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W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES J?_ . A Merger of THE BEAUFORT HEWS (E?uUUh?J 1?1?) mod THE TWIN CITY TIMES (ErtablUhed 1936) 3^th YEAR, NO. 97 EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, DEC. 6, 1950 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Awards Will Be Made Thursday At Farm Meeting Farm Bureau Barbecue Sup per Dt 7 P. M. Will Pre cede Meeting Awards to the county's best corn producers and prizes for winners in the Better Farming for Better Living contest will be given Thurs day night at the annual Farm Bu reau meeting. A barbecue supper, to be served at 7 p.m. in the American Legion hut west of Morehead City, will precede the business meeting and address by E. Y. Floyd of the Plant Food institute, Raleigh. Pigs as Prizes Each of the two farmers who had the highest yield of corn per acre this year will be given a pure bred pig. Farmers placing third and fourth will receive cash prizes. The contest is sponsored by the Farm Bureau. Cash and merchandise prizes will be awarded to winners in the Better Farming for Better Living contest which is sponsored annual ly by Tide Water Power co. These prizes will be given by the power company and the Farm Bureau. Associates Invited J. Raymond Ball, president, re marked today that it is the hope of the Farm Bureau that a large number of associate tViembers will attend. The barbecue supper will be free to every Farm Bureau member. Guests, however, will be charged 75 cents per plate. The Negro Farm Bureau mem bers will hold their annual meet ing Thursday night also at the North River community building. Rogers Murray, Negro Farm Bu reau supervisor, announced that a barbecue supper will be served at 7 p.m. The speaker of the evening will be Otis Evans. Negro farm agent of Craven county. $495 Collected In Symphony Drift Morehead City and Newport haw raised $403.80 and Beaufort and points cast $91.20 in the North Carolina Symphony membership drive. The goal is $750. Four firms and one civic organ ization in Morehead City and one business firm in Beaufort have purchased $25 memberships. They are Jefferson hotel, Parker Motors, Ottls Fish market, Carteret Real tjrjco.. the Woman's club, Morehead City; and the Fish Meal co? Beau fort Although the drive was sched uled to close Saturday, it has been continued through this week. The help o f Dan Walker and John Sikes. managers of both chambers of commerce, has been obtained to help push the campaign. Mrs. Lau rence Vickers. county chairman, revealed yesterday. Mrs. Coretta Cherry, membership chairman in Morehead City, said many of the former members have not yet been contacted. ?A representative of the North Carolina Symphony staff was sched uled to speak last night at the monthly meeting of the Beaufort Junior Woman's club, co-sponsors of the drive. Maola and White dairies assisted in publicizing t he membership campaign by distributing remind ers of the drive with milk. Posters have also been placed - in restau rants. Homing Authority Asks Power to Condemn Land The East Carolina Regional Hous ing authority has requested per mission and power to condemn land so that it can acquire sites for housing developments. The East Carolina Regional Housing authority cited in its ap plication for land condemnation power that developments are being planned for Beaufort, 40 housing units; Morchead City, 50; Have lock, 30; Clinton, 50; and Wayne county, 90 units. Pprl oi Morehead Witt Be Without Water Wednesday Bvsiness houses and homes east of 9th street to Port Terminal will be without water for three hours Wednesday afternoon, from 2 to 5 While Tide Water Power co. in stalls a new fire dydrant at 7th and Arendell st. Installation of the new fire hy drant has been requested by the K>Vn of Morehead City upon order of tNk State Fire Insurance Under writers. Meter Receipt* Tarking meter receipts in Beau fort for the month of November were 1652.82 Edna Phillips Will Initiate Community Concert Series Here Edna Phillips, Soprano Edna Phillips, brilliant color atura soprano and Community Con cert artist who stepped from a desk' as billing clerk to billing as a so loist with Toscanini, will appear in Beaufort at 8:15 p.m. next Monday in the school auditorium. Edna Phillips was born in New England of Irish parentage. She doesn't know whether it's because she's Irish or because she was born on Christmas Day that she's had what we call "the luck of the Irish." Her grandfather was chief of the fire department in her native Fall River, Mass., and her proudest moments as a kid were spent driving around with him in his shiny red automobile. Her