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VOLUME XX
8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1931.
E '6c SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 32
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Senatorial Contest
Will Be Interesting
Four Candidates Seek Democratic Nemination;
Brooks May Enter Race; Reynolds Is Run
ning on A "Wet" Platform; Gardner Not A
Candidate
BT M. R. DUNNAGAN
RALEIGH, Aug. 10 Now that
four candidates have announced for
the Democratic nomination for the
United States Senate, each an excel
lent showman in his own peculiar
way, that contest is expected to be
gin to take on color, life and anima
tion that will place it, almost, if not
entirely in a class to itself in North
Carolina political campaigns.
The latest word has come from A.
L. Brooks, Greensboro, who has left
the way open for entry later, if he
deems ita dvisable or expedient to
make a quintet of it, or if it gets still
further into a free-for-all. Mr.
Brooks is not expected to enter, un.
less, by some chance, Thomas C.
(Tam) Bowie, of West Jefferson, the
latest entrant should retire from the
race, and that is not on the horizon.
Mr. Brooks and Mr. Bowie have con
ferred about it, probably before, but
certainly at lunch on the day Mr.
Bowie's announcement appeared, a
week or more ago. Mr. Bowie ad
mits that. It is considered that they
have an understanding, had one be
fore Mr. Bowie announced, and that
Mr. Brooks is not to get in, unless
Mr. Bowie gets out, although the
Brooks statement leaves him free to
do as he pleases.
Mr. Bowie wanted to run for Gov
ernor five or six years later, and had
told friends of his purpose, condition
ally. That is why his platform seems
more appropriate to a gubernatorial
campaign than a senatorial contest,
in that he is a tax-reliefer, primarily.
He may add planks that are more in
line with his present desire to go to
the- -Snate,"
Frank D. Grist, commissioner of la
bor and first to announce opposition
to Senator Cameron Morrison, with
the bulk of his duties taken from him
and with no apparent desire to reor
ganize the Department of Labor as
provided by the 1931 law, is left free
to conduct a campaign, which is ex
pected to have many elements of thej
spectacular. Senator Morrison re
fused, some two years ago, to shake
hands with him
in the Governor's
office. Grist is paying him. Robert
R. Reynolds, Asheville, probably thej
best showman of the bunch, has an
nounced on a modification platform. I
While all available evidence seems to
indicate a trend toward a let-up in
the -prohibition laws, and people now
can vote one way and talk another, it
it not considered likely that he will
be ablet o over-turn the long estab
lished dry sentiment in the State.
But he will make a showing, for he
doubtless lies awake nights thinking
up stunts that will get him into the
limelight, even if the novelty of his
showmanship has been worn off by
the two campaigns in recent years.
But Senator Morrison will continue
along his way, prcbtibly annoyed, but
not particularly wc ried, by the in
creasing number of exponents. As
he has said, it will serve to split his
opposition. He has enemies who
would like to see him defeated. Some
developed during his campaign and
others in his term as Governor. Still
others opposed his Al Smith support.
Many of these came back to him when
he caused the appointment of Frank
R. McNinch, leader of the Smith op
position, to the Federal Power Com
mission, and others were alienated
by that same act. They will use the
fact that he has and will use money
in the campaign, against him.
However, friends of Senator Mor
rison point out he is a patriitic and
a loyal North Carolinian, and he is
absolutely fearless two traits which
the citizens of this State admire. He
had these qualities before he had
money and has lost none of either of
them. Moreover, he spoke out in
public in his gubernatorial campaign
and, although 10 years have been ad
ded to his age, he may be expected
to conduc'. a lively campaign for the
Senate. He has a strong nucleus of
supporters in almost every county in
the State to start with.
And hi3 most formidable prospec
tive opponent is not likely to oppose
him. Friends of Clyde R. Hoey' say
he will not run, although he keeps
them guessing, sort of playing with
them. Despite the expressed belief
that Governor Gardner appointed
Senator Morrison with a view of him
self being able to defeat him, Gover
nor Gardner has said definitely that
he will not enter the race. In fact,
(Continued on page eight)
OFFICERS AFTER
SLAYER OF PEEL
Think Goldsboro Man Commit
ted Brutal Murder of Coast
Guard Man
NEW BERN, Aug. 12 Identified
today by Mary Cannon from photo
graphs as the murderer of John Peel,
Pamlico coast guardsman, and de
clared by Richard Eubanks and Law
rence Gatlin to be the man they pick
ed up in their Ford roadster at the
scene of the murder, "Ben "Brownie'
Thompson 27, of Goldsboro, who has
previously served a sentence for mur
der in the Jackson Training school
and terms in both the Atlanta and
Ralegih penitentiaries for car thefts,
is being sought as Peel's slayer.
