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LJJ n3 Ann nJ v V7 x7X I V II ran n nr 6 The be5t6dvei tising medium published in Carteret Co. ( READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO Tk WATCH Your label and pay your subscription VOLUME XIX 12 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1930 V SINGLE COPY NUMBER 12 ii InlE - r- " True Bills Returned In County Road Cases Several Former Officials And Others Indicted On The Charges of Embezzlement And Fraud; Grand Jury Was In Session Nearly All Week; Most Civil Cases Continued. Last week's issue of the News gave the proceedings of Superior Court that had occurred up to about noon Thursday. Several cases on the criminal docket were tried after that and a few matters on the civil docket were heard by Judge Nunn but no civil cases were tried. "Perhaps the business of most in terest done by the court last week j was the action of the grand jury in indicting several persons on charges of fraud and embezzlement in con nection with the county road build ing program of a few years ago. It was said last week that no member of the grand jury had ever served on that body before. If they broke the record in that respect they probably broke it in another that of dura tion. The body was in session from Monday morning until Saturday at noon. Friday afternoon the jury took a rest. In its report the grand jury stated that nine true bills had been found and one not a true bill. Also that it had made presentments of all cases of lawlessness brought to their attention. The report said that examinations had been made of the Clerk's, Register of Deeds, Sheriff's and Auditor's office and found same well kept. The court- hnuap U'ab fnnnA in trnnA rnnHiHnn and the jail and County Home "in The above is the likeness of Miss as good condition as could be expect- jGIennie Paul, daughter of Mr and ed under the circumstances." The j Mrs- w- L; PauI- She is one of the jury recommended that a lot lot 30 ;most popular of Beauf ort s younger by 50 feet be given to the County Plk Rnd he popularity seemingly Home for a chapel. It also said that has increased at Meredith College, there were not sufficient records and;M'ss Paul president of -the Senior files in the Clerk's office and-reeora-;iclaf f resident of Glee Club, accom. mended that these be installed and ! tw o,-fioi ii,oi u fcn - Clerk at the county's expense. Theithis winter' report said that some magistrates and mayors were not making proper returns and asked the Auditor to no tify them to do it. The remainder of the court record not printed last J week is given below: John Wolfe Jr., breaking and jury trial and convicted. He was given a minimum sentence in the State's prison of two years and max imum of three years. John Wolfe Jr., Beatrice Lewis, Mary M. Piner, charge prostitution, noil prossed. Beatrice Lewis, Annie Lewis, Mil dred Lewis, Mary Piner, charged with larceny, case noli prossed. The defendants are at Samarcand. Brooks Wilils, breaking and enter ing and larceny. Jury trial and de fendant convicted. He was given six months on the roads. Roy Smith Charged with man slaughter was convicted by the jury. A motion to set aside the verdict was made and allowed. The defendant then plead guilty to reckless driv ing and was let oT With the costs . mAma that be nav Ira Willis, father pf the boy killed, their way to Beaufort. About fifty $500 for funeral and o.-her expenses. 'feet of the railing was torn off be- Emma Barber, colored, violating fore the car tumbled off then ridge prohibition law, convicted find given! upside down into the watet below, jail sentence of four months. I Hassell managed to open the door Mrs. Jennie Lewis, surety for Fred and help the others out. They were Lloyd in the sum of $200, agreed brought unhurt but wet to town by .. . i'Ai, r ,, i Mp wiiiio 7in Uvea npar the bndee some time ago 10 pay ?jo velt Willis for damage done his car hut has not done so. Court ordered her to pay the. amount and costs in SO davB. J. E. Lewis, giving worthless check and false pretense, bound over irom Recorder's Court. Ordered by the court that he pay $118.50 to R. T. "Willis and the costs within 30 days. Thornton Darling, fromer road sentence stricken out and judgment suspended on payments of costs and must be of good behavior. ; E, B. Whitehurst, manslaughter, true bill