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ort News I HE. Largest Circulation In Carteret County The People's Newspaper The best advertising medium published in Carteret Co. f READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY WATCH Your label and pay your subscription VOLUME XVIII eight pages THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY AUGUST 1, 1929 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY NUMBER 31 ASSAULT CASE IN RECORDER'S COURT HOTLY CONTESTED Verdict Of Acquittal For De fendants On Serious Charge; Full Docket TWO ROADS SENTENCES GIVEN An accumulation of something over two weeks business was handled in Recorder's Court this week. It took all day Tuesday and until about eleven o'clock Wednesdav to disDOse i of the cases on the docket. I The case that took most of the court's time was that in which H. W. Hibbs Jr., and Franklin Lewis, two young men of the Bogue Sound sec tion were tried. The offenses charg ed against them was driving a car; while under the influence of licuor ! and assault upon a female. The as- D- Warlick, Jacksonville, auditor, sault was supposed to have been com- 'succeeding Austin McCormick, of San mitted by Hibbs and Lewis was charged; and Don c- Humphrey, of Golds ed with aiding and abetting in it.!001'0 was appointed expert, succeed Both men plead not guilty to the in-!''1? T. Boddie Ward of Wilson; and dictment through their attorney C. R. W. B. Harvey, of Kinston, and W. M. Wheatly. The prosecution was con- Webb, of Morehead City, as members ducted by Solicitor Duncan assisted of the finance committee, by W. C. Gorham of Morehead Citv. H. D. Batemaa, of Wilson; Mrs. The principal witness for the State lJohn D- Langston, of Goldsboro; A. was Mrs. Rossie Sanders upon whom!0- Ward, of New Bern; C. S. Wallace the alleged assault was made. A jury! of Morehead City; and James H. Hol trial was demanded by the defense ;lowav of Raleigh, were re-appointed and in response thereto a jury of six jon the board of directors. New di men was summonsed by Sheriff Dav-1 rectors named were: Charles B. Park, is and empanneled. Their verdict waslo Raleigh; S. B. Alexander, of Char not guilty. ilotts; and Frank Gough, of Lumber- Mrs SsirHpr tostinpH thnf. thp f wn : young men came to her place on the county highway between Gales Creek and Broad Creek on July 18 and ask ed for cool drinks for a chaser. She told them she did not have any thing of the sort. She said Hibbs punch ed her in the side, took hold of her ! ana masnea ner. tne aiso said ne cursed her and used a good deal of unprnuame '""K- ononiy -, I CI ii after Deputy Sheriff Harvey Daniels and her son J. R. Sanders appeared. She said Hibbs had some words with Willis and offered to fight him. Wil lis and her son left in a few minutes drx-i . , T . i 1 XT . null wiiiiiwtt -uvi.m. w w Hibbs and Lewis also left. Not;. , , , . , . ,Y , "7 ! federal government in taxes making very long alterwards she said the two defendants came back and that Hibbs took hold of her and attempt ed to put her in the car. She resist ed and they left. She said she smelt liquor on Hibbs' breath. She testi-1 j .1 i i i i. j i j tlULllui intra. x nc cuu c ui li c hjiaie ned that her place had been used as ' ,, . , . , , a store at one time but not recently. ! a,ctuJ ly Pald n axes year a SUm J. R. Sanders testified that he and slightly greater than the combined Willis came to the house stayed a few!1" of the Porn and tobacco PS minutes and left. That he thought! nther wr d'ou' payments in both Hibbs and Lewis acted as i 1928 amounted to $45 for every man, they had been drinking. His mother W0,Tnand CM -T he Sate did not tell him that Hibbs had mis-1 Mr. Maxwell ! there is no way treated her. He said Hibbs smelled ! of knowing just how much of this is h - .1 I . - . L . 1 1 1 - 1 - - A. 1 J- Willis and made an unnrintahle re- mark about him, Deputy sheriff Willis testified that both defendants seemed to be under the influence of liquor. That he told Hibbs he wa9 an officer and would arrest him if he did not be have himself. He testified as to the smelling incident. About 3 o'clock in the afternoon he and Deputy Ire dell Salter arrested the two defend- ants and broue-ht them to Beaufort where they were put under bond. should see to it that all pay taxes Larrie Sanders 13 year old son I proportionately and justly, and that told about the same story that his i local authorities live within the in mnther did. Said Hihh wa Hnink come set. He declared that it was and Lewis half drink. TTi defense. reli. H stmnHv An (-ho I testimony of J. L. EJwards of New- ' professional enterprises could have port who after the t; -nts referred ! time to build UP to the taxes which to were over rode with the defend- j they are now Paying, ants to the Hibbs home from New-! "We have had our Period of ex port. He said Lewis was not under pansion in public expenditures said the influence of liquor at all but that Mr. Maxwell, "It has been a broad Hibbs probably was. (and liberal one. It has brought