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BuymoreMiEY forsecurity,too! TMF 1 3JEW mi it v J he Most Widely Read Newspaper Along The Central Yolina Coast VOLUME XXXIII No. 40 10 PAGES THIS WEEK BEAUFORT, N. C. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 5. 1944 10 PAGE. v5 3 WEEK O - PUBLISHED WEEKLY. AREA OFF H.I. MOST VALUABLE AREA FOR MOSS ON EASTERN COAST OFU. S. Humm's Findings In Recent Issue of "Science" News of Beaufort Follows the Boys The region between Beaufort and Atlantic is the most vale able area on the eastern and southern coast of the United States for pro duction of agar bearing sea weed and of this region 500 to 600 acres off Harkers Island produces the greatest amount. Harold J. Humm, Duke Marine Laboratory. Pivers Island, gives this result of a sur vey made under sponsorship of the War Production Board in a recent article in "Science" (September 8). The survey was made between October. 1942. and April, 1943, from the Eastern Shore of Mary land to the Keys off Florida and up along the shores of the Gulf of Mexico to New Orleans. Our agar bearing seaweed Is known locally as "red moss." One of the discoveries of this War wa3 that this gives agar in large enough quantities for commercial value as a substitute for the bac teriological agar that formerly came from Japan and is so valu able in the war effort that WPB considered it until recently "a crit ical war material." Mr. Humm began his first exper iments with agar in North Caro lina waters at Pivers Island in June 1942. In November. 1943, Van Sant Company, one of two plants in the country that make products from N. C. "moss", be gan processing it and paying a good price for it. Since then what used to be a net fouline nuisance has been regarded with respect. From 1000 to .1500 tons (wet weight) are estimated to have been gatheVed last season (August 1,1943, to January 1, . 1944). Thousands of unexpected dollars have found their way into fisher men's pockets and "mossing"' has begun to take its place with clam ming, crabbing, fishing, and other industries of Carteret. The beauty of the infant indus try is that it gives promise of be coming a permanent industry, one that will expend after the war if the present abundance of raw ma terial can be maintained. Mr. Humm who is studying the economic value of moss says uses for agar-like substances extracted from it are barely touched. Peace time uses will probably increase so rapidly that supply will not catch up with demand already uses have been 'found as far re moved as an important substance in the manufacture of tungsten wire and a substance to keen the chocolate from settling- in you.r chocolate drink. Romance cf the See MOSS Page 10 Last week Billy Wells wrote of reading about our storm in a pa per in England. This week W. P. Twiford wrote his wife who lives at Green Gables, Causeway, of his amusement in reading of Dr. Pry therch's oyster opening invention in a West Coast paper. The article in part: "For 13 long and painstaking years Dr. H. F. Prytherch has opened oysters. He had seen strong men weep and women beat their children after being thwarted by an obstinate bivalve that refus ed to yield up its succulent meat. He had seen bleeding knuckles and bent kitchen utensils result irom an attack upon a half dozen blue points. And he had become de termined to find the right way of opening an ayster. "Dr. Prytherch has announced that the proper method of getting the meat from an oyster is to make the bivalve slightly drunk. "Members of the sewing circle need not fret, -however, because the good doctor uses no intoxicat ing liquors. He merely drops in the water a tablet which carbon ates it. This causes the ovster to become the least bit plastered, whereupon it relaxes its muscles (smiles if you wish) and the shell opens." More Portsmouth Storm News We are still getting details of ravages of the storm on the Outer Banks. Capt. John Willis writes 'This was the worst storm I have ever seen on Portsmouth. The tide was 24 inches deep in the house, 4 feet, 8 inches in the yard Some people