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The IS) AUFORT Largest Circulation In Carteret County The People's Newspaper The best advertising medium published in Carteret Co. ( READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY J WATCH Your label and pay your subscription VOLUME XVIII 12 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1929 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY NUMBER 50 County Hearing Continued And Bill Of Particulars Demanded No Witnesses Examined Here Monday In County Suits Matter; Defense Takes Exception To Order But Is Overrulled By The Court The hearing Monday before Super ior Court Clerk Hassell about the county suits against the Simmons Construction Corporation and others, resolved itself mainly into arguments between the lawyers on the oppos ing sides. No witnesses at all were examined. C. M. Johnson of Raleigh of the State County Advisory Com mission was in the court room while the hearing was in progress. E. L. McLendon of the law firm of McLen don and Hedrick, which firm is in the employ of the county, made his. first appearance in the case. Immediately after the proceedings started Attorney A. D. Ward on be half of his client W. L. Stancil ask ed that the county produce records of tax sales from 191" to 1927 inclu sive. Mr. Stancil said he left a book containing this information in the office. County Auditor Plint when asked about the matter said he had never seen any such book. Mr. Mr. Ward also asked that it be en tered in the record that the firm of Ward and Ward have been retained to defend C. K. Howe in the suits. Mr. Moore, who appears for the Simmons Construction Corporation and F. M. Simmons, said that the de fense was about as much in the dark now as in the beginning and asked for a bill of particulars on the engi neer's report as to surveys, measure ments of headers, where samples were taken etc., and also various de tails of the auditor's report, particu larly exhibit "C," details as to ex penditures for 192G-1928 and also de tails about expenditures for county home, courthouse grounds, attorneys' fees. Mr. McLendon said that it would put the county to a great deal of ex pense and work to get up such detail ed statements; that they were willing i to furnish such information as they had and had already done so. He said the county would positively re fuse to furnish the defendants with the sort of statement asked for. Mr. Ward said that the matter was very important to their clients and that it took time to prepare the defense and that it was necessary to have the in formation desired and time enough to study it and prepare for trial. He said they would put their request in writing. Mr. Gorham replied that the rec ords speak for themselves and coun sel had access to them. He opposed any further delays and said counsel should file their answers to the com plaints. Mr. Ward repeated that more time was needed and Clerk Has sell said he thought it was essential the defense should have the informa tion and that he proposed to be fair and impartial about the matter. Mr. Wheatly representing some of the defendants said that they should have the time asked for in order to prepare their defense and the coun ty should furnish the information which had been asked for. Mr. Duncan also for the defense, said the bill of part r-ilars should be furnished and should i-cify on what specific matters the co. faints were based. Attorney Luther Hamilton also argued along the same line. The time finally settled upon for filing the request for the bill of par ticulars by attorneys for the defense was set at December 20. Mr. Moore said it would be done sooner than that if possible. Mr. McLendon said that a reply to the request would be filed within 36 hours after it was re ceived. Judge E. Walter Hill sug gested that time could be saved by go ing with auditor Delamar at once and get what information they wanted now. It was finally ordered by Superior Court Clerk Hassell that the written reqr.st for the bill of particulars should be filed not later than Decem ber 20 and that the hearing should be Tesumed on January 2nd. Mr. Gorham said that the request for the bill of par"culars was foreign to the purpose of the hearing. He read an exception 4 the order which ws ov erruled by the Clerk. REMODELLING STORE FRONT The H. C. Jones Hardware Com pany is having the front of their store remodelled. New show windows will be put in and the doors changed so as to give the store a very mod ern appearance. The work is being done by George Woolard. City Commissioners