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44th YEAR, NO. 12. THKEE SECTIONS TWENTY -TWO PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1955 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Brother, Sister Get Re-Acquainted
Here After Separation of 54 Years
Fred R. Seeley, Beaufort, and
his slater, Mrs. H. C. Bishop, who
has moved to Florida to live, were
reunited last week after 54 years'
separation.
They got together after a span
of more than half a century when
l(r. Seeley contacted Mrs Bishop
and asked her to come to Beaufort
for a visit. Prior to moving to
Florida, Mrs. Bishop made her
home in Los Angeles, Cal.
Mr. Seeley, who is chairman of
the County Board of Elections and
a justice of the peace, has made
his home in Beaufort, except for
several years, since 1020.
He represented Carteret County
in the General Assembly during
two regular terms and two special
terms in the late 1930's.
Mr Seeley, who will be 83 years
old the 24th of this month, doesn't
miss a day at his desk in the court
house annex, Beaufort. Rain or
shine, warm or freezing, he's right
there, ready to marry some young
folks, try a case brought before
him, or collect the rents for land
holders for whom he acts as agent.
Oldest of Eight
Mr. Seeley is the oldest of eight
children born to Horace H. Seeley
and Esther Donaldson Say re and
Mrs. Bishop is the youngest.
Their reunion this month has
brought back many memories. Mrs.
Bishop says of Mr. Seeley, "He
looks so much like our father!"
When Mr. Seeley last saw his
sister, Etta, she was just 10
years old. That was in 1900
when Mr. Seeley. after serving
as a delegate to the Democratic
National Convention in Kansas
City, visited three days with his
family.
Mr. Seeley was originally named
an alternate to the convention,
but when the delegate got sick,
he went. He feels it a great privi
lege to have voted for William
Jennings Bryan as the presidential
nominee for the Democratic party.
The Democratic Seeleys, he says,
date back to 1792 when one of his
ancestors opposed the election of
John Adams to the presidency.
Mr. Seeley started his life on a
prairie farm in Clay County, Kan.
There was no timberland ? in the
wide open country, only an oc
casional cottonwood along a creek
bank. His father had gone out to
Clay County with his bride in a
covered wagon and they took un ?
homestead on the Little Republican
River. That was in 1870.
Prior to that time, Mr. Seeley s
father was a carpenter in Leaven
worth, Kan. He bad four years in
the Union Army and was made a
first lieutenant on the field at
the age of 17.
At the new Clay County farm,
Mr. Seeley's father plowed 20
acres, built a home of sod, a sod
barn and sod fences. There simply
was no lumber and no money to
btfy lumber with. Wheat, corn and
oats were planted on the newly
tilled land.
Fred arrived in 1872 and two
years later a drought hit Kansas.
The Seeleys moved to northwest
Missouri where Fred's father took
charge of a lumber yard. Later he
went into business for himself,
but the business failed. Mr. Seeley
paid up his debts and after several
more unsuccessful business ven
tures went back to Kansas when
his son, Fred, was 5 years old.
He took up another sod claim
in Marion County but in two years
Kansas dried up again and the
family returned to Missouri where
Mr. Seeley went back in the lumber
business.
In the early 180CS the family
See REUNION, Page 7, Section I
Mm. H C. >U?p, last week Joiaat her brother, T. R. Seeley, In
Beaufort for a visit. It was their first reaaton since 1M0.
Arguments Heard on T wo
Fisheries Tax Proposals
A bill that would eliminate all
tax on commercial nets and reduce
the tax on motor boats 16 feet and
under met head-on Wednesday
with a bill that would eliminate all
taxes on a boat 16 feet or less.
The tax reduction bill was in
troduced Tuesday by Rep. D. V.
