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Hews AUF a 7 eS The beat advertising medium published in Carteret Co. READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE EOI i WATCH Your label and pay your subscription o 0" VOLUME XIX 8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1930 F 5c SINGLE COPY NUMBER 3 u j. County Board Offers All Roads To State If State Highway Commission Accepts The Prop osition of Board of County Commissioners All County Roads Will Be Under State Con trol; Two Pieces of Road Are to be Part of State System. The Board of County Commission-1 ers hada recessed meeting Monday morning, as was stated in this news paper last week, for the purpose of considering the matter of turning the 1 i-lL... JJ'.rfU county roans over to u.e owi - way Commission.. The meeting was quite short. A. resolution which had been prepared in advance was read to the board and with very little discussion it was ap-, proved and accepted. The resolu-, tion in ful is printed below The , purpose of it is that if the State will , incorporate the Beaufort-Atlantic roaaimo us sy " 10 and the road from Mansfield to the Onslow county line as a part of route 24 and will maintain all the other pub lie roads in the county that it will ....... ..xl. n turn over w uie n.Kny v,u......u.. tne county s snare oi u. k t , , to.wit: President W. A. money. The amount of this fund is,M Vice-President, John Forlaw; estimated to be around $26,000 more Cashi; j A HornaJ Asgistan or less. As a result of the adoption: M TiU T of the resolution the county road w and Mrg M question is now mainly in the hands q of the State Highway Commission, j ' The News has heard a good many cit-' . . , . izens as hoping the Commission will CHORAL CLUB ORGANIZED accept the offer. i , ., RESOLUTION ! The Music Department of the Beau WHEREAS, under date of Decern-1 fort Community Club has been plan ber 28, 1929, Hon. C. R. Wheatly, 8 for some time the organization member of the State Highway Com-! of a choral club, in which the choirs mission, addressed a letter to Mr. M. : of the different churches and others S. Lee, member of the Board of Com-'interested in music could take part, manners of Carteret Countv. in! A meeting attended by over twenty which letter, referring to a Mass 'was held at the residence of Rev. J. Meeting held in the Court-house in A. Vache on Tuesday evening and it the Town of Beaufort, June 17, 1929, ! was there determined to organize a Mr. Wheatly makes the following ; choral club and invite every one who statements 'could and would sing, to become-a "At this meeting the following of- member, fer was made, to-wit: That if the ! Rev. J. A. Vache was elected di Commissioners so desired, the State Rector of the club. Miss Lillian Dun Highway Commission would take ov-Can Sec. and Treas. er the entire road svstem of Carter-, Mrs. O. B. Moore organist, et County. That the road from! Mrs. Joseph House pianist. Beaufort to Atlantic would be added The members present determined to the State System as an extension. to hold meetings on the 3rd Monday of Route No. 10, and thus make At-, of each month at 7:30 p- M lantic the terminus of Route No. 10, j The club plans to commence work and the road would be maintained on an Easter Cantata at once, from general road fund of the State j The next meeting will be held Mon and not from the one cent gasoline, day evening January 20th at 7:30 at tax which the county was entitled to; receive; that the road from Onslow County line through western Carter et County to Mansfield would be ad ded to the State system just as soon as mileage was available, which would J be in 1930, and thus be made a part of Route No. 24, and when this was done the road would be maintained from the general road fund and not from the one cent gasoline tax which the county would be entitled to re ceive; that with these two roads ad ded to the State system it was my ' opinion, and I am still of that opin ion, that the remaining roads of Carteret County could be maintained for $10,000.00: that the county would be entitled to between $26,000.00 and; $30,000.00 from the one cent extra j gasoline tax and tht;' all moneys al-1 located to the county could be paid on these two roads, to-.. -it: the At-j lantic road and the? Sws.nsboro or Stella road, and with any amount re - turned to the county from the $30, - 000.00 or $26,000.00 not used in; maintaining the roads could be ap- plied to the indebtedness of the county. In other words: I told the! Mass Meeting, that with the Atlan- tic road and the Stella road main- tained from State funds and not from (Continued on page seven) U. D. C. MEETING. The Fort Macon chapter of the United Daughters of the Conf eder-1 poned again. The