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-x nr T HE dvertising medium published in Carteret Co. ( READINGTQ THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS JO THE BODY ) WATCH Your label and pay your subscription The best a PRICE Be SINGLE COPY NUMBER 18 VOLUME XX 8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY. APRIL 3 1 BEAUFOR THE Conference Committee Agrees On Luxury Tax Vote In Committee Was Eight To Five; Cigar ettes, Cosmetics, Playing Cards And Many Other Articles Will Be Taxed Under Propos ed Law ; Estimated To Produce From $5,000 000 to $9,000,000. ROTARIANS WILL MEET IN DURHAM Convention There Next Tues day: Beaufort Delegation Will Attend BITTER S DRAW GGLE TOEND House And St l padlocked All Last Ween; House Stands For Six Months School -The joint con- OIITUCT DAT AT AFC ference committee on the biennial ;OT I LUJl 1 VllilVLlkJ Raleigh, April 29- revenue bill agreed today to recom mend adoption of a selected commod: ities or "luxury" tax to the general assembly. Members of the committee refus ed to discuss what the new selected commodities tax would include but eaid the senate conferees had accept ed the house stand for the MacLean school law in its entirety. ARE MOVING NOW Demand Is Good And Prices Are Better Than They Have Been Durham, April 29 Approximately 600 Rotarians from all sections of the 57th district, composed of all of North Carolina east of Salisbury are expected to attend the annual conven tion to be held in Durham May 5 and 6. Maynard Fletcher, of Washington N. C, district governor, will preside over the sessions,. Business will be mixed with pleasure while the Rotar ians are in the city. In arranging the program, the com mittee has kept in mind especially two features: Rotary information and a spirit of sound optimism, in ac cordance wit hthe latter idea, two outstanding speakers have been se Once again the sweet potato has come to the rescue in Carteret coun tv at a time when help was needed. A . v in :i.:- Jerood crop was raised last year. In ators Hinsdale of Wake, Pritchett of the early fall there was not much de Bertie and Representative MacLean mand and the price was low. After of Beaufort, Allen of Granville and1 some months the price advanced and Cherrv of Gaston, was named to re-'now the growers are getting around write the Hinsdale "luxury" tax bilipinety cents a bushel right at the po By M. R. DUNNAGAN PnloicrVv Anril 27 The North Car olina General Assembly is deadlock ed, apparently hopelessly. However, since it is darkest be fore dawn, the light may break thru and the deadlock may be broken, but it will be the unexDected. That is just what has been happening in the present session, and it may again in the one big problem before the law making body. Ravs of lisrht have come through the maze several times during the week past, but before hopes got too high, they were cut off and the dark ness was blacker than ever. Other DESTRUCTIVE FOREST FIRES SWEEP OVER WIDE EXPANSE OF COUNTY Many Thousands Of Dollars Damage Done By Fire Which Is Said To Have Been Caused By Carelessness outstanding speaKers nave Been - anJ end trlZ- -d some day, or night, to conform to the agreement. The vote in the conference com mittee today was understood to have been 8 to 5 to report the "luxury" tax. Senators Pritchett, Hinsdale, Ran kin of Gaston and Clark of Edge combe, voted for the report ,with Representatives MacLean, Spence of Moore, Connor ot Wilson ana Alien of Granville. Senators Dunlap of Anson, and Folger of Surry, voted against the report with Representative Harris of Person, Hood of Wayne, and Cherry. The original Hinsdale "luxury" tax measure, defeated by the house as a committee of thew hole and vot ed down in the senate three times 26 to 24, taxed cigarettes, other tobac cos, cosmetics, 'new automobiles, playing-cards, ammunition, theatre admissions and other selected ar ticles. The rates ran as high as 20 per cent on cigarette and cosmetics. tato bank. Here in Beaufort deal- era have been navine $1.10 a bus'.iel for potatoes packed in hampers, the hampers furnished by the buyers. Sweet potatoes seem to be rather scarce in most parts of the country now and the demand for them 13 good. Most of the Carteret county crop has been sold, buta considerable quantity remains in the hands of the growers yet. They will go out pret ty rapidly for the next few weeks. In 1930 there were shipped by rail from this county 467 cars of sweets and of course quite a large quantity went by water and trucks. The crop raised in 1930 was good and probably larger than the 199 crop. The shipping season lor sweets is usually ended about June first. By, that time it is estimated that more than 100,000 barrels will