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VOLUME XIX
10 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THU RSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1930 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 9
Core Sound Folks
To Opening
By JAMES G. WHITEHURST
A multitude of folks in the east
ern section of Carteret County a
round Core Sound will again begin
catching and shipping soft-shill crabs
in the course of the next week or
ten days. Th!s sp.'i'igtime industry Pous nom tne nome aml lar' agents
is of considerable economic impor. uf the agrucultural extension service
tance to the six communities of at Stuts College indicate that these
Marshallberg, Markers Island. Staev, ' workt'rs alune reached approximately
Smyrna,. Williston, and Davis the ' 1.000 persons during the "live- at
. first named community is the center home" week of February 10.
of the indu.-try in North Carolina,1 Reports received from the farm a
and, in fact, the whole South. Cris- ?ents bv c- A- Sheffield, assistant di
field, Md., is the only other section i l';Ctor cf extension, show that about
of the country furnishing more of 'A000 persons attended the various
these soft shell deni7Pns of the slml- meetings held and addressed by these
low Days ana sounds, and rivers than
does this small ar;a in the eastern end
of thi countv
'
lhe number ot these crabs caught
varies and the prices fluctuate with,
the years, but last season 77,875 doz -
en were caught in Core Sound. Capt.
jonn a. rveison, rishenes Commis -
sioner ot the Department or (Jonser-
vation and Development, savs that
the average price paid was $1.25 per
dozen. At this rate, there was in
round numbers $100,000 received by; u luunues ! stock of $1,000,000. Arrangements
the Core Sounders for their produce I ,n that f.the farm a?5"ts had j have been made t0 finance
in about two months. No other sim- ld "9 "t,ns at hlch .there throughout the country through ex
ilar marine industry in this county ; ZJr a tuT'T' , t 13 isting co-operative organizations. This
employs as many and is as profitable ! "ns.dered that there are 84 farm a- jg arranj?ed through pl.eshearing ad
in such a short while as the catching!"9 fnd twQ assistant agents at vances made to ranchers and farnl.
and shipping of the soft-shell variety j v 0lk North Carolina is believed e on a basis of ?1 head f 12'.
of the blue crab. 22 , T i ' ' . ? PerSnS months' clip. This corporation ex-
The season officially opens the ,'""Je. ls rahf rl " Jeast con- ts to market from 25 tQ 3Q
first nf -Mamh hnt it 0.0OMn uQ t sei vative. Not half of the agents L4. mon-. i:
cihs sompwhprp hptwper, tho fifth
and the fifteenth of the moth the
the weather conditions, or whether
the winter is long or short. If the
comparatively balmy weather early l""c.cul' "icLn"'s nela on tne same
in March so that the crabs will come i eVe"ing' , The hon,e aents sa their
out of their hibernation and so thec"rb markets were better patronized
crabbers can get out to catch them,,. n usual and that folks are beKin
the season opens early. And if the i "ln to understand that home-grown
winter is prolonged around Crisfield foods can be ma(1e into excellent me
and other parts of Chesapeake Bay,nus for the home table or banquet
the season here in Carteret is conse-! suppel-
fluently lengthened. .. The crabbers i
of, Crisfield sell their produce at such
iow prices tr?j,it.us mmwmm.
Core bounders to continue operation
after Crisfield begins. Crabhine
seasons vary thusly from six to ten
weeks in length.
North Carolina inland waters es
pecially Core Sound are naturally
adapted for the production of hard
and soft shell crabs. The crab pre
fers a shallow, muddy, or compara -
tively soft sandy bottom for its homp.
and in this habitat is found in prac-i Aniline Willis to Carl M. Willis
tically all of the bays, rivers, and 1-2 acre Harkers Island, for $50.
sounds of the Old North State. In I M T- Merrill and wife to S. T.
