PACE FOUR
THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1930
The Beaufort News
,ablishd every Thursday at Beaufort, Carteret County
North Carolina
Beaufort Newt inc., Publisher
WILLIAM GILES MEBANE Pres. and Editor
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
(In Advance)
One Year $2.00
Six Months - 1.00
Thre Months .50
Entered as second :!ass matter February 5, 1912 at the
Vostoffice in Beaufort, North Carolina, under the Act
of Mrtroh 3, 1879.
MEMBER N 0 KTH C A RO LIN APRESs" ASSOCIATION
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1930
PROHIBITION WILL BE THE ISSUE
The fact that anti prohibition Senators were
elected in Ohio, Illinois, Massachusetts and
New Jersey, and several wet members of the
House also, has given the prohibition forces
food for thought. And it may well do so. In
spite of the efforts of politicians in both the
big political parties parties to keep th liquor
question out of politics it persists in bobbing
up. The people have a way of forcing issues
to the front whether it suits politicians or not.
It may be therefore that the liquor question
will be the big issue in the 1932 campaign
and if so there will be a re-alignment of the
voters.
There are wet Democrats and dry Demo
crats and there are wet Republicans "and dry
Republicans. Should one party platform de
clare against prohibition and the other for it
many voters will change parties. Should
both of the big parties declare for a repeal of
the eighteenth amendment then it is quite pos
sible that a new party will be formed with pro
hibition as its main tenet. The tariff r.pnr0
of Nations, the power question and 'all such
Will be relegated to the rear.
HINDSIGHT BETTER THAN FORESIGHT
There are lots of folks in North Carolina who
would like to fill the office of United States
Senator. Despite this fact about a year ago
the nomination on the Democratic ticket was
practically going begging. Many conferences
were held for the purpose of getting somebody
to run against Senator Simmons but it seemed
hard to find anybody willing to make the race
until the Honorable J. W. Bailey was selected,
who probably didn't require a great deal of
urging. Former Governor McLean, Judge
Stacy, Judge Brogden, Joseph us Daniels and
Congressman Kerr were among those mention
ed for the nomination but apparently none
cared to make the necessary fight. As it
turned out Mr. Bailey had but little difficulty
in getting either the nomination or winning
the election. How different it might have
been ifeither of the other prospective candi
dates could have forseen how the result would
be.
LOW TARIF ADVOCATES
ARE IN THE MINORITY
Some eight or ten months ago low tariff
newspapers like the Raleigh News & Observer
were making woful predictions of how the
Hawley-Smoot tariff bill would add tremen
dously to the cost of living. The law has
been in operation for a good many months
now and not one of these predictions has come
true. On the contrary merchandise of prac
tically every kind is cheaper than it was be
fore the bill passed. At any rate the news
papers are full of advertising telling how
cheap merchandise is being offered. Sugar
is cheaper than it has been in many years and
the same is true of clothing and dry goods
of all sorts and other merchandise.
The truth is the News and Observer and the
few other low tariff advocates that are left in
this country are not in agreement with the
leaders of the Democratic party. The elec-'
tion was hardlj over before a statement was
made by Chairman Raskob, Jouett Shouse Al
fred E. Smith, John W. Davis, James Cox,
that "Nothing is further from the minds of
those on the Democratic side who will direct
legislation than a general revision of the tar
iff." This appears to mean that the real lead
ers of the Democratic party want to assure the
American public that no violent assault is go
ing1 to be made on the American protective
tariff system. A vast majority of the people
in this country regardless of party affiliations
are in favor of customs duties that will protect
the products of the American farm, the Amer
ican factory and the American laborer against
the products of the low priced labor of Europe
and Asia. Every Congressman from Florida
voted in favor of protection and their people
applauded them for it. The recent election
was won by the Democrats not because a few
orators and newspapers preached low tariff
doctrine but in spite of that fact.
MAKING THE OCEANS SAFE
FOR AIR TRANSPORTATION
Great progress has been, made and is Being
made in aviation. Within ten years air trans
portation for long distance travel will be al
most as common as travel by ship or train
Crossing the oceans in dirigibles of the Zep
pelin type and in gigantic sea planes will be
aer5Tf regular occurrence. A recent issue
of the National Republic of Washington, D C
tells how these ocean crossings will be made.
