Delinquent Tax List Appears In This Edition-Starts Page 1 , Section 2
SEAFOOD MRT. 7-7-33.
Shrimp 3-5c Croks lc
S. Crabs 40-60c, Pin 2c
Flounderi 3C 6.
Bluet 3-5c S. Trout 6c
Mackerel Sc J. Mulls 3c
AYCOCK BROWN
In The Role of
PROFESSOR QUIZ
Atlantic Beach
TONIGHT 10 PM.
Carteret County's Oldest Newspaper 'Established 1912
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Volume XXVII
16 Pages This Week The Beaufort News, Thursday, July 7, 1938
5c Per Copy
Number 25
$205,788.50 Is County's Tentative Budget For l 38 -1939
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Carteret Tax List
Advertised To-day
Takes Over 700 Lbs.
Of Metal To Set
Up Type
Carteret County proper
ty owners who have failed
to pay their 1937 taxes in
full will see their names in
cluded in the delinquent list
published for the first of
four consecutive times in
this edition of The Beaufort
News. Over 3,000 proper
ty owners are included in the
list.
It meana that unless the delin
quent taxes are paid, the property
will be sold to the higgest bidder
at the Courthouse Door here on
the first Monday in August, which
this year is August 1.
Tax Collector E. 0. Moore has
stated that persons whose names
appear on the list may have same
removed before another edition if
they will pay their taxes in full by
noon Saturday. The names of
persons paying later that Satur
day noon will be published again
in next week's edition, but will be
removed on the following week.
Because the delinquent list takes
up nine pages of a newspaper and
1un to the fact certain sections
have to be printed prior to reg'
ular publication day, names of per
sons paying later than Saturday
noon will see their names includ
ed the following week, but omit
ted the week folowing.
It might be interesting to some
readers to know that if each of
the 11,160 slugs bearing the names
and descriptions of property was
placed end to end they would
reach 1,860 feet or three or four
average city blocks. The slugs
are two inches long. There are
103 and two thirds feet of straight
matter included in the list and
during the next four weeks The
Beaufort News postage bill will be
twice as much as usual and your
paper will weigh twice as much if
we print our average of eight
pages of straight news and spot
ads. The metal used to set up
the tax list weighed over 700
pounds and during the past two
weeks linotype operators have
been working night and day to
have the job ready by today.
The exact amount of taxes in
volved was not estimated but it
is a safe bet to say that if every
cent was paid this County would
be in a much better financially
than it is at the present time.
Golf Club Meeting
Here Friday Night
A meeting of the officers and
Greens Committee of Gulf Stream
Golf Club will be held in the Beau
fort Business Association club
rooms on Friday night, July 10, at
8 o'clock, itw as announced today
by Charles Hassell, president. This
meeting is a very important one
and all officials of the club are
urged to be present.
What's the Answer?
Br EDWARD FINCH
Where, dio the
GALLOP FOOTBALL
ORIGINATE?
MOST ot us today think of foot
ball as strictly an American
game and will be very much sur
prised to learn that it was con
ceived and first played in Japan as
early as the Seventh century. It
wai very popular among coart cir
clet and was limited mostly to those
enjoying high royal rank. It was
called football to distinguish . it
from the Roman national game
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9 Welter Newspaper Union.
Affairs Of State
Columnist Here
Wade Lucat, associate editor of
The Raleigh Time and "Affairs of
State" columnist for the Char
lotte Observer and The Durham
Herald is spending a vacation in
Beaufort at the Manson House.
He visited The Beaufort News
office this morning to write his
Sunday column and made some in
teresting comments on state po
litical things.
In his Sunday column he will
hant that Congressman "Hap"
Barden after apparently eliminat
ing Charles Laban Abernethy Jr.,
looks like excellent prospective
Senatorial timber when the time
comes for another Senatorial race.
He will say that Victor Bryant and
Libby Ward will be the main con
tenders for the House speakership
and thta George Ross Pou will be
host to the Council of State here
on the Carteret Coastland on or
about July. 30.
Included in the State's official
family coming coastward will be
Governor Clyde Ruark Hoey.
And Capt. Nelson is anxious to
learn if Governor Hoey is a good
sailor. Wade will say that Capt.
Nelson regarded highly the sea
going ability of the late Governor
Bickett and that McLean was a
close runnerup -when St - cam to
sailing the bounding main off
North Carolina's coast coastland
aboard the flaghship of the Fish
eries fleet. The column, now in the
mail and bound for Sunday edi
tors bore a Beaufort dateline.
Souvenirs Going
To Hotel Guests
Miss Lillie Belle Modlin, an
NYA worker has been assigned to
work with the Chamber of Com
merce here. Her job is to pre
sent each out of town guest reg
istered at local Inns or hotels,
shell souvenirs advertising Beau
fort. Several thousand of these
shell objects bearing the name
"Beaufort N. C." will be distribut
ed by Miss Modlin. Any out of
town visitor who may be stopping
in private homes may call 448-1
and leave their name and address
and a souvenir will be delivered by
Miss Modlin.
