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VOLUME XXIV
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THU RSDAY, MAY 2, 1935
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I May Establsh Free To Canvass Fishermen
Bathing Beach Near For Membership FERA
Historic Fort Macon! Self-Help Cooperative
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armers
Stock Has Been Sold and Already Machinery Has Arrived For
Establishment of Plant to be Located in Old Knitting Mill
Building. Will be Ready for Operation by Bean Crop Har
vest. At Joint Meeting With Farmers in Courthouse Last
Friday Night Plans Were Outlined. This Shows What
Chamber of Commerce Can Do.
Representative D. L. Ward of
Craven county is again pushing his
plan for establishment of a free
bathing beach at Fort Macon, in ac-
Representative3 have been appoint
ed at Markers Island, Atlantic, and
Morehead City to accompany canvass
ers who will fill out applications
blanks in the Fishermen's iSelf-Help
FARMERS RESPOND
Hugh Overstreet county farm
agent stated today that truck
growers in Carteret have over
subscribed the $1,500 neces
sary for the operation of can
nery the Chamber of Commerce
will establish. Already machin
ery for the cannery has arrived
and it will be assembled immed
iately in the old knitting build
ing on Atlantic road and ready
for operation by the time the
bean crop is harvested.
B. H. S. MAY QUEEN
The Chamber of Commerce has
sold enough preferred stock to mem
bers to insure the erection of the pro
posed cannery for Beaufort and the
truck growers of Carteret county,
and same will be constructed just as
soon as the growers themselves take
out enough common stock to insure
the operation of the plant.
Last Friday night the commerce
body met jointly with a representa
tive truck growers of the county at
the court-house here and Fred Seeley
exDlained in detail just what
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cordance with a proposal he first Cooperative. This work under super
suggested last year, under the be-ivision of FERA is another step to
lief that easterners and their visitors wards building up an organization of
deserve a state owned and operated fishermen that would share coopera
beach where they may enjoy all the itive,y in marketing, and storing of
advantages of summer water sports. carenes wnra no maus a. ..
As a member of the state board able m proposed freezing plants
of conservation and development, lh ?ikes f leigh along with
Representative Ward intends to Fisheries and FERA officials have re
pack his plan without ceasing until cent'y explained the plan at mass
it is successful. With tolls removed meetings in the various communities,
'from the beach bridge and with Fort Fishermen generally seem to be m
Macon ready for visitors, he thinks ar 01 Ule ,m,e" ' m..
Cape Lookout f I G. Said That
Weather Was zy On Easter
And Deny N igence Charge
INCUMBENT MAYOR
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Miss Mary Taylor Hinnant
Pretty Miss Mary Taylor Hinnant
the was crowned Queen in the May Day
Chamber was ready to do for the i Festival presented at Beaufort High
farmers if thev wished to avail them-1 School yesterday. She is a member
selves of the opportunity. It would
mean that during years of over pro
duction, that growers would not have
to plow their tomatoes, beans and
other vegetables under. Instead they
would cooperatively have the oppor
tunity to preserve the produce which
could not be harvested and sold di
rect to markets.
Prior to the Friday night meeting,
Mr. Seeley, W. H Taylor and Paul
Jones had canvassed the town for
subscribers to a preferred stock is
sue that would insure the erection of
a plant of a minimum capacity of
1,000 cans. The amount needed im
mediately for construction of such a :
plant has been estimated at $1,500.
They went over the top though in the
canvass and have been assured of
$1,750 to construct and get the
plant in operation.
But the Chamber of Commerce will
not build this plant unless a similar
amount in common stock is taken by
the growers. Although there was only
a handful of farmers present at the
meeting, $725 in stock was promised.
George Huntley explained to the
farmers present after the Commerce
group had gone home that the stock
could be bought on easy payment
plans, that in so far as preferred or
common stock, no one individual
would profit but that all
benefit cooperatively.
(Continued on page c:?ht)
of the Senior class and the daughter
of Capt. and Mrs. W. K. Hinnant of
Ann Street.
fishermen now on relief or who is a
prospective relief client.
that bathing should be afforded free
in that section, under state protec
tion on state property. ' j Earl Davis will be the representa-
Since some portions of the beach tive at Harkers Island and Gordon
are considered dangerous, it is Mr. Mason will be the canvasser and fill
Ward's idea to have the state erect 'out the blanks.
a breakwater to make the beach safe
for all bathers. He believes that the
state would be entirely justified in
this expense, since the visitors will
spend enough at the beach and fort
to pay for the costs of the bathing
facilities. Free picnic grounds are
also definitely authorized for the
state park property.
