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VOLUME XIX
16 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1930 PRICE 5c SINGLE COP. v?
NUMBER 47
M
any Thousand Aided
By Compensation Act
First Year of Operation of Law Shows That 24,
350 Had Medical Attention And 9681 Re
ceived Financial Aid. No Change In School
Books on Account of Hard Times. Highway
System Can be Finished in Five Years.
By M. R. DUNNAGAN
Raleigh, Dec. 10 Three out of ev
ery 100, or 37,370 of the estimated
1, 250,000 employes subject to the
Workman's Compensation Act were
injured during the first year of the
operation of the act, beginning July
1, 1929, in which total 3,339 requir
ed no medical attention or pompensa
tions costs, 24,350 had medical costs
only, and 9,681 were awarded compen
sation averaging $11.69 a week, the
first annual report of the N. C. Indus
trial Commission shows.
During the year 191 workers were
killed, compensation was awarded in
117 of the cases, denied in 44 and
opinion was still pending in 30, the
report show?. The three members of
the Commission, Chairman Matt II.
Allen, J. Dewey Dorsett and T. A.
Wilson, held 558 hearings in disput
ed cases, awarding compensation in
376 and denying compensation in 1S2
cases, and heard 78 appeals to the full
body. Thirty-six cases were appeal
ed to the Superior Court, 26 of which
were pending, and six were appealed
to the Supreme Court, ina 11 of which
th opinions of the commission were
affirmed. Of the 12,571 employers
subject to the act, 11,396 carry in
suranpe, 98 individual and 56 towns,
counties and the State are self-insurers,
676 employers rejected the act
and 345 neither insure or reject the
act. Total compensation and medi
cal costs the first year were $1,789,
825. Carteret county had 68 accidents
repoited involving a total cost of $2
945, practically every cent paid by ''
the insurance companies the report
shows.
J. R. Page, head of the North Car
olina Tobacco Growers Cooperatve
Association, has been authorized by
the executive committee, mcetnig
here last week, to go ahead with the
plans for securing a charter and to
open an office in Raleigh. The char- j
ter will have to be approved by the ;
Federal Farm Hoard, the purpose be
ing to get this approval at once and I
call a nueting of the committee,'
probably this week, or as soon a.-- the j
charter is approved, to proceed with i
the organization of the association, j
Decide Not To Change Books
Textbooks in the elementary grades
in the public schools of the State
will not be changed next year, the
State Hoard of Education announcing
last Friday that all new bids on arith
V metic, writing and drawing books, the
only three subjects up for considera
tion, had been rejected. Some of the
bids were lower than the prices paid 1
for the books now used, it was stat
ed. x The fact that an additional cost of
an estimated $60,000 would come a
bout the first year as a result of the (
proposed changes, and the general
economic condition, helped influence!
the board, although this extra cost
the first year would have been recov
ered by the lower price for the books
during the four succeedingvvears in
which the books would be used.
Main objection to containing the
present books in arithmetic, drawing
and writing is that it also continues;
all of thejnther books now in use for,
a year longer and, ii some instances,
notably geography and history, the
books will be in use for about 12 i
L I-- ..-,1
years and are becoming oosoieie mm
out of date.
Live Stoclc In North Carolina
. .North Carolina had a total of 111,
832 horses, total value $5,114,685,
v average value $45.73; total of 281,
42 ruules, total value $18,822, 934,
aveP?e'vlue 166.87; total of 461,
842 cattle, 'total Value $13,156,746,
mirage value $28.48; total of 944,
K.V5 hogs, total value $5,341,294, av
erse value $5.66, and 101,621 sheep
otal value $453,958, average value
I $4.46, for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1929, according to the report of
the State Board of Assessment, just
published. The total number of live
stock in these fire divisions is $1,901,
309, valued at $42,889,617, or $22.-
' 56 per animal.
Noticable in the report is the pre
dominance of horses in the west,
mules in the east, pattle in the west
and piedmont, sheep in the mountains
and hogs east Highest prices for
horse's are found in Halifax, $63.14,
lowest, Dare $19.85; cattlehighest,
Avery, $56.28; lowest Moore, $15.-
53; mules, highest, Greene, $87.65;
lowest Buncombe, $41.61; hogs, high
est Cleveland, $11.95, lowest Dare,
$2.23; sheep, highest $6.90 in Ashe,
lowest $1.13 in Tyrrell.
