Mews
MJF
The best advertise medium published in Carteret Co. f READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY ATCH Your label and pay your .ascription
WT
THE
VOLUME XIX
12 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1930
PRICE Sc ,eAtE COPY
(J. w.
NUMBER 33
A. F.DAVIS TRIAL
LEADING FEATURE
Much Interest Displayed In
Trial Of Merchant; Acquit
ted on One Charge
Monthly Meeting Held
By City Commissioners
The outstanding feature of Record
er's Court this week was the trial of
A. F. Davis of Davis, which is one of
the largest and most thriving commu
nities in the eastern part of the coun
ty, on charges of assault with a dead
ly weapon and disorderly conduct.
Mr. Davis is 56 years old, a merchant,
the postmaster of his village and a
well-known citizen. The prosecut
ing witness was Grover C. Davis who
is 25 years of age and a citizen of
the same community as is the defend
ant. The defendant was represent
ed by Attorney Luther Hamilton and
Attorney C. R. Wheatly assisted So
licitor Duncan in the prosecution.
The case was warmly contested. The
defense asked for a trial by jury and
six men were empanelled for this
purpose. A large number of people
from Davis appeared in court either
as witnesses or spectators.
The first witness examined was
Grover Davis. His testimony was that
on Saturday night the 30th of Aug.
ust a crowd of young men were in
front of the place of business of A.
F. Davis, that they were making some
noise, that the defendant came out
and used unprintable language to the
crowd and especially to him. He
said he went out to the road and
told the defendant that he had bet
ter not come out there and repeat
the language used. He testified that
the defendant went back in the store
and came out with a bush ax in his
hand and approached him with a
threatening manner but did not offer
to strike him. After an exchange of
words the defendant went back in the
building and the crowd left.
Other witnesses or the State were
Ira Davis and Dallas Salter two young
men who were in the crowd. They
testified as to the language used and
oln thp lmsh ax incident- Gordon
Willis and Montie Willis who were
some distance from the scene of the
trouble; testified that they heard Mr.
Davis using profanity.
The defendant A. F. Davis testi
fied that he had been greatly annoy
ed by a crowd of young men fre
quently coming to his store and mak
ing a disturbance and that Grover
Davis was the "Head Horse" of the
crowd. He admitted using rough
language, and also the bush ax but
said he did not intend to use it un
less he was attacked. He was very
emphatic in his statements and was
frequently interrupted by the prose
cuting attorneys with objections to
his testimony. Denard Davis Jr.,
Curtis and Hamlin Davis testified for
the defense and told of the disorder
in front of the store and of the oc
currence that followed it.
The jury brought in a verdict of
not guilty as to the assault with a
deadly weapon and guilty on the dis
orderly conduct charge. Judge Hill
did not fine the defendant anything
but required him to pay the costs in
the case.
The case against Polk Johnson, one
legged Negro, charging assault was
noli prossed with leave as no witness
es appeared against him.
Charles Chadwickt colored and also
one legged, was tried on the charge
of running into the gate on the
Morehead City briu-e and damaging
it. He pled guilty to the charge but
claimed extenuating circumstances.
He was given three months jail sen
dee with the understanding that if
he would pay the costs and damages
and not drive a car again ior iweive
months prayer for judgment would
be continued.
v Tiittle Robinson plead guilty to
the charge of having a half gallon of
liquor in his possession and was fin
ed $25 and costs which if he fails to
nav he is to serve eight months on the
roads. He was also required to ap-
nPar in court the first. Tuesday in ev.
ery month and show good behavior
fnr thp next two veaiw. Robinson
was arrested in November 1929 but
forfeited his bond of $25 and only
rpcentlv returned.
The case against J. E. Lewis of the
Camp Glenn section charging viola
tion of the prohibition law was con
tinued u.itil Saturday the 13th.
W. M. Jonigan, selling liquor, con
tinued.
G. C. Sutherland, worthless check
continued.
RELIEF NEEDED CITIZENS DESIRE
Owing to the fact that Labor Day
occurred on the first Monday in the
month, the regular monthly meeting
of the City Board of Commissioners
was held Monday morning of this
week Mayor C. T. Chadwick and
Commissioners Taylor, Chaplain and
Willis were present. As there was
nothing of consequence that came up,
only routine business was transacted
at this meeting.
There was a motion by Commis
sioner Willis
missioner Taylor to pay all bills as
read by the Clerk, except the bill of
J. J. Whitehurst and that to be tabled.
Motion carried.
Commissioner Taylor offered a mo
tion which was seconded by Commis
sioners Willis to accept the resigna
tion of Joseph House as one of the
Town Water and Light Commission.
