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! i Beaufort THE News i 1 .4 Tk2 5esl advertising medium published in Carteret Co. f READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY I ts VATCH Your label and pay your subscripton HI ! n t- i i 5" I .A VOLUME XX Revaluation Held Up For A While At Least March 15 Is As Soon As Any Thing Will Be Done About Revaluing Property; May Be Postpon ed For Two Years; State May Operate Schools For Six Months; Sales Tax Bills Introduced. By M. R. DUNNAGAN ' Raleieh. Jan. 20 Revaluation of'F, ' property, machinery for which has been set up and in many counties is in operation, will be postponed at A recent adition to the force of the least until March 15, according toF. R. Bell drug store is Mr. C. V. action taken by both houses of the Crooks of Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Crooks, General Assembly, which devoted like Mr. Bell, is a registered pharma- much of the last two days last week! to this matter. Although revaluation probably has besn the most important matter up, j Crooks are both veterans of the consideration ha been given to the j World War. Two pharmacists, two 10 per cent reduction of salaries of lawyers and two veterans in the same all State, county and municipal ei store is a rathfcr unusual combina ployes, a constitutional convention injtion. 1933 to rewrite the constitution and! . reorganization of the administrative Large Crowd Came divisions i uie otaie nuveinmciit, bills on mil of which have been intro- duced. Thrs bills on revaluation, relat- ing t the four-year revaluation law, were ''introduced, one to postpone for ttvo years, another to aBow coun j Suay interfered to ntie extent. A ties "so desiring to contwue their bij, ,crowd was on Uykd gunday af. pment valuations and another to 'te,.noollj cars from Bfl over tbv coun , ' postpone the revaJoation until the ty and gome wtgJde of the lii'esent General Assembly gets fur-; t k a u fi , . . v.. rw -noninTit untiT ArU 1 Ibut the Se - ipomng it until April 1 ,ibut the be ;ate cnangea u H -Marco io, in wmcn tthe House is expected to concur. LThJ aigTfBV0,- JTy' !"c.ludin.g rthe N C. Tax Relief Association that values were inflated at the .last property assessment wur years ago, the reply t w-nicn -n mat tney are depressed now, and iff the, valuations were too higk then hey are too low now. It is argued ihnt the machinery is already m epenffion and tiiat -to stop revabution wrak, even -temporarily, will he expensive to which is the answer that the machinery is ap parently boa ostly anyway Tind costs of operating it -may lie r edutrefl. Many inequalitiea exis't raw '.that should be evened op and much personal prop erty should be -uncovered, nenough to reduf e the real eate -.tax, propon entsf of revalnafina :say. Governor Gardner statesi'fhat a re valuation now w'hich would reduce taxable values to anything like the figure sought iby anany -woiild endan- ger outstanding bends agaiast prac-jsion of the Eastern Carolina cham tically every unit and snake harderlber of commerce '.today indorsed the refunding some of the bonds falling J program f the commission and in due and which unit will be unable i dorsed several additional "measures to pay during the nexa lew years. He proposed the two-year jiostpone - ment, but is apparently satisfied to postpone it temporarily for further iconsideration. - Salary Cut Opposed The 10 per cent salary cut, jpropos-1 fi by Governor Gardner and includ- d in the budget general appropria tion bill, presented - last week, is meeting with some opposition, large ly on the ground that it will demor alize labor in industry and result in general cuts over the State. It is agreed among lawyers that the sal aries of the constitutional officers, ineluflmo' seven executives. 25 Su- nreme and SuDerior court iudees and 170 legislators, cannot be cut dur-!'ect taxes is causing several eponties, ing their term of office, but if the bill 'cities and tax districts in Noth Caro ls enacted, they are not likely to face lir" to default in the payment of in criticism by not returning 10 per terest or principle of their notes and cent of their salaries to the State. Op- honds, the sinking fund commission position is expressed by State em - ployes in Raleigh and elsewhere, ) teachers and city and county em- ployes, all oi whom woma De mciua-peering ineir nonded obligations, the cd, unless their remuneration had commission announced yesterday, ben cut to that extent within a year! The counties are Brunswick, Car or they receive less than $50 a