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TPTs News O Largest Circulation In Carteret County hi The People's Newspaper The best advertising medium published in Carteret Co. f READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY j WATCH Your label and pay your subscription VOLUME XVIII 8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1929 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY NUMBER 52 m mm dci m mm m m . s ANOTHER REPORT MADE TO BOARD Accountant Delamar Reports On Several County Officials And Education Board As readers of the News will recall an audit of the county affairs, made by C. F. Delamar Certified Public Ac countant, war received by the Board of Commissioners on November 25 and filed with Superior Court Clerk L. W. Hassell. This audit referred mainly to the former County Audi tor's office and some other matters. It did not embrace the affairs of the County Board of Education, the Sher iff's office, the Register of Deeds and the Clerk of the Superior Court. An audit of these has been completed and was filed with the County Chairman and Auditor on Thursday December 19. They may be seen by any cit izen who wishes to see them. The News cannot print them in full but as a matter of news is herewith pub lishing comments made by the Ac countant on them. "COUNTY BORAD OF EDUCATION We found the books had been kept in a very neat and efficient manner. All monies received by this office, as shown by the records, had been prop erly accounted for." SHERIFFS OFFICE "Records in Sheriff's office were well kept and we found that all mon ies coming into it have been prop erly accounted for. We found, how ever, that taxes for land sales certif icates for several years had not been credited on the tax books which was no fault of the sheriff. Credits have now been made on the tax books from the record of collections furnished by Luther Hamilton, County Attorney and from the records kept by W, L. Stancil, County Auditor, though the latter records did not give complete detail of collections." REGISTER OF DEEDS "We audited the records in this of fice from December 6. H'26 to June 30, 11)29. During this period we found that the Register of Deeds had underpaid the county according to his fee book 91.25. We found that during this period he failed to enter on his fee book 110 marriage cer tificates. The amount due the county on this item is ?220. Various other papers were recorded during this period which were not entered on his fee book amounting to $514.65 mak ing a total amount due the County as of June SO, 1929, $825.90. He is due the State $46.00 on account of marriage certificates which he had failed to enter on his fee book. The Register of Deeds, upon being in formed of the above conditions im mediately agreed to pay to the coun ty and State the amounts due them." CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT "We were instructed to audit this office from August 1, 1921 to June 30, 1929. We found, however, after making a thorough investigation, that it was physically impossible to audit this office for this period or any part of it. This condition was due en tirely to the failure of the Clerk to keep adequate records of the trans actions in his office. We were unable to determine fron the records the amount of money t'.TS clerk was sup posed to have at any t:me during the above period. We wue unable to de termine whether or not t.'? clerk had paid the proper amount of court costs to either the county or the County Board of Education due to the fact during the period in question there were approximately two hundred bills of costs missing from the files. The Clerk keeps no record of money paid into his office on account of judge ments. He just endorses the check given him and turns it over to the plaintiff's attorney. The Clerk keeps no record in his office that will show the amount he has on hand at any time- on account of Judgments, De posits in Civil Cases, Deposit in Lieu of Bonds, or Officers' and Witness fees. This condition makes it im possible for the Clerk to make annual report which is required by law as set forth in Article 5, Para graph 956 of the North Carolina Code 1927. , Upon being questioned as to this Annu l Report, the Clerk stat ed that he had never made any such report sinn he had been in office. We note that on March 15, 1927, Dixon, Ru;3 and Carter, Certified Public Accountants of Raleigh, N. C. filed audit report covering the Clerk's office from August 1, 1921 to Novem bre 16, 1926. They reported 'in sub stance practically the same as we have set forth above yet in spite of this we find the conditions as previously stated. . Respectfully submitted, C. F. DELAMAR, NORTH CAROLINA GOOD FIELD FOR OYSTER FARMING Scarcity Of Oysters In Other States Makes Good Oppor tunity Here STATE WILL LEASE BOTTOMS (Department of Conservation and Development) Raleigh, Dec. 24 Officials of the Department of Conservation and De velopment have for some time believ ed that there was a great future to the shell fish industry of eastern iNorth Carolina it developed on a r , , , . 