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Beaufort Mews The best advertising medium published in Carteret Co. f READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY I 5 tfATCH Your label and pay your subscription VOLUME XX 8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1931 PRICE Sc SINGLE COPY NUMBER 48 RADICAL CHANGES PROPOSED FOR NORTH CAROLINA CONSTITUTION OHIO MEN OSTAIN BIG PLANTATION Winthrop Place of 700 Acres On Adams' Creek Sold Last Week Some real estate has changed hands n-ii. 4-u; lint short ballot , granting the 1 (, ,, .. ' ' ... in the real estate line. Now and then though a deal of considerable consequence is made and one of this sort was consumated last week when a large farm on Neuse river at the mouth of Adams' creek changed hands. ' : The tract of land, some 700 acres known as the Winthrop place, was bought by C. R. Jameson and H. J. Speck of Cleveland, Ohio. The men are partners in a bakery business in Cleveland. They have made several trips to North Carolina and have in vestigated, a number of sites, finally deciding thta the Winthrop place met their requirement?. The property has a frontage of about two miles on (Neuse river. A ten room house lo cated on a point of land on the river commands a beautiful view of the broad Neuse and can be seen for sev eral miles up and down the river. The river is about six miles wide at this point. While the new owners of the Win throp place expect to use it for pur- poses of recreation such as hunting and fishing, they will, also use it for The Constitution Commission Has Been Receiving Suggestions And Will Meet Again January 1 For Further Considera tion; Governor May Be Given Veto Power And Be Eligi ble For Re-election By M. R. DUNNAGAN North Carolina's antiquated Con stitution, adopted in 1868 and amend ed many times, but tediously, until it is topheavy and cumbersome, would be almost completely rework ed by Governor Gardner's Constitu tional Commission, judging from sug gested changes made at the meeting last Friday, the group adjourning to meet again January 1 and 2. The veto power to the Governor, allow ing women to serve on juries, allow ing majority votes of juries in all ex cept capital offenses, classification of property for taxation, abolishing the six per cent limit on taxes on income, abolishing the ratation of superior court judges, were among suggestions made by Judge John J. Parker, of the U. S. Circuit court of appeals; a new article under a public welfare heading dealing with conservation of water power, fish, game, forests, min erals and other natural resources, by legislation action, was suggested by Major Geo. E. Butler, Clinton. Chief Justice W. P. Stacy, of the N. C. Su preme Court, and Burton Craige, Winston-Salem, presented other sug gestions. The commission, created by the 1931 General Assembly to report in advance of the 1933 session, will hear Charles M Johnson, director of Local Government, and Supt. R. H. Latham, of the Winston-Salem schools at its January meeting. Suggested changes will be received until De cember 10. Dean M. T. VanHatch . and Prof- Fred B. McCall. of the ., 1 " ; ' "vf ' - -md- ; State University law schooj, spoke. of tne veto power ana tne juuiciai sys tem. A report on county govern ment was made by Prof. Malcoln McDormott, of Duke University, and Dean N. Y. Gulley, of Wake Forest law school, will report on taxation later. Other suggested changes follow: eliminate constitutional provision a gainst re-election of Governor and Lieutenant Governor; permit Gover nor to submit to General Assembly revenue and appropriation bills and State budget; restrict extra General Assembly sessions to specific purpose named by Governor; dividing State into three judicial districts and eli mination of rotation of judges; judges to be elected at special non partisan elections for 10 years, re movable for cause by the General Assembly, and retired at age of 70; increasing Supreme Court justices from five to seven; creating Depart ment of Justice under Attorney Gen eral, heading up State solicitors and with State police under department; remove restriction of women serving on juries; indictments only in capital cases, other cases to be tried on in formation; trial without jury by con sent of parties, except capital cases; delete "male from many parts of constitution. More than 25 of the approximate ly 3,000 notaries public in North Car olina have notified Governor Gard ner's office that they are now ineli gible for such posts, because they have taken other offices since appoint ment, as a result of the three to two N. C. Supreme Court decision that a notary public is a public state office, Miss Mamie Turner, executive clerk, reports. Attorney General D. G. Brummitt has written numerous letter inform ing inquirers that "By express pro visions of Article XIV, Section 7, of the