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VOLUME XXIV
eight pages this WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1935
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NUMBER 2
Carteret Commissioners
Order LiquorReferentiu
To Be Held do July Sixth
Governing Body of County Au
thorize Election After Hear
ing Proponents and Oppon
ents of Measure Which if
Carried Will Mean a Control
Liquor Law for Carteret
Members of Unilc-d Dry Forces,
Several Women and Others
Not Favoring Proposed Law
Appeared in Monday Meet
ing. WALLACE SENDS TELEGRAM
Qualified voters of Carteret county j
will on July 6 have the opportunity
of voting "For Liquor Control" or
"Against Liquor Control." After lis
tening to various protests from pro
hibition forces Monday Carteret
County Commissioners went into ex
ecutive session and a short time later
announced the election. Proponents
of the measure had expressed their
Views at the Tegular board meeting a
week previous.
Representatives of the United Dry
forces of this county, and a number
of men and women opposed the elec
tion in Monday's hearing. A telegram
from Charles S. Wallace, native born
dry, had been sent from Florida
where he is at present on a business
trip. Chairman Bonner read the tele
gram to the delegation present and it
brought applause from many of those
present, as did short talks by other
dry force leaders.
At the beginning of the meeting,
Chariman Bonner called on County
Attorney Luther Hamilton to explain
the bill. It seems that there is a gen
eral opinion among many that should
the control bill pass that it would
either mean the opening of old time
saloons or lead up to such a situa
tion. Attorney Hamilton explained
the provisions of the bill which would
set up county controlled liquor stores
from which package liquor only could
be purchased, same to be open from
nine o'clock in the morning until six
o'clock in the early evening or late
afternoon. These county stores would
close cn .lection days, legal holidays,
Sundays and such and was drawn for
the sole purpose of controlling the
sale of liquor which is said to be
sold promiscously now at many plac
es. Fred Seeley, vice-president of the
United Dry Forces of Carteret coun
ty, speaking for his organization, re
quested that no action be taken by
the commissioners until the Supreme
Court made a decision. "I believe
Carteret county is a dry county,"
said Mr. Seeley, as he gave versions
of old time saloon days.
(Continued on page two)
LITTLE GIRL WAS
FATALLY BULNED
AS GAS EXPLODED
Clara Dudley, six year old daugh
ter 0f Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dudley died
in Morehead City hospital Monday
night and her father and uncle, A.
B. Dudley were painfully injured as
the result of two gasoline-asphalt
explosions which occurred on Route
10 on the Atlantic highway late
Monday afternoon. The explosions
occurred, one within a half hour of i
the OUier DUt some 10 raura oi moic
aPart- . . . Company have planned a cooking
Funeral servxees for the little girl , gchool and ,dern0nstration for two
were conducted Wednesday after-;days starting May 28th, at Beauofrt
noon, and interment of the body was High School Home Economics Dept.
made in Bethel cemetery near Bogue.and M 29th( at Morehead City
She is survived by her parents and, Graded School Home Economics
three brothers. ! Dept. To personally direct the school,
Roy Dudley, section foreman fon.the have secured the serviees of
the State Highway Commission with , Mr? Ma t McIntil.e nati0nally
neaaquaners au ahvis, wa wuuib
gasoline with r sphalt to thin it down
prior t0 filling holes worn in the
road. His d;r: filter looked on as her
father workc 1 and when the explo
sion occurred jhe evidently rushed in
to the flames, according to telephone
reports recevied from Davis. In an
ofto,v,r,t ovtincniisVi the. hlazinc
clothes on his little daughter Mr.
Dudley was burned about the face
and arms. Both were rushed to the
Morehead hospital, where Clara died
shortly after midnight. Although
painfully burned Mr. Dudley's con
dition is not considered serious.