Had Meeting Monday A recess meeting of the board of Commissioners of the town of Beau fort was held at the city hall Mon day. The sesion was not a very long one. A motion was passed by the board authorizing Mayor Chadwick and City Clerk Thomas to renew a note with the Beaufort Banking and Trust Company for $3000 for 90 days and also a note for 60 days with the Bank of Beaufort amounting to $2444. A motion made by Commissioner Chaplain that no supplies for the town be bought without an order from the Clerk was adopted. Action was deferred on the resig nation of Joseph House as a member of the Water and Light Commission. Commissioner Willis made a motion to allow the Standard Oil Company permission to erect a canopy over their filling station. This was pass ed. A motion was passed allowing Mrs. G. A. Russell refund of $2.11 over paid on taxes. The office of building inspector for work on the city hall was discontinued Some bills were audited and the board adjourned. ATLANTIC &N.C. DECLARE DIVIDEND Directors Declare Usual 1.75 Semi-Annual Per Cent; Discuss Beaufort Port Raleigh, Dec. 7 Directors of the Atlantic and North Cai-olina Railroad assembled in their semi-annual meet ing here yesterday, declared the reg ular dividend, discussed the develop ment of the port of Beaufort and Morehead City and adjourned. The dividend declared was the us ual 1.75 per cent, making 3 1-2 per cent on the stock for the year. The chief aim of the A. & N. C. directors is the development of the Beaufort port. At their regular meeting last summer they discussed with Governor Gardner the possibility of a State apropriation for the devel opment of the portand the erection of piers suitable for ocean going ships. The directors believe that one of the State's greatest needs is a good port and that the mouth of Bogue Sound is the best place to de velop. Governor Gardner told the direc tors that the matter was one to be taken up with the Legislature. At the meeting yesterday they further discussed the matter and hoped for "good times" before the General As sembly meets again. Present at the meeting yesterday were President A. D. Ward of New Bern; Secretary A. E. Boyd of Ay den; Charles Park, of Raleigh; L. R. Cutler, of New Bern; S. B. Alexan der, of Charlotte, W. B. Batman, of Wilson; Charles Wallace, of More head City; George D. Folk of Ral eigh; S. W. Holloway, of Raleigh; Mis. J. D. Langston of Goldsboro. POLICE REPORT FOR MONTH OF NOVEMBER To The Hon Mayor and Board of Commissioners: Gentlemen: I beg leave to submit the following police report for the month of No vember, 1929. We have made 45 arrests and col lected fines and cost to the amount of $186.05 and paid same to the Mayor and Clerk as follows: Arrests Fines Cost Longest - 14 $34.35 $31.40 Holland 24 36.10 54.15 Styron 7 15.00 15.15 45 $85.45 $100.60 Of the 45 arrests made (3) were assigned to work the streets for a period of 40 days. One (1) was sent to the Recorder's Court and one dismissed. Respectfully Submitted, W. R. LONGEST, Chief of Police. MENHADEN BOATS CATCH MANY FISH Best Week Of The Season; Balster Lost On Cape Look out Shoals It seems to be the general impres sion around Beaufort that more fish have been caught this week by the menhaden fishermen than ever be fore in the same length of time. There are more than twenty boats in Carteret county engaged in this work and every one of them seems to have done well this week. In fact the good run of fish really started last week. Many of the boats made good catches on Friday and Saturday. One boat had hard luck last week though. The George D. Balster while returning to this port with a load of fish was wrecked and lost Thursday night. The accident happened while the boat was coming through the slough on Cape Lookout shoals. The vessel began to fill with water and her pumps refused to work with the result that she sank and wasa com plete loss. The men took to the purse boats and were picked up by Captain Fred Gillikin from the Cape Lookout station. They were taken care of at the station and brought to Beaufort the next day. The boat was com manded by Captain W. H. Snow and was owned by the Beaufort Fish Scrap and Oil Company. The loss of the vessel, equipment and load of fish is estimated at around $40,000. The Parkins commanded by Cap tain Bonner Willis and owned by the Beaufort Fish Scrap and Oil Com pany seems to have caught the most fish this week, estimated at close to two millions. This does not count today's catch as the boats have not come in at this writing. However the boats of the Wallace Fisheries, the