'i scientific basis. Interest in the fu ture of the oyster industry led the Department recently to make an in spection of the oyster grounds of eastern North Carolina. The inspect ing partly included a Federal Govern ment expert, a financier of the fish, industry, a director of operations for a laige fisheries firm, and a teaching scientist who has done much research work on salt water fish life. A? a result of the recent inspec tion trip up Pamlico Sound and trib utary bodies of water, no one thought was more stressed than the fact that natural oyster bottoms and even those that have planted but not replanted year after year are now facing de pletion throughout the United States. These thoughts were foremost in the the minds of Lewis Radcliffe, Deputy U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries; W. H. Raye, of the Bluepoint Company, 'Boston, Mass., one of the world's largest oyster dealers; and Chas. E. Wheeler, member of the Fisheries and Game Commission of the State of Connecticut. These men were positive in their belief that it will be only a matter of a few years before the country will be entirely dependent upon oys ters raised on planted bottoms or by "ovster farming" as it is called. This fact is emphasized by the appear ance this year of the largest num ber of "buy" boats from Maryland and Virginia waters in Pamlico Sound even seen there. Its significance is that the natural yield of oysters in Chesapeake Bay this year has virtu ally been depleted. Failure of the supply in the more northern waters is assigned to sev eral causes, principal among Which is over-fishing or taking oysters that are too small in size and which would return a much greater profit if al lowed to remain on the bottom for one or more seasons. True conser vation would require that stock al ways be left on the bottom for a continuous crop. Oysters Scarce Everywhere North Carolina's situation is not fundamentally different from that of her neighbors who have already be gun to realize their mistakes. When they are forced to turn to North Car olina as one of the last sources of the oyster from natural beds, it is time that additional steps be taken to protect the State's supply and to up build an industry vital to thousands of people along the coast. However, it seems almost inevitable that any natural supply cannot, over a long period of years, maintain itself in the face of intensive fishing that is nec essary to meet the demand. Many of the largest oyster produc ers in the United States are now de pending entirely upon cultivated bot toms for their output. This situa tion, it seems, will eventually devel op in North Carolina, but the Depart ment of Conservation and Develop ment considers its duty is to sustain the natural yield as long as possible. It is true that North Carolina has a two and one-half inch cull law which provides that shells smaller in size than this must be thrown back. The State has also planted large are as in shells, most of the bottom hav ing subsequently been opened to oys- termen. The oyster, like corn or cotton, is a crop, but it may be harvested only at a minimum of about three years, but without facilities to carry out continuous planting it is not reason able to expect that these bottoms can continue to bear the brunt of heavy fishing without replacement of seed oysters. (Facilities to carry out this policy, are not available, and conse quently more attention must be giv en to oyster farming. One of the things that stands out strikingly is that the North Caroli na cull law of two and one-half inch ( Continued on page five) Certified Public Accountant.' Examination by: C. F. Delamar, C. J. Jones, E. H. Umstead, J. C. Council. ACQUIT OFFICERS OF KILLING SIX Trial Of McDowell County Of ficers In Yancey County Ended Burnsville, Dec. 21 Charges of second degree murder growing out of the fatal shooting of six textile strik ers at Marion on October 2, collapsed here today in the Yancey county court trial of eight McDowell county deputy sheriffs. A jury of eleven farmers and a carpenter who admittedly knew noth ing of trade unionism when the trial began two weeks ago, deliberated om 11:20 a. m. Friday until 9:30 a. m. today and brought in a blanket verdict of acquittal. The case grew out of the disor ders at the gates of the Marion Man ufacturing company plant early on the morning of October 2 when dis gruntled workers sought to dissuade loyal workers from entering the