A. B. Dudley was burned about
4:30 o'clock or a half hour before
(Continued on pago five)
Commissioners Order
For Liquor Election
Whereas, there has been sub
mitted to the board of commis
sioners of Carteret County for a
petition for election in Carter
et county, under the authority
of House Bill 1491, enacted by
the General Assembly of North
Carolina, 1935 session, to ascer
tain the will of the electorate
of the county on the question
of Alcoholic Beverage Control
or No Control, as provided in
said Act; and whereas, the
board of commissioners in two
meetings, have heard and con
sidered the petitions of both
proponents and opponents of
the proposal, and, without pre
judice either way, are of the
opinion that the voters of Car
teret county should be given an
opportunity to express thru their
ballots their will and pleasure in
the matter of such vital impor
tance and concern to all the
people of the county; and where
as, it is not the purpose, or in
tent of the board by it's action
to voice an expression of either
approval or disapproval of the
merits or demerits of the pro
posal involved in the Legislative
Act contemplating control of the
liquor traffic, but proposes by
its act only to submit the ques
tion to the electorate of the
county thru referendum as pro
vided for in the aforesaid act;
now, therefore, upon motion it
is
ORDERED, that an election be,
and the same hereby is called,
for Carteret County for Satur
day, July 6th, 1935, under the
law now controlling for gener
al elections, at which time there
shall be submitted to the- quali
fied voters of the county the
question of "For Liquor Con
trol" and "Against Liquor Con
trol;' and this authorization will
be certified to the board of elec
tions of Carteret county for ap
propriate and orderly action
thereon.
COOKING SCHOOL
HOSTESS
Mrs. Margaret Mclntire
The Tide Water Power Company
, the WestinB.hous(, Manufacturing
.known Home Economist.
(Continued on page, eight)
POPPY SALE
"Honor tho dead and
living,"' is the message
serve
which
the
the
memorial poppies will bring to the
pople of Beaufort on Poppy Day,
May 25th, T. E. Kelly, Commander
of Carteret Post of The American
Legion, in a statement today urging
all veterans to give fullest support
to tho Poppy Day observance.
SUBSCRIBE FOR THE NEWS
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Vilic To
Old Fort
Macon
Hundreds Pass This Route Each Week
This road leading from Atlantic Beach highway to Old Fort Macon is
considered a neat piece of engineering. This year for the first time in
history it will be possible to drive an automobile directly to the walls of
the old fort. A serious handicap however was blowing sand which could
overnight make the route impassible. The CCC boys are remedying this
situation though, with the building of sand fences and by setting out
grasses to anchor the adjacent dunes.
This Ocracoker Is
Featured In Revue
At N. Y. Night Club
Eddie Howard, banjo and guitar
picking Ocracoker has been selected
by MacCrea, famous hill billy maes
tro, to be featured in the new sum
ner show at the Village Barn in New
York, according to press dispatch re
ceived here this week
lie is nic
t r
brother of Walter and Charlie well
known in Eastern Carteret and the
whole family are musicians of one
kind or anoiher.
tw woro enna nf ihp late Alonzo
Ihey were sons oi tne late Aionzo
Howard, Ocracoke resident who when
HHio h .lvflrpH fidrilA from a
ship wreck on the island. He soon';
learned to play Odd man Alonzo
was later quite a musician, playing
for square dances on Ocracoke and
adjoining islands. It is said that Al -
onzo when he could not obtain cat-
gut strings on the island would man-
ufacture his own from the entrials
of sheep which roamed wild among
the sand dunes.
Eddie is really an outstanding ban-enc ralaer amuses one wno nw
jo picker. He is just as good on a hia Ocracokers for instance who will
five string instrument as on a tenor keeP em from going to dances
banjo, and when he plays "Song of ; A reat manv "Anders were
India," or "The Rosary" or songs
of that kind under an Ocracoke moon,
a fellow starts to thinking soulful
things. We have heard him quite
often, and from our way of think
ing Eddie with a banjo is what Little
Jack Little is with a piano.
THROUGH STATE
Capital Keyholes
By BESS HINTON SILVER
STORM BREWING In the Fouth
Congressional District, so ably rep
resented for more than a third of a
century by the beloved late Edward
W. Pou, it naw appears there may
be a lively scrap. It is rumored a
round Raleigh that Representative
W. L. Lumpkin, of Franklin, known
to one and all as the co-author of the
McDonald-Lumpkin plan in the late
Legislautre and "a peoples candidate
may offer in opposition to Congress
man Harold D. Cooley. Mr. Lumpkin
was a bitter opponent of taxing "fat
back and molasses," always a friend
of the schools and an ovowed "liquor!
control man. new caryeu ..
among young Democratic leaders.
The rumor-graph also reports that
former Representative Otway Binns
Moss, of Nash, is feeling out tneithey got that feow in troub,e on
Fourth District Congressional waters, the island ehar d with Seduction?"
Others mentioned as possioie toes 01 Nopeit ain't seduction, it's Decis
Conerressman Cooley are State bena- . j r-. n 1
tors Carroll Weathers, of Wake, and
W. P. Horton 0f Chatham.
(Continued 'on page seven)
Important Meeting
Here Next Tuesday
Officials of the U. S. Engineering
Department will meet with citizens
of Beaufort next Tuesday morning at
the court-house at which time discus
sions will be heard on needed im
provements for the local harbor. The
meeting is scheduled to start at 11
o'clock or one hour after similar
discussion are heard on Beaufort
Harbor, Pamlico Sound waterway
Citizens are urged to attend.
