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VOLUME XVIII
eight pages this WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY JUNE 20, 1929
PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 25
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5?a?e Highway Supervision
Favored By Ulass ITleelinq
Carteret county people generally
liketo attend roud meetings nnd Mon-
dav niirht they turned out in full
force for the meeting at the court
house called by the mayors of New
port, Morehead ' City, and Beaufort.
From Stella to Atlantic, from Merri
mon to Newport and in fact from all
over the county there seemed to be
representatives to hear the road
question discussed.
The meeting was called to order a
few minutes past eight o'clock by
Mayor K. P. B. Bonner of Morehead
City. He stated that the object of
the meeting was to consider the mat
ter of the State Highway Commis
sion's taking over the roads. He not
ed that no members of the board of
county commissioners were present
and said he thought this "a strange
procedure" that they would not be
present at such an important meet
ing. He then called on Highway
Commissioner vt neatly to discuss me
question, mv. neatly stated mat
R. B. Ross attorney for the Highway
Commission was present and would
address the meeting.
Mr. Ross spoke aboutan hour and
was listened to very attentively by
his audience and was liberally ap -
plauded at tne conclusion, ne also
answered several questions that were
addressed to him. The speaker at
first discussed in a general way the
Highway Commission's road policy
and then took up what is known as j
"The County Aid" matter. He ex- j An event which some day may have
plained that under the new road law 1 considerable historical importance
each county in the State shaves in a;win piace ;n Beaufort Sunday
fund created by a one cent per gal-!at jr, o'clock. This will be the be
lon tax, supplemented by $500,000 ; ginning of an almost State wide trip
from the Highway Commission funds. jto ,e nla(0 by the new State Hiyh
Carterefs share will be about $26,000 j way patrol fm.eei it was intended to
the first year and may increase. He,start on tne journey Friday morning
said the county could use this mon-: hut as the uniforms for the men have
ey on its debt service or in upkeep : not an.jved the start was postponed
of its roads. Either way he said it ; untn Sunday.
would make a reduction in the tax; The nlot0rcade will go from Beau
vate. He said he thought it better to fort to RaUMeh where it will be re
spend the money on the t oads under j viewed Monday by Governor Gard
supervision of the Commission as ner. Mondav night will be spent in
they would furnish free engineering , Morganton and from there the patrol
service and inspection and would nlen wjn en t0 Asheville and then
probably get better lesults than if
the roads are worked under county
supervision. County roads, he said,
are usually a political football and
that the Highway Commission did
not have any politics in its business
Questions were asked the speaker by
Chairman Bonner, Messrs. E. L. Mc
Cain, Luther Hamilton and Jas. Wal
lace Mason. He stated that the At
lantic road matter is now pending,
that it might be taken over at first
for maintenance and then as a part
of route ten. He said any surplus
left after spending the $26,000 would
be applied to the county's debt ser
vice. That the Highway Commis
sion would not spend any money
more than the $26,000; that he
thought that would be enough to keep
up the county roads and leave a sur
plus. He said no mileage was due
the county; that the State can in
crease its mileage 10 per cent every
year and this can be distributed as
the Commission sees fit.
Commissioner W'heatly was called
on and spoke briefly. He said if theof widows are still living here.
county can do the road work better
or cheaper than the Highway Com
mission then it cnrht to do it. He
answered some que.:t:ons about main
taining the roads. L. said there was
no politics in the Commission's road j Mary E. Dennis, Mary Dudley, Weal
work. He was asked the mestion by thv Glancv. Ahieail Hamilton PV,
L. W. Hassell as to which r. his onin
ion wa sthe better pi .n fo the coun
ty to do but did not answer directly.
Later however in reply to practically
the same question from Luther Ham
ilton he said that as a citizen he
thought it best for the roads to be
worked under supervision of the Com
mission, but as a commissioner he
did not care..
