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SEAFOOD MRT. 10-8-36 Floandert 4c Blu 4 S. Treat 6c C. Trout 21-2 Shrimp 3-8e Mackerel 5c Creakcri 2c; Bines 3-4c Spot IHc to 2c lb. r new ATTEND THE LEGION FAIR IN BEAUFORT OCT. 12-17 The Best Advertising Medium Published in Carteret Co, (.READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY j WATCH Your Label and Pay Your Subscription r VOLUME XXV EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEKTHE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1936 PRICE 5c SINGLE NUMBER 4 ri i America Legion Fair HerR Monday Starts Birthday Luncheon Featured Fillets Barden, Seeley, Sikes And Phytherch Speak MARKED FIRST YEAR OF FISHERIES OPERATION Nearly 100 persons present at a birthday dinner of N. C. Fisheries Inc., in Morehead City, Wednesday, ate fillets of fish taken from North Carolina waters last April, heard John John Sikes, president and general manager of the organ ization give an interesting re sume of the organization's first year of operation, and were later shown the different de partments and the process em ployed from the time the fish are received until they are ready for shipment from the plant. Invited guests includ ed town and county civic groups, state and national offi cials ana me maepeiiueiit uca Ipra nf Carteret count. It marked the first anniversary of the co-operative organization made nossible with public money with the thought in view of bettering the sea food industry and conditions gene Tally along the North Carolina coast. Mayor H. S. Gibbs presided over the gathering and after introducing Rev. T. A. Sikes of Ayden, (father of John Sikes) who rendered an invo cation, gave a brief synopsis of the part his town had played in making possible the establishment of the plant for Morehead City. (Continued on page eight ) CROCODILE SLAIN An 8-foot crocodile was killed by Archie Herdesty in hia front yard at Mill Creek last night. The reptile was a half mile away from water at the time and was showing signs of at tack when slain. It is the second of the species ever killed in Carteret, a resident here stated today. Alligators on the other hand are quite numer out in the swamps and fresh water rivers of this county. Blythe Noe lo cal taxidermist will atter.:?t to mount Hardesty's crocodile. Harkers Island Ferry Will Undergo Repairs Roy J. Hart, district highway en gineer announced today that the Harkers Island Ferry will be taken out for repairs next Monday, Octo ber 12 It will make the trip from Harkers Island to Gloucester at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and will then proceed to Morehead City for repairs. "We hope to make the reg ular noon trip on Wednesday, Octo ber 14, it was stated. County agents report a greater use of ground limestone by North Carolina farmers this fall than in many years. The seedings of alfalfa also have been increased. WHY Yon sister "Who tht daughter would win, with mamma must begin" OCTOBER a Submarin dtstroyi tight X shipioff Nntncktt Light, " " 1916. I Harvard CoDeg holds It first eoaimancanNnt, 161. 10 Aatwarp surrenders to in German army. 1914 11 Euuthtr American R elation receive their char ter. 189a 12 Cohtmbua eights tin at two M the moraine 1492. IS Tum dtiaena ratify their constitution. 184S. 14 William Pemt, founder as jjsy PemuylvanieJjorn. 144. 1 aSA To Address Rotarians mm iw i mumma il.ranM mwmm m , '""tfjpf w ": y o Senator R. R. Reynolds Rotarians and their Rotary Anns of the Beaufort and Morehead City clubs will hear Senator R. R. Rey nolds make an address in the Amer ican Legion Hut here next Tuesday night. While this address will be strictly of a Rotary nature. Bob Reynolds is one of the most popular and widely known members of the U. S. Senate. His North Carolina home is in Asheville. ONLY DUMB DRIVERS VIOLATE THIS LAW 11 is a Qumo uriver ot an avi srf - . . i i . tomobile who fails to come to a halt when a school bus is dis charging or taking on passen gers. Yesterday afternoon near the graded school build ing a serious accident almost occurred when an autoist failed to observe the law and deliber ately sped by a school buv which was taking on passen- gers. Violation of this law is a very serious offense, and any driver of an automobile who fails to observe same is sub ject to arrest, 1 1 if H HUGH OVERSTREET ISSUES A REPORT Attended District Meet of Farm Agents In New Bern A Few Days Ago Information ana susreestions for the useof cover , crops were releas ed in a story this week by Hugh O" erstreet, farm a- gent, following meeting of coun ty agents in New Bern. Of great value to the coast al farmer, tho OV&ZSTSesr story follows: The Soil Conservation program is encouraging each farmer to improve the productiveness of his farm and improve living conditions on the farm. This program provides for payments to be made to farmers for certain soil building practices. With this idea in mind, the County Agents in the five counties around New Bern Onslow, Carteret, Jones, Pamlico and Craven, met with the District agent, Mr. E. W. Gatiher and Mr. E. C. Blair, Field Crop Specialist, in the County Agent's office at New Bern today to plan a winter cover crop program for this section. Yields of corn and " cotton have been greatly increased by the use of winter legumes. Experiments show that a good growth of a winter leg ume will add from 300 to 500 of nit rogen per acre to the soil. The type of soil we have in this section will lose a lot of its fertility by leach ing unless live roots are in the soil at all times. The leaching may bs pre vented during the winter by the use (Continued, on page seven) .. i. . 