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Speckled Trout, 10c
Croakers lc; S. Mul. 4c
G. Trout 3c; Jacks 2c
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The Beaufort News Thursday, March 4, 1937
Number 9
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Tax Co
Marshallberg Resident
Is Alyah Hamilton's
Successor
D. B. WILLIS SWORN IN .
AE NEW BOARD MEMBER
Eugene O. Moore native of
Marshallberg and a staunch
member of the Democratic par
ty in Carteret county was ap
pointed tax collector ' Monday
by the Board of County Com
missioners to serve 'at their
61easure.' He succeeds Alvah
'.. Hamilton who has held the
position since 1931. He was ap
pointed as tax collector in
April of that year.
Appointment of the, tax collector
was by far the most important ges
ture on the part of the commission
ers Monday. Prior to the meeting
any number of possible candidates
for the office were mentioned here
and there in the county. Even some
cf the closest political observers in
Carteret had predicted that the ap
pointee would be one of the other
candidates. But since the appoint
there has been no up favorable com
ment of the appointment of Moore.
''Gene Moore of Marshallberg, to all
who know him is considered as a con
cientious citizen and one worthy of
his new job," said a citizen today.
"Alvah Himilton has conducted the
offce of tax collector during a very
trying financial period of Carteret
county in a worthwhile manner,"
eaid another citizen. Everyone seems
to be satisfied with the new set-up.
satisfied with the new set-up.
'CBfttigf'Sn page six)
Civil War Day
MN BEAU FORI
By (Late) Jas. Rumlejr Esq.
i
Preceding instalments of this
series have given a rather grap
hic description of the earlyjiv
il War days in Beaufort. It is
the diary of the late James
Rumley, Esq., The next install
ment begins on August 7, 1362
THE MILITARY force now sta
tioned in Beaufort, comprises five
companies of the 9th New Jersey
Regiment.
THURSDAY, AUG. 7, 1862: This
is the day designated by the laws of
North Carolina on which to hold an
election for Governor, members of
the general assembly and sheriff.
BEING UNDER martial law, we
hold no elections as to a Governor.
One will be elected without our aid.
But this is the first year that Carter
et county has ever failed to have a
representative of the popular branch
of the Legislature of the state.
(Continued on page five)
1
UNITED STATES SENATOR
STRIPPED TO THE bone, Presi
dent Roosevelt's proposal for reor
ganization of the judiciary, including
an increase from nine to fifteen in
the membership of the Supreme
Court, unless Justices seventy years
or over retire, is just another major
ekir'mish in the age-old battle over
human rights and propei-ty rights.
The battle has been waged, and wag
ed strong, since our founding fath
ers began their labors at the Con
Btitutional Convention in Philadel
phia, just 150 years ago.
IT SEEMS evident that the con.
etitution as finally drafted was design
ed to place major emphasis on hu
man rights the rights of man. No
better evidence can be found than
that the Congress was created, de-
. (Continued oa page six)
pSlSCi WHAT
fMf'M TAKING
KWjj PLACE
I l 1 BY
fcM-.-frf im. iltii
oore
ector
Real Sportsmanship
During Tournament
The sportsmanship exhibited
from the first to the final whis
tle during the tournament held
last week in Morehead City has
received many favorable com
ments, according to information
received from Superintendent
J. G. Allen. Mr. Allen quoted
Coach Allston, of New Bern, as
having told him immediately af
ter the tournament that he had
refereed four tournaments this
year and that the sportsman
ship manifested in the Carteret
County tournament was easily
the best of the four with which
he had been officially connected.
Although greatly pleased with
the fact that th': gate receipts
for the tournament just ended
were greater than for any pre
vious tournament, Mr. Allen
expressed his greatest pleasure
in the evidence found that the
coaches, while trying to develop
basket ball teams, are at the
same time putting equal or
greater emphasis upon one of
the main justifications for an
athletic program in the high
schools Sportsmanshpi.
Our Superintendent also stat
ed that he wished to acknow
ledge through the press his ap
preciation of the publicity giv
en the tournament and of the
athletic activities of the schools
in the Beaufort News by J. W.
Stewart in his column "Carteret
- County Sports."
Schoolmasters Meet
At Morehead School
The Schoolmaster's Club met on
Monday night of this week at the
Morehead City School for their reg
ular monthly meeting.
After enjoying a delicious supper,
prepared and served by the Home
Economics girls of the Beaufort
Scholo, the presiding officer, Mr.
Carlton, principal of the Beaufort
School took charge of the meeting.