The article says:
"When Colonel Lindbergh arrived in Paris after his
historic flight, he wrote : ' To my mind, proper meteor
ologies observation and reports about conditions over
the Atlantic are the first essentials in any develop
ment of trans-Atlantic flying. These reports can be
obtained only by having regular water stations along
the ocean route, with full meteorological and other
kinds of equipment to give service and help to airmen.'
The Colonel, commenting lateron the possibility of mid
oc:an stations said: "In my opinion, future Atlantic
crossings will be made as long runs on railroads are
made today. In other words, there will be floating is
lands where planes may land, reship their mail, cargo
and passengers into a fresh Diane with a new nilot who
J will take off for the next point.'
"The first such floating island, or 'seadrome,' is now
under construction and will be completed for use next
year. It will be placed somewhere between New York
and Bermuda and will be put to an acid test that will
determine almost entirely the future of trans-Atlantic
airways and air transport. Just how significant the
success of this seadrome will be may be determined
when we consider that the greatest hazard and obstacle
to trans-oceanic transport has been the great distance
that mu?t be traversed without refueling, motor inspec
tion, weather reports or any of the other services that
have made land flying commonplace and reliable.
rrom a world point of view, the establishment of
airways over the ocean is of supreme importance, for
it will exercise such a far reaching influence on inter
national trade and the comity of nations, much more
far reaching than continental airways ih universal ef
fect. The economic need for trans-oceanic airways is
a well established fact, taking into consideration the
saving of time and money and the increasing air-min-dedness
of civilized peoples. It is an inevitable step
in the development of air travel and because of this
fact the best brains of the most progressive nations,
vast sums of money have been put to a solution of the
probleYn of ocean travel by air. Human life has been
sacrificed in the effort to further advance aeronautical
knowledge. And it is a safe guess that before many
more years the science will have developed amazing
ly, even to a point of commercial practicability and j
economic soundness.
"These floating islands will be anchored along cables
to the ocean floor. The cables are similar to those be
ing used in the construction of the Hudson River
bridge. The anchors specially designed, will permit
the seadrome to pivot on the wind without fouling."
Do we know; the fisherman, preach
- hellers From
Our Readers
WHENCE
CAME THE
SION?
DEPRES
in COnClUMOM, lie Mrftcu mut ' ricatn
brttzes of spring and foaming of the ers, doctors bankers, merchants, car-
wildlv with tempest ot winter 1 penters etc., must ouy irom our home
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which helped i uairymen or uiey can i nve:
uo we Know; ine larmer, dentist,
merchant, lawyer, preacher, plumber,
In another article, found in the .carpenter etc., must patronize our
diary of Francisco de Miranda "Pre-, home editor to enable him to live?
; water
in.I.ln.l tn its climate.
make it a foaming yearly resort for
touri?ts.
'Pre-. horn
Editor of The News:
"Prove me now, saith the Lord of
Hosts and see if I will not open you
I i c ;,u ; .....a Dn t- ' Ann t mprphnnt. dairvmnn la,-..
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Do we know; the preacher, farmer,
)w tor oi rstreniatiui a, in ofiatu. vu uic
It seems that such a text as above whole, he found Beaufort undesirable
out a blessing." Malachi 3:10
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ll skills iiuii sum a LCAfc as auuve "
is a rebuke which the prophet utter-1 and unsociable;
aA i, tho finHfin of Viot timA Hnnallco thp honestv of
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mess ana negligence oi nveu nine,
obligations. That is de-' The value of these fact
s the reason for God's i help us see how Beaufort hi
C.,;.U An.. ;o it ii-qa
IKt'llL 111 1'rtflimi nui. iii, ifc c.i ...!. - - "jci,
ed that he had visited Beaufort in plumer etc., must bank with our home
declared the heat of the; banks or they will fail.