4x .-Triplet Fund June, Jean and Joan Garner, the triple daughters of Mr. and Mr?. Charles Garner of Newport are get ting along mighty well now in Pot ter Emergency Hospital here. They have gained almost one pound each since they were admitted to the hos pital on Saturday night, September 19, at the age of two and a half days and hospitalization has saved their jives. To help out with the expense ot hospitalization, The Beaufort News sponsored a fund for which contribu tions are being accepted and turned over to hospital officials for the wel fare of the tiny triplets. People in Beaufort, Carteret county have been very generous in thair gifts for the little tots. At noon today a total of $79.50 had been contributed. Con Sets Time For District Meeting t,. - Graham A. The Third Congressional District Democratic meeting will be held in Goldsboro on Wednesday, October 14, it was announced Wednesday by Representative Barden. State Demo cratic Chairman J. Wallace Win borne, Vice-Chairman Mrs. J. B. Spilman, secretary D. L. Ward, Young Democrats State President Ed Butler and other speakers to be chosen by Congressman Barden will be present according to a wire receiv- FORMER RESIDENT EXPRESSES VIEWS Gift Of One Grand Is Subject Of His Letter to News Criticism on the part of the now faumoua one thousand dollar gift by the board of county commiaaionera to the Regal Shirt Factory ha at tracted much attention in thia state. The following letter wa received thia week from a former reaideat of the county now living in Raleighi To The Editor: In a recent issue of the Beaufort News, it seems that Mr. Hamilton, our worthy county attorney, has chal lenged one and all to show him and give him just reasons why the pres ent County Board of Commissioners has no right to pass cut the taxpay ers money of Carteret County in the form of $1,000 gifts to whomsoev er it may choose to do so for the purpose of speculating in the erec tion of a shirt plant in the town of Morehead City. , ; May I say in the beginning, that while I perhaps am not equal to the occasion of contesting the legality of such an action by the Board or entering into a verbal discussion of the matter with Mr. Hamilton, I think that ii he will brush up a little his study of American History and Continued on page four Increasing-:- tributions received since last week's edition of this newspaper have been as follows: Tom Hood, $3; Anonymous, $1.75; Hugh Lupton of Roe, Cedar Island, $1; Lina Bumpass Bible Class of the M. E. Church, $8; R. Dickinson, $1; Lizzie Chadwick Missionary Society, $7; Baptist W.M.U. $5 and County Commissioner Ed FuL-her $1. In the meantime other church groups are accepting gifts for the babies. Rev. Lawrence Fenwick, rector ot St. Paul's Episcopal church is pre senting an illustrated lecture on The Life of Christ at the schoolhousa Friday night. Tickets are being sold by the Service League of the church for this event at 10 cents each and it will be presented for the benefit of the triplets. Barden ed by the Beaufort News from Pub- licitv Director Bob Thompson of Raleieh. The meeting will start at 2:30 o'clock, it was announced. From Carteret will go Young Demo- criatic Club's president, Gherman Holland, Lambert Morris, vice-pres- ident; Dick Whitehurst, secretary; Elwood Willis, treasurer; Luther Hamilton, county chairman and oth- er Democratic officials and party supporters. COUNTY BOARD IN REGULARMEETING Spotlight of Meeting Flashed On Home Agent Matter . i The Board had before it the mat ter of the election of a home dem onstration agent at the regular month ly meeting here Monday and after hearing argument for both sides, it was ordered by the board that Mr3. Smith withdraw the application of Miss Clark and Mrs. Morrison, and bring to the county a new agent and that Miss Clark, now in the countv not be retained. These words in sub stance are direct quotations from the minutes of the meeting. The matter of allotting $800 from the proceeds of Carteret's A.B.C. stores for the community center was deferred to the next meeting of the board. Other matters atended to by the board were as follows: Free man of Morehead City given con tract for supplying county home dur ing October; That Nathan Frank be paid $59.20 for typewriter; That an acre anda third tract known as yacht basin be listed for five years at val uation of $100 per year. Lots owned by A. B. Anderson in Morehead City's Sunset Shores will be assessed at $200 each for 1935 '36; S. H. Davis will be relieved of Continued on page four r " . 