lost their fish houses. nets, and boats. I cooked breakfast that morning of the storm and be- fort I could sit down to eat it, the chair was floating in the house. My old cat, Tobe, went swimming in the house. I would pick him up and throw him in the chair, and he would go again." Coastguardsman Guion Gamer, Portsmouth Station, confirms Cap tain John's story saying it was the worse storm he has ever seen there. Fish camps were washed a way but fortunately no dwellings. Sixteen inches of water rose in the Coast Guard Station, the two chimneys blew off. Three thousand gallons of water fortunately kept "dry" and tided people over until the rain of last week. VIOLATORS OF LIQUOR LAWS PAY HEAVILY 111 COURTTUES. Gaskill Agrees To Support Family Mildred Baum (colored), Beau fort, was charged with having in her possession non tax paid liquor for purposes of sale. She denied the charge roundly, but there was considerable testimony to the ef fect that ten gallons were found on her place and with a reputation for handling whiskey and several convictions in the past she had a hard time clearing herself. She was found cuiltv. Given a six months jail sentence suspended on condition of good behavior for two years and payment of costs of $75.85. Ross Parker, Beaufort, Mildred Felton, Beaufort, and Rosco Gar rett, Ayden, (all colored) were charged with possession of non tax paid liquor for purposes of sale, Roscoe, here to spend the week end -with Mildred, his girl friend, took the blame declaring that the gallon container found was his and that he had stolen it. Case against Mildred was dismissed. Rosco was found guilty of possesion. Prayer for judgment continued upon con dition of good behavior for two years and payment of costs of $29. Ross was found not euutv. Elsie Mae Gaskill (white). Har kers Island, charged her husDand, John P. Gaskill, Harkers Island, with failure to support her and her eight months old child since April 15. According to testimony Gas kill has given $1.75 a week for the baby recently upped to $2.00, paid for medicines for the babv. and one package of clothing. He was found net guilty but the two agreed on a stipulated amount which Mr. Gaskill is to pay for support of his family. Mamie Stanley, (colored) Beau fort, charged with abandonment of her child was given a suspended sentence. Other cases were a small num ber of routine traffic violators. He Appreciates The Red Cross Pfc Fate Jones. Jr.. son of th Fate Jones of Harkers Island, is serving with the U. S. Army in Australia. Fate entered the Army at Ft. Bragg in Februarv. 1943. In a recent letter home he ureed, "Give to the American Red Cross because the boys overseas are get ting the greatest benefit from the donations you so generously gave." CARTERET BOYS IN THE SERVICE Lt. Mary Bowen Brooks, ANC, stationed in Naples, Italy writes: "Have just returned from my trip to the Isle of Capri. It is really very nice, but there is a shortage of water so they are closing it down to us. I swam in the blue Grotto and it is the most beautiful shade of blue I have ever seen. It is so clear that one can see all the way to the bottom. Had a nice time but was ready to come back today. Met a nurse that is here on detached service who knows Fan nie Caffrey." N. C. REQUIRES COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL Law Interpreted by Supt. Allen Walter J. Goodwin. C.M.M.. Morehead City is at Camp Brad ford, Va., preparing for duty with the amphibious forces aboard an LST. R A T 1011 BRIEFS GASOLINE A-ll good through Nov, 8. SHOES No. 1 and 2 "Airplane" Stamps in Book III good indefinitely. A new shoe stamp will become good November 1. SUGAR Stamps No. 30, 31, 82 and 32 Book IV, good for 5 pounds of su gar indefinitely. No. 40 good for 5 lbs. canning sugar through Feb- j ruary 28, 1945. CANNED GOODS Blue Stamps, Book IV, A-8 through R S good indefinitely. MEATS Red Stamps, Book IV, A-8 thru K-5 good indefinitely. -FUEL OIL Period 4 and 5 coupons now valid for current season will re main valid throughout the coming heating year. Period 1 coupons for next season