Bell from Carteret County. The
bill that would eliminate all taxes
on little boats was introduced
earlier in the session by New Han
over's Rep. Addison Hewlett of
New Hanover
Bell's bill has the support of
Cecil Morris, Atlantic, chairman
of the State Commercial Fisheries
Committee, R. Bruce Etheridge,
representative from Dare County,
Sam Whitehurst, legislator from
Craven, Carl Venters, legislator
from Onslow, and other state com
mercial fisheries officials.
Representative Hell said that the
tax he proposed will be easier to
collect than taxes now imposed
[and while his reduction from SO
cents to 23 cents on boats 16 feet
and under would mean a loss of
>2,300 in revenue, that ume
amount would be saved In the pro
cess of collecting the tax.
The first section of Bell's bill,
opposed by Hewlett, eliminates the
requirement to list all nets. The
second section eliminates all taxes
now collected on neta of all types.
The third section reduces the
boat footage tax from 50 to 25
cents on all boats 16 f?et and un
der.
Bell's bill, in a nutshell, would
equalize the tax burden among
fishermen, with the little fellows
paying a leaser tax than the big
boat owners. As it stands now,
Carteret's legislator says, the big
boys are paying leas, proportion
ately, than the small commercial
fisherman.
Arguments on the bill were
heard Wednesday by the commer
cial fisheries committee. The com
mittee adjourned without making
any decision. I
Whisky Runner Pays
$500 in Court Tuesday
Wamack Hardy Barber has been
fined $500 and costs for having 78
gallons of non-taxpaid whisky in
his possession and for refusing to
stop at sound of a siren. Barber
pleaded guilty in County Recferd
er's Court Tuesday morning before
Judge Lambert R. Morris.
A charge of speeding 100 miles
per hour was dropped.
The case against Wamack's
cousin, J. H. Barber, charged with
aiding and abetting in the trans
portation of the whisky was drop
ped too.
Both defendents were represent
ed by Claud Wheatly of Beaufort
Ted Day pleaded guilty to issu
ing a bad check, and was given 90
days in which to pay $150 due on
the check plus costs in lieu of a
three-month sentence on the roads.
Costs were assessed in the fol
lowing cases: Bobby B. Damron,
speeding; Elmer Morris Goodwin,
driving on the wrong side of the
16 Ocracoke Citizens Get
Action at Board Meeting
"By ALICE RONDTHALER
Ocracoke ? A delegation of 16
citizen* from this town, represent
ing the committees of Ocracoke
Civic Club on hurricane aid and
roada, made the crow sound trip
to Swan Quarter Tuesday to pre
sent their cauae to the Hyde
County Board of Commiasioners.
Travelling on the Wit. C. Dry
den, local trawler, the group left
Ocracoke at 6 a.m. to reach their
county seat at 10 a.m. They were
in fog the entire trip, lost once,
but delayed only one-half hour.
In charge of the boat waa Wal
lace Spencer, aided ?y many an
other pilot and navigator, notably
E. S. Tolaon, Elmo Fulcher, B. E.
Spencer, Wahab Howard, and
Thurston Gaakill. Other crew and
pasaengen were Jack ' Willi*,
Junius Austin, Edgar Thompson.
C. F. Boyette, Chris Gaskill, Theo
dore Rond thaler, Murray Spencer,
Charles Ahmoa, Owen Gaskill. and
Danny Garfish. R S. Wahab Joined
the group at Swan Quarter.
Both missions of the group were
carefully cooaidcred and fully ap
proved by the commissioners of
Hyde County. These were designa
tion of tbe hurricane aid committee
at Ocracoke to act as agent of the
county in negotiating for federal
help to restore the protective level
U the ocaan buck at Ocracak*
and the allocation ot iz.v man 01
any highway mileage that may be
allotted by the First Highway DM
?ion for the purpose of construct
ing an all-weather highway with
terry connections from Hatteras to
Ocracoke. Resolutions miking
these actions effective were con
sidered. voted favorably, (igned,
and delivered to the Ocracoke del
egation forthwith.
