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VOLUME XX
8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1931 PRICE Sc SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 43
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Three Candidates Now
In Race For Governor
Brummitt's Withdrawal Leaves Ehringhaus,
Fountain And Maxwell As Democratic Can
didates; Not Too late For Daniels; McLean
OYSTER INDUSTRY FISHING HINDERED
GROWTH PLANNED
Experiment Under Way May
Make Oyster Cultivation
Profitable Business
BY FOREST FIRES
By M. R. DUNNAGAN
RALEIGH, Nov. 9 A series of
experiments are beincr carrier! on.
Might Run; Teachers Will Get Pay Regular-!quietly and almost unnoticed by the
i Q VOVQ era nl lvcn in 4-1, J-
ly Now
By M. R. DUNNAGAN ,
RALEIGH, Nov. 9 Announcement
of Attorney General Dennis G. Brum
mitt that he will not be a candidate
for nomination for Governor and ad
mission that he will again seek his
BAPTIST CHURCH
HAS A GOOD YEAR
average citizen, in the sounds of
North Carolina that are expected to
lay the foundation for a great oys
ter industry which will utilize more
Dense Smoke Clouds
Navigation Difficult
Dangerous
Mkes
And
Menhaden fishermen find themselv
es handicapped by a very unusual
difficulty this year. November a
year ago the weather was stormy and
the ocean rough just at the time the
big menhaden were off the coast.
Now a big run of fish is on and on
Budget Exceeded; Atlantic As
sociation Met Here Lat
Week
present post caused another commo
tion o nthe otherwise placid politi
cal pond the past week. Surprise was
expressed in some quarters, but the
announcement was not unexpected in ' , The Beaufort Baptist Church has
others. ;j'ust closed a successful year. Last
Many political observers express week the Atlantic Association con
the belief that the Democratic guber- vened here with the local church and
natorial list is closed, that R. T. Foun over two hundred delegates and visi
tain. A. J. Maxwell and J. C. B. Eh-!tors attended the annual meeting
ringhaus wil be the only candidates wnicn was ned on Thursday and Fri-i
ior uovernor in the democratic pri-i i visitors wno took
mary. Others say that Josephus Dan-' Part in the program were Dr. Chas.
iels will either enter the race himself jE- Brewer, President of Meredith
or trot out another candidate, that'Collee who spoke on Christian Ed-
neither of the entrants suite him as ucation, Dr. B. W. Spilman of Kins
Fire Department Fair
And Carnival Monday
(Press Agent)
Beaufort's first fair will be held
next week and from all indications
will be a very successful one. Ben
Jones has been appointed manager of
the fair with Mr. R. B. Wheatly as
President and Mr. W. D. Guthrie as
Secretary and Treasurer and several
members of the Beaufort Fire Depart
ment on the Advisory Board a very
capable staff has been selected. The
Jones lot at Marsh and Broad Streets
has been selected as the Fair Grounds
and a force of men under the direc
tion of Mr. T. M. Thomas, City clerk
was put to worK this morning get
ting the lot in condition. Mr. Ben
account of the smoke from the forest
fully a resource the extent of which ifires fishing vessels are having a exeat
is scarcely reailzed, officials of the, 'deal of trouble in attending to their
Department of Conservation and De-,work. The fish are in the ocean be-
velopment said today. jeween Ocracoke and Hatteras and the Jones, has been put in charge of the
Th inveBti,n0 , . ' .principal difficulty the vessels have is j exhibit? and a large tent has been
a;h f n- ti 1? tj t. i. j i getting in ana out ol the inlet at
direction of Dr. H. F Prytherch di-, 0cracake.
rector oi tne oioiogicai station oi the
U. S. Bureau of Fisheries at Beau-
wel as Mr. Brummitt did and that he
will not let it rest with one of the
trio. Willis Smith has not said he
will not run, but serious doubt is ex
pressed regarding him. Nor is it ex
pected that General Albert Cox will
enter.
