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EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1935 o RICE 5c SINGLE COPY
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VOLUME XXIV
FISHERMEN WOES
AIRED AND RULE
CHANGES SOUGHT
Couple of Writers
Dry Tortouga Bound
Five Hundred Name on Peti
tion From Carteret County
Presented by Capt. Nel
son PLAN COLD-STORAGE PLANTS
By AYCOCK BROWN
The headline sounds somewhat
flighty but it tells the story briefly.
The craft stopped at a wharf out
back of town near the Norfolk-South
era freight station, perhaps very few
inannlu anur it hut Tipwsnnnpr re nor t-
jvvf v wmk - 7 - - - I x-
ers see almost everything so here is
the story.
Baynard H. Hendrix, novelist and
short story writer and Richard Bar-
'ry, who has trotted over the globe
RALEIGH, Jan. 16 Represents- from Singapore to Zanzibar and has
tives of various groups of fishermen 'written numerous feature stories for
and fishing interests in eastern North newspapers were aboard the vessel.
Carolina today asked the state board "The vessel," said the bridge tender,
of conservation and development, , "Was not much to speak of" so Ken
meeting here, to make a number of jrix did very litljle talking about
changes in the fishing regulations the craft. He did say that it was an
now in force. (Eastern Shore fish boat which had
Senator S. B. Frink and Represen- (been converted into a 50-foot cruis
tative R. E. Sentelle, both of Bruns- ( er f or this voyage which will termi
wiek. and Representative T. E. Coop-'nate at Dry Tortusra island. The
"They Always Come To
The End of The Rope"
It Took Three Men to Handcuff Harry Lynch
When Captured in New Bern Last Week But
Only One Man to Leave- Him In Jail in His
Underwear And Belt When Returned Here
To Face Charges
CLAIMED FIRST BY
COLUMBUS COUNTY
By AYCOCK BROWN
Columbus County got him
first.
wearing and others found in a New
Bern rooming house as being part
of the loot taken form the store. He
reclaimed same, leaving Lynch In
Jail with nothing on but his under
After graduating from the Colum-
er of New Hanover, asked in behalf . boat's name was, "Henry S." of New. bus county chamgang he was scned-
He was serving a sentence there for, wear and a belt. Jailor Chaplain said
larceny, officers said, but escaped! that the jail was comfortable and
three days before completing term, warm but not escape proof so he de-
of "native" fishermen of that sec-, York.
tion that the board remove from its I Kendrix was the first United States
regulations a section permitting the citizen to enlist in the World War.
use of "purse" or menhaden boats He holds that distinction and ntws
and nets to take edible fish in state Paper stories back up his statement,
waters. fBack in 1914 he was living in Winds-
Fink presented a petition signed j or) Canada. A cable came stating that
by several hundred Brunswick fisher-; Great Britain had declared war. One
men, he said, and then Capt. John A. fhour nd forty three minutes later he
Nelson, fisheries commissioner, pre- bad pushed through the crowd and en
sented one signey by about 500 Car- listed at one of the recruiting stations
cided the best way to keep a 27-
teret fishermen.
The legislators contended that the
menhaden boats were not sanitary
and that when the menhaden fishing
was slack, the boats with long "purse
nets would keep an eye out for
schools of mullet and swoop down
and take them, or break up the
schools, so that fishermen waiting a
long the shore with drag nets could
not make a living with what they
could catch.
Make Denial
R. F. Plaxico, manager of a fishing
firm at southport which operates three
menhaden boats, as well as two of
his boat captains, J. B. Church and
John Erickson, denied that the ves
sels were unsanitary. Jlaxico pointed
out that any income derived from
" mullet fishing by the boats was divid
ed among crew members after expen
ses had been deducted. Erickson de
nied charges of "hogging" of fish,
saying he once caught 1,100 pounds
of mullet but he was more than a
mile from fishermen on shore when
the catch was made. It was brought
out that a crew or a boat consisted of
three white men and 13 negroes,
in the Canadian city. For four years
he served with the Canadian forces.
Part of his time was served in a hos
pital where he lay for months shot
to pieces wounded by a shrapnel.
Barry has had an exciting life. He
has 'gone native' in Tahiti and gob
bled blubber with Eskimos. He has
been everywhere, a globe trotter
'makes it a point to do that.
From Beaufort he sailed for Flor
ida. From Florida's Key West they
will sail across the bay to Dry Tor
tuga. Dry Tortuga is a tiny island fa
mous because it was a prison colony
back in the days of the Civil War.