R. S. Wahab, district vice- presi
dent of the AU-Coastal Highway
Association, presented a plea to
the commissioners for their moral
and financial aupport of tlx move
now under way in which 21 coastal
counties, are banding together to
obtain legislative aid for mosquito
control in coastal Carolina.
It is the intention ai these
petitioning counties to press upon
the legislature a really compre
hensive program for all-out mos
quito control similar to that which
has been achieved by other Atlan
tic states.
A most timely key to the town
wn presented to the delegation
by an anonymous donor In the
form of a heaping dinner at the
O'Neal House. The delighted and
hungry sailors, unfed since B a.m.,
consumed the feast with gusto,
departing thereafter for a fog lees
voyage hack, docking at the hone
pier in ailvsr Late at 5 06 pj*. .1
road; Robert B. Edwards, having
expired license plates.
Richard Warren Parker, expired
license plates; Estello Gilllkin
Lawrence, failing to yield the right
of-way resulting in an accident;
Richard Gray Burger, no license
plates; Reid Higgins, expired li
cense plates, and Charles Vernon
Bennett, expired license plates.
Pays *M. Costa
Gerald D. Impens was fined flO
and costs when he was found guilty
of careless and reckless driving.
Gale S. Hagar was fined $10 and
costs when he was found guilty of
speeding 65 miles per hour and
failing to stop at a stop sign re
sulting in an accident.
Gerald E. Dickey pleaded guilty
to issuing a bad check. Judgment
was suspended upon payment of
cheek and costs.
James Cecil Jones was fined |10
and costs after pleading guilty to
speeding 70 miles per hour.
The following cases were left
open for future prosecution: WiUie
Preston Willtf speeding, Tracy
Benjamin Moore, no operator's
license; Martha Warren Baxter,
speeding; John Leonard Huml,
speeding; Kurt Chew-Een Lee,
speeding.
The case against Eugene Marvin
Huggins charged with expired
license plates was dropped.
B? da Forfeited
Bond was forfeited in the follow
ing cases: David Allen Fiske, fail
ing to stop at a stop sign; Damon
Highsmith, improper display of
North Carolina license plates;
William Gray Fodrie, speeding;
and Durwood Belmont Sanderson,
failure to yield the right of way.
Half costs were assessed Rich
ard P. Anderson who pleaded
guilty to failing to diaplay 1869
North Carolina registration plates.
The following forfeited bond
See COURT, Page ?
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, Feb. 11
11:19 a.m. 5:00 a.m.
11:S4 p.m. 9:34 p.m.
I Saturday, Feb. 1Z
9:92 a.m.
13:08 p.m. 6:02 p.m.
San day, Feb. 11
12:38 a.m. 6:44 a.m.
13:93 p.m. 6:90 p.m.
Moaday, Feb. 14
1:33 a.m. 7:90 a.m.
1:38 p.m. 7:98 p.m.
IMv, Feb. II
310 a.m 8:87 a.m.
3:33 pJB. 8.04 PA.
Beaufort Board Proposes Five Bills
Chamber Adopts
Two Resolutions
Members of Sea Level
Organization Meet
At Smyrna Tuesday
A resolution, requesting that the
State of North Carolina take over
operation of the car ferry between
Hatteras and Ocracoke and that the
600 or more residents on Ocracoke
be provided with a paved highway
from Ocracoke village to Hatteras
Inlet, was unanimously paaaed by
the members of the Sea Level
Chamber of Commerce at their
meeting Tuesday at the Smyrna
school.
The resolution went on to point
out that this IS- mile-long island,
Ocracoke ia Included in the Na
tional Seashore Park and must be
made readily accessible by automo
bile to the thousands who wish to
visit and enjoy the park.
A resoultion was also adopted
urging the immediate dredging of
the many neglected waterways la
Core and Pamlico Sound, namely
Wallace Channel, Ocracoke Inlet,
Drum Inlet, and Taylor's Creek.
A *50 contribution was made to
the fund which is being raised to
promote the All-Seashore Highway.
Refreshments were served in the
school cafeteria following the meet
ing.
