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i AO FORT QliW O 0 a, The best advertising medium published in Carteret Co. f READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY 1 ICH Your label and pay your subscription w VOLUME XIX 8 PAGES THIS WEEK -THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDTY, MARCH 13, 1930 PRICE 5c SIN. l COPY NUMBER 11 THE 1 U JLL 1 J VERDICT GUILTY IN AUTO TRAGEDY Captain Roy Smith Convicted of Manslaughter; No Civil Cases To Be Tritd Superior Court for the trial of criminal and civil actions convened here Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Judge R. A. Nunn of New Bern is presiding over the court and Solici tor D. M. Clark is looking after the prosecution of the criminal docket. The indications now are that little if any civil business will be attended to at this term. Several cases on the criminal docket of considerable im portance have taken up a good deal of time and besides there were a good many of less importance but which consumed some time also. Judge Nunn's charge to the grand jury was short and was confined to the history and functions of the grand jury. A singular thing about the grand jury is that not a man on it had ever served on a grand jury. Wilbur Stewart was made foreman of the jury and James Glover was ap pointed deputy in charge of the body. A few matters were disposed of Monday and the rest of the day was taken up in hearing arguments of counsel in the cases of Carteret county against the Simmons Con struction Corporation and others. Probably the case of most interest tried so far is that of Captain Roy Smith of Raeligh whose car ran into one last summer driven by William Willis, a Morehead City youth, and resulted in the death of the latter. Solicitor Clark and Attorney Luther Hamilton appeared for the prosecu tion and attorneys J. F. Duncan and C. R. Wheatly put up a hard fight for the defendant. The jury got the case late in the afternoon but, did not reach a decision until this morn ing at about 10:30. Their verdict was guilty with a recommendation for mercy. Other cases disposed of are a3 fol lows: ... - ... J. J. Day, assault with dsaly weap on. His attorneys Messrs. Larry Moore and George Willis moved to the trial sent to some other county. This motion was denied and the case was continued until the June term of court. ' A J. Dixon, Monroe Adams, Ru dolph Salter, J. B. Willis, Franklin Willis violating the prohibition law. Plead giulty and judgment suspend ed on payment of costs. John R. Conyers and G. W. Hunt ley Jr., charged with manslaughter, automobile accident, noil prossed on payment of costs. John Smith, abandonment; noli prossed with leave. William Taylor, larceny, alias ca pias and continued. Sadie Guthrie, bigamy, noli pross ed with leave. William Potter, larceny, alias ca pias and continued. Bennie Martin, violating prohibi tion law. Capias and continued. J. H. French, trespass. Having complied with the cour't former judg ment defendant was discharged. Geo. A. Alfredman, embezzlement, alias capias and continued. J. W. Bowden, abandonment, alias capias and continued. Thos. Mills, vio'ating game law. "Jury trial, verdict guilty. Fined $10 and costs. Ivey Haskett, embezement. Jury's verdict not guilty. Jas. Ed. Carter, larceny, not a true bill. E. D. Sharp, assault with deadly weapon. Jury's cerdict not guilty. Thornton Darling larceny, plead guilty. Sentenced to roads for four months. This morning the case of Charles Powers of Morehead City charged wtih embezzlement of $72 from Dr. J. W. Tankersley of Greensboro was tried. Powers formerly was in the employ of Dr. Tankersley and looked after a boat for him. He was pros ecuted by Solicitor Clark and Attor ney Alvah Hamilton. His attorney was Mr. Luther Hamilton. The jury's verdict was not guilty. The John Wolfe Jr., case in which larceny is charged was taken up this afternoon. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS L. C. D'okinson and wife to Mrs. Kate Good'-ig, 33 1-3 acres, Beaufort Township, for $10. ' W. C. Gorham and wife to Bank of Morehead City 3 1-2 acres H. I. Township, for $10. Cleveland Davis to Mattie Davis, tract H. I. Township, for $50. Mrs. James Clawsoh, who has been visiting her husband's parents Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Clawson for several weeks, will leave for her home in, Charlotte Monday. COUNTY SUITS IN SUPERIOR COURT Finally Get Hearing Before Judge Nunn; Defendants Appeal From Judge's Order Several attempts to get a hearing on the county suits against the Sim mons Construction Corporation and others before Superior Court judges have been made but Monday was the first time that it has been done. Judge Nunn gave practically a half day to the matter, listening to com plaints and answers and argument of counsel. On Wednesday he sign