The defendant Hibbs took the ! North Carolina from near the foot of stand in his own behalf. He denied the list of backward states to a na that he made any assault upon Mrs. jtion-wide recognition of its place in Sanders but said he put his hand on j the forefront." her shoulder and asked her to sell J him some home brew which he claims ! HARKER'S ISLAND BRIDGE he had bought a number of times I PERMIT HAS BEEN GRANTED from her. He admitted that he had ! been drinking, denied that he drove I Information was reeived here last the car at all. As to the second trip , week to the effect that permission he said he came back to apologize to had been granted by the U. S. Depart Mrs. Sanders and did not leave thelment to Cape Lookout Highwaylnc. car at all. The other defendant Franklin! Lewis, 25 years old, denied having j that another step has been taken to had a drink that day. Said hed rove wards putting the big project of a the car, they asked Mrs. Sanders for j road to Cape Lookout across. Various beer, said Hibbs laid his hand on her I other details that had to be done back. Said Mrs. Sanders did not get mad until h?r son and Willis arrived, said Hibbs was drinking but that he she would: t accept the apology. He said Hibbs was dringing but that he did not dri :k. Tim Taylor testified that he saw Mrs. Sanders the Saturday after the trouble and that she said she was sorry it had happened and if she had $50 or $75 she would leave. He said he had bought whiskey from her John Hall, E. J. Garner, Reverend Mr. Johnson, Mr. Oglesby and Mr. JMliott testified that the Sanders place (Continued on page five) New Bern Man Named President of A. & N. C. Raleigh, July 27 A New Bern at torney,. A. D. Ward, was Thursday af ternoon named by Governor O. Max Gardner as president of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, succeed ing W. M. Jones, of Raleigh. Mr. Ward, whose appointment is for one year, will be formally elected at the meeting of the stockholders of the road at Morehead City on August 8. The A. and N. C, known as the 14lullel lt0aa runs 110111 oiasooro to Morehead City and is owned by the State. but the Norfolk Southern is operating the road under a 90 year wif ..ii i n i i r l i i lease. Officers of the road get pass es, but no salaries like officers of the Norfolk Southern Railroad. Other officers named were: W. J. Boyd, of Greensboro, seretary-treas-urer, to succeed T. J. Murphy, of Greensboro; Rivers D. Johnson, of Warsaw, attorney for the road; John ion. Rural Tax Burden Now Serious Problem Raleigh, July 29, The total taxes conected by the State, counties, muncipalities and tax districts in North Carolina in 1928 amounted to $96,000,000, said Hon. A. J. Maxwell in discussing farm taxation at the State Farmers' Convention at State College last week. This is not all, he said, for at least the total burden amount to $136000 ,000 each year. This forty million dollars is the part paid by Tarheel I citizens of the total $250,000,000 collected in this State by federal Palu DV lanmrs uut Be "eeveS urni the total tax burden of strictly rural lands and personal property will amount to $25,000,000. Farmers also pay other taxes which are passed on to the consumer, such as the gas and automobile taxes. Yet, he said, citizens must pay for the kind of government they desire. Taxes are similar to a community chest from which we can take just what Put in. Yet, good citizens time, however, for the tax increases to be limited so that business and tr prppf a hrAcro Kofwonn T .anrtvirtlla and Harker's Island. This means before any actual construction work could start have been attended to and others are now under way. Indicat ions seem favorable now for the construction of the road connecting Cape Lookout, Harker's Island and the mainland. MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Whitehurst an- nounce the marriage of their daugh- Iter Sadie Miller to Mr. George Ran- dolph Russell, Wednesday evening July 31, 1929. Gloucester, North Carolina. CARTERET WOMEN ATTEND 4-H MEET Fifteen Young Ladies Receive instruction At State College This Week (By kclith Powell Home Agent) Darlington O'Bryan who died Friday Fifteen 4-H club members from in a sanatorium at Alburquerque, Carteret County are attending the New Mexico, was held here Wednes-4-H Short Course at State College day afternoon at St. Paul's church of this week. They are: Donnie Mason which church he was a member. The and Reva Morris of Atlantic, Kath- services were according to the Epis erine Gaskill of Sealevel, Lillian Ful-' copal ritual and were marked by sim cher of Stacy, Maude Lineberger of plicity and dignity. The Reverend Marshalberg, Pollie Gillikin of Beau- G. W. Lay, former rector of St. fort RFD. Bertha Gray Lewis and Paul's, and the Reverend J. A. Vache, Helen Lewis of Harkers Island, Edna the present rector, conducted , the Beachem of Beaufort RFD. Rosalie services. The Masonic lodges of Watson of Wildwood, Georgia Mead-1 Beaufort and Morehead City attend- ows of Peletier, Grace Taylor