Core Sound they find a regular haven ! Merrill 35 !"2 acres Beaufort Town
for themselves. There they find fs9djsnip' for
and flourish. Thos. A. Lewis to Mabel Lewis, 18
(Continued on page three)
STANDARD FILLING STATION
IS NOW BEING RENOVATED
The Stndard Oil Company filling
station at the corner of Front and
Turner Streets is being completely
remodeled. A crew has been at
work during the past week building
a canopy over the drive. The pumps j
will be reinstalled, a ladies' rest-roont!
made, and the inside of the station
renovated. This will improve the
l6oks of the station and that part of j
the street very much.
BEN ARRINGTON JR. WITH
BUILDING Sl-PPLY CO.
Ben Arrington Jr., who was for
merly with Hancock-Huntley Co.,i
Co., is now with Beaufort Building
.rFrDs. !
VtS'" V:$ !
be pleased to have all of his friends!
call on him at his new headquarters,
LEWIS-CHADWICK
didate for the Democratic nomination
A surprise wedding occurred here to the United States senate, said here
Sunday night when Miss Evelyn -today at the close of the first day
Chadwick, and Mr. Hardy Lewis Jr., ! his headquarters were officially open
were quietly married by Reverend J. ed.
R. Jinnett at his home on Turner
Street, Miss Naomi Kiljingsworth
and Mr. Julian Gilbert friends of the
couple acted as witnesses. Mrs. Lew
is is the attractive daughter of Mrs.
Maude Chadwick. Both Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis have many friends in
Beaufort, being very popular with
the younper set here.
CAROLINA VISITED
BY TOUCH OF SPRING;
Charlotte, Feb. 2, A
touch ofibly
Spring visited the Carolinas today as
mercuries over the two States soared
wtn into tne ids under the guidding
hand of a brilliant sun.
Looking Forward 'BIG LOANS MADE
Of Crabbing Season' BY FARM BOARD
Live-at-Home Plan
Was Widely Broadcast !
. ,
Incomplete re-
Raleigh, Feb. 2
, ... .
i ,cic """"
-"-j ji men worn
i 111 scnools ad at meetings of women's
' , i .
."'"ric 1L 18 uuleltu 11 dl!
, "-"" ',c,;u"s atquaim
: u wu," lne principles oi the "live-at
". ef nr; A 13 In
"",; - uy wiegre;s through the Farm Board.
'. wic dim uuuiuy
orpanizatU)n3 which took an active
pari ln ,the Program.
, ' " "eu naa,tion with an authorized capitai
nad reported when these figures were
! secured-
some of the men and women report
j thatu they had "ever been through jt
i" sLicnuuus prioa. in some
I counties there were as many as four
, ;; RW.t!.JArfi T8ANSEE1.. The livestock ir-Vb
dore Jones," 70 acres Newport Town-
sniP for 10-
Jas. R. Bell et als to Waldron
Bailey, tract Morehead Township,
for $100.
The Pamlico Investment and Real
ty Company, to Earl W. Webb, 175.-
; 07 acres Morehead Township, for
; ?10
acres Beaufort Township, for $500,
Maude Sutton et al to J. M. Stall-
ings, 2 acres Merrimon Township,
for $50.
Roy Fulcher, mortgagee, to E. W.
Hill, Trustee, 4 acres Hunting Quar
ter Township, for $80.
E. W. Hill, Trustee to Elmer Salt
er, 4 acres Hunting Quarter Town
ship, for $1.
C. A. Mason to Kelly Robinson, 1-2
acre Hunting Quarter Township, for
$50.
BABY CHOKES ON SOUP
Wilmington, Feb. 26 Thomas M.
Watson, Jr., the infant son of Dr.
;and Mrs. Watson, was being fed his
soup last night. He gurgled happily, j
He even laughed in his glee.
! A moment later he was dead,
The soup had choked him when he
laughed. C hadwick, Beaufort.
republicans emmvomm
democratic primary this year
'
i Raleigh, Feb. 24 Republicans will i
I be kept out of the Democratic pri
i mary this year, J. W. Bailey, can-
C. L. Shuping, of Greensboro, who
will manage Mr. Bailey's campaign
against Senator F. M. Simmons, op
ened headquarters today and in a
statement said that the Bailey cam
paign will be "clean and honest" and
"maintained at all times upon a high
plane."