ed an order to which the defendants excepted and took an appeal to Su preme Court. The dispute Monday was mainly a bout a bill of particulars which the defendants demanded. On the other hand the plaintiffs desired to end the examinations which were started sev eral months ago before Superior Court Clerk L. W. Hassell. The ar gument at times got pretty hot and on two occasions clashes between at torneys MLendon and Moore brought applause from the audience. The court room was, well filled with a crowd of spectators who seemed greatly interested in the proceedinss. Judge Nunn listened patiently to the arguments and said he desired to be perfectly fair with both sides. He stated that he thought each side ought to furnish all the information that could be resonably expected, as it was in the interest of all concern ed to have the matter cleared up, Mr. Moore intimated that the defendants would ask to have the case removed from Carteret county when it came to trial. Attorneys for the county say that if the appeal is taken to the Supreme Court that it will not be heard by that tribunal before next September. The. order signed by Judge Nunn reads as follows: North Carolina, Carteret County, .., ... In The Superior Court, March Term, 1930. County of Carteret vs V.'. L. Stancil and Geo. W. Huntley. ORDER This cause coming on to be heard before the undersigned Judge Pre siding at the March Term, 1930, up on the appeal of the plaintiff from the orders heretofore made by the Clerk, requiring the plaintiff to file a bill of particulars, and continuing the examination of the plaintiff by the defendants, and the. same being heard It is hereby ordered that the plain tiff be required to furnish in writ ing to the defendants within twenty (20) days from March 11th, 1930 a statement giving as accurate! as practicable the points on the high ways in controversy where specimens were removed by the Highway Engi neering Bureau, or any one under its supervision, the size of the speci mens so removed and the thickness of each specimen. A sufficient number of copies of said statement is to be filed with the Clerk and he is direct ed to deliver one of each copies to each of the defendants. In all other respects the bill of par ticulars prayed for by the defendants is denied. This matter is hereby re committed to L. W. Hassell, Clerk Superior Court to take the evidence of the Commissioners of Carteret (Continued on nage fiv) GLENNIE PAUL CHOSEN QUEEN OF MAY COURT A large majority of votes cast in a recent election for May Queen at Meredith College in Raleigh went to Miss Glennie Paul, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Paul, of this city. She was chosen for her place as a leader of student activity and be cause of her ability to fill the office for which she was selected. Throughout her four years of col legiate life she has been unusual in her leadership and in her scholastic endeavors. She is now president of the Snior Class, president of the Glee Club, and accompanist for both Glee Club and Choir. Her election to the honor of May Queen is suf ficient evidence of her general pop ularity with the student ' body. She made a successful radio debut re cently. Miss Paul will be remembered as one of the most popular of Beau fort's younger set. Throughout her high school career she was a leader both in the High School and religious endeavors. The willingness to use her musical talent on every occasion she was called upon made her well known to the whole community. For several years she was the pianist at the Baptist Sunday School. She was also active in all kinds of athletics while attending High School. Dahlia Adds Beauty 1 To Flower Garden By IF. H. JETER Raleigh, March 10 The flower garden owner who wishes to special ize in one plant that will add beauty to the home will get considerable sat isfaction in growing dahlias. "This plant was named for a Swed ish botanist named Dahl," says Glenn O. Randall, floriculturist at State Col lege. "The person interested in flowers can get genuine pleasure in collecting, growing and sorting the choicest varieties of this flower and in exchanging with neigbors. Clumps of dahlia roots should be divided in the spring after the buds or eyes be gin to show. Each tuber must have an eye so the dividing ought to be done with a sharp knife. Usually the buds will come from those eyes located near the point of union of the tuber with the parent stem, there fore it is best to so divide that a small portion of the old stem is at tached to the tuber." Where one has a greenhouse, the clumps may be started in soil or sand in March or early April. The cut ting obtained will root readily in the sand and may be placed in small pots until time to transplant in the open garden. Mr. Randall says that light, sandy soils are more desirable. Mr. Randall