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4 rk. ijj The best rdrrrtisrng medium publi.hed in Carteret Co. ( READING TO THE MIND IS AT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY J W Yoar label and pay your subscription VOLUMK XIX 12 PACES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 27, ItSO PRICE Se 3INGLI COPY NUMBER 47 CENSUS REPORT FINALLY MADE Calif oraia Makaa &raat ln creaaa; Nartla Cii iht Skovrs DESTROYS YACHT Eaiaacad Heara Lnm Baat By Explosion And Firaj Wall Knew Hara Washiagtoa, Not. S The 103 nnmilation af la Uastei JiUti is 122.77S.849. I Thia flgare waa aaaaaacat today by the ceasa bursal m the final to tal of the gmUatia it started at the beginning of the year. All regions have been completed. The census report shows ths num ber of inhabitants of ths 48 states increased in ths preceding decade by 17.064.42C, or 16.1 per cent. The 1920 population was 105,710,620. In ths column showing the percent aire of increase by states was a key to several important trends of the past ten years. Leading in this table was California with 65.7 percent, Florida on its heels with 51.6, both showing the pull of climatic attrac tions. Third with 22 per cent was Michigan, center of ths fast growing automobile industry. Arizona was fourth with 30.3. New Jersey had 28.1 suggestive of the shift from me tropolises to adjacent surburban ter ritory. Texas, 24.9 and North Caro lina 23.9, pointed to the Southern ad vance in industry and agriculture. Oregon had 21.8, a symptom of the westward shift. New York ninth in rank, had 21.2. For tenth place West Virginia and Louisiana tied at 18.1 per cent. California led also in total gains, adding 2,250,399 inhaitants, while New York state gained 2,202,839. Michigan, Texas and Illinois were the only other states to gain more than a million. Only one state Montana, lost population, dropping 11,283. CRIMINAL CASES RECORD ISSUED JUDGE HILL HOLDS HIS FINAL COURT The yasht "Black Mammy," ewned r Edmand Heard ef Boston, Mass., and on which Mr and Mrs. Heard spent several winters In Beaufort har bor, is now no more. The loss of tha vessel is described in an account giv en by the Gloucester, Vs., Gazette which is as follows: "The two-masted cabin yacht "Black Mammy," owned byEdmund M. Heard, of 'Auburn,' Mathews County, and Richmond, wa stotally destroyed by fire in the Severn Riv er near the Greenway Marine Railway Tuesday morning. The skipper of the yacht, known as "Cap'n Gus," was overcome, either by inhaling smoke or flames or by shock, and was rushed to a Newport News hospital for treatment. The yatch is said to have been valued at over $10,000. According to accounts of the mat ter reaching Gloucester, the yacht had been at the Greenway dry dock for repairs, which had been complet ed, and was waiting for the fog to lift to start for Auburn Whalf. While waiting, "Cap'n Gus" is said to have gone into the cabin with a blow torch to scrape off puint. W. L, Brown manager of the marine railway, and Jeff Thomas, an employee in the ma chine shop, saw him.'a few minutes later, rush out of the cabin and also saw the boat was afire. Explosion Follow Fir "Cap'n Gus" got off the boat onto the dock, where he collapsed. He was taken to the nearby store of Stonewall J. Rowe, who is also pro prietor of the marine railway, and Dr. J. W. Smith was called. Dr. Smith is said to have advised his re Today's announcement included the outlaying territories and posses-; moval to a ho?,ptiali umi he was hur. sions except for the Phillipine Islands. ; r:eJ to vewnorf News suDsianuai increases were snown oy Porto Rico, Hawaii, and the Canal Zone, with the Virgin Islands the on ly loser. North Carolina, with a population of 3,170,276 had an increase f 611- 153, or 23.9 per cent over the 1920 total. tinguish it a terrific explosion took place, seeming to emanate from the keel. The yacht was literally tron to pieces and sankTat' once". '- A theory advanced for the explosion wa sthat a