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MJF The best advertising medium published in Carteret Co. ( READ1NGT0 THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY J WATCH Your label and pay your subscription 8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1930 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY NUMBER 7 VOLUME XIX THE WS I ..X n n BOY SCOUTS HAVE REORGANIZED Seventeen Youths Have Al ready Been Received In Troop There has been a cofnplete re organization of the Boy Scouts in Beaufort, which is now being sponsor ed and invigorated by the Rotary Club. Heretofore, the scout move ment in this city has not attained enough impetus to throughly or partially achieve its aim. Th;1 right I f r,-ntnf inn was mit cainod bv niuu niniHi". ..... c- -, i1 1..,.- li.if ,-ifo I Uie KlllUUi. uu.vo nun , i i.v.i.v. , the newer troop will have rigid re strictions so that all but the most de sirable boys will be excluded. The Beaufort troop is No. 15 of this district, and received its new charter from the excutive council the first of this month. A troop consists nf four natrols of eight boys each. There has been seveteen members taken in to date; of this number, nine have already passed the tenderfoot tests. There are three degrees or grades the boys go through, tender foot, second class, and first class. Each of these grades are passed only after the most stringtent tests. The Boy Scouts movement is an organization which was started in England about a score of years ago by Sir Robert Baden-Powell, a renowed British soldier who had served his country in Africa. It was 'trans migrated to this country by a Chicago publisher a little later. The Congress of the United Spates, recognizing the good that such an organization would do the youth of America, gave a charter to it and allowed them the privelege of using uniforms similar to those of the army. The Boy Scouts of America, unlike the many useless clubs and lodges that thrive here and there over the country, is not to lure away and ruin the boyhood of the country. On the contrary, it was organized primarily to teach the boys of twelve years and upward the be,s.t principles . .of. character and manhood, the ways to give first aid both on land water, and to be able to carry themselves in the best possible way. It is a school in which the boys learn a good deal about the out-of-doors and a multitude of other beneficial things. Of course there is the social side too it accomplishes a world of good for the boys by bringing them together in a good, clean, friendly, well-disciplined gathering. Boys want to meet socially as well as the older folks do. It is broadening and educational. The Rotary Club of Beaufort appointed as Committeemen: Wm. H. Bailey, Chairman, Messers F. R. Seely, and J. H. Hornaday. perhaps the most influential officials of the organization will be Messers. Ben Jones and J. 0. Barbour, respectively Scout Master and Assistant Scout Master, They have been meeting in the room along side of and in the same building with the Service Shoe Shop, but their new quarters will be located in the County Administer ation Building when the Morehead Ci, school vacates it. . ie nine who have passed their tenderfoot tests and are , well on their way in scouting are, Edmund Barbour, Rex Wheatly, Fletcher Eure Clarence Styron, Hugh Jones, Sherion Harris, Leslie Moore, Gilbert Potter, and David Jones j while those who are now working toward the passing of these tests are: Ja.es Atkinson, Richard Bloodgood, J. I . Harris, Jr. A. B. Hooper, Cecil Peterson, Caldwell Tyler, Joseph Windley, and Billy Mace, Scribe. LONE DEFENDANT TRIED IN CITY POLICE COURT -Mayor Chadwick had only one case before him Friday afternoon. The defendant was Eiljah Hardesty, col ored employe of the Beaufort Ice Company. Elijah had fallen from grace several times before and the Mayor came pretty near giving him thirty days on the streets. He con sented though to let Elijah pay a fine of $20 and costs, or take thirty days. If he comes back for drunkeness he will get the street sentence without fail so the Mayor told him. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS The following deeds have been re corded in t office of R. W. Wallace, Register ci Deeds, since last week: J. R. Pe letier et al to Mrs. Mollie Pelletier et al. 45 acres White Oak, for $700. L. W. Pelletier et al to Mrs. Hazel Pelletier, et al 10 acres White Oak, for $100. J. R. Pelletier ct al. to Mrs. Mol lie Pelletier et al 18.86 acres White Oak, for $120. E. Janie Bell et al to Jas. R. Bell, part tract Morehead Township, for County Finances Soon Be In Better Shape For the purpose of putting the county's finances on a firmer foot ing Chairman Bushall and Mr. E. H. Gorham left for New York Monday afternoon, for a conference with bankers there. The interest on some of the county's indebtedness which was in arrears has been paid. The purpose of the visit to New York was mainly to arrange for the sale of $108,000 worth of bonds author- iztd last vear to take up countv notes issued by the previous hoard. The bonding house that had agreed to handle 515,000 worth of countv bonds had complied with their agree- ment except as to the balance a- mounting to $108,000. As soon as this matter is arranged the notes i;1 the hands of Eyer and Company are to be taken up and this will liquidate the floating indebtedness of the coun tv and it is honed will reestablish its l,.nif r flm ino,iial H'nt'l.l Ssnmp money will then be borrowed in an ticipation of taxes to keep the coun ty's machinery "in running order. ASK DEEP WATER FOR STATE PORTS Thirty Feet For Beaufort And Wilmington Urged Before Engineers Word has been received here from Washington City that at a meeting of the Board of Directors for Rivers and Harbors assurance was received from Mr. Henry Herbemann, presi dent of the American Steamship and Export Company, that if Congress would deepen the channels at Beau fort and Wilmington, they would both become steamship ports and would re ceive much of the trade now sent to Norfolk and Charleston. Beauofrt is ideally situated at the terminal of the Atlantic and North Carolina rail road and State highway No. 10, which reaches out clean across the state. Congressman Abernethy and Sen ator Simmons were instrumental in bringing about this hearing and in presenting the situation of both ports to members of the board and others attending. Beaufort now- has a twen ty-five-foot channel and Wilmington twenty-six. As the minimum draft of thes hip-, that would come into these ports is twenty-eight feet, Rep resentative Abernethy is trying to get the channels dredged out to a depth of thirty-feet. Colonel J. W. Harrelson, director of the North Carolina Department of North Carolina Department of Con servation and Development, said a large freight traffic of imports and exports, originating with the tobac co and cotton interests of the State, is now handled through Norfolk and Charleston. Colonel Harrelson estimated the output of factories in the State at twelve hundred million dollars a year and said the export business is constantly increasing. Much of the tobacco that is manu factured in the North Carolina fac tories comes from the Mediterranean Sea and it would be more economical both in time and money to have these potential ports made into real ones. On the return trip the same ships could carry back the manufactured products, as the state exports two thirds of its tobacco products. The railroad line here could be ren ovated and warehouses built beside the docks so that thef reight could be rapidly transferred from train to ship and vice versa. Trucks coming in over the net-work of improved state highways could unload at the same warehouse. Both Beaufort and Wilmington are espt dally adapted for this and they would receive state trade that is now going to New York, Baltimore, Norfolk and Charleston and other ports. It would be an ex cellent hing for Beauofrt and Wil mington xs well as the rest-of the state to Lave both of the ocean cities transformd into modern ports for ocean-going ships. There are many indications that the two harbors will be deepened so that they can acco modate these. MARRIAGE LICENSES. Walker N. George and Louise Wil lis, Marshallberg. Wilbur L. Henser and Lena Adell Piner, Bogue. $279. Guaranty Loan Corp. to C. W. Jen nings, 1 lot Morehead City, for $10. Roger A. Jennings and wife to Guaranty Loan Corp, 1 lot Morehead City, for $10. T, M. Jarrell and wife to Indepen dent Oil Co., 1 lot Cape Lookout, for $10. TRADE AT HOME IS BEST POLICY Speakers Urge Large Crowd To Patronize Home Mer chants A considerable impetus to the trade at home" movement was given in the meeting hold in the county courthouse Monday evening. Tiie au dience more than filled the room and lan' compelled to nana, me jme - .ting was supposed to have been ! mainly for the colored race but about i two thirds of the audience were white j People. Interests in the subject i probably drew many of those who i came bl't tne "nlsic furnished by the U'olored choir and the quartettes also proved a popular attraction After several selections had been rendered by a vested choir composed of Beaufort and New Bern singers and a number by a quartette of Beau fort High School boys the speaking program got underway. Mr. W. F. Dowdy, a New Bern merchant made the first speech. He was followed by L. B. Honians, popularly known as "Kid."' D. L. Latta a New Bern hardware merchant spoke and C. R. Wheatly of Beaufort made