are now valid. NOTICE Every car owner must write his license number and State in advance on all gasoline coupons in his possession. Rent Control , All persons renting, or offering for rent, any living quarters what . sovere must register each dwell ing until with rent control office in their rent area. Persons who feel that they are being overcharged for "rents may submit complaints to OPA. Complaint forms ar-i av ailable at the local War Price and Rationing Board ifyour area does not have a rent control office. FOOD FISH MARKET GLUTTED AND HOKE Fishermen Laying Off Because of Situation The fishing situation is critical in Carteret this week according to Captain John Nelson, Commis sioner of Fisheries, Morehead City. The market is flooded with spots, the weather is hot, and no ice. Ottis Purifoy, Morehead City, with 100,000 pounds of spots wa3 unable to get ice in Greenville. New Bern, Eayboro, Norfolk, or Belhavcn, and was able to savt but 40,000 pounds. Gordon C Willis Co., Morehead City, am Clayton Fulcher, Atlantic, 'th have houses full th.tt they can't get rid of and can get no ice. Beaufort fish dealers have stop ped buying because of the situa I tion. They report small losses but nothing to compare with that of Purifoy in Morehead City. Captain Nelson says that with Core and Bogue Sounds full of spots, fishermen wil have to lay off at least for the rest of the week because of the flooded mar ket and lack of ice. The lack of ice also holds up all other fishing. The William Baileys report that their son George, Jackie Sewell, and Robert Hill, son of the Dan Hills, had an appointment to meet in Pearl Harbor last Sunday. Mrs. Styron Died Last Night at Her Home in Davis Mrs. Emma Jane Styron died last night at her home in Davis following a lingering illness com plicated by old age. Mrs. Styron was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Asa Jones Willis and a ative of Davis. Her husband, Mr. Edward Styron, died sometime ago. She is survived by two sons, Leslie Styron and Lyr wood Styron, and by four grand children all of Davis. One devot ed nephew, Reginald Styron, is serving in the USA at Belfast, Ire land. Mrs. Styron was a faithful at tendant of the Free Will Bap tist Church of Davis, and when sthe was younger she always sang in tne cnoir. runerai arrange ments are incompleted, ' but she will be buried from the church that she loved. DANGER SEASON FOR FOREST FIRES Dry weather in late summer and large amounts of debris left in the woods as a result of wartime log ging have increased the forest fire hazard this year, the United States Forest Service warns. It aiges special care in smokine. handling camp fires and in using fire arms in the woods this fall. California, for example, has been experienc ing one of its worst forest fire sea sons in history, its fires drawing hundreds of sailors and soldiers from training camps to fire lines and interrupting war production ill lumber operations. Geo. F. Simpson Died Last Night at Home in Betty George Franklin Simpson died Wednesday evening, October 4, at 9:30 o'clock at his home in Betty. He was in his 64th year. Fcneral arrangements ars in complete but will be held at some time Friday afternoon. Surviving are his wife : Mrs. Ada Lewis Simpson: two sons: Leo Simpson, Dyon Simpson; two daughters: Miss Bertie Simpson, Mrs. Roland Salter; four brothers: Henry Simpson, John Simpson, Ed Simpson, Charlie Simpson; two sisters: Mrs. Mary Willis and Mrs.- Claude Martin. Comdr. Charles H. Lupton. US NR, first Norfolk doctor to so on active duty in the Navy afte;- the Reserves were called, has been re leased after four years of service and will resume his private prac tice. Dr. Lupton, who also saw service in World War I. is the son of Mrs. Alice Lupton, Sea Level. Consistent, impartial, and sen sible enforcement of the Compul School Attendance Law during the present session, was emphasized by Supt. J. G. Allen at a meet ing with his school principals. The law still reads, "Every par ent, guardian, or other person in the state having charge or control of a child between