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VOLUME XXV
Fed Men Nab
Former WPA
Worker Here
Julian Gilbert Faces
Charge Of 'Padding
Payrolls'
Probable cause was found in the
case of Julian (Dooty) Gilbert foll
owing his arrest by U. S. Marshall
Buck and trial before U S. Comm
issioner A. T. Gardner here Monday
on a charge specified on warrant as
"kickback" but which is more comm
only known in the south as payroll
padding. Bond in the sum of $300
was ordered and upon failure to
secure same the defendant was taken
to Raleigh by Marshall Buck and
placed in Wake County jail. He is
scheduled to be tried in Federal
Court at New Bern on October 12
before Judge I. M. Meekins.
Gilbert was employed as time
keeper on Community Center pro
ject It is alleged and witnesses tes
tified that on various occasions they
had been paid for more days than
they replly worked and that this
overpay had been turned back to the
time keeper. Several witnesses tes
tified and many more were ready to
doo so but Attorney Claude R.
Wheatley representing Gilbert
agreed that enough evidence had
been presented to find probable
cause in the case, so the hearing was
en'decL; .
Fishing And
ALL OUTDOORS
By AYCOCK BROWN
THE AFT DECK of a C. G. 75
footer is no place to land a dolphin.
That is the reason Wesley McDonald,
secretary to Senator Reynolds, B. C.
Brown Washington, D C, attorney,
Dr. R. C. Smith, Morehead City med
ico, Gene Brown, U.N.C. accountant,
R. E. Cash, executive officer aboard
the U.S.C.G. Travis, C pt. Gus Lar
sen, skipper of 279 and myself hook
ed and brought alongside 15 or more
dolphin in the Gulf Stream last Fri
day but landed only five of the small
est. The aft deck is about three feet
from the waterline and there is
nothing but deck with no railing
on which to land your fish. But that
was not the reason the larger fish
got away. It was because we had no
gaff aboard and whether you are on
a small boat or a large one it is al
most useless to try and land a dol
phin without a gaff.
GREAT BUNCH OF fellows on
that trip If Bob Reynolds has got
half the personality as his secretary,
"he has nothing to worry about in the
way of re-election. But thats getting
this column into politics. When Sen
ator Reynolds comes down here in
the early autumn to make a speech,
(Continued on page two)
Wlifli industry pa out the door,
poverty comes in at the window.
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imported into the United
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rote bush framed by the
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EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
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The News And
The little creatures in the above
photo are not sandfiddlers, a word
which late candidate Dr. McDonald
made famous during recent political
battles. Instead they are mudfiddlers.
The picture was made down at Old
Slough, Ocracoke Island, by Miss
Opens Campaign Soon
Senator Bob Reynolds
Senator Robert R. Reynolds who
has been front-paged from Singa
pore to Syracuse since he went into
office will ooen his campaign for re
election soon. His secretary, Wes
ley McDonald, whose voting town is
Morehead City, stated a few days
ago that he expected to make one or
more speeches in every county of
his camoaizn. He
will come to Carteret for speech
making sometime in the autumn.
PELICANS!
A story under an Elizabeth
City date line in the newspa
pers of the State this week
told about a party returning
from Oregon Inlet who had
seen a couple of pelicans there.
Natives of that Banks sertion
told the party that these awk
ward looking but gractful fly
ing birds were very rare in that
area. Such is not the case down
the sound a few miles. At Ocra
coke pelicans are sometimes al
most as thick as gulls. A few Y
vears aoro several of the Flor- $
ida birds had a rookery on one
side of the tiny islets which
form Royal Shoals in the Pam
lico Sound . . . Down at Cape
Lookout during the summer
months pelicans are quite num
erous and sometimes they are
seen here in Beaufort.
To Have A Tacky Party
In The Casino Tonight
The management of Atlantic
Beach has announced that the first
tacky party of the season will be
presented in The Casino tonight,
Music for the event will be furnished
by Jimmy Livingston and his N. B. C,
orchestra. Many people from Beau-
fort will dress up and attend the
event Prizes will be given the tack
iest.
The greatest game fish in clear wa
ters is the muskellunge.
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THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1936
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Observer Called 'em
But They Are Really Ocracoke Mudfiddlers
Mary Lea Smith of Eastern Carolina
Teachers College, and won for her
a $1 award in the News and Obser
ver photo contest ' now underway.
Sandfiddlers are the fast gliding yel
lowish creatures which move over
dry sand near the ocean's surf. They
Carteret County Schools
To Open Septemberl7th
All schools in Carteret county;
both white and colored,'.with .poss
ible exception of .White Qak w.ill
open on September 17, it wajsannoun
ced today by , Superintendent, J. Gv
Allen.' The-White -Q. school opeaa
at the same time the Swansb'oro
schools, it was stated.
