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VOLUME XIX
10 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1930 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY ' E'
NUMBER 2
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County Board Asks
Clerk For Reports
Information Desired As To County Funds Now
On Hand; Also Want Reports For 1928 And
1929; Commissioner Lee Gets Letter About
Roads From Highway Commissioner Wheat-
ly.
The Board of County Commission- it and turn back to the county any
ers was in session pretty much all funds unused for that purpose,
day Monday. A considerable vari-. The road matter was discussed at
ety of matters was taken up by the considerable length and finally the
board for discussion and action, board decided that it was too impor
Chairman Bushall and Commissioners tant for hurried action. The agree
Edwards, Gaskill, Lee and Lewis were ment reached was that the board
pi-esent. would take the matter under consid-
, ... eration and at a recessed meeting to
County Auditor Flint read his re- be hM Mond wouW take such
port for December and the same was actjon ag geemed tQ bg of thg
accepted and ordered filed. Wrest of the county.
The audit of the county's affairs
made by Accountant C. F. Delamar . .
of Durham was adopted and an order iMOSt Cases Continued
to pay him for his services in cash: J Recorder's Court
or in notes if stot sufficient cash is,
available at present
A resolution in regard to the sup
i ini Annf rtf Mr Dplnmai
Delamar
wMch was matron the Office of Clerkued until next Tuesday Th was
of the Superior Court L. W. Hassellidue to the absence of some of the at
was adopted. The Clerk was respect-; torneys who were appearing in the
fully requested to make a report on. cases. Two cases went to trial and
or before the first Mondey in Febru-, there was a submission in another
ary of all public funds which may be William Rhodes, colored, or 'Buck
in his hands or held by him, the date;?' " be"er k7" tn "
j u tA nns'the charge of assault with a deadly
to whom due, how invested and where weapon upon James 0. Hams This
and in whose name deposited, also: case was sent up from the Beaufort
date of certificates of deposit etc. police court along with several oth
A resolution was also adopted ask-'ers all growing out of the same
ing the Clerk to file reports as re- trouble. The warrant charged that
quired by law, Consolidated Statues, I Rhodes pointed a pistol at Hams and
section 956, which should have been gapped it The testimony seemed
made on the first Monday in Decern-! show that Rhode got mad because
ber 1928 and the first Monday in De-
cember 1929. "If filed such reports!
shall be referred toa special commit-.
i.- J n TJ Tluolioll anrl S
tee c.nvuu y vw -"UTS
wi, th hnrH under Con-
solidated Statutes section 957 for the
action of the board. If approved the . "c. 1U "c , ' T "
reports shall be registered in book, : h let?ve hlS hou" ,hat he
Records of Official Reports, and pub-1 uld "put the man on h.m.
lished in a newspaper published in the ; James Harris, James Harris Jr., Li
county. If the board thinks such re-: la McCray and George Kirby said he
ports are incorrect it shall take legal had a pistol but his mother Missouri
action to compel proper reports to be i Rhodes, Viola Rhodes and Daisy Hen
made on the bond of the Clerk or by ry said not. The Judge said that the
reporting the same to the Solicitor evidence was conflicting and he de
as provided by law Consolidated : cided to acquit the defendant.
Statutes section 958." John B. Congleton charged with
Carl L. Gaskill of Sea Level came ; stealing chickens from Mr. and Mrs.
before the board and asked for some Weinsten Lewis on New Year's even
aid for his mother. The matter was! ing was convicted and got 30 days m
rpfprrpH to County Welfare Asrent. jail. His counsel Luther Hamilton
Mrs. 'F. C. Salisbury.
W. C. Sadler of Harker's Island ap
peared before the board in behalf of
John C. Salter who he said was bad
ly in need of help. This matter was
also referred to the Welfare Agent.
A resolution was adopted ordering
that notices be placed at the en
tranceg of all county bridges requir
ing drivers to hold their speed to 15
miles an hour
Chairman Bushall stated that the
county had an offer of $50 for some
junk consisting of some old wheels
and a hoisting engine. A motion
was passed author:-ing the Chairman 1
.. ,
to sell tne stun.
T. C. Davis of Da-s aoked the
board to have some cu'verts placed
in front of his property. The mat
ter was referred to Road Superin
tendent Jones for investigation.
CnmmisHinner Edwards asked the
board for aid for Mrs. Mollie Hester
said to be in destitute circumstances.
He wac informed that at this time
the "Poor Allowance Fund" was not
in shape to allow any help.