leakage of gasoline in some way had caused an accumulation of gas under Mr Fliraliptli I inrUav the floor planks of the vesse1, and rs. unzaDetn luinasay jthat fume9 arising had ignited from Passed Saturday Night the blow torch. i The "Black Mammy" was a beauti ful, modernly appointed yacht, one Camrta Dkpaa oef Larga N am ber; White Far Kxaoael CaV oreel; Maay CoavUtad By M. X. MNNA6AI, " Raleigh. Nov. Bi Superior Courts in the luu rtorsa uarouna counuw disposed of 16,819 criminal cases dur ing the fall term ef 1928 and taa spring term of 1919 and 15,732 eas es during the fall term of 1929 and the spring term of 1930, according to the biennial report just issued by Attorney General D. G. Brummit, whose office is required to 'Consoli date this criminal information. The report for 1928-29 shows that of the 16,810 cases disposed of, 10, 422 were whites, 6,321 negroes, 65 Indian and two eorporations, and that 15,848 were males and 960 fe males. Of this total, 11,946 were convicted, 1,888 acquitted, 2,883 noil prossed and 93 otherwise disposed of. The 1929-30 report shows that of the 15,732 cases, 9,770 were whites, 5, 904 negroes, 56 Indians and two cor porations, and that 14,794 were males and 936 females. Of the total, 10,t 948 were convictsd, 1,980 acquitted, 2,733 noil prossed and 71 otherwise disposed of. The report gives Carteret County 27 cases for 1928-29 and 22 cases for 1929-30. The 1928-29' report shows 19 whites and 8 negroes; 24 males and 3 females, and the disposi tion as follows: 27 convicted, none acquitted, none noil prossed and none otherwise disposed of. For 1929-80 the report shows 16 whites and 6 ne groes; 20 males and 2 females, and the disposition as follows: all 22 con victed. Wanti Mora Money North Carolina's departments, in stitutions and agencies, with few ex ceptions, are asking for maintenance before anything could be done to ex-1 appropriations lor ine next Dienmum in excess or xnose given uy me Administration f Past Twt Years Ends A Few Caaaa Continaeel The fire spread with rapidity and The death of Mrs. Elizabeth B. General Assembly, in their appear ances before the Advisory ' Budget get Commission, which ended ita help ings, lasting a week, on Monday of this week. This commission goes ov er and pares down requests, recom mending appropriations to the next General Assembly. Its recommenda tions will have "economy" as the key word, in order to meet the reduced revenues, due to the business depres- ' The last sitting 'of Recorder's Court under the administration ef Judge E. Walter Hill took place at the resrular hour Tuesday morning. At the conclusion of the business or the court Judge Hill took occasion to exuresa his thanks to the court of ficials, police officers, attorneys, the press and tha public for cooperation shown to the court. Judge Hill said that whatever success the court might have had was due in a large measure to the help given him by others and that he was very apprecia tive thereof. Solicitor Graham Dun can spoke in a similar vein. The principal business transacted in court was a sort; of gathering up of the odds and ends. Some five or six defendants tried at former times were arraigned and interrogated as to why they had not paid fines and costs assessed against them. Hard times was the unanimous excuse. Judge Hill informed them that these debts would have to be paid and he gave some until the first Tuesday in December and others the hrst lues day in January to make settlements. J. F. Waring of Morehead City sub mitted to the charge of having a half pint of whiskey in his possession Judgment was suspended on payment of the costs. George E. Gillikin of Morehead was convicted on the charge of disposing of consigned goods, mostly cigars, gotten from the Poplin Cigar Co., of Kinston. His sentence was four months in jail, prayer for judgment suspended for sixty days to give the defendant a chance to pay up. Attorney S. H. Newberry of Kinston assisted in the prose'eution of