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The AUF t 1 The best advertising medium published in Carteret Co. I READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY I WATCH Your label a tt.y your subscription c u VOLUME XX 8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1931 PRICE Sc SINGLE COPY NUMBER 19 S6 First Baptist Church Of Beaufort Sketched Church Here Organized In 1851; The First Bap tist Church Organized In The County Was In Newport In 1778; Celebration of Eightieth Anniversary Held Here Last Week Last week a notable celebration of ' the eightieth anniversary of the First Baptist Church of Beaufort was held here. Special services commemorat ing the event were held Sunday April 26 and the following Monday, Tues day, Wednesday and Thursday even ings and again on Sunday morning and evening May 3rd. Large congre gations from Beaufort and other places heard the speakers who were among the leaders of the Baptist de nomination. A historical sketch of the local church has been prepared by Judge M Leslie Davis and is pub lished herewith. CITY CANDIDATES POLL GOOD VOTE SKETCH OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA By M. Leslie Davis In giving the hihstory of a church or denomination in a given locality, it seems to me that it is more inter esting and instructive as a history to CURB MARKET TO COUNTY'S DEBTS BE OPENED SOON MAY RE REFUNDED Much Interest Shown In Elec tion; Taylor And Longest Win Easily A Market For The Sale of Var- Bond Dealers Make Proposi ious Products Starts In More- tion To Straighten Out head City May 16 Indebtedness By Virginia H. Sloan An effort to get the county's float- Home Demonstration Agent jing debts in better shape by issuing The Carteret County Farm and funding bonds to take up these debts Home Demonstration Market is not, will be made. This is in accordance to be a "Curb Market" in the strict-, with a resolution adopted by the est sense. Produce will not be sold county commissioners at their regular on the curb, as with some markets, 1 meeting Monday. All members of but on the excellently located lot in the board were present except Mr. Morehead City on the corner of 12th j Webb. In hi3 absence Commission and Arendell Street. The small er Chadwick is acting chairman, building there is to be converted in- j The firm of Craven and Craven, to a county market house. This will bond dealers, submitted a proposition Legislative Deadlock Still Gives Trouble Last Week Adjournment Was In Sight But Sen ate Refused To Accept Luxury Tax; Senate Wants Ad Valorem Tax on Land; Confer ence Committee Must Work On Bill Again The election here Tuesday brought out a larger vote than is usually poll ed in city elections. This was not withstanding the fact that no absen tee ballots at all were polled. The candidates for chief of police had a combined vote of 830. The candi dates for mayor polled a total of 810 votes. The commissioners had no opposition and therefore no particu lar effort was made in their behalf. Frank L. King led the commissioners with 688 votes. The main contests Tuesday were between the followers of Bayard Tay lor and Richard Whitehurst running for mayor and W. R. Longest and Not Very Much Rain During Month of April April showers were not very num erous iR this part of the country this enable both buyers and sellers to be to refund the county's indebtedness .year but there were enough to make almost independent of the weather, land to handle all the details in con Each seller is to make his or her nection with the transaction. On own sales, the sales to be supervis- motion of Commissioner Carroll sec ed by Miss Sloan, Home Demonstra- onded by Commissioner Styron the tion Agent for Carteret County. proposition was accepted. This will While prices will be kept down, so not ""crease the county's present in as to encourage free buying, priCes!debtedness but is intended to get it wil not be cut to the point of det-lin better shaPe than t is now- The rimental competition with retail mer-jfloatln? indebtedness amounts to chants. The object of the market $289,450. This does not include is not to divert old trade into a new,bond lssues outstanding of course, channel, but to develop new trade Dr- Manly Mason- represented by channels. Community merchants J- Wallace Mason, came before the give the "setting" of the locality and the varied surroundings, certainly of Robert Dunn candidates for chief of its religious life. In preparing this