Carteret County had 687 horses,
value $24,920, average $36.27; mules,
688, value $46,937, average $68.22;
cattle 1,174, value $23,832, average
$20.30; hogs 5, 333, value $23,022,
average $4.31; sheep 373, value
$526.00, average $1.41, the report
shows.
Finish Highway System Soon
North Carolina's State highway
system can be completed adequately
and satisfactorily by the expenditure
(Continued on pege fi vi-j
Elzie W. Brooks Passed
Early Saturday Morn'g
Mr. Elizie W. Brooks, well-known
Beaufort citizen, passed away at his
home here early last Saturday morn-
ling after an illness of about two
'weeks. Up until a few weeks ago
'he seemingly was enjoying as good
health as a man of his age could ex
pect, and until just prior to the be
ginning of the final sickness he contin
ued to work at his trade of carpen
try. Death came as a result of in
itestinal influenza and recovery was
not expected even from the beginning
: of the critical illness.
The remains were taken from the
I home of the deceased on. Orange
Street to the First Baptist Church im
mediately after the eleven . o'clock
service Sunday morning. During
that time and the beginning of Die
last rites at 2:15 o'clock his body
lay in state; the church was attend
ed by a Guard of Honor of the local
'Masonic Lodge, of which Mr. Brooks
was a member. He was also a faith
ful and life-long member of the Bap
tist fhurch.
The funeral was conducted by his
pastor, Reverend J. I'. Harris, and
was assisted by Reverends J. A.
Vache and R. F. Munns. "It is Well
With My Soul" and "On Christ the
Solid Rock I Stand" were sung at the
chuich. M. Leslie Davis sang "Over
the Line." Rev. Mr. Munns offered a
prayer and the scripture lesson was
read by the Rev. Mr. Vache. Then
C. R. Wheatly, prominent local at
torney, gave a talk on the life of Mr.
Brooks, emphasizing the high stan
dard of character of the deceased.
Mr. Wheatly was followed jiy Rev.
Mr. Harris who also gave a short
talk, principally about Mr. Brooks'
iclationship with the church, "Oh
Love That Will Not Let Me Go" was
sung at the grave in Ocean View
cemetery and then the Masonic
Lodge took over the remainder of
the service and committed the body
to the grave.
Mr. Brooks was born here seventy
six years ago and lived his entire life
in this community. He was a car
penter by trade and worked through
out the whole vicinity, during which
time he attained a wide acquaintance
and made many friends. He .was
married twice. His first wife, who
was before her marriage Miss Mary
Ellen Bowen, died about ten years
ago. Some years ago he and Mrs.
Julia Cooke were married. Of the
first union eight children were born,
six of which survive their father. He
is also survived by ninteen grandchil
dren and two great grand children.
He is survived by his wife and the
following children: Cecil Brooks,' of
New York City; Mrs. George Norcom,
Mrs. Sterling , Ramsey, George J.
Brooks, John Brooks, and Mrs. Frank
Langdale, Beaufort.
The active pall bearers were: L.
W. Hassell, T M. Thomas, Jr., John
G. Jones, Charles Hatsell, William
Garner and Walter Willis.
The honorary pall bearers were: T.
E. Adair, I. E. Ramsey, Richard Fel
ton, David Williams, L. J. Noe, Char
lie Wheatly, Will Wheatly, I. T. Noe,
F. F. Longest, Ab. Marshall, George
Smith, H. W. Noe, John Forlaw,
George Styron, Wallace Robinson, E.
I. Robinson, John W. Mason, John A.
I Mason, E. C. Whitehurst, J. G. Hud
igins, Sr., W. W. Lewis, N. W. Taylor,
Hoi Mason, W. B. Longest, A. T.
Gardner, D. W. Morton, W. P. Smith,
Ijohn W. Sewcll, W L. Paul, C. T.
Chadwick, J. F. Duncan and J. M.
