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VOLUME XIX
10 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1930 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 52
Intangible Values
Are Largely Untaxed
Attorney-General Thinks State Not Cllecting
From Foreign Corporations As It Should;
Value of Merchandise and Fixtures in 1928
Over Hundred Million In State; Carteret
County $387,000.
By M. E. DUNNAGAN
Ralegih, Dec. IS North Carolina
had, given in fur taxation ia 1928, a
total of $107,60,000 in itocks of
merchandise and fixture, or an ever
age of ?1,07,90 for each county:
$121,394,000 in materials ia process
of manufacture, or 11,113,940 per
county average; $26,279,000 in house
hold and kitchen furniture above the
$300 exemption, or $202,790 county
'average; $131,208,000 in solvent
credits, or $1,312,080 county average;
$89,826,000 in miscellaneous items,
including automobiles, or $898,200,
per county, and $68,493,000 in all
other items not specified, or $684,930
per county, the 1930 State Board of
Assessment report shows.
Forsyth led the counties in four of
these six items.
Mecklenburg: took
the lead in stocks of merchandise and
fixtures, with $11,119,000, while
Clay county brought up the rear with
$57,000; Forsyth led ir. materials in
process of manufacture with
40 - -
177,000. Dare aavmg. only ?BU8;j
Forsyth had $2,514,008 m household
ana Kitenen iurnnare, aoeve we
abeve.
$300 exemption, and Dare had $3,
547; Forsyth lead in telveat erudite
with $21,787,000, Pamlieo had only
$25,201; in miscellaneous items, . Gas
ton hnd $7,480,000, while Camden
had $34,221. In all other items not
specified, Forsyth had $16,123,000 j
(which included miscellaneous items) ville, here tomorrow,
and Dare had only $830. j Hawkins was fatally wounded when
Carteret county had $387,000 inland Morton were fired upon by a
stock of merchandise and fixtures; jwnite man while they were searching
$107,000 in materials in process of a W00( near Maysville, six miles
manufacture; $96,000 i:i household j south of here, for a still. Morton
and kitchen furniture. a'ove the $300was ony slightly wounded,
exemption; $170,oon ,n sohrent -cred-j- The two men were with two-other
its: $808,001 in miscellaneous items, ! prohibition officers, Seth Groom, and
and $56,0(11' in all other items not js. K. Hughes, but Croom and Hughes
specified. had left them shortly before the
"Quite probably there exists today j shooting.
$500,000, WW of untaxed intangible I J ,
valued forngn corporations doing
UUSIIK 111 11U1U1 vaivuii, Jiivui
ney General D. G. Brummitt said in
an address on "Readjustments in
Taxation" before a group of State
T: :i.. ,,.) i ?.Mar
tB;p.1' 2 T a ''
Tracing the changes in conditions;
in North Carolina from agricultural
to largely industrial activities since
the first of this century, Mr. Brum
mit held that changes in taxation
methods must follow. While domes
tic rnnrflHorw are navincr taxes on
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taxing system is not prepared to col-,
lect it from the so-called foreign cor-
porations, and should be moderaised.
he stated.
"Readjustments ia taxation which
distribute the burden more evenly
will aid in any effort toward agricul
tural and industrial rehabilitation,"
he said. The Machinery Aet "re
quires an actual valuation of all
property, real es well as personal,"
and permits no exceptions, Attorney
General Brummitt ha held in reply
U inquiries. Some counties have re-
centiy mane " -.
a,!nnt these, or want to make a hor-
nade valuations and want to
iront'u inoeawf jr decrease of form-! " a1 I"re" improvements, un
rvaVuatW he said. He points outith6 JT-n' beet. f the, FuW
ffA.u V ' " Mhlv can cban.i works bl11 13 to furnlsh employment
T. lai UlC VI' III! HI JiMt. c -
, the' me:ho(
wov. r. and suggests that county of
ficios in such counties take up the
proposal with the county represen
tatives. Political Inconsistencies
Strange thing, the unexpected fol-J By the first of the New Year an
luwinf, the rei'iarkable, have happen-.other authorized Ford agency will be
ed inV'litics and among politicians opener up here in Carteret County,
of the State Juring the past few ( This will be located in Morehead
weeks. Some of them are thus enum;City in the budding opposite the city
eraje(j;, j power plant which was formerly oc-
nnvernor Gardner appointed form-' cupied by J. C. Helms. The new
er Governor Cameron Morrison, who
nosed him out of the gubernatorial
nomination 10 years ago, to the Unit
ed State8 Senate to succeed the late
Senator Overmai..
c.nninr Morrison, as his first of-
ficial act, approved con rmation ol to give service to all present and
appointment of his neighbor,, fellow prospective owners of Ford automo
churchman and townsman,-Frank R. j biles.
