Beaufort News
SEAFOOD MRT. 1-21-37
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Croakers lc
Sea Mullets 4c
Jacks 2c
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VOLUME XXVI
eight pages this WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1937 PRICE 5c SINGLE 'Y
NUMBER 3
.1HE
Business Is
Increasing
At Port
Scrap Iron Shipment Is
Expected There At
Early Date
A shipment of scrap iron,
approximately 70 car loads,
weighing around G,000 tons is
now being loaded in various
North Carolina towns or is al
ready enroute to Morehead
Citv'Port Terminal, it was an
nounced Wednesday by H. P.
Crowell, executive director of
the terminal, and A and N. C.
Railroad. It was the latter
which offered attractive rates,
which will bring the scrap iron
to the terminal in Morehead
from which place it will be
shipped by steamship, presum
ably to some foreign country.
Just how soon the steamer is ex
pected to take the iron to its final
destination is not known, as that in
formation is in the hands of Luvia
Brothers Company of Philadelphia.
Luria Brothers chose the Morehead
City port when it was proven that
competitive railroad rates over the
A. and N. C. were much lowerthan
over railroads leading to other sea
ports. As the scrap iron arrives in More
head City it will be stored on port
property, just south of the transient
sheds. This first shipment of scrap
iron may be the first of many which
will come to Morehead City for ship
ment to foreign countries.
On Wednesday aiso, at the port
terminal, approximately '4,000 cases
of beer were loaded on two large
menhaden boats for shipment to
Charleston, S. C.
Covering The
WATER FRONT
By AYCOCK BROWN
t
ONE OF THE NEATEST looking
yachts to call at Beaufort recently
was the trim, 2-masted auxilliary
Seal of New York wh'ich tied up at
Standard Oil Dock Tuesday night.
J. B. Lord, of New London,-Conn.,
owner of the vessel and his family
were aboard. Mr. onl is a broker.
From here the vessel sails to Fort
Lauterdale, Fla.
THOSE UNDER WHOSE author
ity it comes should see to it that the
street lights of Beaufort remain
lighted until day-break. At the pre
sent time the street lights frequently,
if not always, go off about four a
M. This might be the reason why
Beaufort has of late become a Rob
bers' Paradise. There is no way get-
mg around it, robberies are becoming
too frequent in and around Beaufort.
And un-lighted streets during the
early morning offers an excellent
field for the robbers to break in
stores and remove anything they
wish.
(Continued on pago eight)
IN WASHINGTON
i""'V V 1 WHAT
M4f! "J TAKING
Cp. PLACE
1 P 1 BY
UNITED STAra SEMTOR
IT IS TOO EARLY to anticipate
the course of the new Seventy-fifth
Congress in reshaping Federal pro
grams and Federal activities in the
light of the brighter economic skies
that have followed in the wake of
depression storms. However, there is
every indication that the Congress
will give more than usual study to
each recommendation that may call
for larger expenditures, increased
activity and new functions of govern
ment.
EVIDENCE OF THIS is already
available in the form of the unpre
cedented interest in the estimates of
(Continued on page eight)
An Improved Method Our Fisherman Must Adopt For
I i f f t M INmw w:A
l
Courtesy Baltimore Sun
Photo on left shows the
wenches have brought the
t trawt-iiratGrtfre surf ace ion
the Jeeward sida bf the traw
Will Take New Men
In Fire Department
Beaufort's Fire Department
With 43 members at the present
time will - be increased to 45
members and persons wishing to
join are urged to make appli
cation between now and Feb
ruary, it was stated today by
Julius Duncan, secretary to the
department. Incidently several
of the inactive members of the
department will be retired if
present plans carry, it was stat
ed. Plans are also -j.'derway to
secure money from the town
treasury to pay a person a de
cent salary to be on duty at the
fire house at all times.
Western Union Takes
Birth-day Ball Role
Western Union telegraph company
is playing an important role in
President Roosevelt's birthday ball
this year. A message to the Beau
fort News received this morning ex
plains in detail what the telegraph
company will do. The message fol
lows: "Western Union has placed its
nation-wide system of telegraph of
fices at the disposal of the President'?
Birthday Ball committee for receiv
ing .25 cents from each person who
places his signature on a multiple
signature birthday greeting (Quote
greeting.) Signatures from every
city, town, and hamlet will be mailed
to New York, where they will be
bound into what probably will be the
greatest birthday greeting in history.
One hundred percent of the money
will be turned over to the National
Birthday Ball Committee which will
arrange for proper credit for each
community.
Flowers Blooming In
Capt. Pagel's Garden
Abnormally warm weather has
caused hundreds of narcissus to start
blooming in Capt. Jess Pagel's gar.
den here in Beaufort this week.
Flowers of many species, including
daffodills, narcissus, butter cups and
violets have burst into bloom in Beau
fort front yards during the warm
spell, but no one here raises narcis
sus in the same quantity as Capt.