Mr. Joslyn gave the members pres
ent the figures of the receipts obtain
ed from the basketball tournament.
The coaches of the various schools
then decided as to how the profits
derived would be apportioned.
Supt. Allen was the speaker of
the evening. He gave the highlights
of the legislation that had been pass
ed and that was proposed concern
ing the schools and salaries of the
school teachers of the state.
Mr. James Mason gave a demon
stration of visual education by means
of lantern slides.
Mr. Joslyn showed the group two
reels of educational films, as used
by the teachers in his school, and a
comedy reel which he jokingly said
was for the benefit of certain mem
bers present at the meeting.
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Merrill,
Beaufort RFD., Saturday, Feb. 27 ,
a son.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Wade, Hark
ers Island, March 2, a son.
Mr. and Mrs. Elton Willis, Hark
ers Island, March 3, a son.
Roanoke Island In
World's Spot Light
Raleigh, March 2 Roanoke Island
will this year be conspicious in the
news of the world by reason of the
celebration of the 350th anniversary
of the settling of Sir Walter Raleigh's
Lost Colony, which begins July 4th.
and continues through September 6.
D. B. Fearing, Chairman in charge
of arrangements, reported while in
Raleigh this week that requests for
information had come from the lead
ing newspapers of London and other
English cities as well in America.
Particular emphasis has been placed
upon the settlement of Roanoke Is
land because it marks the beginning
of English Civilization in America.
Firemen Meet Tonight
Members of the Beaufort Fire De
partment will hold their regular
monthly meeting at the Fire Station
tonight Twelve new members have
been signed up recently and a few
have been placed on the retired list.
From Juneau to
It Reached The Makers of Good Liquors
Traveling over 4,000 miles witho ut name or address from snow-bound
Juneau, Alaska to Boston, this letter mailed by a dealer Feb. 5th, and
bearing only the head of Old Mr. Boston, arrived safe and sound in
fifteen days at the offices of Ben Burk, Inc., producers o f Old Mr. Bos
ton Liquors. Clever men these postmasters t
Junior Chamber Of Commerce
Organized In Moreheaa City
Local Band To Give
Concert On March 21
Flint's Concert Band of Beaufort
Graded School will give a concert in
the school house auditorium on Sun
day afternoon, March 21 at 2 o'clock,
it was announced this week.' In mak
ing the- announcement Director A. J.
Flint stated that he was planning to
stay in Beaufort during the current
summer to teach musi ; and to keep
the local band active. Formerly hjs
band was known as St. Paul's; school
band, but following the death pflfos,
Nannie Geffroy, it became a musical
unit of the Beaufort Graded school.
Citizens of Beaufort should give ev
ery possible support to the local band;
as this town is one of fevy in Eastern
Carolina which is fortunate in having
such a musical unit. Mr. Flint the
director came to Beaufort from Hick
ory. He organized the Lenoir School
Band, which is now famous through
out the State.
Seriously Burned
Mrs. Fletcher Bell, of New-par;,
route 1, was seriously burned Mon
day when she drew too near the
flames of a fire while she was wash
ing by a heater in her home. Before
her marriage, she was Sarah Eliza
beth Pate, of Bridgeton. Mrs. Bell is
receiving treatment at her home, and
her condition is considered critical.
SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWS
Work On New Federal
Building Begins Soon
Slight Delay In Plans
For Building Was
Unavoidable
MOVEMENT OF DUNCAN
HOME STARTS NEXT WEEK
Work on the Beaufort Fed
eral building will begin soon,
and there is no cause for a
larra that any hitch or tie-up
will stop the original plans for
the $118,000 structure which
will house the postoffice, cus
tom collector's headquarters
and other federal agencies, ac
cording to a wire received to
day from. Representative Gra
ham A. Barden who secured
the apropriation for the Beau
fort building. There have been
a few unavoilable delavs in
connection with the original
plans drawn for the building,
but these delays have been for
the best interests of the build
ing and the people of Beaufort
who are getting same.
Transfer of the property at tha
corner of Pollock and Front streets
will be made this week. Mrs. Clyde
Duncan Hermann, by telphone this
morning informed The Beaufort
News that work on moving the Dr.
C. L. Duncan home east of and ad
jacent to the Federal building site
would begin next . week.
