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Mows AUFO The best advertising medium published in Carteret Co. ( READING "TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY J WAT our label and pay your subscription VOLUME XX 8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1931 PRICE 5c SINGL p; PY NUMBER 10 il nlLS 4 Race Track Bill Was . Cause Of Commotion Both Houses Pass Bill To Legalize Betting On Races And Then Rescind Action; Large Number of Farmers Visit Capital And De mand Reduction of Taxes on Land; Legisla ture May Stay In Session Until April By M. R. DUNNAGAN Raleigh, March 16 Neither the school bill nor the highway bill has created more interest in any one week than has the Buncombe racing bill, which has occupied the center of the stage for the past week and fin ally given an unfavorable report by the Senate committee Friday, after that committee had previously given it a favorable report. The entire Senate body also reversed itself Fri day night, tabling the bill and put ting the "clincher" on it so it can not come up again except by a two thirds vote. The bill provided that racing tracks and devices may be erected in Bun- him with a astick which he used as combe at a cost approaching half a a buggy whip. Mr. Man claimed that million dollars, to be rented at $5,- Smith was drinking, that after some 000 a day for 36 days a year for dispute they got together together, horse and dog racing and operation exchanging licks and got down on of pari-mutual devices gambling I the ground. Attorney A. B. Mor machines which church people and ,'ris appearing for Smith claimed self moral forces assailed as steps toward legalizing gambling and making Bun combe a Monte Carlo of vice and degredation Proponents pointed to the money Buncombe would receive, saying it would help bring back to that county from its financial de bacle. Women led the promoters and formed a formidable lobby. The Houe passed the bill by a heavy mar gin and the Senate passed it on sec ond reading, when it was re-referred to the committee on Counties, Cities and Towns, which later reversed its position.- Farmers Demand Reduction "Embatled farmers" descended upon the General Assembly last Thursday by the hundreds and from all over the State, demanding tax reduction on land. The Finance committees, which have been through torment in their efforts to find the $19,500,000 to operate the schools for six months without an ad val orem tax, heard them, as it has heard merchants and manufacturers who are opposed to sales or production tax es. While probably close, doubt is expressed that a sales tax can be enacted, although one will be neces sary to carry out the six months school plan. The committee is prob ably approaching, but has by no means arrived, at a solution of the problem. It may yet be necessary to continue, the present plant with an increased Equalizing Fund. While the 70th day is about here, the General Assembly members are by no means near their return home. Most of the important bills are yet to be threshed out on the floors of oneor both houses. The local gov ernment bill is passed and out of the way, and is to be printed and distrib uted at once. But amendments are being added to it. The highway measure has p-ssed both houses, but conference committees are still trying to iron out minor differences. All of the bills re!: ting to reor ganization of the government hare made some progress during the week, including those established a person nel department, a purchasing agent, reorganizatiQn of the Department of Agriculture, establishing a separate banking department, appointment by the Governor of the members of the Corporation Commision, but time will be required to get them through. A bill to create a new Department of Labor, making the commissioner ap pointive, and specifying divisions, is under way. The Finance and the Apporpriations bills are by no means complete and will require fully a week after they are reported out. The bill to provide for a State in surance fund for the ensuing em ployes under the Workmen's Com pensation act was killed in the Sen ate, but other bills to amend the Com (asation sot, Interpreting and modi ifying it, will probably pass. The omnibus bill, naming members f the county boards of education, kas been introduced. It usually brings out many local fights and ef forts to turn out boards by other factions. The omnibus bill naming magistrates has not yet made its ap pearance. Not Ready To Adjourn Prognosticators are ' moving up their dates for adjournment, most of them now believing it will be April 1 before the. General Assembly can finish its work. A sumary of the