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EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1935 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 42
VOLUME XXIV
SEA FOOD J. i , I ill
Equipment Is Now Enroute
To Morehead Where Loving
Build Port Terminal
Will
This Equipment Includes Large
Derrick and Rotary Pile Driv
er And Comes From Caps
Fear River Project Near Fay
etteville; Other Equipment
Will be Moved to Location
- Quickly as it is Only A Mat
ter of Days Until Actual
Construction of Terminal
Must Start.
BONDS BEING PRINTED
Chairman Royal of Port Commission
Will Soon Sign Nearly Half Mil
lion Dollar in Bond to be Turn
ed Over to Federal Reserve Bank
In Richmond and Comptroller Gen
eral McCarl of the U. S. Treasury
Will Release to War Department
Sum of $1,555,000 Upon Receipt
Of Form.llv Aooroved Contract.
From PWA Now Enroute to Wash
ington.
A large derrick and a rotary pile
driver recently used on a Cape Fear
Hiver lock project by the 1. A. L,oV'
ing Company of Goldaboro are now
enroute to Morehead City to be used
in the construction of the port term
inal there, according to Maurice R.
Beaman, general manager of the Port
Commission. Other building equip
ment of the Loving company (which
was awarded the contract for build
ing the terminal when the bids were
opened and canvassed in the sunroom
of Edgewater Club recently) will be
on location soon and it will be only a
matter of days until actual construc
tion begins, Mr. Beaman state.
(Continued on page eight)
Air Brake Specialist
Is Buried In New Bern
Last rites for Benjamin Elwood
Hatsell, Sr., were conducted at Christ
Episcopal Church in New Bern, Wed
nesday. He died early Monday at his
homo in Alexandria, Va., following
a short illness.
Mr. Hatsell was born in Beaufort
but left here when still a young man
to accept employment in the old At
lantic and North Carolina railroad
shops in New Bern. While there he
specialized in air brake repairing and
later moved to Virginia. He retired
from railroading a few years ago.
He is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Ellen H. Trudgill, and Mrs. B. D.
Clark, and one son B. Elwood Hatsell.
Jr., all of Alexandria; one grandson,
Joe Clark, also of Alexandria; a sis
ter, Mrs. M. T. Reverly, of Roanoke,
Va., and three brothers, Henry D.
Hatsell of Norfolk, Va., George Hat
sell of Tampa, Fla., and Charles I.
Hatsell of Beaufdi.
Interment was maie in Cedar
Grove cemetery in New Bern.
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Annual Achievement Dav
Oi Clubs On October 31t
Covering The
WATER FRON1
THIS COLUMN, THIS columnist and
THE BEAUFORT NEWS wishes to
extend congratulations to Chairman
Ben F. Royal, Maurice R. Beaman,
Walter Hufham, Stanley Woodland
and anyone else connected with the
Morehead City Port Commission for
their accomplishment In two years
they have paved the way to tha
building of a port terminal. Others
dreamed aboat it for three quarters
of a century, but dreaming does
not build arything. It takes work
and hard work and the cooperation
of the community in which you are
working to accomplish anything. And
the four muskeeters mentioned a
bove have not laid down on the job
..DR. ROYAL MIGHT get writer's
cramp a few days from now when he
has to affix his signature to the Term
inal Bonds. Of the total number 322
are one grand denomination. Without
his signature the bonds would be a
piece of paper. With it, along with
ethers, those bonds will be worth near
iuoatinuea on page eigntj
LEFT TACKLE ONCE
i cd
"ft
Judge Walter Small
Carolina lost a good left tackle
back in 1911 when Walter Small
graduated and started the practice of
law in his home town of Elizabeth
City. He did well in law just as he
did in football and during the past
week occupied the bench here, but
not a bench on the sidelines. Today
he is a Superior Court Judge and this
week for the first time he held court
in Carteret county. The jurist made a
good impression on many local attor
neys and defendants too, especially
those that were freed of certain
charges.
