A little more than a week ago Capt. Heddrick Moore and Willie Guthrie were confronted with the most thrilling experience of their lives. When attempting to cross the Cape Lookout shoals to investigate the queer behavior of some sea gulls not far away that supposedly were over fish. To their great surprise their boat gave such a heavy lunge on the bottom that it sprang a leak and the breakers began pounding away on its side with such heavy force that Capt. Moore was about to decide that some other steps must soon be taken and there would have been, but it beat over in deep water and he decided to not be in the way of Mart and Thomas Lewis again.
Tonight the Valentine party at the school house held sway till late. They gave an interesting play and fishing for most anything and plenty of music. Everything was lovely there. Hello, Sealevel.
The people here were very sorry to hear of the death of Mrs. John Brooks that occurred this morning about 7 o’clock after an illness of several weeks. She leaves a husband and five children and host of friends to mourn her loss.
We are sorry to hear that the Rev. Mr. Eric Gaskill has about stopped preaching here, for reasons that we do not know. He is liked well by all who know him and is an interesting preacher. It is sincerely hoped that he will resume his position here and continue his work.
The island is now afflicted with the mumps. Several cases already are visible and many more soon to show up. Look out for the mumps.
Well, I guess the south-westers are going to blow continuously. Just one day every week is all the fishermen can get outside. (What a time).
Mr. D.W. Yoemans is home from the Cape Lookout C.G. [Coast Guard] Station visiting his family and Mr. Van Willis is over from the light house for two or three days.
I see that some of the boys here have hauled their old cars out and are touching them up a little. That’s right boys, fix ‘em up.
The people here are so much divided that it seems to one that if it is written that a house divided against itself cannot stand, that something certainly must be wrong.
For part of us is up, and part of us is down,
Some of us wants Gloucester
While some of us want Town.
Last Monday while 20 or more boats were fishing near the cape, a Southwest gale sprang upon them so quick and bringing so much heavy sea that several nets were torn badly and many of the boats had narrow escapes in getting over the reefs at the inlet. However, no damage to boats has been reported.
I suppose that the direct line of trade from Harkers Island to Beaufort which amounts to a considerable sum annually will be changed and go elsewhere because of the ferry line to Gloucester.
From page 2 of the Beaufort News, Thursday, Feb. 18, 1926
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