Auditors' Opinion of Our
County Records
EcerPt from tame .. iubmitted by St George T. Abraham, of the firm of
Abraham and Whitakert
'in our opinion the records of the County have not been kept in such a manner as to properly reflect the true conditions
of your operating funds at any time. No control account is kept over expenses or revenue sources other than ad
valorem taxes. Accounts payable are not properly kept, in our opinion. Little or n. - "al check between department
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VOLUME XXIV
Community Center
Project Underway
Rustic Auditorium Building 180 by 60 Feet to
Be Constructed of Logs on Property Recently
Purchased by the Town of Beaufort From I.
E. Ramsey; Is Located on Taylor's Creek Just
Outside of City Limits.
OTHER PROJECTS STARTED
Tom Kelly Local Supervisor
For WPA Projects Gives Re
port on Activities to Date;
Of 318 Assigned for Work
230 Are Now Actually Em
ployed. Work started this week on Beau
fort's Community Center located on
property near the eastern limits of
the town and adjacent to Taylor's
Creek. While the original requisition
called for 19G laborers and 75 carpen
ters. only 52 have been assigned to
work there at present and of that
number only 25 had been employed
today, according to figures furnished
bv Tom Kelly local supervisor of the
W.P.A. A $15,000 grant from the
WPA assures the completion of at
least one unit of the proposed recre
ational center. The property known
as Beaufort Community Center was
recently purchased by the Town of
Beaufort from Isaac Ramsey.
Sometime between now and next
March an auditoriuum building 60 by
180 feet of rustic architecture and
built of logs will be completed. It
will not be primarily for the use of
Beaufort but a sort of community
center for Carteret county at large.
On the same properties this week was
started the Carolina Marine Labora
tory, a unit of the Department of
Biology of the Woman's College of
the University of North Carolina.
But that is a separate unit from the
Community Center the land for same
being deeded to the Womans College
early this week.
(Continued on page eiiht)
Covering The
WATER FMtOXJ
By AYCOCK BROWN
I AM A "DAMNED THIEF." Be
cause I was advised by a County
Commissioner that the now famous
Audit of Carteret county was public
property, and because I went to a
certain office in the co.. -house and
asked where the Audit v located
and was advised by an As: -nt of a
County Official that it was in n un
locked drawer of a desk, from v.hich
I removed same and spent some two
hours copying excerpts with every
official in the courthouse at the time
knowing exactly what I was doing
I am a "DAMNED THIEF." I am
a "DAMNED THIEF" Citizens of
Carteret County because I gave you
information which is a matter of pub
lic records and which you have a
right to know.
LUTHER HAMILTON, attorney
for Carteret county was present dur
ing the time the foregoing episode
took place in the office at the Court
house. He was the third party and
was not the one who accused me of
being a profane word thief. Attorney
Hamilton was quick to say that the
audit was a public record and that
under the circumstances he would
have done the ame thing I did. In a
later conversion by telephone Mr.
Hamilton emp' 3sized the fact that
he had not c" tinged his opinion and
that the Aud.t as prepared by CPA
Abrahams was not the property of
one man but Carteret county at large.
And if you citizens want something
interesting to read see the audit.
The story last week was only a synop
sis. It is real literature and gives the
inside dope on what the firm of Ab
rahams and Whitakors who prepared
the audit that covers a period of
three and a half years think about the
way this county is run. And incident
ly ask to see any subsequent audits
or reports that may put matters in a
(Continued on page eight)
Published in Carteret Co. ( READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY j WATCH Your Label
EIGHT PACES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1935
Gave His Help
!
th' '
Luther Hamilton
Without one cent of compensation,
Attorney Luther Hamilton of More
head City gave his help to Beaufort
at the rail hearing conducted here on
Monday and Tuesday. He was repre-se-ntine
the Town of Morehead City
and the Port Commission. He very
nblv assisted Attorney Thomas D.
Warren of New Bern who was employ
ed bv the Chamber of Commerce
here as counsel in protesting the pro
posed abandonment of the Beaufort
and Western trackage by the Norfolk
Southern. May we say again that At
torney Hamilton gave his services
without charge and that is something
few attorneys in our own home town
offered their services wit h o u t
charge. In addition to the rail hear
ing Examiner Prichard of the Inter
state Commeie Commission, Mr.
