Only two of the fish scrap factories in the county are engaged in the Spring fishing. They are the factories of Mr. C.P. Dey and the Taylor’s Creek Fish Scrap and Oil Company. The latter has one boat, the Captain Dick, in commission and Mr. Dey has two boats, the Alert and the Elizabeth at work. So far the menhaden boats have done fairly well.
On Monday the Alert and Elizabeth got about 200,000 each. Tuesday the Eliabeth caught 110,000 and the Alert about 75,000. The fish are what is known as “summer” fish and are not large. At this season of the year they have very little oil in them and most of the manufacturers think that it does not pay to operate their plants. In the Fall when the big fish begin to run all of the factories will start up and if the fishing is good, there will be lively times in these parts.
From the front page of The Beaufort News, May 27, 1926
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