police. Messrs. Taylor and Longest brief sketch of the Beaufort Baptist, are now incumbents of the offices for Church, the writer will briefly call at which they were candidates and were must be benefitted rathen than injured. The cost of operatnig the market will be nominal, and will be amply covered by very slight fees assessed the sellers. Each seller will furnish tention to this phase of the life of our community and county. Possibly at the beginning of the settlement of our community, which reelected by good majorities. Sev eral experienced and influential pol iticians were lined up behind the can didacies of Messrs. Taylor and White was early in the 18th century there hurst and Longest and Dunn and were no doubt Christians among them but no one knows when the first church was established here, but rec ords are extant of vestry meetings of the Established (Episcopal) church in the forties. In 1744 when James Winwright died in Beaufort and left property for the establishment oi a school to teach "vulgar and decimal" arithmetic, the Chairman of St. John's Par.sh was one of the com mittee to organize the school. (By the way this was the first money ev er given in North Carolina for Pub lic Education). The Established Church went down with the English Government in these parts, in 1781. "The church building belonging to this denomination (Episcopal) stood about fifty yards in the rear of the spot upon which Ann Street Metho dist Church now stands." The late Mr. L. A. Potter, who remembered the building, describes it as follows: "This building was what we would now consider a quaint, old-fashioned affair, with immense stone under pinning for a foundation. The su perstructure was of native pine, heavy sills, joists, and plates, and doors calculated to insinuate that supernatural strength would have to be exercised by the emissaries of the Evil One who effected an entrance with felonious intent. The seats were straight benches with centre supports but no backs, one half be ing assigned to either sex, and he would be considered a bold man who ventured to walk up the aisle set a part for females in search of a com fortable seat. The pulpit, for it was then a pulpit and not a rostrum with a stand, was a structure resemb ling somewhat the watch tower on an ancient wall, erected at one end of the church near the ceiling, and approached by a flight of steps. It was enclosed by a tight box about as their efforts probably accounted for the size of the vote. From sunrise to sunset cars were rolling to and fro and workers were out rounding up the voters. In accordance with a recent amend ment to the .city charter t thev new board does not go into office until July first. The official vote in the election Tuesday follows: FOR MAYOR Bayard Taylor 507 John Russell 50 Richard Whitehurst 253 CHIEF OF POLICE Walter R. Longest 558 Robert Dunn 272 COMMISSIONERS Seth Gibbs 661 Denard Glover - 675 Frank L. King 688 John S. Parkin 642 James Rumley 676 Very Short Session Of Recorder's Court A very short session of Recorder's Court was held Tuesday. No case was tried but two matters were dis posed of by the court. J. J. Frizzelle, formerly of More head City recently living in New Bern, was in court on a capias to answer as to why he had failed to comply with a court order to con tribute to the support of his wife and child. The child is an adopted one and the couple have not been living together for some time. Mrs. Friz elle was present and stated that she did not care to press the charge a gainst her husband, provided he would make an effort to get a job and comply with the court's order. Judge Davis told the defendant he would be given an opportunity to do high as an ordinary man's waist and ( this. In the meantime he was requir contained a bench seat and a desk'ed to raise about nine dollars to pay for the Bible and prayer book." After the Revolutionary War this church was used by any of the preachers for service and school was taught in it. Some of the timbers are now in the house occupied by Mrs. Ernest Duncan on Front Street, or in a wood house that formerly stood on the same property. The present Episcopal Church was organized Sept. 1855. Earl in the 18th century the Quakers came to the county and there is a deed on record where prop erty was purchased or given for a Quaker Enrying-ground about 1735. This Qua! sr church stood where is now local d Tuttle'a Grove Metho dist Chuivh about six miles from Beaufort on