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VOLUME XX
8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1931
I CCE 5c SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 27
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Tax Relief For State
May Be Realized Soon
Reports Are That Many Counties Have Reduced
Tax Rates; State Support of Schools and
Roads Relieves Counties of That Much of the
Load; State Saves Large Sum on Gasoline
Br M. R. DUNNAGAN
Raleigh, July 13 "If the people
are as insistent upon tax relief in
July as they are now " is the be
ginning of a statement by Governor
O. Max Gardner while the General
Assembly wa3 in session. His mean
ing was that if the people back home
made the same demands for tax re
lief upon their local officers as they
were making on the State, then they
would get plenty of relief.
The relief sought is being given.
In many instances reports are that
county and city officials are slasihng
budgets and cutting expenses for
next year. The Tax Commission's
report, showing that more than $12,
000,000 is being taken from the prop
erty tax bill in the State, nearly nine
and two thirds millions in the schools
and more than two and one-half mil
lions in roads, will be welcomed in.
formation for property owners, even
if a State deficit does develop.
And this reduction must be reflect
ed In the individual tax bill. The
counties are required to reduce lo
cal taxes by that much, and can ex.
ceed the difference by only three
cents, and then with the approval of
the Local Government Commission.
The result will be greater than that
of the "million dollar rain," in that
it will be more than $12,000,000 re
lief. Save Money on Gu
While the amount is ideflnite, es
timates place the savings on the one
item of gasoline alone for the pres
ent fiscal year at $150,000 to $200,
000 on the approximately 10 million
gallons that will be used by the
State's agencies, as a result of the
contracts enter into last Friday be
tween.,the Division of Purchase and
Contract and the Taxes Company for
the supply. Supplies for about sev
en counties will come from six small
er firms, the Texas company supply
ing the remainder of the State.
The contracts give the State the
benefit of all local price wars, in that
the price is so much less than the
published service station price in ef
fect at the time and point of deliv
ery, the big contract being 6.15
cents less than tank car prices; 5.15
cents less than tank wagon prices,
and 3.15 cents less than service sta
tion prices.
This division has called for bids on
nearly 10,000 pneumatic tires and
slightly more than that many tubes
and 200 solid tires, to be opened next
Friday. This supply is the estimat
ed needs of the State Highway
Commission, public schools, universi
ties and colleges, hospitals, training
schools, correctional institutions, ex
periment stations and State depart
ments for the fiscal year. The sav
ings on tires by bulk purchase will
range from 30 to 50 per cent of the
prices formerly paid by the counties
and other units and will probably ap
proach $200,000. These two items
gasoline and tires, give fully three
fourths of the $400,OJ3 savings prom
ised by Governor Gardner through
this division, belief being that it will
approximate a million dollars a year
In totals.
Large Stat Deficit
'. .The deficit in tke operation of tb
State for the past two years reached
$2,230,064, the Budget Bureau re
ports, or within close range of the
difference the General Assembly Of
1929 left between its oppropriations
and the amount of revenues antici
pated from the taxes levied. The
drop in the expected revenues wa3
more than taken care of by the re
duction of 10 and 20 per cent made
by the Governor in appropriations to
State agencies. The deficit was larg
er by some $480,000 because that
much in Schedule B license taxes
should have been collected in June,
but delayed because of the long Gen
ral Assembly session.
Even though running the deficit,
the State's credit is unexcelled, for
it was ab!- to sell $2,300,000 in rev
enue antL'pation notes last week to
take care of this deficit at the remark
ably low interest rate of 2.25 per
cent, one of the lowest rates ever se
cured by North Carolina.
The new State Board of Agricul -
ture, composed of five farmers, rep -
resenting five major farming divis -
ions, general, truck, tobacco, cotton
and livestock, held its first regular
meeting last week, when Commission -
er William A. Graham made his re-
(Continued cn page eight) .
DR. CLIFFORD W. LEWIS WILL
PRACTICE MEDICINE HERE
Dr. Clifford W. Lewis, a native
son of Beaufort, has decided to lo
cate here for the practice of his pro
fession. He will have offices in the
Potter Emergency Hospital building
and will have office hours twice a
week at Davis and once a week at I
Atlantic. He is the son of the Rev-j
erend W. W. Lewis ind Mrs. Lewis
wholive on Ann street in Beaufort. 1
Dr. Lewis received his early!
schooling at the Beaufort Graded;
school and after graduation here he j
entered the University of N. C. and I
received an A. B. degree. Dr. Lewis 1
1 studied medicine at the Medical Col- i
lege of Virginia and received his M.