McNinch, head of the anti-Smith j Mr. Davis is well known through
croup in 1928, as a member of thejout Carteret County and won many
Federal Power Commission, after friends during his connection with
dubbing him a "sorry Democrat." jthe Gaskill-Mace Furniture Store of
Senator F. M. Simmons led his sue-'this community and while sheriff of
cessful opponent, Josiah William the county.
Bailey, down the Senate aisle and , .
placed him in his own seat for a time, , Miss Mary Robinson of Raleigh ar
chatting pleasantly. hived hore Wednesday to spend the
Senator Simmons presented his ere- holidays with her mother Mrs. Emma
dentials and the person of his form- Robinson and ssiter Mrs. W. G. M-.-b-Conti-iued
on page five ;ane.
Thre Men Arrested
Charged With Murder
PoIIockuville, Dec. 21 Three men
were under arrest here tonight in
connection with the fatal shooting of
Asa G. Hawkins, of Kinston, contract
driver for prohibition agents, and the
wounding of B. R. Morton, Kinston
Federal prohibition agent late Satur
day. Two of the men, Ben Morten, 35,
and Fred Yates, 18, were arrested
by Sheriff J. R. Westbrook and his
son, J. R. Westbrook, Jr., a deputy
sheriff.
Ralph Conway, 35, the third man,
was mrrpfitpH hv a nnMKo nf nfficprs
led to Conway's home by bloodhounds
which were put on the trail of the
officers assailants last nght. The
three men all live in Jones county in
the vicinitv of where the nhootinr etc.
!curred.
shortly after their arrests, the
thrce men were ukcn to Kinston,
officer Morton
is recovering
from wounde. Officers- said Morton
was unable to postively identify any
of the men.
The three men are being held on
suspicion. Sheriff Westbrook said,
pending the continuing of the inquest
by Coroner F. M. Jenkins, of Mays-
Pubic Workg
Enacted Into Law
The enactment of the public works
1 amounting to $116,000,000 which
bil1 amounting to $116,000,000 which
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was signed by President Hoover Sat-
urday means that a large sum of mon
ey will be spent in eastern North Car
olina on rivers and harbors. The
Cape Fear river gets the lion's share
but other projects will also receive
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considerable sums,
Beaufort harbor
bor will also receive a good sized
sum. The total amount for rivers
and harbors in the United States is
$22,500,000. The report is that
dredging contracts will be let ia about
thirty days and work frill start im
mediately thereafter.
In addition to .the money to be
spent" on rivers and 'harbors many
millions will be spent on roads and
public buildings. North Carolina's
allotment for Federal aid highway
work is $1,926,775. For flood con
trol on the Mississippi River $3,000,
-i000 and also $3,000,000 is to be spent
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during the coming year to as many
people as possible.
Ex-Sheriff Davis Will
Open New Ford Agency
I firm will be run- by Ex-Sheriff James
H. Davis under the name of Davis
Mobr Company. Not only will Ford
cars be sold, but a complete repair
and paint shop will also be maintain
ed. It will be completely equipped
Last Rites Held For
William Cioss Rumley
William Closs Rumley passed into
the beyond after a week's serious
illness, at his home on Ann Street at
12 o'clock Sunday night December
21st. Ho was the eon of the late
Rev. John and Susan Fulford Rum
ley and was born in Beaufort July
the 18th, 1881. Mr. Rumley was a
descendant of some of the oldest fam
ilies in Carteret County, dating back
to Revolutionary times. He was mar
ried in September 1909 to Miss Rox
ie Spruill of Columbia, N. C, who
survives him with one daughter, Miss
Susan Rumley, two children having
died in infancy, he is also survived
by two sisters, Miss Aanie Rumley
and Mrs. E. D. Martin of Beaufort
and two brothers John N. Rumley of
Norfolk, Va., and James Rumley of
Beaufort, also several nieces and
nephews. It can be truly said of him
that he dealt justly and fairly with all
mkinkind and observed the golden
rule, "do unto others as you would
have them do unto you," so far as
lay in his power, and his kindness to
and love for his mother, who preced
ed him to the better home by several
years, was a marked characteristic.
He was a kind and loving husband,
father, brother and friend and will
be sadly missed .in his home and the
community.
Mr. Rumley had been employed by
the Beaufort Ice Company lor a num
ber of years and was always held in
the highest esteem and loved by those
with whom he labored.