have been sent out of Carteret county, possibly 150,000 barrels. It can be readily seen that the sweet potato crop is a very valuable one in These are Douelas Malloch, noted poet, newspaper man, phiiosopner and humorist, who will speak at the dinner the first day, at the Washing ton Duke hotel, and Strickland Gil- lilan, one o fthe most widely known platform men in America, who will deliver an address at the general ses sion the second morning. There will be a number of other widely known speakers. William DeCock Bunmg, of Holland, vice-president of Kotary International will speak for that or ganization. Speakers will include Wallace Wade, director of athletics at Duke university; Gene Newsome, past president of Rotary Internation al; Charlie Smith of Salem, Virginia, past district governor ; Luther Hodges ehairman of the community service committee of Rotary International this year; Howard Rondthaler, past district governor, and others. The conference will open on the morning of May 5. In addition to the general session the first day, the clouds may clear and order come out of the chaos that envejopes the General Assembly at the end of its 16th week and 106th day. The House appears fixed m its de termination to make effective the State suDoort of the six months school term, and by means in large part by the general sales tax ot one per cent on gross sales. The Senate seems iust as determined, even with a smaller majority, to have the Fol- ger-Grier plan of a $10,000,000 equal iziner fund for school aid without a luxury or general sales tax, except the one for one-tenth of one per cent, which it included in the Revenue bill. The committees from the two Houses have struggled in vain for a solution. The Senate committee came back to the Senate to ask for instructions. That body immediate ly received a resolution to instruct them to support a commodity a lux ury tax. The supporters of that res Graduating Exercises Occur Tomorrow Night As stated in the News last week th closing exercises of the Beaufort Graded School will take place tomor row evening (Friday) m the school auditorium. The sermon to the grad uating class was delivered last Sun day morning by the Keverend K. i. Munns of Beaufort who preached a very appropriate and thougutful ser mon on the subject "The Choosing of a Career." The program for tomorrow even ing s exercises were printed in lass week's issue of the News. The fol lowing is a list of the graduates: William Ed, ard Adair, fcdna Ger trude Beachem, Lillie Belle Beachem, Maud Eveljr. Carraway, Kubie Alber ta Dail, Delia Bethell Dickinson Kay mond Doane Dickinson, Rixie Dee Dickinson, Graham Washingt o n, Duncan, Jr., Irene Axon Eubanks, Inez Gaynelle Felton, Marjorie Louise Fodrie Grace Nichols Glover, Wil liam Roy Hamilton, Mary Ktta Har desty, William Leon Harris, Louise Coulson Hooper, Charles Forest Hud gins, Troy Johnson, Nora Areitta Kirk, Alice Holland Lewis, Ruth Vio let Lewis Adelia Maxine Norrris, Susie Gray Norris, Thelma Earle iNorris, Barbara Maxwell Parkin, Janice Earle Peterson, James Hollis ter Poter III, Mildred Vance Sabiston Marv Irene Smith. Elva Inez Taylor, Sidney Manney Thomas, Mattie Dar- den Weeks utnei uray vniienurst, Nelle Glancy Windley. tne general sessiim uie msi w . , , , ii mi i. i... i..v . 0 nlut.ion thousrht thev had won over a mere win ue vwu iuikji, m;- ,. - , ci--Li ft iv. ij:. j - pfja nnrfWote., enoueh tO:tie the'Senate aiWK:-. Action of the senate conferees initi,;o etinn A oooH manv curine accepting the house proposal placed 'houses have been erected in the coun them in the position of voting for ajty an(j the News hears that several i . 1 . II 11 i: Mnf,.c,l . . ., ; l L. 1J taxation policy mice wines iciureu by the 50 senators. A number of senators however, in prowers are plannine: to build hous es for curing and storing next seas- on s crop. The principal buyers oi a eeneral dinner meeting. The gov ernor's ball will take place at about 9 :30 the first night. The next morn ing there will be the presidents' and secretaries' breakfast and the closing nanaral ciaccinn follower! hv the clos-!to 24 ing luncheon presided over by Dis-j Senator Prank Dunlap, oi Aiibon, trict Governor Maynard Flether, fim, of the conferees, tried to offer an ayyA gUrs hv Charlie Smith and ! nt-Hmont a compromise, on which ailU WUViA "J . Ctllti.llUUIV".) 1 School Trustees Meet And Elect Faculty fthe Beaufort Graded School was the last week announced on the floor j sweet potatoes in this section 'are O i , . i i ,i . f nf im t n r -i .1-: 1 1 xt.