Wolfe.
Babe Ruth Hunts Ducks
at Davis Over Week-end
Babe Ruth, the famous drawing
card of baseball and the idol of mil
lions of ball fans all over the world,
was in this section last week Again
trying his hand at all of the different
kinds of hunting afforded by this lo
cality. Several days last week were
spent at Camp Bryan and other hunt
ing paradises in Craven County and
also down in Pamlico County.
Over the week-end however he
wanted some duck shooting so he went
down to Davis; this community is not
ed far and wide for its excellent
ducking. Nearly every winter dur
ing recent years the Babe has come
down here to Carteret County to
hunt and he has been well rewarded
each time he has hunted at Davis.
Mayor Taylor Holds
First Police Court
Mayor Bayard Taylor presided ov
er his first session of Municipal
Court last Friday afternoon when
four men came before His Honor
to have their drunkeness charges
threshed out and settled. This court
has had very little to do' of recent
weeks, but four unfortunate fellows
managed to get themselves hailed be
fore the new mayor the very first
week of his tenure of office.
Three local colored men, Tom Da
vis, Aaron Bell and George Johnson,
along with a strange man by the
name of R. Cherry, were charged
with drunkenness and all admitted
the charges. Whereupon, each was
fined one dollar and costs or five
days scavengering the streets.
Monday afternoon Mayor Taylor
presided over a special session of Mu
nicipal Court in order that an assault
case could be sent to Recorder's
Court. Lovie Davis and Buck Rhodes,
two colored men, were charged with
assaulting two white men, Duffy
Jones and Richard Glover, with a
deadly weapon. The defendants
were held for Recorder's Court render
a five-hundred-dollar bond each.
PAPER MAN ELOQUENTLY
MARKS HOLE IN STREET
Motorists going south at night on
Turner Street between Broad and
Ann Streets the first part of thi
wetk were struck with what appear
ed to be a man standing in a small
excavation in the middle of the pave
ment and consequently they devour
ed around the figure.
But it wasn't a. man at all. Lan
terns had been placed there and the
rautoists ran over and destroyed
them. Then this paste-board grey
haired man was procured and the
upper part of him placed thero with
red crepe paper draped around his
shoulders. This erstwhile advertise
ment of patent medicine certainly
served its purpose for the motor
ists gave it a wide berth in passing.
This is a new idea for marking exca
vations in streets and roads.
Local Marshall Field Dominated
eBusiness Here Forty Years Ago
A local Jewish Marshall Field, one
Henry Engleberg, certainly led the
merchantile trade here in Beaufort
forty-two years ago, according to an
old copy of The Weekly Record
which was published here October 26,
1888. The paper, which was edited
by G. W. Charlotte, and a copy of
the November 30, 1893, Herald, were
recently shown the News by Miss
Minzette King. These two journals
tell a good deal of the Beaufort of
forty years ago, much of 4 .which
would be amusing if the papers were
republished in their entirety.
To begin with, there was very lit
tle news printed in either one of the
papers; and what was published were
mere advertisements in a good many
instances. Engleberg, who was men
tioned in the foregoing paragraph,
was advertisingly written up in no less
han a half dozen places in the reading
matter in one of the papers. From
what has been gleaned from this
paper and from those who were liv
ing here at that time, Engleberg was
carrying on a business that was a
forerunner of the cut-rate stores.
From all accounts he had the best of
the local trade forty years ago.
Neither of the papers had much
local news; nearly all of the sheets
were covered with plate-matter. A
few local firms were represented a
mong the advertisers: Taylor & Buck
man, Chadwick & Jones, B. L. Jones
& Son, and others. The Herald car
ried the following advertisements:
"JOB PRINTING: The Herald Office
COMMISSIONERS
MET WEDNESDAY
Meeting Was For Purpose of
Getting County Administra
tion In Running Order
The Carteret County Board of Com
missioners met in the office of the
County Auditor in the Court House
Wednesday morning with Chairman
W. M. Webb presiding and all com
missioners present This was ths sec
ond meeting this month and was for
the purpose of getting everything in
readiness so that the county govern
ment may begin to function proper
ly after the inauguration of the new
Board the first of this month. All of
the business conducted at the meet
ing Wednesday was merely routine,
but necessary as a result of the
change of adminstration.