PUBLIC HEARING.,
INTERSTATE COMMERCE!
COMMISSION
WASHINGTON
Oct. 12, 1935.
Application of Morris S. Haw
kin and L. H. Windholz, Re
ceirers of Norfolk Southern
Railroad Company, for Per
mission to abandon the line
of that Company between
Morehead City and Beaufort,
N. C.
Hearing in the above-entitled
proceeding, now assigned for
Not. 7, 1935, at Morehead City,
N. C, before Examiner MoUter,
ii cancelled and this proceeding
it reassigned for hearing on
Nov. 11, 1935, 9:30 a. m. (stan
dard time), at the County Court
House, Beaufort, N. C, before
Examiner Molster.
By the Commission:
George B. McGinty,
Secretary.
Martin County farmers will pur
chase 30,000 baskets cooperatively
for marketing the surplus sweet pota
to crop.
Features of This Event Will be
A Speech by Mrs. Estelle
Smith, District Agent ; Exhib
its of Club Work; Installa
tion of Officers and 23 Con
tests Covering All Phases of
Activities With Cash Prizes
To the Winners
Mrs. Estelle Smith, district agent
of Home Demonstration Clubs will be
the principal speaker at the annual
Achievement Day of the Carteret
County Federation on Thursday, Oc
tober 31, it was announced today by
Miss Helen Dry. The program this
year will start promptly at 10 o'clock
on the Courthouse lawn and Miss Dry
advises that all persons should have
their exhibition material there at
least an hour earlier or not later
than 9 o'clock.
Twenty three contests will be pre
sented during the day and cash priz
es will be presented during the day
and cash prizes will be given the
winners of each. The list of contests
follow: Canning, (Ball contest) sack
or Osnaburg Dresses; Potted Plants;
Flower Arrangements, (Mixed- flow
ers) Chrysanthemums, (best collec
tion; dahlias, (bes't collection); cro-
cheted bed-spreads; quilts, hooka.!
rugs; made-over dresses; pound cakes,
(Untiaud on page cSit) .
Port Official
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. (Eubanks-News Photo)
Ocean Terminal Fies ta, Edgewater Club
On Saturday night, October 5, an "Ocean Terminal Fiesta., was present
at Edgewater Club by F. M. Simmons the managing director. It was
in rt-ality a sort of surprise party for
the Port Commission. When he walked ;into tne lobby 01 tne wud
where persons from all parts of the State had.gathered for the week-end,
he saw the replica of a freighter's. bow bearing his name. Later in the ev
ening he was induced to be photographed aboard the bow of the vessel.
Mr. Beaman has played jm important roio in securing the terminal
for Morehead City. , J .
Hundreds of Persons
In Eastern Carteret
Want Road Continued
Literally hundreds of persons in
the communities of Atlantic, Sea Lev
el, Davis, Straits, Smyrna .Marshall
berg, Gloucester, Otway, t'ettie and
Merrimon have signed petitions
earnestly requesting that railroad
service be continued into Beaufort,
N. C. These citizens, many of whom
depend largely upon the present rail
road in conducting their business have
said in the petitions that if tho Beau
fort and Western is discontinued it
will mean great expense and incon
venience to the people of their respec
tive communities. -.
In the meantime the date of the
(Continued on page four) $
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(Eubanks-News Photo)
But the Terminal Henri Merz Built is on Canvas
Coming to Carteret county during the past summer Artist Henri Merz,
a native Swiss, but naturalized American, has completed several paint
ings of Money Island Beach and proposed developments of Morehead
Properties, Inc.
These pictures are on display in
the headquarters of Morehead Prop
erties, Inc., which occupy offices in
the old Marine Bank building. Stanley
Woodland and Paul Cleland execu
tives of the firm say visitors are al
ways welcome to' see the paintings.
Mr. Men has lead an eventful life.
Once in Corsica he was captured by
bandits and held for 11 days before
he made his escape, aided by a
friendly monk. His experiences at
tracted the attention of the French
Government and a punitive expedi
tion resulted.
