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THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1931.
Sounding The
Depths
By BILLY VAUGHAN
THREE BRIEF TOPICS
New York and Chicago have evi
dently attained the apogee, to put it
rawly, of dumbness. A more liter
ally correct term, possibly, would be
indifference; but the result of this in
difference e.ves the impression of the
essence of dunib.iess. The situation
nrr.n'fl ha lndirrnus were it not so
"damnably outrageous," as Governor
Roosevelt puts it. New York seems
to revel in its reputation for gang
sterism until some atrocity is con
sumated. We refer to the recent
murder of a five year old child and
the injury of several others.
The reaction has been what one
would expect. Public opinion is in
dignantly "siccing" on the police, and
demanding to know what has become
of law and order. The people fail to
realize, apparently, that they, and
they alone, are responsible for the
child murder. If they did not tac
itly condone and secretly enjoy gang
ster wars, such things would never
happen. They delude themselves, how
ever, with the lukewarm belief that
the gangsters are killing off themselv
es and failing to bother innocent peo
ple. They eet on juries, and. be
wildered in a smokescreen which they
miscall romantic outlawism, render
"not guilty" verdicts in the face of
convincing testimony by the state
and perjured evidence on the part of
the defense.
Thus a background in which crime
may propagate and thrive is construct
ea. as long as the gangsters con
fine themselves to ordinary murders,
nothing is said except in newspaper
editorials, ihen when a serious
massacre (it may correctly be called
that in spirit) such as the child-murder
occurs, the people raise a great
hullabaloo and blame the police de
partment. They would do well to
practice a little serious introspection
and wonder why there was no indig
nation over the previous gang-war.
The police cannot function efficient
ly in the face of adverse public opin
ion. There is no excuse for this at
titude of condonement of gangs in
large cities, and when such atrocities
as this child murder are perpetrated,
the inhabitants of the city are more
to blame than the police.
If they had the 'internal fortitude,'
to borrow a phrase from Mr. Josh
Horne, to no longer countenance cor
rupt politics and to force their po
litical parties to nominate able and
honest men, then we would nnt h
sorrowing nationally for our lack of
police control, not to say the cold
blooded murder of a five year old
cnna.
the ability.
PARADOX
A black bird soars into the evening
sky,
Onward through the illimitable
blue his pathway shows;
His spirit thrills; he asks not why,
Content to trust in Him who knows
I am a black bird soaring in the ev
ening skj,
Onward through this life my path
way shows:
My spirit thrills; I'd fain ask why,
Ana yet ao trust in Him who
knows.
King, Magistrate, for fishing in inland a long and sustained gubernatorial sion placing the amount at about 'surance money be turned over to the
waters wunout a license, tines and neht. with headquarters and mana- ?3u,uu(), while auditor state it win , new Duuumg commission, but a Dart
eers and travel and expenses for a exceed that amount. He waived pre- of it has been spent. Juit a"Sr
i j n.i . i- ...: l : . - c. '
longer penoa. inis is a prospect uminaij iieaimg ami is ntui iji ou
which none of the prospective candi- ptrior Court under ?3;000 bond.
dates, all with modest fortunes, rel-1
costs amounted to $9.10.
WILLIAM D. ilU13 DIES
The Layman and Law
By THOMAS AJRKLE CLARK
Data of Man, Unir.tity ml
IlHnoU.
Willie D. Willis, well known citizen !stl At ?est' .n.ot one oi them cou d
of Harker's Island died there at a-!Degln" Dear ms own expenses with-
bout four o'clock Monday morning. !OUt,sr,0U8l' ",pp!lnf his anflal
He had been sick for several mnr,th, condition, and it may have the effect
suffemg from some form of heart iof caU3ln? some of the Present Pros"
and kidney trouble. He was fiftv,pect3 t0 drop from tne 1,st
years old. He is survived by four
daughters and a son.
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs.
temporary snag.