the final argument in favor of the policy of tiading at home. Dr. T. W. Thurs ton, coloied Presiding Elder of the New Bern district introduced Mr. Homans and made a short speech himself. The tenor of all the speecnes made was along the same iir.e. It wa t to the effect that the chy.in stores nd mail order houses draw a great deal of money out of a community and leave but little in it. It was stated that last year more than $100,000 went out of Beaufort to mail order, houses. Mr. Homans said that New. Bern has 17 chain stores and that they do a business of two million dol lars a year thereby crippling the in dependent dealers. He said the gro cery stores frequently gave short weight and short measure, He advis ed indep?rdent merchants to paint up their fronts, clean up their stores and be modern in every respect. It was stated by the speakers that the chain stores do not invest in real es tate in the towns where they oper ate, that theyy pay little if any taxes, do not buy from the farmers, do not contribute to charity, churches or any thing else and that they employ few people and pay small wages. In short they were pictured as very un desirable institutions. Meetings similar to the one held here Monday night have been held by Mr. Homans, Dr. Thurston and other New Bern people in Craven and other adjoining counties. A big one is planned for Wilmington at an early date. Recorder's Court Has Dearth Of Business There has been a dearth in the bus iness of the Recorder's Court for some little time now. Three cases were scheduled for an airing this week, but only one of these were tried. That was against a lady who was charged with giving a bad check. So licitor Graham Duncan said that the lady should not have been hailed in to court, as it was a mistake and therefore he didn't think her name should be published. The next was the case of the Para gon Co., vs C. R. Powers. The pro secuting witnesses were not present so the case was continued. The case of D. M. Windberry, of Morehead City, charged with aban donment, was continued because his wiie ma not appear, ine case was brought here from Onslow County and has been pending several weeks waiting for Mrs. Windberry to come into court. A capias was ordered to be isued to bring the plaintiff here for trial. SMYRNA SCHOOL HOUSE THREATENED BY FIRE The beautiful brick Smyrna school building was jeopardized by fire afternoon, acording to Mr. fles, principal of the school Tuesday J. B. Eagl who was in town shortly after the narrow escape. The building caught fire around the chimney underneath the roof. It had not made much progress when it was discovered. Students and the principal immedi ately cut through the roof and the bucket brigade put out the blaze in a short while If it had occurred an hour later, school would have been dismissed and probably the fire would not have been discovered and the building would have been entirely burned up. It was indeed fortunate for the students, as well as for the ; citizenry, that that conflagration was discovered early. COUNTY SCHOOLS RECEIVE HELP Large Sum of Money Distribu ted Among Public Schools Raleigh. Feb. 11 The State of, North Carolina yesterday distributed, $030,000 to county school systems. I The sume of $550,000 was sent to, 4!) counties as an emergency distri bution from the six-months term equalizing fund. It represents the fourth installment from the five mil-1 lion dollar fund and was rushed out to the counties needing funds to pay school running expenses. The fourth istalment will b sent to the remain ing 47 particpiating counties in March. The remainder of yesterday's dis bursement was $180,000 from the State Liberty 'Fund which went to 13 counties. This is a loan fund, the counties borrowing the money at four . . . per cent interest and repaying it in j "Save him Save him! My God, ten annual istallments.. It can be Save him!" Came the shouting ou cry used onlv for construction of new from the Beaufort Grocery Co., dock school buildings. i lst Saturday afternoon. A Terrify- Allotments from this fund havel" childish cry rent the air. been made to 14 other counties, but I Apparently a very tragic act was the monev will not be sent out until the notes have been received. Counties receiving loan fund allot ments yesterday were: Bertie, 8,000; Carteret, $19,500; Caswell, $21,-000 Chowan, $5,000; Granville, $2,000; Halifax, $2,500; Macon, $3,000; Mitchell, $3,500; Montgomery, $7, Person, $30,000; Randolph, $25,000; Sampson, $10,000; and Surry, $3,000. Superior Court Will Convene March 10th. Superior court will again convene in Carteret County on March 10. It wi.l. be a session of only one week and will be for the purpose of trying both civil and criminal dockets. There are no outstanding cases to be