the ages of sev en and fourteen years shall cause such child to attend school contin uously for a period equal to the time which the public school in the district in which the child re sides shall be in session." Supt. Allen states that the law and the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education are reasonable in their definition of "excused absences" and make pos sible adequate enforcement, with out injustice, by the exercise of diligence, impartiality, and sound judgment by enforcement offic ials. He asked this paper to em phasize that parents are required by law to submit, PROMPTLY upon the return of the child to school, a written excuse clearly setting forth the REASON for each day's absence, and that the parent's failure to do this is in it self a punishable violation of the, law. . , .7. " 7 At the meeting, Supt. Allen joutlined briefly the duties and re sponsibilities of the teacher, the principals, the Superintendent of Schools, and the Superintendent of Welfare, as defined in the Bull etin furnished the principals on that day. Mrs. Bessie Henderson, Superintendent of Welfare, parti cipated in the discussion. L. W. Hassel, veteran Clerk of Court and Juvenile Judge: befOT i whom violations of the Compulsory Attendance Law are tried, said Tuesday that he's for school at tendance and for enforcement of this law. Capt. G. M. Willis Died Sunday ews was received Sun. of the death of Captain Georare M. Willis, re tired Lighhouse Keeper at his home in Scotland, Md., He retired from the Pt. Lookout, Md., Lighthouse several years ago. He has visited Beaufort a number of times and will be remembered by many friends here. He is survived by hU wife by a second mariaee. one daughter, Miss Mahala Willis of bcotland, by his first marriage, hi3 mother: Mrs. Rebecca Willis who makes her home with Mrs Roland Davis. Beaufort, three sis. ters: Mrs. Charles Daniels of Man teo, Mrs. Roland Davis and Mrs Wm. Hatsell of Beaufort, two brothers: Mr. Van Willis of Hark ers Island, and Mr. Corbett Willis. of Manteo. Funeral services were held Wed nesday and interment was made in the cemetery there. LT. REGISTER OF LOUISIANA LOSES LIFE IN BEAUFORT CRASH Hundreds See Plane Fall on Bird Shoal Methodists of North River Plan 55th Anniversary The 5 5th Anniversary and Home Coming of North River Methodist Church will be celebrated on Sun day, October 15th, with services followed by a basket dinner on the grounds. Church School will be at eleven o'clock and the Rev. W. Stanley Potter will preach at twelve. Dinner will be served at one o'clock. Plan to attend and bring a well filled basket. You are welcome. David Leonard, USN. son of the H. Leonards, Front Street, came in from California last Thursday evening and visited with his par ents until Monday. Charles Hamilton Lupton. Jr., son of Comdr. C. H. Lupton, Nor folk, and grandson of Mrs. Alice Lupton, Sealevel, has received the degree of doctor . of medicine from the University of Vireiniu Medical College, Charlottesville, and been commissioned a Lieuten ant (jg) USNR. Dr. Lupton will serve his internship at Norfoli; Naval Hospital, Portsmouth. PTA President Dr. W. L. Woodard hat content ed to serve as President of the Beaufort PTA for this year ac cording to Mrs. David Merrill and Mrs. R. W. Safrit, Jr., members of the nominating committee. Dr. Woodard will meet with members of the Executive Board tonight at the home of Mrs. Mer rill to talk plans for the reorgan ization'. "A" ' - Little Girl Struck By Truck Wednesday Evelyn Robinson, little daugh ter of the Charlie Robinsons, was injured Wednesday afternoon a- bout five o'clock when she is said to have run in front of a fish truck driven by Willie Willis near John son Saunders Dry Cleaning Com pany, Live Oak Street The child was taken to More head City Hospital where exami nation showed no bones broker, but she is sufferir.j from bruise3 and cuts and will be held for sev eral days for observation. DEALERS TO OFFER USED TRUCKS FOR SALE III OCT. home of the N. F. Eure's. Ensign John Davis who has been visiting his parents for the