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VOLUME XXIV
eight pages this WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1935 PRICE 5c SINGLE CO
NUMBER 32
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Coastal Park Project
Would Extend For 177
Miles Along The Banks
Gigantic Project Would In
elude All Islands Making Up
Outer Banks of Coast and
Would Mean Employment
For 2,000 Persons or More;
$300,000 to be Used in Con
struction Camps; Wou I d
Plant Forests and Fight
Beach Erosion
Years ago the Outer Banks of the
North Carolina coast were not bar
ren islands, which today are for the
most part merely sand spits. Trees
once grew on Ocracoke island direct
ly to the surf. High dunes in the
forests were covered with vegetation.
Some of the older natives on Ocra
coke today can recall when either
they themselves, or their parents
could go to the ocean's edge and by
swinging on grapevines could, with a
running start on land, release their
grasp and land far out into the surf.
Today it is a different story.
The beach at Ocracoke is barren of
vegetation. The distance from the
village to the ocean is a mile and a
half, of sometimes hard packed sand
or quite different frequently, esp"c
ially during the winter months cov
ered with tides. The only trees grow
ing on Ocracoke today are gnarled or
scrubby oaks, and such bushes as
white and red myrtles, yaupon and 1
,Spanish bayonets.' It was the same j
on other islands. Portsmouth on the j
northern tip of Core Banks also has '
a wide barren beach. With the excep
tion of Cape Hatteras Woods, there
are no forests along the Outer Banks.
But there is a proposed coastal pro
ject that will include sand fixation
and reforestating some 177 miles of
this section of the cosat. If the pro
ject materializes, 2,000 men will be
given work.
(Continued on page seven)
(TO START DRIVE
ON BOOTLEGGERS
George Nelson, enforcement officer
for the ABC board has gotten a pret
ty good line up of the bootleggers
who persist in operating and dispens
ing untaxed liquors, according to
Charles L. Skarren, disbursing official,
and within a week or 10 days a real
drive will start against violators.
Court officials have promised their
eupport. The ABC officials mean bus
iness and if they eliminate moon
ehiners and bootleggers they will be
accomplishing what was promised the
"For Control" voters.
In the meantime legal liquor sales
in Carteret county remain good. At
the close of business Wednesday af
ternoon a total of $2,150.00 had been
received for sales since the first store
opened a week ago, Mr. Skarren
stated. Last Saturday which marked
the opening of the Morehead City
store was the biggest day y"t. On
that day the sales in Morel.c A City
were $525 in Beaufort $360.
TIDE TABLE
Information a to me tin
tt Beaufort ii giren in this co
jnm. Tha figures are appro
innately correct and baaed c
table's furnished by the U. S
Geodetic Surrey. Some allow
ances must be made for varia
tions in the wind and alto with
respect to the locality, that Is
whether near the inlet or tl
.he head of the estuaries.
High Tide
Fridajr, Aug.
Low Tide
2:28
3:20
3:36
4:21
m.
8:51
10:04
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Saturday, Aug.
10
9:56
11:03
11
11:01
m.
a. m.
p. m.
m.
Sundry, Aug.
4:43
5:21
a. m.
a. m.
p. m.
Monday, Aug.
12
11:59
12:03
13
12:51
1:00
5:43
6:16
6:41
.7:09
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m.
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Tuesday, Aug.
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Wednesday, Aug. 14
7:35
8:01
8:28
8:51
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m.
Thursday, Aug.
m.
in.
1:40
m.
m.
1:54
15
2:25
2:47
m.
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STATE COMMANDER
Josephus Daniels Jr.
At the State Convention of the
American Legion in Fayetteville this
week he was elected Commander,
succeeding Hubert E. Olive.
Covneif The
wat&ii'hioxt
By AYCOCK BROWN
LUTHER HAMILTON told me this
morning that just as sure as the Norfolk-Southern
railroad got the the
lease on the A. & N. C. that Beaufort
would lose her railroad. He gave as
reasons the fact that a Federal Court
order was signed on October 18, 1934
granting the privilege to stop opera-, ck, and before the boat had ridden keep it from swinging. I cut the lash
tions into Beaufort over the spur,;t out Tom bellowed, 'Man overboard! ;ing, and jumping back to the helm I
track from Morehead City and even
abandoning the route; which is known
as the Beaufort and Western. Beau
fort does not wan to lose her rail-
road. Mr. Hamilton seems to think
that if the N-S gets a re-lease that a
bandonment of the Morehead-Beau-fort
does not want to lose her rail
the A. & N. C. operates the route in
dependently that chances are good
that the service will continue into our
town.
