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VOLUME XXV EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY DECEMBER 10,1936v5c SINGLECOPY " NUMBER 49 '
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A ' Startling Change Made Here Monday
Startling
News in
Offing
Has To Do With
A. B. C. Set-up
All sorts of rumors have been
float in,' around the streets of
Beaufort during the past few
days about the ABC set-up m
Carteret county. Some of
these rumors have been that
the whole local system would
be changed the system which
has to do with purchasing and
selling ABC store products.
Most everyone has heard that an
important official of the ABC board
has tendered his resignation, but that
news cannot be classed as official un
til the Board of Commissioners re
lease same. The commissioners will
meet again Monday. In the meantime
The Beaufort News is reliably inform
ed by a person close to the ABC
board that while a resignation might
have been tendered by the official
that the resignation has been with
drawn. Apparently the whole flare-up
hinges around politics. A certain
politic! faction seems to be spread
ing news that ABC monies have been
mis-appropriated. But no one has
given any proof that such is the case.
The whole story is in the making and
readers of The Beaufort News will
be given details, in detail, as the
news breaks.
Representative Seeley
Receives Bible Today
Fred R. Seeley, Carteret
county representative was
sworn into office in Raleigh to
day when the special session of
the N. C. General Assembly,
called by Governor J.C.B. Eh
ringhous a few days ago, con
vened. Along with other repre
sentatives from the 100 coun
ties, the Bible on which Repre
sentative Seeley placed his hand
while taking the oath of office
will be presented to him. Usu
ally the Chief Justice confers
the oath of office.
The special session is for the
purpose of enacting certain So
cial Security Legislation, neces
sary before this State can share
in two and a half million dollars
of Federal money to be used
for that purpose. Representa
tive Seeley was elected in the
General election November 3,
by an overwhelming majority.
He left for Raleigh Tuesday.
Carteret's last representative to
the General Assembly was Tom
C. Wade.
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 Low
Friday, Dee. 11
6:31 a. m. 12:00 a. m.
6:37 p. m. 12:45 m.
Saturday, Dee. 12
7:08 a.m. 12:42 a. m.
7:17 p. m. 1:27 p. m.
Sunday, Dec. 13
7:43 a. m. 1:22 a. m.
7:56 p. m. 2:09 p. m.
Monday, Dec. 14
8:20 a. m. 2:00 a. m.
8:33 p. m. 2:47 p. ni.
Tuesday, Dec. 15
8:57 a. m. 2:37 a. m.
9:13 p. m. 3:24 p. m.
Wednesday, Dec. 16
9:36 a. m. 3:13 a. m.
9:54' p. m. 4:01 p. m.
Thursday, Dec. 17
10:16 a. m. 3:53 a. m.
10:36 p. m. 4:39 p. m.
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Fillets Might Bring Organization Fame
Preparation of North Carolina fish into fillets for markets and consumers everywhere may bring fame to
N. C. Fisheiies Inc., as time marches on. Much criticism was directed at the government sponsored self
help organization during the early days of its establishment, but a 'big brother attitude to the independent
dealers instead of competitor' may be bringing about a change. In the picture story above: (Upper Left)
John Sikes, executive president and general manager of the plant sits at his office desk. (Upper Right)
stack3 of frozen fish which will be made into fillets in the cold room of the plant. In thi3 picture leaning
against the stacks of fish are sea mullets, shrimp and mackerel. (Lower Left) Icing a solid car load of fillets
consigned to a firm in Cedar Rapids, Ohio. (Lower Right) Ivey Gaskill of Barkers Island, a fisherman mem
ber of the board of directors of the N. C. Fisheries. (Eubanks- .News Photos). '
New Theater Opens
In Atlantic Monday
The first show to be presented in
the Atlantic theater will be on Mon
day night, according to Miss Helena
Mason, Beaufort News correspon
dent who writes of the new build
ing just completed.
The theater is built of modern
style and design, equipped with elec
tricity and excellent sound equip
ment for talking pictures. Comfort
able seats are a feature of the new
building. Present plans are to give
shows each night until after Christ
mas, at which time it is probable
that shows vill be presented only on
Friday and Saturdays, unless the
patrons demand nightly shows. At
lantic is mightly proud of her new
ihoate . . .
BOXING SHOW
HERE TONIGHT
Twenty five or more rounds of
boxing plus a battle royal will be.
presented in the Beaufort School
Gymnasium tonight at 8:o'clock. If
the bouts tonight prove sucessful
others sponsored by the B H S. Athe
letic Association wil be presented
from time to time during the winter,
it was stated by an official who is
helping with the promotion.
Headliners tonight wil be Joe Tay
lor, Morehead City vs Clarence Peta
way of Beaufort. Others in the
line up will be Lawyer Hardesty,
Beaufort vs. Rocky Lighting More
head City; Otis George Morehead
City and James Henry, Beaufort and
other good bouts. General and ring
side seat admission charges will be
to fans attending the show.