father was a fine natural ama teiir tenor. Professional talents were inherit ed from her mother's side of the family tree. Before her mdsritge, Helen O'Brien had sung in light opera and Gilbert and Sullivan; after becoming Mrs. Phillips, she confined her musical activities to her work as church soloist and to instilling in her daughter a love for great music. Started as Dancer Edna started her career as a dancer, appearing in public for the first time at the age of 4. She would probably be a dancer still if, after grammar school, she had not been sent to the Sacred Heart Convent where Sister Winifred Marie discovered she had a voice and persuaded her to concentrate on it. She made her debut as a vocalist singing Romberg's "Indian Love Call" with a chorus of 63 girls behind her in the school glee cluft. When she was 16, Edna attended the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston; then she return ed to Fall River and worked for the local rationing board while continuing her vocal studies at home. Germaine Barrc, her teach er, recognizing the unusual talent of her pupil, arranged for her to sing for Paul Althouse, noted for mer leading Metropolitan Opera company tenor and now prominent New York vocal teacher. One audi tion and Althouse accepted her as a pupil. To financc herself in New York, she took a job as billing clerk. By coincidence, some one overheard her practicing one day and invited her to audition for a solo part in NBC's "Music for the New World" series. Miss Phillip's radio debut ? sing ing "Una voce poco fa" from "The Barber of Seville" ? was an instan taneous triumphant success. She was engaged for a second broad cast, and it was these appearances that led to an invitation to audition for Toscanini. The Maestro was pre senting the second act of Gluck's "Orfeo" as his Easter Sunday broadcast and was seeking a new voice for the important role of the Happy Spirit. Miss Phillips arriv ed at the studio frigb?eac? with a touch of laryngitis. She had learned the difficult part in less than a week. But the Moestro himself accompanied he'r at the pi ano, and when she had finished singing, he was heard to murmur, "Bene." Since her appearance under the Toscanini baton/ that memorable Easter Sunday id 1945, Edna Phil lips has had a busy and brilliant career. Her numerous radio ap pearances ha*e included the "Ford Hour," the International Harvester Program, "Music for Tonight" and a second engagement under Tosca nini ? his "Midsummer Night's Dream" broadcast on November 1, 1947, commemorating the centen ary of Mendelssohn's death. She has been featured soloist at many of the nation's important music festivals ? Grant Park, Cleve land and Brevard. She has sung with many major symphony orches tras including the Toronto Sym phony under the baton of Sir Ern est MacMillan. During one season she filled 60 transcontinental tour dates as the soprano of the Colum bia Grand Opera quartet. Her re citals and solo engagements have won her a large following through out the United States and Canada. County Board Hears Proposals On Revaluation of Property j The county board of commis sioners yesterday requested Joseph H. Quigley. representative of the Cole-Layer-Trumble co., Charlotte, revaluators and appraisers, to re vamp his figures on revaluating county property and return the board a proposal more adequate to the needs of Carteret county- and within the ability of the county to pay. The county board also heard the 1049-50 audit explained by Frank P. Wall of Williams and Wall, aud iting firm of Raleigh. Wall stated that the county has made excellent progress in the past 10 years, close to $2 million in debts have been paid off. and $223,00^ bonded debt has been retired during the past year alone. He remarked that the county's property valuation is slightly over $15 million; 87.15 per cent of the 1949-50 tax levy was collected this year and this is an increase of al most one per cent over the 86 45 per cent of collection in 194049. John Humphrey, state superin tendent of roads, was consulted on the possibility of the state main taining roads in Mansfield park. The roads will be hard-surfaced by the realty company developing the housing project. Humphrey said he could make no statement as to what action the state would take on the proposal. Because the December term of civil court has been cancelled, the board authorized that the coventor be requested to schedule a special civil term to begin Jan. 19. Lcland Peterson, electrician, wa* authorized to act as electrical in spector for the county in the ab sence of Robert Garner, county electrical inspector. The board al so stated that the simplified sched ule of fees as recommended by the state insurance commission, be a dopted In this county. R. B. Boyd, representative of the insurance commission who appear ed before the board, alas asked that the electrical inspector fill out two reports on each inspection job, one to go to the county and one to Raleigh. A. H. James, clerk of auperior court* reported that the total a mount received at the clerk's of fice during November was $4,290. 