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BEMiFof Mews T3 ...t ed verii.i8 medium published in Carteret Co. f READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS Tl jBODY WATCH Your label and pay your ub8criPtion Th 8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THU RSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1931. PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY NUMBER 1 VOLUME XX Changes Recommended For State Research Institution Suggests Abolishing Some Officers And Consolidating Others; Only Three State Officials Would Be Elected By The People; The Rest Would Be Appointed By The Governor. By M. R. DUNNAGAN Raleigh, Dec. 30 Revolutionary changes, constitutional and statutory, are recommended for reorganization of the State government in the re port of the Institute for Governmen tal Research of the Brookings InstU tution, Washington, D. C, to Gover nor Gardner last week. Many of fices, as now formed, would be abol ished and others established, on a plan of consolidation and corelating the State's activities. In the first place, only the Gover nor, the Lieutenant Governor and the State Audtior, of the State of ficers, would be voted cn by the peo ple, who now elect, in addition, the State Treasurer, Secretary of State, Superintendent of Public Instruction .... f i 1 I im v,v.fv..., w..Uv..-v. omces. ana voiuuwssiuiicis "i xuaui- ance. Agriculture, LaDor anu rrim, ing and the three members of the Corpoi-ation Commission, offices cre ated by legislative enactment. These offices, under the recommen ded plan, would be abolished as such and in most cases others set up to take their places, or they would , be merged into other offices recommend ed in the report. Many commissions and boards would be abolished, al though in some cases such bodies or commissions would be kept, but only in an advisory capacity. The Gover nor wnnlH nam a the boards-and most .... T 1 1 L of the executive officers, some with the approval of the State Senate, while others would be named by the boards with the approval of tho Gov ernor. The mainfeatures of the proposed changes include placing- the Gover nor at the head of the administra tion, lodging in him the power of naming the officers and placing upon him the responsibility of official ac tion, substituting bureaus for the board plan of organization, tubstitutr ing a Governor's Cabinet for the pres ent Council of State, and establish ing a Department of Justice, embrac ing all of the 20 district solicitors, with the Attorney CJeneral as head. All of the present departments and divisions of the State would be em braced in 12 Departments, including Finance, Justice, Education, Health, Highways and Public Works, Agricul ture. Conservation and Development, Labor, Institutions, Local Govern ment Finance, Banking and Insur ance anda Public Utilities Commis sion, the latter taking the place of the present Corporation Commission. All others would be abolished or in cluded within thesj departments, with as many divisions as necessary to handle all phases of the work in duced. This is the "short ballot" with a veni-eance. It goes much further I thai, has been proposed before. Ed ward M. Gill's short ballot bill pro posed in 1929 and which was to be introduced again next month, propos ed to allow the Governor to appoint the present statutory officers, leaving those created by the Constitution to be elected as at present. Several Constitutional amendments and chang es proposed in the latest report, and they, of course, will have to wait un til the next election. Whether Gov ernor Gardner will seek to bring a bout all of the changes proposed, or only some of them, is uncertain, pending his recommendations to the Legislature. May Consolidate Colleges The proposal to consolidate the three higher educational institutions, the University at Chapel Hill, State College at Raleigh and the College for Women at Greensboro, suggested in the report, is causing much com ment, especially among the alumni, faculty and friends of the institu tions. It would give a University of North Carolina with about 7,000 stu dents to begin with and would doubt less bring about economics in elimi nation of over-lapping courses. The plants, as now established, would re main intact and in continued use. Governor Gardner's plan for a cen tral purchasing agency for all the State's institutions, divisions and de partments, making p::rrhnfs 'nf nil supplies and materials on open com petitive bids, instead of at retail and higher prices, would, Goxernor Gard ner contends, save $400,000 the first year of its operation or 10 per cent Government of the $4,000,000 spent each year. This bureau of purchasing