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Few Changes Made In Fishing
Laws At Recent Board Meeting
W. H. Taylor Given
Life-Time Job As
Postmaster Here
Increase Marketing
Size Of Soft
Crabs
LARGE CROWD
EXPECTED TO
I Horticulturist Gives Views Complete With Firms Vary
ATTEND BALL 1 wmTIIIII r. tV FILLING AMES
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In Competition With 1 his Section
. Th Tador t. CHANGES IN RULES
Postmaster W . K. Taylor ha, PUBLISHED TODAY
teen appoint along with few
other, holding similar positions . omplete Hst pf the new
Carolina towns as life-time , ?
r n fr Hi id- rUlfS aim ouicmimcuu i
postmaster for Beaufort Hi. a . commercial fjsher-
oointment was confirmed a QJ trip inrlustrv are
Birthday Dance To
Be Resumed At
Gym Tonight
Silver Trophy Cup To
Be Awarded Bv
B. A. B?ll
By JOHN FOX
Assistant Extension Editor, State College. Raleigh, N. C.
(Written Ec!usirely For The Beaufort News)
bv popular request oi counties oi .xwiu t-uuua, c-.v . .....
many who wove present hist , horticulturist of State College. He see? several possibil
Thursday night, the Prei-.ties. however.
. . . . . , i r . 1 1 ' 11 I. .. . j - . . ,
dents liiluuiay aw ymii uc yor one uung, arson ssia.w
presented, (or concluded)
at the Beaufort School Gym
nasium tonight to the tunes
Da mace to Florida and Texas truck crops by the cold
weather of the past two weeks is not expected to seriously
effect vegetable growers in Carteret and other coast."..
counties of North Carolina, says L. F. Watson. Extension
.i-
RETURNED TO
THIS STATE
Local Gangsters In
. Kinston's New-Prison
aay -t .
was necessary tor mm so sue
pass a civil service examination
before he became eligible for the
appointment. He paed the
animation with a very high mark.
Mr. Taylor wa appointed post
master seven years ago, succeeding
Ray Wheatley who had held the of
fice daring the Republican admin
i.tration. Prior .to .becoming
postmaster was engaged in the
wholesale grocery busine here.
published on Page 2 of this
edition today. According:
to law the rules will be pub
lished for four consecutive
issues. tew changes wer
Sad Storv Is Told
WPA's Philip Ball
WPA's Supervisor Philip Ball, j
probably hears more sad stories
than any other person in the coun
ty. Down East the other day a
woman stopped him and said:
"Mr. Ball, 1 ain't had no relief
since my husband's project was cut
off." That and similar stories are
told him frequently.
made in existing laws when i of Randy
the board oi v. onsen anon
and Development mt in Ral
eigh recently.
Of particular interest in Car
teret is the new ruling which will
make it unlawful to market soft
crabs less than three inches in
width. Formerly the law provid
ed for a width of two and half
inches. While some crabbers may
(Continued on rage 8)
HARVTY PlJl J.ED A
BONER IN WAYCROSS
! "our track srrower hight possibly
I plant some quick-growing greens
! oii.i fin t-srt in the market- It is
Kirby and his or-i probable that Florida growers, and
thestra featuring Mis Flor-1 o-.ose in the Lower Ri Grnd val
ence Smith, vocalist. natit,y 0f Texas. wUl obUm reaerai
had the earmarks of being the most j ai j and replant some of their crops
successful resident's Birthday j osu-vycd by cold weather. Re
Rail ever presented in Beaufort
nl an tine likelv will be made of
last Thursday night attommunnj
Center was interrupted about
11:13 o'clock when the buildins
caught fire. Although the fire
was quickly extinguished, the au
ditorium was filled with smoke
(Continued on Page
1940's "Ice Age" Oddities
n Cartexet County
Royal Ray Products
local! v last week and if yon hap
pen to order this, brand from your
:ii i rr-
, . . i u.ci , w m
greens, peas, snap beans, oee, prduct. Roy,l R,y
and carrots. It ts not HKeiy tnat . . roducts are
cabbage will be replanted, because j w CopeUnd Compa
they would not mature before hot j d.
v. eatr.er sets in.
The Extension
If Harvev Fillingame, on?
. - W-
r a i i 11 of the notorious tuangame
Lio Lin ale Locally I crno-;tfr who scared from
I Carteret County jail recently
Roi r cismClowUnd w as aoorehended in
der and Clam Juice wa introduced j WaycrOSS, Ga., later by &
smari couui (.unci nau nwi
pulled a boner, he and his
two brothers, Waddell and
Charles may still be at large.
But Harvey got mixed up on
specialist ex
plained that Florida and the Lowe.