tried; only smaller ones will be aired at this time. Judge R. A. Nunn, of New 3ern, will preside over this short ses-1 sion. . The jurors for the March term of court wered rawn at the last meeting of the Board of Commissioners, and are as follows: Thomas E. Gibbs, Beaufort; Zeb Wetherington, Pelle tier; A. H. Dixon, Newport; F. M. Chadwick, Morehead City; I. W. Da vis MjlvcVinllhpvcr. fliiilfnvd Hasl-ill lfetS SlECONOMY MEASURE wick, Straits; Dannie Willis, Harkers Island; Harry N. Davis, Straits; Ver non Simpson, Smyrna; Wilbur Stew art, Gloucester; K. A. Merrill, Beau fort; C. C. Golden, Beaufort, RFD. ; Montriville Hamilton, Stacy; Jas. A. Guthrie, Morehead City; L. G. Wat son, Pelletier; F. N. Goodwin, Beau fort; Carl Willis, Harkers Island; W. B. Norris, Beaufort; C. W. Chadwick, Moreehad City; J. H. Hibbs, Newport RFD. ; James Tosto, Sea Level ; C. F. Wheatly, Beaufort; Russell W. Piner, Williston; D. F. Ramsey, Beaufort; L. E. Cannon, Merrimon; A. J. Willis, Davis; John Pittman, Camp Glenn; Davis G. Lewis, Beaufort, RFD.; D. L. Hill, Newport; Jim Willis, Harkers Island; W. M. Kellum, Ocean; Matt T. Fulcher, Harkers Island, Levi Goodwin, Roe, N. C. WILL START DRILLING FOR OIL NEAR HAVELOCK SOON ! of the night police officer in addition Promising a beginning of drilling j to his duties as fireman. Commission just as soon as leases are secured oner Taylor suggested that the resolu other tracts which are deemed neces-toin be revised to keep on Police Of sary to the operation, oil interests jficer Styron on night duty at a salary yesterday filed in New Bern an oil 0f $50 instead of $85 and that one and gas mining lease to 32,000 acres trett man at $50 a month, in addi of land in the vicinity of Havelock. , tion to Sam Pigott, be kept on duty. The lease provides that drilling oper-i The resolution was put in the re ations must begin within six months, ! vised form and resulted in a tie vote, but there is a provision whereby its Maxwell and Taylor voted aye and holders may extend that time another Chaplain and Mason voted no. Mav- six months through the payment of or Chadwick raid he favored as much an amount considered an adequate economy as possible but he thought rental for the lands. ; this resolution ought to be consider- Lands which were placed under : and carefully and acted upon at a reg lease are those owned by Col. Charles ular meetin. He therefore voted no S. Bryan, and the lease was executed which killed it. to William T. Shannonhouse, trustee. Commissioner Chaplain offered a Mr. Shannonhouse is a Norfolk attor- motion that everybody's pay includ ney who has represented the oil in- ing that of the Mayor and members ?rets nd has made two visits to N.ew Be "? f the legal pimaca ut me ueui. Auuaicj i Hum- ne men moved mat au salaries stand as D. Warren of this city, represent-, as they have been until acted on at a ed Colonel Bryan. L. T. Grantham . regular meeting. Chaplain and Ma has been at work for the past 30! son voted in the affirmative on this, days in securing the lease. BIRTH OF DAUGHTER r, i , ,r r -l v i on nTA0, r "d ?Dt da hi ug Mr. W. G. Mehane, editor of the News was one of the thousand who j attended the Lincoln-Day dinner in Greensboro last night. Live-at-Home (?) The Beaufort High School is appropriately observing Live-at-Home week by put ting on a program lasting the entire week and by taking "The Mainsail," school publi cation which has been printed so far this year by the Beau fort News, to the Morehead City printing office. A pat ron of The Mainsail told a rep resentative of the News that lie carried his advertisement in the school paper for the sole puipose of helping the school children and the town. If one or two more Live-at-Home meetings occur in town the Beaufort merchants and other local establishments will have to go out of business. Near Tragedy Ends In Darinff Rescue being clone Men, women and children began running hither in a mad scramble to see the cause of the commotion. Mr. N. W. Taylor was leaning out from the dock, extending a broom to a madly twistrng object in the water. Every one was anxiously looking on seeing others trying to rescue the victim from the water. "He couldn't have fallen overboard himself some one pushed him over!" another ventured. Eventually, after much confusion and loss of time, a box was let down into the water and Bee Taylor Hill got down into it, reached out and got hold of the frightened squirming victim and passed him up to some one on the dock. The unfortunate one was straight way taken into the office and the fire hastily revived. Then he was placed close by so that he could dry and ward off pnumonia or other complication And thus ends the dramatic story of the falling overboard and rescue of the beloved Bill, office cat of the Beaufort Grocery Co. CITY BOARD KILLS Resolution To Abolish Offices And City Salaries Voted Down A special meeting of the board of town commissioners was held Monday the object of which was to reduce the town's operating expenses. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Chadwick who stated that it was call ed at the request of Commissioners Maxwell, Taylor, and Willis. Those present were Commissioners Chap lain, Maxwell, Mason and Taylor. A resolution offered by Commis sioner Maxwell was read which pro vided that the beginning with the first of March the services of the Street Superintendent and Night Policeman be dispensed with. Also that Chief of Police Longest be directed to take over the supervision of the street and sewer work. It also requested C. G. Holland to take over the work of the board be cut in half. There was no second to this proposition and l Taylor no and Maxwell did not vote I as he said there was no need of it any way. j There was some discussion of the suggestion made by WT. G. Mebane that long time refunding bonds might be i8SUed at a lower rate of interest and thus save a large sum every year. City Attorney Leslie Davis approv- ed the suggestion but said it could ; not be done except by an act of the Legislature. The board then took a recess. THIRD ATTEMPT PROVES FAILURE No Understanding Reached Yet As To Shooting Blinds In Core Sound The third attempt to arrive at a "gentlemen's agreement" concerning the fishermen-hunters dispute of the location of hunters' blinds was knock ed in the head last Saturday by the fishermen and their attorney, E. H. Gorham, absenting themselves from a meeting held before Fisheries Com missioner John A. Nelson at his office in Morehead City. U. S. District Engineer W. A. Snow aired the mat ter on January 2, but left before an agreement was reached, and Col J. W. Harrelson, Chairman of the State Board of Conservation and Develop ment, continued the hearing. An understanding was reached, however, to have a second airing before Fish eries Commissioner Nelson, which never materialized. As it was a matter of a "gentle men's agreement," and not technical ities of law, that was trying to be reached and harmonized, Fisheries Commissioner Nelson stated to the dozen or so hunters, who assembled in his office at twelve o'clock on the set date, that it behooved him to let the matter drop and that if they wished it continued to do so in July at the meeting of the State Board of Conservation and Development. Many of the hunters voiced their opinion concerning this dispute. The consensus was that, as the fishing and hunting seasons do not seriously con flict, when the hunting season opens that the fishermen should realize their inherent rights to hunt and that the hunters should recognize those of the fishermen. As fishing is almost prof itless during hunting season, they said they thought the fishermen should show them respect enough not to interfere with their . blinds. The hunters were indignant about being charged that their blinds were a men ace to navigation. They complained that long-net hauling completely hin dered and oftentimes stopped naviga tion in Core Sound. The hunters seemed to agree among themselves that, if the fishermen would concur, they would put up their blinds the last five days of October each year andMake them up again within ten days after the closing of the hunting season. But, as it takes two sides to make a "gentlemen's agreement," and the fishermen were not present, so no a greement could be reached. Before the dispute was taken up, Fisheries Commissioner Nelson said that he was in receipt of a letter from Mr. Jimmie Guthrie, of Harkers Is land, stating that there were many small escallops in that vicinity and that, in his opinion, if the long-net haulers did not shorten their nets, these would not reach maturity next year. A fish dealer from Baltimore, while talking to Mr. Nelson, said that the state of Maryland was almost de pleted of oysters, and that boats from Crisfield, Md., had been buying oys ters in North Carolina waters. Mr. Nelson said that there were over twenty out-of-state boats buying here. This will hasten the depletion and ex tinction of the bivalve in this state, ere something is done about it. 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, Feb. 14 8:45 A. M. 2:17 A. M. 9:11 P. M. 2:53 P. M. , Saturday, Feb. 15 9:34 A. M. . 3:12 A. M. 10:02 P. M. 3:39 P. M. Sunday, Feb. 16 10:22 A. M. 4:05 A. M. 10:53 P. M. 4:24 P. M. Monday, feb. 17 10:55 A. M. 5:00 A. M. 11:13 P. M. 5:10 P. M. Tuesday, Feb. 18 11:45 A. M. 5:55 A. M. 12:03 P. M. 5:58 P. M. Wednesday, Feb. 19 12:41 A. M. 6:53 A. M. 12:59 P. M. 6:50 P. M. Thursday, Feb. 20 1:41 A. M. 7:55 A. M. 1:59 P. M. 7:48 P. M.