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OWf MFWS On- o) rs3 MJF nU-'best adrtisine medium publish in Carterel Co, f READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY WAT 'our label and pay your subscription a- PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1931 PRICE 5c SINGLE t NUMBER 43 VOLUME XX d Hie, GOVERNORS AGREE THAT REDUCTION SHOULDBE MADE South Carolina Governor Fav ored Legislatave 'Acteon, Others Did Not 0 EJTRA SESSION 3.IKELY. By M. ft. BOHNCtAN RALEIGH, ,sv. 18 Drastic Te- duction in the "acreage of the four money crops, cotton, tobareo, peanuts and potatoes, &r the four states and "'in such measure as each Governor may for himself determine" was pledged at Itln? JoUriGovernor confer ence in Chaflfttte' last "-Thursday, at tended at the call 5f Governor Gard ner by Governor Blaikwood, South Carolina; (Governor Rnssell, Georgia, and Goverwor PoHatfd. Virginia. Governor Blackwood, alone, ex pressed ihmself as favoring reduc tion by ileSislative -ftttion, the South Carolina legislature having already enacted a ccottor law, contingent upon similar action by other states. Governor JPdllardSMd there was no sentiment Sn his ttate for a special legislative session. Governor Bus sel said "fat had not been able to -see that legislation would do his state any good. :but : he. his an open mind. The Gxvernors -agreed that some! vari0UF point to he adjusted and af form of reduction xf acreage is nec-ter-.a,g3ement Was reached the attor essary and agreedtio name four men neys Wre instructed, .to draw up the in eaiihratate'tovim&e a study ad re-j necessary deeds, contracts and reso port to the Governors their Endings 'lions and reports at the evening as to acreage. .'Agreeing that acreage would be reduced mext year anyway because ooff the i Jew prices ef cash crops, the four .executives agreed to throw the "influence of their offices in to figiits Jor further reduction, and the subaf itefttion . 6f food and feet! crops for a&e rmosney crops. Governor Gardner's view that the cotton jniMem is anternatiomal -was accepted and a part of the resolution conBit.'residrBt. Hoqyex-ar J. fusing to -aneederto She suggestion of Egypt ifihatt am iinto national confer ence be ihdl8 on cotton prodiaelaon. The Fedeifil FarmUJoard was aleo scored for nwt gryjj.g consideratwo to the pEgftt f tthe-rotton farmer- The Msnf eionce Twas valuable, ia so far as NcottSi Cattflina is concern- , ed, by the assttranaelfc-om the Gover . nors of the .other tthwe states that rshould this State, Jargest of the bright "tobacco pro&ucfiMS, -cwrfoul acreage in -tobacco next year, they-jwill not take 'advantage f the :reilwction to in rerease their aereaye. '!Xo that ex tent, North Carotisa :is jtafe in her cre4'-5tion plans. The Governor's i.nfwtce( it is .generally predicted, 'ill bring to an .end 'the demands f or .special session .of the North Carolina General As isepibly. An active grtmp, b.ut appar ently a -minority, has bei calling for the session, but the calls are ;bcom jng less -.vociferou, probably dpe to th? '.beUelhat Governor Gardner will not call t? session unless he finds it necessary. The Raleigh Times P?J1 of insmbers f the General Assembly showed, at the last count, 18 for au$l 48 against a session, while at least half a dozen who did not answer the query have expressed themselves as against a session. Will MicUan Run? Yes, respond friends of A. D. Mac Lean of Btaufort county, speaking of the reports that Joftephus Daniels, not pleased wih the present line-up, is seeking to groom the Be auofrt rep resentative for the race for Governor - yes, but Mr. MacLean wijl not al Jow his name to be entered and will ot make the race in the June pri-j msry. With how much authority or information they speak is not known. But (they are sure Mr. MacLean will not be a candidate, even though the Raleigfa editor may be seeking to I have Win run and may promise his' support. I Mr. Daniels may not run himself,, because it might complicate matters if his close friends and former sub ordinate, Governor Franklin D. Roose velt, should be nominated and elect