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&1 $ 0 Ifaaa I tie -e.t advertising mjciium pi is!ied in Carteret Co READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY WATCH Your label and pay your subscription 1 i ,1 U VOLUME XVI 3 7GES THIS WEEK BUSY SESSION OF N. C. LEGISLATURE IS NOW FORECAST THE EEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY JAN. 6, 1927 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY NUMBER 1 Large Crowd of Lobbyist Al ready Filling The Hotels TAXATION THE BIG ISSUE (By M. L. SHIPS! AN) Raleigh, January 3 The holiday season having come to an end Raleigh is now getting ready for the session of the General Assembly which is to begin operations on Wednesday of the present week. Quite a few mem bers and clerks arrived today and every train will supplement the num ber. Hotel lobbies are beginning to realize that there are lively times a head for the Legislature always brings a big crowd to the capital city of the State. The speakership fight occupies thi center of the stage tonight and only enthusiastic suppoiters of the three aspirants for this coveted position are willing to place a bet on either of them. It is a reasonably safe pre diction that the speaker will be se lected from the thre-a avowed candi-! dates, X. A. Townsend of Harnett, R. T. Fountain, of Edgecombe, ami H. G. Connor, of Wilson and ihe lighi is g"tting "fast a-id furiors." witn the friends of each daimin a vie-! tory for his cho:-e. iu v. ithu! .-aval j has been reported at this wriiing and i there is not likely to be a nomination ! on the first ballot, certainly not un less one of the three u.ops out of the race. Lieutenant Governor Long, who wiil wield the gavel in the Sen ate, is ready "to go." Clof-e observance predict a busy session with tax reform the para mount isssue. The proposal of a thirty-million dollar bond issue for highway construction will come up in due course and the suggestion of sub mitting the question of an ight months school term is to be consider ed sometime during the session. The Educational 'Commission has nott icom pleted its report and recent rumors indicate a division in the Commission on the idea of submitting the issue at this time. Superintendent A. T. Al len insists that conditions warrant immediate :action and is expected to press the fight to a final conclusion regardless of the recommendation of the Commission. Governor McLean has been a busy man for weeks in the preparation of lis biennial message to the General Assembly and whipping into shape tentative measures he feels should be considered, by the legislative bodv The state budget for the two-year nscai period beginning July L 1927 mi which the 'Governor and his Advis ory Budget Commission have been wonting since the first of November Iras been completed, the report hav mg been written by Representative N. A. TWnsend. A revenue MS m also practically finished and will be passed on to the finance committees of the two branches of the Assem Diy early in the -session. It is said that this bill will provide for not less than $14,500,000, an increase of $1, 500,000 over the revenue bill enact ed by the Legislature two years ago iiie nurcntance tax to carry the ma jor portion oi the greater amount. Governor McLean will deliver his - message on the second or third day of the session. This document is likely U reflect the -results of the strictly business administration which has characterized the activities of the Chief Executive the past two years and he will doubtless pledge ths re maining period of his term to even greater measures of eeonomy. The commissioner of Pardons has been of great aid to the Governor in hand ing details with which his predecess ors were compelled to contend. Whil. Mr. McLean has extended clemency mj ..no persons since taking office two years ago the pardon commissioner has handled practically all the appli cations, and the actions of the Gov ernor have been based on his recom mendations, 20 paroles, 17 pardons, 23 respites or reprieves, 25 commuta tions and 75 temporary paroles have been granted in 1925 and 1926. The "Committee of .One Hundred,',' composed of fundamentalists are planning to swoop down on the solons with a demand that theories be not taught' as facts in state supported schools. Zeb V. Turlington, repre sentative from Iredell county, is to be spokesman for the Committee in the House and prospects for a spirit ' ed fight are looming as time for ac tion approaches. It will be a repe tition of the scrap over the Poole resolution in the House during the session of 1925 which resulted in a victory for the opposition. Evolu-1 tionists refuse to become excited and I (Continued on page eight) TIST MINISTER RECEIVES ! NICE HOLIDAY GIFT! ust before Christmas 1926 a nice ' t'irkey was sent around to the home I of Rev. L. B. Boney by a friend who ! managed to conceal the name of the giver, and on New Years day of the piesent year he received through the mail a bill of money pinned to a piece of paper on which was written "from a friend," but no name signed. Mr. Boney wishes to thank the per son or persons who so kindly remem bered him and wishes for them much happiness in the new year. oOo- Lynchings During Past Year Somewhat More Than In 1925 PRISONERS FIND WAY TO LIBERTY Court Too Near To Stay Longer In County Jail So Four Men Leave The near approach of Superior Ccurt with the prospect of being tiied before Judge Crr.nmcr perhaps was a little too much strain on the nerves of four prisoners in the coun ty jail and so last night they took .Heir departure. They went out thiou.-h a window o;i the second story of the north side of the jail p.n1 ,(1;1 tlii' work so quietly that tne jailer and his family who livj i i 'i house about fifty foot from the J- The following record concerning lynchings for the past year was com piled by Tuskegee Institute in the De partment of Records and Research. There were 29 persons lynched in 1926. This is 13 more than the num ber of 16 for 1925, 13 more than the number of 16 for 1924, 4 less than the number 33 for 1923, and 28 less than the number 57 for 1922. The courts had acquitted one of the victims. 20 of the persons lynched j were taken from the hands of the i law, 8 from jails and 12 from offi i cers of the law outside of jails. 2 of the persons lynched were women. There were 33 instances in which officers of the law prevented lynch ings. 4 of these were in Northern states and 2!) in Southern states. In 27 cf the cases the prisoners were re moved or the guards augmented or other precautions taken. In 6 other "itfiroSi armed force was used to repel the would be lynchers. In 4 instances during the year persons charged with being conected with lynching mobs were indicted. Of the 34 persons thus before the courts, 9 were sentenced to the penitentiary; 8 for terms ranging from 4 to 20 years, and 1 for life. Of the 29 persons lynched, there were 22 Negroes, 6 whites and 1 In dian. 5 or less than 17 per cent of those put to death were charged with rape or attempted rape. The offen ces charged were; murder, 8; rape, 2; attempted rape, 3; killing officer of the law, 5; wounding officer of the law, 2; attacking woman, 1; insulting woman, 1; frightening woman, 1; burglary, 1; charge not reported, 5. The states in which lynchings oc ei.;rred and the number in each state are: Arkansas, 2: Florida, 8; Geor gia, 1; Kentucky, 1; Mississippi, 4; New Mexico, 1; South Carolina, 3; fenessee. 1; Texas. 7- Virginia, 1; CCUNTY COMMISSIONERS MET LAST MONDAY I ONLY 46 FARMERS THREE STORES R03BBED LAST FRIDAY NIGHT we i e not :ytu: l-c- T.ie v.vn who b: were J,h;i Moore, L Wil.-r.n and Lovie D:: Mooie and Davis vere os i ot viol at ail. out of lis Jo.-io-'. is. ail cola held on ch pioimintioii Jaw. a South Carolina been ti icd on the a car from Mrs. .Alt" - d. ifg- nig th -ouis Jones who i negro, was to have charge of stealing v. uey. Ait Wilson was under indictment for stealing chickens. He is a boy and lives in Keauofrt. Two other prisoners could have escaped also but decided that they did not care to do so and will stay and stand trial. lht;y are Willie Greena.l Len Harper. .Harper called Mrs. Chap- miu, wiie oi deputy sheriff R. For the second time in a fe'.v weeks th; stores of Davis Brothers av.ci 4 he Gaskili-Mace Company werD ente ed by robbers last Friday n'ght. About "20 in money was stolen from each :tr.i e and possibly som? merchandise. The same parties na doubt entered ;hs store- of the Beaufort Grocery Company that night and stole some lv.erchvndise. Entrance to the stores was effected through trap doors in the roofs of the buildings. It is thought that more than one person took part in the robberies as one .,1.1 1,.,..!!,. U.... u ... i ... rm. lJO""j i'vt Kdui-ii in ano oui i .1 nomas, Jr. mayor of the buildnigs -very easily. The j These members re-el police have investigated as much as possible but so far no clue as to the nieiuuy 01 me criminals nas been j T, G. Britt, county health officer. It f(,und- I is probable that the board will hold 0O0 1 another meeting soon to attend to KANSAS DOES "NOT , seme other hnsm HEALTH BOARD STARTS NEW YEAR Dr. Britt Re-Ehcted County Health Officer. Drs. Maxwell and Royall Re-elcted The cr-unty board of health met in Beaufort Monday and held a short session. The ex officio members oi the board aie J. E. Woodland, chair man of the board of county commis sioners, J. H. Workman countv su perintendent of education and T. M. of Beaufort. re-elected to the board Dr. C. S. Maxwell and Dr. B. F. iRoyall. Thev also rp-el ectpd Dr A meeting of the board of county commissioners was held here Mon day. This was the regular first Monday meeting. A report of the proceedings of the board meeting will not be in the News this week asa copy of the minutes was not av ailable in time for publication. An account of the meeting will appear in the News next week. The audit of the county's business which has been in progress for several weeks is not yet finished but the News is informed that it is about done and probably will be reported at the next meting of the broad. 