says that light, sandy soils are more desirable for dahlias than heavy soils, yet the heavy clays may be used if liberal applications of decayed organic matter are worked in. Sand or sifted coal ashes may also be used. Dahlias respon to reas onably heavy applications of a good complete fertilizer, such as a 4-8-4 mixture that is worked well into the soil before the tubers are planted. It is better to plant the tubers a bit late than too early. Get them in the ground so that the plants will come through the soil just after the last killing frost. Only one tuber or potted plant should be used at one place and the distance between the plants should range, from two and a half to four feet, advises-Mr. Randall.' Picture Memory, Conte To Be in Raleigh May 3 Raleigh, Mar.10; The fifth annual State Picture Memory Contest in the public schools will be held this year on Saturday, May the 3rd, in Raleigh, at the Hugh Morson High School, it was announced at the State Department of Public Instruction today. The Picture Memory Contest is an outgrowth of the interest shown in the Art Appreciation Course given in many of the public schools of the State. It is sponsored jointly by the Art Department of the State Federation of Women's Clubs and the State Department of Public Instruc tion. The contest is planned for two groups of children: (1( sixth and seventh grade pupils, (2) high school students. Each city school may send four representatives, each town two, and each county eight these repre sentatives to be selected by the par ticipating untit as desired. For the past four years, it is learn ed, a most delightful State program has been carried on, with the children being entertained by the Raleigh Woman's Cuub. Children from many counties and cities throughout the State have come to Raleigh, and have taken part in the program. This year plans are being made by the committee for a very happy occa sion. The children will have an opportunity to see some outstanding pictures, to visit the- Governor's Mansion, as the guest of Mrs. Gardner and other places of interest. A special program will be given by the pupils of the Wiley School in Raleigh for their entertainment. It is estimated that a larger number of children will come this year htan ever before. Miss Susan Fulghum, of the State Department of Public Instruction, and Mrs. R. L, McMillan, of the Federation of Wo -n en's Clubs, are making plans for the contest this year. TWO BUILDINGS ON TURNER STREET BEING TORN DOWN The two buildings owned by the W. S. Chadwick estate located be tween the Beaufort Shoe Shop and the buildings formerly occupied by the Mathis cafe is being torn down. One of these once housed the Beau fort Cafe and the other one a five and ten cent store. These, buildings have for some time been in disre pair and therefore could not be rent ed. The departure of these old buildings will leave a third of that block on Turner Street vacant structures. of MEETING FAVORS SHIP TERMINAL Motion Adopted Favoring Pro ject; County Board Takes It Under Advisement A joint meeting of the Board of County Commissioners and citizens was held Monday evening in the -court-house to consider the port ter minal matter. Commissioners Bush all, Edwards, Gaskill and Lewis were present and about fifty or sixty cit izens. Three members of the rort Commission, II. S. Gibbs, J. A. Hor naday and W. A. Mace were present. Chairman Bushall called the meeting to order and explained that its pur pose was to give citizens who might be interested in the matter an oppor tunity to express themselves and to let the board know what they want ed done about it. Secretary H. S. Gibbs was the first speaker and he explained the Port Commission's position on it. He said he was as much opposed to bonds as anybody but that he thought a port terminal would help the county great ly and that the commission would not ask for the money unless it thought that the money from the termminal would be sufficient to take care of the interest. He said ships would not agree to come unless there was a terminal here. He said there was a chance to get tnirty feet of water if the boats would come. He also stat ed that the Norfolk Southern railroad would contribute $20,000 to the pro ject. Mr. J. A. Hornaday said the com mission did not want to add anything to the burdens of the people. He was not in favor of doing any thing un less assurance as to the depth of wa ter and the ships could be had and he thought this was possible. Mr. W. A. Mace spoke favorably for the project saying, that lower freight rates would result from hav ing ships come in here and would be worth a great deal to the community in various ways. He said the only way put, for Carteret county was to go ahead. " ' ".I -i"V- - - Mr. J. F. Duncan spoke strongly in favor of the enterprise. He