A delegation composed of County
School Superintendent J. H. Work -
man. Superintendent H. L. Joslyn of
Morehead City, Alvah Hamilton of i very mild and pleasant. In fact sev
Morehead City Superintendent R. L. , eral days have seemed more like May
Fritz and U. E. Swann of Beaufort i than January. - The birds seem to
came before the board to get its ap
proval for some loans from the State
Literary Fund. Morehead City asked
for a loan of $75,000 last year and
received $50,000. A loan of $15,000
is now desired. The Beaufort school
board made application last year for
$6500 but has never gotten it. The
board approved the requests for the
loans.
Commisr-'.oner.M. S. Lee produced
a letter written to him by Highway
Commissioner Wheatly in regard to
the State's taking over all of the
county's roads. The letter referred
to a mass meeting held last June and
stated that the writer's opinion was
that the State Highway Commission
would take over the roads from Beau
fort to Atlantic and from Mansfield
up Bogue Sound and incorporate them
in the State system and that it would
take the County's; gas tax money
and work the rest of the roads with
I
Most of the cases set for trial in
Recorder's Court this week were con
his brother Howard hit his sister Vio
la at Hare's' cafe. It seemed that
there had been more or less drinking
and disorder at the cafe and Buck
okniiAaA-Wirrig rpstinnsihle for it.
He savs Harrl? Polnted 8 ,lfle athim
but denied using the pistol on Har-
TT 1 1 iTJ TT 1 i. 1
gave notice oi an appeal io superior
Court.
The cases continued were State a
gainst Calvin Taylor, State against
J. O. Harris, State against George
Kirby, State against Ruth Harris,
State against Beverly Jones, State a
gainst Louis Henry, State against
Jesse Rountree.
FISHERMEN AND HUNTERS
TO HOLD MEETING AGAIN
A further effort to straighten out
the tangle as to the respective rights
C 4.1. Unnnwa a i A AaKoKman lit Hftrfl
0 , ... , m . n rwoi
OUUI1U w Hi uc mauc own. vuxMut
Nelson, Fisheries Commissioner,
. . xt v.. ni
be held at his offices in Morehead
City Saturday January 11, at 12
o'clock noon. Persons who are inter
ested are invited to attend the hear-
Inf
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, OirdS And t lowers VjlVe
Appearance of Spring
! Ever since the New Year began
! the weather in this section has been
feel that spring is close at hand. Last
week the robins put in their appear
ance and blue birds and mocking
birds are very much in evidence. The
cold snaps in November and Decern
ber killed most of the out door plants
but some flowers are to be seen now
blooming in the yards, violets and
narcissus. If the weather stays as
it has been recently for a few days
longer many, flowers will be in bloom.
However as it has been said, "one
swallow deos not make summer" and
some of the local weather prophets
say that there will be several more
cold spells and possibly some snow
and ice before spring really .gets
here.
BIRTH OF SON
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Willie I. Lof
tin, Saturday night, January 4, a son,
W. I. Loftin Jr.
MRS. A. J. COOKE
DIES SUDDENLY
Dies From Heart Attack This
Morning; Funeral In Louis
burg Tomorrow
The people of Beaufort were great
ly shocked this morning when the
word spread around that Mrs. A. J. I
Cooke had died suddenly at 7:30
o'clock. She was taken ill about sev
en o'clock and called to her daughter-in-law
Mrs. Buell Cooke who immed
iately summoned Dr. C. S. Maxwell.
A heart stimulant was administered
and every thing possible was done to
revive her but without success. Mrs.
Cooke was up and about the house
as usual yesterday and in fact was
able to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Seth Gibbs later in the clay taking a
walk. However her health ha? not
been good fora good many months.
The body of Mrs. Cooke left here
for Louisburg this afternoon accom
panied by her son, Buell, her daughter-in-law
Mrs. Buell Cooke and
grand-daughter Virginia. Funeral
services will be conducted from the
home of Mr. Cooke's sister-in-law
Mrs. Mary Foster and interment will
be in the cemetery there by the side
of their son. Her husband, who was
away on a business trip at the time
of her death will join the body in
Raleigh and accompany them to Louis
burg.
Mr. and Mrs. Cooke came to Beau
fort in the fall of 1917. Mr. Cooke
taking over the Davis House which
he ran for many years. Mrs. Cooke
with her charming manner and viva-
ciousness made for herself a large
circle of friends who are shocked at
her passing. She was widely known
throughout the state, Mr. Cooke hav
ing had charge of other hotels in the
State,, and Mrs. Cooke's cordiality
and ready wit and friendliness drew
many to her. Mr. and Mrs. Cooke
were married in 1890. She was Miss
Stella Branch of Cincinnati, Ohio,
and a member of a prominent family
of that ekjk i'Her parents have beeh
dead for a number of years.
