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RSDAY, JANUARY 14. 1932 RSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1932
APPOINTMENTS TO BE MADE
TO WEST POINT ACADEMY
Congressman Charles L. Abernethy
informs The News that he will have
a vacancy at West Point for 1932,
and wants to give the young men of
his Congressional District the privi
lege of competing for it.
Mr. Abernethy has arranged with
the Civil Service Commission for an
examination to be held in the Post
Offices at Goldsboro and New Bern
on February 10th. This examination
is being held for the purpose of fur
nishing Congressman Abernethy with
a list of eligibles from which he will
select his appointees for the regular
examination to be held by the War
Department around March first.
Congressman Abernethy will award
the principal appointment to the
young man making the highest rat
ing in this examination, and first and
second alternate appointments to
those making the next highest ratings.
Candidates for this examination
must be between the ages of seven
teen and twenty-two years on the
date of admission to the Academy
which is the first week day in July;
must be not less than five feet four
inches in height, and must have com
pleted high school work. Young men
who are interested in taking this ex
amination must Communicate with
Congressman Abernethy at the House
of Representatives, Washington, D.
C, not later than January 25th, in
order that their names may be fur
nished to the Civil Service Commis
sion and proper authoriaaicm for
the examination furnished themfl In
writing Congressman Abernethy full
names and exact dates of birth should
be given.
ocrats throughout the State will en
thusiastically support this campaign
for raising money for the party's expenses.
NOTICE
with twenty five members present. ' Mrs. George E. Pittman t Morehead small Jobs to tne .eoora.
, IThe Pre-itlent Mrs. J. H. Siubbs, pre- tlur;s. rJT
siding. Collect -. read. Minute? -jr ! The North Carolina general fund
read and approved. The Treasu er re Jan. s ,rn, .fl1 a cash overdraft 0f $114,569.74,
Dcrted all bills paid and uj.uu coi-.ounuay cc..... , ..... . m,tstan,,ino.
to do it. Discipline is strict. All!
piomotions are by examinations ,r.l
given -by a government exanimer and j
these are oral. Books are not used by
:wh rhool students at all but pupils
Imustdepend upon their memories. At jlected since tne DanK ciosea. ' Mr.-. J. T. Graham of Beaufort 'erai fund notes, of $2,300,000 and
the beginning of the second year in i The Welfare chairman reported os, a ghort time Monday affCOi. $2,800,000. while the highway fund
Mr. L. L. Morgan of Raleigh rep-;njgh school every child must choose 'tarlatan Santa Claus stockings donat-
resenting the Baptist State Mission iWnat vocation he wishes to follow
Board will speak at the First Baptist and ne must study this occupation
church on Thursday evening at 7:30 through college and university.
P. M. Representative members of all; Schools are not co-educational in
the churches of the Atlantic Associa-; Denmark.
tion are expected to attend this meet I p ,e in Denmark, according to
ing to which all the members of thethe speakeri are very law-abiding,
Baptist church and also friends fromjand there were only 5 murderers
other denominations are invited. that he ever heard of committed dur-
j ing his entire stay in that country.
The penalty for murder is life impris
onment as capital punishment is for
! bidden by the Danish constitution,
i There are three penitentiaries in
'Denmark but there is plenty of room
jin each. Altho te country is small,
ihaving only about 3,500,000 people
PURVIS CHAPEL
M. E. ZION CHURCH
Magna Charts Reminder
The organization known as the So
ciety of the Daughters of the Barons
of Runnymede was organized In 1015
by Mrs. Robert G. Ilogan of Catons
vllle, Md., who convelved the Idea of
an organization for women similar to
a men's organization, the Baronial Or
der of Runnymede, which was or
ganized but undeveloped on account of
our entry Into the World war. The
membership Is limited to those who
can trace their ancestry In a direct
line to a baron who in the year 1215
A. D compelled the signing of the
Magna Charta by King John at Runny
mede. The organization Is American.
Craven St. near Broad St.
Robert Farley Fithcr, Minister
11 A. M. Preaching, "A Vision of the
Judgment."
2 P. M. Sunday School, W. J. Jordan, jand being about one.third the size 0f
fo'r, o ! North Carolina, it is very agressive
o:ou rraise i oervice. d prosperou8. The government
7:30 Preaching. i.a 9t1H nimis oil nnhlic utilities
Friday night. Prayer and Class meet-and the revenues from these pay for
jcare of other governmental expenses.