Miss Annie Ruth Draper, Davidson
county, and George H. Moose, Jr., of
Catwba county were crowned kin?
Otway, Saturday. Aueust 8. a nn
Born to Mr. and Mm. F. M Tutrix
Oi fltarsnaiiberg, Tuesday August 11,
i a son.
Anothpr Raleierh development, of
Intoroit n tho Stnto is n hitch in the i
JI vai auuii? lui cicvviug -lfcv i vain u luuu.j ncit ..uwiieu King
itorhim on the Centennial School site! and queen of health at the meeting
t onufVi or, A if FovoHovillo ' mnra than Tflfl A. XX 1,,k v. 1
Street. Payment for demolishing I representing the 30,000 in the State
. . . , t 1.11c uuiuru auuikui luiu biiu iui ic- bi oiaic vvucge lasi nccft. A lie ClUQ
Another interesting development n,nv;nt, tno .ohnni hniidino- nn tho'momhtr- runf (Iia u-t in .fj. j
in that race. A movement is under new gite and for pians for the new (recreation, devoting much study to
way to bring out Dr. Frank P. Gra- auditorium, out of the insurance ! Dir. corn. calf, home and otW ,,k
activities. They followed the farm
men and women here the week be.
fore.
iMMUi.Wi.MHl, VUb Vi bill? 1II3U1BUI.C
ham. nresinent of the Statp I. nivprsi-' m .l. u .
t i" ii-ii money irora ine oia Duuaing, are
J. r. Hill of ty, a a gubernatorial candidate. !causin, trouble. The last legislature
t 8, a son. IWhether it is friends, trvinir to do'.....j - ... i.u I
The Legion Convention held here
at Moreehad some weeks ago was sing
ular in one particular. It has, with
in the last several years, becom?
conventional for all Legion meetings,
from the national gatherings to the
smallest post, to c-ass resol
manding that Congress redeem parti
ally the certificates of ex-service men.
Now that this has been donp. it waa
expected that the Legionaires would
request the complete redemption of
these certificates. North Carolina
should be proud of her post of the
Legion, for it reviewed the question
sanely and hooted down a suggestion
thatfull payment be advocated.
To delve further into the question,
no one will deny that Frank Grist,
Legionaire candidate for Senator, is
correct in declaring that the Legion
expects no gratuity from the
ment, but the payment of an honest
oeDt. rle is incorrect, however,
when he says that the government is
oie to accept the certificates at face
vnhia now. Washington is faced
with a deficit of over a billion dol
lar?, and I believe this does not in
clude bonds and long-term debts.
Furthermore, the Mid
"Uncle Andy" Mellon is evidently off
opirnce fiigntly, which, one would
suppose, is a much worse calamity
than the deficit, however large.
All this the North Carolina Post of
the American Legion realized. On
the other hand, there is Mr. Grist's
statement that the American debt to
the Legion is not a gratuity; the fact
that individuals are suffering; that
inis sunering could partially be al
leviated by the redemnti
kates; and that the Legion has pa-
j-.ri.uy waitea a long while. But it
""Possible that such action be tak
en at present. Individuals must suf
fer that the preservation of a democ
racy may be expedited. It was al-
ways k; it will be always so. The
-K.un. sacnnced itself during the
wr max nations might b? saved; it
with the pronouncement of the last
convention, has announced its inten
tion of so doing again. I do not
mean to say that this crisis is a, sur
feited with political and economic dy
namite as was the one in '17 'IS but
the foundation for such a situation
m?y be constructed now very easily
if the Federal government were to
become embroiled in any serious fi
nancial difficulties. The true teft of
heroism is the ability or inability to
utter a self-sacrificial "No" in a cris
is, the Legion has proved that it haa
Thrasher Is a business man who hn
had nothing to do
twenty-five years,
and nothing at all
with college ad
ministration. He
knows the price of
steel and how eye
beams are made,
and something of '
the methods of
transporting these
commodities from
one part of the
country to another.