Over 6,000 additional text-books
have been ordered for the coming
school year and the flat fee rental
system will be in effect throughout
the county it was stated. This new
system in the opinion of educational
Newport Boys Become
Disorderly And Land
In Recorder's Court
Milford Mann and Vino Haskett,
a couple of apparently vinous youths
of Newport were still in jail Wednes
day because they could not pay the
costs when found guilty in Record
er's Court Tuesday on charges of
drunkenness, disorderly conduct etc.
In the case of Mann charged with
drunkenness the verdict was prayer
for judgment and continued for two
years, condition of good behavior
and payment of costs. Haskett on a
disorderly conduct and damage to
personal property charge was given
a 60 day suspended jail sentence
suspended upon condition he pay
costs and remain of good behavior
for two years. Unable to pay the
costs they were turned over to the
Sheriff who in turn turned them ov
er to the jailor.
Luce Johnson was found guilty of
wilful damage to personal property
when brought to trial charged with
breaking out windows of the house
of Owen Vann and entering the
room of Ethel Lee Vann after being
forbidden to do so. Ho was given a
30 day suspended sentence upon
payment of costs, and the Sheriff
had him until same was paid.
No verdict had been entered in
the minutes in the case of Herman
Austin, charged with non-support.
George Willis was found guilty of
driving drunk, resisting an officer,
assaulting an officer and obstructing
(Continued on page eight)
Guy Gaskill Becomes
Fisheries Inspector
Guy Gaskill, widely known fisher
man of Harkers Island and Ocra
coke, and official of N. C. Fisheries
now has a position with the North
Carolina Fiseries Commission.- He
has the title of Fisheries Inspector
and will do the work which the late
Capt. Leonard Nelson did for the
commission. Incidentally he will be
in charge of the state fisheries yacht
John A. Nelson, on the cruises of
that vessel. Gaskill is one of the bet
ter fishermen along the Carolina
coast. He also holds mates' licenses
for sea going steamships.
or
Sandfiddlers : : :
are of no practical use. Mudfiddlers
live in muddy sand, usually along the
edge of salt water creeks or sloughs.
They are used extensively by Sheeps-
head fishermen as bait. (The unu
sual photo cut is reprinted through
courtesy of The News and Observer)
officials will prove very satisfactory
to all concerned.
A representative of the State
School Commission was in Cartertt
recently for the purpose of estab
lishing routes to be traversed by the
school busses during the coming
year. "Every inch of all routes
were traveled over by the Commi
ssion official," it was stated. Twenty
five busses, the same number as last
year will be used to transport Car
teret scholars to their schools this
year.
Executive Committee
Praise Hamilton And
Won't Let Him Resign
James R. Morris of Atlantic pre
sided over a meeting of the Demo
cratic Executive Committee of Car
teret county in the courthouse here
last Saturday which had gathered
for the purpose of nonsidering the
resignation of Luther Hamilton as
chairman. Committeemen from nine
teen of the 26 precincts were pres
ent. A report on the meeting fol
lows: The Chairman stated the object
of the meeting was to consider the
resignation of Hon. Luther Hamil
ton as Chairman, and after making
a very strong argument opposing
the acceptance, and a plea that he
continue ot serve until after the
November election, which was sanc
tioned by an expression by every
one present, a committee consisting
of James R. Morris, Irvin Davis,
Eugene Moore and W. M. Webb was
named to draw up in appeal to Chair
man Hamilton that he withdraw his
resignation.
Accepting the honor and respon
sibility conferred with pleasure we,
the above named, speaking for the
nineteen representative Democrats
from nineteen of the precincts of
the county not only but for the en
tire Democracy of the county wish to
confer to Mr.- Hamilton in a public
manner first of all its faith and con
fidence in Yrka. as a man and in his
leadership of the party. For sixteen
years, most of them hard ones re
Contniued on page eight)
Sloop Katrina Sailed
For Norfolk Monday
The sail yacht Katrina which
came into port last week from Nor
folk remained here several days and
got underway on Monday for the re
turn voyage. Aborad the trim lit
tle craft were Mr. and Mrs. W. P.
Sellers, Duncan Sellers, Jack and
Frank Sellers of Norfolk and Dr. W.
P. Sellers, Jr., of Baltimore. Mrs.
Sellers is the daughters of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Duncan. While the
party was here the vessel made
numerous cruises in nearby waters
with local friends of the Sellers fam
ily aboard.
