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hi 01 The -1 j.d.eilUr.2 iv:cdiam -.ublished in Carteret Co. ( UK ADD 3 DING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY WATCH Your label and pay your subscription VOLUME XIX 16 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1930 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY NUMBER 51 KT' MPS Ir: o 'i. m. b: tea it, fcrn t KStlf S V & -a vk - r cm i: i v. ts Advisory Commission Suggests Changes Many Suggestions Offered For The Improvement of County Government; Senator Overman Dies and is Succeeded by Cameron Morrison By M. R. DUNNAGAN Raleigh, Dec. 1G Further improve ment in .administration of county fis cal affairs, a more accurate account ing of public money, prevention of unnecessary financial loss, more intel- ligent means of economy and assur-; Thursday afternoon. This is done ance to taxpayers of greater value in order to give all who work for the for public money expended are ob- News an opportunity to enjoy a few jects sought by the County Govern- days vacation. The News office will ment Advisory Commission in its pro- be closed until Monday, December 29. gram of bills to be submitted to the 'The usual issue of the paper will ap 1931 General Assembly. pear Thursday January 1. The News These bills have the endorsement is published nfty two times a year and of the State Association of County never suspends publication for Christ Commissioners and are included in mas or any other holiday. Persons substance in the following brief scho;who desire to have any job printing dule: done at this office should bring their Appointment of county accountant orders in at once, by county commissioners, only upon! evidence of special training and ex perience. Inspection and supervision of rec ords of county officers, to insure proper accounting of public money and proper safeguards of funds, by County Government Advisory Com mission. Centralizing bookkeeping and ac counting control in the office of the county accountant. Abolishing office of county treas- urer ami of fiscal agent acting as treasurer. Proper restriction by General scmbly of nature of investments of county sinking funds. Require banks and county officers to furnkh more realizable- and" suf-i ficient security for protection of pub lic funds in their possession. Submission of plan for partial oriof Mr. Willis in the ruins of his camp. installment payment of taxes. jThey buried them on the beach near Require appointment of tax collec-jthe camp ruins, tor by county commissioners. I He is survived by his wife and two Lodge county-wide control of road j sons, Oscar and Elvin. maintenance and construction in the j Biggest Catch of Fish county commissioners, abolishing sep-1 The biggest catch of fish that has rate highway commissions and town- ever been caught in the history of At ship road districts. j lantic was made last week when the Provide a definite and reasonable I two crews of Messrs. Winfield Ful scale of compensation for county at-jchor and Augustine Robinson caught torneys in tax foreclosure suits. j $2,63 1.87 worth. Request General Assembly to allow county commissioners to levy taxes for additional special purposes, over the 15-cent constitutional tax limita tion, in order to prevent frequently recurring deficits in county general 1 funds. . i A new wholesale and retail con- Suggestion-has also been made thatictrn for all varieties of sea foods ba the County Government Advisory been started here in Beaufort un.Ser Commission be given more authority 'the name of the Union Fish Company, to enforce the County Government ' Chas. S. Willis, well-known busimss Acts, rather than serve merely as an man of Marshallberg, is the nianag-v "advisory" body as it has been of the new company. It is doing since its creation by the 1927 General Assembly. Real Estate Valuation North Carolina's tjtal valuation of real estate in l'.)21) was S2,0'l(i, ! 1-1,-000, divided into land acreage valued at $!)31,82S),00(), and town and city lots' valued at .