Taxes are very low (quite different
ifrom what it is in Carteret County.)
Last Wednesday evening at a meet-! The officers 0,heT Sc?I Masters
ing of all the members of the First iClub are: SuPt- H- L Joslyn, More
Baptist Church, there was organized head Pendent; County Super
in that church a Senior and an Inter- indent J. G. Allen, Beaufort, yice-
mediate B. Y. P. U. After the bus-Presiaent' ana vv- rowe"' pnncl
iness of the meeting was attended to. j pal of NewPort fchooL secretary.
... T ' vieifmn. Vi.r Wnncrhtpr Mrs. A. L.
of! hv Mrs. David Everett and nneo. , ,..
by the club distributed to children in j 01 '
Beaufort Christmas eve.. The sum of Rev. M. E. Eubank, of Polio ks
820 23 wa realized from tubercular ville filled his appointment Sunday,
Christmas seals which will be used to ( Jan. 2 at Bay View Baptist church,
furnish undernourished school chil- Rev John Sewell of Beaufort fi -.
vuuu miik !ed his appointment Sunday at Mt.
lL?Em?ly Loftin and Mrs. N. H. Pleasant Free Will Baptist church.
Russell were appointed a committee'
to distributed this money.
The Music Department reported;
regular meetings held once a month i
and Christmas carols sung Christmas' Continued from pge one)
NORTH CAROLINA MUST PAY
DEBTS GARDNER ASSERTS
The drop in sales of plates up to
The public is invited.
ORGANIZE B. Y. P. U.
the young people of the Morehead
City Branch of the B. Y. P. U. gave
a splendid program, followed by a de
lightful social.
NAMED ON COMMITTEE
OF BAPTIST CONVENTION
treasurer. A meeting of the club is
held every third Monday night of
each month during the school year.
The place of meetings rotates among
I the various schools represented. The
! February meeting will be held in the
Newport school.
eve.
TUr. T IKfarr fVinirmnn rpnnrted
$1.00 on hand and that a new book I-nday was ju.mj, w.tn m,uo soia
case and shelves were needed. to that day, as compared with 261-
The garden club chairman made 708 on the same date last year. Call
an interesting report of their work, ing off the moratorium is expected to
It was moved and carried that an ; boost sale? for a few days, but the
amendment be made to the constitu-.number is not expected to reach that
tion allowing our officers to be elect- f last year at any time during 1932.
ed in February. Ballots were given R . B.MiB SIack. D
had a cash balance of $7,5(24,472.08
at the end of the first six months of
the fiscal year, December 31, the com
bined statement of the Auditor and
Treasurer shows.
General fund receipts for the six
months were $15,206,500.13, and the
expenditures were $15,321,129.87.
The highway fund balance at the be
ginning of the period was $9,184,.
495.53 and receipts were $21,638,
637.76, while expenditures for the
six months amounted to $23,498,062.
21. The total State debt is $181,
811,371, of which $175,509,000 is
funded and $0,302,371 is in tempor
ary loans on short term notes.
While former Governor Angus W.
McLean was urging President Hoov-
'er to name A. L. Brooks, prominent
.Greensboro attorney, as Associate
i Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court,
! relayed by Senator Morrison and
Although Governor Gardner has i Bailey, with Chief Justice W. P.
(announced that there will be no more j Stacy, of the N. C. Supreme Court
'road building for the present, this1 added. Governor Gardner was wiring-
out for election of nominating com-j
mittee and Mesdames Pinner, Cree I
Lipman were elected.
This meeting being our eleventh does not moan tnat tne Federal Aid the President to name his predeces
anniversary, our President had invit-,for road work w;u De lost. Half of jsor as Governor as a director of the
ed our former presidents to meete $2,800,000 in aid for this fiscal Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
with us. Mesdames Lay, Hildebrand i veal.f now naif over hag been used ( paying high tribute to his known a
and Haywood having moved from up making the State about even with ' bilitv.
The Danger
The football game guest3 reached
the house before their host, and Mary
was just getting the doorkey out of
Its known hiding place, when David
protested :
"We'd better not go In before they
come. They have a dog, you know.
