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VOLUME XVIII
eight PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY JULY 18, 1929
PRICE 5c SIN gCOPY
NUMBER 28
EWS
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Former County Officials
Undergo Examination
For More Than Six Hours Counsel Delve Into
irf r JfO
Record or r ormer Boards or Commissioners;
Former County Attorney Protests That Hear
ing Not Fairly Conducted.
Whether the investigation held at
the county courthouse last Friday
produced any light or not there can
not be any question that it produc
ed plenty of heat. In the first place
it was about the hottest day of the
summer and the County Commission
ers' room where it was held was very
crowded which made the matter
worse. With the exception of one
or two slight clashes between coun
sel for the board and witnesses, the
examination was conducted with dig
nity and courtesy.
As the public expected the hearing
to be a private one there were only
a few spectators present when it
commenced. The News had been of
ficially informed that the investiga
tion would be in executive session
and had so announced. It was de
cided however by the board to make
an open session of it. Immediately
after the board convened former
County Attorney Luther Hamilton
arose and asked the board to consid
er a typewritten ' motion which he
held in his hand and which asked the
board to hold the proceedings in a
public session. Chairman Bushall
informed Mr. Hamilton that the board
had already decided to have an op
en meeting and so there was no fur
ther discussion about this point.
The witnesses examined Friday
were former Commissioners H. C.
Taylor, T. B. Hall, G. H. Whitehurst,
Rudolph Peletier, G. W. Huntley.
Former County Attorney Luther
Hamilton, former Auditor W. L.
Standi, C. K. Howe, who assisted
with the road engineering, F. M.
Simmons, of the Simmons Construc
tion Corporation, T. E. Kelly, form
er paymaster of the Simmons com
pany, R. C. Carter of the firm of
Russ, Dixon and Carter public ac
countants employed by the old board
to audit the books were also exam
ined. A mass of testimony that it re
quired some six hours to develop was
taken down for a record by two ste
nographers. The examination of
witnesses was conducted by Attorney
Hedrick of the firm of MeLendon
and Hedrick of Durham and Attor
ney E. H. Gorham of Morehead City.
County Attorney Jas. W. Mason and
C. F. Delaniar accountant assisted
the two attorneys.
Taylor Fint Witnait
The first witness to take the stand
was former Commissioner H. C. Tay
lor of Sea Level. He was examined
at considerable length and the ques
tion asked him covered practically
the entire range of activities of the
two boards from December 1924 to
December 1928. He was asked, as
most of the other witnesses were al
so, if he had in his possession any
books, papers or records belonging
to or concerning the county's affairs.
His reply was no
He was asked by I
what authority Mr. Stancil had been
elected County Auditor. He said he
didn't know there was any law about
the matter until tr.3 County Finance
act was passed. He was asked if the
board made'budgets u..d said it did.
Asked about transferring money from
one fund to another he sa.i this was J had the privilege of doing additional to be much higher than crops. Poul
done to save borrowing money. He j work under the two contracts. Didn't try, veal calves, lambs and wool are
said he didn't know whether funds I know under what contract the Len- more than twice the pre-war trend.
were deposited daily or not. Asked
if resolution paying Stancil back sal
ary was passed in 1927 or 1928, said
he didn t recall. Asked about Stan-
cil's bond, said he didn't remember J
how much it was. Asked about Stan- j
cu s salary, said it was $2000 at first ;
and afterwards increased $500 a year,
He stated that County Engineer Geo.
J. Brooks was allowed a commission
of four percent on all county road
work. Asked if an act had been pass
ed by the General Assembly fixing
the engineer's compensation at $250
a month, he replied that he had nev-
r heard of such an act. He was power.
asked about the County Attorney's Just before adjourning a resolu
salary and said this was fixed at j tion was passed by the board author
11000 a year, but did not include 1 izing the chairman to employ an en-
the collection of back taxes.
good nuny questions were asked
Mr. Taylor about the road contracts
with the S mmons Construction Cor
poration. He said the first contract
was the Beaufort to North River
bridge piece. It was to be an asphalt
road. He didn't remember as to
prides and specifications. He said
there were three lettings of road
contracts. Said the lettings were
advertised. Didn't remember about
the Bettie Davis road contracts. He
was asked questions about the Davis
( Continued on page eight)' :
FORMER ENGINEER
EXAMLNED LAST
Investigation Finished For The
Present; Hamilton Failed To
Furnish List
The hearing of witnesses in the in-
vestigation being conducted by theton yard and the two nlayors join
Board of County Commissioners, for
i.: -i. 1 AA At-
in August to turnisn tne lntorma
tion desired.