$1,020,077,(100, accord ing to the last report of the State Board of Assessment, just issued. The average valuation of land per acre is $31.84, the highest being in Gaston county, S210.S1. and the low est in Dare, SO. 07, while the town lw-,i average' the highest in price in Cald well county, $:i.;!70.0'.', and the low est in Jones county, !?' 12.a 1. Tiv State aveiage for toun lot- is $!, 920.18. Mecklenburg lends in total value of town lots, with $12,!,!-l7,.'iS, while Currituck is listed as having no town lots. Guilford has the higlv.st total value of land acreage, with $2(i, !:!. 370, while Tyrrell has the lowest, $1- 547,087. Gnrtorot Countv. the report shows, ind livtotal real estate valuation of will be located in front of the stores 12 30 000, of which $6,940,000 of Freeman Brothers and the D. Pen gs' i-n land, valued at an average of der Company. Gifts of food or mon- had $12 was i-n and ?5, 400,000 in 2031 an tow-'n lots, avtrage value of which was 020.74 a lot. The county nao notn jing listed in manufacturing establish ments outside of city and town cor poration limits and nothing in value of mineral, timber or water power sites in the county. ' Executive Counsel O. M. Mull has issued a statement that Governor Gardner will extend no general clem ency to prisoners because of the hol idays and, as he will be engaged in il Budget matters trom now unui ui i-.m.,., , .. . . firt of the year, he will not consider 'est, Beaufort Chief of Police; and applications for clemency after Tues-1 R. E. Chaplain, of thi, community, day, December 16, until January 1, who is also the county jailer. From jygV, 'time to time the sheriff may swear in Governor Gardner has issued a call ; temporary deputies whenever they to cotton and tobacco growers, bank- are necessary, but those named in ers and merchants to reduce cotton the foregoing are ms regular ass.st Conti'U'ed on page five ants. .NEWS FORCE WILL TAKE A HOLIDAY The Beaufort News will be printed next Wednesday afternoon instead of Atlantic Man Found Dead At His Camp Mr. James Willis of Atlantic left home by himself on November 27th I to go over to the Hammock: to set 'some traps. About three nights later a fire was seen at the Hammocks from Marshallberg. A man went over there a week later and found his camp had burned. He didn't know that some ' one was camping over there so he As-.'didn't think much about it. Another , man passed and saw a boat. He 'came back some time later and the boat was still in the same place so he-came to Atlantic and mentioned it. Monday morning a searching party went out and found the remains Union Fish Company Opens For Business business in the place at the rear 01 nl'-: fiaraire on I' ront Street ,iif- nieriy occupied by S. W. Davis i. Bin. The Union Fish Company i going to deal in ov.ry kind of ma: me food, and will not onlv ship wind's-de 'out will also do a local ii i.'.n iiiess. It has been in one.v.tdia ; . week and has now gotten I in oerwnv. ,lo-iei)h I'm son . of i in.- Ml -ii.u. un- om- nudity, is as-i.-tin-r ?t . Willis .-u ii' iiev.' firm s place ni' business. CONTRIBUTIONS ASKEL- FOR PERSONS IN NEED OK HELP Under the au-l'ie, Count-. V.ddfare I epa t me;" iai' mad ' til coilert an i I'oo.l ad mono. f Cait-ae to be sa Morehoa. Idi- the deserving pool' . ei unty. Conti ilmtio'is ai 1 i . - it i I in Beaufort and city. Large containeis will be placed in front of the stof-s of I. N. Moore ami the C. D. Jones Company in Beau- fort and in Morehead City containers, ey or both are desired. Boy Scouts will be on hand to receive the contri butions. Gifts will be received on Saturday all day and again on Tues day. SHERIFF E. M. CHADWICK APPOINTS THREE DEPUTIES Sheriff Elbert M. Chadwick has appointed three nssistant or deuply sheriffs to help him carry out the du ties of his office. They are: George 1 M. .!.. ltl,oJ fill!' W I? 1.1111"-- CONVICT TWO ON ASSAULT CHARGES Suspended Road Sentences Giv en To Men For Assaults On Women Two men were