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AUF 1 1 i II 3 The best eel vei Using medium published in Carteret Co. READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY WATCH Your labe" pay your subscription 8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1931 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY NUMBER 5 VOLUME XX UK ,..rir ll 4 . 1 : i t.3 1 1 1 ?- - k r ! .5 Committee Favorable To Six Months Term Proponents of State Support For Public Schools Come Out Ahead; Revenue Bill Provides For Taxes on Soft Drinks, Moving Pictures And Other Things. By M. R. DUNNAGAN Raleigh, Jan. 27 State operation and maintenance of the constitution al six months school term was un- posal before the N. C. General As- Morehead City, Jan. 27-The many fv,o Tf Wppk nH e-ives nrom friends of George H. Webb will be ise of taking leading position thisjieved to learn of his death which t, oifV,,,rh mimhora of imoor-! occurred at the Morehead City Hos- ant 'nieces of legislation have been jPtal Tuesday evening at about 10:45 -I-..J U-f W A ,0'clock. George H. Webb Dies After Long Illness FATHER AND SON BANQUET GIVEN Agricultural - Class Given a Very Successful Enter tainment A very enjoyable entertainment sponsored by the class In vocational agriculture was given at the New port school Friday evening the 23rd. It was called a father and son ban quet and was attended by the 26 members of the class, their fathers, their teacher Mr. C. S. Long and sev eral invited guests The food was furnished by members of the class and was prepared and served by the home economic class. This group of young ladies demonstrated to the sat isfaction of all present that they know how to prepare a good meal and serve it an attractive fashion. The dinner was served in one of the class rooms on three long tables lighted by candles and prettily de corated. A string orchestra regaled TWO SESSIONS OF RECORDER'S COURT Mr. Webb has been a suf- rrv, ota r.f tho hill omhodv- ferer from cancer for several months and the end was not unexpected. His ing me uxing ui ow - - Ainora w;n, mlis: whil i mefll operation of the term, legislation lor ... - - ,-a tn h, nvntin!PH later over- Clty- Hls mother died several years was in progress, wt ting ly w n "the first skiSjago. He is also survived by the fol- The toatmaster for the banquet w ,J7nt. anions of House losing relatives: brothers Earl W. was Everett Gould, who president and Senate Education committees, land Theodore Webb of New York unless signs fail, the bill will pass City, Harry Webb of Richmond, Paul both houses, although some of the j of Cameron, Texas John Webb of committee members voting for it voic- Washington N. C W M. and A H. ed reservations. The bill was set for Webb Jr., Chas. V. Webb and Mrs. a special order in the House Monday If . S. Wallace a sister of this city, night and the Senate for Tuesday of j His wife who was Miss Ruth Phoenix this week. A lively skirmish is ex- of Greensboro before her marriage t,i u..t 1,0 Kin wnm0! inw. and two small children also survive. Those supporting the measure, Mr. Webb was well "and favorably un , , T.inHsev-Younir bill. ar-;Known throughout tne state. gue this is the most effective method j , of reducing taxes, since schools are S IX Months School more costly than all other county ac-j - p H,i tivitif s. If the State takes over the Olll f aSSeS MOUSe schools, taxes can be reduced and the j . burden largely removed, they state, , Advocates of the State supported referring- to the supposed Constitu-js;x months school term won an over tional provision requiring the State I whelming victory in the House of to operate the schools. j Representatives Tuesday. The vote The only note of warning was issu-j stood 86 for and 32 against the bill, ed by the only school man speaking There were many hours of debate A Considerable Number of Cases Disposed of; Most Defendants Convicted Squirrel And Qoon legislation pt Main 7 l'$g Needed Now of the agriciltural class. Ho per formed the duties of his position with ease and suocess. After grace was said -by the Reverend R. W. Bar field, pastor of the Newport Metho dist church, a "Toast to the Dads" was offered by Everett Gould which was responded to very happily by Charles Wilton. "The Country Boys Creed" was well delivered by Roland Simmons. The fmt speaker of ths evening, W. G. Mebane of Beaufort, was introduced by the toastmaster and delivered an address on the sub ject of "Faith. In such times as these it i3 necessary the speaker said for fathers to have faith in their sons, sons in their fathers and all must have faith in their country, in God and in themselves. Reverend Mr. isarheia discussed