found. W. L. Standi, embezzlement, true bill found. Luther Hamilton, , emberalernent, true bill found, George J Brooks and C. K. Howe, cheating ar-I defrauding, true bill found. George Y7. Huntley, W. L. Stan di, George J. Brooks, C. K. Howe, F. M. Simmons, cheating and defraud ine. True bill found. Jennette Daniels sued her husband Martin Daniels for divorce alleging five years abandonment. The divorce was granted. Lula Simmons versus Will Sim- mons was granted a divorce on the frround of five years abandonment. J. M. Willis was given a judgment against Morehead Bluffs Inc., for $8,382.50 Court adjourned Satur day afternoon. MISS GLENNIE PAUL Panlsl ln Bnu and made her radio debut over WPTF REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Madeline Taylor to Ttys. Duffy Wade, 1 lot Morehead City, for j $1200. H W Wilsor , Co m to Sudie Fen J. E. Tavlor and wife to W. k. Taylor, 12 acres Harlowe Township, for $200. J. E. Taylor and wife to M. C. Taylor, 60 acres Harlowe Township, for $300. Beaufort Realty Corp. to R, S. Clinton, 3 lots West Beaufort, for $1200. . Commercial National Bank of High Point, Trustee, to C. S. Maxwell, 1 lot Beauofrt, for $9000. AUTOMOBILE RAN OFF BRIDGE LAST NIGHT NEAR WILLISTON A new Ford sedan, in which Messrs Luke Taylor and Charles Hassell, and Jack Neal, was side-swiped by an other unrecognized car aa it was crossing Wiliston Creek Bridge last nieht while the young men were on m INVESTMENT IN SCHOOL PROPERTY HAS MADE A LARGE INCREASE (State Superintendent Public Instruction Raleigh, March 18 The average investment in public school proper ty used by white children is now 1 fi5. 74. whreas in 1904-05 it was only $8.34, it is learned from the current issue ol fetate acnooi mcts, official publication of the State De partment of Public Instruction. The present investment in school proper ty per white child is $117.56 in rural schools and $292.62 in city schools. There is a total investment of 9fi.954.249 in all white schools, a- bout 90 per cent of which amount ,nt.B the value of sites and buildings and 10 per cent the value of equipment. A total ol d,o it Uchoolhouses containing 0,30,2 clas- ; rooms are in use The average, val- ue ol eacn scnuuiuuu the averatre investment per class room is $4,776, and the average per- pupil investment is $162.74. Currituck County, School Facts continues, has the largest per pupil RECORDER'S COURT DOES WORK AGAIN One Defendant Gets Road Sentence On Liquor Chaige; Some Others Tried The County Recorder's Court re sumed operations Tuesday after a week's suspension on account of Su perior Court being in session. Sev eral matters were disposed of but there was only one actual trial. This was the i ise of Lovett Davis, color ed, charged with having liquor in his possession for the purpose of sale. Lovett's attorney Jas. W. Mason admitted that his client had the liq uor, and Lovett did also when he went on the stand, but said he had a right to keep liquor in his house for his own use. The case was sent up by Mayor Bonner of Morehead City where Lovett has been residing for several months. He formerly lived in Beaufort. Police officers Willis,, Hughes and Salter testified that they raided Lovett's home with a search warrant a few night ago and found about a gallon and half of whiskey there in several containers. A half gallon of it was hidden behind a cur tain. A half gallon was sitting on a table and Lovett and another man were in the room when the officers ar rived. Lovett broke one container and got into a scuffle with . Chief Willis. The other officers came in and Lovett was subdued and put in the lockup. Judge Hill said it looked to him like the defendant was guilty and he gave him twelve months on the roads. This was subsequently cut down to nine months. Lovett acknowledged that he had served one term for transporting, another for selling and the third is for possession which a bout completes the cycle of liquor violations. The case of Charlie Taylor of Sea Level who was under indictment on the charge of disturbing a school en-, tertainment during the holidays, was setttled without a trial... His attor ney Mr. Luther, Hamilton- entered,, a; plea f htfld contendere" which -w"as accepted. J udgmeht "was susp ended on payment of costs. John Allen Simmons charged with hitting his wife admitted that he hit her with his hand. He was