next date set for acy will hold its regular monthly lit is Monday January 27 at nine meeting at the home of the President, thirty o'clock. The reason the case Mrs. C. A. Clawson Saturday after-1 was continued again was that a mur noon at 3:00 o'clock. As this is thelder case was in progress Saturday observance of Lee-Jackson birthdays ! and was not finished in time to take there will be a special program and up the Carteret county matter.. At all members are urged to attend. torneys Hill, Mason, Gorham and Mc- Lenhon representing the county were GOVERNOR SPTAKS AT KINSTON in court Saturday afternoon and Mr. ; Governc r Gardner is booked to de- liver a sp;ech at Kinston Friday af- ternoon January 17 at 2 o'clock. The subject of his address will be "Live at Home." While intended primar ily for farmers all others wo are in terested in the subject are invited to be present. BIRTH OF SON Born to Mr. and Mrs. William Piv er, Jr., Monday a son. The Bank of Beaufort Is In Fine Condition The annuaI meetinj? of the stock. holders of the Bank of Beaufort was kJ Thm.fd january 9th, with a attendance. The report of op- ei.ationB th h the t were encou.raging, showing the bank fine condition and itp pros:pects for fa The oowi were eected Dh.ec. w A John For T c Wade, W. P. Smith, D. M. DeNoyer, F. R. Bill, C. S. Maxwell, Joseph House, J. A. Hornaday. Upon adjournment of the stock holders meeting the Directors met ""' - re.eleeted the former offlcerg and the residence ot Mrs. t. K. beeiey, REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS J. B. Blades Lumber Co., to W. W. Quinn, tract Newport Township, for $175. H. L. Meinicke and wife to W. H. Billings, tract Newport Township, for $10. C. T. Doughton, Trustee to The Deposit & Savings Bank Inc. 13 lots Morehead Bluffs, for $1000. R. W. Gwyn to Bank of North Wilkesboro, 25 lots Morehead Bluffs, for $1000. J. B. Williams to North Wilkesboro Ins. Agency, 5 lots Morehead Eluflfs, for $500. Ezra L' Willis, 5 White and wife to E. C. lots Morehead City, for "Piu' B. P. Way and wife to B. C. Way, 3 lots Morehead City, for $10. ! Trustees M. E. Church to I. E. 'Hunter and wife, 2 lots Wildwood, ''or $300. L. C. Carroll to Geo. M. Piner, 2 lots Morehead City, for $1U. Beaufort Realty Corp. to George Katzin, 6 lots West Beaufort, for $1244. HEARING POSTPONED UNTIL JANUARY 27 The county hearing before the Judge at New Bern has been post- j a. XJ vvaiu iruicacuiiii wi? ucicnu- ants were present also. It was agreed by all that the hearing should go ov- er until the 27th and Judge Cowper ; signed the order to that effect. HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION Mrs. W. L. Lawton, who has been chosen to make the survey for high way beautification, will give her illus trated lecture in Beaufort, Thursday evening January 23rd at the Hig.i School building at 7:30. Trust Company Makes Very Good Showing The stockholders of the Beaufort UIIIIWI1; U. X L Ut Wllliniuj ....... ,.' annual meeting in thed irectors' room of the bank Tuesday afternoon. A large per cent of the stock was rep resented. The report of the officers showed a very satisfactory result for the past year. Considering the gen eral business depression, the net earn ings of eight and one half per cent on the Capital Stock was very pleas ing to those present. Instead of paying out to the stockholders the earnings, the directors feeling that their first duty is to the depositors in keeping the assets of the bank abso lutely sound, used a part of the earn ings in charging off a few small notes which are of questionable value, and carried the remainder as Undivided Profits. The State Bank TSxaminerssnnd also a committee from the directors have recently made an examination of the bank and it was the expressed opin ion of all concerned that the bank is in splendid shape and compares fav orably with the strongest banking in stitutions of this section. Considering the acute situation brought about by the recent failure of a bank in a neighboring county, it is a source of much pleasure to the stockholders and friends of this bank that public confidence in well managed banks is, as a whole, un shaken.' The loyalty of the custo mers and friends of the Beaufort Banking & Trust Company is greatly appreciated. Such loyalty means a continuation of the past splendid rec ord of this institution. Few banks in North Carolina can boast of a more successful record and none can show a greater real interest in the public good or in the service render ed. The following stockholders were elected as directors for another year: R. L. Davis, C. P. Dey, C. L. Duncan, C. G. Gaskill, J. H. Potter, Sr., N. W. Taylor, W. H. Taylor and U. E. Swann. With this strong board of Direc tors to