New Berne Road. The Cemetery is still known aS the "Quak er Cemetery." For many years there the costs of the capias and being brought here from New Bern. The Manly Bailey case which has been hanging fire for some time on a question of law was ended with a six months road sentence. Attorney Wheatly gave notice of an appeal to the Superior Court and bond was fix ed at $250. Court meets again next Tuesday morning at nine thirty. YOUNG MAN FROM NEWPORT HONORED AT UNIVERSITY boarit with reference to adjusting a tax matter. This was referred to the auditor as was also a request for ad justment by T. C Davis, of Davis. Attorney E. H. Gorham asked for an adjustment on the Mansfield prop- her own bags, twine, scales, etc. an ! untj june incidental expense. . . .. . , .... moHoii was uasseu oy me uuaiu, Advertising and publicity will be nflFoT.01 K rnmmii., rwn through two mediums in particular- and seconded by Commissioner Sty the home papers and satisfied custo-.rnn H,nf tVlo lnnnfv :, ssn mers. One patron well-pleased is!wnrtVl .f motorioi an(1 nn more effective advertising than aLn . . n. .u hundred hand-bills. Customers more-!Miii rwir h ; w,.Wo tnh than-satisfied is to be the market's! tv, k'j r,ac,cA primary advertising. Lntinw the rn,int.v' "nnnrnnriarinn Beginning Saturday, May 16th, I for the State Mother's Aid Fund. the market will be open two mornings! A motoin was passed to defer ad- each week (Wednesday and Satur- vertising delniquent taxes until June. day) from 9:00 to 11:30. . The request of J. W Guthrie of Since the market is a Carteret , Wildwood for a tax adjustment was County , organization, the are , from referred to the County Auditor-. The which produce may be brought for jurors for the June term of court selling will rightly be limited to Car- were drawn and are the following, teret County. This will work no j Firtt Week hardship on the consumer as the im- Van B. Willis, Marshalberg; Mas posing list of products which can be on Chadwick, Marshallberg; H. F. grown or made with in the county it- Williams, Newport; S. G. Gould, self will surprise anyone. Chickens Newport; L. H. Dudley, Beaufort; and eggs, fruits and flowers, vege- L. W.Pelletier, Stella; W. E. Harris, tables., jellies and canned goods, rfiilk Roe; A. W." Fulcher, Gloucester; and butter and cream, cakes, cookies John Chapman, Beaufort; G. L. Mann and salads, nuts and honey. There Freeman Morris, Atlantic; J. L. Gar will be a novelty counter where there ner, Newport; Gerald Pelletier, Stel wil be a display of party favors, can- la; Geo. W. Piner, Morehead City; dies, pine needle baskets and the Jasper Lupton, Sealevel; B. F. Tay- home made rag rugs, tuffted counter- lor, Bogue; H. C. Davis, Morehead panes and old fashioned quilts. These! City; L. H. Hardy, Merrimon; H. H. are some of the things which will be; Davis, Davis; Geo. W. Davis, Smyrna; among the array of Carteret County! Henry Smith, Atlantic; J. L. Smith, a total rainfall for the month of 1.55 inches and to keep the crops moving along. There were 22 clear days during the month and eight cloudy or partly cloudy ones. This is ac cording to information furnished the News by the local U. S. Weather Bu reau station. The maximum temperature for the i By M. R. DUNNAGAN Raleigh, May 5 The North Caro lina Senate refused to accept the conference committee report Mon day night just before midnight by a vote of 25 to 24, thus for probably a dozen times voting down the so-called luxury tax on selected commodi ties. This means that the General As sembly cannot adjourn in less than a week, if it finishes the Revenue bill before going ome. It also means thatt he Revenue bill, containing the luxury tax measure to make effective the Maclean six months state sup- month was 76 degrees, on the 20th"""u a"'""' "luat ""a " l" and the lowest occurred on the 7th , onference mmittees of the two and was 40 degrees. There was no frost here during April. The wind blew fro mthe southwest 12 days, from the northeast six and from var ious points of the compass the rest of the time. The temperature fig ures day by day follow: Max. 63 62 68 69 66 products at this market and country meet." 