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News AUF f The best advertising medium published in Carteret Co. READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY 3 WATCH Your lai 1 pay your subscription VOLUME XX 8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1931 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY NUMBER 17 d InlE fl It v. School Problem Vexes Conference Committee Adjustment of Differences A Difficult Matter; Senate Is Opposed To A General Sales Tax; House Stands By McLean School Bill; Sen ate Favors Equalizing Fund; House Passed Short Ballot Bill By M. R. DUNNAGAN Raleigh, April 20 The Senate and House of Representatives Of the North Carolina General Assembly are in a deadlock over State support of the public schools whether hope lessly or not may be indicated early this week, when the joint conference committee attempts to straighten out the snarl. More of the give and take spirit than has been in evidence so far dur ing this session of more than 100 days will have to be displayed before the differences can be adjusted. For, on many matters, the Senate and House have locked horns and a con ference committee has been neces sary in more than the usual numbers to get the two houses together. Although a deadlock was not un expected, it' became more apparent when the House received from the Senate last week the Revenue Bill for concurrence in the many changes made after it left the House. The House voted on a motion not to con cur and to name a committee to meet with a Senate committee to seek to bring order out of the chaotic con dition of the bill. The Senate marched right through the bill and by the middle of last week had eliminated the general sales tax provision, along with the full support by (he State of the six months school term, at contemplat ed in the Mac Lean act substituting thehrefor the Folger-Grier plan of a $10,000,000 equalizing fund for the schools, and increased the revenue so it would amount to more than the $3,500,000 increase provided in the equalizing fund. In fact, the Senate increased the tax on tobacco companies 47 per cent. It also adopted a mild mer chants sales tax on one-tenth of one ; per cent, which is estimated to bring in $900,000. It increased the in come tax rate mildly and added ma terially to the taxes paid by power and public service corporations, ov er the House provisions and over the present amounts paid. The Senate refused to adopt the Baggett proposal of a surtax of 15 and then 8 per cent of the profits of corporations, over 10 per cent, and based on the assessed valuation, by a vote of 28 to 21, and, by vote of 26 to 20 turned down another Bag gett proposal to tax the stock in for eign corporations, but did put a tax on the income from such stock. That body voted down the general sales tax by about four to one and killed the so-called luxury tax by a vote of 26 to 24. Threat of reintroduction of the general sales tax when the bill reached the third reading in the Sen ate did not materialize, and it went to the House, which body could hard-! ly recognize its child. Conference Committee Speaker Willis Smith named on the conference committee Union L. Spence, Moore; H. C. Connor, Wil son; Claude W. Allen, Granville; R. L. Harris, Person, and R. G. Cherry, Gaston, and then added A. D. Mac Lean, Beaufort, and Gurney P. Hood Wayne. He made the point that al though he is opposed to either sales! or luxury taxes, he named a majori ty of the committee members from supporters of one or both of these taxes. . President R. T. Fountain, of the Senate, named Frank Dunlap, Anson, and John H. Folger, Surry, opponents o fthe two taxes, and J. W. Hinds- dale, Wake, introducer of the luxury x bill, and W. G. Clark, Edgecombe, .nildly opposed to the sales tax. The Senate declined the invitation to name one or two more members when the House increased the num ber by two. The conference committee is spending the week-end trying to work oui some solution which both houses "ill approve, but it is a her culean tr. k. On the committee is a majority for the State support of the six months school term, and a big majority for one or the other of the two taxes. Some, however, for one tax are bitterly opposed to the oth er. Whether a deadlock will be reached in committee remains to be seen. Whether the two divisions of the tax proponents can git together enough to have a majority over the opponents of any tax is still a ques tion. And when the committee goes (Continued on page eight) School Commencement Is Earlier This Year Owing to the fact that the