pas' week, leaves today for Yorlctown, Va., where ha will have a crjrs; in mine sweeping. Capt. Julian Willcox. U.S.M.C., has been awarded the Air Medal for outstanding action in the Sol omon Islands from May 13 to Aug ust 23. His citation discloses that he shot down a Jap zero in May and although his plane was Badly damaged, he skillfully brought it to safe landing. In August he de stroyed an enemy float plane on the water and probably shot down one of 15 or 20 Jap intercenters. Mrs. Davii lLater he and three other flieis on ra Duriam a mission he met and dispersed lb enemy aircraft. In that action. h: probably shot down two planar.. Hi Hill, seaman, 3rd : was given the Purple Heart for recently returned wounds received in Mav. Mrs. WiL See County AAA Office for Time And Place of Sales Lt Tern Davis left for the West Coast at the end of last week f ol lowing a vinit here, will make her home during his absence. LESLIE, JR., HURT Leslie Davis, Jr., employed at Cherry Point, was injured on Tuesday afternoon as he stood on the edge of the road leaving Cher ry Point trying to get a ride home. He was knocked unconscious by a passing truck. Grady Rich, More head City, brought him home. He was taken to the Morehead City Hospital for examination. No bones were broken but he was suffering from .shock and bruises and is being held for observation for a few days. Wilbur A. class, U.S.N.. t,: ..u - . 3 i has been spending fifteen days at home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. U. C. HilL Marshallberg. He has now returned to Brooklyn for reassignmei t. Quentin M. Lewis. 1st lieuten ant, U.S.A., son of the Ira W. Lewises, Marshallberg, is a stu dent in the Officer's Maintenance Engineering class at Chanute Field, III. Lt. Lewis is a veteran of 12 mcr.ths s'.-ne in North Africa ar;d Italy whi-re he flew 50 mis sions as co pilot of a B 25 medium bomber. He has earned the Air Medal with five Oak Leaf clusters. His course in engineering com prises five months of instruction in all phases of aircraft mainten ance. It is given to many returned overseas flyers and those who graduate become qualified ngi neering officers. Aviation Cadet Bob Poulk. stu dent in preflight school. University of Georgia, Athens, arrived Fri day morning &nd is visiting at the cox has been makine her boms with the Earl Masons on Turner street but recently moved to Mare head City. Sgt. Alton Lee Davis. Marshall berg, motor mechanic, is serving with the 697th Field Artillery on i the Fifth Army front in Italy. The battalion is the first unit to fire the new American 240 millimeter howitzer in combat. The 40 mil limeter howitzer is a develor.rnent in this war and is the la-eest American mobile artillery piece. Edward S. Nelson, C. M. first class, son of Mrs. Nelson and the late Capt Leonard W. Nelson of Gloucester, who has been ill for weral week is stil a patient in the U. S. Kaval Hospital, Ports mouth. His wife is here with her grandmother, Mrs. Pauline Moore. A letter today from Joseph Windley ,Tech. 5th class, bring? the hews that he is now sennji in Germany. Newly commis' .,iei Roland Salter, Chairman of the County AAA Committee advises all persons having filed applica tions for the purchase of new trucks and had applications reject ed, to contact dealers in motor vehicles, as used motor vehicles of various makes, models, and types are scheduled to be offered for sale to dealers during the month of October. Sales will ge made only to deal ers who can qualify under the def inition of a dealer listed by the Procurement Division of th'i Treasury Department and dealer. will be required to s',n a certifica tion to this effect. A business main tained for the purpose of purchas ing used vehicles for scrap, r in order to salvage usable parts for resale is not considered a dealer ai defined by the Procurement Divis-j ion. i Dealers, who present lvftns of lecommt-ndation from an interest - j ed Government Agency, such as the Agricultural Adjustment Agency, War Production Bosrd. Petroleum Administration ft.." War, etc., will be given first op portunity