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fiti: CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES JS_ A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936) 39th YEAR, NO. 17 EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA. ? TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1950 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAY . ? ! John Eagles Speaks Friday At Farm Bureau Meeting PTA Will Sponsor Stunt Night Friday Proceeds Will Be Used For Grounds Beautification, Library " Beaufort Parent-Teacher asso ciation will sponsor Stunt Night Friday night in the Beaufort school auditorium. Proceeds will be used to finance beautification of the school grounds and purchase of books for the library. Each Grade Participates The program, in which each grade will participate, will begin at 7:30. There will be no advance sale of tickets, Mrs. Ralph Eudy, president of the organization, an nounced. Admission, 25 cents for children and 50 cents for adults, will be paid at the door. Names of the stunls, grades pre senting them, and teachers di recting the performances, are as follows. Tom Thumb's Weddiog, tfrit, Miss Myrtle Piver, Mrs. D. M. Fulcher and Mrs. Beatrice Martin. The Little Boy Who Ran Awav, second, Miss Catherine Gaskill and Mrs. Elvin Hancock; Blowing Bub bles, third. Miss Susan Rumley, Miss Janice Pake, Mrs. Mary Gray Hill. M?ma's Easter Bonnet, fourth. Miss Lessie Arrington and Mrs. Nellie L. Willis; Ai Irish Frolic, fifth, Mrs. Pearl Day and Mrs. Margaret Hopkins; The District School, sixth. Miss Maude Greene and Mrs. T. R. Jenkins. Old Black Joe, special clqp. Miss Gertrude Styron; An Old Fashioned Squ.'re Dance, seventh. Mrs. John Brooks and Mr. Stev ens, The Minstrel, eighth. Miss Shirley Johnson and Mr. Sketren: 'Jtsfhifc wrtfl JirS&v, Mflfr David Beveridge ancj Miss Annie C. Sal ter. Cabaret, 10th, Miss Gladys Chad wick and Mr. Hawkins; The Rev. Jeremiah Mose and His Little Flock, 11th, Mr. Dail and Mr. Mc Quaid. Scrfiors take Part Great .Loves of History 12th, Miss Madelyn Goodwin and Miss Lena Duncan Grayden Paul will be master of ceremonies. Stale Detours at Minimum, Highway Chairman Says RALEIGH North Carolim's huge highway construction pro gram is being carried out with minimum detour delay. Dr. Henry W. Jordan, state high way chairman, explained that pro ceeds from the $200,000,000 road bond issues is being used exclus ively for building and improving secondary roads, which are not generally used by tourists, and that the large-scale improvement program for primary routes fi nanced from regular highway in come, is largely "off-line" work This consists of widening, hard surf?cing and shoulders, which do not halt the flow of traffic. 1 1 cases where new road beds are being built, traffic is continu ing on the old road, and motorists encounter no delays. Because North Carolina has greatly ex panded its secondary highway system, short detours can be ar ranged where they are absolutely necessary. The high quality of North Carolina's farm-to-market road system makes it possible to keep main-line traffic traveling continuously on good paved roads even when detours are necessary, Dr. Jordan said. Some $50,000,000 of the $200, 000,000 bond issue has already been allocated for work on farm to-market roads. At the same time the North Carolina Highway com mission has a $70,000,000 annual budget for regular highway con struction and maintenance. Woods, Marshlands Burn Friday at North River Twenty acres of woods and 75 acres of marsh burned Friday af teraoon at North River. The fire was started from a pile of trash that was being burned by a woman resident of that area. E. M. Foremart, county fire warden, said it has not been determined as yet whether any charges will be brought against her. The blaie started at 1 p.m. Mr. Foreman was nolified at 1:30. With one of his fire-fighting crew and residents of the area surrouiding the blaie. the fire was brought under control at 4 o'clock. L Damage to the foVest in dollars L and cents is estimated at *00. Kepresentatives to the sjate and national Farm Bureau conventions as well as John Sagles of Maccles field, Static Farm Bureau field man, reiterated the Farm Bureau's stand against the Brannan plan at the county meeting Friday r.ight in the court house. Mr. Eagles, the principal speak er of the evening, substituted for A C. Edwards, state Farm Bureau president, who was called to Wash ington, D. C., on business. He listed the major