N. W. Taylor then offered a mo
tion that the convention go on rec
ord as asking the Board of County
Commissioners to turn the road funds
and work over to the State Highway
Commission. There was a little dis
cussion about it W. W. Lewis want
ed to know something about how
much it would cost to put the Atlan
tic road In good condition T. L.
Phrsr wmnted to know what th form
er board spent on roads last year but
Bd not gvt s reply from any one.
Mr. Whetily stated that a citizen of
th count:- had written the Highway
Commissicn that it would cost $500,
000 to pt; tha Atlantic road in pood
cnndiion. The motion was put and
carried by a roar of ayes and not a
dissenting Tote. Some present how
ever did not rote either way.
BIRTH OF DAUGHTER
Born to Mr. and Mr. Jas. Wallace
Mason, Saturday, Jon 15, at Potter
Emergency Hospital, a daughter,
Sallie Louise.
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j Presbyterian Church
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Will Install Pastor
A commission was appointed by
Wilmington Presbytery at the ad
journed meeting in the First Church
of Wilmington on June 17th to or
dain and install Rev. Frank S. Johns
ton as regular pastor of the More
head City and Wildwood Churches.
The commission is composed of
four ministers and three ruling eld
ers. Ministers: Rev. R. C. Clontz of
Wilmington; Rev. P. L. Clark of Bur
gaw; Rev. F. L. Goodman of Jack
sonville; and Rev. J. R. Phipps of
Pollocksville. Ruling elders. W. D.
McCaig of Wilmington: C. S. Clark
of Clarkton; and Durham Grady of
Jacksonville.
Rev. Mr. Johnston came to the
church of Morehead City directly
..,.. Union s,.minnrv in Ri,.hmn.l
taking charge of the work here and
at Wildwood the first of June.
The service will be at 11:00 o'clock
in the morning and promises to be one
of unusual interest not only to the
membership of these churches but
; t,e cjty at ai.ge-
State Highway Patrol
Starts Tour Sunday
travel route twenty to Charlotte and
j Wilmington stopping at variousp laces
: aionK the wav. From Wilmington the
motorcade will go via route 30 to
; N-ew Ben, then to Washington and
Williamston. From there thev re
turn to Raleigh via Tarboro and
Rocky Mount. On Monday July 1
they will be sworn into active ser
vice. Captain Charles Farmer is the
commander of the Highway Patrol.
Lieutenant William Croom located at
Kinston will be in charge of the sec
ond district. There are 37 men on
the highway force.
VETERANS AND WIDOWS
GET PENSION CHECKS
Superior Court Clerk L. W. Hassell
has received the pension checks for
Confederate veterans and their wid
ows and has distributed most of them.
The others can get their checks by
seeing him. Very few veterans in
Carteret county are on the pension
roll now but a considerable number
The list of persons who are entitled
to receive pensions is as follows:
Mesdames Sallie R. Bender, Elizabeth
Lindsay, Sidney J. Bell, Jennie Bell.
Cassanger Gullipher, Laura G. Davis
Lockhart, Elizabeth Morton Mary
Nelson, Emily Paul, Mary M. Robin
son, Lorrie Smith, Esther Spencer,
and Geo. B. Freshwater, J. W. Gas
kill, Jos. E. Kornegay, Samuel Thom
as. BIG RATTLER KILLED
A large rattle snake was brought to
town last Saturday by Mrs. Eric An
derson who with others had been driv
ing on the New Bern road. The
snake was crossing the road and was
killed by some men who were nearby.
It was four feet long and big around
in proportion.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
W. L. Lupton and Neve
Whitehurst, Beaufort.
Pearl
Julias Willis and Lela D. Davis,
Davis.
Leslie Golden, Bettie and Vera M.
Lewis, Marshallburg.
Irvin Guthrie and Bertha Lewis,
Harkers Island.
George Hamilton and Pearl FtJ
cher, Atlantic.
William J. Dail and Neva Willis,
Beaufort.