and con tracting would not embrace the High way Department, which spend about $2,000,000 a year and is already on an excellent basis, the Governor said. Opposition to the general sales tax as a tax on poverty," is expressed i in the report of the State Tax Com mission, which has just been issued and certain numerous results of in vestigations and recommendations for the guidance of the General Assem bly in tax matters. New Superintendent At Water-Light Plant The new year starts off with some rather important changes in connec- tion with Beaufort's water and light department. The Board of Commis sioners met yesterday morning in a special session and elected E. D. Doyle a member of the Water and Light Commission to succeed Joseph House who resigned several months ago and whose place had not been refilled. Last night a meeting of the Water and Light Commission was held at which time Roy Hamilton was elected superintendent of the plant to suc ceed Hardy Lewis who has been su perintendent, for, 4 number, of years. The commission is composed of C.R. Wheatly, W. P. Smith and E. D. Doyle. Mr. Doyle has been elected chairman of the board. Mr. Hamil ton the new superintendent has had a good deal of experience with crude oil engines on fishing vessels which is the type of engines used at the plant. For several weeks the electric plant has not been giving good ser vice and the machinery, although ru,7""ve1' "'V , uceu ui. uvciimuimg. iui. van I a representative of the Fairbanks- Morse Company, and who installed the equipment a few years ago is here and is. getting the machinery in order. It will cost several thousand dollars to do the repairs so a News man was informed. A concrete tank for water for the plant is also being built and a shallow well will be put in to supply the tank with water. A few weeks ago an offer of a quar ter of a million dollars was made for the water and light plant and was re jected by the Board of Commissioners HIGHWAY COMMISSION PLANS ROAD WORK Raleigh, Dec. 31 A meeting of the state highway commission will be held here at an earlv date to discuss the use of the $1,900,000 federal aid emergency appropriation, Chariman R. A. Doughton announced today. The work must be completed by Septem ber 1, Mr. Doughton said and also there is need to give people immedi ate employment, therefore the com mission will be called to meet soon. STERLING CHADWICK BURNED . BY OIL STOVE EXPLOSION suffered very painful injuries to both hands and face yesterday in a brave at- temnt to save his mother's home from fire. An oil stove in the bathroom ran up and was on the verge of ex- onably be borne,' in its report to the ! ment sets too fast a pace lor taxpay plosion when Mr. Chadwick took General Assembly, made publis thisjers to meet. Certain local govern hold of it to throw it out of the win-1 week. ! mental units having more than an av inv The stnv pvnlnded in his "For example." the report contin- eraere proportion and amount of ma 1 arms, burning both hands, face and.ues, "on the assumption that the to- throat, flames licking up one sleeve and burning that hand and arm se verely. He was carried to the hos pital and was resting as comfortably as could be expected. MARRIAGE LICENSES Herbert Salter, Sealevel, and Car eda Mason, Atlantic. Geo. R. Smith, Salter Path and Juanita Fulcher, Newport. ' Iredell J. Wade, Williston and Mary G. Bell, Smyrna. Robert Ripley says that any man, woman or child can jump or leap .higher than any building or structure in the world. Guess so, the building cannot jump, it is stationary. ASHEVILLE PEOPLE SEEM STIRRED UP Ask For Special Solicitor To Investigate Conditions In 1 City And County Raleigh, Dec. 30 Governor Gard ner this afternoon said he was with out authority to designate a special solicitor to - investigate conditions growing out of bank failures in Bun combe and Henderson counties. The governor said he was confident, however, the investigation being con ducted by .the banking department would bring out any evidence to con vict those who may have violated the banking laws. "But ss to the violation of the law by officers of the city and county if any," he added, "I am without au- ...