WE LEARNED YESTERDAY that
the Merchants and Miners Transporta
tion Company expects to operate at
least four fruiters a week into the
Morehead City Port Terminal, when
that project is finally completed. The
information came not from a local
source but from an officer aboard one
jof the ships of that steamship line
which operates coastwise from Provi
dence, Boston and New York and
Philadelphia to southern ports.
INCLUDED WITH A magazine,
"'Los Leones" forwarded to this col
umnist this week from Ambassador
Daniels was his card which bore the
following printing "Josephus Daniels
Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the United States
of America." And that is some title.
My friend the Ambassador wrote the
following message on the card "Hope
you will enjoy the magazine and am
Jooking forward to that trip to Beau
fort next summer." One thing sure
I am not going to advertise any pro
posed trips of Ambassador Daniels.
Just as soon as you do that many
people get the idea that you are a
'booking-agent' and want you to ar
range speaking engagements, etc.
(Continued on page four)
TIDEWATER TO BE
IN NEW QUARTERS
Tidewater Power Company head
quarters which have been in the Wade
theater building for some time moves
to their new location, the building
recently constructed next to the More
head City Power plant this week-end.
The firm will be located there on and
after Monday, August 12. In addi
tion to having much more room for
storage and office space, there will be;
show windows for display of the elec -
trical equipment the company sells.
- Tidewater sells both General Elec-Ion
trie and Westinghouse products and
' appliances. Mr. Kilburn is manager jturn. Swimming the channel is at
jof all local Tidewater interests and 'times difficult for adults because us
j he is assisted by Mr. McGee. Mr j ually there is a very strong tide run
DuBois, manager of sales and Miss nini;.
jMcDaniels, cashier and Miss Carrow,'
assistant cashier will make up th?
personnel of the new quarters.
Yacht "Indra" Floating
Prep SchooJl Is Bound
For Southern Waters
The yacht "India" was back in
jport again this week. This is the
craft under the command of Capt.
William C. Pond that had so much
trouble getting away from Morehead
back in January. On four attempts
the craft failed to get away. On the
fifth she sailed out of Beaufort In
let and continued her voyage south
ward.
She is again bound South. During
the past few weeks she has been
ciuising the waters of the Chesa
peake Bay. Her destination this time
is Jacksonville and probably other
ports to the southward. She was moor
ed at the Texaco wharf in Morehead
Sunday, and plans of the skipper was
to get underway on Monday if he had
n fair wind.
The Indra is a two masted schoon
er. Sho is in reality a floating prep
school and several youngsters who at
seasons of the year attend the Pond
Preparatory school in Cambridge,
where Capt. Pond is headmaster, are
j aboard the vessel. Just for variation ready for operation. The Chamber of
jthe youngsters last week end instead j Commerce by selling non-profit stock
I of staying aboard the boat went over subscriptions secured the amount nec
I (Coninued on page eight) (Coninued on page eight)
Alito's Skipper
""MAN OVERBOARD! All of a Mid-
ilnni n Vi r-vVl n Ar) oiirft- illOlfi'P
In our concentration on the binnacle
we had forgotten about Ewald entire-
ly. He had gone overboard. Rushing
to the helm, my head felt like a drop-
ping plummet. I shouted to Tom, who
hurried below to start the motor, as
I prepared to bring the boat about.
At length I saw Ewald for an instant,
about a hundred yards away. Distinct
ly above the noise of the water and!
the wind we could hear his pathetic 1
cries for help. Tom called from be-
low. The motor wouldn't start. Feebly
it turned over once or twice, then it j it
died out completely. In his haste
Thrilling Episode:-Our Coastland's Biggest Lie
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RIFLE EXPERT
Mr. Voorhees, "who shot the bal
loons one by one "
MISS GUTSELL IS A '
VERY GOOD SWIMMER
Miss Sarah Frances Gutsell, daugh
ter of Dr. and Mrs James Gutsell is
a splendid swimmer. She is only eight
years old, but swimming the channel
between Duncan Green and Piver's
Island, a distance of some 150 yards
'was her achievement n Monday and
Wednesday she did twice that
j good She swam to the island and re-
No one knows when coal was first
used for fuel.
