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Beaufort Mmis THE READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY I YAo 'our label and pay your subscription v. VOLUME XIX 8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, AUGUST, 28, 1930 PRICE 5c SINGLE. v v NUMBER 33 SCHOOL BEGINS 8TH. SEPTEMBER This Will End Summer Pleas ures of Pupils; Teachers Will Have Meeting Morning September 6th. In the neighborhood of nine hun dred and fifty younger folks of Beau fort township ranging from the spindley first graders who are just starting out, to the members of the senior classes who are looking for ward to graduation will give up their carefree summer hobbies and amusements within the next ten days and enter school, which begins Mon day morning September the eighth. .Soon boys and girls will be seen morn ings and afternoons hurrying to and from the school with books under their arms and an industrious look upon their brow. The pupils will report to their re spective rooms on the morning of the eighth of September for the purpose of registration and classification. On the following morning all pupils will report and will go through the rou tine of a regular class day, except the period will only be twenty minu tes in length. This will be for mak ing assignments. The first public chapel exercises will be held at 10:40 o'clock on Wednesday morning fol lowing the opening of school. Pupils who have never been to school before will not be admitted af ter the first six weeks of school. Children who become six years of age before the first of February 1931, however, may enter at the beginning of this school year. Rural students may attend the public school this term, according to an agreement reached some weeks ago whereby the local Board of Trus tees granted permission for them to attend, tuition free. Both the high school and the grade books will be the same they were last year. From the first thru the third grade, however, will rent their books from the school; the fees being $1.50, $2.00, and $2.50 respect ively. Pupils of the fourth through the seventh grades will have to pay fifty cents each on the opening day Continued on page five Municipal Court Deals With Several Offenders A half- dozen people were arraign ed before Mayor C. T. Chadwick last Friday afternoon for various and sundry offenses. Robert Munns, white youth, was up for speeding on or about the sev enteenth day of August. Munns ad mitted his guilt and was adjudged to pay the town five dollars and cost or serve fifteen days with the street force. , George Mason, another white youth admitted the charge of shooting a firearm within the incorporated lim its of the town and was fined two- fifty and costs or ten days cleaning the streets. Ida Chadwick, colored, who has been shunning Municipal Court for about a month, was at least per suaded to be present at the tribunal. She readily denid the charge of fighting and cur;:ig on the twenti eth of July with he husband; Char lie Chadwick, her spouse, had been convicted of his part of the affray in the court the week before. Beverly Jones, who frequents the court on charges made against him and as wit ness in other cases, told of seeing the fight and hearing the cursing. Of ficer Holland said that he saw both Charlie and Ida Chadwick after the affray and that they both bore the earmarks of the battle. She was sentenced to pay the town two-fifty and costs or remain in the city cala boose for five days. Alfred Wilson, colored youth, was upion the dual charges of stealing a watch and stealing a watermelon. Upon the admission of his guilt he was to either give a twenty-five- dol lar bond or remain in jail until Re corder's Court Tuesday. Ed Jones, elderly colored man, ad mitted hav'rr a half gallon of whis key in his possession in his Broad Street pace of business for the pur pose of sale. He either had to give a twent -five-dollar bond er remain in jail until Recorder's Court Tues day. , Charles Chadwick colored youth but not Ida Chadwick's husband, ap peared before the Mayor on the charge of striking Ruth Brown. He admitted his" guilt and was given the privilege of choosing between a twenty-five-dollar bond and staying irf'the city jail until Recorder's Court Tuesday. i NO CHANGE IN CITY TAX RATE FOR ENSUING YEAR A special meeting of the City Board of Commissioners was held at ten o'clock this "morning for the purpose of de- termining the tax rate for the ensuing year. The Mayor and Commissioners Taylor, Maxwell and Willis were pres- ent. After some discussion a motion was offered by Com- missioner Willis, seconded by Commissioner Maxwell, and duly passed by the Board to have a rate of $1.75 on the hundred-dollar valuation. This is the same as the previous rate. Gloucester Automobile Wrecked and Two Hurt