Cinstitution, a justice of the peace may hold another office," by which it is seen that a man my be a justice of the peace and a notary public, but may not be a notary and hold any other public office. Offices In private corporations are not in eluded, of course. A notary public Js not permitted to hold any of the following offices un der the court ruling : Federal, district PROHIBITION LAW VIOLATIONS LESS Statistics Show Some Decrease In Number Of Criminal Cas es Tried By M. R. DUNNAGAN ALLEGED THIEVES HELD FOR COURT Gang of Negro Youths Charg ed With Robbery of More head City Drug Co. Many Attend Funeral Of Theodore E. Adair A large concourse of friends fiom Beaufort, Morehead City and other parte of the county gathered Wednes day afternoon to pay the last tribute of respect to the memory of Mr. T. E. Adair. The funeral services ' ok There was a co nsiderable wrestle 1 place at the residence of Mr. Adair RALEIGH, Dec. 1 Prohibition j in Recoider's court Tuesday over the 'on Turner street v.-luie he had lived question of what should be done with lor many years, me ivevuienu , law violators have shown a small but steady decrease in numbers in North Carolina in the past three years, the four Negro boys from Morehead City, Jasper Dudley, Henry Jones, Jr., Na. decrease keeping pace with the de- thaniel Jones and Custis Bell, charg. crease in criminul actions of all kinds ed with breaking into the store of the tried in the Superior Courts of the F. Munns pastor of Ann Street Meth odist church und the Reverend Worth Wicker ducted the services at the house and Washington Snapshots Taken by The Helm News Service It is noteworthy that in the Farm Board's story of its activities, the general outlines of which were pre sented to the Striate Agriculture Committee in Washington, the devel- . i e a L .. t : ector St. Paul's church con- jonmeni 01 me cuu.auv, among me lurmen? is sn raxu inua-i State, the annual compilation made in the office of Attorney General Den nis G. Brummitt shows. Criminal cases tried in the State in Morehead City Drug Company. The 'grave. "Blest be the tie that binds robbery took place on the 23rd of j was sung at the home by the choir October and several hundred dollars and at the grave "Now the day is worth of fountain pens, watches, flash over" was rendered. lights and other articles were taken. the fall of 1930 and spring of 1931, Chief of Police George Nelson work- numbered 15,421, as compared with ( ad up the case against these youths 15,732 in 1929-30 and 18,810. in. and after a hearing before Mayor 1928-29. The 1930-31 prohibition "-Bonner tney were sent to me county cases numbered 3,775, as compared with 4,379 in 1929-30 and 5,307 in 1928-29. The last year the cases were disposed of as follows: convic tions, 2,703; acquittals, 393; nol pross ed, 845, and otherwise disposed of, 34, the report shows. ' - Libel has disappeared from $he list, no cases appearing in three years due to the caution and care of news paper people. Slander showed 15 case?. Rioting, numbering four cas-' es in 1929-30, also has disappeared One man was prosecuted in 1929-30. for failure to work the roads, another disappeared offense. were compiled on cases tried in courts lower than the Superior Court for the first time, 12,019 cases having been tried in the courts which report ed. Not all such courts reported, nor all in any given county, and in some counties no such reports were made. A few such reports show 09 cases in Burke, none in Carteret, 244 in Chatam. 216 in Halifax, 627 In Harnett, 21 in Montgomery, 25 h Moore, 95 in Richmond more-serious: -porposK-Tobaeefr rs-Uel whitsnd mg will be stopped and no timber will males and two females, the cases' 'be- and that he would support her he cnt for some time to come. A ing disposed of as follows: convicted, large number of pecan trees will be 32; acquitted; 0; nol prossed, 0; and planted. - Cattle and hogs will be raised extensively. The work of sur veying and fencing the property will get under way in the near future. Mr. Spetek will spend considerable time on the place this winter looking after the improvements. Boyden Wilson Killed While Out Hunting (Special to the News) MARSHALLBERG, Dec. 1 Fun eral services for Boyden Wilson were held in the M. E. Church Monday af ternoon at 2 o'clock. Services were conducted by his pastor Rev. Mr. Wall and assisted by Rev. Mr. Line berger of the Baptist church and Rev. Mr. Culp of Winston-Salem. Thanksgiving morning he and sev eral of his associates went to Brown's Island hunting. In some way as he took his gun from the head of the skiff it discharged, the load striking him in the heart and killing him in stantly. His vody was interred in the new plot joining Victoria cemetery in the presence of a large number of friends and relatives. Many beautiful flor al tributes attested to the esteem in which he was held. A