the case. Cases against the following were continued:' D. F. Riggs, G. C. Suther land, J. B. Sanders, W. T. Davis, Norman Lucas, noil prossed, the par ty said to J)e in California. -r,:,,.w A Meeting It Called To Organize Boys' Patrol A traneral invitation to all boys froai the afth grade age taoae the high athools, teachers, aoaasy of ficials and tha pabae gonecaHj Br ing extended U attead a nteetiag ta be held In the ceanty eotrtheeea, Bat- rda December at 10 o ! M. The object ef tha aaeetiag fc to LIVE WIRE KILLS BEAUFORT YOUTH AN Thomas Meet Tragic Daatk; Large Crowd At Fun eral Meaelay One of the largest crowds that ev er assembled for a funeral in Beau- organiae a oonnfcy wide Beys' PatroL , fort ws present Monday afternoon Tha maetinir is sponsored by the Carolina Motor Clab and is backed by county educational and welfare workers. One of the mam speakers will be G. T. Matthews who will in struct the boys in the work and de liver the badges and belts .to all who are elected to membership in the or ganization. C. R. Wood, recreation al worker, will tell ol nis worn among various groups of patrols and espec ially of that being done by the Dur ham county patrol which has 200 members. C. S. Wallace of More head City will represent the Caroli- Motor Club of which organiza tion he is president. The Morehead City High School band will play and there will be songs lea by superin tendent H. L. Joslyn. Reverend R. F. Munns Returned To Beaufort Some Menhaden Taken Saturday and Monday Lindsay late Saturday night marked ifi. Al .1 i 1 PliMctlnn lifts e$ . me enu oj. a iu"K viniBnan one of the oldest residents of this community. Although she hnd been in failing health for some years, the final illness did not begin until about a. week before her death occurred which resulted from urenic poisoning. Mrs. Lindsay was seventy-seven years of age and lived her whole life here in Beaufort where she was born. She of he rnotable features being a brick iSion. ace in the cabin. SCOUTS WILL HAVE COURT OF HONOR FRIDAY NIGHT The first meeting of the local Scout Court of Honor did not hold its meeting Tuesday evening as first advertised on account of the first term examinations which were given iri fVirt l.ol TMiKlirt onlinrtT tlin fii4i was the wife of the late Thomas W.;three'd of thig week However Lindsay, who died in 1908. She was the Court of Honor wiU be held ,n the mother of fie children, none of:.. e , ,,, Vr;ja ... f n which are living. Charity, John, Lil lian and Sarah died in infancy; but Warren, who died in 1905, lived a few days beyond his twenty-first birthday. Funeral services were held at the Ann Street Methodist Church at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon and were conducted by Reverend R. F. Munns, the pastor. Mrs. Lindsay was a life long member of Jhis church. "Lead Kindly Light" and "Jesus Savior Pi lot Me," were sung by the choir. Mr. M. Leslie Davis sang "The Old Rug ged Cross." At the grave "Shall We o'clock. Snow Visited Carteret Early Tuesday Morning Nothing seems quite as fickle as the weather. Some weeks ago, after Carteret County folks had been enjoy ing a stretch of balmy weather, things changed sudden and there was a killing frost all over the county. This visit of Jack Frost was about six Gather at the River" was silng. The weeks or two months earlier than us- fact that Mrs. Lindsay had many ual. friends was evidenced by the multi- The past ween or so naa oeen The 28 State institutions are ask ing for about $6,000,000 for perma nent improvements for the next two years, as compared with more than $11,000,000 asked and less than $2, 000,000 granted in 1929. The com mission probably will hold these rec ommendations down to about $500, 000, and then only for emergency uses, required by fires, unsafe build ings and such emergencies. Bailey Ran Behind. Ticket Complete figures on votes for State (Continued on page four) POISON LIQUOR KILLS TWO OTHERS IN DANGER tude that attended the last