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d InllS The best advertising medium published in Carteret Co. n READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY I WATt o ur label and pay your subscription VOLUME XXI ATUSION TICKET TO BE NOMINATED BY INDEPENDENTS Mass Meeting To Be Held Sat urday To Name Candidates For County Board HAMILTON OPPOSES PLAN Despite the fact that last Satur day was not very favorable for pub lic meetings, showers fell off and on all day, a good sized crowd assembled at the county courthouse to observe or participate in the meeting called to consider the county's debts, tax ation and so on. Several of those who signed the call did not attend the meeting. Several men recognized as leaders of the Democratic and Re publican parties were present The meeting lasted about an hour and a half and there was a good deal of speechmaking, some of which was rather spicy. N. H. Russell of Beaufort called the meeting to order and was elect ed permanent chairman. W. L. Hat sell Jr., of Beaufort was elected sec retary. The chairman made a few remarks as to the purpose of the meeting and was followed by J. F. Duncan who said the purpose of the gathering was not to foster the can didacy of any body for office, said what the people wanted was tax re lief and he did not care what party it came from. He said the politicians need not have any fears that there was any purpose to interfere with them. Mr. Duncan referred to the fact that a valuable piece of property in Beaufort, on thefcax books for $14,- jt up a..d sold under fore- -re proceedings and that there was only one bid. He said nobody wanted to own real estate and he doubted if it was worth while to pay taxes on it. The only solution he saw, he said, was to scale down the coun ty's indebtedness by agreement with the bondholders, that county bonds had been offered as low as 15 eents on the dollar. He said the people must show some independence and stand up for their interests regard less of party affiliations. W. M. Webb, chairman of the board of County Commissioners fol lowed Mr. Duncan and said he agreed with most of what he had said. He said that economic conditions and not taxes were the trouble. He would like to see the county out of debt and said debts must be refunded on a ba sis of 20 or 25 cents on the dollar. He gave some figures as to the condition of the county when his board took charge and its present condition. He stated that the county is getting fur ther behind every day. C. R. Wheatly followed Mr. Webb. He said all stocks and bonds have gone down and that Carteret county's bonds had also. He said he wanted to see five men nominated for the board of commissioners who had no political ambition and who would try to get the county's affairs in better shape. He said he believed this could be done. He said he had no ax to grind except to try to save his home. Ha.nilton Starts Something The first note of opposition to what had been said was made by County Attorney Luther Hamilton. He agreed that the bt ought to be refunded and taxes lovcred. He said the State Local Government Commis sion would cooperate with the coun-!0f ty and that the board had been work ing along this line for some time. He said the bondholders did not expect to get 100 cents, on the dollar. As to ture to form the potatoes. There had diversification of orops in earnest, the suggestion of a non partisan been sufficient rain for the proper i judging from the latest farm infor board he was very emphatic, saying growth of the tops, but the rain dur-jmation. W. S. Savage, G. W. Huntley he did not favor turning the county ing the week-end came at just the and Gibbs Brothers have planted a over to a "hybrid, mongrel crew" and ; right time to form the bulbous roots. bout twenty five acres of pimento as that the Democratic party had plen- Around a thousand acres have been an experiment to see if that vegetable ty of men of sufficient courage and devoted to potato growing this year can be successfully grown here and intelligence to handle the situation in Carteret, compared to sixteen hun-.marketed. About 100 acres of cucum- and any way he had rather see a straight Republican board in charge than a mongrel aggregation. M. L. Mansfield took some excep tion to Mr. Hamilton's references to the proposed "mongrel' 'ticket and Messrs. Wheatly and Duncan also came back with some pretty warm re marks. Wheatly then offered a mo tion that the meeting be continued until next Saturdya afternoon at two o'clock and that at that time a tick et for the baard of commissioners be put in the field. Hamilton offered a substitute for this which was tabled on a motion made by Duncan. So the convention adjourned to meet again next Saturday afternoon. MARRIAGE LICENSES B. H. Hunnings and Iva Guthrie, Beaufort. Hallas Foster and Rosa Burroughs, Hatteras. R. E. King, Washington, N. C. and Sarah Hill, Beaufort. 