Cars Collide
Near Atlantic
Two cars collided Sunday after
noon three miles east of Atlantic
on the Cedar Island Road. The
driver of one, a 1952 Ford, was the
Rev. Elmer Morris Goodwin of
Cedar Island and driver of the
other car, a 1953 Dodge, was A. T.
Leary Jr., Morehead City.
Mr. Leary suffered alight injury
about the face and the other driver
was reported unhurt.
State Hfetiway Patrolman W. S.
Smith Jr. said that the Rev. Mr.
Goodwin loat control of hia ear as
he rounded a hair-pin curvc. The
road was wet and one tire was slick.
Mr Leary stopped and then
backed up in an attempt to avoid
the collision, but the cars hit head
on. The impact drove the motor
of Leary's car up into the dash
board.
Patrolman Smith estimated dam
age to each car at $400. The Leary
automobile was owned by A. T.
Leary Sr.
The Rev. Mr. Goodwin was
charged with driving on the wrong
side of the road. He was found
guilty and paid costs in county re
corder's court Tuesday.
Commissioners -
Draw Jury List
The list of persons drawn by the
county board for jury service in
the March term of Superior Court'
is as follows:
Morehead City ? Stephen E.
Purifoy, Stanley Wainwright, Paul
ine Anthony, John A. Pavonne,
Calvin Adams, Alvin M. Garner,
Alice B. Long, Williard L Kittrel,
David Gould.
George W. Adams, Walter M.
Home, Joe Guthrie, Van Willla,
Gordon K. Laughton. Willie Gray,
Mrs. Effie B Adler. Winfield Webb
Jr., George R. Lewis, James W.
Kellogg. Cheater A. Pittman, J. E.
Seilter, Clyde Jones, Marvin E.
Gray, Nlek Galantis, and Charles 1
P. Freeman.
Newport ? Vegnon Mann, E. C.
Ballou, Artie Fodrte, Raymond Tay
lor. Elmer I. Garner, Borden Ad
ams, Tom M. Garner, Charles E. |
Masters, G. C. Gaynor. Leslie C. I
Glancy, and Carl W. Garner.
Harkera Island ? Telford Rose,
Allen Moore, Charles W. Hancock,
Fernie Yeomans, and Owen Ful
ford.
Atlantic ? William R. Willis,
Wallace Morria, Hugh Styron, and
Warden GUlikin.
Davis ? Wesley Paul, C. V.
Styron, and William Carlton Wade.
Beaufort ? Willla Kirk, Earl B.
Jones. B. E. Wlndley Jr., and El
bert Eubanks. <
Stella ? W P Vinson and
Charles W. Wetherington.
Marshallberg ? John D. Lewis
and W. M. Davis.
Swansboro ? Charles Buck
maater Sr., Stacy, Earl Fulcher;
Lola, James G. Luptoa; Cedar Is
land. W. W. Styron.
Sea Level ? Mitchell Taylor;
Beaufort route 1 ? Allen W. Lup
toa, Iredell Lawrence, Lloyd H.
Smith, and Stanley GUlikin; More
head City route 1, B. T. Swinson,
and Boyd C. MrElhany; t
Newport route 1. Floyd A- Car I
Farmers Receive Checks
Photo by R. M. Williams
Jack Lewis, manager of the Commercial National Bank of More
head City looks on as Clayton Cannon, Newport, and Marion Weeks,
Pelletier, receive checks from J. R. Sanders, cashier at the First
Citizens Bank and Trust Co. in Morehead City. The money is to pay
for the two-;veek short course on agriculture Mr. Weeks and Mr. Can
non are now taking at State College. The course is sponsored by the
North Carolina Bankers Association.
Beaufort Police Chief
Presents Resignation
Following expression of dissatis -
faction with the Beaufort Police
-Department and its supervision,
members of the Beaufort Town
Board voted Monday night to re
quest the resignation of Chief M.
E. 'Guy. The chief submitted his
resignation Tuesday morning.