Baccalaureate Sermon
For Graduates Sunday
Rev. Lawrence Fenwiek, vector of
St. Paul's church, will deliver the
baccalaureate sermon in Beaufort
High school Auditorium next Sun-
In Morehead City Walter Lewis
will be representative and the can
vasser Julian Gilbert.
Cecil Morris will be representative
in' Atlantic and Adrian Rice will do
the canvassing and: fill out the blanks.
The vanvass in each of the three
communities will be made Friday,
Saturday and Sunday, FERA officials
announced this week.
Harker's Island Youth
Tried For Seduction
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Henry Guthrie Engineer A-
board Wrecked Vessel Died
Following Injuries Received
When craft Went into break
ers. It Was Then Captain
And Owner of Miss Gattis
Made Statement Say in g
Coast Guard Were Lax in
Duty for not Rendering As
sistance When Distress Flags
Were Flying
INVESTIGATION PROBABLE
With Judge Paul Webb sitting as
! committing1 magistrate. Claude
day morning at 11 o'clock. An inter-, Brooks of Harkers Island was tried
esting program will be presented and J on a charge of seduction in Record
the public is invited to attend. The er.g Court Tuesday. Miss Marjorie
program folows. Prelude, Choir pro-1 Willis, an expectant mother, was the
cessional, Senior processional, Invo- !,,rosecutinr witness. She alleged that
cation, Hymn, Anthem, Announce
ments. Scripture Lessons, Solo, by
Miss Helen O'Bryan, Sermon, An
them, Benediction and Recessional.
Mrs. Otis Moore is accompanist in
musical numbers. The marshals will
be: John Skarren, chief, Charles
Coverinn Jhe
WAT Ell FRONT
By AYCOCK BROWN
ALLIGATOR SEASON IS starting
again. Coach Simmons of Edgewater
Club who has been having fair luck
angling for black bass in Carteret
fresh water streams recently has
seen quite a number of alligator
slides and last week in lower New
port river he saw one of the reptiles
sunning himself.
TIDE TABLE
Information ait to tno tide,
at Beaufort is giren in this coi
umn. Tha figures are appro
Imately correct and based ot
table's furnished by the U. S
Geodetic Survey. Some allow
ances must be made for varia
tions in the wind and also with
respect to the locality, that is
whether near the Inlet or t!
;he heads of the estuaries.
AND WHILE ON THE subject of
alligators something we forgot to
write the S. H. and P. W. C. about
was the fact that if they would take
a trip out on the alleged road to
Merrimon after a heavy rain they
might find an alligator or two in their
path. Anyway they will find a lot of
sticky mud.
HARD CRABBERS HAVE been
having a great season. The prices
have been very good. Mr. Travis who
growers operates a cannery down on Front
Street told this columnist that he had
paid as high as four dollars a bar
rel for the crustaceans this year and
the price a few days ago was three
dollars which is about as high as the
price has ever been locally. And it
might be an interesting side trip for
some of the natives here who have
j never seen same to visit the cannery
I and see the activity there. A great
many women are employed. The
cleanliness and sanitary conditions of
'the plant will also impress the vis
itor. I (Continued on page ten)
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ELECTION DAY
I HERE TUESDAY
High Tide Low Tide
Friday, May 3 .
8:18 a. m. 2:21 a. m.
8:39 p. m. 2:19 p. m.
Satu; Jay, May 4
m. 3:06 a. m.
m. 3:05 p. m.
9:02 a.
9:25 p.
9:47 a.
10:10 p.
10:33 a.
10:56 p.
! Municipal elections will be held
jnext Tuesday morning, starting at
sunrise ana enaing ai sunset, me
only votnig booths in town will be
located at the City Hall. In 1923
there were 917 persons casting votes.
Some predict a larger vote this
year. One hundred and forty per
sons have registered since books
were opened several weeks ago, Reg-
Sur iliy, May 5
m. 3:51 a. m. jistrar John Brooks stated today,
m. 3:51 p. m. !
Monday, May 6
m. 4:37 a. m.
m. 4:37 p. m.
Tuesday, May 7
5:25 a.
11:17 p. m. 5.29 p.
Wednecday, May 8
11:39 a. m. 6:17 a.
12:05 p. m. 6:25 p.
Thursday, May 9
12:24 a. m. 7:11 a.
12:56 p. m. 7:27 p.
SLOGAN PRIZE TO BE
AWARDED NEXT WEEK
Due to a special meeting of the
m. ! Chamber of Commerce last week,
m. j the prize for the best slogan for the
I Town of Beaufort was not awarded.
m. Judging of slogans has been post
m. poned until next week when the
i Board of Directors will have their
m. ,next meeting. A prize of $5 goes to
m. the winner.