Kendrix writes for such magazines
as Cosmopolitan, American, Esquire.
He has a story in February, Esquire,
the title, "I Won't Go Back." Mr.
Bell tthe druggist sells Esquire but
don t get the copy I have reserved
there.
uled to face a Federal charge ol
violating the interstate transporta
tion of a stolen automobile law.
In all, it developed after his ap
prehension in New Bern and brought
ikcre for trial, he was wanted for a
bandcnment and non support in
Carteret county, (he was under nine
months suspended sentence on this
charge) ; Storebreaking in Beaufort;
escaping from Columbus county chain
gang; larceny of an automobile from
a small town nea.." Wilmington; lar
ceny of a 1935 auto plate from an
auto in New Bern i nd the lederai
charge of alleged interstate automo
bile larceny.
Sheriff Chadwick and his Deputy
R. E. Chaplain learned that Lyncn
was in New Bern. Going to the
Craven town they enlisted the aid
of Constable "Kitty" Bryan who serv
ed as guide in locating Lynch in a
restaurant and assistant in hand
cuffing the man who objected to be
ing manacled. Sheriff Chadwick stat
ed that he would not charge the man
with 'resisting an officer,' although
this could be added to the various
charges. f
When captured Lynch was dressed
in new clothes. - Felton's store .had
been entered a' few nights previous
and Lynch was reported in town a
LEGIONAIRES WILL GO
TO MARSHALLBERG FEB.
19
Carteret Post No. 99 of the Ameri
can Legion held their regular month
ly meeting this week and went on
rprnrd ns nnnrrtumt, jmnrnvAmanfa
R. C. Fergus, fish dealer of Wilming-. f or the local harbor Letterg wm be
ton, told the board that fish taken by written various representatives in
year old man in a calaboose that a
nine year old boy had recently es
caped from was to leave Lynch in his
underwear.
Instead of appearing in Mayor's
Court Monday night to face the store
breaking, the Mayor's Court appear
ed in jail. Still in his underwear, ac
cording to the Mayor, Lynch plead
guilty, waived examination and was
bound over to superior court.
Dn Tuesday morning when Lynch
appeared in Recorder's court he was
wearing a pair of blue overalls and
a smrt. His father, a respected farm
er "of the North River section told
the Court that he would try and pay
non-support fees of $2 each week to
Mrs. Harry Lynch and three chil
dren That was satisfactory with the
Coart.
ut in the meantime an officer
from Columbus county who had learn
ed of Lynch's arrest from State press
dispatches from Beaufort claimed
the prisoner and an official from the
Auto Theft Bureau appeared to
claim the automobile. No reward has
been paid for capture of the automo
bile. Harry Lynch is believed to have
had an accomplice in the store break-
pig fie ia Beaufort but lie did; not
--squear' ana is taxing tne rap
himself on this particular charge that
County Sleuths Get
"Corn" But No "Bread"
Altnn Alliarood and J. G. Styron
of New Bern and Norman Willis of
Morehead City who were arrested
last Saturday night following a raid
on William (King) Watson's barbe
cue emporium near Camp Glenn
charged with illegal possession of
whiskey were given a preliminary
hearing before Justice H. W. Noe
Tuesday and the case was contniued
until Recorder's Court next Tuesday.
Watson himself was arrested later,
as being owner of the alleged speak
easy but his case was likewise con
tinued. Each were placed under
bonds of $100.
Sheriff Elbert Chadwick raided the
place last week after an ad appear
ed in a newspaper in this county
which read, "King Watson's, in the
land of enchanting waters, tastiest
of barbecue, corn bread Etc."
The dash between the corn and bread
is what attracted the sheriff's atten
tion and he investigated resulting in
the nabbing of three persons and over
20 pints of "corn," (enchanting wa
ters perhaps) but no bread.
BROCCOLI CROPS
WILL GIVE JOBS
TO MANY PEOPLE
Interesting Sidelights on This
Green Vegetable and Other
Truck Farm Products
Given Beaufort News
Writer
DR. MAXWELL ONE OF PIONEERS
SOUTHWESTER DID NOT
STOP THIS SAIL YAWL
The Menhaden fleet pointed bows
towards the open sea this morning
(Thursday) but after reaching the
inlet and running into a southwester
they returned to port. . Such was not
the case with the sturdy, 30-foot sail
yawl of New York which stopped ov
ernight in Beaufort and continues
southward shortly after day break.