mill. Deputies arrived, a clash followed and six strikers fell mortally wound ed. Defendants in the case were Deputies Robert Ward, T. M. Greene, Chas Tate, William Twiggs, W. A. Fender, Jim Owens, Dave Jarett and Broadus Bobbins. The slain strik ers were Luther Bryson, Tilden Carv- Dr. E. J. Tucker to Board of Edu er, James Jones, Randolph Hall, Sam- cation, 4 lots Newport Township, for uel icker, and James Hall. The defendants were highly elat ed at the verdict, and Judge G. Ver non Cowper congratulated the jury on its careful deliberation on the ver dict was returned. Two of the de fendants embraced each other and all of them received congratulations of their friends who had attended the trial. Immediately after the trial there was a grand scramble to get out of Burnsville, only motor bus transpor tation being available. There was a good natured rivalry and much fun accompanied the exodus from the county seat. NICE, CHRISTMAS (WEATHER"; In so far as the weather is con cerned Beaufort and all this section have been highly favored. Christmas day was blight and clear and just cold enougn eo nuiKe one comiortuoie wnn L , - - . H J. 1.1 . , ,, an overcoat or cloak. Today is still warmer and perfectly clear. There has been no snow here at all during the month although there has ben a good deal of rain. It has been cold enourV' several times to form light ice at night. The merchants in Beau fort all seem to have enjoyed a very good holiday trade. N. J. CONNOR DIED TODAY Th e News learned today of the death of Mr. Norman J. Connor, a highly respected citizsn of the Har lowe section. He died at about five A. M. from a complication of diseas es. The funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at Harlowe at two o'clock. Mr. Connor was a merchant and farmer. He is survived by his widow and several children. POLICE COURT TOMORROW WILL HAVE FULL DOCKET The regular weekly session of Po lice Court was not held last Friday. All cases were continued until Fri day the 27th. The News understands that a considerable number of cases have been docketed. 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 Friday, Dec. 27 5:47 A. M. U:30 A. M. 6:20 P. M. 12:28 P. M. Saturday, Dec. 28 6:31 A. M. 12:17 A.M. 7:00 P. M. 1:14 P. M. Sunday, Dec. 29 7:13 A. M. 1:02 A. M. 7:47 P. M. 1:57 P. M. Monday, Dec. 30 7:53 A. M. 1:46 A. 8:28 P. M. 2:40 P. M. M. M. M. M. M. Tuesday, Dec. 31 8:33 A. M. .2:20 A. 0:08 P. M. 3:22 P. Wednesday, Jan. 1 8:51 A. M. 2:34 A. 9:13 P. M. 3:47 P. Thursday, Jan. 2 9:25 A. M. 2:55 A. 9:50 P.M. 4:00 P. LAST CHANCE FOR BONUS It may be strange but it looks like a good many World War veterans are going to lose their "bonuses" simply be cause they have failed to file their applications in time. Ad justed Service Compensation is available for every man who served in the military forces :of the United States during the war for sixty days or ov- !er. It is in the form of a ipaid up twenty year insurance 'policy. After two years mon- .,ey can be borrowed on these policies. That money will come ,pn mighty handy for some of -the veterans. The last chance 'rto file applications is about gone. After midnight Tues ,'! day, December 31, 1929 no applications for the "bonuses ; will be accepted. Informa- f tion about the matter can be obtained from officers of the American Legion in Beaufort or Morehead City. Better at- v tend to it today if you have 1 not already done so. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS $9000 Lillie Daugherty to Otto Slaughter,- 10 acres Newport Township, for $50C. ; K. R. Hardesty Trustee to Eli Pres cott et al 2 lots Newport, for $10. W. E. Currier assignee, to K. R. Hardesty, 2 acres Newport Town ship, for $75. ' Geraldine Oaksmith to Theodora Oaksmith Agrilla, 1 lot Camp Glenn, for. $1.00. Geraldine Oaksmith to John Bur- chart, 2 lots Camp Glenn, for $1. Jchn Burchart and wife to Ger- aldine Oaksmith, 1 lot Camp Glenn, ffl- $1- A.. I. Gross et al to Mrs. K. E. ilpencei. 2 lots Camp Glenn, for $1. i Mrs. iv. t. bpencer to a. i. uross et al 2 lots Morehead City, for $1. M. T. Merrill and wife to E. L. j Merrill, 20 acres Eeaufort Township, jor $1. j after the shooting before the man DICKINSONS ATTEND ! reached the hospital here. He was WASHINGTON FUNCTION j given stimulants and a saline solu- jtion and rallied considerably but this Col. and Mrs. Fairleigh S. Die-kin-1 morning went into a state of coma son have just returned from Wash-; and died. The shooting was done ington, D. C, where they attended a j with a shot gun loaded with squir dinner given to honor the new Secre- j rel shot. He was wounded in the tarv of War. Col. Patrick J. Hurley. ! left thigh and the plevis. As the The dinner was tendered to Col. and j shooting took place in Craven coun Mrs. Hurley by