rites andUr warm for this time of the year.',,,,!, Saturday. Greensboro, Nov. 25 Two negroes were dead in Guilford county today, one in a very serious condition and eight others less seriously ill victims officers said, of denatured alcohol. Taft Herbin and Graby Cobb were dead, and McKinley bummers was not expected to recover. Chief of Police C, C. Sheppard, of i UiDsonvuie, saia tne negroes ioia mm they bought the alcohol from a filling station to "throw a party" near Gib- Menhaden fishing received a boost Saturday and Monday when nearly all of the boats around here caught some of the coveted fish. None of the boats were loaded, but practically all were rewarded with some fish. Those caught Saturday were of two sizes: the small and the roe fatbacks. No large ones were caught here Monday, but the small ones were larger than the small ones caught Saturday. Ow ing to the rough sea that was caus ed by a stiff southwest wind Tuesday and WTednesdny, none of the boats were able to get out and look for the fish. Some think that the big fish have passed on by, while others think that they have not come yet. The readers will remember that the main part of the fishing season last year came af ter Thanksgiving. Even ' then, few laree menhaden were caught, com pared to past seasons. What is done in the next three or four weeks will determine whether many of these fish will be caught. If the weather will permit, the boats will be out each day now searching for the schools of menhaden that will mean right much to the fishermen around here. Tho plnsine- session of the North Carolina Conference took place at Henderson Sunday night. Accord ing to custom the appointments of ministers of the church for the var ious districts were read at that time. Dr. Patten will continue as Presiding Elder for the New Bern district. Rev erend R. F. Munns is returned to Ann Street church in Beaufort. The appointments for the district follow: New Bern district presiding elder, Walter Patten. Atlantic, E. L. Hill; Beaufort, R. F. Munns; Dover, L. E. Sawyer; Goldsboro, St. Paul, W. V. McRae; Goldsboro circuit, W. H. Brown; Grifton, I. S. Richmond; Hookerton, J. C. Humble; Jones, T. W. Lee; Kinston Queen Street, E. C. Few; LaGrange, Rufus Bradley; Morehead City, B. B. Slaughter; Mt. Olive Calypso, L. L. Smith; Mt Olive Circuit, E. N". Harrison; New Bern Centenary, A. J. Hobbs,, Jr.; Riverside-BrTdgeton, R. M. Price; Newport, R. W. Barfield, supply; Ocracoke-Portsmouth, R. N. ritts- supply; Oriental, R. E. Atkinson; ramlico, C. N. Phillips; Pikeville Elm Street, J. G. Phillips; Pinkhill, H. LeRoy Harris; Seven Springs. W. J. Freeman, supply; Snowhill, E. B. Craven; Straits-Harlowe, J. C. Har mon, missionary to Africa, J. G. Bar den; superintendent Odd Fellows Home, E. S. Stack;. Director Golden Cross, W. H. Brown; superanuates C. P. Jerome, S. A. Nettles, J. M. Wright. BIRTH OF SON by the many floral tributes. Inter ment was in Ocean View Cemetery. Active pall bearers were: Charles Clifton Jr., I. N. Moore, James V. Caf frey, N. F Eure, J. H. Potter Jr., Ed. Potter, W V. B. Potter. Honorary pallbearers were C. W. Clifton, Am brose Fnlener, John Forlaw, Richard Felton, F. R. Seeley, J. R. Herring, B. A. Bell, J. H. Potter Sr., Walter Moore, H. C. Jones, C P. Dey, W. L. Hatsell Sr., Charles Skarren, Hal Fet ter, Josiah Chadwick, W. P. Smith, W. G. Mebane. Mrs. Lindsay wt the second wife of Thomas W. Lindsay; his first wife was her sister,, Mra. Jane Lindsay. She was the taagfcter of J. P. C. Da vis. Mrs. Lindsay ie torvived by the following aieees tmi nephews: Mes- dames Jane. Jalfa aae Annie Franks, all of Fayetterille; Mrs. E. -Walter Hill, Beaufort; Mrs. Eric Afcernethy, Chapel Hill; W A. Mace, Beaufort; J. P. C. Davis, New Bern; Ttoowas Davis, Raleigh; and 'Sheriff James Hi Davis, Bean fort. Mrs. Lindsay was conscious until almost the last. Saturday afternoon she called her friends and her house hold, including Rebecca the cook who had been her house