The only witness heard Tuesday
was former County Engineer George
J. Brooks. He was examined by Mr.
E. H. Gorham and vvas on the stand
for about an hour Tuesday afternoon.
His examination covered his connec
tion with the county as engineer
while the road building program was
in progress. The evidence was that
he was employed as engineer in the
spring of 1925. He said that his pro- J
posal to do the engineering for 4
percent was accpted by the board,
That within
a. nine ttt leusi ims uccn cuucu. rite
the Tuesday meeting former County , T"he ,.Best Friend vvas built in
Attorney Luther Hamilton, who ha.l:New Yf)rk city for the gouth Caro.
been notified to be present with a list ;1ina Canal and Railroad Company,
of the delinquent taxes collected by brough(. t0 Charleston by ship, and
him, failed to show up He had told made its firgt scheduled run on Dec.
the board that unless he was forced -25 1830 when completed to Ham
to do it he would not furnish the . burp g c on the Savannah river op.
list. He gave the amount of collec-iposite Augusta Ga 133 miies in
tions made by him and the amount j1833 tne South Caroiina line was
of the penalties also at the Friday the longest continuous raiiroad in the
session but declined to furnish thelwor!d It and the Memphis and
itemized list on the ground that this ; Charleston formed the eastern and
was his private property and that thevrestern links m the ,ine between the
county had nothing to do with it. On;Atlantie otean and ths Mississippi
the advice of counsel the board de-dver Both are now included in the
cided to give Mr. Hamilton until their ;Southern Raiiway System,
regular meeting on the first Monday
twelve months this was increased to' the majority said that only through
5 per cent on account of the fact livestock as an important part will
that he vvas called on to make a num-lany relief be probable for the next
ber of extra surveys which increased few years. If this proves true, our
his expenses. Compensation receiv- cotton and tobacco counties may
ed by him amounted to 110,338.32. 1 have hard sledding.
A statement vvas read to the witness j The Department of Agriculture
showing that the total cost of the var-;has recently issued county figures on
ious road projects amounted to $1,- all crops and types of livestock. These
965,359.75. Besides his commissions show that cattle predominate in the
on the road work some extra com-Ventral and western counties; hogs in
ptensation amounting to several ! eastern (Coastal Belt) counties;
thousand dollars was allowed him for sheep in northwestern mountains;
other work done such as surveys in mules in the cotton belt and goats in
the "open grounds," Cedar Island, a-.the water-front Coastal counties,
round Stella and other places. ' For Carteret County there, were
In reply to questions Mr. Brooks;last year 687 horses; 688 mules; 466
stated that he alone received the com-i dairy cattle; 1174 all cattle; 5533
pensation paid for engineering, ex-! hogs; 373 sheep and 188 goats. The
cept however he said that after pay- State value per head 1929 is horses
ing expenses he shared the remainder $86.00; mules $124.00; milk cattle
on an equal basis with C. K. Howe. $64.00; all cattle $48.30; sheep $9.00
He gave a list of names of men em-1 and hogs $12.40.
ployed by him to assist in doing the j North Carolina's National ranks in
work. These men were all paid by (livestock values show 29th in horses;
him He said that two contracts
were let by the county to the Simmons!
Construction Corporation, the Isew-iSheep 33rd. Our rank in crops is
port project and the Beauf ort-At-; 8th; in livestock 26th, while for both
lantic project. He identified con- j combined we are 16th.
tracts shown him as the ones he work ; Livestock offers proportionally bet
ed under. Had never seen any sup-'ter opportunities than do cash crops,
plemental contract. He thought board Livestock show relative farm prices
Ml . J 1. . ! i. TT ! J I
and did what was told him to do. He
said a chemist, C. E. Graham of
Pittsburg, Pa, was employed to make
tests. He was paid by the county
he said and the amount deducted
lrom the contractor's bills. He said;
that he had never submitted bills for
all the county owed him but would
try to get up this information for
the board, tie expressed himseli as!
being entirely willing to furnish the!
j board with any information in
his
gineer to come here and make sur
veys and tests of the roads. The
board recessed until next Tuesday at
which time the adoption of the an
nual budget will be considered.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
John Kelly Gay Jr., Rocky Mount
and Margaret McPhail, Mt Olive.