08; paid to the county wai $2,875. 30. Probate and clerk'a fees a mounted to $48.75, received from superior court was $71.70 and from recorder's court $2,994.88. List-takers for 1951 were ap pointed. Their names will be list ed in Friday's NEWS-TIMES. College Charm to Perform The Meredith College chorus, of which Marjorie Stone and Lola Webb of Morehead City are mem bers, will give a concert Sunday, Dec. 10. at 4:30 p.m. in the college auditorium, Raleigh. Fifteen County Officials Take Oath Of Office During Informal Ceremonies 125 Azaleas Set Along Ann Street Woman's Club Promoies Town Beautiiicalion Project in Beaufort ' One hundred twenty-five azalea bushes were planted Thursday and Friday along Ann street, Beaufort, between the sidewalk and the curb. This is part of the Woman's club's town bcautification project. Members of the club contactcd Ann street residents, from . Live Oak street to the bridge, and asked them to pay $2.50 for two azalea bushes. Most of the residents have cooperated with the club and B. F. Copeland of Copeland Nursery, I Beaufort, set the plants. The town contributed topsoil and labor for digging the holes. Forty for Cemetery Forty more azalea plants will be placed this week in the Ann Street cemetery by the Cemetery Restor ation association. These will be paid for by the association. The Woman's club urges that residents take care of the azaleas which are the Formosa type, the large pick-orchid bloom familiar i to everyone who has visited the I famous azalea gardens at Wilming- [ ton. Water Essential The plants should have plenty of water, the nurseryman advises, i They should be watered no less than oncc a week unless it rains. They should be especially well ; watered next summer, which will be their most difficult period for turvival, Copeland added. Placing leaves around the roots will act as a mulch. They have been planted with fertilizer but in the spring a bit of azalea fertilizer could be added, he continued. The plant! are expccted to bloom ? > Fi Vriiary ?tid .M-ireli ... , Mobs Greet Santa Claus in Beaufort Mobs of children and grown-ups greeted Santa Claus at the Beau fort post office dock Saturday morning. As the youngsters handed Santa their letters, he gave them a sou venir of his visit. The Beaufort high school band, Queen Street school hand, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Brownies accompanied Saint Nick as he rode through the business section on a fire truck. Santa's visit was arranged by the Beaufort chamber of commerce. Dan Walker, manager, expressed his appreciation to the merchants, the directors of both school bands and the musicians, T. G. Leary, Beaufort school principal, Ran dolph Johnson, Queen Street prin cipal, Mrs. Robert Safrit, Mrs. Joe Pigott, Mrs. Jack Longest. Scout and Brownie leaders; Charles Has sell, Scoutmaster, Donald Fulcher, patrol leader who served in the absence of Ed Nelson; and mem bers of the Fort Macon Coast Guard station who escorted Santa Claus to town in the boat Mistle toe. ? Christmas decorations in Beau fort have been erected by members of the fire department, Guy G. Lewis, Gilbert Glancy, Elmond Rhue, Roma Willis, Robert Mades, and Charles Harrell. Power Company Repairs Leaky Hydrant ai 9th Si. No water east of 9th street in Morehead City for three hours Thursday was due to a leaky fire hydrant which was being repaired by Tide Water Power co. The water east of Bth street was cut off at about 11 o'clock and was off for three hour*, George Stovall, Tide Water manager, reported. Immediate repair was necessary, he stated, because the hydrant was in danger of blowing out. New fire hydrtnfs will be in stalled in the near future on the north side of Arendpll street, but resident* will be notified prior to that time so that cutting off of wat er won't be a surprise. Health if Spaah To Fellowship Tonight Dr. N. Thomas Ennett. health officcr, will speak at 8 o'clock to nigh' to the Young Adult Fellow ship of Camp Glenn Methodist church. Dr. Ennett will tell of the work of the health department and will discuss car* of infanta. Ulrich Mi te lie is prtaidmt of tbe Fellow Carteret County Lemon Tree Produces 45 Lemons A Carteret county lemon tree produced a