8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1932 Last Rites Held For Captain Bryan Arthur Capt. Bryan Wesley Arthur, well known boatman of this community, passed away suddenly about midnight Sunday in the firemen's recreation room in the city hall, after having been in ill health for the past sever al years. It is said that Captain Ar thur went there Sunday evening, as is the custom of a good many fire- colored, intervened in what was alleg men, but did not seem to be as well e to be a compromising situation as usual. About nine o'clock he fell when he found his sister with a to the floor from his chair and then group of men on the night of April was. removed to the couch. Later, af- 25 it led him into a series of acts ter the seriousness of the attack was that terminated in the breaking of an seen, a physician was called, but.0'' 'amP over the head of his cousin death came shortly after midnight from apoplexy. Captain Arthur was 51 years old, having been born Sept. 13, 1881. Captain Arthur was employed at 4.U.. IT 2 t ,.P f;rUin (. r;.. .... , . , ... , er s L-land, and previous to this he operated a pleasure boat in this vic inity. He was an honorary member of the fire department at the time of his death, having resigned from ac tive duty some two months ago. At one time he was assistant chief of the firefighters, tor a number oi;nEath the left and then cut hy iears apuiin nrinur was uui master here. I Funeral services were conducted from the late home or the deceased ; at two thirty o'clock Tuesday after noon by the Reverends R. F. Munns and Worth Wicker. "In the Hour of ( but warned him to keep away from Trial," "I'll Sing You a Song," and ( his, family if they treated him as dis "Abide With Me," were sung. A respectfully as was brought out in large gathering of friends and rela tives were present for the last rites, including the local fire department and a delegation of Morehead City firemen. Draped fire trucks from both Morehead City and the local depart ment were in the procession, and the remains we-e conveyed to the Ocean View Cemetery, the place of inter ment, on the Beaufort truck. Captain Arthur is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bettie Parsons.Arthur, one son, Lionel a sister, Mrs. Ansel Cha pin, of this community, and two brothers, Will Arthur, of North Riv er, and Dave Arthur of Southport. Renovation St. Paul's Church Going Forward St. Paul's Episcopal Church is now undergoing repairs and refinishing throughout, the work having been started early this week. The men are elevating the alter and choir stRlls.. nanelline the back of the chancel, renovating and repainting the interior. After the church is cleaned up after the repairing is com- ipleted, a new carpet will be placed upon the floor. This work will take the better part of two weeks to finish, and owing to this fact church services will be con- ducted Sunday morning at the regu lar hour in the auditorium of St. Paul's school. It is expected now that the church will be in readiness for services by Sunday after next. Mrs. B. C. Way has returned home after a second trip to Duk Hospital for treatment. RECENT DRENCHING RAINS WILL GREATLY AID POTATO MATURITY The rain that drenched Carteret : County last Saturday and Sunday will nrobablv be worth many thousands dollars to the growers of Irish po-, tatoes alone, for, as County Family good price, unless something un j Agent Hugh Overstreet -stated, the plants were in need of sufficient mois- dred last season, and about two hun dred of these acres were seriously damaged by the storm about two months, ago. The stand and yield last year was probably, the best per acre that the county has ever had, and Mr. Ovrstreet says that the outlook at the present time is that the per-acre yield this year will equal or better that of last season. Those having ex ceptionally good stands now are: M. S. Snowden, Hugh Carraway, K. W. Wright, G W. Huntley and W. S. Savage. Unless something unforseen hap - pens to Drevent this, the srrowers will begin digging the potatoes about the twenty-third of May, which is now only a litlte over two weeks away, These will be shipped by freight, as they are too heavy to carry any dis- tanee by trucks. The South Carolina potato crop, v.'heih is the onlv active competition j the North Carolina potatoes have, I v;as reduced one third of what was I planted last year. And the storm last month destroyed and seriously dam- SISTER'S CONDUCT CAUSESSQUABBLE Endeavoring To Help Sister Brings Negro Into Court; Bootlegger Gets 12 Month Sentence When Howard ("Nig") Rhodes, Lem Harper, and finally resulted in the airing of the ensuing family brawl in Recorder's Court Tuesday morning. Rhodes said that wtttn ne found his