solo by request 'In the Upper Garden of Prayer," Recorder's Court. I Attorney Luther Hamilton who ap peared for the defendants asked to Have the warrant so amended that the Recorder would have jurisdiction. As the alleged crime is a felony, without amendment it would have to go to the Superior Court. Mr. Hamilton said that the county could save sev eral hundred dollars by a prompt trial of the case and that the punishment in the Superior Court would not be any more severe than what the Re corded could do. ? Solicitor Phillips resisted the mo tion very vigorously saying the ef- Additional figures, incomplete!, t" on lne PUDUC W0U1Q De Daa anQ that it should go to the Superior fcpurt for final settlement. Judge tDavis said he though that the case of .lithe boy Curtis' Bell, said to be not fquite fourteen years of age should be remanded to the Juvenile court which uhe did. The others are more than six teen years old and they were held for the higher court under bonds of $500 jach. Everett Stewart of Newport plead guilty to the charge of abandonment Carteret Superior Courts' ;tried &2 band nonsupport of his wife but stated ilManat mey were going to uve tugemci otherwise disposed of, 0, The offense? charged were the fol lowing: assault and battery 2; as sault on a female 1; assault with a deadly weapon, 5; bigamy 1; break Judgment was suspended and the case continued William Moore Willis of Morehead City was convicted on the charge of an assault on his wife Mrs. Mollie Willis and sentenced to the roads for six months. His attorney A. B. Mor , i nj'.vio tnnlr on annual fn tVip Sunprior inn. nnn onrprincr i- " mire arv. zna 1 " -i r - l Aafrr 9- -fwrv 1- Iflrronv and re. ! Court. Mrs. Willis and her daughter ceiving 3; manslaughter 2; prohibi-1 testified that the defendants was an tion laws 2; prostitution 1; trespass habitual user of whiskey and drugs 9- worthloss check? 3: m see aneous Bna lnat on l"1B vn-;uu" ut.uU 1; total 32. Larceny and receiving led the list in the State outside of liquor laws, with 2,987 cases; affrays and other kinds of assaults, 2, 130; breaking and entering and housebreaking 1, 299; motor vehicle laws, 424; store breaking 442. Capital felonies in cluded eight first degree murder and two first degree burglary, 54 arson and 19 rape cases. There were 269 second degree murder and 42 sec ond degree burglary cases. STOCK RUNNING AT LARGE CHARGE AGAINST FOUR MEN he threatened to cut her throat and that he threw her down and tore her dress nearly off hr. Attorney Mor ris a?ked if Mrs. Willis and her hus band did not have frequent fights which the witness said was true but that he always started it. She said he was all right except when drunk. His bond was fixed at $200. Cases against Reuben Jones, col ored, charging abandonment and E. D. Upchurch issuing worthless check were continued. As Superior Court will be in session next week there will be no session of Recorder's ourt until Tuesday the loth. The active pallbearers were Chas. Hatsell, R. Hugh Hill, L. J. Noe, Jr. T. M. Thomas Jr., Charles JWanson, John White, R. B. Wheatly. The de ceased for many years was a member of the Beaufort fire company and for many years past had been an honor ary member of the company. As a tribute of respect the body was car ried to the grave on the Beaufort fire truck and the Morehead City truck carried the floral designs which were numerous and beautiful. The interment was in the Episcopal cem etery. Mr. Adair was 77 year old. He was an excellent mechanic. He was one of the few men living who helped build the Atlantic Hotel at Morehead City more than fifty years ago. He was regarded as a man of sincerity and courage, honest and fearless in word and deed. He was well known not only in Beaufort but in the county and was highly respect ed. He is survived by his daughter Mrs. E. D. Doyle, a son W. E. Adair and four grandsons William, Braxton, Julius and Glenn Adair. His wife died just two years ago. Mr. Adair came to his end in a most unusual manner. He had been engaged by Mrs. Cora Whitehurst to move the body of her son the late Dr. Elijah B. Whitehurst. The body was in a concrete vault and this was to be moved just a few inches in or der to be nearUthagrave of Jpls father, the late James S. Whitehuist. Mr. Adair was assisted in the work by Leland Swain. The dirt and sarfd had been removed from around the vault. Mr. Adair was at work in the grave when the monument at the end of it toppled over on him and crushed his life out in an instant. The young man with him had his back turned at the moment and said he heard no out cry whatever. When he discovered what had happened he tried to re move the monument but could not and immediately ran into twon and and got help. Captain George Brooks F. R. Seeley and Rev. R. F. Munns were the first to get there. Dr. W. S. Chadwick was called and reached the