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Mews THE The Lest advertising medium published in Carteret Co. READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY WATCH Your label and pay your subscription . 1 VOLUME XX 8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THU RSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1931 PRICE 'GLE COPY NUMBER 7 A ) i I ft f i i n ii ' I; Road Bill Opponents Make Vigorous Fight Two Afternoons of Argument Over The Bill; If Passed Highway Commission Will Resign At Once; Constitutional Convention Bill Passes House. Br M. R. DUNNAGAN Raleigh, Feb. 17 The highway re organization plan of Governor Gard ner occupied the center of the stage most of the past week and when th General Assembly reconvened Mon day night the bill carrying out the changes advocated had not come from the committee. The result is the bill will be the main consideration on floors of House and Senate this week, toward the latter part of which it may reach a vote. Much oratory, argument and some times bitter arrignment were indulg ed in by proponents and opponents of the measure before the joint roads committees last week, providing for abolishing the present State commis sion and naming another from the State at large, and taking over for maintenance the county roads. Frank Page, former chairman, arid Leslie R. Ames, former engineertook up the cudgle for Governor Gardner's plan, while chief opponents were John Sprunt Hill, fourth district com missioner, Henry a Pa;;e, brother of the former chairman, and E. T. Cans ler, Charlotte. Two full afternoons were consumed with the public hear ings in the House of Representatives. Governor Gardner, meanwhile, is throwing the entire force of his of fice to the support of his measure. He issued a table, showing how much each of the 100 counties would save by the State taking over the roads, a showing which is expected to have great weight with the folks back home. Meanwhile, the State Highway Commission, meeting Thursday, adopt ed a resolution to resign if and when the bill is enacted, their resignations to be effective at the pleasure of Governor Gardner. The contract with the State's Prison to furnish crushed stone and gravel for high way construction entered into consid eration of the $1,550,000 in contracts on which bids were opened last week. This is the first of three lettings as a result of the emergency aid fund, which makes available nearly $4,000 000, to be used primarily as an unem ployment relief activity. Al Smith To Speak Former Governor Alfred E. Smith, of New York, had hardly reached Pinehurst before the General Assem bly had a joint resolution in motion to invite him to address the joint body and a special committee was soon on its way. On its return it reported that Governor Smith promised to make a special trip to Raleigh Sun day, March 1, and to speak Monday night. He will be a guest of Gover nor Gardner while here. He took oc casion to commend Governor Gard ner's reorganization plan, having pushed something similar through in New York while Governor. He said, .however, that the Constitutional Con vention proposal ii a hard nut to crack. In one of he most dramatic scenes enacted in the General Assembly in many years, Speaker Willis Smith, with the House stage all set, cast the deciding vote of that body for the Constitutional Convention bill, a two-thirds vote being required, at the Thursday night meeting. An a mendnaent to submit the new consti tution to a vote of the people for rat ification was defeated, as was one to have the membership of the Conven tion on a basis of the present House of Representatives, that is, the 1921 census, rather than on the new 1931 census basis. About six members will move to the west and piedmont on the population basis of the last census. The Senate committee emasculated the bill-Friday morning, however, and has endangered its passage, unless the Senate body turns down its amend ments. One would have the vote on calling the Convention in 1932, call a special election to elect the dele gates in t':e spring of 1933, and have the Convintion convene that fall, and th "n submit the Constitution to a vote of the people for their ratifi cation. The six months State operated school measure has not been in the open this week, but the Education "committees sub-committee is strug gling with ways and means Onp hill introduced would provide uniform; hip-h school textbooks. Two bills! provide for taxes, one on sales, and i both for the aid of the school mens - (Continued on page eight) A CORRECTION In your last issue (Feb. 12th) you state that Supt. Robt. Fritz had told me. it would be "practicable" to re duce this current school year to an eight month term