HEAR COUNTY MATTER
IN NEW BERN COURT
The hearing before a Superior
Court Judge which was to have been
held Tuesday in New Bern, was post
poned until Friday the 10th at two
o'clock. This hearing is in reerard to
the suits the county has instituted a
gainst the Simmons Construction
corporation ana various persons.
The postponement was done at the
request of lawyers for the county
who were unable to be present Tues
day on account of other business en
gagements. The lawyers for the
county will undertake to stop Super
ior Court Clerk Hasell from hold
ing any more hearings as to these
county suits. The attorneys for the
defendants will oppose this motion so
the News understands.
WOMAN'S
.UXILIARY
FJFICERS INSTALLED
The officers for 1930 of the Wom
an's Auxiliary of St. Paul's Episco
pal Church were installed at the reg
ular monthly meeting of the Auxil
iary held in the church on Monday
January 6. Installation service was
conducted by Reverend' J. A. Vache
at three o'clock, meeting of the Aux
iliary following at 3.30.
The officersf or the new year are:
President, Mrs. Carrie Norcom.
Vice President, Mrs. Bayard Tay
lor. Secretary-Treasurer, Mrs.
Vache.
Circle Leader No. 1, Mrs,
Duncan.
No. 2, Mrs. L. W. Hassell.
J. A.
C. L.
No, 3, Mrs. Maude Chadwick. I
The Auxiliary reported that the
full budget! was raised in 1929, with
a surplus in several circles, which sur
plus was turned over to the church
to apply on the Building Fund and
Prayer books.
Sunday evening at a special ser
vice the officers of the Young Peo
ples Service League will be install
ed. The League president is Miss
Elizabeth Huntley, Secretary-Treasurer,
Billy Mace, Counsellor, Mrs.
John Brooks, who is a valuable asset
to the League.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
M. T. Merrill and wife to D. F.
Merrill, 40 acres Beaufort Township,
for $1.00.
C. L. Abernethy and wife to U. S.
tract Cape Lookout, for $1.00.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Adrian Salter andG erletta D. Gas
kill, Sea Level.
Lon M. Piner and Reba C. Vick,
Morehead City. '
REVEREND MR. LEE ,wnm- Vect"re ,
nt n iiTAimnn 0n Beautifying Roads
DIES OF WOUNDS; NlhColi d FlorWl
the two states that have been chosen
Former Beaufort Pastor Killed by the American Nature Association
By Negro Prowling About and the National Council for Protec
Premises tion of Roadside Beauty in which to
'make a survey and demonstration of
Durham, Jan. 7 Rev. E. Frank what can be done in the way of high-
uee, wno was attacKea at nis nome
last Friday night by a large, ginger-
colored negro, died Tuesday morning
at 3:10 o'clock at a local hospital -
where he was being treated. News
of his death came as a great shock and North Carolina benefits by it be
to Durham. ! cause it, with Florida, was regarded
On Sunday an infection had set in; as the most promising for a demon-
which, according to physicians, made 1
recovery almost impossible, at least i
highly improbable. Monday they be-
came more optimistic over his con-
dition, but late Monday night he took,1"
a turn for the worse and died during
the night. He had been shot through
the abdomen, the bullet puncturing
his intestines, and it was the nature
of his wound that resulted in the in
fection. Mr. Lee was 50 years old and had
served charges in Fayetteville, Kins
ton, Greensboro, Beaufort and other
cities. In addition to his widow,
formerly, Miss Elsie Barbee, of this
city, and one daughter, Elsie Lois,
age nine, two brothers, A. F. Lee,
of Newton Grove, and N. B. Lee, of
Durham, two sisters, Mrs. Mary Bare
foot, Newton Grove, and Mrs. Avery
Britt of Bentonville survive.
Funeral service will be conducted
Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock
from the Duke Memorial Methodist
church, with Dr. J. C. Wooten, pre
siding elder of the Durham district,
in charge. Interment will be made
in the Municipal cemetery.
. The county commissioners in ses
sion here Monday took cognizance of
the shooting and offered reward of
$200 for information leading to the
arrest and conviction of the assail
ant. .Friday night about 9:30 o'clock the
minister, who was pastor of the Cal
vary Methodist church, in North Dur
ham, went to the coal bin to bring in
some fuel. On his return, he spied
a negro prowling around the bath
room window. He inquired as to the
negro's business, and was answered
by two rapidly fired pistol shots, one
taking effect in his hand and the oth
er in his abdomen. However, de
spite his inju.iries, Mr. Lee picked up
the coal bucket and continued into I
the house. He retained consciousness
and declared he could identify the
negro, but physicians Monday declar
ed it inadvisable to carry suspects be
fore him for identification.
