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VOLUME XIX
12 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAYDECEMBER 4, 1930 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 47
Budge!; Coiiimi ssion
Considers Requests
Departments And Institutions Want Approxi
mately $73,000,000 For Their Use For Next
Two Years; Some Interest Manifested Now
In Democratic Candidates For 1932-38
BAYARD TAYLOR
ELECTED MAYOR
James Rumley, Sr., Replaces
Mayor Taylor as Member or
Board of Commissioners
By M. R. DUNNAGAN
Raleigh, Dec. 1 The Advisory
Commission, composed of Governor
Gardner as chairman and chairman
of finance and appropriations com
mittees of the House and Senate and
two other citizens, is going over this
week the requests of the State's de
partments, institutions and agencies
for maintenance and permanent im
provements for the next two years,
which, after being pared and cut, will
be presented to the 1931 General As
sembly in Jnuary.
The requests total approximately
$73,000,000 for the next two years,
which includes highway funds of $17,
503,365 for maintenance and $5,896
122 for road construction, and $544,
157 for 1931-32 and $540,582 for
1932-33 for the Department of Agri
culture, both of which funds come
from special taxes raised by these de
partments. The other institutions, agencies
and departments are asking for $43,
976, 522 for maintenance for the two
years, or about $21,000,000 for the
first and about $22,000,000 for the
second year of the hiennium, while
the requests for bonds for permanent
improvements for the two-year per
iod total $ 1, 801, 769, which does not
include request's that may be made
for State's Prison. Four years ago
$400,000 was appropriated for addi
tional farm acreage for the prison
and has not been used. This sum
tiiAv he utilized in reorganizing the
prison on the Vasis of recommenda
tions to be made by Governor Gard
ner's special committee, which may
suggest abandoning Central prison
here.
The State agencies were appropria
te SI 9.333.825 for 1929-30 and
snent $17,909,315 due to Gov. Card
ner's cut in appropriations, and the
amount appropriated for the present
year, $19,384,617, will be cut still
more. The institutions nsKed tor
more than . $11,000,000 for perma
nent improvements two years ago,
but were granted only $1,970,000..
Many Changesln Government
Of the 32 counties which had Re
publican administrations during the
past two years, between 20 and 25
are now manned by Democrats, leav
ing less than a dozen with all or a
predominating: part of the county ad
ministrations in the hands of Kepub-;
licans, as a result of the changes
made Monday, following the election
last month. While only six of the
100 counties have Republican repre
sentatives in the General Assembly
next time, some of the counties which
elected Democratic representatives,
selected some or all of their county
officers from among the Republicans.
Fewer counties are now in charge of
Republicans than at any previous time
in the history of the State.
Prices of textbooks in the three
subjects in which changes may be
made, Arithmetic, Writing and Draw
ing, will play an important part in
determining whether changes will be
.,,m ..ffeetive next year, in books
for these courses, as recommended
by the State Textbook Commission,
when bids are submitted this week to
the State Board of Education. In ad
dition to receiving bids, the board is
hearing the first three afternoons this
week the publishers of the approved
books. State Superintendent A. T.
Allen states that conditions appear
favorable for a reduction in prices at
this time, due to economic conditions,
with a resultant caving to the school
patrons. However, he said, the board
will Hik closely at the prices and it
no saving can be made, the present
books may be continued. In every
contract the publishers of books used
in this State agree to furnish books
at a price as low as the same books
are furnished to any other State, and
when a reduction is made in prices
anywhere else, North Carolina and
her divisions automatically are given
- ...wHnn to that nrice. By which
it is seen that no State can get books
t nrir-ea lower than North Carolina
pays and few, if any, receive them at
prices as low.
Runic Resource Are Large
thoueh 11.7 per cent of the
banks and 19 per cent of the branches
involving 13.33 per cent of the cap
ital Btoek in the State bank system
of North Carolina, have closed their
doors since January 1, 1930, only 7.8
nnr rent, of the total deposits and
slightly more than 8 per cent of the
total resources in the system are in-
(Conticued or. tK.o .ivtj
Rowland Davis Passed
Away Sunday Morning
The death of Rowland Lane Davis.
I well-known local merchant, came rath
'er suddenly Sunday morning in New
Bern after a serious illness of two
days. He had been suffering from
stomacn trouole tor several years
and Friday it became acute. Satur
day afternoon Mr. Davis was taken
to St. Luke's hospital in New Beri
and immediately underwent an oper
ation for an ulcerated stomach. He
The resignation of Mayor C. T.