- IWllg bill; DC III C liVSYV UGliig 11 lowed by the banking department." I. M. Bailey, an attorney for the state banking department, has spent much time in Asheville and Hender sonville lately and is scheduled to re turn to that section from Raleigh shortly after the new year. Is First Statement Today's statement was the first statement of Governor Gardner on numerous requests from Asheville and Hendersonville for a special so licitor to investigate conditions. Approximately $8,000,000 of city and county funds were tied up in the closing of two Asheville banks. Governor Gardner said his ; only power would be to designate a special judge to sit as a committing magis-! trate to "hear such evidence as might be presented tending to involve any who are guilty of violating the laws either in connection with the opera tion of the banks or the conduct of the affairs of the city and county." The governor issued the following statement: Earnest Consideration .. '"'Request' hasbeen ade' upon'me to designate a special solicitor for the prosecution ot cases m Buncombe! a third statement came from Er and Henderson counties growing out nest Cherrington, secretary of the of the recent failure of banks in those ; World League Against Alcholism, counties. These requests have r-:-j criticizing the recent claim by the ceivea my earnest consideration be- cause of my desire to render any as sistance possible in connection with violations of the law which may have occurred in the conduct of the af fairs of banks or of the cities and the counties. "The investigation has led me to time, the governor is not vested with i authority to designate a special so- i licitor for the prosecution of such 1 cases as may be presented either in ; the lower courts or the Superior 1 court of either county. j Audits Being Made j "I am confident that the investiga tions being made by the banking de nartmpnt nro s,,rl, will r.ronf in complete form information with erence to the violations of the banking laws in connection with the operation of the banks and while these investi-j gations have not as yet gathered the facts, it is information that as soon as the audits now being made can be completed and transactions in the banks can be analyzed evidence will this emergency each move may be be at hand to convict those who may j considered with calm deliberation so have violated the banking laws 1 1 that in justice may not be done to any recognize the necessity of thorough one, but that full punishment may be and complete inventigations, however, meted out to any and all offenders a snd await the results with a feeling gainst the integrity and public morals that nothing will be left undone which of our people." BUNCOMBE AND CARTERET COUNTIES TOO HEAVILY BURDENED WITH TAXES Raleigh, Dec. 29 Buncombe and Carteret counties are used as ex- amples by the State Tax Commission to show that "in the case of many lo- cal governments," an analysis "will show combined maturities and inter- est requirements within a given year to be substantially larger than can be met by any tax levy that could reas- fAl rfpht nf 11 ffnvernmental units in the county bears evenly over the en- tire valuation of the county, the rate necessary to levy to meet principal and interest payments during the next 12 years in Buncombe County would range between $1.73 and $1.53 per year. The amounts falling due 601 (exclusive of $14,695,bUO, spec annually range between $2,865,000 ial school building bonds, counted in and $2,536,000. In Carteret County, both individual totals), and exclusive the rate necetsary to be levied for of $24,154,027 in State and local debt service on the same assumption sinking funds held against the total, would ranee between $3 per year and The commission recommends a $2.69 per year. 'ts a matter of fact, however," the reDort continues, "these maturi- ties are not spread evenly over the units as can get the aproval of the entire valuation of each county. Sinking Fund Commission to isue re Property in the cities has to pay the funding bonds, county-wide rate, ther ate of any CONGRESSMEN MAY SWITCH TO WETS Waiting For Favorable Time; Liquor Question .Much Dis cussed Washington, Dec. 28 The opinion that 40 dry members of the house are awaiting only a strategic moment to switch their allegiance to the wets followed close upon reports today that a battle is brewing in that cham ber over the proposed $2,000,000 ap propriation agents requested by the justice department. Simultaneously, members of the law enforcement commission, return ing from a five-day recess, indicated that another delay is. in prospect for their promised prohibition report, while from other quarters came a flurry of statements on the wet and dry question. : From- Stanley High, editor of the Christian Herald, came a state ment that a - recent "authoritative Canvass of the capitol lobbies" had "revealed at least 40 members of the house who confessed themselves pre pared to desert." At the same time, High strongly criticized the "professional" dry leaders. He asserted that "the na tion's dry organizations are not ad equate as they stand today, to save prohibition." Women Attack Decision. : The Woman's Christian Temper ance