'where town Atlantic; J. T. Beveridge, Beaufort; C. H. Edwards, Lukens; J. A. Hill, The grading of vegetables, fruits, I Davis ; D. C. Garner, Newport; R H. cickens and eggs will be supervised i Dowdy, Moreehad City; C. T. Gilli by the Farm Agent, Mr. Hugh Over-;kin, Moreehad City; Oliver Chad street. Only fresh, clean produce i wick, Gloucester; Tyree Moore, Hark will be sold. Butter, cakes, and sim-!er's Island; Walter Davis, Harkers ilar products will be well wrapped in I Island ; J. W. Humphrey, Beaufort; standard sizes, and all meats will beJ. E. Taylor, Sealevel; W. H. Guth kept covered with clean cloths. jrie, Harkers Island; D. J. Day, Lola; A distinct attempt will be made to ! Christopher Willis, Lola. anticipate demand and display, for I Second Week sale items especially wanted. Thej Guy M. Arthur, Wildwood; J. H. best service will require that produc-1 Dill, Beaufort; Tyree Moore, Marsh ers be on hand regularly when mar-iallberg; Richard Felton, Beaufort; ket days come around, that all pat-' Kilby Davis, Davis ; Everett White- rons may have a wider choice. I hurst, Smyrna; Herbert Hancock, The marketing will be handled in i Smyrna; E. G. Daniels, Lola, S. A. a business-like manner. Price- cut-1 Chalk, Morehead City; Will Pake, ting will of course not be tolerated. Beaufort, R. F. D. ; John A. Guthrie, Regulations posted at the market ! Wildwood ; place will be strictly enforced. mon A wide selection of fresh and clean F. D H. M. Carraway, Merri- Rumley Gillikin, Beaufort, R. Sam W. Salter; Harkers Island products, backed up by good service, Walter Hunnings, Beaufort; Eli Trott 1, 2. H 4, 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Min. 53 46 48 53 .53 .57 .65 .72 .70 .70 .66 .71 .74 .73 .71 .73 .74 .74 -76 .74 .72 .67 .64 -69 .72 -70 .65 -71 .71 Whether it will be the same or new committees from either hours or both, has not been decided. Several times the Senate has vot ed against the luxury tax and the general sales tax and adopted the Folger-Grier plan of a $10,000,000 equalizing fund for schools. Howev er, the Senate conference committee could not agree to submit that plan to the House conference committee. gg I Now, it seems, that is the proper 47 course for the Senate committee, sub 40jmitting the plan tat has been adopt 42 ed by the Senate. The House coiri gj'mittee might or might not accept it gg i in order to bring it to a vote in the gg J House again. 53 When Senator Rivers D. Johnson, 41 1 of Duplin, saw he had failed Monday 50 j night to get the majority he thougt 58 !he had, he tried to force adjornment, 55! then wen that failed, introduced as 52 59 a namendment to the report the gen eral sales' tax plan first sent to the 56 60 62 42 44 53 60 49 48 56 54 CAR BADLY DAMAGED PASSENGERS ESCAPE HARM With a piece of timber jammed through the radiator and into the engine, roof demolished, windshield shattered and other injuries a Ford coupe was brought to Loftirf's shop Monday for repairs. The car be longs to W. H. Marks of Morehead City who was not in it however when the accident happened. Three youths whose names the News did not learn, were said to have been in the car and neither of them got hurt. It seems that the car was driven into a bridge somewhere on the Vanceboro road. 57 Senate by the House. Trough a fil ibuster, by securing the floor and re fusing to yield it, he demanded that the amendment be read, which would have taken two or three hours. Pres ident R. T. Fountain, in apparently siding with Senator Johnson, caused much criticism and beliefs expressed that he had hurt his chances for the Governorship by arbitrary and unjust rulings. The General Assembly is now back where, it was more than two weeks ago, due to the great flood of tele grams and pressure from "back home" against the adoption of the luxury tax, which includes a tax on deeds, mortgages and notes, any thing but luxuries. The deadlock may be worked out on the basis of the $10,000,000 equalizing fund. Otherwise, it seems hopeless. LAST WEEK IT SEEMED AGREEMENT WAS REACHED Mr. Jim Wheatly returned yester day from Southport where he has been on a survey party. for the consumer; a new outlet for more produce and a constant source of additional income for farmers; a stronger business life for the whole county. These are the primary aims behind the organization of the Car teret County Farm and Home Dem onstration Market. Stella; W. T. Gilgo, Portsmouth; C. H. Haskett, Harlowe. GARDEN CLUB MEETS The regular monthly meeting of the Garden Club will be held at the home of Mrs. J. A. Cree on Ann St., Friday, May 8 at 7:45 P. M. STRUCK BY CAR LEON COOK DIES FROM INJURIES TWO HOURS LATER The News has received informa tion to the effect that W. C. (Bill) Barfield of Newport has been elect ed president of the