usual nine months term of the Beaufort Graded School has been cut to eight commencement exercises will be un usually early th y.siera b usually early this year. They will begin on Sunday the 27th of April. The baccalaureate sermon will be delivered by the Reverend R. F. Munns, pastor of Ann Street Metho dist church, at 11 o'clock. The grad uating exercises of the senior class will occur on Friday evening in the school auditorium beginning at 8 o'clock. The commencement program is as follows : BACCALAUREATE SERMON Sunday, April 27, 11 A. M. Precessional Hymn "O Worship The King" Invocation Rev. J. P Harris. Anthem "The Heaven's Resound" Glee Club. Scripture Lesson Rev. R. F. Munns. Solo Mrs. Graydon Paul. Hmyn "Love Divine" Sermon Rev. R. F. Munns. Hymn "Still, still with Thee." Benediction Rev. J. P. Harris. Recessional GRADUATION EXERCISES Friday, May 1, 8:00 P. M. Invocation Rev. J. A. Vache. Welcome Chorus Senior Class. Salutatorian Rubie Dail. Historian Adelia Norris. Statistician Graham Duncan, Jr. Trio On the Road to Mandalay Mattie Weeks, Ruth Lewis, Troy Johnson. Grumbler Ethel Whitehurst. Prophetess Nell Windley. Testator Nora Kirk. Chorus May, the Month of Flowers Senior Class. Poet Troy Johnson. Giftorian Sue Norris. Valedictorian Irene Eubanks. School Song (Words composed by Ruth Lewis) Senior Class. Presentation of Gift to School Leon Harris. v Acceptance of Gift U. E. Swann Chairman Board of Trustees Presentation of Diplomas Supt. R. L. Fritz, Jr. Farewell Chorus Senior Class. Benediction Rev. J. P. Harris. Issue Certificates To Carteret Teachers By M. R. Dunnagan Raleigh. April 21 Representative Luther Hamilton's bill to authorize the school authorities , and county auditor of Carteret county to issue certificates of indebtedness to the teachers in the public schools of the county, in lieu of their salaries, pass ed the Senate Friday and was rati fied Saturday. Representative Hamilton had Car teret county included in the bill, pass ed by the House of Representatives Friday and ordered sent to the Sen ate, "To authorize, empower and di rect the sheriff or other collector of certain counties and municipalities to establish a partial payment plan JLUl Lilt luiictuuii baAcot uaiicicif and all municipalities in that county are included in the provisions of this bill, which would allow payment of one fourth of the tax due at a time. FARMERS APPLY FOR $45,383 LOANS IN HALIFAX SECTION Weldon, April 19 AApplications for loans totaling $45,383 have been1 completed by farmers in the north west section of Halifax county and forwarded to Washington for final ac tion, reports County Agent W. O. Da vis. ; ', Two hundred and eighty-eight farmers had filed last week with an equal number of applications yet to be completed. Assistance in making out these forms is being given the individual by local and county committees. The greater part of the loans are to be used for buying seed and oth er farm supplies with a small per centage shown as being needed for food. Read The Want Ads VIRGINIA FARMER DOING WELL HERE K. W. Wright Produces Vari ety Of Truck Crops And Other Crops By Hugh Overstreet County Farm Agent K. W. Wright is a real asset to the agricultural development of Carteret County. Four years ago Mr. Wright came to Carteret County and purchased a farm five miles north of Beaufort on the old 'New Bern highway. Since then he has purchased an additional farm in the same community and is at present cultivating 225 acres on the two farms. All of which he has in excellent condition. Mr. Wright is a native of Virginia and before lo cating in Carteret County he owned and operated a truck farm in the Nor folk trucking area. The following crops are being grownson his farm this year: 10 acres Broccoli; 20 acres Radish; 27 acres Beets; 12 acres Cabbage; 51 acres Irish Potatoes, 50 acres. Cukes, 10 acres Bell Peppers; 5 acres Corn;; 50 acres Sweet Potatoes and 15 acres Soy Bean Hay. It will be noted that quite an acreage of this land is double cropped. This farm is equipped with eight head of good mules, a Farm All trac tor, riding cultivators, horse drawn sprayers and all other farming equip ment necessary for economical pro duction. Mr. Wright employs from ten to one hundred hands on his farm in producing and harvesting his various crops. He has erected a sweet potato cur ing and storage house with a capac ity of 8000 bushels of potatoes, and a 65 ton Silo. He is using ensilage for green feed for the ten head of young cattle he is carrying on the farm. Four acres have been seeded to a permanent pasture, and this ac