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NUMBER 6
VOLUME XIX
10 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1930
PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
COUNTY HAS PART
OF MONEY NEEDED
Making Strenuous Effort To
Get Funds To Meet Press
ing Obligations
An effort to re-establish the cred
it of Carteret county, which has not
been very good of late due to inabili
ty to meet eeuain cbt service obli
gations, was made Tuesday in Ral
eigh. Chairman Bushall of the toun-
ty Board of Commissioners, County
Auditor Flint and Attorney h. H. Oor
ham of Morehead City went to see
the Highway Commission with refer
ence to getting $26,000 which it is
claimed that body owes the county.
The attempt was only partially suc
cessful. The hearing took place before
Chairman R. A. Doughton and Com-Tnisainnpi-
C. R WVient.lv. The coun-
ty representatives were accompanied ! time varied- The rainfa11 for the
to the hearing by State Treasurer j month was 6-91 ,nches
O'Berry, State Auditor Durham, Ex-
ecutive Secretary of the Sinking ,
Fund Commission V. T. Dixon and
Secretary Johnson of The County
Government Commission. These State
officials said that it was necessary
that Carteret county meet its obliga-
tions in order to save its credit, and
that of the State, and urged the High
way Commission to pay the $26,000
to the county, Their requests were
listened to but they succeeded in get-
ting but $7908.91. It appears that
the second district has over $600,000
allocated to it which is to be divided
among the several counties in the
district. The News does not know
the proportion in which it is supposed
to be divided.
If the $26,000 had been secured it
was the intention of Chairman Bush-
al and Mr. Gorham togo to New
York and pay the county's obligations
there and try to arrange for the sale
of the balance of the bonds author-
lzed last year and which amount to
something over $100,000. If these!
.thought thai the county could meet
all of its immediate obligations and
put its credit on a good footing once
more. As they were not able to get
the $26,000 the trip to New York was
abandoned and an effort will be made
to get the money so badly needed in
another way. i
Since the above was put in type
Chairman Bushall received a tele
phone call form Raleigh to return
there for a conference with State of
ficials. Accompanied by County Aud
itor Plint and Mr. E. H. Gorham he
left for Raleigh this morning.
NEGRO IS CHARGED
WITH LEE MURDER
Durham, Jan. 30 A warrant charg
ing Walter Harris, negro, with the
murder of Rev. E. Frank Lee, pastor
of Calvary Methodist church, on the
night of January 3, was issued by the
Durham police department early this
morning.
Harris, who at the time of the fatal
shooting was employed as janitor at
the Markham apartments, has been
held in custody here since January 4.
He was arrested by police when it was
learned that he had been coming to
the Lee home on North Elizabeth
street to see the house servant, Eve
lyn McLeod, Fayetteville negro.
The warrant was served on him in
jail this morning a.-.u he made no
comment. The McLeod woman is
being held as a witness.
Mr. John Duncan of Raltieh was
in the city Wednesday.
ANNIS CAME SAFELY INTO PORT
EARLY LAST FRIDAY MORNING
The Annis and crew of five men
came in the harbor Friday morning
about four o'clock after a most har
rowing experience of combating the
wild and stormy Atlantic since early
Wednesday. As was reported in the
News last week, the Annis had been
anchored with several other black
fishing boats about twenty-five miles
south-southwest of Beaufort Inlet,
when a northeast wind began to churn
the ocean into a regular maelstrom of
terror. All the other boats at once
got under way and came safely to
land. The families of the crew of the
Annis went through the nerve-racking
agony of knowing that the boat
was out in the foaming, bursting bil
lows. Accordii-g to one version of the
story, some of the crew were up at
four o'clock Wednesday morning
when the storm was beginning to be
come angry sure enough and that
they wanted to come in like the rest
of the boats were doing. But others
wished to stay a while and see if the
weather wouldn't Improve so that
they could catch more fish. Once
Variety Of Weather
During January
Beaufort and vicinity had a touch
of real winter in the last few days of
this month. The statistics of the U.
