and advice on feeding and
care will be given ,any animal
brought in. However, Dr. Coppage
will charge a reasonable fee for
medicines given for worm treat
hients, other ailments, floating the
teeth etc. The teeth of horses of
ten become irregular which pre
vents proper chewing of the food.
This causes an unthrifty condition.
The following schedule will be
followed as close as possible:
Tuesday, February 8th
Cleve Gillikin's Store 9:00 9:45
O. W. Lewis Store 10:0010:45
Joe Pigott's Store 11:0011:45
G. W. Huntley's Store 1:30 2:15
Paul Beachem's " 2:30 3:15
Earl Campen's 3:30 4:15
L. N. Conner's 4:30 5:15
Wednesday, Feb. 9th
Mrs. Daisy Koonce's 9:00 9:30
Peletier P. O. 9:4510:15
J. J. Rhue 10:3011:00
Jason Morris 11:15 11:45
Clyde & Cleve Garner
(9ft. Road) 1:30
Newport 2:30
C. T. Whitehead,
Crab Point 3:45
Get your neighbors to come and
bring thelf workstock to the clinic.
The greater the number treated
the less it will cost per head. Feed
should be withheld for at least 12
to 18 hours before treating.
2:15
3:15
4:30
LEGION MEETING
The regular monthly meeting of
Carteret Post No. 93 will be held
in the Hut, Friday night, Feb. 4,
at 7:30 P. M. At this time a new
board of directors for Carteret
Fair will be elected. AH mem
bers are urged to be present
DEMOCRATS ATTEND
JACKSON DAY DINNER
Elight of Carteret's leading
Democrats attended the biggest
Jackson Day dinner to date at the
Sir Walter in Raleigh on Monday
evening and heard Post Master
General Frank C. Walker give
what they report as a tremendous
address after an introductory
speech of the first order by Gover
nor Broughton.
Attending from B.'aufort were
SherifT C. G. Holland, County Aud
itor James Davis Potter; from
Davis, County Demor-iatic Chair
man Irvin Davis; from Morehead
City, Dr. Ben F. Royal, W. M.
Webb, Representative S. H. Gibbs
James B. Long; and from Atlantic
Beach, Lon Folger.
to the Farm Colony for six months.
Mrs. Bessie Barbour (white) of
Morehead City, mother of five
children, aired her complicated
family troubles for something like
an hour of the long session on
Tuesday. She charged James Long
(her cousin) with trespass and.
Jake Long (her uncle) with tres
pass and assault with a sizable
stick which she brought along to
show the Court. She said they came
to the house Sunday, objected to
certain goings on, left, returned
with 'the man I married once,"
and more trouble followed in which
her husband claimed he was mak
ing an effort "to have a clean
house."
. One daughter testified for the
mother, another for the other side,
Mrs. Long was full of resentment
and vituperation. Her feeling was
so strong at tiihes that the Court
had to threaten action if she did
not stop interrupting with rank,
ling remarks, questions, ejacula
tions, audible sighs.
Uncle Jake plead guilty to spank
ing Mrs. Barbour but said he did
not use the stick. Evidence point
ed to uncommendable activities on
the part of Mrs. Barbour, Judge
Webb gave tap admonitions, quot
ed Burns, "Pleasures are like pop
pies spread" to her, and declared
Cousin James not guilty and Uncle
Jake guilty of assault for which he
ordered him to pay officer's costs
and made him promise to leave
Niece Bessie alone.
Bonner Guthrie and Roma Wade
both of Morehead City, were charg
ed with registernig as man and
wife with Kay Delois Kale and Mil
dred Sue Poe at a Beaufort room
ing house, and Henry Gilikin was
also before the court for being in
volved with one ofthe girls. The
girls, both of whom have served
terms for prostitution were return
ed to Centra! prison Mildred Sue
Poe for one year and Kay Delois
Kale fur one year or until such
time as cured of sypitis. In the
case of the nun, prayer for judg
ment continued.
Rev. L. D. Hayman
Goes to Whteville
Rev. L. D. Hayman, who in No
vember began his fifth year of ser
vice in the Atlantic Charge, has
been transferred to the Methodisl
Church at Whiteville. He has been
assigned to fill a vacancy made
when the Rev. Dwight L. Fouts.
pastor, was sent to Weldon to fill
the charge there which has been
vacant since the death of Rev. E.
D. Weathers last December.
Mayor's Court
The Mayor met with no compli
cations in Town Court Monday
morning. Six were charged with
drunkenness one white And five
colored. All paid their fines and
were turned loose.
Funeral Services
For K. L. Uarner
Held Wednesday
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday morning from die home for
Mr. K. L. Garner, 60, of Newport,
RFD, who died at Morehead City
Hospital at two o'clock Tuesday
morning. Elder W. W. Roberts
and Elder M. K. Simmons, both of
Newport, conducted the services
and the body was laid to rest in
the Amariah Garner Cemetery,
Newport.
Mr. Garner was a prominent
farmer of the Newport section. He
was the son of the late Monroe
and Christine Garner. Surviving
are his wife, Mrs. Minnie Mann
Garner; two sons: C D. Garner.
E. G. Garner, both .of Newport
RFD; six sisters: Mrs H. D. Garn
er, Mrs. Luther D. Garner, Mrs.
B. J. Mann, Mrs. N. W. Garner,
Mrs. Lloyd W. Garner, Miss Lncy
Garner, and three brothers: A.
M. Garner, Claude Garner, J. G.
Garner, all of Newport