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t The Be I IMEWS AUFOfi? The beat advertising medium published in Carteret Co. f READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS 1 R V. BODY WATCH Your label and pay your subscription VOLUME XX 8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1931 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY NUMBER 24 ABANDONMENT CASE FURNISHED COURT ROOM It took practically the entire day to get rid of the business in Record er's court Tuesday. Not so many cases were tried but several were con tested and one was especially hard foueht. This was the case in which Calvin Benton, colored employe of; the ni. . ui n,o n.. jliriljr tto uicu uu niv: - charge of unlawful possession of s x jars of whiskey. The same case was J"10 " tried befere a jury several weeks ago and resulted in a mistrial. This time the jury rendered a verdict of guil ty. The defendant's counsel, C. R. Wheatly, gave notice of an appeal to Superior Court. Former county Judge E. Walter Hill appeared for the prosecution. The defense tun tended that one Rufus Taylor had planted the liquor in Benton's car. Police officers Iredell Salter and Jas. Willis testified that both 'Benton and Taylor had the reputation of boot legging. Sam Croom colored, who lives in the Merrimon section, was tried on the charge of having liquor on his premises for the purpose of sale. Of ficers R. E. Chaplain and Ghtrman Holland made a raid there on June 21 and found some 40 jars of liquor. Croom did not have a lawyer to de fend him and deputy sheriff Chap lain volunteered to act in that capac ity. He examined grooms witness - two colored boys who seemed to have a very low grade of intelligence and could not tell any thing of any consequence abou the matter. Croom himself refused to talk and, as Judge Davis said, either did not have any sense or was a very fine actor. The Judge ordered Croom sent back to jail and kept there until he could have the county physician examine him as to his mental condition. Curtis Bell, young Morehead City Negro was tried on the charge of Hrivintr a far while drunk. DeDUtV ohohriff n1in and Police officer Holland testified thatt hey overtook him on the road between Morehead City and Beaufort and that he was driving on both, sides, of the road, that they arrested him' and found he pmmissioner of Labor in the reor was drunk. Bell said he had had aganlzed Department of Labor, since drink but was not drunk. He did not!the announcement of Frank D. Grist, have a lawyer and Judge Davis Con-;Commissioner of Labor and P"nting, tinued the case until next Tuesday to;ha9, announced that he will contest give him a chance to get an attorney. with Cameron Morrison for the lat- John B. Congleton who had appeal-,ters 8eat ln the Senate, ed from the Mayor's court on a 30 Indications are that there will be a day sentence for being drunk, was! nice crop of candidates for the labor tried. He was convicted over his pro-1 post, including, possibly, R. R. Law- tests and despite the efforts of his at- torney Luther Hamilton. Judge Da vis suspended the sentence on condi tion of good behavior for sixty days which John cheerfully agreed to do, r0o that. fiirnUheH the crowd in court the room considerable amuse ment was that in which attorney Wheatly appearing for Mrs. George W. Hay prosecuted Hay on the charge of abandoning his wife and not supporting her. Hay was his own lawyer and the colloquy . that took place between him and his wife, while not strictly according to court rules, was amusing. It was also somewhat pathetic. Hay tried to show that he was poor and unable to work. He said he is 59 years old and the admitted 64 years, although she looked younger than that. Mrs. Hay said that ha spent much time in playing "sol'' a game of cards, and that he wouldn't work. He said he couldn't do rruch work and was un able to get a job of any sort. He said his wife knew he was poor when they were married and that she ad vanced $ 10 for. nacessary expense They were married last November and parted in March. The defendant was convicted and given sixty days on the road, capias not to issue for -- - - ten days which gives him a chance to ! get out of the county. The case of Edgar Standi, who lives in the Bogue section, was charg ed with secret assault upon C. C. Den nis was taken up after some argu ment between attorney Hill for the prosecution and W. C. Gorham for the defense, was continued until next Tuesday. The defense showed, that the man had been arrested and brought before Justice H. W. Noe, that the warrant had been withdrawn and he had paid the costs. His at torney contended that this constitut ed former jeopardy and that he could not be tried again for the same offense. