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NUMBER 42
VOLUME XIX
8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1930 PRICE bWGLE COPY
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FEDERAL COURT
CONVICTS MANY
Judge Meekins Settles Cases In
Rapid Manner; One Gets
Three Years
New Bern, Oct. 15 Expediting
his work as presiding officer over the
week's heavy docket of criminal cas
es in federal court, Judge I, M. Meek
ings handled a score of cases this
morning at the federal court room
and discharged the grand jury impan
elled yesterday. The grand jury
considered 28 new bills today, find
ing 25 of them true bills.
One of the heaviest sentences of
the morning went to Eddie McCoy
charged with violation of the nation
al prohibition laws, as were most of
the morning defendants. He was
sentenced to three years in the feder.
al penitentiary at Atlanta. W. T.
Brinson, arrested at the same time
withh McCoy, was found not guilty.
Archie Warren was sentenced to
a year and a day in Atlanta, after a
jury had found him guilty of pro
hibition law violation, upon instruc
tion of the court. Henrietta Pelham,
negress, arrested in the recent pro
hibition round-up, was given ten days
in the county jail.
The long pending ease against
Berkley 0. Harker, for manufactur
ing liquor some time ago, was heard.
A sentence of one month was sus
pended upon payment of live dollars.
No new bills were preferred against
him in connection with his recent at
tempt to break away from custody
at the local federal courthouse, while
he and his brothers were signing
bond for his appearance at this term,
(Continued on page four)
Ernest Martirf Slays
Big Brawny Wild Cat
Carteret County does have its wild
and wooly parts, judging from the
wild animals and other creatures that
are killed every now and then by
some resident of this section. Deer,
large, snakes, fox, 'possums, rabbits
and other denizens of the wilds seem
to be in abundance in the less popu
lated places hereabouts. Only Mon
day morning Ernest Martin, of Mer
rimon, brought a rather large wild
cat to town that he had killed. Wild
cats must abound around there, for
they are frequently shot by Merri
mon and South River folks.
Retraction of Statement
Demanded by J. J. Day
Captain J- J- Dav of Oriental,
formerly of Cedar Island, came into
the News office Monday afternoon
and demanded that a retraction be
made of the statement in last week's
issue of the News that he was to be
tried in Superior Court this week for
assault with deadly weapon with in
tent to kill.
A reporter for the News last week
went to the office of the clerk of the
Superior Court and obtained from
the criminal docket a list of the
names of persons thereon. On this
list there appeared the following en
try: "J. J. Day, A. D. W. with intent
to kill." This item was printed a
long with all other items on the dock
et. It appears, however, from later
information obtained from the Clerk
that Captain Day's case was not to
be tried this week, but it was on the
docket for some settlement of the
fines and costs, the total of which a
mounts to $554.75.
Readers of the News will remem
ber that Captain Day was tried the
latter part of last December in Re
corder's Court on the charge set
forth in the foregoing and was con
victed. He took an appeal to the Su
perior Court and was tried in June
by jury and again was convicted.
Captain Day then took an appeal to
the State Supreme Court, but the ap
peal was withdrawn before it could
be acted on. A motion was made,
knwivar fnr a rnntinuance for the
purpose of retaxing the costs; which
a
means that there will be a hearing
before L. W. Hassell, Clerk of the
Superior Court, and if the settlement
is not agreeable, it will be taken in
v to Superior Court for a final settle
ment. It is not the purpose of the News
to take sides in any controversy, but
to report news as accurately as it is
humanly possible to do so. In the
case of court news, all of the cases
are reported on as equally as possible.
And in the case of Captain Day, his
name appeared with all the rest on
the docket in a fair and impartial
way. In its dealings with people,
the News tries to deal impartially
and with fairness to all concerned.
Mrs. D. M. Jones Died
Suddenly Yesterday
Eeaufort people were saddened
yesterday afternoon when it became 1
known that Mrs. Ruby Stevens Jones,!
wife of D. M. Jones, had died sud
denly at her home on Marsh street.
Mrs. Charles Smith was with her at
the time and her mother Mrs. Char
ity Morton was nearby. Mrs. Jones
had been critically ill for about two
weeks but had shown some improve
ment in recent days. In fact she had
been able to sit up at times. However
she had been a sufferer from heart
trouble for a good many years and
this was the cause of her death. She
was forty one years of age. Mrs.