convict ed of simple assault and given the option of serving three months, on the roads or paying $3 a week in groceries and $3 in cash a week for the support of their two children. The Judge's sentence, or something, so affected the defendant that he burst into tears. John Allen is delivery boy and porter for I. N. Moore, well known grocer. Fayette Jones and Cicero his son, of Harker's Island, were before the Judge and asked for an explanation of why they had not paid a $10 fine each and costs on conviction made a gainst them last June. It seems that they had paid $5 each and claim ed that they had not been able to pay any more. The balance was paid by a friend and they were allowed to depart in peace. SHERIFF J. H. DAVIS TAKES INMATES TO N. C HOSPITAL Sheriff James H. Davis motored to Raleigh Monday afternoon, taking with him Mr. David Wells, of Otway, and Ulysses Simpson, of Morehead City, to the State Hospital. The former is an inmate of the feeble minded department and the latter, the epileptic department. Mr. T. K. Gibson, of New Bern, was a business visitor here Monday. value of rural school property, $289.50. McDowell ranks second a- monz the counties in this Tespect with a ner pupil value of $259.20. McDowell is followed in order Dy Buncombe, Camden and Transylvan ia with her per capita values based on enrolment of $256.11, $229.76 and $218.03. resDectively. ThA ner mmil investment in school property has mcerased from year io year in nearly all the counties. In 1923- 24 only 13 counties had a rural per pupil value of white school prop erty equal to $100 or more. In 1924- 25 there were 33 counties, in 1925- 26 39 counties, in 1926-27 54 counties, in 1927-28 56 counties, and now there are 60 counties, each ha ing a per capita value of $100 or more per pupil enrolled. The city systems have per pupil in vestments in school property rang ing from $102.88 in New Bern to sbsb.av in Asheville. These per cat:ta investments indicate to a cer- tain extent the school plants in tnese systems. Many Candidates Are j Getting In The Race present indications are that the June primary insofar as Carteret .county is concerned will be warmly contested. Besides the big Bailey Simmons fight, which will be at hot one, there is going to be strong riv alry between the candidates for the various county offices. The offices of sheriff and register of deeds seem to be most desired judging by the number of candidates for those places. The News is now carrying the announcement of nine candidate?. Only one candidate for commissioner has apeared so far and -none for clerk of the superior court, the others are for sheriff and regis ter of deeds. ,.The Republican county convention has been called to meet in Beaufort Saturday, March 22 at two o'clock. This convention will select delegates to the State, judicial, Congressional and senatorial conventions It is not likely that any nominees for county offices will be suggested or endorsed. The State convention will take place in Charlotte on the 17th of April. BARACCA CLASS HAD BANQUET FRIDAY NIGHT A very enjoyable evening was ex perienced last Friday night by twenty-one members of the Baracca class of the Methodist Sunday School, when they took part in a banquet at ejght o'clock in the Sunday School an nex. Some two months ago the class was divided into two groups the "blues" and the "reds" for the pur pose of putting on a membership drive. The loser of the contest was to give the winers a banquet. It was for this reason that the "blues" were the guests of the "reds." This con test seemed to isculcate some spirit of competition into the class. Din ner was served by members of the Ruth Bible Class. Mr. W. H. Bailey,' president of the class, stated that on ly about half of the expected mem bers were in attendance at the ban quets,-, pf the .entertainment, three stunts by Supk Jt H. Workman was considered to be about the best; and by these and other members on the I program made the evening a pleasant affair. BLACK-BLAKE On Friday Jarch, seventh Mtes Nannie Letha Blake and Mr. M. V. Blake were united in marriage by the Rev. J. R. Jinnett. Mrs. Black is a opular member of Beaufort's younger set and Mr. Black is a young Chicagoan. Mr. Black is a radio op erator stationed at Cape Lookout. Mr. and Mrs. Black have an apart ment at the home of Mr.a nd Mrs. Roy Eubanks on Gordon