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VOLUME XVI
10 PAGES THIS WEE1
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THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY FEB. 3, 1927
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REPORT SHOWS
PROGRESS MADE
IN WELFARE WORK
Food, Medicine And Other
Help Given To Needy
People
1200 CALLS WERE MADE
An interesting meeting of the As
sociated Charities of Morehead City
was held in that city Wednesday of
last week. Several talks were made
by ministers and other civic leaders.
The report of Mrs. F. C. Salisbury,
welfare worker, was made and show
ed that a great deal had been done
for the relief of the sick and needy,
Mrs. Salisbury's report is herewith
reproduced -
"Summary of activities of the As
sociated Charities in Morehead City
-and vicinity since its organization
February 15, 1926:
Morehead Ciiy
One thousand two hundred calls
have been mede, 66 messages sent,
three hundred and thirty-seven let.
ters written, twenty one blanks filled
out for admission into various insti
tutions for physical fud mental ben
efit ( ten accepted, others awaiting
their call, one questionaire filled out
for county assistance for widow.
.Seventy-five calls answered for food,
fifteen for fuel, six given milk, wheel
chair for invalid, medicine and exam
ination given t0 seventy, . treatment
given seven for ulcerated teeth, six
for infection, two with sprained
wrists, two given glasses, prompt ac
tion saved child's eye which was in.
jured by scissors, three operations
for tonsils and adenoids, twelve
cripples taken to .New Bern to .Rotary
clinic, one given vocational training.
Due operation, two measured for ar
tificial limbs, two "Wasserman blood
test. Forty-four families given
.clothing at a conservative estimate
to be worth $300.
Called on relatives xf seven depen
dent families seeking ways and means
for their support. Arrangements
made with company for money to be
;sent family of one iof Iheir employees
for -support.
Located missing husbands and of
, (dependent faiIlj found Incarcerat
ed in South Carolina. Located miss
ing Service man. Located missing;
girl and arrangejmeirt-8 .made for her
return. Two oil stoves repaired which
were aut of commission, .a coal or'
wood stove supplied. Copies made of;
menu put out by IL S. Public Health j
Service to be used in cases of Pella-l
gra ,and sent three families. Welfare
talk given before high school girls.
Two hundred and fiftj magazines
taken tn Honor Camp. Services ar
ranged for seven Sundays at Honor
1amp, Morehead Bluffs.
Tnttrectsion mae -with "H. Hoyle
Sink, Pardon Commissioner, Raleieh
for three paroles for state convicts
which were firranted.
Boy (colored) placed in Institution
at Uoldsboro. Deaf mute (colored)
from Virginia placed in sehoo at
Kaleigh. Aswsted two property
holders to secure rent from tenants
bent mother and four children to
husband who was ill in Savannah
Ga. Sent mother and three children
to sister in Miami, Fla. Twenty-
eight were supplied with school books
Six Bibles given to those in Training
school. Employment secured for six.
restoratives used in poison case.
Three undesirable characters sent
away. Four hundred and eighty
eight given Christmas gifts. Reousst.
ed Representative Wm. Bell to sup
port several measures which will came
before the present General Assembly
affecting the welfare of women and
children of the State both white and
colored Emphasizing especially a
Farm Colony which would giye in
dustrial training to women who are
now serving sentences in idleness.
Vicinity
Approximately 3500 miles traveled
47 calls mads. Called on six concer
patients, $20,000 to $25,000 of rad
ium used. Two cases reported malig
nancy destroyed. Raised funds to
pay taxes on widows' property. In
eight localities urged neighbors and
relaitves to help pay taxes on prop
erty of widows. . Three Pellagra
menus given. Called on family,
found husband intaoxieated and in
dangerous mood, took supplies to
them, had been without four days,
ananged to have wife and four chil
dren sent to father's home. Investi
gated case of cripple, found begging
on the street, from Craven County.
