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VOLUME XX
8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1931
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NUMBER 31
Most State Officials
Will Have Opposition
It Seems That Seven Will Be Opposed State
Treasurer O 'Berry Will Have No Trouble
and Mayble Insurance Commissioner
Boney and State Superintendent
Allen Will Get By Unscathed.
BY M. R. DUNNAGAN
RALEIGH, July 27. In only
four of the 11 elective State offices
to be filled at the next election, one
constitutional and three statutory,
has there been no talk of candidates
to oppose the incumbents, and pre
diction is made that not all of the
four, possibly none of them, will have
opposition. All of the other seven, in
the present light, will have to enter
the primary.
Captain Nathan O'Berry, State
Treasurer, if he stands for re-election
is not expected to be opposed. He
has the support of all elements and
no candidate could hope to make
headway against him. If he should
decide not to seek the office again,
it would let down the bars to a flock
of candidates.
Nor is there likely to be opposition
to Dan C Boney, Insurance Commis
sioner. His record of ability and effi
ciency for about four yean now is
expected to bear the closest scrutiny.
And it is not likely that Dr. A. T. Al
len will be opposed as State Super
intendent of Public Instruction. So
far there has been no intimation of
a contender. These two officials ap
pear safe from opposition. In fact,
there was not the slightest suggestion
of an attack on either in the recent
Legislative session whicH started at
tacks on all other elective officers
with the "short ballot." They alone
appeared immune.
Just what will happen to Stanley
Winborne, who comes up for election
for the six-year term as member of
the Corporation Commission, is prob
lematical. Mr. Winborne is a Gard
ner appointee, although he was plac
ed in position in the fight on the
Banking Division as opposing his
chief. He sided with the other two
members in attempting to keep this
division with the commission, where
as, Governor Gardner was fighting
for a separate Banking Department.
Whether this fight has alienated the
Gardner support remains to be seen.
But the other three officers who,
it is assumed, will seek to retain their
offices, are expected to have to fight
for them. The latest intimation is
that Chester Bell, assitant superinten
dent and auditor at State's Prison,
will oppose Stata Auditor Baxter
Durham. Mr Bell was formerly au
ditor of Cumberland county. He is
an active American Legion member
and will make a bid for support of the
veterans. Secretary of State J. A.
Hartness will be opposed, apparent
ly, by Stacy Wade, former State In
surance Commissioner, with a possi
bility that Robert Grady Johnson, of
Pender county, a cousin of Charles
M. Johnson, Director of Local Gov
ernment, may be a contender.
It is not likely that William A.
Graham, Commissioner of Agricul
ture, can get by uno pposed. He and
the Gardner admini. nation are not
on the best of terms, an 1 any respec
table candidate could get support.
Whether enough to unhorse the com
missioner remains to be seen. George
Watts Hill, Durham, has considered
this race, but probably will not run.
Laurie McEachern, Hoke County, is
considering it, but is not widely
known. Col. W. J. Harrelson, of the
Conservation and Development De
partment, took a crack at the "Methu
slated and Wattsizcd" Department of
Agriculture last week. Commissioner
Graham came back strong, answering
the attack, referring to the Gardner
fight on him and mentioning the
rankling episode in which he was ig
nored in the naming of delegates to
the industrial and agricultural con
ference two years ago in Asheville
Harrelson closed up and a "hatchet
burying" incident is under way.
A flock of candidates will be after
the new Department of Labor job.
Tom P. J'mison, Charlotte, colorful
preacher turned lawyer and exponent
of labor, has announced. Major A,
Jj. Fletcl ;r, deputy Insurance Com
missioner, has said he expects to an
nounce. It begins to look a little
more like J. Dewey Dorsett, member
of the Industrial Commission, may
get into that race, or it may be that
Thad Eure, clerk of the recent House
of Representatives, will enter the con-
test. R. R. Lawn nee, president of j name of the vessel that was burned
the State Federatiff?rtf Labor, is con- j some months ago.
sidering it, while Mrs. John L. Scott, '
Greensboro, daughter of the late Dr. A chemical process has been in
Chailes D. Mclver, has bee mention- vented in Norway to keep fish fresh
(Continued on page five) for a month.
Speeders Sentenced
In Municipal Court
Nine unfortunates were haled into
the Municipal Court Friday afternoon
at three o'clock and received senten
ces or continuences from Mayor Bay
ard Taylor. Speeding seemed to pre
dominate among those who graced
the Police Court blotter this week.