"Oh, yes, I know," she returned
nonchalantly, "but the dog has a lame
leg. De won't hurt us!"
"Well," returned her escort, "I was
afraid he might bite ns, not kick us!"
Mr. C. B. Deane of Rockingham,
who is a son in law of Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Cree, and a frequent vistior in
Beaufort, has received an unusual
honor. He was named on the program
committee for the Southern Baptist
Convention which convened in Nash
ville, Tennessee, January 12, for a
day two meeting. This committee
BANKS AND RUMORS OF BANKS.
(By Jimmie Guthrie)
Greatest time. I ever saw Every
thing that was standing has cive way
and fell flat down or is badly bent.
I once thought that the most contag
ious disease was--the yellow fever,
small pox or a bad cold, but I have
luc ' ii. .i 'L . 1... 1 t 1 rr.i
consists of five members, one from,pro , T ' Vs T
North and South Carolina, Arkan- ?roken Bank fever 18 s0 catchln that
sas, Louisiana, and Tennesee The the, germ can be earr,e? hundreds of
convention meets at St. Petersburg ! nille,s away ot very long ago I no
next summer ticed a poster or something similar,
I with big black letters which read
"Men Wanted must be of the-high-est
type of humanity, a first grade
W. P. Norris, Mortgagee to WJfharr perfectly honest and intel
D. Norris, 30 acres White Oak Town-I !lgent cro.oks allowed ln this
ship, for $500. I ,nstllutlon ana yet the business
uroKe, it went to tne tour winds, it
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Today'! Tasks First
Today Is the appointed time to get
your Job done. Never put It off until
tomorrow, for tomorrow will never
come. Inertia Is one of the greatest
of our sins. Do today what should be
done today tomorrow will find Its
own tasks. Grit.
READ rH. NEWS WANT ADS
HOME DEMONSTRATION NOTES
The County Home Agent will be in
the following communities this com
ing week: Monday, Jan. 25th., Atlan
tic; Tuesday, 26th., Camp Glenn and
Straits; Wednesday, 27th., Harkers
Island; Thursday, 28th., Newport;
Friday, 29, Core Creek.
The County Curb Market Women
appreciates very much the patronage
given them by the local women of
both Beaufort and Morehead City. If
at any time any women would like
any special food brought to the mar
ket the Home Agent will do her best
to see that this food is available.
J. M. Delamar and wife to Cleve
land Gillikin, tract Straits Township,
for 510.
CAMELLIA JAPONICAS
ARE BLOOMING NOW
went to flinders. Still they would
not employ a crook who broke it?
It is sure and certain that the ev
ery day laborer should have much
credit relative to the life of an in
stitution called a bank arid in every
mU . , ,, , lease they are the heavies losers, be-
There is hardly a week in the jcau8e they lose all they possess. For
year, when Beaufort can not boast .instance fome 0f our widowed worn
of flowers grown out of doors. Roses' e here with four and five very small
bloom later and bulbs bloom earlier (children having been left an insur
here than in most vicinities This'ance of ?1000 knowi nothi ese
ITvl rCw rm Pla"ted,to do they place it in the Bank to
by Mrs. G. W. Lay, in the Rectory ;tidy their bare feet ver th h d
R'JfTI'Tl I D'-La5: teS till they grew to manhood,
was Rector of St. Pauls Episcopal ThmHn, ot;., uj u J:
Beaufort and being unable to attend tne fund. But if this remaining. $1,-
wrote letters which were reaa to tne 400,000 is not used this year, or any
club expressing their regrets and ex-f the Federal Aid not used next year
tending best wishes for our contin-.jt can be used, even three years af
ued success.. ter it becomes available, hitrhwav of-
A synopsis of our eleven years' ;ficials say. A few small projects, part
work was given by the secretary. iy done w;u probably be let for fin
Miss Emily Loftin told very inter- Ashing during the coming months, or
estingly of the Sallie Southall Colton
loan fund and how much it has meant
to many girls in North Carolina. One
hundred and thirty girls being help
ed since its foundation.
Mesdames West, our District Pres
ident, S. L. Dill and Campen from
New Bern met with us and each made
a talk which was enjoyed.
After adjournment delicious pound
cake and cream were served.