Do we know ; the farmers, fishermen
some
of its selfish
its religious obligations. Thatisde-f The value of these facts are to
clared to be the reason for God's j help us see how Beaufort has grown
n.t',K.tt.Qurol t.r , V. n ... All n ainrp 1 7 8 3 In Quito nf thp fnpts tVint
t. 1 1 1 1 ii i . . i v ii i 1 1 1 ( ill. mi nuu i tuu ...... - - . i . - - - ......
the Bible at all can see that the peo-lit was an undesirable and unsociable
pie of that day (same as now) rob-;P'ace in Ii83, it is now one of North
bed God of what belonged to him. ! Carolina's most notable towns, and
Because of this poverty came upon 'within a few years will be still great
them, the devouring locust appeared
in that land and drought dried up! Yours truly.
their vines. Then comes God's chal-l FRED G. LEWIS,
lenge "prove me now bring the whole Chapel Hill, Nov. 15.
tithe in the storehouse and see if 1 1
will not open the windows of heaven TD.n- . urtM
Bn,l n. w ki; " ! TRADE AT HOME
1 783 Hp
liUrta l I 1 Vi OtC 14. T til WJ'tll J V fc "
thp Tvimlnws. nf havpn nd timir von place was worse than that of Africa
or oi rsrenia(iura, in opaiu. -'n me , dairymen, aenusis, aoctors, mer
chants, lawyers etc., must give their
home painters, plumbers and carnen.
ighty people ters their work to do to enable thpm
to live?
De we know; if we sent all of our
money to New Bern, Sears, Roebuck
or some where else our banks will
fail and we won't be able to pay our
taxes, preachers and teachers?
Do we know; when the farmers,
fishermen, preatfhers, doctors, lawyers
dentists, carnenters etc. don't huv
our groceries, meats and merchandise
in our town we are robbing our mer
chants of a living and taking from our
banks and community?
Do we know; when homo folks
don't buy buy from each other or
hire home labor we soon destroy our
town and communities. One person
, Press Gleanings
Now if you please, let's look at the vju t tl.
present day parallel On all sides of; l am not a octor , pdi
America todav we hear and we rpAil .... .....
, " - or leacner just a plain citizen ot
that our prosperity has been interfer-: Beaufort. I notice when I walk and
rea wun. un an sides, we hear the rk,e over the town-beautiful it
cries of poverty; and yet we folks do phouId be, by the clear blue waters
not know.what it is to be real povertv f ..... u
. i rr,. . , - -"c sea uiiuiy nuuses neeaing
stricken. Though we may have to naint : r,la:,.;n ,,,
give up some of our luxuries and mpnAina. ,'.. ' ,, ,. . ...
maybe wear some old clothes, but we , r woder why t. " " ' '
in a community depends upon the oth
er for a living. For example John
Smith has corn to sell, Jim Jones
needs corn but won't buy from John
but sends to Sears, Roebuck for it.
Jim Jonis has crabs and oysters to
sell, John would like to buy from Jim
but he has no money Jim sent his
THRIVING INDUSTRY
Business may be off in South America, but, so far as
Presidents are concerned, the canning trade appears
to be holding its own. Macon Telegraph.
PASS THIS ALONG
Buying now helps the other fellow to do likewise
Philadelphia Bulletin.
SEASONAL
Along about this time of year, as the old-fashioned
almanacs used to say, you may look for the able-bodied
liar who claims to take a cold bath every morning
all the year round to join in the conversation. Macon
(Ga.) Telegraph.
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have been called to diagnose or t 'k-bone of the away. If Jim had bought John's
what has caused this sudden col ap "h' " tf " corn hn could have bought Jim's
of our tremendous prosperity but ' , V? crop fa' U''eS' S-ters. Not only corn and oysters
none of them seem to know They ' 7' U?Ua"y gd , cesh ail the way through life it is the
cannot agree as to the came of thS i"' rPlC SeCm be Ut f isame-
great disaster. They cannot blame all 'm"lo.nt ""f1 r ?art .f the tinle' 11 is cooperation of a 'town
on Wall Street, neither can thPv , . a00Ut ttlesc' hard and its surrounding community that
blame it on Hoover, nor any other, .makes each prosper. A dead town
i xjii i- uiiiiw . uif inercnanc, doctor, nuiivcs a urau rouniry ami vice versa,
farmer, banker, carpenter, plumber If we don't soon have cooperation
etc., must buy from the fisher-folks the town will be when that is gone
and not go to New Bern, Raleigh or schools, churches, banks and prosper
somewhere else to get our fish if heous country is gone,
makes a decent livine?. i Let us have friendly cooperation
cause which they have been able to
discover. Some of them tinknr with
the tariff and some say that our farm
industry is anemic, while others say
that we suffer from overproduction
and some even recommend that we.
limit our immigration Vint
those smart hnrfip oum t h0 ki lawyer, preacher
put their finger on the cause ter' eclitor' fisherman etc, must buy
This is a real letter and I don't the horne farmer's produce to enable
know anything but what I read. But,him to make a !ivinS?
