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AUFORT- liWW The best advertising medium published in Carter Co. f READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY WAT - 1P at- ur label end pay your subscription tt" 8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1932 . PRICE 5c SINGLE Y tP- NUMBER 6 VOLUME XXI 3) g Commissioner Grist Is A Real Fighting Man Has Recently Attacked Senator Morrison, Gov ernor Gardner And The Industrial Commis sion; Severely Criticises Governor And In dustrial Commission; Holds Up Child Wel fare Pay Checks By M. R. DUNNACAN RALEIGH Feb. 8 "Ten spears he swept -within his grasp," classic de-j scription of a Swiss here fighting a gaist Austrian domination several centuries ago, may, in a sense, be used to describe recent activities of militant Frank D. Grist, commissioner of labor and candidate for U. S. Sen ate, who adds to his recent attack on Senator Morrison another on Gover nor Gardner and now brings within his range the N. C. Industrial Commis sion. Senator Morrison replied to a chal lenge from Mr. Grist to canvas the State that he would conduct his cam paign his own way, intimating Grist may do the same. Governor Gardner replied to Mr. Grist's charges that he was not cutting salaries of his "political pets" as much as others and that he was spending money for entertainment at the Mansion, by re ferring any interested to the records SHERIFF KILLED IN DRUNKEN ROW Solicitor Younce Resigns Office And Is Held Under Big Bond DEFENDANTS GET ROAD SENTENCES May Avoid Penalty However By Being of Good Behav- ALLEN DISCUSSES EXTENDED TERM Meeting of Teachers Given In formation About school Question The outlook for the extended term was presented bv Sunt. J. G. Allen to the teachers of Carteret County, including those of Beaufort and More head City, at a meeting held at the courthouse Saturday morning, Feb ruary 6th, 10:30 o'clock practically every teacher in the county being present. In intrdoucing his remarks on this subject Supt. Allen explained the purpose of the meeting was not to get an expression from the teach ers as to their willingness to attempt the extended term but rather to ac- lor auaint them in detail with the situa- fernng .".tion to the end that they could reach of appropriations and expenditures intplWnt deciaion after ma- -..:i tionirpa trom tne V11ISL IJluuuvcu Auditor's office purporting to show that the expenditures of Mansion and Buildings and Grounds funds were in excess of the appropriations for these purposes in 1930. State Auditor Bax ter Durham issued a statement show ing that, while. Mr. Grist was correct as far as he went, he did not go far enuogh, and that instead of permit ting overdrawal of those funds, there were balances unspent in both, due to receipts considered by the General Assembly when - the appropriations were made. But Grist swung still further. With one fell swoop hes topped pay ment of vouchers for the Industrial Commission, although a truce, which he claims was "temporary" had been Y-oneheH. hv which the Commission was to continue as it was before the reorganization of the Department of Labor by the 1931 General Assembly. The act places the Industrial Commis sion and Child Welfare Commission under the Department of Labor, but hedges the Commissioner's authority about by "excepts" and "with the approval of the Governor" to such an extent that Commissioner Grist ap parently has little authority over them. Attorney General Dennis Brummitt has been asked for a ruling on au thority vested in Commissioner Grist by the new law and to what extent he has domain over these divisions. Meanwhile, it is asserted, Grist is holding up the January pay of the Child Welfare force because mem bers will not come by his office for a conference. Some there are, in part those who ture consideration prio rto his send ing to the teachers later appropriate blanks on which they could certity their intentions. The considerations presented by the county superinten dent involved too much detail to be presented here but the essence of the ics Ti.Gafifof1 fnr tlie inffir- Dltuaiiuu ' o j" "Lu -- - - pearing elsewhere in this issue. The devotional exercises were con ducted by Rev. B. B. Salughter, Pas tor of the First Methodist . Church, Morehead City. Mr. Slaughter read orally in his clear and effective style a tiortion of the 1th chapter of Ro mans, fololwing which he made an in teresting and helpful talk on service, dealing particularly with the oppor tunity for cooperative service con fronting the teachers in our present emergency. Mr. Slaughter's message was characterized by the logic and simplicity of his scholarly mind and practical outlook on life. The roll call by Miss Josie Pigott, a teacher in the Smyrna School