Jones was a woman of an amiable and
attractive personality, a faithful
member of Ann Street Methodist
church and had a wide circle of
'friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones were married
twenty five years ago and their mar
riage had proven to be a congenial
and happy one. Of this union two
sons were born, Calvin and David M.
Jones, Jr. Besides her sons Mrs.
Jones is survived by her husband
and her mother Mrs. Morton, a broth
er Charles Stevens of Morehead City,
two sisters Mrs. C. Alexander of
Charlotte and Mrs. J. M. Willis who
lives m iew Jersey.
Funeral seiviees for Mrs. Jones
took place this afternoon at 2:30
o'clock at Ann Stiect Methodist
church and were conducted by the
pastor the Reverend Robert F.
Munns, the regular burial service of
the church being followed. "Jesus
Lover of My Soul" was sung by the
choir and "The Old Rugged Cross" a
solo was rendered by Mrs. Bucll
Cooke. The setviee at the church
was concluded with the hymn "The
Home of The Soul" and at the grave
"Rock of Ages was sung by the choir.
The pallbearers were : R. B. Wheat
!y, W. H. Taylor, Kd. Potter, I. N.
.Moore, T. M. Thomas Jr., L. J. Noe
! Sr. The floral tributes sent by friends
'were unusually profuse and beauti-
ful.
SUPERIOR COURT
IN SESSION NOW
Suit Against Luther Hamilton
Will Probably Come Up For
Trial Tomorrow
Judge Clayton Moore of Williams
ton is presiding over the Superior
Court in session here this week and
Solicitor D. M. Clark is prosecuting
the criminal docket. Judg? Moore's
charge to the grand jury explained
fully the duties of that body. He laid
especial emphasis on the importance
of seeing that school busses are kent
in good condition. Also that drivers
for the busses should be capable and
careful persons. The judge said all
citizens should observe the laws but
that wealthy and influential people
should be very careful to do so. He
aid all laws should be enforced
whether popular or not. He does not
believe in excessive punishment and
holds that prisoners should be treat
ed decently. J. Harry Davis was ap
pointed foreman of the grand jury
and James Glover was appointed spec
ial officer to look after the jury.
Although Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday were set aside for trying
the criminal cases of this one-week
term of mixed court, the criminal
cases have run over into Thursday.
This has been caused by a large dock
et, there being thirty-odd criminal
cases to come up this time. At this
writing (Thursday morning) there
have been a good many cases dispos
ed of, none of which were of a ma
jor nature, however, and only two
sentences passed.
Large crowds of people have been
attending court this week. Especial
ly was this true Monday morning
when court was convened at nine
thirty o'clock.
Rodman Guion, of New Bern, and
Mr. Hedrick, of Durham, and local
attorneys have been in conference
with the county Board of Commis
sioners and C. F. Delamar and his
Public accountant assistants last night
IhhJ linn Kinma C
and this morning in preparation for
the County vs Hamilton suit that will
probably come, up for trial tomorrow.
It was scheduled to come up today,
but owing to the fact that the crim
inal docket had not been disposed of
yet it had to be deferred. .The coun
ty is suing Luther Hamilton, former
county attorney, for information re
garding the penalties collected along
with the face value of the tax certif
icates that were collected during his
tenure of office. It begins to look as
if the county is going to put up a rath
er stiff fight in this suit.
Wednesday the trial of Charles W,
wims ana ivuius uray ioi me larceny
1 (Continued on page four) 4
'. Ti r i i j t.. r x i l
:
REGISTRATION ALMOST
OVER
Only two more Saturdays
remain in which persons may
be registered for the coming
election. Saturday the 25th is
the last day for registration.
The books are required to be
kept open at the polling places
on registration days for the
convenience of the people who
wish to register. The regis
trar may register a voter any
day that he pleases up to and
including the 25th. Saturday
November 1 is Challenge Day
and any one who wishes to do
it may challenge any person
that he thinks has no legal
right to vote. The books must
be kept open from nine in the
morning until three in the af
ternoon for the inspection of
the public.
Morehead Fishermen
Capture Huge Whale
The episode of Jonah and
the
whale was' perhaps one of the most
thought of passages in the Bible ov
er the week-end hereabouts, for the
catching and displaying of the six-teen-and-one-half-foot
blackfish as
that species of the whale is sometimes
designated caused many people to
view in on a dock in Morehead City.