month, teret, Polk, Yancey, Bertie, Pamlico, the cut being effective for two years ! Montgomery, Tyrrell, Henderson, next July 1. The constitutional convention pro- posal of Governor Gardner is before the General Assembly in a bill of Rep. Victor" V. Young, Durham, but not as the Governor will propose. The Young bill provides that the propos al be submitted to the people Novem ber 3, 1932, delegates to be elected as and in the same number as Rep resentatives, 120, to meet in the House of Representatives - at noon Wednesday after the first Monday in May, 1932, remain in sesion not ex ceeding 30 days for receiving sug gestions, adjourn for 60 days and re - convene the total time in session not to exceed 60 days. The idea is meet ing with favor, legislators realizing the inadequacy of the amendment-laden constitution adopted in 1868. While the Educational Commis sion's report, calling for an - eight months school term, elimination of Contmned on page five 8 PAGES THIS WEEK R. BELL DRUG STORE ADDS NEW MAN TO FORCE cist and also a graduate of law. He has had twenty years experience in the drug business Messrs. Bell I and To See Air Circus !n(,wsTnpr w wepk e!in ftfT Mirj it', - , - ..uj,,!. Hhnik iH untw vest tfeaufort. aianv Raasenirera 'fcnthe , ? u &t a 160 per fllrM. the Woather was v.v loHv , , . :n1 .. . not faTOrablt for stunt fl ing but the pilots IM a few things that !interested tte wd r,nch M nose , diveg an(J Tiffl lto arth with tne ; motor CBt Saturday fhe -weather was much bet ter and the fliers (Hid some pretty ; fancy work over ih town and the reiu. uuvjuig nie roop, nose aires and the like were idone and enjoyed by large numbeia jrf people who saw them from the ground below. The exhibition f .flyinj seems to have stirred up cansidarable interest i aviation .around ihereand some are saying that Beaufort should have a regular airport naw? MASS MEETING INDORSES TAX COMMISSION PROGRAM Raleigh, Jan. 1,7 The mass meefr- 1 ing called by the 4ax relief commis- oflered from the .floor. About 14 j counties wre "represented, I The D0(y unaniirmusly indorsed a resolution ffered by former Repre- sentative Gerge,Wal, of Duplin, Protesting against any delay in the quaanenniai revaluation ot property. A resolution by Charles J. Shields of Halifax, objecting jo Governor Gardner's proposal for abolishing re funds on gasoline not uard on the highways was adopted 31 o 28. UNABLE TO COLLECT TAXES TWELVE COUNTIES DEFAULT Raleigh, Jan. 20 Inability to col- ;rePrt - Twelve counties, 20 cities or towns ana three districts are behind in Harnett, Swain and Clay. Ihe cities and towns: Aulander. Beaufort, Boone, Ellerbee, Elkin, Franklinton, Lake Lure, Louisburg, Moreead City, Murphy, Newland. Sa luda, St Paul's, StaT, Sylvia, Ayden, Cary, Pantego, Fairmont and Clin ton. The districts; Aberdeen graded school district, Moore County; For ney Creek district, Swain county, and Davidson Drainage district, Meek lenburg and Iredell counties. MISS RACHEL RUMLEY DIES AFTER SHORT ILLNESS News was received by relatives in Beaufort Monday of the death of Miss Rachel Rumley who passed a way at her home in Washington, N. C. after a weeks illness. Miss Rumley has visited in Beaufort at times all throughTier life and will be remem- bered by many residents of the town. THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1931 OYSTER AND FISH MEETINGS HELD Industry Has Been Neglected Harrelson Says; Great Pos sibilities Exist New Bern, Jan. 19 For the pur pose of making arrangements for or ganization of fishermen and oyster men of eastern North Carolina, a committee was appointed at the oys ter institute here this afternoon to aBk aid of the state legislature and to call prospective members together next July a tthe time of the meeting of the state board" of conservation and development in Morehead City. At that time a permanent organiza tion will be formed. The committee to go to Raleigh to represent fish and oyster industries consists of C. H. Sterling, of Wash ington, chairman; C. P. Goodwin, of j 0rZc of Eliiubeth City; R. C. Fergus, of Wilmmgton; M. S. Lee, of Morehead City; M. L. Lupton of New Bern; and H. V. ' Grant, of Sneftds Ferry. Col. J. W. Harrelson. director of j-the state department, pi'csided at the afternoon and evening sessions here. Assisting him was Capi. John Nelson, state fisheries commissioner. A sim ilar institute will k held tomorrow in Raleigh. Speakers included Elmer Higgins, chief of the division of scientific in quiry in tire federal bureau of fish cries; Dr. Paul S. Galtsoff, m charge; ;has, just begun, more than a half mil - W. C Pumoitt, federal oyster and; lion pounds each were pledged." shellfish specia&st, and Herbert F. I Dr. Taylor says the work of th; Prytherih, oyAer expert, who gave jaunty agents oJ the state college an iHwtratad lecture tonipht on extension service in makintr the east - Ispawnmg, sefling, and developing oy? lern North Carolina association pos- ters. A nstr on water famuntf.Tweisible is to he Hrtlv rnnHpH parea"by Istivis Ratcliffe, deputy fed- eral commissioner of fisheries, was reafl :in hte .