Hamilton took tl:e leading role in a
bridge hearing at .tlantic, Tuesday
morning, in behalf o.c Cedar Island
ers and then on Wednesday evening
he was present during a conversation
the editor of this newspaper had with
a county official, that you will read
about elsewhere in this newspaper
today.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Morehead City Properties Inc., to
R. T. Allen, 6 lots Morehead City,
Con $10.
Durham Life Ins. Co., Inc., to Haz
el H. Chadwick, 1 lot Morehead City,
Con $1750.
Lonnie West and wife to J. A.
Speagle and wife, 1 lot Harkers Is
and, Con $100.
Terminal Steel Purchase
Gels National Publicity
Morehead City got into national
news last week when under a Wash
ington dateline apeared a story rela
tive to Labor's feeling towards the
purchase of $10,000 worth of Gorman
steel to be used in the construction of
the Port Terminal. The Tri-borough
bridge of New York was given simi
lar publicity in the same story, al
though the latter group had not at
the time placed an order lor their
steel.
M. R. Beaman in Washington!, D.
C, Wednesday gave out a press dis
patch to the News and Observer cor
respondent in which he defended the
purchase that has given Morehead
City national publicity and which in
cludes this section m a sort of inter
national question, Mr. Beaman con
Poke Johnson, Public
Nuisance No. 1, Fails
To Raise A $150 Bond
"Poke" Johnson, Beaufort's Public
Nuisance No. 1 and habitual drunk
ard was in city court as usual Monday
night but the chances are he will not
be there next week unless he raises a
bond of $150 which will be necessary
before the keys of the county jail
pplla are nQpd a frppHom move, for
Jiim. Mayor Taylor after hearing the
evidence presented against roKe
bound him over to Superior Court un
der bond of $150. He was charged
with habitual drunkenness and for
being a public nuisance. So, unless
someone is foolish enough to pay his
bond or unless he saves his pension
checks the chances are he will be on
storage in the county's jail until early
next Spring.
Eighteen cases were on court's
docket Monday. Fighting and drunk
enness were the charges against the
defendants. The defendants, their
charges and the court's verdict follow:
Abe Darlintr. Aaron Bell, drunk, 10
days; Elijah Hardesty Sr., drunk, 15
days; George Turner and Buster
Branch, drunk. 10 days; Lottie M.
Vann and Albertus Williams, fighting
19 and 15 days; Pete Davis, Dan
Guthrie and Helen Mae Fulford,
drunk, 10 days; Mathorn Jones,
fighting, 10 days; Naomi lurner
cursing and "disorderly conduct, 10
days; Frank Clements and Henry
Wrhite, drunk, 10 days. Three cnarg
es of drunkenness against Fred No
lan, Tom Sadler and one known as
Capt. Billy were continued to another
session "bf court. "They are -under
bonds of $10 each.
TWBeauf ort News does not wish
for any of the defendants in court
on Monday night, November 4, to
think that we are slighting them by
not giving the usual publicity. Sev
en cases were tried, e-ach oa charges
of public drunkenness, They were:
Alvin Congleton, 15 days; Duffy
Jones, 10 days; Jamei Callum, 10
days; Barney Dixon, 15 days; Duffy
RVinfles. 15 davs: Viola Rhodes 10
days; Rosa Butler, 10 days and Jas.
Smith 1?, rlavs.
Those convicted either served time
specified on city strests or paid cost3
at the rate of oO cent per day.
Plans Underway For
Terminal Dedication
Maurice R. Beaman, manager of
the Morehead City Port Commission
is in Washington this week confer
ring with officials in regard to secur
ing a speaker for the Port Dedica
tion scheduled for an early date. A
press dispatch from Washington to
day stated that he had conferred with
White House officials and that Presi
dent Roosevelt will be unable to
come during the latter part of No
vember or early December. However,
it is believed that Secretary Ickes
may accept the invitation to be pres
ent at -the Dedication exercises.
Morehead City and Beaufort will
join together and the county at large
will cooperate towards making this
celebration the largest event of its
kind that has ever happened in the
county and that will be going some be
cause Carteret county is famous for
big and successful celebrations. The
date for the celebration has been ten
atively set for late November or early
December.
tends that money for German steel
has already been invested in a col
ton deal. In other words for every
cent that (roes out of the United
(States to Hitler's Germany for steel,
a like sum must be spent for Ameri
can commodities which rn tnis case
was cotton, Mr. Beaman stated.