of Bogue, Margaret Whitehead, Alice Williams and Armetta Bland of More head City RFD. One delegate from each club at- tends this annual meeting. The del-1 egates were selected on the basis of ! their health as well as certain other! qualifications. Dr. Frank E. Hyde examined all the girls who had al-jto ready been selected by the home a-1 gent to represent their clubs. It was found that Donnie Mason from Atlan tic made the highest score of the fif teen girls examined. The girl making the highest score in each county was taken to a central meeting place for a second examina-1 tion. There are seventeen counties in the Southeastern district, twelve I Hugh Longest, W. R. Longest, Wiley of them having home agents; so eachjH- Taylor, C. W. Thomas The hon of these twelve counties took their orary pallbearers were Congressman healthiest girl for the district elimi-j c- L- Abernethy Dr. C. L. Duncan, nation contest which was held in Lum c A- Clawson, C. H. Bushall, R E berton and Goldsboro. Donnie Mason Chaplain, Mr Dawson, W. A. Mace, of Atlantic was the winner over the Frank Longest Hugh Overstreet, Hal eleven other girls in the district. She Potter. The interment was in the wil compete with the four other dis-1 Episcopal cemetery, district contestants for the selec-tionl Allen D- O'Bryan came to Beaufort of the Queen of Health whosec rown-ito i'v'e ahout 19 years ago. He was ing will be a big feature of the Short a native of Allendale, S. C, and was Course, on Thursdav nie-ht: nf this : born 41 years ago. He was educat- vveek The clubs get their name "4-H" from the principal words in their club- pledge, which is: I pledge ' "My HEAD to clearer thinking,' My HEART to greater loyalty. My HANDS to larger service. and my HEALTH to better living, for my club, my comunity, and my coun- try, Besides their classes in clothine. i foods, room imnrnvmnt oi. preeiation, culture, the club members L 0,Bri'a" riamed M'SS Eliza will make a tour of the city of Ral-i fth, Jayior ,daughter of Mr- and Mrs eigh visiting the State Capitol, thel V' Talor of Beaufol't- For a governor's Mansion, Hall of Historv Museum, Mate Prison and other state institutions. Recreation, games, songs and mov ing pictures will occup the evenings on the college campus. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS W. H. Garner and wife to Sarah Jane Garner, 35 acres Newport Town ship, for $10. Sarah Jane Garner to W H. Gar ner, 35 acres Newport Township, for 1 L. F. Thompson and wife to T. M. Jarrell, 1 lot Cape Cape Lookout, for James E. Wade and wife to Martin ruicner, l y-iu acres Harkers Island Township, for $25. C. R. Wheatly, Trustee to Mrs. D. M. DeNoyer. part lot Beaufort. fori"zabeth Uty and which has spread $100. m t Oi ! i v hi cv W. L. Stancil to F. M. Simmons, part lot Beaufort, for $10. , Bonnie Day Hart et al to M. L. Styron, tract Cedar Island, for $17. Levi Goodwin and wife to M. L. ; Styron, tract Cedar Island, for $10. MOST SCHOOL EXPENSES ARE PAID BY COUNTY AND OTHER LOCAL TAXES (State Superintendent 1 of Public Instruction) Raleigh,, Aug. 1 The largest per centage of each current expense dol lar for schools comes from local and county ad valorem taxes and the largest percentage of this same dol lar is spent for instructional service, according to today's issuing of State School Facts, the official publication of the State Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction. School Facts carries in this issue a chart showing by percentages the source of all current funds, as well as the phase of school operation for which it is spent; or as the chart states, "where it come3 from", and "what becomes of it." In other words, out of every dol lar received for the current opera tion of the schools, 54.9 cents comes from county wide ad valorem taxes. 21.4 cents from local district ad val - orem taxes, 13.6 cents from State funds, 5.1 cents from poll taxes, O'BRYAN FUNERAL HELD WEDNESDAY Large Concourse of Friends Pay Final Tribute To Pop- ular Citizen The funeral obsequies of Allen i od the funeral in a body and held the Masonic service at the grave The congregation present, of both the white and colored races and rep resenting all walks of life, was so large that the church building could not seat them all. Mr. O'Bryan had many friends both in and out of the county and many of them were here pay the last tribute of respect to his memory. A choir composed of the regular St. Paul's choir and rep resentatives of other churches sang "Lead Kindly Light," "In the Hour of Trial" in the church and "Abide with Me" at the grave. The floral tributes were very numerous and tyeautiful. The active pallbearers were M. Leslie Davis. G. W. Huntlev. ed at the University of S. C. and was a man of wide information as well as one of unusual natural ability. Since hecame. to Beaufort he was active in all civic matters and in politics. He was for a number of years a mem ber of the Democratc State execu tive committee. Several vears aso puovernor. McLean honored him with the appointment of