Brooks had seduced her under prom
ise to marry and that relationships
which led up to the present case oc
curred in January. Brooks it was
stated by court official had indi
cated that he wanted to do what was
right in this case. Miss Willis, it was
Hamilton, Emmett Harris, Borden reported, almost brought a change in
Mace, Miss Vera Pake, Miss Hazelltho nhao-es of seduction when she
Dill, Miss Shirley Johnson and Miss8aid that more or less itimate rela-
Ruth Harris. .
SEND A DIME CHAIN
LETTER CRAZE HERE
The send a dime chain letter
craze has struck Carteret coun
ty. Already hundreds of letters
have been mailed and unless it
stops thousands will ba sent
within the next few days. It
means business for the post of
fice department. Postal author
ities have made several attempts
to halt the senjding of chain
letters, they have had no luck.
This particular chain craze is
the only one yet that pays off.
So far local folks have only
sent dimes and no one has re
ceived the fablous wealth prom
ised if every person in the chain
carries out instructions.
SEE LOFTIN'S USED CAR
SPECIAL FRIDAY & SATURDAY
tionships between she and Brooks
had been going on for two years 01
more. After hearing the evidence,
Judge Webb found probable cause
and bound the defendant over to su
perior court in June under a bond of
?200.
STOLEN SAFE RECOVERED
IN CRAB POINT SECTION
A safe 'stolen from E. C. Peterson
and Sons of Vanceboro yesterday
was recovered by Beaufort officers
this morning in a clump of woods
over in the Crab Point section. A
tip rime in from timbermen in that
section 'that a rifled safe was there.
Sheriff E. M. Chadwick assisted by
Chief Walter Longest and Murray
Thomas went to the scene, found the
safe and a batch of burned papers.
They did not find some ?500 in cash
that owners of the safe telephoned
was in same, it having been taken
by the robbers who did the rifling.
THEY MADE EXCELLENT RECORD
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Boatswain D. W. Yeomans of Cape
Lookout coastguard station was in
town today and when asked by a
Beaufort News reporter about the
weather conditions on April 21, when
the pleasure boat Miss Gattis wreck
ed about three miles from station on
Shackelford Banks, he replied: "The
weather was hazy all day and early
that morning the southwester was on
increase and by afternoon it was
blowing a gale. No boatman should
have attempted to go fishing during
such weather."
Incidentally records in all nearby
coastguard stations indicate that
weather was hazy and stormy. This
seems to throw cold water upon a
.statement made by Capt. Clyde Willis
master of the Miss Gattis and H. D.
Diderson of Durham, owner, to an
Associated Press correspondent Mon-
Bayard Taylor
When N. H. Russell withdrew this
week it left only Bayard Taylor and
C. H. Bushell in the race for Mayor
of the town of Beaufort. Mayor Tay
lor has held his present office for four
aim a nan yews. o .i"' , . . ,va Wnr
by the Board of Aldermen of Dc- ""' '." " .
cember 1, 1930 to succeed Carl Chad- "e7 Guth"6'. g'"!!L '
a dislocated vertebrae when he fell
or was knocked from boat after it
wick, who had been elected a mem
ber of the Board of County Commis-
de-
ln
went into breakers. In the statement
sioners. In the 1SJ31 elections ne
1933 he defeated C. II. Bushall. All10 V? tP.
this race is to VOTE your choice.
Both are fine men.
NO LEGAL LIQUOR
Raleigh, May 2 (4:12 P.
M.) Senate defeated 27 to
22 amendment for state
controlled Sale of liquor
if 15 countiea vote affirm
atively. Discussing appro
priations now and expect
ing amendment soon on
basis of 25 counties. House
Bill last Thursday was for
51 counties.
Court L. . W. Hassell to make it a
binding record, Willis and Dickerson
stated weather was cloudy part of
time but that visibility was good.
Their principal charge was that
Cape Lookout guardsmen failed to
come to their assistance when a dis
tress flag was flying from the mast.
If the weather was hazy it would
hardly be possible to see a boat built
close to the water like the Miss Gattis
and painted a lead color a distance
of four miles away. But those aboard
or rather Dickerson and Willis both
swore that the station was in plain
view of their boat. Two or three dif
ferent stories have been told. Willis
said that line parted resulting in
loss of anchor, but no broken hawser
was found on the cleat from which
the hawser would naturally be fasten
ed that lead to an anchor.
