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The Beaufort, Ktews : The best advertising medium published in Carteret Co. f READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE 1hT WATCH Your label and pay your subscription ' , ? VOLUME XIX 10 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1930 UCE 5c SINGLE COPY NUMBER 25 DEMOCRATS SCORE POLITICAL FOES Resolutions Adopted Severely Criticising County Adminis tration; Small Crowd Pres ent A small but apparently enthusias tic crowd of Democrats assembled in the county courthouse Saturday morn ing at 1 1 o'clock for the purpose of holding a convention. One of the purposes of the convention was to elect delegates to the State conven tion in Raleigh and another was to elect a chairman of the county exec utive committee. Luther Hamilton who has held the position of chair man for several years was re-elected without oppositon. Any Democrat in good standing who might go to the State convention would be consider ed a delegate so it was decided. Llewellyn Phillips was made secre tary of the convention. Attorney-General Dennis G. Brum mitt was the principal speaker at the convention. Mr. Brummitt praised the administration of Governor Gard ner and made considerable criticism of that of President Hoover. Chair man Hamilton also made a speech in which he scored severely the present county administration. Resolutions to the same purport were also adopt ed and are given below in full. We, the Resolutions Committee, propose for the endorsement and a doption of this convention the fol lowing resolutions: 1. Resolved: That the Carteret County Democratic Convention, as sembled on this the 28th day of June, 1930, does hereby heartily en dorse and commend the present state administration for its able and effic ient management of the public af fairs of the state. (Continued on page nine) John Simpson Attains Fifty-Year Milestone John . Simpson, ' well-known New Bern Road farmer, -celebratedhis fiftieth birthday Tuesday by bringing a whole load' of watermelons to town and vending them about the streets. He called at the News of fice and, when asked about the con dition of his health, he replied: "Wei), if I feel as good at the end of the next fifty years as I do now, I'll "be feeling line. Yes, sir, 1 ve never felt better in my life." His face was wreathed in smiles and he did seem to be in first-rate physical condition. Mr. Simpson resides a mile or two out in the countryside from this community and plants a truck farm. He sells a good portion of bis prod ucts around the streets of Beaufort, and consequently is 'known to a large portion of the town's citizenry. It is' like a tonic to hear a man of Ids years speak of enjoying such ex oellent health. NEWPORT MAN APPOINTED ASSISTANT GAME WARDEN Andrew J. Slaughter, well-known citizen of Newport, was appointed assistant. County Game Warden June 4, with jurisdiction in the western part of Carteret. This appointment was made through the instigation of County Game Warden Clyde Mason of Atlantic. Mr. Slaughter runs a saw mill out near t-ie Forks of New port River. DEFENDANT GETS INTO COURT FOR SPEEDING Police Court last week only took a bout a moment, for only one lone of fender came before Mayor C. T. Chadwick to have Ms case adjudged. Elisha Marry, young upper North River colored man, was arraigned for having driven a car In excess of the twenty-mile-an-hour speed limit. Upon the admission of his guilt, he was fined two-fifty and costs or ten days of his time will be required by the town to clean up its streets. CROWS BEAUTIFUL ZINNIAS The Newt was presented last wwk with basket of as choice zin nias and byancinth beans tkat tbey have ever seen. These lovely flow. ers were Brown by Mrs. Charles Hatsell, in her flower garden at the rear of r ;r home. The flowers were fully four 'inches in diameter, the most of them, and born en unusually long stems, colors were the rich red and orange usually so prominent in the zinnia, and wh!te, pale pirA, deeper pink and salmon. BIRTH OF SON Born to Mr. and Mrs. Dick Rice, Wednesday, July 2, a son. Swamp Turtle Caught Upon Piver's Island A swamp turtle that Capt. Charlie Hatsell believes to be the same one seen there soma twenty years ago was captured under the edge of the central building oh Piver's Island last week. This fresh water turtle is rather large to be a member of that species, being about fifteen inch es across the back shell. It is a fe male, and presented to Capt. John Willis who now has the trutle a couple of eggs last Thursday. These were of a milky coloration and were about the size of and greatly resem