Motion carried.
A motion was offered by Commis
sioner Taylor and seconded by Com
missioner Willis whereby the Cii,y
Board of Commissioners would spon
sor the circulation of a petition a-
mong the citizens hereabouts protest
ing against the discontinuance of the
Norfolk-Southern trains Numbers 7
and 10 running between this commu
nity and Goldsboro. This petition
to be presented to the Corporation
Commission, was the result ol a re
quest of the fish dealers and others
that would be affected by the remov
al of the trains. Motoin carried.
MAXWELL SAYS
Burden of Expenditures Is Too
Great For People To
Bear
BETTER CHANNELS
Fighters andojeders
Haled into City Court
Rotarians Hear Three
Interesting Speakers
Graham, Sept. 4 North Carolina's
$100,000,000 cost of state county
and municipal government is too
great a burden for the- people to bear
and it behooves the state's leaders to
and seconded by Com-1 cast about at once for means of re-
lei. Alien d. lviuweu, tuimmoaiuiisi
of revenue asserted in an address
here tonight.
Mr. Maxwell spoke at the annual
community chautauqua of the Alex
ander Wilson high school. His sub
ject was, "progress and problems of
our social democracy."
The speaker traced the rapidly
mounting cost of government from
1905, when, embracing municipal,
county and state expenditures, it a
mounted, he said to $7,500,000.
"Twelve years ago in 1918" he
continued, "this total cost was $2),
500,000. Last year it was $100,-
000,000."
Mr. Maxwell said that for the last
10 years the emphasis had been on
"expansion of government" but that
now the time had come for "readjust
ment and co-ordination."
"A hundred million dollars a year,"
he asserted, "is a larger tax bill than
the people of this state can reason
ably be expected to pay under present
economic conditions."
The speaker said tha tlast year the
total net profit of incorporated bus
iness and industry in the state was
but a little more than $100,000,000
and that it nrobablv would be less
than that this year.
"If we look to agriculture," he
said, "the tax bill would consume
three-fourths of all of the cptton and
tobacco crops produced in the state
this year at the current market price
of these products.
"Now that economic conditions for
bid advancement into any new terri
tory for a season, let's concern our
selves of administration of that al
ready gained an ddemonstrate that
an intelligent Democracy can be ef
fecient as well as altruistic that it
can serve without opposition."
"We can," he said, "continue to
say "all's well while home and farm
ownership becomes more difficult and
precarious. We can hutn for addi
tional and increased forms of tax on
burdened business and industry that
is struggling to adjust its own bus
iness to changed conditions. We can
refuse to recognize or deal with con
ditions as they are and let our troub
les accumulate, but this would be the
most disastrous course we could pur
sue. "We can not with safety longer
postpone a thorough reconsideration
of the total cost of government in its
varied operations. Necessity compels
it. Our army of social service should
do more than fall in and co-operate
with it, it should furnish the leader
ship to jgive constructive direction
and effectiveness to it."
Considerable Enthusiasm Devel
oped At Waterways, Hear
ing Yesterday
The waterways hearing, notice of
which was given in the News two
weeks ago, took place yesterday in
the county court room. The atten
dance was not large, some forty or
fifty persons were present; but much
interest was manifested in the pro
ceedings. Most of those present were
from the eastern part of the county,
Beaufort and Morehead City. Three
projects were considered but all more
or less related to each other, lhe
hearing had been set for 10 p'clock
but was deferred until 11 in order to
give Congressman Abernethy an op
portunity of being present, he having
been delayed by having to make a de
tour. Messrs. R. C. Merritt, T. J.
Hewitt and H. T. Patterson of the U.
S. Engineering Department cbnduct
ed the meeting.
The first project considered was
that of a channel from Core Sound to
Ocracoke Inlet. Mr. Merritt who
was chairman of the meeting stated
its object and said that whether a
Quite an interesting program was
enjoyed by the local Rotary Club at
its regular meeting Tuesday evening
at the Inlet Inn. A number of visi
tors, both local and . out-of-town,
were present for the occasion.
Colonel Fairleigh Dickinson, of (
Rutherfordton, N. J., a former Car
teret County man who has made good
elsewhere and is now president of
the largest company in the world'
that manufacturers surgical instru
ments, made a very interesting talk
on Rotarian Policies. He told the
members that they should not let
down the bars for joining the club,
but to just admit those who were
ethically qualified to keep up the high
standard of Rotary work. A small
club composed of thorough, conscien
tious Rotarians is much more desir
able, he said, than a large club of
nonentities or irresponsible persons.