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS J. A. Whittinsrton and wife to Rich ard Whittington, 24 acres Morehead Township, for $10. Frank D. Perry and wife to W. T Potter, tract Morehead for $100. Floyd F, Loftin and wife to V Loftin and wife, 1 lot Beaufort, for $1. Benjamin W. Ratcliffe of San Fran Cisco. Cal.. fcB ; Hnik aev- enty times for sickness and accidents, CROWD AMUSEMENT Greater University Commission Appointed By M. R. Dunnagan Raleigh, June 22 The commission i" fiuuv ana suDmil a Dan or con. . . . . aAllHnfinn . I. n T T I . . t tr .1 " " "J" ""'vei-suy oi worm Carolina, North Carolina State Col- Intra am4 ' -iU rf . 1 ' i 1 1 .v.6o aiiu huiui Carolina college lor Women into .a greater University of North Carolina has been named, six- members by Governor Gardner and two each by the three institutions in volved, with the Governor as ex-of-ficio chairman. The members are, representing the University, President Frank P. Gra ham and Dr. Louis R. Wilson; State College, President E. C. Brooks and Dr. W. C. Riddick; N. C. College for Women, President J. I. Foust and Dr. Benj. Kendrick; and appointed by Governor Gardner, Treasurer F. L. Jackson, of Davidson College, Judge N. A. Townsend, Charlotte; Dr. Fred W. Morrison, Raleigh; S. B. Alexan der, Charlotte; Mrs. E. L. McKee, Sylvia, and Miss Estelle Shaw, Rock ingham. "I am fully conscious," said Gov ernor Gardner, "of the delicate ele ments involved in the proposal 1 senument, msutuuonai entity, and pride of position. Yet I feel that these three great institu tions, each supported by the people of the State, should henceforth work more closely together and strive more unitedly for the betterment anil immilMinfl, r f uArfh Pqka inn " I and upbuilding of North Carolina. Governor Gardner remarked that it is generally known that he regards the consolidation of these institutions as "the largest permanent contribu tion to higher education in North Carolina made in this generation." M.ajr A. L. Fletcher, deputy State Insurance Commissioner, Stafl Amer ican Legion historian and comman der of Raleigh post, announces that he expects to become a candidate for rence, president of the State Federa tion of Labor , and rumor has it that a young woman, well known in the State, may throw her bonnet into the ring along with 'any hats that may lodge within the circle. It's too ear- i - ly yet to name names, however. POLICE COURT ITEMS The following matters were dispos ed of by Mayor Taylor in City Po lice Court last Friday afternoin: Edward Chadwick colored, disor derly conduct, cursing and so on, first offense $1 and costs or 5 days nn the street free. Carlton Parkin, drunk and disor derly, case continued. Dave Wallace Davis, colored, drunk and fighting, guilty and fined $2.50 and costs or 10 days on the streets. John Henry Smith, colored, disor derly and profane language, $1 and costs or 5 days work on the streets. Charles Chadwick, colored, drunk and fighting, $2.50 and costs or 10 days street work. Nelson Williams, Frank Jones, John Davis, all colored, charged with using loud and boistrous language, were acquitted. John Stanly, colored, parking on the wrong side of the street. Ca?e dismissed. J. B. Congleton, drunk, denied the charge but the Mayor said he saw him staggering and so did Police Officer Jones. Thirty days. Charlie Green colored, drunk. Gone to Florida. BIBLE SCHOOL CHILDREN WILL PRESENT PROGRAM On next Sunday evening, begin ning at 8 o'clock, a special program will be given by the children oi the Daily Vacation Bible School ef the First Baptist church of Beaufort. It will consist of songs, Bible drills and other features. This Bible school has been in prog ress all of last week and will close wit hthe exercises Sunday night. Mrs. E. L. Davis has been directing the school and has had the assistance ot I. ieht or ten Of the teachers, of Township the Sunday school. The public is in- Commissioner liianam nas ruieu uim cummunu, sueu iiu,n urauiuu n Ivited to attend the exercises Sunday, the tax- this year will be seven-jbor Monday night for Fernnadina, t ; : : ' Bees kept solely to pollinate an 80--running for ?even months, irom June jueauiori i isn scrap ana uii com nae apple orchard proved so profit-1 1 to December 3(1. Violators of thispany-s fleet left several days earlier. li.i t r w nninla i,f Tnvlorsville law are subject to fines of from $100Thess boats and other? from Carter- in Alexander County that he placed the insects in new hives and bought new queens. fwniTniT" iTTiTfifiinir ULil 11MJUMI&I GROWS RAPIDLY Carteret County Is Developing A Big Business In Growing Food Stuffs By Hugh Overstreet County Farm Agents In order to give an idea of the im portance of the trucking industry in Carteret