General belief is that Mr. Daniels
is nt satisfied with the line up. He
and Mr. Maxwell might be said to be
at opposite poles, within the party.
Nor does he see things as does Mr.
Ehringhaus, although Mr. Ehringhaus
is advocating special consideration for
the little man and smal farm owner
who works his own farm and the
small home owner for whom Mr.
, Daniels has always expressed deep
concern. The sales tax, opposed in
ton who spoke on State Missions.
Dr. A. J. Barton from Wilmington,
who spoke on Prohibition and Home
Missions. Mr. Perry Morgan of Ral
e'gh.who spoke on The Every Mem
ber Canvass and Dr. Oscar Haywood
of New Bern First Church on Con
solidation in Education. The Or
phanage Work was considered by Dr.
M. L. Kesler, Supt. of Mills Home
and J. C. Hough of Kennedy Home.
Mr. Hugh Lattimer of Asheville,
spoke on the Relief and Annuity
Board of Southern Baptist Conven
tion. A great meeting was held. The
Association has met with the local
church five times in its eighty years
of , existence Beaufort Church was
organized in ApHn851." he Asso-
Not only does the smoke blanket
cover the inland waters but it also
extends far out to sea. On Tuesday
Captain Jack Parkin in command of
the. C. P. Dey started for Beaufort
witji 200,000 fish and had great dif
ficulty in getting here. He went off
shore clean out to the light ship, a
bout forty miles, and went almost to
Bouge Inlet before he could get his
bearings. The boats usually go to
the fishing grounds by the inland
route but after loading they often re
turn on the outside. It is bad trav
elling either way now on account of
the darkness made by the smoke.
Fish are said to be plentiful and
the sea is calm and if it were not
any form by Mr. Ehringhaus, is con-' Nation has met with this church in
sidered a sufficient barrier to keep
him without the Daniels realm. Al
though Mr. Fountain probably comes
nearer the Daniels pattern than eith
er of the others, he probably could
not elict enthusiastic Daniels sup
port. Just which one of the remaining
candidates the Brummitt retirement
1875, 1891, 1901, 1921 and 1931
Beaufort Church reported a mem
bership of 302. The total amount
contributed for all purposes was
$4000.92, les sthan the year before
but larger than the Budget adopted
by the church for its year's work. Of
this amount $3084.87 was used at
home and $916.05 contributed for
will aid most is a moot question. Thel T' na
Attorney General has a high type fol
lowing. Among others it included
the bulk of the 23,000 teachers in the
State. Only a few of those will go
to Mr. Maxwell, who finished aliena
tins of the school forces by his
thrusts at subsidizing tuition to out of
State students at the State institu
tions, and his recent tilt with Supt.
R. H. Latham, Winston-Salem. Mr.
Fountain will likely get a good smat
tering of the school vote, but he is
chairman of the State Board of Equal
ization, the body which has placed a
limit on school expenditures, even
though that was a command to it
from the Legislature, the board is
held responsible, and Mr. Fountain,
as chairman, will probably bear a
big part f the blame.
Normally, it might be supposed
that a larger part of the school vote
will go to Mr. Ehrnighaus. He has
not offended the school folks and he
is known to be enthusiastic for pub
lic schools and higher educational in
stitutions. If Mr. Daniels should get
into the race, he would doubtless ral
ly to his support a good slice of the
fchool vote. The school folks are1
going to be a formidable element in
the coming primary and election.
Specifically, it is certain that as a
body, they will oppose Maxwell Their
vote, and they probbaly control fully
50,000 votes, may be scattered or di
vided, unless some new element en
ters into the campaign.
Mr. Brummitt's answer to inquiry
that he will again seek the Attorney
General post brings up another inter
esting condition. Two men had al
ready announced for his job, Sena
tors J. R. Baggett, off Harnett coun
ty, and Peyton McSwain, Cleveland
county. Both have said they will re
main in the race in opposition to Mr.
