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8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THU RSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1931 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 2
VOLUME XX
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LEGISLATORS AND LOBBYISTS
ARE GATHERING IN RALEIGH
Questions Will Come Up That Will Make Present Session of
General Assembly One of The Most Important In History;
Taxation, Schools And Highways Make Big Problems
M. R. DUNNAGAN
Raleigh, Jan. 6 Fifty Senators
and 120 Representatives, less one re
moved by death, are gathering in Ral
eigh this week to begin what may
well be termed one of the most im
portant sessions the General Assem
bly has ever held in North Carolina.
Along with them are lobbyists repre
senting every kind of interest, intent
upon preventing detrimental and en
couraging favorable legislation, from
every point of view.
State and county government re
organization, growing out of Gover
nor Gardner's Brookings Institution
report, taxation, highways, schools,
State's Prison, these are the princi
pal general classifications of the
problems that will face the 170 law
makers during their 80 or more days
of deliberation.
Taxation will be the most vexing
problem, since it will be necessary
for the Legislature to provide addi
tional revenues to carry on the
State's activities on the present ba
sis, or greatly restrict the expendi
tures in order to balance the bud
get Even with the $2,000,000 sur
plus brought over from the last ad
' ftinistration, and the 10 per cent cut
lst year and 20 per cent cut this
ytar in most of the appropriations,
estimates place the deficit at the end
of the biennium at $1,000,000.
Governor Gardner guarantees a
$400,000 saving by a purchasing and
contracting agency for all State in
stitutions and departments, and it
seems that this is striking popular
fancy, to such an extent that either
- the agency or at least purchasing
control will be established. Another
$300,000 is the estimate on savings
hv ponsolidatinEf administrative fea-
tores of the three higher educational
' institutions into one State University,
through eliminating overlapping in
structional activities.
The addition of one cent a gallon
on the gasoline, tax is not exactly
popular, but officials see no way a
round it, if the State is to take over
the county roads for maintenance,
which now appears likely. The Pris
on Commission report also favors the
State taking over the remaining con
vict camps and assuming control ov
er all convicts as an economy meas
ure, along with a complete reorgani
zation of the prison system and
building a new central plant.
Confederate Veterans Decrease
Only 1,430 Confederate veterans
remained on the State pension rolls
at the last semi-annual payment, as
of December 15, at which time there
were 79 negro servants drawing $200
a year, or $15,800 a year. The vet
erans drew $253,075 in December,
while the two classes of widows of
veterans, the totally disabled and
confined to the home, numbering 322,
and those married before 1880, with
a few others added by the State Pen
sion Board who were married to vet
erans before 1899, numbering 3,
633, recevied $229,950 in December.
Haywood had the largest number
of veterans, 38, while Mecklenburg
and Surry had 36 each. Yancey had
33, Davidson 32, Wilkes 30, Rowan
and Gaston and Yadkin 28 each.
Wake had 23 and Surry 21 complete
ly disabled widows. Mecklenburg
had 95 and Iredell 92 class "B" wid
ows. Thirty-one counties had all the
79 negro servants, Granville with 8,
Gaston with 6 and Harnett, Union
and Yadkin three each. Dare has
only one veteran on the pension roll
and Tyrrell has only four cla;s "B"
widows.
Carteret County received a total
of $1,447.50 from the last semi-annual
advance distribution in Decem
ber, including $547.50 for the three
veterans; none for negro servants;
none for class "A" or completely dis
abled widows, and $900 for the 18
class "B" widows, according to the
records of State Auditor Baxter Dur
ham. When a veteran dies during
the six-month period before the check
is distributed, the money goes to the
next of kin. All actual veterans get
$1 a day, or semi-annual checks of
$182.50.
Death of Otto Wood, notorious
one-handed lawbreaker and prison es
caper, shot -down by Chief of Police
R. L. Rankin in the heart of Salis
bury last Wednesday, removes from
the front pages one of the most dan
gerous criminals in this State since
the passing of the famous Lowrey
gang of outlaws. Wood, whose list
of crimes ranged from misdemeanors
to murders, had been declared an
outlaw after his fourth escape from
State's Prison, on the ground that he
(Continued on page five)
FISHERMEN HAVE
VERY GOOD LUCK
Large, Catches Made i Last
Week At Hatteras And
Ocracok
The New Year started off very
nicely in so far as a good many Car
teret fisherman are concerned. With
the discovery last year that some
good fishing was to be had around
Hatteras and Ocracoke a new field
was opened up for Carteret county
fishermen. Some good results were
had there last year and judging from
the start made last week it looks like
the prospects are good for this win
ter's fishing.