ZZr. ITcvz returned from Eurone
i last year after spending seven years
of ttody and painting abroad He
Is Honored .-
4 Sf r3
Maurice R. Beaman, general manager
Von Bedsworth Is Free
Until March Term 1936
On Prohibition Charge
j Court week in Beaufort was unev
entful. Judge Walter Small of Eliza
beth City presided over the criminal
and civil term and Dave Clark of
Greenville did the prosecuting. There
were, not many cases to prosecute
though and only a few sentences svere
dished out. That $200 bond Von
Bedsworth could not raise was recog
nised and he is free until the March
terni of court. Australia Parker charg
ed wiUTgrand larceny wos found al
most not guilty, when the husband of
thtf plaintiff; MrS..Tilley of Moreh,ead
Bluffs intervened. As she has already
served sojrne time Judge bin all gave
(Continued to page four)
Port Terminal
won the Diploma d'Honnem at the
Exhibition International at Bordeaux,
He has also exhibited paintings at the
Glass Palace, Munich, and Salon des
Artists Francias each year. Mr. Merz
was decorated in 1931 with the Leg
ion of Honor by the King of Rou
mania for meritorious service in a
diplomatic move in 1930 prior to the
accension of Carol to the throne of
Roumania.
Hi3 Corsica escapade attracted
world attention in 1931.
He came to our coast from Pine
hurst and will remain here until next
summer, when, if his present plans
materialise he will return ta Switzer
land for a vacation.
ABC Stores In Carteret
Take Almost $20,000
DuriiftFirst Ten Weeks
ATTENDS HEAi
Congressman Barden
"The Lord has given us Drum Inlet
and the United .States government
should show appreciation by keeping
it open," said Congressman Graham
A. Barden at the Drum Inlet hearing
in Atlantic today. About 500 people
were present and the place for the
hearing originally set for the store
of J. R. Morris and Sons was trans
ferred to the schoolhouse to take care
of the crowds. The Lord did not en
ter into all the arguments offered for
the preservation of Drum Inlet. Cit
izens of every community of Larter-
et. from Oriental. Bayboro, New
Bern, Beaufort and Morehead were
present at the meeting and it may re-
suit in a permanent Drum Inlet.
Just as important to fishing and nav
igation Interests was another hearing
conducted at 2:30 o'clock this after
noon in the Town Hall in Beaufort,
at which time ; reports were submit
ted and examinations made pertain
ing to a proposed channel from deep
water In Back Sound, N. C, through
Shackleford Banks, to deep water in
Lookout Bight. This project if com
pleted would serve not only naviga
tion and fishing interests but would
be of great value from a national d
fensive standpoint, during a war.
FISHING WAS GOOD
FOR THESE ANGLERS
Twenty trout weighing from one
half to three pounds each and 10
channel bass weighing from 10 to 15
pounds each were landed in the surf
on Core Banks last week-end by Ma
jor J. H. Trescott. Elliott Mathews
and Jim Bryant of Morehead City.
They were guided by Denard Chad
wick and Earl Davis of Marshallberg.
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Census Shows Fort3r Five New
Farms for Carteret County
Since 1930 The Number of Cat
tle in Carteret Has Almost
Doubled And The Irish Pota
to Crop Has Increased From
1,200 Acres And 149,019
Bushels in 1930 to 1,535
Acres And 271,521 Bushels
In 1935.
Out of a total of 885 farms re
ported on January 1, 1935 in Carter
et County, 686 were owner-operated,
according to a preliminary report of
the 1935 Census of Agriculture re
leased today by Director Wililam A.
Austin, Bureau of the Census, De
partment of Commerce.
While there was an increase of 45
farms in this county during the past
five years, acreage of crop land har
vested decreased. All land in farms
gained 8,712 acres. The average val
ue of alnd and building per farm de
creased over this period from $2,
981 to $1,868.