Chadwick was tendered the Town
Board of Commissioners last Friday
evening at a special meeting of that
body, because Mayor Chadwick's of-
INCOMING BOARD
TO GIVE RELIEF
Commissioners Inform Board of
Education That They Will
Try to Give Teachers Relief
The members of the Board of Ed
ucation of Carteret County met Mon
day afternoon at 1 o'clock in the of
fice of County Superintendent John
fice as member of the County Board H. Workman in the court-house annex
of Commissioners which began M on- for their regular monthly meeting.
day prevented him from continuing
as mayor. All of the commissioners
were present at this meeting.
Commisioner Willis offered a mo
tion which was seconded by Commis
sioner Chaplain to accept the resig
nation of Mayor Chadwick. Motion
carried.
Then Commissioner Willis made a
motion to name Commissioner John
Chaplain the new mayor. Motion
had no second.
Commisioner Chaplain offered a
motion that was seconded by Com
missioner Mason to appoint Commis-
' I ii i m i J. fill (U
died Sunday morning at 8:30 o'clock sioner r ylor iu m u, -
nirnn T.prm oi lviuvur iiuuil.iy. hv
New County Officials
Were Installed Monday
Clerk of Court Hassell Only Former Official Now In Office; Lu
ther Hamilton Made County Attorney J. J. Whitehurst
Auditor; Other Appointments Made; Will Try To Bor
row $150,000 to Meet Obligations.
as a result of peritonitis.
Although Mr. Davis suffered from
the malignant infection for several
years, he continued to be at Davis
Brothers' Store of which he was a
partner every day. He was widely
known and liked throughout Carteret
County. He had a good word and a
smile for every one, but was frank
in his association with those he came
in contact with. He was a quiet but
sociable man.
Not only was' he engaged in the
merchantile business, but he was also
a director of the Beaufort Banking
and Trust Company, and until recent
ly was a trustee of the Beaufort
Graded School. Mr. Davis was a man
whose judgment and word could well
be depended upon.
The funeral services were held at
the home of the deceased at 2 :30
o'clock Tuenday -afternoon and con
ducted by Reverend J. P. Harris, as
sisted by Reverend R. F. Munns. The
combined Methodist and Baptist
choirs sang "Asleep in Jesus" and
"Abide With Me." By request of
the family, M. Leslie Davis sang "The
Old Rugged Cross." The prayer and
scripture lesson was given by Rever
end Mr. Munns. Then Reverend Mr.
Harris made a brief talk on the life
of the deceased, in which he stilted
that he thought Mr. Davis' philoso
phy of life was to have convictions
and stick firmly to them.
At the grave in Ocean View ceme
tery Reverend Mr. Munns read Ten
nyson's poem, "Crossing the Bar,"
which was also by request of the fam
ily. Then "Some Sweet Day" was
sung by Messrs. Grayden Paul, V. K.
Swann, M. Leslie Davis and Dr. F. E.
Hyde. The benediction was by Rev
erend Mr. Harris.
The kind of life Mr. Davis led and
the esteem with which he is held was
evidenced by the large crowd that at
tended the last rites and by the multi
tude of floral tributes.
Mr. Davis was born- August 11,
1885, or forty five years ago at Davis,
N. C. He and Mrs. Mary L. Daniels
of Roanoke Island were maried in
1913 and unto this union were born
two children, only one of which sur
vives him.
Mr. Davis is survived by his wife;
by one son, Robert Lane Davis; by
his mother, Mrs. Emily Davis, of Da
vis; and by the following brothers
and sisters: Messrs. Walter, Llinore
nd Delton Davis, of Beaufort; Mr.
Hamlin Davis, of Davis; Mrs, Alvah
Davis of Davis; and Mrs. Claude Bal-
ard, of Exmore, Va.
The active pall bearers were W. V.
B. Potter, J. II. Potter, Jr., Ed. Pot
ter, J. W. Mason, K. a. w neatly, ana
T. W. Brinson of New Bern.
The following were the honorary
(Continued from page eight)
tion unanimously carried,
Commissioner Willis- presented a
motion seconded by Commissioner
Taylor to appoint James Rumley, Sr.,
to fill the unexpired term of Commis
sioner Taylor. Motion unanimously
carried.