guide the destiny of the insti tution and with a policy of conserva tism and and safety- for the deposi tors, it is expected that the institu tion will grow in favor and real ser vice to the people of this section. BEAUFORT YOUTH DIES SATURDAY The funeral of Walter M. Parsons, who died Saturday morrling after a two weeks illness was held from his home Sunday afternoon conducted by Reverend R. F. Munns at two o'clock. Interment was in Ocean View Cemetery, attended by a large number of sorrowing friends. Mr. Parsons was just twenty five years of age, and leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Parsons, and three sisters, Misses, Mavis and Vivian and Mrs. Catherine Hare of Goldsboro, to mourn his passing. He also leaves two aunts Mrs. Annie Rumley, of Washington, N. C, who was here at the time of his death, and Mrs. Bryan Arthur of Beaufort. Pallbearers were William Adair, Henry Wijson, Charles Case, Alfred Hooper, John Springle and Dave Poole. There were many and beautiful floral de signs. BIRTH OF SON Born to Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bailey, Thursday, January 9, a son. TIDE TABLE Information as to the tides at Beaufort is given in thia 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 lide Friday, Jan. 17 A. M. 3:22 A. M. p. M. 4:00 P. M. 9:51 10:24 Saturday, Jan. 18 10:44 A. M. 4:20 A. M. 11:00 P. M. 4:55 P. M. Sunday, Jan. 19 ' 11:20 A 11:39 P. M. 5:20 M. ' 5:46 Monday. Jan. 20 A. P. M. M. 12:19 A. M. 6:23 12:36 P. M. 6:38 A. P. M. M. Tuesday, Jan. 21 1:19 A. M. 7:28 A. M. 1:36 P. M. 7:31 P. M. Wednesday, Jan. 22 2:20 A. M. 8:35 2:38 P. M. 8:27 M. M. Thursday, Jan. 23 3:20 A. M. 9:40 A. M. 3:38 P. M. 9:25 P. M. County Agent, Met In Raleigh Last Week (Bv Hugh Overstreet) The annual County Agents' Con-! fprpn, n hM in Ralpiph lust ' week. The Extension agents from all counties in the state were present. Thpsp pnnfot-pnr'oa nr llipptino flrp v,o t v,o,i information to the agents on the lat-1 est recommendations from the Exper- i considerably feunday the annuonce iment Stations relative to seed, I nlent of Senator Simmons in the daily plants, and the varieties best suited j newspapers. The Senator set at rest to the various sections of the state. Governor Gardner's live-at-home candidate. n opponent air. Baiiey program was stressed at this meet-lhas not 80 waned any formal ing, and it is planned to make a five- statement as to his candidacy, al year program of work in each county thouSh he dld state 'f t0 s' in the state where there is a county newspaper reporters that he would be agent. Tho nlan U tn mnHnrP mil f Vi f rft -f r -fa mil r fnticiimnt inn and feed for live-stock as is practical I on the North Carolina farms. With I this nhinrt in vipu- it io hnnpr! tn greatly improve the living conditions on the average farm in the state. The one-arm system of agriculture practiced in North Carolina, espec ially in Eastern North Carolina, was vigorously attacked by Dr. Clarence Poe, editor of the Progressive Farm er, in an address before the Southern Live-stock Association. Dr. Poe says that we in the South must have a bet ter balanced system of agriculture before we can hope to improve con ditions on our farms. He says we must increase our live-stock to the point that one half of all of the farm ers revenue comes from the sale of some form of live-stock. Dean I. O. Sehaub explained the policy of the Federal Farm Board in assisting the farmer and made it clear 4-L.nl- 4-L,A KAn nl- nr.;,.!- j , . ... , , dividual farmer, but will only work L11C L L11C UUaiU Y111 11LIL C13513L LUC 111" , with or anized rou Wl 1 Organize grOUp... The benefit the agent derived from personal contact with other agents; . ,, . . ., ., ! iu m service is wen worm ine line taken for these conferences. CLOTHING FIRM FAILS ; Duncan and Willis, well known clothing and gents furnishing firm in Beaufort filed a deed of assignment for the benefit of their creditors yes terday. C. R. Wheatly was named as assignee. An inventory of the stock is being taken today. The as sets and liabilities are not known at this time. C"l PI C t- Llty "OllCe UOUrt Does Some Business Lity ronce uourt last rriaay was not such a large affair as the week before but still there was a plenty. William Vann, colored, disorderly and fighting. He submitted and i was given the option of paying $5 and costs or working 15 days on the streets. John L. Newkirk, drunk, was not present but had left $10 with' the Chief from which was taken $5.50 and costs. Charles Chadwick, colored, submit ted to a drunk charge and was fined $2.50 and costs. He was also tried on the charge of tresspassing on the property of W. J. Johnson. Mayor Chadwick withheld his decision for further investigation. Matthew