sister with the men, he took her , , ,,. ' uj home and that the row resulted. Harper testified that he tried to keep Rhodes and his sister from "going together" and that "Nig" showed his appreciation by grabbing up the lamp I and breaking it on Harper's fore- iltnarl ciitinop Viim fViaio and nlen -t,nll,jpr wit.v wv.f rpmaineH nf the bottom of the lamp. This Rhodes partly denied, saying that Harper was largely responsible for the affray. Judge Davis seemed to think that Rhodes had sufficient provocation,- the trial. He was found guilty, and sentenced to 30 days in the county jail and to work at the county home, judgment suspended upon payment of costs. Rhodes represented himself. For possessing and transporting, in toxicating liquor, Murray Davis,. Har lowe negro, who officers said is a "shrewd and notorious bootlegger," was sentenced to the common jail for twelve months and to work the roads. Murray Thomas testified that on the night of February 14 he shad owed Davis from the corner of Pol lock and 'Mulberry streets until the (Continued on page five) 4-H Club Rally Well Attended Here Monday More than three hundred an twenty-five 4-H Club members attend ed the county meeting here Monday work-'morning in the court house, when all ; of the ten clubs from seven Carteret county communities were well repre- senetd. At this time the May Queen was chosen, Miss Carrie E. Guthrie, of Atlantic, being the lucky winner. She is sixteen years old, is five feet three inches tall and weighs a hun dred and seventeen pounds exact weight for a girl of her measurements and age. Seven other 4-H girls were recog nized for the improvement made in themselves during the past six or eight months. Each member was re quired to keep exact records of his or her daily life and from these rec ords were chosen the various winners. (Continued on page five) aged one half of the acreage plant ed. This being used as a barometer, it is said that the Tar Heel potatoes will very likely bring a comparative forseen occurs. Carteret farmers are taking up the bers, 250 acres of snap beans and 125 acres of Ford hook lima beans are now growing fine. The watermelon acreage will be about the same this year that it was last season. The growers of the 550 acres of cabbage all made some money, accord ing to Mr. Overstreet, and the best of the crop sold for approximately $200 an acre. About one fourth of the crop has not been shipped, but the price still remains comparatively good $1.50 a hundred pounds. The early growers have already hnis-hed , shipping. Practically al of the cab- bage and the broccoli were moved this year by motor trucks; very lit j tie went by the accustomed channels i of freight. I Between $15,000 and $20,000 have 'j been loaned the farmers of Carteret j County by the Federal government, ' all of which was spent for seed and ; fertilizer. This amount, however small it may seem compared with the total needed by Cai-teret farmers, has helped the rural folks immensely, Washington Snapshots Taken by The Helm Newt Service ;Addressing the Governors of the States assembled at Richmond, Vir ginia, President Hoover forcibly pre- o.wfa1 fVio mnef aorimia nrnhlpm cnn. 'i: ..1 i it : v, t I t ing costs of all government, Federal, Statu and local, which are breaking iv. i-i,- Tho fio- ures are startling. Before the World War eight per cent of the national lnfinmo wonf fn trim rmmnsf. In the;"013"' succeeding period of prosperity the proportion jumped to fifteen per cent. Incomes were greatly increased, but they could not keep pace with the growing expenses of government. To day, with business depressed and when the cry for economy was nev er more' heartfelt and insistent, tax es are taking a toll of twenty per cent pf the people's earnings. Two of the nation's leading fiscal experts, Secretary . of the 'treasury Mills and Governor Eugene Meyer of the Federal Reserve Board, led a smashing attack upon the $2,000,000- 000 soldier bonus as an inflationary measure, which would pralong the de pression. Effect of issuance of $2,000 000,000 in currency to pay the ex soldiers "will be to impair public and private - credit to destroy confidence and to prolong hard times," Mills told the House Ways and Means Com mittee. He declared:" No -measure was ever drafted better calculated to destroy .confidence than the .one now before you.' Enact it into latv. and you will stifle,, allhoper of ah 'early economic recovery and ; write ' the most' lamentable chapter ' in ; Amrican financial history." '- " lSForfigtt SelatiOJis Com mittee were served with notice that women will fight to the last ditch a gainst American entry into the League Court, by the National Wom an's party. The committee held a reg ular meeting recently but did not once mention the court. There is general agreement to sidetrack the issue in