servant for thir- Thev had drunk "thesHuff" before without any ill effects, he them as saying. The Beaufort News has just re- eived the miormatiun tnat a son wa. quoted jorn to Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Brook? f New York City on November 8. Monday afternoon the temperature began to fall slowly, during tne night it got cooler and some snow not much of course, but snow it was fell here about five o'clock Tuesday morning. Other report, from Allan-! PHYSICAL EXAMINATION MADE tice and up Bogue Sound also tens . , ,R MFMRFRQHIP j 1 Ta V J-t w M-f a .iiwLjiiw. (Br Virrinia Sloan I greatest publicity. This is the phase Thanksgiving Passes Quietly Around Here of snow falling there early Tuesday, REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS I. H. Gorham Com. to The Bank of Merehead Ctiy, 1 lots Merehead Cky, for f 509. Sheoaria rolnt Laad Ue. to irus- tees Baptist Chare, t lots Morehead Citv. fer SI. C. . Wneatly Com. to 1 A. Ma ma, 1 lot Beaafert, for $880. J. B. Cheshire aad J. F. Dancan, Receivers ef B. H. and J. A. Mead ows Co., 25 acre, Merrimon Town ship, for $58. BIRTH W DAUGHTER Born to Mr. and Mrs. (Robert Hud- gins at the Potter Emergency Hos pital Friday, November El, a aaugn ter, June Ana. '' . them all farewell. And then they sang, at her request, the famoua old song, "Shall We Gather at the Riv- ty-five years, to her bedside and bade er." ' '. Home Demonstration Agent) 4-H Club work ts not state or ganisation. It is a part of the na tional agricultural extension system, and through this work raral boys and girls are taaght fcetter agnenltaral and kome-tnaking practices, and the finer and more significant things of rural life. It builds men and wom en. Carteret County has 9 4-H Clubs with an enrollment of 2S8 girls. Upon becoming a club member eaen girl takes the following pledge, I pledge, My Head to clearer thinking; ' Mr Heart to greater loyalty; My Hands t olarger service, and My Health to better living, for My Club, my Community, and my Country. Each H is of vast importance to our club girls, though the H which stands for Health is probably given of the work which the girls are stress ing thia year. Each club girl has filled oor Health questlonaires sent out from the State Hearth Department. And in thia way sae has been able to make a check An herself, thus catling te her attention her faulty health habits. She grades herself on these habits In the all,T mid-winter and spring. Each girl is also weighed and measnred three times during the school term by the flora Demonstration Agent and each record is kept. In the recent examination of. the girls I found the White Oak Senior Club girls leading Carteret County in Health. 48 per cent of the mem bers of this club were normal weight. And it is interesting to know that these same girls are also leading the county with the highest grades for Health Habits. (Continued on pagi foul) The banks, postoffice and some of the stores are closed here today. Both St. Paul's and the Beaufort Graded Schools are closed until Mon day. This morning services were held at 10:30 o'clock at St. Paul's Episcopal church and members car ried different sorts of food which was shortly after distributed among the local unfortunate people. Tonight at 7:30 there will be Thanksgiving service held at the Baptist church. There will be special music and other interesting things. An offering will be taken a tthis time for the orphan age, Mills Home. Mrs. Ed Potter's class of the Methodist Sunday School has delivered fruit and flowers to the shut-ins, sick and the unfortunate folks throughout the community. All in all, there is an air of festivity and holiday manifested. Now the atmosphere will become charged with Christmas, for the year's greatest day is only about four weeks off. There will be Christmas shopping and the children will begin to talk of Santa Claus and the joys of Christmas with voices of expectancy. at three o'clock at Ann Street Meth