Bailey, colored, drunk, submitted. Second offense and was fined $5 and costs. Howard Rhodes, colored, disorder- ly and fighting, denied the charge, i been able to learn how the accident His sister Viola and Lilly Bailey said happened. Mr. Jones was taken to he did and he got a fine of $2.50 and 'the hospital in Washington but ex costs. I pects to reurn home Friday. Other? On the charge of having liouorUvho attended the convention from in his possession and transporting Beaufort were Julian Arrington, Wil Howard Rhodes was nut under a $50 liam Longest, John Hill, Sterling bond for his appearance in the Re- corder's Court. NORTH CAROLINA RANKS HIGH IN INCREASED HIG.H SCHOOL ATTENDANCE 14 SAPS (State Superintendent Public Instruction) Raleigh, Jan. 13 North Carolina ranKs second among we siaies m yci , cent increase in number of pupils in j high schools from 1920 to 1926, ac cording to the January issue of the Journal of the National Education Association, it was learned from the office of the State Department of Public Instruction today. This Journal devotes a page of sta tistics, prepared by the Research Di vision of the National Education As Nation, tn tho development of the public high schools in the several I states, Four separate years are ; treated: 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1926.1 According to this table North Car- high scnool enrollment irom iyu 10 olina had 943 pupils enrolled in pub-1 1926, the adjoining states to North lie high schools in 1900; 8,500 in j Carolina ranked as follows: Virginia 1910 30. 868 in 1920; and 84,569 in j 125 per cent, rank 4th; South Caro 1926. During the six year period be- jlina 67 per cent, rank 32nd; Tennes tween 1920 and 1926 the enrollment see 57 per cent, rank 37th and Geor in public high schools of this Statelgia 45 per cent, rank 46th. SS3T0R SIMMONS MAKES STATEMENT .in d l Is In The Senatorial Kace But Will Not Make Personal Fight Interest in the Democratic Sena torial primary contest was increased ia" u,mors l"at B ou'u a canuiuaie. n is BApeci-eu wmL .ie I will have something to say very soon. Senator sns made the following statement : Jiure uian a yeai Bu i uuuuu.il.cu that I would be a candidate for re election to the United States senate, and pursuant to that declaration, I shall, in due time, file notice of my candidacy for the democratic nomina tion in the primary of June 7, 1930. In offering for renomination I feel it is due my friends and supporters to advise them of the reasons why I shall not be able personally to con duct or finance an active primary primary campaign. " In the first place, the congress which is now in session, will not fin ish its work until after the primary contest is over. The party and my democratic colleagues in the senate have honored me with important re sponsibilities, and I regard it as im perative that no personal considera tions shall be allowed to interfere iwn.il me proper uiscnargc 01 uiesc . . ... '. . . . , ... j- , n ,1 'luilii uunca m uic inicica ui I .(.MC,i.Ji1.rl. nm-ttr n n A ,ftnT,ti.v LT ' . t.roJ , . , ., j -u t' which must be conserved for the ef- fectual discharge of my duties in the senate, be sufficient to carry, at the same time, the added burden of an active campaign on my part. "Furthermore, having spent the best years of my life in the public service, I now have no money to fi nance a state-wide campaign. In these circumstances and for these reasons, I am obliged, but quite con- tent to leave my candidacy in the i bands of my frienas and the people ot North Carolina. j With profound gratitude to my I party and to the people of my state, 1 1 enter this, my last primary contest, promising only consecrated service, if idt'd a"d d'ctei bJ conscientious devotion to duty, and earnestly m- dulging the hope that nothing may occur in the campaign wnicn mignt create or revive division or discords in the ranks of the democratic party in North Carolina. 'I have been in active political life for the past 40 years. My life is an open book and is known to the peo ple of North Carolina, and I am en tirely satisfied thus to leave it to them to say whether or not they wish me to remain in the senate longer than my present term." D. M. JONES INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT While on his way to atend the dis trict firemen's convention at Wash ington Tuesday evening D. M. Jones of Beaufort was slightly injured in a car accident. He was driving alone at the time and the News has not Chadwick, Gherman Holland, Hardy Lewis Jr. increased 174.0 per cent, whereas the increase in Florida was 176.0 per cent, the greatest of any state. This gives North Carolina a relative rank of second in per cent increase from 1920 to 192(5 in