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IT H H AUF The best advertising medium published in Carlercf Co. ( READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODT a WATCH Your label and pay your subscription VOLUME XX 8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, SEPT. 17, 1931 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY NUMBER 33 c02 REDUCE COSTS OF GOVERNMENT MAXWELL SAYS Schools Here Begin , With Good Attendance State Is Spending Too Much; Opposes Any New Taxes OFFERS SUGGESTIONS Carteret County's Oldest Bank Suspends; Hope To Pay De positors In Full A notice posted on the doors of the Bank of Beaufort Tuesday morn ing at about 10:30 o'clock reads as follows: "Due to continued with drawals this bank has been Ordered cashier of the bank. ! Beaufort's public schools for both the white and colored races opened their doors Monday for the fall ses sion. Besides pupils and teachers quite a number of people were on hand for the opening. The enroll- ! merit for the two schools was good. I The white enrollment showed an in crease while that of the colored " school showed a small decrease. Last By M. R. DUNNAGAN year tne enrollment in the white RALEIGH, Sept. 14 Extensive re:hign schooi was 142 and the elemen duction of governmental costs, in'tary was 404. This year the . high State, county and city, even in nation, J gcnooj gtarts wjth 151 and the ele. is the main, the overshadowing in!mentary school with 480. The col fact, about the sole issue on which A.jorS(i BCh0ol last year had 54 in the J. Maxwell would go before the peo-jnjgh schooi and 213 in the elementary pie as a candidate for the Democrat-department. This year 64 enrolled ic nomination for Governor, in a state' m the high school and 190 in the ele ment issued "to the people of North mentary grades. Carolina" Sunday. Mr. Maxwell's issues, rather than The teachers for the various grades a Dlatform. mieht be better describ- iwere present Monday and attended ed as a log, with limbs extending and o getting their classes ready for propping it and related to the general ,work. The teacher load is heavier theme, just as Lieutenant Governor .this year than last due to the increas R. T. Fountain's platform might bet- ed attendance. The sixth grade of ter be described as a raft, seeking! the white school has 57 enrolled and to avoid shoals and rocks, moving to! the 7th has 68 on the roll. The oth keen in nroner deDth. and fearine er classes have two sections and the water-logging. Mr. Ehringhaus has I enrollment is from 30 to 40 in eachpar,y kept its doors open until six the nearest to a regular platform of! section. I o'clock Tuesday and Wednesday and any yet announced. Suggestions At- , Hendrix is ivine inJ was fully prepared to give any depos- torney General Brummitt has made , Mlf? HeJ?n mnanx 18 his monev but not nlany callpd so far are "splinters" of the platform Btruction this year in express on and ; . Qn the cont he may seek the office on. lci nd assisting with , musi Miss accounts hRVe been open. No new sources of revenue are a- V,n Howe .teacriing piano arid ed ?jnce Tn mornjng Thg uk ,muK u. mu?.c ouu aD.,.B -"jhas als0 been showered with expres the general music. gions f confidence and offers of RS. The first public chapel exercises , ,f hould be n;eded. . will take place tomorrow morning i J ' ;ne last juuiii; swieiueiii ui mc MUCH REGRET AT CLOSING OF BANK SMALL DECREASE IN N. C. BANKS More Branch Banks: Loans Show A Considerable De cline Within Year By M. R. DUNNAGAN RALEIGH, Sept. 12 Resouces of North Carolina State banks, savings banks and trust companies decreased Fewer Marriages 'RELIEF WORKERS In North Carolina i , Tnr,m tt rt it mm I 1VILM m IlALLlUn WASHINGTON, D. C. Sept. 14 The Bureau of the Census announces that, according to the returns receiv ed, there were 14,573 marriages per formed in North Carolina during the year 1930, ascompared with 18,716 in 1929, representing a decrease of 4,173 or 22.3 per cent:. In 1922, there were 22,267 marriages perform ed. During the year 1930, there were 1,536 divorces granted in the State, n enmnared with 1,707 in 1929, a net of $59,882,140.05, or from closed by its board of directors for $312,060,629.74 to $252,178,489.69 the protection of depositors." It is jn 0ne vear. from June 30, 1930, to signed by W. A. Mace, president, June 30, 1931, during which period j representing a decrease of 171 or 10 John Forlaw vice-president, Joseph banks decreased in number from 409, lper cer,t. In 1922, there were 1, House, W. P. Smith J. A. Hornaday including 82 branches, to 356, includU divorces granted. There were directors. Mr. Hornaday was also line 87 branches, the report of con-'07 marriages annulled in 1930, as dition of