'When there were numerous cur
rent rumors-that -some "SeTidua delay
Boston in 15 Days
Group Plans to Build - Bigger
And Better Morehead And
Tell The World About It
Thirty four young business and
professional men of Morehead City
met there early this week and organ
ized the Morehead City Junior Cham
ber of Commerce. They have organ
ized with the thought in view of
building a bigger and better More
head City and telling . the world a-
bout it through newspaper and mag
azine stories and by radio.
k, 'TJiis is distinct prganizatioj) from.
me Vjity ouuaers oi ivioreneaa jvs
which includes in its membership old
er citizens of the town.
George McNeil, attorney who
moved to Morehead City from Wash
ington, D. C, is president of the
group. John Sikes of N. C. Fisheries,
an ex-newspaperman who at one
time had the knack of writing stor
ies which people road with much in
terest, is vice-president. Rev. Frank
Hall, brilliant yauiv Presbyterian
Minister was elected secretary. llu
is at present in Richmond, but will
return to Morehead City within a few
weeks. Earl Freeman, native of
Morehead City is treasurer.
The board of directors include
George R. Wallace, Rudolph Dowdy
Jr., George Dill Jr., Karry Freeman
and John Lashley.
The organization's next meeting
will be held next week at the N. C.
Fisheries plant. John Sikes, presi
dent and and general manager of
the plant will be host at a dinner
featuring "Carolina Coast lllets."
had arisen which might indefinitely
postpone the actual construction of
the building, The Chamber of Com
merce started an investigation. Last
week we promised our readers com
plete details and the wire received
from Congressman Barden explains
the situation to date. The wire fol
lows: AYCOCK BROWN BEAUFORT N C
RE YOUR INQUIRY FOR IM.
MEDIATE REPORT STOP PLANS
AND DRAWINGS WERE PREPAR
ED BY PROCUREMENT DIVISI
ION WERE SUBMITTED TO MR.
PERDUM WITH WHOM I HAVE
DISCUSSED SAME STOP MR. PUR
DUM VERY DESIROUS OF BEST
POSSIBLE TYPE OF BUILDING
STOP REQUESTED IMPROVEME
MENT BY SLIGHT CHANGE IN
PLANS WHICH IN MY OPINION
ARE MOST DESIRABLE AND
WHAT THE PEOPLE OF BEAU
FORT WOULD WANT STOP. MR.
PURDUMS ATTITUDE MOST COM
MENDABLE AND DESERVES
COMPLIMENTS RATHER THAN
CRITICISM STOP PLANS ARE
NOW BEING PERFECTED IN LINE
WITH HIS SUGGESTIONS STOP
THEY ARE APPROXIMATELY
SEVENTY FIVE PER CENT COM
PLETE AT THIS TIME AND WILL
SOON BE AVAILABLE STOP
CHECK FOR PAYMENT OF PROP
ERTY HAS ALREADY BEEN FOR
.WARDED li. S. DISTRICT ATTOR
(Continued on paga fire)
Dykes May Soon Be
Built On The Beach
V 1 '
Gaskill Says That
Dykes Would Help
David Gaskill, prominent Oc
racoker who passed through
Beaufort Wednesday, stated that
he thought dykes would be a
practical solution to the storm
ridden shores of Ocracoke and
other communities on the outer
banks coast His contention is
that during storm tides the water
is bound by nature to reach a
certain level, and the dykes if
constructed properly would hold
those waters and thus banking
the tides and preventing same
from enundiating the island. On
the otherhand, Richard Daily, U.
S. Weather Observer at Hatteras
recently reported by telephone
to the Associate Press reporter
here that sand fences recently
built on the beach of Hatteras
resulted in a five foot rise of the
tides there in 15 minutes, in his
opinion. That story described
by the Associated Press Corres
pondent as a 'minature tidal
wave made stories to be con
denced by North Carolina news
papers. A special story to the
New York Times however was
played up on front page under
a double column head.
You Have To Go Out
stnrv sroes that many years
ago a grizzled old keeper of one of
the life-saving stations near Hatteras
was launcmng ms 8inau-uuui
go off to the rescue of- a ship pound
ing to pieces on an outer shoal. A
spectator, duly impressed by the
fury of the storm and the turmoil of
the breaker?, exclaimed, "Why, cap
you're not going out in a sea like
'that are you?"
"Yes, I certainly am," replied the
doughty okl lifesavor.
"Well, you don't expect t3 come
back, do you?" his questioner per
ssited. "I don't know anything about
coming back," was the surfman's
simple reply. "All I know is, the reg
ulations book says you have to go out
it doesn't say anything about com
ing back."