University of N. C. glee club. He is the son of the Reverend R. W. Barfield well known Methodist minister. He has been a mtmber of the glee club for three Ifrom Wilmington Leon Stevens Cook of Morehead City was struck by an automobile Fri day night on the State highway a short way west of Morehead Bluffs and sustained injuries from which he died. The car was driven by A. B. Morris, well-known Morehead City at torney and D. G. Bell and Richard Fodrie were in the car with him at the time. They were returning where thoy had have been no Quaker meetings in the , years and in that time has missed on- been on business with the Federal county and very few, if any, Quak ers. The Methodists came early possi bly before the Revolutionary War. When the Beaufort Church was or- ly three rehearsals and the honor con- court, ferred on him is a recognition of his loyalty and ability. Last year the glee club won the South Atlantic intercollegiate glee The accident happened at were examined and the matter con sidered after which the jury exoner ated Mr. Morris by saying that it was an unavoidable accident. It appears that Mr. Morris saw Mr. Cook in the road some hundred yards or more a way and blew at him, that the man ap peared to get confused and walked first one way and then another so thatthe car could not avoid hitting him. He was knocked unconscious, several ribs were broken, his ripht TIDE TABLE Information aw 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 12:38 A. 1:15 P. 1:40 A. 2:19 P. Low Tide By M. R. DUNNAGAN Raleigh, May 4 The House and Senate deadlock is broken on the a mount of State support for schools, the Revenue bill containing the es timated $18,000,000 for the full six months term, in part by the so-called luxury tax, having passed the House and is now before the Senate, after that body received it in a con ference report by a 27 to 22 vote. To all appearances, at this writing, the measure will be enacted by the Senate during the first half of this j week and the General Assembly, af ter a session of 119 or 120 days, 'twice the usual time, will be ready j to adjourn before the week is over, I unless unexpected snags ar struck. I Only a few other bills or importance remain to be acted upon, including the appropriations and machinery i bills, which are expected to be clear ed up in short order, along with sev eral other measures yet pending. The majority by which the House passed the Revenue bill, votes rang ing from 60 to 70 for to 30 to 40 against, has served to help break the morals of the Grier-Folger group in Friday. May 8 M. 6:54 A. M M. 7:00 P. M. j the Senate, supportnig the $10,000,- Saturday, May 9 1 000 equalizing fund, along with the M. 7 :53 A. M. I deflections of two or three of their M. 8:11 P. M. Sunday, May 10 own group, which on three previous occasions had maintained a 26 to 24 ganized no one knows, but we know, club contest at Greenville. This that there were at least three Meth-lyear the glee club was rated seventh odist churches in Carteret County in I in the United States by the American Continued on page six Intercollegiate Association of Music. eg was broken, a gash was cut in 9:30 and the victim died two hours i his head and his body bruised in sev later in the Morehead City hospital, 'oral plaets. County Coroner G. W. Dill impan-1 Mr. Cook's body was taken to New elled a jury Saturday, consisting of : Bern for burial and was interred B. H. Brady, H. D. Gaskins, Earl H. there Sunday in Cedar Grove ceme Willis, W. A. Ball, Eugene Wade and tery. He is survived by his widow Jack Lawrence, and nivestigated the and three daughters, occurrence. A number of witnesses"! 3:34 4:09 4:25 May 11 9:40 2:39 A. M. 3:18 P. M. Monday, A .M. P. M. Tuesday, May A. M. P. M. Wednesday, May 8:48 A. M. majority against the luxury tax meas 9:14 P. M. !Ure. The House majority apparently A. 10:12 P. 12 10:22 A. 11:01 P. 13 M. M. 5:09 A. M. 11:01 A. 5:34 P. M. 11:20 P. Thursday, May 14 5:51A. M. 12:42 A. M. 6:11 P. M. 11:38 P. M. is becoming more "se" each time and M. jthe break in the Senate ranks seems M. to indicate a hopeless task. However, a last stand is to be made, with the possibility that the House luxury tax measure may aain be defeated in the Senate and the Grier-Folger plan again returned to the House. In such case the action of the House would be uncertain, but it would appraently be unshaken in ( Continued on page 8) M. M.
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