ed President, or if his friend and former associate in the Wilson Cab inet, Newton D. Baker, should do , likewise. Mr. Daniels might feel like a secretaryship or an ambassadorship in such a case. Being Governor would complicate matters, and failing to be come Governor it would at least be an undesirable condition. Mr. Dan iels is quoted as saying to friends re cently that he will say nothing as to Hs possible candidacy until after the first of the year. If there is to bea candidate suit able to Mr. Daniels, he is yet to come out, Doubt is expressed that he will enter or that he can induce Mr. Mac - Lean to enter. Who then? There are many who claim the lists are clos- ed and that no others than R. T. Fountain, A. J. Maxwell and J. C. B. Ehringhaus will be candidates. At (Continued on page eight) DEAL CLOSED FOR Tidewater Cofftpany Now In Charge; Money Sent To State Treasurer j The town of Beaufort does tot own a water -and light system sow but it has more money to its -fcredit than it has had before in a long time. Two .perfectly good chcks a mousting to -4205,000 were turned over to City "Clerk T. M. Thomas Jr., Saturday ami these same ehat ks have been sent -t State Treasurer .Nathan O'-Berry wbo will keep the -msney for the town -until it has feeendrawn out. A speawJ meeting of ihe-eity board 'was -held Friday afternoon and night lat the city hall which wasiattended by representatives of the Tidewater UPower JCwnpany. The reject of the meeting was to attend -to the final kdetailsi-of transferring .the water and Llight .plant to the Tidewater Com pany. .Representing the city were .Mayor -Taylor, Commissioners Gibbs, Glover, King and Rumlgv. Also pres ent were City Clerk Thomas, City At torney G. W. Duncan -and special at torney J. F. Duncan. The power company was represented by their at torney L. J. Poisson -and E. E. Kil-i burn, JL. D. Latta and JC. L. Carter. At .the afternoon .neeting there' was considerable discussion of the ( meeting. At the latter meeting the resolutions were passed and the pa pers signed and the deal closed. It was. agreed that iheJIiiewater Com pany should hold back .$5000 of the purchase money until j-epairs to the large engine should .be completed. Ihe conrpany tad deposited a deed: Sor $2500 when their bid was first I jnade jmd this was included in the payment price, the .other check - traountifl? tr $202,50: - JMayor ITaylor bze .irsformed Use tNiws .that there wi2i hej meeting icf .the Jiitycotamissioners Jpjjght (Thujr? .day) at.ths city hall ,at which time .the .matter .of meeting. cme of the Cltj-ji obligations will ie taken ua. .The anoney. from the saje of the plant is to be used to pay idebts first and iben what is left may be used to buy ibfludsAhat are not die. Quite a large araouret of past due? bonds. anteresit ap.d .pter debts is gn need of atteiftipp. The News. leans that the Tide water Co.Bspany's manager in Carter et sounty aa to be J'Ir. Stanly Wood land. Mr.. C. L. Carter located at New Bern 3fi the district manager. Mr. Ji!y Hamilton is the engineer -,;n charge of the Beafort j)lant and th.e other employes at the plant will b retained in the compass's service. Miss Martha Carrow will look after the collections in Beaufort for the company as she formerly did for the city. It has not been definitely de cided where the prer company's of fice m Beaufort will be ...l&cated. Plans for extending the lines $p the eastern part of the co.unty have been made and it is expected that the work wil start at an early date. The Tidewater Company has been made an offer for the Newport plant also and citizens will vote on te question in a fesv weeks. TWO OFFENDERS CONVICTED H CITY POLICE COURT A big crowd was on hand Friday night at the city hall to attend Po lice Court. Therj were only two de fendants, Mark Washington and Wil liam Thoma Oden both young col. ored men. They wereb rought in handcuffed together. Mark Washington was charged with breaking and entering the store of I the Stubbs Fruit Company on Novem ber 9th. He was caught in the build ing adjoining and acknowledged that he had been in the Stubbs Fruit