reasons for the Farm Bureau, state and nat ional. opposing the Brannan plan. The plan, devised by Charles Bran nan, secretary of agriculture, calls for the farmer producing as much as he wants, with the government paying a subsidy if the produce on the market does not bring the farmer a "fair price". Mr. Eagles declared that the cost of this plan to taxpayers after a few years. would be so great that it would jeopardize the future of j the entire farm program. Furth- ; ermore it would mean more reg imentation of the farmer, increased bnokwerk for him. and also a lapse of severs 1 month between the time the produce is marketed and the farmer receives the subsidy check from the government. ? "The average farmer doesn't like I to be on the dole system,'' the j speaker declared. He further ' stated that the plan will abolish j the present operatioh on the parity principle. See EAGLES, Page Seven Markers Island Residents Find 14 Drift Bottles To date six residents of Markers Island have found 34 of the 500 drift bottles releasee! by the Al ? nftwarcti i in North Carolina waters last month. A total of 26 bottles have been found along North Carolina j shores, scientists report. Lucky beachcombers who have found bottles filled with bright orange fliers labeled "Break This Bottle" and worth 50 cents each i to the finder are Ernest Guthrie, who has found five bottles: Worth Davis four; Troy M. Fulcher, two; Orville G. Guthrie, Terry B. Guth rie, and Rena P. Gaskill, who found one each. Other North Carolinians to find bottles were Charlie Rollinson and II. J. Grey of Buxton, Miss Bessie Draper of Manteo, and Gene Roc loffs. AI Chestnut and Daniel Mus sclmnn of Morehead City. Four of the bottles came ashore in the vicinity of Cape Hatteras They had been released off Ocra coke Inltt. The rest of the bottles I were found in the vicinity of Beau fort Inlet, most of them on Shac kleford Banks and Cape Lookout. ' No bottle have been returned from : the Cape Fear region, which is surprising, comment the scientists. All the bottles which have been found have moved northeasterly from their point of release, which j is contrary to the expectation of I the oeeanographpers. They had; j anticipated that some of the bottles i would move southeasterly in a | counter current along the coast, i Appareptly at this season of the year the counter current is non | existent or so weak that tidal and 1 wind drift have moved the bottles j northeasterly. oceanograph$rs re- ' marked. Many more of the bottles will come ashore, and it is hoped that they will be found and the post j card inside sent to the Oeeano ^raphic Institution at Woods Hole, Mass., to help in the study of the coastal currents. Many bottles will drift northeasterly past Cape Hat- i teras and be found after a year , and half from now in Ireland. England, France and other parts i of Europe, declared Dean Bumpus, Woods Hole oceanographer. The Albatross HI. will put out I .to sea Saturday to make another , hydrographic survey of Carolina water's. During this cruise 500 more bottles worth 50 cents each, ! I to the finders will be tossed ov- 1 I erboard. * Tide Table Tides at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW | Tuesday, Feb. 28 4:48 a.m. 11:18 a.m 5:06p.m. 11:16 p.m. j Wednesday. March 1 5:42 a.m. 12 midnight 5:59 p.m. 12:06 p.m. Thursday, March Z 6:32 a.m. 12:09 a.m.| 6:48 p.m. 12:51 p.m. Friday, March 3 7:18 a.m. 1:00 a.m. | 7:39 p.m. 1:34 p.m Miss Lena Duncan Reads NCEA Unit Dr. Doroihy Perkins Deliv ers Address Thursday at Teachers' Meeting Miss Lena Duncan, Beaufort, was elected president of the coun tv unit of the North Carolina Ed ucational asociation at th? meet ing Thursday at Morehead City school. She succeeds Mrs. Emma Watson Wirde of Newport. Miss Shirley Johnson of Bem fort was elected vice-president, snd Mrs. Mildred Lawrence of Mcrrimon, secretary treasurer. The county unit also cast bal lots for state officers of the NCEA Their vote is as follows: Mrs. Mai garet McDermott, Winston Salem, president; A. B. Gibson. Laurin burg, vice-president ;and Margery Alexander, Charlotte, director. Amendment Defeated The amendment to the state constitution which proposes that classroom teachers receive funds from the NCEA membership was defeated. Delegates to the state NCEA convention were not named but will be appointed later. Speakers Thursday afternoon were Dr. Dorothy Perkins, head of the language and speech corrcv tion department A East Carolina Teachers college, and