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VOLUME XXIV
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1935 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 45
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how A
Chairman Webb of
Control Board
Presents County Com
missioners with Quar
terly Audit Which
Shows Total Profit of
Over$lr100 per Month
From Three Stores
PROFIT OVER 15 PER CENT
Control Board Ask For More
Than Five Per Cent For ABC
Enforcement and County At
torney Will Consider Re
quest; Many Routine Mat
ters Disposed of by County
Commissioners
a nrnfit nf S2.293.55 was shown by
Carten-t ABC Stores during tne quui-jthat
. fi n f sentemtier o". accmunii, ,
to an audit submitted by Chairman
V. M. Webb of the Control Board
during the monthly meeting of the
commissioners here Monday. The prof
it averages over 15 per cent it was
shown. With reference to the net
profit for the two months of opera
tion during the quarter in question,
Chairman Webb explained that by
retaining the amount of profit that
the Control board would be in posi
tion to discount its bills for the next
quarter, thereby saving the county
about $85 per month on their purchas
es. This was approved by the Board
of County Commissioners.
Other matters disposed of during
the commissioners' meet Monday were
more or less of a routine nature.
Freeman Brothers had the low bid
for supplying the county home during
November; the question of exceeding
the 5 per cent for law enforcement
for Carteret's ABC board was refer
red to County Attorney Hamilton and
the county commissioners will act on
his opinion; a resolution wa3 passed
calling the highway officials atten
tion to a road near Gloucester known
as Joe Fulford road. Residents in that
section only ask that the route be
placed in a passable condition.
(Continued on page eight)
Covert nn The
M ATER FROISI
By AYCOCK BROWN
AN AUBURN HAIRED attorney of
Morehead City made it a point, one
3ay this week, to tell ir.J that the
Audit for Carteret county '-ad been
completed and was now op.-.: to the
public. He closed his conversat.on by
saying, "Now let me see if you have
the guts to print it." I dor.t see that
it takes anything of an intestinal na
ture to print what is open to the pub
lic. The Audit is open to the public
and it makes interesting reading and
is almost as long as Anthony Adverse.
Nevertheless the edtior of this news
paper gleaned some of the high
spots and regrets that space will not
allow publication of every word and
figure written that represented the
work of CPA St. George T. Abrahams
over a lengthy period of time.
ir this NEWSPAPER overlook-
on snmfi detail in the audit report
that would give a kindlier attitude
t-,oA nnir nniintv official same will
be printed in next week's edition if
the fact is brought to our attention.
We report the news as it is not as
some perhaps wc uld like to have it re
ported. In ref vence to the audit,
persons shou! ! commend Irvin W.
Davis, Registc ' of Deeds. His office
balanced perfly. That is the way a
county office siould be run.
NATURE GAVE BIRTH to one or
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thpre over the blue water,
west of Bermuda last week. It came
dangerously near the Carolina coast.
When the U. S. .Navy Radio at Cape
Lookout called, on Saturday afternoon; late November or early December
the storm center was less than 100 Morehead City will celebrate the ded
miles southeast of that place and ourication of her half million dollar port
local barometers felt it. terminal and the million and a half
. dollar channel leading from Beaufort
LIEUT. G. C. MILLER of the U. S. Inlet to the terminal site.
Navy who was in charge of the two Work tarte4 on the terminal this
.(Cntinned $q page four) week. ,,uU . -; .. . ..
stores
Profit
Car-jPLAN NEW BRIDGE
TO CEDAR ISLAND
Application of State For Span
Across Channel From Thor
oughfare to Cedar Bay Will
Be Heard Tuesday by U. S.
Engineers
Cedar Island may soon be connect
ed with the mainland near Atlantic by
a modern and up-to-date drawbridge
instead of the dinky, antique and fun
ny looking ferry that now crosses the
channel connecting Thoroughfare
Bay with Cedar Bay. The N. C. State
Highway and Public Works Commis
sion have applied to the U. S. Engi
neers to construct such a bridge and
if approved it will be another step to
wards giving the citizens of Cedar
Island what they rightfully deserve,
l
a connection with the main--
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With the approval on the part of
U. S. Engineers for the construction
of the bridge it should be only an
other short step before Cedar Island
ers are given a road and then every
one will be happy up that way and
for the first time in history residents
lof this county can drive direct to the
island without considering it a most
perilous journey, as it really is at
present.
