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VOLUME XXIV
Will Discuss
Wage Wrangle
Of A and N. C
Important Meeting of A and N.
C. Governing Board Called
For January 3 in Kinston; In
Meantime It Is Unofficially
Understood That Salaries of
Trainmen Have Been Reduc
ed Considerably by Doctor of
Sick Railroads H. P, Crowell.
Salaries of trainmen, engineers,
conductors, flagman, brakemen, fire
men, bridge tenders, station masters
and all others that make up the per
sonnel of the Atlantic and North Car
olina Railroad have been reduced
from 33 and one third per cent on
up to 50 per cent and possibly more
according to information reaching the
editor of The Beaufort News.
The controversy has been taken to
federal labor dispute board members
in Washington. Brotherhood officials
have been making frequent trips to
Morehead City in an attempt to get
the matter adjusted. But so far, ap
parently little progress has been
made towards a settlement.
As a result the president of the
Atlantic and North Carolina railroad
has called a meeting of the board of
directors of the company for 11
o'clock, Friday morning, January 3,
at Hotel Kinston at Kinston. The di
rectors will consider complaints of the
Bailraod Brotherhood acting for and
,and behalf of the employee. The no
tices of the meeting were mailed out
late9ffdaTTl:riBst- secretary"?
of the A & N. C.
Final Liquidation
Of Local Bank Due
Within Sixty Days
The defunct Beaufort Banking and
Trust Company which closed on De
cember 29, 1931 wili oe finally liquid
ated and at an early date possibly
within 60 iays if plans adopted at a
general meeting of the depositors
held in the courthouse here on De
cember 19 is carried out. About 75
persons were present. If plans adopt
ed are carried out same will be ad
vertised in a subsequent issue of The
Beaufort News and later the assets
of the bank will be advertised.
The plan of final liquidation will
be similar to that of the Marine Bank
in Morehead City which was finally
liquidated a few weeks ago, that is,
the assets will be appraised by a de
positors' committee. C. E. Wheatly,
J. H. Potter Sr., N. H. Russell, O. W.
Lewis and Mrs. Wm. L. Hatsell and
A. B. Taylor alternate were on the
committee to appraise the equity.
Mrs. Hatsell and Mr. Tayl r were not
present at the meeting. 0"i3r plans
will be discussed at a commilt j ; meet
ing within the next 10 days u.A an
nounced in The Beaufort News.
The capital stock of the bank was
$50,000, Forty per cent has bsen paid
depositors. After advertising it is
pTobable that the assets will be offer
ed individually and as a whole if the
bid is satisfactory it will be only a
short time before final payment is
made depositors. Mr. W. A. Allen is
hopeful that both the Beaufort Bank
ing and Trust Co., and the Bank of
Beaufort will be finally liquidated
within a period of 90 days.
Covering The
WATER FRON1
By AYCOCK BROWN
THOSE THREE WISE men, ( a
Persian, an Ehti pian and a Jew)
surely started something when they
carried those gifts back yonder near
ly 2,000 years 8?o. If you don't get
what I mean, a.ik any merchant in
Beaufort if there was not a lot of
present buying this year. Several of
the local merchants claimed business
was better at this Yuletide than ever
before.
ON CHRISTMAS EVE night, de
spite the fact the local ABC store had
tlw biggest day in history, only four
persons were arrested for public
drunkenness. They were each white
people too. What looked especially
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EIGHT PACES THIS WEEK
: Outstanding Newspicture .... 1935
Car-Plane Crash On Beach, August 4
Of all the pictures we have run in the Beaufort News during the past
year we consider the one above as mcst outstanding as a spot news-photo.
