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VOLUME XXI
8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1932
PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 35
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RECORDER TRIES
FAMILY QUARREL
Death Comes to Flying
Bird in Unique Manner
You have probably heard of birds
beine? killed with sticks, slinir.ahnta.
Three Loquacious Women Wit-'stones, arrows, bullets, automobiles
nesses Testify Concerning
Brother and Sister Affray
jand airplanes but killing a brd with
ones own head seems to bea rather
unique and un-heard-of means of
MAKING SURVEY
OF ALL ROADS
Getting Information For Meet
ing of General Assembly
Br M. R. DUNNAGAN
RALEIGH, Oct. 4 State highway
engineers, divisional and district, will
begin at once a survey of State,
municipal roads and
incorporated city
Religious views, divine revelations, "bringing: home the bacon."
prolific talking and testimony con- Recently Jack Sewell and Guy
cernng certain profane and vulgar , Dickinson, both of this community.
language all this and more enter- and Dave Morris, of New Bern, werelcounty and
into the trial of Burnette Willis. ' A,; ttiot nil-,, anA Vo nna. I streets in everv
young Broad Creek man, when he boro. The Ford tourine car was be-!andtown in North Carolina to deter.
wa3 arraigned for trial Tuesday morn ing driven between forty and forty- min& the mileage, types and eondi
ing in Recorder's Court charged with 'five miles an hour. Mr. Sewell was rid i tions of all thoroughfares for the in
assault on Madeline Willis and as-line on the rieht hand side of the formation of the 1933 General As
sault and battery on her husband, frontseat of the car and was turn- sembly meeting in January, Chairman
Franklin Willis. Franklin and Burn- ed facing the left talking with his
ette are brothers and judging from companions,
the testimony Judge M. Leslie Davis
said that it looked to him like it was
Bam
t i i
E. B. Jeffress, of the State Hiehway
Commission, has announced.
The survey is in anticipation of the
proposal of the North Carolina Mu
nicipal Association to ask the Gener-
RELIEF WORK
MEETING HELD
School Principals Will Assist In
Making Survey of County
Oyster Season
Opens Earlier
.... By M. R. DUNNAGAN
RALEIGH, Oct. 4 Piping hot
stews, crisply fried, or raw oysters
from North Carolina grounds will be
on the menu of the Stat 15 days
earlier than the schedule opening of
the season this year as a result of a
recent action by Ford S. Worthy,
AUiiMOBELETAX
RllENUEISLESS
llAN LAST YEAR
It was as if Max Schmeling had de-
in affray in which they all partici- 'livered one of his haymakers on Mr.
pated and were perhaps therefore Re-well's righ cheek; and the blow l Assembly to have the State main
equally gulty. I was so stunnnig that it made thejtain all roads in incorporated towns
V Witnesses testified that Franklin landscape reel before the man's eyes. 'and cities of more than 2500 popula
and Madeline Willis ocupy the ground His companions heard the terriffic jtion and take over completely all in
floor of the Willis homestead and noise and saw the reaction on the towns of less than that number of in-
-urnette Willis, a single man, lives in' part of Mr. Sewell, so they stopped habitants. The cities and towns now
the upper story. Thursday before last 'to see what the trouble was. J maintain all highways within their
Burnette went home and found the I Having partially recovered by this limits, and, and the iState highway
1 i 1 1- i l ' I , r f- ii i ii i 1 ii-L nntVIIVlicclAn .Kllilslo n nil n-w ninfnlMn
Kaoor Duttonea aoouc supper time, time, ivir. aeweu toia tne men tnai t vw....,w.. .m uioiiHama
ir u;.v, nnifa a routes Dassiner through all unincor-
mediately opened, so he endeavored 1 painful blow on the cheek. One of the porated communities,
to enter by force and succeeded. 'men looked in th ebottom of the car I "The survey will provide an intel
' Franklin and Madeline Willis resent-'and saw a large quail, which had its Hgent way to ascertain just what the
k ed the nature of the entry and a sort ' breast crushed in by the impact. Lat-' problem really is," said Chairman
of free-for-all ensued, during which er the quail was weighed and it tip- j Jeffress. "We want to find out what it
various and sundry threats were ped the scales at one-half pound. The involves and have the information
made on both sides, profanity and vullbird was given to Mrs. Morris, who ( ready for the General Assembly if it
parity indulged in generally, and an greatly enjoyed the delicacy. Short-, wants it. We know the question will
iron pot and dilapidated sewing me-'ly after the flying bird struck Mr- be brought before it." Chairman Jeff
"cnine -thrown down the stairway. I Sewell, the man's cheek had swollen ress said the commission already has
Woodard Willis, thirteen-year-old until it looked as if he was suffe.l , some information, but the survey will
orphaned brother of the men, who ing from a bad case of mumps,
t
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looked not more than half that age, 1 Quail have short wings and only
testified that he had slept upstairs fly sohrt distances, but they travel at
I with Burnette prior to the f ree-f or-1 a terrific rate of speed when they do
all, but since that time he had spent move.