S. Weather Station here showed that
the thermometer dropped to 24 on
the 31st and there was a light fall
of snow. The snow started to fall
about dusk on the evening of the
30th and kept it up a good part of
the night. The ground was warm
though and most of it melted as soon
js Next morning
the roofs
of the houses were covered and there
was a little on the ground, hardly
enough for the boys to make any sat
isfactory snow balls though which was
a disappointment to them. There
were several days during the month
when the mercury went above 70 de
grees. It was stormy most of the
month and for 17 days the wind blew
from the northeast. The rest of the
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Max.
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Min.
42
51
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68
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Recorder's Court Had
Very Short Session
There were no cases tried in Re
corder's Court Tuesday. One or two
adjustments were made and several
other cases that had been set for trial
were continued. In one " instance
witnesses were not present and in
others the defedants were not there.
In the case of Luther F. Smith
charged with an assault the prose
cuting witness, who was his wife, ask
ed through her attorney James W.
Mason to have the warrant with
drawn. The defendant agreed to pay
the costs in the case and the court de
cided to allow the motion with that
understanding.
Pete Davis, giving bad check, mat
ter settled and costs paid before
court convened. Warrant was with
drawn. D. M. Winberry of Morehead City,
charge abandonment, case continued
until next Tuesday. This case was
sent here from Onslow county where
the parties formerly lived.
The case against Vandie Sammons
and J. B. Hooker, in which assault
is alleged against Sammons and as
sault with deadly weapon against
Hooker, were continued until Febru-
ary 18 on account of the fact that
'some witnesses were not in court.
before it had been threatening and
they had remained and had caught
over five hundred pounds of fish as a
result of staying. They wished to re
peat the episode.
When it became evident that the
storm was getting worse and worse
every minute they tried to get the
anchor up so that they could come in
the harbor. But the sea was then so
great that they could not pull the
boat up to the anchor, the engine was
wet and would not run, and it was
dangerous to go out on the bow to
try to get the anchor.
There was a sufficient supply of
food on board, but the jumping and
twisting of the boat prevented them
from cooking any food. In fact, ac
cording to one story, there was not
much time to eat. Most of the time
the craft was either nosing down in
to the wavc3 or standing on the stern.
The Annis was more like a cork in
the fomenting seas jumping, lung
ing, rolling, twisting and turning. It
was with difficulty that any one of
the seamen were able to rise to their
( Continued on page 8)
SCHOOL BUILDING
ALMOST FINISHED
Date For Opening Has
Been Set
Not
(BY JAMES G. WHITEHURST)
Morehead City, Feb. 4 The new
public school building is now about
completed, but it is uncertain when
it will be occupied. This building was
erected to replace the smaller one
which was destroyed by fire a little
over a year ago. It differs from the
old one mainly in that it is only two
stories high; the old one was three
stories, including the commodious
basement.
This new building is rather an im
posing one, and extends tpractically
the entiie length of the city block.
It is constructed of brick and con
crete blocks, and occupies the same
place that the older building did.
There are a goodly number more
rooms in it, having twenty-eight
classrooms and sixteen other rooms,
including two offices, commercial de
partment, laboratories, library, dress
ing rooms and closets. The burned
building was entirely too small to ac
comodate the increasing student body,
but this has been well looked after in
replacing it with this beautiful, roomy
structure.
Desks of the latest design have
been installed and all other equip
ment is modern in every respect.
The chemistry laboratory would do
credit to a much larger school or ev
en pernaps a college, iiardwooa
floors are another asset the new con
struction embodies.
Service was the main object in
constructing the building, and the ob
ject was not overlooked by the archi
tect when the auditorium was plan
ned. Instead of having the stage at
the narrow end of the auditorium as
of old, it was placed in a very modern
way bn the wide side, therefore in
suring better hearing and seeing both
to the student body and to the pub
lic at large -when gatherings .are. hqld.
Over a thousand seats have been or
dered for the auditorium, and they
will be installed immediately upon
their arrival.
As was said in the beginning, no
; one knows when the building will be
put into use, ns there are many things
that hinder the immediate occupancy.
Everything is being done that can be
to complete all the details, so that it
will be ready as soon as possible. The
date for opening is left entirely up to
the Board of Trustees, and as yet
they have not decided when the school
will be. moved from the county ad
ministration tiulding in Beaufort to
its new home.