crop of 45 big, juicy lemons this year. The tree grows in the B. F. Copeland Nursery Just north of Beaufort. Last year It bore only one lemon. The crop of45 was picked Sat urday a week ago, Just before the freeze. Mr. Copeland said the top of the tree was damaged by the cold, but he managed to protect most of the lower part, so there are hopes for even a bigger crop next year. Counties Organize Dairy Cattle j Breeding Group Representatives of Carteret, Craven, Jones, and Pamlico coun ties agreed at a meeting Friday in New Bern to organize an Artificial Breeders association to improve the productivity of dairy cattle. John and Rufus Oglesby, Crab Point, were named directors of the association from Carteret county. In addition to the Oglesbys, R. M Williams, farm agent, and Lennis Brinson, Crab Point, attended the meeting in the Craven county court house. Williams said that representa tives of each county were request ed to take a census of dairy cat tle in their respective counties and to obtain members for the associa tion. Speakers at the meeting includ ed John F. Brown and R. R. Rich, dairy extension specialists, Maury Gaston, manager of the Southeast ern Artificial Breeding association, Asheville, C. S. Mintz, farm agent of the (astern district, and Hugh I'tUl.Tfc, iMuUua coninttMfolM# UT agriculture. S7 Associations In North Carolina now are 57 artificial breeding associations serving 67 counties, the group was told. Only the very best bulls in the country are being used in this program. Semen is transported by air from the various points where bulls are standing at stud. Only proven productive bulls costing thousands of dollars and far above the price that the aver age farmer can afford are used, it was stated. Fees Established A fee for joining the association has been established. It will be $1 for a farmer owning from one to three cows; $2 for a farmer owning three to 10 cows, and $3 for farm ers owning 10 or more cows. This money will be used for operating capital. The breeding fee is addi tional, Williams explained, and will be about $8. Serving with Carteret directors in the association are H. L. Barnes, acting chairman, Ray Gabel and WoOdrow McCoy, Craven county; Martin Batts, Jones county; and Sam Casey and T. G. Bond, Pamli co county. 300 Youngsters Attend Movie ' Three hundred children attend ed the Morehead Jaycee theater party Saturday morning at the City theater in Morehead, each of them bringing a used toy as their ad mission fee. W. B. Chalk, Jaycee president, announced yesterday that the used toy collection in conjunction with the scrap drive Sunday afternoon was disappointing. Very few toys were picked up. The scrap collec tion was fair, but not as large as the first two held in October and November. The toys have been taken to the fire department where the firemen and Jaycees will repair them and wrap them for distribution at Christmas time. The scrap bin at the jib in More head City has been removed. It has not been erected elsewhere. President Chalk said that the bin was a fire hazard and constituted an eyesore. Clothe* Needed Persons were reminded today by Mrs. C. L. Beam and Mrs. H. F. Lindsay, co-chairmen of the Busi ness and Professional Women's club clothing drive that used cloth ing is being collected at the sher iff's office in Beaufort and THE NEWS- TIMES office in Morehead City. The clothing will be given to Um county Mifm department. Fifteen county officials were sworn into office yes terday morning at the court house and the county com missioners in regular session yesterday morning appoint ed Alvah Hamilton county attorney and James Davis Pot ter auditor. Dr. K. P. B. Bonner was re-elected chairman of the county board of commissioners and Hugh Sailer was elected vice chairman. Resolution Passed Because the county tax collector is not appointed until the March meeting and does not take office until April, the board passed a resolution stating that the county's representative in the general as sembly shall be requested to intro duce a bill at the next legislature calling for appointment of the tax collector along with the other of ficers, and that the tax collector's term of office shall run four years, concurrent with the board which names him. Sworn in by A. H. James, clerk of superior court, were the five county commissioners, Dr. Bonner, Hugh Salter, Tilton Davis, Moses Howard, and Walter Yeoman* Ycomans attended his first com missioner's meeting yesterday and is the only new member 011 the board He replaces Lionel I'ellc tier who did not seek re-election this year. Sworn In Others who took office were Sheriff C. G. Holland, Register of Deeds Irvin