ANGLERS!
DOLPHIN ARE
RUNNING IN THE
GULF STREAM
NEAR BEAUFORT
SEAFOOD MRT. 8-26-37
Mackerel 4c; J. Mullf. 4c
Shrimp 1 He to 4c
S. Trout6c; S. Mull 2c
Bluet 4c . . Floundert6c
Trout 1--2 He; Croak lc
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8 Pages This Week The Beaufort News, Thursday, August 26, 1.937
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Number 34
Volume XXVI
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To Beer Or
Doing The "Big Apple" On Atlantic Beach
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1 II
Not To Beer
That Is The Question
Down On Ocracoke
Island
o ni.tDi- pnnntv seat
of Hyde, Judge Jack Windley
of Recorders court ruled on
Monday that even if David Gas
killoperator of Pamlico Inn
and John Wilkinson operator
i tirv,u viiiao-P had state
and federal lineense to sell beer
thev could not do so unless
first they obtained permission
from the board of commission
ers Judge Windley probably
hated to give such a ruling, be
cause he no doubt has drank a
many bottle of beer down on
Ocracoke, but the law is law
and that permission business is
something that could not be
,-4n.QlroH Then too. it
might be difficult to get per
mission to sell beer from the
Hyde County board, because
the chairman is as dry as the
Honorable Hallet "Hot-Stuff"
Ward, of Washington who served as
legal counsel for the defendents Gas
kill and Windley, said that it was not
unlawful for a person to transport
as much as 15,000 cases of beer to
the island, or whiskey either, just so
it was for private consumption and
not for sale.
A bevy of witnesses subpoenaed by
the State who were supposed to prove
that somebody was guilty of some
thing, took Mr. "Hot-Stuff" at his
word, according to confidential re
ports reaching The Beaufort News.
' They had made the trip to the county
seat, 26 miles across Pamlico Sound
from Ocracoke aboard Capt. Dave
Williams' auxilliary schooner packet
"Preston," and before sailing several
- of the witnesses were pretty wel
(Continued on Jii.ee five,
fishing And
i ALL OUTDOORS
By AYCOCK BROWN
MARSH HEN season opens Wed
nesday, Sept. 1, the first hunting
season of the Autumn. No great a
mount of interest is centered around
this sport locally, although a lew
hunters will be out on the marshe3
opening day to try their skill at bag
ging some of the elusive flyers. Marsh
hen hunting is at its b. t on the ab
normal flood tides when it is possible
to row boats across the tops of the
marshes. Some hunters use No. 8 shot
for the birds but more are bagged
with No. 6, a local sportsman tells
me. Next hunting season to open will
fee for doves ....
THE BARNACLES have apparent
ly attached themselves to the off
shore buoys at the edge of the Gulf
Stream where dolphin are usually
taken. More have been taken during
the past two weeks than the rest of
the summer together. At the begin
ning of the summer the 'lightship'
(Continued on page eight)
VIDE TAbLt
Information as U- 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.
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Latest contribution to the
terpschicorean art is the "Big
Apple." The three photos pub
lished on this page through
courtesy of The Raleigh Times
.1 . 1- Jma im mrmwn
.. . . .. "T . "L '" II
plishea. At tne iop me
doing the Big Indian step. In Mlj;
center is s.-.own vd
- r. ill. "SKinSnv." In iiM
VI V4I tum v 3"
the lower shot the "Big Apple- T'R
ites" a-e ending the dance '
Sept. 2, will be a special "Big m& -
Apple" night in Atlantic Beach gfc
casino, wiiere mo vvuiii)j.ii;
ing photos were made.
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FELTON ' S INSTALL
MAIL ORDER DEPT.
Will Benefit Buyers In Outly
ing Communities and Is
land Towns
High Low
Friday. Aug. 27
11:20 a, m. 5:34 a. m.
11:52 p. m. 6:36 p. m.
Saturday, Aug. 28
12:13 a. m. 6:32 a. m.
12:47 p. m. 7:42 p. m.
Sunday, Aug. 29
1:11 a. m. 7:37 a. m.
1:51 p. m. 8:47 p. m.
Monday, Aug. 30
2:23 a. m. 8:46 a. m.
.-3:03 p. m. 9:51 P- m.
Tuesday, Aug. 31
3:38 a. m. 8:47 a. m.
4:20 p. m. 9:51 p. m.