Newport Fisheries, Taylor's Creek Company, C. P. Dey and all others have done well. The fish have varied considerably in size. Some were quite small, others of medium sizg- and some, were full grown. " Quite a good many croakeis and gray trout have been brought to the local market this week. The prices being paid for them are low and the firshernien are very much dissatisfied at the prices. The low prices are said to be due to the fact that North ern trawlers some fifteen or twenty of them, have been catching large quantities of croakers and trout off Hatteras and Ocracoke and have glutted every market in the country. Two car loads were shipped to Char lotte recently and all the markets from Richmond to New York are said to be glutted with these fish caught on the Carolina coast. The fishermen say the matter ought to be controlled in some way. POSTMASTER WHEATLY WILL GET REAPPOINTMENT The name of Postmaster R. B. Wheatly was sent in to the Senate, along with several others, Tuesday by President Hoover for confirmation for another term as postmaster at Beaufort. Patrons of the office here have been heard to express themsel ves as pleased that Mr. Wheatly is to have the position again and that he has no opposition. CONGRESSMAN ABERNETHY TO MAKE AN ADDRESS The News is informed by Cong ressman Charles L. Abernethy that he will deliver a radio address on the night of December the 18th. The subject of the address was not given. The address will be over station W. J. S. V. which operates on a wave length of 205 meters and can be found between numbers five and eight on the dial. Everybody who cares to do so is invited to hear Mr. Ab ernethy speak. CHRISTMAS CHECKS MAILED The channels of trade in Beaufort will be refreshed somewhat by the Christmas savings checks which were mailed out this week. The two banks here sent out checks totalling some $5000 which represents money saved by putting a small sum in the bank each week during the year. MARRIAGE LICENSES For several weeks business has been very dull with Register of Deeds R. W. Wallace in the marriage license line. As Christmas approach es he has hopes of a pick up in this respect. This week only one permit has been issued. This was to Dale Styron of Atlantic and Veda Hamil ton of Sea Level. TWO CONVICTIONS IN COUNTY COURT One Gets Jail Sentence; Wit ness Fined For Not Being On Time Only three cases were put on trial in Recorder's Court Tuesday but it fbok considerable time to dispose of them. Many witnesses were examined and the opposing lawyers wrangled considerably. The case against Tuttle Robinson charged with violation of the prohi bition law was not tried because the defendant failed to show up. He was called out in court and his bond of $25 forfeited. If he can be found at any time in the next two years he can be arrested and tried. The case against Captain J. J, Day charging an assault was continued on account of the absence of his attor ney Captain Rodman Guion of New Bern who was sick and unable to leave his home. A case against Charles Wesley, charging an assault was continued on the request of his counsel James W. Mason on the ground that Wesley is working on a fish boat and the fishing is too good at present to miss. Dady Moss was tried on the charge of assault with a deadly weapon upon a young fellow by the name of Bur gess Chadwick. The offense was al leged to have occurred on November 17 when Chadwick was a visitor at the Moss home near Morehead Bluffs. Attorney A. B. Morris said that the prosecuting witness had decided to withdraw the warrant in the case and wanted the action dismissed. Judge Hill said he would accept a plea of nolo contendere and let the defen dant pay the costs. Mr. Morris said he was willing to pay half the costs and let the other side pay the other half. It appeared that the Chad wick side was not in a position to .pay any thing and so the trial pro ceeded. '. The evidence showed that young Chftdwick had visited at the home of Moss several times and they had drunk whiskey together. Moss is 55 years old and is married. On this particular Sunday they had several drinks and finally Moss said, Chad wick got his liquor jar which he kept near the hog pen, and was about to make oif with it. He got a shot gun, which he said was empty and threatened the youth with it. Charles Lockhait said he saw Moss noint the gun at Chadwick. Andrew Slaught er and a man named Willis testified that they saw Moss with the gun in his hand. Mr. Morris argued stren uously for his client but the court pronounced him guilty and fined him $10 and costs. The