W. Davis, Constable C M. Krousc, Constable Hubert Salter, Justice of the Peace A. L. Wilson, Solicitor M. Leslie Davis. Coroner Pritchard Lewis. Judge Lambert Morris. M. M. Ayscue, special peace officer, and A. 11. James, clerk of superior court. James was sworn in by Garth Coop er, justice of the peace. The oath of office ceremonies took place in the clerk of court's office. Smyrna PTA Will Give Clam Babe, Square Dance * The Smyrna Parent-Tcachcr as sociation will sponsor their annual clam bake and square dance at 8:30 Saturday night, Dec. 9. The clain bake will be in Willis Broth ers clam house and the square dance in the Smyrna school gym. The price of admission will entitle one person to attend both events. This clam bake, held each year, is one of the outstanding events in Carteret county. It draws people from all parts of the state year af ter year. In past years Governors Cherry, Scott and many other notable men of our state have attended Willis ton clam bakes. Plans arc being made for over four hundred peo ple this year, and tickets have been distributed as far west as Winston Salem. Those persons who have not had the opportunity to pur chase tickets are requested to send their order for the number of tick ets desired to Mrs. Pearl Willis, Williston. In preparing for this event it is important that we know how many to expect, therefore the PTA is asking all persons to make an ef fort to purchase their tickets not later than Saturday morning, Dec. 9. Music for the square dance will be furnished by Ty KrOst and His Melody Boys, and will laat until midnight. Health Department Will Test Well Water Free J A. D. Fulford, county sanitarian, today announced that all residents of the county who drink water from an open well may have their water laboratory-tested, free of charge, if they will notify the health offi cer, Dr. N. Thomas Ennett. It ia necessary that the sanitar ian get the sample of water, since it haa to be collected in a apecial way. The county health department announced today that quarantines have been lifted on two scarlet fever cases in Beaufort, three spi nal meningitis cases in Morehead City are still under quarantine, and there have been occasional cases of mumps throughout the county. Club to Meet The Core Creek-Harlowe Home Demonstration club will meet at 2 o'clock Thuraday afternoon with Mrs. George Ball. The meeting of the Bettie club tbit week baa been postponed. Twenty-eight persona attended the Lenoir County Cancer clink Thuraday at Kinaton. Among them were persons from Mere bead City. PMA Nominating Meetings Will . Be Held This Week Meetings for nominating county Production Marketing administra tion committeemen will be conduct ed this week at Bettie, Beaufort, Wildwood, Newport, and Pelletier, B. J. May. production marketing administrator announced today. The first two meetings will he held at 7:30 tonight at Cleve Gil likin's store, Bettie, and the court house. Beaufort. At the same time tomorrow night. Wednesday, there will be a meeting at Lee Murdoch's store. Wildwood. and on Friday there will be two more meetings. 7:30 p.m. in the Woodmen's hall over Howard's garage. Newport, and in the community building at Pelletier. All Farmers Eligible All farmers will be eligible to attend these meetings and to vote in the election Thursday, Dec. J 4. May expressed the hope that at least six men will be nominated at each of the meetings this week and as many as 10 if possible. In addition to electing three rcg ular PMA committeemen and two alternates Dec. 14, there will be a delegate and alternate elected to attend the county convention at 8 p.m Dec. 15 in the PMA office, Beaufort. County Committee At this convention the county PMA committee, a group of three, will he chosen from cpipimui ' ity committeemen Members of the county committee serve one-year terms, from Jan. 1, 1051 to Jan. 1, 1952. On the present committee are Sam Edwards, chairman. Roland Salter, vice-chairman, and D. W. Truckner, committeeman. On Dec. 14, election day, the polls will be open in the following places from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.: Pel letier's store. Stella; community building;, Pelletier; Joe Taylor's store, Bogue; Qui nil's Service sta tion, Nine-Foot road, Newport; Hoy Garner's feod store, Newport. Lee Murdoch's store, Wildwood; Gaskill's Feed store, Beaufort; Lio nel Conner's store, Harlowe; Cleve land Gillikin's store, Bettie; and D. M. Salter's store, Merrimon. All Nay Vote For Soil Officer All voters may cast ballots in the election of a soil conservation supervisor of Lower Neusc Soil Conservation district for Carteret county. It was erroneously stated in Fri