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TILL CHRISTMAS
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VOLUME XXIV
New A
Commerce Counsel Employed
By Chamber of Commerce In
Beaufort Requests That In
terstate Commerce Commis
sion Consider Together Nor
folk Southern's Proposal to
Abandon Local Trackage
And Atlantic And North
Carolina Railroad C o m
pany's Application for Cer
tificate to Operate.
Proposal of the Norfolk-Southern
railroad to abandon the 3.17 mile
road from Morehead City to Beau
fort and Atlantic and North Carolina
Railroad Company's application for
certificate of operation by it of its
line from Morehead City to Golds
boro, 95.8 miles away will be consol
idated and considered together, if the
request to intervene is carried out as
formally filed with the Interstate
Commerce Commission this week, by
Hon. T. D. Warren, commerce coun
sel employed by the Chamber of
Commerce here.
Transcript evidence was taken be
fore Examiner John S. Pritchard at a
hearing in Beaufort on November 11
, m ...:u it.. onnlWtion of the
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Norfolk-Southern to abandon her.
trackage. As the nnai nonce oj. pub
lication in connection with the appli
cation of the A. and N. C. for a cer
tificate to operate appeared only last
week in a Carteret newspaper, it is
assumed that no such certificate has
been granted by the I. C. C. to date.
And that being true the Atlantic and
North Carolina Railroad which began
independent operation on November
16, has been operating on a tempor
ary certificate or no certificate at all.
Original and copies of the Chamber
of Commerce application requesting
that the N-S and A. & N. C. applica
tions be considered together was for
warded the Interstate Commerce Com
mission in Washington on December
9th. In a letter accompanying the ap
plication Mr. Warren wrote: "The
people of Beaufort and East Carter
continued on page eight)
Covering The
WATER FilONl
By AYCOCK BROWN
DR. PRYTHERCH WANTS a seal
for his laboratory pool on Piver's Is
land. Few people know that seals,
one or two at least, are seen along
the Carolina coast each year. A few
years ago Frazier Peele cl Hatteras
was bound offshore to fish si ' nets.
Several miles from shore 1 - saw
what he thought was a dog swimming
in the water a short distance away.
Every man aboard concluded at
once that the 'dog' had fallen over
board from a passing steamer. But
the 'dog' turned out to be a seal.
THE ARCADIA, 175 foot oil burn
ing yacht owned by Margaret S.
Hardwick of Boston and hailing from
that port came through Beaufort In
let early today bound north. She
was 'stove in badly during the Flor
ida hurricane and is now enroute to
Newport News where she was built in
1926, for repairs. She is fully equip
ped with radio and her engines are
1.G00 horseDower. Only the crew
was aboard. She will continue north
through the Inland waterway.
PICKED UP A couple of Harkers
Islanders the other day and they
started talking about N. C. Fisheries,
Inc. Their opinion of the organiza
tion was not corilimentary. "Those
officials of the Fisheries don't know
the difference b tween a speckled
trout and a hogash," declared one.
"I think I will take a load of fat
backs over there and sell them for
herrings, because 'they would not
know the difference," said another.
A VERY RESPECTABLE young
man of the town says that Beaufort's
business section on Saturday night is
worse than New York's Bowery or
Chinatown. A very good way to im
prove conditions would be for Mayor
Bayard Taylor to make a New Year's
(Continued on page four)
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12 PAGES THIS WEEK
PORT TERMINAL WORK
PROGRESSES RAPIDLY
Work on Morehead City's Port
Terminal is progressing rapidly. All
but about 600 of nearly 3,000 wood
en piles have been driven by the T.
A. Loving Company, builders of the
terminal. To rush the preliminary
pile driving to completion before
Christmas a night shift is now em
ployed. The dredge which has the
contract from Loving for deepening
the harbor in the immediate vicinity
of the terminal has arrived from
Norfolk. The Gahagan Company of
Brooklyn which has the government
conti-act for dredging the channel
from the harbor line to Beaufort inlet
will begin operatic ns early in Janu
ary. A pipeline dividge will be used
in this work. In the meantime the U.