A Mr. Doremus, of Wilmington al
so made a very interesting talk about
Rotary work, particularly good-fel
lowship. He completed his speech
by leading the Rotarians in a song.
Fred Mathews, also of Winmington
and one-time president of the Rotary
Club there, talked to the local club
members about the possibilities of
Eastern Carolina. He said that he
had lived in nine states and that he
preferred Eastern Carolina to any of
these, both to live in and to work.
No section, he declared, has as great
a tharipo fnr rfpvplnnmpnt. fin this
I section of the Old North State.
Leroy Davis, of Davis, and Gray-
don Paul were among the local visi
tors. The meeting was well-attended
and the members and visitors seemed
to enjoy the talks immensely.
favorable or unfavorable report was
made depended on whether the inves-jteen days cleaning the
A diversified docket met the Mayor
Protem Wilbur Willis when he called
his first session of Municipal Court
to order last Friday afternoon.
Upon the admission of his guilt,
Burnie Burr, colored was fined two
fifty and costs or fifteen days aiding
the street force.
Walter Chadwick, displaying a dis
colored eye, was up for participating
in a fieht. He admitted being guilty
and pulled a fine of one dollar and
costs or ten days scavengering the
streets.
Waddell Smith, colored youth,
came before His Honor for speeding
on the back streets of the community
which had just been graded. Opon
denial of his guilt Officer Holland
told of the speeding and also what
he termed reckless driving. His fate
to either pay five dollars and
costs into the city's coffers or clean
the streets for twenty days.
Rosabelle Picket, young colored
woman who perennially appears in
the city court, came before the tri
bunal in a somewhat inebriated con
dition. She was charged with curs
ing and fighting. She tried to make
a statement to the court, but it was
too alcoholized to be understandable.
A fine or two-fifty and costs or fif-
grave yard
NEWPORT SCHOOL
TO OPEN MONDAY
Vocational Agriculture Main
Addition In High School
Curricula This Year
tigation showed that the benehts to was given her. She was taken lm-
be received were greater than the mediately and placed in the muncipal
cost involved or not. Theodore Sal- lock-up.
ter of Portsmouth stated that what is
wanted is a channel 100 feet wide
and 12 feet deep. M. S. Lee of
Morehead City spoke in favor of the
improvement saying it would be a big
benefit to the fish industry and in
fact the biggest thing for the county
that he had ever heard of. J. R.
Morris of Atlantic said he approved
Mr. Lee's statement. Fisheries Com
missioner John A. Nelson said about
Mamie Grady, another young col
ored woman, was haled into court
for her part of the affray with Rosa
belle Picket, She denied being guilty,
but Officer Holland informed the tri
bunal that Mamie struck Rosabelle to
the ground and cursed.
Whereupon a fine of two-fifty and
costs or fifteen days in jail was doalt
her.
Robert Munns admitted the charge
125 fishing boats used the waterway, of fighting and received a fine of one
besides the menhaden boats and itjdollar and costs or ten days with the
would be helpful to them. He prom- street force.
ised to get up some information in James Hassell submitted to the
regard to the quantity of oysters 'charge of fighting through Officer Hoi
handled in that section. Congress-1 land and was fined one dollar and
man Abernethy spoke strongly in fav- costs or ten days scavengering the
or of the project saying he had a pe-'streets.
tition signed by about 1000 fishermen j Dan Chadwick, charged with fight
favoring it. jing, was called and failed to respond.
The second project considered was He was ordered by His Honor to
that of a channel from Pamlico Sound 'either give a fifty dollar bond for his
Newport, Sept. 4 The Newport
Consolidated School will open on the
15th of this month. This year a
department of vocational agriculture
has been added for the first time in
anv of the schools in Carteret Coun
ty and Newport was selected as the
logical center in which to install tms
department. Altho a large numDer
of the people of the county depend
upon some form of fishing for a livi
hood, there are more dependent
unon farming and the new depart
ment of vocational agriculture in the
Newport school will meet a long felt
need in this section of the county.
The Newport school is the largest
consolidated area, a section embrac
ing approximately 200 square miles.
The faculty for the elementary
grades for the coming year is com
posed, with one exception, of the
same teachers as last year. The new
teacher is Miss Lucy Lane, a grad
uate of E. C. T. C. who will take the
place of Mrs. Alvin Garner, who re
signed last spring. The name of the
faculty and their home towns follow.