-absence. Illness revertt - edaim from attending. According to Colonel Harrelson, th fiBh 'iadustry is one 'oJ the-'nwst Tieglecteid industries in 3Srth Caro liim, biit it has not beceji 5njureH to Dte extent that it caimot "be jrap"ffily In'ilt 'up 6r properly earefi torixmL' " Capfaan Nelson said 'tih&t where T?orth Carolina harvested 472J100 lknshte of oysters last yer, 'It ihiaild be able to market severrii millions, of tmBhers. OPPOSES SALES TAX Greensboro, Jan. 20 "The iJtarth Carolina Retail Clothiers itsd Furnish- Knapp, secretary of the association, ers association was on Faiord today .L. V. Morrell, appointed by the gov as strongly opposed to a proposed j ernor, and C R. Page. Dresident of sales itex in North Carolina. The as - sociatiwi met here yesterday, took Its stand against the proposes eales .tax and re-elected its officers. Legislators Qonsume Much In Discussmg Mone) MatterspuZ: By Carl Georch The legis&ture has been having a rather intertsting week. Most of its time is be'irsg taken up in discussing money matters. In that respect, senators and representatives are like the average married couple; there if I little chance of reaching an agree. ment but there always a mighty fine chance of starting "an argument, I interviewed about fifty represen- tatives and about twenty senators this week. Every last one of them said he was in favor of reducing taxes on real estate. That's what you might , call perfect agreement. It was when I began making inquiries about their plan for bringing about a reduction in taxes that I began to find cvidenc es of almost perfect disagreement The result probably will be that they will spend so much time arguing that they won t have any time to actual ly reduce taxes. The State budget for 1931-33 was issued this week. It shows appropria tions of $100,000 for this, $200,000 for that, and $300,000 for something else. What's worrying me is where all this money is comjng from. Mak ing out a budget is one thing; collect uk vc iiiuiiey is Bumetiung entirely ' different. My wife makes out a bud- get which, includes about five new dresses every year, lut she doesnt get em., - There's going to be a big hole in'' the State's revenue this year. There are 40,000 fewer automobiles on our roads than there were this time last j justice is being done them in the pro year. That makes close to a million i posal to reduce salaries ten per cent, dollars loss" in revenue through the The merchant, the manufacturer, the sale of license plates and gasoline tax. 1 clerk, the laboring man and the f arm- inere are more lolks who will be unable to pay their taxes than ever before, which means still greater loss in revenue. And when we see $he pitjful returns that we're going to. get out of our income tax returns well, unless we begin to take steps right OUTLOOK IS GOOD FOR ASSOCIATION Tobacco Farmers Are Pledg ing To Join Cooperative As sociation Raleigh, Jan. 21 Creation of a co operative tobacco marketing associa tion in eastern North Carolina is prac tically assurred, believes Dr. Carl C. Taylor, dean of the graduate school and marketing expert at North Caro lina State college. Dr. Taylor says approximately 6, 000,000 pounds of weed have been pledged in eastern North Carolina, nearly twice as much as was used in forming the South Carolina coopera tive which successfully operated last year. Tobacco cooperative work also is beginning in western North Carolina, Dr. Taylor says ana witn tne neip oi the federal farm board, vocational aff- ricuuurai teacners ana coumy agents, "organization work is progressing rapidly'." In speaking of eastern North Car olina, Dr. Taylor said: "I have been working in eastern North Carolina primarily. At Snow Hill, Scotland Neck, Clinton and money and the amount which they are Richlands the sign-up was most en- to receive, taking into consideration couraging. At the Snow "Hill meeting 'the amount which they have received, approximately three million pounds This list is to be filed in the five were pledged; at