Corn for grain was harvested from
4,852 acres in 1934 with a produc
tion of 59,641 bushels as compared
with 4,299 acres and 72,084 bushels
in 1929. Acreage of hay increased
over this five-year period from 2,154
to 2,498 acres. The Irish potato crop
increased from 1,200 acres and 149,
019 bushels to 1,535 acres and 271,
621 bushels. Tobacco, however, de
creased from 1,719 acres and 1,070,
197 pounds of 1,007 acres and 776,-
080 pounds. ;
The number of cattle almost do bl
ed aince the Census of 1980, when
(Coitianed an gaga igfct
Bootlegging And Public Drink
ing Has Decreased Consider
ably Since Advent of ABC
Stores Say County And Town
Officials And There Has
Been No Increase in Drunk"
en Driving Cases Court Rec
ords Show
AUDITORS COME SOON
The Quarterly Audit of Store Will be
Made Within Few Days, Says Dis
bursement Officer Charles L. Skar
ren, at Which Time it Will be
Learned What Profits Have Been
Made For County; Dave Clark,
District Attorney Says Conditions
Are Better Now If For No Other
Reason That the Liquor is of
Such a Quality That it Does Not
Make a Person "Crazy" Drunk.
Since the first ABC store opened in
Carteret county at Beaufort on July
31 and with the subsequent opening
of ABC store No. 2 in Morehead
City on August 3 and ABC store No.
3 in Newport on August 24, a total
of $19,654.50 has been received for
the sale of liquors, wines and gins.
This total represents the sales up to
October 15, according to Charles L.
Skarren, ABC disbursement official
for the Carteret Board.
And in the meantime, while drink
ing has not dropped off to any ex
tent, all county and municipal officers
declare that the situation is better
than it was before. Sheriff Elbert Jf.
unaawicK says tnat ne Deneves tnai
crime is traced directly to liquor or
it subsiduaries. By subsiduaries we
include stuff that was alleged to be
liquor, various sorts of extracts,
Bateman drops, bay rum and rubbing
alcohol.
(Continued on page eight)
Playmakers To Feature
Play About Ocracoke
"Cottie Mourns," a comedy of
Ocracoke Island folk written by Pat
sy McMullan, daughter of Harry M'
Mullan of Washington will be the
feature of three plays presented bj(f
the Carolina Playmakers on the 33rd
tour of the famous troupe starting
November 15. The tour which will
last two weeks will include towns o
Eastern Carolina, Virginia and Wash
ington. The other two plays to be
presented will be "New Nigger" by
Fred Howard, of Chapel Hill and
"Tooth or Shave," by Josephine Nig
glie of Monterrey, Mexico. Each of
the play-writes are students at Caro
lina and in the dramatic classes of
famous Professor Federick H. Koch.
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TIDE TABLE
Information as to tne tide
it Beaufort is given in this o
lmn. Ttu figures are appros
imatoly correct acd based oi
table's furnished by the U. S
Geodetic Survey. Some allow
ances must be made for varia
tions in the wind and also wiU
respect to the locality, that L
whether near the inlet or a
he heads of the estuaries.
High Tide
Friday, Oct.
2:15 a. m.
2:49 p. m.
Saturday, Oct
1:19 a. m.
1:52 p. m.
Sunday, Oct.
2:36 a. m.
8:05 p. m.
Monday, Oct.
3:55 a. m.
4:09 p. m.
Tuesday, Oct,
Low Tide
IS
6:34 a. m.
7:36 a. m.
. 19
7:41 a. m.
8:35 p. m.
20
8:45 a. m.
8:30 p. m.
21
9:45 a. m.
10:20 p. m.
22
10:41 a. m.
4:48
5:00
5:82
i:42
6:10
:1
m.
p. m.
Wednesday, Oct. 23
a. is. 11:05 a. va.
p. m. 11:32 p. hv
Thursday, Oct. 24
a. nv. 11:47 a, m.
p. n
12:18 p- bv