instead of nine. In justice to Supt. Fritz let me say that he did not say he thought it de winuie, hh w cay, xo reouce t. uu, uut uiu say tnac it mignt ed it acr0ss the bridge at Beaufort, be possible to do this by rearrang- that the defendant waS driving the ing the schedule and-by extra hard',. nml that h orHfired him to ston work on the part of the teachers and pupils. F. R. SEELEY, A CHANGE PROPOSED FOR COLLECTING TAXES A bill to appoint a county tax collector and to put the sheriff on a salary hat been introduced in the Legislature b y Representative Luther Hamilton. The bill proposes that the tax collector shall be paid two percent on 'collec tions and may be allowed com pensation for enforcement of tax certificates. Under the terms of the bill the sheriff will receive a salary of $2500 per annum and shall have his usual fees for process es and writs, except such as are directed to him on behalf of the county. This arrange ment is to start as of Decem ber 1930. . i f POTATO PLANTING GETS UNDER WAY More Seed Planted This Year; Harvesting Brocoli Crop Starts The fine weather that has prevail ed in this section for several weeks 1 111 .1 1. i nas enamtju m larmers tu get a good start on their spring work. It ula"" " Il'f.Sl 7 . v i ii 3 Hill attorney for the defendant con appears that they have taken full ad-, be hdd for vantage of the opportunity. Accord- , , , , . . o .-..--.tin- T I I , " r i Vr about half of the early potato crop to County Agent Hugh Overstreet first of the week the job would have v Lic-ujviviitv been about finished by the last of the rv cent Mr. Overstreet estimates that the quantity of seed potatoes planted this year will be a third larger than last year, 6000 bags against 4500. Plantings by some of the larger truck ers are about as follows: K. W. Wright 200 bags; G. W. Huntley, 250 bags; Gibbs Brothers 275; Wm. Savage 300; Ball Brothers, 100; M. S. Snowden, 500. Of course it is too early yet to make any predictions about the crop but everybody is hop ing for a good yield and good prices. Shipments of brocoli will start soon. Representatives of J. A. Byrd and Brothers of Parksley, Va., are expect ed here today to look after the har vesting of this crop. Approximately 60 acres have been planted in brocoli and it is expected to harvest about 40 carloads from this acreage. A good many early cabbage have been planted and the prospects for this crop seem very good at present. Ship "Fort Armstrong Saved From Disaster The Nelson line steamship "Fort Armstrong" escaped from a hazard ous position on Core Banks beach Wednesday morning when she was pulled into deep water by a Merritt and cnapman tug. -ie vcci uu ed at 7:10 A. M. Thick, weather last Friday night 1 got some five or six ' vessels into trouble along the Atlantic coast and the Fort Armstrong was one of the number. She went on the beach a bout 14 miles northeast of Cape Lookout. Boats from the Cape Look out and Core Banks Coast Guard sta tions went to the rescue of the ves sel shortly after she got into trouble. Revenue cutters and other boats also went to the scene.-' Fortunately the iv maihpr hornmp calm and the steamer was not wrecked as she might have been had the weather been stormy, After the big tug had pulled off into ! under her own steam bound for thj I Panama CanaL ' ROAD SUPERVISOR GETSACQUITTED Charlie Styron Not Guilty Of Driving Car While Under In fluence of Liquor The case that attracted most inter est in Recorder's Court Tuesday was that of County Koad Supervisor Char- lie Styron charged with driving a car while under the influence of liquor. The trial lasted for several hours and 'despite the strenuous efforts of So licitor Phillips the defendant was ac quitted. Attorney Alvah Hamilton represented Styron. The evidence against the defend ant Styron was mainly that of High way Patrolman R. R. Glover. The officer said that on the afternoon of January 10 .he noticed a car zigzag- ging across the road that he follow. and put him under arrest. He said Styron was drunk and that he stag gered when he walked. He was cor roborated to some extent by a Mr. Mann who said he saw the car swerve ing from side to side. The defendant went on the stand and denied that he had taken a drink on the day mentioned and said he was sober. He was supported in his statement by Leonard Styron, who is a member of the road force, by Her man Smith, Cleveland Smith, Sher iff Chadwick Deputy Sheriff Chaplain and Register of Deeds Irvin Davis. These witnesses all testified that Sty ron was excited and mad on acount of being arrested but that they did not smell whiskey or notice that he was drunk. "It was brought out in the course of the trial that the de fendant had been convicted last sum mer of the