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PACE FOUR TOEBEAUJF0R1EW& THU RSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1929 . The Beaufort News ,ublished every Thursday at Beaufort, Carteret County North Carolina Beaufort Newi Inc., Publisher WILLIAM GILES MEBANE Pres. and Editor , - SUBSCRIPTION RATES t' . J. 'Jt h. C.fc-i:.J F (In Advance) ' " A v n $2.00 Six Morths l-y Thre Months o0 Entered as second class matter February 5, 1912 at the poswffice in Beaufort, North Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. MEMBER NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1929 The suggestion that the Federal Govern ment reduce the taxes on tabacco in its vari ous maufactured forms and that the farmers be given the benent of the reduction sounds well but will it work? Communist leaders say they propose to or ganize in the South. So far they seem to have done more disorganizing than any thing else. The doctrines which they preach stir up strife and discord. Insult and abuse are poor arguments to use in any sort of discus sion. TOBACCO ASSOCIATION SHOULD BE ORGANIZED AGAIN It seems that the receivers for the late to bacco cooperative association have about paid off all its debts and that there are still on hand more than a million dollars worth of assets. After the debts are all paid the balance will be divided among the former members. The three lawyers who had the organization thrown into a receivership have asked large fees for their services. They should not be allowed any thing from the assets of the organ ization which they helped to destroy. They should get their pay from those in whose in terest they were working. It is a great pity that the association resulted in failure. If it were alive today it could do great service to the tobacco growers and to everybody else per haps except the manufacturers, wholesale dealers, buyers and warehousemen. Farmers should organize another association and avoid the mistakes they made before. LET THE BUYER BEWARE One Federal judge has held recently that a buyer of intoxicating liquor is not guilty of any crime. Another one a few days later says just the contrary. Senator Sheppard comes along and says he will introduce a bill in Con gress that will make the buyer equally guilty with the seller. Bishop Cannon says he fav ors such a law. Dr. Arthur J. Barton, emi nent Baptist preacher and prohibitionist, says he is opposed to it. Several other leading pro hibitionists are opposed to the proposed law. On first thought it appears that the buyer of liquor ought to be punished along with the seller because it takes two to make a trade. If there were no buyers there would be no sell ers. If those who make intoxicants could not sell them they would stop making them. If the buyers would voluntarily stop buying, or were forced to stop, then prohibition would be a hundred percent success. Nothing of the sort is going to happen. Eventually the drink habit may be stopped through some process of education but no sort of law will do it. Not now at any rate. There are too many people who will have a drink at any cost. Let laws making the buyer equally guilty with the sell er be passed and the buyer will take a chance of getting caught. And then he could not be made to testify against himself and of course the seller would not testify against him. With the seller and buyer in the same boat neither would testify against the other. The propos ed new law does not seem practicable. REAL ESTATE WILL COME BACK It was announced in the daily newspapers last Thursday morning that on the day before, a crash in the New York stock market had wiped out in the twinkling of an eye some two billion dollars worth of profits. These prof its were paper profits it is true but they could have been cash profits had the deals been closed out before the slump came. This was the second that had occurred in fourteen days. Probably thousands of small speculators who did not have enough money to put up more margin were wiped out. There seems to have been a mania for stock gambling throughout the country for the past year or so. Of course there is always con siderable speculation in stocks but after the real estate collapse a few years ago many peo ple went to gambling in stocks. Some people buy stocks for investment it is true, but thous ands buy on a margin to make some easy. mon ey. It is perfectly legitimate to invest money in good stocks and, bonds, in fact it is a com " mtndable to da so. Gambling in stocks- on a margin basis is a very different thing. One is an investment of a permanent nature ; the oth er is a get rich quick scheme that often ends in disaster. ! During the boom period real estate specu lation was just as bad as stock speculation is now. People gampled in it, some made mon ey and others lost all they had made and more too. But despite the foolishness of the boom period real estate will come back. People must have land to build houses on; land is needed for farms and other purposes. There is solidity about a piece of mother Earth that nothing else has. A piece of land bought at a reasonable price is a good investment -most of the time. Often it is a fine investment. The ! lil. il. A A enormous weaun 01 me Asior iamny came mostly from New York real estate. There are plenty of rich people in North Carolina to day who are rich because their ancestors bought land in towns like Wilmington, Char lotte, Greensboro and others. Real estate will come back. Press Gleanings A typhoon in the Plillipines is almost as fatal as a holiday in the United States. Buffalo Courier Express. -Most girls would like to marry a thrifty man, but no one is enthusiastic about being engaged to one Ottawa, Can., Journal. As a general rule when they start going over the books of a missing cashier they find he didn't miss much Canton Daily News. The New York optometrists have recommended eye exercises, and goodness knows the girls are doing their best to help us out. Dayton News. Experiments a tthe Iowa State College show that by the addition of common iron rust to the diet of cattle, beneficial results can be obtained. The old car may be put to good use yet. Minneapolis Journal. The chap at the little end of the horn always man ages to make himlf heard. Chicago News. NATIONAL AFFAIRS Written for This Paper by FRANK P. LITSCHERT They Have a Choie2 Now -Days SVMPATHV SHOWN BY MAIDZN AUNT, FOR NIECE. WHO IS UMABlt TO PECIPt 81TWE-N THREt PROPOSALS - TOUGH ON HUSBANDS If marriages are decreasing, look to our colleges as a cause. Here is a Penn State professor who says a husband of the future must be expert in care of chil dren, plumbing, electrical wiring, general repair work and must be able "to sell to advantage old clothes and furniture,"' This seems to mean that only Edison's bright young man should marry. (Rochester Demo crat and Chronicle.) Ramsey MacDonald, prime minister of Great Britain, has come and gone, taking with him a full measure of nleasant memories. His visit in the' United States was an undoubted sue-! cess. His reception was cordial and! the impression which he made on the people 01 tne unuea ruaies was an excellent one. There can be little doubt that his visit and its results had a favorable psychological effect both in Great Britain and the Unit ed States. The state of public feel ing between the two countries is now much more favorable than was the eae after the failure of the Geneva conference for the limitation of naval armaments. Just what the visit of Mr. Mac-j Donald will accomplish in a tangible way so far as the actual reduction of naval armaments. Certain is is that mains to be seen. Certain it is that the conversations between the British Prime Minister and the American President have smoothed the way for an understanding, it ougnt to ne prttty well understood now, both here and abroad, that the United States will accept nothing but parity when it comes to measuring navies with Great Britain. This is as it should be, and, in fact, one of the most dramatic moments in Mr. Mac Donald's visit to the United States came when, on his address to the Senate, he off t red to America in no uncertain tei ms a full measure of parity. JOHN H. STREET PASSED AWAY SATURDAY REDUCING TOBACCO TAXES WON'T HELP Reducing the Federal tax on tobacco would not help the grower, but would of course help the consumer in everv corner of the world. The cigarette manufacturer in England pays twice i as much revenue tax as the American manufacturer does on his cigarettes. The theory being preached by some that reducing tobacco taxes will raise farmers' prices seems to be a groundless theory. All the farmer needs is just a small portion of the manufacturers' enormous profits and he will be all right. (Williamson Enterprise.) However the real woik will have to be done in the coming naval confer ence, in January. If the United States and Great Britain were the only na tions which had navies and were enti tled to navies, it might be said that the qu:stions of limitation were near solution. But there The many friends of John H. Street were pained to learn of his death which occurred Saturday, Oc tober 19th. Mr. Street was born in