The News is informed that more
than 200,000 pounds of fish, mostly
trout, were caught on the first and
second of January on the Ocracoke
and Hatteras grounds. Boats from
Morehead City, Barker's Island and
Atlantic made very good catches.
McKinley Lewis, Ivey Gaskill, Martin
Thomas and Arthur Lewis of Harker's
Island made catches of 32,000 pounds
and others did well also. Monday
three boats from Hampton, Va.,
brought here 15,000 pounds, mostly
flounders. The prices obtained seem
to have been satisfactory to the fish
ermen. Some sixty to seventy thous
and pounds were bought by dealers
here in Beaufort. The dealers say
that the prices at which they have
been selling are low though and that
they have not been able to make
much profit.
Fishing on the Ocracoke and Hat
teras grounds is-no easy job; It takes
good boats and good boatmen to do
the work. The ocean there gets
fearfully rough at times and a blow
came up in a very short time. A
loaded boat trying to get across the
bar at Ocracoke in rough weather is
in a dangerous fix. There have been
(Continued on page five)
BIG DAMAGE SUIT
ENDS IN MISTRIAL
Jury Out Ten Hours; Plaintiffs
Want Case Moved To An
other County
Whale Gets In Net
And Scares Fishermen
After waiting until nine o'clock
Saturday night for the jury to bring
in a verdict in the big damage suit
tried in Superior Court last week,
Judge Cranmer called in the jury and
ordered a mistrial. The jury it
seems was unable to agree on a ver
dict. The jury was out 10 hours.
The unofficial report Is that five jurors
favored giving damages to the plain
tiffs and seven opposed allowing any
anything.
As related in the News last week
the suits were brought by J. J. Elks
administrator of the estate of Jasper
Hoel and T. J. Broadus administra
tor of the estate of H. L. Joyner a
gainst the town of Morehead City,
the Atlantic Beach Corporation and
Atlantic Bridge Corporation. Each
plaintiff sued for $50,000. The trial
started on Wednesday morning and
was closely contested by a strong ar
ray of counsel on both sides. It was
alleged that the two men were killed
by coming in contact with a live elec
tric wire on Atlantic bridge while
they were engaged in fishing from a
boat. Saturday night counsel for
the plaintiffs lodged a motion that
the case be moved to another county
for a new trial. Judge Cranmer
continued this motion to the next
term of court.
The case of Norman S. Bowles ver
sus Atlantic Beach and Bridge Cor
poration was nonsuited
Rena Bullock versus John E. Wil
lis, suit about a dividing line. It was
decreed that the dividing line set out
on the map was the true dividing line
and Surveyor E. D. Hardesty was in
structed to locate and mark said line.
Carteret Supply Co., versus Ocean
Beach Company and K. P. B. Bonner.
Nonsuit as to Bonner and confirmed
as to Ocean Beach Company, . . .
Albert Gwaltney versus D. Ir:..
Garner, administrator of estate of P.
P. Garner. Verdict set aside and
new trial ordered.
Sam W. Morgan and W. B. Blades
against Norfolk-Southern R. R..
Clerk instructed to transmit the rec
ord to the Judge of the Fifth Judic
ial District for his determination
thereof.
E. L. Davis against the Standard
Oil Comapny.Jury gave a verdict of
$400 for the plaintiff and the defend
ant appealed.
By JIMM1E GUTHRIE
It was last week when the sure
enough excitement was meted out to
every one alike down on the shores
of Ocracoke. Its like this, one day
during the week that many boats
were fishing in the curve of the beach
at Ocracoke. Fish on that particular
day were not so plentiful and the sea
was running alarmingly high, the
wind very mild and the very move
ments of the water thereabouts
would spell destruction or some bad
mishap. However, not intending to
stay out Very long, it seemed that ev
erybody was lounging around await
ing for some one to start inside.
when the occupants of a boat not
far distant' could be seen as though
they were in distress, when the boy
said to me, Look! So I looked and
great God! I exclaimed, within a foot
of the boat a roaring splash of water
just hid the western portion of the
horizon, the two brave men who prov
ed to be Capt. Joe Davis and Abra
ham Lewis were scrambling cn top
of and over the cabin for safety
first. Said I to the boy its a whale
LACK OF DEMAND
CAUSES SURPLUS
World Supply Of Wheat Has
Increased Jvery iear arnce
1924
December Wa8 Rather BOARD COMMENDS
r ' A rUi
amy nuu vuiu 11TIir, . mf rimf AT
MONEY COULD BE SAVED
BY CENTRALIZING COUNTIES
(State Superintendent
Public Instruction)
Raleigh, Jan. 6 One of the rec
ommendations set forth by Supt. A.