Funeral services were conducted at
three o'clock Monday December 22nd
from Ann Street Methodist church of
which he was a life long member, by
his Pastor, Rev. R. F. Munns. "Lead
Kindly Light" and "la Tha Hour of
Trial" we sung at the church and
"Jesus Lover of My Soul" at the
graveside. Interment was in Ocean
View Cemetery.
The following were the pall bear
ers: D. M. Jones.'Walter Moore Sr.,
Fred Hooper, J. H. Potter Jr., Willie
Snooks and W. H. Taylor.
The out of town relatives and
friends who attended the funeral of
Mr. Rumley were: Mr.' and Mrs. J.
A. Page and daughter ; Evelyn Page
of Chapel -HM; Mps-.'-lWK Xerby
and Mr. Paul Spruill, of Columbia,
N. C, Mr. C. P. McCormick; Mr.
John N. Rumley, Norfolk, Va., and
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Blount Rumley
and son Henry of Washington, N. C.
BIRTH OF DAUGHTER
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Maxton Sab-
iston, of Beaufort RFD., Saturday,
December 20, a daughter, Patricia.
CHAIRMAN OF COMMISSIONERS ISSUES
STATEMENT ABOUT COUNTY AFFAIRS
Chairman Webb Says Larg Amount of Uapaiel Tazea on Books;
County Needs Money to Pay its Dbte; Nearly $1100 A
Day Required to Meet Cemnty'a Obligations.
To the Taxpayers of Carteret Coun
ty: I
That you may more readily under
stand the financial condition of the
County, I will try to make it plain
enough for everyone to grasp.
When your present Board of Com
missioners assumed office on Decem
ber 1st., the retiring County Auditor
gave us the following information:
Balance Bonds and Interest due
that day, with no money to pay same
was $24,859.40; that total Bond and
Note indebtedness was Three Million
Two Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand
Two Hundred One Dollars and Twenty-four
cents; that it requVcs $500.00
per day for interest, $400.00 per day
for schools, and $200.00 per day for
Roads, or approximately $1100.00
each day to meet our obligations.
We have been ableto partially pro
vide for Bond Interest in default on
December 1st., leaving a balance of
some Eight Thousand still due and
about which we are daily receiving
telegrams and letters from bondhold
ers demanding payment.
We found the School Teachers of
the County three months in arrears
of their salaries. We have been able
to pay them for one month, and they
have been compelled to go home for
their Christmas holidays with the
County owing them for two months
services. Every thoughtful citizen
knows that this situation is deplor
able. The County has outstanding notes
.aggregating $281,201.24 and $102,
500.00 of this amount is due on Jan
uary 1st, 1931, an.-dintercst-due that
date of $32,000.00.
We have unpaid taxes of approx
imately $370,006.00 for the years,
1 1826, 1927, 1928, 1929 aJ 1930.
' The Bills Payable of $281,201.24
MORE GAS TAX IS'
ASKED FOR ROADS
Tax CcanuMiti Si(Mtt Stat Maia
teaaae for All Reads And High
er Gae Tax
Raleigh, Dec. 22 Removal of all
property taxes now levied for main
taining public roads, state mainten
ance of all county roads, a one cent
increase in the state tax on gasoline,
repeal of the present "refund" provis
ions of the gasoline tax and use of
state's prisoners in kighway work are
recommended to Governor O. Max
Gardner and the 1931 general assem
bly by the state tax commission.
The tax commission devotes a good
portion of its section on recommenda
tions to a discussion of the highway
problem of the state and includes in
it the findings of the public road sur
rey made of every county in North
Carolina during the past year by the
United States bureau of public roads
and the state highway commission.
The tax commission in 1929 rec
ommended that "the cost of maintain
ing all public roads should be borne
by automotive vehicles through li
cense plate and gasoline taxes, and
property should be relieved of all
taxes for public road maintenance,"
The general assembly of 1929 then
provided an additional tax of one
cent per gallon on gasoline and gave
each county the' option of accepting
its proportional share of the fund in
cash for use on county roadS'or coun
ty road debts, or to accept its equiva
lent in county road maintenance by
the state highway commission.
Stale iMiny "Suserier"
The commission report states that
this resulted in a few counties ask
ing the commission to maintain their
roads and the results "abundantly jus
tify the theory of the superior econ
omy and efficiency of local road main
tenance by the state."
