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8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1932 PRICE Sc SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 4
VOLUME XXI
THE
Governor Sees Hope
For North Carolina
Gardner Thinks This State May Be The First To
Get Over The Panic; State Employes Excit
ed Over Salary Reductions
By M. R. DUNNAGAN
RALEIGH, Jan. 25 "The encour
aging ray of light and hope for us in
North Carolina is seen in the fact
that our citizenship and our govern
ment have recognized conditions for
Donations Requested
For Persons In Need
NICE AFFAIR AT
NEWPORT SCHOOL
Young Farmers Club Entertain
Fathers And Other Guest
Sixty There
NEWPORT, Jan. 25 The Young
Tar Heel Farmers Club entertained
their fathers and some of their
friends at a banquet a tthe Newport
High School which proved to be one
of the most enjoyable occasions for
some time. A tempting menu was
served by the home economics girls.
GOOD ATTENDANCE
AT FARM MEETING
M.Vir, of C.rtre Count, ,7, -r,r .t
who will take the time and trouble . . ..x r,fW rwr fid
what they are ana nave maae siupen-(io iook mm meir uiuca tan suppijr
dous efforts to adjust themselves to 'urgent needs outlined in a letter re
weather the storm," said Governor ceived recently from W. W. Clarke,
0. Max Gardner, back from New principal of the White Oak School.
York, the financial disaster center, j and printed below. Those desirous of
and Washington, the political pivot, helping the families referred to will
of the nation sneaking of conditions please send their donations to Supt.
in the nation generally. J. G. Allen, Beaufort, who will see,. of , rtantosition with graCe
"In some important respects North that the supplies reach the families di(.nity. Wilbur Garner, one of
Carolina was the last State to feel promptly ana tnat any excess aona- members of the Club, spoke brief-
substantially the effects of the bus- "ons ior ims emeiKcutj ie w.c.
iness panic. We had. made compre-1 distributed to other needy families.
hensive plans to adjust our operations.""- ";
guests enjoyed the hospitality of the
Club, which was the second time
they have entertained at a banquet
in the past two years that the boys
have been organized. Bruce Taylor,
president o fthe Y. T. H. F. was
toastmaster and performed the duties
"According to statements made by
Mr. Bordon Adams, leading citizen
in Broad Creek community, and oth-
and from observations made by my
, Newport, N. C. Rt.
to its demands even before its rav-
ages began to shrink revenues.
Therefore, I feel it is not unreason
able to believe that we may be the
first State to escape from its grasp.
We have put our house in order. We .self, Mrs. D
have not only adjusted our operations j No. 1 a widow with four children
to live through it, but when its weight j living in the uroad Creek commum
lifts, this State will surely be one of ity, is desperately in need of help,
the first to be able to move off of (This woman, according to her sta
the present plane and push ahead with Anient to me yesterday, had no means
an accelerated progress." of support except 50 cents a week,
Governor Gardner, returning from which she gets for washing for one
a week's visit north, returned to face family, and one gallon of escallops
one of the important crises of his j out of every four gallons opened by
administration serving as a buffer jherboy. The charity of her poor
in his purpose to reduce 30 per cent surroundings, to be sure, avail her
the appropriations to the State's de-;of a few necessities otherwise she
Live At Home Idea Stressed By
Speakers;; Advised Not To
Risk Much on Potatoes
And Tobacco
A large crowd of farmers and
their wives and various other inter
ested persons assembled in the county
court room last Friday morning at
eleven o'clock for the "Outlook
Meeting." Representing farmers from
all parts of the county were present.
County Agent Hugh Overstreet
and Miss Ann Mason, Home Agent,
EFFORTS BEING MADE
A LOCAL BANKING INSTITUTION
Committee Appointed To Work Out Details; Depositors Asked
To Sign Agreement; Much Interest Manifested
'f -
Eight Per Cent Own
Radios In Carteret
North Carolina having 4.9 persons, a
drop from the even five persons 10
iroava nm. aa compared with 4.1 per-
were in charge of the meeting. Ad-1 ong for tne natlon as a whole, this
dresses were made by speakers rep- St til is short on radios per family.
resenting the State and Federal Ag- Jn thgation there are 40 radios for
An effort is now undew way look
ing to the organization of a new
bank in Beaufort. The namepropos
ed for it is "The Bank of Carteret".
B M R. DUNNAGAN The plan contemplates not oniy sian-
Djinr.ii T.,, 97While North ine a new bank but also liquidating
Carolina, led'the other states in 1930 the Beaufort Banking and Trust
in numbers of persons to the family, . Company which is now in the nanas
01 tne otaie canning ueimiunci:!,..