-. that they would support the report of the conferees even if it contained the luxury tax, but took out that the mat ter should be submitted to a referen dum in 1932. This the house refus ed to accept. The conferees expect to draw their formal report this afternoon and present it tonight. The two divis ions were to recess utnil 8 p. m. in or der to get the report tonight. Until the Hinsdale bill is complet ed in its new form no estimates of how much revenue it will raise can be made. In its original form the estimates of what it would get varied from $5,000,000 to $9,000. W. Lewis, C. G. Gaskill Brokerage Co., Chauncey Willis and A. F. Young. The News understands that from $3000 to $4000 a day is being naid here now for potatoes, lhe white potato crop will start moving the latter part of May and early sweets in July. H. C. FODRIE DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS Howard Rondthaler. On the after noon of the first day there will be a reception at Duke university, and other entertainment features are be ing provided. Amonsr entertainment features will be a golf tuornament at Hope Valley country club on the afternoon ot Mav 5 at 2:30. Two handsome cups are to be awarded. OLD SUMMER RESORT DESTROYED BY FIRE Fire of unknown origin destroyed the pavilion on the oc an beach form erlv used as a resort f c r colored peo t1o Th nlnpp haH not heen used r - - - ---- if ace. interim for several years and the building was ,y;ew Cemetery. iljlnnirlofa1 nnnrlltirlll Thre WAS I . -r Funeral services for Mr. Hugh Cold Fodrie, well known citizen of Beau fort were held from Ann btreet Methodist Church yesterday after noon at three o'clock by Reverend K. F. Munns. was attended by a large number of friends. The choir sang nt. the church "Abide With Me "Safe in The Arms of Jesus," and at the grave "Shall We Gather at The River." Mrs. Buell tJooke and Mr. M. L. Davis by special request, sang during the church service, "Face to Face." Interment was in Ocean The active pall- reauire President R. T. Fountain to break the tie for that tax. But in winmg one, they lost another, antt eyenin& at the office of Su the Senate, for the third or perintendent Fritz. Those present time, voted down the luxury tax, 26 1 rhflirman tj. E. Swann. Mrs. H. Fanned by a high southwest wind forest fires yesterday and lest night swept through woods and uncultivat ed open lands over an expanse of ter ritory a mile or more wide and three miles long. The fir started just a litle ways west of the County Home and cut a swathe clear to North riv er. The paved North river road did not stop the flames. They leaped a- cross the roadway and roared on to wards the river. Last night the glow from the fires lighted the sky and could be seen for several miles away. 'Farmers, laborers and others hast ily assembled and fought valiantly all day to stop the spread of the flames. Backfires were started and other means used to prevent the fire from reaching residences and other build ings some of which were m great danger. The home of Mr. Sol Willis was threatened and out houses on his place caught several times but were saved. The Methodist church on North river road had a narrow es cape but was saved by the efforts of Mr. W. D. Arthuh and others. The large and costly residence on North River known as the Perkins place stood in the path which the fire was traveling, also several other houses on that place. A back fire was start ed which saved these houses from de struction. The News has not been able to get accurate information as to the damage caused by this fire which it is renorted started from carelessness. Undoubtedly it amounts to thousand of dollars. A great deal of young timber was burned so that it will die and much fire wood was burned. For tunately no houses were burned al- though,.it took a lot of hard work "to save some f therh. some of those whose property was affected by the .VVte.fie are:.M. S. Snowden, G. W, Hunt A meeting of the board of trustees a T. Cotton. Several Rotarians from Beaufort will attend the Durham meeting. NEW BILLIARD PARLOR OPENS he thought all could agree, but Sen ator Rivers Johnson, confident the commodity or luxury tax instruction would be carried, refused to let it be introduced and cut off debate by tne narlimentary weapon of "calling for the previous question." The next day the general saies proposal, for the third or fourth time, was placed before the Senate, in the form of a resolution to instruct the Senate Conference committee to support it. Again it was lost, by the decisive vote, of 32 to 9, several not voting Aleck Wade, P. B. Beachem G. J. Brooks, L. H. Dudley, Sol Willis, W. D. Arthur. V. B. Potter C. Hornaday, Dr. F. A billiard and dooI room has been opened in one of the Chadwick stores on Front street and seems to be en joying a good patronage. The man ager Mr. C. W. Bntton says ne ex pects to give good