bled large candy balls. Some time in her life course she was in an accident of some kind, for on the right side of her hack shell is a depression almost as large as a man's hand. It looked as if she had been chopped by any ax or something. Swamp turtles will infrequently cross salt water but will not remain long in it; they live for an indefinite length of time. Captain Jack says that if she is twenty years old or maybe more that he will be unable to stick a fork in the soup, but be fore many more days he'll convert the reptile into some sort of dish and see how it'll be. Texas Company Moves Into Fine Quarters On Saturday evening the formal opening of the Texas Oil Company's fine new station at the foot of Orange Street will take place. As a mat ter of fact the station has been open for several days for the transaction of business. On Saturday evening the opening will be enhanced in in terest by a big free dance in the large space in front of the station. The public is invited to come to the dance. The Texas Company's new plant is said to be one of the largest and best equipped outfits in the State. A complete line of oils and gasoline for boats, cars and trucks is carried in stock. , Three largo storage tanks, with a capacity of over 100,000 gal lons inake 1. ppsirible to carry "rtjgfjjj. equate stock at all times. The" sta tion has a frontage on Front street of eighty feet and a depth of sixty feet. There is also a 100 foot dock which will be able to take care of yachts, fishing and freight boats. The company's colors, red, green and white were used in painting the struc tures. It is well lighted and pre sents a handsome appearance at night as well as in tha day. C. T. Chadwick is thejocal manager for the Texas Company, W. J. Dail, warehouseman and G. L. Dudley truck driver. SAMPLES OF OCEAN WATER TAKEN AT CAPE LOOKOUT F. E. Saxon, of Detroit, Michigan, was here last Friday in the interest of the United States Geodetic Sur vey. Capt. Reuben Willis took him over to Cape Lookout where he took samples from the ocean both at high and low tide. From these the Sur vey will determine the density of the water and the amounts and kinds of minerals therein desolved. Other samples will be taken at various oth er points all along the Atlantic coast line. The sun and salt air at the Cape played havoc with Mr. Saxon, who is not accustomed to such in his inland home city. He came back Friday af ternoon with his faced changed to a vivid pink and his forehead was peal ing in places Old Sol certainly did a good job with him. . Car Crashes Infqtv Claipon's&ndow Mrs. Joe Lewis, of LerArtille, now thinks that driving a car. around the countryside and in a town even as large as this community' is entirely different. This change of opinion came about when she came to Beau fort last Monday afternoon with some friends and tried to park in front of Clawson s Grocery Store Something went wrong with the brakes or it might have been some thing else, for it is not known ex actly and the Nash sedan jumped the curb and erased right into one of Clawson's plate-glass windows. The impact broke a corner of the window into smithreens and cracked it all over. No damage was done to the car and no one in the car was injured other than the bad scare. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS S. R. Mason and wife to M. S. Battle, 920 acres Hunting Quarter Township, for $5000. D. J. Willis and wife to Charlotte O. Willis, 1-5 acre Hunttog Quarter 'Township, for $60. ANOTHER STEP IN SCHOOL DISPUTE Local Board Adopts Resolution In Regard To The Matter Action taken by the Board of Trustees of the Beaufort Graded School at a meeting held June 19 seems to bring to a head the contro versy about the rural children attend ing the school here. For some weeks, in fact it might be said for a year or so, this matter has been in contro versy between the local school au thorities and the County Board of Education. It all grows out of the question of who shall pay for the ninth month of the school term. The county has an eight months term, the town has nine. Most of the parents of the rural children who attend the Beaufort school have paid for the ex tra month. A few have not paid. The trustees of the Beaufort school want the County Board to be responsible for this extra month's tu ition. Over 200 children from the country attended the Beaufort school during the past term. About 75 of them dropped out at the end of eight months. The. resolutions adopt ed by the Board of Trustees and the ruling of Judge Barnhill are given below. RESOLUTION WHEREAS, At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Beaufort