County and how it has in creased during the past few years, I have secured from the agents of the transportation companies figures showing the volume of produce hand led from November 1st., 1930 to June 25th, 19J1. It is hard to realize that 1071 solid solid car loads of vegetables have been sent from this county during this period by rail and boat, besides a large amount that has moved by trucks. These shipments were com posed of the following articles: Beaufort has shipped 392 cars of sweet potatoes by rail and 50 by boat, 359 cars of Irish potatoes by!en and aPPeal bond fixed at fifty dol- rail and 50 by boat, 53 cars of cab bage by rail and 20 by boat, 3 cars of beets, 1 car of cukes, 2 cars beans, 3 cars of radish, and 5 cars of broc coli have been handled by rail. This gives Beaufort a total of 948 cars handled by rail and and boat. From Morehead City the following shipments have been made: 28 cars of Irish potatoes, 20 cars of sweet aki ; total of 91 cara gU Mfe r by rail. Mansfield, Wildwood, and Newport have shipped 18 cars of sweet pota toes, 9 cars of Irish potatoes, and 5 cars of beans, making a total of $32 cars for this group. 1 It will be seen from the above fig ures that Carteret County shipfced 89,000 barrels of Irish potatoes ihir spring, an increase of more than 100 cars over last year's production.'? j-' Prices this season on rn'ost-of these crops have been disappointing but yield and quality have been excel lent. Hoover's Proposal Has A Stimulating Effect New York, June 22-Afinancial and business world, weary and deject ed from the seemingly endless ordeal of hard times, was revitalized today. Billions were added to security and commodity values in theg reat ex changes of the world, as President Hoover's proposal for dropping the heavy burden of war debts for one year was seized a sthe meatiest piece of good news in a long time. Leaders in finance acknowledged that the news may not be digested as joyiuuy as it was uevuureu, uui nciu high hopes that it might mark a turning point in a slow change from lean to fatter years. In Wall street, in Berlin, London, Rome, Tokio, Shanghai, security and commodity prices leaped upward, and even in Paris, although that capital was somewhat cool toward the debt proposal. , Equity share values in Wall street gained $1 to $9, cotton advanced more than $3 a bale. Silver, still a monetary base for a large portion of the world's population, was marked up two cents an ounce. Offerings of copper at eight cents a pond, its low point on modern times, quickly dis appeared, as millions of pounds were bought for export. There was a rush of buyers in Worth street textile market, as prices stiffened. OLEOMARGARINE SALES ARE REGULATED BY LAW NOW By M. R. Dunnagan Raleigh, June 22 Oleomargarine colored to resemble butter, cannot be sold legally in North Carolina now, and a sign m gothic letters an inch tall "Oleomargarine Served -Here must appear in all dining rooms, ho tels, cafes or public eating places serving it in untinted form. The new law became effective June 1 and is administered by the Department of Agriculture, which is charged with making rules ana regulations lor us enforcement. Manufacturers' of oleomargarine are required to pay an annual tax of $1,000 a year, while wholesalers or distributors are axed $100 a year, the Commissioner of Agriculture is suing licenses to the eating place? serving it on satisfactory application. tWellthS OI tllC annual tax, Uiu ntcnac . , t jto $500 or imprisonment not to ex - Iceed three months, or both, in the discretion of the court. raw Civil CASES Brest Tax Cases Come TRIED ON FRIDAY E. S. Weaver Released; C. S. Wallace Against Way Bros. Tried; Court Adjourned Last week's issue of the News car ried every thing of importance tried in Superior court up to noon Thurs day. Court adjourned Friday after noon. Possibly the dase of. most gen eral interest tried after Thursday morning was the suit of Charles S. Wallace against B. P. Way and B. C. Way which involved several thous and dollars. The suit was to have some deeds set aside which were made by B. P. Way and wife to B. C. Way on the ground that no val uable consideration had been made and the purpose of the transfer was "to delay, hinder and defraud the rights of the plaintiff and other cred itors." The suit was strongly con tested and ended in a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff. A notice of appeal to the Supreme court was giv- A hearing was held before Judge Devin Friday in regard to Edgar S. Weaver who had been committed to jail by Justice of the Peace H. W. Noe for failure to pay some costs in a trial which occurred several weeks ago and of which an account was giv en in this newspaper. Mr. Weaver was