Mayor Bayard Taylor presided over!
the regular monthly meeting of the
Town Board of Commissioners that
convened at 10 o'clock Monday morn
ing with Commissioner Willis, Rum
ley, and Chaplain present. Just
prior to the meeting Clerk of Court
L. W. Hassell swore in Bayard Tay
lor as Mayor, the term of Mayor
Chadwick having expired an hour
earlier and the new Board of County
Commissioners were not yet in ses-
Commissioner Willis offered a mo
tion wftiich was seconded by Commis
sioner Chaplain to talile the statement
of the Beaufort News for advertising
delinquent taxes. Motion carried.
Commissioner Chaplain presented
(Continued on page 8)
This Board composed of the follow
ing men: Chas. V. Webb, Morehead
City; Wiley H. Taylor, Beaufort;
and Dennis Mason, Atlantic.
At this meeting the members of
the Board and Superintendent Work
man discussed the new school legis
lation, general school problems that
are confronting the county school
system, and ways and means of pay
ing the school teachers. Immediate
ly after the meeting of the Board,
the members went over to the court
house and asked the new Board of
Commissioners for money to pay the
teachers. The Commissioners inform
ed them that they had already passed
a resolution to try to get the requir
ed amount of money for the teachers'
salaries. It has been said that the
Commissioners promised that if they
were elected, relief would immediate
ly be given the teachers.
The teachers who taught in Carter
et last year lack one month's salary
of receiving the required amount. In
addition to this, the county owes them
for one month this fall; and if they
are not paid something by tomorrow
(Friday, Dec. 5) they will be two
months behind in their fall payroll
which along with the Spring month
makes a total of three months. How
ever, according to Superintendent
Workman, there is enough on hand
the remainder from the equalization
fund and from the county commis
sioners to pay about half a month
of the salaries flue. An effort is be
ing mide- to get. enough from the
equalization fund to go with this so
the teachers may be paid another
month's salary.
Judges Son's Illness
Stops Holding Court
A considerable number of people
were here Monday to be present at
An almost complete change in tho
administration of the affairs of Car
teret county took place at the court
house Monday. With the exception of
Superior Court Clerk L. W. Hassell
who was elected to succeed him elf
the present officials are new ones. .Ir.
Irvin Davis succeeded Mr. K. W. Wal-
Register of Deeds and Mr. Kl
ine opening uwj'i."". r---
ever there was no court. Superior bert M. Chadwick was sworn in as
Court Clerk L. W. Hassell received a ; Sheriff as successor to former Sher
message from Judge Walter Small, iff J. H. Davis. Mr. J. R. Jinnett,
of Elizabeth City that owing to the who has been a deputy in the office
;t,Vol illnoto nf his son. who is in a of the Register of Deeds is retained
hospital in Norfolk, he would not be . in that position, former county li
able to come to hold court. He ad-jtorney Luther Hamilton is again in
vised that he could come on Monday j that position and Mr J. J. v mienmst
the 15th. By agreement of the mem- j ol Beautovt succeeds lormer auuuui
bers of the local bar court will beY. J. Plint. All county omcuus ue
held on the week beginning the loth. , Democrats.
Only civil cases will be tried. In order to get ready to turn over
Judge Small advised that a new j the county's business to the new
venire of jurors be summoned and . board the former Board of Commis
this was done by the Board of Com-1 sioiiers composed of C. II. Bushall, S.
The jurors for the terimJJ. r.Uwards and .orman uasiwu neiu
a short nneting Monday morning.
I meeting had also been held Friday
missioners
are the following:
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J"- n v November 28 to wind up some odds
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, ... r: n;0. I nthor and ends,
Auditor Plint made his fi-
miw. rive., ', runnrt Mnn.lMV which was heard
Guthrie Jr., Harkers Island; u. a. c, , - '"V " , n iho ,inntes
11, 1IU """'"I 1 ' m otn nol- WPVP PvtpTHIed fl'iendlV
White Leghorn Hens
Show Large Returns
Carteret County farmers usually do
not keep an accurate--record of the
cost anJ selling price of the various
things they raise and therefore they
do not always know whether they ai'e
making or posing. In order to find
out just what could be done with
poultry here in this county, W. G.
Huntly of Beaufort and Ball Brothers
of Harlowe agreed over a year ago
to keep accurate records of their
flocks of White Leghorn Chickens
and County Farm Agent Hugh Over
street forwarded their reports each
month to the Poultry Extension
Division at Raleigh. There the
reports were compiled.
This lasted for one year, from
November 1, 1929 to October 31,
1930. During that time the combin
ed flocks were reduced from 1007
pullets in the beginning to 800 hens
at the end of the year by culling.
(jtnly unfertile eggs were produced.