Two young men were seriously in jured and a new Ford roadster was totally demolished Tuesday afternoon when the driver Clemmie Chadwick, of Straits, tried to avoid hitting some children who were playing in the road out near Squire A. B. Powell's home out on North River Road about three miles from town. When the car rounded the curve just this side of where the children were playing, the driver saw them and endeavored to slow up the automobile which was travelling at what was said to be a bout forty-five miles an hour. He turned the car somewhat sharply to the right and it continued to go in that direction, turned over several times and landed in the ditch. Harold Fulford, of Gloucester, who owned the car, sustained a crushed shoulder; while Grady Whitehurst, of Straits, suffered from a crushed chest and several broken ribs. Clem mie Chadwick had one or two minor cut, but Kenneth Chadwick, of Glou cester, got out of the accident com paratively uninjured. They were brought immediately to the Potter Emergency Hospital where they were treated for their injuries. The two who sustained broken bones are still in the hospital, but are now getting along very well. BOARD OF HEALTH SECRETARY DIES Dr. Laughinghouse Succumbs To A Short Illness; Phlebitis The Cause High Point, Aug. 27 Dr. Charles O'Hagan Laughinghouse, executive secretary of the North Carolina board of health since 1924, was dead here today. He was 69 years old. Death came to the physician and state health officer late yesterday af ternoon from a "cardiac block," a condition of the heart produced by phlebitis, an inflamation of the leg. Funeral service will be held at Greenville, Pitt county, Thursday af ternoon at 2 o'clock. Doctor Laughinghouse is survived by his widow, the former Miss Carrie Dail, of Snow Hill, a daughter, Mrs. Jttichard C. Stokes, of Lynchburg, Va. and two sons, Charles Laughinghouse, of Greensboro, and Haywood Laugh inghouse of Greenville, N. C. The physician had been ill for more than a week, but his illness was not regarded as of a fatal nature. A few weeks ago he took a long walk up the mountains at Montreat, N. C. and this was believed to have aggravated the trouble with his leg. Last Wednesday he was persuaded by Dr. J. T. Burruss, a close personal friend, to come to his hospital here for treatment. He was believed to have been improving until the fatal reaction set in. Doctor Laughinghouse was born in Pitt county, February 25. 1871. He was the son of Joseph John and iUiza O Hagan Laughinghouse. He received his early education at nri- vate schools and Horner's Military Academy at Oxford. Later he at tended the University of North Caro lina and completed his medical edu cation at the University of Pennsyl vania, where he was graduated in 1893. He served in the medical corps during the World War and saw ser vice overseas. He was a member of national, southern and state medical associations, was a Mason and be longed to the Knights of Phythias. CHANGE MADE !N DATE OF WATERWAY HEARING The News is advised by Major W. A. Snow, U. S. District Engineer, that he has changed the date for the hearings on waterway improvement. Instead of September 9 as first stat ed the hearings will be Wednesday MEN ACCUSED OF ; STEALING CATTLE Rufus Gray And Charles W. Willis of Atlantic Held For Superior Court A good many cases were set for trial in Recorder's Court Tuesday but several of them were continued. One of the cases tried, that charging Ru fus Gray and Charles W. Willis of Atlantic with killing and stealing a steer, drew a considerable crowd from Atlantic and Sea Level. The defen dants were represented by attorney M. Leslie Davis. In the absence of Solicitor Duncan James W. Mason handled the docket for the State. In the Gray and Willis cases he was as sisted by attorney C. R. Wheatly. The first witness in the trial was J. A. Styron who said he had some beef cattle on the banks and that he had lost one which was worth about' $75. Captain Joe Robinson of Atlan tic testified that he lent a skiff to Charlie Willis on Tuesday who said he wanted to catch some crabs and he failed to bring the skiff back. He af terwards found it in a creek near Sea Level. Earl Mason of Atlantic testified that Charlie Willis borrowed a shot gun from him on Tuesday. Calvin Mason stated that he saw the head of a steer that belonged to Mr. Styron on the beach and that about fifty yards away there was another dead animal that had been shot and had his throat cut. George Norcom who runs a butcher shop in Beaufort stat ed that Wednesday morning about three o'clock he was aroused by a man who offered to sell him some beef for five cents a pound. Afterwards in company with sheriff Davis he identi fied the man as the defendant Willis. Sheriff Davis said Gray told him that he was with Willis