(Continued on page eight)
DETROIT WRITER
VISITS OCRACOKE
William G. Wetstein, free-lance
feature writer of Detroit passed thru
Beaufort this week bound for Ocra
coke Island where he will spend an
extended vacation. He recently com
pleted assignments on the Passama
quoddy Dam project at Eastport,
Maine,. This project when completed
would harness tides and generate el
ectric power for many communities
in that section of the State.
It "is not Mr. Western's first visit
to Ocracoke. He has been there sev
eral times during recent years and
has written feature articles about
life as he saw it on the island for a
number of the larger newspapers. On
Ocracoke he will live at the cottage
of Mrs. Mame Harris, where many
writers an dartists have stopped dur
ing recent years.
Famous Dice Shooter
Shot Fisheries Film
Karl W. Fasold, the fellow who
tauo-ht Kine Leopold of Belgium, to
shoot crap, and who made front page
in the News and Observer on lues
day, has been in Morehead City this
week on a different sort of shooting
expedition. This time he was shooting
films of activities at Nortn Carolina
Fisheries. Inc.. and same will become
permanent records of the Works
Progress Administration, ne wm
shoot scenes of every activity around
the plant, from the time the fish are
taken from boats, placed in the freez
ing plant or loaded aboard trucks for
shipment upstate.
Mr. Fasold is not only one of the
famous crap shooters of the world
but also one of the most famous pho
tographers. He is now employed mak
ing motion picture records of all
WPA activities in this section. He,
might have been employed last night
in teaching Morehead City residents
the art of shaking dice and rolling
sevens and elevens, but he has got-
ten some interesting films down here
and John Sikes, managing director of
V. liL-Vioi'ioa rtrnranizjlt'nn stated that
perhaps the films would be shown at
local theaters later.
! M. CITY TERMINAL
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Plans are now underway for one
of the most elaborate celebrations
ever staged in Carteret county. In
Membership Drive
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It Is Your Duty To
The National Red Cross Roll Call
officially starts on Armistice Day an-i
continues until Thanksgiving, but in
Beaufort and Eastern Carteret coun
ty the drive for memberships will be
gin on Saturday, November 9, accord
ing to a statement made today by Dr.
F. E. Hyde, cnairman of the local
ChaDter. This is beina- done because
High School girls here who will en
ter the drive for memberships can
devote- their" time to the cause with
out missing any school days.
Mrs. Lawrence Fenwick has been
appointed membership . chairman for
Beaufort and the high school gjrls
who will be seeing you for your mem
bership will be working with her.
Mrs. M. E. Bloodgood is membership
chairman for all of East Carteret
county and Dr. Hyde will direct the
entire drive.
Carteret county should support
the Red Cross. Hardly a week has
passed this year but what news dis
natches appeared in the daily papers
telling of services rendered by the
National Red Cross organization.
Persons in Carteret county will recall
the September hurricane of 1933
that played havoc here and m nearby
communities and how the American
Red Cross came with aid and spent
May Decide Fate Of
Railroad On Monday
Fate of the railroad which serves
4Beaufort and the communities in
eastern and northern Carteret county
may be decided at the Interstate
Commerce Commission hearing In the
Courthouse, Monday, November 11.
The hearing will .start at 10 o'clock.
Examiner Molster of the I. C. C. will
be in charge, and will hear from
nprsnns interested in the continued
operation of the 3.17 miles of tracks
leading from Morehead City to Beau
fort. The Norfolk - Southern,
present operators of the route have
annlied to the I. C. C. for abandon
Iment of this short link in their system
Literally hundreds of petitioners
in Beaufort and East Carteret
;mmun,t,es
have protested the
abandonment and the names of these
petitioners affixed to a formal protest
I will be presented at the hearing Mon-
!lay. Not only that, but brief, drawn
w attnvnovi pmnloved by the
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Town of Beaufort and the Chamber
of Commerce, will be presenieu.
F.vpvv citizen and tax payer in tseau-
fort and Carteret county is urged to
at the meeting. In
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addition to the protest of aband
onment on the part of local citizens,
civic bodies and prominent residents
of Morehead City will be present at
the hearing to lnd what aid they can
in the fight for continued rail service
into Beaufort, this town nd the
Starts Saturday
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Join The Red Cross
a total of$ 17,459.67 for relief of
storm sufferers," says Mrs. eioou
"That amount did not include
car hire, boat hire, gasoline or super-
pervision, but did include the reDuua
ing of homes, repairs, food, cloth
ins and household goods distributed"
said Mrs. Bloodgood.