odist church to attend the final rites of Allen Thomas, twelve year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Thomas. The auditorium and Sunday School room were entirely filled and a good many people stood on the outside of the church. People came not only from Beaufort, but from Morehead City, the surrounding country and from out of the county also. The elementary grades of the public school adjourned a half an hour ear lier than usual and many of the pu pils attended , the funeral. Class mates of Allen and his Sunday School class marched to the church and act ed as flower bearers. Reverend R. F. Munns, pastor of the church conducted the funeral aid ed by Reverend J. P. Harris pastor of the First Baptist church and Reverend J. A. Vache, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church. The music, which was especially beautiful, was render ed by singers from the different churches. The choir first sang "O Love that will not let me go" Mrs. John Brooks sang "There's a Friend of Little Children" and a quartert composed of Mrs Buell Cook, Mrs. H. M. Hendrix and Messrs. J. A. Vache and M. Leslie Davis sang "I Think when I read that sweet Story of old." The last number sung by the choir in the church was "Asleep in Jesus" and "Safe in the Arms of Jesus" was sung at the grave. The interment was in Ocean View ceme tery. The pallbearer were uncles ot of the boy; Jerry, Phil, Leon, Murray and Sam Thomas and Ben Taylor of Maxton. The tragic death of the lad was a great shock to the people of Beau fort. It occurred between four and five o'clock Friday afternoon when -Allen came into contact with a high voltage wire in the rear part of the Sea Breeze theatre. He had enter ed a small door in the side of the building, as a good many boys have been in the habit of doing, and in the dark must have accidentally touched the wire. A small bny re ported to Mr. W. L. Paul the propri etor of the theatre that some one had gone into the building and upon in vestigation he found Allen's lifeless body. The boy was taken to the Pot ter Emergency Hospital and every effort made to revive him but all in vain. Electricians Fay that a current of some 240 voltage had passed thru his body and that death was probably instantaneous. He is survived by his father and mother Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Thomas, grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Thomas, maternal grandmother Mrs. Helen Russell, three brothers, Charles, George Mur ray and Ralph and a sister Miss Katherine. There are also surviving several uncles, aunts and cousins. Without exception the people of Beaufort, as well as many others, re gret very deeply this deplorable at cident and felt great sympathy for the family of the deceased lad. 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 is whether near the inlet or at the heads of the estuaries. "ATLANTIC" RECONDITIONED FOR FISHERIES COMMISSION Morehead City, Nov. 23 The eld "Atlantic." formerly owned by the State Fisheries Con mission, proodly rides at anchor at the State dock here reinstated in all her glory as the flagship of the fleet of boats employ ed in the State conservation program. As soon as the fire destroyed the new boat Captain Nelson let no moments pass and the Atlantic was in service the afternoon of the day the fire oc curred. The Atlantic was taken off the ways Thursday where it has been overhauled and the interior decorated and painted outside. The furnishings lost in the fire have been replaced and everything put in ship shape. Hit Tia Friday, Nor. 1:59 A. M. 2:05 P. M. Saturday, NaT, 2:55 A. M. 2:59 P. M. Low Tide 7:41 8:13 8:44 9:01 A. P. A. P. M. M. M. M. 3:44 3:51 4:29 4:38 5:10 5:23 5:48 6:05 6:26 6:45 A. P. A. P. A. P. A. P. A. P. SmLay, NaT. M 9:41 A. M. M. 9:46 P. M. Manday, Dac 1 M. 10:31 A. M. M. 10:27 P. M. Taesday, Daa. 2 M. 10:50 A. M. M. 11:18 P. M. Wadnetday, Dec. 3 M. 11:09 A. M. M. 12:01 P. M. Thursday, Dec. 4 M. 11:49 A. M. M. 12:44 P. M.