These pure-bred White Leghorn
chickens laid 12,330 dozen eggs in the
twelve-month period, or an average of
(Continued on page 8)
ter Sr., Beaufort; H. D. Larraway,
Merrimon; Geo. D. Day, Roe; Milton
W. Willis, Marshallberg; Farrow Ful-
cher, Williston; Harold Simmons,
Newport; W. J. Hales, Morehead City;
Jarvis Lupton, Lola; C. W. Midyette
Portsmouth: Robt. C. Modlin, Beau
fort; W. R. Lawrence, Beaufort, R.
F. D. ; H. J.. Willis, Smyrna; Alvah
Fulcher, Stacy; Chas. S. Davis, Har
ker's Island; Aleck B. Garner, Newport.
John M. Hendrix
Dies At Concord
Samuel Dill Dies
At New Bern Home
New Bern, Nove. 30 Samuel L.
Dill, one of the few remaining Con
federate veterans in the county, died
here Saturday night. The funeral
will be held at 3 o'clock tomorrow af
ternoon from Centenary Methodist
church, by the pastor, Rev. A. J.
Hobbs, J., with interment in Cedar
Grove cemetery.
Mr. Dill was in his 90th year. Since
his 12th year he had been working
for the Atlantic and North Carolina
railroad or its lessee, the Norfolk
Qrmthprn railroad. He was a mem
ber of Centenary Methodist church.
Surviving are three sons; S. L,
nill Jr.. A. T. Dill and Marcus Dill
of New Bern; a brother, ohn
Dill of Norfolk; a sister,
Mann of Hyde county.
Mrs.
A.
Ella
Mrs Carrie Norcom were in New
Bern Monday afternoon to
the funeral of her uncje.
TIDE TABLE
Concord. Dec. 2. John M. Hendrix
business and eivic leader of Concord
for more than a quarter of a century,
died at his home here this afternoon
following an illness of sever.'.! months.
His condition for several days had
been so critical that his death had
been expected hourly.
It is planned to have the funeral
services Thursday morning at 10:30.
Mr. Hendrix was secretary and
treasurer of the Cabarrus county
Building, Ldnn and Savings Associa
tion here for SO years, served as an
officer of St. James Lutheran Church
for many years, and was local rep
resentative for several hrc insur
ance companies. He was a staunch
Democrat and was active in fraternal
circles.
Born on December 13, 1868, Mr.
Hendrix entered business here as a
young man' and was unusually suc
cessful in business circles and civic
enterprises. His wife died several
years ago.
Surviving are the following chil
dren : Ed Hendrix, of Montgomery;
Dr. H. M. Hendrix, of Beaufort. N.
C; Mrs. C. A. Frickhoeffer, of Bir
mingham; T. J. Luther, Gilbert and
J. W. Hendrix, of Concord and Mrs.
J. C. Springs of Charlotte.
greeting by Chairman Bushall and he
and all members of the old board and
Mr. Plint offered their services if re
quired to give any information a
bout the county's business. Mr.
Plint said that when he went to work
there he found one book. He turn
ed over quite a large number of books
and explained the-purpose of each,
one. Unsold county bonds amount
ing "to $108,000 were delivered to the
new board. Also $181, 079. 22 worth
of tax certificates were turned in by
the former board.
The new board went to' work im
mediately after receiving the records
from former Auditor Plint. W. M.
Webb was elected chairman and C. T.
Chadwick, Vice-chairman. The other
members of the board are L. C. Car-
FORMER BEAUFORT RESIDENT
WINS GAS-SELLING CONTEST
Leslie Springle, Avho is the manager
of the Gulf Service Stations of this
district, recently won a contest over
the two Carolinas and with it a four
day trip to the southern offices of his
I Aflon u flnrtririn. T-Tp won
the contest by showing tlie hignest " " ' """" ' . . '
percentage of increase in the sale of n. The board went into executive
No-Nox gasoline in the two states. He f A ".n.ulored applications
left for Atlanta Tuesday of last weekif'- the various appointments. A mo
and returned Friday. While there he 1 was oftered by Commissioner
was royaDy entertained by the com-1 Chadwick and sveonded bv Comm.s-
sioncr
be elected County Auditor. The mo
tion carrnd. Mrs. Eva Bravaldo of
Beaufort was made assistant auditor.
Thomas Salter of Harker's Island was
elected keeper of the county home.
Miss Nannie Wa-ie was, chosen jani-
SC 7 tcl' lor 'lie courtnouse. A motion
ome Freezing Weather ,as offered b commissioner stvron
which was seconded by Commissioner
Guthrie that Luther Hamilton of
Morehead City be made County At
torneyv This motion was carried.