Fort Macon by telephone reported
that the tiny craft passed the inlet
safely and under full sail when last
seen was going towards frying ran
shoals. The Sturdy, according to
ship's registry, is 34.8 in length and
belongs to Overton Menger of New
York.
bout the same time, uaucte . r eiton i may De aired in superior court in
identified the clothes Lynch was i March.
DR.
PRYTHERCH ATTENDS
CONFERENCE ON OYSTERS
YOUNG FRENCHMAN WAS i
FREED BY JUDGE WEBB !
BOY SCOUTS ORGANIZE
the boats were usually in good condl
tion when ocered him.
(Continued oa page eight)
Congress asking that they endeavor
to procure funds for extensive im
provements in breakwater, the har
bor proper and Taylor's Creek. The
next monthly meeting of the Post
will be held in Marshalberg on Feb
ruary 19, it was announced. C. L.
iBeam was elected Finance Officer to
succeed F. R. Bell who resigned.
Emergency Education
Proving Very Helpful
Four hundred and twenty two pu-
win., stf thorn ndnlfa. are heinor
taught by Emergency Relief Educa- VVD A RR-FMPI flVS
tion teachers in Carteret county and 1 MJm.l Illi UiTll UJ A fcj
it is surprising the splendid interest 'nTPITinD AT 1I7ADI17DO
and attitude all concerned are taking MAL VVUuilLliO
in the worK. Mrs. L-arrie e. wuson,
surpervisor of the Eastern District
E. R. A. (30 counties) who was here
last Friday stated that Carteret
leads in emergency edu.ition in her
district. There are 24 t.:-hers em
ployed at present who ar. ronduct
ing the program which is i:. :viding
for literacy casses, general acaJemio
studies,, stenographic courses, home
making and domestic art.
At a meetinir over which Mrs.
About ISO Employed at Pres
ent But More Will be Add
ed to List Soon Bringing
Payioll to $10,000
Monthly
About 160 persons have been giv
en FERA employment in Carteret
county during the past week and sev
eral more will go to work on new
Lewis presided last week, she gave an projects within the next few days,
interestine talk on what is being , according to irnest waters, superin
Jerry Frappier who got himself
mixed up in an immoral conduct
charge and spent several days in jail
was freed by Judge Paul Webb and
allowed to return to his job at Pat
terson CCC camp following trial in
Recorder's court Tuesday. He plead
nolo contendere (which is a polite!
Latin way of saying 'I am guilty, but
I won't admit it') and was ordered
to pay only the costs of the court,
not including his lawyer's fees which
probably took up several of the CCC
dollars he had been saving in a bank.
Roland Swain was found guilty of
non-support and sentenced to 90
days suspended upon condition that
he pay $3 per week towards the sup
port of Mrs. Roland Swain.
Dowdy Austin who was charged
with assault was ordered to pay costs
of court. And a case against Esly
Padrick for reckless driving was continued.
Forty boys have shown their de
sire to join the Boy Scouts and
Charles Skarren is organizing the
group and expects to get a charter
for a Beaufort troop within the next
few days. The Beaufort Rotary Club
is sponsoring the organization and
the local committee is made up of
N. F. Eure, Graydon Paul and Rec
tor Lawrence Fenwick.
SAMUEL D.
WILLIS
BURIED THURSDAY
BANK HOLIDAY
done, and her approval for the con
tinuation of the work because it is
greatly needed. Mrs. Ella Davis who
is chairman of the program in Car
teret made a report at the meeting
and it was decided that a get-to-geth
tendent of FERA projects here.
Twenty six women have been giv
en work in the sewing rooms of Beau
fort and Morehead City which have
just been re-opened by Mrs. Lewis af
ter a temporary shut-down during the
The First-Citizens Bank and Trust
Co., will be closed Saturday January
19 in observance of Robert E. Lee's
Birthday, it was announced by an
official this week.
Funeral services for Samuel D.
Willis, 75 year old former resident
of Morehead City was conducted
there today (Thursday) at 2:30
o'clock from the home, of Mrs. War
ren Styron. Rev. Mr. Stevens pastor
of the Missionary Baptist church of
ficiated. Burial was made in Bay
View cemetery.
The body of Mr. Willis reached
Morehead City Wednesday from Bos
ton where he died last Saturday. He
is survived by one daughter, Mrs.