Covering The
Waterfront
By AYCOCK BROWN
FRANK LaMARR and his or
chestra which completed an en
gagement in Atlantic Beach Ca
sino this week went across well
with patrons of the resort. He
proved to be one of the most pop
ular orchestra leaders to ever vis
it the beach. His popularity came
about because he was so obliging.
If someone wanted a special re
quest number played, Frank and
his band would play it. He was
continually smiling and moving
when he directed his band. So
many orchestra leaders act as if
they are bored to death, but not
Frank. Whether the floor was
crowded or practically empty he
always pepped things up with his
personality and out of all the
bands which have played at the
Carteret resort his outfit was one
of if not the most popular.
BIG ATTRACTION in Frank
LaMarr's orchestra was the bass
fiddle player. His name is Carl
Higginbottom and with a name
like that a person ought to be an
attraction. Carl only recently
joinea tne Dana, ne is a native
of Jacksonville, fta. several
months ago he went up to New
York trying to get a job with a
band. But in New York, Higgin
bottom learned that a musician
has a tough go of it unless he has
a union card and has lived in the I
city for six months. During those i
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This Wir.dmill
In the old days, picturesque and
useful windmills like thd one pic
tured above which once stood on
the shores of North River near
Beaufort, were numerous along
the North Carolina coast. They
served the same purpose here on
the coast that water-powered gri.it
mills served in the hilly counties
Several Hundred Persons
Visited Ocracoke July 4
To Attend Board
Meet On Coast
R. BRUCE ETHERIDGE
R. Bruce Etheridge, director of
the Department of Conservation
and Development will attend the
biennial meeting of the board
scheduled to be held in Morehead
City next Monday and Tuesday.
He will preside at the Tuesday
meeting but on Fonday when the
Division of Fisheries have their
session Capt John Nelson, Com
missioner, will preside. If the
meeting but on Monday when the
ings of the Fisheries Division there
wiil be large delegations present
in Morehead City's municipal
building askinar for various chang
es in cue n -ning- I'uiea ana rozuia-
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THESE OLD LANDMARKS
Once Stood i ear Shores Of
of the State, where it was possi
ble to have swift current or a
mill dam for power. The wind
mills of Carteret, . Hatteras and
Ocracokc were all of the same de- j
sign. The huge propellers carried
canvas and the base of the housing 1
of the mill was on a pivot which
jould turn the structure and pro- j
pallors to face the wind, regardless
Pony Round-Up Was
Big Attraction
On Island
More persons visited Ocracoke
Island on the Fourth of July than
had ever been there on any single
day before, it was reported by per
sons returning to the mainland
Tuesday. The annual pony round
up was the big attraction and be
cause much publicity had been giv
en the event, persons from every
where visited the island. All inns
and boarding houses were over
flowing with guests, t was neces
sary for the islanders to open up
their homes to visitors. Many per
sons slept in special boats on which
they had made the trip to the Is
land. City Clerk, Murray Thomas, of
Beaufort, had charge of the Pony
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Y-D CLUBS TO
HAVE PICNIC
Will Be Feature Of
First Annual
Meeting
A big country style picnic
spread country fashion on
Atlantic Beach will be a fea
ture of the first annual con
vention of the Young Demo
crat Clubs of Carteret Coun-
f-r r Sntr 9.9. P1.la fnr trio
j or. July zz.
! convention and the picnic
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North River.
from which direction it blew. They
were usually situated on points of
land near the shores. The above
photo was copied from a yellowed
print in the possession of Miss
Laura Thomas here. (Eubanks
News copied photo. Cut used
i.h.cush courtesy of Mews and Ob
server.) i Heads Successful
Hardware Firm
JACK V. NEAL
Carteret Hardware Company is
celebrating its fifth anniveisary
this month and a half page ad else
where in today's edition gives ad
ditional information about the
complete line carried in stock at
all times by this firm. Carteret
Hardware is one of the most suc
cessful organizations in Carteret
County. Responsible for its suc
cess has been the firm's manage
ment by Jack V. Neal pictured
above, who has held the position
of executive president of the cor
poration since its . establishment.
With the establishment of Lumber
and Building Supplies Corporation
last year, Mr. Neal became its
president and active manager, so
today he divides his time between
the operation of lumber firm and
the store. His brother, Wade
Neal is now active manager of the
store and Tobe Clawson and Gra-
'ham Duncan are salesmen,
banks-Nsws Photo.)
(Eu-
Tentative Tax
Rate Is $1.80
ODDITIES OF
THE WEEK
Twin Cantaloupes
George Davis, prominent
citizen of the Smyrna com
munity brought the most un
usual oddity of the week to
the editor on Tuesday. Twin
cantaloupes, both perfectly
developed, bearing a Siamese
Twin appearance was the od
dity he brought. Mr. Davis
raises some of the finest mel
ons in Carteret. Next time
he comes to town he might
bring some single cantaloupes
for The Editor and his Boss.
And Egret Plumes
Capt. Dave Godwin prom
ised about three years ago
that he Would bring The Edi
tor some egret plumes from
the Rookery at Lenoxville.