Five Coastal Boys
Join The U. S. Navy
Five young men in Carteret and
communities of the Central Carolina
coast have joined the U. S. Navy re
cently according to a news dispatch
sent out by the Navy Recruiting
Office in New Bern. The recruits
are: Robert Louis Smith, and William
Chhurchill Gorham, Morehead City;
Byron Keith Freeman, Atlantic:
Charles Fatio Gray, Buxton and
Roscoe Miller Willis, Hatteras. Th3
New Bern recruiter desires more
applicants to fill quota for this dis
trict. Persons wishing to join the
Navy may get complete information
by writing U. S. Navy Recruiting
Station, P. O. Bldg., New Bern.
ATTEMPT CRIMINAL ASSAULT
A 15-year old Bogne Sound youth
has been arrested for criminal as
sault attempt
Cccttintj The
WATER FilOM
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IF KING EDWARD VIII had
wanted to marry ons of the Selasio
girls, late of Ethiopia it would prob
ably have been alright with Baldwin
the Premier . . . Seems that a prac
tical plan for Britain would be to
eliminate the proposed million dol
lar cornation and use that money in
buying food for some cf her starving
subjects . . . Speaking of abdicat
ing, there is a fellow in Morehead
City who is liable to abdicate his job
pretty soon.
IF THE PEOPLE of any Carteret
county community want to raise an
other $15,000 for an enterprise, in
cluding a thousand from ABC prof
its, the best way to spend it would
be through a well-planned publicity
program. Give me $5,000 a year
salary for three years, or any person
who knows publicity as for that mat
ter, and the $15,000 will result in in
dustries fighting to locate in the com
munity receiving the publicity.
AS THE BEAUFORT NEWS is
the only newspaper in Carteret
county, this newspaper is bound to
be the one accused of one-waynes
by a contemporary. If the contem
porary couiq give us some sugges
tion how to squeeze important news
stories in eight pages crowded with
advertising the suggestion would be
appreciated. We have had that
trouble frequently and it is what
some call one-way newspapering.
UNINTERESTING COURT
Judge N. A. Sinclair presided over
the December term of Superior
ourt here this week. Only unin-
teresting cases were on the docket. J
Newport Farmer Tired of Cooking His
Own Biscuits; So He Calls For A Wife
WTanted: A wife.
That was the statement sent out
yesterday by Henry Simmons, 60-year-old
farmer of Newport, route
two, who is tired of "cooking his
own biscuits."
Simmons wrote to The Tribune:
"I am a man 60 years of age. Got
a good farm of 35 acres and don't
owe one penny on it I am fixed
for a contentful living if I can find
some good woman that likes farm
life. When you read this, if you
want your name changed to Mrs.
I FIRST AND LAST
DIVIDENDS PAID
The final order in the matter
of the liquidation of the defunct
Bank of Morehead City was
signed by Judge N. A. Sinclair
here MonJay. Hush Davis, liq
uidating agent in New Bern by
telephone today told The Beau
fort News that the first and final
dividend checks amounting to
approximately 20,000 or 33
percent of total deposits were
now being prepared and would
be mailed to depositors around
December 21. That will mean
Christmas money to many. The
Morehead bank is the last in
the county to be liquidated. It
closed March 1, 1933.
SCHOOL TEACHERS
HEAR C. A. ERWIN
An intensely interested group of
Carteret county school teachers and
school master? and P.T.A. officials
heard Clyde A. Erwin, State Super
intendent of Public Instruction speak
at a banquet given by the school
Masters Club of Carteret county in
Morehead City last Friday night. He
traced the educational growth of the
state and the importance of educa
tion in the fulfilment of our demo
cratic ideas.
Represenative Fred R. Seeley talk
ed briefly and stat d that he intend
ed to give the scl- 1 program the
loyal support which his constituency
so evidently desire. Special musical
numbers and other amusements were
presented with the banquet.
Christmas Light3 Tonight
Beaufort's Christmas street lights
are scheduled to go on tonight, by
order of the Board of Aldermen at
Monday meet.
Henry Simmons, write Henry Sim
mons, route two, Newport, N. C.
uon t wait, because this chance
only for the early bird."
is
bimmons, whose wife died about
three years ago, has been living a
lone and farming part of his former
holdings, some of which were dis
tributed among his sons who live
nearby. "I'm still able to tie my
shoes and comb my hair," he said.
iNow, I don't want any sixteen-
year-old girl for a wife. I want a real
woman, one about 35 years of age." I
W. P. Smith Elected
Chairm an
Underground Chamber
Of Refuge Is Wanted
An underground chamber o
refuge, similar to those in some
European cities, is a proposed
project for Beaufort to be
constructed with Federal mon
ies during the next few year3.
This was one of several propos
ed projects discussed by a
group of civic leaders in Beau
fort at a meeting Wednesday
morning. A bridge and cause
way connecting Harkers Island
with the mainland at Lenox
ville Point, placing that island
only a few miles and a few
minutes from Beaufort was an
other proposed project discuss
ed. Someone in the group laugh
ed when the underground
chamber of refuge subject was
mentioned and said: "But the
United States went go to War''
Many people were saying
something like that back in
1916.