D. degree. Dr. Lewis studied medi
cine a tthe Medical College of Vir
ginia and received his M. D. degree
there. Dr. Lewis has also had wide
experience in hospital work. He serv
ed lor atime in Retreat for the Sick
Hospital in Richmond, later he was
with the City Memorial Hospital in
Winston-Salem which is one of the
largest in the State. Dr. Lewis was
chosen as a member of the staff of
Welch Hospital number one, Welch,
W. Va. This is a large state insti
tution which pays especial attention
to surgery. Dr. Lewis has many
friends in Beaufort Who are glad to
have him locate here.
SNAKE SWALLOWS DOORKNOB
THINKING IT AN EGG
Too great fondness for chicken and
eggs brought to an untimely end a
large chicken snake killed by J. T.
(Smoker) Small of the Core Creek
community. Mr. Small had missed a
good many eggs from his nests and
had also found three half grown
chickens dead and with their head
and throats mashed and the blood
apparently sucked out of them.
On Friday Mr. Small made a
search for the marauder and under
a hen s nest found a large chicken
snake about five feet lonsr and a
smaller one about two feet long.
Both were killed and upon examina
tion it was found that the large
snake had swallowed a door knob
which had been in the nest. The
knob was put into the nest to make
the hen think it was an era and it
seems the snake was also fooled. The
large snake with the knob inside and
the bar on which the knob is fasten
ed sticking out of its side was brought
to town and seen by a large number
of people.
Two U. S. Senators
Pay Beaufort A Visit
It is a rather rare event for Beau
fort to have a visit from a United
States Senator but yesterday she was
honored with the presence of two at
one time. They were Senators Cam
eron Morrison and Josiah Bailey. The
Senators have been spending several
days in Morehead City and yesterday
they were in Beaufort for a short
time. They talked with several per
sons and shook hands with quite a
number.
As far as the News has leraned the
visit of Messrs. Bailey and Morrison
to the county has no special political
significance. Senator Bailey is down
on a vacation trip and Senator Mor
rison was booked for a speech to the
soldiers at Camp Glenn today. Mr.
Morrison will come up for re-election
next year, having been appoint,
ed to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Senator Overman. One can
didate has already. announced himself
in opposition to the Senator and sev
eral others are prospective candi
dates. Senator Bailey was elected
last November for a six year term
and is not bothered about any oppo
sition next year. He has a contest
with his Republican opponent Mr.
Pritchard on hand though which may
or may not give him some trouble.
WATERMELON CUTTING
J The Lina Bumpass Bible Class of
1 the Methodist Sunday School will
'have an old-fashioned watermelon
cutting on the lawn of Mrs. J. II.
'. Stubbs, Thursday, July 1C, from 7
! P. M. to ? Charges will be noinknl,
ten cents, and everyone is invited to
come and have a good time.
Officers Make Raids
And Arrest Several
Sheriff E. M. Chadwick and sev
eral deputies and police officers went
on raids yesterday afternoon and
rounded up several alleged offenders
against the prohibition laws. The
defendants were all brought to
Beaufort and this morning had pre
liminary hearings before Justice of
the Peace H. W. Noe who bound
them all over to Recorder's Court.
Those who were put under arrest
were Clarence Low, known as "Fat"
who runs the place known as the
"Log Cabin" near the entrance to
the driveway of Morehead Villa, Lee
Garner, Morehead Bluffs, Mrs. Cal
lie Noles, who runs the Lone Pine
filling station and Nat Eborn. The
officers said they found considerable
quantities of "home brew" at Low's
and Garner's places and about six
gallons of whiskey at Mrs. Noles' es
tablishment. Nat Eborn was charged
with being drunk and having liquor
in his possession. W. W. Kellum who
runs a filling station in the Morehead
Bluffs community was also put
der arrest by the sheriff. This was
done on request of Lenoir county au
thorities who wanted him on some
criminal charge.
POLICE COURT DEFENDANTS
SENT TO RECORDER'S COURT
There were three hearings in Po
lice Court last Friday and one case
was continued. The defendant in the
latter case Elizabeth Fulford was too
sick to come to court. She was charg
ed with an assault upon Hettie
Rhodes with a knife. All of the de
fendants involved are colored peo
ple. ' i
Sam Rhohdes charged with an as
sault upon Mamie Grady was held far
Recorder's Court. He admitted that
he was guilty. . Bond of $25 was, re
quired. James Fulford was also bound over
to Recorder's Court under a $25
bond. The charge against him was
striking Littie Stanly with his fist.,'
He denied striking her but said he':
shoved her out of his way.