In the meantime work is already
underway on the Port terminal. Two
large pile-drivers are now in position
placing piles preparatory to anchor
ing the huge steel pilings which will
be moved into location sometime in
the near future. The U. S. E. D. Corn
stock has already started dredging
the channel through Beaufort Inlet to
a depth so as to permit the U. S. E. D.
Manhattan, a similar type but larger
(Continued on pag eight)
THE FIRST TRAIN
She Arrived On N
It was an enthusiastic crowd that
the afternoon of November 30, 1900,
ed across the trestles and fills into B
was perhaps the most gala occasion e
the coming of the railroad, although
eral months later. Little did anyone
would ever be without rail service a
Plans were to extend the route on
to Cape Lookout or down East or
somewhere but the plans failed to
materialize. Beaufort may never be
without rail service again, but the
quetion has not yet been decided.
Preliminary protests of the proposed
abandonment of our railroad were
conducted at the courthouse this week
before Examiner J.. S. Prichard of
the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion. : Many of the persons in the above
photograph are living today. For in
ailroa
Se
ot
But Evidence Presented Examiner J. S. Prich
ard of the Interstate Commerce Commission
At Hearing Monday and Tuesday, by Appli
cants and Protestants Might Decide Question
of Proposed Abandonment Within 60 Days.
SEVERAL WITNESSES
Colonel Redman Counsel For
Norfolk Southern Receivers
And Thomas D. Warren of
New Bern Took Leading
Parts in Questioning of Wit
nesses; M. Leslie Davis, Lu
ther Hamilton, Congressman
Graham A. Barden and M.
Beaman Also Acted as Coun
sel in Behalf of Beaufort.
The Question of whether Beaufort
will continue to have railroad service
or whether the Interstate Commerce
Commission will permit Norfolk
Southern Receivers to abandon the
3.17 miles of trackaere between here
and Morehead City was not decided
on at the hearing conducted by Exam
iner J. S. Pritchard in the Courthouse
on Monday and Tuesday. But
Important steps were completed to
wards a decision. Counsel for the ap
plicants and the protestants must
file briefs within a period of 30 days.
There is a possibility that the time for
filincr briefs wilt be extended for 60
davs. but the coaitents of those briefs
may decide the fate of Beaufort and
continued rail service.
Quite a bit of interest was taken
in the case both by the applicants
and the protestants. Col. W. B. Rod
man counsel for the applicants
brought four witnesses to the hear
ing. They were L. P. Kennedy, Di
vision superintendent: J. C. Nelms,
N-S auditor; F. L. Nicholson, chief
engineer and C. P. Dugan general
superintendent. Mr. Nelms testified
that more freight started in Beau
fort than from all combined points
between New Bern and Beaufort. F.
L. Nicholson furnished figures rela
tive to the annual maintenance of the
tracks and trestles of the 3.17 mile
route. He testified that ha thought
the annual maintenance would be ap
proximately $13,000. Most of M on
continued en page eight)
PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
ovember 30, 1906
went down to the freight station on
, to see the first passenger train back
eaufort from Morehead City. And it
ver celebrated in Carteret county,
the actual celebration occurred sev
think in those day3 that Beaufort
?ain.
stance the fourth child from the
right hand corner in a very starched
collar is Wm. L. Hatsell our linotype
operator. You will probably recog
nize others. Regular daily service out
of Beaufort began on December 1,
1906 and .now what has many of ua
guessing is whether regular service
will ever be discontinued and if our
railroad will be taken away. .We are
putting up a strong fight for continu
ed service. Maybe we will win out.
(A Eubanks-News retouched photo
graph.) Net Knitting Is One
Of Most Interesting
Projects In Carteret
Knitting fish nets is one of the
most interesting ERA projects now
underway in Carteret county and in
cidentally this is the only project of
its kind in the entire State. Up to
November 14, a total of 980 yards of
nets had been knitted by the relief
clients in various communities of the
county, according to Mr. Gossard,
head case worker here.
The Report of the local ERA office
shows that the 280 yards of 150 mesh
deep No. 9 twine for trawl nets have
been knitted as follows: Harker3 Is
land, 24 yards; Marshallberg, 29
yards; Beaufort, 143 yards; Atlantic,
38 yards and Stacy 46 yards. Seven
hundred yards of 75 mesh deep No.