Rec. Sec. Com. Club.
J. rea f.ssary, Washington cor
respondent of the Baltimore Sun, told
the .N. C. Press Institute at its Duke
University session Thursday night
that: "A mugwump is a political an
imal with its mug on one side of the
fence and its wump on the other."
MUSIC CLUB MEETING
church, is unusually lovely. It is cov-
covered to offset this germ, such a
FATHER-SON BANQUET WILL
OCCUR AT NEWPORT SCHOOL
A father-son banquet is to given
January 22 in the Newport school
building beginning at 7:30 o'clock
This affair, similar to others hereto.
fore given, will be under the auspices
of the vocational agricultural stu
dents of the school. Mr. C. S. Long
is teacher of agriculture at the New
port school.
A few speeches and some other fea
tures will make up the program of
the evening. Heretofore these enter
tainments have been well attended
and thoroughly enjoyed. This event
is expected to be up to the standard
of previous ones if not better.
DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN
MANAGERS ARE APPOINTED
The News has received from C. L.
Shaping of Greensboro a list of the
100 managers he has appointed to
raise funds for the Democratic "Na
tional Victory Fund Campaign."
Charles V. Webb of Morehead City
,. has been appointed manager for
Carteret county.
In addition to the county managers,
campaign workers will be appointed
for all of the voting precincts in the
State Mr. Shuping states and these
soon will be actively at work solicit
ing contributions. He says further
that a considerable sum has already
been received and he feels that Dem-
er-oJ ,,-ifl, 1 LI . l" ""
w .... . 4Cu, ! -.. uiu,bm,, ana;faithful depositor rested satisfied til
is greatly admired not only by the the day whe hef ht the
people living here, but by visitors. !gi;mpse that hand writing on the
There is one other camellia of idoor that said: "We Had To close
good size in Beaufort, that is at the !To Save The Depositors" nice way
home of Miss Charlotte Smith on to save them- 1 told her 1 said my
Front Street. Owing to the shaded jdeal al yu n-ust remember that ev
condition of her yard, that bush is not erybody wa"ts a lot of money and if
yet in bloom, although at this writing you ever set any more put it in one
several buds were showing their col- of these Banks f Sand.. .The way
or. everything illuminates how, said I to
;this gal the proper cure for the pres-
Others have been planted and in ajent Bank Germ will have to be im
few years will be a mass of color. ported from China. It is too wide
With very little cost, Beaufort could 'spread and -getting to be unbearable
be made into a camellia city, if eacho just take a poor 'fellows $1000
home-owner would gftt and plant just ( and leave the one consolation that he
one bush in a few years, and five,will possibly have in the course of
years is short in the life of a shrub, five long and depressed years get in
the yards of Beaufort would be beau- return three or four hundred,
tiful with the blooms of the camellia I Leaving off the Bankine Business a
and while they would be enjoyed by while we feel it just and proper to
the home, the passing visitor would write about the things that confront
enjoy them more, and in fact it would j us, to tell the candid truth (which I
draw visitors to Beaufort to see them. ( will admit i- hard to do these days)
i We are in the midst of a lot of work
SCHOOL MASTERS' CLUB ithe boss man of the State Roads
HOLDS MONTHLY MEETING Capt. Charlie Thomas of Beaufort, is
'making u folks think that big word
The Carteret County School Mas-; depression so commonly spoken of
ters' Club met Monday night in the everywhere, is getting to be a sure
Smyrna High School in its regular jcure for the blues, and thnt ham and
monthly meeting. The largest attend-Cggs will soo:i be written i i its place,
ance yet out was present and several Much progress is being m .Je on our
new members joined, including mem-j road work and much will b wherever
bers of the school boards of some of ;this boss man works. Yet if ever I am
the schools. After a supmtuous mealja convict (which I'm expe.Ung to be
prepared and served by the home eco- soon) I hop I shall be driven to
nomics girls of Smyrna school and j work under Capt. Thomas. I have vis
several musical numbers, Mr. Forest. 'ted the mens barracks r-H ,,r0
who was for 21 years a resident in jthing; is tidy and well kept. I visited
iiinui iv euu waa euucflivu mere,
made an address on the "Educational
System in Denmark."
the cooks quarters, or kitchen, of
course the kitchen was the whole
cause of my visit Tho
Mr. Forest could speak authorative I ne"e under the care of rnt ti,
Iy from first hand information. He.'aa maY have been bad men but nnt
now, no they are good men they vis-
w.c cnurcn, tney entertain with
said that in Denmark a person had to
be 32 years of age before that per
son could teach school, and that a i singing.
teacher had to finish colleee. two I I don't know what in
years in a universtiy and take four ! hard times, if we can catch water pro
years in a teachers college besides ;duee we have good times regardless
before beginning in his profession, to Hoover or who if . '.'