Beaufort Cannery Is
Ready to Take Care
Of Late Tomato Crop
After several delays the local can
nery made possible by the Chamber
of Commerce is ready to start opera
tions. Fred Seeley who has worked
harder than any one person in secur
ing the cannery for Beaufort stated
by telephone at noon tooday that the
last details he believed had been tak
en care of and that the steam plant
would be tested during the afternoon.
Following announcement in the
Beaufort News two weeks ago that
the cannery would begin operation on
the following Monday, it was learned
that there were several incidental,
yet important items that had to be se
cured before actual operations would
begin. "We think that everything is
now attended to," said Mr. Seeley,"
and are hoping that initial operations
will work out as planned."
The cannery is located in the old
knitting mill building. It was a con
siderable job to install the equipment
and Mr. Seeley has done an excep
tionally good job in getting things
Writes A Book
The Ketch
"AHTO" of
ESTONIA
Racing The
Seas
They Spent Last
Christmas in Beaufort
Tom; had forgotten to open the feed
lina 'I'll f V "" Vi n Kdan 1 0 C-Vl I
brought the Ahto perilously up into
jthe wind. Occasionally Ewald's head
would show above the water, but in a
moment the crest of the wave would
'swarm him under or we would sink
into a deep trough.
"Beating back we came directly a
longside him only to have a wave
whirl out of reach. I brought the
boat about once more, but each time
we came near him, another heavy sea
seemed to sweep down on us. I
found the sheet and made a bight in
in a desperate hurry. We were
(Continued on page eight)
(From Raleigh News and Observer,
Friday, June 29, 1883)
(Correspondence Daily Patriot)
Morehead City, June 27. At the
still hour of midnight had the trum
pet of Gabriel summoned us all to a
final world reckoning, more excite
ment, consternation and weeping
coud not have come over the many
good people who were present and
witnessed the most wonderful and
miraculous escape that ever happen
ed in this or any other country, and
I f ervently pray that I may never live
long enough to witness the like a-
igain.
Mrs. Robert Elliott, of Texas, has
been here for the past ten days or
more, to restore the health of her
little child Birdie a bright and
sweet little cherub less than three
years old, who is much emaciated
from a spell of Texas fever.
Little Birdie, by her general spright
liness, has endeared herself to every
guest of the house she is a pet and
favorite with every one, and no one
passes her without a kind word,
which she readily recognizes. This
morning about 10 o'clock a strolling
Italian (and cursed be his memory)
made his appearance in front of the
hotel with a large cluster of those
red bladders like toy balloons. Maj.
Hawkins of Alabama, to amuse lit
tle Birdie who he, at that time, had
in his arms, tied the cord around her
wajst, and then, as is so often done
to amuse children, gave her a toss of
five or six feet in the air, and held
out his hands for her return. "Great
God! she is gone," cried the Major,
as he saw her rapidly going up, up,
up, until she had passed the house
tops. Floating in the cluods with out
stretched hands the little angel could
be heard distinctly calling "Mamma!
mammal mammal" until her voice be
came drowned by the whsitling of the
winds,
(Continued on page six)
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BLOOMER GIRL
Ginger" Rogers
She plays second base with the
Bloomer Girls Nine which will meet
the Beaufort Baseball Team here
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. It
ought to be interesting seeing the
girls' team playing our local players.
PLANE-CAR CRASH
ON BEACH SUNDAY
It was a lucky break for occu
pants of both the plane and automo
bile. No one was injured despite the
fact that considerable damage was
done when a plane piloted by Alan
Huffman of Michigan -crashed into a
Governofthrlnghaus
Attends Rail Meet
At Atlantic Beach
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parked car in which Mr and Mrs. Wil- .ceivership some months back.
liam Dunford weer sitting near the! Two propositions are understood
surf in front of the East board-walk j to be under consideration. The rail
of Atlantic Beach. Mrs. Huffman who iroad may be leased again to the Nor
had flown from Kinston with her hus-jfolk-Southern, present operators or
band, warned the occupants of the 'the board of directors of the A. &
car, it wa3 reported, but they eould 'N. C. may operate the route as an in
rot get out of the way of the ap-j dependent railroad. The N-S lease
proaching plane which had gone a-'was declared forfeited last summer
loft a few minutes earlier to carry by the State on the terms that the
passengers on a flight over the beach
properties.