represented by attorney E. Wal ter Hill and Attorney C. R. Whw'-ly appeared for the other side. Judge Devin decided that Weaver had been unlawfully restrained and ordered him discharged from custody. Harry G. Davis, colored, was grant ed a divorce from his wife Myrtle Davis on the ground of five years sep aration. The suit was uncontested and the defendant was taxed with the costs. . :l: Three tax cases were herd in which the town of Morehead City was the plaintiff, and Mrs. Keithley Willis, Mrs. Gertie Willis and Mrs. Julia Ar thhur were defendants. It appeared that M. L. Mansfield had paid several years taxes on the property of the defendants and they had been allow ed from March court until June to pay the advances made by him and had failed to do so. It was order- ed Jhat Ms be given possession of the property. A temporary restraining order a gainst the Atlantic Beach Corpora tion in favor of W. L. Arthur was continued. This was concerning a roadway on the beach which the Beach Corporation was about to re move. Boys Hurt In Accident Making Good PrOSXeSS The three Beaufort youths who were injured in an aeroplane crash at West Beaufort Wednesday a week ago, an account of which apepared in list week's 'News, are reported to be making good progress towards recov ery. Henry Wilson Hatsell who was hurt the worst, having a leg broken, nose broken and other injuries is now considered to have a good chance for recovery. Jack Longest who sus tained cuts over and under his right eye and was bruised up considerably is ablt to sit up now and will soon leave the Emergency Hospital. Jul ius Duncan who was taken to the Morehead City hospital and who was badly bruised and had an injury to his right eye is getting along very well no wand will soon be out again. Walter Arthur who was taken to the Emergency Hospital last Thurs day badly scalded is said to be mak ing satisfactory progress and will re cover, lie works at tne layiors Creek fish factory and was scalded when a steam valve burst. Mr. C. T. Eubanks who has been in the hospit al for several weeks left Sunday for his home in the country. Other pa tients who are receiving treatment there now and getting along very well are: Clifford Lewis of Beaufort who has rheumatism, Willie Willis, of Davis, rheumatism, Edward Rose, Harker's Island, stomach trouble, Wesly Willis of Wfltiston, trench mouth. FISHING VESSEL LEAVES FOR FERNANDINA, FLA. The menhaden fishing boat W. B. Blades, Captain Harry Parkin in uuuua. iu ouiui vcsai-ia vi liic , rt . .-in 'et county will fish in Florida waters until the early fall. Before Supreme Court Tax Anticipation Notes Have Been Issued And The Question Is Can Funding Bonds Be Is sued To Take Them Up? Test Cases From Duplin County And One From. Durham; Many Counties Are Interested Vocational Teachers Will Hold Convention Raleigh, June 23 One hundred and forty-four teachers of vocational agriculture from 80 counties of the State will essemble for their annual conference at N. C. State College, Raleigh, on June 29, 30, and July 1, according to Roy H. Thomas, State Supervisor of Vocational Agriculture. During the three-day meeting the teachers of agriculture will plan their program of work for the com ing year. The group will be organ ized, stated Mr. Thomas, so that State and district programs will be mapped out. The program will con sist of profesional and agricultural divisions with emphasis on the latter. Robert D. Maltby, Regional Agent for Agricultural Education for the South, and a man from the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, will be present to help in the formation of the annual program. Another factor to be discussed will be how teachers of agriculture can use outlook material in their teach ing. The discussion on this subject will point out how the teachers can use the outlook information in their all-day, part-time and evening class es. On two mornings instruction in to bacco grading, under the direction of Frank B. Wilkinson, Chief of the To bacco Section of the United States Department of Agriculture, and his assistants, will be given to the teach ers. This instruction will enable the 144 teachers to carry to 12,500 per sons in their classes information on the desirable way of getting their tobacco ready for the market. WAR VETERANS SHOULD FILE THEIR CLAIMS NOW The last Congress passed an act ex tending the time for a World War veteran to make claim for what is due under lapsed insurance. That act 1 provides that suit may be brought in 1 the U. S. district courts or in .the Supreme court of the district of Co lumbia, if the claim is not allowed by the Veterans' Bureau. If there are any veterans in Car teret county who have the right to make claims as referred to they