A Beaufort News representative made the above picture less than
30 seconds after the plane piloted by Allen Huffman of Michigan landed
near the surf and crashed into the parked car in which Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Dunford of New Bern were sitting. No one was hurt seriously in
the unusual wreck. Two minutes after the crash several hundred people
had surrounded the plane and auto. The photo was made by Aycock
Brown with a small Eastman camera and enlarged by Roy Eubanks. Like
the majority of our pictures during the year it was a Eubanks-News pho
to. ;
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Approximately $3,000 vVorth of Legal Liquor
Was Sold by ABC Stores in Carteret During
Three Days Preceding Christmas; It Appears
That Bootleggers And Speakeasy Operators
Failed to Have Usual Big Business
NEW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER EMPLOYED
Approximately $3,000 was taken
out of the pockets of Carteret coun
ty bootleggers and speakeasy opera
tors during the three days before
Christmas when the three ABC stores
sold approximately $3,000 worth of
liquor, wine, gin and champagne.
And the ABC liquor sold was legal
and the profits from sales will go in
to the treasury of Carteret county.
That's something bootleggers failed
to do add to the treasury of Carter
et county that is unless they were
arrested and hauled into court for
selling home made corn liquor or poor
imported Rye. Bootleggers during the
rum-running era' ol uarteret bacK
in the late twenties sold some fairly
tolerable liquor, but in recent years
they had only the 'maggot and fly' va
riety to offer.
The biggest day of ABC Store No.
1 in Beaufort was registered when
$644 worth of liquors were sold. In
the Beaufort store on Monday $426
was sold and on Saturday $486. At
Old Christmas
North Carolina generally celebrat
ed Christmas yesterday, (December
25) but in the village of Rodanthe on
the northern tip of Hatteras Island
off the coast of the Tarheel State
fisherfolk went about their regular
duties waiting for January 5 and
Old Christmas.
Villagers since the time the settle
ment was founded have more or less
observed January 5 as Christmas in
stead of December 25. It was a cus
tom before the present generation
and was a custom before that. Years
ago the custom of celebrating Old
Christmas prevailed in many of the
coastal towns, but it has been abolish
ed in all except the village of Rodan
the. A few of the younger folk have
followed the modern ways and yes
terday they emulated the remainder
of the State and world in declaring
the day one of celebration.
The older residents, however, ml
hertd to tradition and will wait for
THE BEAUFORT NF.W? THII UriAV nrrcMDCD oe iq
Did
.Not
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H lit
Morehead City Saturday $418 in liq
uors was sold; Monday $284 and on
Christmas Eve $496. Figures from
ABC Store No. 3 in Newport were
not available today but Disbursement
Officer C. Lambert Skarren estimated
that approximately $250 worth was
sold there. The grand total was ap
proximately $3,000. Women and men
were among the purchasers.
Two ABC onforcement officers are
now employed in Carteret. Lonnie
Foreman of New Bern road was re
cently appointed to assist Enforce
ment Officer Nelson. They are receiv
ing $100 each per month for their
services.
The ABC Enforcement officers
have been very busy recently. Assist
ed in most cases by Sheriff Chadwick
the two officers have captured three
liquor stills and raided seven speak
easies. In six of the speakeasies ac
tual purchases of liquor was made
so it does not look like a cheerful
New Year for at least six speak-op-
erators, judging that their sales
have already convicted each,
At Rodanthe
next month, when they will lay aside
their nets, exchange presents and go
to church to hear a Christmas ser
mon. Before transportation was speeded
up along the outer banks of the
coast, according to Capt. John Alan
Midgette, famed coastguardsman of
the village, residents of Upper Rodan
the the village is really two visit
ed the residents of Lower Rodanthe
on December 25 and then when Jan
uary 5 came around the visit was re
paid. The exchange of visits varied,
do not know, and we probably never
first and then the, other paying the
first visit..
No one seems to know the origin
of the custom in Rodanthe, but it is
probably handed down through the
ages when a great part of the world
observed the nativity of Christ, Epa
thany or Epathany Eve, , 12 days af
ter the birth of Christ, when the
Three Wise Men arrived with
for the Christ Child.
gifts
Defaulting Carteret
Faces $115,000 Suit
Instituted ByN.&W.
