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10 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THUSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1929 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 47
VOLUME XVIII
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City Police Court's
Business Increasing
PRISON TERM OF
HARRY SINCLAIR
IS NOW FINISHED
'Says He Knows That He Has
Committed No Wrong Act
"RAILROADED TO JAIL"
Washington, D. C, Nov. 21 Har
ry F. Sinclair made the following
statement today upon his release af
ter completing sentences for con
contempt of the Senate and con
tempt of court:
"I have made no plans except to
go to my home and then to my office.
Naturally, my first thoughts are of
my family, my associates and my
friends whose loyalty I have so deep
ly appreciated. My own absolute
knowledge that I have committed no
u-rnnc trives me unimpaired courage
and absolute confidence of final vin-and fined ?2 50 and cogts
dication in the public esteem, ino ju
ry of my countrymen has ever con
victed me of wrong. The courts
have admitted I was guilty of no mor
al turpitude in the contempt cases.
"I was railroaded to jail in viola
tion of common sense and common
fairness. The great power and pres
tige of the government were employ
ed against me under hostile iunflu
ences and prejudiced by a campaign
unjustly describing me as defiant of
law. I was a victim of political cam
paigns to elect honest Democrats by
proving how dishonest Republicans
were. When I was assaulted in this
worthy enterprise the Republicans dis
creetly replied that guilt, if any, was
personal. I was politically assailed
but not politically defended.
"The newspapers wept many tears
over my defiance of law and my 'un
chastened recalcitrance.' I cannot
be contrite for sins which I know I
have never committed, nor can I pre
tend to be ashamed of conduct which
I know to have been upright.
Business has been rather slack in
Police Cou'-t for several weeks but
for some reason it showed a consider
able increase Friday afternoon. Most
of the cases tried were for drunk
eness. They were the following; S.
A. Thomas, drunk, plead guilty.
Sentence $5 and costs or 10 days.
Marion Dudly, colored, drunk second
offense. Plead guilty and given a
sentence of $5 and costs or 10 days
on streets.
Edgar Davis, colored, drunk, plead
not guilty but a witness, Elijah
Hardesty said he was and disorderly
too. He was fined $5 and costs or
ten days.
Alonzo Hargett, colored, drunk,
plead guilty. It was his first offense
and he was let off with $2.50 and
costs or 10 days.
Charles Manson' Jr. parking or
wrong side of street. Plead guilty
Sterling Roberts, driving too fast,
admitted it and was fined $2.50 and
costs.
Virginia-Carolina Will
Battle Next Thursday
Chapel Hill, Nov. 19 Football
fans are already circling "Novem
ber 28" on their calendars, for that
day will see written another MM
chapter in the thrilling 37 year North
Carolina-Virginia football rivalry.
This year's Thanksgiving classic is
to be played in Kenan Stadium here,
and fine showings by both teams give
promise of one of the greatest Thanks
giving Day battles in the Southland.
The University is already prepar
ing to accomodate a record crowd.
Kenan Stadium seats 24,000 in com
fort, and extra bleachers can be built
if needed.
The new Raleigh-Greensboro high
way through Chapel Hill will be re
"I have just finished serving sen- opened, to .combine with highways in
THESE FARMERS
HAVE HARD LIVES
Eke Out Meager Existence On
Cotton Farms of f ledmont
of 4 States
(From News and Observer Bureau.)
One hundred thousand white fam
ilies en cotton farms in the upper
Piedmont section of North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia and Ala
bama are living under very adverse
conditions, according to a survey re
cently made by the Bureau of Agri
cultural Economics, U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture.
These families, say the investiga
tors, cling to cotton production, on
small farms in a section over-run
by the boll weevil, on irregular-shaped
and sloping fields, and on soils
that require fertilizers and constant
effort to control weeds and erosion.
Many of these farmers, the investi
gators report, know of ways and
have the means to add to the food
on their tables and to the money in
their pockets but ignore opportunity
to do so and get along on little.
The investigators made a study of
a typical group of these farm fami
lies in Gwinnett County, Georgia.
It was learned that most of the men
in approximately 300 families have
always farmed near the farms on
which they were born and reared
OFFICIALS MOVE
INTO CITY HALL
Old Building Has Been Remod
, eled And Is Greatly
Improved
Beaufort's new city hall, or rather
its old city hall remodelled, is how
being used by the city officials they
having moved in Monday. For sev
eral months the city has used the
Thomas store building on Turner
street near Front.
The city hall as it is now is a com
modious and convenient structure. It
houses every -thing from.. Sam Pig
ott's cart horse to the Mayor's office.
