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VOLUME XXV
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEKTHE BEAUFORT NEWS THU RSDAY, APRIL 16, 1936
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NUMBER 16
Fort Celebration
Where Traffic Club Will Mee ag"
reeiev is
BFAUFGRT
IT ITU?
After
Hundreds of Disappointed
Tourists Have Visited His
toric Fort Macon Recently,
Only to Learn That it is
Open to The Public Only on
Sunday Afternoons From
1:30 to 5:30 O'clock.
WILL BE OPEN DAILY
MAY 1, SAYS HOLMES
Will Celebrate 100th Anniverary
Starting May 1 and United State
Coa.t Guard Will Participate by
Giving Exhibition of Lifeaving.
A celebration of the 100th anni
versary of Old Fort Macon will start
on May 1, it was annonuced this
week, and the event will mark the
formal opening of Fort Macon State
Park. Just how long the celebration
will continue was not announced, but
it was stated that the United States
Coast Guard had notified the De
partment of Conservation and Devel
opment it planned to participate.
Thf Coast Guard will give demon
strations of life-saving, probably un-
Aer the direction of Capt. Thomas
Bamette of the Fort Macon station.
Nr. nfficial has followed up the sug
gestion offered by The Beaufort
News to stage a sham battle be
tween national guardsmen and the
local coastguard patrol fleet, but
there is a Dossibility that such an
event will be staged later in the sum
mer. In the meantime:
The wrath of many tourists, some
from North Carolina and many other
states have been aroused recently
when they visited historic Fort Ma
con, only to learn that it has been
closed to the public except on Sun
Aav afternoons between 1:30 until
6:30 o'clock. When telephoned yes
terday for the hours visitors could
inspect the interior of the fort, the
custodian of the structure stated
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Will Mark Spot Where
Blackbeard Lost Head
The State Historical Marker com
mittee has approved eight markers
recently among which is one for the
notorious pirate "Blackbeard," whose
depiadations in Eastern Carolina
waters during the early 1700s were
quite annoying. Finally when Gov
ernor Eden of Bath would not try
and capture the pirate, Governor
Spotswood of Virginia sent a couple
of cloops of war into Carolina waters
tinder the command of Lieut. Robert
Maynard.
He captured Blackbeard just in
side of Ocracoke inlet, and legend
has it that his head was cut off and
attached to the prow of the victor
ious ship. The spot where this oc
curred is today known as Teach's
Hole, because Blackbeard's real
name was Edward Teach. The mark
er will be erected soon.
STRAW VOTE
For Carteret County The
State magazine straw vote thi
week gave McDonald a lead.
Carteret' vote follow: Hoey
14; Graham, 11; McDonald, 20
and McRae 4. Incidentally Mc
Donald i in the lead through
out the State according to thi
straw vote.
"He who has good health and owes
nothing is both young and rich"
APOII
, 16 Wilbur Wright, utner oi
. . ....
svuiion, born. mo.
17 United Sute nivy cap
turn its first British ship.
1777.
18 House invents the tock
c-19 Battle of Lexington start
r-ij th Revolutionary War.
t(l 1775.
20 Captain Cook discover
New South Wales, lAi.
21 Sam Houston whip tb
w B C 1 awlnrrv
18 JO,
i22 "In God Wt Tnut" adopt-
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MV HEALTH
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egm May
It's Called Leap Frog
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" . . at our beaches toon.."
At our beaches soon, especially At
lantic Beach, such scenes as the a
bove will not be ungual in a few
more weeks. Perhaps some of those
who braved the surf on Easter Mon
day got a bigger kick and more
warmth out of playing leap frog
than breaking through waves. Quite
a number of people went into the
surf on Monday, Including D,v M.
Jones, local hardware salesman..
Look closely and you may recog
nize the above surf nymphs . . . .
Atlantic Beach, by the way does not
open May 8, as has been rumored in
certain sectors. The Atlantic Beach
Hotel does open on June 1, as has
been previously announced in The
Beaufort News.
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Owens
of Marshallberg, April 11th, a son.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Minor Davis
of Davis, April 13th, a daughter.