0O0 SCALLOP SEASON IN FULL SWING Began Monday. Fishermen Are Doing Very Well So Far WANT GERENS BACK Chaplain the jailer, about 6:45 this morning and told her of th Dnorv mc biaiisuuriuuon 01 J. r. I,iin The county trifl ihve to pav fr Harper is beinir held on u. charge. ."He ;sayB .that ihe .allowed ! back to Kansa if ever pets there some Doy to have the use of his car and the boy went out and got some iliiuui, ins Knowledge or con sent. Green was with Louis Jones when they took Mrs. .Dey's car and started on .a joy ride. Green says Jones stole the ear and invited him to take ;a :ride with him. The .prisoners effected their es cape without much trouble. Thev m, irasi it iooks mil way. in an effort to t Tid of him Clerk of the Superior Court L. W. Hassell sent a telegram iMonday to the Governoi A set of new year resolutions pre Tared.by the State Board of Health is Irt-fng distrltated for publication. They are as follows: RESOLVED I shall have a complete physical examination made "by my family phy sician at the earliest opportunity to determine if any defects exist which The scallop season in Carteret county opened up Monday morning with a rush and is now in full swing. On account of the scarcity of these shellfish last year the open season for them was closed indefinitely. By older of the State Fish Commission it was re-opened January the 3rd and v.i'i stay so until the board d-fides to cbse it aain. The boats of hundreds of fisher men dotted the waters in Core and Boeue Sounds, Newport River and in every creek or cova where scdlops may be found. All the necessary pi epilations had been made and as soon as the tide had receded enough to permit, the men to work they were busy with their rakes and trawls. Many of them could be seen wading in ths water almost waist deep. The News is informed that all the scallop fishermen have been making very good wages so far. Some of them having made as much as $10 a day. ihe dealers are paying $2.50 a gal- ion tor the catch. PAH) INCOME TAX OF 283,000 TOTAL Professor Hobbs Makes Inter esting Study of N. C. Farm Conditions CALIFORNIA FARMERS LEAD Of the 283,000 farmers in the "progressive, prosperous state of North Carolina less than 50 paid fed eral income tax during the year 1923, according to figures dug from the report of the Federal Treasury De partment by Professor Sam Hobbs. of the University of North Carolina. Though North Carolina ranks sec ond among all states of the Union in number of farms, it ranks next to the ast in the number of farmers who re turned income tax schedules. ' Mr. Hobbs w ites in the current issue of the University News Letter. Of the 65 North Carolina farmers who filed income returns with the government only 46 reported a net profit. "We do not know how many of the 46 who actually paid a tax, that is. whose profits were in the tax ble brackets," writes Professor Hobbs. "Probably not half." Duiinir the year 11)23 less than th'ee North Carolina farmers out of every lO.OOOeven filed a federal in come tax schedule. "It seams to us to be one of the mos-t significant bits of information released in some time," the professor states. As compared with North Carolina, California at the top of the list, tiles 810 farm schedules for every 10,000 farmers. Over 300 times the rate for this State. "It is an interesting fact that upon an average only one out' of every one thousand income tax schedules filed in this State is filed by a farmer," writes Mr. Hobbs. These figures prove, according to Mr. Hobbs. that the Every dav now many gallons are being shipped fr'om unJust and that it is the city man who tieauiort and Morehead City, mostly suPPorts -the government Gerea. He received a reply several hours later -wliich stated "Deliver J. F. Geren to sheriff of Independence county at you expense." Signed Board of Administration. So at presunt the authorities are took a wooden bar and pried sev- U,e authorities are eral iron rods out of a window and ' " :Ht Bea 88 eTer M 0 lowered themselves to the ground! 