banks as of last June 30, ascompared with 28 in 1929. The estimated population 01 tne State of North Carolina on July 1, 1930, was 3,185,000 and on July 1, ;itA1 4rnraT Kw PnmYniRsinTier of The news that the bank had clos-1 n,. p Wrwi shows. ed spread rapidly and caused some; xhe tendency toward branch bank excitement but not as much as might. . c. hv th. :n(.rease 0f five M'6 -..w ' - rf have been expected. There was gen eral regret that the failure had oc curred but upon the whole the pub lic seemed to take the news rather philosophically. Some thought that a big run on the other bank here might follow but it did not. The Beaufort Banking and Trust Com- vailable and those now tapped have been placed in a dangerous position. Mr. Maxwell holds, stating that a re adjustment of public burden is es-l (Friday) beginning at 10:55. The erases. Contract Awarded For a!i ...1 u:n f ! ,V " 'public is invited to attend these ex- ent value of the combined corn, cot ton and tobacco crops, or greater than the entire total incomes of all domestic and foreign corporations in the. State. Proper reduction of cost of gov ernment will meet many obstacles, but it can be done, Mr. Maxwell pledging his best efforts and experi ence to doing it. Hewoud, cut near ly 1400,006 of the TtflHoW extra i Bank of Beaufort, as of June 30, showed deposits of very nearly $200, 000 and $203,561.22 in total resour ces. The News has been informed that thsre had been some withdraw- in number of branch banks, while the number of banks in the State de creased a net of 53, due to the wave of bank failures last fall and winter. Analysis of the report shows a stab alizing of funds used in bank opera tion. It also shows that resources dropped lower than they have been at the mid-year since 1923, and were more than $64,000,000 below the peak in June, 1928, when they reach ed $316,750,543.33. Paid in capital stock decreasea $2 837,000 in the year, while the sur plus fund decreased $2,994,000 and undivided profits dropped $1,513,000. Deposits subject to check dwindled S12.889.000. to $80,447,000 while deposits due public officials dropped $6,837,000, to $131691,000. Time cer tificates of deposit decreased $12, 161,000, to $27,204,000 and savings deposits decreased $13,599,000, or to Object of Conference Is Relief For Unemployed And rood For Needy By GEORGE B. LAY (Special to the News) 1929. 3125,556. On the basis ot theses tatements, the number of mar- 1 nnn nf the tionulation . . mnr :4. a n in iViAtioa rn hp nhlA tn cret K. was 4.0 in liMU as agtmiai, " v- 1929, and the number of divorces per 1,000 of the population was.48 in 1930, as against .55 in 1929. The number of marriages was re ported by the Register of Deeds and the number of divorces by the Clerk of the Superior Court, of each coun ty. The figures for 1930 are pre liminary and subject to correction. Carteret county's record in 1930 was 106 marriages and five divorces. for the fill for the North River bridge has been let and construction is expected to start at a very early datei-JThe successful bidder for the Uic ' j. i v vw Alii a .. , . A . . -r-t i s-i legislative bill, by abandoning the "V " 17, custom of much help. He wouldif. . - rnn . 4 S46.473.000. Bills Davable were cut North RlVer Bridge a,s particularly since the failure of : nearly seven million dollars, or to I the Marine Bank in Morehead City 1 $4,955,000. A new item, deferred de- " i. j. j. j rrv, - ARA:la i ii- . j . The News learns that the contract ! auout len ua x ip0Sits, appears on ine mwuvm, tne DanK naa several conierences re- amounting to $2,481, uuu. cently and decided that while the ; Loans and discounts, the report bank, might go on'.f. fjta64oij'er shw,ereased $61,251,000 in the charge the 1,124 non-resident stu dents at the State's three higher ed ucational institutions fees .that more nearly represent the cost of their ed ucation to the taxpayers of the State, saying that 26 per cent of the invest ment and expenditures are for the benefit of non-resident students. The consolidation plan will reduce Their bid of $39,500 was the lowest and is regarded by those who know some thing of the character of the work to be done as quite cheap. There were several other bids all of which were much higher. The contract with the Atkinson company calls for completion of the jn days and then some action will that upon theTwKole it would be lor year, or to $151,459,000. Banking the best interest of the depositors to house furniture and fixtures decreas take the step which was taken TuS-Jed $2,634,000 while United States day. The bank is now under the bonds increased $3,417,000 to $12, control of the State Banking Com- 973.000: North Carolina bonds in- missioner Gurney P. Hood. UnderJ creased $2,200,000, to $9,910,000; his instruction auditors from the firm t county and municipal bonds increased of Lee Rawlings and Company are j $1,985,000, to $3,347,000 while all auditing the bank's books. TBis other stocks and bonds showed a de work should be finished in a week or crease of $1,242,000, or to $14,850,- ST. PAUL'S RECTOR HAS ACCEPTED GREENSBORO CALL 000. jfill within 75 days from the accep tance of the contract. The company 1 - U J J h' 'f!i: ,v.a rtnnn required to give a bond amount- UC TTUH1U Uhllll Wl IHVnillf . fif.hnnl rAima on npfliol fivtralrQ ffonffl lS which taxpayers must meet in inter est and principle of bonds. While favoring a broad school policy, hs to one half of the bid for the ! performance of the contract. The :fill will be paved after it has settled sufficiently. The wood work on the , . - .. ... bridge has been finished and opened would apply the test of practicality. g fine &trJture. and ability to pay every phase of school cost. Three million dollars will be saved this year without lower ing the existing standards, Mr. Max well states. , , , . . a aeiiKnuui cruise aiiu picnic was YOUNG FOLKS ENJOY SAIL ON YACHT be taken as 'to the future of the j Industrial banks, numbering 54 bank. It may be liquidated as rap- ( June 30, last ,and one year ago, in idly as possible or some other arrange creased branches from nine to 13 in ment might be made. In a number of instances banks that closd last year have "been reorganized and re- (Continued on page five) that period and showed an increase in resources of $310,219.90. or from I onn OOA nrri nc Ort COO 701 ft irt the year. A common laborer outside the pris-1 enjoyed Wednesday by a group of W11 .... Ifc b d h j necessities for a family and one in- " 6 . . w D u ., c. . , t, , . ...... vacht. "Rover." owned by Mr. P. H. Biae aiaie s rrison snouia proauce - t,,. k m a enough to take care of his own neces. nose, rresiuem ox xvuoc s u-iu .ut ( sities, Mr. Maxwell states, mentioning Stores. Through the courtesy of Mr. One hundred Cabarrus County far mers made a tour of nine farms last week where Korean lespedeza is be ing grown succ;ssfully for hay, soil improvement and seed. In Newark, N. J., Joseph Keelirt and five friends built a fishing boat, (christened it Miss Keansburg with a champagne wine-brick. MARRIAGE LICENSES Hester, Herman J. Smith and Morse, Morehead City. Allen Sawyer and Alice Morehead City. Lester P. Everhart, New Bern and Adalaide Davis, Davis. Last evening at a call meeting of the Vestry of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, the Reverend Mr. J. A. Vache offered his resignation as Rector of St. Paul's Church, and St. Andrews Mission, Morehead City, same to take. effect October 1, at which time he will become Rector of St. Andrews Episcopal Church Greensboro. The Vestry accepted his resignation with deep regret. 1 -.- -:. t .. -Mr. Vache came to St. Paul's church in November, 1928. The following January before a large congregation he was ordained Deac on by the Right Reverend Thomas C. Darst, Bishop of the Diocese of East Carolina. In July the same year he was ordained Priest. This is his first charge and being such it is with a deep feeling of regret that he leaves it, even to enter into a larger field. Before coming to Beaufort, Mr. Vache had charge of a number of Presbvterian missions around New Bern, of which church he was ordain ed minister. Mr. Vache is wel known in the Episcopal church ministry and is a preacher of ability, a good mixer, and a man of splendid character. He has spent his vacation each year at Lake Emma B. i Kanuga studying and in charge of recreational and educational work among the young folks. He has also been active in the camp work in East ern North Carolina. READ CM- NE.WS'WANT ADS deficit in two years. Prisoners could .P0881 ' the oun Pple for the. . r ... .. Am anA a vavv nlaflcnnf. nntlrttr tuns) be utilized in beautifying as well as !"": ""rr, " . ' . maintaining highways and in fprwtn, ifs": r ? $ the partywer, The policy of placing them on ' the jla Lee Wallace and ll.ss Cora roads should be extended until thefWard, of Morehead City; Miss Tiby lEure, Midshipman Ernest bnowden, prison pays its way. .J and Mr. Maurice B. Cree, of Beau- "An unrelenting stand to lunitjj Midshipman Dick Dickin- pub ic borrowing to actual necessi- lori- ' " ' lies and to decrease our public in- "n of """8"' debtedness and its annualload of in-i terest," is one of the important and difficult tasks of the next administra tion. A large part ot our tax Dur POLICE COURT ITEMS TESTIMONY OF TWO YOUNG GIRLS CONVICT COUPLE ON LIQUOR CHAKGL ter staying at the Garner home an hour or so they went home so they said. . ii : "Mo... l . .... : ,i;.nfi,. An