North Carolina Newspapers

v8? rr AUFORT MEV The Lost adi'ntt&ing medium published in Carteret Co. READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY WATCH Your label and pay our subscription r " VOLUME XXI 8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1932 PRICE, 5c SIN ,:opy NUMBER 13 , , . N. C. Building And Loan Associations Are Sound Not One Failed Last Year; Nearly 100,000 Shareholders in The State; Many Borrowed Money For Building And Other Purposes; "Bob" Reynolds Hot on Morrison's Trail By M. R. DUNNAGAN RALEIGH, Mar. 28 North Caro lina Building and Loan Associations, numbering 229, "are in a sound ana solvent condition although essential ly non-liquid," Insurance Commission er Dan C. Boney says in a statement reviewing the operation for 1931, during which period not one of them failed although six associations merg ed into voluntary liquidation, and the resources decreased only $6,843,990 44 less than eight per cent, from $92 192373.69 in 1930 to $85,348,383. 25 at the end of 131, despite the troublesome year. The number aided through mort gage loans numbered 41,988 in 1931, the average loan being $1,814.76 while there were 7,776 loans on stock averaging $481.96 per loan. The av erage cost of homes built through building and loan aid dropped from $2,925.48 in 1930 to $2,439 in 1931, and the average investment per mem ber dropped from $918.09 to $829.22 but the capital invested per share in creased from $47.10 to $49.37 in the two years. The operating expense of the association remains the same, slightly more than 1 per cent on the capital invested. At the end of 1931 A Rat Loses His Life When Caught By Clam A large wharf rat paid with his life the penalty of attempting to eat a clam in the fish house of S. W. Da- and Brother here Sunday night. The rat stuck one of his fore feet in to the clam's shell which promptly closed on it and held him fast. Cap tain Henry Noe, when he opened up the place for business Monday morn ing, found the rat still alive but a pris oner. Quite a large number of people saw the rat in his unhappy predica ment and it may be that some mem bers of the rat family saw im also and took warning from his fate. Clams have been known to catch live things before this. Some years a go this newspaper carried an account of a duck that was caught by a clam in the Inland Waterway. The duck was unable to fly and was caught by (good class! some one who saw it fluttering in the water. When a clam closes its shell on an object it holds with consider RURAL SCHOOLS PLAN TRACK MEET Newport And Smyrna To Con lest Tomorrow (Friday) For Athletic Honors SMYRNA, March 30 The Smyr na High School Track Team is busy these days preparing for the Carter et County Rural High School Track Meet to be held on the Smyrna ath letic field at 10 o'clock on April 1. Teams from both Atlantic and New port High Schools will participate. Superintendent J. G. Allen will pre sent to the winning team a banner made up in the school's colors and indicating that school as the winner of the 1932 Track Meet. The public is invited. Seniori Win Track Events . The Senior Class Track Team over whelmingly won the class track meet at Smyrna Friday at play' period. They scored a total of 73 points while tneir nearest competitors, the Juniors, were bringing in 24, The Freshmen came next 'with 16, and the Sophomores last wiih a scant 4. This gives the Seniors two class championships so far this year. Well! We might say four for both their boys' and girls' teams won the class basket ball championships; and now they're repeated in track. Its a right Weaver Wins Victory i. I Inr Recorder's Court 'fl there were 95,208 shareholders, a de-' air with a clam and drop it for the crease of 1164 in colored sharehold-lpurp0se 0f cracking open the shell, ers, and an increase of 457 in whites. favorite place for this performance Those winning first places in the different events for girls follow: (1) 50 yd. dash, Reva Yeomans )Sr.); able force as any one can find out by, (2) Basket Ball free throw, Ruth making the experiment. Many clams jWade (Sr.) and Louise Lewis (Fr. are eaten fry gulls. It is an everyday I tied for first place; (3) Sack race, occurence to see a gull fly up in the j Esther Brown and Mamie Willis, both Freshmen, tied for first place; (4) Prisoners' Upkeep Not Large Only 65.11 cents a day was requir ed to feed, cloth, house guard, pro vide medical attention and otherwise maintain an average of nearly 4,000 prisoners worked on county highways by the State Highway Commission's pris6h department during the first six months of such operation, to Decem ber 31, 1931 it is shown in the first report of Sam D. Scott, prison su pervisor to Chairman E. B. Jeffress, of the commission. Total cost of the department