The fire trucks and equipment are
well provided for with a large con
crete floored room. Above this are
the querters for the firemen. A large
rest room and recreation place and
two comfortable bed rooms have been
provided. Also on the second floor
are the court room and office rooms
for the Mayor and Chief of Police.
The large room in the center of
the ' city building is used by City
I Clerk T. M. Thomas Jr., and Miss
Martha Carrow, secretary of the
Water and Light Commission. They
have very comfortable quarters. Be
tween the clerk's office and the fire
truck room is located the town jail.
This has a concrete floor and the
walls and ceiling are covered with
room,
p5.Mre1"rJ RECORDER'S COURT
Whence Eroded TRIES FEW CASES
Ralegih, Nov. 16 Highway Patrol- m-kjeukj
man A. T. Moore, stationed in the,
fourth district with headquarters in -onvicted; Two Sentenced
Durham, was seriously injured this t 0 Koads And One To Jail;
week when the front tire of his mo-j Liquor The Cause
torcycle blew out, it was learned
from patrol headquarters here today. , ",,e roaa sentence was meted out
Patrolman Moore was coming into T Recorder's Court by Judge Hill
Durham Tuesday night when the ac- Tuesdsy and another, conditional
cident happened, at the close of his'road sentence was imposed. A jail
patrol duty for the day. The blow-' sentence was given another defend
out in the front tire caused his mo-ian a'S0,
torcycle to throw him violently, the! Charlie Brown of the Mill Creek
result being that the pelvic bone was:se?tlon' a middle aged white man was
broken. He was rushed immediate- tried on the charge of threatening
ly to a hospital in Durham and at;his wife, .assaulting Otis Culpepper
first it was feared that he was veryand of being drunk and disorderly,
seriously injured. The last few days, ' He nad no lawyer and conducted his
however, his condition has been im-jown defense. He plead not guilty,
proving rapidly, although it will take 0tls Culpepper, brother-in-law of
some time for the fractured bones to!the defendant, said Brown came to
knit. , jnis house and asked his boy, William
The accident did not occur while ' Brwn, what had become of his bot
the patrolman was chasing a car, ortle of liquor. He said Brown was
traveling at an excessive speed, but j Partly drunk and abusive. He said he
merely as he was returning from his j made a motion with a tobacco stick
daily duty on the highways. jas if to strike him but did not do it.
This is the first serious accident a ; Tne Culpeppers and Brown live a-
member of the patrol has suffered in bout a quarter of a mile apart.
several months, according to Captain
Charles D. Farmer, commander of the
patrol.
FATHER OF MRS. VACHE
DIED SUDDENLY LAST WEEK
Not Vnminncr rWhBr thov mio-hf mi. ' metal, in tne center oi tne
prove their condition by farming which is quite large, will be four steel
elsewhere or by going into occupa
tions other than farming, they have
continued to farm in the neighbor
hoods where they are acquainted and
in the way their parents farmed, and
they have adjusted their standards uf
living to. an income which in many
cells. A prisoner may be able to set
his bed afire but he will not be able
to sot the building on fire. It will
also be difficult toescape from this
lockup. The entire cost of rebuild
ing the city hall, which was badly
damaged by fire some months ago,
tences for contempt of the Senate
and contempt of the court not for
any crime. But some people seem
tb" mmvrmfttie p&i&mtirrsr'esir.
tempt were in place of a punishment
for some other offense with which I
was charged but exonorated by a ju
ry. Senate "Contempt" Charge Unjust
"The basis of the Senate contempt
case was my refusal to answer ten
questions. The law requires ques
tions pertinent to a proper legisla
tive inquiry to be answered. Such
questions must not invade the con
stitutional rights of the citizen.
"My attorneys advised me to de
cline to answer these questions as not
' pertinent, as unconstitutional because
they comprised an attempt to deny
me a fair trial by disclosing my de
fense in other cases pending in the
courts. On advice of counsel I de
clined at that time to answer the ten
alleged questions. Only on one of
these questions was I held guilty of
contempt.
"Senator Walsh said to me,' I wish
you would tell us about that, refer,
ring to the testimony of another wit
ness. I declined to answer. His
'wish' was not a question and was
not then pertinent.