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Visited Our Coast
William P. Horton
Democratic Lieutenant-Governor
nominee William P. Horton of Pitts
boro came to the Carteret coast a
few days ago and while here went for
a cruise aboard the John A. Nelson.
In the recent primaries. Carteret
gave Horton a majority both times.
Odd Looking Rattler
Killed Near Harlowe
An odd looking rattle snake mea
suring nearly five feet in length and
carrying 14 rattles and a button, in
dicating that it was tn old timer,
wa3 killed in the Harlowe section
Monday. This rattler was almost an
albino, and when brought to town
and exibited to several persons at
Noe Hardware Company, created
quite a bit of comment. Later it
was shipped up to Joe Anderson in
New Bern who has a hobby of collect
ing snake skins.
f BEARS! !
Bears in the Newport area T
are taking possession of the
corn fields and doing a great
amount of damage to crops, j
according to reports reaching
Beaufort this week. And
there is nothing the farmer can
do except get permission from
game officials to shoot the ani
mals. It is unlawful to trap
them at this season, and awful
ly inconvenient to shoot them
as they are intelligent enough
not to come around a human
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Demg wren a gun . . Kecentiy
at a tobacco set-to two cou- "f
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pies saw xour Dears approacn
ing. They were afraid to shoot
one for fear the others would
attack them . . . The Newport
section bear situation is seri
ous, and much corn is being
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Beaufort News Group
Elects New Officers
Two new officers were elected
at a meeting of capital stock
holders of the Beaufort News
on Monday night... The meet
ing was presided over by Aycoclt
Brown, Editor-manager and
president of the corporation and
he appointed William Hatsell
secretary pro-tern. C Lambert
Skarren Jr., who recently acq
uired controlling interest in the
corporation was elected secretary-treasurer,
succeeding Mrs.
Ruth R. Mebane, who has held
that office several years. W. .O
Williams, was elected vice-president
to succeed J. P. Betts who
had resigned. Several matter
pertaining to the business
management and editorial
department was discussed by the
group before adjourning.
Membership in the American
Federation of Labor has increased to
more than three and one-half mil-
lions
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TRUST FUND RECORDS
IN DEPLORABLE STATE
Install New System Of
Keeping Records In
Clerk's Office
(Ed. Note: This is the second of a
series of stories pertaining to a re
cent audit of certain county offices.
Another story pertaining to the
audit which covers the offices of the
Clerk of Court over a period of
years and the County Accountant's
office for several months will be
printed next week. A.B.)
The following is direct quotations
from the audit as prepared by O. O.
Hewitt of A. M. Pullen Company.
It has to do with the office of Law
rence W. Hassell, Clerk of Superior
Court:
"At the request of your Board,
we have installed a cash receipt and
disbursement record, a ledger for all
trust funds, and a ledger for all ad
vanced costs deposits. Cash receipts
and disbursements have been enter
ed, insofar as was possible to deter
mine, from January 1, 1936 to April
25, 1936, and full explanation and
instructions given for handling
the records installed. We have par
ticularly stressed the importance ot
recording every class ar.d kind of
cash receipt coming into the office
of the clerk, making full explanation
as to the source of the receipt and
the purpose of its application, and
finally, depositing all receipts in the
Continued on page four
Covering The
WATER JHOM
By AYCOCK BROWN
A FINE FRIEND of this news
paper came by the office today and
started urging me to take a vacation.
"I can see by the newspaper you
are getting out and that you are
working hard," he said, when I apol
ogized for not accepting an invita
tion to be a guest at his island sum
mer place during the past few
months or even at his home in 8
city upstate. When I apologized for
not accepting his invitation I told
him that I was too busy too busy
in fact for nearly two years to take
a day off for rest.
THEN THIS newspaper's friend
and a friend of its editor said:
"Son, take a week off and forget
the paper your physical appearance"
shows that you need rest and
change for a few days." But there
(Continued on page eight)
TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tide
at Beaufort is given in this
column. The figures are approx
imately correct and based on
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
the heads of the estuaries.
High
6:01 a.
6:50 p.
Low
Friday, Aug. 14
m. 11:53 a.
m.
m. 11:55 p.
Saturday, Aug. 15
m. 12:43 a.
6:55
7:18
7:40
8:01
m.
m. 12:43 a. m.
Sunday, Aug. 16
m. 1:27 a. ra.
m. 1:37 p. nk
Monday, Aug. 17
8:22
8:39
m.
m.
Tuesday, Aug,
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2:06 a.
2:21 p.
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9:12 p.
Wednesday, Aug. 19
9:37 a. m. 3:20 p.
9:45 p. m. 8:42 p.
Thursday, Aug. 20
10:11 a. m.
3:54 a.
10:18 p. m.
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