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TEN PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, SEPT. 19, 1935 W PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
VOLUME XXIV
NUMBER 39
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Von Spent A Hundred
Thousand Dollars But
Can't Raise $200 Now
It Was Palmy Days for Von
Bedsworth A Few Years Ago
When he Invested His and
Borrowed Money in Building
Up Ocean Beach Properties
But Now He Is in Jail and
His Bootlegging Career is Ov
er For Awhile
CAUGHT WITH 27 PINTS
Judge Webb Sentences Him to Nine
Months on Road; Tom White
Colored Ox Beater Given 30 Day
But Cae Against 70-year Old
Will Bell Dismissed For Lack of
Evidence
Von Bedsworth who once spent a
hundred grand building a hotel on
the beach is incarcerated in the Car
teret county jail and is probably
bound for a nine months term on the
road because he cannot raise a bond
of $200. He was tried in Recorder's
court Tuesday charged with violat
ing the prohibition law, was found
guilty and sentenced. He appealed to
superior court and was granted a
bond of $200 but through the bars
of the jail late Wednesday he said
that he had been unable to raise that
amount.
Von has been in trouble before and
usually it has been caused by corn
liquor. He has operated or helped op
erate various places out in the More
head Bluffs section and usually a
'place' out that way means an insti
tution where liquor can or rather
could be bought. ABC Enforcement
Officer George Nelson and Sheriff
Elbert Chadwick have been doing
quite a good job eliminating those
places during recent months. Twenty-
seven pints of corn liquor were
found in the vicinity of Von Beds
worth's and although he declares that
it did not belong to him he is appar
ently taking the rap. And now the
man says he spent $105,000.00 build
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Tide Water Power Buys
Right of Way In East
One hundred and fifty six deeds of
right of way transfers to Tide Water
Power company were given the reg
ister of deeds to record this week. It
is one of the largest single batches
of deeds that Mr. Davis has handled
since assuming his duties as registrar.
Mr. Kilburn local manager for Tide
Water interests has been out of town
all week and it could not be deter
mined just when the line into the
eastern section, touching all commu
nities on the Atlantic Highway and
Marshallburg, would be erected. It is
understood locally that Tide Water
will join the Federal rural electrifi
cation program in erectim: the lines
down east.
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TIDE TABLE
Information ah to tne :ios
it Beaufort is given in this eo
imp.. Thi figures are apnoj
imately correct find based or
table's furnished by the U. S.
Geodetic Survey. Some allow-
mces must be made for varia
dons in the wind and also with
respect to the locality, that It
whether near the inlet or at
he heads of the estuaries.
m,
m.
i High Tide Low Tide
Friday, Sept. 20
1:48 a. m. 8:10 a. m.
1 2:3 D. m. 9:11 P- m.
f . Saturday, Sept. 21
I - 3:56 p. m. 10:09 p. m.
I 1 Snndiv. Scot. 22
(' I 4:27 a. m. 10:15 a. m.
1 1 4:57 p. m. 11:02 p. m.
; Monday, Sept. 23
J I 5:21 a. m.
I 5:43 p. m. 11:11 P- m.
j Tuesday, Sept. 24
H 6:06 a. m. 11:47 a. m.
6:23 p. m. 12:01p. m.
. I i i Wednedav. Sept. 25
il l. 6:44 m" 12:28 ft' m-
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HE TALKED ABOUT
SHARP TEETH WORMS
Luther Hamilton
His job as president of the Atlan
tic and North Carolina Railroad was
classed as a 'patronage plum' in last
Sunday's News and Observer. He said
"We are going to do everything we
can, but we cant overlook expense
..' He was talking about the pos
sibility of the A and N. C. taking ov
er the 3.17 miles of track between
Morehead City and Beaufort. He also
spoke about "sharp teeth worms that
sharpen their teeth on concrete piles
and then swim over to the wooden
railroad bridge and go to eating it
up." In his interview Mr. Hamilton
made no reference to maintainence
on other bridges taken over by the
State, nor to less than 100 piles
which need replacing under the rail
road trestles, nor the amount that has
been spent in maintainence of this
track during very recent years, nor to
$93,000 gross revenue derived from
shipments in and out of Beaufort to
date in 1934. Beaufort and Eastern
Carteret county do not want to lose
this railroad Mr. Hamilton or prob
ably you are already aware of the
fact (Courtesy News and Observer. )
Something Went In
These Jars Besides
Bootlegger's Booze
A total of 46,756 quarts of fruits
and vegetables were canned this year
in Carteret county under the auspic
es of the ERA Home makers program,
as compared to 36,527 quarts in 1934.
And strange to say in 1934 there
were 17 home maker workers while
this year there was only one.
Mr. Gossard who gave out the a.
bove information stated that of the
total, 56 rural rehabilitation families
on farms canned 9,768 jars. Relief
clients were grven a solid car load of
glass jars, tops and rubbers or all
but 250 dozen which were sold to the
rehabilitation clients. The canning
program was a followup on the gar
den program earlier in the season.
Seeds were given clients and weve
planted under direction of two super
visors. It has been hinted around that
probably a great many of the jars
coming to this county in the past
might have been used for bottling
'corn liquor. But it is believed that
this situation exists no longer and
with the 46,756 quarts of fruits and
vegetables canned, it means that
ninny a person will be more self sup
porting during the coming winter.
Clubs Have Living'
Standard Program
The Home Agents of the South
eastern District met with the District
Agent, Mrs. Estelle T. Smith, and the
Extension Specialists at White Lake
during the first week of Ssptember
to make plans for the coming year's
work. It was decided at this con
ference that the chief objective in
Home Demonstration work during
ing 1936 would be to raise the stan
dard of living in rural homes and to
develop leaders in each community.
Home Improvement has been the
major project in Home Demonstra
tion work in Carteret County during
1935 and much, progress has been
made along this line. The same pro
ject will be carried on during the
jyear 1936 with emphasis on a com
iortaDie norne lor ail and each rural
! family "living at home."
FISHING IS GOOD
IN GULF STREAM
iliirty Pound Dolphin And A
Number of Heavy Bonita
Taken by Anglers Last Sun
day; Publisher at Lookout
Four dolphin, the largest weighing
around 30 pounds and 15 bonita,
weighing from eight to 15 pounds
wpre taken Sundav in the Gulf
Stream off Cape Lookout by a party
of Edgewater Club sportsmen fishing
from the 8G-foot auxiliary schooner
Luther M. Werner. While the largest
dolphin was a record or near record
for the coast this summer, the catch
of bonita was unusual. It is seldom
that bonita above eight pounds are
taken along the coast.
The party of W. J. Erown and R.
E. Lee, Murfreesboro; J. B. Barnes,
J. P. Nowell, Ahoskie; Senator J. A.
Pritchard, Windsor; W. B. Plaine, i
Norfolk; W. E. Baugham, C. S.
Graves and Dr. John Cotton Tayloe,
Washington and Paul Burton, of
Wilmington. They landed no amber
jack, but had several strikes from
these fast sinking fighters. The large
dolphin put up a big fight and was
landed after the angler had become
exhausted playing the fish.
Capt. C. G. Gillikin is now master
of the Werner and he with his crew
i were praised highly by the anglers
going out Sunday. Late September i,
and all during the month of October
is considered ideal for big catches off
shore, if weather
conditions permit
outside fishing.
Josh Home, publisher of the Rocky
at tvi,.0. r.A o mr nf
friends were in Beaufort Monday ev
ening bound for Cape Lookout. They
were expecting some exceptionally
good Cero fishing this week if the
weather remained fair.
Capt. Charlie Carrcw's
Party Landed One Cero
Despite the fact that they landed
only one cero, Ralph Stevens, Thel
Hooks and James Creech of Smith
field, J. N. Ellis, Warrenton; Jack
Neal and Tom Hood of Beaufort had
a very pleasant day at Cape Lookout
bight Sunday aboard Capt. Charlie
Carrow's new boat. It was the maid
en trip for this boat which is one of
the niftiest fishing crafts in the local
harbor. The Cero landed weighed a
bout 12 pounds and while the party
landed only one, they made a better
record than many of the parties go
ing to the Cape Sunday as many
boats caught no fish.