the Senate until next session. A deadlocked Democratic conven tion at Chicago became a virtual cer tainty and the "Stop Roosevelt" move ment an apparent success as a result of the returns from the Massachu setts and Pennsylvania primaries. In fact, the elated supporters of Al Smith now claim that enough dele gates already are "in the bag" to block the nomination of Gov. Frank lin D. Roosevelt of New York. They no longer attempt to disquise the fact that Smith entered the race for that purpose. With galleries, crowded by Govern ment employes facing drastic pay slashes, the elimination of and promotions and other holidays curtail- ments, the House engaged in a bitter battle over the omnibus economy bill, which, it is claimed would save $200,000,000 in Government expendi tures. The question of adopting a special rule, generally declared to be a "gag rule" which would make in or der in the legislative appropriation bill an amendment of 71 pages of highly controversial legislation af fecting all phases of the Government, was vigorously debated. Leaders on both Democratic and Republican sides have broken party lines in vig orous appeals either for adoption of the rule or its rejection. Secretary Stimson is leaving Ge-held by the bank, neva a sadder, but w-uer man. His, A motion was made and carried re mission of Franco-German meditation ieving Mrs. Walter P. Willis of the was wrecked at the eleventh hour by assessment of three acres of land in FVfTinh Premier Tardieu's inability to meet the American secretary 01 State, the British prime minister, the German chancellor and the Italian foreign minister under Col. Stimson's aegis. Instead of presiding over a 'Big Five" Conference, as he hoped to do, Secretary Stimson will leave Geneva and return directly to the United States. Confessing, his disappointment, he contents himself with the reflection that his trip does not represent wast ed time, because it has given him first hand knowledge of European leaders and their problems. Close acquaint ance can hardly have stregthened Col Stimson's faith in the Old World's peace protestations. The cancella tion of M. Tardieu's Geneva visit was officially caused by the premier's at tack of laryngitis. Europe has a word for the indisposition that overtakes statesmen at critical moments. It is known as "diplomatic sickness." (Continued on page eight) PRICE 5c SINGLE CC Visiting Sportsmen Catch Variety Fish At least two fishing parties have been very successful this year in landing a large number of fish in this vicinity. Messrs. R. W. and G. S. Lewis, of Montclair, N. J., were tak en over to Cape Lookout on Capt. Ned Lewis' boat, "William and Gor don," last Thursday. Between a hun dred and eighty and two hundred fine, large black bass were caugm oy he two northern sportsmen iney were aeugnteu w.m size of the finny creatures and were 'verv enthusiastic about their trip aown nere in gen.. ...... they were the guests of the here Davis Around three hundred and fifty trout, hogfish and blackfish were caught by a party of nine Raleigh men last week-end over near Shack elford's Banks, where they had been taken on Capt. John Dickinson's cruiser, the "Idle-On." The Raleigh sportsmen were: John N. Coffey, J. C. Hardin, Andy Mcintosh, Bill Now- ell. C. C. Gunn, Barrett D. Wilson, Joe Young, Bob Newcomb and J. F, Willis. These sportsmen stole a march on the season, which usually begins a bout the fifteenth of May. From then on many people from up-State and other states come and enjoy the splendid fishing that the waters and ocean around here afford. It is rather infrequent for such large fish to be caught in abundance by anglers a- round here as early as the Lewises and the Raleisrh parties made their "strike" last week. COMMITTEE NAMED r TO ADJUST DEBTS Cofflmittee of Board Members And Citizens Will Consid - er County Affairs " r For the purpose ' or'rying 1 to straighten out the tangle of the county's indebtedness the Board of Commissioners at its regular meet ing Monday appointed a committee to meet next Monday "and study the question and then make recommenda tions. Those appointed on the com mittee are commissioners W. M Webb, C. T. Chadwick, L. C. Carroll and County Attorney Luther Hamil ton. An unofficial citizens' committee to meet with the officials composed of J. H. Potter Sr., I. E. Ramsey, J. F. Duncan, C. R. Wheatly, Dr. C. L. Duncan, T. C. Wade, C. S. Wallace, S. A. Chalk was also appointed. All .members of the board were present at the meeting Monday. The board was in session practically all day. The injunction against the adver tising of delinquent taxes for the year 1931 was brought to the attention of the board. After some discussion the matter was referred to the County Attorney. A motion was passed instructing the, County Auditor to pay Craven atui Craven the sum