Bivalve, Md., on June 12th., 1852, be ing some over 77 years of age at his death. He moved to North Carolina and settled in Hyde county about 52 years ago, where he married Miss Martha Jarvis, who survises him. Later he moved to Famlieo county where a large part of his life was which, is plann . d, will be held jsPent- later moving to Csrteret Coun- iv. iweive cnnaren were oorn to him and his wife, only two surviving. Besides his widow and two children who survive there ar si:: grand chil-1 dren and six great grand children, j are otner first r v.,.,,,,v .c I class powers which have to be eon-James ranam nt) reet of Uirlpvprf. nrinrinallv of rnnrsp. FraneP. ! "est Beaufort. Mr. Street was a, 1 Ttaiv .Tann,, .T,,t -w thoco nx. .member of Bay View Baptist church. SEA BREEZE Talking Pictures All The Week OCT. 2830 Douglas Fairbanks Jr.,, Loretta Young, Chester Morris will en tertain you with Fast Life EXPENSIVE EATING Potatoes from Minnesota, onions from Indiana and other vegetables from foreign States make expensive eating for Martin County people. All the grocery stores are filled with foreign-grown potatoes, onions, beans, tomatoes, cabbage, rutabagas and other vegetables that may be easily grown on ev every farm or in every garden in Eastern North Caro lina. Yet, we are buying and paying for these vege tables with tobacco money. This system of farming has never failed to bankrupt any community that fol lows it very long. What farmers need to guard against is to keep the hands of others out of their pockets. The farmer who farms for money will generally meet with disappointment and be unhappy, but the farmer who farms for a living will generally succeed and be happy (Williamston Enterprise). THE WOMAN BUYS If you have something to sell, concentrate your ef forts on the women folks. They are the people who control the country's purse strings. This, at any rate, is the conclusion one reaches after hearing recent remarks by Rebecca Loose Trauger, head of the woman's department of the Morris Plan Company of Philadelphia. "A well-known authority on women's activities," she says, "states that women control the spending of more than eighty five per cent of the nation's payroll; that 42 per cent of the wealth of the country is in the wom en's hands; that one-fifth of the trading on the New York Stock Exchange on the biggest day last year was carried on by women. Surely women occupy more than ever before in the world s history places of finan cial importance in the home and in business." Motor car manufacturers for years have said that it is essential for them to build cars that appeal to wom en. Apparently the same thing holds good for other manufacturers as well. (Hendersonville Times-News) NOT A FAULT OF JURORS An unusual spectacle is presented by reports from Beaufort, where it is stated that Attorney Luther Ham ilton protests the jury list compiled by the county com missioners of Carteret on divers grounds but gives as one reason the majority of Republican jurors. Join ing with Mr. Hamilton whom you may have guessed to be a Democrat in his plea are C. R. Wheatly and J. F. Duncan, leading Republicans end the first-named an occasional candidate for the job o congressman and such-like. It is hardly credible thr.t their demand is for fewer Republicans cr more Democrats. At this range it would appear that Carteret, which is embroiled in a law-suit against a paving contractor, hag succeeded in giving its jury box pretty much the sort of purge the late 'Colonel Pride once gave the British parliament. It is not jurymen who vote the Republican ticket whom the lawyers fear so much as hose who may be prejudiced against divers and sun dry clients of said lawyers. Hence it is a pity that Mr. Hamilton made any sort of reference to political; affiliation. If, as charged and probable if the commissioners are hemselyes interested in pending litigationi. the deck has been stacked., Mr. Hamilton and his associates do! well to call for a new deal or even a new deck. County Commissioners as a rule are not supermen or above the iverage in usefulness;-' But the raw work, if done, is no fault of the jury nen themselves and a reflection on them, especially that of suggesting that their patriotism and personal integrity 's subordinated to their party loyalty, hardly to be lardoned. Why not make the fight a direct assault on those who made up the jury list? (Green?bcro News) Just what these na tions will demand in the way of na vies remains to be seen, and it is upontheir demands that a great deal will depend when it comes to the final solution. For instance; Japan