6 twine for sink nets has been knit
as follows: Harkers Island, 150
yards; Morehead City, 262 yard.5,
Stacy, 96 yards and Atlantic 192
yards. "We have approximately 700
yards additional twine kr.it into nets,
but not yet joined to form a contin
uous strip," said Mr. Gossard. This
net is knit of Number 6 twine, 75
meshes deep and turned in by the Sea
Level, Marshallberg, Roe, Lola and
Beaufort groups.
The net knitters which is carried
on only by certain types of female
relief clients has created much inter
est in the various communities. Some
of the women have formed themselv
es into clubs and there is much riv
alry b&tween certain groups to see
who can out-knit who. The women
are paid at the rate of 25 cents per
hour for their labors and it is prov
ing a most useful project for every
one concerned, it was stated.
When 17 new crop rotation dem
onstrations were started in Ala
mance County last week, a total of
52 for the county wm reached.
d Matter
ttled Yet
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NUMBER 46
Marine Lab Is
Being Erected
Near Beaufort
Dr. Archie T. Shaftesbury, As
sociate Professor of Zoology
At Woman's College of Uni
versity of North Carolina is
Supervising Work; It Will
Bring Many Students to
Beaufort For Purpose of
Studying Marine Life
Work started this week on the
construction of the "Carolina Marine
Laboratory," It will be located on
Taylor's Creek and a section of the
Beaufort Community Center proper
ties. The laboratory will be a unit of
the Woman's College of the Univer
sity of North Carolina in Greensboro
and is being built under the direction
of Dr. Archie D. Shaftesbury, asso
ciate professor of zoology of that in
stitution. The first unit, a building
20 by 35 feet will be completed with
in 20 working days, according to
present plans.
During the past 10 years Dr.
Shaftesbury has brought a group of
college students to Beaufort during
the summer months. They have used
the high school building, of the U. S.
Bureau of Fisheries laboratory in
carrying out their studies during that
time. During this period they have
been making a sort of survey, in an
(Continued to page four)
RED CROSS DRIVE
MAKING PROGRESS
Although only $68 has been turned
over to Mrs. Lawrence Fenwick, chair
man of the local Red Cross Drive,
that figure does not represent the to
tal collections and progress is being
made. The quota for Beaufort and
East Carteret county is 2Q0 members.
In Beaufort the streets were allot
ted to separate workers and so far
only three streets have been heard
from and no reports have as yet been
turned in from the country east and
north of Beaufort.
It is believed locally that the Red
Cross Drive this year will be the big-g-t
success of any similar Drive.
Persons are in better financial condi
tion, and more and more people are
realizing that the American Red
Cross is a most worthy organization.
Over $17,000 was expended in Car
teret county following the September
storm of 1933 and that is far above
the grand total ever collected in this
section. ,No one ever knows when the
Red Cross must be called upon for
local causes, but everyone is convinc
ed that the Red Cross is the first to
respond in time of need following
disasters and for that reason the cit
izens of Carteret are giving their re
sponse in this year's Roll Call.
TIDE TABLE
Information as to tne tidei
it Beaufort is given in this coi
jmr.. Thj figures are approx
imately correct and based oi
table's furnished by the U. S
Geodetic Survey. Some allow
ances must be made for varla
tions in the wind and also vitl
respect to the locality, that It
whether near the inlet or at
he heads of the estoarieo.
High Tide Low Tide
Friday, Nov. 15
5:06 a. m.
11:24 p. m. 6:01 p. m.
Saturday, N07. 16
11:50 a. m. 6:03 a. m.
12:12 p. m. 6:56 p. m.
Sunday, Nov. 17
12:45 a. m. 7:05 a. m.
12:59 p. m. 7:50 p. m.
Monday, Nov. 18
1:44 a. m. 8:07 a. m.
1:52 p. m. 8:41 p. m.
Tuesday, Nov. 19
2:53 a. nu 9:06 a. nu
2:56 p. m. 9:30 p. m.
Wednesday, Nov. 20
3:55 a. m. 10:01 a. n.
3:56 p. m. 10:14 p. m.
Thortday, Nov. 21
4:42 a, m. 10:54 a. m.
4:49 p. m. .. 4, 11:01 p. m.