Brummitt. Mr. Brummitt's -friends
Fay he has nothing to fear from him,
that his record wil carry him through
without serious trouble, although his
opponents are strong men and will
have good support. Charles Ross,
potential candidate, is not expected
to enter against Mr. Brummitt.
Many friends of Mr. Brummitt ex
press satisfaction that he took the
step he did. He is looked upon as ex
cellent timber for the Supreme Court,
Baptist Denomination. Of the a
bove amount the Woman's Missionary
Society and agencies contributed
$310.50. The Sunday School $410.03
and the Ladies Aid Sociey $100.00.
The Pastor of the Church is Rev. J.
P. Harris now in his 5fth year, the
longest pastorate in the history of
the church. Considering the business
depression of the past year, on the
whole the church has had a very
successful year and the spiritual con
dition is on the upgrade.
fort, who is receiving the full coop
eration of the State conservation de
partment. Officials of the U. S. Bu
reau of Fisheries placed Dr. Prythe
rch, a recognized authority in oyster
culture, in charge of the laboratory
last summer. State conservation of
ficials were informed, primarily to as
sist in the development of the shell
fish industry.
Dr. Prytherch's initial activities
have been directed toward a general
survey of the oyster producing areas
of the State and in determining the
most suitable methods for the devel
opment of oyster culture.
Ail1,. ... .1
um 01 lne nrst steps m the series for the smoke some large catches
of experiments on the oyster grounds would probably be made. The News
nas Dee nto try out various types of ! has not been able to get reports from
oyster seed collectors. Results so j all the boats but they have been
far show that the use of cement coat- 'catching some fish in spite of the
ed egg-crate colectors which have 'smoke hanrliran. ThB K ino-fiW
been found effective in other places ! Captain Bonner Willis, came in with
is auapiHDie to iNortn Carolina war200-,000 Monday, the C. P. Dey,
ters. A new type of seed collector Captain Jack Parkin, brought in a
m the form of a cement coated tude jboot 175,000, the Pilgrim, Captain
two feet long and. one and a half i Bob-Lewis, 150,000; the W. M. Webb
inches in diameter is being'nsed foriCanla in Will Willis 1 fifl flflfl Ya liM
the first time. From 100 to 00 tseAvnriic Tantnir, r,ori;Q Mo iai
Xs$ersj,eac Deutchland, .Captain Tom
"""i"" vvucvwio, anu xurin Willis, Af4S,VUU
coedn n tUb6S b6en .' The fi8h that are being caught now
' (are the kind the manufacturers like
Fisheries officials are particularly de- to get, large and fat. Already more
sirous of establishing demonstration j have been caught than were caught
areas for every process of oyster cul-i last fall. If a good rain comes in
ture. They believe that observation the next few davs and stoDs the for.
of successful methods will invite ad- est fires it is likely that the fishing
ditional individuals to launch similar ' season for menhaden will be avery
undertakings,
The second phase of oyster culture
into which Dr. Prytherch is just now
entering, is the transplanting of seed
to selected growing and maturing bot
toms where setting does not occur
and interfere with the development of
single, well shaped oysters. These;
studies are just now being started in I
cooperation with Capt. John A. Nel-'
son, fisheries commissioner, in a se-1
ries of trips to oyster producing areas 1
of North Carolina,
good one.
Highly Esteemed Man
Died Sunday Evening
engaged for same and it is hoped to
have all the women's clubs in the
county give Mr. Jones full coopera
tion and fill this tent to capacity with
their different entries. A premium
list will be found on another page of
this paper or a premium book may
be had of Mr. Guthrie at the Post
Office. The Firemen have engaged one
of the leading. carnivals in the coun
try for their midway the Bruce
Shows, who are. bringing here for the
engagement, five big rides, ten new
and entertaining shows and forty fun
booths. A ten cent admission will be
charged on the gate and every after
noon and evening on the midway, five
big spectacular circus acts will be
presented free to patrons of the fair
all of these acts have been with the
big circuses this past season and are
among the best of their kind in the
country. Several special features
have been arranged for the week
Wednesday afternoon from 1 P. M.
to 6 P. M. all white school children
will be admitted free to the grounds
in order to visit and see the agricul
tural and home economig's display in
the big exhibition tent and also to wit
ness the big free program on the mid
way. On Friday afternoon at the
same hours, all the colored school
children of the county will be admit
ted .free. 1 1 It is the intentieof-th.