activities so far Slows that almost exactly 1,500 bills (Continued on page eight) Considerable Business In Recorder's Court In spite of the fact that Superior Court last week disposed of a large amount of criminal business Record er's Court Tuesday found something to do. There was no case of unusu al interest. J. S. Smith of the Wildwood sec tion was tried on the charge of a simple assault upon his father-in-law Edward Mann. Smith denied the charge and said that his father-in-law came to his place, that they had some words and that Mr. Mann struck defense but did not succeed in con vincing the court of his client's in nocence. Judgment was suspended on payment of costs and the defendant given 30 days to get the money. Judge Davis told the men he wanted them to make friends and stop their squabbling. The hardest fought case tried was that in which Simon Gatlin, World War veteran and colored cafe pro prietor, was indicted for selling liq uor. He was defended by attorneys E. Walter Hill and C. R. Wheatly. The evidence against Gatlin was giv en by Arthur Stewart, Louis Jones and Johi. Henry. They testified that they were in the cafe one Sun day morning, that Stewart ordered a breakfast of eggs and bacon and that with the breakfast Simon serv ed a pint of whiskey which was drunk by the men. Stewart said he paid 85 cents for the breakfast and liquor. Gatlin denied selling the liquor, in fact said he was at home asleep at the time. He said he had had Stewart arrested for disorderly con duct once before and that he had him arrested on the day of the al leged sale of liquor for using bad laneruaee. He was corroborated in his statement by several women who were in the place at the time. He also proved a good character by sev eral witnesses. The evidence being very contradictory Judge Davis said he would give the defendant the ben efit of the doubt and rendered a ver dict of not guilty. A considerable degelation from Harker's Island headed by Justice of the Peace Eugene Yeomans was on hand and it looked like a pretty big trial was on foot but it didn't amount to a great deal. Jack Rjka and Marvin Lewis two young men from the island were indicted on the charge of committing a breach of the peace by firing a gun and frightening the women and the children Sunday night February 15. The evidence against the defend ants was slight, in fact no one testi fied that Ricks did any thing out of the way. Deputy sheriff Fulcher heard a gun fire and saw Marvin Lewis with a gun which had all of the shells in it unfired. A Mrs. Lewis testified that she heard Marvin say he had fired a gun. Judge Davis and Solicitor Phillips agreed that the ev idence did not justify a conviction and therefore the charges were dis missed. A case against Starling Lewis, charging breach of the peace was dis missed. Edward Higginson, trespass, called and failed and bond of $50 was for fieited. C. E. Sanderson, bad check, dis missed because prosecuting witness did not show up. L. M. Garner, bad check, continued until next Tuesday. . ICE CREAM SUPPER Beaufort Council No. 248, Junior Order United American Mechanics will have an ice cream supper after the regular business meeting Mon day night, March 23, at their hall in the Duncan Building. All members are invited to be present. Martin County farmers sold 16,641 pounds of poultry for $2,728.68 lapt weeK saving irom a to o cents t. pound by selling cooperatively atHhe poultry car, says T. B. Brandon. FEW CIVIL CASES TRIED LAST WEEK Mostly Criminal Cases Tried; Norman Larkee Given Twelve Months On Roads Last week's issue of the News car ried most of the proceedings of Su perior Court of much interest. On account of the large criminal dock et not many civil cases were tried. Several consent judgments were made, two divorce cases and one suit tried. Norman Larkee of Morehead City who was convicted by a jury after many hours deliberation of assault upon a female, was given twelve months on the roads of any county in the district. George Perry, assault with a dead ly weapon with intent to kill submit ted through his counsel E. , Walter Hill to the charge of assault with deadly weapon and got six months on tho roads. D. M. Fulcher, worthless check, continued until June term. Carlton Laughinghouse, s laying and killing, auto accident, arrested in Cleveland county and put under bond of $1000 for his appearance at the June term. Warren B. Smith, embezzlement, continued to June term. Augustine Gillikin, abandonment, capias and continued. Alex Becton, assault with deadly weapon, continued to June term. Mrs. Jennie Lewis, perjury, pray er for judgment continued. Everett Goodrich, breaking and entering, plead