the officers of theitythe officers here have not attempt- Army. Among those present were: , G EUrgess, Governor of the Canal I Zone, with Mrs. Burgess, and Gen. Summerall, Chief of Staff, with Mrs. Summerall. The new Secretary of War by virtue of his office will be- come the chairman of the War Dp - partment Business Council, of which Col. Dickinson is a member. (Ruth erford, N. J. Republican.) MOREHEAD CITY YOUTH MEETS A TRAGIC DEATH A very sad death occurred in More head City last night at about seven thirty when Will Everett, adopted son of Reverend and Mrs. W. B. Everett died there aft.r a few days illness. The report is that the young man had been on a debauch for several days and was in such a condition that he had no control of himself whatever. It is said that he finally drank some shoe dye or polish and was poisoned thereby. Much sympathy has been exp'.essod for Mr. and Mrs. Everett. NORTH CAROLINA HAS MORE PUPILS IN SCHOOL THAN NEARBY STATES (State Superintendent Public Instruction) Raleigh, Dec. 23 North Carolina has more children to educate than either of its three .bordering states, Virginia, Tennessee and South t aro lina, it is learned toaay irom wie fice of Public Instruction. According to the final records of 1927-28 this State had 848,7 , 8 , chil- dren enrolled in its public schools, whereas Tennessee, the nearest rival, had 80 per cent as many, 676,421. Virginia had during the same year an enrollment of 553,717, 65 per cent of;. j f- the North Carolina enrolment; andel to per pupil costs of education South Carolina enrolled 476,275 chil. and number of pupils per teacher ed- ui- v,i mr ucational officials further point out. dren in its public schools or oo per , . ' 1 i; i For example, Tennessee with the low- cent as manv as North Carolina. i 1 ' . , ., lent us i . . Dercentae of wmte pUpils m i According to tne reco ,a , u TVw'; rinVn2 Cnv(,lh.n irchool ""-t01 Whereas 79 Virginia pupils out ot every 100 tm.Pl!e attend school ev- , .ry day, only 75 North Carolina boys , . , ,.ii,i and girls out of each 100 enrolled M.i make this record. The North t aro - M. 'lina percentage, however, is better Beaufort Women Have Bad Auto Accident Miss Dollie Belle Willis of this city who was injured in an automo bile accident Friday and was carried to the Potter Emergency Hospital is getting along very well and will prob ably go home tomorrow. She has been suffering from concussions, bruises and shock. The accident might have been much worse than it was as there were five passengers in the car which turn ed over and was destroyed by tire. The occupants of the car were Miss Mary Willis who was driving, her sister Miss Dollie Belle, Mrs. Minnie Willis and daughter Miss Virginia and Mr3. E. D. Doyle. The ladies were riding in a Buick car owned by Mr. C. F. Delamar of Durham who had lent it to them to go to New Bern. They were on the way home and about eleven miles from New ,Bern when a car in which two Negro men were riding ran into the Buick and capsized it. The car burned up but the occupants all managed to get out without being burned. Mr. L. W. Hassell of Beaufort came along in a few minutes after the accident and broucrht them home. The men in the other car jumped out of it and ran away. It was towed into New Bern and by U. S. Marshall Joe Taylor. A considerable quantity of whiskey was found in the car. The men have not been arrested yet so far as the News has heard. A good many ar ticles of merchandise which the Beau fort ladies had bought in New Bern were destroyed by the fire. Henry Peed Dies From Gunshot Wounds Henry Peed of Bachelor, Craven county, a young Negro about twenty years of age, died at Potter Emer gency Hospital today at about 5:30 o'clock. His death was caused by j and ioss of blood from a gun 'shot wound. The shooting was done kv another Negro whose name the News reporter was unable , to learn. The report here is that Thes booting vvas done without provocation and happened in Craven county yesterday evening. It was about two and a half hours led to make any arrests. MRS I. H. SAUNDERS IS BADLY BURNED Monday evening while replenishing 'a fire Mrs. I. H. Saunders was severe- ly burned about the face, by pouring kerosene oil from a can in the stove on a bed of half live coals. Her ears and nose, as well as both cheeks were quite badly burned, and a good deal of her hair was singed. She is get ting along very nicely under the cir cumstances. Mr. Saunders came here not long ago as Manager of the John-son-Prevost Dry Cleaning Company and they are making their home at Mrs. Lina Hutton's on Ann Street. Tom Tarheel says he extends his very good wishes for a happy Christ man season to every farmer in North Carolina. Cultivated cherries grown in this country originated in Asia. than that made by either T.nnessee or South Carolina. South Carolina, on the other hand, it was pointed out, ha? the largest percentage of its white enrollment in i high school, 16.5 per cent. North . Carolina ranks second in this respect amnnr tln-se four states with 15.3 ' - . , .... ,it ....iimint fa high schoo Virginia has 14 per , c(mt of jts wMte enrollment in high , gc Tennegsee n per cent i ,. . . . .0D f r, ! lfil! !" ' Q " hi ad of 36, whereas South Carolina the highest percentage in high . s 1 foo has an average teaching load 0 only 28 Virginia has an average of 31 pupils per teacher employed, 1 ' . 