u hn, mn. business was ramer iigiii, m u,n -v:rrr-:" . v Xflvlor., court Fridav afternoon ?Se?Ta ".Z; ZlThe only case that required much month and show good behavior, SencTof .ctual def alcat" Mr. time for trial was that in which Loins Lx. 11 states saying public funds ac h party h ad s w orn mtd;esalaTaf! of the iL. they just about proved it. lated to ine tax on vmyei, uU wavJI some . . - ' -- -- D on appearing lor nenry ana . Mayor The testimony of two young girls in Recorder's Court Tuesday caused the conviction of Mr. ann Mrs. Lee Garner on the cnarge of selling "home brew" and a road sentence of twelve months for the man was im posed. Mrs. Garner va3 put under a four months jail sentence, xo u , . th- line of uspended on the condition that she, . . P8ked if she Mr. Morris attempted to bring out something about a charge that Kath-orir- Simnson had made against n,,iAn Smith hut was not permitted tho enst-- and that she come in to court the first Tuesday in every intprrncatiort. She was had not bt-en to the Garner placo rrf. before and said that she had. these costs must be reduced " counties are passing on the reduction due to State assumption of functions formerly given to them; others are not. They, cities as well, should re duce thtir spending to add to that made by the State. "While .Great Britain and other countries are making drastic read- jusuneius i " - ..-...t-. tn tmp hpedlcsslv along ' spending nt hp rate of a billion and a half tinu ed. dollars a year in excess of revenue, and continually increasing the stream and burden of tax free bonds," Mr. Maxwell swings at the Federal Gov ernment, saying such extravagance should "not be tolerated to support the most extravagant and most im potent Federal government in the history of the country. lBeitne88 aKfmu r u .u v. c8me there and stay- were losses uawieniie " i , fVlnt shP nerved th( livp? on North River road, and iuiss Wheatlv for the woman. Taylor thought $2.50 and costs would be about right. Leo Wigfall, colored, submitted to a charge of drunkensss and was fined $1 and costs. Moses Chadwick, colored, drunk, submitted, $1 and costs. Howard Rhodes, fighting, caso con- John B. Conglcton, dvunk, ?o and costs or 15 days. At the conclusion of the ceremon ies Chief Longest announced that he was tired of carrying defendants who had been fined and that in the future those who could not pay would have to go to jail. Furthermore he show ed he meant it by escorting several Mr. Maxwell would not cripple or io u.c abandon any form of public service that is worth the cost.. H: vouM a- Union County farmers have order 2 ttJJS.- id. by the lr cd 8,000 pounds of vetch seed coop- Continued on page six trfltively for planting this fall. Tamah Lewis of the Bettie commu nity. The girls are young and attrac tive in appearance and maae gooa witnesses for the prosecution. The cross-examination of A. B. Morris, attorney for the defense, did not suc ceed in breaking down their testi mony. Katherne Simpson the fmt wit ness said that on Sunday evening September 6 she and the Lewis girl accompanied by two young men from Atlantic, Guion Mason and Will Smith, went for a car rule, incy drove to Smyrna firs!:, then to i lay view, or the "Black Cat" as she re ferred to it and after staying tneie a short time went on to the Uarner home, which is a short distance west of Morehead Bluffs between the high j way and the railroad. There she I said the bovs called for home brew, got it, drank it and paid lor it. &ne said they gave her something they called iced tea which she drank and which made her drunk. The other girl testified about the same thing ex cept she drank some of the "tea" and it did not make her drunk. Af- ed a while and that she served them some drinks of near beer for which no charge was made. She said the boys had been drinking bet ore tney arrived and they got notning mm- icating there. Mr. Garner testinea that he left to get some ice soon after the young folks came and knew noth ing about it. The defendant Garner was already ,j,-r n msnended judgment on a liquor charge. Solicitor Phillips did f nrav n iudemerit 1n that case u r,,, orl tn .Wipe Davis said he would give the dcfsndr.nt a new sen-t.