guilty and was sen tenced to one year in the peniten tiary. Alex Smith, temporary larceny of automobile. Called and failed, ca pias and continued. Fate Jones, larceny, tried by jury and acquitted. James and Leslie Guthrie, break ing, entering and larceny. Court directed verdict of not guilty. " Grace Reel Piner against Louls'K. Piner, divorce granted on statutory grounds. George Henderson against Delzo ra Hendersoin, abandonment for five years, divorce granted. McGlohon against Joe L. Willis, suit for possession and back rent. Jury decided plaintiff entitled to im mediate possession and to recover $70 back rent. Defendant appealed. Solicitor Clark reported to the court that he had examined the of fice of the Clerk of the Superior uce oi me viern 01 me superior Court L. W. Hasselland found same in excellent condition. The grand jury made its report to the court to the effect that it had visited the various offices, the jail and county home and found all in good condition. Several delinquent tax matters from Morehead City were heard in which M. L. Mansfield was the plain tiff. The court decreed that the de fendants may have until the June term to pay all taxes and street as sessments to the plaintiff Mansfield. WOMAN'S LIFE SAVED R BY COAST GUARD SERVICE Ocracoke, Mar. 17 The U. S. Coast guard saved the life of an Ocracoke woman last week. Strick en with an illness that needed prompt hospital attention Dr. E. A. Pierce thee oast guard and resident physi cian of this island ordered the pa trol boat of Portsmouth station andjies in a car and truck collusion that hurried trip to the hospital in Washington was made. In Norfolk, Va., at the Naval Base there are two ambulance planes which are at the disposal of residents of the outer banks of the Carolina coast and which have on scores of nepaninnu cerviul trio finme mirnnu ni tha -nnit,lv OS the Other tWO but all Were tak- guard boat did on Saturday and thus! saved the lives of many persons. CONTRACT FOR BRIDGE FILL WILL BE LET VERY SOON Bids have been asked for on the fill across North River by the State Highway Commision and it is expect ed that the contract will be let lor this work on the 27th. The bridge force has been assembling materials for some days for buildine the bridge part of the structure which will be of . ... . wood. It is probable that the en tire cost of the job, fill, paving and bridge will -be less than the bridge cost which is there now and which was built by the county about ten years ago. The U. S. War Department has ap rn ,-.'d the plans of ihe Highway Commission and granted the neces sary permission which is required to Lridgs any navigable stream. It seems probable that work will start! .and the structure finished in a few months. NEED MONEY FOR VETERANS' LOANS A Billion Dollars Estimated As Necessary To Meet De mands Washington, March 18 Demands of world war veterans for loans has thrust before the treasury the neces sity of raising $200,000,000 in less than a month. Likewise Director Hines of the vet erans bureau believes that within a short time loan checks will be going out at the rate of 200,000 weekly, a sharp increase, as the new machinery limbers up with use. Secretary Mellon announced yes terday a request by veterans adminis trator Hines for $500,000,000 to cov er payments on 1,372,006 applica tions received to March 15. It had been estimated $300,000,000 would suffice, and 1 1-2 per cent treasury certificates were issued to get that sum. Hines, said, however, the half-bil lion would be needed by April 11. How the $200,000,000 would be rais ed was not announced. The veterans administrator also told Secretary Mellon $1,000,000,000 would be required to pay all loans. He estimated 75 per cent of the 3, 500,000 adjusted compensation cer itficate holders would take advantage of the opportunity to borow half the face value of their certificates. Hines asserted $90,000,000 would be required this week to meet loans and $100,000,000 weekly for the next three. Since congress overrode the president's veto and increased the borrowing value of certificates, loans have been granted 282,874 veterans for sums totalling $104,035,366. Walter Garner Held For Superior Court , Walter Garner had a hearing in City Police Court Friday afternoon 6n the $harge of assault with a dead ly weapon upon his step-father lorn Noe, an account of which was in the News last week. He had no attor ney and waived examination. May or Taylor put him under a bond of $1000 for his appearance at the June term of Superior Court. Several cases were tried most of which were of the drunk and dis orderly variety. Mark Washington, colored, answer ed to two