"Six of the remaining questions
were thrown out by the trial court
(uaAaia 98ad uo panurruoa)
New Methodist Pastor
And Family Arrive
The Reverend R. F. Munns, recent
ly appointed pastor of Ann Street
Methodist church was greeted Dy two
large and thoroughly interested con
gregations at the morning and even
ing services Sunday. Mr. Munns- ar
rived Saturday and spent the week
end at the home of Mr. J. A. Horna
day. The family of the new minister
consisting of Mrs. Munns and four
children arrived yesterday and are
now settled in the parsonage. They
found a cordial welcome awaiting
them. The ladies of the church have
for several days been busily engaged
in getting the home ready. It has
been thoroughly cleaned, painted and
put in nice order. Even a hot dinner
was on the table waiting for the new
from Durham and Sanford to make
entrance to and exit from Chapel Hill
Easy in all directions.
-AU pproaches-to the stadium are
being put in tip-top shape, and new
ones are being made. Provision has
already been made for a record squad
ron of police to handle the traffic
and keep things moving so that the
fans can make the game and get back
home in time for the turkey suppers.
Carolina beat Davidson 26-7 last
Saturday to run its season scoring to
257, or an average of 32 points a
game, which places Carolina just 13
points below Tennessee, the Southern
Conference leader.
The Tar Heels have won seven
games and lost only one, a hard
fought 19-12 games to Georgia. Jim
Magner and Pete Wynck, backneld
stars, are to be back in shape, to give
virtually full strength against Virgin
ia.
Virginia has had a creditable seas
on also and has been improving ev
ery game.
The Virginia team has a line of Se
niors averaging 190, and fine crew of
backs headed by Johnny Sloan, one
of the best quarterbacks in the South.
The Tar Heels hold an edge in vic
tories sinee the war, with five vic
tories to three losses and two ties,
but Virginia has had the better of the
37-year rivalry .
Close games generally mark the
meetings. No team has won by as
much as 14 points but once since the
war, and the average difference in
score has been but 4.2 points. Caro
lina won 14-13 in 1927 and 24-20
last year.
cases is Uss than that of the cheap- wlU be m the neighborhood of $10,
est industrial labor. Only a third of 00- A Srea dal of work has been
them grow as much as ten acres of ! done on Jt and ls 8 much better
cotton, and only a third of those who j building than it was before: The
grow cotton gets as much as half a w has not been entirely finished
bale to the acre. Many are tenants I but. Probably will be done very soon.
nn fnrmsi vnlnpH lfs than $'2,000.
Food and fuel are obtained on the New Bern Editor
farm.
Brown's son, a thirteen year old
boy, said his father was cutting up
at the time referred to and hit at
Culpepper with a stick. Said he did
not hide his daddy's liquor.
Mrs. Mary Culpepper, the grand
mother, said the children were afraid
of the defendant and that she sent
for the sheriff.
Brown denied trying to hit Cul
pepper with a stick and said the for-
A fourth of the farmers have so
little capital that they must contract
to pay half of what they produce to
landlords who furnish the mule and
Makes Address Here
CARTERET COUNTY FARMERS
MAKE SHIPMENT OF HOGS
Kid Homans of New Bern, the ver
satile editor of The Times of that
tools to work with, the land to farm j city, was in Beaufort .yesterday and
and houses to live in. Two out of i while here paid the News office a vis
three of these farmers use only one i it. Mr. Homans came to Beaufort
mule per farm, the others using two. i tor the purpose ol making an address
yesterday atternoon tor the Lonler
ence of the A. M. E. Zion Church
in session here this week.
j Several months ago Mr. Homans
A car load of fine hogs grown by started a campaign to induce the col
Carteret county farmers were ship-jored people of Craven county to
ped Monday to a packing house in spend their money with their home
Richmond, Va. County Agent Over-: merchants instead of with mail or
street attended to the details of tht der houses and chain stores. Back
shipment. There were 77 porkers ed by the Chamber of Commerce and
loaded in the car and they averaged I other civic organizations the move
200 pounds each. Those who shipped i ment acquired great momentum and
Mrs. J. A. Vache was called to
Richmond, Va., last Thursday by the
sad information that her father, Mr.