A motion was made to set the
monthly compensation of the follow
ing county employees as follows: Su
perintendent of County Home, $85;
county attorney, $50; janitor of the
court-house annex and caretaker of
court-house square, $65; clerk of Re
corder's Court, $25; county health
officer, $25; welfare worker, $125;
farm demonstration agent, $100;
county truck drivers, $60; jailer,
$50; janitress of court-house, $35;
and clerk county Board of Commis
sioners, $25. This is in. several in
stances somewhat lower than what
has been paid in the past.
Manson Crouse, of Morehoad City,
who is a disabled World War veteran,
was granted a peddler's license.
A motion was adopted whereby S.
, H. Darling was made caretaker of the
court-house square and janitor of the
annex building to take the place of
David Willis.
All five banks of the county were
designated as depositories for the
county administration by a motion a
dopted by the Board.
A motion was adopted to renew two
of the county's notes at the Beau
fort Banking and Trust Company for
a period of ninety days, ..the first for.
$2500 and the s econd for !?j?000.
A motion introduced by Commis
sioner Chadwick and seconded by
Commissioner Guthrie to adopt a res
olution showing the disapproval of
the Board of the efforts now being
made by the Norfolk-Southern Rail
road to discontinue the evening train
was approved by the Board.
W. B. Hancock of Morehoad Citv,
I was appointed to be keeper of weights
land measures of the county.
Mrs. J. E. Lewis, of Morehead
Bluffs, will receive $5 per week for
the support of her children this was
embodied in am .Hon adopted by the
Board. This money will come from
the Widow';- Fund of the county.
A motion wus adopted by which the
commissioners r.gr?e. to furnish lum
ber to construct a bridge across the
Old Canal just above the highway
bridge at Harlowe.
A motion was adopted whereby all
permits for purchases for the county
I will be issued by the auditor.
is now prepared to do promptly first
class Job Work. Letter-heads,
Bill heads, ENVELOPES, Circulars,
Posters, Dodgers, Gutter-snipers, &c.
Judging from The Weekly Record,
there certainly was a fight on in 1888
here for the legislature. L. .?. Pot
ter of this community was running.
The editor of the Record was ve
hement about the likelihood of Mr.
Potter's election. The editor had a
long signed piece in the paper called
a "Card" and in which he denounced
Mr. Potter up and down the county,,
ine jiauor cnauotte -ends up by
saying.-' "We trust that we may" not
have to appear in another card
should we be forced to do so, we can
and wi'l open tho eyes of the natives."
The p 'tics of forty years ago nuw
seems & lusing to the present gener
ation, and they are in all probability
equally amusing to those who lived
then. What seemed to vitally con
cern the people here two score years
ago can now be remembered in a
humorous vein.
Both of these papers were of the
four-page variety and each contained
about two or three columns of local
news-advertising. It is hard to dis
tinguish between the news and the
advertisements they were in many
instances written altogether. The
Beaufort of those days with its
lengthy board walk and other now
seemingly queer establishments is
entirely different to the Beaufort of
today with its paved streets and more
modernized marts of trade.
Graded School Honor
Rolls Contain Many
The News publishes herewith the
honor rolls for the third month and
also of the first term at the Beaufort
Graded School.
Those making the honor roll for
the month have made a grade of 90
or above on each subject and con
duct, and have been neither absent corder's Court took place Tuesday,
nor tardy during the month. Those Judge M. Leslie Davis presided over
making the term honor roll have , the court. Solicitor Llewellyn Phil
been on the honor roll for the three .''P8 prosecuted the docket and Su
months composing that term. Per,or Court Ck',k L- w- Hassell fill-
The following lists show the honor. the ote f t!e'k- Deputy sher
students for the third month and first lf R- E- Chaplain was present and
term; convened and dismissed the court.
'Third Month Honor Roll JuiBe Davis announced that he hop-
First Grade A Glenn Adair, Nor- ed to have the cooperation of the
fleet Grant, J. E. Norris Jr., Neill eourt officers and other officials, the
Windley, Eric Moore, Edna Avery, lar and the press and the public also.