other cases tried came from the Negro colony on upper North River. Elisha Murrell who said that he is 22 years old was charged with hitting Isaac Felton on the forehead with a spark plug wrench. Felton's forehead stil showed signs that he had received a pretty bad lick. Dav id Felton, William Nolan, Alonzo Bell, Annie Felton, James Cox and Aleck Smith testified for the prose cution. Solicitor Duncan and Mr. M. Leslie Davis conducted the pros ecution. J. W. Mason defended Elisha. From the evidence it appeared that Elisha was mad with Isaac because he said the latter wanted to take an automobile ride with his wife. Lilla, his seventeen year old wife, said Isaac asked her to "take a run with him" and she told her husband about it and the fight was the result. The court decided Elisha was guilty and gave him a sentence of four months j lie school bus while it is standing up in jail. However by paying $8 to on any public road and taking on or Isaac, a fine of $25 and costs and be-! putting off school children, the oper have himself for twelve months he ator 0f the passing vehicle must bring can get rid of the jail sentence. I it t oa full stop at least 50 feet from Immediately after the finish of the the bus." The responsibility, how Murrell trial the court went into the ever, does not all rest upon the driv trial of Isaac Felton Jr., on the j er 0f the passing vehicle, for section3 charge of slandering Lilla Murrell. 3 0f this rule states "Every school This case consumed some time and ended in acquittal of the defendant. For not appearing in court prompt ly at opening time James Foster a young Negro who had been summons ed as a witness was given five days in jail. , Deputy Stanford Gaskill made a long trip in the country to find him but he finally showed up of his own accord. MOREHEAD CITY WOODMEN VISIT BEAUFORT LODGE The Morehead City degree team of the Woodmen of the World visited the Beaufort lodge Thursday night December 5th, The team gave a drill on the streets and in the lodge rooms which was cuite impressive. The two teams then participated in a smoker and had a very enjoyable time. Teacher. Are Trained oetter l nan r ormeny Since 1922-23 the average training of the teachers of Carteret county; has increased 1.66 years, it is learn-j ed from the State Department of j Public Instruction, which has just j computed a study of the scholastic j preparation of white teachers in all ; the counties and 34 of the largest of the State. . . In 1922-23 the index of training of white teachers in this school sys - tern was 4.49, whereas the past year, j 1928-29, the index of the teachers empioyeu u wurus, oetier piepaieu icauiieis aie now em ployed than were six years ago. The average training of all rural white teachers of the State is now 2.19 college years, and of city teach- ers a.- yeaia , m cuuegB. inuS u hogs handled in these carlot ship is noted that the training of teachers j ments that returned the farmers of o a a n rni :t- in tne uarterei ouniy system is a bove the State average of all rural teachers. In the adjoining counties the in dices of white teachers for 1928-29 were as follows: Onslow County 5.84 6.66 6.17 Pamlico Craven It is thus seen that the training of teachers in the rural system compares favorably with that in these other sys terns. POLICE COURT DOCKET WAS RATHER SHORT FRIDAY As is usually the case drunks pre dominated in Police Court trials Fri day afternoon. Unly a tew cases were tried and several were Continued Charles Wickizer of Morehead !ln& Qales as P"1 ln.e averaSe City, drunk submitted and was fined j "e"?alJ trenud hg .pnceA. 4 . $2.50 and the costs amounting to , Full feed either by hand or through eg.n a self-feeder, on pasture when pos- Walter Herdesty, drunk, submitted. a11 th hos intended for mar Second offense and was fined $5 and kf eat, every day from the age ,.n!t. . nf $8.fln , of four weeks until they are sold; Mark Washington, colored, drunk. He admitted it and as he had been,u"vc 1 ,e" i in court on the same charge several ! ces mf the Pnce. of corf or hoS3 times he got a fine of $20 and costs iThe "se of Pure-bred animals on mod or 30 days on the streets-, -ier-: .; recommended with a R. L. Davis charged with getting ' fP61 emphasis upon the use of pure his car in the way of a fire truck bred males- was let o.T with the costs amounting to $3 ,45. Mr. Davis stated he wait- ed for some time and one truck had snouw be bred as nearly a; possible, passed and he did not know how long rIay the first and November the first, he was required to wait. He said he in old"' that