Friday Captains David and Arme-
dia Willis, of Morehead City went
"outside" fishing. They saw this
whale out in the. ocean floating on
the surface obviously sleeping, so
they went closer to investigate. They
got up close and before the whale iaiways seemed xa ne a quiet, weu
could become active and and rotali-I ike(1 man who tried to attend to his
ate, they slipped a rope around itsow" affairs. He opened oysters and
body back of its lateral fins and made i -'lams that he caught the year around
it fast.
Th'.n the Captains Willises began
towing the huge mammal toward
Morehead City. Quite a lot of cu
riosity was aroused in that commu
nity when they saw the boat bring
ing in the live sea monster that was
lashing the water in a rather vehe
ment manner. All day both Satur
day and Sunday hundreds of people
from all around this section went to
the dock in Morehead City and view
ed the whale. Most of the time the
cars were lined up on both .sides of
the street for over a block near the! regular monthly meeting was defer
dock, while their occupants went to I red until the following Monday after-
take a look at the giant.
This is the first whale that has been
around here since one of the same spe
cies came ashore near the east end
of this community about a half a doz
en years ago. This Mammal is sci
entifically known as a Globicephala ;
it gets this name from its globe
shaped head. This coal-black mam
mal is. similar to man insofar as both
have lungs and breathe air; conse
quently whales have to come to the
surface to breathe. This variety of
the whale often travel in schools, but
rarely are they caught in this vici
nity. NOTICE OF MEETING
The Civics Department of the
Community Club will meet Friday
night at 7:30 at the home of Mrs. M.
L. Davis. Every member is urged
to be present.
Mrs. M. Leslie Davis
Secretary.
Increased Enrollment Makes
More Teachers Necessary
Fifty Seven Counties Share in $100,000 Distribution; No In
crease in Carteret County; State Aid Here For Schools Will
Be $78,798.63; Raleigh Interested in Nye Investigation of
Bailey-Simmons Primary.
By M. R. DUNNAGAN
Raleigh, Oct. 14 One hundred and
eleven teachers were allotted to
schools in 57 of the 93 counties par -
ticipating in the State school equal-
jzing iuna, aue 10 increasea enron- been auotted by the board, $4,992,
ment of pupils, by the State Board of !990 34 from the ?5 250,000 equaliz
Equalization at their recent meeting, jing fund and ?1280,595.72, plus a
out of more than 200 requests for!. f w ,,.- nf the my rp-
additional tecahers. The limit of a-
bout $100,000 for this purpose, the
State board paying the full salaries,
held down the number although a
lew otners wm proDaoiy oe given in
counties in which schools are just;ti0n cardg Qn fie in the Motor Ve
starting. ;hicle Bureau, Sprague Silver, direc-
No additional teachers were allot- tor announces.
ted to Carteret county. Figures just The entire State had a registration
compiled show that Carteret county 0f 393,730 automobiles, including 3,
will receive a total of $78,798.63 j 550 owned by non-residents, leaving
from the State school fund this year, ian average of 3,902 to each county;
of which $59,813.23 is for the con- S2Ba u0 panut;uoo)
TRAIN BEHEADS
CHARLES HENRY
Coroner Claims Passenger
Train Caused Death of Lo
cal Negro Saturday Even
ing Sunday morning the body of Chas.
Henry, a colored man who was around
sixty years old, was found on the
railroad track on the "Y" near the
corner of Cedar and Hedrick Streets
with his head severed from his body
and his left arm cut about half into.
The first one to find him was the col-
jored woman who cleans out the train,
but she was too scared to go up to
him so she went alter the.hreman.
I He too would not approach the
scene. Shortly after Will Lupton,,
j engineer at' the light plant, came
f j upon them and when he saw the body
j he called up Chief Longest and sum
moned Coroner L. J. Noe.
The Coroner's jury visited the
I scene of the tragedy and later held
Ian inquest Sunday evening at eight
o'clock. They examined a good num
ber of witnesses and finally reached
the conclusion that he was killed by
the Norfolk-Southern passenger train
Xo. 10 that came into town at about
7:15 Saturday evening. The head of
the victim was found on the outside
of the track and the body had been
dragged down the middle of the track
twelve feet. Blood was all over
the track and it was evident to the
Coroner that the head had been sev
ered from the body by the wheels of
the train passing over the victim's
i nock.
j Charles Henry was a married man
j and had seven grown children
j three sons and four daughters. He
arul retailed them lor a livelihood.