T. Allen in his report to the Gover
nor and members of the General As
sembly is the centralization of finan
cial control of school funds in the
several counties.
The consolidation of all the dif
ferent operating funds in a county,"
Supt. Allen states, "would make pos
sible many economies, and the total
savings over the State would amount
to many thousand dollars.
"At present, there are often in one
county fifteen or twenty spending
agencies all determining how public
money shall be spent. There is no
nnfi turprtrv resnonsible in a countv
for financial control. If all the:nB th2 crop year 1929-30 were due
funds for the operation of the schools ito such economic factors as large
in a county could be consolidated into i supplies, reduced demand, favorable
one fund all the money from the!and unfavorable reports of weather
State and all the monev raised from !and C10P conditions both in the Unit-
and she's entangled in his net and jocaj resources spent by one respon-1 ed States and elsewhere, and compe-
she will sink the beat certain. sible agency real business adminis-! tition in the world market with wheat
As it happened our engine started tration could be introduced into thofrom other countries."
and Pood for me it did. 'cause I was . operation of the schools. Such a
Washington, D. C. Jan. 5 Fail
ure of consumption to keep pace with
production resulted in the greatest
supply of wheat on hand in llMU on
record, both in the United States and
throughout the World.
This was shown by a study just
completed by the Bureau of Railway
Economics and made public today of
the relationship of wheat prices to
transportation costs in the United
States, and the principal economic
factors affecting the world wheat situation.
The annual carry-over of wheat
in the United States," according to
the study, "averaged 103,000,000
bushels at the beginning of the years
1923 to 1927, amounted to 128,000,
000 bushels in 1928, 247,000,000
bushels in 1929 and 275,000,000 bush
els in 1930.
"Supply, that is production plus
carry-over, which averaged 912,000,-
000 bushels in 1923 to 1927, increas
ed to 1,043,000,000 bushels in 1928,
to 1,053,000,000 bushels in 1929 and
1,115,000,000 bushels in 1930.
"Production and supply in the
United States has in general maintain
ed its relationship to that of the
world throughout the entire period,
although the tendency has been to
ward a relative increase in supply.
"World production of . wheat (ex
clusive of Russia and China) which
was 3,551,000,000 bushels in 1923,
rose to 3,676,000,000 bushels in 1927
and then increased greatly to 3,973,
000,000 bushels, the largest produc
tion on record, in 1928, after which
it declined to 3,491,000,000 bushels
in 1929 an dto an estimate of 3,650,
000,000 bushels in 1930.
"World disappearance of wheat,
that is, consumption, seed utilization,
etc., although following in general
the same Course as production, has
not kept pace with production, so
the world carry-over of wheat has in
creased almost every year, especial
ly since 1924.
"During the five years, 1923 to
1927, disappearance in the United
States averaged 23.3 per cent of the
world total, while in 1928 it amount
ed to only 20.9 per cent and in 1929
to 21.9 per cent. The cary-over in
the United States, which at the end
of the year averaged 32.9 per cent
of the world total during the five
years, 1923 to 1927, amounted to
41.8 per cent in 1928 and 50.9 per
cent in 1929."
The bulletin shows prices paid to
farmers at 159 points in 21 states
during the 192C-30 crop year. It al
so shows the average price paid to
the farmer in the United States over
a period of years. According to the
study, the average price in 1929-30
was 105.1 cents per bushel, which
was 5 csnt3 per bushel greater than
in the previous year, but was 15. 4
cents per bushel less than in 1927-28.
The bulletin further says, "There
is no definite relationship between
freight rates on wheat and the prices,
paid to the farmer; that is, rate and
price differentials as between differ
ent points do not correspond.
"This study of the wheat situation,"
concludes the bulletin "appears to
warrant the conclusion that varia
tions in the prices paid to the farmer
for wheat in the United States dur-
Beaufort and vicinity had some
right cold weather during the month
of December and there was also con
siderable rain. There were 6.44
inches of rain which was about two
inches more than the average for De
cember. The coldest day in December was
the last day, when the mercury fell
to 25 above zero. Six days during
the month it went below thirty. Jive
days the maximum temperature was
sixty or above. There were 14 clear
days and 17 cloudy and partly cloudy
ones. The wind blew from the north
west ten days and from the north
east nine days and from other points
of the compass for the rest of the
month.