To support his decision that "Re
nnhlicans will be kect out of the nri-
I marv" in June. Mr. Bailey cited the
North Carolina election laws as a-
I mended by the 1929 general assem-
The law says "no person shall be,
entitled to participate, or vote in the
, primary election of any political par-
ty unless he has first declared and
j All Loans Made Through Co
j operative Associations; Cot
ton Farmers Helped
Washington, D. C, Feb. 25 With
i only seven months of operation be-
i hind it, Uncle Sam's latest agricultur-
,. ttl Federal Farm H,lSml.
is cioir.g a rushing business and points
with pride to the "dials" it has
made during its short span of life.
The board was oiganized last July,
Since it lias loaned farm organiza
tions approximately ?(i0,000,000 out
of the revolving fund of $500,000,000
authorized by Congress, and of which
S1"0, 000,000 ha? been appropriated.
The fiist national units set up by
LliV X Li tin uurl l u .
the Farm Board was the Farmers'
- '.National Grain Corporation, a cen-
ualized co-operative marketing agen
, - ,. Alii.? oi tiui.t,
cy. J. ins organization, with a capital
stock of $10,000,000, is designed to
00,000, is designed to
members in marketing
aid its farmer nu
heir grains and will finance them
; from the fund appropriated by Con
i The second big co-operative unit
i sponsored by the Farm Board was
the National Wool Making Corpora.
u.i
Help Cotton Planters
The American Cotto Co-operative
association, a $30,000,000 organiza-
lon organization, is the third sales
agency brought into existence under
the Farm Board. It brings tobether
almost every co-operative association
in the south, and expects to market
1,000,000 bales for its members this
year. .
Until the middle of January, the
board made commitments to cotton
co-operatives totalingfa-123,470,000
rendering aid to iyxrotr. .farmer
Ur j? il- ;J '
uieuimrs oi inn cwpcTgJlif.y',, j
xsa inrougrr-T,. , .
rV'initwo.oioc.
have -received Jo.
than n,000,0004' tut- ni 4 ..
Other. branch -agriculture have
secuntfthelaidk ,''5Fi,Joard in
other ways? F'",
is lendigi'ae
trs'to assUL
marketing y
ers are refceV.
fruit and Ver
i Hov.
The board f
statement, hevH
about securiagii
-'ssWHfc'". t.Vie board
-t.tt :,Mto grow--;nEj-"tralized
" 4 je-jrijcq grow
tullnr aid, as are
iftti.4n.,.oflacial
' f rni?r must go
isofc other as-
sistance ,7b? t
"It is impossibl i Swtht board to
deal direct withL individual far
mer," thes tateme'Kt)rds."
Under the terms kf h agricultur
al marketing aet, thboard, may, with
few exceptions, lend Illy' to co-operative
associations which are ' qualified
under the Capper-Volstead art of
1922.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
The business of issuing marriage
licenses has picked up bomewhat this
week. Few license have been issued
winter. However, this week there
were three permits to wed issued by
Register of Deeds R. W. Wallace.
They were: Leon Gillikin and Leona
Lewis, Otway; Wheelington Robin -son,
Atlantic and Thelma Daiejs, Roe;
and Hardy H. Lewis Jr., and Evelyn
had recorded
on the registration
book that he affiliates with the polit
ical party in whose primary he pro
poses to vote and is in good faith a
member thereof, meaning that he in
tends to affiliate with the political
party in whose primary he proposes
to vote and is in good faith a mem
ber thereof."
The statue further declares that
when a person expresses the desire to
vote at a primary he shall declare the
political party with which he affiliates
and in whose primary he desires to
vote and shall be furnished with the
ballot of that party.
And "at the time of voting, the
name of the voter shall be entered
on a primary polling book to be pro
vided and kept for the purpose with
the name of the party whose ticket
he voted, the book to be kept in the
clerk's office until the next election."