Margaret McKenney of Boston and
one sister, Mrs J. F. Baker whose ad
dress is unknown.
READ THE WANT ADS
er meeting would be held in Beaufort , Christmas season. These women re-
February 9.
Deed Reveals Sale
Of Morehead Villa
ceive 30 cents an hour for 30 hour
weeks.
Twenty persons are employed on
Front Street extension. Twenty per
sons are employed at each of the
folowing places: Harkers Island
White Oak and Newport River, on
drainage projects. Ten young worn'
Portsmouth Of 1832 And 1935
A Hundred Years Ago The
Wind Swept Village Gave
40 Votes in Jackson Cam
paign; Now it is Practically
Deserted. A "Castle" And
"Governour" Feature of Early
History.
. Dr. Herbert F. Prytherch left for
Washington, D. C. Sunday where he
will meet -with officials of the U. S.
Bureau of Fisheries and Representa
tives of the State of Florida to con
sider means to combat a serious oys
aer parasite which has developed in
the natural beds of that state during
the past two years.
The parasite is known as the rlat
Worm and while it has caused con
siderable damage in Florida it has
not been reported as being prevalent
t .1 i 1 J rTV dni
in JNoi'tn Carolina waters, xue u
worm parasite appeared after two
years of extreme dry weather and the
high salt content of the water.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
By AYCOCK BROWN
The annual broccoli harvest is get
ting under way in Eastern Carteret
county at present and before many
weeks have passed between two and
three hundreds persons will be given
employment, according to Dr. C. S.
Maxwell, owner of Wintergreen
Farms and one of the pioneer
truck producers of this section. If
nrices this year are normal, Dr. Max
well and other farmers who grow this
green vegetable on a large scale will
receive a total of approximately $15
000 for the crop.
The majority of persons employed
will be women and while some will
come from Carteret a great many
more will come from Craven county,
being transported to the fields aboard
trucks. Broccoli is a green vegetable
that very few farmers in Eastern
Carolina know anything about, witn
the exception of those in this section,
It has to be harvested rapidly, which
answers for the large number of
laborers to be employed, and once it
it is cut no time must be lost in
packing same into bushel hampers a
long with cracked ice and getting it
on the move. The bulk of the crop
is shipped to northern markets via
express and motor trucks.
Four Varietie
There are four varities of this
green vegetable grown in Carteret.
First to be harvested is the broccoli
raaba, then calabrese, then turnip
leaf broccoli and last of all, ready
in March is a late season variety.
While it is occasionally served on lo
cal tables, the Italian-Americans of
New York and other northern cities
favor the vegetable and purchase
most of that which goes on sale in
markets there. It is said that the
swankier hotels are now placing the
vegetable on the menu.
Broccoli is not by any means the
only vegetable grown in Eastern Car
teret, Dr. Maxwell points out. Some
people, especially residents foreign to
this section have the mistaken idea
that Carteret county depends almost
solely on fishing and water products
for all livelihood. This is not true.
(Continued on page eight)
L. C. Carroll to J. A. Norris, 80
acres White Oak Township, for $600.
DONTPASSTHIS
SPLENDID OFFER
Beaufort News And Four Na
tional Magazines at Low
Price of Only $2.00
Bruno R. Haupman
Getting Front Page
Press dispatches from Flemington,
N. J., indicate that the prosecution in
the Haupman kidnaping trial of
the Lindbergh baby, is nearing an
end. Lowyers are clashing over sen
sational testimony and eight hand
writing experts agree that Hauptman
wrote the ransom notes. The prose
cution is attempting to prove today
the existence of corpus delicti. De
fense lawyers claim they can prove
that Isidor Fisch, Hauptmann's friend
had possession of the ransom nootes.
We have secured a big value mag- j Local speculation as to the German's
azine combination which we are of- j guilt is about evenly divided, some
fering to our readers. It includes say he is, others isn't, if one is to
McCall's Magazine, and the Pathfind-1 pay any attention to street chatter.
or wltVi two other magazines. These
two famous publications are the
most popular choice of many sub
scribers and we are now able to offer
them together in a special club.
This offer is extended to both our
new and old subscribers. It includes:
Our Newspaper 1 year
McCall's Magazine 1 year
Country Home 1 year
Poultry Tribune 1 year
Pathfinder ( a weekly
magazine) 1 year
Seems that the trial is far from be
ing finished.