He could probably
design a bridge If
he had to. hnt nn.
less cornered would assign the task
to some subordinate and then criti
cize the design with a semblance of
Intelligence when It was presented to
hlra. He has managed an office force
of draftsmen and has given a few
saies taJKj to the fellows who go out
io aispose or the products of Ills ptnnt ;
and that Is as far as his administra
tive duties have led him.
He could manage the largest educa
tional Institution In the country with
ease, however, and without further
experience; and be admits It to me
modestly, but with assurance. The
less he knows aboat the work of a
department, the more certain he Is
that if he had his hand on the steer
ing wheel he could guide the Intellec
tual machine swiftly and smonthii
over the rockiest roads. He can't be
made to see that he Is a Joke and
that he could no moro mnnnra
Job, simple as It seems, than I, never
having had eitlipr mechanics or me
chanical drawing, could execute a
oriage design.
tt was Socrates who through a long
life having associated with all sorts
of people discovered that every man
was willing to admit that he knew his
own business thoroughly whether be
ws a philosopher or an artist, a
teacher or a common laboring man;
but he observed further, also, that
they were sure thev knew nimnt
other man's business as well and felt
quite competent to offer criticism on
me way it was being conducted. The
wie mau, Socrates concluded. Is the
one who knows most about his own
business and who trusts the other man
to run his, since he renlly Is likely to
know little about It.
It is curious how much the Inar
tistic know about art and the layman
about law.
Read The Want Ads
"Young Tommy" Opao
"Young Tommy" Fernando Opao, the
new Filipino flyweight hoxer whose
sensational laitlco since Ii.'a Utbul less'
than two yeurs uj-o. have led his own
countrymen to caU him a successor to
that other great Filipino boxer, the
late Pancho Villa, world Hyweljlit
champion, hns arrived in the United
States. He came by way of the Ha
waiian Islands, where he stopped long
enough to defeat all comers.
SENATORIAL CONTPvr
WILL BE INTERESTING
Continued from page one)
unless present signs fail, Governor
Gardner will be a suDnorter nnioti,.
probably, of his appointee. AU ad
mit "Cam" will be hard tn hot J
many doubt if he will be forced into
a second primary.
Long Campaign Ahead
earner entries and spectacular en- I 1 "s. salaries an
trants in the Senatorial race will have ?e CUt more than 10 P cent
the effect of forcine out tho rniJand..n..t to that extent if funds a
, 0 CUBLkCU
him an honor, either by actually get
ting him out for the governorship, or
getting him in line for the presidency
of the greater University, or enemies
trying to "muddv the water" for the
latter position, is not known. The
assertion that the State needs a "lib
eral" governor, indicates that it is
friends, but probably without hU
knowledge or consent.
Friends of A. J. Maxwell are more
insistent that the Commissio ner of
Revenue will be in the race, and with
in a month or two. This week, in nn
address at Selma. he took- rfofi
sue with Lieutenant Governor R. T.
Fountain, who had stated that local
self-government is beinir usurned h
the State. Mr. Maxwell stated that
the Local Government Art. moat nc-
sailed as usurpation, is in reality o-iw.
ing back to the people some of the
power they originally had under the
Constitution and which has been lost
by court decisions. The commission,
he said, stands between them and lo
cal officials who might be and have
been induced to snend hnnd mnn,,
needlessly. Willis Smith. snotor f
the House, had previously taken issue
with Mr. Fountain, referring to the
"ancient shibboleth" anH "f,n,v t
local self-government.
Among other politics! aoves is the
announcement of Stacj W. Wade,
former insurance commluinno-
Secretary of State James A. Hart
ness' job, and prospects of B. F.
(fritz) Smith. Senate
for several years, entering the con
test for Commissioner of Xhm- ni.