On Thursday the 21st a meeting of
stockholders representing about fifty
per cent of the stock was held in the
rooms of the Knights of Harmony.
ly on the aims of the Y. T. H. F. The
main address of the evening was de
livered by Mr. E. N. Meekins, Su
pervisor of Agriculture for Eastern
North Carolina. He spoke of the great
work the boys were doing in agncul
er citizens of White Oak Township, tural casses m the State and of the
possibilities ahead for scientific" farm
ing. There were also short talks by
Supt. H. L. Joslyn, of the Morehead
City Schools; Supt. J. G. Allen, Su
perintendent of Carteret County
Schools; Mr. W. G. Mebane, editor of
the Beaufort News; and Mr. W. E.
Powell, principal of Newport school.
Snpronl strincr music was furnished
, . . - o - I
1 TlyT 1?.,n4-A.wn rmiA nA TninrVl'
ricultural Departments. The keynote
of the addresses was conservatism.
That is that farmers should be care
ful not to risk too much on specu
lative crops and should grow the
food stuff needed on the farm first of
all, Mr. Criswell of the State Col
lege Extension servite gave a fore
ful talk which was illustrated with
charts that showed conditions as they
have been for many years past. He
stated that pay rolls in the United
States in 1929 amounted to 12 bil
lion dollars and that last year they
were about half of that amount. The
purchasing power of the consumers is
less now and therefore the demand
foT the farm products will be less.
He showed how prices for the prod
ucts of the farm are affected by per
iods of depression such as the coun
mon Garner. Out of town guests were
Messrs. W. H. Taylor, Chairman ofl
County Board of Education; Wm,
Webb, Chairman of County Board of
and her children would starve. She j Commisioners; F. C. Salisbury, edi
partments and institutions, a large
part of which must come from salary
cuts and reducing the number of em
ployees. Frank Dunlap, personnel
director, and Henry Burke, assistant
budget director;"' .'have complet'ed""a"
tentative schedule of cuts which are
being studied by Governor Gardner,
who says the final word.
State workers in Raleigh, and in
the institutions elsewhere, have been
in a state of frenzy for several weeks
fearing they may be laid off or that
their incomes will be reduced. Most
of them have been reduced, some only
50 cents a month, some several hun
dred dollars, from the low to the
high. It is stated by Governor
Gardner that the high-salaried will
not be spared, that all must be reach
ed. However, in a few instances,
rare and unusual, salaries of State
employees have been increased.
A survey shows that three officials,
Attorney General D. G. Brummitt,
-r -m r n i i Cl.i.l 1 li-U R -.-
ur. j. m. rarroit, owie neiuiu ..., Mrs. Isabella Thomas Midgette,
ano uurney r . nwu, member of one of the most prominent
was standing barefoot Saturday be
side the washtub, while her daughter,
aged about ten, was hovering bare
foot around the fire of the wash-pot.
Her-chfldren two boys aged 6 and
12 and her girls aged 8 and 10
need particularly shoes and under
wear.
"If any help is available from the
county or charitable sources, I feel
sure that it would not be misdirect
ed by extending it to this family.
"I found in another family a boy,
aged about 10, who cannot attend
school because he has no shoes or
sweater, and in a third family a girl
aged 12, who has no shoes. All these
families live in the Broad Creek com
munity. I am going to make an ef
fort tomorrow to get theiings need
ed for these last two families."
tor of the Carteret County. Herald;
H. L. Joslyn, W. G. Mebane, E. N.
Meekins, and J. G. Allen.
ONE OF OLDEST RESIDENTS
PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY
of banks, get $7,500 a year; three,
Chairman. E. B. Jeffress of the High
way Commission; Commissioner of
Revenue A. J. Maxwell and Henry
Burke, assistant budget director re
ceive $6,750; Purchasing Agent A.
S. Brower 'gets $6,600; Charles M.
Johnson, director of local govern
ment, and Personnel Director Frank
Dunlap draw $6,000, while eight
others receive from $5,000 to $5,500
15 get $4,500, and 15 get from $4
000 to $4,320 a year.
Numerous activities, some contin
ued for years, will have to be drop.
ANOTHER PAYMENT MADE
ON CITY'S INDEBTEDNESS
try has experienced a number of
times, in the past.
Mrs. Estelle Smith made an inspir-
each 100 families, while in North
Carolina there are only 11.2 radios
for each 100 families.
Mecklenburg county leads in num
ber of families, 28,363, and in per
centage of families having radios, 28
per cent, or n.izz iamines naving
sets. Guilford has zi,6i iamnies,
21. 6 per cent having radios, while
235 per cent of Buncombe's 21,653
653 families have radios. Forsyth,
with 24,578 families, has only 3,543
or 14.4 per cent with radios.