and Secretar yof the Local Unit of the North Carolina Education Associa tion, showed every teacher in the rural schools present. Following some general remarks by the county su perintendent of particular interest to the county teachers H. L. Joslyn, Supt. of the Moreehad City Schools, spoke interestingly and effectively of the objectives of the North Carolina Education Association for 19?jl-'32, emnhasizintr in particular the part that the teachers of Carteret County can play in putting the program of the association across. Everette Gould and Leighmon Garner, students of LEXINGTON, Feb. 8 George A. Younce. his resignation as solicitor of the district in the hands of Gover nor 0. Max Gardner, today awaited a chance to exonerate himself before the bar of justice of any blame in connection with the fatal shooting of his friend, Sheriff James A. Leonard, here early Friday. He looked back on swift events that within 48 hours swept aside the course, of his public life. Still in his thirties, he had climaxed his term in the legislature by election as solic itor. Then Friday morning Sheriff Leonard was shot to death here. Younce and W. F. Brinkley, chair man of the county democratic exec utive committee, who had spent Thursday evening with the sheriff dis claimed to a coroner's jury any know ledge of who killed him. The jury blamed Neal Wimmer, 18, of Roa noke, Va., who testified the sheriff shot and wounded him in an argu ment over a wrecked automobile but said he did not know who killed Leonard. With the coroner's verdict, Younce went to his home in Greensboro. Twenty-four hours later he return ed here, asekd that, the coroner hold another hearing and related that Leonard was killed as he grappled with him for possession of the gun after Wimmer was shot. 'Ihe jury found that Leonardo death was caused by Younce and Brinkley and put each under a $10, 000 bond for the grand jury. Brinkley denied any part in the death, but admitted he, Younce and Leonard had been drinking together and said "Whiskey was the under lying cause of .all the trouble." Yesterday Younce stood with bow-i ed head as final rites were held for Leonard, then went home and sent his resignation to Governor Gardner who accepted it immediately. Wimmer and E. F. Sullivan, oi rai atka, Fla., were ordered put under to nnn hnnH as witnesses by the cor oner's jury. The two men were haul ing fruit from Virginia to norma with a truck when they stopped and picked up Leonard, Younce and Brink ley after their automobile was wreck ed near here early Friday. The sher iff charged the truck caused the wreck and the argument which led to the shooting of Wimmer began. Sullivan testified he ran when tne sheriff drew his gun and did not know how Leonard was killed. X W U V UUI k WIIUC 111 G II V 1 ov, i- , tenced to the roads in the Kecorder s Court Tuesday by Judge Davis. They were given an opportunity however to avoid actually serving the senten ces by showing good behavior over a considerable period of time. The first case tried was that of Carlton Pittman of Morehead City on the charge of stealing oysters from George Whealton of Morehead City. The testimony of Whealton and oth ers was that he had deposited a quan tity of oysters near a stake in New port river and that the defendant ad mitted that he took them and said he would pay for them but had not done so. Pittman denied taking the oysters or having ever said that he did so. He and one or two witnesses said that there were other oysters there besides Whealton's and that many men oystered in that part of the riv er. Chief of Police Nelson testified that his reputation was bad for "tak ing things." Judge Davis said the evi dence indicated the guilt of the de fendant and he would have to so find. A sentence of six months on the roads was given Pittman, to be sus pended on condition that he pay the costs and come into court on the first Tuesday in every month for six months and show that he has been behaving himself properly. Jeff Garner of Newport submit ted to thee harge of driving a car while under the influence of liquor and was given a six months suspend ed road sentence. He was given 60 days in which to pay the costs and must show good behavior for the next twelve months or serve the sentenije. ; E. M. Early of Washington, whose case has been haneincr fire since the Lfith o November, plead guilty to giv ing a worthless check for !i4BtQ b. K. Scott Of Beaufort. He agreed to 'pay the check and was let off with the costs. The case of W. E. Abbott of More head Bluffs was continued to next Tuesday on request of Solicitor Phil lips. The charge in this case is that :Mr. Abott sold coal in Morehead i City without paying the license fee. More Signers Needed To Get Bank Going Considerable