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Current Fish Mart Croakers-One Cent Trout Four Cent FOR RESULTS ADVERTISE IN THE NEWS i The Best Advertising Medium Published in Carteret Co. ( READING TO THE MIND IS WHA.T EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY j WATCH Your Label and Pay Your Subscription VOLUME XXV EIGHT PACES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1936 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY NUMBER 1 .j A iiddeii Death For James Long Thrown Through Windshield When Fast Driven Car Turns Over Near Newport Last Sat urday Afternoon, The Body of James Long Was in a Mangled Condition; Brains Strewn Along Highway For 30 Feet or More And Top of Skull Was Cut Completely Off; Mortician Had a Job Getting That Body Ready For Burial A broken bottle of liquor was found beneath the car. For 30 feet or more along the road the brains of a 16 year year old youth (first reported to be only 14 years of age) was found. (Nearby was found the top of skull. He had been not only scalped but part of his head had been hacked off by the windshield. Such was the death of James Long, recently a resident of the Wildwood section, who had driven down from a Craven County farm with his father and cousin to feed the livestock which had not been trans ferred to the new home. Cleve Long father of the boy was seriously injured, but will probably live and Jamer, Long (Son of Walter Long) a cousin is scratched up badly but has a good chance for recovery. James Long's was the last death to occur in Carteret county as result of automobile accident during the year 1935 where the average number of deaths by this method should not according to statisticts exceed six. About 10 persons were killed in car teret during the past year from auto accidents. The Long car was badly damaged. An opinion of a Newport citizen was to the affect that the car traveling about 45 miles an hour ran off the hard surface when brakes were app lied dragging the wheels and causing same to turn over. James Long was said to be the driver of the car by survivors although a different ver sions has been given by talkers in the street. , (Contnued on page eight) Beaufort Will Have New Moving Picture Theater Next Month Work will start immediately in changing the former V. P. Smith Drygoods Company building into a theater, according to H. C. Cook of Meunt Olive and R. G. Lang of Warsaw who were here today confer ring with R. N. Dickinson, owner of the building. They stated that the new theater would be ready to open for business on or about February 1. The firm name of thr- new owners is the Wayne amusement Company. The Beaufort theater will be the fifth in a chain of five owned by this com pany. At present they are -aerating theaters in Mt. Olive, Wars.;.:, Wen dell and Selma. The new theater will have cushion ed seats for about 300 per?ons. RCA sound equipment will be installed and also a brand new projector. With the establishment of this theater there will be two in Beaufort, including The Seabreeze, owned by W. L. Paul, one of the pioneer theater owners of North Carolina. "Follow love and it will flee; flee low end it will follow thee" JANUARY 4W m. 1 Vctpucci dUcovcn Bay of St P.io da Jaiwlr 1501 2 Federal! win three-day I ntle of Murfrecsboro, 136). J Traitor Benedict Arnold it mada General by the British, 1761. A Firat U. S. fire insurance policy i written, 173S (V Last apilce driven In Great Northern Railroad. Cas cade Mountains, 1893. Joan of Arc, French hero in and Saint, born 1412. i 7 First aational flection It Id lotto United Suits. nr 'AS WASHINGTON BOUND IK Congressman Barden Congressman Graham A. Barden of the Third District left kite this after noon for Washington, to be present for the opening of Congress Friday, Preceding the Congressman were Miss Emma Gibbs Morrisey, stenographer and Tom McGee his secretary. In New Bern this week Congressman Barden told the editor of the Beau fort News that he expected Congress to continue for a period of about three months. He also stated that if anyone in this District desired his services at any time that he hoped they would write for same. Congress man Barden has made a splendid rec ord as a Representative, according to his many associates in Washington. He has surely been a fiiend to Car teret County. ? Local News Before 5 X 20th Century Began i X t Extracts From Old Newspaper! T -J. Published in Beaufort Many S 3. Years Ago Like history? Well we do too and especially when old dates and happenings took place in the exact spot where we are living today. We have gone back to the time when the things that we are enjoying today were only dreams in the minds of our ancestors And even they were not so sure that they would material ize. We hope that we have picked the items that will be most in teresting to you. On Monday morning February 7th, there were 600 boxes of fish(crokers) shipped out of Morehead. This is what the Herald Dispatch Morehead City, and Beaufort Friday February 11, 1898 with Charles L. Abernethy E. Walter Hill and