Dr. Howard McGinnis, chairman of field ser vice at ECTC. Principal Introduces Speaker Dr. Perkins was introduced by Bruce Tarkington. principal of Smyrna school Mrs. Wade presided during the business session whc:i reports from all committees were heard. The Morehead City Glee Club under the direction of Ralph Wade, presented venl numbers cM a sfcra tu ? Officers Discover 356-Gallon Still Carteret and Craven county of ficials discotered one of thn big gest "underground" stills in the history of east Carolina bootleg ging Friday morning at Harlowe in Craven county. The steam rig. 350 gallon capac ity, was demolished with dynamite Saturday morning The still was not in operation when officers found it and > arrests were made. It was partially buried in the ground and consisted of 22 boxes and 22 barrels of mash. The box es had a capacity of 400 gallons each and the barrels 50 gallons each. The discovery of the still was brought about by a "tip". Sheriff C. G. Holland of Carteret county Deputy Sheriff Murray Thomas. ABC Officer Marshall Ayscue. and Sheriff Charles Berry of Craven county, put the outfit out of com mission. Willis Smith, Raleigh, Enters Race lor Senate Raleigh, (AP) Willis Smith of Raleigh, entered Friday the race for the U. S. Senate seat now held by Senator Frank P. Graham. Smith announced his decision to enter the race for the Democratic senatorial nomination and at the same time paid his filing fee of $125 to the State Board of Elections. He thus became the first of five candidates for the post to file for the May 27 primary. Smith, a former speaker of the State House of Representatives, is sued this statement when . he ap peared at (he board of elections to pay the filing fee: "I am filing my candid ?cy for the U. S. Senate for .the unexpired term of my friend the late Hon orable J. Melville Broughton. I am paying the filing . fee as re quired by law. I shall have anoth er statement later in the dsy." Two Carteret Connly Firms Win 1949 Saiety Awards Two Carteret county firms have won 194!) safely ?wards presented by the State Department of Laboi Announcement of the award to Carteret Ice and Coal company, Morehead City, was midc list week. Sperti Foods, inc., Beaufort, has also won the awgrd. Both of these concerns received similar recognition in 1948. Manager of Sperti Foods, Beau fort. which engages in the pro ruetion of agar from seaweed, is Harold Leahy Tractor, Truck Collide Near Beaufort Collected: $450 Worth oi Kicking This shows the famous kicking machine near . New Bern in action. F. R. Seeley, chairman of the | county board of elections, made hinwelf a mem ber of the Self-Kickinjf Club of Amcrica when he discovered lhat he lost about $450 in social security benefits simply because he did not think he was eligible. As a result of Ills experience, Mr. Seeley urges everyone to contact their local social security representative and inquire as to their own status. Pictured at left is Tom Haywood, owner and operator of the kicking machine. Photo by Roy Kubanks Here and There Morelwad City's PosUrffwe History Began 91 Years Ago By F. C\ Salisbury Some two years alter the an nouncement made by the Shepard i J oint Land company that proper ty would be offered for sale in f?pad 0%. the U -itecf Stafrs Pos tal Department recognized the new?- town and on Feb. 28, 1851). established a postoffice in the town with William H. Kirksey as I postmaster. During the next 16 years Ihe office w.'s presided over by seven postmasters, most of whose names are today but a memory to the oldest residents of the city. Neither lean the location of the buildings that housed the offices during that period be recalled. From the official records of the Postmaster General at Washington the postmasters a d their terms of I office of the seven are as follows: William H. Kirksey, Feb. 28, 1859 to April 24, 1860; John A. Collins, April 24. 1860 to Sept. 21. 1835; John I. Henshaw. Sept. 21, 1865 to Feb. 10, 1868; William C. Jones. Feb. 10, 1868 to Feb. 1, 1871: Phil i lip Lepper. Feb. 1, 1871 to Sept. 27, 1872; Anson J Phillips, Sept. 27. 1872 to July 1. 1875; Sarah G. Arendell, July 1, 1875, to Sept. 15, 1875. From the time that William W. Chadwick was appointed postmas ter Sept. 15. 