Jack Neal and Party
Off On Hunting Trip
JackNeal of Carteret Hardware'
Company, Dr. Herbert F. Prytherich
of the Fisheries Laboratory,, Rows
Metcalfe of Perquimans Plantation
Conn, and George De Voe of New
Milford, Conn., sailed this morning
for a duck and goose hunting trip
down in Core and Pamlico Sounds.
They expect to remain for two oi
three days, A few. days ago Blythe
Noe of Noe Hardware Company and
a party returned from a hunting trip
down the sound, but their luck was
poor. Weather conditions since that
time have made hunting more favor
able for migratory waterfowl, accord
ing to local reports.
County Social Council
Will Be Organized In
Carteret At Early Date
Carteret County's board of pub
lic welfare at a meeting here last
Thursday approved the organization
of a County Social Council. This
Council will be organized oin the
near future, probably after the
Christmas holidays, it was stated by
Dr. S. C. Maxwell, chairman. Miss
Vnginia Crawford of the State
Board of Charities and Public Wei
fare and Mrs. Roberts and Mrs. Hen
derson of the county department met
with the local board members, Mis
Lillian Duncan, Rev. Frank Hall and
Dr. Maxwell.
Following a lengthy discussion of
the Social Security and old age pen
sion developments the following res
olution was passed:
BE IT RESOLVED: That the Car
teret County Board of Public Wel
fare hereby record its approval of
the organization of a County Social
Council, to be composed of represen
tatives of the civic, social, education
al and religious and governmental
organizations and agencies through
out the county, for the purpose at
discussing problems pertaining to
the public welfare and l.eeping the
public informed regarding the work
and needs of these agencies; and t'-.at
the Board proceed to sponsor such
an organization.
The Board decided to call a full
meeting of ail persons interested foi
the purpose of organizing a County
Council of Social Service, which will
include and who are hereby invited
to participate, representations from.
bupt. of Public Welfare, Members
of County Board of Public Welfare,
County Farm Agent, The Home A-
gent, Supt. of Schools, Judge of
Juvenile Court, Red Cross represen
tative, uoy bcout representative, 4-H
Club, Chairman of County Commis
sioners, WPA representative, Rural
Resettlement representative, Federal
He sing representative, American
Legion representative, American Le
gion Auxiliary representative, Rotary
Club representative, Womans Club
representative, Parent Teachers As
jciation representative, Ministerial
issoca'- ion, Social Service Chairman
.'rom feach Church.
Approve Street Repairing
proved the proposed improvement of
certain streets near schd houT
of Board
Tongues Wag; Many
Wonder What Next
Move Will Be
SCHEME OF SOMEONE
OUSTED DR. BONNER
Bonner Had Spent Much Time
On Plan To Liquidate
County's Debt
Startling things happened
under the dome of Carteret's
courthouse Monday things
which upset the political dope
of this county and set many
tongues to wagging and won
dering what the next move
would be. Dr. Kemp Plummer
Bonner who has been criticized
frequently during the time
that he has served as chairman
of the county board was de
moted by the vote of the con
missioners to vice-chairman
and W. P. Smith who failed in
business, but succeeded in pol- .
itics was named chairman of
the Board. . ,
Several different factions of the
Democratic faith have been accused
for this change of affairs. Some
think it was the efficient scheming
of a Beaufort faction. Others have
hinted that it was tV vl.hes of a"
person down Er.rt who has quite a
political following. Luther Hamil
ton, whom Wade Lucas of the Rale
igh Times first called the Kingfish
of Carteret was jolted by the new
when it reached him in the court
room above the Auditor's offie
where' the' D'oard "was meeting ani
where the electing was taking place,.
A person who has voted the Demi
cratic ticket in Beaufort all of hi
life, who has no love for Dr. Bonne
and less for Luther Hamilton com
menting on the change in the chair
manship made no secret of the fact
that he doubted seriously if thd
change was a practical one for the
government of Carteret county.
Up around the courthouse various
officials were asked for comments.
Many of them looked rather sad-eyed
but none of them commented.
County Attorney Luther Hamilton
and Ex-Chairman Bonner had with
the help of Beauforc's outstanding
attorney J. F. Duncan worked on
plans for re-financing Carteret which
is head over heels in debt, but out of
the water at anyrate as a result of
the indebtness. Ribbons of asDhalt
and concrete which reach to almost
every community in the county is
what put the county in the red. -but
people are driving automobiles over
paved roads now instead of sailing
sharpies over the sounds or wading;
through the mud.
This newspaper is not trying to
throw any bouquets at the present
or past Democratic administrations,
but this newspaper is reliably inform
ed that Dr. Bonner in the role of
statesman or what ever you wish to
call a county official had practically
completed the re-financing plan and
had on numerous occasions met with
Local Government Officials in dis
cussions of the debt liquidation. He
Chairman Ponner, had a keen know
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enough has none at all "
DECEMBER
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