his slumber hours down with rrank
lin and Madeline, because he was a
faid that if he went to" sleep within
reach of Burnette that tha latter I
would throw him downstairs and kill
him.
I$is doubtful if any three witness
es ever appeared in one case here
that were any more loquacious than
were Mrs. Madeline Willis, Mrs. Vio
la Dixon and Mrs. Hettie W. Adams,
the latter two being sisters of the de
fendant and apeared for him. Neith-
REGISTRATION IS
AROUT TO BEGIN
Books Open Saturday,
October 29; Some Changes
In Candidates
make it cmplete, the data to be col
lected involving the following titems:
1. Mileage and condition by types
of State routes transversing munici
palities.
2. Mileage and condition by types
of county highways traversing mu
nicipalities. 3. Mileage by types of all other
roads and streets in the corporate
limits.
,4....Cost of maintenance by, types
Close Per vear or tne Past two fiscal years.
o. lotai Donaeu indebtedness tor
streets.
6. Total uncollected street assess
ments. 7. Sinking funds on hand appli
cable to street bonds.
8. Compilation of maps showing
On the call of County Superinten
dent J. G. Allen, the principals of the
rural schools of Carteret Countv andLu.; r av. ,,;4,-, m
I CMUirUlUU Ul LltC vuiiuui,Ic:g ju win-
the superintendents of the Beauofrt jmercial fisheries of the Board of
and Morehead City Schools met in the j Conservation and Development, and
courthouse Saturday morning, Octo- Capt. John A. Nelson, fisheries com
ber 1st, at ten o'clock, to organize niissioner, Capt. Nelson announced
for the surveys necessary to be done 'today.
in connection with the application! Originally scheduled to open on
pending for Carteret County in the October 15, the Tar Heel oyster sea
amount of $6,000.00 from the Recon- son bezan October 1 under authori
se uction Finance Corporation for the'ty 0f the conservation board as exer
relief of suffering during the ap- jcised through the two fisheries of
proaching winter months. The plan'fic;ais at thereauest of ovster men.
About 50,000 Who Paid Last
-Year Have No Cars
Now
GAS REVENUELESS ALSO
By M. R. DUNNAGAN
RALEIGH, Oct. 3 The average
North Carolinian paid $14.0349 for
his automobel license tag this year,
making a total of $5,285,080.93 so
far for plates this calendar year,
Commissioner of Revenue A. J. Max-
well's report shows.
Also, 49,159 North Carolinians had
was expalined by Mr. Allen and each
of the 'principals urged to get -in
touch with every organization of any
kind attempting charity in any a
mount and to assist the officials of
these various organizations in filing
correct reports, on the basis of which
the likelihood of adequate relief for
the this county wil beg reatly enhanc
ed.