number oi pupns en- rolled in public high schools. This publication shows further that in 1900 there was one high school student for every 2,008 persons in North Carolina; in 1910 this number had decreased to 259 persons; in 1920, to 84 persons; and in 1926 there was one high school student for every 34 persons within the state. In this respect North Carolina rank ed 26 in 1926, whereas Florida had a relative rank of 33. In per cent of increase of public LENGTHY SESSION OF COUNTY COURT Liquor Cases Vigorously Con tested; James O. Harris Ban ished From State Recorder's court had a lengthy ses sion this week. It held forth all day Tuesday and until nearly four o'clock Wednesday, recessing then to meet again this morning. The num ber of defendants was not unusually large but there were several eases in volving one of them, James O. Har ris, and several of the cases tried were vigorously contested. The first case taken up was that of Calvin Taylor of Sea Level charged with an assault upon Lloyd Gaskill al so of Sea Level. About ten witness es were examined. Lloyd Gaskill, who said that he is eighteen years old, said that he was at the Sea Level school house on the night of December 26, that Taylor came up, they had a few words and Taylor struck him on the jaw and broke his jawbone. He said he was examined by Dr. F. E. Hyde who sent him to Dr. B. IF. Royall for treat ment and that he had been under his care for 22 days. His head was swatched in bandages while in the court room. Attorney Luther Ham ilton represented him. Therew as also a charge of disor derly conduct against Gaskill and it was decided to consolidate the cases and try both at once. Attorney C. R. Wheatly apepared for Taylor and solicitor Duncan prosecuted them both. Dr. Hyde testified that he examined Gaskill and found that his jaw bone was fractured and that it would nev er again be perfectly staight. John Hamilton, Sea Level merchant and Mrs. Hamilton testified that shortly before the occurrence Tay lor said that he was going to the school house and break somebody's jaw. Mr. Hamilton said both parties had good characters. Edward Taylor testified that some boys were shooting firecrackers and that Calvin Taylor come up and want ed to know why there couldn't be bet ter order around there. John Wallnro I Hamilton, 14 years old boy, said the boys were shooting firecrackers and that Taylor came up and after a few words the fight took place. Freeman Salter said that Calvin Taylor came on the scene and com manded the peace. After some words with Charle Taylor, his half brother, and Gaskill he struck Gaskill. Graham Taylor, a small boy testi fied as to the fight and the quarrel. Professor Leoland Davis said that a school entertainment was about to start and that there was a great deal of disorder around the building. He said that disorder at Sea Level meet ings was a very frequent occurrence. He said that he sent for Sheriff Da vis. That Charlie Taylor and Lloyd Gaskill were very disorderly and that Calvin Taylor came up and asked "If that is the best order you can have here?" The men then had some words and the fight followed. Af terwards there was more disorder in side the building. Several other witnesses testified as to the character of the parties and as to disorderly conditions. Judge Hill said there was too much of this disorderly conduct and he thought somebody ought to be punished for it. He then fined Calvin Taylor $10 and costs and gave Lloyd Gaskill a 30 day jail sentence and costs, the jajil sentence not to go into effect if the costs were paid. James O. Harris Sr., colored, was tried on the charge of having liquor in his possession for sale and also for selling1 it tt his cafe. He denied the charges and his attorneys G. A. Bar den of New Bern and Jas. W. Maon of Beaufort fought valiantly to ac quit him. After several hours of le gal forensics Harris va3 convicted, on the testimony of Police Officen Longest and Holland and Deputy sheriff Gaskill who watched Harris' piace an(j raided it on the night o: january 2nd They saw sales being ma(je and found considerable evi business. Harris i dence of a liquor has served several road terms for silling liquor. Judge Hill after listening to con siderable argument on both sides de cided that Harris was guilty. Hs first gave him a sentence of 15 months on the roads. Yesterday after lis tening to pleas of attorney Mason he decided that if the Solicitor would consent he would continue prayer for judgment for four years and give Harris 24 hours to get out of the countv and 48 hours to leave the State. He is also to pay the cost amounting to about $111.00 in three cases. George Kirby, who worked for Harris, was convicted of retailing al- ( Continued on page five)