1875, serving for near I ly 10 years, or until August 28, 1885, there are many of the older residents of the city who recall the succeeding postmasters as well as wfiere the pos toff ices were locat ed. Postmaster Chadwick maintained the office in his home which was the one story brick buildi lg on Arendell street located on the site between th? Paragon building and the bank building. This house . w:s torn down when the Ferebee building was crpcted a few years ago. When Mr. Chadwick was re lieved from office and Alvin S. Willis was appointed August 28, 1883, the Office continued to be operated in o;e of the rooms of the Chadwick home. Mail was ; handed out through one of the ? front windows. i*n. wiuis is sum iu nave ucvii 3 most accommodating person. If a letter rAiained uncalled for at the close of the office it is said that he would in many cases carry the letter to the home or business place of the addressee. ^Ir. Wil lis remained in office a little over' a year, bei-g succeeded by Thad deus C. Davis on Nov. 2, 1886. Mr. Davis moved the office into his home across the street from the Chadwick house which stood on the site of the present Dr. Heade.i house. He continued in office for over three years. The Republican party coming into pow er in the state. Mr. Davis was ousted on Feb. 25, 1890 and a colored man by the name of Wil liam H. Jones received the ap pointment. Under the administra tion of postmaster Jones the office was located in a small one-story wooden building standing about j S? POST OFFICE, Pace Seven Crippled Children Unit Organized The Carteret county unit of North Carolina League for Crip pled Children was organized at a luncheon meeting at the Jefferson restaurant Thursday. Mrs. Martha Loftin, Beaufort, was elected chairman and Mrs. Da vid Merrill, Beaufort, was elected treasurer. The unit will sponsor sale of | Easter Seals, proceeds to go to ward aiding crippled children, the latter part of March. Philip S. Randolph, executive director of the North Carolina I caguc for Crippled Children. Chapel Hill, was here to organ ize the unit. Those who attended the meeting vvere Thomas C. McGinnis, welfare superintendent; Cecil Mor ris, Atlantic, and Mrs. T. T. Pot ter, Beaufort, members of the wel fare board; Charles Nelson, More head City, chairman of the wel- j fare board. Mrs. Darden Eure, Stanley Woodland, Morehead City; Mrs. Vera Smith. Mrs. W. L. Woodard. Beaufort and Hoyle Greene, ad ministrator of Morehead City hos pital. Mayor Warns Motorists Of Parking Regulations Mayor Geofge W. Dill, More head City, has requested that mo torists refrain from parking au tomobiles between the curb and the sidewalk. this is a violation of a town or dinance (which has not been en forced), but enforcement began yesterdpy with police giving ci tations to those who violate the law. The mayor stated that parking cars in this manner damages wa ter mains and meter connections. He also stated that the east alley between Fisher and Bay street in block 24 will be opened. Grad ing of streets in that part of town has made opening of more thor oughfares necessary. Final Broadcast in Series To Be Made This Afternoon An actual summary of the free doms being given up by American citizens through their indifference to government, will be given by William J. Bird, national affairs advisor. Chamber of Commerce of the United States, at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon over radio station WMBL. This will be the last in a series of eight broadcasts which have been made available in the inter est of more information to a great er number of citize is by the Beau i fort and Morehead City chambers of commerce in cooperation with I the national chamber of commerce, j Firemen to Sponsor Band Concert March 12 Members of the Beaufort Fire department will sponsor the ap pearance of the Raleigh Muni cipal band in a concert at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the Beaufort school auditorium. Chief Charles B. Harrell is in charge of arrangements. Proceeds from the concert w.ll be used for benefit ot the fire men'r, organization. Workers to Hear Red Cross Officer Mrs. E. H. Potter, fund chairman of the Red Cross drive for the Beaufort chapter has announced that a meeting for all workers will 1 be held at the Lottie Sanders build ing tomorrow afternoon at 2:30. at"* which time Mr. Cramer, Red Cross field representafive for this area, will give instruction and literature for the campaign. Assisting in the drive in Beau fort will be Mrs. Joe Pickett, Mrs. James H. Potter, III, Mrs. Frank King, Mrs. I^eon Swain, Mrs. T. H. McQu?id, Mrs. Bcmice Jarman. Miss Josephine Stanton, Mi^i. Dick Parker. Mrs. H. F Prythercn, Mrs. A1 Phillips, and Mrs. Ernest