Citing that counties and townships
spent $8,233,281 for road purposes in
1930, though the income for the year
was only $17,074,477, the difference
coming from balances carried forward
the commission found a great dispar
ity between administration of road
funds in various counties.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
C. A. Hancock and wife to Eddie
Willis, tract Harkers Island, for $30.
Harry Gillikin and wife to Luther
Salter, 1 acre Straits Township, for
$20.
Elizabeth Taylor to A. T. Fulcher,
2 lots, Atlantic, for $175.
largely and may wholly represent
money borrowed against these un
paid taxes.
Your present Board is not respon
sible for this condition of your affairs,
but we must meet them as best we
can. To do this, we must bring the
mattef squarely before you and have
your earnest cooperation in meeting
your personal obligations by paying
your taxes.
We know, as well as you do, the
financial depression prevailing every
where but that does not relieve you
of your taxes, an dthere is but one
recourse left us, and that is the in
r.titution of suits against all who owe
taxes. This is going to greatly add
teyour burden, as interest ar.d costs
will be added, and in over 50 per
cent of the number in arrears of tax
es, will make the amount almost
double your present tax.
We are going to give you an op
portunity to pay the taxes before
strating these suits sometime in Jan
uary. If you cannot pay the whole
dmount at once, begin by making a
partial payment. If we can collect
enough money to meet our January
interest charges we will go far to
wards reestablishing our credit.
We do not know how long our
schools will be open after the holi
days unless some way is provided for
payment of our teachers, and no one
should be more interested than you
I are in making it possible to have
! them open through the school term.
) This is a special plea to all who
j owe taxes to make it possible for us
j to meet the obligations of the Coun
jty by a prompt re.-ponse- on your
I pari.
1 W. M. WEBB.
Chairman Board of County Commissioners.
Counties Pay Most
Of School Expenses
(State Superintendent
Public Instruction)
Raleigh, Dec. 22 By furnishing
54.6 cents of every $1.00 raised for
current expense purposes, county ad
valorem taxes leads in the support of
public elementary and secondary ed
ucation, it is learned from the cur
rent issue of State School Facts,
monthly publication of the State De
partment of Public Instruction.
A total of 15,021,890.11, that pa
per points out, was obtained from
this source during 1928-29, this a
mount being $187,997.07 less than
was raised in 1926-27. The sum of
$27,509,674.72 was realized from all
sources.
Local district taxes furnished the
next largest percentage of the school
fund, 22.1 cents of each dollar rais
ed. Approximately $6,000,000 of the
annual school receipts for 1928-29
was obtained from this source. From
poll taxes, dog taxes, fines, forfeitures
and penalties, the sum of $1,319,980-
66 was received for operating the
schools, and from miscellaneous
sources and the preceding year's bal
ance on hand nearly $1,400,000 was
added to the school receipts.
The remaining part of the school
dollar, 13.4 cents, came from State
funds. The money realized from this
source during 1928-29 amounted to
$3,688,299.78. This total included
the $3,250,000 equalizing fund ap
propriation of that year, appropria
tions for teacher training in high
high schools, for vocational educa
tion including Federal appropriations,
and donations from the General Edu
cation Board, the Jeanes Foundation,
the Rosenwald Fund, and the Slater
Fund.
School Facts also presents figures
showing the expenditure of the school
dollar. Mors than 75 per cent of ev
ery dollar expended for the current
operation of the schools, it shows,
goes for instructional service, or the
actual teaching activities. For oper
ation of the school plant, 6.3 cents of
every dollar expended was used, for
auxiliary agencies, including trans
portation, 8.2 cents, for general con
trol 4.8 cents, and for fixed charges
J..3 cents. . t ; .-
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Two Beaufort Men 1
Get Road Sentences
Buck Rhodes and Lovie Davis, two
rather young Negro men residents of
Beaufort, got road sentences in Re
corder's Court Tuesday. The charg
es against them were assault with a
deadly weapon to-wit an ax. The
prosecuting witnesses were Richard
Glover and Duffy Jones two young
white men of Beaufort.
Duffy Jones was the first witness
examined and he stated that he and
Glover hada conversation with Buck
Rhodes about getting a quart of liq
uor. He said that Khodes ottered to
furnish a quart for $1.25 and want
ed to collect in advance. This brought
on an argument which ended in a
fight. Jones got hit on the forehead
but didn't know what weapon was
used. He said Lovie took a hand in
the fight and threw the ax at Glover
who ran away. Glover went on the
stand and corroborated the testi
mony of Jones.