scene in a very few minutes. Coroner G. W. Dill was notified and after viewing the body and hearing the circumstances deemed an inquest unnecessary. proudly with the bare ligures are pretty well left to tell thu tale of stab ilization purchases in wheat and cot ton. For the stabilization prop. ;m is the sorry chapter of the t m Board program, and unfortunately for the board that is the chapter best known to the country at large. If the board is legislated out of ex istence a tthe coming session of Congress it will be because of that venture. Warrants were served Monday by Sheriff Chadwick on, four men at Portsmouth and one at Atlantic on the charge of allowing stock to run at large. The Portsmouth men were Tom and Charlie Salter and Tom and Lemmie Gilgo. Will Mason was the Atlantic man. A hearing of the matter is to take was rendered by Mr. Earl Davis and! place tomorrow (Friday) before Jus- "Rock of Ages," and "Sweet Bye and Bye" were sung by thee hoir. At the age of 15 years he was an active member in the church; always ready to let his light shine for his as siciates. He was loved by all who knew him both young and old as he always had a kind word for all. His Sunday School class acted as flower bearers and pall bearers. The deceased is survived by his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Stacy Wilson, three brothers, Colon, Monroe and Wesley and two sisters, Lula and Elva. tice of the Peace Henry W. Noe. HARVEST SUPPER FOR MEMBERS OF CHURCH Those who attended the Harvest Supper last Wednesday evening given by Reverend and Mrs. J. P. Harris to the members of the First Baptist Church, reported a most enjoyable evening. It is seldom a congrega tion has the privilege of enjoying such generous hospitality as was shown them last Wednesday by their pastor and his fine wife. YOUNG ATTORNEY HONORED The News learn that an honor was conferred on a former Carteret county citizen, C. W. Hall of New port, last week in his election as Vice President of the Durham County Bar Association. Mr. Hall graduat ed from the University of N. C. a few years ago and subsequently grad uated in law. He is located in Dur had and is practicing law there. DR. LEWIS BACK FROM VACAT'N The Farm Board's ''confession" before the Senate committee on agri culture will doubtless lead to a re newal of the demand that the board close up shop and leave the farmer to his own fate. That the board in dulged in a costly blunder is 'unde niable. It can not expect to escape public criticism as a result of its tre mendous losses. Yet the board has a right to expect that the public will not exercise snap judgment and con demn its entire program for benefit ting the farmer because its attempts at stabilization went awry. Believe it or not Republicans have cold feet about the tortneoming pecial election in New Hampshire to fill the vacancy caused by deatn oi Representative Fletcher Hale. The first district contains the six princi pal cities of the State. Manchester,, most important of them, goes Demo- critic more often than not, and oth-, ar-a nAA.i'teA to the same habit, r (ID V k- Several are -mill town .Which means;. ;, that, unemployment is stalking thru . them .and that, in turnso xne at this troubled hour. A veteran Democrat with .a vote-getting record,. William N. Rogers, will be pitted a gainst former Gov. John II. Bartlett, who is also a former Assistant Post master General, and some Republi- cans iear tne worst, mr. vogeis once held the seat. , r .i u . While dry elements of the party continued to oppose efforts of John J. Raskob to bring the prohibition question to the fore at an early date the Democratic national chairman has amplified and restated his proposi tion. It is not his idea that the party should take either the wet or the dry side of the controversy, he asserted, but merely that it should commit it self to a policy under which the peo ple would be given an opportunity to vote for lepeal, retention or modi fication of the Eighteenth Amendment. Dr. C. W. Lewis returned Monday from a short vacation which he spent in various points in this state and northern cities. He visited the State Sanatorium for the Treatment of Tu berculosis, at Sanatorium, Duke Hos pital, Durham, and hospitals in Rich mond, Baltimore and Washington. SUPERIOR COURT WILL CONVENE HERE MONDAY court jr enforcement officers, or post A one week s term of Superior n. j . ra i J - So o.tifi4.ilAl 4- Kfrin linns TVTnn- masters: state, ouicers or neaus ui i -um viicu.c ....... departments or divisions; ROSE FIVE AND TEN TO OPEN IN MOREHEAD CITY The Rose chain of Five and Ten Cent Stores have leased the building in Morehead City, formerly occupied by the Binnings Five and Tn and will soon open for business at that place. Mr. J. A. Cree, Manager of the Beaufort Store, has been in More head City all week making prepara tions for the opening of the store SHOOTING AFFRAY LANDS ONE MAN IN HOSPITAL AND THREE IN JAIL commisioners or other usual officers, attorney, judges or other court of ficers; city, clerk, treasurer, auditor,, secretary, judge, board of aldermen, county, 'day morning. Ju'dee N. A. Sinclair will preside over the court. Nothing but civil cases will be tried next week. Quite a large number of cases have been dpswrnated for trial. commissioners or councilmen, or any (Usually a good many of the ca?