the progress before the committee "vote, T. Win gate Andrews, High Point, former president of the State teacher organk zation, who said a policy which main tains no relation between 'the' amitint' spent for schools and the taxes paid was unsound and he feared for loss of local interest. State Supt. A. T. and opponents of the bill offered an amendment and otherwise opposed it butw ithout effect. It is estimated that the State will have to raise $12, 000,600 addittonal revenue fcybe,bill becomes law. On Wednesday the Senate took up the six months bill and spent most of Allen, who did not speak, also warns lthe day an(j part 0f the night Wed that n the six months law proposed nes(jay Abating it. It comes up a is adopted, many small districts nqw j gain today f or debate and a vote may operating eight months with equal- be reacned. The oposition to the bill izing and extended term aid, will be hased on the fact that it does not forced to reduce the length of terms i provide any way to raise the money or levy more taxes. The matter of t0 run the gchools. That job si left revenue is worrying some of the legis-;to gome other bill to be passed in the lators. J j future. Those who favor the bill The Educational Commission's 8ay that land is paying more than its eight months school bill has not ap- share of the taxes and that there are peared, but the Butler bill introduc-i0ther ways to raise money which have ed. would provide an eight months ! not been reached as yet. term, 40 days of which the county board of education could suspend, if attendance dropped low. This bill would require the State to provide . $20,000,000 and that a State-wide tax rate of 23 cents per $100 prop erty valuation be levied and collect ed by the counties, the proceeds Majority of 79 In Favor of J. ,1 Cot Snlinnl TTlinfl" ri !! !. J A session of of Recorder's Court was held Friday the 23rd and another on Tuesday. Four cases were tried on Friday and two were rather vig orously contested. W. E. Abbott, who lives near Morehead Bluffs, was tried on the charge of violating the prohibition law. His attorney Alvah Hamilton entered a plea of not guilty for him. The witnesses against him were dep uty sheriffs and police officers R. E. Chaplain, W. R. Longest, George Nel son and Gherman Holland. The of ficers raided Mr. Abott's home about midnight January 3rd and found a bout a half gallon of whiskey, some wine and home brew. There were al so on hand a supply of empty bot tles and jugs. The defendant Abbott testified that he was away from home for several hours on the night of the raid and did not know the prohibited stuff was in his house. He thought some ene mies of his more or less conected with the notorious house known local ly as "Blue Heaven" had framed up on him. Jt was brought out however that Abbott had been tried once be fore on a liquor charge while he was running the Charles Hotel last sum mer and,.'was acquitted. Police of ficers testified that his reputation was bad for selling liquor. Judge ( Pavi&. said that he thought the defendant i was guilty and gave him a suspended judgment sentence of four jhionthf and required him to pay the fcosts. ; George Johnson, colored, submit ted to the charge of resisting police officer Holland and was let off with Shipyard Now Ready For Business Again By CARL GOERCH After reading in the papers about some of the bills that have been in troduced lately in the legislature, I believe I'll sit down and write a let- ,i itt ii v:.,, j.t,, iter to Willis Smith, Speaker of the The Bell-Wallace shipyard destroy- . , ' . ..lie ' c i . rn.,orY,uor House, and a mighty fine fellow. d In a disastrous fire last November, L,,. ...r ' i . non. wuiis omixn, is now about rebuilt and has already. o ThelRaIeigh, North Carolina. siaraeu wuia. lM Aoar willic I've been following proceedings of large building, 98 by 70 feet is prac tically finished and a smaller build ing which is to be used lor a macnine shop will soon be completed. The firm will not operate a laundry as it did prior to the fire. The loss on account of the fire was estimated at $35,000 and was on ly partly covered by insurance. Be sides the firm's loss the John A. Nel son, a fine boat that belonged to the State Fish Commission, was practical" tically ruined and also one or two The the legislature with a whole lot of in terest and I've been watching some of ' the bills that have been introduc 1. There was a bill presented a few days ago by Representative Johnson, of Halifax, to amend the law on squir rel mnd raccoon season. There was another bill, introduced by Senator Lawrence, of Hertford, to make blue and white the regular and standard colors of State