'th Geren and his two with blankets. The jail is not con .c'hlldnm- Jt 18 a,led that the man sidered a very secure place to keen .prisoners and escapes have been made from it several times before. 0O0 MARRIAGE LICENSES. of Kansas asking what to do with , if corrected now, would prevent ser ious organic trouble in later life. T 1-1 .... 1 snau give my children protec tion from drphtehria by having my family physician make immune to this disease by administering toxin-anti-toxia, -particularly to all chil dren from 6 months old to 7 years. I shall -safeguard the health of my family and community from small pox by the only known method to prevent this -disease that of vacci nation. I shall do everything possible to i-ieveiii. ina spread ot communic.a 1, , TI 1 1 , , o jmimu-ki. us nas Deen locknrf nn in the town jail at Morehead City for sevema -weeks and his little son j and daughter are baing cared for at the bounty Home. Mr. Hassel went to northern cities At this time of the year as a rule the scallop fishing is a great help to the fishermen. Fish are generally right scarce in January and so scal lops help to keep the men employed lllT'lTi rr TIT:.-. . 1 WJ jin,ei- inontns. barter- Concerning this the Universitv nrn- fessor writes: "It seems to us that two conclu sions are pertinent. First, that the income tax does not hit all classes alike. The salaried man pays on his gross income: the cornorat.inn th 'Drily ttwo jiermite -io enter the ! j to Baleigh a -short time ago and tried I ble diseases by not unnecessarilv lO t. thm Kan nIR.S.t- i- i - , ., , ... . -- -wc uiuumiB id xaKe e i state of matrimony have been trrant- I A t , IM t or tr to et this week by Recister of TWUi, ."" AansM- " aPPers R. W. Wallace. Thev were to Ah.l , , . 'aated above that raham Taylor of Beaufort and Lula ! ZTTJ M V6ry anxioUe tv Morrison colored, of Newport. Also to Boy Mann of Newport and Ruby Frances Pinjer .of .Bqgiifi. -0O0- gtt them bai-k there so what to do with the Kansa-s -wayfarers is still a prabiem. HEALTH OFFICE NOTICE. Messrs. T. M. .Simmons of Char lotte and J. E. Woodland of Mor. head City were in town today on ai ousiness trip. Mr. R. L. McCrary .of Lexington was m town 'ast niirht stomiinir at the Davis House. Mr. Jianson Collier of Atlanta r,a is here on a business trip stoppinz at the .Daris House. Dr. T. C. Britt, County Health Of ficer 111 be in hie office on next Fri day, Saturday and Monday for the purpose of taking care of shell fish handlers. This is in addition t othe regular Saturday office day, and is for next Friday and Monday only. 0O0 Envelopes were first used in France during the reign of Louis XIV. December Weather Report Shows That Month Was About An Average The weather in Beaufort during the monfb of December was not un usual one way or another. It was however considerably dryer than the average, 2.29 inches against 4.02 which is the mean rainfall for that month. Weather Observer Charles Hatsell's report shows that there are twelve clear days in December, eleven part ly cloudy and eight cloudy ones. There were a few pretty cold davs. The coldest was on the lith when the mercury dropped down to 22 above zero. There were a good many days when the thermometer rose above sixty and on the 31st it was real summeiy when it climed up 74 above zero. The wind blew from the southwest 11 days from the north west 6 days, northeast 8 days, north d, south 1, west 1, southeast 1 day. The temperature figures day by day are as follows: Max. 1 66 2 64 3 55 Min. 4 5 6 7. 8 9 i 10 11 12 13 . 14 15 16 17 18 . 19 20 . 21 22 . 23 . 24 . 25 . 20 . 27 . 28 . - 65 67 - - 60 -- 48 63 62 64 - -- 63 -- 61 67 .66 66 50 - -.50 -46 39 58 64 - ...60 54 --- 55 - .62 67 - .58 , 65 40) 29 64 35(30 .54 33 '31 74 47 46 38 28 38 50 49 53 42 49 45 45 80 26 30 22 27 48 49 38 41 54 53 37 44 49 36 32 posing my children to infection from others who are victims of diseases termed "catching" and by keeping mem irom schoo when suffering with suspicious colds, or running temperature that they may not be a source of infection to others. I shall promote birth registration in my community by beinir certain that my children awe properly reeis- terea with the vital statistics depart ment of the Sate Board of Health and by ascertaining if the physician! of my community are promptly rec- ii-'-.!.. 11 1 . v.-., " louai oircns. f shalj insist on my family taking lili.ioia vaccine to prevent typhoid I shall give my city and county health officials every assistance pos sible in making my home communi ty one of the most healthful spots in the State. I shall drive my car in a manner that will not endangger my own life nor the lives of others. 