service and run a first class, orderly place. Mr. Brit to came to Beaufort from Smith- C. Jones. Mrs. W H. Bushall, J. A E. Hyde. The principal business transacted by the board was the re-election of Snnerintendent R. L Fritz Jr. for an other term and the members of the teaching faculty. The salary of the superintendent was reduced from $3000 to $2700. The salaries of the teachers will be in accordance with the State scale whatever that may be. No one was elected to fill the position of teacher of home econom ics. If it is possible 10 ao H me music department will be continued. The board adopted a resolution that inasmuch as tax collections for onhnni rmrnoses have been far be- RUSSELL-CUTLER Senat o r Dunlap's amendment, ,hind, that the salaries of the teach- which was not offered, was a compro mise. By it, the Senate committee would have been instructed to vote for the luxury tax, as an emergency, for two years only, and whether or not it should be continued would be left to a vote of the people in the next election. It would require JlllO " . - - c.ii a- .j.. 1oojViq-ci I oMmnmiPS included in me roiuei in this paper states, he is offering a 'school bill to be included, thus re in a dilapidated condition. Th&re wasi, joe House. C. Z. Chap- no insurance on it. The property is w H Taylor, J. H. Potter, I leson, oi jonns- M Mrinp(, jnhn Hi owned bv W. H. Jam town, Pa. The loss probably ddi not exceed $1000 and was possibly less. N. Moore, John Hornaday. Honor ary pallbearers were W. V. B. Potter C. A Clawson, H. C. Jones, E. D. Martin, U. E Swann, C. T. Chadwick, R. Dickinson. Richard Felton, W. p. Smith, W. L. Willis F. L. King, H. C. Garner and wife to M. Manns , M s onowHen. W. A. Mace. B. H. Noe, W. R. Longest, Walter Moore, a rv. nrize of $10 for the best suggestion for a name for the new amusement place. READ THE NEWS WANT ADS ducing the cost of the schools. That was what the Senate MacLean meas ure advocates turned down, not ev en learning of its provisions until (Continued on pafce five) ers are now several months in arrears, that the school close at the end of the eighth month. Also that all money collected on taxes for the present year and not already used shall ac crue, for the benefit of the school dis trict and use din reduction of future assessments." The term of the pres ent school board expires June o.O, 1931. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Sons Inc., 25 acres Newport Town ship, for $10 - Fj H. Potter. Walter Davis J. F. Duncan, Comm. to Thos. Duf- j BeH Josiah chadwick shin, for $925. B. Rice and wife to J. B. Rice, R. B. Rice and wife to J lot Moreehad City, for $50 Thos. D Dixon and wife to Nar cissa Dixon, 1 lot M. City for $1000. W. C. Gorham, Com., to M. L. Mansfield, 8 lots M. City, for $345. Luther Pittman etal to Willie F. Dixon et d 5 part lots Beaufort, for $40. J. L. Congleton and wife to Vic toria Glcver, 1 lot Beaufort, for $10. Robert Lassiter and wife to Har bor Island Hutning Lodge, tract C, Township, for $100. I FIRST IRISH POTATOES Mr FnriVip. was in his 59th year, having just passed his 58th birthday, February 14. He has for years con- jo a fruit, and candy store on Front Street, and while in bad health for several years, has managed to be at his place of business neany eveiy day. He had a large acquaintance- Qhin throughout the county and manv friends who resrret nis passing away. He is survived by ten chil- riron nnH n niimhpr of Brand cnnaren The children are : Mrs. Neva Stocks of New Bern, Mrs. Bill Skarren of Beaufort; Mrs. R. V. Clarke of Bay boro; Mrs. Violet Crabtree of New novt. R. I.: Misses Matilda and Mar jorie of Beaufort, and sons, James, Hubert, Winfield, Durwood, all of Beaufort. MAN SLEEPS ON PHYSICIAN'S PORCH AND GETS INTO RECOKUbK o luuki A wedding that was a surprise to their many friends in Beaufort and elsewhere occurred here last evening at 9 o'clock when Mr. N. H. Russell and Miss Cora Lee Cutler were unit ed in marriage. The ceremony which was performed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Robinson on Craven street in the presence of a few friends, was conducted by the Rev erend Robert F. Munns. Mrs. Russell is from Bath this State and has taught in the public school here for the past term. She has hepn a verv nomilar teacher. Mr, . tl L l - - Russell is a native of Onslow county and has lived in Beaufort for a num ber of years and is regarded. as one of the substant citizens of the town. He is a locomotive engineer on the iNorfolk Southern Railroad. Mr Russell represented Qarteret coun. ty in the Legislature one term and has many friends throughout the; county. The trial of two cases occupied the time of Recorder's Court Tuesday for several hours. The