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VOLUME XXV
12 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1938 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 7
BEDSWORTH FAILS
TO CONVICT FIVE
OF SIX ARRESTED
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ALL POWER BOATS
IN'ISTOM HOUSE
TO , RENUMBERED
Ow of Vessels of 16 Feet or
T 3 Must Apply by April 1,
j rding t o Instructions
C lii Collector Longest
:-: Playing Important R )le Near Ice-Bound Islands :-:
I
White Woman Defendant Wa3
Jailed For Two Days in Cell
That Offeied No Privacy
Frcm Male Prisoners
CASE TRIED IN COUNTY COURT
The cases against Ruby Simmons
Broome, 22 year old white woman of
the Steel Bridge section who was co
defendant with Tom Cunningham, E.
L. Stricklanl, Howard Brewer, Bi
Cullifer charged with breaking and
entering an establishment owned by
Yaughan Bedsworth in the nifamouc
Morehead Bluffs section late Satur
day night was dismiss3d after a trial
which lasted all day before Recorder
Paul Webb on Tuesday. J. C. Brad
ham another defendant was found
guilty of assaulting Bedsworth and
was given a 30 day suspended sen
tence upon payment of court costs.
Placing Ruby Simmons Broome in
a cell of Beaufort's jail where she
had no privacy from several Negro
inmates caused comments locally.
She spent two nights in the cell, but
Jailor E. M. Chaplain declares that at
three hour intervals she was allowed
the privilege of going under guard
to an up-stairs bathroom.
The general character of Beds
worth, who operates an establishment
once owned by Bill (King) Watson
was proven to be bad. In court Tues
day he showed many indications that
he had come out on the wrong side;
of an affray, which after evidence
was presented, apparently was noth
ing more than a drunken brawl. He
also needed a bath. Attorneys E.
(continued on page five)
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CHlLUKt-IN WAUL IHKUUnn
WATER TO REACH SCHOOL
To reach the grade school
located at Merrimon about two
tliirrle rf tVio children have to
wade through icy waters, accord t
ing to information brought to
town this week by B. G. Hardy
and P. F. Can-away, in the fish v
business near that place. Their
route takes them over a suppos
edly state maintained highway.
The condition is due to improp
er drainage, following all rainy
seasons. Many of the children 4.
have no boots to wear, so if you
hear of any deaths from pneu- 4
f monia in that section, somebody X
is liable to be blaming highway v
Y officials for same. 3.
INFORMATION ON
LICENSES GIVEN
Persons who have applied for licen
ses to drive cars in North Carolina
but failed to get same are urged by
State Highway Patrolman I. T. Moore
to re-apply at once. There will be
no charges for the licenses you failed
to get, if you follow these instruct
ions: First you contact Patrolman Moore
at his headquarters at City Hall in
Morehead City (or Beau-'ort City
Hall Friday mornings) anc. C'irnish
affidavit to effect that you ha. : app
lied for licenses but failed to et
same. Then Patrolman Msore will
start the machinery working that will
soon get proper priveleges for operat
ing a car in North Carolina, There
is no charge for the licenses so if
you have failed to get yours if you
see Patrolman Moore immediately.
He will fix things up for you.
"An open fat may prove a curse, but
4 pretended friend it worse
FEBRUARY
Q 12 Abraham Lincoln, th
grett tmancipator, born
ISC9.
A 13 Firft settltra reach Savan
r.a:i. Georgia. 1732.
--r 14 Kosea Coatet Invents first
practical apple parer.
15 Ill-lamed Confederate An-
derionville Prison is
opened, 1864.
) 16 UlyssesS.Crant promoted
to Major ucnerai, 100.
' Belgian King Albert die
in mountain fall, 1934.
IS Lo wall Observatory dis
r'Sk covert nlw olantt Pluto.
1930.
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U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Travi3 of Morehead City, N. C.