Wednesday, Sept. 1
4:54 a. m. 10:59 a. m.
.15:25 p. m.
Thursday, Sept. 2
S:56 a. m. 11:47 a. m.
6:20 p. m. 11:59 p. m-
Felton's store in Beaufort has in
stalled a mail order department for
the benefit of patrons of the estab
lishment who live in outlying and
island communities, it was annonuced
today by Claude Felton, proprietor.
This mail order department is in ad
dition to the regular business of sell
ing "Everything to Wear" at their
large store here.
At the present time Felton's is fea
turing 'back to school' toggery, and
clothing and accessories for boys and
girls from the kindergarten age to
college seniors included are included.
Mail order business is not new for
Felton's. During the past several
years they have frequently filled and
mailed orders to distant outlying
communities such as Ocracoke, Hat
teras, Cape Lookout, Cedar Island,
Atlantic, Peletier, Stella and New
port. Patrons of the store know by the
weekly ads what this Beuafort ap
parel firm has for sale, and frequent
ly order such items as shoes, shirts,
sweaters, sports clothes luggage and
other accessories by mail. The. cus
(Continued on pagt eight)
Political Round- Up
By-
AYCOCK BROWN
SeeimiAssure
Another Ship Due
On September 5 th
Although it was previously
reported by port officials that
the British vessel Narcissus
was expected at Morehead City
on August 22, her arrival was
cancelled due to temporary
shortage of scrap metal on
the site for loading. "We are
tentatively expecting the next
ship on or about September 5,"
said Port Traffic Manager E.
W. Dozier this week. The name
of the vessel and her flag was
not given. The Inverbank (Br
Mari (Span.), LeonidasN. Con
dylis, (Gr.) and Vigrid, (Nor)
loaded approximately 20,000
tons of scrap for shipment to
Great Britain, Poland and Ja
pan. These four vessels were in
port at the same time.
Definite Announcement
Will Be Made At An
Early Date
MAY RESCIND THE
PURSE SEINE LAW
Oil For Wars
A total stranger stepped from
a Buick ear in front of The
Beaufort News office this week,
walked up to the editor and
asked if he would take a dona
tion of $10 for a fund to help
the warring Chinese in their
troubles with Japan. When told
that this small town newspaper
was taking no subscriptions to
help the Chinese, the Japs, the
Insurgents or the Loyalists, the
stranger got in his car and drove
off without leaving his name.
The auto he was driving bore a
North Carolina ljense number
and either a Greensboro Or
Greenville city tag.
Calrle
Two Beaufort Boy?
While no definite or official
announcements had been made
up until the time we go to
press today it is understood
from reliable sources that the
law permitting trawling with
in the territorial limits of the
state by resident trawlers will
be rescinded, and that trawling
for shrimp in nets of less than
7-8 inch mesh will be prohibited.
A Sub-committe of the department
of conservation and development
meeting in Morehead City on Mon
day is said to have come to this de
cision following a lengthy study of
the situation. Col. James L. McNair
of Laurinburg who has a summer re
sidence in Morehead City was out of
town today and could not be reached
for verification of the report. 4
No decision has been reached re
lative to rescinding the present law
which prohibits taking food fish
(chiefly mullets) in purse seines
such as used for menhaden fishing1.
It is likely that a longer study of this
law will be made. There is a poss
ibility that the sub-committee may
make arrangements with N. C. Fish
eries Inc., to store cat -hps ?? mullets
made by this method. If such an
agreement is made with the Fisheries
organization, there is a likelihood
(Continued on page eight)
Five young Beaufort men had it
nan-ow escape from death on Mon
day night when a car driven by John
Morrison failed to negotiate the coi
ner of Ann and Orange streets and
crashed into a telephone pole in
front of N. W. Taylor's home. The
telephone pole was broken in three
places by the crash, Ernest Conway,
one of the youths in the car suffered
a broken leg and head injuiies and
Preston Mason received a bad cut on
the forehead. Braxton Adair and
Charles Davis, nor the driver of the
ear were injured.
The Morrison car was said to have
been making an effort to get away
from Traffic Officer Vernon Guthrie
of the Morehead City police depart
ment who chased the car from 24th
Street tot he scene of the wreck.
Guthrie stated that the car was
traveling at a very high rate of
speed. He helped remove the boys to
a local hospital and later to the
Morehead City hospital. Guthrie said
that a warrant would be sworn out a
gainst Morrison on a charge of speed
ing and reckless driving.