Pagels.
Born in Holland, Capt Pagel comej
from a land which is famous for
flowers, especially bulb flowers such
as tulips and narcissus. And rais
Continued on page four
P4iJ, 1 ,er,e of Phti of fishing
: TL.
was run in no Dcauion
News under the caption
"What Will The Legislature
Do About It." The Legit,
lature will do nothing about
it and out of state trawlers
will continue to , get the
'gravy which our native
s , fishermen should lie getting.
By equipping a fast sea-going
patrol boat the non-resident
fishermen could prob
ably be kept beyond the
the three mile limit success
fully, but that - would not
help the local industry to
any great degree. :That is
because fishermen of North
Carolina are using today
V the antiquated
their forefathers. At a re
sult the fish which North
Carolina fishermen and deal
ers get are only a shabby
drop in the bucket compared
to what the non-resident
trawlers are catching.' and
C'-tV-ij pouring into
northern markets." If North
Carolina fishermen ',atiA deal
ers expect to compete with
the existing situation . they
too must equip -for trawling
Sink-netting, dift netting,
beach hauling 'or pound-netting
was alright in the old
dayjbut this is a' new era.
The fish taken br thi old S
timey method ar undersiz- t V"C .
ed and of the chjpap variety.
Until N. C. fishermen' wake
up and adopt improved meth
ods thir fin?y'old will be
panned by non-residents.
ler and the crew; are .H'auling
aboard the pocket crammed
with big marketable, fish.'.'- -
County Road Refund
Question Discussed
Both Sides To An Important Matter Given
Following Stories Carteret
Would Share
Representatives from several coun
ties met in Raleigh recently to fur
ther perfect plans for carrying thru
to a successful end, the movement to
get a satisfactory adjustment of cer
tain Road Bonds voted and sold bv
counties to build roads and bridges
tnat were later taken over by the
State. Judge Guy Elliott, County
Attorney of Lenoir County, is Chair
man of the committee and presided
over the meeting. N. G. Bartlett, Sec
retary of the Eastern Carolina Cham
ber of Commerce is the Secretary to
the Committee. The Committee met
in the Sir Walter at 1 1 o'clock with
the following representatives in at
tendance; Judge Guy Elliott, Lenoir;
A. B. Palmer, J. Lee White, Cabar
rus; Noah Burfoot, Chrmn. County
Commissioners, Pasquotank; G. R.
Goforth, Chrmn. and P. L. Peevey,
Caldwell; J. D. Potter, Auditor, Car
teret; H. Hubbard, County Atty.,
Sampson; J. D. Grime3. Count.v At.tv
Beaufort; Mr. McKee, Jackson Coun
ty. A publicity campaign was author
izod by the Committee, to inform the
Legislature as well as the people as
a whole, as to real facts incident to
this movement. Chairman Guy Elli
This Story Tells Of LateU
Bogue Banks Treasure Trove
The long lost treasure which
according to tradition is buried
somewhere on Bogue Banks is
still unfound. Reports current
this week in the picturesque vil
lage of Salter Path nestled be
hind the dunes on the sound side
about seven miles west of At
lantic Beach were that the treas
ure had been found. News of the
find leaked out and hundreds of
treasure seekers went t Bogue
Banks with the thought in view
of digging up additional treas
ure. "But," said Capt. Harvey Wil
T flrf1 t (
methods of
Norfolk and
Phot6oin richt shows the crew
'rideket has Seen obened. Quick
as a flash the next procedure is
In
ott and Secretary N. G. Bartlett
were instructed to prepare such
publicity as they think will be suit
able for the campaign. The report of
the Committee was very encouraging
in that a careful survey of the per
sonnel of the House and Senate
Committees showed that the matter
able for the campaign. The report of
sideration at the hands of these
Committees that will very likely
handle the legislation planned for
putting into effect this refunding
project. "We don't wantt o do any
thing that will cripple the program
of the Highway Commission," J. Lee
White of the Cabarrus said, but wo
believe this can be done without
having this effect. It was also
brought out that the State Highway
Lommission had practically complet
ed payments of more than $18,000,
000.00 under a Loan agreement with
certain counties of the State, and
the amount alloved these cour.ties
could take up where that is leaving
off, and with more revenue in sight
for the next ten years that the State
Highway System has had for the past
year, it looks as if this could be tak
en care of without hindering the pro
Continued on page four
lis, who paid The Beaufort News
office a visit this week," the
treasure trove proved to be on
ly where some boys from
Morehead City were digging up
scrap metal for sale as junk at
the location of the 'old iron
steamer' wreck." There is a lot
of difference between junk
iron from an old wrecked setam
er and gold but there is sure
ly some foundation for the
story about the gold being bur
ied there.-
(Continued on page five)
Future Su!iM:.8
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Courtesy Baltimore Sun
I to set the net overboard, acrain.
;f packed
I
deck.