This service by the principals,
while not in their direct line of du
ty, will prove a most valuable one
and further demonstrate the willing
ness and ability of the school people
to be of service to the community
and to the county outside of the
school room.
Mr. Allen took up with the princi
pals further detailed instructions as
to supplies, reports, pay rolls, trans
portation, and the perfection of the
organizations of the county.
A committee consisting of Miss
Lydia Willis of the Newport School,
Mrs. J. I. Mason of the Atlantic
School, and Miss Nellie Lewis of the
automobile licenses last vear who do
Oyster seasons in a number of other not have them this year, accounting
states it was pointed out. opened
earlier.
Captain Nelson reported a slump
in oyster production last year large
lye because of the lack of markets,
but indications at this time are re
ported to be for a better season.
For the biennium, 1930-32, the
fisheries commissioner reported an
output of 526,062 bushels of the bi
valves in North Carolina, a decrease
in production of 266,642 bushels
from the 792,704 bushels for the
previous biennium.
Although North Carolina's natural
oyster beds have held up longer than
those of many other States, Captain
Nelson and other conservation offic
ials are urging the development of
private cultivation of oysters in or
der to bring into productivity thous
ands of acres of bottoms capable of
growng a good quality of the mol
lusk and to prepare for possible fu-
Arrangementsfo r the coming elec
tion are now very nearly completed
er one of the sisters were present dur ; bv the County Board of Elections.
; tVia otifiritw rif the nffrav. but Mrs. rVinirmnn TV F. TianiHale was out ves
Dixon showed up at the conclusion, jterday delivering the registration State and county routes in munici
CV,o arAaartj-aA tn toaHfv Ansrmatca. ' hnnlrc ha vovintia nnlllinlders and palities.
i n W hp neither saw nor heard Jnther retails have been attended to. I 9- The 1930 census of muncipal
but principally to what the Diety re- j The registration books open on
vealed to her as a result of prayer-: Saturday October 8 and close on Sat-
f ul communion with Him. Solicitor urday October 29. The registrars are
Phillips tried time and again to cross required to be at the various polling
H
examine the witness, but about all he
was able to learn was the witness'
religious views, and so forth.
Owing to the complexity of the
case and the seeming guilt of both
the defendant and the prosecuting
witness, Judge Davis was moved to
leniency when he passed sentence on
the defendant whom he found guilty
of. assault and battery on Franklin
Willis but dismissed the charge of as
sault on Madeline Wilis. The defend
ant had plead not guilty through his
attorney C. R. Wheatly, at the be
ginning of the trial. Judgment was
suspended upon payment of the costs
if the defendant fails to - pay the
costs within a resonable length of
time or is not of good behavior dur
ing the next twelve nonths, he will
have to serve a 30 day jail sentence
and work at the county heme. An ap
places all day on these four Satur
days. They may register a vote how
ever any day during that period. Sat
urday November 5 is "Challenge
Day' 'on which the names of illegal
voters may be challenged.
There have been a few changes in
the candidates for county offices. The
list as finally revised is as follows:
Democratic
For State Senate E. W. Summer
sill, L. I. Moore.
For House of Representatives
Luther Hamilton.
For Register of Deeds Irvin V.
Davis.
. For Sheriff Elbert M. Chadwick.
For Coroner George W. Dill.
' For Surveyor Elijah D. Hardesty.
For Board of County Commission
ers Martin Guthrie, W. P. Smith,
W. Z. McCabe, Edward Fulcher, W.
' if ioa
10. Estimated cost of bringing up
to standard, State roads in municipalities.
11. Estmated cost of bringing up
to standard, county roads and streets
peal was noted and bond vas set at M
Webb.
$50.
(Continued on page eight)
BAND TO PLAY AT (BETTIE
The King's Ban d of Antioch
Church, Craven County, will play
services in Welcome Home
Church, at Bettie, Sunday. Rev. Luke ersAlonzo M. Garner, Willie
Wetherington will preach mor:(ii?
and evening.