Medical care and treatment was
also given storm sufferers. Since
the 1933 storm, other cases were di
rectly in line of Red Cross lelief
work have been given.
"We have put on two Life Saving
courses in Beaufort which were well
attended by boys and girls," Mrs.
Bloodgood stated, "and at an early
date or before the current Red Cross
Call is over we hope to have all the
grades, including high school enroll
ed in a Junior Red Cross Chapter."
Junior Red Cross members will be
given instructions in first aid
for their homes. It was pointed out
here this week by visiting Red Cross
official that nearly as many casualties
occur in the homes of the nations as
on the higheways, which is almost un
believable, but true. Junior Red Cross
members, properly taught certain
irst aid matters can make their own
homes a much safer place in which
to live.
many communities east and north of
of here.
It U hnnpfl that the I. C. C. will be
convinced of the importance of the
road in question and that this federal
body will require that working
arrangements be made whereby the
Atlantic and North Carolina and the
Norfolk Southern must operate the
road jointly. It is doubtful that the
IVaii JLllyiJf v t mvmu -
I. C. C. would require the Norfolk
Southern to ODerate the road for an
indefinate period, due to the fact that
it is located nearly 40 miles from
their nearest trackage.
It is understood by this newspaper
that the I. C. C. can claim jurisdict
ion to order the joint operation ot the
Beaufort end, since the A and N. C.
connects or has working arrange
ments with an interstate carrier.
At their regular meeting Monday
night the Town Commissions s
employed C. R. Wheatley and M.
Leslie Davis to represent the interest
of Beaufort and the citizens of
Carteret at the hearing. Thomas D.
,Warren of New Bern has been em
ployed by the Chamber of Commerce
to represent the same sections and he
has been working for several days on
a brief to bo presented at the hear
ing. Alderman Frank Kmz is distribut
ing circulars in all the communities
east and north of Beaufort today
(Continued, on page eight)
County
Is
FISHING EDITOR
KNEW HIS BLUES
Fulton Lewis Jr., of the Wash
ington Herald Believes Blue
fish Strike in at Cape Look
out About February 1 And
Would Send Anglers Here
The bluefish strike Cape Lookout
waters around the first of February,
is the opinion of Fulton Lewis Jr.,
fishing editor of the Washington Her
ald, Washington, D. C, who stopped
tv,o Rpaufort News office Tuesday
to talk 'fishing' with the secretary of
The Chamber of Commerce. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Lewis and their
small child and were traveling by au
to back home after a vacation in
Florida. They passed out of Honda
Mondav morninsr a few hours before
the disastrous hurricane passed into
the southern portion of the State.
Mr. Lewis was given the lowdown
on dolphin, amberjack and cero fish
ing but he seemed most interested in
'blues' so was given the dope on the
big 'Hatteras blues' which struck in
at Lookout last Spring resulting in
nmo PYi-pnt.ional catches by local
I anglers. He was interested in the
Hatteraa blues, but what he wished
to determine definitely was whether
ordinary blus strike in local waters
around February 1, about 15 days af
ter they reach Southprt, and a full
month before Oregon Inlet. rot a
few, but literally hundreds of anglers
from Washington go to Oregon In
let waters after blues in March. Mr.
Lewis would steer some of those ang
lers to our waters, he said, if only he
could determine definitely that the
fish were here a few weeks ahead of
Oregon. Beaufort is only 35 miles
farther from Washington, D. C, than
Oregon Inlet, he stated,
FOUR SNAG BUCK
SLAIN BY YOUTH
A 4-snat: buck weighing 180
pounds was killed by 15 year old Ed
Hancock Jr., in the Open Grounds
Monday. He is the youngest hunter
to kill a deer in Carteret county so
far this season. His deer was killed
with a 32 rifle. Engineer Ed Han
cock is one of the best shots in Car
teret county and it looks like his son
is a 'chip off the old block.
A nice buck was also killed Tues
iay morning by Messrs. C. P. Tyler
md Charlie Simpson in the Open
Grounds section. He weighed 150
lounds. Dozens of deer have been
slain bv eunners in Carteret coun
ty so far this season and new kills
ire being reported daily.