Wednesday morn ing. James Hamilton said he saw the skiff after the men had used it and that it had blood in it and a small piece of meat, apparently beef. Judge Hill, who was sitting as a committing magistrate, found prob able cause and bound the men over to Superior Court under bonds of $500 each. Alfred Wilson colored of Beaufort was acquitted on the charge of steal ing a twenty-five cent melon. Judge (Continued on page four) Tests For Pupils Will Be Given Wednesday Special Standard Tests will be giv en by the county supervisor of schools' in her office at nine o'clock on Wed nesday morning, September 3rd. These tests will be given only to children in county schools who fail ed to be promoted last year or have failed to be promoted some year since entering school. It has been customary for several years to give these tests before the opening of schools. They make it possible for many children who were not promot ed to study some in the summer and then go on with their classmates when school opens. A number of county teachers from the various schools are meeting with the supervisor this afternoon. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss final plans for the program of work for the county schools this year. VERNON HARRELL ADVANCES IN SIGN PAINTING WORLD An advertisement in the Premium List of the State Fair that will be held in October brings to mind one of Beaufort's young men that is do ing exceptionally well in an artistic way elsewhere. That young fellow is Vernon Harrell, who is running a successful sign company in Raleigh; and is assisted in this endeavor by two brothers, Charlie and Cecil. When yet a very young boy, Ver non Harrell showed a marked apti tude for sign painting and much of his youthful time was taken, up with the painting of local signs. After his schooling here, he studied for a while I in New York City and since then has been located in the State Capital. He has risen rapidly from the ranks and is now recognized as one of the best sign painters of that section, having done a prodigious amount of that kind of work there. Mr. Harrell is now official sign painter of the State Fair. . September 10. All persons who are .interested in the matter are invited to attend. The News is also informed that an unfavorable report was made on the plan to have a four or five foot chan nel 75 feet wide dredged in North River from a point just below the highway bridge to the mouth. How- ever the Chief of Engineers has re NATIONAL HIGHW'Y jENDS AT BEAUFORT Federal Thoughfare Connects This Community With -Los Angeles California; Will Be Completed Shortly When the projected few hundred miles of the National highway be-1 tween Holbrook, Arizona, and Los. Angeles, Colifornia, is finished Beau- fort will become the eastern termi - nus of one of the three coast-to-coast ! highways, lhis federal highway is No. 70, which already extends from this community to within a few hun dred miles of the Pacific coast, and the projected uncompleted segment of this thoroughfare is now undergo ing construction. In a recent issue of the Los An geles Examiner a half-page cut of the United States was printed, show ing how the highway runs and the cities it passes through. This thor oughfare is as near straight as a road can be built; that is, to touch as many large cities as it does. Along with the cut was a news-story by Ben Blow, Field Secretary of the Nation al Automobile Club. In writing, Mr. Blow says: "When that California state way which extends from Mecca to Blythe was tentatively approved by the Secretary of Agriculture a few weeks ago for inclusion in the Feder al aid system of the United States, an opportunity was given for the de velopment of a new United States highway line which, originating on the Atlantic at Beaufort, N. C, would span this nation from east to west and find its Pacific terminus at Los Angeles." Beaufort is in practically the same latitude with Los Angeles and a Na tional highway across this area of the United States is quite feasible. This thoroughfare passes through Goldsboro, Raleigh and Asheville in this state, Knoxville, Nashville and Memphis in Tennessee, Little Rock in Arkansas, on across the panhandle of the great state of Texas, into New MexicoArizona and on into Califor nia, terminating at Los Angeles. Thus it will connect, when the remaining part is completed, Beaufort which is one of the oldest and best-known ! towns of the Old North State wi t.h the California city that is noted forfor $200- its motion picture industry, beautiful , scenery and fair weather. j REGULAR EVENING SERVICES This community was long isolated I START NEXT SUNDAY by water from the rest of the worid, ' but with the comine of the railroad The vesper service on the Court in the first decade of this century the