The Kings Band consists of ten in
struments, seven of which are saxo
phones. The band plays only for
church and religious entertainments.
Republican
For House of Representatives W,
B. Everett.
For Register of Deeds Waddell
Pridgen.
For Sheriff W. Iredell Salter.
For Coroner L. J. Noe, Sr.
For Surveyor Geo. D. Styron.
For Board of County Commission-
F.
for a decrease in revenue because of
fewer cars of $689,941.64 from last
year. The 19(1 act, changing the
method of computing the tax from
horsepower to weight of car, result
ed in loss of $188,561.20 to the State
in revenue a loss which is gain to
individuals Mr.s Maxwell has figur
ed. The total revenue shortage this
year is $878,502.84, a drop from the
$6,163,583.77 of last year to $5,2b5,-
080.93 this year.
For the three months of this fiscal
year, the automobile revenues decreas
ed $627,706.73, or from $4,360,068
55 for the first three months of last
year to $3,732,271.82 for the same
period this year. Gasoline taxes de
creased more than half a million dol
lars, license fees $114,000 and total
fees $8,500 in that period. More
than half of the decrease was in Sep
tember collections.
General fund revenue collections
for the first three months of the fiscal
ture exhaustion of natural beds.
As an inducement to encourage the y, all s milliin I nil a re At n Si
Beaufort bcnool, met at the request HeveloDment of ovster farming, the isnsonfli trnm sa fi?a aoi ri fnr
of Supt. Allen and formulated a plan. Board of Conservation and Develop-1 the ' same period last year. The in
for the equitable distribution of the 'ment has authorized the leasing ofl,create js accounted for almost entire-
instructional supplies now on hand in
the county office and the placing of
an order for such additional neces-
bottoms rent free for a period ot j iy through the collection of franchise
three years. The fisheries commission ;taxes in September this year that
er reevais tnat numerous inquiries re- were collected in October last year.
during
sary instructional supplies as the ap-'garding leases have been received by,xhe taxes amounted to $878,954.04
irujriai,i,uii ur( nu purpose win per-1 nis omce at lvioreneaa uy
mit. These young women did a good! the last several months,
job for which Mr. Allen wishes to
express his thanks. These supplies
may be had by the principals of the
several schools, or their representa
tives, Wednesday through Saturday
of this week or thereafter.
A meeting of the janitors of the
SEVERAL CASES TRIED
IN CITY POLICE COURT
last month as compared with only
$290,782.50 in September, 1931,
francise taxes reaching $605,477.00,
as compared with $37,711.69 in Sep
tember of last year, license taxes in
creased to $107,319 from $95,789,
income taxes increased to $145,126
from $126,066 and inheritance tax
es decreased to $21,031 in Septem
ber just past, from $31,215 in Sep
tember, 1931.
Income taxes due March 15 and
deferred were paid in September to
$221,670.25, while
tenance on the thoroughfares. )good
fair or poor).
Chairman Jeffress estimates the
survey will take a month or more.
SMALL CYCLONE LAST NIGHT
DID A LITTLE DAMAGE
mensurate with their opportunity for
rendering humanitarian service pecu
liar to their work whereby they can
minister to the health, comfort, edu-
There was a hevy rainfall here' cation ana general well-being or the
last night and for a time there was a children of their respective schools,
n-ettv stiff wind. At about 9 :E0 a'
small twister struck on the lower
part of Front street and did some
Jamage. Several window panes were
oroken in the front part of Captain
Vernon Styron's home and some
porch chairs belonging to several fam
ilies along there were damaged. A
skiff was blown from the water into
the street in front of the Styron
home and was afterwards run over
by an automobile and badly damaged.