R. Taylors Editors said about the fish catches of the week. "If the catch of crokers cont inues this week, we shall ask the legislature to change the name of the A. & N. C. Railroad from the old Mullet road to the croker road." (Contnued on page eight) DR. CHADWICK'S CONDITION REPORTED AS EXCELLENT Dr. W. S. Chadwick who was oper ated on for appendicitis at James Walker Memorial Hospital in Wil mington is much better following re ports a day or two ago that his con dition was grave. In a telegram re ceived at the Beaufort News office just before we go to press the his pital attaches wired. "Condition of Dr. Chadwick excellent up in chair today." His many friends in Carter et will be glad to learn this good news. RAY WHEATLY INJURED AS HE SLIPPED ON ICE Ray Wheatly, former postmaster here was painfully injured this week when he slipped on ice in his back yard at Wilmington, N. C, where ha is employed at present. At first it was thought he had fractured his hip in the fall but X-rays revealed nothing of a serious nature. His condtiion is improving according to reports today. Mr. Wheatly has many friends in Beaufort who will be glad to learn this. If r 1 FIRST DANCE IN GYM IS SUCCESS Cold Wave Did Not Stop Terp schicoreans Who Danced in Overcoats; Everyone Seemed to Like Jewel Aiken' Or chestra Despite the fact that heating facili ties, if there were any, did not warm up the building, the first dance in Beaufort's new gymnasium was a success. Not only was enough money made to pay off the orchestra but a bit of profit was realized which will be turned over to Athletic officials for buying equipment for the gymna sium. Everyone present seemed to like Jewel Aiken's Carolina Aces which furnished syncopation for the dance. Erroneously advertised as Jimmy Atkinson's Orchestra of Roanoke Rapids, the orchestra was really Jew el Aiken's Carolina Aces and they hailed from Roper, N. C. Tom Nor man, tap dancer Tom Chesson, vocal ist and Jewel with his piano accord- ian wore the aJded attractions. Among the other members of the or chestra were Dick Ross, son of Jesse B. Rrss, president of the Bank of Washington, Carl Jacob3cn, former resident of Beaufort and one of the best piano players in Eastern Caro lina. He is now living in Washing ton. Charlie Mizcll played the tuba. He was not bad eitner. There were 10 pieces to the orchestra and Tom sang his songs into a mike and amplified his voice so it could be heard all over the cold building. If the orchestra ever conies to Beaufort again they will probably bring their girls' trio. It was a fea ture of the band which was left be hind on their trip here last week. It was a very orderly group of dancers, Most everyone wore overcoats, be cause the building was not heated very good. FISHERMEN MADE EXCELLENT HAULS It has been conservatively estimat ed that neardy a half million poundr of croakers and trout have been caught by sink-netters in the Hatter as, Oeracoke and Cape Lookout areas since last Friday. Last Saturday several boats out of Beaufort made some exceptionally good catches and then on Tuesday of this week when about 75 boats were fishing in the At lantic off the Hammocks north of Cape Lookout every single craft caught fish. Independent dealers in Beaufort and Morehead City handl ed a large quantity of the catches, The prices received by fishermen who sold at local dealers was one cent for croakers and four cents for trout. COMMUNITY AMATEUR HOUR The Community Club at a meeting today decided to sponsor a local amateur hour. Watch newspapers for further announcements. Raleigh Correspondent Writes bout Carte :et Liquor Stores Carteret County Is Going To Repeal Its ABC Act Says a 'Wet' Republican while a Dry Democrat Declares in Effect that Carteret County Will Not Turn Its Liquor Profits Back to Bootleggers. So Says Tom Bost, Carres- tondent for Greensboro Dai y News RALEIGH, Dec. 29 "Carteret county is going to repeal its ABC liquor act," Claude R. Wheatly, wet Republican categorically declares, and Carteret county is not going to turn its tax savings in liquor sales back to the bootleggers, Aycock( Brown, dry Democrat in effect declar-: es. Mr. Wheatly was in Raleigh a few days ago. He declared that the coun ty is suffering just as greatly from bootleggers now as it was before the Turlington act was "repealed' in that community, that the law is being Jbadly enforced, the drunkenness has increased and the steady trend to ward nuisances for the stores could be seen by any observing man. Mr. Wheatly is such a wet in belief, though an absolute dry in practice, that he bolted Hoover in 1928 and voted for Al Smith, unless there was a change of heart on election day. But the third district leader, former candidate for Congress, former mem ber of the state highway commission, had no good word to say for liquor stores as they now do business. FISHERIES PLANT ALSO LENDS CASH But Good Security Was Given For Several Hundred Dollars Eoaned Recently Chattel Mortgages Reveal) Amounts Range From $15 to $450. Among the other sidelines carried on by North Carolina