Through the courtesy of The Baltimore Sun which has considerable Sunday circulation in Beaufort we are permitted to
presentthe above airplane viewof the Coastguard Cutter Tra vb in the ice fields of the Chesapeake Bay near Tangier and
Smith's Island. Papers all over the country have reprinted photographs and stories about this vessel and the heroic crew who
rescued the ill-fated party of the Maryland State Police attempting to get food and supplies to the ice-bound islanders
,v,iv, Q tv,0,. v,ia lifo Tn mir nevt. issue of The Beaufort News we will present a picture of each member ot the
crew that took part
Lookout
" October 23, 1908"
In the mast head on Page 8 of the
October, 23, edition of the LOOKOUT
"The Sound Paper" Editor Horace
Hamlin informed the public that pub
lication day was Friday, that advert
ing rates were $10 per inch per
annum and that "LOOKOUT circul
ation exceeas i.uuu -Ana we can
prove it." In the editorial column
was the following:" The finest
yachts that brighten Long Island
sound and 'down east' ports during
the summer are seen m Beaufort har-1
bor in the winter going to ana irom
Florida." Below this statement was:
"Times are too hard to carry your
own risk. Better see Frank Riggsby
at Dr. Maxwell's office and get a
health policy which pays from $15 to
$100 per month sick benefit."
Under the caption "Beaufort
Breezes" Editor Hamlin printed the
following squibs: "Carteret county
should have a county home. The
stork visited the home of Mr. and
Mrs. John H. Dill on last Sunday.
It's a girl.. Mr. Malic Nelson of
Marshallburg was serving on jury, it
being Court Week. Mrs. Lina P.
Hutton has returned form an extend
ed visit to the National Capital.
(Continued on page four)
SMYRNA SCENE OF
DIXIE MINSTRELS
Over Sixty People Will Take
Part in Show Presented at
Smyrna School Auditorium
Tonight
Smyrna's Parent Teachers Assoc
iation will present the Dixie Blackbird
Ministrels at the schoolhouse there
on Friday night, February 14, start
ing promptly at 7:30 o'clock. It will
be the largest stage event ever pre
sented at the school house there and
many people from all parts of the
county have expressed a desire to be
present,
xm'vr... rvui, Ai.tr. r.t
ministrels says that arrangements
have been made and the cast rehears-
ed to feature many attractions, which
will include snappy songs and jokes,
a ,,it,,ai,
. . .
Up to the minute tunes will be feat-
1 " . .
J 1 Af mtok KM norennfl
will take part.
The Dixie Blackbird Ministrels was
presented in Beaufort last year with
much success. Everyone who attend
ed the Wayne P. Sewell production
that thev eot their money's
worth in laughs and the event at
o f v inci
as goodprobably better.
f Extracts From The A,&NC 0l
in the resccue. Capt. P. A. Short is commander of the Travis.
Kail
erviceji.. oeamori
Norfolk-Southern Will Operate One Shuttle
Train Daily Between Beaufort and Morehead
City; Crowell Receives Word That Hearing
Is Postponed to February 26.
After today the Atlantic and
North Carolina Kailroacl wi
cease the ioint ooeration with
;Norfol - Southern of trains into
iBeaufort. This announcement
jwas officially made to The
Beaufort News today by H. P.
r.rnwelL vice - nresident and
general manager of the A. &
XT -
N. C
Seth Gibbs local agent of
the Norfolk-Southern stated
that his company would oper
ate one train daily from Beau
fort to Morehead City and re
turn, making connections with
the eleven and three o'clock
schedules. This service will be
effective only six days per
week. On Sunday there will
be no trains between Beaufort
and Morehead City. The bag
gage, express and mail will be
handled by a Norfolk-Southern
chartered bus or truck, on Sun
days.
As we go to press a wire
-:POirr TERMINAL, FLASHES:-
About 70 per cent of German Steel
)iles have been driven and this work
will probably be completed within an
ither week, weather permitting.
Gahagen No. 5 the 26-inch pipe
line dredge employed in digging the
channel from terminal site to Old
Topsail Inlet is keeping up with sched
ule.