I Graded Schools, held May 11th, 1927, upon the assurance of the Chairman, and Superintendent of the County Board of Education that a satisfac tory arrangement would be made by them for the ninth month of school, our Board agreed to the admission into our school the children from certain districts adjacent to the Beaufort District, and (Continued on page nine) Sale Of Municipal Utilities Propose ine roara oi vny commissioners met at four o'clock Tuesday after noon in the City Hall in a special session for the purpose of reconsid ering the proposal to sell the Water and Light Plants which are owned by the town. Mayor C. T. Chadwick presided and Commissioners Mason, Taylor and Willis were present. A motion was offered by Commission er Taylor and seconded by Commis sioner Willis to advertise in the Beaufort News this week for bids on these utilities. Some months ago the Board considered this and got the Utilities Figineering & Management Company, of Charlette, to make a survey of this public property. Bids must be made according to the notice published elsewhere in this issue; and all bids must be in the hands of the Board by two o'clock of the afternoon of the twenty-ninth of July. The Board will analyze these and if one of the proposals is ac cepted, the Board will submit the question of selling to the voters of the community before anything def inite is done about it. State Photographers Meeting In M. City The sixth annual convention of the Tar Heel Photographic Society convened Menday morning at the Atlantic Hotel in Morehead City for a three-day session. Upwards of two hundred delegates from all sections of the Old North State and some out-of-state visitors were in attendance. Ben A. Stimson, of Statesville, is president, and Boyd Cox, of Gaston., ia, is secretary. ' J. W. Beattie, of'HoIlywodi Cal ifornia, was one of the main features of the convention. His series of lec tures drew a good many photogra phers from all over the South to Morehead City for the convention. These lectures were on lighting dem onstrations. Monday afterneon the" tmmteZ'"?l r overnTnt . aJ. .,4,t...i-w fVL !had collected $212,520,000 more than ers made a sight-seeing trip to Fort Macon. That evening they enjoyed their annaal banquet which was made unusually attractive by the program committee. Hand-painted menu cards were used. Miss Frances Perry, of New Eem, gave solo dances at the ball, which followed the banquet. Another dance was held Tuesday ev ening and a dance and clam bake at Atlantic Beach Wednesday night. MARRIAGE LICENSES C. T. Taylor, Sea Level, and Katie LassJter, Edcnton, N. C. Leon Thomas Graham and Agnes Currier, Newport. Inez G. L. Cotton Here To Spend 4th. With Family G. L. Cotton, of St. Stevens, S. C, and this community arrived here a few days ago to spend the Fourth of July with his family which resides at Fair View Farm about a mile or two out of Beaufort on the North River road. Mr. Cotton first came here about a decade ago as lumber man for the Carteret Lumber Com pany but a few years ago purchased the farm. He now is working for a lumber concern down in South Car- olnia, but manages to spend a while each year here with his family. Mr. Cotton says that he has done very good on his farm this year and received excellent prices for his cabbage and potato crops. His farm has been much more remunerative this season , than it was last. It is one of the most modern farms in the county and his home is about the best in that section. His success this year goes to prove that the economic conditions are much better than some few pessimistic ballyhooers say. KITCHIN CHOSEN FOR PRESIDENT Wake Forest Directors Agree On Doctor Kitchin For Head Of College Ralegih, July 2 Thurman D. Kitchin, dean of the medical school of Wake Forest college for 13 years, was today elected president of the college to succeed Dr. Francis P. Gaines, resigned. . Thurman D. Kitchin, 45, has been dean of the school of medicine of Wake Forest college for 13 years. His father was the late William M. Kitchin, of Halifax county, who represented North Carolina in con gress for a number of years. His mother was related to Nathaniel Ma con, who served in congress 40 years. One brother f of President Kitchin, Y; W. Kitchin? served ,as-. represent- ative of the fifth district in" congress ror a number of years and was gov ernor of North Carolina. Another brother, Claude Kitchin, was at one time ranking member and Democratic leader of the house of representatives of congress. The newly elected president is an A. B. graduate of the school he will head. He was a graduate