For the elementary grades: Miss
Elizabeth Norman, Greenville; Miss
Annie Wilcox, Grifton; Miss Lydia
Willis, Atlantic; Miss Dorothy Price,
Locust Grave, Ga.; Miss Ruth Blan-
chard, Greenville; Miss Lucy Lane,
Dover; Miss Mary Hogan, Chapel
Hill; Miss Eva Spruill, Plymouth;
Miss Ernestine Wynne, Columbia;
Miss Lucy Fleming, Grifton; Miss Ep
sie Gregg, Swannanoa; Miss Lyda
Compton, Greenwood, S. C. The high
school teachers are: Miss Maggie
Greene, Roberdel, home economics
and science; Miss Margaret Pierce,
Beaufort, English and French; John
W. Robinson, King's Mountain, math
ematics and science. C. S. Long,
Blount's Creek, agriculture; W. E.
Powell, Spencer, principal and his
tory. The teachers for the two negro
schools in the Newport system will
be announced later.
to Beaufort via Atlantic, Sea Level,
Davis and other places to Marshall
(Continued on page five)
appearance in court next frulay ai
ternoon or to be incarcerated in the
i municipal lock-up until he can stand
i trial.
Oscar Noe Fractures j
Left Arm in Accident
Corn And Potatoes
Grow in Profusion
LOCAL' STORE RENOVATED
The local Sam Lipman and Son
store is being somewhat remodeled
on the inside this week. A balcony
is being built over the West side of
the store so that there will be more
room for the storage and display of
There are two 'agricultural dis
plays in the entrance at the Bank of
Beaufort that demonstrates tne nign
quality of foodstuffs that can be rais
ed down here in Carteret County.' A
couple of mammoth Porto Rican
sweet potatoes speak well tor tne
Ball Brothers of Harlowe ; these were
raised in the Carteret part of their
farm. Three ears of corn that are
very near a foot in length and stud
ded with excellent grains of yellow
corn are vivid evidence to the qual
ity of stuff that Rufus Seawell is
raising out at the Perquimans Plan-
District Scout Council
Will be Organized Here
Plans are now afoot whereby
Morehead City, the prospective
Marshalbere and the local Scout
troops will be organized with a Coun
ty District Council and Court of Hon
or. Herbert Stuckey, Scout Execu
tive of the Wilson Area Council; Ma
jor Graham, Superintendent of the
Kinston public schools; H. L. Joslyn,
Superintendent of the Morehead City
schools; Stanley Woodland and the
Assistant Scout Master of Morehead
City; and Reverend C. A. Lineber-
ger of Marshallberg all assembled last
Friday night in the local scout hall
.i. i; : iL.
lor tne, purpose oi uiscussing uie ui-
ganization.
Actual organization of the County
District Council and Court of Honor
will take place in the local scout hall
School Books Will Not
Be Changed This Year
Captain Oscar Noe is in St. Luke's j Raleigh, Sept 8. There will be no
hospital in New Bern with a badly j changes in either elementary or high
crushed left arm as the result of his 'school textbooks to be used this year,
car colliding about four o'clock lastjthat is the school year 1930-31, it is
Sunday morning with an old model learned from the office of the State
Ford phaeton that was being driven : Superintendent of Public Instruction,
by Willie Smith of Dover with an old I Under the law the State Textbook
lantern as the only light on the car. ! Commission may recommend that
Captain and Mrs Noe left here early j changes be made in one Major and
LUKENS POSTMASTER GROWS
DELICIOUS BLACK GRAPES
that morning to go to Norfolk to see !
their son Earl, who is in the navy.
Dense fog made the road dangerous
for travel. All at once, about eight
miles this side of New Bern, the lantern-lighted
Ford appeared in front
of the Noe car and the latter turned
over in the ditch while the Ford re
mained on the road Both cars were
damaged somewhat; but Mr. Noe was
the only person that was injured to
any great degree.. '
Mr. Noe had to walk over an hour,
with his arm fractured so that the
bone protruded from his sleeve, be
fore he was able to get any one to
take him to the hospital for treat
ment. The doctors there were skep
tical about saving his arm at first, and
although there is some hope now it
two minor elementary subjects during
the year. A year ago the Textbook
Commission decided that no change
would be made in the textbooks used
this year.
"It was the sense of all members
present", the resolution passed read,
"that they would prefer not to make
any report on suggested changes in
textbooks now in use in the element
ary schools for the year 1929". The
State Board of Education, ata meet
approved this action of the Textbook
Commission and passed a resolution
commending the members for their
attidude in this matter.
The action of these bodies means
that this year the school children will
use the same elementary textbooks
which were adopted lor nve years
Grapes are as native to Carteret
County as the oysters, escallops and
clams of the bays and rivers here
abouts. And this lucious fruit is now
getting ripe, judging from those H.