Scotland Neck, one I district courts in which the receiver and a half million pounds; at Clin-1 ship operated and to remain on file ton and Richlands "Where the work for 30 days. Durinir that time mem- j "Within 24 hours these agents called together the growers of the;tne distribution. ine association 1 eastern tobacco sections and elect-;has teen in receivership since 1926. led 47 delegates to the meeting at Ral- No mention is made, in the order j eigh called by Governor Gardner last faU, The federal farm board and the extension dhrision of State college, he said, toother with the Smita Hughes teakrs have been conduct ing educational campaigns throughoat the state, holding at least one meet- . ing in each county and many com mittee meetings Carolina where programs have been prepared cuneernine the needs of theyii arrived here late Monday tobacco farmer and what cooperative marketing could and could not do. To these workers and to Dr. J. G. j the tobacco ssociation ! Dr. Taylor attributes much of the success so far attending the more- ment. Time now to bring about ,a rigid rule of economy, it looks to me like things will,just about go bust in six months or so. A number of ctmnties are al ready defaulting in their bond inter est payments, and a lot of .others are1 yight on the ragged edge- idle Davis, Marshallberg. J visited the State Prison Mnmfovl Pnf- n.ja p,,frt j tvjt;i and had George Ross Pou take meidred Davis, Marshallberg over the institution. Few people real-! Belford Dudley and Nancy Felton ljm know what is going on out there. Morehead City une of these days I want to write it I up. Their biennial report has just been issued. It's a mighty interesting uuLumenu iou ougm to get noia oi a copy and read it. 1 was looking over one of them a couple of days ago. Out of 1,015 prisoners, who were church members, 618 said they had been affiliated with the Baptist church before they went to prison. lhmk of that! I'm a Baptist myself, so I don't mind writnig about my own j week-end, John Mitchell, chief bank Crowd. Over 60 Per Cent Of all OUrynminor Bnnni,nr.t.H tr.Ar, church member prisoners are Bap tists. The State Prison is one of our big problems. I'll bet that 90 per cent of the members of the legisla ture are Baptists. They' re bound to be, because the legislature is a much bigger problem to our people than the Stat Jrnson Talking about the prison; pouring money into that old rat-trap for maintenance is like pouring water in to a sieve. The old pile of bricks is just about ready to crumble and fall to pieces. College professors claim that an in er have all had to take their cut in revenue and I don't see why the in- tellectuals should be absolved from of Carteret county. This is why it their obligation. Just because a man is a good advertising medium. Cir knows how to translate a Latin sen-'culars and other forms of advertis tence or " how to pronounce hors ' ing cost more than it does in the v ( Continued on page 8) News and is not half "so effective. PRICE 5 " "T IGLE COPY B Prchibition Amendment Should Not Be Repealed President Hoover Agrees With Law Enforcement Commission's Report as to The Eighteenth Amendment; Four Members Favor Revision; Two, Baker And Lemann, Want Law Re pealed ; No Wine And Beer Distribution Ordered Of Tobacco Funds Raleigh, Jan. 16 Federal Judge I. M. Meekins today ordered the distri bution of $612,736 to the members of the defunct Tri-State Tobacco Growers Co-operative association. In the order the judge stated that the receiver, J. H. Pou, M. L. Corey and H. S. Ward, had certified to him . amn,,n ml.H hp distributed tQ the members and that sufficient m woul(J fce jeft from the Temain ;. n , t nav unnai(1 exnenses of the receivership. The order in structs the receivers to immediately draw up a list of the members who are entitled to receive ,bers will have an opportunity to j complain of any inequalities in the distribution which may be found at the end of the 30 days after the list ! is filed the members will be Daid. Between 35,000 and 40,000 tobac- co farmers are expected to share in jof tne suit of the four attorneys who forced the original receivership who now .seek $25,000 a piece in extra fees. DREDGE. BOAT LEHIGH STARTS WORK SOON Morehead City, Jan. 21 The in western NortTi'reSge "Lehigh" owned by the W. H. Gahagan Realty Company of Brook- 'afternoan and is tied up at the old depot nwer at the foot of Arendell Street. It was towed here by the iug boat Oorthwell and Studwell from Hew Bern where it has been since early in November to lay in fresh