0O0 PRICED ACCORDING TO AGE. The proud father was extolling the womanly virtue of his daughters to the young man who had called. "Nor will they go penniless to their husbands," the father added. "There's Mary, who is twenty-five She'll get $1,000 when she marries. And Betty, just thirty-five, she will have $3,000. And the man who takes i,Iiza, who is forty, gets $5,000. "You haven't got a daughter about fifty or so, have you?" asked the young man after reflecting a moment. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. 0U0 An oil well at Olinda, California, is now the deepest well in the world. It penetrates the eart to a depth of 8,046 feet. et county waters are the only place farmer and others on their net prof in me aiaie where seal on fishinp- is 1LS- me operation of th inMm done on a commercial Wis T ost tax, the fairest of nil to v00 ,i year and the year before scallons equitably administered, is manifpstlv were very scarce and the season was unfair to certain classes. It. reat-h made very short in order to give them almst no farmers, and it is incon a chance to replenish themselves, livable that there were only forty They seem to be fairly plentiful now six farmers in the Stats k m-i- and it is the hope of everybody in Profit from farming in 1923. The this section that the catch this year salaried man may be unable to make enus meet, but he must pay on his gross income. "Second, that the burden of porting the State almost entirely on the cit.v n0ni since about the same people who file federal income tax schedules file Mate schedules. The frn,.i,; hentance, and business taxes are borne almost entirelv hv 1,0 pie. 1 here are not. mnro , ' twu UI uozen Tan will be a good one 0O0 CITY BOARD HOLDS ITS MONTHLY MEETING mi. 1 xne regular monthly meeting of tne board of commissioners of the town of Beaufort took place Mon uay. inose present were Mayor 1 nomas, commissioners Maxwell, Noe, Smith and Whitehurst. No i . u"" Ui v"y great interest was ' c uun iarmers in the State w-uaauceo. cuiu.-ioute to the general fund Mr. John R. Willis, who conducts of the State treasury. They pay au a restaurant on Turner street, asked tomoblIe license and gas taxes for "e "e anowed to pay his tobacco "T ""P"" i highways but contrib ,w iUt oiA munins instead of " """iing- to the general jem, n motion who rtaonj 4 "iu ux &10.1MMI linn n . naKs. collect his tax to July the first. Carteret Motor Company a?kei permission to erect a large electric S!gn, advertising Chevrolet cars, nn the front of the placa they occupy in me ouucuKHie lermmai. A mo tion was passed granting them per mission to put up the sign with the n.c siace government. We do not claim that they ought to pay in come taxes or bear a part of the bur den of supporting the state govern ment. It may bbe that they are al ready over taxed suporting local gov ernment. But it is a fact thaour -tate ggovernment is supported by uiderstanding that no post is to he t T, "'0nai taxpayer.-. Placed there. Z ?n ?u,uo a11 told out of Mr .Tnkn nv.i .... "t""n ot nearly 3,000,000. board' ;d MM To i f U "Vt eSti"? ' t the taken by the town fm n ! " o! . . sucn "'8 rank as . , lcaus lne word ,n -c vv.,.a ronarfft- the i..- , to a committee composed of Commis Queen street belonirinr to .W, anA ..v. '.T.'.T iea(ls 1 Forlaw. The matter was referred "!!?10Atnat.takeM hih k Co:- .... .oi.M oecona only to Tst-.is in tba P k .' . lr, n.:t.i j. , "uiiiuer oi iarms. shnn hnv.. the board adjourned. dividual farmers. Three farm sche- -oOo- . n . . . . iviaksmallbeRG PEOPLE WANT TO KEEP SCHOOL THERE dules per 10,000 farms looks bad fo- a great aeriVnltnr-ii t. -oOo- Mr. A. M. Whelplev of ton, was a guest of' the Davis House yesterday. -oOo- When Austin Chamberkin was in stalled as Lord Rector of Glasgow University, 2,000 of the students wore monocles in his honor. A delegation of citizens from Marshallberg came before the countv hoard nf orinnaf nffj j ... ! ., . "n" ts approva of a ot $15,009 10 , 1'icBcui, cnac heir school shall remain where it is. There has h?pn tall,- nf ,sr,i; dating several of the elementary schools in that part of the county. The board told the delegation that no action would be taken for the pres ent and when the matter is taken up that due consideration will be giv en to their request. The board of trustees of the Beau fort Graded School district present ed a petition to the board asking for ap- s also cou.ay is to be Uvsed in buildini? a school fnr v,a colored, population. The board inuveo tne request wh eh was ! approved by the board of commissioners. The monev come from the State Literary Fund lew small matters were consider ed by the board and some bills aud ited after which it adjourned. Messrs Wiley H. Taylor, Charles V. Webb and Dennis Mason who constitute the board and Superintendent J. H Workman were all present. t