The Smithfield Kiwanis Club has
started a pig club in Johnston Coun
ty by donating six pure bred pigs to
4-H club members.
A Woman Died
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Robert E. Lee Fire Company, Beaufort's First Fire Fighters
Reading from left to right they are: Dave Jones, Charles Hatsell,' George Brooks, Lon Gardner, Wiley Tay
lor, Guy Hudgins, Ikey Moore, Jim Potter, Frank Skarren, Harvey Ramsey, Jesse Fulcher, Jim Fuller, Chief
Longest, Will Skarren, Henry Marshall, B. Robinson, John Skarren, Theodore Adair, and Jacob Gibble, with
Fire Chief Longest sitting on the wagon. Theodore Adair and Jacob Gibble at extreme right, were not mem
bers, but they wanted to be in the picture.
About 25 year ago on a cold winter
night the Robinaon home, pictured in
the ruin above, caught fire. The
Robert E. Lee Fir Company
used
the erode hand pump and formed
bucket brigade to the harbor at the
foot ef Turner Street and finally got
the fire out, before it had complete-
ly
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demolished the structure. It stood
tSe corner of Aaa and Turner
LOCAL FOOTBALL
TEAM PRACTICES
Coach Dellinger Put the High
School Squad Thro ugh
Scrimmage Practice Wed
nesday: First Game Friday,
27th.
By BRAXTON ADAIR
Coach Harold Dellinger, Beaufort
High's Stoney Point, N. C. atheletic
instructor has been giving his foot
ball squad try outs for the past sev
eral days and the first game of the
season is scheduled for next Friday,
Sept. 27.. Just who the team will
play has not yet been announced.
Upon his arrival in Beaufort the
Coach found a group of some 25 boy?
already going through their workouts
and eager to make the team.
The few days practicing before the
arrival of Dellinger was devoted tc
caltehenics and running through
plays, under the supervision of Ray
Hassell former E. C. T. C. athlete.
By graduation or dropping out be
cause of scholastic difficulties the lo
cal team lost Ralph Thomas anc.
Charles Styron, star tackles that help
ed materially in carrying the team tr
victory many times last season. The
former received the praise from ev
ery coach of every team played. Clas1
B. Champion's coach of 193-4 said
he was the best tackle opposing them
year and Styron was sure hi?
runnerup.
The guard position formerly held
by Ralph Layton will be one of the
i Hardest positions to nil mis year, anu
six-foot Roland Longest and his toe
will be greatly missed. Roll cd wa
really the only punter on the team
last season. Ed Potter and George
Brooks are getting a lot of attention
from the Coach and he hopes to de
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Port Terminal Bids
Open October First
Proposals for bids are now being
circulated in various periodicals
throughout the country for the con
struction on the Morehead City Port
Terminal. Included in the work rre
specifications for the erection of the
proposed warehouses at Morehead
City and also specifications for the
proposed slips for the terminals.. If
the A. and N. C. railroad operation
details are ironed out there seems to
be no further hiteh in the beginning
of work on the terminals.
GOVERNOR WIRES
Governor Ehringhaus wired Ay
cock Brown early tonight that he
would be glad to see delegation Fri
day to discuss railroad.
In Flames That Burned This House
Street. Mi Henrietta Robinson, lir.
ing in the houie at the time wa!
burned to death. It i aaid that noth-
, ing but her heart wa found after the
blase.
Frank Longest, local customs col
lector was chief of this fire company.
Pictured above they are wearing the
spic and span uniforms which had
been purchased with money dorivei
Governor Will Be Asked
To Give His Support in
Keeping Local Railroad
SHE WAS MOWED
DOWN BY BANDITS
Miti
Miss Dorothy Sanderlin
When bandits robbed a bank in the
college town of Mars Hill a few days
ago and fired a fusilade of machine
gun bullets as they made their depar
ture, Miss Dorothy Sanderlin of New
Bern who is quite well known in
Beaufort was struck in the stomach
by one of the shots when she rushed
to thef ront door ofa drug store. Her
condition has been very grave but
latest reports have been that now she
is believed to be out of danger. Miss
Sanderlin was a student at the moun
tain town college, but after being
shot was taken to the Ashton hospital
in Asheville. The above photograph
was obtained by a corresponden of
the News and Observer in Beaufort,
in which paper it first appeared. Yes
terday it was reprinted in the Sun
Journal. Catch One Bandit
Sheriff Lawrence Brown tat
ed in Atheville today that a man
booked a John Cochran, arrett
ed near Newport, Tenn., yester
day had confeed hi part in the
holdup of the Mar Hill bank
and uKequent wounding of
Mit Dorothy Sanderlin. Today
report on Mi Sanderlin' con
dition was that phyiicians now
had hope for her recovery.