progress has been made in the movement towards or ganizing a new bank here, but a good deal of work is yet to be done. The contemplates the liquidation of the Beaufort Banking and Trust Com pany by the new bank. In order to io this, it is necessary to get former depositors to sign an agreement as to the disposition of their claims. Since no depositors having balances nf less than 810.00 are asked to sign, it means practically a hundred per cent of all others must sign Deiore the new bank can operate. The Beaufort Banking and Trust Company had a large number of de nositors. around 2.000. and it is dif ficult to see them all. All who wish information in regard to the organ ization plan and who want to see a new bank started, are urged to see some member of the committee at once. Something definite must be done in a very short time and any He.lav is harmful to the plan. The com mittee have been working for three weeks giving much of their time. This canoot be continued mdehniteiy As the plan is a cooperative one, for the benefit of all concerned, every one interested should make it a noint to see the committee promptly and aid in the undertaking. If this plan fails, it is doubtful is a bank can be organized any time soon. This will make the liquidation of the two closed banks very difficult. The following named committee men have copies of the agreement and will be glad to explain them: Dennis Mason Atlantic Norman Gaskill Sealevel Henry O. Piner Williston R. G. Bost Smyrna D. R. Lewis Marshallberg C. G. Gaskill Straits Geo. W. Huntley.. North River and New Bern ttoad W. H. Taylor Beaufort F. R. Bell - Beaufort R."H.,Hin., Beaufort J. H. Potter Jr.,. Beaufort Blyth Noa. - - - - Beaufort III. E. Swann Beaufort TAXPAYERS ASKED TO SAVE SCHOOLS Critical Situation Can Be Rem edied If People Will Pay Taxes POLICE COURT RECORD ounie wieic aic, m --- -- i tiiowwant aired, who tl Newnnrt Hierh School, furnished nave gucautco w.v-j -- . -i - . , are cheering the Labor Commissioner ( string music that was received with on from the sidelines. Uthers are, hearty applause i i I covins he Via an abundance of brass, gall, nerve, but is showing a lack of judgment in the sweeping and num erous attacks he is making. But he has the spotlight. The Brewer Farole Governor Because of the extended program and lateness of the hour there was nnlv limited opportunity for questions and answers regarding the outlook for the extended term or for discus inr nf tho tnnic hv tVie nrineinals and j Hiuii uiv vvj..- r' s Gardner decided last ; teachers. It is generally believed, t nnrnle John M. Brewer, Wake Forest banker, president of the defunct Citizens bank, on a sentence of one to three years for accepting deposits knowing the bank to be in solvent, on condition that he furnish bond, which he did, to repay about $3,000 overdraft made by his business firm, when it was shown tnat no "moral turpitude" was involved, that Mr. Brewer had lost $80,000 trying to keep the bank insolvent and for two years had kept the Banking Di vision of the Corporation Commis sion advised as to the bank's condi tion and had suggested closing it be fore. Hnvernor Gardner made it plain, m issuing the parole before the sentence began, that it would not be a pre .ont was Hone solely because it was shown there was no juggling of j false entries or otner acts INCOME TAX REPORTS There mav not be many who will have to pay income taxes this year but any way the U. S. Internal Rev enue Department is ready to assist those who have to hie reports. ne News is informed by Colletor Gris son that a representative will be at Beaufort on February 19 and iutn and in Morehead City February 18th. Thos who wish assistance can get it on those dates. A few defendants were on the docket last Friday in City Police Court. They were all tried for drunk eness and all either plead guilty or were convicted. Dave Mason, drunk charge, plead guilty and fined $1.00 and costs. Toni Davis, colored, $1 and costs. Pete Davis, colored, two charges, on first he was fined $2.50 and costs and the second $5 and costs, or 10 days on one and 15 days on the other. Viola Rhodes, colored, $1 and costs William Ed Potter and George Tur ner Jr., both colored, got $1 and costs or ten days. AL SMITH SAYS HE IS WILLING Will Accept Nomination For President It Uttered 10 Him PETUNIA PLANTS FREE however, that 100 per cent of the teachers of Carteret County are will- ine to meet the patrons and tax pay. ers more than half way if these pat rons and tax payers will respond to the present emergency in a manner that will at all justify the teachers in attempting the extended term. The meetiner was presided over by W. E. Powell, Principal of the New port High School and President of the' Local