f isheries Inc., witli headquarters in Morehead City is the lending of money. This phase of the organization is no doubt help ful to persons needing cash, but notes and chattel mortgages on property wor-th many times the value of loans in most cases are given as collateral. Each item of collateral ij supposed to be clear of all incumbrances before the loan is made. Theodore Salter of Portsmouth has many 'incumberanc es' against fishing boats as do oil dealers and other merchants. It is as sunned that no such incumbrance is held against any of boats offered as j security for the following loans. ! "The names of persons granted loans, the amount, when note, falls due and security of 23 chattel mort jgaiares received at Register of Deeds office today follow: I Ernest Nelson, $150t due March 17, security Elsie M; Arthur Midgett Jr., j$232.51, due Feb. 1, security net val ued at $350; Clarence Dixon, $50, due (Fefc. 25, Power Boat, Sunset, secur ity ; Stephen Roberts, ? 15, March 10, security, COO yards of net, Arthur Lexvis, $100, Mar. 2, boat motor; M. L. Yeomans, $350, Feb. 15, security boEt Lois; J. G. Brooks, $450, Feb. 18K power boat formerly called Fran cis to be named J. G. ; Douglas Davis, $15. Feb. 10 boat Annie D; M. L. Piner, $100, Feb. 19, boat Three Sis ters; George Stamps, $15, Feb. 19, 28 ft. power boat and 38x40 oyster house; Henry Bryant, $20, Feb. 19, boat Christine; Rumley Goulden, $35; Feb. 25th, security power boat; (Continued on page eight) WHERE DO INFANT LOGGERHEADS GO? Tt sounds III: 3 a dumb ciestion. "uit if tVrs :3 a fisherman in Carter it cr-r.ty or anywhere c'.ss for that matter who has ever seen a baby loggerhead from the time it is hatch ed on the beach where the mother deposits her eggs until they have reached a weight of 40 pounds or more The Beaufort News is interest ed, to know more about it, so write us. "We had never given the subject a thought until Dr. Prytherch, Mr. Thomas and Capt. Hatsell raised the question at the laboratory the other day. They have several of the little fellows in a tank over there which were hatched on the Fisheries' prop erty. But not one of the trio had ev er heard tell of anyone seeing any middle aged loggerheads. They are either babies about the size of a sil ver dollar or a 40-pounder on up. It is a rather difficult matter for a person to wade into the surf, so (continued on page five) He was sure that they will become nn. issue in the county campaign and it looked to him as if repeal by the next general assembly, or by a vote of the people, following authoriza tion of an election, could be pledged as a certainty. He is thoroughly dis pleased with the way the stores have been run and he sees no diminution wroatsover in the amount of liquor illegally sold. The prices demanded bjr the stores are so outrageously hih that they encourage rather than reduce illegal traffic in spirits, Mr. Wheatly tells the Daily News bu-re-au. Mr. Brown recently has taken over th.s Beaufort News. This paper di rected many years by Giles Mebane wTio died during this year, was an la dependent Republican institution. VDx. Mebane always said exactly what he felt moved to utter. Mr. Brown is a Democrat, but no less independent. It is plain enough when one reads his pper that the editor does not think so well of the liquor stores as a so liation of the drinking business, but the new editor thinks some good has been done. ''Approximately $3,000 orth of legal liquor was sold by AvBC stores in Carteret during the three days preceding Christmas," he says in his headlines and adds: "It appears that bootleggers and speak eJasy operators failed to have their us- ix l big business.' He makes the point tit these profits go to the county taroasury. (Contnued on page eight) He fflEaauffeaE IPB)Ft3 it8pE M U n mi German Steel Which arrived in Norfolk o n Christmas Day Was Loaded Aboard Barget But Could Not be Brought Direct Here due to Heavy Freeze in Inland Waterway Canals; Work on Terminals is Resumed After Clos ing Down for Holidays. P. W. A. Officials in Washington Claim That Morehead 's Steel Purchase Has Brought About A Better Grade Of Steel at a Lower Price in the United States FIRE CHIEF RETIRES Capt. Charles Hatsell Capt. Charles Hatsell who has serv ed on the volunteer fire department here for the past 30 years and in the capacity of chief during the past 10 years announced today that he would retire immediately. His reasons for retirement is that he would like to see a younger man have the position he has held with honor and be-cause he feels that he has given his share of service to the town. Never has Beaufort had a more popular fire chief. Chief Hatsell on his retirement stated that he was especially proud of the local department. As a volun teer fire company Beaufort has one of the best in the state and as a re sult the fire loss here is the lowest of any town in North Carolina. (The Beaufort News regrets that it has on ly the above cut which may not be appropriate for this reader but it is a characteristic picture of Capt. Hat- sell and in his daily employment. He ' irt n A l.n Vi (" " w f AH .,A,a 1 A TAn.