Just how Carteret County will ever
pull herself out from under such a
heavy indebtedness, probably has
many citizens guessing. It will be a
matter for incumbent county fathers
or any successful candidate in 1936
(to ponder over. The latest defaulted
bond and interest matter for Carteret
to study about was in a story appear
ing in the New Bern Sun Journal on
Christmas Eve. It follows:
"Suit for $115,500 against Carteret
county was filed in federal court here
Tuesday by the Norfolk and Western
Railroad company, claiming that a-
mount due with interest from July 1,
iy5, together with court costs in the
case."
"Attached to the complaint was a
photostatic copy of the defaulted
bond, on which the suit was brought.
This was a Gold Bond-Anticipitation
Note, dated July 1, 1931, in one
year's time. This bond was for $110,
000, with interest payable at five
per cent.
"The suit was brought by Thom
son, Wood and Hoffman and by
Hines and Boren as attorneys for the
Norfolk and Western railroad com
pany." DANCE AT GYM
FRIDAY NIGHT
Legion And Business A ft SOCIAL
oiarts At nine O'clock And
Continues Until No Telling
wnen
What promises to be the biggest
dance staged in Beaufort in many
years is scheduled for Friday night of
this week in the new high school gym
nasium. Ihe American Lemon and
Business Association here are co
ponsors of the dance. Proceeds above
actual expenses will be turned over to
the Athletic Association for buying
equipment for the building.
Jimmy Atkinson and his orchestra,
amplifiers and everything, of Roanoke
Rapids will furnish syncopation for
the terpschicorean event. They have
never played in this section but come
to Beaufort highly recommended as a
musical outfit. Carl Hatsell, Business
Association dance committee chair
man stated' today that the orchestra
manager had advised him by letter
that they ould feature a piano-accord-
lan player, a tap dancer and vocalist.
Ladies of the Legion Auxiliary will
chaperone the dance. The price of ad
mission as stated in an advertisement
run in the Beaufort News last week
will be $1.00 plus tax. All proceeds a-
bove actual expenses will be used for
buying equipment for the gymnasium.
The gymnasium needs equipment, so
if you are approached" by a ticket
seller, whether you are planning to
attend the dance or not, your dollar
plus tax will go to a worthy cause
as will any other donation you care
to make. The dane will start at 9
o'clock and like all Christmas holiday
dances will continue until no tell
ing when.
NOTICE
Many Subscribers whose sub
scriptions have expired recently
will receive notices to that effect
during the coming week. All
subscriptions which expire on or
before January 1, 1936 will be
taken from our list The sub
scription price is 50 cents for
three months, 75 cents for six
or $1.50 per year, if within the
third postal zone. Beyond third
postal zone the price is $2.00
per year or $1.00 for six months.
ELECTRIC WELDER THAWS
FROZEN PIPES QUICKLY
The electric welder owned by Bar
bour's Machine shop has been on the
go during the current cold weather
J. O. Barbour Jr., says he can thaw
out a frozen pipe in a very short
period and has proven it on several
occasions this week. The welder has
also been helpful in repairing frozen
blocks and cylinders in a hurry.
OTWAY NEWS
Several of the boys and girls from
here attended rthe Senior CI play
at Smyrna.
PRICE 5c SIN COPY
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J. H. Kinsey, Former Njbrth Carolinian but Now
A Tomato Grower of Ft. Myers, Florida
Rents Dr. Maxwell's Farm When he Learns
Gulf Stream Nearer t Mainland of Carteret
Than Anywhere Else This Side of Florida.
Roy Eubanks Will be His Manager And En
tire 160 Acres Will Be Devoted to Growing
Tomatoes.
HEAVY SENTENCES
PROMISED DRUNKS
Mayor Bayard Taylor
Every defendant convicted of pub
ic drunkenness in tho court of Mayor
Bayard Taylor after January 1, will
be given a minimum sentence of 30
days on the streets and no fines, ac
cording to a statement made by His
Honor in court Monday night. That
will go hard with the habitual Sat
urday night drunks of Beaufort. For
instance if that new ruling had been
in effect last week a total of nearly
two years would have been handed
out in one court. The only way a
convicted defendant can get out of
serving his sentence is to hire some
one to do his time. And the minimum
for such street labor will probablby
be a dollar a day. If Mayor Taylor
sticks to that resolution he is mak
ing to become effective January 1,
the drunks of the town will fare bad
ly when hauled nito police court. But
that is as it should be because there
is no excuse for so much public
drunkenness.