their pigs may be full did not know what the law required. fed for maximum gains, and sold He was informed that there is both a w.hen seasonable prices are at their town ordinance and a State law on highest. the subject. Safety of Children j , Must Be Assured simmons will be opposed j JOSIAH BAILEY SAYS Raleigh, Dec. 10 "The safety of; " . our school children should be eon-1 Raleigh, Dec. 9 Josiah Wilham stantlv looked after," State Superin- dey, Raleigh attorney, today said tendent A. T. Allen points out in a that a Democrat who will oppose Sen statement given out todav. "North ator F- M- Simmons in thep rimary Carolina" he says "is now transport- next year will make himself known in ing nearly 150,000 pupils to school, j afew davs- The lives of these children as well as ; Mr. Bailey who has been prominent those who walk must be protected at ly mentioned in State political circles all times. It is a sad thing to hear I for some months as a possible candi of an accident happening to one of j date against Senator Simmons, ref us these little ones." !ed to say who would make the an- Superintendent Allen believes that ' nouncement. Walter P. Stacey, Chief if care and diligence is .observed on I Justice of the State Supreme Court, the part of the motoring public that and Willis Brogden, Associate Justice, such occurrences may be kept at a ; have been widely mentioned in pol minimum. In order to acquaint the j itical circles along with Mr. Bailey as public with the traffic laws in force, possible candidates, the General Assembly of 1927 Yass-; j ed an act requiring that such laws shall be read and explained in the public high schools. The rules refer ring specifically to school busses, and which are not always observed, are: Rule 63, (section 5). "Before tiassine- or attemntinr to nass a nub- truck, and every passenger bus, is required to come to a complete stop at every railroad crossing, whether designated as a 'full stop crossing or : not." j Rule 84, (section 7). "Twenty-five! miles an hour while operating a bus j carrying school children to or fromj school along any public highway or street in this State," is the maximum rate of speed permissible. Rule 45 is one which applies to all drivers and one which aims to im press operators of motor vehicles with the necessity of exercising care at all times. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS George G. Credle to H. C. Arm-, strong and wife, 5 1-2 acres, Straits, j for $50. I John A. W. Goodwin and wife to J. J. Day, 1 acre Cedar Island Town- j ship, for $10. WIY FARMERS SHIP MANY HOGS ''Five Years Ago No Car Load Shipments; Ten This Year When we take into consideration the fact that five years agQ Carteret County did not ship a single carload of hogs during a year, and this year she has shipped ten carloads to date, we must feel that the county ig mak. ing progress with this line of ive. stock. xhis increase in shipments has graduany been brought about in order to assure hog producers a sure market, and at the same time keep Ithe local market from being glutted all through the winter months. There were six hundred, sixty-three head of Carteret county $12,089.48 in cash. The average price paid per hundred pounds on hoof was $10.57. The most profitable known method of feeding and marketing hogs has been systematized in a form which is easy to understand and readily adaptable to the usual conditions on the farms of Carteret county. For a farmer with fairly fertile land to succeed in properly feeding and efficiently marketing hogs it is necessary that he do the following five things: 1. Adjust the number of brood sows to the amount of home raised corn available for them, allow ing 150 bushels of corn per sow per year: 2. Use good thrifty animals and keep them so by giving due at tention to proper housing, sanitation and parasites; 3. So control breed 1 Stick to the system outlined a. bove irom vnicn tne expected produce is intended for market, I ttUUii UV hKblivbbl, County Agent. TIDE TABLE Information as to the tides at Beaufort is given in this col umn. 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. High Tide Low Tide 13 5:26 A. 5:53 P. 6:12 A. t-riday Dec. M. M. Saturday, Dec, M. M. Sunday, Dec. M. M. Monday, Dec. M. M. 11:20 A. 12:19 P. 14 12:00 A. 1:04 P. 15 M. M. M. M. 6:42 P, 6:59 7:31 7:48 8:24 8:39 9:17 9:31 10:10 12:50 1:52 16 1:39 2:41 A. M. P. M. A. M. P. M. Tuesday, Dec. 17 2:30 A. M, A. M. P. M. : Wednesday, Dec A. M. P. M. 3:31 P. M. 18 3:25 4 :22 A. P. Thursday, Dec. 19 4:23 A. M. 5:16 P. M. 10:25 A. M. 10:50 P. M. M. M.