At one time Egret plumes,
adorned the hats of women
who could afford to pay the
price. The Egrets were al
most exterminated by plume
hunters. Then Audubon So
ciety stepped in and gave pro
tection for the birds. Today
it is still illegal to shoot the
birds, but at the Rookery
Capt. Dave found some
plumes which had been shed
ded naturally, so three years
later he kept his promise.
Summer School
Students Went
On Sail Friday
About 50 persons including stu
dents of the Duke Laboratory,
Carolina Marine Laboratory, U. S.
Fisheries Laboratory and Woman's
College Art School, and their hosts
the business men of Beaufort,
went on a moonlight sail aboard a
schooner owned by Jim Tosto, of
Sea Level, last Friday night. It
was the first entertainment that
iocal persons have given the group
of students this summer.
The sail started at .Sea Level
and the route was to Davis Shore
and return to Sea Level. Leaving
Sea Level about 8 o'clock the ves
sel returned there four hours la
ter. i Fishing And
x All Outdoors
By AYCOCK BROWN
GOGGLE FISHING is the in
terseting sport and hobby of Maj
or W. A. Farrell, U. S. Marine
Corps, Quantico, Va., who has
been spending a vacation in Car
teret County. It is a sport which
should within the next few years
attract a large number of follow
ers. At the present time there
are less than a dozen expert gog
gle fishermen in the United States
and Major Farrell and possibly pne
or two olhais are the only gog
tlers living on the Atlantic Coast.
The rest of them includnig Errol
Flynn the movie actor (who in
identaly stars in Robiin Hood, at
Ueaufort Theatre for three days
starting on Sunday) make their
I'omes on the west coast near the
chores of the Tacific and its clear
waters.
TO YOU WHO do not know
your gog-gle fishing (and I claim to
be no expert, but am merely act
ing in capacity of reporter, follow
ing an interview with Major Far
rell) I will tell you how it is done.
You literally become a fish your
self to get your fish. That is you
don a bathing suit, put on a pair
of specially made goggles, (most
of them come from Japan or the
Hawaiin Islands) take a toggle
spear, a two or five prong gig in
your hand and dive overboard. If
yoa J'!v"! overboard in water near
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Budget This Year
Slightly More
Than 1937
Carteret County Commissioners
at their July meeting thi3 week
drew up and discussed a tentative
budget for the years 1938-'39, and
copies of same may be reviewed at
the Court House by any person in
terested before final adoption ear
ly in August The tentative budg
et calls for $205,788.50 as com
pared to $196,909 in 1937-'38.
The slight increase of approxi
mately $9,000 is due to a debt
service item shown on the lengthy
list available for review by tho
public at the Courthouse.
Carteret County's tentative tax
rate for the coming year will re
main at $1.80, it was shown in the
summary of the tentative budget
which follow:
SUMMARY:
No. 1. General Fund: Board
of County Commissioners, $4,775;
Tax listing and assessing $4,300;
Tax Collector's office, $5,525;
County Sheriff $2,713.50; Election
General, $1,775; County Account
ant's office $4,720; Court House &
Grounds $4,790; Register of
Deeds Office $4,365; County Cor
oner $400; County jail $2,960;
County Home & Farm $5,020;
Agricultural and Economic Devel
opment $2,085; County Health
$2,125; Superior Court $4,450;
Clerk of Superior Court $5,335;
Recorder's Court $2,900; Juvenile
Court $125; Tax Refunds $500;
total General Fund $58,863.50.
No. 2. Special Fund: Depart
ment of Public Welfare $20,203.
50. No. 3. County Board of Edu
cation $26,721.50.
No. 4. Debt Service $100,000.
Tentative Total Budget for
1938-39 $205,788.50.
Tentative Tax Rate $1.80.
Dr. Shaftesbury
And Honey Bees
Dr, Shaftesbury, director
of Carolina Marine Laborato
ry here told Rotarians on
Tuesday night that Aycock
Brown's recent story about
his research on fleas and the
thesis on same which made
him a Doctor was in error.
"I really studied Honey Bees.
As a matter of fact I am still
experimenting with Honey
Bees," he said. "I am try
ing at an experiment which
if successful will cross Hon
ey Bees with lightning Bugs.
And that will give the Bee
Bugs an opportunity to gath
er honey at night."
TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tide
at Beaufort is given in this
column. The figures are ap
proximately correct and bas
ed on tables furnished by
the U. S. Geodetic Survey.
Some allowances must be
made for variations in the
wind and also with respect
to the locality, that is wheth
er near the inlet or at the
head of the estuaries.
HIGH LOW
Friday, July 8
5:00 AM. 11:00 AM.
5:33 PM. ,
Saturday, July 9
5:50 AM. 11:55 AM.
6:17 PM. 11:50 PM.
Sunday, July 10
6:33 AM. 12:41 AM.
6:57 PM. 12:38 PM.
Monday, July 11
7:15 AM. 1:22 AM.
7:36 PM. 1:22 PM.
Tuesday, July 12
7:55 AM. 2:01 AM.
8:13 PM. 2:01 PM.
Wednesday July 13
8:34 AM. 2:37 AM.
8:50 PM. 2:39 PM.
Thursday, July 14
9:13
AM. 3:10
AM.
PM.
9:26 PM.
3:15