S. E. D. Comstock is employed on the
Inlet, deepening the channel for a
larger hopper type dredge that will
arrive soon. The steel, ordered from
Germany, which was reported due in
Norfolk on December 20, will arrive
there Christmas Day, according to
latest reports from Dr. Ben F. Roy
al, chairman of the Morehead City
Port Commission.
Balmy Weather Gave
Break To Ducks And
Not To The Hunters
Bluebird weather brought breaks to
ducks and geese during the current
hunting season and gunners along
the entire Carolina coast have report
ed poor bags. Only five more days op
en before the season officially closes
for 1935. In the meantime, with north
east storm warnings displayed today
along the coast, it is quite probable
that ducks and geese will be more
numerous.
A resident of Portsmouth who
came to town this week stated that it
was the poorest season he had ever
seen. Even if the geese and ducks
were plentiful it would be a difficult
job to kill them with the new angles
of the law prevailing, he stated. The
section of Pamlico sound in which
Portsmouth village is located has
Iff lg been a favorite spot for hunters.
In that section some of the most
famous sportsmen of this century,
including Babe Ruth, Grantland
Rice, Rex Beach and others have gun
ned. But they would have been dis
appointed this year had they bother
ed to come down that is unless they
happened to come here while the
northeaster is blowing. Something a
bout northeasters that makes migra
tory wildfowl more numerous.
RELIEF OFFICE IS
VOW PAST HISTORY
Relief clients who write letters to
the case workers or try to contact
officials of the local Relief office with
the thought in view of being given
food slips, medical aid or commodi
ties of any kind are wasting their
time. The NCERA office in Beaufort
is definitely closed. Such were the
instructions received in Beaufort
this week from the District office in
New Bern. Those persons who held
food slips which had not been casnea
are now just out of luck. The food
slips cannot be cashed in for food or
commodities of any kind.
Large Buck Killed
By Otway Resident
Moore Gillikin, Jr., of Otway
heard a racket out back of his house
Sunday night. Opening the kitchen
door he saw a large buck in the moon
light a short distance away. Standing
in the door he took a careful aim and
brought the buck down. In the moon
light the deer looked like an escaped
member of Santa Claus's team, it was
reported. This is only one of many
deer that has been killed in East Car
teret county this season Where they
are more numerous than ever before,
according to all reports.
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THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1935
When A Quaint Old
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Women of Sea Level Engaged In Knitting Nets on ERA Project
The only ERA net knitting project in North Carolina and one of the few in America was established in
Carteret county. Women in various communities of the county assembled at a general meeting place and
made twine into nets for several weeks. They were reviving a custom th-1 is as oli as the oldest fishing com
munity along the Carolina coast. Fisherwomen in most all of the communities are experts att he craft although
today most nets are purchased ready made. The project in Carteret lasted only a short time but hundreds of
yards were knit by ERA clients. In the above photo some of the knitterrs are: Mrs. Tullie Williamon, Mrs.
Moody Rose, Miss Lila Taylor, Mrs. D. G. Gaskill, Mrs. Jasper Daniels, Mrs. Charlie Howard, Mrs. Clayton
Salter, Mrs. Louis Elliott, Mrs. Alton Lewis, Miss Rosa Gaskill, Mrs. Guilford Gaskill, Miss Rena Taylor and
others. , (Cut Loaned Through Courtesy The State Magazine)
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Private Dealers Have Employed Charlotte Attorney Who Plans to Peti
tion For An Injunction Against Government Sponsored Corporation
With Headquarters In Morehead City. He Charges Unfair Competi
tion on Part of N. C. Fisheries Is Driving Independent Dealers Out of
Business.