was $453,584.56 Divided into its component parts, this cost of slightly more than 85 cents a day shows only 14.23 cents a is the bridge across Bocue sound. Newport-Vanceboro Debaters Will Contest Running high jumps, Ruth Wade and Christine Fulcher, both Seniors, tied for first place; and (5) Relay, 200 yards, won by Seniors with a team composed of Reva Yeomans, Ruth Wade, Eloise Lewis, and Christine NEWPORT, March 31r-Oir Friday L night, April 1, what has come to be an annual forensic contest will take place in the Newport high school aud itorium. Vanceboro is the opponent. This is the first year that Newport has ever debated against Vanceboro. Last year Dixon and Newport were pitted against each other and two years ago it was Atlantic and New- day was for food, 8.86 cents for wear port that met in an argumentive con- ing apparel camp supplies 6.0X centsitest. coin vi utcse jcaia a day and central office cost less than affirmative and negative teams have a cent a day. The biggest item was j won, thus entitling Newport to send 19 20 cents a day for salaries for its teams to Chapel Hill to contest guards, supervisors and specialists ,i or tne Aycoc-K. memoiiai for medical attention during the six year Newport got into the semi-fin-monts period. The average number of als at the University, an hour that convicts for the first three months 'comes to only a few schools in the wa 3,420, but for the last three state. The original plan this year was months it had mounted to 4,320 the I a triangular arrangement with Dix recent report shows. I on, Vanceboro and Newport Dixon Reynold. Warm. Up Thing. 1 pulled out and it was understood "Cap'n Bob" Reynolds swooped .that Jasper had taken its place; but down from the mountains in a flying it ha-, just been learned that Jasper monster notu nlike a huge eagle, and cannot debate, so it leaves V anceboro with beak and talons tore into the and Newport to debate against each status quo, particularly the prohibi- other. On Friday night Newport s tion law, the Republican party, the negative will journey to Vanceboro State's official family, the power and, to debate against the aflirmative of tobacco interests and particularly his i that school there, and the negative opponent Senator Cameron Morrison i team from Vanceboro will come to in a manner characteristic of the fight (Newport The Newport debaters are: ing and colorful mountaineer. Affirmative, Rosalie Watson and He would change the liquor law, Manley Barfield, negative, Nina Bell ...i,!v. f A n will" rim 'and James Mizzelle. Alternates are: hibit, from attempted prohibition to ! Margaret Bell and Robert Jones. The government control, take the tax off 'subject to be discussed is: Resolved, land and put it on liquor and thus "That the United States should adopt eradicate the 40,000 bootleggers, J a system of compulsory unemploy rumrunners and racketeers, each of mcnt insurance, which he termed a saloon, in contrast. Mi.. Styron Fill. Vacancy to the 167 licensed saloons operating Miss Gertrude Styron of Davis has in Nnrth Carolina in 1907 before accented the vacancy in the sixth State-wide prohibition. "Our Bob" rinned into Morrison for reaDDrovins: the appoint the end of the state supported six Smith, Norman Chadwick, Burgess ment of Frank R. McNinch, Charlotte months' term. Boy. Winning Fir.t Place (1) 100 yd. dash, Osborne Pig- ott-TSfrjv -'- (2) 220 yd. dash, Osborne Pig ott (Sr.). (3) Running High Jump, Osborne Pigott (Sr.) (4) Running broad jump, Edward Nelson (Sr.) (5) Shot put, Burgess Davis (Sr.) (6) Baseball distance throw, Bur gess Davis (Sr). (7) Basket Ball free throw, Ron ald Styron (Jr.) (8) Play, 1-2 mi. won by Senior team composed of Edward Nelson, Guy Daniels, Burgess Davis, and Os borne Pigott. It is interesting to note that in the girls events there was 'three ties for first places; whereas, in the boys the Seniors won every first except one. Honor Roll Pupil. Fifty four hig1- school pupils of Smyrna made the Honor Roll in Scholarship for the sixth month. Those pupils making a grade of 95 per cent or better on five subjects follow: Reva Lewis and Guy Roberts Willis of the Senior class and Emma Pake and Margaret Brown of the Sophomore class. Pupils making 95 per cent or bet ter on four subjects: Eloise Lewi;, Lenora Huneycutt, Kathryn Lewis, and Annis Lewis. On three subjects: Clecr Jarvis, Iona Willis, Alma Lois Styron and Maude Robinson. On tw'o subjects: Bertram Willis, Hilda Smith, Mabel Lewis, Nola "Mae Willis, Lynell Davis, Hilda Gillikin, Clara Chadwick, Blondine Lawrence, Lillian Chadwick and Louise Lewis. It is &v. old saying that a man who is his? own lawyer has a fool for a client but this rule evidently does not always apply. In Recorder's Court Tuesday Mr. E. S. Weaver of Beau fort appeared for himself and secur ed an,1 acquittal on the charge of hav ing given a bad check. The charge was brought by the Pender Company. It appeared from the evidence that the defendant had been a customer of the Pender store here over a con siderable period and had given a num ber of checks most of which were paid. The particular check in con troversy was one for $38.15 which the defendant claimed had not been pre sented at the bank and there was no evidence that it had been presented. He also held a receipt for $10 paid to the Pender company superinten dent. The trial was rather lengthy and brought on some pretty hot pas sages .between the defendant and So licitor Phillips. The charge was dis missed. 