Kio G:ande valley of Texas are ir
v
his story,
Nash County Editor
Reads Our Column
Offers Comment
URGES DISCARD OF
TRADING BARRIERS
Since writing about mer
- chants who pay privilege
taxes to operate, and agents
who do not pay but compete
i with local firms nevertheless,
i in our Waterfront Column
1 lt w pV v have cotten dif
ferent views on the subpect.
One local citizen stated that
people who patronise tem
porary lunch stands spqn
hv clubs and societies
never eat in tke restaurants any
way. But the most lengthy arfu
went came from the editor of Th
Grmphic, in Nashville. N. C W
reprint his letter and his Terskuvs,
because we want U give all sides
to this and any question which af
fects the public. The letter fol
lows :
The Waycross officer suspicious
f the thrve boys in a Plymouth
(Continued on Page S)
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Ther ! Cape Hatteras And Diamond Shoals
O'c "eariv vegeio:e oeiu
mere is an can) p i
eluding Georgia. I-'ana. Soutl ; vr' f pirp DlirillS KCCCllt I-Olll
Mississippi. California. '"v. cr
NortV
Carolina is in the next be'.t kr.owr j
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Carolina. Mississippi
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and otacr parts oi
,v!y'
ith Arkar.s
Fishing And
All Outdoors
By AYCOCK BROWN
WINNER OF the State-wide
capital prize for the largest chan
nel bass or "drum" caught in the
first annual North Carolina Surf
Casting Tournament is B. M. Short
of Detroit, Mich., while winner of
the capital prize for the largest
bluef ish caught while surf casting
is Paul T. Marshburn of Wilming
ton, it was announced this week by
the news bureau oi tne v..
partment of Conservation and De
velopment, which sponsored the
contest.
THE FIRST prize for the larg
est channel bass is a punch bowl,
large serving tray and 18 cups of
Kensington metal, bearing the seal
of the State of North Carolina.
FIRST PRIZE for capture of the
largest bluefish consists of an ice
bowl, sandwich tray and one dozen
tumblers and coasters oi is.ens.us
ton metal, also engraved. Upon
each trophy is engraved the name
of the winner, the weight, length
and girth of the prize-winning fish
and where it was caught.
THE PRIZE-winning channel
bass caught was caught in the
surf at Hatteras Inlet. It weighed
4G pounds, was 48 inches long and
29 inches in girth.
THE PRIZE-winning bluens.n
was caught by Marshburn in tho
(Continued on Paga 8)
Official Temperatures
FIVERS ISLAND. Co-operative
Weather Observers on
Fivers Island reported the of
ficial low temperatures for
the coldest days in January
were: January 20. 18 de
grees; January 27 and IS, it
degrees and January 2lJ, -l
degrees. Only one spot m
the State where higher tem
peratures prevailed during
cold seige was at Cape Hat
teras. The official differ
ence on days mentioned be
jnrr three decrees, between
Beaufort and Hatteras.
Fish Come To Life
rniTfiRT. Gravdon Paul
told Rotarians Tuesday night that
one person he knew had secured
some frozen fish from the water,
taken them home to dress for din
ner. Laying the frozen fish on a
cleaning board in the back yard,
the owner went inside to get a
cleaning knife. Keturning a
minutes later the fish had come to
life.
Swan In Harbor
r?i? iiTDRT. Swan, seldom
ceen south of Lake Mattamuskeet,
were sighted here on Tuesday by
Will An ington of the I. E. Ramsey
Grocery Company. The majestic
birds were swimming up the har
bor, very much unconcerned about
water traffic.
Bursted Pipes
in rARTERET. Frozen wa
.i. .i
ter ciwes bursted wnen iue
began, creating a big demand lor
plumbers from one end of county
to other, especially in Morehead
Citv and Beaufort.
ALMANAC
BIRTHDAY.
Of Famous People
In February
-y Fritz Kreisler, violinist, 1875.
3. Horace Greely, editor, 1811.
4. Chahles Lindbergh, aviator,
1902.
5 Dwight L. Moody, evangelist,
1837.
6. Aaron Burr, statesman, 1756.
7 Charles Dickins, novelist, 1812
8. General W. T. Sherman, 1820.
HISTORICAL
Events In February
In February
2. Gound Hog Day.
tfv-President Wilson died, 1935
4. First Confederate Congress,
1861.
5. Pres. Roosevelt submits Su
preme Court Bill 1837.
6. Shrove Sunday.
7. Ash Wednesday.
8. Russia-Jap War began 1904.
Vessels Ice Bound
ATLANTIC. Boats of the fish
ing fleet were ice-bound in Atlan
tic harbor for the firsst time since
the freeze of 1917-18, according
to reports.
