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Mews BEAUFORT u o The best advertising medium published in Carteret Co. ( READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY f WATCH You I and pay our subscription PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY 2 VOLUME XXI 8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THU RSDAY, MAY 12, 1932 NUMBER 19 S3 STATE RECEIVES AD VALOREM TAX School Fund Helped by County Payments; Carteret Has Paid $5,061.27 By M. R. DUNNAGAN RALEIGH, May S North Caroli- Truck Turns Over And Injures Seven People A truck, in which seventeen people were riding, was accidentally turn ed over at Otway near the intersec tion of the state highway and the Straits road last Saturday afternoon and all miraculously escapetd with their1 lives. Bennie Lawrence of Marsh here eyes and her son a lacerated nose 1 . . ...i ll n Vnlva 'trtr'toi Vl f Via WHS HflV na's 100 counties had paid into Uie -v State Treasury $2,642,395.81 of the mg eastward on the highway near the ejected $4,250,000 from the 15- res.dence of O. VV Lewis when a car exptA.Lu l iimmv rhadwick of Straits ent ad valorem tax on propeiuy iu , - - - - , . , . . ,f c SS ' 1 fender .Mb. truck drive. LONGER TERM FOR SCHOOLS TALKED Equalization Secretary Martin Thinks Plan Practicable nnH 00 of those counties naa. "'V'6". f . . ;"" W w pu.. , Tj r.j.. I liv Wron collided, turnimr the Treasurer John Stedman saia wuj.; -' -- .- ' - . ? . X., j i ; nn thp basis truck over on its side and injuring The advalorem tax is on tne Dasis Jfi .nnwtv valuation in the several of the occupants. o4 t " 071 464 650. which would ! Leland Willis sustained a broken produce $4,401,690 from the 15-cent leg; John Owens a sprained wrist; Jim l'vy including cost of collections, etc, j Simpson a badly bruised nose; Mrs. but State officials do not hopeto real- Bennie Lawrence a bruise over one of 4,0 ovpn the S4.250.000 estimate, par , her eyes and her son a lacerated nose tir-nlarlv as it will be next fall be fore the full amount is paid by prob SEVENTH GRADERS ENJOY SAIL TO CAPE SATURDAY Virgil Styron a sprained arm; and Manly Murphy a fractured skull. All ui o Aor, rmintie? which have ! of the above named people were from postponed sales of property for de- Marshallberg, except the last two who linqucnt taxes, unless some action. were from Davis, is taken to require the sales. The injured were brought to Beau- Ten counties had made no returns fort for medical treatment and Le on poll taxes at the end of April, but ( land Willis and Manly Murphy are some of them have forwarded install- (confined to the Potter Emergency ments since then. Collections the past Hospital. week have carried the State Treasury I The truci( turned over "So slowly receipts above $150,000, leaving an that only one of s;x dinner plates on estimated $100,000 yet to be receiv-jthe driver-s seat were broken and the ed from poll taxes. Mecklenburg jar never even waked the Lawrence county sent in a payment of $10,000 baby These are two oddities that oc on poll tax collections Friday, Mr. casionally happen in automobile mix Stedman said. up3. Also, several additions have been made to the 15-cent ad valorem tax es by counties since May 1. However, many of them are still, far behind in payments, the Treasured said. Those counties which postponed the land sales for taxes will be unable to make settlements until the sales are. held. That is why the State has an interest, amounting to thousands of dollars, in seeing that- the sales, are held,. when the law directs. Also,' that " is why there is talk of seeking writs of man damus to force the commissioners of . those counties to hold their sales and settle Vlth' the State' fr their-gart of the 15-cent tax. Carteret county, with land valua-jr ' tion of $14,515,048, which would, r without deducting costs, etc., pro--1 . , , duce a maximum of $21,772 from the Million And Mall JTlSh 15 cer.t tax, had sent the State Treaa u Hir Tliia Week um- $5,111.27 up to May i. This augnt nere inis weex county had also sent in $399.00 of the 11 taxes. Fishing for spring fatbacks began By M. R. DUNNAGAN RALEIGH, May 9 Talk of an eight months term, included in rec ommedations made by a special com mittee to the 1931 General Assembly, but completely overshadowed by the movement for State support of the six months term in that body, hu3 a gain started, this time by a sugges tion of LeRoy Martin, secretary 6f the State Board of Equalization, that the additional two' months be taken on by the State, on the ground that from $1,500,000 to $2,000,000 a year could be saved. ' But Mr. Martin's suggestion goes further that the ad valorem tax be made 30 cents, instead of the pres ent 15 cents. That thought wil prob ably be poisonous to that element which advocates that all ad valorem tax be taken from real estate, even though several millions ' of , dollars migh.be saved ot the taxpayers by Washington Snapshots '. Taken by The Helm New Service . A feeling of elation swept through Washington when the commutation of sentence' in the Hawaiian mans slaughter care was announced. This satisfaction was immediately temper ed by a wide