Charles O Pitts, U. S Naval Base,'
Hampton Roads, Va., and Edith i
Skarren, Beaufort
, Walter Lee Guthrie, Morehead
City and Frances Stowe. Morehead
oxvute roau was uuui. ne taiu ne Butter snows ot he 154 per cent a
took his instructions from the chair- g0od product. The purchasing povv
man of the board and went ahead er of livestock products is better
City
Water From Atlantic
Poured In Mississippi
Memphis, Tenn., July 15 Re
enacting the "Marriage of the Wat
ers," which was solemnized in Mem
phis in 1857, .seventy two years ago,
i in celebration of the completion of
th Memphis and cha,ie u.n ran-
road, forming in connection with
other lines a continuous railroad be-
tvveen the Atlantic ocean and the
Mississippi river, Mayor Thomas P.
iStoney of Charleston, S. C, on Tues
day, July 9th., poured a barrel of
I water from the Atlantic into the
Father of Waters.
' Mayor Stoney rode into Memphis
,on the "Best Friend of Charleston,"
first locomotive built in the United
: States to be used in actual railroad
service, which has been reproduced
!by the Southern Railway and is now
touring the South. He was welcom
ed by Mayor Watkins Overtcu of
Memphis at the original terminus of
the Memphis and Charleston railroad
which is still known as the "Charles-
ed in the repetition of the ancient
LIVE STOCK BEST
HOPE FOR RELIEF
Statistics Indicate That Carter
et County Needs More Live
Stock
(By Frank Parker
State Agr. Dept.)
Raleigh, July 15 When
many
were
'leading (successful) farmers
asked for their ideas of farm relief.
3rd in mules; 35th for all cattle and
24th in milk cattle; swine 12th and
. .
than before the war, while crops will
buy only about 75 per cent as much
as formerly.
I POLICE COURT ITEMS
I Five defendants were in Mavor
were in
, Chadwick's court Friday afternoon
land as occasionally happens all were
colored.
Sarah Edwards charted with curs-
ine and disorderly conduct drew a
fine of $5 and costs.
Beverly Jones on an assault charge
was acquitted.
Rosa Bell Pigott on drunk and dis
orderly charge got a sentence of 10
days work.
Aleck Edwards, drunk and disor
derly,, first offense, $2.50 and costs.
George Davis, speeding, fined $5
and costs.
DEAN NOE TO PREACH
Reverend Israel Noe, Dean of St.
Mary's Cathedral, Memphis, Tenn.,
will preach Sunday morning, July
21st at St. Paul's Episcopal Church
jThe public is cordially invited to at-
tend that service.
CROP STATISTICS
ARE FAIRLY GOOD
(By Frank Parker State Agr. Dept.)
Raleigh, July 15 The first impor
tant crop report of the year vvas re
leased on July 10th by the National
Crop Reporting Board. The Raleigh
office, however, has much detailed
county and district data not available
from the Washington Bureau. The
cotton report released yesterday
shows one percent increase in acre
age; tobacco released today shows 5
percent increase; small grains show
variable increases. In fact, the area
under cultivation this year shows a
1 percent increase in total crop area.
The condition of crops shows that
grasses and allied crops have very
good prospects. Small grains showed
yields apreciably above the average.
Wheat was indicated at 11.7 bush
els per acre; oats, 24. 1; barley, 24
and rye 13 bushels yield. The qual
ity of these was consistently good.
Corn, with a condition of 77 per cent
is better than last year. The best
condition of the crop is in the west
ern mountain counties and the poor
est in the northeastern Coastal Belt
where excessive rains have occurred.
The acreage of this crop appears to
be reduced about 2 prcent. Thus
the increases in the other crops were
largely at the expense of the corn
acreage.
Tobacco Not So Good
The tobacco condition of 69 per
cent as of July 1 is 3 per cent poorer
than last year. In reality the con
dition last year was much better
than was reported. Many argue that
it is poorer this year than it is re
ported. With an increase of 5 per
cent in acreage and with a record
production of 500,000,000 pounds
last year, it will probably be to the
farmers' advantage to have a de
crease in the yield per acre this year.
The burley type in the extreme west
ern counties shows the best condition
The Bright Leaf tobacco is general
ly reported at not over 71 percent,
the lowest condition being 63 in the
Piedmont area. Curing has start
ed1 in many of our eastern counties.
THvjCarolina Belt has been curing
for seme time.
The condition of peanuts, report
ed at 78 percent for the State, shows
an average of 75 percent in the com
mercial northeastern producing coun
ties. The acreage shows an 8 per
cent increase over last year. In or
der to get more d;pendable legume
information than has been published
before, a special inquiry is to be sent
to growers in all parts of the State.
The final results and probablep roduc
tion of these crops will be published
in September. Peanut forecast will
be included.
Fruit Crops Short
Fruit crops are generally short
peaches show an average of 51 per
cent; apples 44 and pears 41 per
cent of a full crop prospect. The
average for peacans is 71 per cent.
Soy beans and sovvpeas are both less
than last year, the present condition
being respectively 81 and 74 per
cent.