Charles B. Fitzwilson had died there
very suddenly. Reverend Mr. Vache mer came towards him with an ax in
accompanied her. Mr. Fitzwilson bls band- He was in court several
was one of the pioneer dry cleaners I ninths ago for haying a small quan
of Richmond. Apparently in good! tv f liquor in his possession and
health he was stricken on Thursday ! was let off with the costs,
night and the end came very quick- i Judge Hill gave him a sentence of
ly. Funeral services were held from j thirty days in jail and to pay the
the Scottish Rite Cathedral, Mr. ! costS-
Fitzwilson having been a very active j Willie Prescott, a seventeen year
member of that Rite. Mrs. Vache is om wnite youth whose home is near
expected to return to Beaufort Fri- Newport, submitted to a charge of
day evening. j transporting liquor. Two jars con-
jtaining nearly two gallons of white - '
War Srrftrv CnnA !fluid said to be quor. were produced v :
w ar secretary Uood in court and Police . 0fce q:. M . ,r
: Dies In Washington ! wwonevpm;ti&teMitewfr;-
WnsMnonn- Nnv 1R .Tamoc V W"V " " V -
nA c 4. ' . i j ; j : i.;:man- lne car was seized and put in
T"' ti V ' , J a Sarae in Newport.-
after blood-poinomng overwhelmed Judge HiI1 dedded that he defend
his courageous resistance ant wag at of both possession and
Funeral services were held ir . the tran ti and w
East Room of the W hite House W ed-, sentenee of gix ni0ths flnd
nesday morning at 11 o'clock, m the the costs. He ordered further how
presence of President Hoover, his' vpr thai. fV,0 RQ , . rt
v VVUlllJ V 1 1 I '
hogs were D. S. Oglesby, Rufus Og
lesby, Cecil Oglesby, J. R. Lawton
all of Crab Point, E. F. Carraway,
Merrimon, George Oglesby, Camp
Glenn.
TEXAS COMPANY LETS
CONTRACT FOR BUILDING
is said to have produced some very
satisfactory results. Mr. Homans
was also very active last year in the
Hoover-Smith fight on the Hoover
side. He is an ardent admirer and
supporter of Senator Simmons and
predicts that the Senator will be re
nominated despite some opposition
that has developed against him. Mr.
Homans' newspaper the Times is very
original and newsy sheet and has a
wide ciroulation.
Cabinet and important officials of the
government.
MUSIC CLUB MEETS
Annual Conference Of
A. M. E. Church Is Here
family. I'r.
Munns comes to Beau
fort froir Goldsboro where he was
pastor las' year.
CRUISER' "IDLE-ON" IS
NOW AT OCRACOKE
Captain John M. Dickinson and
Mrs. Dickinson on the Cruiser the
"Idle-On" are spending some weeks
at Ocracoke.1 Thy will be there
during the duck shooting season.
Captain Dickinson uses his boat dur
insr the season as a house boat for
sportsmen. He has already had sev
eral BartiM wha have had fine sport
The contract for the Texas Oil
Company's new station was let last
Friday at Norfolk. The Rose Con
struction Company of Goddsboro was
the successful bidder. Thes tation
will cost around $30,000 exclusive of
the eauinment which will be tut in ! The Music Department of the
by the company. It is expected that Community Club will hold its month'
the work will begin in a very few ly meeting at the home of Mrs. J. S
days. - Outsell, tonight at 8 P. M.
TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND TEACHERS
ARE EMPLOYED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
The annual session of the North
Carolina Conference of the A. M. E.
Zion Church began Wednesday morn
ing and will last through Sunday.
Tht reading of the appointments will
be the last item of business. Bishop
W. Wood of Indianapolis is pre
siding over the deliberations of the
body. Judge E. Walter Hill, repre
senting Mayor Chadwick, welcomed
the visitors to Beaufort at the meet
ing last night. Editor Homans of
the New Bern Times addressed the
Conference yesterday afternoon. .
The Conference this year is being
very well attended. Sixty eight min
isters are present and about l lo lay
delegates are in attendance. The
conference was opened with the ad
ministration of the Holy Communion
by Bishop Woods. Several very in
spirational addresses and sermons
have been delivered. The meetings
are open to the public and white as
well as colored people are invited to
attend them.
A subscription to the . Beaufort
News for some friend might be an
acceptable Christmas gift.
(State Superintendent
Public Instruction)
, Raleigh, Nov. 18 There were 24,-
381 teachers employed in the elemen
tary and secondary pumic scnoois oi i
the State during the school year
1928-29, or just 155 more than were
employed the preceding year, accord
ing to the current issue of State
School Facts, official publication of
the State Superintedent of Public
Instruction. Of the total teachers
employed this past year 18,201 taught
in white schools and 6,180 taught in
Colored schools.
A further analysis of these figures
made by School Facts shows that the
number of rural white teachers for
1928-29 was actually less than the
number employed in 1927-28, and
this fact, the publication points out,
accounts for the smaller than usual
increase in total teachers employed
this past school year.
Thata smaller number of rural
white teachers were needed during
1928-29 than were employed in 1927
'28 is due, according to School Facts,
Tomorrow afternoon ' nt fn B .