Blodhounds from Asheboro were
rushed immediately after the shoot
ing. They followed a trail to a ne
gro cafe. John Revice, a negro who
visited the cafe about the time of the
shooting is being detained, Walter
Harris and Jerry Hines, negroes, also
are detained.
Reverend Mr. Lee was pastor of
Ann Street Methodist church here for
two years. He was recognized as a
man of scholarly attainments and a
preacher of unusual ability. Mr.
and Mrs. Lee had many friends here
who greatly deplore his untimely
death.
TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tide
at Beaufort is given in thia co.
umn. The figures are app. ox
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
Friday, Jan.
3:30 A. M.
Low Tide
10
9:51 A. M.
3:45 P. M. 9:41
P. M.,16
Saturday, Jan. 11
4:29 A. M.
10:51 A.
4:49 P. M.
Sunday, Jon.
5:27 A. M.
5:47 P. M. .
10:39 P.
12
11:00 A.
11:49 P. M
Monday, Jan. 13
6:22 A. M. U:36 A. M,
6:44 P. M. 12:43 P. M
Tueiday, Jan. 14
7:16 A. M. 12:33 A. M
7:39 P. M. 1:35 P. M
Wednesday, Jon. 15
8:08
8:33
A. M.
P. M.(
1:29 A. M.
2:26 P. M.
Thursday, Jan
9:00 A. M.
9:28 P. M.
16
2:26 A.
3:16 P.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Jones who ; ed Fish Inspector for the town of
have been spending the holidays with 'Beaufort. The appointment was
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Dey have return- made by State Fisheries Commission
ed to their home in Graham. er John A. Nelson.
way beautification. This survey
which has the support of the State
'Highway Commission and the State
Forestry Division is to be financed
'by the American Nature Association,
stration of this kind.
Mrs- W- L- Lawton, who has been
chosen to make this survey, will be
Beautort lnursoay evening Jan
uary zsra to give a lecture wun
slides, illustrating conditions in many
jstates including a number of North
Carolina views.
This meeting will be open to all
persons interested in the question of
highway beautification, and a special
invitation is extended to the Mayor,
the Board of Commissioners, the
Chairman and Board of County
Commissioners, the Home Demonstra
tion Clubs of the County, the men's
civic clubs, and to all other people in
the county.
City Commissioners
Have Short Meeting
No business of an unusual nature
was transacted by the Board of Town
Commissioners at their regular month
ly meeting Monday. Those present
were Mayor Chadwick, commissioners
Chaplain, Mason, Taylor, Willis.
Commissioner Chaplain offered a
motion which was passed, that the
signing of an oil contract for the city
be deferred until the next mseting of
the board.
A motion wwas offered by Com
missioner Taylor to reimburse Mrs.
Mary G. Arrington $1.75 for pver
pard taxes. Motion was carried.
A motion offered by Commissioner
Willis to renew liability insurance on
fire trucks was passed.
Seveial bills were ordered paid af
ter auditing them. The board then
adjourned.
Several Cold Days In
Month Of December
Like all other months of 1929 De
cember was unusually wet in this
part of the country. According to
figures of the local Weather Bureau
the rainfall for the month was 5.69
inches which is considerably above
the average of 4.02 inches. There
were 19 clear days in the 'month
though despite the heavy rainfall.
For eleven days the wind blew from
the southwest and the rest of the
time it varied greatly.
December came in with an unusu
ally cold spell, the thermometer on
that day recorded 21 above zero.
There were several days when it went
'below 30 and there was considerable
'light ice here and there. There was no
snow or sleet. One day the temper
lature rose to 69, on the 15th, and the
last three days of the month were
clear and balmy. The temperature
figures for the month are given be
low: Max.
...42
...65
...65
...42
...55
...61
...09
.-.65
Min
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
0.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
.67 43
.67 43
.69 48
.58 48
.59 43
.63 47
.69 51
.60 53
.59 49
.65 53
.67 57
.60 28
.44 28
.43 33
.60 36
.44 30
.46 26
.44 30
.59 38
.59 44
..64 41
..54 37
..60 45
17.
118.
M.;19.
20.
M. 21
:22.
j 23
24.
'25.
!49.
1 27.
128.
129.
30.
31.