1 Leonard Carroll of Newport charg ed with driving a car while under the influence of liquor was acquitted. F. C. Jones of Pelletier charged with obstructing a public road was convicted and fined $15 and costs. A large number of witnesses testified that the road had been in use for many years. Leslie Rhue was the pros ecuting witness. His place adjoins that of Mr. Jones and he stated that closing the road greatly inconven ienced him and his family. Attorney Luther Hamilton appearing for the defendant argues that the road was nothing more than a cart way and that it had never been declared a public road in the manner which the law provides. He gave notice ol an appeal. Leffie Davis, colored truck driver of Beaufort was convicted on the charge of an assault with a deadly weapon. It appeared tnat ne. ana Clyde Everett got into an argument aboflt the merits of attending church and, that after some words they sep-Watedand- Leffie went to his home and got his pistoland witnesses said pointed it at Everett. Leffie said that Everett had a knife and that he got the pistol for the purpose of self de fense. Attorney Wheatly representing the defendant said he though both of the men were guilty of disorderly conduct and asked the court to be as lenient as possible with his client. Judge Davis decided that Leffie was guilty but as he had a good reputa tion he would suspend judgment on payment of costs. Moses Fisher, Negro of the Core Creek section, who has been in court several times had a hearing as to whether he should serve a three month:- suspended sentence or not. He was tried some months ago for assaulting his wife and convicted. His wife- who is ona of the most voluble Washi Snapi "u o -j- i- S e, CO CYCLONE WRECKS ATLANTIC HOMES Taken by The Helm News Service Washington. P. C. March 28 I By the overwhelming and surprising vote of 223 to 153 the House voiea out of the tax revision bill the pro posed 2.25 per cent manufacturers' sales tax. Not more than forty Dem ocrats stood by the leaders of their party in favoring the proposal. As soon as the result of the vote became known Senator Robinson, of -Arkansas, the Democratic floor leader, sug gested that the Senate withhold ac tion on the tax bill until after the na tional convention. His proposal con templated a recess of Congress dur ing June until after July 4 when the Senate would reconvene. Senator Rob inson maintained it was apparent that the tax bill could not reach the Sen ate floor until the middle of May, leaving only about two weeks for its consideration before the scheduled adjournment. Senator Watson, of In diana, the Republican leader, dissent ed from the view that the bill would be delayed so long. Everything would be done, he said, to expedite the measure, so that it could be passed before the adjournment in June. Thousands of Dollars Damage Done To Dwellings And Other Buildings When the House of Representa tives struck the manufacturers' sales levy from the Ways and Means Com mittee's tax bill, the whole of Cong ress, for the first time in years, pass ed out of the control of either of the two maior political parties. For sev eral sessions, due tothe presence of a bloc of progressive Republicans, the Senate has been ruled by a coali tion majority. It has now been join ed by the House. On economic meas ures, especially, it will herceforth be impossible for the nominal leadership of the Seventy-second Congress Democratic in the House and Republi can in the Senate to lay down pro grams with any certainty oi enact ment. , , , At least a thrid and possibly half of the 223 votes which defeated the sales tax can be looked upon as an expression of extreme conservatism. The major portion of the opposition to the sales tax is part of a nation wide tax rebellion. Locally, through out the country, the rebellion is a- gainst taxes collected by towns, coun ties, cities and states. It is a rebel lion against a certain kind of taxes, taxes on lands, goods and other "tan gibles," because this is, in the main, the only kind of taxation that local governments