A talking match between two col
ored women in Police Court Friday
afternoon entertained the SDectators
schools having steam heated plants ! and others but did not get the worn,
was held in the office of the county 'en out of the clutches of the law.
superintendent at one o'clock, at j They were Florence Fisher and Lid
which time the importance of their die Washington and they were both
work was stressed and special instruc convicted of disorderly conduct and the amount of
tions given for the performance of , give nthe privilege of paying $5 each : $95,344.00 was collected in Sentem
their duties. Those present were: 'of working 10 days on the streets, ber on incomes on which the tax waa
Don Lilly of Newport; W. B. Murrill , The evidence showed that two of due March 15. 1931. Commissioner
Maxwell reports. The new law per
mits deferring payment of part of the
tax due in March until September, or
for six months, by paying tha inter
est on deferred payments.
Tobacco Price Better
Tobacco prices in the new bright
colored, was convicted and given a belt area, in which warehouses open
sentence of 10 days or $5.00. ed last week, continued to be good on
Fred Davis, for disorderly conduct, j most grades of tobacco, as compared
drew a sentence of 5 days or the with last year's prices and as has
privilege of paying $2.50. been the case on earlier market
Earl Willis of Morehead City, a i opening. The old bright belt ware-
yonug white man, submitted to a , house, located generally in the pied-
12. Classification of nresent main and son William, of Camp Glenn ; their daughters had some sort of dif
ana ljonnie wims, oi Smyrna, air. ncuity ana tne two motners iook up
Allen believes that these men wil ren the quarrel on their own account.
der a measure of service beyond the However later the Mayor decided to
meager salary each received and com remit Liddie Washington's fine.
Charlie Henderson, colored, charg
ed with assaulting Fred Davis, also
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Lillie Maie Midyette to Llewellyn
Phillips, 1 lot M. City, for $10.
J. A. Hornaday Trustee to Gurney warned that the next offense would
P. Hood, Com. of Banks, 2 tracts ua fino
charge of fast driving on the streets
and was given the privilege of pay
ing $D or doing lU days and was
Beaufort Township, for $1.
SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWS
$2.00 A YEAR
Willis, O. B. Willis. C. T. Jarvis, N.
H. Russell.
CITY (BOARD MEETING
HELD MONDAY NlbMI
BOARD OF EDUCATION OFFICE
WILL BE CLOSED ON WEDNESDAYS
Therewere several other cases set
for trial but as witnesses were ab
sent were continued until next Friday.
mont section, open this week.
While tobacco prices do not com
(Continued on page nvf)
VITAL STATISTICS REPORT
FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST
Births In Carteret during the month
of August exceeded deaths by 21.
k. in th. office but will rather be Morehead City took the lead with 12
out inthe county on Mondays, per-
e 1 " were furnished hv the State Board of
haps on Wednesdays, and on rnaays - - - - - --
,v , , . ' - fVl ai,nnia Health. The record for the county
of each week inspecting the schools ,. .. .
- 1 A. Hut-tact
ana nerrorminir uwier u u-.
The public will take notice, there
at tne city nau. mere was consmci-. ? :. f su
able discussion of the budget and, view of the fact that the count su
' ..Jnerintendent is now called upon to
cuy minutes, xue uueanvu ui "'"5 ... .,, f:1 ro
the poll tax rate was discussef but, Perform duties performed until re
no final decision was reached about it
HkNTING LICENSES NECESSARY
Persons who are huntnij without
license had better stop it according
to information furnished a reporter
for the N ws by County Game War
den Blake" y Pond. Mr. Pond says that
he picked up several last week who
had failed to comply with the law
and that he prefers not to give peo
ple trouble but that he will under.
take to perform his duty as Gameiwere Mayor Taylor, Commissioners
Warden. He hopes all who wish to Gibbs, King and Rumley, City At
hunt will get their licenses at once, jtorney G. W. Duncan and City Clerk
There are fifteen different places in x. M. Thomas Jr.