Fannie Chadwick , charged with
profanity, admitted the profanity but
said she was not drunk. The Mayor
fined her $1 and costs.
MASS MEETING POSTPONED
TO NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT
The mass meeting which the Board
of Town Commissioners intended hav
ing Wednesday evening was cancell
ed. This was due to the fact that
C. M. Johnson, director of the Local
Government Commission, was un
able to attend. He has informed the
board that he can be here next Tues
day evening and so the meeting has
been set for that time.
The town's financial condition is
the subject to be considered at the
mass meeting and it is hoped that
some plan can be worked out to im
prove the same. All citizens who are
interested are invited to be nresenfclW. M. BELL OF WASHINGTON
at the city hall at 7:30 Tuesday ev
ening.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Edgar F. Fulcher Stacy, and Es
ther Mason Atlantic.
Friends of Mr. D. W. Morton were
congratulating him today on the fact
that he had reached his 66th birth
day. His health is good and his
chances for passing a good many
more milestones along life's pathway
seem bright.
PROPERTY TAX REDUCTION IS ASSURED
BY REASON OF RECENT LEGISLATION
By M. R. DUNNAGAN
Raleigh, July 14 Property tax
payers in the 100 counties of North
Carolina will receive an average tax
reduction for roads and schools of
41 cents on the $100 valuation, or a
total of $12,167,849, based on a to
tal State valuation of $2,975,208,279
according to figures just made public
by Dr. Fred W. Morrison, of The
Tax Commission, as a result of the ac
tion of the 1931 General Assembly.
These figures show that the tax re
duction provided under the 15 cent
levy for current expenses of school
operation for six months will amount
to an average of 32.5 cents on the
$100, or a total of $9,652,491, while
the net reduction for roads and
bridges will be an average of 8.5
cents on the $100, or a total of $2, -
j5515,38. The 15. cent levy for: higher ;n rate. Taxes for current
j school operation will amount to $4-, 1 expenses of the six months school
: 462,807, the compilation shows. The were at ther ate of 60.3 cents, pro
.'tax levy for roads and bridges in iducing $87,526, while the 15 cent
; 1930 totaled $5,232,113, in addition levy provided for this purpose will
.to the $2,736,755 in State aid forbiing only $21,772, a reductiton of
roads, devoted largely to debt ser-i $65,754 in amount and 45.3 cents in
vice of the counties. ,the rate, the table shows.
N. C. P. A. MEETINGl0 fT11 t
imvm T 1 . ,r Fought Out In Court
WHAT !
Publishers To Meet At Villa
Hotel 5 Met There Several
Years Ago
The annual meeting of the North
Carolina Press Association will take
place next week and will be held at
Morehead Villa. Several yeras ago
the association met there and has
met in Morehead City a great many
times, more in fact than in any oth
e.' town.
When the publishers were at the
Villa before, the bridge between
Beaufort and Morehead City had not
been completed and that across
Bogue Sound had not been started.
The county also had but few paved
roads at that time, so the newspaper
folks will see that considerable im
provements have been made.
The meeting opens Wednesday
night, the chief feature of the occa
!sion wil1 be an address by President
Un-iGranam of the University of N. C.
Tne address of welcome will be made
by Charles S. Wallace of Morehead
City. The program which has been
arranged provides for considerable
recreation as well as business. It is
as follows:
Wednesday Evening, July 22nd
8 O'clock
Invocation Rev. B. B. Slaugh
ter, Pastor Morehead City Methodist
Church.
Welcome C. S. Wallace, More
head City.
Address Dr. Frank Graham,
President University of North Caro
lina. Appointment of Committees.
Announcements.
Thursday Morning, July 23rd
10 A. M.
President's Address J. W. Noell,
Roxboro Courier.
Report of Secretary-Treasurer
Beatrice Cobb.
Progress of the Audit Lee- B.
eWathers, Chairman, Special Audit
Committee.
: Report of the Legislative Com
mittee J. L. Home, Jr., Chairman.
Discussion--- - .. . ... .
Announcements
Thursday Afternoon, July 23rd
Given over to recreation
Bathing, Boating, Fishing Option
al.
Thursday Evening, July 23rd
7 O'clock
Dinner Courtesy Morehead Villa
Management.
Stunt Program Directed by Jno.
Park
Address E. B. Jeffres, Chair
man N. C. Highway Commission.