Com pany's place. At the trial he admit ted his guilt and acknowledged that he had been in the place once be fore and stolen some cigarettes. He undertook to implicate Richard Ful-. ford and Viola Rhodes in thee rime and claimed that they knew he was going to rob the store. Fulford andiH Viola denied that they had anything ! to do with it and no charge was made'officerg jje nas Deen m court for driving car while drunk and $10 fine against them. Mark was bound ov-l innr ' flevprfli times hefnre,fr resisting an officer and the costs. er to the March term of Superior 'd ved one term on the roads !He is also nt to drive a motor ve court under a $200 bond. He has of- The first case trie(j at tne Tuesday nicle for 90 days- Failure to carry ten been in court before mostly for lgegsion 0f court was that of Raymond !out the terms of the sentence will re- drinking and fighting. ored men. They were brought in resisting arrest, interfering with an , officer and assault. He was sent ov- Oden was tried on the charge of ?100 was required. He denied resist- ling the officers but said he tried to 'escape. He was arrested by Chief Longest and officers Jones, Holland end deputy sherif Chaplain. GOOD ATTENDANCE AT BRUCE SHOWS Cooperating With The Local Firemen ; Bi Lxhibition Now Gemg On Depression, hard times, low prices for fish and farm products all seem to be forgotten by the crowds that are daily and tiightly attending the performances of the Bruce Shows. This outfit sarrived Sunday front Washington where they played last week. Their tents are located 'n the block bounded by Broad, Marsh, Cedar and .Live Oak Streets send -al- mtwii fi.ll the entire, block. Manager R. B. Jones sys 'tie at- terdance.the show giwuhds has been as gfod as could (be expected oHSsidertop business c&diiiwis -and toflier circtimstances. Yesterday was 5childrerAi day" and all white -chik ilren who' came were a&rittted to the jsroundsSree of charg. Ihe same ;pi:ivilegevwill be ejctensled Mo the sei ared school children tomorrow Fri day. -Aain on Saturday afternoon bhe .whae children ril be admitted pree. the merrygrromaid, iKerris Wheel nnd otte-r riding devices raff orded -i&e (children a great daal of 'plpasure ..yes terday .nd were well patronized. "There oare also dogs ,anfl goat thoivs :and trjeze perfoxnwnces, which are :f ree, iawd are giwen everal times a iday. "ZThere are :e!lra v3-ious -iile :shovSiirnsisting 'Bf hig snakes, Siam ese itwbiS and other curiosities. A minstrdii show graet several perforKi- Larueesja -day and thwe ate other faa piures i t' amuse tlte (crowds. An oitfort was imade o get soos texhibSts -of farm sud household pro- Sucts artd a few wei obtaaned whiti; are onihibit in a lare Auit back of .9s e grojds. It was thojugit that n. was a faithful city employee, was this way a start conM be made to- ( proud of his city, and 'Jobored for awards aj-i annual fair in Beaufort and-jthe good and upbuilding of, Morehead pa haps :lt may. The Brure Shows jCity unceasingly. . cnm here under the asrejiifes of thefjf'Mr. ,JPioe w,a a ?aembr.of the lbail'.fire partraent and St-swill share jf irst Baptist Church, also a member liin i0ie rreeeipts. Big erowfe are ex - jacd (during the rest of the week.. BfKTJBfS OF THE WK Bwm to '-TSir. and Mrs. L. C. John- eon f BeauqS'rt, Monday, November I, a (6a.ugh.tafr, Born lo Mr.and Mrs. Mannle Ful cher of Stacy, Thursday, November 12, a m&. Bora fa x. rwid Mrs. Charles O. Styron f Beaufort Saturday, No vember 14, a aoju Charles Otis .Sty ron, Jr. Born to Mr. mi6 Mrs. Guy C. GiJU likin of Otway, Monday, November 16, a son. Henry Francis of Waynesville, Haywood County, report making $30 bushels of Irish potatoes on one acre of land this season. Two cars of ground limestone have btn ordered by Wilkes County farm ers for use with legume crops this fall. WELL KNOWN RALEIGH WOMAN TRIED HERE ON WORTHLESS CHECK CHARGE There have been two sessions of ( ft t hava a nnnfararr.a .Jfu Recorder's Court since the last week s issue of the News. One was held on I Friday and the other on the follow- ing Tuesday. The Friday session; was quite