reage will be increased from year to year to take care of the herd increase. It is Mr. Wright's intention to buy a few pure bred Jerseys in the near future and in the course of a few years to produce only pure bred stock. In 1928 he invested $80.00 in hogs, buying a pure bred boar and a few good grade gilts. In 1929 he sold $1500 worth of pork, and in 1930 he sold $2070 worth. He expects to sell $3000 worth in 1931. He is now carrying 101 head of. hogs -on the farm. There is enough poultry kept to supply the family with fresh eggs and chickens to eat the year round. He is planning, at present, to build a packing shed 40x60 feet, with concrete floor, equipped with run ning water, to wash his beet and rad ish crops. This shed wlil be used in the spring and summer for packing vegetables and in the winter months for housing his dry cattle, so as to preserve the manure for the farm. Mr. Wright is not only a hustler, but is a booster for Carteret County. He says he will recommend this County to all farmers who wish to make a change and are willing to hustle.; END OF LEGISLATIVE SESSION FINALLY SEEMS TO BE IN SIGHT By CARL GOERCH Seven different varieties of plagues were necessary before the Egyptians finally consented to let the Children of Israel leave the Valley of the Nile. There were locusts, boils, darkness and other things.' If the Lord had threatened to send a legislature to Egypt and keep it in session for more than 110 days, discussing revenue! mPAsures. no other plagues would have been necessary. The Children of Israel would have been told to get out of the country immediately, if not sooner, in order that such a sa tastrophe might be averted. (Not on ly that, but the Egyptians probably would have left with them. The session in Raleigh is now ap proaching its close. The end is bound to be in sight. MemDers oi the house and senate are almost ex hausted. Human endurance cannot withstand much more. But then, there are grave doubts whether some of that crowd really are human. The revenue bill is still up for dis cussion. Agood many of the legisla tors are opposed to a so-called "nuis ance tax." The reason for their op position is that they, themselves probably would be classed as nuis-jportunity for a little poker game: ances and, therefore, would be tax- They made their report this week, ed accordingly. I which probably will mean that either Governor Gardner will probably, the house or the senate if not both announce his new highway commis-i will promptly vote against it. sion during the next day or two jTlien another conference committee if he hasn't already done' so by the will be appointed, and it's offerings, time this appears in print. Judff- itoo, will be repected By 1D38 there ing from what I heard in Raleigh this week, it looks very. much as though OYSTER CULTURE WILL BE BOOSTED Beaufort Station To Be Center Of Extensive Study of The Oyster The station of the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries located on Piver's Island in Beaufort harbor is to be the center of extensive oyster investigation for the South Atlantic states. Dr. H. F. Prytherch, who will succeed Dr. S. F. Hildebrand July 1 as director of the station, spent a few days here this week and gave this information to a reporter for the News. Dr. Hilde brand who has had charge of the sta tion for two different periods has been called to Washington to assume duties there with the Department of Fisheries. The new director of the station, Dr. Prytherch, has been with the de partment for a considerable time. For the past ten years he has been at work in Connecticut and has given especial attention to the study of the oyster. In the New England states oyster cultivation has grown to be a very large industry. A good many million dollars are invested in the business there and many people are employed i nthe industry. Dr. Pry therch thinks that a great oportu nity exists for oyster cultivation in the sounds and rivers of eastern Carolina. One trouble here is that the business has not been done on a large enough scale. The supply of oysters is not large enough to sup ply a big demand and so the trade has to look to other sections. According to Dr. Prytherch, the oyster is a very valuable food for human beings. It contains vitamines, copper and iodine. The copper is especially good for the blood and the oyster is highly recommended for anaemic persons. Uyst'.