County Wide Club
Meet Here Friday
All county club women are
urged to be present for the
county wide meeting here on
Friday (January 22), it was
stated today by Mrs. S. E.
Hayne, president of the coun
cil.. The program of the day
follows: i
9:30 to 11:30 A. M. Leader
School. (Directed by Miss Sal
ly Brooks, assistant food spec
ialist). 12 to 12:30 Noon. Buffet
Lunch.
12:30 to 2:30 P. M. Group
Conference. (County Project
and Committee Chairmen).
2:30 to 4 P. M. County Coun
cil Business Meeting.
Fire Dept. Here Have
Good Record In 1936
A total of 2, 450 feet of hose, used
for pumping nine streams of water
for a total of two hours and thirteen
minutes in answering 19 alarms in
Beaufort where the fire loss during
1936 was only $780 is the synopsis
of the annual report of the loal fire
department, according to Julius
Duncan, secretary of the organiza
tion. During the year there wore
three out of town calls answered,
one at Morehead City, one at P.us
sels Creek and the other at Marshall
berg. During the year two false
alarms were turned in. The total
loss of $780 is a record for Beau
fort and perhaps for any town in
Eastern Carolia it is believed. Of
that amount, $675 was sum tovered
by insurance. Until S9ptember 7,
last year the total loss was only $25.,
Secretary Duncan Stuted.
Begin Preliminary
Work For Duke Lab 4
Pr.Iiminary work for the Duke
Un'versity Marine laboratory is
now underway on Pivers Island.
This preliminary work includes
the construction of a paved road
leading from the concrete drive
way at the U. S. Fisheries Lab
oratory to the south side of
Pivers Island where the Duke
Laboratory, will be located.
It has not been definitely an
nounced when the work on the
laboratory will begin, but Dr.
Herbert F. Prytherch, director
of the Fisheries Laboratory who
Continued on page four
Secret Meet
Injunction
Dissolved
Commissioners Ignore
County Attorney
Hamilton
Going over the head of
County Attorney Luther Ham
ilton, Commissioners, Smith,
Fulcher and Hardy appeared
before Judge E. H. Cranmer in
Greenville Wednesday and sue
ceeded in having the tempor
ary restraining order hereto
fore signed by Judge Cranmer
dismissed due to the failure of
the plaintiff to appear on the
date set for the hearing.
These commissioners had, up
on reliable information, previ
ously taken the matter up with
Attorney Hamilton and he had
advised them that he would
take the necessary steps to
protect their interest. Hamil
ton accordingly got in touch
with W. O. Williams, attorney
for the Beaufort News, and
they agreed to a continuance
of the action until the follow
ing week in New Bern, at
which time Judge Cranmer
holds court.
Notwithstanding the agree
ment made by their attorney
continued on page four
Civil War Days
IN RE AC FORI
By (Late) Jas. Rumley Esq.
- dame Kumley, fcsq., was a co
unty official and one of Beau
fort's most prominent citizen '
during the Civil War. His re
cords of that war written in in- ,
teresting diary style was handed
down from generation to an
other until 1910 when it was
loaned to a Beaufort newspaper
man who never returned it to
the owner . . The newspapermen
did run the diary in serial form
however, and recently The
Beaufort News editor secured
the only known clippings of the'
diary for exclusive publication.
The first installment was pub
lished last week. ; 4 '
2nd. Installment ""-i
TUESDAY, 25 OF MARCH: Jame
Rumley and Robert W. Chadwick, by
request of the committee of safety,
proceeded to headquarters of Genl.
Pake at Carolina City, to bear answer
to his message of the day previous;
and had an interview with him touch
ing the situation of Beaufort during
the contemplated invasion of the
fort.
DURING THE NIGHT of the 25th
of March, two companies of U. S.
troops under the command of Majr
John A. Allen, of the 4th Regiment
(Continued on page eight )
TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tidt
at Beaufort is given in thi.
column. The figures are appro:
imately correct and based c
tables furnished by the U. S
Geodetic Survey. Some allow
ances must be made for varia
tions in the wind and also wit!
respect to the locality, that if
whether near the inlet or at
the heads of the estuaries.
High Tide Low Tido
Friday, Jan. 22
4:01 a. m. 10:38 a. m.
4:24 p. m. 10:39 p. m,
Saturday, Jan. 23
5:11 a. m.
5:32 p. m. 11:40 p. ra.
Sunday, Jan. 24
6:11 a. m. 11:41 a. m.
6:31 p. m. 12:46 p. nu
Monday, Jan. 25
7:04 a. m. 12:39 a. m.
7:26 p. m. 1:26 p. m,
Tuesday, Jan. 26
7:55 a. m. 1:33 a. m.
8:14 p. m. 2:13 p. m.
Wednesday, Jan. 27
8:41 a. m. 2:23 a. m.
9:01 p. m. 2:57 p. nv
Thursday, Jan. 28
9:23 a. m. 3:08 a. m.
9:45 p. m. 3:37 p. M