Reported whereabouts of young man
wanted for nonsupport. Blind girl
brought here to sing before audience
to aid in her support and that a
feeble mother. A widow from Ot
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LARGEST CRM L DOCKET
IN uARS NOW IN PROGRESS
Large Number of Slot Machine Operators Faced The Judge
Today. Put Under Bond To Show Good Behavior For
Two Years. Several Other Cases Tried
VETERAN SEAMAN
DIESSUDDENLY
Captain Jim Ireland, Noted
For His Courage And Skill
Has Passed Away
Beufort lost one of its most re
markable citizens last Friday when
Captain Jim Ireland passed away. He
died rather suddenly about midnight
at the home of Mrs. Nina Skarren
where friends did what they could
to prolong .his life. He had just got
ten backja-few days previously from
the hospital. . He had been suffering
for some time with indigestion and it
is thought that his heart was weak
The longest criminal docket that
Carteret county has had in a long
time is in progress this week. It is
often the case that the criminal dock
et is finished by Tuesday night but
today is Thursday and it is not fin
ished yet. Solicitor D. M. Clark
found his first court in Carteret one
cf the biggest that he has had to
Qontend with anywhere.
Judge E. H. Cranmer arrived Sun
day, opened ciiurt promptly at ten
o'clock and since that time has kept
the court machinery going in a vig
orous fashion. His charge to the
jury which was about an hour in
length was heard by a crowd that
packed the court room. Besides the
usual explanation of the functions
of jurors the charge abounded in
moral reflection and Scriptural quo-
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the large crowd with close attention, i T.he n,ght. of ! death he had attend
The Judge called the attention o : d 10vmg p.cture show fter wh.ch
the grand jury especially to the ma-!? dro? rth some 'ne?di .out ?
. ,. , , ... , line oyster nouse on JNorth Kiver nd
tor vehicle law, gambling, carrying ! , . ' n . . 'v"
concealed weapons and the prohibi-! T . -V . I" "c "a
tion law. He said if all the church "uuul tlgnl years 01
members -would quit drinking whiskey Captain Ireland was bred and born
the prohibition law would be a much " 6uul' nls iawer was arowneu
greater success.
R. H. Dowdy of Morehead City was
made foreman of the grand jury and
Herbert Forlaw was appointed special
deputy fo rthe jury.
The first case tried, and perhaps
one of the most interest, was that of
Jf. I. -Baker on the charge of assault
with deadly weapon upon George
Styron, This grew ut of a fight
which occurred xt the Ocean JBeach
pavilion last Summer. Mr. Styron
was cut across the abdomen by Mr.
Baker and wsa confined to the
hospital for abtwtt a month. The
trial .resulted in &m acquittal of Ma:.
Baker. He was defended by attor
neys Luther Hamilton and C.
Wheatly. Their rplea was aelf defense.
Attorney E. Walter Hill assisted So
licitor Clark in the prosecution.
When the case of Charlie Smith
and Clara Belle Buttress of Beaufiort
was called
body under 21 years
at sea and he had frequently said he
expected to go the same way but fate
had prepared a different end for him.
He formerly owned a schooner which
he used to load with lumber and car
ry to Halitmore. Frequently he had
no .crew whatever. He was a man
of powerful physique and could hoist
and lower his sails and manage his
boat without any assistance. Be al
ways carried a little dog with him
for company. For a vear or an r.n.
tain Ireland had been engaged in
deep sea fishing. He owned and
sailed the Gem, a maTl but staunch
little craft in which he would g0 out
to the ea bass gronwis all ai.cne as
a rule and frequently would stay
there two or three days, -metimes
in tne worst twrt mf w ,. w
,
more fearless sailor than t ev( eft
this port. Captain Ireland hi no
relatives here but lad a brother in
Florida and another me wh& lived
the Judge ordered ewery at Gum Ne. N. C The funeral
1 21 years ,old out of tthe took Place Sunday afternoon and he
court room. This case charged Jin- was lal daway jn th Episcopal ceme
lawful cohabitation. Several wit- tery-
n esses were examined who testified
o JiHving seen ithe -parties together
several times. The evidence was
BRIDGE WORKER
KILLED TUESDAY
Captain Jack Cunningham
Falls And Loses, Life At
Foot of Ann Street
REPORTEXCITES INTEREST
Does Not Declare For Eight Months Term. Asks For Re
valuation Of All Property In State. More Normal
Schools Needed
The first fatality that has occur
red since construction started on the
big Beaufort-Morehead highway
bridge took place Tuesday morning
when Captain Jack Cunningham was
killed. The accident took place on
the pile driver at the foot of Ann
street. Captain Cunningham was in
charge of the pile driver. He was
standing on a cross piece about
eighteen feet above the deck. He fel!
from this and his head struck several
Darts of the marhino nn thn ,ho,t
down and finally hit the deck break-
insr one arm nnd frgMnnr. 1
skull.
Mr. F. S. Sprouse wh0 is a fore
man on the job, had Captain Cunning
ham carrrisd to the home of Dr. C.