Carteret county had S,685 fami
lies in 1930, each family averaging
4.6 persons, as compared with 3,413
families of 4.5 persons each in 1920.
Of these families, 300 families, or
8.1 per cent of the total in the com
pany, had radio sets in 1930, it is
' . . i.1 TT C T..
shown Dy ngures irom ine u. o. bu
reau of Census report.
Another large payment was made
Tuesday on the bonded indebtedness
ing talk on home life on the farm
and suggested that the people think
not so much about money and more
about such things as health, recrea
tion, games and training of the chil
dren. She also stressed the live at
home idea. Other addresses were
mado by Captain C. J. Maupin on
fc-fMfcltry," Joe Hanson, "marketing"
E. L. Gaither, district farm agent
made some recommendations as to
what to plant and discussed the po
tato and tobacco outlook.
Some recommendations which were
W. H. SIMMONS PASSES
AFTER LINGERING ILLNESS
of the town of Beaufort. On that day
City Clerk Thomas sent $10,000 to
the Chase National Bank of New
adopted by the County Council on
January 14 were read by Mrs. Lillian
Wade, "Home management," Mrs.
York to take up some funding bonds Lydia Wade "Clothing" Mrs. D. F.
which fall due February 1st. Of the .Merrill "Food and Nuitrition," Mrs.
$205,000 received by the town for ' S. B. Wilkins, "Family Living."
the water and light system about 1 '
$30,000 remains in the town's posses
sion. The amount used has been paid
on bonds, notes and interest.
DEDICATORY SERVICE
THE MARINE BANK PAYS
DIVDEND TO DEPOSITORS
families of Carteret County, died at
her residence on Front Street, at
11:30 yesterday morning following a
long period of declining health. Mrs.
Midgette was in her ninetieth year,,
having celebrated her eighty-ninth
birthday last May. Mrs. Midgette mar
lied Captain Benjamin Midyette of
Beaufort forty-four years ago. No
children were born to this union. She
is survived by two brothers, Mr.
Murray Thomas and Mr. Sam Thomas
and a large family connection of niec
es, nephews and grandnieces and
'grand nephews. Funeral services con-
A good many depositors in the de-
jfunct Marine Bank of Morehead City
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH .were gladdened Tuesday by reason of
the. receipt of dividend cecks. The
amount paid was 25 per cent of their
claims. It was paid on claims filed
up to a certain date.
Liquidating Agent H. H. Taylor
says that depostiors who have filed
since the certain date up to and in
cluding January 24 will be paid on
the same basws as others when details
have been worked out. Around $21,-
000 has been paid by the Marine
Bank to preferred claimants and de-
Morehead City, Jan. 27 Sunday
morning, January 31, at the regular
11:00 o'clock hour of worship there
will be held at the George Webb Me
morial Presbyterian Church the Pre
sentation and Dedication of the Sil
ver Communion Service donated by
Naomi and George Henderson Webb,
Jr., in memory of their father, the
late George Henderson Webb of this
city. An appropriate program has
been arranged including some of the jpositors.
church's leading ministers and lay
NEWPORT, Jan. 26 One of the
best known farmers of this section
and a well known and popular citizen
died at his home Friday the 22nd at
7:25 P. M. when Mr. WilHe H. Sim
mons passed away. He had been in
feeble health for some time and con
fined to his room for a few months,
Pulmonary tuberculosis was the cause
of his death.
Mr. Simmons was a littleover 53
years of age. He is survived by his
widow Mrs. Izora Mason Simmons
two sons. Malcolm and Harold, hi
parents Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Sim
mons. Five brothers Messrs. . K
A. D., M. L., H. K.' and-Roy Sim
mons and two sisters Mrs. C. T. Can
non and Mrs. A. J. Slaughter all of
Newport R. F. D. Mr. Simmons was
a member of the Primitive Baptist
church and the funeral services were
conducted by the Reverend H.
Hutchins of Selma and the Reverend
W. W. Roberts of Newport ministers
of that denomination.
The interment was in the Emeriah
Garner cemetery, Newport R. F. D,
men.