-e of twelve months. Mr. Morn: r,.,; r.f pi fcTineal lor both de- flr.its and 'vesl bonds were fix $350 for Gamor and $200 for ,h:s wife. RALEIGH, Sept. 15 Governor O. Max Gardner has called into confer ence at Raleigh on Friday, September 18, 19 of the leading men and wom en of the State, picked from the in dustrial and agricultural life of North Carolina, for the purpose of work'ng out a program of relief for the un employed this fall and winter and as a means of assuring the needy of the state that surplus foods will be avail able and distributed where needed. To head this work, known as thu Governor's Council on Unemploy ment and Relief, Governor Gardner W. Hen- ninger, proiessor ai in. . otate College, Raleigh, to again head the movement as executive secretary. Mr. Henninger did excellent work last winter and spring as secretary of the same state Council. "The prob lem is so acute and important that I have been impelled to ask Mr. Henn inger to again head the work," the Governor said recently, adding that the "work done by Mr. Henninger and the Council last winter and spring was one of the greatest pieces of constructive effort ever done by a state agency." The work last time J was begun late; but this time active work by the Council is expected to be underway shortly after the meet ing on the 18th in Raleigh. The Governor expects to call for confer- ? ences with other groups, from time to time, and to ask for complete co- ; operation from leaders and the gen eral public. To solve this problem, of unem ployment and lack of food, will tax . our patriotism and our ability to co-; ". operate," the Governor said. "Ihe -work last winter and spring was well done and I am proud of the record made at that time. I am proud of the keen insight shown by all coop erating agencies and workers of our ' state, of the fine spirit shown by all the people of North Carolina, of the vast amount of work done for little or no remuneration, and I am Still even prouder of the promised sup port for this, coming year's work. I feel certain that the coming months will present even more complicated problems, but I believe that these problems will be solved even more perfectly than previously. The peo ple of our state have stood well a strain which unemployment and suf fering have forced upon us. I firm ly believe that our people will carry again this fall and winter and that, when spring returns again and with we all hope, a measure of relief from the present financial depression, the Old North State will have, thru cooperation and coordination, weath ered the storm." Governor Gardner paid high praise to the heads of various departments of state, which coordinated the work of the Council last winter and spring, adding that he felt certain that Mr. Henninger would receive even more enthusiastic support than previously. Board. The other i Mr. Hennintrer has made the contacts ; T. Chadwick of land knows the set-uns in the state, which will carry on this work. 1 know of none other more capable for the job, for it is a real man's siz ed job." "We will stress 'relief this year,, than 'unemployment," Governor Gardner stated. "While the "live-at-home" program has been highly suc cessful in many counties, theu' are (some spots where there is not enough ifood. We will have to sea to it that (food distribution is carried out for ths benefit of those in need, those who did not grow saft:cic;:t foods 'and those who failed to heed the !urce not to concentrate, alone on cotton and tobacco. Our problem is to see to it that surplus foods are a vaiiable for those in need, both in nur cities and in the country. We wil have to face the fact that our state is yet 80 per cent rural and that there is a vast need for nid in our country districts. The city problem is also certain to be acute. MRS. CHADWICK APPOINTED PENSION BOARD MEMBER Superior Court Clark L W. Has sell has been notified by State Audi tor Baxter Durham that Mrs. Maude Chadwick of Beaufort has been op pointed to a position on the Carteret County Pension members are C. Beaufort and Samuel Thomas of eBauf ort R. F. D. TIDE TABLE Information a to the tides at Beaufort is given in this col umn. The figures are epprox 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 Hiir!i Tide Friday, Sept. io n .OA - 12:29 a. ni, a- 1:10 a. m. :6 P- Saturday, Sept 19 7: 27a. S:42 p. 20 1:38 2:21 2:50 3:30 3:56 a. The case against Grant Bryant I charging assault was continued to next Tuesday. A. H. Simmons, Morehead Uity, bad check, case noil prossed with leave. J. V. Waters. Morehead City not nayin board bill, noil prossed with leave. - 5:00 5:22 6:43 6:07 6:26 6:46 m. m Sunday, Sept. m. m. Monday, Sept. m. Tuesday, Sept m. m. Wednesday, Sept. 23 , m. 1132 . m. H:44 Thursday, Sept. 24 . m. 12:12 . m. 12:28 8:41 9:50 21 10:46 22 10:52 11:10 m. in. ni. m. BIRTHS CF THE WEEK p. m. m. m. a. m. p. m. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Aliigood, of ; Davis, a daughter, September 9. Mr. and Mrs. Ivey Gaskill ni Bark er's Island, a daughter, tept?mber 13. Mr. and Mrs. Whitford B. Gillikm of Otway a daughter, September 15. Mr. and Mrs. Burton Daniels of Lenoxville, September 16, a daughter Born to Mr. and Mrs. Guy Gilli kin of Otway, Tuesday September, 15, a son.