Alonza Thomas and Nettie Con
way, Boaafort
Mrs. C. B. Sprinkle of Norfolk v
tore on a visit to relatives and friends
New Beach Orchestra
Proves Very Popular
Last Friday night the Music Cor
poration of America of New York
City sent Atlantic Beach a new or
chestra. The new orchestra is Happy
Felton and his Kellogg Pep Orches
tra, composed of ten men besides
"Happy." This is the official orches
tra of the Kellogg Cereal Company,
which has broadcasted all over the
United States and every man in the
band seems to be a polished musician.
From the night of the opening the
crowds have increased nightly and the
Surday concert was enjoyed by the
largest crowd of the season. There
were people here from all parts of
the state. The management of the
Beach are keeping a daily record of
where all cars that cross the brdige
are from and it is reported so far
that New Bern leads with Kinston,
Greenville and Goldsboro following.
Last month seventy six out of the!HamiIton J- F- Duncan and C. R
state cars passed across the bridge;
Virginia leading and New York state
second. Even New Mexico was rep
resented, which shows that the popu
lar resort is being well advertised by
the Management.
Tuesday night the Beaufort Rotary
Club had its weekly luncheon at the
Beach and were royally entertained
by the Kellogg Boys, members of
"Happy" Felton's Keliogg orchestra.
These men were give a vote of thanks
for the wonderful program rendered,
as was also Mr. W. A. Mace, General
Manager of the Beach who is also a
Rotarian.
DALLAS TEXAS SURGEON
LOCATES IN BEAUFORT
surgeon of Dallas, Texas, who has
been visiting Dr. O. H. Johnson in
Morehead City, has decided to make
Beaufort his horn?, and within the I
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ur.t, irw ntThs w in open ouices nere
for the practice of surgery, in eon-
nection with Potter Emergency Hos-
jtnj
TWf ir ;. ,i ,
. a i
Harvard, was for several years
terne nnd house physician in large
. . ., , ,
Northern hospitals, studied a year
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with a famous London specialist 'i
none surgery, servea as surgeon in
both the English and American ar
mies in France, and is a fellow of
the American College of Surgeons.
lie has specialized in surgery for the
part ten years -in Dallas, but being a
native of Indiana he has found the
.1 o -it m .
ing, and welcomes an opportunity to
in the Potter Building and will be an
associate of Doctors Mexwell, John-
son and Chadwick.
luum omiiiueis oi .lexas very Trv-i..ii
CARTERET COUNTY VJEWS
On the front page of the Health
Bulletin, published by the State
Board of Health, for the month of
June is a picture of Shell Point, Har
ker's Island. There are also several
other Carteret county views shown
in the Bulletin. As this publication ;
has a very large circulation the coun-1
tyis getting some good advertising
from this issue.
Commissioners'
Explained By
The News has been requested to
publish certain correspondence per
taining to the Carteret county road
question. This publication is intend
ed to give the point of view of the
Board of County Commissioners in
relation to this matter am' to inform
the public what the record shows in
regard to it. The letters read as fol
lows: June 14th, 1929.
Hon. Wr. J. B. Shull,
Mayor of Newport, N. C.
Hon. K. P. B. Bonner,
Mayor of Morehead City, N. C.
Hon. C. T. Chadwick.
Mayor of Beaufort, N. C.
Gentlemen :-
The Baaufort News of the 13tb,,
inst. carries the following news item:
"Circulars: will ba - distributed this
week calling for a mass meeting of
the citizens attha county court-boasa
Monday night at 8 o'clock. The call
for tha meeting is signed by Mayor
W. J. B. Shull of Newport; Mayor
K. P. B. Bonner of Morehead City
and Mayor C. T. Chadwick of Beau
fort. A special Invitation to attend
the meeting is given to the Board of
County Commissioner and to the
Highway Commissioner for the sc
ond district. The object of the meet
ing is to consider ooanty road mat
ters." On May 21st. ISM tha Board of
Commuioners oS Uv vuoty adopted
DEFENDANT WLNS
BIG DAMAGE SUIT
Many Civil Actions Disposed
Or In Superior Counts New
Bern Iron Works Wins
Superior Court is still in progress
this week and is working on the civ
il calendar. A considerable num
ber of cases have been disposed of.