Police Commissioner Gordon
Hardesty, Commissioners James
Rumley, Gerald Hill and Carl Hat
sell voted in favor of the dismissal.
Commissioner W G. Temple did
not vote. According to parlia
mentary law. a voter who abstains
is considered to have voted with
the majority.
The commissioners requested
that the chief be given 30 days'
severance pay.
The vote came close to midnight
Monday after commissioners talked
a couple hours about the police de
portment.
The commissioners said that in
addition to the obvious strife in
the ranks of the department and
the inability of the chief to cope
with the situation, the chief has not
been meeting financial obligations
to businessmen in and around
Beaufort.
t oinmissioner Hardesty said that
he had been receiving complaints
that the chief failed to pay per
sonal bills.
Entered in the judgment docket
in the courthouse is an order sign
ed by E. M. Underwood, clerk of
superior court of Lee County, in
which Clerk Underwood orders that
the defendants. M. EX Guy and
wife, pay $1,000 plus interest from
May 22, 1951 to J. Harvey Wicker.
Clerk Underwood stated that the
suit was filed by Wicker when the
defendants failed to meet payment
jn 3 promissory note. The judg
ment was filed here Nov. 30, 1933.
Commissioner Hardesty said that
lie has tried his best to iron out
difficulties in the police depart
ment and that he was tired of tak
ing the blame for the situation.
"The police officers and the
rhief do not cooperate and in my
opinion, smooth operation of the
department is the responsibility of
the man in charge," he said.
Commissioner Carl Hatsell said
that other officers in the depart
ment were equally to blame for
the back-biting and obvious jeal
ousy. Commissioner Hardesty aaU
that it might be necessary eventu
ally to get rid of all of them and
itart out anew.
The Beaufort Town Board re
jutsted the chief's resignation in
October, 'but due to a technicality
in the manner of firing him, he
was re-instated.
See CHIEF. Page ?
Government OKs
Beaufort Request
The town of Beaufort received
notification Wednesday that its re-,
juest for 177,250 in federal relief
funds haa been approved.
Application for the money waa
made following Hurricane Haiel.
\t preaent the county, Morehead
7ity and Beaufort have been noti
fied that their request* have been
I ranted The town of Atlantic
Heach also applied for aid.
Civil defenae officials, including
Edward F. Griffin, state director of
:ivil defenae. Earl E. Mader, reg
ional engineer with the Civil De
fenae Administration, and W H.
Riley, erosion engineer with the
Kate, conferred with town and
county officials yesterday.
The meeting waa held in the
raurtfeauae to acquaint local of
ficials with the methods for fill
ing out forms necessary to assure
payment at the loads.
Jaycees to Name
Man-of-the-Year
Monday Night
Beaufort's Man-of-the-Year will
be presented with the Distin
guished Service Award for 1954
at the annual Jaycee banquet
Monday night at the Inlet Inn.
Employers of Jaycees will be
honored guests at the banquet,
T. H. Potter, president, an
nounces.
The Jaycee Key Man award
will also be made that night to
the Beaufort Jaycee who haa
done the most (or the organiza
tion.
Dinner will be served at 7 p.m.
Two Hunters Pay Find
For Violating Rcgulbtions
Two men from this County were
fined recently by Justice of the
Peace Fred Seeley of Beaufort for
violating hunting laws, according
to Game Warden Leroy Mcintosh.
Quinton Salter. Newport RFD,
was fined $10 and $6 50 costs when
he was found guilty of talcing
squirrel! during closed season.
P. H. Taylor, Newport RFD, was
fined $10 and $6.50 costs for hunt
ing without a lieense.
Beaufort town commissioners approved Monday night
five bills to be introduced, at their request, in the current
session of the legislature.
The bills, as presented by Gene Smith, town attorney,
would do the following:
1. Pay each commissioner $25 a month and specify thAt
the board shall meet the first'
Monday of each month and in
special session when neces
sary. (At present commis
sioners are paid $5 each time
they meet).