The early commercial Irish potato
crop was cut almost 50 per cent in
acreage, while the yield was gener
ally considered as being very good.
A yield of 115 bushels for the State's
early crop and 126 bushels for the
commercial crop was reported. Prices
have been fairly satisfactory.
A distinct advantage that North
Carolina holds over the Southern
States and probably any State of the
Union is what is known as the iden
tical farm comparisons made avail
able from year to year throujh the
State Farm Census. Prior to the
July report 6,246 such samples were
available for indicating the acreage
percentage changes from last year.
These have proven so dependable that
they are supplanting almost all other
sources of information. More and
more the Farm Census is proving to
be a most valuable source of farm
economic information. The records
are available since the work was be
gun in 1918. Counties having new
Farm Agents are finding in this a
valuable inventory to safely speed
the Agent in getting acquainted in a
business like way.
JUNE GOOD MONTH
FOR AUTO BUSINESS
Raleigh, July 15 During the month
of June 5,157 new passenger cars
and 747 motor trucks were titled in
North Carolina, according to the re
port of the motor vehicle bureau of
the State Revenue Department. Of
the new passenger cars titled, 2,426
were Fords and 1,123 were Chevrff
lets. Of the trucks, 352 were Fords and
302 Cherolets.
Raleigh Bus 5 Man
Dies By His n Hand
wo
W. L. Brogden a . -ar and suc
cessful business man of Raleigh com
mitted suicide Tuesday morning at his
summer home in Morehead City Mr.
Brogden's body vvas found in the
bath room with a pistol lying near his
right hand and a bullet hole in his
right temple The only person in the
house at the time except Mr. Brog
don, vvas a colored servant who heard
the noise made by the fall of the
body and went to see what was the
matter She reported what had hap
pened to Mrs. Brogden and others at
th home of Mr. J. G. Bell next door
to the Brogdon home Mr. Brogdon's
widow is a sister of Mr. Ball Dr. C.
G. Ferebee vvas called and reached
the scene of the tragedy a short time
after it happened Mr Brogdon was
still alive, although unconscious and
lived about forty five minutes. Cor
oner L. J Noe vvas notified and had a
jury summonsed composed of R. B.
Whtatly, W R Longest, George Nor
com, W. C. Piner, J. N Willis Clyde
Jones. The verdict of the jury was
that the deceasd came to his death by
his own hand by means of a pistol.
The body vvas taken to Raleigh Tues
day night for interment.
Mr. Brogdon is survived by his wid
ow Mrs Alice Ball Brogden, a daugh
ter, Mrs. Charles B Aycock, his fath
er J. L. Brogdon of Smithfield and
two brothers J F. Brogdon, C. B.
Brogdon and a sister Mrs A. A Lew
ter of Durham. He was 48 years of
age Mr. Brogdon had been actively
engaged in business for many years.
Two or three years ago he had a ner
vous break down and had been in a
nervous condition again recently He
came to Morehead City on the advice
of physicians to recuperate
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Geo. M. Zingsheim and wife to
Esther Stone Cahn et al 2 lots New
port Consideration $100.
E. H. Gorham and wife to Lyda P.
Duffy, 1 lot Sunset Shores. Consid
eration $1000.
L. C. Fulcher, trustee, to W. Z.
McCabe, 3 tracts Morehead Town
ship. Consideration $10.
J. Harry Davis and wife to Dan G.
Bel! et al 50 acres Morehead Town
ship. Consideration $100.
Dan G. Bell et al to the Marine
Hadrware Co., 50 acres Morehead
Township. Consideration $500.
D. G. Bell, mortgagee to J. Harry
Davis, 50 acres Morehead Township,
consideration $2000.
A. M. Davis to Fannie J. Davis, 1
lot Morehead City. Consideration
$100.
J. M. Buck and wife to Beaufort
Banking and Trust company, 3 acres
Beaufort Township. Consideration
$1.00.
A. M. Davis to Fannie J. Davis, 34
1-2 acres Marshallburg. Considera
tion $100.
Earl W. Davis and wife to Gaskill
Bros. 5 acres Sea Level Considera
tion $75.
CANADIAN WHISKY IS
STAYING IN COUNTRY
Washington, July 10 The treas
ury's intensive war upon bootleggers
who import liquor into the United
States from Canada in the month of
June cut the amount of alcoholic bev
erages exported from the Windsor,
Ontario, area by 375,155 gallons.