Court will adjourn probably Friday
afternoon or Saturday. The princi
pal cases tried this week was that of
Bertha C. Elliott by her next friend
John XV. Elliott against Robert C.
Whitley and the New Bern Iron
Works. This case grew out of an au
tomobile accident and $15,000 dam
ages was asked. The case took con
siderable time and ended in a verdict
in favor of the defendant. Lawyers
appearing in the case were Luther
.Wheatly fo rthe plaintiff and G. A
Earden, R. E. Whitehurst and E.
Walter Hill for the defense,
i Up to this writing and since last
Thursday the following cases have
been disposed of by trial or other
wise. Inter-State Cooperage Co., versus
Olien Weeks et al. It was ordered
that a survey be completed and filed
vithin 30 days.
Mollie Jones versus John Jones,
defendant charged with abandonment
divorce was granted.,
State versus Vernon Moore, prin
cipal, Scott Parham, S. W. Thomp
son, Stanly Woodland securities. Ap
peal from decision of J. W. Willis Jr.
J. P. (Ordered that judgment ren
dered by the Justice of the Peace be
discharged upon payment of the costs.
1 f o' Ji n i o Gloth, principal
and Scott Parham, S. W. Thompson,
c.
Stanly Woodland securities. Same
judgment as above.
Claude Willis, charge with forgery,
j ,,uv "nu mlulal
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, t. L. Abernethy versus Cape Look-
i out Development Co., and others. De-
fendants allowed 30 days to file an-
vwnuiii-iiioi tjcwt,' v v. ',, versus n.
r pri;D t, -.ui ,
, . roclrie. Juror withdrawn and mis-
! trial ordered.
rtr.f t r . . ,t
Joe. L. Willis versus Luther Hamil
ton. Plaintiff did not appear and a
non suit was ordered and plaintiff
pay costs.
Julius F. Duncan versus First Na-
,tional Co of Durham
Suit for
$250 for fee. Jury gave verdict in
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: of nl fJ.nK
Mav o-, ipo;
j K.' Fort versus T. C. Wade, tax
.-ir .... .
collector.
Ordered that restraining
order be continued to final hearing
and that county of Carteret through
its Equalization Board at July 9 meet
ing determine the complaint, of plain
tiff as to assessments that the cause
may proceed upon exceptions if any
save to piaintirr
r Hamilton Grocery Co. versus W. L.
Yeomans. By consent it is ordered
that plaintiffs recover $489
(Continued on page five)
and
Road Position
Correspondence
ta resolution requesting the Highway
j Commission to take over the hard
surface road from Beaufort to Atlan
tic making it a part of No. 10 and to
jtake over the road from Mansfield to
ledar Point, making same as a part
of No. 24 Highway.
Under date of May 22, 1920, the
following letter was received in ac
knowledgment of the receipt of the
above resolution.
W. J. Plint, Esq., Clerk,
Board of Carteret County Commis
sioners, Beaufort, N. C.
Dear Sir:-
I am in receipt of yours of the 21
inst. with attached Resolutions in ref
erence to the road from Beaufort to
Atlanic, etc., is hereby acknowledged;
the same will be placed in due course
for such action as the Commissioner
from the Sscond District will recom
mend. Yours very truly,
B, A. DAUGHTON,
Chairman, State Highway Commis
sion. Under date May 27, 1929 the fol
lowing letter was written and mail
ed to the Highway Commission, and
the copy to the Hon. C. R. Wheatly,
Commissioner 2nd. District.