The temperature figures day by day
as furnished by the U. S. Weather
Station are as follows:
Max.
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Thanks Highway Commissioner
For Taking Over Atlantic
Road
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.60
.64
.61
.55
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.59
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.46
.52
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.46
.50
.48
.45
-42
.40
.47
.58
.59
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.42
.45
Min.
54
31
43
47
52
47
45
32
40
46
51
36
42
34
29
28
33
36
38
31
37
32
27
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34
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Sea Level Fuss Aired
In Recorder's Court
The first meeting of the Board of
County Commissioners for the year
1931 took place Monday. A consid
erable number of people were on
hand to see about getting roada fix
ed and other matters. Tha minutes
show that business was transacted
follows :
J. F. Boyce claimed that some er
ror was made in listing his land for
taxation. The matter was referrod
to the County Aadtior for investiga
tion. The wife of J. E. Lewis came be
fore the board for tha purpose of
getting her husband out of jail where
he has been for several months. They
have several children and are said to
be in destitute circumstances. Lewis
who came to Morehead City a year
or so ago from Kinston and is a
Greek by birth, figured in court sev
eral times on bad check and bootleg
ging charges. A motion offered by
Commissioner Chadwick to ask the
presiding judge of the district to re
lease the man was passed.
L'enjamin Baker, an elderly man
from Merrimon township, came before
the board and asked to be admitted
to the county home. A motion was
passed to admit him.
A deli Ration came bofer the board
to see about putting a bridge across
the old canal in the Harlowe section.
The board agreed that the county
should furnish the lumber and Ball
Brothers the piling and the county
force will go ahead with the work.
The matter of adjusting a road dis
pute at Sea Level came up and a
committee composed of H. C. Taylor,
Mitchell Taylor and Joe Lane Salt
er to assess the lands necessary to
establish the road was appointed.
County Auditor J. J. Whitehurst
submitted a report as to the coun
ty's affairs which was read and filed.
The following resolution adopted
by the board: - -
(Continued on psge fiv)
going to start if the engine failed.
Everybody felt that the boys had to
be assisted but to do so placed every
one in the same dangor. After all,
though we sauntered near the peri-1
lous scene where upheavals of the
water could be seen and heard far
way.
When we drew near it could be
plaintly observed that a big 60-foot
whale was in the net, had took charge
of the rear end of the boat driving
the men all forward. So I with my
heaving line in hand to throw to the
helpless boys who needed to be pull
ed from such a varmit, it threw its
full size above the water with power
enough to remove Ocracoke from its
bedding, scaring me half to death I
stumbled and fell, entangling the line
that I held in my hand about my
neck and had I not been a good rope
handler I would have been hanged.
This sudden lunge of its fluke took
50 yards of net from the boys off
with her, after all I got the worst
end of the bargain as usual, finding
an oil can had mashed the pump
spout broken and my thigh hurt also.
task would .appeal to the best bus
iness interests of the county and the
very finest and most capable business
men would be glad to serve on county
boards of education.
"Some of the business principles
that could be introduced might be
stated as follows:
a. Provide for only one responsi
ble spending agency.
b. Provide concentrated financial
control and thereby effect many econ
omies.
c. Provide an agency to regulate ,
supplementary salaries.
d. Provide an agency to regulate
the employment of additional teach
ers. "Through these agencies and the
economies which they could accom
plish, it is believed that the consoli
dated school term could be operated
for less money than is now spent for
the operation of our present system
with its uneven lengths of term and
impassable district lines. Further
more, such a centralized financial
control would make possible a degree
of flexibility which would enable the
system to adjust
Most of the time of Recorder's
Court Tuesday was taken up with the
trial of Gaston Hill and Frank Taylor,
two young men from Sea Level, on
charges of assault and trespass. The
result of the trial was that Hill was
convicted and Taylor was acquitted.
Attorney AlvahHamilton defended
the young men and attorney C. R.
Wheatly assisted Solicitor Phillips
with the prosecution.
The prosecution witnesses in the
case were Mr. and Mrs. Wallace H.