Town Commissioners
Have Short Meeting
An adjourned meeting of the Town
Board of Commissioners was held
Monday afternoon at two o'clock with
Mayor C. T. Chadwick presiding and
Commissioners Maxwell, Taylor and
Willis present. On account of the
inability of procuring a quorum on
the first Monday of the month, the
noon.
Commissioner Willis made a mo
tion, seconded by Commissioner Tay.
I lor, to permit the local Standard Oil
: Station to move its loading rack from
! its present location to the side, which
is only a lew teet away. -Motion
carried.
Commissioner Willis offered a mo
tion, seconded by Commissioner Max
well to advertise for sale the light
and water facilities and to receive
bids for these at five o'clock p. m. on
the fifth of November. Motion car
ried. A motion was made and carried
for the clerk to pay all bills as read,
except that of J. J. Whitehurst.
BIRTH OF DAUGHTER
j Born to Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo
Simpson, of Cape May Point, N. J.,
i Thursday October 9th. a dauehter.
i Irene Elizabeth. Mr. Simpson is a
: former local young man, while Mrs.
'Simpson came from Marshallberg.
jstitutional six months term and $18,-
i 985.40 is for the extended term, in
i addition to anv that mav be Daid for
extra teachers allotted.
j of the total of ?6,500,000 appro-
priated for schools, $6273,586.06 has
duction fund,
Motor Car Statistics
Carteret County had a total of 1,-
225 automobiles and 350 trucks on
i0ctober , acC01.ding to the registra-
Business Drops Off
In Municipal Court
After trying four offenders in Mu
nicipal Court for various breaches of
propriety, Mayor C! T. Chadwick
voiced the opinion that the fishing
has fallen off during the past few
days, judging from the definite de
crease in the number tried now a
gainst those tried during more lucra
tive times.
William Vann, a sheikish young col
ored fellow, who appeared in court
wearing knickers, sport sweater and
sleeked head, was haled into court
for being drunk and also fighting on
the fifth of October. He admitted
his guilt. This was his second time
i before His Honor, so he was meted
out a sentence of seven-fifty and
costs or fifteen days with the street
force.
Coot" Willis admitted the charge
of cursing and disorderly conduct on
the fourth of October. He was giv
en the privilege of paying one dollar
and costs or serving five days with
the street force.
Joe Fulford (Fisher), colored, who
has been up four times in about two
monthhs, came before the mayor for
being drunk on October 4th. He
readily admitted his guilt and asked
for the mercy of the court; whereup
on Mayor Chadwick informed him
that there was no mercy. Joe must
either pay the town twelve-fifty and
costs or work on the.- treets for the
ensuing twenty days.
Lucius Jones, colored, submitted to
the charge of drunkenness on the 4th
of October, and was fined two-fifty
and costs or ten days cleaning the
streets.
Cases cori'inued were: Tom Sad
dler, Ike Simmons and Allan Parker.
Now Digging Major
Sweet Potato Crop
Carteret County's Porto Rican po
tato crop is now being harvested in
earnest and the yields are considered
to be very good. There were about
twenty-five-hundred acres planted in
these tubers, a large portion of which jM p CahVt n !TV -!-
are in the eastern section of thc!0 r Ubb?e roP
county. The last report of the na
tional potato crop was even less than
first estimated, which is below any
crop in the past six years and the
fourth lowest since about 1SG0. As
a result of these conditions the grow
ers hereabouts are looking forwau!
hopefully to receiving at least mod
erately good prices for their potatoes.
Few of these have been shipped so
far; the major part of the Porto Rie
ans will not begin to move until a
bout the first of the year and then
continue until about the first of June.
Close up to a dozen modern and
up-to-date storage houses have been
built in Carteret this summer and fall
so that the chances of saving the po
tatoes will be greatly increased. The
prices for storage-cured potatoes are
somewhat high, too, than the bank po
tatoes. There are two of these modern
houses being built at the present
time, both of which will take care of
six thousand bushels of potatoes each.
George and Raymond Ball, of Har
lowe, and K. W. Wright, of Wire
Grass, have storage houses now un
der construction.
Tobacco Growers Held
Meeting Last Friday
Quite a number of Carteret Coun
ty tobacco growers gathered last Fri
day afternoon in the theatre in New
port for the purpose of having the
terms of the new government con
tract explained to them. They are
still somewhat cautious and seem to
think that the major growers of the
weed should be the first to sign up
for the tobacco crops. It is not like
ly thinks County Agent Hugh Over
street, that the co-operaitve associa
tion will begin to function in time to
take care of the present crop. How
ever, he thinks that a goodly number
of names may be obtained in Carter
et for the contract for the 1931 crop.