the county where licenses can be had. I ,
The News is informed that the of
fice of the Carteret County Board of
Education will be closed to the pub
lic Wednesdays of each week so that
sufficient time, free from interviews
and interruptions, may be provided
wlth-pwiodie- regularity whereby the
manifold phases of the work of the
. j a. .-h It a lr ant
Th. board ot town commissioners v b'v - T" ' .n.t. M. an mi Mondays ' Newport
- . - . m ,1.. thor rna rnnniv Hu,ihi mimij pan nRuenu uvuu iuiuw.m
"-"- - . r.. To
the county superintendent In his oi
fice on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat-
cently by three full time officers urdays unless official business takes
Mrs. Salisbury as welfare omcer, oiiss him to Kaieign on mese uj.
Margaret Gustin as elementary su-izen3 desiring to see the county su-
penntendent can De oi viuou.
births and 7 deaths. These figures
fore, that although the office will be
open on these days (except Wednes
days), tsey need not expect inter
Town
Beaufort
M. City
Newport :
Deaths
1
7
1
The board adjourned subject to the
i j :.: u-4 u. n ' nervisor. and those of county super-
tax so that the collection of taxes mtendent. With increasing hard times
a t..-- . , tsnn.'the duties in each one of these fields
1 ..l4;ni. iA ,w miYvtnm" and (IT 1-
ficulty. In addition to the above du
ties, the county superintendent has
had to qualify as treasurer of the
CAUSE CF GRATITUDE
sistance to him in the performance
of his duties if they will confine their
Cedar 13.
Harkers Is. T
Harlowe
Hunting Quarter
Davis 0
Hunting Quarter
Stacy 0
Sea Level 0
01 Ilia uuuca ix nit ..... -
visits as far as possible to the days Hunting Quarter
on wheh he is in the office. I Atlantic
At its regular meeting on Monday, Marshallber
Octoher 3rd. the Board of Educa- aieinmon
state and county school funds, andjticn took up only other routine mat-
ii,.. uaA f o-ivo itiupV. nf h s t me re- tpv. The hid tor nauunsr me foi"
Newport
Portsmouth
i3 iinU ,1VG Ilium va ..... b..., - " - i
ntly to highway employment ar. l to the rural schools in Carteret Coun- '-nla.
... ., . . .. i . p rmcr ri,' f:ws i i inni-
Now while they're inventing aevic-, , . . . . , 1 ' V iu.. II ,4 tv,o akkh r.nal Straits '
es to save labor and perform distaste- i An automobile load oi tourists ai- , activities looKing toward reuei im u ueiug - "Z"' 1 Yv h'te Oak -
ful tasks, why doesn't somebody ways makes us feel glad that we did- a loan from the Reconstruct Fi- Company of Morehead City, hose n.te Uak
a machine that n't have to pacK tne luggage. tow- nance corporation. - ."..,..
come torwara witn
13
Birth
4
12
1
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
3
0
2
3
2
34
Still
births
TIDE TABLE
Information as to tha tides
at Beaufort is giren la this col
umn. The figures are approx
imately correct and based an
table's 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.
Hish Tide Low TiSf
Friday, Oct. T
7:29 a, m.
8:41 p. m.
1:42 a.
2:24 p.
m.
m.
Saturday, Oct. 8
2:56
3:13
m.
m.
8:48 a. m.
9:47 p. m.
4:01
4:33
m.
m.
m.
m.
Sunday, Oct. 9
10 : a. m.
10:41 p. m.
Monday, Oct. 9
11:01 a. m.
11:01 p. m.
11
11:26 a. m.
11:53 p. m.
12
12:06 a. m.
12:36 p. m.
Thursday, Oct. 13
7:08 a. m. 12:41 a. m.
7:27 p. m. . .1:16 p. m.
4:57 a,
5:25 p,
Tuesday, Oct.
5:56 a, m.
6:09 p. m.
Wednesday, Oct
6:29 a. m.
6:50 p. m.
'to
i
could get left holding the
bag? do Blade.
Ihe county superintendent win