Tffater whBe being repaired and also waiting orders for the next work to Tegin on "No. 10 section of the inland waterway yroject. It is expected that the dredge will proceed to Wil mington the latter part of this week. On it will be a. crew of twelve men. Others of the trew will leave on the houseboat the deeping quarters of This will be towed dredge will go out to sea, making a quicker trip. . The work will be startod Iville Beach and working towards Morehead City. MARRIAGE LICENSES Geo. S. Golden Beanfnrf-. and T.ii- Leon Guthrie and Maybelle Nel- son, Harkers Island. William Taylor and Georgia Salt- jer, Sea Leva. THREE MORE BANKS HAVE OPENED UP AGAIN Raleigh, Jan. 17 Three more Noith Carolina banks which were fore ed to close reeentlv will wnnpn tViic The banking department issued or ders today allowing the bank of Dal las, at Dallas, the Citizens Bank of Yancey, at Burnsville, and the Clay ton Banking company, at Clayton, to resume business. , Many of the banks which closed in late November and December were forced to stop operations even though they were solvent, Mr. Mitchell said. FIRE ALARM BOX MOVED The fire alarm box at the corner of Front and Moore street as been moved back on Moore street about fifty feet. This is considered a bet ter location than the other one. The Beaufort News goes into the homes of many of the leading people NUMBER 4 Washington, Jan. 20 The long- debated report of the Wikersham commission, broadly upholding con stitutional prohibition but leaving the door ajar for basic revision, was put on the crowded calendar of a divided Congress today by President Hoo-. ;r. The President agreed with the com mission that the dry amendment should not be repealed. He disagreed with a suggestion that revision might be the better part of wisdom. He pointed out to the lawmakers that all the commissioners favored large ex pansion of enforcement facilities and said he hoped Congress would con sider that at some appropriate time. The arrival of the report on Capitol Hill set off explosions there that prom Used to be heard in the next election. Proposes Referendum Senator Borah of Idaho, an advo cate of prohibition, said repeal or no repeal the 18th amendment was the issue and demanded that it be taken to the people. "I should like to see those opposed to the 18th amendment present their alternative and let the people choose between them in an orderly and prop er fashion," ho said. Senator Blaine, Republican, Wis consin, an opponent of the dry law, introduced a resolution for a substi tute prohibition amendment similar to that the commission outlined. His proposal would give Congress the power to regulate liquor traffic, but not to prohibit. After the first storm of words sub sided, Congress turned back to its burdensome legislative task. The re-' port was sent to the judiciary com mittee of, the house and senate with indications Hhat'llT "would " remain 'rfW,"f there until next session at least. Ignores Personal Views Chairman Norris of the senate ju diciary committee said he expected no action by it at this session, al though he would name a subcommit tee to study the Blaine proposal if the Wisconsin senator desired. With the report went the letter of President Hoover. The President briefly reviewed the personnel of the commission and the scope of its 18 month study. Mr. Hoover made no direct refer ence to the fact that six of the 11 commissioners asked for repeal or modification. Nor did he mention the statement by the whole commis sion that a revision to give concur- w the state and nation would be wise. .- He reviewed the general recom (Continued on page eight) POLICE COURT TRIED ONLY ONE CASE FRIDAY" Only one case was tried by Mayor nSn r.P?,C! CU1't Frid noon Garland and Clarence Willi submitted to the ,hn Li'18 and were fined fl each an ' TIDE TABLE Information at, to the tides at Beaufort is given in this col umn. The figures are app-ox 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 lnrulitv. that.- i 4 whether near the inlet r at' the heads of the estuaries. ' ' High Tide Low Tid Friday, Jan. 23 10:46 A. M. 4:34 A. M. 11:03 P. M. 4:59 P. M. Saturday, Jan. 24 11:23 A. M. 5:18 A. M. 11:25 P. M. 5:35 P. M. Sunday, Jan. 25 12:05 A. M. . 6:05 A. M. 12:06 P. M. 6:16 SI Monday, Jan. 26 12:49 A. M. 6:58 A. M. 12:55 P. M. 7:01 P. M. Tuesday, Jan. 27 1:40 A. M. 7:56 A. M. 1:50 P. M. 7:55 P. M. Wednesday, Jan. 28 2:38 A. M. , 8:59 A. M. 2:54 P. M. 8:49 P. M. Thursday, Jan 29 3:38 A. M. 10:01 A. M. 3:57 P. M. 9:48 P. M.
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