Virginia Cooke, Mildred Carraway, He said the place of County Judge
Lucile Guthrie, Virginia King, Carrie I ls a ve,T important one; in most in
Lee Jones, Betty Rumley, Frances ! stances Judge acts as the jury also.
Thomas, Florence Smith. lHe said he intended to do every thing
First. Cade B Florence Skarren.
Irving Dixon, William Ipock.
Second Grade A Jack Barnes,
Alec Erickson, Neal Campen, Sam-
mie Hildebrand, Dave Hill, George
Phelps, Macon Snowden, Jean Vache,
R. B. Wheatly, Verona Daniels, Reta
Mae Dudlev, Louise Guthrie, Janie I
Hardesty, Jesse Pagels, Marion Rhue, I
Mildred Smith, Violet Styron.
Second Grade B Gertrude Ipock,
Ivy Merrill, Martha Langdale, Josie
Smith, Ethel Avery.
Third Grade A Myrtis Buttry, Es
ther Dickinson, Lester Dickinson Jas.
Hunnings, Linwood Earl Lewis, Gray
don Paul, Charlie Ratclitfe, Dorothy
Barbour, Kathryn Davis, Dolphin Eu
banks, Bernice Garner, Vera Gray
Lewis, Reba, Merrill, Dorothy Mills,
Josephine Stanton, Thelma Willis.
Fourth Grade A Paul Beachem,
Earl Dickinson, L. J. Hill, Lcland
Peterson, Alma Cree, Hazel Dill, An
nie Clair Fulcher Thelma Graham,
Ursel Gurkin, Edna Mason, Sarah Pot
ter, Grace Springle, Lucile Thomas,
Sarah Thomas, Virginia Vache, Caro
lyn Wheatly, Beulah Willis.
Fourth Grade B Stacy Hunnings.
Fifth Grade A Golda Small, Vera
Pake, Helen O'Bryan, Ruth Haywood,
Ed Hancock.
Sixth Grade A Stephen Woolard,,
1 Julia Fulcher, Pearl Bravaldo, Kath
leen Brady, Crjj 's Hamilton, Eve
lyn Beachem, m Davis, Edward
Potter, Irene ill,-, y. John Skarren,
Charles Wheat, Bernard Phelps,
Batha Barbour, Robert Hill, Rolin
Lewis.
Sixth Grade B Daisy Springle.
Seventh Grade Claud Wheatly,
Myrtie Powell, Louise Bailey, Kath
ci ine O Bryan, John Felton.
Eighth Grade A Harriett Hilde
brand. Ninth Grade Edgar Swann.
Tenth Grade Doris Chapin, Sara
Belle Herring.
Eleventh Grade Inez Felton.
Term Honor Roll
First Grade A J. E. Norris, Jr.,
Eric Moore, Edna Avery, Virginia
Cooke, Mildred Carraway, Carrie Lee
Jones, Frances Thomas, Florence
Smith,
First Grade B Florence Skarren.
Second Grade A Jack Barnes,
Neal Campen, David 'Hill, Verona
Daniels, Reta Mae Dudley, Janie Har
desty, Jesse Pagels.
Second Grade B Gertrude Ipock,
Martha Langdale.
Third Grade A Ben Bell, Lester
Dickinson, James Hunnings, Kathryn
Davis, Delphin Eubanks, Bernice Gar
ner, Thelma Willis, Dorothy Mills.
Josephine Stanton.
Fourth Grade A Alma Cree, Vir
ginia Vache, Thelma Graham, ' Grace
Springle, Carolyn Wheatly,
Sixth Grade A Edward Potter.
Charles ' Wheatly, Bertha Barbour,'
John Skarren, Charles Hamilton.
Seventh Grade Myrtie Powell,
Claud Wheatly.
Ninth Grade Edgar "Swann.
Eleventh Grade Inez 'Felton.