Unit and was dismissed with prayer by R. L. Fritz, Jr., Supt. of Beaufort City Schools. S. H. Darling, keeper of the court house and grounds, asks the News to state that next week he will give a- way petunia plants. Any- one who would like to have some oi tnese plant? can get the same by calling on Mr. Darling. There are many petunias in the flower beds at the courthouse and when in bloom they make a mighty pretty sight. TWO AUTO FATALITIES IN CARTERET LAST YEAR CANDIDACY ANNOUNCED !FOR LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR RALEIGH, Feb. 8 Carteret coun ty had two fatalities from automo bile accidents during the year 1931, records in the office of Director L. S. Harris, of the Motor Vehicle Bu reau, show. During the year automo biles were responsible for 762 deaths in the State, 15 less than in 1930, but 5,075 persons were injured, establish me a new hieh record. Guilford led with 41 deaths, Meck jlenburg and Wake tieing for second 'place with 38 each. Durham had 31, Forsyth 20 and Wayne 22, the rec ; ords show. Commercial Fish Dealers Will Meet In Morehead City Tuesday RALEIGH, Feb. 8 A. H. (Sandy) Graham, Hillsboro, announces that he will be a candidate for the Demo cratic nomination for Lieutenant- Governor of Novth Carolina in the June primary. His Statewide service "S "- i Prmiiar nuns sepkinff to VIO MUlYVIIlt 1 I . t-i . .J late the law or serve his own gain. comeg throush representing Orange While there have been many comment county m the General Assambly datory expressions, the bitterest at-lcig.ht year3, 1921 to 1929, in which lack on Governor Gardner is in aniiafj-oj. vear ,e Was speaker of the editorial in "The Technician," stu-jjouse 0f Representatives, and as a dent publication at State College. "Governor O. Max Gardner, alum nus of N. C. State College, has not member of the Advisory Budget Commission since 1927, first as chair man of the House finance committee only placed a blotch on his spotted ad! and later by appointment by Cover ministration, cut turned over tne not i nor uaraner. tie of ink when he paroled John M. D. F. Giles, Marion, and David P Brewer, Wake Forest banker," the ;De'.linger, Gastonia, ere prospective publication states, Saying that seva:-'candidates for the Lieutenant Giver (Continued cn pa-? ight) . norshlp. - - - - - By M. R. DUNNACAN RALEIGH, Feb. 10 Commercial fiish dealers and packers from the length of the North Carolina coast have been invited to attend a meet ing to be held at the city hall, Mcrehead Ctiv. at 10 o'c:- c'.: Tues- !day, February 16, to discuss plan3 i for promoting the industry and look ing toward a permanent organization to foster its interests, by Col. J. W. Harrelson. director, and Capt. John A. Nelson, fisheries commissioner, of the Depai'tment of Conservation and Development. The sponsors of the organization j say that an interesting program has ) been arranged, that speakers from the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries win De present, and urge attendance of ev ery person engaged in the industry. Commercial fisheries of the State, j particularly of the oyster industry, lr.rs annual return to North Carolina I fishermen behind the present income I from this source, Director Harrelson jand Commissioner Nelson state, point ;ing out, however, that the active cooperation of individuals engaged in the industry must be obtained if it is to be dcveloptd even to approach !the possibilities. j Organization of fishermen and ;dealres has been urged for several years by conservation officials, who !sav thev have observed a trend of imind among them in recent months ! to get together. Hope is expressed ithat the approaching meeting will re sult in establishing a group ready to 'cooperate toward, solving mutual problems and developing latent pos sibilities of the fisheries resouces of i the State. One of the plans is thatt he pro pose of obtaining the kind of legis lation needed by the commercial fisheries. NEW YORK. Feb. 8 Alfred E. Smith looked significantly today at the sword of presidential candidacy, sheathed at the -928 polls, and an nounced himself willing to go again to te political wars. If the democratic national con vention should decide that it wants me to lead. I will make the fight, he said in a terse statement published today. The statement itself was widely construed in editorial comment as in effect a thrust against the candidacy of Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York the man who nominated Smith for the presidential nomina tion a tthe 1928 democratic national convention and sent him forward to the contest of votes as the "happy worrior" or democracy. Governor Roosevelt declined to comment. So also did Governor Rit chie, an avowed candidate, Speaker