first was that of Nat Eborn of the Crab Toint sec tion who was charged with forcible trespass and having liquor in pos session for purpose ol sale, ne was defended by A. Baker morris oi Morehead City. The testimony against the deiena- ont aiven hv Dr. and Mrs. a. vy. Thompson of Moreehad City was that j wife, child and mother-in-law were in court as spectators. In response to counsel's plea for mercy Judge. Da vis said on account of his tamuy ana as Ke had proven a good character he would put him under a suspended sentence for six months in jail. He must pay costs and must appear in court the first Tuesday in each month and show that he has violated no law iirkofavnr v . The other case was that oi kuius Thompson ui luurccimu - - j - .. j.- ru. TViMv.ncnn'n house i Tn vlor. colored charged with an as aDorn came i .uv.. ..- -. .,, Qt ahmit. 10 o'clock on the nignt oi sauit wnn a ucau., ?r -r - HASSELL-KILLINGSWORTH Saturday evening at eight o'clock in the presence of a few friends James Hassell of Elizabeth City and Miss Aleise Killingsworth were unit ed in marriage in fct. Faul s episco pal church, Reverend J. A. Vache of ficiating. Mrs. Hassell is the attractive daughter of Mrs. Lottie Killingsworth and has. many friends here. Mr. Hassell is a native of Beaufort and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Law rence Hassell, who is is clerk of the court of this county. Mr. Hassell is manager of the service station ot the Gulf Refiining Company at tnzabetn City and is a promising young bus iness man. After a short trip they will be at home in Elizabeth City. Mrs. Earl Littleiohn of Norfolk. formerly Miss Claudie Edwards, spent the week end visiting Miss busie Guthrie. TIDE TABLE Information ab to the tides at Beaufort is given in this col umn. The figures are appiox 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 It is early yet for Irish potatoes but some have been brought to the T ay. . f . !.. l.irna ilNews Oince iviunuay mai, vvcic . . enough to eat. They were raised by An "artificial fir" that a Kansas it. t n w Po-Vina noatnr scientist has developed for use by f the Cone-relational church here crews of submarines and by aviators . for the colored race. The potatoes at high altitude is composed of a were nearly as large as hen eggs. mixture of oxygen and helium. the 19th. that after some conversa tion he was asked to leave by Mrs. Thompson, who was alone in tne house at the time, that ne weni and came back and went to sleep on the porch. Mrs. Thompson called a neighbor Mr. H. S. Gibbs who called the police. Officer Iredel Salter ar- vootnH the man and lOCKea nun uu. it nUr. name out that a sack con taining two half gallon jars of liq-j uor and another half full was found in nr. Thompson's yard which was left there by the defendant. This was confiscated and was in evidence at the trial. The defendant did not i go on the stand and offered no de fense except that he was too drunk to know what he wa3 doing. His Jack or Will Allen also colored and both from Morehead tZity. Atorney C. R. Wheatly appeared for the pros ecution and Ex-Judge U. waiter nm for the defense. It appeared that the two men had quarrelled about that it wound up with a fight in which Allen said his antagonist beat him over the head ith the hutt of a pistol. He exhib ited several scars upon his neau to support his contention, kuius ue- nied using the pistol but juage uavis BOARD OF EDUCATION TERMS ARE FIXED By M. R. Dunnagan Raleigh, April 27 Representative Luther Hamilton's bill to specify the tnrms of office of the members of the rnrteret. Countv Board of Education i was pas?ed on its third reading in tne Senate Saturday and has now oecome a law. It provides, as originally intended, that W. H. Taylor will hold omce un- 7:05 A. 7:28 P. Low Tid IFridav. MaV 1 M. 12:57 A. M. M. 12:55 P. M. Saturday. May 2 nied using the pistoi out - : " . rharks V Webb until 1935 thought he was guilty and gave him i td 1933, Cnailcs . w eDD wuu i . . ... j i., ta nonmo Mason until 1937. lhe nnHnn of navine $50 and costs or sixty days in jail. He chose the former. The case against Manly Bailey was continued to next Tuesday. and Dennis Mason until 1937. The bill is in the form of an amendment i Kill nomine the mem- bers of the boards of education of 11:39 A. the 100 counties in the State. 12:10 P. 1:46 A. M. 1:41 P. M. 3 2:35 2:29 4 3:24 A. M, 31:15 P. M. A. P. 7:52 A. M. 8:15 P. M. Sunday, May 8:40 A. M. 9:04 P. M. Monday, May 9:29 A. M. 9:52 P. M. Tuesday, May 5 10:17 A.M. 4:12 A.M. 1:44 P. M. 4:05 P. M. Wedne.day, May 6 ; 10:59 A. M. . 5:02 A. M. 11:10 P. M. " , 4:58 P. M. Thursday, May 7 M 5:56 A. M .5:55 P- W- M. M. v.
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