tried in Recorder's Court Tuesday for assaults upon women and two were tried for steal ing clams. The two charged with as sault were convicted. The alleged clam stealers got off. The defend ants came from Morehead City and Beaufort. William Bell of Morehead City, who is a young married man, was first tried on the charge of striking Mrs. Wallace Willis a neighbor of his. The trouble grew out of a quar rel about a garage which both were in the habit of using. Mrs. Willis said the Bells persisted in leaving the doors open. They had some words about the matter and she said Bell struck her and knocked her down. She was corroborated in her state ment by her daughter Miss Emma Lee Willis. Mrs. F. C. Salisbury tes tified that she saw the bruises on Mrs. Willis' face and chest. The defendant Bell's attorney, Lu them Hamilton, had entered a plea of nolo contendere for him but Bell went on the stand and gave his ver sion of the affair, fie said Mrs. Willis used abusive language towards him and that he struck her. Judge Davis nave him a six months road sentence and the costs. The road sentence however is not to go into effect provided Bell shows good be havior for the next twelve months. Judge Davis said he let him off rath er lightly because he had a family to support and is a poor man. Messrs. I C. S. Wallace and J. R. Bell testified ' that the man had a good reputation! j it m r;n:i-; f rti.iui,.n i j i. great uncle of the defendant, made a h , ,. . If- I speecn asK.ng lor leniency xor mm. dbilit that the legislature will do B. E. Garner of Newport the sec-; Ulj J. t tfc u increase ond man tried had no attorney. The... . .. , , . , . 111'-.' " Liiaic tiduiM iiuu nao iiiauv: ins wife Mrs. Susan Garner. She testi fied that on the 9th of December her husband came home and would not eat any supper and seemed to have something on his mind. They had a few words and she said he got his shot. pu.n and that she didn't, lilt'1 the looks of things and left. Later I she came back and finally sheriff j Chadwick and deputies Chaplain and : t t i ..-.I i i ijongesi, came aim ariesieu ner nus- band. The defendant Garner went upon the stand and testified that he did not thi eaten his wife and had no in tent ion of shooting her. He got his gun down because he thought of go ing hunting but decided not to go. li e ulmitted that he had tak; n a iri"i: or, the occasion referred to. Ju'.'.ge l):ivis let him oft with the costs and a suspended sentence of six months on the roads. He also informed Gar ner that he smelled whiskey on hhn and that liquor was probably the cause of his family trouives. G:. 'n and stated that ho and his vil' ' :i d not get along well together r.n.i ,i . slit was a g 'eai hand to q:i v! with him. Tbt: couple have si-: child' en and Garner also has tee. ch.ldtvn by a I'oimer marriage. 'i'lie-iiav iiilernoon Stanly ;'.'-.'. :. and. ('hr.i'lie Adams, two young v.v.-i'- ! 'en o !: ch Moi'eiu'i'.d ( it v were tend " o I ,- sever-1 IK G in ir ie and it seems hv J. 1.. idv son i,., the G:i Gii' iine. In .'ICS il.J.'KI .1 ol l lOiiNooro, liave !..ns"( l.'S of ttom in ilegn,. d i ,. i.'d eiams taela liiey a :. '; . li lot i! V of idara : . 1 i i . 1 1 . ' n.'.. ing a d"liai' l,a iiel f : em. i i'ey say they haw b..en a ne; clams and so they nm'-Ki i! , o ihev could iiUiit fy them. I. a"' Cirhr.e t-st ilieil that on Xive ed'-. ' '.;:.! Ii wont io Harbor's fish hou-v ia .li iriiead I'ity i"d found a pde e. eiams which he said belonged to him. An employe ol iiarliers by the name I of Grillin testified that he had bom h! ai iiv three bushels of clams from O'N and Adams that day. Captain Kirov Guthrie t.stiiied as to marking the clams and said he recognized the om" in the fish house as being the prop erty of his son and himself. Attorney C. R. Wheatly who appea ed for the defendants did not put on pny witnesses at all and argued that the case should be dbmissed. At torney Aivah Hamilton who was nr sisting in the prosecution argued tl'.a the evidence was strong enough to justify conviction hut Judge Davis did not see the matter that way and iUon. It was named in honor ol ben (ilniii serf the action. Court vill ' .