DR SPILLMAN TO PREACH
,, AT WOODVILLE CHURCH
Dr. B. W.. Spillman will preach at
Woodville Baptist church on Satur
day night December 13 at 6:30
o'clock. He will also preach at the
morning service Sunday 14th at 11
o clock and at 3 o'clock in the af-
ternoon. Dr. Spillman will preach at
Marshallberg Sunday night the 14th
at 6:30 o'clock. Dr. Spillman was
once pastor of the Woodville church
many years ago.
DR,
HAYWOOD ACCEPTS
NEW BERN INVITATION
New Bern, Dec. 9 Dr. Oscar Hay
wood of Montgomery county, who has
been guest pastor here at the First
Baptist Church for almost a year, ac
cepted Sunday night a call to the per
manent pastorate of the church. He
had held his decision in abeyance for
a week, following the extending of
the invitation.
NEW JUDGE HOLDS
RECORDER'S COURT
Judge Davis And Solicitor
Phillips Get Started In Coun
ty Court
The first session of the County Re-
I,c cuulu Pssioiy uo u luinu me qu
ties of the office.
The first thing done by the court
was to read over the docket and see
what could be done with cases that
had been continued. Former Judge
E. Walter Hill came into court and
"fered his help in explaining the mat
ters that were carried over. Some
of these were noli pressed With leave
and some continued.
The case against William Bell of
Morehead City charging assault on a
female was continued because of the
absence of his attorney Luther Ham
ilton who had gone to Raleigh on
county business.
Dave Bell, Negro man from More
head City, submitted to the charge of
having in po -session and transport
ing whiskey. Police officer Iredell
Salter said he arrested the man t
an early hour Sunday morning and
he had a bottle containing about half
pint of liquor with him. The officer
testified that the man had a bad rep
utation. Judge Davis at first offered
to let the defendant off wtih a $10
fine and costs but as he said he had
no money he was given 30 days in
jail. Several cases were continued
with the ; understanding that they
would be tried next Tuesday.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Biamham and Bland Receivers,
Trustee to N. C. Joint Stock Land
Bank of Dm ham, Tract Newport
Township, for $1500.
E. E. Davis to Beaufort B;inkim
& Trust
$1800.
R. I),
hurst, 1
John
Co, 1 lot Beaufort, for
Whitelun-t to J. ,J. White
lot Beaufort, for $10.
Roper Lumber Co., et als
to i.aura ( . Dur.can et al, 275 acres
Meriimon Township, for $300.
Annie I). Gillikin to Deliah A. Gil
likin, 36 acres, Straits, for $000.
E. H. Smith and wife to John Smith
tract Cedar Island, for $100.
Thomas E. Daniels and uif0 f T
M. Daniels,
for $10.
two tracts Cedar Island,
Melvin Styron
Daniels, 1 acre
$10.
and wife to John M.
Cedar Island, for
BIRTH OF SON
Word was received here today an
nouncing the birth of a son to Mr
and Mrs. Claude Guthrie, in Maxton.
Butter made at the new milk plant
mi iaiuoio is iieing well re.
reived Io-
cally, reports He
ernmn W t,.i.
F,i t. . .
""("""im1 county fan
rra agent.
TIDE TABLE
Information at to the tides
at Beaufort is given in thi3 col
umn. The figures are app.'ox
imately correct and based on
tables furnished by the U. S.
Geodetic Survey. Some allow
ances must be made for varia
tions in the wind and also with
respect to the locality, that is
whether near the inlet or at
the heads of the estuaries.
High Tide
Friday,
Low Tide
12
6:59 A. M.
7:26 P. M.
! 12:58 A. M.
1:15 P. M.
Saturday, Dec. 13
2:01 A. M. 8:04 A.
2:21 P. M. 8:25 P.
Sunday, Dec. 14
M.
M.
3:06
3:27
4:05
4:27
M.
M.
Monday, Dec
M.
M.
9:17 A. M.
9
2 P. M.
IS
10:23 A.
10:17 P.
M.
M.
M.
M.
Tuesday, Dec. 16
M. 10:45 A,
M. 11:21 P.
5:01 A.
5:23 P.
Wednesday, Dec. 17
A. M. 11:09 A. M.
P. M. 12:13 P.
Thursday, Dec. 18
A. M. 1
P. M.
5:51
6:15
6:40
7:01