I a dozen other prospects.
xne state Board of Equalization,
esSlon last week, finds that the
budgets submitted to i bty county of
ficials indicate a requirement for a
bout $22,000,000 to operate the pub
lic schools next year. ir
000,000 is available for that purpose
The board will find it. n.,
trim the county budirpta an ,...
or do per cent or more which is ex
pected to include the 10 per cent
cut in teacher salaries. Salaries n
law directing that the in-
THE
GREA TEST
VALUE
EVER BUILT
INTO A
Ford Car
TKs Beautiful
Ford Tudor Sedan
dates for Governor from twn tn fn
months earlier than the usual first of
tne year starting time. It will mean
- . Wwtarn Kewipapw rjnlon,
CARD OF THAMKS.
We sincerely thank our friends
who so kindly assisted during the
illness and death of our loved one,
Mr. James IS.. Congleton. We also
appreciate the many floral tributes
and the use of the cars at the fun
eral. Mrs. James M. Cnno-letnn anI
.uU
family.
FISHING WITHOUT LICENSE
H. B. Maxwell, Jr., S. P. Hooks and
Edward Bland of Goldsboro were ar
rested last Friday by Clyde Mason,
Game and Fish Warden for Carteret
County, and tried before Frank L.
A FRIEND IN
NEED
"A Friend in Need
mat is just what we aim to bs
to the people who call upon us
in their hour of trial. And in
addition to a friend's desire to
be of service, we have the nec
essary training, experience, and
equipment to put that desire in
to effect. Our first concern is
tne protection of our patrons'
interests and the promotion of
ineir comiort.
Adair & Rice
Funeral Directors
BEAUFORT, N. C.
Phone 109-J
Aunus are
m ' .Jact of the Generfll As
sembly provides.
va ity Of60'1' Trouble
td Huo-h Lee. PhTa;i. --.
tn , s l,a couec-
0pr sevkera I .mrs, has been idict
ed for embezzling city funds over a
period of years, his alleged confes-
$
Dr. Clifford W. Lewis
Office in Potter Emergency
Hospital
Office hour. in Beaufort:
Every day except Tues and Thurs
9 to 12 A. M o r
6 to 8:30 P. M. and by Anointment
Office Hour at Davie
1 to 3 P. M. Tuesdays and Thursdays
Afl..,:..
330 to 5-30 P.M. Tues. and Thurs.
Office Phone 46 Residence, 39-J
666
Liquid n th.
I Relieve a HuI..L r ...
130 m,M. e::L:'"",,r?," ia
UL fck Malaria in three J...
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Solves Hot Weather Church Problem
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th. nlilfc,a Uofe'etS t0 ,u,t for folliS t0 S t0 ch-ch the church can now to to
the people. Seven Baptist ministers of the Calumet region of northern Indl
ex' mis rrY to, 8o,ve ,he i,rob,e,a and sress
ua m u i ted " the clmssis 01 " old "wen-pnsscnRer car. The motor
Izea church has a twelve-foot belfry containing a bell. The roof' thrown Tack
f S 3La . f- " -dio equipmen? S
22 foot iniiii o t t , nuufiRB 10 r tne entire service. The church Is
22 feet long, 8 feet wide, and has Interior seating capacity for 12 persons.
i .1
$490
(P. O. B. Detroit, pliu fright and delivery.
Bumper and iparm tirm extra at low coat.)
WHEN yon boy a Ford car today, you boy what U
unqnestionably the greatest value in the history
of the Ford Motor Company. Never before has k
much beauty, comfort, safety and performance beat
offered at such a low price.
The low price of the Ford is something to think
about because it means an immediate saving of many
dollars - always an important consideration. But far)
more significant than price alone is what you get fori
Uut price. When high quality is combined with W
price, you may justly take pride in having found a
most satisfactory purchase.
See the Ford - ride in it - learn something about
Jhe value that is built into every part. The more yoK
know about it, the more certain you will be that it I
.the car for you. It is literally true that when you get
the facto you will get a Fotd.9
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