I want the people, all sizes. W anH ' Do we know: the farmer, fisherman
nationality to note it as a very sig- awver banker, merchant, carpenter,
nitwiint tViin i ii dairyman, preacher et
Do we know: The doctor, dentist, 1 an'' Ret everybody on a rush before
merchant, earpen-! Christmas
PLAIN CITIZEN.
BIRTH OF DAUGHTER
OVERLOOKED
Filling stations will be branch telegraph offices which
makes us wonder why the drug stores never thought of
that. Indianapolis News.
BUY NOW!
Feed Eallard'j Scratch I
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GIRDING FOR THE FIGHT
Neither the Anti-Saloon League nor church organi
zations interested in maintenance of the prohibition
law were deceived as to the late trend in the direc
tion of repeal, and at least one religious body West
ern N. C. Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church,
meeting at Greensboro, had prepared resolutions in an
ticipation of the new complexion of congress. It was
the sense of the Board of Temperance and Social Ser
vice of that church that notice shall be served on
whom it may concern, that the religious forces of the
nation "will not be subject to the political dictates of
men who have been corrupted by the insiduous forces
of alcohol.'' That to turn the government of tl.is state
and nation over to any group whose chief political doc
trine is traitorous to the Constitution is "unthinkable."
Reminding of the fact that it will be two years utnil
another political convention, the church "speaks her
mind now, and girds for the coming conflict, which is
inevitable." The Methodist report says that many men
will feel party fealty demands a sacrifice of principle
on thealtars of party regularity, yet the nation "must
be taught that the party which willingly and wilfully
accepts a principle of action that is known to be evil
results, is unworthy to be entrusted with the reins of
Government." Clear indication that the Methodists,
for one denomination, is set against the coming of the
battle for repeal, which, as it anticipates, is "inevitable."
Charlotte Observer.
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28 BILLIONS IN BANK!
Despite the business depression, savings deposits in
the banks of the United States have reached a new high
record. During the year ended June 30, according to
figures of the American Banks Association, savings de
posits increased by $207,180,000 to a total of $28,48!),
000,000, the greatest in American history. The num
ber of depositors increased about 5,000 over the prev
ious year, bringing the total to more than 52,000,000.
While one cannot entirely agree with those who say
that depressions are largely a "state of mind" and
caused by a widespread feeling of fear and lack of
confidence, there is no question that these factors en
ter prominently into such situations, and increase their
severity. Savings bank deposits usually show a heav
ier increase, due to a more urgent impulse on the part
of numerous people to safeguard themselves financi
ally. But with returning confidence and a greater sense
of economic security which inevitably follows these per
iods of excessive pessimism, such a period of hesita
tion and the laying up of extra reserves provides the
ground for renewed buying and use of the world's goods
on a much larger scale than ever before.
A nation whose people have twenty-eight billion dol
lars in cash laid up in banks, not to mention their liquid
and ssimi-liquid resources of other kinds and in other
institutions, is certainly far from bankruptcy. A tre
mendous power to buy and consume in indicated, and
it is one that will assert itself on an increasing scale
sooner or later. Constructive efforts to restore sta
bility and confidence throughout the economic field will
hasten the time when normal buying and consuming
habits will be resumed. Greenville (S. C) News.
nificant thing that no one can tell
HO thp rnol unii. f 11
w.v i-nuac ui luh cuiianse ot .
our prosperity. It just collapsed the. to make a IivinE?
same a a nuuse ooes tnat talis, and
on top of which our country was
etvw.l-n ...:u - J 1.. .