Quantity Of Fish
Caught This Week
Although fishing has been rather
small this winter, it is getting some
what better now. Bad weather has
delayed and, in many cases, kept the
fishermen from attending to their
daily labor. A large number of fish,
considering the weather conditions,
have been caught this week. S. W.
Davis and Bros., have had about twen
ty-four thousand pounds of trout and
croakers, Way Bros, about fifteen,
and Willis Sea Food Co., about twen
ty thousand and J. H. Potter & Son
about twenty-two thousand. JFairly
good prices have been paid for the
trout, but croakers have not brought
so good prices. Theg reater num
ber of fish caught were croakers. On
Tuesday there were over four hun
dred boxes of fish' shipped from this
community.
Some of these fish were caught in
practically all the bays, rivers and
creeks around here and in Core
Sound, but the greater portion were
taken on the newly-found fishing
grounds between Ocracoke and Hat
teras. Few fish were caught in that
section until the past year; hereto
fore the fish have been staying near
er Cape Lookout.
Like fishing, clamming has not been
as good this winter as it has been the
last few years. But nevertheless, de
spite bad weather, there has been
some clamming going on. Davis
Bros., shipped a good many sacks of
clams Wednesday. Other dealers are
making small shipments to northern
markets almost every day in the
week.
CAR PARTLY BURNED
A Dodge roadster driven towards
Morehead City Sunday night by Mr.
Carlie Mason caught on fire over on
the causeway. The top, upholstering,
and a good portion of the central part
of the automobile was burned up. The
fire was probably started by a loose
wire in the ignition system. Trouble
had betn had with the car for the
past few weeks, but no loose wire
could be found in the wiring by me
chanics.
Vital statistics for county
give interesting information
;, Vital statistics for Carteret coun
ty, as furnished the News by the
State Board of Health, for the year
1929 furnish some information that
may be of considerable interest to
the public. The report shows that
232 deaths were reported in the
county and that there' were 429
births.
The r;port sets forth that one pre
cinct, Portsmouth, did not report a
single birth and that Merrimon had
only one death. Morehead City
leads in boht births and deaths and
Beaufort comes second. Each of
these towns has a hospital and this
perhaps accounts in some measure
for the marked difference in the fig-
in the county,
as follows:
Town
Beaufort
Deaths
42
Birthi
Proper Fertilization
Makes Better Yield
(BY HUGH OVERSTREET
County Agent)
When we take into consideration the
fact that statistics show that in 1928
Carteret County's average production
of corn per acre was only 18 bushels,
we must ask ourselves the question
"Does it pay to fertilize corn in Car
teret County?" This question was
convincingly answered in a demon
stration on the farm of Mr. G. W.
Huntley last year on his farm two
miles east of Beaufort. "There is
not a better way of answering a
question of this kind than to let the
plant do it on our farm," said Mr.
Huntley;
There were two plots in this dem
onstration. On one the following a-
mounts of fertilizer per acre were ap-
plied at planting time: 300 pounds of
a commercial 8-3-3 fertilizer. The
yield was 19.27 bushels per acre. On
the other plot 300 pounds - Were" ap-
plied as in the above plot and 300,
pounds of Chilean Nitrate of Sada per j
acre were applied as a side dressing
when the corn was knee high. The
yield was 48.53 bushels per acre.
The plot receiving the 300 pounds
of Chilean Nitrate made an increase
of 29.26 bushels per acre over the
plot receiving no nitrate. This gave
a profit of $20.86 after deducting the
cost of the Chilean Nitrate and valu
ing the corn at $1.00 per bushel. The
increased yield of 29.26 bushels on
each acre fertilized by the better
method, cost Mr. Huntley $.29 per
buchel.
Regardless of yield, it cost just as
much for seed, preparation, planting
and cultivating, for each acre as an
other. . The adding of the proper kind
of fertilizer is, therefore, profitable
and greatly reduces the per unit cost
of growing the crop. Proper ferti
lization is one form of farm relief
and guaranteed to yield a profit, for
which the farmer does not have to
wait on legislation.
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
OCCURRED LAST SATURDAY
Saturday about dusky dark Mr.
Dory Merrill of Russell Creek sec
tion drove his Ford coach eastward
down Front Street at the approxi
mate speed of ten or twelve miles an
hour, and just after he crossed Crav-
en Street Mr. Edward Simnson. nf
Upper North River, started to cross
over from Eubanks' to the Eudy bar
ber shop. Witnesses stated that Mr.