The schools in Denmark are support- jcatch fish then we have bad times re
ed by the government and are open :ardless to Wilson of who. So rive
nine months in the year. Compulsory ! the fish and good weather and
education is rigorously enfnrroH aivou can havp th p.;jx ,
there are absolutely no exemptions Democrat, Republican or wm . ?
irom school attendance after a child I
reaches six years of age. A child1 COMMUNITY CLUB REPORT
must continue in school until he shall ! -
have finished high school, even if it' The Beaufort Community club met
takes him until he is 65 yesra cf age in the c- rooms Thursday the 14th
MOREHEAD CITY, Jan. 20 The
Morehead City Music Club held its
regular monthly meeting at the home
of Mrs. W. G. Oglesby on Arendell
street Tuesday evening January 19.
The President, Mrs. Lucille Smith
told the club about the artists and
their musci which she heard in New
York City during her Christmas vaca
tion there. After which the following
program was rendered:
Subject Huntington Woodman
--James H. Rogers.
Paper, The Piano as a home invest
ment Mrs. G. L. Arthur.
Piano, The Brook Mrs. Ulrich
Mallison.
Piano, Romance Mrs. Ben F.
Royal.
Duet Ducks in the Pond Miss
Sudie Webb, Miss Daisy Morris.
Voice, The Last Song Mrs. H. L.
Joslyn.
Refreshments were served by the
Hostesses: Mrs. W. G. Oglesby, Mrs.
Ben F. Royal, Miss Anderson and
Miss Bettie Harker,
Meat has in it all the life giving, blood building vita
mins so necessary to health. Meat should be eaten at
least once a day for strength and stamina. Meat
should be bought here, because of its purity and fresh
ness. Vegetables should be served daily. We always
have on hand the best the market affords. Then too
we carry a full line of canned vegetables.
Milk, Cream, Buttermilk, Good Country Sausage
The Best in Carteret County
FREEMAN BROTHERS
'Phone 181-182 Morehead City
BAY VIEW
We are having some cooler weath
er at this writing.
Mrs. A. L. Newberry and children!
spent the week end at Morehead Bluff
visiting Mrs. George E. Pittman who
recently moved here from Fort Til-!
den, N. Y.
Mr. W. G. Winberry and Mr. and s
Mrs. C. F. Weeks spent Sunday with j
j
JUST RECEIVED
Complete,line T. W. Wood's Bulk
SEED
Corn, Peas, Beans, Beets, Onion
fact everything for Spring Plants.
Sets
in
Ballards Flour and Feeds
Caws, Horses
For Poultry,
James Rumley
HEALTH
The Priceless
Possession
According to the United States
Health Service you and your
family are now facing the most
dangerous weeks of the year
MosEof January and February
illness and colds and grippe,
bronchitis sinus infections and
influenza.
See your doctor at the first
sign of illness and then let us
help carry out his orders. We
will call for prescriptions, care
fully fill and deliver right to
your home in quick time. May
we help keep your family well
and happy.
F. R. BELL
Druggist Beaufort, N. C.
Mail Orders Promptly
Filled
STOP!
READ!
LISTEN!
CONSIDERING THE HARD TIMES WHICH WE ARE
HAVING AT PRESENT, WE KNOW THAT THE
PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY THE SAME
PRICES FOR REPAIRING THEIR WATCHES, AS
PAID HERETOFORE. I HAVE FROM JANUARY
THE FIRST MADE A GREAT REDUCTION ON ALL
WATCH REPAIRS.
GET AN ESTIMATE FROM ME BEFORE YOU HAVE
YOUR WATCH WORK DONE
B. A. BELL
Next to Postoffice THE JEWELER! Beaufort
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