of $100 and to pay a $400 note with interest from September 1, 1931 in full settlement of the contract. A motion was passed reducing the valuation of the property of C. N. Nelson of Merrimon township to $2500. This was done on account of a house on the property being burn ed. A motion was passed relieving B. L. Carraway of Newport of tax on personal property, except on organ, because tax had been paid in Florida. By motion made and carried a check of the Beaufort Banking and Trust Company for taxes was accept ed as an offset to note of the county Morehead township which she does not own. A motion was passed that the valu ation of land belonging to Mrs. J. C. Davis on Taylor's Creek be listed in proportion t othe lands of the beau- fort Realty and Investment Corpora tion and I. E. Ramsey. It was ordered that the valuation of T. C. Cuttrell's land, Martin Spring le tract, be reduced from $4,900 to $3000. Also reduction of $900 be made on I. W. Russell tract of woods land on account of fire damage. A reduction of $300 on automobile of Wardy Murphy was authorized on ac count of error in listing. A resolution was adopted that' 742 acres of land listed in the name of the Waddell Lumber Company be dropped from the tax records for - 1 1931 because it is listed in the name j of the Serpell Lumber Company. A motion was passed allowing James Rhue and Harriett Rhue $5 each from the poor fund. Motions were passed allowing Es Contiaued on page five NUMBER 18 GARDNER'S TALK WITH ROOSEVELT ATTRACTS NOTICE N. C. Governor Might Be Nom inated By Democrats For Vice-President CANDIDATES BUSY NOW Ey M. R. DUNNAGAN RALEIGH, May 2 The Governor of North Carolina said many things to many Governors of other states during the Governor's Conference at Richmond, Va., last week, and, tra ditionally, heard something from the Governor of South Carolina. Gover nor Blackwood said: " Perhaps it won't be so long now." But Governor O. Max Gardner was talking about other things than drinks. He was 'one of the boys" with Governors of numbers of states, Governors who are expected to give President Hoover a run for the White House position in November. Particularly, Governor Gardner spent two or three hours conferring with Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, of New York, while the other Governors were off on a jaunt. It may develop into a history-making conference. For Governor Roosevelt is far and away in the lead for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency, even though Governor Alfred E. Smith gave his triumphial march a slight halt last week by lining up the Mass achusetts Democrats. Unless all signs fail, however, Governor Roosevelt will be the Democratic nominee for ' President at the Ohicago convention. - Why would he -pick out Governor Gardner out of all the others for a long conference? Why not some oth er Governor of some other State? 'i The Presidential candidate usually chooses his running mate and if Gov ernor Roosevelt is nominated, what more tiatural than that he select theV iittorth - Catothw )gmuorT "governor1- ( r 1 1 t . j m vjaruiier nas iimue a great recora 01 striking out into new and untried fields in highways, schools, local gov ernment and university consolidations. These are attracting wide attention. What more natural than that the man who started all this be given na tional recognition? What better way to re-cement the "Solid South" after the 1928 veering off than to name as Vice-Presidential candidate an out standing Governor of one of the stray ing states? Regardless of the result, it might well be said that a North Carolinian is now nearer to a place on the na tional Democratic ticket than one has been since the civil war, and with prospects better for a Democratic ad ministration. Campaign Lacks Heat While the present political cam paign is lacking some of the heat and steam of previous contests of this na ture, the poltiical arena is one of un usual activity, and will be increasing ly so for the next four weeks until the primary. The candidates for Gov ernor and for the Senate are putting on the "rousements" and the unusu ally large number of candidates for all offices, down to constable, insure one of the biggest votes ever cast in a primary. (Continued on page eight) TIDE TABLE Information as to the tides at Beaufort is giren 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 TO Friday, May 6 8:21 1 8:32 ; 8:53 ; 9:05 9:28 9:41 10:05 10:21 m. 2:14 a. m. 2:02 p. m. m. Saturday, May 7 m. 2:48 a. m. m. 2:38 p. nu Sunday, May 8 m. 3:25 a. m. . m. 3:12 p. m. Monday, May 9 a. m. p. m. Tuesday, May a. m. a. m. 4:05 3:53 10 4:49 4:40 a. m. p. m. 10:46 11:00 11:06 Wednesday, May 11 a. m. m. Thursdi m. m. 5:36 5:34 iy, May 12 6:29 6:36 11:38 11:59 12:38 a. m. p. m. m. m. m. m.
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