said he had no interest in the matter oth er than that of any citizen but he believed it would be a valuable aid to the development of the county. It was not a scheme to help a few peo ple. He said it would add to the county to go and would advertise it all over the country and give it some valuable publicity. He said the board would have to furnish any money unless it was needed. Mr. A. B. Morris said several steam ship men had said they would run their vessels here if terminal facil ities and deep water could be provid ed. Mr. E. H. Gorham said he was one of the largest taxpayers in the coun ty and was certainly not in favor of higher taxes. He wanted to see something done that would lighten thebu rdens. The resolution which was under consideration was drawn by him and he said it meant that no money would be spent without a guarantee of thirty feet of water and the ships. Judge E. Walter Hill said he pos itively opposed to the county expend ing a dollar on the project unless positive assurances of thirty feet of water on the bar and ships could be given. Mr. W. T. Davis told an anecdote which was an endorsement of the scheme. Mr. T. C. Wade spoke in favor of the resolution and asked all who fav ored action by the Board of Commis sioners to say aye. Thefe was a chorus of nyes and no negative votes Chairman Bushall said the County Board would take the matter under advisement but would certainly nqt issue any notes or bonds without pos itive guarantees as to the channel, ships and so on. The meeting then adjourned. COLD WEATHER PLAYS HAVOC WITH TOBACCO Cerro Gordo, March 8 The cold snap of the first of the week played havoc with tobacco plants. Some farmers in Columbus county report their entire beds were wiped out while others state that not half their plants survived the hard freeze. The hard freeze following close on the heels of a very warm February aariod of weather was more damag ing on this account . Garden plants as well as the to bacco fared badly. Some gardeners report that their cabbages were kill to the ground and with no chance to revive. Growers express fear that not mo't than 75 percent of the con templated tobneco acreage will be set on account of the scarcity of plants. The nercentace may be reduced ov- er this amount with a possibility of dropping to fifty. Drunkeness Brings Six Into Police Court Friday afternoon brought the us ual array of law-breakers into Po lice Court to have their various of fenses checked up on and have the pnishment meted out to them accord ing to the degree of their misconduct. Court did not consume more than five or ten minutes. Herbert Fulcher was up for being drunk. A fine of two and a half and cost was his fate. H. F. Evans, charged with being drunk and disorderly, was let off with the sentence of two and a half plus cost or ten days cleaning the streets. Alison Fulford, colored, was given ten days as street scavenger for be ing drunk. Ike Simmons, colored, drew the accustomed first-offense of two dol lars and a half plus cost or ten days of labor on the streets for being both drunk and disorderly. Lee Dudley forfeited bond of six dollars and ordered to be re-arrested for being drunk and disorderly. Levy Morton, colored, charged with driving a car in excess of the twenty-mile speed limit was let off with a fine of fifteen dollars and cost. Lovie Johnson reaped a fine of five dollars and cost for being drunk and disorderly. The cases of S. A. Thomas and Dan Chadwick, both charged -with drunkeness, were continued until next Friday afternoon. TREE PLANTING IS GETTING RESULTS Planting Of Maritime Pine At Fort Macon Continues; Re sults Seem Good Raleigh. March 10 Returning yes terday from the annual planting at Fort Macon, State Park, across the sound from Beaufort, which are are being carried on as experiments in holding, the drifting sand dunes a long the North Carolina "banks," As ssitant Forester F. H. Calridge ex pressed pleasure over results obtain ed up to this time. Forester CnHdge declared that al though it is yet too early to ascer tain the results of the experiments, he believes that the Department of Conservation and Development will be able to establish some growth on the lands where the plantings have been carried on. However, he is still in doubt whether the trees will at tain commercial size, making possi ble a comprehensive program of re forestation, but he hopes that further work will prove that this is possible. This year the planting of maritime pine, started about three years ago was continued. The maritime pine was used to reclaim areas in France situated along the Mediterranean coast in a territory somewhat similar to that along the "banks" in North Carolina. As a result of this refor estation movement, a naval stores in dustry has been built up in this part of France. A new