2. Give the town board the au
thority to suspend or (ire any
member of the town police
department if such is deemed
necessary for the good of the
town (At present only the
chief can be fired and no of
ficer can be dismissed with
out enumerating specific
charges against him).
3. Authorizing payment of $600
to the mayor to compensate
for his action as mayor and
carrying out any other duties
which the town may assign
him, such as acting as judge
of mayor's court. (At present,
the mayor's legal duties in
clude acting as presiding of
ficer in mayor's court but the
town has no mayor's court.
This bill would correct that
but also leave the door open
for re-establishment of a
mayor's court).
4. Appointment of s zoning com
mission with terms of each
member defined.
5. Redefinition of town limits to
include the school, white and
Negro cemeteries and to make
a recently-drawn map by
Town Engineer Gray Hassell
the official map of the town.
The first proposed bill, on the
commissioners' salaries, would add
(1.500 annually to the town budget.
The commissioners made no sug
gestion as to where the money
would come from.
They said that they have been
iccused of having special meetings
lust so they could collect $5 each
Lime. They also said that since
none of them would run again,
they wouldn't be collecting the $23,
ind added that the high pay might
pntice somebody to run for com
missioner in May.
The second proposal is the out
jrowth of an impasse reached re
cently in an effort to revamp the
poltn department. "
"The third would correct a pres
ent discrepancy in the town set-up
which came about when' the re
corder's court wss established.
The fourth would place Halsey
Paul and Dr. W. L. Woodard on
:he planning board for three
rears, D. F. Merrill and Mrs. Hen
?y Hatsell for two years and Jarvis
lerring for one year.
The fifth would correctly define
he town limits, according to Mr.
imith and Mr. Hassell, and would
live the town an official map for
he first time In history.
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Board Agrees
To Maintain, Man
New Fire Station
At a special meeting of the More
head City Town Board at the Mu
nicipal Building Wednesday after
noon. Mayor George Dill told mem
bers of the Finer Carolina com
mittee that the town of Morehead
City would support the fire sub
station project and that the town,
though not able to build the sub
station. will man and maintain it.
The statement by the mayor was
made in reply to a query by the
Finer Carolina committee.
According to Ted Davis, publi
city chairman of the Finer Caro
lina committee, the sub-station will
be a one-story masonry building
25 by 40 feet, with room on the
front of the building for fire
trucks. Living quarters for two men
will be in the rear. No plans have
been made as yet for financing
construction.
Several sites are being consider
ed for the building. Adding the
station will not mean added ex
penditure to the town for equip
ment, according to Mr. Davis.
Attending the meeting were
Mayor Dill, Ted Garner. D. J. Hall,
and Gibbie E. Sanderson, commis
sioners, George B. Stovall, Fire
Chief Vernon Guthrie and Ted
Davis.
Poultrymen Will
Attend School
Poultry producers of the county
are invited to attend a poultry
school Tuesday at 9 a.m. at the
town hall in Beaufort.
R. M. Williams, iarm agent, in
vites home flock owners as well as
commercial producers, to attend.
Specialists from State College,
Raleigh, by using charts and slides,
will speak briefly on phases of
poultry production.
Poultry producers are invited to
exhibit their eggs at. the show.
Three prizes will be offered in the
white shell egg classification and
three in the brown shell. The ex
hibits should be a dozen eggs, pre
ferably on paper plates.
Mr. Williams suggests that the
eggs be large in size, uniform in
shape and color, and clean.
Beaufort Attorney Reports
On County Board Action
ABC Officer
Makes Arrest
Joseph Lee Hunter. 22-year-old
Negro of route 2 Jacksonville, has
been charged with transporting
non taxpaid whisky. Hunter was
picked up by ABC Officer Marshall
Ayscue Tuesday night on Highway
24.
According to Officer Ayscue, he
had six gallons of non-taxpaid whis
ky on the front (eat of the cab of
his truck.