-r consump tion is steadily increasing and may become very much greater. Chain stores are handling them extensively. By what is known as the "quick freezing" process oysters can be shipped successfully to very distant points and this has widened its rad ius for commercial purposes. As in the past the Bureau of Fisheries will cooperate with the States Fisheries Department and with individuals who are interested in oyster propagation. MUTUAL EXCHANGE ORGANIZED BY ONSLOW COUNTY FARMERS Jacksonville, April 19 Farmers of Onslow county have organized a mu tual exchange and wil buy and sell farm supplies and produce for mem bers, reports County Agent N. M. Smith. Nine subordinate units in the var ious sections of the county form the exchange and representatives from the units compose the governing body for the main exchange. Officers elected are J. W. Foun tain, president; R. K. Heritage, vice president, and Roy Justice, secretary-treasurer, with a director from each of the remaining siv subordinate units. Leslie V. Ames would be the new highway engineer. It is evident that the Governor has no intention of mak ing a political machine out of the highway commission. He has been taking his time about announcing the personnel of the commission. And here's something Use you may not have thought of North Carolina is the first state in the union to adopt a State-wide system of highway con trol. Every State in the union is going to be watching to see how the thine pans out. That s one reason why Max is being so careful in work ing out the details. And remember too, if you please, that .this fellow Ames is the chap who resigned his Louisiana job because the Governor of that State wanted to make a po litical tool out of him. After all, the legislature has ac complished a whole lot of goo'd. The highway legislation is outstanding a mong the noteworthy accomplish ments. , If given a fair trial there is no question but that it will work out O. K. The conference committee on the revenue bill spent several days be hind closed doors. hat a hne op- won't be any more members left to ( Continued On page 8) FIGHT NOT ENDED YET The latest news from Ral- thateigh is that yesterday by a vote of 26 to 24 the Senate declined to instruct members of the conference committee to vote fo rthe Hinsdale bill to tax luxuries. The purpose of the luxury tax is to raise revenue for the schools with- out levying an ad valorem tax on land. There are some signs that indicate a compromise of some sort may be reached soon be- tween the forces that have fought each so bitterly, now for more than 100 days and that the longest session of the Gen- eral Assembly in history will terminate soon. Baptist Anniversary Program Is Announced The committee in charge of the plans for the anniversary week cel ebrating the Eightieth Anniversary of the Beaufort Baptist Church has announced the following speakers and their subjects. Sunday, April 26th, 7: 30 P. M. Sermon, "Baptist and The Bible by Dr. Charles E. Maddry, Secretary of the Baptist State Mission Board, Raleigh, N. C. Monday, April 27th 8:00 P. M. Address "John Haynes Mill" or the story of the Orphan Child in (N. C. by Dr. B. W. Spilman, of Kinston,- N. C. Tuesday, April 28th., 8 :00 P. M. Address by Dr. Thurman D. Kitchin, President of Wake Forest College. Wednesday, April 29th, 8:00 P. M. 'Baptist and the Home Program of Jesus" by Dr. Arch C. Cree, who was formerly secretary to Home Mission Board, Atlanta, Ga., and now pastor First Baptist church, Salisbury, N. C. Thursday, April 30th. 8:00 P. M. Address, "Baptist and the World Pro gram of Jesus," by Dr. J. M. Kester, pastor of the First Baptist church Wilmington, N. C. and State Repre sentative Baptist Foreign Mission fBoard. Sunday, May 3rd, 11:00 A. M. Address by Dr. B. W. Spilman, Kins ton, N. C. Sunday, May 3rd 8:00 P. M Ad dress, "Baptist and Evangelism" by Dr. Oscar Haywood, formerly of New York City and now pastor First Baptist Church, New Bern. The above program brings to Beau fort and Carteret County the great est group of public speakers ever brought to Eastern North Carolina in any one religious program. It will be a rare privilege for the public to hear these gifted speakers. The committee has rendered the church life of our county a great service by bringing these speakers into our midst. The public is cordially invit ed to note the hour of each service and be present to hear each speaker. J. P. Harris, Pastor. Board of Education Members Terms Fixed By M. R. Dunnagan Raleigh, April 20 Representative Luther Hamilton introduced a bill in the General Assembly Thursday, April 16 to amend the general omni bus bill which appointed county boards of education, as it applied to Carteret county. The bill was pass ed by the House