From the back cover of "Coast
Guard to the Rescue," by Karl Bears
lag. Farrar and Rinehart, Inc., New
York: Issued March 2; $2.50).
Seek Metal From
Old Sidewheeler
Three residents of Newport
are attempting to dynamite the
old English steam-packet which
lies in the surf on Bogue Banks,
according to Capt. Karvey Willis
of Salter Path who is always ac.
companied by a good story when
he comes to Beaufort on bus
iness. The ancient packet is
one of the early side-wheel types
and contains much metal. It
is understood that the Newport
ers are trying to blast the old
wreck to pieces so they can get
the scrap metal, the price of
which has sky-rocketed recently.
So far they have made iittle
headway, according to Capt.
Willis.
The wreck has been in the
surf at that point since 1862.
Capt. Willis does not recall her
name, but he does know 'that
she was flying the English flag
and was bound to Norfolk with
a general cargo. Norfolk had
fallen into the hands of the U.
S. troops, so the skipper, of the
vessel sailed southward to Beau
fort. In the meantime the fuel
which kept steam in the boilers
ran out, and from off Cape Hat
teras to Old Topsail Inlet, it was
necessary to keep the fires going
with bacon which was in the car
go. Reaching 'Old Topsail in
let,' the skipper discovered that
Beaufort too, was occupied by
the Federal troops. As hes tart
ed to sail away the bacon ran
out, and Area died out. A
southeaster then drove her a
shore near Salter ' Path where
she rested in peace until the
price of scrap metal recently
showed a considerable inerease.
It Will Be , Net Park
Service, Project;
Begins Soon
HATTERAS SAND FENCES
COME IN FOR CRITICISM
The construction of two systems
of dykes, designed to protect the vil
lages of Hatteras and Ocracoke from
the periodical floods which have de
vastated them ir. the past, is the next
objective of the National Park Ser
vice, Department of Interior, accord
ing to A. C. Stratton, project mana
ger, who is in charge of the work for
the prevention of beach erosion now
in progress along the coast. The
work is scheduled to begin shortly.
Dredges wlil be used on the pro
ject to build in an effort to prevent
further flooding and damages by
high water to these villages. After
considerable study of the problem it
has been decided to construct dikes
from Buxton woods on Hatteras is
land completely around the village.
Definite plans have not yet been
completed and it is therefore impos
sible to give an - approximate date
for the beginning of dredging op
erations however, Mr. Stratton in
spected several dredges while in
Norfolk last week but has not yet
made a decision as to that to bo
used on the project.
The two main items of the worU
for the dredge will be at Hatteras
village and Ocracoke Island. At
Ocracoke, the dike will be raised at
the southwest end rf uiand pro
tecting the village there. Both dikes
will be on the sound side of the is
lnad. s 1 '
In recent weeks much adverse
criticism, not fojinded on fact or ac
tual knowledge', has betn directed at
the project, stating that the erec
tion of sand fences in the Hatteras
section was largely responsible for
the continued flooding of that place,
and a study of the work done alon?
these lines in that locality will bear
out the fact that this is not correct.
(Continued on page six)
Covering The
WATER FKOX1
By AYCOCK BROWN
THE TEA KETTLE tea room is
having a marvelous success, say the
founders, Mrs. Windley and Mrs.
Hancock . . . They surely do make
wonderful pies ... James Wheatly,
late of Feltons' now on his own as
special agent for Provident Life and
Accident Insurance Company tied
for fourth place in this district dur
ing his first week with the organi
zation . . . One of the biggest sur
prises I have had recently was to
hear a fellow tell me that he knew
'I hated John Sikes.' My friend John
(Continued on page six)
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 i:
whether near the inlet or a
the heads of the estuaries.
High Low
Friday, Mar. 5
1:14 a. m. 8:03 a. m.
1:30 p. m. 9:12 p. m.
Saturday, Mar. 6
2:11 a. m. 9:01 a. m.
2:31 p. m. 9:14 p. nu
Sunday, Mar. 7
3:17 a. m. 10:00 a. in,
3:39 p. m. 10:14 p. nu
Monday, Mar. 8
4:22 a. m. 10:55 a. m.
4:32 p. m.
Tuesday, Mar. 9
5:18 a. m. 11:09 a. m.
5:37 p. m. " , 11:46 p. nw
Wwhtuday, Mar. 10 -6:03
a. m. 12:04 a. nu
6:25 p. m. -- v l2i34 p.au
TbaruiartMaf.il.
6:54 a. m, 12:54 , m
7:11 p. . , ; 1:18 p. m.