short. i E. M. Early of Washington, N. C. wanted on a bad check charge failed stand and denied being drunk or re to put in an appearance and his bondjsjsting arrest and was folov.ed by a was forfeited. (number of witnesses who said he was Elijah Robinson and Elmer Salter,, j two young men from Stacy charged with larceny of $200 waived examina tion. They were bound over the Su- perior Court under bond of $200 each. William Thomas Oden, colored of Beaufort, resisting arrest, interfer ing with with an officer and assault was convicted and given six months on the roads. He took an appeal and a bond of $200 was required. The testimony of Police officers Longest and Holland was that they and officer Jones went to the home of Oden's sister on a liquor raid and that he cursed and abused them and re - .i-fni arrest. Oden gairf he wati tin aH j:j anm u.j w.took practically that view of the mat- K,",t am nt tr to resist the Garner, a young man of the Newport, community, on charges of driving a car while under the influence of liq uor, resisting arrest and interfering with an officer while performing his duty. Chief of Police Tilton and Mayor Herrington were the principal J witnesses for the State. They said Garner was drinking and attempted to interfere with them when they un Dr. Thos. Duncan Dies After A Brief Illness A severe shock was administered to the people of Beaufort last night when the information spread around that Dr. Thomas Duncan had died suddenly at Pageland, S. C. where he had made his home for many year. His death was the result or a heart attack. He was stricken in Charlotte and was sick for only a few days. The funeral took place in Pageland at three o'clock this af ternoon. Dr. Duncan was the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Duncan of Beau fort, both of whom survive him. He is also survived by his widow two sons nnH n rlmie'hter. Also he has tfcitig the following named brother? ;inS sisters : G. W. Duncan of Beau- fort, John and Dick Duncan of Ral eigh, Mrs. W. P. Sellers of Norfolk, Va., Mrs. W. Kennedy of Weldon, Mrs. N. F. Eure, Miss Lena Duncan of Beaufort. Mr. Thos. Duncan and Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Duncan left Beaufort last night for Pageland meeting Mr. Dicfc Dnucan en route. Mr. John Duncan was in Pageland when his brother died. COLSTON PINER DIES AFTER SHORT ILLNESS William Colston Piner, well "known citizen of MoreTiead City died yes terday, after a short illness. Mr. Piner was bora in Smyrna, Septem ber 6, 1865, -coming to Morehead City when ie was just ten years of age. He has made his home there since. For twenty-five years he was a member of the police force of the city, atid for ten years Superinten dent of Streets, wtiich ' position he held at the time of his. death. He jlfhe Woodmen of the World, char. ter member of the Volunteer Firemen fwt-'Morehead City. Funeral services for Mr. Piner will be iheld sometime Friday, hour not yet having been set by the family, :Ar. riner is survived by hie widow land live children, Misses Lillie, Nel lie and -Kosabell of Morehead City, Mr. WTfliam B. Piner of Wilson, Mrs. Lola Ketiyon of Macon, N. C. and a brother Mr. George W. Piner of Morehead City. RAIN COMES AT LAST For the first time this month this section received last night the benefit of a rainfall. Several refreshing snowers tell during the night and wtile not as much as was needed probably did much good towards checking the forest fires and helping theg rowing crops. During the j month of October the rainfall in this section was less than one inch and .September was also a dry month 1 wiie Prescott who WM wanted on ch or other clauJe Ren de Water Gopner flnd Don Hm j, were Henutized to heln rrf. Ravmcn( lgo testified. The defend. :ant Raymond Garner went on the not drinking when thev saw him. .Willie Prescott, who says thev have a habit of locking him up in Newport every Saturday night, drunk or sob- er, and who was in the car with Gar- !ner testified that he was not drinking land that Officer Tilton did not read a warrant to Garner. Mr. J. C. Mayor Herrington and Tilton the