Garner and Newton D. Baker, each of whom has been mentioned as a presidential possibility. Smith's statement said: "So many inquiries have come to me from friends throughout the conn try who worked for and believe in me as to my political attitude in the pres ent political situation, that 1 feel that I owe it to my friends and to the mil lions of men and women who support ed me so loyally in 1928 to make my position clear. "If the democratic national conven tion after careful consideration should decide that it wants me to lead, I will make the fight; but I will not make a pre-convention campaign to secure the support of delegates. "Bv action of the democratic na tional convention of 1928 I am the lender of mv nartv in the To the People of Carteret County: Carteret County can and will have a county-wide extended term if the patrons, tax payers, and friends of the children want the extended term badly enough to pay in, in back or 1931 taxes, an amount sufficient to yield the Board of Education $6,000 00 by March 15 and an additional $7,833.00 by May 1st. Hon. John P. Stedman, State Treasurer, has g.m positive and unequivocal assurance that unless the county pays his de partment these past due debt service oblia-ations in the amounts and on the dates specified above, there will be no state supported extended term this year in any school in Carteret County. The schools receive 29 per cent of your back taxes and Id por jcent of your 1931 tax. To meet this grave emergency uuf taxpayers will have to pay in during the next five weeks almost four times as much as they have paid in during the last four months. Kut this verv thins: can and will be done in the big way Carteret County does the things she really wants to do, it our people will meet the proposition squarely and heed these simple sug gestions: (1) Quit waiting on the other fellow. (2) Quit choking the life out of the struggle possibility of an extend ed term by waiting to seew hether there will be an extended term be fore paying your taxes. (3) Don't hesitate to pay your 1931 extended term tax if the writ er understands the temperament of the teachers and people of the coun ty, we will have an extended term in every school in the county or in none of the schools of the county. If ev entually we hould apt nave an ex tentfud term this yean jor -extend- eX v I trx' wot 5 " r i ' 'vt - required 1y law, and in,' "., i- lv for extended term nurnoses. - ? (4) Don't be fooled into think ing, if a receiver should ever be ap pointed for the county, that any tax payer, however humble, would be m the slichteft daneer of losiner a pen ny's worth of property to which he had a clear title and on which he ad paid in full the taxes levied from time to time by the tax levying au thorities. The Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of North Carolina are your absolute guarantee against such injustice. People who claim oth erwise either are ignorant of the rock-ribbed security afforded by our Constitution or else are merely seek ing an excuse for not paying their taxes. (5 Dont' pay too much atten tion to the rumor that "some big shots" are getting by without paying or being advertised. Rumors of that kind are as old as Carteret County. If such cases should exist, the defer red payment increases the lien a gainst the property and an intelli gent, united citizenship can eventu ally force a settlement to the full value of the property. (6) Dont' increase the lien a ( Continued on page eight ) TIDE TABLE Information as to the tides at Beaufort is given in this col umn. The figures are approx 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 TW Low THa Friday, Feb. 12 nation. 1 11:33 a. m. 5:35 a.m. With a full Rense of the responsibility 11:39 p. m. 5:41 p. m. thereby imposed, I shall not in ad vance of the convention either sup port or oppose the candidacy of any aspirant for the nomination." Smith declined to discusse any par- . r t 1 1 1. t U- i.V..V.4. V j ty issues. Asueu wuat ue uiuugui, me principal issue of the campaign would be he said: " I don't know." The consensus of political com ment was that the Smith statement likely will mean a deadlock of the national democratic convention at Chicago. Smith advocates pointed out that 770 votes are necessary to nom inate, and that 385 are enough to block nomination.: Many viewed the " " (Co'ntinu:a on pags font) 12:15 a. m. 12:23 p. m. Saturday, Feb, 13 1:02 a. 1:16 p Sunday, Feb. m. m. 6:22 a. 6:24 pi 14 1 7:14 a, 7:14 p. Monday, Feb. IS 1:59 a. m. 8:14 a. m. 2:16 p. m. 8:06 p. m. Tue.day, Feb. 16 2:59 a. m. 9:17 a. m. 3:20 p. m. 9:07 p. m. Wednesday, Feb. 17 4:00 a. m. 10:19 a. m. 4:23 p. m. 10:05 p. m Thunday, Feb. 18 4:55 a. m. 11:13 a. m. 5:23 p. m. 11:10 p. m. 7 m. no. m. m.