should file their claims before the 3rd of July. The News will be glad to give any information that is able to any who are inteersted in the mat ter. MARRIAGE LICENSES Helen Hulen, Pollocksville and Ad eline Benson, colored, Beaufort. Kelly Guthrie and Lucile Lewis, Morehead Ciyt. TIDE TABLE Information as to the tioes 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 Low Tida June 26 10:26 A. M. friday, 4:39 A. M. 5:13 P. M. 10:59 P. M. Saturday, June 27 M. 11:36 A. M. M. 11:19 P. M. 5:36 6:06 6:28 6:57 Sunday, June 28 - M. 12:29 M. ' 12:12 Monday, June 29 M. 1:18 A. P. A. P. A. 7:16 A. 7:45 P. 8:05 A. 8:31 P. M. 1:05 Tuetday, June 30 M. 2 :05 M. 1:51 P. Wednesday, July 1 A. M. 2:46 A. P. M. 2:37 P. Thursday, July 2 A.. M. 3:28 A. S:51 0:15 9:39 9:57 M. P. M. 3:23 P. M. By M. R. DUNNAGAN Raleigh, June 22 The North Car olina Supreme Court has before it now the first constitutional problem arising from the actions of the 1931 session of the General Assembly and one of importance to many of the 100 counties and 432 municipalities in the State. Two test cases before the court, one from Duplin, the other from Durham, were argued Saturday, in order that the problem may be disposed of as soon as possible. The status is that many units of government have issued tax anticipa tion notes to pay current expenses and to be repaid from later revenues. Some of the units failed to collect sufficient revenues to meet these notes. The 1931 Local Government Act permits funding these notes by issuance and selling of bonds, the bonds and interest being payable from an unlimited tax upon all tax able property" of the unit, thus mak ing it a "special purpose tax. The court is to decide whether such funded bonds are for a special pur pose, in that the present economic condition makes it an emergency, as is provided in the Local Government Act, and such bonds retired by spec-' ial tax levies; or whether such a tax would be for general current expen ses and, therefore, against the con stitutional prohibition of a levy of more than 15 cents on the $100 property valuation for current op- This action has a bearing on the law recently enacted - which would -permit 30-odd counties to levy taxes for court and jail costs and expenses of the quadriennial revaluation of property as special purposes and in addition to the 15-cent limit for gen eral expenses. Belief is that this act is unconstitutional, but was enacted as a method of "keeping county com missioners out of jail" for exceeding the 15-cent limit of tax levy. Dr. Charles E. Brewer, president of Meredith College, has been elect ed National Councilor of the Junior Order United American Mechanics and national headquarters of the or der will be in Raleigh for the next two years. Dr. Brewer is the second Raleigh man to become national head of the order, the late W. E. Faison having held the. office several years ago. Dr. Brewer has been Vic Councilor for two years, by permis sion of the trustees of the college. Lett Can Sajrt Gardner "Where," asked Governor O. Max Gardner in a radio talk last week and referring to the estimated amount of money annually sent out of this State for food and feed "where i this $150,000,000 to come from this year? Can it come from cheap cot ton and cheap tobacco this fall? Do- you think we are not going to have cheap cotton and cheap tobacco this fall? Let's can and preserve and con serve every dollars worth of the sur plus vegetables, fruits and food stuffs we raise,' he pleaded, saying that "Last year we allowed between $5, '000,000 and $10,000,000 of vege tables and fruits to dry up and rot and waste.' He asked those who ; could not gather and keep their pro duce to invite their neighbors or ten ants or relatives or friends in town : to come get and preserve it. I "Let's not. only produce the $30, 000,000 additional of food and feed stuffs that we set for our goal in 1 1931, but let's also save it, once we Lhave produced it. Let us raise something to eat and then save all we raise. I could think of nothing more comforting right now than t feel sure there would be no soup kitchens, bread lines and stark hun ger in this State this year," he said Captain Charles D. Farmer, of the State Highway Patrol, has started his school for three weeks to train 100 "rookies' to fill about 35 places on the patrol, which is to be increased jfrom the original 37 to 60. The M. training ground will be around a pa M. ivillion on the beach near Morehead City and the lieutenants who trained two yeare ago in Pennsylvania will be instructors. While the General Assembly did not actually increase the number of patrolmen, it did give the State High way Commission leeway to make such changes and additions as were con ( Continued on Daee 8)