feature of this year's plant ing at Fort Macon was the setting of cork oak seedlings from a species originating in Spain which has been grown for some time in California Several rows of sea oats were also planted under the direction of the as sistant forester in an effort to start vegetation to help hold a portion of the beach built up during the last few years by action of the wind and tide. EVANGELISTIC SERVICES AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Morehead City, March 12 Bestir ning April 20th., Rev. P.. C. Cents.. Superintendent of Home Mi's'ons in Wilmington Presbytery, assisted by Mr. A. Budd his song leader will conduct a series of evangelistic ser vices in the Presbyterian church. Mr. Clontz is a preacher of power and possesses a personality which has made him a most useful minister of Jesus Christ. Perhaps in eastern North Carolina there is not a more effective Gospel preacher than Rev. R. C. Clontz Not only the Presbyterian Church but the whole city is fortunate to have a man of his type to come and conduct a meeting in this city. A cordial invitation is extended to the public at large to attend these ser vices and help make this meeting a success MARRIAGE LICENSE Business has dropped off somewhat this week with Register of Deeds Robert Wallace. He has only issued one permit to wed. That was to M V. Black, of Harkers Islandand Nan nie L. Blake, of Beaufort. BIG GAME REFUGE WDX BE CREATED IN THIS COUNTY Mr. and Mrs. Lassiter Will Give Large Tract On Core Banks WILL BE STATE PARK (Raleigh News & Observer) North Carolina will acquire per manently its first migratory wild game refuge and a suitable area for the development of a great State park under terms of an offer made by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lassiter, of Charlotte, according to an announce ment made yesterday by Gov. O. Max Gardner. The area which Mr. and Mrs. Las siter have offered to deed to the State after a probationary period of five years of administration, Gover nor Gardner said, is located in Car teret County along that narrow strip of land known as "the banks" lying between the Atlantic Ocean and Pam lico Sound, and contains a number of small islands adjoining. In all, the property extends for a distance of more than eight miles along "the banks," beginning at a point a few miles below Portsmouth. Its area is estimated at approximate ly 20,000 to 30,000 jcres, facing both the sound and the ocean. The donors, the Governor reveals, are in terested in having the State reserve a strip of three miles of sound bot tom lands adjoining the refuge as an addition to the place of sanctuary for wild fowl. Governor Gardner announced that the area will be known as the Hanes Lassiter State Game Refuge. The only condition thatis made to the gift is that the State, through the Department of Conservation and Development, of whicn the Governor is chairman of the board, administer the property for a period of five years, and at the end of that time the donors, if administration is provi ed successful," will" present if to' the -State in the form of a fee simple deed. The property is in one of the most popular Winter migratory wild fowl feeding grounds in America. Specimens of 16 different kinds of migratory waterfowl have been kill ed or captured on the property. In addition to the great numbers of this type of birds which come to that ter ritory, as Winter visitants, it is a rookery for thousands of shore birds in the Summer. Governor Gardner points out the fact that the Hanes-Lassiter State Game Refuge will be one of the first of its kind established in the coun try, and is the first in the State to be set aside for the primary purpose of protecting and perserving migra tory wildfowl. Commenting on the offer made by Mr. and Mrs. Lassiter, Governor Gardner said: "This is one of the most generous propositions that I have known to be extended to the people of the State by any individ uals. The possibilities for future service and benefits are almost lim itless. Its effects will become in creasingly more obvious as the vears pass and as the demand grows strong er for resting places and sanctuaries for our stadily decreasing wild life (Continued on page eight) 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 rnces 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, March 14 7:40 A. M. 1:15 A. M. 8:03 P. M. 1:41 P. M. Saturday, March IS 8:27 8:50 9:13 9:36 9:57 10:23 A M. 2:07 A. M. P.' M. 2:25 P. M. Sunday, March 16 A. M. 2:57 A. M. P. M. 3:08 P. M. Monday, March 17 A. M. 3:46 A. M. P. M. 3:15 P. M. Tuesday, March 18 10:42 A. M. 4:35 A. M. 10:58 P. M. 4:35 P. M. Wednesday, March 19 11:12 A. M. 5:24 A. M. 11:30 P. M. 5:20 P. M. Thursday, March 20 12:00 M. 6:15 A. M. 12:22 P. M. 6:12 P. M.
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