student at the University of North Carolina one year and took his M. D. decree at Jefferson Medical college. When Dr. Kitchin took the state examination he made the highest av erage before the board of medical ex aminers. He is a past president of the medical society of the state of North Carolina and is one of the 22 fellows in this state of the Ameri can College of Physicians. He is chairman of the board of directors of the state hospital and was a member of the special commission of Gov. A. W. McLean to study and make rec ommendations concerning the; status of mental defectives in the state. Dr. Kitchin is author of a text book on pharmacology and was at one time alumni speaker at Jefferson Medical college. His series of ad dresses "The Doctor and Citizenship" has created a demand for its publica. tion in book form. He is one of the members of the faculty of Wake For est college who appears in the latest volume of Who's Who in America. U. S. TREASURY HAS GOOD SURPLUS ON HAND Washington, June 29 Huge tax payments from income derived in. 1929 will enable the Treasury tomor row to complete the 1930 fiscal year with a surplus of approximately $200 000,000, but it will fipd itself facd vnth the problem of providing ade quate funds to pay the $4,500,000, 000 appropriated by Qongress for next year in view of prospective dwindling revenue. The Treasury's last statement, is suedd for the close of business- last TV i. ... i 1 1 it had spent since last July 1. With no . large payments to be made be fore the end of the year tomorrow night, it appeared certain th;.t the surplus would be in the neighborhood of the Thursday figure. The surplus for 1929 was $185,000,000. BIRTH OF TWINS Twins were born Wednesday mom ing at Morehead City Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Lawrence of Ot- way, a boy and a girl. BIRTH OF SON Born to Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Whitley of Harkers Island, Saturday, June 26, a son. NOTORIOUS HOUSE GETS A SETBACK Fine And Jail Sentence For Proprietress Of Morehead Bluffs Joint; Others Con victed County Recorder's Court had a busy day Tuesday. Court waa in session practically all day and suc- seeded in clearing up considerable business. One of the biggest jobs the court has tackled in some time was the trial of the various cases growing out of a recent Saturday night row at the notorious resort in Morehead Bluffs commonly known as 'Blue1 Heaven." The result of the trials seems to be that this establishment will go out of business. The inmates of the place were convicted of sev eral offenses and fined. Frances Jordan who said she was the proprie tress of the place, was given a six months jail sentence , prayer for judgment continued and capias not to issue for 48 hours. In addition to the jail sentence Frances Jordan was fined $100 and costs on a liquor charge and $15 for an assault with a deadly weapon. Jessie Crenshaw was fined $100 and costs on the charge of selling liquor and $15 for vagrancy. E. H. Allen, a young man who has been living in the house with the women, was con victed on the charge of selling liquor and was fined $100 and costs. Basil Moore, also an inmate of the house, got off free as the evidence did not show that he had sold any liquor or was otherwise guilty of any offense. bherifr Davis and other officers raid- the house early Sunday mornint? June 21 upon reports of a fight (Continued on page nine) Nine Beaufort Scouts Now At Camp Charles Nine members of the local troop of the Boy Scouts . left vesterdav Impcning i pr Camp Charles, which is leatataiBarWilson,. where-theyf will ween a uubiup;. ITiesmo. J. ' A. Hornaday, D. M. Jones and Ben Jones took them there via mo tor. Clarence Guthrie went along and will remain with them as an overseer. The scouts that went on this camping trip are: Hugh Jones, Richard Bloodgood, Fletcher Eure, Leslie Moore, David Jones, Gilbert Potter, Caldwell Tyler, Edmund Bar bour and Rex Wheatly. Owing to the fact that Scout Master Ben Jones was unable to stay with the boys, Mr. Guthrie went along to supervise them during the ensuing week of out door activities. Rotary Club Begins New Year Of Work The Rotary Club luncheon at the Inlet Ian Tuesday evening featured the beginning of the new Rotary year with the installation of officers for the ensuing year which were elected the week before. Three vis itors from Morehead City, Luther Hamilton, George Wallace and Her bert Thornton, attended and each gave a short talk on Rotary work. The following officers entered into their official duties: John Hornaday, president; Joseph House, vice-president; Fred