MENHADEN FISHERMEN ARE
MAKING GOOD CATCHES NOW
BEAUFORT GIRL
MAKES HONOR ROLL
ped by departments and institutions ; ducted by Reverend R. F. Munns were r,arf 0f January i a very unusual oc
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Decayse oi reuuceu iuiiu?. uv. i. i.;heJd at tne house tnis aiternoon at currence in this section but it is bo
Winters, of the N. C. Experiment two o'clock, and interment was in ns done now. The menhaden boats
oiauon, uimuuiites ui wuici ucean view cemetery, ner nepnews
have been dropped, as of January 'served as pallbearers. There were
30, and four otherS will go June 1, many lovely floral offerings,
due to the lack of funds for carrying
on "research work vital to the agn-; RUTHERFORD, N. J. BANK
cultural progress of the State The
State will lose the services of highly
Miss Iva Mav Guthrie of Beaufort
!now a student at Appalachian Stte
Fishing for menhaden in the latter . College is making a splendid record
trained men in institutions and de
partments, but this may not be as
bad as for the State to lose its credit
standing by heaping up additional
deficits in its operations.
North Carolina's fire losses were
reduced more than three-quarters of
a million dollars last year, or from
$6,308,552 from 2,822 fires in 1930,
' to $5,525,437 from 2,585 fires in
1931, Insurance Commissioner Dan
have been doing some fishing off and
all the winter but this week they
have dona pretty well. On Tuesday
all of the boats made catches and
some of them caught from 250,000
SHOWS GREAT STRENGTH to 300,000. The fish caught were very
good sized ones too, in fact some
A copy of a recent statement of
the Rutherford National Bank of Ru
therford, N. J. has been received at
this office. As the president of this
bank is a natfe son of Carteret
county it may be of interest to read
ers of the News to note the strength
for herself, having made the honor
roll each month. This will be -of in
terest to her many friends here.
were like the large ones caught here
in the fall. The unusually warm weath
er is supposed to be the reason the
fish have stayed around here this
ninter.
of this institution. It has 11,000 de
positors and assets of more than six sumed practically the whole day.
million dollars. It has cash on hand Both ended in acquittal of the defen
in other banks $600,000 and $900,-' dants.
C. Boney's report shows. More than 000 in U. S. Government bonds and The first case called wa sthat of
one-third of the loss was from tobac- over a million dollars worth of other Joe L. Willis, a well known barber
co activity fires, curing and pack bonds and securities. The capital of Morehead City, charged with drun-
houses in the country an dsales and stock of the bank is $200,000 and its kness on the streets of that town.
storage houses in cities. The Decern- surplus fund is $500,000. Solicitor Lewellyn Phillips and At
LONG DRAWN OUT CASES RESULTS
IN ACQUITTAL OF TWO DEFENDANTS
Only two cases were tried in Re
corder's court Tuesday but they con
ber record of $846,934, more than
twice the loss in December, 1930, of
$400,137, reduced the improvement
margin for the year.
Josephus Daniels Raleigh publisher,
continues to improve, following an
automobile accident some two weeks
EVENTS OF INTEREST
OF WHITE OAK SCHOOL
Several non stock holders were pres
ent. N. F. Eure acted as chairman
of the meeting and U. E. Swann was
made secretary. The banking situa
tion in Beaufort was discussed and
there was much interest in the pro
ceedings. he meeting was very har
monious. A committee was appointed
to undertake the organization and
formation of the Bank of Carteret
under the laws of North Carolina.
This committee is composed of G.
W. Huntley, R. H. Hill, W. H. Tay
lor, H. L. Potter O. W. Lewis, Dennis
Mason. Messrs. Huntley and Hill were
not stockholders in the Beaufort
Banking and Trust Company but were
depositors there and are very much
interested in the liquidation of that
bank and the organization of a new
The plan proposed is that the de
positors of the Beaufort Banking &
Trust Company shall sign an agree
ment as to their deposits. This agree
ment gives the depositor the choice
of two options; the first is to receive
time certificates of deposit from the
Bank of Carteret, aggregating two
thirds of his claim according to the
books of the Beaufort Banking and
Trust Company, one third to be paid
in twelve months one third in twenty ;
fouir months and ,one third in thirty
six monthsr-The -other option 4 thaV- M
the depOBtior may receive his propor
tinate share of money collected from
loans and discounts and sale of bank
buildnig, furniture and fixtures pav-
able without interest in twelve, twen
ty four and thirty six months. Agree
ment forms have been printed setting
forth the details of the plan.
Advocates of the proposition say
thta the liquidation of the Beaufort
Banking ano Tt ut Company through
the Bank of Carteret would be much
better for all concerned than thru
the State Banking Department. It is
assumed that a local concern could
collect the amounts due the bank to
a better advantage by not being in
too big a hurry about it. If collec
tions are forced, judgments taken a-
gainst people and real estate put up
and sold in a hurried manner there
will be a big shrinkage in values.