Firemen to make this fair an annual
one and it is sincerely hoped that ev
erybody in this section will do their
bit in making this the event of the
year.
W ashington
Snapshots
Taken by The Helm News Service
President Hoover will have to con
front a Democratic House of Repre
sentatives and a hostile Senate con
trolled by Democrats and Insurgents
when Congress convenes next month
unless some totally unexpected up
set occursw ithin the next four weeks.
A season of bitter turmoil is-in pros
pect with the presidential election of
1D32 as the goal of all maneuvers.
Recmt elections gave the Democ.v,.ts
a cloar majority in the House and vir
tually assured the election of Repre
sentative Garner, of Texas as Speak
er 1o succeed the late Nicholas Long
woi th. That was the first conclusion
to be drawn from the results. There
wa i no serious disagreement about it.
Vith the Democrats in control of
the House, as now seems probable,
thi re may come intra-party strife
an id issention, but already the Demo
cr itic leaders are taking steps to di
vide the honors as harmoniously as
possible. The threat of trouble re
si Its from the seniority rules which
guide the selection of committee chair
mm. Under it the South will re
gin its supremacy in the House.
If the Democrats organize the
House, as they now seem likely to
do, they will have charge of all leg
islative measures taken up for con
sideration and action. All revenue
let islation and tariff legislation, un
der the Constitution, must originate
in :he House. Just how far the
Democrats are ready to go in the mat
ter of increasing taxes, on the eve of
an election, is a question. Already
Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi,
one of their national party leaders,
has expressed the opinion that the
Government can meet its financing by
borrowing money instead of increase
mg 1 he tax burden ween business is
tryir,gto StrtfgglS WTO tveeitm
ARMISTICE DAY PROGRAMS
GIVEN BY THE SCHOOLS
DECEMBER TERM OF COURT
TRIES CIVIL CASES ONLY
. The next term of Superior Court
wil convene here on Monday the 7th
day of December. Judge N. A. Sin
clair is due to preside over it. The
court will be given entirely to civil
business and there will be no crimi
nal cases tried until next March.
There are many cases on the civil
dockets in this county and it will not
be possible to try all of them in the
one week term in December.
MOREHEAD CITY, Nov. 10 Fun
eral services for Mr. W. W. Freeman,
well known and beloved business man
of Morehead City were held at the
Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday
afternoon by the Reverend B. B.
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As a part of this phase, according j ?Ser, assisiea oy tne otner mm
to Dr. Prytherch, suitable oyster! n the 9'ty- .ch"rch, wf
growing bottoms will be selected as1,led to capacity with, friends of the
experimental planting grounds to ;ecef of the family' a"d
demonstrate how modern methods of floal tnbutes were unusually lovely,
oyster farming can be developed for a"d " banked on and nd the
increasing the production of these bi-!aItTar; and cfhancel. n .
valves. In addition to the official ex' lntcmcf. was n Bayview Ceme
perimental grounds, he hopes that a?ery' and hlS P8"". active and
number of individuals will establish h"0rary f.nen,ds and ,bu'lness
that will serve as demonstra-',men P T,T. T'
neaa ity. uomDinea cnoirs or the
town rendered the funeral music,
singing Asleep in Jesus and Come
Eighteen jurors have
for the December term,
en are the following:
been drawn
Those chos-
B. C. Way, Beaufort; S. W. Reams
Morehead City; Mack Salter, Stacy;
L. C, Howland, Beaufort; J. A. Small
Newport, RFD; M. B. Taylor, New
port; H. C. Jones Jr., Beaufort; J. S.