fjeeley, secretary; and Robert Frtiz, treasurer. President Hornaday made a speech in which he outlined the program for the forth coming year. Eight committer were apointed, the first named of each beinir tho chairman of that committee: Aims and Object: John Werkman, Dave ""'"'"i mua fv neatly; Community Service: Fred Seelcy, Will Pailey, fcd Doyle; Club Service: Carl Chad wick, Will Mace, Clarence MaxweU ; vocational Service: Dave De Noyer, Willie Davis, Ed. Doyle; CUi6ca tion and Membership: Will Mace Fred Seeley, Carl Chadwick: Boy.' Work: Wii Bailey, Robert, Robert Fritz, Claud Wheatly; International KeJationship: . Clarence Ma-rornll Brady Way. Willie Davis : A t.,U jraoy way, Uave DeNover. Ed Doyle; Finance: Robert Fritz. Jnaonh nouse, Carl Uhadwick; Program: Jo seph House, Willie Davis. Claud Wheatly. BIRTH OF DAUGHTER Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ad. S. Mar row of Baufort, Saturday June 26, a aaugnter, Margaret Meredith. BIRTH OF DAUGHTER Born to Mr. and Mrs. Clem Merrill ', of Eeaufort, Tuesday July 1st daughter. CONSERVATION BOARD TO MEET Will Hold Annual July Meeting In Morehead City Next Tues day and Wednesday The annual summer meeting of the Board of Conservation and Develop ment will convene in Morehead City next Tuesday for a two-day session. This Board meets in that community every January and July and in Ral eigh every two years. The biennial Raleigh meeting will follow this. All fishermen or other persons having any complaints, proposals, or petitions are requested to attend the public meet ing of this Board at ten o'clock next Tuesday morning in the Morehead City Hall. This is the first time in the history of the State Fisheries divisions that there has not been sev eral complaints filed in the office of the Fisheries Commissioner, savs Capt. Jahn A. Nelson. There has been some talk concerning some measures that mav come ud. hut nothing definite has yet materialized. The hunter-fisherman dispute of- last winter may again be aired. There are now about fifteen thous and persons engaged in commercial fishing with some fifty thousand North Carolinians depending uoon the marine industries. It is tha problems of these folks that the meet ing will be held for. All twelve members of the Board will very like ly be present at the July meeting and governor Gardner, ex officio chair man of the Board, will in all proba bility be there. These semi-annual meetings are held in an endeavor to bring about greater cooperation between com mercial fishermen and the Board of Conservation and Development. Col. J. W. Harrelson. Di Board, intends to propose at the Morehead meeting certain sugges tions relative to the development of the fishing industry, development and satbilization of markets, and the set tlement of questions of fishing rights that have been governed by custom. No governmental agency can nro- fliotoreffectively any activity with out the-full co-operatron of those W ' gaged therein and who are most di rectly affected," explained Director narreison. "In my mind, one of the most important problems facing the State today is the protection and de velopment of the great fisheries re sources of North Carolina. The cre ation of an organization that will be representative of every branch of commercial fisheries as well as tho entire group will be a great help t the program of the department. "Serious consideration of the prob lems facing the commercial fisheries leads me to believe that no natural resource of the state will bring quick er returns when handled properly nor is thtre any that will experiepce more direct josses f ram waste or extrava gance, asserted Director Harrenson. "We believe that tha commercial nshenes have immense possibilities of development. Instead of yielding an annual return of some $3,000,009 careful study shows that the yearly income from this source can readily be increased to at least $20,000,000. This can only be accomplished, how fh! t7 86 c-Pe"tion betwee. the fishermen and officials whose duty it is to protect this natural resource " TIDE TABLE Information at. 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 purvey. 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. Ud, Low Tid. Friday, July 4 z:3S A. M. 8:83 a. 3:18 P. M. q-.ir P M. M. M. VL M. Saturday. Jul S 3:38 A. M. g-oq a 4:15 P. M. inirt p Sunday. Jar 6 4:35 A. M. iq:21 a, 6108 P. M. li-SI P M Monday, July 7 6 29 A. M. n,3, A. M. 5:57 P.M. 11:11 P. ( Tuesday, July 8 6:16 A. M. 12:18 A. M. o:i f. M. i1:58 p Wednesday. Jul O M. 7:01 7:25 7:44 P:05 M. i .no a M. r- 12:43 P. M. Thursday, July 10 A- M- 1:43 A. M. p- M. 1:25 p. u.