and sent to the Sen ate the same day. It provides for the terms of of fice of the three members of the Board of Education of Carteret county as follows: W. H. Taylor, term lasting until 1933; Charlts V. Webb, term lasting until 1935, and Dennis Mason, term lasting until 1937. Representative Hamilton and Rep resentative James W. Thompson, of i Rrnnswick. ioinflv introduced a bill Api jl ir, to amend Hou;e Rill No. 202 ratified by this session of the General Assembly on March lb, regulating the taking of shrimp in public waters of the State. It was passed by the House and sent to the Senate on that date. CONTINUES FIGHT TO REMOVE TRAINS New Bern, April 22 The Norfolk Southern Railroad company filed ex ception to the denial by the state cor poration commission of its request to take off passenger trans Nos. 7 and 10 between Morehead Cit yand Golds boro, and the corpoiation commission yesterday overruled the exception. This is the first stop necessary, if the railroad desires to appeal to the courts from the ruling of the corpor ation commission in not permitting the trains to be discontinued. No announcement has been yet made as to whether the railroad officials, will continue their tight in courts. :iM.n CREEK FIGHT VIED IN COURT Lively Scrap Between Two Neighbors Stirs Up Consider able Interest The chief interest in Tuesday's session of the County Recorder's Court was furnished by a Mill Creek delegation. This was the case in which Hugh Whaley, a young man of that community, was charged with an assault with a deadly weapon, to- wit a weapon sometimes known as a knuckle-duster or commonly called "knucks," upon Leon Dowdy. After a considerable contest Whaley was convicted. Judgment was suspended on payment of costs or 31) days in jail. He was defended by C. R. Wheatly of Beaufort. Ken Hardesty well known citizen of Mill Creek, was present at the trial and aided in the defense. The real cause of the dispute and fight between the two men did not come out inthe evidence. It seems that one accused the other of telling a lie on him, that they had a considerable argument that ended ina fight. It seemed that Dowdy who is a small man but apparently a good scrapper, threw Whaley and got on top of him after first throwing a tricycle at him. He claimed that Whaley struck him on the back of the head with the knucks and showed a small scar to prove the assertion. Clinton Mason and Earl Graham testified that they saw the fight and also saw the knucks on Whaley's hand. Cyrus Lilly saw the fight but did not see any knucks. Mrs. Lula Mason at whose home the fight took place, did not see the knucks and neither did K. R. Hardes ty who saw the scrap. Whaley said Dowdy called him a liar and that he thereupon slapped him down but did not use any knucks or weapon of any sort. After the fight was over Whal ey went home and come back with a gun in his hand but did not attempt to use it. Another case tried was that of James Long 17 year old Morehead City youth charged with reckless driving and assault with . a deadly weapon, a truck. He was defended by Atorney Alvah Hamilton of More head City. The prosecuting witness was Elijah Willis of Moreehad City. Attorney A. Liaker Morris assisted Solicitor Phillips with the prosecu tion. The evidence was that there was a collision one night at about 8:30 o'clock, at twentieth and Bridges street between a car driven by Wil lis and a truck driven by Long. The car was considerably damaged. Three girls were in the car with Willis and one of them, Miss Lucy May Forbes, sustained some slight injuries. The verdict of the court was not guilty. One or two case's were continued. Elbert Gillikin of Otway who. was convicted some weeks aeo of an as. ' sault upon Carroll Lawrence was giv en until May 12 to pay the doctor's bill and other costs in the case or pay a fine of $50 and costs. MARRIAGE LICENSES Loren Gaskill Portsmouth, Flora Bell Salter, Davis. Burns B. Phillips, Morehead and City, and Lila Wade, Morehead City. TIDE TABLE Information at. 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. Hjgn Tide Low Tide Friday, April 24 11:59 12:29 1:06 1:44 2:17 A. M. 6:30 A. M. P..M. 6:29 P. M. Saturday, April 25 A. M. 7:33 A. M. P. M. 7:40 P. M. Sunday, April 26 A. M. 8:37 A. M. 2:55 P. M. 8:55 P. M. Monday, April 27 3:25 A. M. 9:37 A. M. 4:00 P. M. 10:05 P. M. Tuesday, April 28 4:23 A. M. 10:33 A. M. 4:58 P. M. 10:59 P. M. Wednesday, April 29 5:25 A. M. 11:30 A. M. 5:50 P. M. 11:20 P. M. Thursday, April 30 6:16 A. M. 11:03 A. M. 6:40 P. M. 12:09 P. M. 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