Commissioner Chadwick offered a
resolution which was adopted that
(Continued on page eight)
pany's .employees and the trip was
an enjoyable one throughout. Mr.
Springle is well-known here; his par
ents still live at Russell Creek. Mr.
and Mrs. Springle lived here for sev
eral years.
Here In November
Information oi. to the tides
at Beaufort is given in thi3 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
7:06 A.
7:26 P.
Dr. and Mrs. II. M. Hendrix left
for Concord Tuesday where they at
tended the funeral of Doctor Hen
drix's father today.
There were three days in November
when the temperature here dropped
below the freezing point. Figures
furnished by the U. S. Weather Sta
tion show that on the 27th, 28th and
29th the mercury went to 27 above; ......
zero. On the same (lays at several ! Fr33penty Will Ketum
other places in North Carolina it was !
reported ten to fifteen degrees low-j
er. There were six days in th: month
when the temperature rose to 70 or
higher. There were 14 clear days
So President Says
Washington, Dec. 2 The United
States will overcome the depressing
ELECTRIC PLANT BREAKS
DOWN THURSDAY MORNING
Low Tide
ir: J.. n.- S
M 12:30 A. M. jnecteti between
M. 1:27 P. M.
Saturday, Dec. 6
M 1:12 A. M.
M. 2:11 P. M.
Sunday, Dec. 7
M 1:56 A. M.
M. ' 2:57 P. M.
Monday, Dec. 8
M 2:43 A. M.
M. 3:45 P. M.
Tuesday, Dec. 9
M. 3:36 A. M.
10:40 P. M. 4:36 P. M.
Wednesday, Dec. 10
10:59 A. M. 4:34 A. M.
11:05 P. M. 5:30 P. M.
1 Thursday, Dec. 1 1
attend 11:44 A. M. 5:38 A. M.
12:07 P. M. 6:27 P. M.
7:47 A.
8:08 P.
8:31 A.
8:54 P.
9:19 A.
9:4 4 P.
10:09 A.
All three Diesel engines were shut
down early Thursday morning on ac
count of the inefficiency of the oiling
systems. Two mentfrom Fairbanks
Morse factory were summoned from
up State and they have worked dili
gently to get the engines running.
Thursday afternoon wires were con-
Beaufort and the
Morehead City plant and the local
subscribers were able to use their
lights some, although they were dim.
It is thought that one of the three
engines will be in shapo to run some
time today (Friday).
THE NEWS IS LATE
Owing to a breakdown at the city's
power plant which was out of com
mission practically all day, the News
was unable to come out on Thursday
afternoon. ' It is very rarely the case
that the News is not published on
Thursday and the management re
grets that due to causes over which
it had no control that the paper is a
day late this week.
world influences and lead the march
during the month and the rainfall was of prosperity as it always has done,
9 03 inr'hes. The wind blew from 1 President Hoover told comrress to-
in his message laying down an
the northeast for 11 days. The tern-1
perature figures for the month are as '
follows:
Max. Min.
1. ' 55 38
2. .' 55 38
3 60 42
4' .62 52
5 :65 45
6 60 45
7' 53 36
g' 58 38!
9 66 42
10. V. 66 42,
11. 64 47
12 63 55
13 63 56
14 63 55
15 72 57
16. - 72 57
17 74 62
18. . 76 60
19. ..71 54
20. 67 53
21 70 55
22. 76 52
23 - 64 55
24 .. 67 51
25. -61 38
26. 57 43
27 53 27
28. - 47 27
29. i 50 27
30 -G3 30
islation.
The president urged an immediate
appropriation of $100,000,000 to
$150,000,000 to accelerate govern
ment building during the next six
months, thus to stimulate employment
An intermediate appropriation for
seed and feed loans to farmers suf
fering from effects of the drought al
so was reccomended.
This amplification of the federal
budget will make it necessary to
tighten the treasury purse strings on
other expenditures, Mr. Hoover added
in the document read in both houses
soon after they convened at noon to
day for the second day of the session.
The president inferred the one per
cent tax reduction of last year could
not continue and cautioned rigid
economy, lest a tax increase be nec
essary. No notice was given by the presi
dent to the two subjects which have
been most agitating the returning
congressmen, prohibition and Muscle
Shoals.
"We are in an extraordinary degree
self-sustaining," the .president said.
"We will overcome world influences
and will lead the march of prosperity
as c h-v: always dor.c hlihci.c.''