world was brought somewhat closer. When the hiehwav bridge and chhsp- way between Beaufort and Morehead City was completed some three years August- lnese services have been ago this community was catapaulted very wel1 attended and more success right into the world of affairs. Andful than some thought at first. The today it is even more likely to be- J evening services next Sunday will be come one. of the centers of these af.reumed by the several churches at fairs when it becomes the eastern terminus of the completed coast-to- coast highway. State American Legion Conies to Carteret Next Morehead City was selected Tues day after a heavilv contested ficht bp- tween that city and Wilmington for the gathering of the North Carolina Department of the American Legion next summer when they hold their thirteenth convention. Wilmington lost out when they discovered that the Legion convention had been held there several years ago. This meeting is being held this year in Winston-Salem and some - where between three and four thous- and legionaires and their families went there for the occasion When they come to Carteret County next e'ty- The specialist said he was do summer all of the hotels hereabouts1'11? as well as could be expected and will likely be filled to capac ity by the crowd. At the meeting Tuesday in Wins ton-Salem, J. Stanley Woodland, prominent business man, Rotarian, and citizen of Morehead City, was elected one of the Vice-Commanders of the State Department. Mr. Wood land, since he came to this section several years ago, has come forward in the public eye both as a promoter of civic as well as business enterprises here in Carteret County. turned the report and asked for fur ther information. Major Snow would be glad to have any specific informa tion as to size and draft of boats using the river and amount of com merce handled. ly to look her best regardless of how There is yet time to plant that fall 1 charming her dress," said Miss Edith "live-at-home" garden. Follow the Powell, Home Demonstration Agent; plan of Governor Gardner and plant so we thought it especially appro some turnips, kale, raddishes, and priate to study hair culutre and modes other vegetables for home use this I of arranging it becomingly as an ad fall, junct to our clothing studies." Northern Couple Stop Here On World Cruise Captain and Mrs. Carl Justice, skipper and navigator of the thirty-five-foot yawl that set sail the twenty-sixth of July at Washington, D. C, and started on a cruise that will take them around the world, came in- jto port here several days ago. This trio will be the realization of a dream they had of visiting the far ends of the earth. With their own hands they built the cruiser, "The Explorer," at crisfield, Maryland, where they have lived for many years. When they set out from the Wash- ington Yachting Club last month no route was formulated for the itiner ary. They expect to leave here with in" the next few days and go on down into the West Indies, on down to Rio de Janerio, and they think that they will probably reach the Pacific Ocean by next spring. But no time is set for arriving at any point on the earth's surface; they're just taking their time and will see what there is to be seen on the way. Mrs. Justice spent all of last win ter studying navigation in anticipa tion of the cruise in "The Explor er." She and her husband are tak ing all of the necessary trappings that a journey of that sort requires high-'including fishing tackle, guns, cam eras nets sextant, medicine cabinet and reserve chest of rations. Before setting forth on their jour ney, Captain and Mrs. Carl Justice were made honorary members of the Washington Yachting Club and thru- out their whole journey they will fly the pennant of that club at the sum mit of the topmast. While in Beau fort harbor they are tied up at the Texaco Dock. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS E. H. Gorham, Trustee to Mack In ternational Motor Truck Corporation, 7 lots Morefiead City, for $1000. Morehead City B. and L. Associa tion, to Ulrich Mallison, 1 lot More head City, for $200. Ulrich Mallison and wife to More- head City B. and L. Association, 4 lots Morehead City, for $100. J. A. Guthrie and wife to E. W. Copeland, 3 lots Morehead Township, for $500. E. W. Copeland and wife to W. C. 1 Lockhart, 3 lots Morehead Township, jhouse square last Sunday evening at !slx Iorlv nve Drougm; to a Close tne union vesper services held by the :town during the months of July and elght v- M 1 he pastor of the Bap- tist church announces the following subjects for his program; morning service, "God's Care of His People." evening service, "Tuning In.' Since the vacation period is now about over it is hoped that our church people will give their loyal and constant support