DON'T SEND LIQUOR
THROUGH U. S. MAILS
Do not get the mistaken idea
that just because you can go to
the ABC stores in Carteret and
ouy anything from a $6.25 bot
tle of Champagne to an 80c bot
tle of Old Drum, or a 50 cent
bottle of Widmer's Wine or a
75c pint of Gin that you can
ship same to some friend or rel
ative in a North Carolina des
ert through the U. S. Mails. It
is a violation of the U. S. Post
al Laws and W. H. Taylor post
master here wants it emphasiz
ed that "Intoxicating Liquors
are Unmailable."
Postal employees have the
right to open and examine sus
picious looking packages that
might contain liquor even if
same only contains a bottle of
toilet water, a teddy bear or
any other kind of gift. Postal
Laws and Regulations 1932,
(18 U. S. C. 340) Section 588
in reference to the above reads
"prohibits the mailing of intox
ing liquors of any kind. Intox
icating liquors found in the
mails are subject to confisca
tion and the mailers are liable
to heavy penalties."
Best Decorated Yard
Eligible For Prizes
With the thought in view of adding
beauty to Beaufort through the dec
oration of lawns during the Christ-
man season Carteret Hardware Com
pany is offering three prizes. The
prizes are really worthwhile and the
more entrants in the contest, the
more beauty Beaufort will display
during the season. First prize is $10;
Second prize $10 in trade at Carter
et Hardware and Third prize will be
$5 in 'trade a tthat establishment.
Judges for the contest will be an
nounced in next week's edition of
The Beaufort News. In the meantime,
homa owners mhnnlH h thinkin? im
(original ideas that will place them in
the winning money.
days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that
that, while there, the days were
tJuntom Wan iter i red
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Fish dealers in Eastern Caro
lina through their attorney, H.
Haywood Robbins, of Char
lotte, plan to petition at an
early date for an injunction a
gainst North Carolina Fisher
ies, wheih is alleged to be oper
ating at a loss on government
funds Robbins conferred with
Harry Hopkins in Washington
this week and is planning to
confer with Governor Ehring
haus later this week. Several
dealers in Beaufort and More
head City and other nearby
towns are contributing to the
expenses of the Charlotte attor
ney, it is learned here.
North Carolina Fisheries Inc., en
tered into competition with private
seafood dealers weeks ago, Robbins
charges, and its operations constitutes
a threat to private business. It is
said that the government-sponsored
firm is being operated at a huge loss.
A. W. Daniels a retail dealer in
Charlotte is said to be one of the
leaders in the fight to get an injunc
tion against the Fisheries Inc. But
dealers in practically every town a
long the coast are entering the fight.
A clipping from the front page of
the Charlotte Observer, which was for
warded the Beaufort News reads as
follows: '
" A fight by 100 seafood dealers in
North Carolina and South Carolina to
preserve their businesses from the al
leged cut-throat competition of the
North Carolina Fisheries, Inc., gov
ernment-financed seafood distribut
ing organization, is being waged in
this State with court action in the
form of an injunction petition being
contemplated, according to H. Hay
wood Robbins, attorney for the pri
vate seafood dealers."
"Mr. Robbins yesterday returned
from Washington where he confer
red with Harry Hopkins, national re
lief administrator, on the operation
of the government financed seafood
corporation in North Carolina. Mr.
Robbins indicated that he will go to
Raleigh in the next few days to see
Governor Ehringhaus and lay before
lim the protests of the private sea
food dealers of the Carolinas.
The North Carolina Fisheries, Inc.,
grew out of the North Carolina Self-
'Help corporation, it was said, and
(Continued on page eight)
... To be taxed with Mary
accomplished that she should
BODY WAT gjYour Label
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in Carteret Itecently
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. George Tos
to of South River, December 7th, a
son.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Law
ence of Otway, December 9th, a son.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Burton Dan
iels of Lenoxville, December 10th, a
daughter.
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Needy Newly-Wed Farmers
May Apply For R. R. Loan
Eighty Six Loans Will be Made
to Rural Resettlement Cases
In Carteret County Accord
ing to Information Received
At Beaufort News Office;
Only Farmers in Actual
Need Will Receive Loans; A
Special Opportun i t y to
Young Married Folks Just
Starting Off on Farms
Eighty six needy farmers in Car
teret county will be eligible for Ru
ral Resettlement Loans, according to
an announcement made this week.