Pigott, Gloucester; Jasper Daniels,
Sea Level; H. B. Salter, Merrimon;
areas that will serve as demonstra
tions, and announces that he will be :
glad to cooperate as far as possible i
in advising individuals in methods of i
oyster culture. I
Although the market for North Car
olina oysters is not encouragine at:
this time, conservation officials be
lieve a market comparable to those of
the last time be developed. They cite
a recent quotation from one of the
effect that his entire oyster supply is
always sold in advance of the season,
as demonstrating what may be done
in North Carolina, especially if oys
ter farming is developed on a large
scale, assuring a dependable supply
of the highest grade bivalves.
Some day, Dr. Prytherch predicts,
practically all of the waters compos-
J. W. Roberts, Morehead City; Char-ling the Inland Waterway from New
lie Salter, Beaufort, RFD; Jacob F. England and now about thru North
Wade, Morehead City; F. C. Norris, Carolina, will be planted in oysters
Pelletier; C. T. Eubank?, Beaufort,, and will prove a valuable source of
RFD.; David Williams, Beaufort; C. ! income for hundreds of 'North Caro
E. Millis, Newport; J. W. Alligood.
tDgvis.
BRIDGE CLUB MEETS
linians. Most of the entire length of
the waterway through this State is
admirable suited for oyster farming,
he stated. .
BOGUE SOUND FARMER CROWS
CROP OF SORGHUM CANE
carried ott by Miss Anna skarren, a
lovely piece of pottery. Sandwiches
and punch were served by the hostess.
Miss Clawson's guests were: Misses
a man with strong legal talent, stud-..) Anna Skarren, Daphne Paul, Kather-
ious and able. As Attorney Generat jine Thomas, Marjorie Lewis, Clyde
he would be available aB a membR j Duncan, Estelle Caffrey, Margaret
of that body, if and when a vacaneyVHill Virginia Howe, Varina Way, and
occurs. As Governor he would r.ot.'Mesdames Walter Moore and Willie
bo. His present office is an excellent Loftin.
training field, a proving ground, for j
iCuntinred on pe;e e:jcht) ' READ fh NEWS WANT ADS
,The Thursday Night Bridge Club
met last Thursday evening with Miss
Marie Clawson on Ann Street. Bridge
was played at three tables and at the Not much sorghum cane is grown
close of the game topscore prize was in Carteret county so far as the News
knows but it can be done successfully
as Mr. W. E. Baggs of Bogue has
demonstrated. Mr. Baggs raised a
crop of the cane on his farm this
year and from this he made .some ex-;
cellent syrup. A sample of the syr
up and some stalks of the cane were
brought to the News office by Mr.
Baggs and have been shown to vari
ous persons, some of whom had nev
er seen sofghum cane before.
Angel Band.
Mr. Freeman died at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Agnes Davis with
whom he has made his home since the
death of Mrs.. Freeman three years
ago, after an illness of only a few
days, Saturday afernoon, November
7.
Mr. Freeman was 75 years of age,
son of Elisha Freeman, and Betsy
Freeman. He was born and reared in
Silverdale, coming to Morehead City
about twenty years ago. For a few
years he continued farming, but gave
it up and established himself in the
grocery business, wholesale and re
tail. This business grew under his
guiding hand until today, it is one of
the leading businesses in this section.
His sons, Walter, Charles and Earle
went in the business with him, and of
later years have caried the load of
the business.
Surviving Mr. Freeman are his
sons Walter, Charles, Earle, Harry,,
David, daughters Mrs. Winfield Webb
and Mrs. Agnes Davis, and thirteen
grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Julia
Mattocks of Maysville and three half
brothers and two half sisters.