Street. DR. CREE GETS CALL TO SALISBURY CHURCH Dr. Arch C. Cree, of Atlanta, for the past fifteen years secretary of the Southern Baptist Association, last Sunday was extended a call to become the pastor of the First Baptist church of Salisbury which has been without a pastor since Rev. Arthur Moore left for Texas December 1. Dr. Cree preached there Sunday before last and made a favorable impression. He is the brother of Mr. James Cree, of this city. TIDE TABLE Information sr to the tide at Bpaufort is given in thia col umn. The figures are approx imately correct and based on tables furnished by the U. S. Geodetic Survey. Some allow ances must be made for varia tions in the wind and also with respect to the locality, that is whether near the inlet or at the heads of the estuaries. High Tide -ow ,,ae Friday, March 21 1:00 A. P. A. P. to 7:12 A. M. M," 7:07 P. M. Saturday, March 22 M 8:15 A. M. JI. 8:10 P. M. j 1:22 2:01 2:28 Sunday, March 23 A. M. 9:19 A. M. P. M. 9:11 P. M. Monday, March 24 A. M. 10:17 A. M. P. M. 1016 P- M. Tucday, March 25 A. M. 10:49 A. M. 3:05 3:33 4:03 4:31 4:55 5:21 P, V 11:05 V. M. Wednesday. March 16 5:40 6:01 A. M. 12:07 A. M. P. M 11:47 P. M. Thur.day, March 27 6:21 A. M. 12:53 A. M. 6:42 P. M. 12:23 P. M. JAvl&ON DINNER ! A BAILEY AFFAE Big Ovation Given To Oppon ent of Senator Simmons; Candidates For Governor Speak The attendance at the Jackson Day Dinner in Raleigh last Saturday was estimated at about 2000. There were many speeches and much en thusiasm manifested. The Ralegih News and Observer re ported the program in part as fol lows : All of the speakers including Jou ette Shouse, chairman of the Demo cratic National Executive Committee, were applauded vigorously, but the real ovation of the evening was re served for Josiah William Bailey, op ponent of United States Senator F. M. Simmons for the Democratic nom ination, whose speech concluded the program. , When former Congressman Homer L. Lyon began the reading of the mes sage of Senator Simmons there were so many jeers and boos that it was necessary for those on the platform and in the audience to atop the dem onstration. There were some cheers at the end but the audience showed its real feeling by a wild and unre strained ovation for Mr. aBiley when he commenced to speak. Josephus Daniels, former secretary of the Navy, who discussed Andrew Jackson and Woodrow Wilson, de clared that the Democratic party had been 'side tracking to rabbit paths" and decried the injection of opposi tion to prohibition in the last cam paign. The introduction of Mr. Bailey by J. M. Glenn as "a 100 per cent Dem ocrat" was the signal for the extend ed ovation given the speaker. Hearty ovations went to the four gubernatorial candidates, for 1932 were introduced by district chairman of the young Democrats' organiza tion. When Attorney General Den nis G. Brummitt rose to speak, the other candidates rose among cheers from- the audience. To the Elizabeth City attorney,- ,T. C. B. Ehringhaus, "I" "1" and Lieutenant Governor Richard T. Fountain were well received. But the bulk of the audience was distinctly pro-Bailey and found an early opportunity to give expression to its feeling when Tyre C. Taylor, chairman of the orgnaization began the program with an announcement of the speakers and the amount of time allotted to each. Mention of Mr. Bailey's name in the list of speakers temporarily halt ed the proceedings as the cheering audience disregarded admonitions from organization leaders, most of those present rising to their feet. The ovation was repeated on a larger scale. Neither Mr. Bailey nor Senator Simmons said anything remotely touching their respective candidates, but they came jujst as close to the subject as did any of the other speak ers. , There were references to the 1928 campaign by way of compliments to the young people on their work in ' ford Gaskill has gone to that city af that campaign, but no speaker men- ter him. tioned the name of Alfred E. Smith, the Democratic candidate. All of the speakers were mindful of the importance of youth, the need MOREHEAD CITY SCHOOL BUILDING BEARS NAME OF CHAS. S. WALLACE By JAMES G. WHITEHURST insurance companies to ray the in Morehead City, March -14 Up-1 surance on the old building after they wards of a thousand people gathered had r?fu?ed to do so. Still there together here tonight