Mr. Shuping said that Mr. Bailey's
campaign was very "encouraging
and predicted his nomination.
SMALL INCREASE
IN POTATO CROP
More Seed Sold This Year;
Favorable Time For Plant
ing; Another Hog Shipment
i i
( ' (By Hugh Overstreet
I County Farm Agent)
A check-up of the early potato
crop in Carteret County shows that
our farmers are planting 4035 bags of
Seed, this year against 4000 in 1 129.
Butjthis increase is small when we
takej into consideration the fact that
the' jeul last year were put up in el
everf peck bags while this year prac
tically all seed came in ten peck bags.
This shows an increase in acreage of
ten per cent over last year's plant
ing. .At a mass meeting of the farmers,
together with representatives from
the State and federal Departments of
Agriculture, held at Beaufort late
last fall, we were advised that our
county could increase her acreage up
to fifteen per cent over last year's
acreage without contributing too
much to a surplus in 1930. Weather
conditions have bten ideal for pre
paring the land, and for planting.
The cabbage crop is looking good
for February. Most growers have
added side dressings of fertilizer to
this crop during the last ten days.
We made another shipment of hogs
last week from the Crab Point sec
tion. There were 128 hogs in this
shipment that sold for 11 l-2c top
in Richmond, and checked back to
the farmers $2645.85. The follow
ing farmers had hogs in this cooper
ative shipment: George Oglesby, Ru
fus Oglesby, Cecil Oglesby, D. S. Og
lesby, Jr., J. R. Laughton, Will
Laughton, Shep Willis, and C. N.
Hobbs. If the rest of Carteret Coun
ts shipped hogs in proportion to
Grab Point, we would rank first a
;moftg the counties of the state in the
shipment of hogs.
Presbyterian Minister
(Preaches Here Sunday
' Friends of Reverend Wm. P. Mc
Corkle will be glad to know that,
through the courtesv of RpverpnH R
F.-MunhSf he Will preach-at Ann St.
irrE.' Crrurch next Suiiday-at 1 1 - Al
M. ;Fifty one years ago Mr. Mc
Corkle was pastor of Ann St. Church.
The year was one of revival and prog
ress. At the end of the year he was
appointed to Craven Circuit, and
thereafter served LaGrange for two
years, then Stanly and Elkin cir
cuits one year each. At the Con
ference of 1884 Mr. McCorkle was
transferred to the West Texas Con
ference and appointed to Trinity
Church, El Paso, Texas, where he
served three full four-year terms
two of the Bishops in re-appointnig
him taking occasion to say. "He is
the man for the place."
The son of one Presbyterian min
ister and also grandson of another,
and having been originally a mem
ber of the Presbyterian Church, Mr.
McCorkle decided in the fall of isss
to leave the itineracy, and , if he
could do so conscientiously, to return
to the church of his fathers, with tha
hope of finding himself less liable to
irequent removal. In January, 1889.
he was received into the Pvoho..
of Mecklenburg, was called in a few
weeks to Lexington and High Point
churches, and continued in thp nr-tivc
ministry until his retirement in the
spring ot 19.'24. In tie Presbyterian
church as in the Methodist. Mr. M.
Corkle has been an efficient and ac
ceptable pastor. His congregation?
have grown church debts were naid.
new churches have been built, or old
buildings renovated, and tvery church
at the end of his term was Wt in
much better condition numericallv
and financially than he found it. iii
his old age he is beloved as a father
in all the churches he has servpd
The beautiful Presbyterian Church at
Graham, N. C, was built under Mr.
McCorkle's pastorate. The editor nf
the News whose grand parents, moth
er and sisters were members of that
congregation, can testify to the Ac
ceptability and fruitfulness of Mr. Mc
vorKie. s ministry in that community.