A Turkish towel wrapped around
his head probably saved Mr. Dunford ;
from serious cuts. A fragment of
glass from the broken windshield cut
a small piece on his hand. Mrs. Dun
ford was sitting on the back seat at
the time, while her husband was un
(Continued to page four)
She was carried aloft by balloons.
(We are indebted to Carl Goerch,
and The State magazine for privilege
to reprint cuts and story that left
Morehead City in the Eighties and
branded a "Thrilling Episode" or the
Biggest Lie of the Coastland.
COUPLE OF MATES ARE
VISITING IN BEAUFORT
Kelly O'Neal and Thurmon Styron
are making a short visit in Beaufort
the guests of Mrs. Aycock Brown.
O'Neal is second mate aboard the S.
S. Howard, of the Merchant and Min
ers Line and Styron is deck mate on
the U.S.E.D. General Gillespie of
Philadelphia. They are returning to
their posts after an extended visit on
Ocracoke Island where both former
ly lived. ,
LITTLE BIRDIE
Disposition of Atlantic and
North Carolina Railroad is
Expected to be Result of Di
rectors and Stockholders
Meeting Today; Governor
And His Attorney General
Present for Session.
N-S MAY RE-LEASE ROAD
But Many Persons Seem to Favor Pri
vate Operation of Road Which Ex
tends from Goldsboro to Morehead
City and i Popularly Known at the
"Old Mullet Route."
Directors and stockholders of the
A. and N. C. in their meeting today
at Atlantic Beach did not re-lease
"Old Mullet" to the Norfolk-Southern.
The State will operate the
road independently. Copeland's Com
mittee in Washington pasted resolu
tion allowing War Department to
dredge for Morehead Port Terminal
The decision as to whether the
Atlantic and North Carolina rail
road shall be re-leased to the Norfolk-
Southern for operation or leased on
a track rental basis to all comers is
expected to be made at the annual
meeting of the A. & N. C. stock
holders and directors in session at At
lantic Beach today. Governor J. C. B.
Ehiinghaus and Attorney-General A.
A. F. Seawell are in attendance and
also President Luther Hamilton and
i Secretary C. L. Ives and many others
interested in the disposition of the
"Old Mullet Road" which was or-
phaned by the Norfolk-Southern re-
lease had been broken.
(Continued on page eight
IMPORTANT ROAD
GIVEN ATTENTION
BY COUNTY BOARD
Huntley and Hamilton Will Go
To Raleigh and Ask High
way Officials To Pave The
Road Leading From Core
Creek to Have lock Junction
Ad to do it Immediately.
Commissioners Dispose of
Routine Work.
One of the principal discussions
i by the Board of Commissioners dur
!ing their regular monthly meeting
Monday was that of Highway Route
101 leading from Core Creek to Have
lock Junction. The eastern section of
this road is being paved at the pres
ent time and will be completed with
in a short while. But the western
! section is still unpaved and with the
prospects of unusually heavy traffic
for Carteret county during the con
struction of the Port Terminal and
after the terminal is completed, of
ficials think that now is the logical
time to have the road paved.
(Continued on page eight)
MR. HAMILTON DOES
NOT CHOOSE TO SAY
Last week we ran a short item
written by Wade Lucas, State capi
tal political gossiper to the effect
that Luther Hamilton may run for
Congress against Graham A Barden
in this district next year. One Car
teret political observer said that if
Hamilton was eoin? to run for t.bp
office again that next year would be
the time. But Mr. Hamilton contacted
by the Beaufort News editor earlv
today stated that he was saying noth
ing -ne way or another. In other
words our Carteret "kmgfish" as
Mr. Lucas called him -nay run
but he does not choose to say just
yet whether he will or not
Beaufort Personals
Marraige License Daniel Buck and
Lillie Mae Salter, Newport.