president of the t,aniIC and INl0rtn Molina Rail- ,roaa company. L""'""cl ui cal5 ue represented a large truck manufacturing company and was very active and successful in his business life. Mr. O'Bryan is survived by his widow Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor O'Bryan five children, Allen, Ann, Katherine, Helen, and Taylor. Also surviving him are a brother Louis an attorney of Kissimee, Florida and three sisters Mrs. Ada Goodman of San Antonio, Texas, Mrs. Tyrie Stevens and Miss May O'Bryan of New York city. BEAUFORT YOUNG MAN WALKS STREET IN PAJAMAS Beaufort can now claim the dis tinction of being in the list of cities belonging to the Pajama League. i ne eriorts to establish pajamas as day time apparel for men started a we.ek or 80 aS bv w- - Saunders of to a number of places was boosted nere luesday when Charles Clawson T f,, ,' u , . , ."" . vuuinij own imjaiuoa lie I1K1UC !11S Lnnearance in broad dnvlirht on Front street and waik"d PV(5ra, blocks in his airy costume to the amusement of a number of spectators. finrs and forfeitures in the county, 3.5 cents from the preceding year's balance, and 1.5 cents from miscel laneous sources. On the other hand, for every dol lar spent, 77.2 cents is for instruc tional service, that is the salaries of teachers, principals and supervisors and instructional supplies; 7.6 cents for auxiliary agencies, that is trans portation of pupils, cafeterias and book stores; 6.2 cents for the opera tion of the plant, or such items as wages of janitors and other em ployees, fuel, water, light, power and janitors' supplies; 5.2 cents for general control, or theexpenses of the board of education, the salaries and expenses of superintendent, at tendance officer, and clerical and of fice expense of the administrative of ficer; 2.6 cents for maintenance of the school plant or such expense as 1 repairs, replacements and upkeep; land 1.2 cents for fixed charge: j rents and insurance. Union Meeting Held Of Twin City Juniors The Junior Order Councils of Morehead City and Beaufort held a very interesting joint meeting and Class Initiation Wednesday night July 24th at Morehead City. The meeting was held in the Masonic Hall and was attended by a large number of members. The hall was over tax ed early in the session but extra chairs were secured so that all were made comfortable. The early part of the meeting was given over to short talks by local and visiting members all of which proved to be of much interest to the new members of the order. There were visitors from Washington, Van demere and Goldsboro. The crack degree team of "Old Hickory" Council No. 146, of Wash ington, N. C, conferred the degrees of Virtue, Liberty and Patriotism in a most impressive manner. Several candidates from Beaufort and More head City Councils were initiated into the mysteries of the order. The councils passed jointly a res olution asking the next State Coun cil meeting to come to Morehead City Beaufort in August 1930. If the State Council comes to this city it will bring several thousand members of the order. The local members feel that Morehead City-Beauofrt are amply able to entertain a State Coun cil and has much to offer. The Ju niors would like to have an expres sion from the business men and the city officials before delegates are sent to the August session of the State Council which meets at High Point Aug. 19-22 next. Beaufort Rotarians Entertain Many Guests The Beaufort Rotary club held its usual weekly meeting Tuesday even ing at the Atlantic Hotel and had for its guests members of the Morehead City club and a number of visiting Rotarians from other cities. About 100 persons were present. W. A. Mace, Vice-president of the club presided over the meeting. Agreeable features of the meeting were a solo by Mrs. Buell Cooke of Beaufort and speeches by Dr. B. F. Royall of Morehead City and F. R. Seely of Beaufort. A number of comical stunts were pulled off for the entertainment of the members and guests and a very nice supper was served by the hotel management. R. L. Fritz, Chairman of the Entertain ment Committee had charge of the program. SHERIFFS WILL MEET IN MOREHF VD CITY On August 13th and 14th the sixth annual convention of the Sheriffs' Association of North Carolina will be held at Morehead City. About 75 sheriffs are expected to be present, and with the deputies and guest the number will be swelled to nearly 300. On Tuesday evening of the 13th President Hunt will call the conven tion to order. The address of wel come will be made by Mayor Bonner, of Morehead City, and the response by Judge R. A. Nunn, of New Bern. Lieut. Gov. R. T. Fountain will make the main address On the second day, besides a short business session in the morning, most of the day will be devoted to pleas ure jaunts and pistol contests for individuals and teams. The ladies will stage a "shooting" contest for officers' wives. POLICE COURT ITEMS The following cases were tried by Mayor Chadwick in Police Court Friday afternoon: Bert Lloyd, two cases charging