demand that the "stig ma" of even one hour's imprisonment must be removed by a full pardon for the defendants. Car Kills 'Possum O Ann Street This W o 0 P3 s- CO . Despite the doubts of other leaders Senator Charles L. McNary, assist ant Republican leader of the Senate, renewed his prediction that the ses sion of Congress would end before the national conventions. He said he had not given up hope of adjourn ment June 12, which is two days be fore the Republican convention opens at Chicago. Possibility of a prolong ed tariff fight in connection with the tax bill is giving concern to Senator McNary. Senator Joseph T. Robinson extending the term uniformly and by Democratic leader, howevre, has indi State operation cated he is skeptical whether the ses- Mr. Martin's'plan would eliminate s5" can be ended by the time the Re special taxes of 25 cents to $1.00 or .C0"V? T : ,vi i n, I McNary indicated he would endeav- The seventh grade pupils of the Beaufort Graded School, their teach er, Miss. Lucy Bowers,, and Miss Sara Rumley, went on a sail Saturday ov er (o Cape Lookout on Capt. John M. Dickinson's cruiser, . the "Idle-On." About thirty of the pupils went. It was a class event that had been fav orably anticipated all the school year, and one that was thoroughly enjoy-ed-despite the fact that the unset tled sea made manyof the boys and girls seasick. Lunch was served at the more in special tax districts, also the inequality caused by children" from non-tax areas attending schools paid for by special district. levies, and thus equalize the costs," as" well as tend toward efficiency and uniformity.' His plan will doubtless be considered by the 1933 General Assembly. The result may be,; if prediction' is admissable, that the eight months term will be operated by the State, but with no ad valorem tax, and a sales tax of . some, kind enacted to supply the 15 or 30 cents, unless some not now apparent and unexpected oth er source of, revenue is discovered. Angus D. MacLean, Washington, au thor of the 1931 MacLean law, said last week to the bankers at Pinehurst that he can see no other method of raising the budget for the State, and largely for schools, than by some f oim of sales 'tax;-He would- baMnceJ tne Budget ana pay on tne 0,uuu, 000 to $8,000,000 deficit at the end of this year with the aid of a sales tax, in tow years. And another "long session" may be expected. Raleigh abandoned its daylight or to have sessions three week. nights, a A mother 'possum with four or young ones in her pouch was run ov er and the mother killed on Ann Street near the St. Paul's School property. That seems strange in this quiet, two hundred year old town, but that is just what happened sometime Monday night or early Tuesday morning. It is though that the 'possum was the one that Burnie Willis got up on the inland waterway some time ago and has been keeping it in a cage. At least that one also had several young "possumettes." The Willis 'possum got away from its owners some time over the week end and has not been apprehended so far. Sever al of the young of the dead mother were alive when the animal was dis covered early Tuesday morning. The 'possum is the only marsupial animal in North America; that is, the only one on this continent that has. a pouch for carrying its young. In this respect, the 'possum is close ly allied with the kangaroo of Aus tralia. At birth, the young 'possums are so small that eighteen can be nlaced in one teaspoon, lhey are then too small to even half way take care of themselves, so Mother Nature provides the mother with a pouch in which to carry and suckle the young until they get large enough to scam per around. IIEAUFORT SCHOOL FINALS ARE HELD ,The sensational run made by Speak er John N. Garner at the preferen tial primary election in California gave the Roosevelt Presidential boom a setback even more serious than the sweeping victory won by ex-Governor Roosevelt in the Massachusetts primaries. Friends of Mr. Roosevelt have admitted as much. In some quar ters unfriendly to Governor Roose velt as a candidate the prediction was ventured that his defeat in California would, prove a death blow to his Pres idential aspirations. This view, how ever, i not generally shared in Dem ocratic' circles in this city. IMPRVEMENT NOW BEING MADE ON MERRIMON ROAD Alfred E. Smith, who selected John J Raskob as hi3 national chairman when he was the Democratic Presi dential candidate in 1928, has ap pealed to the party to rid itself of the financial obligation to Mr. Raskob, which the party has incurred since its. defeat of four years ago. He bas ed his appeal on the ground not only The road over around Merrimon and South River is undergoing im provements. Some of the smaller bridges have been rebuilt and the road somewhat widened. The stumps that were left on the shoulders of the road when the trees were cut down are now being removed and those trees that are still too close to the road are being felled. Thus the road is being gradually improved from time to time, much having been done during the past few years to make the thoroughfare better for traffic. Twenty-five Graduates At SmyrnaHigK