same offense. It was al so stated by Lieutenant Crooni of the .highway force that he had a letter I in his possession written by Styron I to Captain Farmer in which he made I tnreats against the officer who arrest- ed him last year. The defense claim ed that there was some defect in the steering gear of Styron's car and in troduced a garage man who said that it was out of order. The jury was out only a few minutes and brought , in a verdict of not guilty. A bad check case was tried whicn also resulted in an acquittal. The defendant L. K. Piner of Morehead City was charged with having given a check for $150 about two years a go to J. S. McGlohon. The check was in the name of the Ocean Fish j i, p;o,. V. Walter and asked for a dismissal. This was , 0Ver.ru,e(L The evidence disclosed ' . M i Thi., that while the check was refused by "'"w ? " "c..v " Jftvin k I the bank on the 20tn that within a few dayg thereafter the defendant de- posited a total of some $700. Judge Davis held that the State had laued to prove that there was an intent to defraud and dismissed the action. It was also shown that the check was civen for Teal estate and that the property had -been given back to Mc Glohon. A somewhat familiar figure was in court Tusday in the person of John Bunyan "Congleton. John was con victed, but the Court said he did not know what to do with him and invit ed John to offer a suggestion as to his sentence which he did. The charge against the veteran defendant was that he stole two chairs from the fill ing station of S. W. Morgan just be yond the Beaufort bridge and which has since burned down. John admit ted possession of the chairs but said they were given to him by two men from New Bern whom he did not know and who said they were going to open a laundry and blind tiger there. John was put under a sus pended sentence of 90 days in jail and must show good behavior for the next six months. HOSPITAL NOTES Mrs. Seymour Davis of Williston is in the hospital for treatment, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton of Stacy are recovering from an attack of flu, Messrs. Johnnie Pittman and E. M. Pittman of Luker.s were admitted last week for treatment. Mr. Hubert Day of Cedar Island is in the hospital recovering from flu. Miss Margaret Hamptjon, nurse, who has been quite sick with flue is able to be back on duty. Mr. Sterling Chadwick who was severely burned some week ago while atempting to throw an exploding oil stove from a window in his mother s home, leaves the hospital today, i Mrs. Will Totter and Mrs. Carl Kice ot beauiort leit me nospuai j early in the week. ; Electrified window - screens have been invented that kill insects when i th;y touch the wires. WATER AND LIGHT CHANGE PROPOSED Commissioners To Be Elected For Two, Four And Six Years Raleigh, Feb. 16 In lieu of a bill previously introduced and tabled, rel- ative to changes in the charter of the Town of Beaufort, Representative Lu ther Hamilton, of Carteret, introduc ed another billl ast Friday to change the charter. The bill follows: A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA. Then General Assembly of North Car ohna do enact: . Section 1. That Chapter four hundred and thirty-five of the Pri vate Laws, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, as amended by Chapter ninety three Private Laws one thous and nine hundred and twenty-five, be amended as follows: Add at the end of Section twenty four, after the word "Commissioners" the words "Not exceeding three hun dred dollars per annum." Strike out sections seventy-five, sev enty-six, seventy-seven, seventy-eight and seventy-nine, and insert in lieu thereof the following: 'Sec. 75. That for k manage ment of said water and light systems, a Commission, to be called "Beaufort Water and Light Commission," is or ganized, which Commission shall con sist of three members, to be elected by the Board of Commissioners of said town, for terms of two, four and six years respectively; and in case of vacancy on said Commission, eith er by expiration of term or otherwise, the Board of Commissioners shall ap point such person as may be recom mended by the remaining members of the Commission to fill such vacan cy. Said Commission shall organize by. electing one of its hum.,. hu may elect such other offi cers as said Commission de ient or advisable. "Sec. 76. That the said Commis sion shall have entire supervision and exclusive control of the maintenance, improvement and management of said systems, and shall fix such uni form rates for water and lights and electric power and current as condi tions shall determine: Provided, that any person may appeal to the Board of Commissioners from the decision as to rates, and the decision of the Board