Besides having achieved eood re
pute as a pastor ad preacher, Mr. Me
moriae is well-know as a writer
both of prose and verse. Few of bis
poems have been published; but read
ers oi the News were pleased with
his poetical tribute to his wife. nnK.
lisher in our columns recently. His
book on "Christian Science a False
Christ" was warmlv Teceived bv both
the church and secular press. Dr.
Kinsgburry of the Wilmington Star
pronouced it "able scholary, vigor
ous;" and the Charlotte Observer de
clared it the "ablest and completsst
discussion of. Christian Science yet
published."
At 75 Mr. McCoikle is still preach-
Four Men Haled Into
Police Court Friday
Business picked up a little bit in
Police Court this week, but it did
not take Mayor Chadwick, in that
terse "guilty-or-not-guilty" way of
his, to dispose of the four unfortu
nate brethren who were haled into
cour;.
The first case was that of Miland
Gabriel, who was charged with curs
ing and disorderly conduct on Febru
ary 8, submitted. Mayor Chadwick
gave him the option of paying two
fifty and costs or ten days on the
streets.
A. C. Darling, charged with disor
derly conduct, also submitted after
some herning and hawing. In con
sequence of his laxity of propriety
he must take his daily dozen by push
ing a broom on the streets for fif
teen days.
Mark Washington, young notorious
darkey, was charged with an assault
upon one Steve Wilson, also colored,
with a deadly weapon, namely a piece
of sewer pipe. Mark decided it
would be better to admit his guilt,
and so Mayor Chadwick bound him
over to Recorder's Court under a
hundred-dollar bond.
Steve Wilson was also charged
with an assault upon Mark Washing
ton in the same affray, which occur
red on February 15. Attorney W.
O. Williams managed the defense of
Wilson. A number of witnesses were
examined. No one seemed to have
seen the assault take place however,
so the case was dismissed.
CEDAR ISLAND MAN HAS
WRECK TUESDAY AFTERNOON
Tuesday afternoon a Ford sedan
driven by Mr. John M. Daniels, of
Cedar Island, got beyond the control
of the driver over on the causeway
while enroute to Morehead City and
crashed into and demolished one of
the electric light poles on the north
side of the road. Both Mr. Daniels
and a lady who was riding with him
were shaken up and received minor
lacerations about the face. Both
front wheels, the lights, housing of
flywheel, fender, running board and
the wind shield were bent and brok
en beyond repair.
FEDERATION MEETING
The Carteret County 'Federation
of Methodist Women will meet at
Tabernacle church, Straits, Sunday
afternoon, March 2, at three o'clock.
All members of Methodist churches
in Carteret county are invited.
DAVIS STUDENT ON HONOR
SQUAD AT STATE COLLEGE
Mr. L. D. Murphy, of Davis, is one
of the nine who make up the honor
military squad at State college. They
gave a ten-minute drill Monday
which was perfectly executed, and
received from their regimental com
mander the silver loving cup won
recently in competition with squads
from the Service Company of the
120th Infantry, N. C. N. G., and the
Raleigh Police Department.
TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tides
at Beaufort is given in thi3 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 esturrios.
High Tide Low
Friday, Feb. 18
0:03 A. M. 1:' A.
8:23 P. M. 2:07 P.
Saturday, March 1
8:35 A. M. 2:14 .
8:54 P. M. 2:38 P.
Sunday, March 2
9:06 A. M. 2:51 A.
9:26 P. M. 3:10 P.
Monday, March 3
9:38 A. M. 3:26 A.
9:59 P. M. 3:43 P.
Tuesday, March 4
10:11 A. M. 4:12 A.
10:38 P. M. 4:18 P.
Wednesday, March 5
10:50 A. M. 4:56 A.
10:59 P. M. 4:59 P.
Thursday, March 6
11:23 A. M. 5:47 A.
11:36 P. M. 5:46 P.
ing as opportunity offers and with
more energy and effectiveness than
most of the younger men. He is a
profound thinker, an able and inter
esting preacher of the Christian religion.