Charlie Taylor local Negro ice-
wagonman, readily submitted to the
charge of being drunk on the 18th
of July. This being his first time
before Mayor Taylor, he got off with
a fine of one dollar and costs.
After admitting cursing and dis
orderly conduct on July 17, Polk
Johnson was fined ten dollars and
costs or thirty days on the streets,
this being his third trip before the
present mayor. Curtis Oden, also
colored, testified in this case.
James Wigfield, colored, admitted
exceeding the twenty-miles-per hour
traffic regulation and received a sen
tence of ten dollars and costs.
William Thomas Oden, colored
youth, had a misunderstanding July
18, and after several witnesses had
been examined, Mayor Taylor ex
pressed the opinion that no one had
suffered seriously, so he let the
youthful Oden off with a fine of one
dollar and costs or ten days with the
street gang.
Vance Golden, white youth, admit
ted speeding and was fined ten dol
lars and costs.
Mike Bennett, colored man,
was up for giving a worthless check
for two dollars and fifty cents on the
Fourth of July. This he admitted
and was held for Recorder's Court
on a twenty-five dollar bond
G. D. Canfield, Morehead City
man, was charged with driving a car
under the influence of whiskey and
also for transporting liquor. C. R.
Wheatly, attorney for the defendant,
waived examination owing to the fact
that the court did not have the juris
diction to try the case Canfield was
bound over to Recorder's court under
a fifty-dollar bond.
For failing to stop at a stop cor
ner, Abner Rouse, a stranger, was
fined two-fifty.
Currie Hair, also a stranger, was
fined ten dollars for speeding.
The case of Tom Noe, charged
with speeding, was continued until
next Friday.'
RIDES BICYCLES FROM
NEW BERN TO BEAUFORT
"Pat" Skarren, newspaper man
from New Bern and other large cities,
and Ray McCosley, felt rather ener
getic last Saturday, so they hops on
a bicycle apiece and kicked off the
long 40 miles from New Bern here.
quoting "Pat" he said: "The next
time I attempt to leg it 40 miles on a
bicycle, I'm going to hook a bovine
of some sort in front of my pullman
ana let nim, or ner, do the power
work. I wasn't able to sit down for
a week "
New Fisheries Boat
Now In Commission
Moreehad City, July 30
The new State fisheries boat
"Wichita" arrived in the harbor here
early Friday morning from New York
city. While here Governor and Mrs.
Max Gardner were guests of Cap
tain John A. Nelson aboard the ves
sel. The Wichita cost $11,000 and is
considered an excellent bargain. She
was built in Brooklyn three years a
go and is said to have cost $75,000.
The boat is 65 feet lov and has a
beam of 18 feet. She k shallow
draft. The vessel is equipped with
Deisel engines, burns crude oil and
carries 1000 gallons. The deck
house contains the salon and pilot
house which is finished in walnut and
mahogany. Captain Leonard Nel
son brought the boat to Moreehad
City making the trip in about two
weeks. Since entering Carolina wa
ters the Wichita has been renamed
j the "John A. Nelson" which was the
CONVENTION WAS
GREAT OCCASION
Attendance Large But Not
What Wat Expected; Street
Parade Waa A Great
Show
The American Legion convention
held in Morehead City this week is a
thing of the past but its memory will
not fade for a long time to come. In
point of numbers it was not so large
as expected but it was a big. gather
ing any way, perhaps the largest ev
er held in Morehead City, the scene
of many conventions. Five thousand
people were expected' to attend the
Legion meeting but perhaps not
much more than half that number
really came. '
Beaufort had expected to' house
and feed the overflow but it did not
materialize. Some preparations had
been made to care for several hun
dred people, or more if necessary,
but not many came. The hotels and
boarding houses did have a few more
than usual for the week end and a
few stopped at some of the private
homes. The big rush did not hap
pen. '
Before the legionaires came re
ports had been in circulation that a
great deal of disorder might be ex
pected; drinking and rough conduct
generally. Not much of this happen
ed either. There was some drinking
and occasionally a group of merry
makers would get a little boisterous
but upon the whole it was a very or
derly gathering. In fact a majority
of those present were as well behav
ed people as one would see .any
where.
A religious and memorial service
A religious and memorial service
was held Sunday night at the C S.
Wallace school auditorium which was
attended by a large crowd. The
Reverend Frank S. Blue, department
chaplain, was in charge of this meet
ing. .;;
Monday the first business .session
of the convention was heldr43o
ernor Max Gardner addresed the con
vention and made a strong plea for
unity and harmony among all the
people of North Carolina. Senator
Morrison was on the program to in
troduce Senator Bailey but did not
come and Senator Bailey was intro
duced by Judge- Wilson Warlick of
Newton. Judge Hoyle Sink intro
duced Governor Gardner. Seryitor
Bailey gave warm praise to the Amer
ican soldiers of the late war, also
enthusiastically lauded the late Pres
ident Wilson and made a plea for
world peace.