X
Covering The -.
WATEUmONl jr
By AYCOCK MOWN "
A reader of this newspaper asks
why the Town of Beaufort does not
publish a financial statement so the
citizens will know how their money
is being spent . . . The tax money . .
Personally I did not know anybody
paid taxes after seeing the list of
delinquents now
being advertised .
And after trying
to make a collec
tion occasionally
from the Town of
Beaufort to help
out our plant's pay
roll situation . . .
Other municipali-
ties are advertis-l J
ing delinquent tax
lists, probably Beaufort will be do
ing the same at a near date . . . And
the reason no financial statement has
been published may be because the
audit has not been completed ... Or
has it ... A sort of slogan adopted
by the new Board of Town Commis
sioners was, "There will be no poli
tics mixed up with its operation . . .
Nothing but strictly business" . . As
V
if politics could be kept out of any
thing. . . In Beaufort ... My fav
orite legal counsel contends that
that Chief Longest and Sam Pigott
are two peisons on the village pay
roll who really earn their money . . .
Wonder if either of them could have
attended to that little matter of re
moving six deceased kittens from an
abandoned cistern . . . The lady who
came to see me about the drowned
felines asked if Beaufort had a san
itary dpartment or any civic pride
. . . Wesley McDonald, secretary to
Senator Bob Reynolds is spending a
vacation at his legal residence which
is Morehead City . . . Even if he
does spend the other fifty weeks of
the year in Washington or there
abouts he spends his tax money here
in Carteret and is registered to vote
the Democratic ticket on the books
which are kept in a safe at City
Hall, Morehead City . . . 1 know all
about that because the newspapers
were worried pink last November
when ft was reported that Wesley
was no legal resident of North Caro
lina ... I was kept busy chasing as
( Continued on page eight)
25 ANNIVERSARY
OF C. D. JONES CO.
Business Established
By Late "Kit" Jones
Still Thriving
WHEN THEODORE ROOSEVELT
was elected president of the United
States only one person in North
Carolina wrote him a letter of con
gratulations. That person was the
late C. D. "Kit" Jones, who founded
the C. D. Jones Company. Probably
as a reward for these congratulations,
President Roosevelt, appointed Mr.
Jones Collector of the Port of Beau
fort. He held that position until
Woodrow Wilson became president
of the United States.
BACK IN THOSE days the appoint
ment to the collector's post at Beau
fort was a very good job. It paid
in the neighborhood of $300 per
month. A $300 per month job in
Beaufort today is considered some
thing well worth having. Later the
Collector's office was moved to Wil
(Continued on page eight)
September 1, will mark the silver
anniversary of the C. D. Jones Com
pany in Beaufort. Since tho estab
lishment of this grocery firm by the j
late C. D. "Kit" Jones, it hsa shown
a steady increase and today is the
leading firm of its kind in Carteret
county. At the beginning Mr. Jones
and one clerk took care of the bus
iness. Today under the manage
ment of Paul Jones, son of the found-,
er, the firm employs 10 regular
cleiks, seven extra clerk3 on Satur
day, Miss Mildred Jones, daughter of
the founder, who is book-keeper and
four regular delivery men.
C. D. Jones, founder of the busi
ness died in 1924. Since that time
the business has been owned by his"
widow, Mrs. Mary L. Jones, trading
as C. D. Jones Company. Besides
Paul Jones, two other sons of th
founder John and Christopher are
helping carry on the business' which
their father established.
Following the death of Mr Jontsij.
C. Z. Chappell, ar son-in-law becanre
(Continued on page eight)
III WASHINGTON
WHAT
IS
TAKING
PLACE
BY
UNITED STATES SENATOR
Jlflpt
THE FIRST SESSION of the Seventy-fifth
Congress is now a matter
of history. During the next few weeks
there will be many reviews of the
legislation enacted and its effect oil
the daily life of our people. Econo
mists will figure new laws in th
light of the cost to business and in
dustry. Emphasis will be laid on to
tal appropriations as compared with
Federal income. And organization
and groups will begin to form their
lines to press for more legislation
when the Congress again convenes in
January.
FEW WILL CONTEND that, from
complishments, the session just end'
ed was worthy of great significance
But it can be stated accurately that
the session was adjusted to the needf
(Continued on page eight)