Assured that he is now on the track
of the guilty party, Sheriff R. B. Lane
who is drecting the search, states
that he expects to have Thompson
soon in custody. A detective arrived
here today to join in the widespread
search for the alleged murderer. The
sheriff is of the opinion that if Thomp
son is still in this country, he will be
apprehended in time for the inquest
next Monday.
Eubanks, who admits he was driv
ing the Ford roadster when Thomp
son left him and Gatlin at the Pelham
fillnig station to join Peel and Mary
Cannon in Peel's truck, enroute to
New Bern, was recognized early this
morning, by the Cannon girl and in
turn he admitted that he had seen her
at the station and also on the high
way" wWTie GalTTnTfrcrear ur
Although Eubanks and Gatlin as
sert that when they picked up
Thompson on the highway and gave
him a hurried ride to Goldsboro they
did not know that Peel had been kll
e(j. thinking he was either drunk or
asleep while slumped over the truck
steering wheel. The Cannon girl in
sisted today that she had told them
both that Peel had been shot
The srirl affirms that she asked
them to bring her also in their road
ster to New Bern, when they stopped
for Thompson, just after the firing
of the fatal shot in Peel's mouth, but
she says that one of the men pushed
her roughly aside and drove away
speedily with the murderer, whom all
three now claim was Thompson.
The two men also told the sheriff
that Thompson talked privately with
the girl at the filling station and ap
parently joined her and Peel upon a
greement with her. This the girl
emphatically denies.
Eubanks Gatlin and Miss Cannon
are all being held in the local jail
without privilege of bail as material
witness in the case. Search is no
loneer being continued for Claude
Scott, alleared done addict, of Ral
eigh who was yesterday thought to
have been the companion of Eubanks
and Gatlin in their car. He is said
to have been in the section Friday
night but is not thought now to have
been connected with the slaying. Al
len Oglesby has been cleared of sus
picion in the murder case and is no
longer being held in that connection,
it was announced today by the sner
iff. However, he is still in jail on
charges or robbing the Braddy laun
dry and stealing a Whippet car hera
on July 31. He is also wanted by
military authorities as a deserter
from the army and escaped military
prisoner.
GAME WARDEN MOORE
VISITS CARTERET COUNTY
Mr. Charles J. Moore, Assistant
State Game Warden, has been spend
ing several days in. this vicinity, go
ng over the territory with Mr. Clyde
Mason, Game and Fish. Warden for
Carteret County. Mr. Moore states
that he has about three thousand feet
of 16 milometer moving picture film
of game, fish, forest fires etc., that
he would be glad to show to any or
ganization or public meeting and give
a lecture on same. He can be reacn
ed at his office in Washington, N. C.
Jackson County farmers are ship
ping spring lambs at good pri-es. A
car of 95 lambs was shipped to Cin
cinnati last week.
Bertie County is said to have the
best prospects for crops at this time
that it has had in eight years.
RUM RUNNER GETS
ROAD SENTENCE
Twelve Months Given Craven
County Negro; Hard Fight
Over Canfield Case
The case that consumed more tim
than any other in County Recorder's
court Tuesday was that in which G.
D. Canfield of Morehead City was the
defendant. The charges against him
were operating a motor vehicle while
under the influence of liquor and
transportation of liquor. Attorney
Luther Hamilton, assisted by C. R.
Wheatly, conducted the defense and
Solicitor Phillips represented the
State.
The witness against the defendant
Canfield were Harry Parker, John
Mason and William Longest. Park
er the chief witness said that on a
Sunday night about midnight that
Canfield drove his car into Parker's
car and did some damage to it. He
said Canfield was under the influence
of liquor and that there were three
men and two women in the car and
that one of the women threw a jar of
whiskey out on the pavement and
broke' it. John Mason testified that
afte the accident he saw Canfield
asleep in Parker's car. William
Longest said the defendant looked
like ne had been drinking. r
The defendant Canfield testified
that he was not drunk and that he
accidentally sideswiped the other car.