S. Maxwell where he was examined
by Drs. Maxwell and Hyde. He nev
er regained consciousness after the
fall and probably was dead in a few
minutes after he fell. The bodv was
PURE FOOD MEN
INSPECT MARKETS
Favorable Report On Scallop
Dealers. Oysters Should Not
Be Floated
Mr J J McM.nmis Chief of flip
his I Savannah station of the Pure Food
and Drug Division of the Department
of Agriculture, was in Morehead
City, New Bern, Washington and Bel
haven during the past week in com
pany with T. E. MeCrea, Asst. San.
Engineer o fthe State Board of
Health and the N. C. Fisheries Com
mission. Matters of interest pertain-! had been
ing to the shellfish situation were ! ready for committee okeys.
(By M. L. SHIPMAN)
Raleigh, January 31, The Gen
eral Assembly is the hig show in the
capital of the State these days and
is expected to hold the center of the
stage for a little more than four
weeks yet. The present session has,
like its "predecessors," required
three weeks in preparation and an
other week in getting started. How
ever, it has had the advantage of in
vestigations made by Governor Mc
Lean and the Budget Commission
that have simplified the work of the
big committees, appropriations and
finance. Hitherto these committees
have brought in their reports near
the conclusion of the sessions and
there has generally been very little
time ffilr consideration. This time
the revenue act and appropriation bill
prepared and printed
While
v-. 4 v. j auc; Kiti y was j "'S cuv-uiicn ouuatiun Ytxc ; icaujr 1 j l lviii ij i j l ice urvco. fi line
taken to an undertaker's establish-1 looked into and very favorable re-1 a good many changes are being made
mnf in AAU.n ,1 : a .. i ,i I nnv,4-r. a 1 11 I t. e xi
ment in Morehead Citv and thfn
shipped back to Baltimore where Mrs
Cunningham and a son lived. Cap
tain Cunningham had been with San
ford and Brooks for forty five years
and was considered a very valuable
employe.
Work on the big bridge is going
forward very satisfactorily. The two
piers on the Morehead City side; are
finished.. Nearly all of the piles on
that side have been driven and a con
siderable part of the deck of the
bridge has been laid. On the Beau
fort side one of the piers is finished
and the other is about half donP. A
. number of the piles on the Beaufort
siae nave been driven and this part
of, the work will soon be done and
work started on the caps. The dirt
fill waa finished manj months ago
and ready for the paving to be
laid on it The steel work on the
bridge has not started for some reas
on or other, but the concrete is all
ieady .for the steel workers when
they -want to start.
oOo
Watch Stealing Case
Tried In Police Court
calaboose. He had no lawyer and
T . . ,) . . i l Y w n n i
, . ,. . , I uuugc ityucMtu jar. ill. tx. uor-
not strong enoueh .to convict however u. ir. ,
j ,. ." - - nam lu ueitnu ram waicu ne fill.
lend the Solicitor did not resist a Mr r.r,,v,o, cnu i.i. ...
motion to dismiss at. I BmtnoA n roi j
A trial that afforded the large I thtn John himself took the etand. He
crowd considerable entertainment I demVH nil the, .1
wa lhat in which J.o.hn Bunyan Cnn
glean of Beaufort was charged with
larceny and with breaking out of ibe
self very emphatically and also the
intimat'on thta he was insane. Judge
(Continued on page four)
ports were made on the escallops 1 most of them are of minor imnor-
market at Morehead City and Beau-; tance.
fort which markets have undergone Few of the State institutions are
some noteworthy changes within the satisfied with the budget "dole" and
past few years under the direction of j the committees meet regularly to
McManus. hear the reasons why they cannot
In a letter to Commissioner Nelson, get along without more money than
Mr. McManus gives a complete sum- j was ordered by the Governor and the
mary of the situation with regard to advisory budget commission. Presi
the Oyster markets of Morehead City , dent Chase of the University has let
Beaufort, New Bern, Washington and j it be known that $2,300,00 is neces
Belhoven, giving the position of the i sary to bring that institution's build
Division of Foods and1 Drugs with re- j ing equipment up to present needs,
gards to soaking oysters. Mr. Mc-' The Bugtt Commission had suggested
Manus states that "Samples were tak-' $1,220,000; President Brooks of
en from oysters shucked and washed ! State College asks increases over the
on the strainer in a satisfactory man- j amount recommended by the Budget
ner and from oyters taken from the j Commission, of $40,000 for a presi
soaking tub." He goes on to show dent's home, $17,500 for extension
that the oysters that have been in the work, and $1,250 for printing bulle
tub soaking take up water and such i tins for the Experiment Station; Dr.