The fortnightly poultry sale by
Chatham county farmeers netted
$360. These sales have been held
each two weeks for the past two
years.
Are Anchored
Compromise Obtained
In Cases Involving
Rio- Orrfsrolce Fiffht
Dig ucracoKe ngni
Ocracokers who ran amuck at a
Wahab village square aance auimg
the Christmas holidays were tried in
superior court at Swanquarter this
week before Judge Sinclair. It was
settled by compromise on
tunuaiuiia.
TU ,,! f tU vt ,Qa:roaU 10 ..lfll lliuill Hum
that Ben G,
O'Neal and son W. R.
O'Neal pay their prorated part of one . ve not Lvt
fifth of the costs of $316 and that J.'oa ,n...! vi J nl "I J
L"ni Gaskill Jr., Albert Styron and;."ru,B ' ., .. , , .
ariven consideration and I hope in
,auixoy B PaL, I
cass against Claude Gaskill growing
of the affray was nol pressed by
the State.
All parties involved were put on
their good behavior for a period of
,tw0 years, with a sentence ot 18
months in prison staring them in the
face should they not behave nicely
They are not allowed to enter Wahab
Village for a square dance during the !
next 12 months. The foregoing sen-
' L . 1 1
present for the trial, including Stan
ley Wahab, owner of the resort prop
erties known as Wahab Village.
Covrrenq Tin
WATizn jmaxT
By AYCOCK BROWN
ELSEWHERE IN THIS newspaper
today is a story about an Ocracoke
'sand-hill billy' who is picking ban
joes and guitars in the Village Barn,
a night club in New York, and get
ting places. He is not the only Ocra
coke musician there are several
take Simie O'Neal for instance. Simie
is an expert triangle beater. He and
the late Capt. Tom O'Neal used to be
the square dance orchestra for Capt.
Bill Gaskill's Pamlico Inn. . .
" jportant work which owes its establish-
ONE MORNING THIS week I was'ment to this organization is a gigan
down the street about six o'clock ! tic oyster pest control program.
and wh0 should I run into but my
friend Simie and Jamie Styron. They TWO LITTLE BOYS
were enrouie 1,0 ucracoKe irom vv asu
ington. iSimie had been over there
getting legal advice. I took them
,01d Fort Macon Xaking about the
road to the forfc simie ..Trans.
portation js a great Mng x affrced
with hnn j asked .,simie what
. ko f. f ..
kind - ..rwisinn., . . vllt
! have heard of a wedding down that
'way recently so maybe the charge
means deciding t0 get married.
Judge Jule Duncan, our favorite bar
rister had never heard of a charge
called 'decision' either.
OUT IN FRONT OF Carl Gaskill's
brokerage firm while ad soliciting
this week I saw Louis Hill. He is;
the youngster the rattlesnake bit a
few weeks ago. His hand is still in
bandages, but he will be able to do
some one handed potato digging
soon. And speaking of snake-bites
reminds me of something I saw in
Bell's Drug store a few days ago.
It was a snake bite outfit, and inci
dentally I was quick to notice that
it is manufactured by Becton- Dick-! No report has been brought to Beau
inson company (Col. Fairleigh S. Ifort according t0 Sheriff Chadwick,
Dickinson) in Rutherford. 'although it is said that Cleveland
(Continued on page eight) Davis declares his son is over 16.
Roger W. Babson Says That
Unemployment Problem Now
Aggravated By Radicalism
FLASH!
SOLDIERS' BONUS
News and Observer
wires 4:35 p. m. Sen
ate Defeated Patman
Bill 40 to 54-two
thirds vote required.
MERRIMON ROAD
IN NO PROGRAM
Although the Merrimon road is in
a deplorable state most of the time
and practically impossible to navi
gate following even a light rain, this
route which goes to a rather thickly
copulated community and leads thru
a rich farming section, has never
een in anv state road P8"1' ac"
' rPrPVPA this
till Ulllg LV t w
week by Aycock Brown, secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce from
c M w ickf chairman 0f the
g m, p w c nis lottei. reads.
(1j)..ar j,ir Brown:
' '. ' . . , .
certain; our leuer inquiring awui
!nects for the improvement of the
- . - prt,, 1A
: nt';l TV?, V I' p
the near future to make a personal
visit to your section and take a look
at the property.