Simpson broke out back of a parked
car a very few feet in front of Mr. cu. Dre me Doard and asked per
Merrill's on-coming automobile. Mr. I mission for the Boy Scouts to have
Simpson looked in the opposite direc-itne use f one or two rooms in the
tion and did not see or hear the Ford i Annex Building. The permission was
coach, and Mr. Merrill did not see I Kranted t0 into effect when the
the pedestrian until it wns too late Morehead City school vacates the
The brakes were vigorously applied. 1 building.
r
but the car did not stop until Mr.' lovd Lawrence asked to have D.
Simpson was knocked down and onelW Wells admitted to the County
of the front wheels passed over his 1 Home. Referred to County Welfare
shoulder. He was immediately tak -
en to the Potter Emergency Hospital
and reports say that he is getting a
long very well. Eye-witnesses said
that the accident was entirely unav
oidable.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
J. C. Cannon and wife to Lloyd A.
Garner and wife, 17 acres Newport
Township, for $1300.
J. A. Guthrie and wife to Bertha A.
Swinson, tract Morehead Township,
for $10.
W. C. Braswell, Trustee to John
A.Memakis et al, 1 lot Morehead City
for $4600.
S. A. Chalk, Trustee to F. M. Sim
mons et al 3 1-2 acres Morehead
Township, for $5000.
J. J. Skinner and wife to James C.
Skinner, 22 1-2 acres Beaufort Town
ship, for $1.
Charlotte Outing Club to !W. It,
Webb, 23 39-80 'acres Hunting Quar
ter Township, tot $1Q.
Morehead City 73 108
Newport 8 13
Towmhipi
Beaufort 13 23
Cedar Island 6 14
Harkers Island 7 27
Harlowe U I4
Hunting Quarter
Davis 5s 2
Hunting Quartet
Stacy 2 10
Sea Level 2 4
Atlantic 9 10
Marshallberg 4 6
Merrimon 1 8
I Morehead 18 32
Newport 6 20
Portsmouth 4
Smyrna 4 5
! Straits 7 23
J White Oak 13 35
Total 232 429
COUNTY BOARD
MAKES EFFORT
TO RAISE FUNDS
State Sinking Fund Commission
Offers Help In Securing
Loan
BOND INTEREST PAST DUE
At its meeting Monday the Board
of County Commissioners attended to
a variety of matters. Jurors for the
March term of court were chosen, a
resolution was adopted, another turn
ed down and several requests of one
sort or another were granted or oth
erwise disposed of.
When it came to the drawing of a
jury Commissioner Lee suggested
that the name scrolls should be taken
out of the box in which they are kept
and shaken up. He said that at a
,'former. drawihgthe large proportion'
of republicans to Democrats was
very strange and he thought the
names should be mixed. Nothing was
i done about it however and a small
boy proceeded to draw the names out
of the box one at a time and hand
them to Chairman Bushall who hand
ed them to Sheriff Davis who put
j them in the proper compartment
This was done in the presence of the
board members and several other per
sons. The jurors chosen seemed to
be as many as if not more Democrats
than Republicans.
Chairman Bushall read a resolu
tion to the board which stated in sub
stance that the board wanted to bor
row some money in anticipation of
taxes and that the State Sinking
Fund Commission would cooperate in
getting the loan. The amount desir
ed is $40,000 and if secured is to be
used to pay on past due interest on
bonds. The resolution was adonted.
The Sinking Fund Commission must
give its approval before the note can
be sold.
A resolution was read, which was
the same as the one adopted by the
Wayne county board of commission
ers, asking Governor Gardner to call
an extra sesion of the Legislature to
reduce taxes on land.. The matter
was discussed bu the resolution was
not passed as the Governor has al
ready said he would not call the extra
session.
The report of Superior Court L. W.
: Hasse11 was received by the board and
referred to a committee appointed to
consider it.