Attorney J Wallace Mason who ap
peared for the defendants put them
on the stand and undertook to show
that the affair was just a fight be
tween tne four men about some liq
uor. Rhodes claimed that Jones at
tacked him and struck him with a
stew pot and that ho got hold of the
pot and hit Jones. Davis said he got;
into the affray as a peacemaker. He !
said ho tried to part the men and did j
not do any fighting. Van Martin, a I
young white man, testified that he :
saw Khodes and Jones hooked up
and saw Davis throw the ax at Glov
er who took to his heels.
Police officers W. R. Longest and
Gherman Holland testified that Jones
and Glover are men of good charac
ter and that Lovie Davis and Buck
Rhodes are just the oposite of that.
Judge Davis said Rhodes seemed to
be more to blame than the other de
fendant and that therefore he would
give him three months and Lovie two.
They were also assessed the costs in
the case. Both men have been in
jail for about three weeks awaiting
trial.
Cases against Gaston Hill charged
with assault on a female and assault
against Frank Taylor and Gaston
Hill charging trespass were continued
until January 6.
Earl P. Smith of New Bern charg
ed with giving a worthless check to
Ball Brothers for $100 settled tke
matter of the check and was given
sixty days to get up the court costs.
Mrs. Walter Longest and son . Ro
land have both been sick for some
time. They are somewhat better today.
SHELLFISH TO
BE DISCUSSED
Meeting Will Probably Be Held
In New Bern On 19th of
January
Raleigh, Dee. 21 Tentative plans
for a shellfish institute to call atten
tion to the vast undeveloped fisheries
industry of North Carolina as an
nounced today by Director J. W. Har
relson of the department of conserva
tion and development call for an all
day meeting January 19 in some east
ern North Carolina city, probably
New Bern.
The following evening, January 20,
it is planned to put on a program in
Raleigh with short talks and motion
picture which will also be shown at
the eastern Carolina meeting.
Besides officials of the state con
servation department, a group of
officials from the United States bu
reau of fisheries including some of
the world's leading oyster and fish
eries authorities, will take part in the
two scheduled meetings.
Plans have been made to have oys-
termen of years' experience in the
business to bring the practical side
of the industry before the meetings;
another speaker will address the
meeting on the general subject of
water farming which will include oys
ters, clams, escallops, and other shell
fish; still another subject to be con
sidered is the status of laws of North
Carolina governing the leasing of
shellfish bottoms; and officials of the
state conservation and development
department and the United States
fisheries' bureau, will discuss various
methods in which the governmental
agencies can aid in developing the
oyster industry.
Director Harrelson said that state
and federal officials desire to give ev
ery encouragement and aid possible
toward developing the important
shelfish industry of North Carolina.
Application of modern methods of
oyster farming, he stated, is essen
tial to the future of the industry.
With natural beds being depleted in
many parts of the country, he point
ed out the markets are being forced
to depend more on oysters produced
on. bottoms leased..fo,.e purpose of
raising gysters. . ., ,
SUPERIOR COURT CONVENES
HERE IN CARTERET MONDAY
The regular December term of Su
perior court will convene here Mon-.
day morning. This would have been
held the first week in the month, but
the serious illness of the son of Judge
Walter Small, of Elizabeth City kept
the judge from attending at that
time. This term of court will only
be in session one week and will be
for the purpose of disposing of var
ious civil cases. The list of jurors
was published in this paper a few
weeks ago.
NEW DENTIST LOCATES HERE
Dr. George A. Wooten, of Kinston,
who was formerly connected with the
Parrott Memorial Hosnital in v,o
city, arrived here and will have an
office on the second floor of the Dun
can Building.
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
t ho heads of the estuaries.
High Tide Low Tid.i
Friday, Dec. 26
12:13 A. M. 5:57 A. M.
12:12 P. M. 6:27 P. M.
Saturday, Dec. 27
1:04 A. M. 6:51 A. M.
1:06 V. M. 7:13 P. M.
Sunday, Dec. 28
1:56 A. M. 7:48 A. M.
1:52 P. M. 8:01 P M.
Monday, Dec. 29
2:47 A. M. 8:47 A. M.
2:48 P. M. 8:48 P. M.
Tueiday, .Dec. 30
3:34 A. M. 9:45 A. M.
3:46 P. M. 9:37 P. M.
Wednesday, Dec. 31
4:23 A. M. . 10:39 A. M.
4:39 P. M. 10:25 P. M.
Thursday, Jan. 1
5:00 A. M. 11:40 A. M.
5:14 P. M. 11:20 P. M.
Miss Ruby Respass is working in
Doctor Hyde's office during the few
days Mrs. Hyde is recovering from an
automobile accident which happened
last Thursday.