In spite of the low prices now be
ing brought by tobacco, no decrease
. . . . . . j .
in the acreage is expeciea in Carter
et County next season. Even with
conditions as they now are, quite a
number of the growers in the western
part of the county will make money
on their tobacco crops.
SEA FOOD CAFE MOVES
The Sea Food Cafe owned and
managed by Captain John R. Willis
on Turner street for several years has
moved into new quarters. The cafe
is now located across the street from
its former home in the brick build
ing that was used as the postoffice
for a number of years.
WILL ORGANIZE
FARMERS' CLUB
It Will Bring Together Farmers
From Different Communi
ties in Carteret County
Within the next week or two there
will be a Carteret County Farmers
Club organized for the purpose of
bringing together farmers from the va
rious sections of the county so that
they may conic to know each other
better and understand what is being
done in other than their own commu
nities. The progressive farmers
from each community are expected to
join this organization.
In order insure a good mem ?r
ship and a large representation at
each monthly meeting, these meetings
will take the form of dinners or ban
quets. At each of these affaiis it is
planned to have a speaker of author
ity on some phase of farming to come
from State College or some other sim
ilar institution and address the ag
riculturists. In this way many things
will be learned about how progressive
farmers in this county, the state and
nation are raising bettor crops and
live stock.
A similar club was ors-ani'.od in
Ciaven County about s vein's ago
with about thlr'y-fiv. members. It
has g!own w.w until there is a mem
bership of all i"': eighty or e'L-hty-fvc.
This sort of ''::'.'t-f''C:'efher'' meeting
has bi en f ot -emely beneficial
in the adjiV'
od by Count',
to have a Hvi
t i"U!irr. :md it is hop.
Ac nt Hu'j'h Over-street
wire organization form-
ed here lort'v.
The various Womens' Clubs will be
liolpv'd hv this (!.". The Farmers'
Club will riitaf 1 front one community
to amstht"- the Womcns' Clubs
will he g;ven the opportunity of serv
ing the dinru-rs at a nm eal price.
In this way the various Women's
Clubs will be nivon the. occasion of
learning mo- ? about the scientific
preparation and ssrv'ng of dinner5.
Farmers Planting Seed
Cabbage seed for tiie crop next
spring have already been planted and
are now up and growing. These wer:
planted in ro1
sown thickly,
transplanted
crop will h. ein
The cabbac
imately a lit; on
Carteret Cor-'
tweea t'tr.-v
f'o'.ir hundr-. '
the crop, erd
close together and
Later these will be
il the 1931 cabbage
to take visible' .form,
crop liroticht approx
' thou- and dollars to
v ; his past spring. I?o
tn.l: ':! am) fifty and
Ye;; we'-e coveted to
from tiie outlook now
the sam nine!'
ier ot acres will be
planted this sei
on.
Although the acreage will not be
increased hereabouts (here will be an
increase of about twenty per cent
throughout the whole cabbage pro
ducing area. One of the things that
made the crop last year sell so hich
was the result of the damage caused
by the cold snap the 31st of last No
vember. Local farmers did not suf
fer materially from this change in the
weather.
BIRTH OF SON
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Claus Harvey
of Sea Level, Wednesday, October 8,
a son.
TIDE TABLE
Information at. to the tides
at F.eaufort 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
Friday, Oct
3:37 A. M.
4:08 P. M.
Low Tide
17
9:33
10:28
M.
M.
Saturday, Oct. 18
4:39 A. M. 10:41 A. M.
5:08 P. M. 10:58 P.M.
Sunday, Oct. 19
5-34 A. M. 11:10 A. M.
fl-nn P M. 11:41 P. M.
Monday, Oct. 20
6:25 A. M. H"-58 A. M.
6:50 P. M. 12:36 P. M.
Tueday, Oct. 21
7:13 A. M. 12:43 A. M.
7:37 P. M. 1:27 P. M.
Wednesday, Oct. 22
7:59 A. M. 1:28 A. M.
8:23 P. M. 2:15 P. M.
Thursday, Oct. 23
8:45 A. M. 2:11 A. M.
9:08 P. M. 3:01' P. M.