automobile license tags. Representative McDevitt, of smaller Doais. xnc iMad son. nresented a h to re ore Company has been in the boat build- at least ten vei.geg from the B;ble tQ ing business for a good many years be read flt thg opening each morning and has turned out crafts of manyof bHc gehools- And Senator Mc kinds including freight boats, nshing gwain) of Clevelandi came forward boats and several very nanusumc vachts. The owners of the establish ment are John F. Bell and Charles S Wallace of Morehead City. Atlantic Fisheries Plant Destroyed made in farming and the fine oppor-he costs under a suspended judg tunities of the profession M. L. Mient. Simmons, member of the school board and himself a successful far mer, spoke on the advantages of a farmer's life. County Superinten dent J. H- Workman told of efforts made to get the agriculturalclass added to the school curriculum and the advantages of it Superintendent W. E. Powell made a short talk and ' men aeouitted. -f cur young Morehead City colored men, Alec 3eckton, Lio Davis, Le rby Bell anji James King answered to the chargeflf having stolen a hog f roni i-eort. Oglesby, well known Crab Point farmer. Their .attorney C. R Wheatly plead not guilty for them and succeeded in getting the VOTERS FAVOR SALE OF PLANT Selling Water and Power Plant in the State Treasure and salaries and expenses be paid from this fund on order of the county boards. The . -The election held in Morehead City State Board of Assessment would be yesterday on the sale of the water directed to raise or td lower the 23 an(j j;ght plant resulted in the rati cent rate 'as 'conditions- warrant: 'fiCation of the sale by the voters of Teachers, would receive their present the municipality. The vote was light, salaries under. the State, salary sche- 245.. voted for the sale and 15 voted dule for two years, less the last in-jagajnjt jj, The. registration was ,'al crement earned through training and'g0 g,,,' oniy 411' persons having experience. Etra pay for teachers ! cfc6seh to register." ' As those who did may be raised by local taxes, not to "not Vote at all; if they were register exceed 5 per cent of the total teacher e(jj were counted against. the proposi- budget. , (, tion it was necessary to get a major- A bill that would cut teachers' 'sal-';ity of the registered vote which was aries 10 per cent, already Introduc-4 done. The 'majority for the sale of ed, was the subject of an exchange of the plant was. 79 of the registered letters between State Supt. A. T. A1- ; vote. . .: len and Governor Gardner, the form-i nf er asking if the latter favors a 10 , Most of the leading c.taens of per cent cut for teachers Governor Morehead City seemed J Gardner replied that he did not favored the sale of the plan or a cut for teachers alone, but said Phased with the result of the election he knew bills would be introduced;" ? 'ePier 'or th '5ms 000 t..!. nyAA formed. The town will get $350,000 Ijavid Sparrow, ' Beuaf ort colored man, admitted an assault upon War ren Henry with a knife. Judgment was "suspended on payment of costs. At the Tuesday morning session of court Charlie Suggs of Beaufort, col ored, was tried on the -charge of sell ing a pint of liquor to Willie Wil liams, Henry Turner, Floyd Hill and Charlie Chadwick, all colored. Suggs charged that these men came to his house very e.n ly Sunday morning and tried to buy liquor, that he did not sell them any md that they assault ed him and threw a brick against his door breaking out a panel. All of the defendants denied the charges against them but the court held that they were all guilty. The first four w;re given a Suspended sen- Now is the time to subscribe to the tence; of four monthhs and a fine of Beaufort News and keep posted on $10 iind costs. They also have to what is happening. Continued on page five) STATE UPKEEP OF COUNTY ROADS MAY CAUSE SOMEJTAX REDUCTION Mr. Long discussed the plans and purposes of the class. The aims of the banquet were stated to be the following: 1. To establish a feeling of com radeship and co-operation between father and son with reference to the farm business. 2. To bring fathers and others in closer contact with the school and the agricultural department. 