case9 of drunk and dis i , , , , 1t ... I"1"1' and one TIf Tfc A Tth deadly weapon. He admitted to the first two and said he was not guilty of the third. In the first case he was given a fine of $2.50 and cost of five days, in the second 5 and costs or 10 days. The warrant in the third case was amedned to fight ing and he was fined $20 and costs or must serve 30 days on this charge. Paul Davis, driving too fast on the streets of Beaufort drew a fine of $20 and costs which he paid. Harry Davis, colored, drunk,, first offense was fined $1 and costs amount ing to $4.90. Severalcases were continued until next Friday afternoon. Two Young Men Hurt In Automobile Crash Two young men were seriously .'hurt and one received minor injur- occurred on the Stnte highway west of Moreehad City Sunday night. Jeff Sabiston sustained a fracture of the skull and Lester Norris got his col lar bone broken and had serious in juries to his head. North Sabiston, I also in the car, was not hurt as bad- en to the Moreehad City Hospital 'Irom which isortn oaDiston was re leased Wednesday, ine young .men are irom mc kjviv vieca uviumuuiijr A light Ford truck, with which the car collided, was driven by Ralph Smith of Morehead City. Wesley Beacham also of Morehead City was riding with Smith." Neither of the two was injured. Both car and truck were pretty badly damaged. The accident occurred at about -10 o'clock. Dr. C. G. Ferebee happen ed to come along just a few minutes i after the accident and give tne m- . i r . ;j a: 3 1. l J to get them to the hospital. MARRIAGE LICENSES James E. Guthrie and Grace E. McCabe, Newport. Milton Smith, Lola and Bessie Dan iels, Roe. I j It is estimated that 200,000 per. sons in the United States suffered from pellagra, a disease caused by malnutrition, during 1929. Present Legislative Session May Break Endurance Record Looks Like Adjournment May Not Sales Tax Bill Hai Been A Hard Problem To Handle; Im portant Legislation Yet To Be Disposed Of Big Porpoise Caught In A Shad Drift Net Ocracoke, Mar. 17 A giant por poise measuring seven feet from tip to tip and weighing several hundred pounds was beached here last week after it had become entangled in a shad drift net in the ocean's surf. Too large to be floated again the mam mal was dragged upon the high water mark and left to die. It lived about 24 hours despite the fact that it's captors thought they had severed his jugular vein before leaving it upon the beach. A few years back had the blubber of the porpoise been boiled out it would have broughth about $2.50 per gal lon. A porpoise the size of the one landed would have yielded about 15 gallons of oil. Curator Brimley of the State mu seum has on one occasion requested an Ocracoke friend to be on the look out for the head skeleton of one of the larger porpoises. Should the skull of the one now lying on the beach here prove satisfactory it will be sent to the museum. .The porpoise is one of the most graceful inhabitants of the ocean. Their lazy movements near the shores where schools of small fish are numerous have been familiar sights to beach goers every where. It is legended among men who sail the sea that should a person fall overboard that a porpoise would happen along to serve asa ferry to shore. Despite the fact that many peculiar things have happened at Ocracoke nothing of this kind ever occurred. Men ov erboard are usually rescued before the porpoise ferry happened along. Broccoli Shipments Obtain Good Prices Broccoli shipments have been go ing forward in a satisfactory man ner so County Farm Agent Hugh Overstreet informs the News. Two varieties of the crop were planted, an early and a late kind, and cutting of the former has been in progress for several weeks. Most of the broccoli that has left this county has been shipped in large trucks some of which carry as much as a half freight car load. It is packed in bushel hampers and each hamper carries a small quantity of ice used to keep the vegetable fresh. Prices have been very good, from $2.50 to $3;00 a basket and the grow ers are well pleased. In a few weeks shipments will start from Vir ginia. Carteret county has the ad vantage in that the crop matures earlier here. Those who are ship ping broccoli are W. M. Savage, D. S. Oglesby and Son, J. P. Thomas, G. L. Cotton, C T. Oglesby, W. C. Wil- lett, G. W. Huntley. The crop is all shipped to New York city. WRONG NUMBER SHOWN BY FIRE ALARM INDICATOR Some defect in the indicator at the fire house caused the fire truck to go to the wrong box and thereby let fire get good headway on the home of Hoyt Oden, colored citizen who lives on -Pine (street Tuesday (morning. The alarm was turned in from box 36 at 7:30 and the indicator showed 32. This caused a loss of some ten or fifteen minutes in getting to the spot. A second alarm was turned in and both trucks finally got to the fire and did all they could to put it out Tbe house was a one story wood en structure. The origin of the fire is not definitely known but firemen j think it started from a flue between the kitchen and dining room. The damage to the building is estimated at about $700 with no insurance. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS The Town of Morehead City to In ternational Public Utilities Corpora tion, 3 lots Morehead City, for $350- 000.00. J. S. Fulcher to Sunie Fulcher 96 acres, Beaufoic Township, for $1.00. W. L. Stai.cil Trustee to W. L. Bell and wife, 1 lot Beaufort, for $2,000. James Downing and wife to Ad elaid Day, 19 acres Cedar Island, for $115. E. P. Gaskill et al to W. W. Styron 5 acres Cedar Island for $5. Edgecombe county farmers saved about $1,00 through cooperative pur- chase of lespedeza seed. One hundred farmers pooled their orders. Come Before April rirst It I ben; By CARL GOERCH The legislature is still at it. Along with the great drought, the present business depresion, the bliz zard of 1888 and the low price of cotton and tobacco, it now threatens to become a national calamity. Tree sitters and marathon dancers were bad enough, but now along comes a legislature that threatens to eclipse all endurance records ever es tablished. They've evidently forgot ten that they ever had homes and families of their own. "Mother; oh, Mother; tell me, I pray! "What causes Daddy to stay away?" "Hush, little darling, so sweet and pure "Daddy belongs to the legislature." The present week is going to bring many important issues to a head. . There's the sales tax, for one thing. Thus far, it has proved to be in the same category as the Wickersham re port; nobody has been able to make heads or tails out of it. There's the revenue bill, too; to say noth ing of the short ballot and various and sundry other things. You'd naturally think that things were getting so hot and unpleasant around the capitol that the boys would want to quit and go home. But, on the other hand, most of them are married men, and they're going to find things even hotter and more un pleasant when they finally straggle up their respective front porches. Financial conditions in a number of counties are reported to be very bad. In some instances schools may have to close. Teachers haven't been getting their salaries for two or three months. That certainly is too bad. But I have yet to hear of a single county where the sheriff, the register of deeds, the clerk of the court and the rest of the gang a round the court house haven't col lected their salaries in full. There was a whole page in The Raleigh News and Observer last Sun day, devoted to telegrams and let ters expressing opposition to the Buncombe county gambling bill. The bill has had a rather hectic career. The concensus of opinion seems to be that a horse race and a dog race are not good for the human race. From now on, so far as North Caro lina is concerned, horses may con tinue pulling cars and plows, while dogs can scratch for fleas in peace. The prison bill passed by an over whelming vote. To be perfectly frank, I've been interested in that piece of legislation as much as any thing that the legislature has had be fore it. The people of the State ev idently realize thata new building and a new system of handling the prisoners is absolutely necessary. There is no reason in the world why they should have to be maintained in idleness. George Ross Pou has some ideas with respect to prison manage ment which, if carried out, are going to Be of benefit to the State as a whole. He is going to get busy on them in the immediate future, and his work is going to be most interest (Continued on pnge Sv-) TIDE TABLE Information ak to the tides at Beaufort is given in this col umn. The figurts are approx imately correct and based on tables furnished by the U. S. Geodetic Survey. Some allow ances must be made for varia tions in the wind and also with respect to the locality, that is whether near the inlet or at the heads of the estuaries. High Tide Low Tide Friday, March 20 8:13 8:59 A. M. 2:29 A. M. P. M. 2:38 P. M. Saturday, March 21 A. M. 3:05 A. M. p. M. 3:07 P. M. Sunday, March 22 9:13 9:29 9:45 10:00 A. M. 3:40 A. H. P. M. 3:40 P. M. Monday, March 23 10:15 A. M. 4:18 A. 10:36 P. M. 4:15 P. Tuesday, March 24 10:53 A. M. . 5:01 A. 11:05 P. M. 4:58 P. Wednesday, March 25 11:10 A. M. 5:50 A. 11:40 P. M. 5:56 I t Thursday, March 26 12:16 A.' M.' 6:17 A. L 12: P M. 6:43 F, il. M,