-.tor Nathaniel Macon, who was in- meet again next Tuesday. EIRTH OF DAUGHTER Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Lewis of Atlantic on December 10, a daugh ter Emma Frances. STATE TO TAKE ATLANTIC ROAD Contract For Approval of County Commissioners Will Ee Forwarded In Few Days The North Carolina State Highway Commission met in Raleigh last Thursday in executive session and decided to take over the 30.4 miles of hardsurfaced road and bridges between what is known as the "Forks'' about a half a mile east of Beaufort on to Atlantic as a contin uation of Route 10 with Atlantic as its eastern terminus. Owing to the fact that this paper is printed on Thursday about the same time this important decision was made by the Highway Commission, the News was unable to carry a story of this in last' week's issue of the paper. Although Highway Commissioner Wheatly is confident that the county commission ers will agree to this, the contract from the Highway Commission has not yet been forwarded to the coun ty officials for their approval yet, but in all probability this will be done in the next few days he said. Tuesday of last week all of the pniintv fninmiwi(inrs with thn evenn- i tion of C. T. Chadwick went to Ral eigh and appeared befoic R. A. Doughton, Chairman of the Highway Commission, and Claude R. Wheatlv. District Highway Commissioner, and cciL-,.,1 w nli f tv, ,-,.:,,!, ,,f rnnnt.v Tuhinh total 20-1. hi' t;i!c:'n over hv th State. The ,.,.nntv of-! ficials were informed by hii.-h-ianl Hla-i',ve way othcials that when the le ture meets next month that an act is r likely to be passed to incorpor- all of the 45,000 milts of county fa ,nto gtate i-fcl-'!- Commissioner Wheatlv inform v ti,t 4u . eel the. News that there is a great pos ,ho (rat'l ind f-r,v rtnnt r f- w. -o (.c.-k vilc v vii b ki w.ii: Ion to take care of these 45,000 miles and thus alleviate the property own- trs. Specifications are now being made for the improvement of the Beaufort-i -Atlantic segment of Route 10, said Commissioner Wheatly, and the con- J1'11;4 for these changes will very like ' 00 let anout Me mmcie 01 Janu- al7' A .fl,!1 w'n be made acr0PS North River with the excention of two or , -; - rni'pp t rp Tfinr nr n" i irn in rna . middia raid all other creeks will be likewise spanned, said Commissioner Wheatly. He also said that all other nec.ssai.y improvements will be made In the toad along with the filling of he i.'veis and creeks and the rebuild ing of the bridges. :wc " . .:OE HERE . aiESDAY NIGHT : ... .; v -,v i e" - s, one d: A -'. " :c Aadei son and tin ti-: Danea.il, collided a: Aia.d and 'I urn" ' "dt'i'son ami 1 . , . " " were shaken i:j. '.' ::? i Inner. n car waa ! Ml .1(1 S-ra; t and ar r. . aa ol,'.! ui.var.i ; :' -t :. i',":ion t iie ilriv- the- a::ti.iii.n(ilc would j tea el :ies', t h"y Uinvt' ' so Unit let :-' :.- I a... t . . .i".v is, . Th- : the Ami r.'-.-in car w.r . the a hit. , As v.-s b thai ;lat d. Mil More Than Two Onh?n!'s Am By M. R. DUNNAGAN i Raleigh, Dec. la Fori Macon has been the site of dill'erent fm tifica- itions for the protection of Beaufort 'and Morehead City from invasion by i.-ea for more than two centuries, ac - cording to a bulletin, one of a seriee ! giving the historic and physical fea tures of State parks, issued by the Forestry division of the State Depart ment of Conservation and Develop m: nt. Construction of the present fort vas stirted in 1824 and finished in i8uG at a cost of about i?!(i3,700, he folder info'.mn. At the time the 1 ructure was built it was considered i ie teak in miliiary fort eonstrue- .