defendant's reputation was good. Bell, said not Attorney C. R. Wheatly appearing for the defendant argued to the court that there was no evidence to sustain anv f he charges unless possibly that driving a car while under the influence of liquor. Judge Davis ter and gave him a fine of $50 for 8 1,1 "av"'K lo serve " oays in jau to be worked on the roads. An ap peal was noted and a bond of $100 required. Mrs. Virginia N. Nowell of Raleigh who operated a girls' camp on Hark er's Island last summer was the de. fendant in a bad check case. She was represented by Attorney G. W. (Continued on page five) IpAMOUS FLYtllS TO I VISIT NEW BERN Three Day Aviation Meet Will Commence Saturday tin NEW BERN. Nov. 18 The New Rim airnort has been approved by the Government and is to be formally dedicated with a three day flying pro gram on Saturday, Sunday and Mon day. Scores of prominent men ana women pilots will be present to en tertain the audiences on these days. Russ Brinkley, iNew York aviation magazine editor and Lieutenant R. G. Ginick, government inspector who will direct the ail races have brought to New Bern such important person ages as Capt Lewis A. Yancey and his autogiro: Lou Strickler, worlds youngest licensed exhibition pilot; Col, J. J. Grady, world war ace ; Miss Amelia Earhart and her autogiro; George Shealy of National Air Race fame; Pen Edgar New York exhibi tion pilot and Jack Kelly with his tri motor plane. Billy Bomar of New York has al ready brought his flying circus to New (Bern and will stage a series of para chute jumps and wing-walking acts. He is assisted this year by Miss Eris Danielson or Oslo, Norway and Bur- choff Lubinoff, Russia's only para chute man. Lou Strickler will attempt to set a new junior light plane alittude rec ord of 20,000 feet in his small 40 h. 3. monoplane. He formerly held this record with 17,000 feet but was de feated by Ken Schulter of Cleveland. :Schulter climbed to 18500 feet.. Mayor Tolson of New Bern has de clared November 21, ii and zi as aviation days and will conduct open house for all aviation dignitaries on these dates. MRS. A. CREE PASSES AWAY : Mrs. A. Cree of Louisville, Ky. passed sway lastr Saturday after a lingering illness. Surviving her are her husband, Rev. A. Cree and chil. dren, Misses Bessiea nd Florence and J. M. Cree of Louisville. Dr. A. C. flree of Salisbury, N. C. W. W. Cree of Houston, Tex., :and J. A. Cree of Beaufort, Mrs. James Anderson, Knoxi3 Tenn., .Mrs. R. E. Davis, Warren.n - n( Bernard Cree of Calif oi """a- MARRI,. LICENSES Hubert Noe and ' Lela Bowen Beau fort. Charlie Lewis. Beaut4 Polly Smith, Lukens. Wesley Dudley and Philis ' jUfraft Morehead City. Stanly Buck and Alattie Mav i trell Morehead City. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS B. F. Royal to Annie A. Royal. 6 ots Morehead City, for $100. B. Salter and wife to W. Tvler Pake, 1 lot Morehead City, for$ . VV. A. Mace et al to Chas. L. Aber nethy, 215 acres Harkers Island town ship for $1.00. C. L. Abernethy and wife to W. Sparks, 110 acres Harkers Island R. township, for $100. Cumberland County farmers will pay 98 per cent of their Government seed loans this fall. TIDE TABLE Information aw to the tides at Beaufort is given in this col umn. The figures are approx imately correct and based on tables furnished by the U. S. Geodetic Survey. Some allow ances must be made for varia tions in the wind and also with respect to the locality, that is whether near the inlet or at the heads of the estuaries. High Tide Low Tide 20 10:49 a. m. 10:45 p. m. 21 Friday, Nov. 4:40 a. m. 4:54 p. m. Saturday, Nov. 5:21 a. m. 11:01 a. 11:31 p. 22 11:22 a. 12:10 p. m. m. 5:39 p. m. Sunday, Nov. 5:59 a. 6:17 p. m. m. m. m. Monday, Nov 23 11:57 a. m. 12:48 p. m. 24 12:34 a. m. 1:24 p. m. 6:34 a. m. 6:54 p. m. Tueiday, Nov. 7:08 a. m. 7:30 p. m. Wednesday, Nov.' 25 7:43 a. m. 8:06 p. m. 1:07 a. m. 2:02 p. m. 26 1:43 a. m. 2:40 p. m. Thursday, Nov. m. 8:19 a. 8:43 p. m. Washington Snapshots Taken by The Helm New Service Although Congress does not con vene for four weeks, Capitol Hill is taking on a new life of political ac tivity as Democrats, Republicans ana Progressives bin arriving to formu late programs, advance political for tunes and to hold whatever they now have. Most important of the new arrivals is Senator Norris, Republi can, of (Nebraska, leader of the Pro gressive bloc in the Senate, who comes with a proposal tor a j- 000,000 appropriation for road buy ing as a means of helping employ ment, a prediction that President Hoover will be renominated by the Republicans and some satirical com ment on President Hoover's "latest commission" the one on ''Abysmal ignorance." . . 