There werea number of out of town
visitors for the funeral among them
beinj: Mr. and Mrs. 'ifcobert Dsts,
Straits ; Mr; and Mr . ,'Aiattoci,
VnWiiljH ?lAtoett,rri Mary Gar
r, i Mrs. 'LiIaT-iIduse,T Maysville ; Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Willis,, Walter and
EnuttOR ! Pugh, W. C. Conklin and
E. T.: Booker, ,New Bern; and Mrs,
Dick Freeman, Swansboro.
Armistice Day was observed in
Carteret county mainly under the aus
pices of the public schools. Most of
the schools had appropriate exercises
and then took a holiday for the rest
of the day. In Beaufort St. Paul's
School, the white ana colored public
schools all had Armistice Day pro
grams. The Reverend Worth Wick
er spoke at St. Paul's and at the
white public school.
In Morehead City a celebration was
held under the auspices of the local
post of the American Legion. The
exercises were held at the fountain
memorial erected in memory of men
who lost their lives during the war.
Mr. Luther Hamilton delivered the
address. The public school closed at
10 o clock and the pupils attended the
exercises. There were also many Ie-
gionaires and other citizens present.
vvnite Uak and Newport schools also
observed the day with interesting
programs.
To the debris inevitable to 'election! J
. muBb uc aiueu tne lost
hopes of Alfred E. Smith, titular head
of the Democratic Party, nationally.
The former Governor, in the opinion
of many of the capital's observers,
lost a lot of prestige when New York
State ignored to r. tune of better than
two to ono, his temand that it vote
down a reforestation program spon
sored by Governor Roosevelt. As the
summed it up Smith, whose very
name was magic in the Empire State
at one time, is a political "has been"
in his homeland. Elsewhere it is a
matter of debate whether Smith has
lost or gained prestige or whether the
episode has had little or no effect at
all upon his leadership.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Prospective members of the dele
gation Presid;nt Hoover hones to
send to the February Geneva disarm.
anient parley are shying away be
cause of their dubiousness over the
success' of the conference. The views
expressed recently by Chairman Bor
ah of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee that he sees little hope for
effective disarmament moves emanat
ing from the European discussion are
I known to be shared by others as well
acquainted with the situation abroad.
Gilbert A. Glancey and Mavis Ger
trude Parsons, Beaufort.
TIDE TABLE
Information at to the tioes
at Beaufort is given in this col
umn. The figures are approx
imately correct and based on
tables furnished by the U. S.
Geodetic Survey. Some allow
ances must be made for varia
tions in the wind and also with
respect to the locality, that is
whether near the inlet or at
the heads of the estuaries.
In tune with the merry song of
rising wheat prices, Chairman Stnne
of the Farm Board predicted that the
burdensome world surplus of the food
crop would be entirely removed by
next year. Crop shortages and weath
er damage, Stone said, together with
strong indications of short planting
next year "will put us back on an
even keel as far as the relation be
tween production and consumption is
concerned."
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As the League of Nations' "ultimn- '.
turn" to Japan, demanding withdrawal
of Japanese troops in Manchuria from
beyond the treaty zones along the
South Manchurian Railway, approach-
es its expiration date, November 16, ht '
war clouds in the Far East show signs
of darkening, rather than lifting. By
far the most ominous manifests tH)",
in the heavens shadowed ; by them 2i
the indication that Russia' 1 way 3 r be
drawn into the controversy row Ton -i
nned to China and Japan. -4f 4VsRia
were to be embroiled -the Y '" "fi
1 ramifications of the vnenv ''
-Vftuld spread like widfir. . r air
MnJitRoland,1 thousands " i fr
th sneilfftrah-eat1- v, ..niatinsr .
it witJi anxk'ty. 1' ' ;
The battle to'-ec .. rut 'operations
of so-called conttBt'eSrUr9,B'y mo
tor truck is assunttiilf ftkij. propor
tions and, incidentally, V becoming
more complicated. The Supreme
Court of the United States spoke on
the subject when it held unconstitu
tional a Florida statute which attempt
ed to regulate all contj'aef e- -iors.
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