-tiumer.tal in getting the appropna tion for the structure. "In April, 1861, the fort was seiz ed by the Confederate forces at thi command of Governor Ellis," the pub lication says. ' It remained in Con federate hands until April 25, 1802, when General Parks of the Union (Twelve Men Receive PolIourtt,ne! FOR ANNUAL WHITE A "pantomine" case was tried last, Trimil m . r, . t-., m Friday afternoon in Police Court be- fllRKTMA AFFAIR fore Bavor Bayard Taylor that is, .LllUlO 1 llllO ll 1 illll no words were spoken in making the charge or in the sentencing. Edward Bullock Davis, locally known to all as "Dummy," was tried for going on a spree. Only gestures and gutteral sounds were used by the officials and the defendant. Chief of Police W. R. Longest acted as gesticulating in terpreter. "Dummy' admitted his j Christmas! Just one week from to charge with several "Ugs" and was i jay peopie throughout the world will fined one dollar and costs or five days cleaning the streets. Eleven others came before His Honor for various offenses, but most of them were charged with being drunk. Cass Stanley, Bruce Lane, Roland Swain and Owen Vann, Jr., admitted their charges of drunken- ness and each was fined one dollar md costs or five days with the street force. All but Swain were colored. William Edward Potter, colored, admitted being drunk and disorderly and received a fine of two fifty and costs or five days cleaning thes trects. Admitting the charge of fighting, Warren Henry, colored, was sentcne - ed to pay the town five dollars and costs or fsist the street force ten OVS, Upon the admission of the guilt of ! drunkenness and fighting, Buster Brand, colored, received a sentence of two-fifty and costs or jssavengering the streets A colored man Arthur Felton, of rernandina, Ha., was chanred with orunkonness . He admitted the charge Wlls nn'! om- dollar and costs or avs cleaning the streets. i Ktverly Jones, eolored, was found l "Shtmg and disorderly con- ! ' uct uG0S,lte faet that he denied jthe charges. He was sentenced to pay one dollar and costs into the town coffer or work five days on the streets. - " I GetTogether Banquet i tI k Had by Methodist Men The first quarterly inspirational or get-together banquet was held at st'ven "'clock Thursday evening in the ! Sunday School room of the Ann St., -"emoaisi cnurcn tor the men of that caurcn. n was given by the Lina Bumpass Class as an incentive to get the men of the church to meet in a v, ,!,. J 1 i .. . . "u iiuve u general gei-iogether I p.n,l tiino About fifty men attended. and enjoyed this social occasion. In addition to the sumptuous- re past, there were talks by F. R. Seelev, Dr. S. F. Hildebrand, N. F. Eure, R. B. Wheatly and J. A. Ratelilfe. The Reveri nd R. V Munni -n;,l.. ,1 --. l v Lieu UVt Il. 1 1 II.... -.1-1. ., . I I lot.- o.uuniti. niiy m neatly was elect-1 cd president ot succeeding banouets l ami nen Jones was made secretary- i I reasurer. At this affair the men of the lunch met and commingled together nd were thus able to enjoy the so-a-ty of each of hev. The purpose of he e meetings are to bring about a ' '.: und.'!: landing jnd asscoiation i'-e o.n of the church. Each of a.-e .aivmimjr seor.n-d to enjoy the ."liquet immensely and a motion was in" ha.ce them occur quarterly. .'iellen, Wis., Mrs. John Kunz, a s t-iiiibni;' on a chair, fell o A 'eiiied oy a iiairpin driven in aaiin. s was his d. !iso ri.iing ugiiler and in t: gran. daughter. S! aeon hi es canluied it and -laO men under V..;.os . White. The date is seen over the portal to the fort. ; The main effort of the attackers was ' I'rem the land side, the attacking guns 1 being placed behind sand dunes about a mile down the beach Four vessels aided the attack with a bombard- ment. During the Spanish-American War two Farrott rifles and two 10-inch mortars were placed at the fort. The emplacements can be seen on the ocean side of the fort. "One must see the massive old fort, which is still well preserved, to ap preciate the beautiful brick work and iitisanship in the construction of the arches, garrison rooms and magazines. ! attended the services in the past cani Vines of Virginia creeper, poison ivy not forget the feeling of joy and and similar growths enhance the J peace that came to their