-0 O o la OtllKL uaa ut'H xui wci w aetata, uj sistant to the directors of the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries on Piver's Island) Covert 'nff The WATEl FIIQXT By AYCOCK BROWN WHETHER THEY ARE supposed to Dut out bids for equipment or work, this columnist is not prepared to say although he assumes that they are not. We are speaking of the N. C. Fisheries Inc., of Morehead City. Considerable job printing was ordered by N. C. Fisheries but the Beaufort News Printshop was not giv en an opportunity to bid. Perhaps too, you have heard that the equipment or Dart of it was sold by none other than Mrs. Thomas O'Berry's near rel ative a brother or a brother-in-law. YOU INDEPENDENT truckers who run for hire hauling fish, etc. might check up on the licenses that will be used on the 'great white fleet' of trucks operated by N. C. Fisher ies. Most of the operations recently seems to have been of a parking na ture but what we are trying to get at is have the new licenses on those trucks the letter P preceding the number? If that is a case your com petitors N. C. Fisheries Inc., are get ting public licenses for a dollar, while you are paying anywhere from $110 to $140 for the same privilege. That is the result when government's mon ey gave birth to a corporation. WHAT EVER BECAME of those markets up state the N. C. Fisheries were going to locate new markets . . . .?One thing sure Fulton Fish Market and markets in other north ern cities are not 'new markets.' The independent dealers and truckers have felt the effects of the Fisheries corporation . . and so will the mer chants, hardware, grocery, and dry goods merchants if a commissary is opened up over there. And there is street talk of one opening soon. Fish ermen are just the type of good old American humanity to believe that N. C. Fisheries will continue paying them more for their catches than the corporation receives in many cases for them on the northern marts. You poor fellows will wake up maybe it the N. C. Fisheries Inc., gets the monoply they apparently hope to get Then, they won't be paying you more (Contnued on page eight) While thousands of tons of steel bound for Morehead City's port ter minal project is temporarily ice bound aboard barges in the Elizabeth River or Inland waterway, work on the project has been resumed after clos ing down for Christmas. A dredge owned by Atkinson' Dredging com pany of Norfolk which was low bidder for harbor dredging has started work and is now engaged in making a ba sin in the angle of the wooden piers which are completed. The wooden piers are only of a preliminary nature built so the steel pier may be constructed. The steel arrived in Norfolk on Christmas Day aboard a Baltimore Mail Liner which had sailed from Hamburg, Germany a few days before. It was immediate ly transferred to barges but the trans shipment was delayed when the riv er and canal froze up. A United Press dispatch under a Washington, D. C, dateline this week indicated that the Morehead City Port Commission's purchase of foreign steel had brought about drastic changes in the steel world of America. A quality that is just as good as German steel and which will isell for a lower price thaa U. S. Steel sold for formerly has been brought about, according to the dis patch. With the arrival of the sheet steel work on Morehead City's Port Ter minal should progress rapidly. It is understood that approximately $61, 000 will be paid out for labor in the construction of this first unit of the project That much money turned loose in salaries in Carteret county should help matters considerably for the next few months. Home of Kilby Styron Is Destroyed by Fire While Kilby Styron and his fam ily of Davis went visiting last night, their six-room residence caught fire and was completely destroyed, ac cording to information telephoned the Beaufort (News by Blhkely Pond a resident of the Core sound village. The fire apparently caught from the parlor stove Mr. Pond stated. Mr. Styron is emplyoed by the WPA. He carried no insurance on the building wheih was said to be a splendid house built about 40-year ago. Mr. Pond rescued a barrel of meat from the house, the only thing saved. The house was valued at $2500. TIDE TABLE Information as to trie tide: X Beaufort is given in this co imn. Tha figures are aporo imately correct tnd based on table's furnished by the U. 8. Geodetic Survey. Some allow ances must be made for varia tions in the wind and also with respect to the locality, that is whether near the inlet or atl he heads of tbe estuaries. High Tide Low Tide Friday, Jan. 3 8:10 a. m. 9:42 a. m. 3:28 p. m. 9:42 p. m. Saturday, Jan. 4 4:22 a. m. 10:44 a. m. 4:38 p. m. 10:41 p. m. Sunday, Jan. S 5:25 a. m. 5:44 p. m. 11:44 p. m. Monday, Jan. 6 6:23 a. m. 11:38 a. m. 6:39 p. m. 12:38 p. m. Tueaday, Jan. 7 7:13 a. m. 12:32 a. m. 7:27 p. m. 1:28 p. m. Wcdneaday, Jan. 8 7:59 a. m. 1:23 a. m. 8:14 p. m. 2:11 p. m. Thuraday, Jan. 9 8:57 p. m. 2:53 p. m. 8:41 a. m. 2:10 a. m.