union, meanwhile, made an other attack upon the decision of Judge Clark of New Jersey holding the eighteenth amendment invaild. It issued a statement from Sena tor Sheppard of Texas, co-author of the amendment, saying that at the time Congress considered it only one voice was raised, and that w?akly, a gainst the proposal to have the a mendment ratified by state legisla tures. judge Ctork held ratification should have btseii given by constitutional conventions. association against the nrohibition amendment that 50,000 prohibition prisoners are now being held in A merioan jails. Says Wets Crying Cherington said "the wets are cry ing out today" because "the shoe is P'hing them." iching them." Word of a prospective house bat tle over the increased dry appropria tion came from anti-prohibition mem bers of the appropriations subcom mittee handling the measure. It was reported the proposed increase had been approved only after once be ing rejected, and that some members j? i - j. T . 01 Hie group uia carry wieir uujec- ref-itionE to the house floor- - j would tend to bring to justice those who have been responsible for the catastrophes in v.jestern North Caro lina. "It is my hope, therefore, that in special district it may lie within, and also the municipal or city rate. In some years the rate in the city of Asheville will range as high as $.05 for debt service, and ther ate in More head City and Beaufort will reacn $4.75. I "Manifestly, these are too high rates, and this schedule of re-pay- turities falling due within tms perioo. will find it impossible to maintain such a schedule of retirement." The report shows the total btate debt was $176,165,000 June du, 1929, and that of all its subdivisions was $375,604,601, a total for the State and all its units of $537,074, general statute authorizing local gov ernments to issue refunding bonds. but limiting such authority to such More Investigations Of Election Probable Charlotte, Dec. 30 The rumbling cfioes of Senator Gerald P. . Nye's campaign funds investigations rolled back into North Carolina today, pro voking and promising more fire works. Winner and loser in the Ninth con gressional district election swapped words. Congressman Charles A. Jonas, Re publican, defeated, said a member of the Nye committee "went so far as to tell voting me that in nis opinion tne; and election conditions in i North Carolina had those of Penns ylvania "stood aside." Congressman-elect A. L. Bulwinkle, Democrat, victorious, urged Mr. Jo nas to look "to his own crowd" and said he welcomed investigation. No Thought of Contest The question of contesting the elec tion came up. "I a mnot entertaining any thought of a contest," Mr. Jonas said, "but I do feel the citizens of this district would not stand by and see a Con gressman take a seat if investiga tions revealed he had gained that seat with the assistance of election frauds. The Republican said "so far as I know" the election was "fair" but "informal." He thought both parties in North Carolina should "get to gether and help clean up our deplor able election conditions." He offer ed to lend his assistance, even though he be accused of "squealing." Mr. Jonas predicted future defeat for Democrats, who' "can carry the State without resorting to such prac tices as they have," unless they "call a halt, quit this unfair play and fol low the election laws." The twin statements followed hard on the heels of letters Chairman Nyejvived by his widow and two children. wrote to Mecklenburg county folk asking information anent alleged ir regularities in voting of absentee ballots, a sore spot in both the 1930 primary and election. Motor Truck Accident T Mars Holiday Season The Christmas season was greatly saddened in the Otway community when Hassell Lawrence, a seventeen year old youth, met death in an acci dent on the highway near Smyrna Wednesday evening. The truck in which Hassell was riding and which was being driven by his brother Wat son ran off the road into the soft dirt and was turned over when an at tempt was made to get it back on the road. The unfortunate young man was thrown out of the cab of the truck and landed on his neck in such a way as to fracture it at the second verte bra. He was able to speak and said that he was badly hurt. He was put into a car almost immediately and brought to the Emergency Hospital in Beaufort but was dead by the time he reached there. The youth was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Lawrence of Otway and ;has many relatives and friends in that section who great ly regret his untimely death. , BIRTHS . Born to Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Piner of Williston, Christmas day, a son. Borne to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hamil ton of Sea Level, Wednesday, Decem ber 31, a son. 