shall be final." "Sec. 77. That the Commission shall keep its funds, which shall be paid out only on the order of said Commission, and at the end of each fiscal year, or calendar year as said Commission may determine, said Commission shall report to the Board ... .. .. oi commissioners its receipts and a schedule of its disbursements, and if a net gain is shown shall recom ment to the Board such amount, if any, as may be turned over to the general fund of the town." "Sec. 78. That said Commission shall elect or appoint all officers, a gents and employees necessary to the operation of said systems, and fix their renumeration and may require bond in any case." "Sec. 79. That the Board of Com missioners may allow renumeration to the members of the Commission, but such renumeration shall not exceed the per diem -allowed to members of the Board of Commissioners, except the Chairman of the Commission compensation, not exceeding Three Hundred Dollars per annum, may be fixed by the Commission and be pay able out of its funds on its'order.' , Sec. 2. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Sec. 3 That this act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification. OCRACOKE HAS HAD A GOOD HUNTING SEASON Captain John M. Dickinson and Mrs. Dickinson who have been spend ing the winter at Ocracoke returned to Beaufort last week. Captain Dickinson takes care of shooting par ities on his boat the "Idle On". He savs that his business during the sea son just closed has been better than it was last year. There has been nlentv of game in the Ocracoke sec tion and the sportsmen have had good shooting. Captain Dickinson says the dredg ing which is to be done at Ocracoke will greatly improve the harbor there and will add to the popularity of the plate which is noted as a fishing and huntina' re-sort. He is now getting the "Idle On" ready for the summer season here. A professor of a Chinese univer sity claims that a working knowledge of Chinese can be obtained in three months, Things Are Somewhat Tangled At State Capital Goerch Says Presbyterians Honor Late George H. Webb Marehead City, Feb. 17 The of ficers and members of the First Pres byterian Church with a consciousness of their loss, and out of love and es teem for this sterling Christian char acter, George Herndon Webb, vote unanimously, together with approval of the whole Presbytery to change the name of the Presbyterian church in this city in his memory. Mr. Webb while residing at Cov ington, Va., was received into the Presbyterian Church by Rev. J. Har ry Whitmore, D. D., now pastor of the church of the Covenant, Wilming ton, North Carolina. From that time until the day of Mis death he remain ed a faithful, loyal, and devoted mem ber of the church of his choice. Be fore returning to this city to make his home, Mr. Webb resided in sever al different places where in each case he took a deep active interest in all the affairs of the Kingdom. Upon his return to this city he was very desirous and became very ac tive in establishing the church here. He was the first to sing the petition for an organization, his child was the first to baptised in it, and he was the first to be claimed by death. In addition to being a charter member Mr. Webb held the following offices; Deacon, Church Treasurer, Treasurer of the Church Building Fund, and Teacher in the Bible School. He serv ed every office with credit, being al ways thorough, capable, and willing. No finer character has tabernacled in mortal clay than George Herndon Webb. He knew the fine art of liv ing, and he practiced it every day. First and always he was a consecrat ed Christian worker devoting himself unreseiveaiy to every activity oi me church. He was - a valuable citizen as well, with a deep interest mm concern in every public issue. His mind was ever open to see the truth; his judgment were sane and guile less; his character was pure and wholesome. Surely, he had caught the spirit of the Divine entreaty. "Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." If the primary purpose of this earthly life is to build character, Mr. Webb made a tremendous big suc cess, though brief in years, and has set an example we all do well to emulate, conscious of this transcend ing fact, the officers and members of the church, feel that in the chang ing of the name they honor the or ganization as they pay tribute to his memory. Two Large Stills Taken By County Officers A blow was struck at the hquor making industry in the county last week when Sheriff Chadwick and deputies destroyed two large stills and all equipment One of the stills was captured Thursday morning at about 11 o'clock in a swamp about a mile south of the Laurel road. The other was taken at about daylight