Figures showed that in the year
ending last May 31 more than 5,000
000 gallons of alcholic beverages had
been exported from points opposite
Detroit into this country, and scores
of p:ohihition, coast guard and cu
touts agents were sent into the re
gion with orders to stop the smug
gling. The first dtfinite indication of how
effective the rum blockade had be
come was received yesterday by the
treasury from the Canadian collee
lector of national revenues at Ottawa
who reported that exportations of liq
uor in the Windsor area last month
totaled 112,878 gallons. The state
ment also showed that in June, 1928,
the exportations amounted to 407,-
033 gallons.
MANY CARS RECOVERED
DURING MONTH OF JUNE
Raleigh, July 15 One hundred
and sixty-seven automobiles were
stolen in North Carolina during june
and 142 were recovered, according to
the monthly report of Leland "Pete"
Harris, director of the motor theft
bureau of the State Revenue Depart
ment. Of the cars recovered 67 were
stolen during previous months and 75
were stolen during June.
Ninety-two of the cars stolen dur
ing June were unrecovered on July 1.
CARTERET COUNTY
Led The State In Shipments of
Cabbage And Sweet Pota
toes (By Hugh Overstreet
County Agent)
No doubt it will be of interest to
the farmers of Carteret County to
know that last year, 1928, this coun
ty shipped 965 car loads of fruit and
vegetables. This does not include
shipments made by boat and hauled
by truck from the county. These
shipments were made up of the fol
lowing products, string beans 12 cars,
cabbage 155, sweet potatoes 439, Ir
ish potatoes 306, water melons 50
cars and 3 cars of mixed vegetables.
In 1928 North Carolina shipped 1361
cars of sweet potatoes, of this num
ber Carteret County shipped 439
cars or nearly one third of all the po
tatoes shipped by rail from the state.
This county lead her nearest compet
itor by 172 cars on sweets. Last
year North Carolina shipped 255 car
loads of Cabbage. Carteret County
shipped 155 of the 255 cars, or 55
more than the rest of the state com
bined The early sweet potato crop is be
ing harvested with farmers report
ing a good yield. Prices, so far, are
satisfactory to the growers.
Next week July 23 to 27th inclu
sive will be Farm and Home week
at State College. At this time the
State Agricultural Advisory Board
will meet with representatives from
all the counties in the state for the
purpose of maping out a five year
program of work for the state as a
whole. Each county will make its
plans so as to fit the state plan as
nearly as practical. Mr. G. W. Ball,
Willie Laughton, C. T. Cannon and
I. S. Alligood, members of Carteret
County Agricultural Board, will rep
resent this county at the state meet
ing. HIGHWAY ENGINEER SAYS
CONDITIONS ARE BETTER
District Highway Engineer R. E.
Snovvden of Kinston was in town
Monday and informed a reporter for
the News that the New Bern-Jasper
link of route 10 would be finished in
about eight or ten days. The con
crete has been poured and it is now
going through the hardening process.
This piece of road is an 18 foot wide
concrete slab and replaces the " old
nins foot brick road built some eight
or ten years ago by .Craven county
and which did very good service while
it vvas in use.
Mr. Snovvden says he thinks the
Highway Patrol has already had a
good effect on highway traffic. The
reckless drivers seem to be taming
down a bit and people are obeying
the laws about lights and other things
better than formerly. Some arrests
have been made and a great many
warnings given and these seem to be
having a wholesome effect.
Atlantic Beach Will
Have Cabaret Night
Tonight is expected to be an event
of great interest to the patrons of
Atlantic Beach. It is to be known as
"Cabaret Night." The ball room of
the pagoda will be arranged with
tables in the regular cabaret style.
Some fifty tables will be in the place
and a large number of them have al
ready been reserved. "Happy" Fel
ton, director of the Kellogg Pep Or
chestra will be the master of cere
monis for the entertainment.
Eddie Clifford, a sensational dancer
from New York, has been engaged to
contribute to the entertainment of
guests this evening. Other dancers
of unusual ability will give exhibition
dances. There are to be two floor
shovvs,'one at 1:30 A. M and the oth
er at 3 A. M The dancing begins
at 12 midnight. Before this many
of the dancers will attend the mili
tary ball at the Atlantic Hotel which
begins early in the evening Besides
the soldiers there are many visitors
now in Morehead City and Baufort
and the summer season is at its height
FORMER SCHOOL SUPERINTEN
DENT ON VISIT HERE
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. E Pittman and
children are visiting friends in Beau
fort. Mr Pittman was formerly Su
perintendent of Schools here and has
many friends. He has been in Mar
ion for some time, but next year he
enters a new field, going to Andrews,
which is still further in the moun
tains than Marion.
Careful trapping is the most de
pendable method of controlling moles,
says E. M. Mills, New England reg
ional leader of rodent control.