1 1 . The Administration wants to know what the Democrats plan to do with the House of Representatives. That it concedes they will organize the legislative branch becomes more evi dent as Republicans who held much of the power in the last House are dropping in to talk with John N. Gar ner, of Texas, Democratic choice for the Speakership. Among those who are sounding out Garner on his legis lative program are Tilson, of Conn ecticut, and Snell, of New York, Re publican candidates for the Speaker ship; Wood of Indiana, chairman of the last House Appropriations Com mittee; Parker, of New York, who guided the Interstate Commerce Com mittee, and Underhill, of Massachu-. setts, head of the Accounts group. Walter Newton, one of President. Hoover's secretaries, also talked with Garner. vi Democratic leaders in the East who are opposing ' the Presidential "candi-, dacy of Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt were warned of the possibility of a third party movement should they succeed in blocking the New Yorker. The warning came from Senator Wheeler, Democrat of Montana, who was the Vice-Presidential candidate on a third-party ticket in 1924. Sen ator Wheeler declared "the Demo crats can win with Roosevelt or lose without him" and he predicted that should a third p .rty ticket go into the Presidential race next year it would drain more votes from the Dem ocrats than from the Republicans, "as was demonstrated when La Follette ran in 1924." President Hoover's Armistice-Day speech was surprising to many be cause of the vigorous emphasis which lie put upon the necessity of military epafdness. Mr. Hoover has been Pi with leaning toward pacifism chai 'y.istic internationalism A and ia Jd hardly use such words , 'jf-ace is the product of pacifist Cv , H defense, of natient prepardne.-s K t ' feni. ..tim.r "troversy and of the- as these: settlement of co. H of the forces of dynamic developme result of the "ealism born good will. It is the delicate balance of that or human exDerience and .of ideal-. ;w, f v,a v,s,v.o,t v, 'aan as- pirations for international justu 5C In the most important reassign ment of warships since a new operat ing plan was put into effect a year ago, the Navy Department recently slated seventeen vessels to be tied up at docks until further notice. Two of the warships will be placed perma nently out of use, but the others will be held in the status of reserve com mission. Although the department, s announcement avoided allusion to the motives and theimplicutions of the new orders, they generally were considered to be the first step in the Navy's latest economy program. The tying up of the seventeen vessels would permit an eventual decrease in personnel of nearly 1,000 men. The possible operating economies can be estimated on the basis of the fact that the annual appropriations to run these ships have been approximataly $3,700,000. At the suggestion of President Hoover, a plflA "is -being worked out ' by the Civil Service Commission for the Government employes to supply $1,000,000 of the $2,601,000 quota of the local Community Chest here for the coming year. It is thought that the plan will resemble similar ones adopted by industries through- out the country, whereby employes voluntarily contribute one or two or three day's pay a month. In making this known at the White House Pres ident Hoover emphasized the fact 'that such a contribution Dlan nroDos- les to include civil service employes 'not only in Washington, but through jr.ut the country. ' Continued on nncr