Wind ley. Mrs. Orville Gaskill, Mrs. C. Z. Chappell, Mrs. A1 Fulford, Mrs. Johnny Miller, Mrs. Charles Har rell, Mrs. George Taylor, Mrs. Bon zelle Lewis, Mrs. Milton Lipman, Mrs. Lawrence Rudder, Mrs. Hen ry Hatsell, Mrs. Pritchard Lewis and Mrs. Oliver .Davis. Mrs. Cleveland Gillikin will be i l charge of the drive in Bettie, Mrs. Mattie Brooks and Mrs. Earl Davis of Harkers Island, Mrs. Dora Day and Mrs. Addie Lupton in Cedar Island, Mrs. Gaston Hill and Mrs. Mildred Lawrence in Merri mon, Mrs. Warren Alligood, Len noxville road, Mrs. Brantley Mor ris, Atlantic, Mrs. Joe Davis and Mrs. Henry Murphy in Davis, Miss Elsie Nelson, Marshallberg, Mrs. Clarence Lewis, Stacy and Mrs. Alnta Taylor in Sea Level. t Parents Interested in Cob Scouting to Moot Tonight Only parents interested in Cub Scouting are requested to attend the meeting at 7:30 tonight) in Franklin Memorial Methodist church. Morehead City. The boys themselves need not be present. This meeting will be a re-organ izing one for the Cub Scout troop. W. C. Wall, field Scout executive ! from New Bern will show movies. I The Scoutmaster will be Paul Mit- ' chell, assistant ' Cub Scoutmaster will be Theodore Phillips. Both are residents of Morehead City. Parents of boys 8, 9. and 10 years old are invited. 13 Attend Clinic Thirty-three persons were ex amined Thursday at the free can cer clinic at Kinston. Thirteen of these were referred to their pri vate physician! for medical at tention. Appointments to attend the clinic may be made by writing Cancer Center Clerk, PO Box 49, Kiniton, N. C. Thomas Nelson Gooding, I jj-y ear-old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. p. Gooding, Beau- 1 fort route 1, i.s recovering to day in Morehead City hos pital trom injuries received Saturday night when the' tractor he was driving and a truck collided on highway 1 about six miles from the highway 101 and 70 inter section. rouliUi Wrfrth'ngt0n 01 route l, driver of the truck is ?nrf chf,Kcd wilh driving drunk , and careless and reckless driving t according to Patrolman II. (i. Wool-' ard who investigated. Both vehicles were travelling east on the highway who , the truck"" m" 'f l0n ,m<"rn?"?nal truck attempting to pass the trac tor struck ,he farm mathine ,ur|)_ inr?h a".d ",rcw il broa<1 ' side in the roadside ditch, frn^'.h(i<?d'ng b0y was hurled from the tractor, knocked union scious. and suffered a broken col 4W ,The irUCk con,i""^ enH J n* ,h<' h,*h" '> "'"I also ended up in the ditch I';,. trolman Woolard said that no es timate had been made on the dam age to either vehicle. The tractor is owned by the Gooding family. The truck is own ?L Liu. LoWry of Richmond The collision occurred at 7:15 p.m. Beaufort Resident Graduates Friday At Chapel Hill Jack O. Arthur, of Beaufort route I. is one of 53 student high way patrolmen uho were gradu ated Friday afternoon from th,. Institute of Government's Highway Pa'ro! '*ch?ol Chapel Hill. The school began Jan. 16 Patrolman Arttair hns bee., placed on the reserve list and will f .?* V"""7 'he patrol in the future Thirty-five of the student Pol? ,"'0n as?i?ned Chancellor Speaks The principal address during the afternoon ceremonies was deliver iL ?, Chanccllor ?? " House of ch.pV,nHm"ty ?f Nor,h Carolina Short talks were made by Com missioner f? C. ftosser of the Re partment of Motor Vehicles. Col. Li u ar'. 1>a,rnl <ommander, and Major James R. mSith. Pa- 1 trol executive officer, all of Hal 1 cigh. Certificates Presented Certificates of graduation from the Patrol school were presented to the student patrolmen by Clif ford Pace, assistant director of the Institute, who was in charge of the school for the Institute. Immediately following gradu ation excercises, the 35 men assign ed to troops were turned over to troop commanders for further in structions in connection with their assignments. The men will be given a three day leave of absence and will he . sworn into office March. 1 at 10 a.m. in the Hall of the House of Representatives in Raleigh. See . rctary Thad F.orc will administer ? the oalh of office. Beaufort Holarians Hear Utah Centennial Chorus A musical program by the 10 voices and director of the Utah Centennial chorus was heard by Beaufort Rotarians Tuesday night at their meeting in the Inlet Inn dining room. Following the program, Rotary members expressed pleasure with the music and congratulated the group on its fine repertoire. Visitors ?t the meeting were Dr. Walter A. Chipman of the llnited States Fisheries laboratory on Piv er's Island and Harold S. Leahy, manager of the Sperti Foods plant in Beaufort. James Moon, Jr., Elected To Journalism Honorary Jarues R. Moon. jr.. grandson of Mrs. C. D. Jones. Beaufort, has been elected to membership in Sigma Delta Chi. national journal ism honorary fraternity at the University of Alabama. Tusca loosa. Mr. Moon, who will com plete his course in journalism in July, was among 14 of 43 men cho sen for this honor. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J A. Moon of Wedowee. Ala. Mrs. Moon U the former Dorothy Jones. Her daughter, Mary Dot. is also a junior at the University of Alabama, majoring in general education. Shrimp Specialist Visits New Ground On Florida Coast Species Taken Found lo Be Same as Those in North Carolina Waters , ,!*road- shrimp specialist with the Institute of Fisheries Re search, who is now at Key West. la., investigating the new shrimp ing industry there, reported in a communication yesterday to W A. Ellison. director of the Institute J , ,hr species of shrimp being taken in the newl.v-discovered wa ters is the spotted type (duora runn caught in North Carolina. Mr Hioad says boats are aver aging from 200 to 300 pounds (headed* a day. It was thougiu earlier this month that the type of shrimp being caught may be the Brazilian. Only two of this kind have ever been taken in North Carolina waters one 1 1 1880 by the Albatross I, ' nd another last summer by Mr Broad during his shrimp investi gations. According to a report on the Key West shrimping grounds, writ ten by Robert K Pepper and ap pearing in the Wall Street Journ al Feb. 18, boats are bringing in 200.0(H) pounds a week. Two Make Discovery C redit for finding the new bed IS assigned to Felix Salvador and fc. Peterson of St. Augustine, Fla. liese fishemen made an explora tory tour over the area, even though government charts did not indicate such was possible. They made a huge haul of jum bos. shrimp averagi ig us large as t! inches That was in August 1?49 and attempts to keep the discovery secret were su successful that gen eral fishing did not begin there un ,lj! Ih.i month. < ARTKRET county NEWS-TIMES. through the coop eration of Director Kllison. scoop ed all other papers in reporting the new shrimp find. The story ap peared in THE NEWS TIMES Friday, Feb. 10. almost a week be fore It was carried in other pub lications Boat- Seek New Wealth Major fishing operations arc be. twcei Key West and Naples. Two and three hundred boats have left regular shrimping grounds in the New Orleans. Mobile and Fernan dina a re j to cash in on the Florida take. It is believed that the fishery will be permanent and long term leases are bci tg taken on water front property from Punta Gorda ?south to Key West with a view to building docks ;.nd warehouses. Boats are operating now out of Key West. Fort Myers. Everglades, Naples and Punta Gorda. Price Drops The pnee at first held steady at #5 cents a pound but dropped un der the steady hauls. Prices are now between 45 and 55 cents de pending on quality of the catch. Ice is beiig imported by the tr, unloads by west coast dealers from Homestead and Miami on the east coast. Fort Myers is get ting its supply of ice from a large ice-making plant at Okeecheebee c Ity But 75 per cent of the hauls are going to r-uzen food plants. When the fresh shrimp hit New ^ ork markets, housewives sunvev ed it skeptically bccause it is nat urally pink in color. That tinge usually comes to shrimp several days old in the varieties ordinarily sold on the New York market. Sanding Demonstration Scheduled ior Tomorrow A floor sanding demonstration will be conducted this .week under sponsorship of the county agri | culture extension division. The sanding demonstration will t.ike place at 2:30 tomorrow after- ^ noon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R M Williams, 1515 Ann st. The finishing demonstration will take pbce on the day following. Victor McKnight. floor sanding specialist, will conduct the dem onstration. Four-H club members, home demonstration club memb ers. men doing commercial floor finishing and businessmen pho sell floor finisher are invited. Prowler Detected Beaufort police were called to , the home of Leland Peterson, Pol lock and Broad streets, at 10 o' clock Saturday night to investi gate a prowler in the Petenon yard. Mr. Peterson reported that he had seen a Negro man enter j his yard and gave chaae but tbe his yard and gave chsae but the ! man escaped.