He said a man and his wife and an
other woman were in the car at the
time and that there was no liquor in
the car so far as he knew. The So
licitor wanted him to tell who the
other occupants of the car were buj
the witness and Mr. Hamilton object
ed rather strenuously and finally th$
Solicitor withdrew the question. ;j
At the conclusion of the testimony
Mr. Hamilton offered a plea of guilty
to reckless driving but this was not
permitted by the court and a verdicjt
of guilty to the charge of driving
while under the influence of liquoi
was rendered. The charge of trans
porting whiskey was dropped. Th
sejxtanc..givea the defendant 'Wa1
fine of $50 and costs and an order
(Continued on page five)
School Board Adopts
Next Year's Budget
The County Board of Education
held a meeting Tuesday in the of
fice of Superintendent Allen at which
the school budget and other matters
were considered. Chairman Wiley H.
Taylor and members Denni3 Mason
and C. V. Webb were present.
The school budget for the coming
year was adopted and that afternoon
was presented to the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners for their approval.
The latter body deferred action on
the budget until the September meet
ing. Under the new law the State
pays for the six months school term
but the Board of Equalization pass
es upon the different items of expense
For instance the county asked for an
allowance of $2400 for coal and
wood, but the State Equalization
Board cut this item to $1390. Other
items may be cut and if so the coun
ty board will protest
In order to provide facilities lor
Harker's Island and Cedar Island 10th
and 11 th grade pupils the school
board will contribute half of the cost
of board at Atlantc, Smyrna or Beau
fort. The cost to the county howev
er is not to exceed $10 per pupil. No
action has been taken yet as to a
DIAMOND BACK TERRAPIN DEMAND
FAIRLY GOOD DESPITE HARD TIMES
Br M. R. DUNNAGAN
RALEIGH, Aug. 10 Demand for
the diamond-back terrapin, develop
ment of which delicacy has reached
fair proportions in North Carolina,
has held up well beyond the average,
while other branches of the commer
cial fisheries industry have suffered
severely from curtailment of mar
kets during the period of financial
stringency, Captain John A. Nelson,
N. C. fisheries commissioner, said to
day.
The industry has again become ac
tive since the opening of the season
for taking this sea product August 1,
the annual breeding season in this J
State extending from April lo to
August 1.
The diamond back terrapin is one
of the choicest of all seafoods, its
consumption being limited largely
because of the high price command-'season in 1929, Captain Nelson said
ed on the market,- Captain Nelson jthat report? from fishermen reveal
said. Prices have ranged as high as j the largest number of terrapins ob
$90 a dozen, he said. This industry J served in years. As an additional
as a division of the North Carolina . protection, the Board of Conserva
fisheries has been saved by timoly jtion and Development has establish
protective measures, the commission-' ed an annual closed season and a min
er points out. Prior to 1924, con-'iruum size limit of five inches.
COUNTY TAX RATE
WILL BE REDUCED
Fifty Cents Less Than Last
Year's Rate; School Bud
get Considered
As was indicated in this newspa
per Nlast week Carteret county taxpay
ers will enjoy a lower tax rate this
year than they have had for some
time. The general county tax rate
last year was 2.30 and this has been
cut to 1.80 on the hundred dollar val
uation. The fact that the State has
assumed the maintenance of the pub
lic schools of the 100 counties for
the six months term makes the re
duction possible.
The tax rate was fixed Tuesday at
a meeting of the Board of County
Commissioners. In the absence of
Chairman Webb Vice-chairman C. T.
Chadwick presided over the meeting.
Commissioners Carroll, Guthrie and
Styron were present. The board put
in the whole day
considering the
budget, the tax rate, the school bud'
get and other matters. The tax rate
and budget were submitted to the
Local Government Commission Mon
day, County Auditor J. J. Whitehurst,
County Attorney Luther Hamilton
and Accountant O. O. Hewett having
gone to Raleigh for that purpose.
A conference between the board
and the County School Board was
held in regard to the school budget
for the coming year. Final action
on the school budget was deferred
until the regular meeting on the first
Monday in September. The county
board had agreed on a levy of 47
cents for school purposes while Su
perintendent Allen had figured that
it would be necessary to make the
rate 65 2-10 cents. Ths brought
on considerable discussion during
which it was found that Mr. Allen
had figured and included $25,500 for
debt service. It was decided that as
the county is negotiating a deal to
fund a considerable part of its indebt
edness that it will not be necessary
to provide for the $25,500 item in the
tax levy. Deducting this it was found
that Mr... Allen's figure was 47. 2-10
which is practically the same as that
of the county board.
DR. CREE GOING ABROAD
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Cree,
and those who heard Dr. A. C. Cree
when he was here in April and made
an address will be interested in the
iouowing, taken irom tne Salisbury
paper.