Musical Program Oliver Naylor and
his Band.
9:30 Variety and Musical Pro
gram at Atlantic Beach Pagoda R.
W. Cordon, Host.
( Continued on page 8)
DIES FROM HEART ATTACK
Information was received here last
Thursday, July 9, of the death of
William M. Bell of Washington, N. C.
His death was very sudden and was
attributed to heart failure. Mr. Bell
was engaged in the jewelry business
in Washington and had been a prom
inent figure in the commercial life of
that city for many years. He was a
brother of Mr. B. A. Bell of Beau
fort. He is also survived by his wid
ow Mrs. Jennie Bell, two sons David
H. Bell and W. M. Bell Jr., and sev-
eral grandchildren.
In one county, Clay, the tax rate
will have to be increased 13.2 and
produce $3,185 more than previous-
ly, this being the only county which
does not get a reduction. Thirty
counties get reductions of 50 cents
or more, and in only seven of the
counties is the reduction, less, than
25 cents on the$100.
Carteret county will get a reduc
tion of 39.7 cents in rate and $57,615
in the amount of taxes paid, on a
valuation of $14,515,048, the compil
ation shows.
Carteret county levied a tax rate
of 11 cents for roads and bridges in
1930, bringing in $18,870, while the
State aid for roads and bridges a
mounted to $27,009, used largely for
debt service. This gives a net loss
to the county for roads and bridges
'for this year of $8,139 or 5.6 cents
An indictment which grew out of
a collision between a car and a truck
wa sthe principal case tried in Re
corder's Court Tuesday. The acci
dent happened on the east driveway
of the courthouse grounds on May
20. L. A. Wickizer was the pros
ecuting witness and C. N. Hobbs the
defendant, both well known More
head City residents.
The case was sent up to Record
er's Court on appeal from a decis
ion of Justice of the Peace Frank
King who had decided aginst the de
fendant. Attorney Alvah Hamilton
represented Mr. Hobbs and Solicitor
Phillips prosecuted the case. Both
siddes made a hard fight. Attorney
C. R. Wheatly appeared in the role
of a witness for the prosecution in
stead of his usual one of counsel for
one side or the other.
As is usually the case in auto ac
cidents there was quite a difference
in the statement of facts by the wit
ness. Each side trie dto put the
blame on the other. It was agreed
however by all that Mr. Hobbs back
ed his truck into the roadway and
that the Wickizer car coming up the
drive about the same time collided
with it. The truck was damaged
very little. The running board of
the car was torn up rather badly.
John Glover, young Morehead City
man was the driver of Mr. Wickizer s
car. Judge uavis saia tne evidence
was contradictory and that he did
not think it sufficient to convict Mr.
Hobbs of the charge of reckless driv
ing therefore he dismissed the action.
James Fiilford, young colored man
of Beaufort charged with an assault
upon Lottie Stanly, said he shoved
her. Judgment was suspended pro
vided he paid the costs, otherwise he
has to serve 30 days in jail.
Sam Rhodes colored, also of Beau
fort, for striking Mamie Grady with
his fist was also put under a 30 day
suspended sentence. Mamie said the
reason he struc her was that she had
"quit going with him." She seem
ed to bear no ill will and shortly af
ter ssntence was pronounced they
were chatting together in a friendly
fashion.
Joe Washington, colored man who
is on one of the Coast Guard boats,
submitted to the charge of carrying
a pistol. Chief Nelson of Morehead
City said that was his first offense
and that he was not a bad fellow and
seemed to think he had a right to
carry weapons. Judge Davis con
tinued prayer for judgment for 12
monts and required him to pay the
costs or spend 60 days in jail.
Matthew Marshall, 18 year old
white youth, charged with possess
ing . and transporting liquor admit
ted having soma but said he was not
selling it. Chief Nelson recommend
ed mercy for him and the Judge took
the same view of the matter. He
was required to pay the costs and
given a 60 day sentence, the capias,
not to issue if the defendant does
not violate the law again.
The case of Thos. Campen charg
ed with issuing a worthless check was
taken up but as the alleged worthless
check was not. in evidence the case
was noli prossed with leave to take
up again.
Morehead City Plant's
Valuation Is $250,000
In its report of the proceedings of
the Board of County Commissioners
last week this newspaper stated that
the valuation of the water and light
plant at Morehead City was fixed at
$24,000. This was just one of those
unaccountable errors that slips into
newspaper occasionally. The valua
tion put upon this property was
$250,000 which means of 'course that
the county and Morehead will derive
a large amount of taxes terefrom.