is said to favor strongly further naval imitation but it is not certain that Japan will want to accept the ratio of 5-5-3 which was! applied to bat tleships in the Washington confer ence. It is even intimated that Ja pan will want the ratio of 10-10-7 in the matter of cruisers and will in sist on having twelve big cruisers if the United States is given eightsen in the conference, as now seems like ly.' But the possession of twelve cruisers by Japan of large tonnage, might affect Great Britain's idea of what she ought to have in the way of big cruisers, and immediately we have the possibility of another complication. where his funeral was conducted Sunday afternoon, his pastor Rev. V. E. Holconib, officiating. Mr. Street was a good citizen, kind and loving husband and father, and after a long and useful life has gone to his reward. Fishes have no eyelids. OCT. 31st. NOV. 1st CORRINNE GRIFFITH IN Prisoners Showing how great True Love can really be. Matinee Night 4 o'clock 7:45 , MARRIAGE LICENSES Lewis Frost and Lizzie Lewis, New port. So far as France and Italy are ' concerned, it is deemed likely tbat the principal bone of contention will i be the submarine. Great Britain naturally would like to see the sub marine abolished as an instrument of I ! warfare. In case of war she has j the most to lose from submarines be- j cause of her great merchant fleet. She does not need submarines for de-1 fense because of her great battle ship and cruiser strength. On the I other hand France and Italy with in ferior navies so far as battleship- and cruisers are concerned, would , find the submarine of invaluable aid against a stronger naval power. I . Already interviews are coming from France to the effect that if Great Britain and the United States should insist on the abolition of sub marines in the coming conference an insurmountable obstacle to the suc cess of the conference would be rais ed. One French expert the other day said: "But at no time and und?r no consideration, could France ac cept the principle of abolition of sub marines,, or even lose the ability of building all the submarines she judg es indispensable to her defense. Tc France submarines represent not an element of defensive warfare, but the defense of our shores and over seas possessions." Of course it is not to be taken for granted that Great Britain" will in sist on the. abolition of the submarine, doubtless she would be open ' to compromise on the question. The circumstance Jsonly citfid.i.tft.show that there are still some complica tions, and that - Japan, Franee and Itahy will.have.to be consulted before -j the final naval adjustments are made. At that a great deal of progress has been, made and the prospect for lim itation on the basis Of party look' i . , i i i . i . mven Drignier man u uas ueen at . anr-tima-since the . failure, of the! Geneva .conference, WOULD YOU LIKE TO Purchase, Rent or Lease on shares a (300) acre farm on a hard surface Road. Only fifteen minutes ride on Pollocksville road, from New Bern, N. C, population of about (12,000) people where all your produce can be sold at attractive prices. This farm has a good two story house and good barns and sheds for your cattle, horses, mules, sheep, hogs, hens and other poultry. About (80) acres is nice cleared land and will produce Potatoes, Tobacco, Corn and all kinds of veg etables in abundance. The balance of the land is pas ture land with about (20) acres of woods. The farm, will take care of (15) to (20) Cows and the Milk can all be sold in New Bern for (20) cents a quart. But ter is selling in the New Bern Markets for (60) cents a pound Hogs are selling for 12 cents on foot. Smok ed Ham's are selling for (50) cents a pound in the Meat Markets. Poultry, Hens, Chickens, Turkeys, Geese, Ducks and Eggs all bring good prices and always a ready market for all. Telephone and Electric light wires run right by the house and Busses pass three times n day each way. t If you are interested in a Good Farm and on easy Terms write or call on, C. H. Turner, care The Vogue, Morehead City, N. C. New Fall Goods We have a Beautiful line ' of Ladies Coats. Latest and' prettiest Styles. :. ;": PRESSES Crepe de chines, ---''.Flat Crapes $8 to $12.50 BIRTH OF DAUGHTER Born to Mr. and Mrs. Telford Wil lis of Harker's Island, Wednesday morning, October 23, a daughter. OwnerB of dog racers in England are considering the establishment of private training grounds like those ,."cr jacejherses. " t Fall Hat, Underwear, Hosi ery, Dress Goods, Shoes. E. D. Martin & Co.
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