from sponsoring the appearance of
Johnny J. Jones' shows here a few
weeks before. (The above photo-
graph was made from a larger one
hanging in the hallway of the Frank
Longest home here. Any one who
would like to have copy of the above
photograph may obtain same from
Roy Eubanks, local photographer, for
the sum of $1.)
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Luther Hamilton, President of
A. & N. C. States That He
Hopes Some Arrangements
May be Made Whereby His
Company Can Take Over
The Trackage of Beaufort
And Western
ABOUT 50 PILES NEEDED
Official of the A. & N. C. Believe
That Maintenance of Trackage
Would Involve Big Money; But
Beaufort Will Continue Effort to
Keep Train Moving Into Town
Want Governor' Support in Fight
The Beaufort delegation will con
sist of members of the local Cham
ber of Commerce. Governor Ehrnig
haus has written that he would grant
this conference. He also wrote:
"This situation, however, is, as you
know, not under my control, but I
shall be glad to see you nevertheless."
Despite the fact that Governor Eh
ringhaus has stated that the railroad
situation is 'not under his control,"
the Beaufort group believe that since
he has played an important, a very
important role in recent railroad ac
tivities, that his support as a repre
sentative of the State will be of great
help when the Interstate Commerce
Commission hearing on the N. S.
Receiver's appeal for abandonment
is staged sometime after October 10.
Luther Hamilton, president of the
Ai & N. C. railroad has stated on
several occasions that he hoped some
arrangement could be made whereby
his road could take over operation of
the trackage into Beaufort. He once
stated that Beaufort would not have
a chance for continued operation if
the Norfolk Southern was granted a
release, which was not the case.
It has been stated here that recent
survey by engineers showed that a
bout 50 piles under the trestle need
ed replacing at the present time. That
is, with possible exception of work on
draws, all maintainence needed at
present to put the 3.17 miles of road
in about as good shape as it has been
since the Norfolk Southern took it
over.
Mr. M. R. Beaman, manager of the
Morehead City Port Commission stat
ed last week that we had injured
that organization by writing the last
paragraph of the rail story. We prob
ably did not make it clear and it is
not the intention of the Beaufort
News to injure in anyway this great
development proposed for Morehead
Ctiy. We referred to a member of
the port commission who had had an
artist paint picture of a development
quite near Beaufort with a group of
railroad tracks leading to same. What
we had especial reference to was a
proposed industrial development own
ed by Morehead Properties Inc.,
which is painted as occupying the
marsh between the two towns. A
member of the port commission is an
official of this development, but
there is absolutely no joint connec
tion between the two organizations.
Covvrinq The
WATER FilOXT
By AYCOCK BROWN
CAPT. CHARLIE CARROW has
named his nifty new pleasure boat
the Pilot. He carried her on the maid
en trip last Sunday with a party of
anglers to Cape Lookout and each
man aboard said she was a seaworthy
craft, taking the swells like a swim
ming gull. Capt. Charlie will use the
boat in taking fishing parties out and
he should get a lot of business be
cause he is not only a fine man with
a fine boat but is also an excellent
angler'i guide.
MANY FOLKS HERE will remem
ber another boat named the Pilot. She
was once used as a ferry between
Morehead City and Beaufort, later
being converted into a fishing boat.
While in the role of a fishing boat she
was also in the rum-running racket
when North Carolina's rum row was
centered nearby and off the Carter
et coast. While having a turn at
rum-running in 1924 she was cap
tured off Bear Inlet once by Capt.
Otis Meekins aboard the C. G. 232.
She was loaded to the 'gunnels' with
fine imported liquor when brought in
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I . Thursday, Sept. 26
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