Willis. The testimony disclosed the
fact that the trouble between' the
parties grew out of a dispute about a
road. The first witness, Mr. Willis,
testified that he had forbidden the
public and the Hill family in partic
ular, to use a private road leading
through his premises to the public
highway. He said that in the early
part of the night of December 21 the
two defendants were on his road, that
they had some words and Hill struck
him. He denied on cross examination
that he struck at Hill with a knife.
Mrs. Willis corroborated the state
ment of her husband and denied that
she attacked young Hill. She said
that he struck her with his fist or
hand.
Gaston Hill was the first witness
for the defense. He said that he is
twenty years old, six feet and eight
inches tall and weighs 190 pounds.
He admitted being on the road, said
he had never been warned to stay off.
lie saia vvims strucK at him with a
knife and he knocked him down. He
said he did not strike Mrs. Willis but
pushed her away from him when she
tried to attack him. Frank 7 aylor
corroborated his statement as did al
so Moye Taylor a fourteen year old
Tl. T -fil- HI-..- i ...... -"J"" -n"
ru X v ,u T , 3 1 Hill a liar and used other strong
off the New Year with a bang in the iarirua6 to vim.
LOFTIN MOTOR COMPANY
WILL GIVE A CAR AWAY
JOY RIDE GETS DEFENDANT
INTO POLICE COURT
Only one case had an airing in Po
lice Court Friday afternoon. There
were a few other cases on the docket
but as the defendants were scalloping
and doing other work they were per
mitted to go over another week.
Alexander Smith, a young Negro
man who lives on North River road
was tried on two charges. The first
was stealing a truck and the other
was driving the truck on the streets
of Beaufort while in an intoxicated
condition.
Smith said that on New Year's day
some white man, whose name he did
not know invited him to take a ride
in the truck and he accepted the in
vitation, that they went up the road
a few miles and the man left him
with the truck. He denied any in
tention of stealing the truck. Dallas
Blake, owner of the truck testified
that some one drove it away and that
he hunted it up and found the defen
dant in it. Mayor Taylor bound
Smith over to Superior Court on the
first charge and to Recorder's Court
on .the charge of driving while un
der the influence of liquor. A bond
of $50 was required in each case.
shape of an offer to give an automo
bile to some fortunate customer.
The purpose of the offer of course is
to stimulate trade and this is follow
ed up with a full page advertisement
in this newspaper and a large num
ber of circulars. The Loftin Motor
Company will have a drawing for the
car on July 4 and some body will get
a Ford roadster that day for prob
ably a very little investment. The
advertisement on page eight explains
the proposition.
GARDEN CLUS MEETING
The Garden Club will have its
monthly meeting a tthe home of Mrs.
M. Leslie Davis, Friday evening, Jan
uary 9, at eight o'clock. The sub
ject of the month is roses, and the
program will be in charge of Mrs. F.
Uriah Mason, an elderly man, a
witness for the prosecution, made
quite a speech in the course of which
he said he always told the truth and
said that Mr. Willis did not have a
knife in his hand. Mrs. Nannie Ful
cher, a witness for the defense, con
tradicted Mason by saying that he
left the scene before the fight occur
red. After listening to vigorous argu
ment by the lawyers Judge Davis de
cided that Hill was guilty of trespass
and also assault and fined him $25
and costs. Taylor was declared not
guilty of either charge. An appeal
was taken by Mr. Hamilton and bond
of $75 required.
Milton Joyner, a young Negro man
from Morehead City, was convicted
of having liquor in his possession and
TIDE TABLE
Information nt, 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.
R. Seelev.
Mrs. W. G. Mebane, Pub. Chmn. 'given three months on the roads.
Alexander Smith, a young Negro
expenditures to times of stringency. (Continued on page nvej
High Tide Lw Tide
Friday, January
11:29 A. M. 5:29 A. M.
11:47 P. M. 5:57 P. M.
Saturday, Jan. 10
12:29 A. M. 6:33 A. M.
12:46 P. M. 6:51 P. M,
Sunday, Jan. 11
1:30 A. M. 7:42 A. M.
1:49 P. M. 7:47 P. M.
Monday, Jan. 12
2:34 A. M. 8:52 A. M.
2:55 P. M. 8:45 P. M.
Tuesday, Jan. 13
3:35 A. M. 9:58 A. M.
3:57 P. M. 9:44 P. M.
Wednesday, Jan. 14
4:34 A. M. 10:59 A. M.
4:56 P. M. 10:41 P. M.
Thursday, Jan. IS
5:30 A. M. 11:06 A. M.
5:51 P.'M. 11:54 P. M.