Fri day in an out of the way location a bout a mile north of the Laurel road. One of the stills destroyed was of j 150 gallons capacity and a large j quantity of mash, estimated at 3000 , gallons, was also destroyed. The 1 other was a 100 gallon affair and there was 1000 gallons of mash tak- j en with it. The stills had been op- j erated rece-ntly but the operatoi were not present when the officers j arrived. MR. AND MRS. N. W. TAYLOR CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING Mr. and Mrs. Nelson W. Taylor will be at home to their many friends next Tuesday, February 24, from three to five in the afternoon and from eight to eleven in the evening, the occasion being the golden anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor. No Invitations have been issued in Beaufort, but a cor dial invitation is given all friends. The following invitation has been mail ed out of town friends: 1881-19311 Mr. and Mrs. Nelson W. Taylor request the pleasure of your company on the fiftieth Anniversary of their marriage Tuesday, the twenty-fourth of Fob. nineteen hundred and thirty-one 3 to 5 and 8 to 11 o'clock at home Three hundred and five Ann Street Beaufort, North Carolina Nobel, founder of the Nobel prizes, owed his great fortune to the dis covery of dynamite. By Carl Goerch The legislature is afflicted with a reading clerk who can't read. That's nothing. The State is af flicted with a legislature that can't legislate. Things are in an awful tangle up at the capitol. Nobady seems to know exactly what it is all about. Did you ever see an amateur cook trying to boil a pot of rice, fry a steak, toast some bread, scramble eggs and peel onions all at one and the same time? That's exactly the status of things in the legislature just now. And there's no telling how they will turn out. Whenever the members of the house can't think of a new bill to introduce, they turn their attention to Mr. Lunsford, the alleged reading clerk. One of these days some mem ber is going to introduce a bill "equivocating the differential of po tentialities relative to adjudication of spontaneous and incomprehensible salubrity" and Mr. Lunsford just nat urally will choke himself to death. It's a wonder nobody ever thought of that idea. One of the most important bills pased thus far has been the six- months' school bill. Having partial ly adopted it, members of the legis lature are now looking around for ways and means to tear it to pieces. By the time they get through with it, instead of being a bill to finance the schools for six months by means of State aid, it is liable to be a bill for furthering the interests of deaf and dumb spinisters in Patagonia. The highway bill is the next im portant project to come up for con sideration. Many people throughout the State regard the legislature as being composed principally of a bunch of highwaymen, so it may ba bill won't give them any serious dif- firnH-v. In the long run, however, the county roads proouuiy nm n td with good intentions, instead of concrete. A committee went down to Pine hurst last Friday to interview Al Smith and get him to speak to the legislature. When Al came to Ral eigh in 1928 and made a talk, the State promptly turned around and went republican. If he should ac cept the present invitation and talk to the legislature, there's no telling what might happen. Something ac tually might happen. Something of a beneficial nature. Two prisoners out at the peniten tiary were electrocuted last week. I happened to go out there that day, but I didn't have the nerve to wit ness the electrocution. Just about as terrible a sight is to look around and see several hundred men standing a round in idleness, with absolutely nothing to occupy their time. And when you stop to think of the crime stories that are told, of the mingling of hardened criminals with mere novices, of the lessons in crime that are given mere boys, it sort of makes your flesh creep. Put a young fel low in the penitentiary for six months and there is little chance of ever mak ing a useful citizen out of him a gain. I certainly am in favor of some sort of plan for segregating ( Continued on page 8) TIDE TABLE Information ai 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 Friday, Feb. 9:42 A. M. Low Tide 20 3:29 A. M. 10:06 P. M. Saturday, Feb, 10:1 A. M. 10:38 P. M. 3:45 P. M. . 21 4:05 A. M. M. 4:17 P. Sunday, Feb. 22 10:46 A. M. - Monday, Feb. 11:14 A. M. 11:23 P. M. Tuesday, Feb, 4:45 A. 4:52 P. 23 5:30 A. 5:31 P. 24 11:57 A. M. 12:08 P. M. Wednesday, Feb 6:17 A. 6:17 P. 25 7:14 A. M. 7:11 P. M. 12:50 A. M. 1:04 P. M. Thursday, Feb. 26 1:53 A. M. 8:20 A. M. 2:12 P. M. - 8:13 P. M-' r M. M. M, M. M. M.
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