M. APPOINTED FISH INSPECTOR
M.:
Mr. D. J- Godwin has been appoint
MRS. SETH GIBBS
HAS PASSED AWAY
Prominent Beaufort Woman
Succumbs After Long Ill
ness; Funeral Here Wed
nesday A death that has vitally affected
most of the people of Beaufort and
many friends elsewhere occurred in
the passing of Mrs. Seth Gibbs at
her home on Front Street, Tuesday
morning, January 7th. Possibly only
a few people, if any, in this communi
ty had any more friends than Mrs.
Gibbs. Born in Beaufort on Febru
ary 26th., 1871, and spending most
of her life here, she with a sunny
smile and a kind word for every
body, giving a life of usefulness and
consideration for others, has made
its impression on great numbers of
people who will mourn her passing.
Mrs. Gibbs, affectionately known
to her friends as Mattie, was the
daughter of Capt.. John Sabiston and
his wife Hannah Murray Sabiston,
one of the old families of Beaufort.
Mrs. Gibbs was educated in the local
schools and in College in' Baltimore.
She first married John L. Jones, son
of Benjamine L. Jones, and brother
of H. C. Jones, one of Beaufort's
prominent business men, on June 11,
1890. Mr. Jones died about a year
later, leaving an infant daughter,
Sunie Bell, now the wife of John A.
Hornaday Cashier of the Bank of
Beaufort. Mrs. Gibbs was married
the second time to Seth Gibbs, form
erly Mayor of Beaufort, agent of the
Norfolk Southern Railroad and a
prominent citizen, on June 24th.,
1897. To this union two children
were born, Miss Gladys Gibbs and a
son Julian Mann, who died at the age.
of nine.
Mrs. Gibbs leaves surviving also, a
sister, Mrs. Belle Jurney of Mr. Olive
the widow of Rev. N. M. Jurney for
many years an active and prominent
Methodist preacher of North Caro
lina. Mrs. Gibbs at the age of four
teen joined the local Methodist
Church, and for many years was very
active in its. service, until ill health
prevented. For about twelve years
Mrs. Gibbs had been a grtat suffer
er and her death was the climax of
this illness of years. However with
all she bore her trials and suffering
with Christian fortitude and rarely
did any one know what she suffered
because to her friends and loved ones
she was always bright and cheerful
and refused to worry them with her
troubles. Wonderfully patient, with
a glad hand and a smiling counte
nance, she greeted her legions of
friends and life was sweeter to them
because of her happy ways and
cheering words. ,
A great loss has come to her friends
and especially her loved ones, but
life will be easier lived and immor
tality more keenly anticipated by
them because of her beautiful life
and triumphant death.
The funeral was conducted from Ann
Street Methodist Church Wednesday
morning at 11:30 by Reverend R. F.
Munns, Pastor of the Church, assist
ed by Reverend J. A. Vache, Rec
tor of St. Paul's Episcopal church.
Interment was in the Episcopal cem
etery by the side of her only son,
Julian Mann. Mr. Munns, ' spoke
beautifully of her life, of her bright
and happy disposition bright under
all adversities, of her friendliness to
all, her ability to make and keep her
friends, and of her goodness, gifts
21 'given her because of her living close
39!to her God. Mr. M. Leslie Davis,
35! sang a solo, "One Sweetly Solmen
26 ! Thought," and the choir sang "I
30 ; Would Not Live Always" and "Over
39 There," in. the church, and "Blessed
41 ! Assurance" at the grave. Active
53 pallbearers were Messrs. Hal Potttr,
Will Potter, Will Mace, Joe House,
Murray Thomas, Chas. M. Thomas.
Honorary pallbearers were N. W.
Taylor, C. B. Manson. E. H. Totter,
Jas. Potter, S. A. Thomas, U. E.
Swann, W. P. Smith, Alonzo Thom
as, W. L. Arrington, H. C. Jones,
Jas. Noe, W. L. Paul, R. A. Willis,
M. L. Davis, F. R. Seeley, C. T. Chad
wick, Gilbert Glaneey, C. A. Claw
son, Jim Fodrie. Otis Moore.
The lovely floral offereings sent
by her many friends and loved ones
completsly covered the cemetery lot.
DREDGE PULLEN WORKING
ON INLAND WATERWAY NOW
The U. S. dredge Pullen spent sev
eral days in this vicinity last week
doing some work on the Taylor's
Creek canal and also some at the
Bulkhead shoals. She has now gone
back to the Inland Waterway and is
working above Core Creek bridge.
Mrs. Winfield Daniels and children
who have been spending the holidays
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Forlaw, left Saturday morning for
Charlotte.