1 X . . -;v. any L5ihibits And Midway Attractions President of Fair C. L. Beam r. T. Rpam. nresAient of the Amer ican Legion Fair to be presented in Beaufort next weeK uctooer i-k; rrcd all Leeionaires to report at Fair Grounds each day and night tn naaist in management ol tne oc pnainn. nurincr the afternoon Legion aires should report to Joe uueois. ai nicht. Tom Kellv will be in cnarge He al3o urged persons to make ar rangements for their exhibits on r n day and Saturday. (See Legion Fair story). EDITOR WJLL HAVE CHARGE OF PRIZES Editor Aycock Brown of The Beaufort Newa will ka.ve charge of giving away the free prizea, a bicycle, an electric range and a Zenith Radio, at the Ameri can Legion Fair. On Monday he will lock the box for ticket atuba and keep keya until Sat urday night at 10 o'clock, when he will unlock the box and au pervise the drawing for prizes. Everyone except Legionairea are eligible for the prize. COLLEGE MATH IS WRITTEN BY HILL Son of Mrs. Sarah Hill Com pletes Work After Two Years Professor M. A. Hill Jr., native of Beaufort but now an instructor in the Math department of the Univer sity of North Carolina is the author of First Year College Mathmetics, a textbook which has been published by Henry Holt and Company of New York and which is being used by many colleges throughout the Unit ed States. He completed the book after a period of two years work. Divided into three parts the textbook covers everything a first year mathmatician should know, including Algebra and Trigonometry, Analytic Geometry and Mathmatics of Finance. Archi bald Henderson, member of the Uni versity faculty, a world famous math amatician who proved Einstein's Theory was something or other, en couraged the former Beaufort resi dent to write the textbook. Professor Hill graduated fram the University in 1920 and since that time has been a member of the fac ulty there. Hs is the son of Mrs. Sarah Hill and brother of Mrs. Vera Stubbs, Hilton Hill, Gerald Hill and R. Hugh Hill, all residents of Beau fort. MRS. ROSE INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Mrs. Dannie Rose of Harkers Is land is in Potters Emergency hospit al here suffering from a fracture t her neck sustained late Wednesday when the car in which she was rid ing and another car driven by Sid Willis collided. Willis was not seri ously injured. Mr. and Mrs. Abbot Salter and two children of Beach Haven, N. J. in the car with Mrs. Rose suffered minor injuries. Dr. Lewis, Mrs. Rose's physician said today her condition was favorable. HjHuiiininii iiiul" i, nn'ii mmmmml , v , . V ! i Mrs. Hayne To Receive Exhibits Friday And Saturday Congressman G. A. Barden CC..ORFUL FREE SHOWS EACH DAY AND NIGHT The stage is all set for the opening oi tne American leg ion Fair on Monday. It is by iar the biggest event of its kind ever attempted m Carter et county. The fair which will feature hundreds of exhibits in the high school gym and on the grounds nearby is also bringing the great Cethn and Wilson shows and a troup of six hundred people. Persons planning exhibits are re quested to apply for entering same to Mrs. S. E. Hayne who will be in the Home Agent's office tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday for the pur pose. Actual display of exhibits will begin Monday morning early, and shortly afternoon the fair will be gin. Over $300 in prizes will be giv en winning exhibitors, not including (Continued on page eight) Cor t inq The X WATER JFROX1 ' By AYCOCK BROWN JOHN SIKES EVENED an old! score ' yesterday at the " luncheon which marked the first anniversary of N. C. Fisheries' Inc. It was at th beginning of his speech and he was telling about some of the incidents which occured shortly after the organization was formed. "Aycock Brown in his newspaper wrote that John Sikes did not know the differ ence between a croaker and a hog fish," he said. "Well Aycock and myself have been good friends for the past nine or 10 years and we were ?nSe 011 the gtaff ef the Durham Herald at the same time. H wat our eub reporter, fihd when he first came on the newspaper ha d"id" not know the difference between a flOUtl and an adverb.. but we both have learned things." IN THIS COLUMN last Decembei 12 I wrote the following paragraph: "Picked up a couple of Harkers Is landers the other day and they start ed talking about the N. C. Fisheries, Inc. Their opinion of the organiza tion was not complimentary. "Those officials of the Fisheries do not know the difference between a hog fish and a speckled trout, "declared (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 atj the heads of the estuaries. High 3:33 a. 4:05 p. 4:40 a. 5:03 p. 5:33 a. 5:53 p. 6:18 a. 6:35 p. 6:57 a. 7:10 p. 7:31 a. 7:47 p. 8:04 a. Low a. ni. p. m. a. m, p. m. Friday, Oct. m. . m. 1 Saturday, Oct. m. m. 9 9:28 10:11 10 10:30 11:01 Sunday, Oct. 11 m. m. 11:26 Monday, Oct. 12 m. 11:50 m. 12:14 Tnoday, Oct. 13 in. 12:28 m. 12:58 Whly, Oct. 14 m. 1:07 to. 1&8 ThwUy, Oct. IS m. 1:43 m. 2:16 a. in. a. m. p. m. a. in. p. m. a. m. P. TO. a. m. p. nu 8:13 p.
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