Hon. The State Highway Commission,
Balsigh, N. C,
Gentlemen :-
We, the undersigned, Commission
(Continued on page eight)
Nice Filling Station
Opened Last Saturday
Beaufort's newest and perhaps
most elaborate filling station opened
up for business last Saturday. This
is the station of the Gulf Refining
Company located at the foot of Turn
er street on the south side of Front
street. The lot belongs to Messrs.
W. D. Adams and F. M. Simmons of
Charlotte and is one of the most val
uable in Beaufort. The News under
stands that the oil company has leas
ed the property for a term of years
with the privilege of buying it.
The entire lot on which the station
stands is paved with concrete. The
building is brick with a portecochere
in front of it. There is a nice bus
iness office in the building, a room
for supplies of various sorts and a
nice lavaratory room. A ware room
will be built on the water front for
storing marine oils. There are four
large tanks on the wharf where gas
oline, kerosene and oils are kept. The
entire place is well lighted and pre
sents a pretty appearance at night as
well as in the day. Mr. Leslie Springle
is the local manager of the station
and Mr. Hugh, Finer is his assistant.
Police Court Items
Three cases were sent up to Re
corder's Court by Mayor Chadwick
Friday afternoon. As Superior
Court was in session Tuesday Recor
der's Court could not meetthis week
but will do business again next Tues
day. Herbert Springle and Barney Dixon
were charged with transporting
liquor. Springle admitted the charge
and Dixon denied it. The Mayor
put Springle under a ?200 bond and
Dixon under a bond of $100 for their
appearance in Recorder's Court.
R. M. Gaskill and Charlie Thomas
charged with operating a car while
under the influence of liquor were
required to give bonds of $200 each
for the appearance in Recorder's
Court.
Sam Oder, charged with an assault
on a female tcwit ; Hettie Ann Rhodes
was sent to the higher court.
Hettie Ann Rhodes charged with
being drunk and disorderly conduct
was convicted and fined $3 and costs.
POPULAR YOUNG COUPLE
MARRIED HERE TUESDAY
A wedding of interest, and one
which united two of Beaufort's very
fine young people, was that of Miss
Neva Willis and Mr. Win. J. Dail,
which took place Tuesday morning,
June 18th., at the Methodist Parson
age with Rev. Leland L. Smith of
ficiating. The very impressive ring
ceremony was witnessed by only the
members of the immediate families
and a few intimate friends.
The bride's costume was a navy
blue georgette ensemble with blonde
accessories and a harmonizing should
er boquet. The bride is the charm
ing daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sol
omon Willis of Beaufort, and has
been connected with The Bank of
Beaufort for a number of years. Her
personality and loveliness of charac
ter has endeared her to a wide cir
cle of friends here and elsewhere.
Mr. Dail is th son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. E. Dail of Beaufort and is a young
man of sterling worth and excellent
habits. He is at present employed
by the Texas Oil Co., of this city.
They left immediately after the
ceremony for Western North Caro
lina where they will spend two weeks,
after which they will be at home to
their many friends in Beaufort.
HARKER'S ISLAND BRIDGE
HEARING NEXT THURSDAY
A public hearing on the mr.tter of
building a bridge between Lenoxville
and Barker's Island on the proposed
Cape Lookout Highway will be held
in the county-courthouse June 27 at
2:30 P.M. Major W. A. Snow U. S.
District Engineer, has sent out the no
tice of the meeting.
Private citizens as well as town,
county or other officials are, if inter
ested in the matter, invited to attend.
Oral statements will be heard but all
important facts and arguments should
be made in writing.
The plans submitted show a bridge
across North River between Lenox
ville and Harkers Island having a
draw with a horizontal clear opening
of 40 feet, and a causeway across
Back Sound between Harkers Island
and Cape Lookout as a trestle with
out draw and a solid fill.
LEAVES FOR NEW YORK
Cecil Moore, of New York, who
has been visiting his mother, Mrs.