W. H. Bailey of Beaufort annear-
j . , . . .
iAent Mrs. F. C. Salisbury
Shankel Smith asked to have a
(Continued on pag 1'jui 1
MISS MATTIE WEEKS WILL
LIKELY SING OVER THE RIADIO
It is reported hereabouts that Miss'
Mattie Weeks youngest daughter of
Mr. Henry Weeks, will go to Raleigh
Saturday and try out at 6:30 o'clock
at the WPTF Radio Station and if
she proves successful she will "go on
the air" at eight P. M. Miss Weeks
sings a most beautiful soprano which
is very pleasing to the many who have
heard her sing. She is a student at
Beaufort High School, where she has
rendered many selections both in
chapel programs and at public gath
erings. Perhaps it will be of inter
est to many of the local "fans" to
tune in and hear Miss Weeks over
WPTF during her radio debut. She
is the first one in this city to make
an effoH to sing over the radio.
GAS FRANCHISE
PASSED BY BOARD
Commissioners Must Confirm
This At Next Regular Meet
ing Further action was taken Monday
morning at the regular monthly
meeting of the Board of Town Com
missioners concerning the granting of
a franchise to D. L. Thompson to
erect and operate a gas plant. It
had been taken up at a call meeting
at 10 o'clock Jan. 25, but as the law
requires two readings at regular
monthly meetings, it was taken up
again at the February meeting. Com
missioner Willis moved that the
fianchise be granted and Commis
sioner Chaplain seconded his motion.
It was then voted unanimously to
grant the franchise. All of the com
missioners were present except Dr.
Maxwell.
This was followed by a somewhat
lengthy discussion concerning the in
surance on the City Hall. At the
request and consent of three of the
commissioners, namely Willis, Taylor,
and Maxwell, Mr. Graham Duncan
said that he had written an insur
ance policy for six thousand dollars
on Jan. 10, subject to the action of
the February meeting of the Commis
sioners. He said that although the
matter should have been taken up
during a meeting, he thought that it
was a safe thing to do. He also said
that as the Commissioners were not
taking the policy, he considered it
just and right that he should be com
pensated for the insurance during
the twenty-two days it was in use.
Mayor Chadwick was of the opinion
that the commissioners overstepped
their authority in giving instructions
to Mr. Duncan to write the policy.
Mayor Chadwick said that the city in
surance should be divided among the
various other agents within the city,
and that he did not think they should
pay for a policy that had .not been
passed at a regular meeting: Ttoerr3'
had already been four thousand dol
lars worth of insurance on the City
Hall prior to the unofficial policy of
six thousand.
Mr. James Glover came before the
board and stated that he was charg
ed up with one more foot of street
paving assessment than he was sup
posed to pay. He claimed to own
thirty-one feet while' he was charged
with thirty-two. The clerk was in
structed to have the deed of Mr.
Glover's lot looked up and see wheth
er Mr. Glover or the town was right.
The clerk was also instructed to
inform all drivers of city vehicles to
buy gasoline wherever they could get
the commercial rate of two cents re
duction in the advertised rate.
A sheaf of bill were audited and a
motion was passed to have the clerk
pay them.
A resolution was adopted to have
the two ninety day notes held by the
Bank of Beaufort aggregating $11,
800 changed to one for the conven
ience of the bank.
Hereafter the clerk will receive
$150 per month, but he must pay for
all clerical assistance. The city has
heretofore furnished this aid when
ever it was needed.
COMMUNITY CLUB MEETING
The regular meeting of the Com
munity Club will be held in the
Court house annex, February 13.
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 1 Low Tide
Friday, Feb. 7
1:50 A. M. 8:14 A. M.
2:03
P. M. 8:09 P. M.
Saturday, Feb. 8
2:58
A. M. 9:23 A. M.
P. M. 9:14 P. M.
Sunday, Feb. 9
A. M. 10:30 A. M
P. M. 10:20 P. M.
Moaday, Feb. 10
A. M. 10:55 A. M.
P. M. 11:31 P. M.
Tuesday, Feb. 11
A. M. 11:25 A. M.
P. M. 12:28 P. M.
Wednesday, Feb 12
3:16
4:06
4:28
5:11
5:34
6:10
6:33
7:05
A. M. 12:24 A. M,
7:28 P. M. 1:19 P., M.
Tnurday, Feb. 13
7:56 A. M. 1:22 A. M.
8:20 P. M. 2:07 P. H,