1 ' ' ' scn0 s- YO gU MAN GETS A AD SENTENCE (S3 Harv Frc Wiwis Of Stacy Falls f .ce ; i riea n r ew ' 'eeks Ago Recoi'der's Court did business as usual Tuesday but not so much as on some occasions. Owing to the ab sence of an attorney for one of the defendants, and also some witnesses, court was a little slow in getting started. Finally it got under way at about 10 o'clock and tried two cases in about two hours. Harvey Lewis a young white man from Stacy was tried on a charge of drunkeness and disorderly conduct. He was convicted and given a sen tence of thirty days in jail to be worked on the county roads. He was in court a few weeks ago on- a charge of drunkeness and selling whiskey. Prayer for jjudgment was continued at that time with a warn ing him to walk the straight and narrow path which however he seems to have failed to do. - Charles Salter, the first witness in ti e case testified that the defendant came to the store of Elmo Salter on the evening of December 17 and stood in the road and cursed him and ap peared to be under the influence of liquor. Mack Salter testified the same and Mrs. Adeline Mason and Mrs. Nellie Mason corroborated their statements. Albert Mason, E. H. Fulcher, Roosevelt Willis and Ster ling Fulcher said that they saw the yrung man that day and he appeared to be partly intoxicated. In cross examining the witness Attorney Al vah Hamilton undertook to show that there was bad feeling between the Salters and young Lewis and his father on account of the former case in court. They admitted that they were on unfriendly terms with the Lewis family. The defendant took the stand and said that Mack Salter cursed him first and that he replied in thie same style. He said he took a drink or so .oiLwine, or- soniethi)ig.,.of . the . sort, V that day with two strangers who were " down there buying furs. The con coction made him crazy he said. He said he had been working with his father recently oystering. Mrs. Hardy Lewis, the mother of the de fendant testified briefly that Mack Salter cursed both the youth and her and that Hardy responded. She took him home. Judge Hill told the young man and his parents that ho regretted to have to punish him but that he felt oblig ed to do it and warned him that if he ever came in his court again he would get a severe sentence. So licitor Duncan said he was satisfied to let the matter go that way and would not ask for any severer sen tence at that time. Charles Wesly a colored man who said he was married and forty five years of age was tried on the charge of assault with a deadly weapon upon Fannie Chadwick. He plead not guilty through attorney Jas. Wallace Mason. He was convicted however and fined $50 and costs which the court reduced to $45 and costs upon the plea of Mr. Mason who it appear ed had a balance of $5 coming to him on his fee. The woman in the case was appar ently very reluctant to testify against the defendant. She said he hit her on the forehead but didn't use a knife. Fulton and Cas Stanly testi fied that they saw her a few minutes afttr occurrence and that her head was bleeding. Dr. F. E. Hyde testi fied that the wound on the head was apparently made with some blunt in tf.ur.ient and that there was also a s: l'cr wound in her back which set .icil to have been made with n sharp inst; ument. Wesly said he ha-! never been in court trouble beiorv and by reason of this fact Judge Hill said he would be lenient with him. Fulton Stanly, a witniss in court, was reprimanded by Judge Hill se verely for not appearing in court un til officer Gaskill went after him. He said he had been told by the woman Far.nie Chadwick that the case had been dropped. He was warned not to let it happen again. The Chad wick woman also got a call down for not being in court when the case was called. DR. HILDEBRAND'S SISTER DIES SUDDENLY IN INDIANA Word was received here Monday morning by Dr. S. F. Hildebrand of the death of his sister, Mrs. Fred Welleneyer of Holland, Indiana the night before. Owing to the distance and the illness ,of his son, Sam, Dr. Hildebrand did not go to Indiana to attend the funeral. Almost all books published in Fin land have paper covers.