""'"icii iiu a urougni SUCh as Very ""i" reeas. In
seiaom in our memory has visited our 1- orana Ba Per hundred lbs
land- Think of it. It is a nlain na 'fty-fifty Brand $2.75 per hundred
day, God's visitation on the. Ameri- o'fty lb' ack $I'50 each- Jame. D
can continent is visible to fulfill the j m ey'
jiuiJUKty, maiacni a:iu. uoil s hand 3 B H
itouened us ior our forgetfulness, fast a
jand rich living and not Hoover's as
jsome may suppose. (I am a Democrat
ioo). we have only held back the
(things that belong to God therefore
i we can only expect him to withhold
jhis bounty from us.
Don't blame such a thing on Hoover
lor Al Smith, its dangerous. We should
! send our high officials encourage
! ment instead. Even in this, the last
idispension of time the locust has
made its appearance in our )anA in
the form of an automobile and is a J8
plague, devouring our young man and
womanhood as it did in the far away
days of Malachi when a drought came B
into his land drying up their vines. n
This was all done by the move of the '
hand of God to stop the selfish head- i
way of the people and save their '.
necks. If the true and everlasting Jq
wiuiuu ui uoa as was in Corinth in .
raui s time was now was situated
near the Capitol buildings in W,. .
ington I am sure with such privileges i
as we have to get our bread and meat ;
that such destruction, such disaster1
wouio nee away and never again ap
pear. This no man can help or hin
der, we must do as best we can for
ourselves and wait for time. At the
proper time we will have a new dawn
of day which will appear as sudden
as did the present darkness. From
whence it came we will not know on
ly its. here.
JIMMIE GUTHRIE,
Harkers Island.
Informa'Sn received here Monday-
must pat- announced the birth of a daughter to
s. Fred Seelev Jr.
North Attleboro, Massachusetts.
ionize our nome dentist, to pMhiMr anH Aim Va qi r. t
j BUY NOW!
j Feed Ballard'i Laying Ma.he.
( Guardine Brand $3.00 per hundred
lbs. Insurance Brand $3.50. College
Formula Brand $3.25. James D. Rum
ley, Beaufort, N. C
njBBBH B B B B
BHBBBI
The Right Place
Whether its medicine or fountain drinks, magazines or
cigars, bird seed or flower bulbs that you need or want
-F. R. Bell's is the store to get them. Now is the time
to be getting those Christmas presents and putting
them aside. We have a multitude of things appro
priate for the occasion. When selecting, try
F. R. BELL, Druggist
Drugs, Candies and Gifts
FRONT ST. BEAUFORT, N. C.
"3
BEAUFORT IN THE PAST
Editor of -The News:
While surveying the card catalogue
here at the University, I found a copv
! .ter written Ml'- Jacob "en
ry to Mr Thomas Henderson on Dec.
18. 1810 Thinking it of interest to
the people of Beaufort, I am striding
a brief summary to be published in
the News.
The letter deals entirely with the
description of Beaufort in that year.
He stated that Beaufort commanded
a boundless view of the ocean, con
t,lUa,I5rv,!nhVen?dwith ves-
iiupuiauon was five hui
CONFIDENT!
She's Riding on.McClaren Tires
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dred and eighty-five souls, seventy
five dwelling houses, ten stores, eight
shops of different artisans, and a p f ce
of norship, the Episcopal church!
S.SStrade was fishin -
There were plenty of wild fowl at
all seasons of the year, but particular
ly in winter wild geese, brant, and
ducks abound.
He especially stressed the value of
Beaufort as a summer resort. "Fort
Hampton," wrote he, "was built un
der the immediate direction of Cap
tain Gratiot of Engineers who had dis
played much knowledge of his art.
It is intended for
be mounted enBarbet and commands 1
the inlet." .
Mult ir?lJ r.i? nfr theamus line of McClaren
Multi-Mile Balloon tires, which are made right here
in Wh Carolina. They have recently been reduced
Pdces LetTV" l Cmpete with maiS
prices. Let us show you these long-mileage tires
quality will speak for itself.
Sizes and Prices:
29x4.40 t- ce
29x4.50 " 111
30x4.50 2
28x4.75 """" ly'll
29x4.75
30x4.75 llil
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Carl's Service Station
For Tires, Oils and Gasofine
Plus Service '
At Highland Park near Town Gate
Beaufort.