Perhaps the speech that made the
biggest hit of the convention was that
of General A. J. Bowley, former com
mander of the Fort Bragg army post.
He was introduced by J. Y. Joyner
Jr., and in a short, witty and elo
quent speech aroused great enthusi
asm among his hearers. General
Manus McCloskey now in command
at Fort Bragg also made a short and
excellent address. Congressman Ab
ernethy addressed the convention and
aroused great enthusiasm when he
told them that he made it a rule to
vote for any thing they wanted and
expected to continue doing so as long
as he remained a member of Cong
ress. H. C. Bourne of Tarboro was un
animously elected Commander of the
legion for the coming year. The 1932
convention will be held in Asheville.
Harry Matthews of Asheville, Dixie
Moore of Kinston and Paul Dana of
Pinehurst were elected vice comman
ders. The Raleigh drum and bugle
corps won first prize in the competi
tive drills, with Greensboro second
and Charlotte third. The parade of
the various posts Monday afternoon
on Arendell street Morehead City,
was witnessed by thousands of peo
ple and was a brilliant spectacle.
The gay colors of the uniforms, the
music of the many bands and drum
corps aroused great enthusiasm and
much applause from the long line of
spectators. State patrolmen assist
ed by local officers, controlled the
traffic in a very efficient way. But
for them there would have been hope'
less confusion. Monday night an
enormous crowd went over to Atlan
tic Beach to witness a very fine dis
play of fireworks and to enjoy the
Seabreeze. The ball room floor there
was packed with dancers until the
early morning hours. The conven
tion adjourned Tuesday afternoon.
BIRTHS
Corn to Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Skar
ren of Beaufort, Sunday, July 26, , a
son.
Born to Mr. and Mrs, O. N. Ful
ford, of Harkers Island, Saturday,
July 25, a son.
Four cars of cucumbers grown for
ommercial picklers have been ship
ped by Lee County growres so far
this summer.
BIG BANK TRIAL
ON AT ASHEVILLE
Former U. S. Senator Lea And
Other Prominent Men Now
On Trial
Asheville, July, 29 Haywood
county, on the border of the Great
Smoky Mountain national park,, will
furnish the jury which will decide
the gilt or innocence of Colonel Luke
Lea and three others charged with
conspiracy to defraud the Central
(Bank and Trust company here of $1-
300,000. Judge M. V. Barnhill late
today ordered a special venire of 125
men from the neighbor county to re
port in Buncombe Superior court Fri
day morning when selection of a jury
is scheduled to get under way.
His order was made after defense
plea for a change of venue was de
nied. It came as the climax to three
days of defense motions, all but one
of which, that for a bill of partic
ulars, were denied.
On trial with Lea are Luke Lea,
Jr., and E. P. Charlet, officials of
Lea's Tennessee concerns, and Wal
lace B. Davis, president of the now
defunct bank, who is already under
a five year prison sentence for pub
lishing a false report of the bank's
condition before it closed.
Defense Motions Denied
Today the judge denied various
defense motions which sought to
have the indictment quashed after
prosecution counsel had announced it
would continue only on two charges
conspiracy and misapplication.
Later the two bills of . indictment
were consolidated so that trial of
both charges might be conducted at
one time. He also denied a second
and third plea for continuance. Sup
porting one of these, General Albert
Cox, of Raleigh, counsel for Lea, read
a petition and supporting affidavit
touching upon the career of the
Tennessee political leader and finan
cier. It also enumerated the various
criminal and civil actions filed against
him in the state courts of North Car
olina and Tennessee and in the fed
eral court for eastern Tennessee.
It questioned the authority of the
Buncombe Superior court to try
Lolonel Lea at this time due to a
conflict with the fideral courts in
Tennessee. Attached to the affidavit
were copies of telegrams from dis
trict Attorney Carter, in Tennessee,
who denied the government had
waived its jurisdiction over Lea.
Although the federal judge for
that district had informed Solictior
Zeb. V. Nettls that he would not set
a date for Lea's trial in that court
until the case here has been dispos
ed of, attorneys for the publisher ar
gued the right ot waive jurisdiction
lay with the district attorney and not
the judge. The petition drew sever
al sarcastic remarks from state's
counsel.