"Dr. A. C. Cree, pastor of the First
Baptist church . at Salisbury, will
spend his vacation in a motor tour
of the British Isles. Dr. Cree is the'E. H. Meadows of New Bern: William
southern president of the British-
American Fraternal and will be in
conference with the British Baptist
leaders and speak at several meet
ings. He will preach at the First
Baptist church at Harrogate, Eng
land, and at the Adelaide Place Bap
tist church, Glasgow church, Scot
land. These are two of the outstand
ing churches of Great Britain.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Linwood Davis and Cora Lee Guth
rie, Marshallberg 'A. C.
school supervisor. Superntendent Al
len suggested to the Board of Com
mssioners that the duties of school
supervisor and welfare agent might
be combined in one person. This he
said would be an economical meas
ure and would save the county a good
deal of money.
cern was felt for the future of this
activity because of the steadily di
minishing supply of the terrapin.
At the suggestion of the U. S. Bu
reau of Fisheries, the former Fisher
ies Commission board decreed a five
year closed season in 1924, and en
tered into a cooperative arrangement
with the federal agency for breeding
them in captivity at the Beaufort ma
rine laboratory. Since that time
more than 25,000 have been reared at !
the station and released in suitable
areas.
About 6.000 of this number were
released last spring, and in spite
the destruction of one seawall at the
to . pens, releasing a large number of the
brood stock, officials hope to increase
the output of terrapins in coming
years. ;
Since the expiration of the closed
Trial Of County Cases
Will Start Here Monday
A Pitt County Jury Will Pass Upon The Merits of
Suits By The County Against Various Indi
viduals And Simmons Construction Corpora
tion; Large Amount Involved; Two Weeks
Term.
A.ANDN.C.ROAD
HOLDS A MEETING
John R. Dawson Elected Pres
ident; Terminal Question
To Be Investigated
NEW BERN, Aug. 6 John G.
Dawson of Knston was today named
presdent of the Atlantic and North
Carolina Railroad Company, follow-
ing his election by the new board of
directors at the recommendation of
Gov. O. Max Gardner. All other of
ficers were reelected. W. J. Boyd
of Ayden, secretary-treasurer; Riv
ers D. Johnson, Warsaw, attorney
John D. Warlick of Jacksonville, au
ditor and Don C. Humphrey, Golds
boro expert.
Mr. Dawson was named as a new
director by the governor, who also
.appointed Selby Anderson of Wilson,
Us a new member of the board. The
two succeed H. D. Bateman of Wil
son and S. B. Alexander, Charlotte.
Other former directors were reap
pointed, Mrs. D. Langston and Sol
Isaacs, Goldsboro; Charles B. Park
and James H. Holloway of Raleigh;
M. W. Stevenson of New Bern and
Luther Hamlton of Morehead City,
retiring president. The same four
directors were reelected by the pri
vate stockholders, Dr. J. Y. Joyner
and George P. Folk of Raleigh; C.
L. Ives and L. H. Cutler of New
nBern.
Mr. Folk wa3 elected charman of
the annual stockholders meeting call
ed to order at noon in the assembly
room at the Atlantic hotel. . George
Green of New Bern, again served as
secretary n which capacity he has act
ed for more than a quarter of a cen
tury. Fred I., Sutton of Kinston was
State's proxy. Only routine business
claimed the attention of the stock-
'holders.
I The new president was authorized
to appoint a committee to investigate
the proposed construction of piers
and terminals at Morehead City from
the State dividends of railroad stocks.
On the finance committee were
named George Green, B. O. Jones and
, M. Webb of Morehead City and T. C.
!Etheridge of Kinston. For the proxy
i committee were named J. F. Parrott,
Kinston; Jesse S. Claypoole, C. B.
Foy, W. P. Metts and Mrs. Richard
N. Duffy of New Bern.
TIDE TABLE
Information as 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.
Low Tide
14
1:56 A. M.
2:01 P. M.
2:39 A.
2:55 P.
16
3:25 A.
3:50 P.
17
4:10 A.
4:44 P.
18
4:58 A.
5:43 P.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
I
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
Wednesday Aug.
A. M.
P. M.
19
11:52
12:29
5:49 A.
6:44 P.
20
6:45 A.
7:52 P.
Thuriday, Aug.
A. M.
P. M.
of, 12:53
1:33
DAVIS TAKES BALL GAME
FROM MARSH ALLBERG
MARSHALLBERG. Aug. 8 Base
Ball here Saturday at "High Hill
Park" resulted in a victory for Davis
Shore over Marshallberg with a score
of 4 to 2. Battery for Marshallberg
Rigghis pitcher, Hill catcher. Davs,
Wiliis, pitcher; G. Davis, catcher. Urn
pires Willis and Stewart. 'Marshall
berg 1 hit, 2 runs; Davis 2 hits, one
two bagger. 4 runs. Time 3 o'clock.