practice is nothing other than adul- j J. I. Foust, of the North Carolina
teration. He further states "Deal-1 College for Women,, Greensboro,
ers pretend that they do not know of asked for a re-arrangement of the
this fact and claim that soaking is ! items allowed his institution so that
necessary in order to allow the shell j an extra $35,000 could be secured
t0 settle. "However it has been ourj for supplies; normal schools for col
experience that most of the oyster ored in Various sections of the State
houses over the United States are j express the wish for more than has
able to remove shell with the ordi- been allocated to them if the Gener
nary washing given on the strainer." j al Assembly can find the money.
Mr. McManus goes on to say that Probably the outstanding event of
Police court wr.s held Mondav ev-
ening at seven o'clock instead of the ! ZL Tt T Wpint,.a,lt
usual hour rf four in t.hp Bft,rr,nn. ' T d not lntend to restrict washing
"The department understands that a
certain amount of washinc is neces
sary, from a sanitary viewpoint and
i i j, . i we uu not lniena to restrict washing
usual hour of four in the afternoon. . !,-. wat-ning.
This wn a, to , Wt tw Sn,.r. 1 h,owever ?ur experience has shown
Carteret's Bonded Debt High
In Proportion To Its Wealth
The University News Letter in its i port The abcunt of bonas motion-
.BuC ins tom puoMM.es e( jg $i(666i90o which does not
some rather interesting figures as to, e with the fi s of auditors
the bonded indebtedness of the var
ious counties in North Carolina.
There are 100 of these counties and
it appears that Carteret stands third
m the proportion of bonded debt to
county wealth. The first is Clav.
the second is Cherokee. Carteret is
at the eastern end of loute 10 and
Cherokee 13 at the western end. Clay
is a small county right next to Chero
kee. Neither of the three counties
has a large population or much
wealth.
The News Letter's figures however
do not give all the facts in so far as
Carteret county is concerned. As a
matter of fact the county's debt is
over two million dollars. Part of
the debt however h for money bor
Dixon, Rus and Carter which are
$1,473,000. If '.ho proposed $1,
250.000 bond issj- i validatpd bv
the General Assembly the county's
bonded indebtedness will be well ov
er two million riollnrs. Under the
law of the Stalo, chapter 97, Public
Laws, Extra Sets) 1 1024, the board
of commissioners had no right to go
in debt as deeply as they have done.
The law says a county having tax
able values of between ten and twen
ty millions may issue bonds to the
extent of seven percent of its tax
ables. This amount has already baen
I considerably exceeded and will be
j far more if the new issue is validat
. ed. As a matter of probable inter
est to tne public the News Lettor'n
rowed on Ehmt time notes. Tho j figures are given as t0 the ten cjuh
News Letter says i! figures weie ob-; ties thnt have the highest pcrcentnpv
tnined from the State Auditor's re- : of bonded debt to taxable valuer
IJanic County
. (1)
County
bonded
debt
$ 431,500
1,178,000
Clay
Cherokee v
Carteret 1,666,000
Henderson 2,421,500
Ashe - 1,445,000
Swain 1,403,500
Maccn 646,500
Perquimans 822,000
Montgomery 1,306,500
Mitchell ficl.CGT
(2- (3)
Bonded Percent
debt debt is
per of wealti"
inhab. listed foi
taxation
18.08
$ 84.00
73.64
101.20
123.60
64.SJ0
92.95
48.65
73.40
89.50
72.80
13.53
13.50
13.11
11.80
11.2G
10.50
10.18
8.97
8.7C
This was due to the fact that Super
ior Court is in session here this week.
The case of most importance was
that against George Copes, colored,
charged with having stolen a watch
from the home of Captain R. Q.
Willis Christmas day. Copes denied
the charge and said he knew nothins-
about the watch at all. Alice Moore,
colored, who was charered with re
ceiving stolen property said that she
got the watch from Copes apd lent
him $3 on it. She denied that she
knew that it was stolen. David
Sparrow took the watch to W. H.
Bailey's jewelry store and Mr. Bailev I
notified the police. The Mayor bound
Copes over to Superior Court on the
charge.