Ice-Berg Sighted
SALTER PATH. Gene Willis,
WPA worker, reported to rnuip
K. Ball, Carteret WPA supervisor,
that an ice-berg as large as a
cmll island and extending b teet
or more above surface was sighted
floating westwardly in tne ocean
off shore.
Calico Creek Freezes
MDRFHEAD CITY. Calico
Creek north of Morehead City was
(rmp-n all the way across this
week, the first time in many years.
Cold At Newport
NEWPORT. Headwaters of
Newport river froze from bank to
bank, thick enough to bear the
weight of children. Surface pump
inside the stables of C. T. Cannon
froze up, despite the natural
warmth supposed to prevail from
body heat of animals and stable
manure.
Gulls On Ice
ATLANTIC BEACH. Ice floes in
Bogue Sound jamming up at At
lantic Bridge on Sunday was of
fering an ideal landing place for
gulls.
Ferry Breaks Ice
1HRKFRS ISLAND. During
the coldest days of the "lee Age"
v,o HovIhn Island ferrv had to
break its way through the ice from
the island to the mainland on sev
eral trips. No schedules were re
ported missed.
Gulls Have Picnic
PIVERS ISLAND. Mullets in
U. S. Fisheries Laboratory's ex
perimental fish farm, numbed by
the cold weather, floated near sur
face and provided a regular picnic
for thousands of gulls in vicinnv.
Freighter In Ice.
CORE CREEK. The Norfolk,
rnltiiiiftre. Ca rolina line freighter
bound south on the week-end for
Beaufort and Wilmington, was
Rhnvimr a mizhty mass of ice ahead
as it passed slowly down the In
land Waterway.
."s "se-con
Oklahoma, and Tennessee. These j
belts apply spvcifioaliy to Iiish po-i
Utocs. but hold i'airly consistent j
with other commercial truek crops.
W atson said that if growers in j
Florida and the Texas valley area j
replant, their crop undoubtedly j
will be thrown on the market later j
than usual, and iw competition
with some of the ut?r States. j
Only cabbage of the major veg-;
etable crops grown in Carteret ;
County have been planted in the j
field to any great extent. Bean
and other such cops will not b ' ,
planted for another month. I
It will require several days af-!
ter the weather moderates fort
growers of cabbage to determine j
the extent of their loss, the horti-'
eultuiist stated. The latest repon
of the Agricultural Marketing Ser
vice, U. S. Department of Agricul
ture, says that North Florida cab
bage was seiious'.y damaged, "with
r.bout 40 per cent loss of tonnage"
and "many cabbage heads ar'
split" i nTexas.
(Continued on Page 8)
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To the Waterf ivnt Columnist:
After reading your "Water
front" this w eek the enclosed dis
sertation was dashed off. It is
not very well written but it does, I
think, express a philosophy of Ufa
which is sometime overlooked.
The past few years hsve seer
rv.ueh of this restrictive legislation
sr.d I do not believe it has helped
even the business it was intended
to help. In many instances it has
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Crops Are Nipped
RURAL SECTION. Early cab
bage and broccoli and other pro
duce took a serious nipping dur
ing the cold wave.
Produce Prices Soat
EVERYWHERE. Produce pri
nno woro scheduled to soar throu
ghout the State as result of freez
ing weather which extended to
Southern Florida. Incidentally,
there is liable to be a shortage of
green groceries and citrus frails
resulting from the freeze.
Plumbing Supplies
Ffpaufort Tobe Clawson of
Povtprot Hardware Comiiany s.i:d
that the demand for plumbing sup
plies had been greater this week
than ever before in the hrm s nis-
tory. Carteret Hardware is thi
only firm in the county which car
ries a complete line of plumbing
supplies, and when the water pipes
began bursting as the thaw began,
they were ready to come to the res
cue of those needing replacements
in water lines which had been
wrecked by the "140 Ice-Age."
DAMAGE SUIT IS
BEGUN, RESULT
OF AUTO WRECK
W. F. Law Student Is
Suing M. City Fh m
For $ 59,CeO
A $50,000 damage sui
was filed in Superior Court
in Raleich Tuesday agai:t?:
a Morehead City wholes;1.
groeerv firm by Robert h
Morgan, 2o. Wake Fore-;!
College law tudent. aceoru
ing to storv in Wednesday':
edition of The News and Oo
server. Naming W . P. r recman and the
Freeman Wholesale Grocery Com
pany, of Morehead City, as de
fendants, the youth charges that he
suffered permanent disability be
cause of injuries sustained wnue a
passenger in a car struck by one
of Freeman's trucks on December
1.