souls thru beauty of the masonry and suggest peace in his masterpiece of military construction," the bulletin states. The State regained possession of about 412 acres of land, including the ' St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Beau fort, by Act of Congress June 4, 'fort. Christmas carols will be sung 1924. CHURCHES COMBINE Gifts Will Be Received at The Churches and Distributed Christmas Day YULE TIDE SPIRIT IN AIR celebrate in some way or another the birth of Christ 1030 years ago. All efforts will be redoubled to make this occasion one of happiness and geod cheer. The gleeful shouts and gen- jeial cheerfulness of the children will jbe heard throughout the whole coun- try; and folks will remember their friends with gifts at this Yule Tide. Here i'l Beaufort all three major white churches the Ann Street Methodist, St. Paul's and the First Baptist agreed to co-operate with each other in putting on a combined White Christmas. Each of these chuiches will receive from its mem- , bers useful gifts of food and other things that will be distributed among j those folks of this community who are unfortunate and would not other- : wise be able to enjoy Christmas. It has bet-n reported that there are some in the community that are good pros- ten days poets for the object of White Christmas. I ct nr rn,,...s ,..;n v, i,:i '..... . .. ..., --u w... lit that time the children will enjoy I fu;.. ' i." .'". ,i ci,,;.,,,,,,,, rr,, i At ii.jx ti,.,t ;-.f ,;.i..,;v,f j SLrvice' wiI be held. At 10:30 j Christmas morning another service ;will be hukI and the Christmas ser mon preached. Gifts for the White Christmas will be received at all of theso service?, pa. tkularly that of the children, and these will be dis tributed Christmas day. The First Baptist Church will have its Christmas Service Tuesday even ing at 7:30. There will be special music and Christmas anthems and carols will be sung and recitations and reading will be had. Gifts for the unfortunate people will be receiv ed and distributed Christmas day. Members of the Sunday School will receive small remembrances at this time. The Ann Street Methodist Church will have its Christmas service at the eleven o'clock service Sunday morn ing and the sermon will be relevant to Christmas. Yule Tide music will feature this; set vice. Monday after- I noon a Christmas tree will he had at Mcthodisi Church for the nrimarv member:-, of the Sunday School and icaci number will rective a small re- nienihi a nee. Both the Batik of Beaufort and the V 'iiifort Ranking and Trust Com pany have already mailed out a good ly sum of money in the form of Christinas '..tving-- checks. This has been a good ieiost fur local business. Already there has betn a good deal ! of trading hoi-? r.:id this will very i likely increase through Christmas : Eve night. Nearly all the local j stores hv decoiateil for Christmas end t'te Yule Tide spirit i- begin dng to permeate the atmosphere. Even 'he air is o-"::nning to feel "('linst-!)a--ded." Although the Fall fishing i.as d en ai ihingto brag about, there I bit of oa y in circii- i .a., t: .: ;i i a V" lii-ca in!, i :-.' !b- ' i w thai iiie !y old gcnl In 1 boneilt ,in, l iieir I 'h '-i- i to : ..-le i act a little ' .''ant1 ii mill is draw eollt ill tli.a I'l; !iT. PAUL'S CHRISTMAS SERVICE WILL BE HELD, By Rev. J. A. Yaehe Rector of St. Paul's Church The Regular Midnight Christmas Celebration of the Holy Commuion will be held at St. Paul's Prote-'ant j Episcopal Church Beaufort on Christ imas Eve beginning at 11:45. This is a regular service of the Episcopal Church and the Rector extends a hearty invitation in the Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ to all who believe in Him to come to this, the Table of Our Lord, that we might receive Him that He may dwell in us and we in 'Him this Christmas tide. Those who the grace which is poured out at this service, the gift of Our Father. He bids you come. Remember TIME -Christmas Eve, 11:45. PLACE before the service.