There will undobtedly be an inves
tigation and when it is over we will
know exact facts, but in the meantime
the only thing to do is to listen to
two stories which do not coincide,
that of the men in Capt Lookout sta
tion and those aboard the boat.
Guthrie was injured as he tried to
leave the boat. He was first taken
to lighthouse then Coast Guard truck
from Lookout came for him. From
truck he was transported by small
boat until Fort Macon in faster craf o
mot on1 V i ivi 4-n V o t I 1 rpt
Fannie Chadwick, plead guilty onl,,, . . - -,'
a charge of fighting, not guilty on - aafter remt 'r o
cursme hne 1U days or . uave , , ,
Davis plead guilty of cursing but
Raleigh, May 2- (4:26
P. M.) It is understood
that Senate action was
final on Liquor Bill and
matter is disposed of for
good as far as this session
is concerned.
Through the cooperation of the
News and Observer the Beaufort
News is glad to render to our read
ers this spot news received as we go
to press. A.B.
IN MAYOR'S COURT
not fighting. Fine 10 days or $5. Ed
Bullock Henry will pay five dollars
for drunkenness or serve 10 days on
the Streets.
ANGLERS CAUGHT
HATTERAS BLUES
Trolling near Cape Lookout last
Sunday from the boat Piggie under
command of Capt. Guy Lewis. Dick
party who had been succored there
ove; night.
Guthrie is survived by a widow,
Mrs. Vera Guthrie and one small
child. He was 23 years old.
B.H.S. Lost First
But Won Second
Sfnyrna High Champions
By A. R. RICE
Once upon a time there was a fel
low who answered to the name of
Whitehurst, Jack Neal, Piggie Tot- William Shakespeare. Numbered a-
ter, Charles Hassell and Carl Hatsellmong his great literary successes was
made an outstanding catch of blue--;a play called "A Comedy of Errors."
fish. They landed about 100 of the This was back in the 16th Century,
giant Hatteras Blues which had but the title could very well be ap
struck that section only the day be-'plied to a story of a baseball game
fore and their catch will probably belpiayed at .Smyrna last Friday in this,
the record insofar as bluefish is con- the 20th Century. It was real, hon
cerned. The fish weighed from three est-to-goodness comedy for the home
to seven pounds each. These anglers forces, but crude, comedy in-the-raw
Reading Left to Right the Front Row is Bellzara Hunneycutt, Mamie Wil
lis, Captain Melva Lynch (for 3 years), Bertha Gray Chadwick. Second
row; Harriet Willis, Dorothy Willis, Naomi Gillikin, Agnes Wade, Back
row: Esther Brown, Louise Finer, Louise Lewis, Norma Davis, and Coach
Eagles.
Here is the 1935 edition of the f After playing and winning a 14
"Smyrna Champions," Carteret coun-game schedule the Smyrna "Eagles"
ty's greatest girls' team. These girls traveled over to Greenville and enter
ran away with the county champion- ed the E. C. T. C. tournament. Pit
ship not meeting defeat in the race ted against five county championship
and winning the championship gameeams in a row they set a wonderful
handily from Newport 21 to 14. In record. First, they defeated Bethel
one night they won a double header ot Pitt county 20 to 17. On the fol-
crushing Swansboro High 49 to 11 lowing evening they played their
used no bait nor manufactured lures,
instead on each hook was a piece of
rubber tubing and the fish took the
hooks so fast and so many were
caught that it soon became work in
stead of sport well not exactly that
because taking the large ones fast
and furious is nothing but pure un
adulterated sport to follower of Is
aac Walton.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Alfred Pigott, Beaufort and Annie
Lee White, Morehead City.
James D. Hermann, Dayton, Ohio,
for Beaufort High, as no less than
nine errors were committed by this
outfit, not including several errors of
judgment. Smyrna won the game, 6
to 5 and rightly so. Longest, on the
slab for the losers was out to win
his fifth game in five starts, but his
mates said no. Previously playing
good, and at times brilliant defen
sive ball, they cracked wide open
time after time.
Beaufort broke the scoring ice in
first on the first of three Smyrna
miscues and ' two hits to tally twice.
Not for long was this advantage held,
though, as Smyrna scored three in
and then immediately defeating a greatest game defeating the strong-1 and Clyde Mason Duncan, Beaufort, the second, one in the third and two
strong Cohen-Goldman sextet from est team in the tournament, Moss I , Elvin Gaskill, Stacy and Beatrice in the fourth. The losers pushed one
New Bern 20 to 15. (Continued on page eight) Taylor, Sea Level. ' (Continued on page five)