James Stanley, Casey Stanley and
David Sparrow, three negro youths,
tr:ed on the charge of disorderly con
cuct, got 5 days each on the streets.
Andrew Wising and Lonnie Lar
pn, fishermen, charged with drunk
enness and fighting admitted the
ch irge but said it was just a friend
'" ho"t. They were let off with the
that satisfactory washine can bo nh
taining by hosing the oysters a few
minutes on the strainer with fresh
water and allowing: them to drain "
He states finally that "it is our plan erty tax rate of 35 cents to be lev-
AS snnn aa nra ... i ::.J 1
. ... ecl, uc upporiunity i 'cu uy wie counties, Balance needed
to msilfo "fnll,.,.,i : I. , , , .,
the week was the report of the Ed
ucational Commission composed of
twelve members selected by Gover
nor McLean early last year to in
vestigate school conditions in the
State. In brief, the Commission
recommends in its report, a new ba
sis for the support of the six months
school term with a maximum nrnn-
to make "followun" investio-arinno
on especially the interstate shipments
and if adulteration is found, suitable
action wil be taken under tho FprW, .
Food and Drugs Act."
The matter of floating oysters
comes under the jurisdiction of no
state department but is handled al
together by the Department of Ag
riculture. Floating is not a genial
prictiee but confined to only a ew
establishments.
costs.
t0 be supplied by the State; a re
valuation of all nronprtv in ti,
State under the supervision of a
paramount tax commission in the
Department of Revenue; require all
counties participating in the equaliz
ing fund to keep a uniform system
of books, use the minium salary
shedule, accept the assessment fixed
by the tax commission and not in
crease expenditures in excess of five
per cent a year; a state equalizing
fund of four million dollars next
year, and an additional million the
following year; that the present
In the case of Julirn Austin char. ! IZll.tZT' . tft? presen
j i ... H.CH.HCI l i ci i j i j 1 1 lt lacinties bp pyrpmi
sd with damaging a bicycle the nron 0,) . . , De exten(1:
erty of Earl Noe the matter IZZS.Z T? 0U.tP.ut of
, ,,i "- scuooi teacn-
compromised. Each side paid half
the costs and Austin gave the boy a
better bicycle than the one in question.
Weather In January Showed
Big Variety In Temperature
The month of January furnished
a variety of weather in this spction.
There were, two days when the tem
perature rose to 71 degrees and on
one day, the 16th, it dropped to 13
degrees above zwo for o short time.
This was the coldest day of tho win-
ter. There wee thres lisrht .nows !
during the month none of vvhi.-.h last-1
d through the d".y and the heaviest
was about two inches docn. The i
'fiinfr.il for the month w.is 1.18 inch-1
s which was less than half for the'
month upon an average. There were !
19 clear days in aJnuarv. 6 cloud v '
ones and 6 partly cloudy. The wind
blew from the northwest 10 davs.
from the southwest 7, from the east,
1 from the southeast. 1 day. south 4.
from the north 3, from the northeast
days.
The temperature figures dav bv
day are as follows:
Max.
1
.55
.41)
-56
Min.
38
29
38
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
.60
57
59
55
48
43
38
38
38
51
55
-54
.-39
50
60
64
69
71
71
64
Gl
7
.47
46
59
64
-.64
64
43
42
30
35
29
33
25
2(1
23
27
42
28
13
25
30
45
47
50
50
50
44
41
3
v
31
46
47
A'
ers training classes be used as a tem
porary expedient, but that the State
make nienarations for the tki;u
..... t.bHUU3I-
mi nt of one additional normal school
during the next five years and still
another during the five succeeding
years. The Commission presented
a majority and minority report on
the eight months school term amend
ment a majority expressing the tee-ling
that the "time is not ripe," the
estimated cost of mainta;.iiir a i
eight months term being one i.nd a
half million dollars more than the
State is now spending on secondary
public schools. The commission would
have the State equalizing fund in
creased to $4,000,000 a year for the
next biennium and then to s.vnnn .
! 000. The report, transmitted hi
i the Governor to the General Asser;:
j bly, is a comprehensive review of tn
C( .nmission's investi-r.itions. It w;is
re. erred to the committee on edici
vion of both the House ard Senate
of the Legislature. But the end is
not yet.
Two or three bills which would
vest more power in the State High
way Commission in the location of
roads have bobbed up but do not
"PPear to be altogether in harmony
vith the original road act either in
pint or otherwise. A compromis
ing measure will be the probable re
sult of this effort to make the High
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