Very truly yours,
Capus M. Waynick,
Chairman.
GIVEN HIGH HONOR
i ' A
Dr. Herbert F. Prytherch
The new president of the National
Shell Fish association is our fellow
townsman Dr. Herbert F. Prytherch.
tie was eieeiea 10 wns miyvi v-am, ui-
. i. iu: : t-4. f
flee Tuesday, at a meeting 0f the as
sociation in Washington, D. C. Im-
HURT WHEN AUTO
RUNS THEM DOWN
Hubert Davis, (said to be only 14
years of age) and the son of Cleve
land Davis of Harkers Island was the
driver of the automobile that struck
tw0 small boys, James Lewis and j
Dave Walter George near the ferry,
slin at Gloucester last Sunday. The
i The youngsters were said to have
been drawing a small scooter along
the highway, when Davis cut across
the road and struck the children.
They were brought the the hospial
for treatment. George has two frac
tured legs but was discharged from
the hosptial after the injuries were
treated. Lewis however, is suffering
ifrom a broken hip and lacerations on
the head. His is a nasty fracture ac-
cording to information gained at the
hospital and it will be slow healing.
There is a possibility too that the
youngster will be a cripple all his
life.
It was reported: earlier this week
that Cleveland Davis had been order
ed to report to authorities proof of
his son'3 age. If only 14 years of
age it would have been against the
law for him to operate an automobile.
In Summary of His Transconti
nental Trip Famous Statis
tician Finds Better Business
Conditions Throughout The
Nation, But People Are
Losing Faith in Our Capital
istic System
Editor's Note: To give the
readers of The Beaufort News
a clearer view of business con
ditions throughout the country,
we will, until further notice
have weekly articles by Roger
W. Babson, We would like any
comments on these articles,
that is, let us know if you want
them or not. A.B.
Almost every place which I visited
during my recent trip across the coun
try and back reports better business
conditions. Retailers especially are
optimistic. If retailers sell more goods
then more people must be employed
to produce goods. Hence rising re
tail trade is very important. How
much of this is due to a natural in
crease in business and how much to
government expenditures is another
question. I believe that whatever
the reason for the improvement, it
should continue for two or three
years. Upon this, all with whom I
talked are agreed.
Roosevelt's Wise Relief Program
As to what will happen after the
government has used up its "dope,"
is another question. I want to dis
cuss the above in this final story of
my trip. Frankly, I am very much dis
turbed by the socialistic sentiments
which I found almost everywhere.
Radicalism is growing everywhere.
Banicers, manuiacturers, and mer
chants who associate only with their
I own class, have no idea of what the
jnasses are thinking. Every after-.
noonl left my Pullman drawing room
and spent three hours talking with
the day coach passengers. There is
where you find out what the people
think of our capitalistic system. The
fact is that they are fast losing
faith in it.
The people of our cities are not
going to see their families starve
while the government is destroying
food to bring about higher prices. I
was raised in a conservative, family
and my living has always come from
the capitalistic group. My sympathies,
therefore, are conservative. So when
I left sunny Florida I was opposed to
extravagant expenditures; but I have
returned home more sympathetic with
President Roosevelt's spending pro
gram I now believe we must either
I L , T 1 ".H
n'
themselves or else witness something
jfar worse Roosevelt may be capital's
"i .menu.
(CatitiM&d on page seven)
TIDE TABLE
Information as to tne tids
t Beaufort is given in this col
imn. TI14 figures are approx
Imately correct and based 01
table's furnished by the U. S
Geodetic Survey. Some allow
antes must be node for varia
tions in the wind and also wiU
respect to the looality, that k
whether near the inlet or a
he heads of the estuaries.
High Tide Low Tids
Friday, May 24
12:14 a. m. 6:55 a. m.
12:48p. . 7:20 p. m.
Saturday, May 25
1:11 a. m. 7:52 a. m.
1:51 p. m. 8:29 p. m.
Sunday, May 26
2:15 a. m. 8:47 a. m.
2:58 p .m. 0:33 p. m.
Monday, May 27
3:23 a. m. 9:42 a.m.
4:05 p. m. 10:35 p. m.
Tuesday, May 28
4:29 a. m. 10:37 a. m.
5:04 p. m. "
Wednesday, May 29
5:29 a. m. 11:34 a. m-
5:58 p. m. 11:30 p. m-
Tbursday, May 30
6:22a. m. 12:27 a. rrs
6:49 p. m. 12:22 p. n-