-;s ''two offices of profit and trust Hieh Intereit Paid The State of North Carolina, due Three men in the county jail and I meantime the others will be held in one inthe Emergency Hospital here! jail awaiting tha outcome of Smith's was the outcome of a shooting affray ! wounds. It is alleged that Smith was that took place in the Negro comu- ais0 shot by two or more men nity on the upper North river road TIDE TABLE Information at 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 me wind and also with respect to the locality, that is whether near the inlet or at the heads of the estuaries. Clarification of his position was set forth by Mr. Raskob in a letter to the iNTsw York Times protesting a gaimt certain "unfair and untrue statements" which he said appeared in editorial comment of that newspa per on the questionaire sent out by him last Saturday. Among the state ments resented was one to the effect that Democratic chairman persisted "in the belief that the committee and the chairman should draft the party platform." The diplomatic experience Qf Hen ry P. Fletcher will be utlized next in America's efforts to effect a general reduction of armaments. It has been learned that the retiring chairman of the Federal Tariff Commission is to jbe a delegate to the Arms Confer ence in Geneva next February under auspices of the League of Nations. He is considered the most likely pos sibility for chairman of the delega tion if Secretary of State Stimson is not one of its members. High Tide 'Friday, Dec. 4 3:08 a. m. 3:27 p. m. 9:16 a. 9:25 p. Saturday, Dec. 5 4:07 a. 4:28 p. m. m. Monday afternoon All of the parties are colored. Waddell Smith, 20 year old son of Jim Smith, was severely injured in the fracas but other participants were not injured. Smith was shot in both arms, the abdomen and left teachers and other school expenses administrator versus the "'fV for six months had to borrow $3,- I corporation are again to be tried. Af- and the shot were of rather large i""on..-?-.?iZ.L' . Mntf l.tn .rl dflv nt size, something about number twos. buu.uuu on revenue anncijiai-iuu iiui,:o . - - , , -t to meet the schools costs of nbont a former term of court these cases The wounds are dangerous, m fact set for trial are not reached and it may be that way this time. The case of Elks, administrator versus the At- to its guarantee to pay salaries of the .lantic Beach Corporation and Broad- m. m. a iit nn . 7. 1 .A nair V0G11 Tpn in fl TnlsT.rlal. nOWRVCT H Eii.Duu.uuu a mourn, auu uu i- i'"J , . . .,1 n intprprt rate of 6 ner cent last compromise might be reached which be two or three days before he will it is possible that he may die. be out of danger, if he lives. The men charged with the shooting 5:01 a. m. tit ar a arro:to i MnnHav hv deDutv sher 5:24 p. m. iff R. E. Chaplain assisted by police officers W. R. Longest and Gheman Holland. They are Elisha Murray, 49 years of age, his son Robert, 18 years old and George Taylor who is a brother in law of the older Murray. Elisha Murray is also the uncle of Waddell Smith. The shooting seemi to have been a sort of family affair. The narticipants have not told much about it and the real facts in the case 8 :24 a In the have not yet com; to light :4 p Sunday, Dec. Monday, Dec, 5:53 6:17 6:45 7:08 Tuesday, Dec. m. m. Wednesday, Dec. 9 7:35 a. m. 12:53 s. m. 7:58 p. m. 1:53 p. m. Thursday, Dec. 10 m. 1:43 a. m. m. 2:42 p m Low Tide Senator Hiram Johnson sets him self up as spokesman for the "rank and file of the Republican, party." In an interview in Chicago written in his owne hand the California Sena- m. tor asserts that the decision of form er President Calvin Coclidge not to be a candidate for President next year entitles him to the highest praise of the American people and that if President Hoover would make a sim ilar decision, Mr. Hoover would win the undying gratitude of the party. Ail of which sounds rather like sour grapes, coming from Mr. Johnson. In the first place, Calvin Coolidge oc cupied a place which might well have come to Mr. Johnson himself had he seized opportunity by the forelock when it presented itself in Chicago in 1920. In the second place, Mr. (VqSta aSsd no panupuoa) 1U:2U a. 10:19 p. 6 10:50 a. 11:19 p. 7 11:11 a. m. 12:14 p. m. 8 12:02 a. m. 1:04 p. m. m. m. m. (Continued on page eight) would end them very quickly.
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