SUPERVISOR OF WRITERS
PROJECTS GETS STORIES
The WPA Writers project under
the supervision of Frank Challen of
New Bern wired or telephoned cer
tain residents of Carteret yesterday
to determine the places of interest in
"""" ;u
of The Beaufort News was contacted
1- i.lr,Un Fn lilfMmtOTtAn Q Yl l HI
x , ""-""f"
fhe Davis, local historian, also w,r-
ed in material Challen was seeking
nwnmnollir itif ninorinn n h 1 cir nnon I
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wtco.
WEATHER
U. S. Weather Bureau, Hatteras
and Navy Radio Station, Cape Look-
! out. reported no violent storm for
coast tonight, despite fact tnai souui-
pott, sti flairs are dispiayea in
Beaufort. Northwester aue Friday.
scontiaues tier
19 ft
from Congressman Graham A.
Barden is received by this news
paper advising that "By agree-
ment of counsel of the I.C.C.
has continued hearing to Feb-
ruary 26, at New Bern." Efforts
were being made to have the
hearincr held in Beaufort as or-
iginally planned, Dut the I. CO
J..J V,,,t "XJnri nnfor
advised that they "Had acted
upon agreement with counsels
and the change could not be
made.
Mr. Crowell, Executive Vice
president of the A. & N. C.
gave among the reasons that
A. & N. C. would not operate
any more trains into Beaufort,
after this date is because the
I. C. C. has granted no permis
sion for same, despite the fact
that they had been operating
jointly with the Norfolk South
ern since starting independent
operation on November 16th,
1935.
With SE storm warnings flying
today, the U. S. dredge Manhattan,
was apparently weatherbound near
her inlet channel project.
American steel arrived last week
and work of driving same will begin
within next few days.
MANY CARTERET ADULTS
ATTENDING WPA CLASSES
Adult education classes sponsored
by the WPA are being conducted at
Atlantic, Stacy, Sea Level and nanr.
ers Island and 244 persons are en
rolled, according to Miss Ella D.
Davis, project supervisor for Carter
et county. The classas were started
on December 16, and are taught by
18 etachers,
PUPPY DRUM
Capt. Ira Willis and crew of Bark
ers Island have made their second
larfire catch of puppy drum at Whale
bone Inlet in less than a month. Haul
ing in the surf Wednesday they land
ed ,6,000 pounds, which were sold to
Davis Fish house here for three and
half cents per pound. They landed
25,000 pounds on January 29.
4 ot a n ntj The
WAT EE MJlO"S
By AYCOCK BROWN
IN A NEW BERN papeV this week
was a story about C. C. Clark assist
ing at N. C. Fisheries, Inc., in More
head City. Mr. Clark is spending four
days a week at the Morehead City
plant during the absence of John H.
Sikes "in general charge of the work
there." Mr. Sikes is spending some
weeks in southern states, in efforts to
.contract hsh concerns m tnai area w
work out business arrangements for
the self- help cooperative. Thats the
story according to the New Bern pa-
per. lvuayDe wren iir. iitu& aanB
over there at the plant, things won't
he so private in the future.
THERE IS TOO much money in
vested in N. C. Fisheries, Inc., (pub
lic money private operation) for
the organization to flop, although the
majority of people in these parts
were beginning to think the place was
getting sort of floppy. And for that
(Continued on page eight)
WELFARE GROUP
MAKES HEADWAY
Mrs. Ruth Roberts Appointed
Director of Applications;
She and Mrs. Henderson At
tend Raleigh Meet
Mrs. Ruth Roberts has been assign
ed to the position of director of ap
plications and case worker of the de
partment of Welfare of Carteret
county. The assignment was made
official on Wednesday, when she and
Mrs. Bessie Henderson, superinten
dent of Carteret Welfare's depart
ment attended a state-wide meeting in
Raleigh. About 250 persons were
present.