Fishing And
ALL OUTDOORS
By AYCOCK BROWN
ALTHOUGH ONLY published last
month R. P. Harris has seen his first
book, "The Foxes4" jclimb to the
top as a national best seller. And it
is liable to hold that
distinction for a
while, because it is
not only a good an
imal book but also
an excellent hu
man story. The au
thor, who by the
way is a North
Carolinian, has an intimate know
ledge of his subjects the lives of
gray foxes, their relationship to oth
er wildlife and fox hunters. The lo
cale of the story is laid in that area
between Fayetteville and Wilming
ton, where one frequently runs a
cross old southern manors, now in
a dilapidated condition.
IN ADDITION TO the intelligent
ly written habits of wild life gener
ally, with foxes as the leading sub
jects, the author has done an honest
job in describing the life of a typical
old time, but broken down, southern
aristocrat, living on a plantation.
The old mansion falls to ruins, the
jNegroes call the white man Cap
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PHILLIPS DID NOT
SEEK AUDITOR'S JOB
Llewellyn Phillips, Morehead City
attorney has requested that The
Beaufort News publish the fact that
he was not a candidate for the job
of county accountant to succeed J.
J. Whitehurst. The Beaufort News
stated that his name was among the
list that had sought the job 'accord
ing to street rumors.' We regret
that such a rumor was started if it
has caused any one embarrassment
to be nominated in connection with
the accountant's job which is now
held by James Davis Potter.
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Edge water Club -
A meeting of the Eastern North
Edgewater Club on Friday, April 17.
are representative railroad and
jointly with the officials of Morehead
the purpose of discussing traffic and
luncheon will be served at 1 o'clock
be given on the premises of Edgewa
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Forty Carteret Acres
Sown In Tomato Seeds
For Great Lakes Area
One hundred pounds of tomato
seeds are now being sown on 40
acres of the Murray Thomas farm bv
A. M. Withers of Ft. Pierce, Florida,
who has leased the acreage. Th$
seed cost approximately $4.00 pef
pound. It is estimated that this ac
reage will produce approximately.
three million plants. -)
The plants, which are of the Mas4
ter Marigold variety, should be ready
for shipment around June 1, accord
ing to County Agent Hugh Over
street. They will be 3ent to farms in
the Great Lakes-area, it was stated.
Raising tomato plants in Carteret
county is no new enterprise, but no
one has ever gone into it on sucha
large' scale before.
In addition to the tomato plant3
being grown in Carteret soil near
Beaufort, the Council Plant Com
pany of Portsmouth, Va., have rent
ed 10 acres of farm lands owned by
the Gibbs brothers and have sown
cabbage and cauliflower seed. Last
year the Stokes Seed and Plant Com
pany of New Jersey were the larg
est growers in Carteret.
Tales of City, County
And Magistrate Court
In Squire Noe's court this week
was tried John Bunyon Congleton
on a charge of drunkenness on a
public highway. He was arrested Sat
urday in a saturated condition on
the bridge over Newport river by
State Highway Patrolman Moore.
Found guilty he was given a 20 day
sentence in jail.
Robert Raynor, Morehead City
Negro bootlegger, was given senten
ces totaling 18 months on the chain
gang in County Court Tuesday by
Judge Paul Webb. He was charged
with violating the prohibition law
and assaulting police and ABC en
forcement officers with a deadly
weapon, to-wit: a knife. A capias
was issued for J. D. Jones who fail
ed to show up and answer charges of
driving an auto without a license.
In Mayor's Court Monday night
Viola Rhodes was given a 30 day
sentence when convicted of public
drunkenness.
Political
Candidates for various offices can
start filing with the Board of Elec
tions on Saturday . . . D. E. Lang
idale is the board of elections chair
man, and his office is in the court
house annex in tne event there are
any candidates on the horizon who
do not know the art of being official
ly prepared for Primary elections
and such .... Will Smith is announc
ing elsewhere in this edition that he
is a candidate for nomination to the
hoard of commissioners ... It is
likely that "few of the present board
who have in the tei-m of a local pol
itician' served and served well for
the past four or six years," wil not
seek re-election to tha board. . Still
there is a possibility that MeCabe in
the west and Fulcher in the East
will seek re-election .... They
would have the support of the "par
ty," in all likel hood . . . and some
of the most interesting fireworks on
the board woula not nave such re
port we learn to our surprise . .It
is a funny world . . . For instance the
Democrats are making racket and
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on Bogue Sound
Carolina Traffic Club will be held at
The members of the organization
steamship officials. They will meet
City and the port commission for
transportation matters. A dutch
at the club and an oyster roast will
ter at 5 o'clock.