to negotiate sales at ceiling prices for the trucks cov ered by such recommendations. A complete schedj!, ss to dat?. and places cf th?se sales, has t.eau furtished your lo:-al AAA tom mittees and any additional infor-j matioa on the procedure to be i followed at salts will be gladly furnished at the county AAA office. At 4 P. M. Tuesday a small Na vy plane from the Atlantic flying field flying over Beaufort gave ev idence of trouble. People on the street looked overhead just in time to see flames coming from it as the plane dropped at an angle of 45 degrees toward the water on the shoal opposite Pollock street. It exploded in one instantaneous flash of flame, then scattered all over the Shoal and into the shal low water where burning pieces yards apart sent up spirals of smoke. One large puff remained floating above indicating whero the plane was when the fire start ed. As the plane neared the water, eyewitnesses say the pilot leaned out as if to attemptt o parachute, out as if to attempt to parachute, with nets out beyond the shoal walked up the beach and were the first to arrive on the scene, but it was evident that there was noth ing that could be done. Billy Da vis Register, 2nd Lt, USMC, of West Monroe, La., piloting the plane met instant death. Mr. Char lie Britton and Mr. Gerald Aus tin made their way over from our shore at once, but they recogniz ed as did the fishermen that any help was too late, iJlifT Members of the Crash Crew from West Beaufort were tha first military on the scene, but in a very few minutes, fishing boats, Coast Guard Boats, row boats, and even one kayak, put out and youngsters jumped in the mild wa ter and swam across the channel so that the crowd on the shoal in creased to scores while hundreds gathered along Front Street and out on the piers. ' . t . . . About five o'clock remains oi the sadly broken body were brought in on a stretcher and taken away in a Navy ambulance. Into the night and beginning a gain eajly Wednesday morning, crews were investigating the acci dent and digging out the twisted thlsbro ghtthau ttln ' vbgk xxxx and broken unburned metal parts of the plane that had been streww all over from this side to the ocearf side and into the shallow water. The unfolded parachute was found; and an empty torn shoe. The met al brought into the Post Office Pier were scarcely distinguishable as parts of a plane but looked more like so many tons of miscel laneous scrap piled up. In the early afternoon Wednesday trucks took the last load of the wreckage away. R. F. Tillett, USCG Retired October 1 Robert F. Tillett. MM class, was retired from active ser vice on October first. Mr. Tillett has been in the Coast Guard for over twenty-four years. Prior to that time he served in the U S Ar my and was wounded in France in World War I. Mr. Tillett is re tired because of disability. ; TIDE TABLE Information as to the tide at Beaufort is given in thij column. The figures a:e ap proximately correct and rs based on table furnished by the U. S. Geod'rtic Survey Some allowances r-u-i made f-r vsmti .';.- ,-, ., , wind and also wi:h :ti,icct 'o the locality, that is hetk ?r nar the inlet or it the In-:- t'-i3 esuario. FIRST DEER Ensign Neil Windley is o lantic tne At - The deer season opened October 1- By 11:30 Monday morning Earl Davis, Jack Lynch. El Gilli kin, Jim Beck Lawrence, and Ro land. Willis, Smyrna, were riding p and down Front street with the .rettiest one you would want to see strapped io the running board. This is said to be the first in the County and upto date the state ment has not been challenged. 1CH lO- t'r:ey, Oct. 6 5:51 AM. 12:14 PM. 6:40 PM, Saturday, Oct. 7 12:34 AM. 6:41 AM. 1:07 PM. 7:30 PM. Sunday, Oct. 8 1:29 AM. 7:37 AM. 2:04 PM. 8:38 PM. Monday, Oct. 9 2:31 AM. 8:40 AM. 3:06 PM. 9:42 PM. Tuetday, Oct. 10 3:38 AM. 9:48 AM. 4:08 PM. 10:44 PM. Wednesday, Oct. It -4:43 AM. 10:54 AM. 5:07 PM. 11:39 PM. Thai-iday, Oct. 12 5:41 AM. 11:53 AM. 6:00 PM. ten id an f this step. ittern :tion Bded. over i and tk be 1 re )U i- lt re
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