When the property was owned by
Morehead City it paid no taxes at all.
j It is now owned by the International
.Public Utilities Corporation.
The Gulf Refining Company'3 bulk
plant at Morehead City, recently
completed had a valuation of $24,000
put on it.
NEW PHARMACIST HERE
Mr. O. L. Umstead of Durham ar
rived here last wesk and is employed
with the Joe House Drug Store. Mr.
Umstead is a registered pharmacist
and has had a number of years ex
perience in the drug business.
HEAVY WEIGHT TOMATOES
Three tomatoes growing all in a
bunch that weighed four and a half
pounds were on exhibition in the
store r f Mr. Een Jones this morning.
They were grown by Mr. S. C Da
vis of Gloucester who presented them
to Mr. John Foila.v. The tomatoes
were riot only large but remarkable
fine in other respects.
TOWN FINANCES
KNOTTY PROBLEM
High Tax Rate Is Possible;
Budget For Next Year Is
Published
The city Board of Commissioners
held about a two hours session last
Friday night in spite of the hot
weather. For the most part the
commissioners wrestled with problems
of finance and taxes. The budget
for the next fiscal year was submit
ted by City Clerk Thomas and there
was general discussion of it. All
members were present and Mayor
Taylor presided over the meeting.
The budget, which is printed else
where in the News, shows what the
town owes and what revenue will
have to be raised to meet all demands
fo rthe fiscal year July 1931 to July
1932. City Clerk Thomas told the
board that a tax rate of $3.70 would
be necessary to meet the situation un
less a large sum could be raised from
some other source. This situation, he
said is because previous boards have
not been levying a high enough rate
to meet all expenses. After a good
deal of talking it was decided that a
public meeting should be held and
citizens invited to attend and express
their opinions on the subject. Com
missioner Gibbs offered a motion,
which carried that State Treasurer
O'Berry and Local Government direc
tor C. M. Johnson be invited to at
tend the meeting. The meeting was
set for Wednesday night at 7:30
o'clock at the city hall.
The matter of appointing police of
ficers was taken up. Gherman Hol
land was appointed unanimously to
the position wheh he now holds. Ac
tion on the appointment of a night
watchman was continued. Applica
tions for positions on the force were
filed by D. M. Jones, G. W. Styron
and John Pake. An application for
the position of City Clerk by G. W.
Ireland who offered to work for $60
a month, was read and filed. This
position had been filled at a previous
meeting. R. L. Smith and Thomas
Noe applied for jobs on the street
force. No action was taken. On
motion of Commissioner King sec
onded by Commissioner Rumley, G.
W. Duncan was appointed City At
torney. The board then recessed
subject to the call of the Mayor.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Norman R. Webb et al to Marion
S. Webb, 2 part lots Moreehad City,
for $2000.
David M. Webb to Bettie Webb,
part lot Morehead City, for $10."
Bessie Webb. Guardian, to D. M.
Webb, 1-6 interest in 2 lots Morehead
Uty, for $10.
Neal O. Wade and wife to C. Manly
Wade, 1 lot Moreehad City, for $10.
Jefferson Standard Life Ins. Co.,
to A. Witschard, tract Moreehad
Bluffs, for $12,516.14.
C. L. Willis and wife to Llewellyn
Phillips, 2 lots Moreehad City, for
$10.
W. J. Plint and wife to Bank of
Moreehad City, 1 lot Morehead City;
for $100.
C. R. Wheatly, Trustee to Osey G.
Wheatly, part lot Beauofrt, for $135.
F. M. Simmons and wife to Asso
ciated Activities Inc. nart lot Bean-
fort, 1 lot Moreehad City, for $100.
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.
High Tide Low Tiia
'Friday, July 17
9:12 A. M. 3:06 A. M.
9:34 P. M. 3:06 P. M.
Saturday, July 18
10:05 A. M. 3:51 A. M.
10:25 P. M. 4:01 P. M.
Sunday, July 19
10:58 A. M. 4:39 A. M.
11:01 P. M. 5:00 P. M.
Monday, July 20
11:17 A. M. 5:28 P. M.
11:54 P. M. 6:01 P. M.
Tuesday, July 21
12:12 A. M. 6:19 A. M.
12:55 P. M. 7:05 P. M.
Wednesday, July 22
1:14 A. M. 7:11 A. M.
1:56 P. M. 8:12 P. M.
Thursday, July 23
2:16 A. M. 8:09 A. M.
2:58 P. M. 9:20 P. M.