Miss Bertha Barbour
To Reign Over B. H. S.
Mav Day Festivities
Miss Bertha Barbour, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Barbour, will
reign as Queen of the May over the
Pasreant of the Flowers to be pre
sented May 1st at Beaufort High
School. Her court will be composed
of members of the Senior class and
the flower girls will be children from
the first erade.
The program planned will furnish
entertainment for the entire day. A
track meet between the grades will
take ud most of the morning. Pat
rons of the school are requested to
come m-erared to stay throughout
the entire day as the intermission
for luncheon will be brief. In the
afternoon the Pageant of the Flowers
held in honor of the May Queen will
be nresented. Each grade in school
will present a drill or a dance for the
entertainment of the Queen.
A baseball game between More
head City High School and Beaufort
High School will be played at 3:30
and a small admission of 10c and 25c
will admit one for thi entire day's
program.
Shoe Horns Score Win
Over Lard Slingers
iFra Lippo Lipman pitched his
Shoe Horns to a 14-6 victory over
the grocerymen from C. D. Jones
Co. in the season's opening battle,
Monday, Apr.il 13. The game was a
thriller for the first five innings, the
score at that time standing 4-3 in
favor of Lipman's Dept. Store. In the
sixth, however, Lipman's boys got to
Picher Paul Jones' offerings and reg
istered seven tallies, thereby putting
the game on ice. Beveridge was out
standing for the winners both afield
and at bat. Harrell and Christopher
Jones were tops for the Lard Sling
ers. Lipman's gets their next test
April 23 against the Hook and Lad
der Boys of the Beaufort Fire De
partment. Results of the Carteret Ad
veritsers Fire Dept. game played
yesterday and the Business Assn.
Post Office game played today will
be found elsewhere in this paper.
These games weve played too late to
get into this weok's paper for statis
tical results on the game playc i thus
far in the Beauf rt Soft Ball League.
Round - Up
the Republicans are remaining quiet.
Wonder what they are planning . . .
Wonder if they will put a candi
date in the field to oppose Fred R.
'Seeley .who is more than likely go
ing to represent Carteret in the Gen
eral Assemblah ... He announces his
candidacy today in our pay in ad
vance political advei-tising column
. . Carl Goerch of The State start
his straw poll in Carteret last week
and the Afternoon Newspapers of
the state will have a similar one
starting immediately . . . Four hun
dred in county will receive ballots
. . . . Friends of his, say that C. A.
Clawson is on the verge of announc
ing his candidacy for Sheriff ... A
job that will he will have a bit of a
hard time getting Sheriff Chadwick
the incumbent to discard . . . The
Sheriff will run for Sheriff's job a
gain . . . And Elvin Salter is doing
an extensive bit of campaigning in
Carteret for the same job ... He
will say .... Somebody lied, if he
does not get all the votes that have
probably been promised . . . A.B.
N "if
Legislative
He Sees The Trouble
R. Bruce Etheridge
Muddy waters plus the ravaging-of
poachers who fish within the three
mile territorial limits of North Caro
lina's share of the Atlantic Ocean,
especially the areas near the inlets
have put the fisherm?n along the
coast on the spot again this year,
commented R. Bruce Etheridge, di
rector of the Department of Conser
vation and Development, upon his re
turn to Raleigh a few days ago from
him home on Roanoke Island. He
charges the non-resident trawlers
with flooding the market with croak
ers, cheapest of food fishes, which
has resulted in low prices for shad
and all other species that usually
bring good prices.
"The principal cause for the low
orices raid for what catches are
made, "Etheridge said, "is illegal fish
ing by trawlers working off the
coast, but a contributing cause is
the failure of efforts to develop new
markets, one of the announced ob
jectives of the North Carolina Fish
eries Inc." He also spoke about mud
dy waters rotting nets which will
not hold fish that swim into the mesh
es. , The conservation did not comment
on how the N. C. Fisheries might be
planning to get the new markets
that have failed to get so far . . .
nor anything about how the illegal
trawling could be stopped . . .On the
latter The Beaufort News prints an
editorial this week page 4.