On Tuesday night February the 2,
at 7 :30 o'clock the Parent-Teacher
Association wil hold its regular month
ly meeting. For the past two weeks
most of the rooms have been prepar
ing for the program. Our speaker for
the evening will be (to be announced
later).
Refreshments will be served. Please
come out, parents, so we can see
which room has the most parents rep
resented. The prize . for the most
parents last month was divided be
tween the first and second grades.
Eveiyone is cordially invited.
Lillian Dudley.
Eighth Grade.
lia Brooks, Harker? Island.
Allen Murray and Lottie Murrell,
Beaufort.
V. B. Davis and Edna E. Adams,
ago near Atlanta, Ga., but, contrary Morehead City.
to expectations may not be able toj '
return home until the latter part of Calbago Shipment Haarjr.
this week. Mrs. Daniels has been Brownsville Tex. Shipments of
! a. a t c : fVm
1 torilcy rt. u. iuuilis, icpicaciiwus
MARRIAGE LICENSES defendant, wrangled over this case
Charles D. Hill, Beaufort and Ju-, for nearly three hours. Three witness
es, Chief of Police George Nelson,
Officer Seth Hughes and a colored
youth who works at the Willis home
testified that he was drunk oh the af
ternoon of January the 10th. They
were cross-examined severely by Mr.
Morris but stuck to their tales.
The defendant denied that he was
with him since the injury. He has cabbage alone out of the lower Rio . drunk and brought forward several
Tead the papers and kept posted rn ! Grande valley recently averaged $20-'young men who said they saw him in
events, and has doubtless given quite i 000 a day, representing 70 to 80 car- the morr.ing, but not at the time al
(Contirued r-..- f,v loads. leged, and that he was sober. The
jury was out a short time and brought
in a verdict of not guilty. Had the
defendant been convicted he might
have had to serve a suspended sen
tence of twelve months on the toads
which has been hanging over him
since last October.
The other case tried was that of
Miss Eula Dennis on the charge of
trespassing on the lands of her broth
er C. C. Dennis. They live in the
Bogue community. It seems that the
trouble grew out of a contention a-
bout some gates across the roads put
there by Mr. Dennis and which he
claimed the defendant left open and
permitted his hogs to get out. The
Solictior and lawyers W. C. Gorham
and C. R. Wheatly representing the
defendant tried to get the parties to
reach some sort of compromise but
could not and the matter was put up
to Judge Davis who acquitted Miss
Dennis.
BIRTHS. i
Born to Mr. and Mrs. John R.
Simmons of Beaufort, Tuesday, Jan
uary 26 a son.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Dan
iels of Atlantic at Moreheda City
Hospital Thursday January 28, a son.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Central Investment Corporation to
Giaha.n W. Duncan, 1 ot Highland
Park, for $10.
FIRST GRADE PROGAM
On Friday the 22, the first grade
gave a very interesting program in
chapel with the help of their teacher,
Miss O'Neal. The program was given
as follows:
Song by room.
Mother Rabbit went to school by
room.
Dancing Baby Esther Smith.
Song "Pretty Parasol" Fannie
Smith.
The Droarram was very muchen joy
ed by the school. 1
Thelma Jones,
8th grade.
In order to help improve attend
ance Mr. Clark has offered a reward,
wheih is a half day vacation to the
room that averages the highest at
tendance during the month. A green
banner is given each week to the
room which has the highest average
attendance. In this way everyone is
anxious to come and win the banner
every week.
Everyone in high school is very
pleased to know that we have the ban
ner this week with 90.38 per cent at
tendance. We are working very hard
to have it continue in our room.
Annie Maye Gibble.
TIDE TABLE
Information &t to the tides
at Beaufort is given in this col
umn. The figures are appro
imately correct nd 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
Friday, Jan. 29
12:05 a. m. 6:17 a. m.
12:21 p. m. 6:25 p. m.
Saturday, Jan. 30
1:07 a. m. 7:25 a. m.
1:25 p. m. , 7:22 p. m.
Sunday, Jan, 31
2:14 a. m. 8:34 a- m-
2:35 p. m. . 8:25 p. m.
Monday, Feb. 1
3:24 a. m. 9:46 a. m.
:45 p. m. 9:33 p. m.
Tuesday, Feb. 2
4:30 a. m 10:53 a. m.
4:51 p. m. 10:39 p. m.
Wednesday, Feb. 3
5:31 a. m. 11:00 a. m.
5:52 p. m. Ilj52 p. m.
Poetr.cu; albo plena dorata is one Thursday, Feb. 4
of the finest double narcissi. It needs' 6:25 a. m. 11:39 a. m.
heavy soil to do its best. 6:45 p. m. 12:53 p. m.
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