SUND " 10SING
VIOLATED
O 9 J
Hark Island Merchants
Brc ,into Court; Cases
ftjoll Prossed
Al iolations of Harker's Is
land ej a y closing law brought sev
eral ifK.iants from that communi
ty into County Recorder's Court
Tuesday. It seems that some five or
six years ago a special law was passed
for Harker's Island which prevented
the sale of any commodities on Sun
days except medicines or something
else for the sick. From the testi
mony given in court it appears that
the law is not very strictly observ
ed. The merchants charged with break
ing the closing law were Cleveland
Davis, Charles Hancock and Carl
Lewis. They were defended by At
torney Luther Hamilton. A consid
erable number of witnesses were on
hand but only two, Wililam Hancock
and Charles Nelson, were examined.
Their testimony was that they had
seen people going in and out of the
stores and had seen some carrying
packages. It was brought out in the
course of the trial that many of the
fishermen are away all the week and
that it is necessary for them to buy
some supplies on Sunday. There is
also considerable demand for soft
drinks and tobacco. The defendants'
attorney Mr. Hamilton said that per
haps his clients were guilty techni
cally but that it would be an incon
venience to close the stores up en
tirely and he had a petition which
had been signed by more than 100
citizens of the island asking that the
stores be allowed to keep open part
of the day on Sundays.
There was considerable discussion
of the matter between Judge Hill,
Solicitor Duncan and Mr. Hamilton
and finally it was agreed to noli pross
the case with leave to take them up
again. It was also agreed that
places of business on the island must
close on Sundays between the hours
of 10 A. M. and 1 P. M. and then
close again at 6 P. M. arrangement
will be given a trial to see how it will
work out.
Maik Washington and Steve Wil
son of Beaufort both Colored, werft, : :
tried on the charge of assaulting .each ' 4':
other with deadly xveapbtis.-- AttorJ.;
ney W. O. Williams appeared for '
Wilson and Mark had no lawyer.
Wilson swore that Mark knocked him
down with a piece of sewer pipe and
Mark said that Wilson drew a gun on
him. In the City Police Court,
where the men were tried last Fri
day, Wilson was acquitted and Mark
was bound over. Judge Hill gave
Washington six months on the roads
and ordered the case against Stive
Wilson noli prossed.
Joe Fisher, a Beaufort colored
man, was tried on the charge of as
saulting his wife Florence Fisher.
There was no evidence except that
given by the two parties and they
were rather contradictory in their
statements. She claimed that he
threw a clam shell at her and cursed
her, also that he broke up some lamp
shades. Joe denied trying to hit his
wife and said that she was always
quarreling about something but that
they lived together as man and wife.
The case was dismissed.
Claude Salter of Atlantic answered
to the charge of driving a car on
the streets of Morehead City while
drunk. Police officers' Seth Hughes
and Iredell Salter testified that when
they arrested Salter he was drunk
and James Robinson and Grady Bell
s.rid they saw him driving in a woj
biy fas-hion and thought he was
d:iu:k. The defendant did not po
'" stand and his counsi-1 Alvnh
ITimnton got him off with a lather
sentence. lie was sentenced to
-t " ? fcin months in jail with tht
p!:v-cr for judgment continued ar.-l
i wuired not to drive a car for 12
months. He also had to pay th
cot-cs.
Sitting as a committee magistrate
Judge Hill bound Charlie Powers of
Morehead City over to Superior
Court on an embezzlement charge
j The State's evidence was that Dr. J.
W. Tankersley, a Greensboro sur
geon, had employed Powers at a sal
ary of $100 a month to look after
his boat. That he gave the defend
ant a check for $175 in part pay
ment of salary and to pay for some
work done on the boat. It was alleg
ed that Powers kept the money and
did not pay the debts and that the
boat had been libelled for the debts.
Attorney Alvah Hamilton appeared
for Dr. Tankersley. Powers had no
lawyer and waived examination.
Warfare Haa Its Drawbacks
Automobiles may be almost as dead
ly as war, but they don't make you
salute all day and scratch all night.
Publishers Syndicate.