practice. This rebellion is general throughout the country Office holders and politicians every where are terrorized by it. The senti ment against heavy local taxes and heavy cost of local government is the The month of March certainly liv ed up to its reputation in this part of the country this year. With the exception of only three or four days the weather for the whole month has been stormy, cold or rainy and some times all three. Two violent storm, about two weeks apart struck this section doing considerable damage to property such as boats, houses, c ops and so on. It is hard to tell how n.uch damage the two storms did in this county but it certainly amounted to a good many thousands of dollars. Fortunately no lives were lost in eith er storm. The town of Atlantic fared worse than any other place in the county in Monday's storm. Following a hard southwest wind which had been blow ing all night and which became vio lent along in the early morning, a cyclone struck a 'part of Atlantic, ut terly demolishing one two story dwell ing and badly damaging nine other dwellings. A con.-iderable number of outhouses such as stables, garages and the like were blown down or dam aged and many trees were blown down or broken. A boat belonging to Luther Smith was sunk. The roof of the Primitive Baptist church was partly blown off. The two story dwelling of Clem Fulcher in which he and his 18 year old son William Henry, daughters Glennie 16 and Giula eight years old were sleeping, crashed like an egg shell. Most of the furniture in the house was ruined also. The oldest daughter got a small cut on her face but the others were not injured. It seems a miracle that they were not all killed. The home of Mrs. Rena Bullock was blown off its foundations, win dows were broken and it was other wise damaged. Somewhat similar dam age was done to the dwelling of Au- - gustine Robinson, Wallace Robinson, Mrs. Isaiah Hamilton, George Hamil ton, Ira Hamilton, Mason Hamilton, Dennis Robinson, Guy Morris. The total damage to houses must run in to a good many thousand dollars. There was no insurance against storms. Mr. J. R. Morris telegraphed news of the disaster to U. S. Senators Bailey and Morrison and Representa tive Abernethy asking for Red Cross assistance. The News understands that a Red Cross man has been to At lantic to investigate conditions. witnesses that has ever been in the.m0st conspiciuos present manifesta. courthouse, poured forth a torrent of words about the way Mose had been treating her and his doom was sealed. He must serve his sentence. ALL DEFENDANTS CONVICTED IN CITY POLICE COURT A clean sweep was made in Police Court Friday afternoon. Every de fendant was convicted or submitted to the charge against him. Each de fendant was given the same sentence, $2.50 and costs.. tion of politics in the United States. MR. E. P. CLIFTON BACK WITH ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL Charlie, "Whiskey" Chadwick, col ored, was tried on the charge of reck less driving. Hettie Ann Rhodes and her daughter Maggie testified that he n mn rvar thpm with a Car. On one subject: Reginald Moore, H denied the flccusuation but Mayor Christine Fulcher, Alma Gillikin, Re- , , . ... . thnliaht hp waa .uiitv erade at Newport school after the res becca Gillikin, Alberta Lewis, Cora .',.,,., n,ipf Bn(1 an found. Senator ignation of Miss Clarice Albright at , Lewis, Marjorie Murphy, Bertha, Jameg Fuifor(j, fighting, plead not to the Federal Power Commission, Miss Styron has attended fcast iaro thus rewdraing "a man with a $10,- lina Teachers' College. Cullowee 000 job for treachery to his party"; State Normal, and Duke University, h hoaHincr th Anti-Smith camDaism1Rhe holds an A. B. degree from the and helping carry North Carolina forfirst named institution. She has taught bmitn, Morman naawi, Burgess m He was accU8ed 0f hitting Davis, Ralph Lewis, Elmer Smith, ' c . an(i.vas conviAed. in this county at Wiregrass and Ce dar Island and in Onslow County in the Dixon High school. Newport feels itself fortunate in securing a person so well qualified to fill the unexpired J term of Miss Albright. (Continued on page eight) MARRIAGE LICENSES Maurice D. Lewis and Julia Guth rie, Morenead ity, jn. . Hoover. He advised postponing bal ancing the budget until "we get a Democratic President on March 4," saying the Republicans would other wise take credit and blame Democrats for the tax increases. He expressed favor for guarantee of bank deposits, payment in full the sehvice men's in surance and a return of $5,000,000 a year to the State from the Federal taxes collected from North Carolina. Reynolds is looked upon as Sena tor Morrison's most ti be feared op ponent and is expected to take full advantage of the "wet" sentiment polls are