3. To show accomplishments of the agricultural department and ex plains plans for future work. 4. To promote a spirit of good feeling and community consciousness among farmers an dother members of the community, to promote pride and appreciation of the work of ths boys. with a bill to change the date of the primary from the first Saturday in June to the first Monday in June. Now Willis; I'm not saying a word of crtiicism against any of those bills. So far as I'm concerned, all of them may be splendid measures and they , may react to the advantage of our , people as a whole. I'm not claiming A fire of unknown origin that oc- that squirrels and raccoons don't de curied some time before day Tues- serve special consideration, and as day morning destroyed the principal f0r the Bible, it's the greatest of all building of the Atlantic Fisheries books. Neither have I any objection Corporation. This plant formerly to a permanent blue-and-white color owned by the late W. S. Chadwick scheme for license tags and if they was located about two miles east of want to have the primary on Wednes- Beaufort on Taylor's Creek. It was ' day, Thursday or Friday, it's O. K. built for the manufacture fo fish oil and scrap and was used for that pur pose for a number of years. The principal stockholders of the corpor ation are W. B. Blades of New Bern and W. A. Mace of Beaufort. The main factory building and the with me. But Willis; we folks back home are interested in something else besides those bills,. The things that is upper most in the minds of most of uis this business of reducing the tax on real estate property. And that brings scrap .house were destroyed by thejme up to the suggestion that I had. flames. The owners of the plant did not operate it last fall but bad in stalled some machinery for canning oysters and it might have been used in mind. to WheJWr. Jloinsonsf Halifax,. ' comes up with a bill to give consid eration to squirrels and raccoons, I ... .... rm lor that purpose wis year. iejwant you to give him poite and was some insurance on the buildings :COUrteous attention. And I want you and machinery but not enough to covito ask him a few questions. er the loss. The News has not learn-j M Johng . h j ed whether the plant will be rebuiltj thJ(j bm .J & or not' Sfine thing. But will it helD to cut idown the tax on real estate in North Carolina?" "Why, of course not." Mr. John son will reply. "All light then," you'll say. "Then if it's just the same to vou. Mr. ROAD COMMITTEE WILL PREPARE A BILL By M. R. DUNNAGAN j Raleigh, Jan. 26 Property owners of North Carolina have been clamor ing for relief from the burden which they are required to bear in the form of taxation. They have formed local and State-wide organizations for the purpose of relieving property of some of its load. Governor O. Max Gardner, in his proposed State Highway reorganiza tion and county road maintenance plan, offers a program that will def initely afford some of the property tax reduction for which there is such a pronounced demand. In addition to the economy 01 oper cuuins meit iwira " wunuu, ,m tho nnrphmer ation t Obe Drougm aDOUt uy me y.u- that if one group should be cut, all r the plant from the PJ"j , d reorganization of the Highway public employees should be treated fvhwl.H L water 'and Commission, Governor Gardner sug- e ectricYty wil be consVderably lower gests and recommends that the State ttTthe town has been charging and .take , .over ; the L . all alike. He estimates that $4,000,000 will be saved the taxpayers and states that others have received cuts in sal aries to that extent or more. The McDevitt bill would require reading at least 10 verses from the Bible, without comment, in all pub lic schools daily. Gardner and Fountain Differ A break, or near break, between Governor Gardner and Lieutenant Governor R. T. Fountain, president of the Senate",-has - developed over President Fountain's appointments on the committee to consider Gover nor Gardner's administrative re6r ganization plan, included the "short ballot." Inference is that the com mittee was "stacked" with members opposed to the Governor's plan. " ""v- . . A. W ffco Stoto if th r.mDtion of Dower incress- coumy roaus, - fes sufficiently to justify it may be CZ"Z A o.J .till further The contract iOilion mi u. urv.1 caotu nvut , ed fi4m .5 to 6 cents per gallon, and that the added revenue, together with the one cent increase made by the General Assembly of 1929, be used for the maintenance of the county roads.. The two-cent tax, it is point ed out, will provide sufficient funds for the purpose. Those who favor the plan point out that the change will in no way affect the continuation of maintenance of the primary State Highway System nor with the orderly retirement of interest and debt requirements of bond fcsues previously issued for highway construction since it will take only the amount of increase in the gasoline tax made after the State Highway program was launched in 1921. ; REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Raleigh, Jan. 28. The house roads committee today declined to take any efonl frw ri. ao-ninet this (rnvprrtnr'z plan to abolish the present highway -ounwrn, we 11 taoie tnis mil until la commission, but authorized the chair-ter n d",nng the session." man to appoint a subcommittee to ! )Vhen Senator Lawrence appears draw up a highway bill. hfore y w,th his "cense-tag Color- The members of the subcommittee I86"16 bl1! miSt quiz him along appointed by the chairman, Repre sentative Connor, of Wilson, are Jef- fress, of Guilford, Crudup, of Vance, Gill, of Scotland, McBee, of Mitchell,) and Mr. Connor. Three plans for the bill have been informally considered by the com mittee: 1. Increasing the gasoline tax to six cents per gallon and distributing the proceeds among the counties. j , 2. Increasing the gas tax to six : cents and taking over all roads j marked class "A" on the survey by j the United States bureau of public , roads,, with aid to the counties in maintaining class "B" and "C" roads. I 3. Increasing the gasoline tax to six cents and taking over all county roads in the state. There are two variations of the third plan, which is the one most generally favored. The first would follow the governor s recommenua tion in detail and includes the aboli tion of the present highway commis sion and the creation of a new com mission of five members. The second variation, supported by the Highway Commisioner John Sprunt Hill, would turn au tne county roads over to the present highway commission. 1 1 1 ins same nn i. "Will it help cut down taxes?" "Of course not." 1 hen 1 m afraid you wont get very favorable consideration of your measure when your bill comes over to our side of the legislature." Tell the. same thing to Representa- Continued on page 8) TIDE TABLE for rates runs for five years. The property of the plant, which at pres ent is non taxable, will be'put on the tax books and both Morehead City and Carteret county will collect taxes from it. . The Morehead City power plant has three dynamos, a 240 horse power Fairbanks and Morse, a 360 horse power aFirbanks and Morse and a 800 horse power Delavergne. The plant has been furnishing power to New port, Wildwood, Mansfield, Morehead Bluffs and Atlantic Beach. (Continued on page five) Figures recently compiled snow that the average property levy in the 100 counties of North Carolina for road maintenance amounts to 19- 1-2 cents on each hundred dollars of assessed valuation. The Chief Exe cutive's plan would mean, translated into terms of property tax reduction, that a load amounting to approximate ly $6,000,000 per year would be lift ed from the shoulders of landowners. The proposed plan, according to its proponents, goes further than mere ly making a suggestion, it recom mends definite means by which the Information ab to the tides at Beaufort is given in this col umn. The figures are app.'ox imatcly 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 .... ... .. Friday, Ja 4:38 A. M. 5:00 P. M. necessary funds may be raised to ef Subscribe to the News-?2.00 per feet this, relief. The suggestion is year. that the levy on gasoline be increas- W. & Lewis et al to Solomon Lew is and wife, tract Newport Township, for $10. A. B. Walter to Julia Frances Wal ter, 2 lots Morehead City for $100 John, L. Hanff to Duffy Wade, lot Morehead City, for $10. J. P.. Dickinson to L. C. and W. P Dickinson, 49 acres Harlowe Town sh!n. for $250. Trustees A. M. E. Zion Church to Beaufort Ice Co., Inc., 1 lot Beau fort, for $850. . - Miss JSleanor Ramsey who has been in the employ of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in Richmond, Va., habeen transferred to Winston Salem, ko. : RUTHERFORD N. J. BANK MAKES A FINE SHOWING 5:34 A. 5:57 P. 6:28 A. 6:50 P. 7:17 A. 7:41 P. 8:06 A. 8:31 P. Low Tide 30 11:02 A. 10:47 P. . 31 11:15 A. 11:56 P. 1 11:55 A. 12:48 P. The hard times which have been reflected in bank statements in most parts of the country do not seem to have hurt the Rutherford National Bank of Rutherford, N. J. A recent statement published by the bank shows that in the past six months its deposits have increased over $400,- 000 and that the total deposits now stand at more than five millions. The bank has a surplus fund of $550,000. Col. F. S. Dickinson, who is presi dent of the Bank of Rutherford, is n nof urn nt Pnrt-pret. county. He is well known and popular here and his ' fearn of the spkndid showing of the friends no doubt will be phased to "bunk of which he is the official head. Saturday, Jan. M. M. Sunday, Feb. ,M.-M. Monday, Feb. 2 M. 12:40 A. M. 1:35 P. Tuesday, (Feb. 3 M. ' 1:34 A. M. ' 2:21 P. Wednesday, Feb. 4 8:54 A. M. 2:28 A. M. M.. M. M. mV M. M. M. M. M. M. 9:21 P. M. 3:07 P. M. Thursday, Feb. 5 ' 9:43 A. M. 3:22 A. M. 10:12 P. M. 3:53 P. M.