Continuance It Asked
After the motion for continuance
had been denied by Judge Barnhill,
Mr. Williams, for Davis, asked lor a
continuance because J. Charles Brad
ford, not now indicted but named in
the indictments as a co-conspirator,
is unable to attend the trial.
Bradford, former cashier of the
Central Bank and Trust company, at
tempted to kill himself soon after tha
first indictments were returned and
now is a patient in a Philadelphia
hospital The motion was denied.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Herbert H. Harris to Ruth S. Har
ris, 3 lots Morehead City, for $1000.
W. C. Garhom Com., to Dr. Ira C.
Long, 1 lot Morehead City, for $108
25. E. A. Council, Trustee to Chas. S.
Wallace, 1.7 acres, Morehead Town
ship, for $1.
Sam W. Morgan et al to Chas. L.
Abernethy, f lot Cape Lookout, for
$110.
Geo. D. Styron to Carrie Styron,
1 lot Beaufort, for $10.
W. O. Williams, Com. to C. M.
Jones, tract Beaufort Township, for
$100.
C. M. Jones to Loftm Motor Co.,
tract Beaufort Township, for $100.
NO TRIALS THIS WEEK
IN RECORDER'S COURT
There were no trials in Recorder's
Court Tuesday. Due to illness of Mrs.
,Aoles, whose case is to be tried by
a jury, she was unable to.be in court
and other cases for one reason or an
other were also continued.
Aheady there are several cases
awaiting trial and if many more are
added to the docket it appears that
the court will have a long session
next Tuesday and may go over into
Wednesday.
FinLfiJcial Condition
Of Beaufort Discussed
After A Good Deal of Debate The Board Decide
To Invite Bids on Water And Light Plant;
Local Government Commission Director
Johnson Was Present And Gave Advice
J. S. Whitehurst Dies
After Short Illness
Stricken with an attack of paraly
sis James Samuel Whitehurst, one of
Beaufort's best known and highly re
garded citizens passed away at his
home pn Live Oak street at about
one o'clock last Friday morning. The
stroke, which was the third that Mr.
Whitehurst had suffered in recent
years, occurred on Wednesday while
he was in a field on his farm near
town. He was brought home by men
working on the place and medical
aid was summoned and every thing
posible was done for him.
Mr. Whitehurst was born in Beau
fort January 3rd, 1869 and had liv
ed here all of his life. On August
21, 1889 he was united in marriage
with Miss Cora Morse of Peletier.
Two children were bor nto this union,
one of whom died in infancy and
the other Dr. E. B. Whitehurst who
died last year. Mr. Whitehurst is
survived by his wife Mrs. Cora
Whitehurst. No immediate relatives
by blood survive him.
Funeral services for the deceased
were conducted at the home Saturday
afternon by R verend J. P. Harris
pastor of the First Baptist church of
of which Mr. Whitehurst was a mem
ber and Reverend R. F. Munns pas
tor of Ann Street Methodist church.
Mr. Whitehurst belonged to the Ma
sonic order and members of the local
lodge conducted the burial service
according to the Masonic ritual. At
tho hmiAA t-ho rhnir anncr "Ahirlo Wifh
M nnH "Work fnr t.fc Mirfct U I
r.nminw" ".Tiio m T.oaiia r0wi
rendered a solo "Face to Face,
Many beautiful floral tributes were
sent by sympathizing friends
Interment was in Ocean View cem
etery. Active pallbearers were, Will
Arrington, Robert Dunn, Elbert
Dudley, George Norcom, J. Wallace
Mason, George Woolard. Honorary
pallbearers were Dr. S. W. Thomp
son, Dr. F. E. Hyde, Dr. Frank S tat
on, Dr. George Davis, F. R. Bell, Jo
seph House, C. Z. Chappell, J. H.
Potter Jr., John Jones, W. L. Arring
ton, Hugh Jones, Lon Hill, Ben Ar
rington, C. G. Gaskill, C. P. Dey, D.
H. Lewis, L. W. Hassell, M. Leslie
Davis U. E. Swann, Walter Longest,
J. H. Ives.
ERROR IN DATE CORRECTED
In the want column of this issue of
The News thes tatement is made that
Hancock and Moore will conduct a
pony penning near the lighthouse at
Cape Lookout on August the 16th.
Through a typographical error which
was not discovered until that part of
the paper had been printed, a wrong
date was given for the penning. In
stead of the 16th the date is Thurs
day the 6th day of August. This will
be the last penning of the season and
ponies and sheep will be for sale on
that day.
TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tides
at Beaufort !J 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 Tide
Friday, July 31
9:15 A. M. 3:01 A. M.
9:23 P. M. 1:02 P. M.
Saturday, Ag. 1
9:54 A. M. 3:36 A M.
10:05 P. M. 3:43 P. M.
Sunday, Aug. 2
10:32 A M. 4:09 A.
10:38 P. M. 4:25 P.
Monday, Aug. 3
10:50 A. M. 4:45 A.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
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M. 5:07 P.
Tuesday, Aug 4
M. " 5:21 A.
M. 5:52 P
11:16 A.
11:53 P.
Wednesday, Aug. Ir
A. M. 6:00 A.
P. M. 6:41 P.
11:56
12:35
M.
M.
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Thursday, Aug, 6
12:42 A. M. 6:45 A
1:24 P. M. 7:37 P.
READ fH NEWS WANT ADS
At a meeting held Tuesday night
at the city hall and which was par
ticipated in by several members of
the Board of Commissioners and
some forty or fifty citizens the ques
tion of the town's financial condition
was pretty thoroughly threshed out.
The meeting started at a few min-
utes past eight o'clock. Mayor Tay
lor presided over it and started the
discussion by calling on C. M. John
son, director of the State Local Gov
ernment Commission, to express his
views. Mr. Johnson spoke briefly
but to the point. He said that he
would talk frankly and invited others
to do the same thing. He said Beau
fort owes too much money and its tax
rate is too high. The town to in de
fault $135,000, its credit is gone and
something must be done about it, M.r
Johnson said that he knew no way,
for the town to raise any money ex
cept by a sale of its water and light
plant. He said that if the town
would pay its past due debts and meet
its obligations that long term re
funding bonds could be sold and the
tax rate lowered. Several questions
were asked him along this line to
which he replied. The suggestion
that the Local Government Commis
sion take charge of ' the town's affairs
was made; he said that this was the
last thing he wanted to do and that
such a course would be very harmful
to the town.
Some questions were asked about
the budget and other matters and
City Clerk Thomas read from that
!OOCUmeni snowing mat uie weueirai
Fund requires for paying running ex-
penses $18,880.
and that Debt Ser
vice calls for $79t61.82 making &
tal of $98,495.82. To raise this a--
mount of money will require so he -said
a tax rate of $3.70. 1
Commissioner Seth Gibbs discuss
ed the questions of the town's finan
cial condition. He said he would nev- .
er have run for commissioner if he
had realized what he was getting in
to. He said htat a $1.50 tax rate
would be entirely too high and could
not be collected. He had always "
been opposed to a sale of the plant
but had about come to the conclu
sion that it was the best thing to do.
F. R. Seely said he opposed the
sale of the plant at $185,000 because
he thought it would not be enough
to put the town on its feet and that
and that in a year from now we would
be as badly off as ever. Later he
said that if a good price could be
realized hs would be willing for a.
sale.
J. H. Potter Sr., said he thought
the delinquent taxes ought to be col
lected and asked how much was past
due. He opposed a sale of the plant
but later on stated that if there was
no other way out of it that maybe
that it would be the best solution.
He was informed by W. L. Stancil
that the past due taxes amounted to
about $60,000, of which probably
$25,000 could not be collected.
Hal Potter was opposed to the sale
of the plant but seemed to favor do
ing so if no better plan could be de
vised. W. P. Smith who is a member cf
the Water and Lieh Commission
'said that it costs 2 7-10 cents per
; kilowatt to produce electric power
here. He said that the plant is in
good condition and making monsy
iand be opposed a sale. In reply to
a question he said that the plant now
iowes $40,000. He said that it cost
: Morehead City a large sum to light
'the streets and it was being done
here much cheaper,
j N. H. Russell, argued against sell
ling the plant.
R. B. Wheatly wanted to know if
the plunt did not owe the General
Fund money right now. Clerk Thom
as said it owed the General Fund
$3500. Mr. Gibbs said it had ben
the custom for many years for the
plant to borrow money , from the
General Fund. He said that gener
ally when a new board was elected
that it would spend more money on
the plant and that it had never paid
a cent into the town's treasury.
U. E. Swann said ti would be a
bifrger sacrifice for the town to go
into bankruptcy than it would be to
sell the plant and that we would lose
the plant any way in that event.
J. A. Hornaday said it seemed wise
to sell the plant and refund the
i town's indebtedness.
G. W. Duncan said it seemed a
case of either selling the plant or
doing something worse.
Joe House said he favored selling
Continued on page five
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