to our church programs for the fall and winter months. B0Y W,TH BROKEN HIP IMPROVES SATISFACTORILY Gloucester, Aug. 27 Herbert Chadwick, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. B. i Chadwick, who had the misfortune to j sustain a fracture of the hip not long since is now making satisfactory Progress towards recovery. He was 'nrst taken to the Potter Emergency 'Hospital in Beaufort and then car- ried to Charlotte to be examined by Dr. Miller a bone specialist of that ! suggested that he be taken home and the same treatment he had had be continued. BEAUTICIAN WILL VISIT CARTERET WOMAN'S CLUBS During the next week or two a beauty specialist will visit all of the home demonstration clubs in the county and teach the members the proper care of their hair, including shampooing, scalp care and thinning long hair. In addition to this there will be a talk on the care of the com plexion and ways of improving it. This beauty specialist's illustrated lectures will be in connection with the work in clothing the club mem- ibers have, been studying during the ipast two years. A -woman must have healty hair arranged becoming MULLETS CAUGHT LATE LAST WEEK First "Run" of Mullets Results in Catches of Upward 30,000 Pounds Fall fishing has begun. Upward of thirty thousand pounds of mullets were caught around here and Harkers Island the last three days of last week and marketed at the various fish- houses here in Beau fort. It was comparatively cool last' week and the mullets evidently felt that autumn was drawing near, for they began to school up and start the fall migration. Although there has been around five or six thousand pounds of mul lets caught and marketed here each week during the month of July and August, this is the first time that any large quantities have been caught at any one period. During the past several weeks mixed fish have also been caught in larger amounts than in the earlier summer months. These catches of fish and the prospects of making other more lucrative "strikes" tend to make the fishing folks here abouts a little more hopeful. Those who made large catches, not counting the many who caught just a hundred pounds or so, and the ap proximate pounds of each catch, are as follows: Con Merrill, 2000; Will and Charlie Wheatly, 2000; Jimmie Congleton, 2000; Willie Glover, 1500; Charlie, Frank and Sterling Ramsey, 1700; Bernie Willis, 1500; Ed Robin son, 1400; Dennie Glover, 3300; and the following from Harkers Island: Irving Guthrie, 2000; Fred Lewis, 1400; Herbert O. Davis, 2000; and W. L. Willis, 1500. And, as was said, this does not include the many small' er catches. Within the next week or two the "fatbackers" who have been down a round Fernandina, Florida, fishing: this summer will return home and prepare for the fall fishing here. Other local fishermen who have been on the Jersey, Georgia (l and other state coasts will come back and get everything in shape for the. first "run" of menhaden. In a few weeks the boats will be going out in search of the "fatbacks," which bring much money into this section; and along in October some of these fish will be gin to be caught, unless they deviate from the century-old habit of migra tion. Any way, the fishermen are looking1 forward with marked anticipation to the fall fishing, which has beeji a godsend to so many of them in the past. i W. P. SMITH'S STORE WAS BROKEN INTO AND ROBBED Sometime during the "wee" hours between Friday night and Saturday morning some person, or persons, forced the shutter at the back of W. P. Smith's store on Front Street, broke the window with a brick-bat and proceeded to steal what he, she, or they desired. Although it was not determined just how much was stolen from the store, Mr. Smith thinks that there was a lossage of ap proximately two hundred and fifty or three hundred dollars worth of mer chandise. Men's wearing apparel, shoes, women's underwear and other things were taken in the haul. So far, no one has been suspected of the larceny. TIDE TABLE Information aw to the tides at Beaufort is given in this col umn. The figures are approx imately correct and based on tables furnished by the U. S. Geodetic Survey. Some allow ances must be made for varia tions in the wind and also with respect to the locality, that is whether near the inlet or at the heads of the estuaries. High Tide Low Tide Friday, Aug. 29 11:45 A. M. 5:35 A. M. 12:15 P. M. 6 :31 P. M. Saturday, Aug. 30 12:38 A. M. 6:28 A. M. 1:17 P. M. 7:34 P. M. Sunday, Aug. 31 1:39 A. M. 7:27 A. M. 2:20 P. M. 8:40 P. M. Monday, Sept. 1 2:44 A. M. 8:31 A. M. 3:24 P. M. 9:44 P. M. Tuesday, Sept. 2 3:47 A. M. . 9:37 A. M. 4:22 P. M. 10:41 P. M. Wednesday, Sept. 3 4:44 A. M. 10:34 A. M. 5:14 P. M. 10:55 P. M. Thursday, Sept. 4 5:35 A. M. 11:30 A. M. 5:59 P. M. H:25 P. M. gtXlt-3