day's paper that only "qualified PMA v?ter,s" could vote. I'MA has nettling to do with this election of a soil conservation supervisor, Roy Beck, soil conservationist for the county explained today. Ballots may be cast beginning to day and continuing through Sat urday. Ballot boxes are located at the court house in Beaufort, L. N. Conner's store, Harlowe, Roy T. Garner's store, Newport. James Young's store. Stella and the Pelle tier post office. , L. W. Howard of Newport and Leland Morris of Stella have been nominated for supervisor. The one receiving the highest number of votes will serve a three-year term beginning .Ian. 1, 1951 He will succeed I/awrcncc A. Garner, jr. The county board of supervisors Is composed of three members, with the term of one member ex piring each year. It is the respon sibility of the supervisors to rep resent the county in soil conser vation work at the district level. Tide Table Tide* ?( Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW | Tuesday, Dec. S 4:01 a.m. 10:28 a.m. ! 4:22 p.m. 10:34 p.m. Wednesday, Dee. 6 4:59 a.m. 11:28 a.m. 5:11 p.m. 11:28 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7 5:55 a.m. 12 Midnight 6:17 p.m. 12:25 p.m. Friday, Dec. I 6:40 a.m. 12:22 a.m. 7:11 p.m. 1:21 Marine Sustains Broken Leg When Car Overturns ' Three Collisions Occur Dur ing Weekend; Two on Saturday Donald C. Cassidy, Marine sta tioned at Cherry Point, sustained a broken leg. cuts and contussions when the car he was driving, a 1940 Dodge, overturned at 9:30 Sunday night on highway 70 near the Craven county line. Two acci dents also occurred in the county Saturday but no one was injured. Cassidy was traveling toward Cherry Point when he lost control of the car. according to H. G. Wool ard, investigating patrolman. The car left the highway and traveled 30 feet into the woods. The driver was taken to Cherry Point dispen sary. A 1950 Ford pick up truck was struck from the rear on highway 24 Saturday afternoon but was not damaged. A 1948 Nash, driven by William Kubas, a Marine at Camp Lejcune, ran into the truck and was damaged to the extent of $150. The truck was being driven by Kenneth M. Hurst of route 1 New port and was traveling at 15 to 20 miles per hour, according to Pa trolman Woolard.. Kubas was un able to stop his car as he approach ed Hurst from the rear. A 1950 Chevrolet truck owned by Earl Taylor, Beaufort RFD, and a 1947 Pontiac owned by Margaret R. Pake. Beaufort KFD. collided on route 101 in front of the old coun try home Saturday morning. Driv ing the truck was William Hyde Perry and driving the Pontiac was Mrs. Lcona Hardy Rogers, both of Beaufort RFD. t The ^irppt fenders of both ve JNcfes were damaged, the car will cost approximately $100 to be re paired and the truck $35. Patrol man Woolard investigated. No charges have been preferred in any of the accidents. Robert G. Lowe Takes Defense Job Robert G. Lowe, former manager of the Morehead City chamber of commerce, has been appointed civ il defense director for Morehead City. Lowe accepted the appointment made during the past several days by Mayor George W. Dill. The director of civil defense named by Mayor Lawrence W. iia^ell of Beaufort has not yet accepted the appointment. The Morehead City director stated today that he expects to have a program mapped out with in the next six weeks. "We'll try our best." he declar ed, "to work with E. Z. Jones, the state director, and the new nation al director, to use our resources for protection in case of emerg ency." Step-up of civil defense activity all over the country followed news of the Chinese Communist offen sive in Korea last week and the announcement by President Tru man that use of the atomic bomb was being considered. Powir Goes Oil in BmoIotI Twice During Wadnnd Power in Beaufort was off 15 minutes Friday night, from 6:20 p.m. to 6:33 p.m. when two 33,000 volt fuses blew at Tide Water Pow er company's Beaufort substation. George Stovall, Tide Water man ager. in this area, said it is not def initely known what caused the fuses to blow, but to replace them the entire load had to be dropped. Current was also off in part of Beaufort from 6:30 to 9:30 yester day morning when wind blew two lines down. One line was at Broad and Orange and the other in the vacant field southeast of the Beau fort draw. Saturday Night Fin Damages Guthrie Net Works Thirty-five hundred dollars dam age was caused at 7 o'clock Satur day night when a small building adjoining Guthrie Net Works, Mor?hc?i City, caught fire. Fire men and the owners of the net works say they don't know bow the fire started. The building itself was valued at e.000 and the netting inside at *1.500.