in the nw was not enough money for the new school auditorium to witne?e th; (structure, so he went to Raleigh nnd performance of a melod-amn. xiw House of a Thousand inr.iw; u li the main event ot tne events v.a not advertised before hand that was the dedication of the new school building to the man who unriouMcU- i a:a tn Virinff nhout its ertc - ..; t,T, mv nther. the Hon. Charles S. Wallace, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, an eminent citizen ol More head City and Carteret County. In a speech that prelacea tne piay, Dr. Ben Royal, prominent surgeon and member of the Board of Trus tees, related the story of thes trug gle for the erection of the new struc ture after the old one naa Deen De stroyed by fire in December two years ago. He told how Mr. Wallace had worked indefatigably m every wav possible, how he had on three occasions proe red financial aid when nil others wre unable to perform fhe Mosaic feat of striking the rocK of the puMfc treasury and he got therefrom thousands of dollars for the sch ol fund. 1 TlWrst time, Mr. Wallace, thru! unk-.own ways, was able to get the DURING FEBRUARY MANY BABIES DIE Infant Mortality High And Tu berculosis Takes A Heavy Toll ( N. C. Bureau of Vital Statistics) Raleigh, Feb. 17 Birth rate 25.3 per 1,000 population. The death record in North Caro lina for the month of February shows that there were 601 deaths of per sons less than two years of age. In fant mortality was 541 and there were 34 cases of meternal mortality. Tuberculosis and pneumonia took a high toll of life as they usually do in the winter months. Automobile fa talities accounted for 42 deaths. The figures are given below for Feb ruary. Death rate 12.2 per 1,000 popula tion. Death rate 2. 4 (under 2 years) per 1,000 population. Number of deaths from: Malaria 1 Smallpox 1 Whooping Cough 24 Diphtheria & Croup . 13 Influenza 129 Acute poliomyelitis 1 Lethorgic encephalitis 2 Chickenpox ' 1 Rabies ! 1 Pulmonary tuberculosis 190 Tuberculosis (all oet ofsrhrmsETA Tuberculosis (all other forms) 17 Pellagra 53 Broncho pneumonia 116 Pneumonia (other forms) 146 Diarrhea & Enteritis (under 2 yrs.) - 8 Septic sore throat 3 Syphilis 13 Infant mortality . 541 Maternal mortality - 34 Deaths under 2 years of age 601 Automobile fatalities - 42 Auto & train collisions 1 Railroad accidents 8 Burns & Conflagration accidents 23 Gunshot wounds accidental 16 Gusnliot wounds (doubtful) 1 Drowning accidental 8 Homicides (total) 16 Suicides (total) 20 MARRIAGE LICENSE. The business of issuing marriage licenses has fallen off considerably this week, Only one 'permit to wed was granted by Register of Deeds Robert Wallace. This was to La fayette Gillikin, Otway, and Lula Sawyer, Fairfield. JOHN BUNYAN CONGLETON RUN DOWN BY AUTOMOBILE John Bunyan Congleton, well known for his innumerable escapades with the law here and in other places has come into the limelight again. He was picked up on Highway No. 10 in the Thurman community Tuesday night with a broken leg and was carried to St. Luke's Hospital, but no details regarding the affair were available except that Congle ton said he had been run down by an automobile. He was discovered on the highway by Game Wardens Birsch and Warrington and carried to New Bern. Deputy Sheriff Stan- of organization and all paid tribute ! to Andrew Wilson. Jackson and Woodrow conferred with State officials and fi nally beseached His Excellency, the Governor of North Carolina, to give aid by calling a Council of State, from which he was given the assur ance of fifty thousand dollars. Later iit. was discovered t'.iat they needed Imore money: he again went to bAi eigh and received fifteen thousand dollars more from a source inai me Governor had assured him was de pleted. It was for these ana otner tmngs Mr. Wallace has done for the More head City school sines he became a member of its Board of Trustees a score of years ago and for what he has done for Morehead City and Eastern Carolina these are the reas ons that they were naming the school after him, said Doctor Royal. He con tinued and said that it was to the Class f o 1930 that was given the priv- . .. i . i t xUl.,4- uege oi purcnasmg me Drunse wm upon which is graven those simple words of dedication. Doctor Royal introduced Jesse Willis, President of the Class of '30, who presented the (Continued on page eight)