3REWER WANTED
TRIAL BY JURY
Charlie Brewer Who Has Been
In Court More Than Once
During The Past Year on
Liquor Charges Will be Tried
In March
Charlie Brewer who lives near the
intersection of Route 10 and the
Swansboro highway was in court a
gain last Friday. As usual when he is
hauled into court he has violated
some sort of charge that involves
liquor, beer or kindred spirits. Last
week he was charged with violating
the prohibition law, but he wanted
and will get a jury trial.
A few weeks ago he was in court
charged with driving a car while in
toxicated. That time he got off rath-
ter light because several people swore
that they did not think he was drunk
although T. Murray Thomas Jr., and
Patrolman Moore both swore that he
was. They were outnumbered by
swearers though so the defendant got
off lightly.
Brewer will be tried on his most
recent charge before a jury in the
March term of Superior court. His
was the only one before the recorder
Friday except a charge against Er
nest House for seduction which was
nol-prossed with leave. There was no
session of court Tuesday, it being
Christmas eve.
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NUMBER 52
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START BREAKING LAND
. R. Seeley in Charge of Cham
berof Commerce Cannery
Believes that Approximately
600 Acres in County Will be
Put in Tomatoes in the Coun
ty During Coming Season
Making it A Top Year for
This Product; East Carteret
In Same Agricultural Zone as
Southern Florida.
The Gulf Stream which moves slow
ly northeastward off Beaufort Inlet
giving east Carteret county an agri-
cultural climate the same as Florida
has been responsible for ' another
farmer coming here to enter the
growing business on a large scale.
And the farmer is J. H. Kinsey of
Fort Myers, Florida who is already a
I grower of imnort&nca in the nnt hoi-n
state.
Mr. Kinsey came to Beaufort last
week. He conferred with local farm
ers about renting acreage. He hap
pened in Carteret at a rather cold
time, unusually cold for Carteret, but
that did not stop him. He had stud
ied the movements of tha Gulf Stream
and that had convinced him that this
county was nearest to blue water off
Carolina and therefore he rented
Winter Garden farms owned by Dr. C.
S. Maxwell containing about 160 ac
es of land.
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Over Two Hundred
Lots Transferred
Isham E. Pittman of Morehead
City who was made trustee of 216 or
more lots on Atlantic Beach releas
ed same to Atlantic Beach and
Bridge Corporation last week accord
ing to information received at the
register of deeds office today. The re
lease was made for a consideration of
$1.00 and more. Located at Carteret's
thriving summer resort, the lots will
be offered for sale to persons desir
ng property there for summer cot
age building or investment.
TIDE TABLE
Information as to tne tide
.t Beaufort is given in this coi
imn. The figures are approi
imately correct sr.d based oi
labia's furnished by the U. S
Geodetic Survey. Some allow
ances must be made for raria
lions in the wind and also wit!
respect to the locality, that i
whether near the inlet or a
;he heads of the estuaries.
iigli Tide
Low Tida
Friday, Dec.
m.
m.
27
9:08
9:28
9:54
2:49
3:38
m.
m.
Saturday, De. 28
m.
m.
3:35
4:22
10:17
Sunday, Doe. 29
10:43 a. m.
4:26 a.
5:08 p.
vn.
m.
Monday, Dec. 30
11:08
11:28
12:00
12:18
12:57
1:17
1:59
2:19
m.
m.
Tueirday, Dec,
m.
m.
5:23
5:58
a.
P-
m.
ni.
31
6:26 a.
6:51 p.
m.
m.
Wednexiay, Jan. 1
m.
m.
Thursday,
m.
m.
7:31 a.
7:45 p.
2
8:38 a.
8:44 p.
m.
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