But it is doubtful that the 'lazy'
farmers will have a show in this mon
ey. The committee which will investi
gate the R. R. cases will see to it that
the government loan will be made to
persons who will reciprocate by work
ing hard and trying to get on their
feei again.
Further information about loans
may be obtained from Hugh Over
street. County Aeent. Ihe cases
will be studied by a committee espec
ially appointed for that purpose and
if present plans work out it will be
only a matter of a short time until
the approved applicants can be get
ting a new start on their farms.
A citizen said this week that it was
an exceptional opportunity for all
farmers who can qualify and be ap
proved, and it is a special oportuni
ty for the young married folks who
have the land availible and are just
making a start.
The Rural Resettlement Administra
tion will advance all necessities to
clients for making a crop. Supervis
ion and all possible assistance will be
given. The crop will stand good for
payment of the advances, it was stat-
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all the world should be taxedr
his espoused wife, being great!
be delivered."
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NUMBER 50
Start Handing
Checks To WPA
Workers Today
Delay in Paying Off Workers
In Carteret County And Else
where in State Had Caused
Much Comment Through
Newspapers ; All Delayed
Payments Will be Made Be
fore Sunday is Belief Here.
Failure to pay off WPA workers
has caused much concern in Carter
et county and throughout the State.
But it was reported here today that
the paymaster had arrired from New
Bern with some of the checks for lo
cal workers and payment in full up
to December 5,' is expected to be
made within the next two or three
days.
Failure on the part of WPA officials
to get the checks out on time worked
a hardship on many of the families
depending on that money for sub
sistance. Without money to buy food
many clients returned to the ERA
case workers, expecting sympathy and
food. They got sympathy but no food
because the ERA is now past history
in Carteret.
(continued on page five)
Many Sink Netters And
Trawlers Have Gone To
Ocracoke Base To Fish
Fifteen out of state trawlers and
about 200 sink net boats reached
Ocracoke this week to officially open
the winter fishing season there. Each
year these boats go to Ocracoke,
making their base in the channel ad
jacent to the island or in Silver Lake
Harbor. Catches at Ocracoke recently
have been very good according to re
ports coming from there.
Harvey Taylor, Portsmouth coast
guardsman, in Beaufort this week
stated that Capt. Gary Bragg and his
crew hauling on the 'back of the
beach' landed $900 worth of fish in
one day recently. They were mostly
speckled trout. Speckled trout at the
time were bringing 10 cents a pound.
The trawlers and sink netters go
out of Ocracoke inlet each morning
and fish, usually in the vicinity of
Hatteras Bight. The annual catch out
of Ocracoke Inlet by all types of
boats will vary from 10,000,000 to
15,000,000 pounds annually.
TIDE TABLE
Information ah to toe tide,
fc Beaufort is given in this col
imn. Tha figures are appro
imately correct and based ot
table's furnished by the U. S
Geodetic Survey. Some allow
ances must be made for varla
tions in the wind and also wit!
respect to the locality, that It
whether near the inlet or ai
he head of the estuaries.
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High Tide Low Tide
Friday, Dec. 13
10:17 a. m. 3:55 a.
10:37 p. m. 4:40 p.
Saturday, Dee. 14
10:56 a. m. 4:41 a.
5:25 p.
Sunday, Dec. IS
11:21 a. m. 5:30 a.
11:34 p. m. 6:11 p.
Monday, Dec. 16
12:06 a. m. 6:25 a.
12:15 p. m. 6:59 p.
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Tuesday, Dec. 17
12:53 a. m. 7:22 a.
12:57i p. m. 7:47 p.
Wednetday, Dec. 18
1:45 a. m. 8:19 a.
1:43 p. m. 8:35 p.
Thursday, Dec. 19
2:44 a. m. 9:15 a.
2:43 p. m. 9:23 p.
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