Annie Moore, of Morehead City, will
leave for New York Saturday. He
will be aooompaniod by M. P. Skarren
and Earl Bndging who will visit rela
tive tbjsra.
FARM RELIEF BILL
PASSED AT LAST
Law Provides For $500,000
Fund To Help Market Sur
plus Crops
WASHINGTON, June 15 Presi
dent Hoover with a stroke of the pen
today placed in effect the new farm
relief policies which his administra
tion had drawn to alleviate the ills of
agriculture.
Climaxing months of campaigning,
pre-inauguration activities, and con
gressional controversy, the president
with""ceremony appropriate to such
an event, wrote his name across the
farm measure and thereby placed it
upon the statute books.
The signature was affixed in the
presence of a group of congressional
leaders which included Vice-President
Curtis, Speaker Longworth, Secre
tary Hyde of the Department of Ag
riculture, and a number of farm lead'
ers of the House and Senate.
Weeks of Work
Weeks of work by agriculture com
mittees of the two Houses: days of
dispute between two determined bod
ies, and countless hours of debate
were closed late yesterday with the
Senate finally accepting the bill with
out the export debenture plan so
steadfastly objected to by Mr. Hoov
er. After this final action at the Cap
itol the measure was rushed to the
White House so that no time would
be lost in its presentation to the chief
executive.
The new farm law embodies an au
thorization for an appropriation of
$500,000,000 to be used by the Fed
eral Farm Board in an effort to solve
the surplus crop situation through a
series of stabilization corporations
and commodity councils. The tiew
farm board will consist of persons ap
pointed by the President, while the
secretary of agriculture will make
the ninth. Speculation already has
been going the rounds over whom the
chief executive will select and a num
bef tf" names' have been mentioned ,
for the posts.
Achieve First Goal
Enactment of the farm bill mark
ed the achievement of the right goal
set by Mr. Hoover in calling the spec
ial session. The tariff other major
question, still remains before the
Senate.
The President and the congression
al leaders were bathed in photograp
hic floodlights as the chief executive
wrote his name on the measure
"This is a well signed bill," observ
ed Senator McNary, Republican, Ore
gon, a member of the famous McNary
Haugen team, adding that the Presi
dent had gone through the motions
three times.
Uses Two Pens
Mr. Hoover used two pens in at
taching his signature, writing "Her
bert with one and "Hoover" with the
other. He handed tine to Senator
McNary and the other to Representa
tive Haugen, chairman of the Senate
and House agriculture committees
respectively.
It was exactly 12:08 when the bill
was signed.
The export debenture proposal, the
major point of controversy between
the administrative and the coalition
of Democrats and Republican inde
pendents in the Senate, was out of
the bill, and the president's approval,
after the compliance with custom by
submitting it this morning to the
treasury and agriculture departments
was a mere formality.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
J. F. Duncan, Com. to W. F. Tay
lor, 2 acres White Oak Township, for
$(50.
B. B. Small to L. C. Carroll, 40
acres Beaufort Township, for $1000.
Samuel Williams and wife to M. A.
Mason, 1-2 acre Hunting Quarter
Township for $600.
J. W. Willis and wife to S. R.
Goodwin, 3-4 acre Cedar Island, for
$250.
J. R. Emery et al to James W. Ma
son and wife, 50 acres Cedar sland,
for $66.66.
James W. Mason and wife to A. L.
Hamilton, Trustee, 50 acres Cedar Is
land, for $10.
Robert Jill et al to A. L. Hamilton,
Trustee, 300 acres Cednr Island, for
$500.
BIRTH OF A SON.
WTord has been received here of the
birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. William
Wolfe of Atlantic Ctiy, N. J. The
child has been named William Jr. Mr.
Wolfe is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Wolfe of this city and is a mem
ber of Frank Wyneguard's orchestra
which is playing in Atlantic City this
seasoi.
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