High Tide
Friday Aug.
8:05 A. M.
8:29 P. M.
Saturday, Auf.
, 8:56 A. M.
9:15 P. M.
Sunday, Aug.
9:43 A. M.
10:06 P. M.
Monday, Aug.
10:34 A. M.
10:56 P. M.
Tuesday Aug.
11:01 A. M.
11:29 P. M.
The long awaited and much discuss
ed so called "county cases" will come
up for trial at the county courthouse
here Monday morning. Judge Clay
ton Moore will preside over the court
which may be in session for two
weeks. Nothing but civil cases will
be tried.
The calendar for the two weeks
term provides that the first week shall
be given to the county cases and the
next week to the trial of various oth
er actions. For the county cases a
venire of jurymen from Pitt county
has been summonsed and a jury from
Carteret county has been drawn for
the other cases. A3 to how long it
will take to try the county cases
there seems to be considerable dif
ference of opinion. Some say that
it will require only a few days. Oth
ers are of the opinion that owing to
the fact that a good many witnesses
are to be examined and that a mass
of testmony will be taken, some of it
of a highly technical nature, that
many lawyers will take part in the
trials and that there will probably be
much wrangling, that it will require
the whole two weeks to get through
with these cases.
The first case on the calendar is
that of the county against Luther
Hamlton. This i3 for an accounting
of certain delinquent taxes collect
ed by Mr. Hamilton whle he was
County Attorney. The next case on
the calendar is that of the county a
gainst former County Audtior W. L.
Stancil and former Commissioner G.
W. Huntley. The next is the county
against George J. Brooks, j. n
Howe, F. M. Simmons, Simmons Con
struction Corporation, W. L. Stancil
and George W.-Huntley. The last
suit "set 'f orrfarlltha-rof the" leoon
ty against Simmons Construction
Corporation, F. M. Simmons, G. W.
Huntley, George J. Brooks, C. K.
Howe and W. L. Stancil.
The amount whic hthec ounty is
seeking to recover from the defend
ants mentoned above is close to
$800,000. The period covered be
gins December 1, 1924 and lasts to
December 1928 when a new county
board went into office. During all
but six months J. E. Woodland was
chairman of the county board of
commissioners. The rest of the time,
after the death of Mr. Woodland, G.
W. Huntley was chairman of the
board. The complants filed by the
plaintiff allege irregularties of vari
ous sorts relating to road paving
contracts, delinquent taxes, mproper
accounting, failure to make reports
and so on. Attorneys for the coun-
I ty in the suits are McLendon and
iHedrick of Durham, W. B. Rodman
jGuion, of New Bern; E. H. Gorham,
'of Morehead City; E. Walter Hill and
James W. Mason of Beaufort. The
'defendants are represented by A. D.
Ward and Moore and Dunn of New
SBern, Luther Hamilton of Morehead
I City; J. F. Duncan and C. R. Wheat
ily of Beaufort. Public accountant
iC. F. Delamar, formerly of Beaufort,
audited the county records and fur
nished most of the data on which the
.suit? are based.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
! J. F. Patterson et al to Elizabeth
j'Baker Duffy, 3 lots Morehead Bluffs,
for 10.
J. F. Patterson et al to Mamie W.
Webb, 11 lots Morehead Bluffs, for
$5.
Norman R, Webb et al to Winfield
S. Webb and wife, 3 lots Morehead
City, for $10.
Besei Webb, Guardian to Winfield
S. Webb and wife, part 3 lots Mori
head City, for $10.
W. S. Webb and wife to Octavia
B. Nelson, 1 lot Morehead City, for
$850.
T. R. Uzz'ell, Trustee to J. T. Ay
cock, 2 lots Morehead City, for $500.
C. R. Wheatly, Commissioner to
Ivey M. Gaskill and wife 1-2 acre H.
I., for $500.
Nettie N. Southgate et al to South
gate Holding Co., tract Beaufort, for
$10.
Nettie N. Southgate et al to South
gate Holding Co., 1 lot Beaufort, for
$10.
F. U. Pitt et al to John M. Daniels,
70 acres Beaufort Township, for $10.
James F. Hill and wife to O. B.
Gillikin 4 3-4 acres Beaufort Town
ship, for $100.
Nettie N. Oglesby et al to South
gate Holding Co., 1089 acres Hunting
Quarter Township, for $10.