Covering The
WATER FRONT
By AYCOCK BROWN
MANY YACHTS ARE passing
through the draw bridges each day
now bound north from Florida. Most
of those coming through Beaufort
Inlet pass through
Beaufort harbor
while those follow
ing the inland wat
erway usually pass
by or stop over in
Morehead City.
Some very trim
crafts are in the
up at the various
fleet which
wharves, sometimes for fuel and
supplies, sometimes for overnight.
THE 78FOOT YACHT Enchan
tress III stopped overnight . in Beau
fort bound north last Friday. She
was among the first to pass north
from Floi-ida waters this Spring.
Others will be following within a few
days. The Enchantress III hails from
Philadelphia. She is owned by Louis
Burk. Capt. Ira Davis of Beaufort is
her master .... On Saturday the
sports-fishing cruiser, Franjona, com
pletely equipped for swordfishing
passed Beaufort bound north. The
latter craft hailed from Hartford.
SOME VERY TRIM auxiliary
crafts were moored along the More
head City waterfront early this
week. One of these was the Kiboka,
a two-master owned by Clarence S.
Postley of New York. On Monday
the Georgia Pepper of Baltimore,
owned by Mr. and Mrs. George
Kurts of Baltimore, stopped: at the
Texaco in Beaufort to re-fuel before
sailing northward. Usually the crafts
do not have the owners aboard, only
the masters and crew.
A MISTAKE FREQUENTLY made
by readers of newspapers is to get
mad too quickly, when some article
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One of Beaufort's leading Cit
izens Made Formal An
nouncement Today That He
Would Be A Candidate For
The Job of Representing Car
teret County in The General
Assembbly
NO REPUBLICANS HAVE
ANNOUNCED CANDIDACY
In The Political Spotlight of Carteret
County to Date No Republican
Office Seeker Have Announced
Their Candidacy For Any Public
Job. Hamilton After Seat In
Senate
For the past several weeks friends
of Fred R. Seeley have been urging
him to be a candidate for the im
portant office of representing Car
teret county in the General Assem
bly of North Carolina. For weeks Mr.
Seeley considered the proposition. He
is a prominent business man of
Beaufort, and to leave his position
for a period of several months did
not seem advisable for his own inter
ests. But after considering the many
angles involved, he today made his
formal announcement.
It is a well known fact that Luth
er Hamilton of Morehead City is a
candidate for the nomination to the
State Senate, and if both he and
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Two Women Travelers
Made A Slight Error
Mrs. Block and Mrs. Fritz of Ro
chester, N. Y. decided to stop in
Beaufort on their way to Charles
ton and see the estate of a Mrs.
Gleason on Ladies Island. They
reached here Sunday night and after
looking all over for the Golden Eagle
Tavern, without finding same, decid
ed to stop at The Old Davis House.
They told their story next morning
at the breakfast table, wondered why
they could not find the Golden Eagle
or why no one knew about the
Gleason estate on Ladies Island.
Then they discovered that this was
Beaufort, North Carolina, and not
Beaufort, South Carolina. Similar
errors have been made in the past by
various persons and once by a corpse.
ORDERED TO PAY
.t
Judgment for $110,000, with
interest from July 1, 1931, at I
five per cent per annum, sub
ject t0 a credit of $2200 on in
terest as of October 6, 1932,
together with costs of the ac
tion, has been recorded in Fed
eral Court at New Bern a
gainst Carteret County in fav
or of the Norfolk and Western
Railway company suing for ''
payment of defaulted Carteret
county bond, principal and in
terest. Judge I. M. Meekins
signed the judgment.
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TIDE TABLE
Information as to tna tides
it Beaufort is given in this co
mr.. Tha figures are appro
imately correct r.d based t
tables furnished by the U. S
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 at,
"he heads of the estuaries.
Hifh Tide Low Tide
Friday, April 17
4:02 a. m. 10:22 a. m.
4:32 p. m. 11:00 p. m.
Saturday, April 18
m. "
5:02
5:30
5:59
m.
Sunday, April
m.
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11:17
19
11:59
12:11
p. m.
a.
6:23
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Monday, April 20
a. m. 12:54
p. m. 1:01
Tuesday, April 21
a, m. 1:47
p. m. 1:49
6:52
7:18
7:45
8:08
Wednesday, April 22
8:36 a. m. ' 2:37
9:00 p. m. 2:39
Thursday, April 23
9:28 a. m. 8:27
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