Mrs. Roberts wishes all applicants
to know that she cannot certify any
one for work who was not on relief
between May 1 and November 1,
1935. Even then it is not certain
that applicants will be placed because
over 65,000 persons in North Caro-
ina have already been certified and
here are only jobs for approximately
45,000. And all that Mrs. Roberts
can do is to make applicants eligible
for work. She cannot place the appli
cant. She fills out a certain form
which goes to New Bern first and is
then returned to Morehead City and
the re-employment office there which
places the applicants if possible.
The new welfare department is
functioning already. The offices will
be in the Court-house annex. Miss
Ella Davis will be the office clerk.
The furniture for the office will be
requisitioned from the ERA storerooms.
INFORMATION
ifr.'.vA-ners of machinery driven
boats of 16 feet length or more, which
are operated on navigable waters of
North Carolina must obtain new num
bers for their boats from the office
of the deputy collector of customs
here prior to April 1, or be subjected
to a fine, it was announced in Wil
mington this week by John Bright
Hill, collector of customs who sent
similiar instructions and this story to
his deputy Frank Longest in Beau
fort.
This move is in line with a nation
wide movement to renumber all
power boats and is authorized under
section 1 of the act of June 7, 1918,
which was amended by section 210 of
the "Anti-Smuggling Act of August
5, 1935.
Up to this time all power driven
boats with the exception of public
crafts and those not exceeding 16
feet in length have carried a number
preceded by the letter T, the number
being assigned by the nearest customs
office.
The new numbers will be com- ,
prised of three parts: the number
of the customs district, a serial let
ter and the numeral.
The numbers are to run from Al
to A999 and then begin with Bl.
Upon reaching the number Z999,
each custom district will begin with
A1000. Notices to the 9,800 boat
owners in North Carolina are being
mailed from Wilmington this week
and will continue until completed.
Boat owners are. urged to contact
their nearest custora office as soon as
possible to secure the new numbers.
Information necessary for tiling for
the new numerals includes the name,
address of owner, name and type of
vessel, name and type and horsepower
of motor, serial number of motor,
name of builder of the vessel, the
year it was built and the place of
construction and the service for which
it will be used.
(Continued on page eight)
WARDEN THOMAS
GIVES WARNING
Game Warden Leon Thomas of
Carteret county is warning poachers
that if he arrests them for shooting
duck, robin or larks, they will face a
charge in Federal Court. Word has
reached the warden that in the lower
sound area several people have been
eating wild duck recently, and he is
making every effort to expose the
loachers.
The open season on quail, rabbit
and turkey wil expire on Saturday,
February 15, Mr. Thomas stated, and
warning is also issued to poachers
who unlawfully break the laws pro
tecting that game they will face trial
if they are arrested.
TIDE TABLE
Information a, to too tide
t. Beaufort is given in this con
inr. The figures are appro
imately correct and based oi
tablft furnished by the U. S
Geodetic Survey. Some allow
nnces must be made for varia
tions in the wind and also wit)
respect to the locality, that I
whether near the inlet or a'
he heads of the 'estuaries.
High Tide Low Jida
Friday, Feb. 14
12:15 a. m. 6:39 a. m.
12: 22 p. m. 6:39 p. m.
Saturday, Feb. 15
1:00 a. m. 7:3b a.
1:10 p. m. 7:32 p.
Sunday, Feb. 16
1:55 a. m. 8:38 a.
2:07 p. m. 8:33 p.
Monday, Feb. 17
2:58 a. m. 9:40 a.
3:14 p. m. 9:41 p.
Tuesday, Feb. 18
m.
in.
4:05 a. m. 10:40 a.
4:22 p. m. 10:43 p.
m.
m.
Wednesday, Feb. 19
5:07 a. m.
5:22 p. m. 11:35 p. m,
Thursday, Feb. 20
6:01 a. m. 11:43 a. m,
6:19 p. m. 12:26 p. m.
HI "i. r. RELEASES