In his complaint, Morgan alleg
es that while riding in a car driv
en by Robert P.. McCoy, the gro
cery company s truck alter sig- j
nailing to make a left turn, chang
ed its direction and crashed head
on into McCoy's car. As a result
Morgan claims to have been per
manently disfigured and to
have lost the sight of his right
ey, which he statea was removed
because of a Iracture ot bones
around the eye and a puncture of
the eyeball.
Morgan named Cecil Swain as
driver of the company truck. The
student is in his third year at Wak-s
Forest and is a resident of Fuquay
Springs.
OFFICIALLY Cape Hatteras at Diamond Shoals was warmest place
in State during .ecent cold seige. Beaufort was the second warm
est if that is any consolation to anyone. The above photo show.
Diamond Lightship in the Gulf Stream off Cape Hatter... The Gull
Stream i. h,t made it warm at Hatter... (Bill Sharpe photo Cour.
tesy Winston-S.lem Journ.l).
An Open Letter To All Candidates
Beaufort, N. C, Feb. I, 1940.
HON. A. J. MAXWELL, Raleigh, N. C.
HON. W. P. HORTON, Tittsbc ro, N. C.
HON. LEE GRAVELY, Rocky Mount, N. C.
HON. J. 3. BROUGHTON, Ral.Mgh, N. C.
HON. PAUL GRADY, Snithfit ld, N. C.
HON. TOM COOPER, Wi!nwt:n, N. C.
Gentlemen:
It has been called to my attention that a pre-dect-ascr
cf one of you. (the one who will occupv
the Governor's Mansion) once made the str-t-ment:
"As far as I r ccerned, North Ccro'.i
na ends at Newport River." Now that n nn as
signment for you find out if our State does r-rd
there If for no other reason than, from a voting
standpoint. Of course North Carolina d.os tv.t
end in Carteret County at Newport River a!thcu;H
a great many living in this sectcr might have such
an idea, considering the little attention given -y
rrany administrations to the section in the
The people down hee are anxious to know how
you and your administration, will feel about this
matter so therefore, I invite a one sentence
communication from you for publication.
Sincerely,
AYCOCK BROWN, Editor.
p. S. Residents of Harkers Island and many
hundreds of their friend on the mainland are e-
ti : . s- ! vnur : vifwnoints there
peciany niirM i j
seems to be a bridge invol-ed in the matter too.
LB.
Tobacco Farmers
Are Invited To A
Meeting at Newport
.1. Y. l.issiter. County Agfnt, ait
vises us that all tobacco farmer
of Carteret County, are invited to
attend a Tobacco Mooting in the
Newport school auditorium ov
Tuesday, February Sth, at 7:30
1 M.
Mr. L. T. Vecks. Tobacco Spo-
is'.ist of the North Carolina F.xten
sion Seniee, will discuss the im
proved methods of production of
tobacco, and Mr. II. R. Garris. As
sistant Pathologist of the North"
Carolina Extension Service, will
discuss diseases of tobacco.
Since the major acreage of to
bacco are in White Oak and New
port townships, it is thought New
port would be the nearest meet in
!... for the tobacco graweis.
The farmers of Newport township
and several farmers of White Oa
township have had considerable (
trouble with Granville Wilt, ami ,
many other diseases of tobacco.
Ti,.,.Uf,.v., it is wrv necessary to)
attend this meeting and loam "
you may prevent many
bacco problems.
of vonr to-
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TIDE TAELE
Information as t the tide
at Beaufort is given in this
column. The lign es aie ap
proximately cot eet and are
based on tab!e fr-n!he-t bv
the U. S. Geodetic Survey
Some allowau.is- v. us;
male foi variations in the
v ill .1 ;: id ni-' with rcsp .
to 'he lo.-iVtv is wheth
er nen- th.- inlet r at tb
.,x.iu of vile estuaries.
4.
' Fiiday, Feb. 2
' 3:23 A. M. 9:7 A. M.
: 3:39 P. M. 9:53 P. M-
I Saturday, Feb. 3
4:29 A.M. 10:49 A.M.
4:4S P. M. 10:55 P. M.
) Sunday, Feb. 4
5:?7 A. M.
5-4 1 P.M. 11:56 P.M.
Monday , Feb. 5
6:16 A. M. l:0i A. M.
6:M P. M. 1236 P. M.
I ' Tuesday, Feb. 6 (
i 7:00 A.M. 12:42 A.M.
7:12 P.M. lilP.M,
Wednesday, Feb. T ' v
7:40 A. M. liM A. M.
7:51P.M. 1:58P.MV
Thursday, Feb.
Silft A. M. 20 A. MW
,8.29 P.M. a.asp.Mr