drunkeness. He submitted and was fined $2.50 and costs in one case and $5 and costs in the other. In case he did not pay the fine he was to serve 10 and 15 days on the streets. John Henery a Negro youth was charged with running a car into and damaging a car of Halsey Paul. The damage was estimated at about $40 and the boy was sentenced to pay Mr. Paul $3 a week until the damage was paid. Alma Turner, charged with cursing another woman denied the charge and her mother and sister said she did not use the language charged in the indictment. Three women testified against her though and the Mayor fined her $5 and costs. G. W. Duncan was fined $10 for contempt for failure to appear in court to answer a charge of blocking traffic. He arrived shortly after court had adjourned and stated that he had forgotten to come. FORTY NATIONS REPRESENTED AT PEACE MEETING Imposing Scene In White House To Ratify Peace Trea ties STOP WORK ON CRUISERS By Fred Holmes, (Helm News Service) Washington The actors did not propose to let the hot weather cheat sweltering Washingtonians out of their regular seventh day sensation last week, so they staged a couple of them or, possibly it might be said, a two-act thriller with such absorb ing climaxes that a number of inter act features, which ordinarily would have inspired serious attention, were completely over-shadowed. Within the week the accredited representatives of forty nations as sembled in the East Room of the White House to proclaim the renun ciation of war, while twenty-two oth er countr.es were reDresented in spirit if not in the flesh. Even with out an inspiring background such an assemblage would have been of im measurable human interest. In the circumstances, the motive back of the conclave made of it an occurrence of unparalleled dramatic import. Of course, not even the most visionary advocate of universal peace has at tempted to delude himself with the idea that the pact will absolutely pre clude war for all time. Concerted effort to prevent forever physical en counters between pugnacious individ uals would be little less of a dream. Bue we now have a league of good will among nations, united to make resort to arms far less prorable than before. At the head of momentous gather ing stood President Hoover. At one side of Mr. Hoover stood ex-President Coolidge, who had perceived the feasibility, the magnificent purport and the ultimate success of Premier Briand's historic plea, and at the oth er side Frank B. Kellogg, whose name the treaty will bear for all time, To fortunate onlookers, it wasa scene never to be forgotten; to all it mark ed an epoch in human progress. The spirit of the Kellogg peace pact found even anticipatory response in moves by two outstanding powers, Great Britain and the United States, toward reduction of naval armament. Before the representatives of the many governments h:id arrived at th3 White House, word came that Prem ier MacDonald had announced in this year's British naval program. Im mediately after the formal ceremon ies of the peace-pact conclave, Pres ident Hoover retired to his executive offices for deliberation on this signif icant news. As a result, he met the MacDonald gesture with the an nouncement that work on the three cruisers authorized in thes year's pro gram would be held up. They are three of the five cruisers for which Congress appropriated at the last regular session. Navy yards were to do the work. The blue prints already in the course of preparation and as the President said in his announce ment, "the actual keels would, in the ordinary course, be laid some time this fall." It is undoubtedly probable that Mr. Hoover already had in mind the hold ing up of work on his three cruisers as a gracious move when the proper time came, but there had been no intimation that it was to come coin eidentally with the signing of the treaty. An answer or comment on the British premier's announcement had been expected, but the nature of it came generally as a surprise. Did ever tree bear fruit more ex peditiously? Tax Reduction Unlikely As was intimated in this colum.i last week, hopes for early reduction of Federal taxes are waning. Figures made available by the Treasury last week show that expenses of every de partment of the Government, except the White House, increased for tna fiscal year ended June 30. President Hoover has now found that the Gov ernment faces an increased expendi tures amounting to approximately $300,000,000 in ths next four years. The cost of Government continues to rise in spite of every effort to hold the budget to a minimum of actual requirements. In this connection President Hoov er declared that something would be done about this country's spending more for military activities than any other nation on earth. Another com mission is to be set up, this one com posed of army general staff officers, to survey and revamp the entire ar my with a view to eliminating obso lete outlays, to rearranging develop ment projects, and in general to ef- ( Continued on page eight)