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. High Tide Low Tide Friday. Jan. 2 5:57 6:19 A. P. M 11:13 A. M. M. 12:20 P. M. Saturday, Jan. 3 M. 12:05 A. M. 6:45 A. 7:08 P. M. Sunday, Jan. 1:08 P. 4 12:55 A. 1:55 P. 5 1:46 A. 2:42 P. 6 2:38 A. 3:31 P. 7:34 A. M. 7:58 P. M. Monday, Jan. 8:21 A. Mv 8:47 P. M. Tuesday, Jan M. M. M. M. M. M. 9:11 A. M. 9:39 P. M. Wednesday, Jan, 10:01 A. M. 7 3:34 A' M. 4:18 P. 11. 8 4:30 A. M. 5:07 P. M. 10:35 P. M. 'Sursday, Jan, in;r3 A. .o. p. M. M. BIG DAMAGE SUIT IS NOW ON TRIAL Administrators of H. L. Joyner And Jasper Hoel Sue For $100,000 One of the largest damage suits ever tried in Carteret county is now under way in Superior Court. The case has caused the appearance here of a large number of witnesses and others interested in it and is being ' L 7 1 1 II , - w.,... u.ilucl ui i"'"1 aiwuieya. Judge E. H. Cranmer of Southport who is holding the special term of court arrived Sunday afternoon rnd opened court promptly 'Tuesday rao.-.i-ing at ten o'clock. Every morning since then court has met at 9:30 o'clock. Judge Cranmer gave attor neys and litigants to understand that he is here for business and he insist ed that no time be wasted. Some cases have been nonsuited, some tried and some continued. The suits for damages now being tried started yesterday morning. They grew out of the tragic deaths of H. L. Joyner and Jasper Hoel of Greenville which occurred on. June 29th, 1929 when the two men and a companion, Raymond Elks, were fish ing at or near tne bridge across Bogue Sound which conects the main land with Atlantic Beach. The suits are brought by 'T. J. Broadhurst and J. J. Elks, administrators of the es tates of the two deceased men, a gainst the town of Morehead City, Atlantic Bridge Corporation and At lantic Beach Corporation. The sum of $50,000 is asked for the estate of each man. Mr. Joyner left a widow and daughter and Mr, Hoell was sur- The men were employes of a tobac co warehouse in Greenville. About two hours were consumed yesterday in selecting a jury and sev eral witnesses were examined. The issues submitted, to the jury are first negligence on the part of the defend ants, second contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiffs and what damages, if any, are the plain tiffs entitled to collect. Appearing as counsel for the plaintiffs are: for mer Judge A. W. Dunn, L. W. Gay lord, J. C. Lanier of Greenville and Alvah Hamilton of Morehead City. Attorneys for Morehead City are Larry I. Moore, Thomas Moore of New Bern and W. C. Gorham of More head City. Atlantic Beach is repre sented by Luther Hamilton of More head City and Atlantic Bridge by J. F. Duncan and C. R. Wheatly of Beaufort. It is alleged that the two men killed by reason of the fishing line of one of them getting caught on a high voltage wire used to car ry power to the beach. Other cases disposed of this term of court are as follows: Mrs. Gertrude Hancock and Mrs. Gertrude Hancock ex. of the estate of S. P. Hancock against Taylor and J. E. Woodland. The matter was settled by agreement and the plain tiff is to pay $50 to the defendant to cover matters in controversy and all costs. Oneal against W. M. Jones and others: goes off the docket on opinion of Supreme Court given more than ten days- before this term. M. S. Snowden against J. S. White hufst; settlement reached by which defendant is to' pay to the plaintiff the sum of $283.24 with intreest and costs. D. G. Hell against M. C. Adams and C. V. Webb. The court held that plaintiff was entitled to recover and taxed him with the costs. Milton Lewis against Willis Sea food Company, called and failed and nonsuit ordered. Styron against Day, C. Goodwin a gainst Day, D. Goodwin against Day, Koonce against Day. Cases consoli dated and order made that a jury not to exceed thirty men, be drawn from Pitt county and the cases set for tritl first Monday, of June term of court. It is thought that court will continue through Friday and possibly a part of Saturday. ' WILD CAT CAPTURED A live wild cat was brought to town by B. W. Gillikin Tuesday had exhib ited on Front street. The animal did not appear to like confinement and showed signs of being ready to bite or scratch any one who got in his reach. Mr. Gillikin had set a trap to catch a fox and upon visiting the trap Tuesday morning found the cat in it. It was caught by one foot and was not seriously injured. Mr. Gil likin has caught foxes several times ;in his traps. He Jives a short dis tance from Beaufort on the North river road.
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