showing exists in North Carolina to a degree hitherto not be Frank D. Grist and Thomas C. Bowie, also contestants, are busy Washington, March 30 The sen. in the bushes and on hustings. ate foreign relations committee to- Snmp of t'np old time heat is be- day approved the Geneva convention iniT ffonomtorl in the mihprnfltorial reflating the distribution and limit- fight, and from a source least expect- ing the manufacture of (Continued on page five) drugs. . Ruth Whitehurst. Gladys Daniels. I r ! r u.. T -v oyuu jLuvis, niveiyu uiuipuy, uauei- ta Gillikin, Ersil Willis, Ethel Pake, Iva Davis, Aleeze Davis, Marshall Davis, Tamer Lewis, Mae Branden burg, Esther Brown, Ruth Davidson, Vera Simpson, Pauline Pake, Leonda Salter, and Gray Maurice Davis. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS James Collins and George Kirby colored, charged with fighting plead not guilty but was con victed. Nelson Williams and Arthur Chad wick, colored, had a friendly fight which cost them $2.50 each. - Earl Hu'dgins and John Wolfe plead ! guilty to the charge of drunkeness. James Waite Texas and Lottie Island, N. C. Jr., Georgetown, Nelson, Harkers Drug. Ban Is Approved E. H. Gorham, Trustee to Geo. R. Gorham, 10 acres Morehead Township for $1. N. C. Bank & Trust Co., to State of N. C. 5 acres Morehead Township, for $1750. H. W. Peterson and wife to Har ry L. Edwards et al 3 tracts Beau fort Township, for $500. R. L. Pigott and wife to Elbert M. Chadwick, 11 acres Straits Township for $200. President Hoover was keenly dis appointed when the news reached him that the House had cieleated tne pro posed sales tax. He expressed this dis appointment to Silas H. Strawn, pris ident of the United States Chamber of Commerce, who was conferring with him at the time. Later the Pres ident conferred briefly with Ogden L. Mills, Secretary of the Treasury, and epresentative Snell, New York, Re publican House leader on the tax sit uation. It was his thought, it was said that the bill should be sent back to the Ways and Means Committee to be redrafted in its entirety. The Senate Judiciary Committee will make a voluntary report on one of the pending resolutions involving repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution and thereby pro vide for a Senate vote upon that is aiiP. Assurances to this effect were given Senator Tydings, of Maryland, and in response to that voluntary of fer the Marylander promised not to press a motion to discharge the com mittee from consideration of the re peal measures. This motion was to be supported by a petition signed by more than thirty Senators. Mr. E. P. Clifton, well-known to Beaufort 'people as well as Carteret County , is again with St. Paul's School, and in charge of the work Mr. Clifton is a splendid furnitnre man having worked for years in one of the leading furniture factories in I High Point, where he specialized in Mr. Clifton will have a class in the work shop, and will also have time to devote to his trade. BIRTHS Born to Mr. and Mrs. Adrian narcotic Brooks of Beaufort, Sunday, March a son. D. J. GODWIN APPOINTED TO PROTECT ROOKERY - D. J. Godwin of Beaufort has been appointed by the Audubon Society to look after the heron rookery at Len- oxville this year. Mr. Godwin has aa cepted the appointment. Every year a large number of these birds nest in the trees near the point and rear their young. It is necessary that they shall not be molested in any way in order that they may not be frightened away TIDE TABLE Information an 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 The growing number of American flag vessels on the high seas as a re-1 suit of the Merchant Marine act 01 1928 was emphasized by President Hoover in a message sent to those in charge of the launching of the new S. S. Santa Rosa at Kentucky, N. J. The launching of the new vessel, Presi dent Hoover pointed out, marks a re vival of the shipbuilding industry. Orders for forty-five new vessels to talling 500,000 tons have been plac ed while nineteen vessels of 160,000 tons are being reconditioned. A large reduction in money hoard ing and rapid slowing down of bank failures in recent weeks were shown 5:01 5:22 5:48 6:09 6:30 6:49 7:08 7:26 7:43 8:00 Friday, April 1 m. 10:19 a. m. 11:09 p. Saturday, April 2 m. 11:26 a, m. 11:54 p, Sunday, April 3 a. m. 12:13 a. p.m. 12:29 p. Monday, April 4 a. m. 12:55 a. p. m. 1:05 p. Tuesday, April 5 a. m. 1:31 a. p. m. 1:34 p. Wednesday, April 6 m. m. m. m. 8:16 a. 8:32 p. Thirty-four kinds of destructive in sects are estimated to cause an annual Iasq n ann nnn nnn fn rrona and the United States each! in figures made public by secretary 8:43 a property in year. (Continued on page eight) Thursday, April , m. 9:05 p. m. 2:06 2:05 7 2:39 2:35 m. m. m. m. m. m. m. m. m. m.