Hunter, who has been releaaed
under $50 bond, waa apprehended
at the intersection of the Nine
Foot Road and Highway 24.
The truck was impounded by the
officer. Hunter said it belonged to
his brother.
Officer Ayscue also said that he
and federal officers tore up a 150
gallon still in the North Harlow*
section Wednesday afternoon. The
still waa new. It had not even been
used once, the officer said.
Beaufort Board Gat?
Folic* Department Report
A report on police department
activities for January waa present
ed by Chief M. E- Guy at the town
board meeting Holiday night.
A total of 24 arrests was made.
Four were on public drunkenness
chargea, 14 for violation of the
motor vehicle law. one for robbery,
and one for murder. One juvenile
waa also apprehended.
Theae do not total 24. but the
figures are taken directly from the
chiefs report.
One hundred fifty-four parking
tickets were issued and one war
rant waa served The police car
Uavelad 2022-2 milee.
Town Attorney Gene Smith"
lotified the Beaufort Town Board
Monday night that the county
Kurd haa agreed to transfer a
ot in Hedricktown to the town,
laa agreed to offer the ABC store
iroperty in Beaufort for sale and
laa expressed approval of a bill
trhich would give any law enforce
nent officer in the county the
lUthority to pick up dogi anywhere
ind impound them.
The Hedricktown lot is the form
ir George Monroe property which
raa owned by the county and town
ointly. The county agreed to deed
t to the town with the stipula
ion that it shall belong to the
own only aa long aa the town uaes
t.
The XBC store property on
rurner Street will be advertised
or sal* with sealed bids to be ac
epted on the whole 47-fooi front
ge or on Just 32-foot frontage. If
he sale is made on the bull of
3 feet, Mr. Smith explained, the
>ther IS feet would be opened as
in alley.
The proposal to give all law en
orcement officers authority to
ilckup stray dogs is an alternative
o an earlier proposal by Mr Smith
hat the county appoint a dog
rarden.
Tile board authorised the at
orney to investigate the water
ront property owned by the town
rith a view to selling 1L The mat
er cam* up when Claud Wheatly
isked the town If it would put
ip for sale th* street-end property
it the south end of Marsh Street
Mr. Whestly said he owns the
woparty on oae side of the str**t
ind and F. R. Bell owns the pro
perty on the other. He said that
he land Is being washed away and
wople use it to haul ther skiffs
ip to rtpair them
The tlac* isn't kept by tM
own. It's unsightly with Junk and
lid paint buckets lying around,"
Ir. Wheatly told th* board He
?m UNIT, Pag* ?
Film to Build
Canning Plant
A new firm. Seashore Packing
Co., has purchased property on
Gallants Creek east of the Fish
Meal Co., Beaufort, and plans to
put up a building to can seafood
for human and animal consump
tion.
T. B. Smith. Davis, who also has
a fish house In Beaufort, is presi
dent of the firm. Affiliated with
him is Charles Davis of the Davis
Seafood Co., Beaufort.
Claud Wheatly, representing the
firm, appeared before the Beau
fort Town Board Monday night to
get the board's approval on loca
tion of the plant.
He said that a law, preventing
the establishment of a fish com
pany within three miles of a town,
is on the books. He added that he
doubted the law would apply in
this case, but approval of the board
would eliminate any possibility o I
a repercussion after the plant ia
built.
The town board gave its ap
proval.
Driver Citad for Driving
Drunk Following Wrack
Ortra Outlaw. Mt Olive, waa
charged with driving under the In
fluence of intoxieaata following ?
wreck Monday on Front Street,
Beaufort
According to Dan Walker, wha
waa nearby when the accident hap
pened. Outlaw, ia a pickup truck,
backed into Mrs Ray 0. Sparks
trf Stacy. Mrs. Sparks waa driving
a 1BS0 OMaaobUe.
Damage to Mrs. S parka' ear waa
eatlautod at I10? No asM waa
tart