Red Foxes Menace
To Island Citizens
Red foxes are numerous, so numer
ous that they are becoming a menace
on Harkers Island, said a person
from there who brought the pelt of
one of the 'Reynards' into town the
other day. Somebody it seems releas-
By AYCOCK BROWN
Portsmouth rave 40 votes in the
A deed was recorded here Tuesday1, drainage projects. Ten young worn-' national election of 1832. Andrew
for the sale of 3.17 acres of land in en are employed in local government Jackson was running for president
Morehead Bluffs. Wording on thejoffkes. and Martin Van Buren for vice-pres-
deed indicated that it was the More- Twenty six workers are employed ident. This is bona fide information
head Villa hot 1 which was oelng sold on the Morehead City Gymnasium because I have seen the official elec
by the South: i Loan and Trust, and other public school buildings in tion returns of the town as it was
Company of Elizabeth City, to the the county. They are classed as skill-, turned in to Gilbert Rumley, then
Edgewater P.operties Corporation, ed and semi-skilled laborers and re-! clerk of the court, just as quickly as
of this county. ceive 45 and 60 cents an hour for! the paper could be delivered to
The sale was listed as made for service. Unskiled laborers are receiv- j Beaufort by boat from the town on
$10 and other considerations,, but ing 20 cents an hour. Fourteen per-! the south side of Ocracoke Inlet a
$70 in Revenue stamps on the deed -ons are at present employed on oys- bout 60 miles away by water. The
indicated that $70,000 was involved ter projects at Broad Creek and holders of the poll signed the cer
in the transaction. While it could not Williston. In the near future, Mr. tificate of votes cast on November 8.
be definitely learned, it was under- Waters stated, other oyster projects ' The election returns of every pre
stood from a conversation with Reg- will be started in Caiteret waters, ainct in the county was handed down
ister of Deeds I. W. Davis that F. extending from Portsmouth to Bogue. from one veneration of Rumlevs to
M. (Coach) Simmons of Morehead The FERA payroll will be up to $10- another. Today they are in the pos
City is connected with Edgewater 000 per month in a short time, it was session of James Rumley, host at the
Property Corporation. stated. anient JMno House of Beaufort a-
Jong with many other interesting pa
pers of that day.
Mention the name Portsmouth to
the average person not living in Car
teret county and they immediately
think of Portsmouth, Va. Few people
in the State know that such a town
exists in North Carolina. But it does
and although hurricanes have swept
the village through the years there
are still a few people living there
But today the population is hardly
more than the total number of voters
102 years ago.
Portsmouth is on the eastern tip
of Carteret It is approximately 100
miles from Stella, which is the name
of the settlement at the western tip,
or to follow the sea coast from Ports
mouth to Stella one would travel al
most ISO miles.
' (Continued.oa Page 8)
wnne ussum1! . 'ied a paJr of f0Xes on the island a
standing national magazine, there - w ye&n &g0 Like gllinea piggf
may be readers who prefer other pub-1 hite mice and other animals foxes
lications; so we nave proviaea wen- imilft5ply wnen properly matched,
ty-nine to choose from. McCalls w the(That wag th(J case m the Core B0UIld
only magazine that may De taicen
from the above club and one of the
following selected in its place. Here
is the list: House Magazine (2 years)
Everyday Science & Mechanics; Boys
Life; American Home;
azine: Sports Afield; biiver
community. It seems that several
litters of pups have been born to the
pair.
And as a result, no chicken, duck,
nor anything on which these varment3
It seems
that someone thought the foxes if
uenneaior r cofa or,
iScreen; Pictorial Review; Parents'! l d ht be of benefit.
macule vu muuwa; , - 'They are proving that they are not
ette (2 years) ; Popular Science I
PRESIDENT'S BALL
Interest is growing in the Psesi
dent's Ball to be presented in the
courthouse annex on the evening of
January 30. Ball committees report
that the ticket sale is progressing
rapidly and that from present indi
cations a large crowd will be pres
ent to take part in the varied enter-
mairasines tr.inment and to dance it un zi:
Monthly (6 months) ; Market Growers j
Journal; Amencaij Cookery (6
months); Etude Music Magazine (6
months); Junior Home Magazine;
Womans Home Companion; Ameri
can Fruit Grower ( 2 years) ; Home
Circle; Cloverleaf ; Hunting and Fish
ing; National Sportsman. Unless oth
erwise specified, the magazines are
for one year.
Our readers will find
(Continued on page eigbt)
tunes of a good jau band,