T. Banks brought to the News office
Monday. Mr. Banks is the post
master and general-store keeper at
Lukens. He has a large grape vine
that covers a plot of ground as large
as a city lot; but as he cannot fur
nish it with sufficient support, he has
to keep the runners cut off. For
many years this vine has been
producing a prodigious amount of
succulent and delightful grapes;
never has it failed even for one
season. Mr. Banks cannot supply
the demand for the James or black
grapes he grows; this is a near re
lative of the famous muscadine
variety.
still remains uncertain Last reports I beginning with the last school year.
from the hospital stated tnat mi. Aoe Hence, there will be no change in
was getting along as well as could be high school books until 1934. These
expected. Mrs. Noe was shaken up books may be purchased by the child
considerably and was slightlj wrench- ren of the State at prices not to ex
ed. jceed fifteen per cent above the whole-
Willie Smith was on his way from 'sale price? set forth in the contract
his home in Dover to visit his wife svith the publishers. Both the whole
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Small at;sale and retail prices are stamped on
Captain and Mrs. Monroe Gillikin
and family, of Hatteras, returned
here yesterday for their furniture.
The Gillikins moved to their present
home after school closed here last
year.
Core Crtek.
tation on South River. These were '.Friday evening September the nine
samples from two of Carteret's larg
est crops; the corn aggregates six
thousand acres, while the Porto Ric
an potatoes take up twenty-five hun
dred acres.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Ben O. Jones and wife et als to
John H. Jones, 2 tracts in Morehead
and White Oak Townships, for $10.
Isaiah Chadwick et al to W. H.
Chadwick, 11 acres, Straits Township,
teenth. At that time the Beaufort
Scout officials invite all public spirit
ed men who are interested in youth
ful work to be present fo- the occa
sion. By organizing a separate
County unit the local troops will be
able to go forward more rapidly with
less expenditure.
Mr. Stuckey expressed a delight in
the local scout hall and the high type
of work being done by the troop.
The Beaufort troop was entertain
ed by the management of Wade's
Theatre Tuesday evening of this
HAYWOOD OPENS RETAIL
AND WHOLESALE 3IUKL
S. H. Haywood, who was formerly
employed by the Beaufort Urocery
ComDanv. is opening up a retail and
wholesale store in the building at the
corner of Front and Craven Streets
where the Luptons have been conduct
ing a bueiness. Mr. Haywood has
been living in this community for a
half a dozen years and he and his
wife and children have "made many
friends hereabouts during that time.
Mr. Havwood will conduct his dus
the books.
These prices, according to Super
intendent Allen are fixed so that
the school children may be able to
secure textbooks at the lowest
possible cost. The names of the high
school textbooks used may be secured
from county and (4ity superirrte'n-dents.
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 Survey. Some allow
ances must be made for varia
tions in the wind and also with
respect to the locality, that ia
whether near the inlet or at
the heads of the estuaries.
High Tide
Low Tide
. a . p An
rranc.s layior, wac, n. "- , fte occasion.
WILL HOLD EXAMINATION
FOR NEWPORT POSTOFFICE
The U. S. Civil Service Commision
has announced that an examination
will be held someHime soon to fill the
Newport Postmastership made vacant
. . . 1 . . , J T T J In
, i u h,r rra vononr nonrn nT .1. i 1. D maiua.
iness in a mooern way nu m ku .t w.
only for cash. The dachas not been announced yet
The building, which is owned by W. but the examination will be held in
V. B. Potter, has been completely re-1 Morehead City. Application forms
paired and painted and greatly im-'may be obtained from the U. S. Civil
proves the looks of that part of the I Service Commision, Washington, D.
business section of the community. C. or from the postoffice at Newport.
10:17
10:29
10:59
11:03
11:11
11:48
12:03
12:58
1:08
2:00
2:26
3:15
3:44
4:25
A.
P.
A.
P.
Friday, Sept. 12
M. 3:59
M. 4:37
Saturday, Sept. 13
M. 4:37
M. 5 :25
Sunday, Sept. 14
A. M. 5:22
P. M. 6:18
Monday, Sept. 15
A. M. 6:15
P. M. 7:22
Tuesday, Sept. 16
A. M. 7:17
P. M.
Wednesday, Sept
A. M.
P. M.
Thursday, Sept,
A. M.
P. M.
M.
M.
A. M.
P. M.
M.
M.
A. M.
P. M.
A. M.
8:31 P. M.
17
8:26 A. M.
9:38 P. M.
18
9:39 A. M.
10:41 P. M.
goods. . A-M'tSt
for I 175.