American Education
Week To Be Observed
The school and democracy is the
theme for American Educa
tion Week to be observed at Beau
fort High School November 11, to
IB. The American Legion will tane
the lead in the opening ceremonies,
at 10:15 o'clock Monday morning,
paying tribute to those who haye
served the country in war and in
imes of peace.
J. G. Allen, county school super-
dptit will cive an address on
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Tuesday morning at the same hour,
10:15. in which he will review tha
Progress and the Needs of the
"Schools of our State. On Wednesday
morning at the chapel period J. L.
Gossard will discuss the school and
the Nation, explaining steps taken
(Continued on page elht)
PROBABLY YOU KNOW
WHO FOUND A WATCH
The late W. T. Davis who was al
most instantly killed when struck by
a truck near the N. C. Fisheries
Plant in Morehead City a few days
atro was carrying a watch at the
time. But following his death the
watch could not be, found. It may
have been lost near the scene ot the
tragedy. Probably some one has found
it. Mrs. Davis, surviving widow, wants
the watch and is wiling to pay a mod
est reward for same if returned. It is
one of the few keepsakes of her late
husband that will become the proper
ty of her little boy, ij recovered.
Audit
Complete
Figures Compiled by St.
George Abraham Re
veal How Officials
Have Been Running
Carteret County's Bus
iness During Past
Three and Half Years
rWO OFFICES IN BLACK
Deplorable Conditions Exist in
Some of the Departmental
Offices of the County Accord
ing to The Lengthy Report of
Mr. Abrahams; No Action
Taken on Conditions Exist
ing by Commissioners at
Their Monday Meet
After a period of several months
the Carteret county audit has been
completed and was made public this
week after the Board of County Com
missioners officially accepted same
The audit covers a period of approx
imately three and a half years of
county business as transacted by the
different officials. Two of the three de
partments audited, showed up in the
black. Direct quotations copied from
the audit will give a synopsis of how
our Carteret county has been run
during this period. The report in part
follows:
County Auditor's Office
Schedule 1-1 of auditor's report
shows cash unaccounted for in the
sum of $523.24.
"Cash in the Accountant's office
was verified by actual count on the
morning of April 1, 1935, and after
considering certain minor cash ad
justments for the period to Decem
ber 31, 1931"', and using cash entries
made on the Accountant s cash rec
ords bringing' the balance December
31, 1934, up to date actual count was
made, a balance of "$11 1.28 unaccount
ed for was indicated. However, sub
sequent verification of cash collec
tions turned over to the Accountants
iffice receipted for an item of $411.96
.vhich had not been entered on his
cash book as' at the close of business
n that date,' and which we had not
onsidered him due to account for in
naking our verification of cash in
lis office. After charging the Ac
countant with this item the cash un
.ccounted for amounted to $523.34.
"The records of the County Ac
countant were found in a deplorable
condition. An attempt had apparently
een made to keep same as original
y contemplated when the system was
nstalled. However, on final analysis,
the general "records in the Account
ant's office. meant little."
RegUter of Deeds
The Register of Deeds was com
( Continued on page four)
TIDE TABLE
Information a to toe tidei
it Beaufort is given in this col
imn. Th3 figures are approi
imately correct and based ot
tablft furnished by tbe U. S
Geodetic Survey. Some allow
ances must be made for varia
tions in the wind and also witt
resnect to the locality, that b
whether near the inlet or a'
;he heads of the estuaries.
amnkwann
High Tide Low Tide
Friday, Nov. 8
5:47 a.
0:05 p.
6:3S a.
0:58 p.
m. ll:2o a. m.
m. 12:14 p. m.
Saturday, Nov. 9
m, 12:10 a. m.
m. 1:07 p. m.
Sunday, Nov. 10
7:2S a. m. . 1:05 a. m.
7:46 p. m. 157 P-
Monday, Nov. 11
8:16 a. m. 1:53 a. m.
8:35 p. m. 2:43 p. m.
Tuesday, Nov. 12
9:05 a. m. 2:40 a. m.
9:22 p. m. 3:31 p. m.
Wednesday, Nov. 13
9:52 a. m. 3:28 a. m.
9:10 p. m. 4:19 p. m.
Thursday, Nor. 14
10:39 a, m. 4:15 a. m.
19:5.9 P. m. . .iiiij 5:8. P-