Lim? o7' ? B S?1 wh,ch C Py r judgmen
R It 1 Baltimore and Ohio ! would be continued for twelve months
Railroad en route to Cedar Rapids, . During that time Prescott
Z fJZ ,UF m n,ade miviolate an low of the ut
the family plot Friday. ! keep sober, must not drive a car and
The heavy burdens of the War ; must stay out of N t Furthfr.
Department were transferred by thejmore if an examinatio by the Coun.
death of Secretary Good to the com- ty Physician showed any mental
"V Y 7m , AT, , ; weakness then arrangements should
rick J. Hurley, of Tu sa, Oklahoma. be made to send him to the Caswell
who as a Major and Lieutenant-Col-; Training School. The car is to be
u, 1li.iu u tnree Dig on en-; soId subject to Hens
ot'ca ui me unu war, ana now
wears the Dintinguished Service
Medal of the American government.
Edgar Davis a young colored man
from the North River section was
convicted of the temporary larceny of
a truck from Deputy Sheriff Stanford
Gaskill. He denied it but Delia
Benson, a colored woman, said she
onur Viim .1
Thanksgiving morning at 11 olock
?JyClmmTi: WlU bV?lebra,ted which helped to convict him. He
auu a apctiai uuenng win De taKen :
up for the Thompson Episcopal Hall i
at Charlotte.
THANKSGIVING SERVICES
There will be special Thanksgiving
services at St. Paul's Episcopal church
TIDE TABLE
to the consolidation of rural white
schools. In 1919-20 there were 2,
513 one-teacher white schools, where
as in 1927-28 there were 1,075 such
schools. In 1921-22 there were 326
! consolidated schools, whereas in 1927-
28 there were 812.
As this process of elimination of
small schools and building up of larg
er schools has been going on, the
rate of increase in number of teach
ers has decreased. The total num
ber of teachers employed' during
1919-20 represented an increase of
nearly 12 per cent over the number
employed in 1918-19. This percent
age has decreased from year to year
until the total number of teachers
employed last year showed an .in
crease of only .69 of one per cent
over 1927-28.
"It appears, therefore," the paper
sums up, "that any increase in num
ber of teachers from now on will be
simply tD tcl:: care of increased en
rolment. This is especially true a
mong white schools, where consolida
tion has already reached an advanced
stage." .
Information as to the tides
at Beaufort is given in thi3 co.
unm. The figures are approx
imately correct and based on
tables furnished by the U. S.
Geodetic Survey. Some allow
ances must be made for varia
tions in the wind and also with
respect to the locality, that is
whether near the inlet or at
the heads of the estuaries.
was given six months on the roads.
A case against Wright Stanley
charging assault on a female was
continued to next week. Court re
cessed to meet again Monday even
ing at six o'clock.
MENHADEN FISHERMEN HAD
VERY GOOD LUCK YESTERDAY
High Tide
Low I ide
Friday, Nov. 22
The menhaden fleet had a very
good day yesterday, in fact about the
best so far this season. Tuesday was
also a right good day but a strong
northeast wind suspended operations
today.
1 The News has not been able to get
; accurate figures as to yesterday's
j catch but the toal is estimated at be
tween four and five million fish. Th3
fish are of a very good quality, large
land fat. The W. A. Mace with 300,-
12:26 A. M. 6:44 A. M.
1:40 P. M. 7:34 P. M.
Saturday,' Nov. 23
1:32 A. M. 7:53 A. M.
1:47 P. M. 8:31 P. M.
Sunday, Nov. 24
2:37 A. M. 9:01 A. M.
2:54 P. M. 9:27 P. M.
Monday, Nov. 25
3:39 A. M. 10:02 A. M.
3:58 P. M. 10:19 P. M.
Tueaday, Nov. 26
4;34 A. M. 11:03 A. JV1
4:56 P. M. 11:26 P. M.
Wednesday, Nov. 27
5:23 A. M. 11:08 A. M.
5:49 P.- M. 11:56 P. M.
Thursday, Nov. 28
6:08 A. M. 11:55 A. M.
6:37 P. M. 12:45 P.M.
000 seems to have been the best
catch yesterday. The Pilgrim, Blades
and Mills had about-200,000 each.
The Parkins got 275,000, the Edwards
225,000, the Aleft and Elizabeth a
bout 175,000 each. In face every
boat in. the service got some fish.
SERMON FOR FISHERMEN
A sermon of special '.nterest to
fishermen will be deli1" ?red at St.
Paul's church Sundpy l. orning by
the recti r Reverend J. A Vache. A
cordial invitation is exten ed to the
captains, mates, engineers, member
of the crews of the fishing vessels;
and all others interested in, any way
in the fishing industry to attend the
Sunday morning service, '.
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