School it ni 1 C-..::and the crew of the "lung iMsner nave memorial v , t , two hundred In Memory of Veterans! thousand of the finny money-makers. i This week the catching of menhaden Confederate Memorial Services were held at three-thirty o'clock Tues day afternoon in the Beaufort Bap tist Church with Judge M. Leslie Da vis delivering the address of the oc casion. Only one veteran was pres ent and that was eiehty-nine year old savings plan after three days. The State and Fideral governments and, that the party justly should pay Mr. Tinwinvnna ntliov ?Tf rif i' riv itltoi. ' PnaViV cmnf. 890.000 which it last week when Capt. Bonner Willis gute O1.ganizations refUsed to join in still owes him, but that it should free J xl. - V.rt 'T i n re Hchtiv" ..... tne movement. So the confusion that j itself from obligation to any one in dividual so that it might be able to function as an untrammeled organi zation. He said he made no plea for Mr. Raskob personally. existed and would have continued was ended by a decision of the city fftmmioainnoi'a n pttnvn f ft tlin nlrl rtV really began in earnest. Although ' tern 8tandard time. few were seined Monday, good catch- es have been made every day since. ! Tuesday the "King Fisher" caught MISS MAGGIE AKK1NUIUN two hundred ana inty tnousana; tne "Deutchland" one hundred and thirty thousand; and the "W. A. Mace" one hundred and twenty-five thousand. WINS HOSPITAL DIPLOMA Miss Maggie Arrington, the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Arring- Union Hospital at Boston, Mass., Wednesday evening May 4. Shortly after completing her high school course here in thes pring of 1929, Mis? Arrington went to Boston and J. J. Conway, a native of Jone5 Cuun , Yesterday they greatly increased! graduated from the Baptist t-i . j tneir catcnes wnen int jn.ing nsner One other veteran, a Mr. Freshwater, ; brought -m three hundred and fifty now lives in Moreehad City but was thousand; tne "Deutchland" two hun not a native of that place. In the dred and fifty thousand; and the "W. death of Sam Thomas some months A Mace" three hundred thousand. n a l 1 i. ."1. 1 X. . ago, Laneret county ww, u ' I None of the fishing boats trom : b her training,-This is one of the tive born follower of Robert L. Lee. Bcaufort have gone to New Jersey or;iarge.r ,New England hospitals, and One hymn, "How tirm a rounaa- ,to riorida so tar ana tne isews un- : considered auite an honor to be a tion." was sung, also "Carolina." j derstands that they will not go this raduate 0f the institution. There The Rev. R. F. Mu:.ns made the in- season. The following Morehead City;were about twenty-five in the grad- More than five hours of debate on vocation and pronoun.. ! the benedic-! menhaden boats have either gone or uating class. Miss Arrington will ar-'a bill providing for government op tion. Flowers in baskets were offered are going to Florida for the summer : rive bere iate in the fall on a visit 1 eration of Muscle Shoals was insuf- in memory of Samuel lY.omas, Mrs. j fishing: the . M. Webb, Charles ,to her paret,ts, just after she takes ficient fo rthe House to reach a vote. Once more reversing itself, the Senate Finance Committee voted in j Margaret Christine The Rev. R. F. Munns, of Beau fort, preached the baccalaureate ser mon before a large gathering and the twenty-five graduates in the Smyrna High School auditorium Sunday morn ing at eleven o'clock, the subject be ing "The Choice of a Career." Com mencement exercises were held at the school Tuesday evening, with Rivers D. Johnson, of Warsaw, delivering the address to the graduates. The twenty-five graduates were: Alfred Norman Chadwick, Guy Wad dell Daniels, Julian Burgess Davis, Fulcher, Alma the $1,000,000,000 tax bill tariff du ties not only on oil and coal, as the House did, but on lumber and cop per. This was done over the protests of Senator Pat Harrison, Democrat, of Mississippi, and other tarilf op ponents. Decision to put in the tariff items was reached after numerous votes and a series of maneuvers which the opponents of tariffs called log rolling. Senator Wesley L. Jones, Republican, of Washington, led the fin-lit frn fVio tmiff rntpa. Susi Poole Robinson and Miss Sar-iS. Wallace." "The Boys," and the ah Thomas, a veteran, and a daugh- j "Mcintosh." ter and a granddaughter of veterans, - who have died during the past year. D. W. MORTON IS MAKING Judge Davis spoke on "North Caroli- AN ACTIVE CAMPAIGN NOW na's part in the Civil War" and also . mentioned briefly the part played by i D. W. Morton of Beaufort who is Carteret County. Mr. Conway volun- a candidate for the Democratic nom tarily sang a song, an old ballad, . ination for State Insurance Commis "Years. '61-05." A solo, "Faith of ourlgioner is conducting an active cam- Fathers, was sung by Mrs. John paign now, Brooks. the Massachusetts state nursing examinations; This debate consisted of numerous short speeches, usually of a bitter na- Continues . ti page fuuti CITIZENS' MEETING NAMES TICKET FOR BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS t rti.,iu w-Uh a nmtinn adout-lTom Nelson. Thog. D. Rhue. J. VV ,1 u-ppk nreviouslv at a citizens' : Oglesby. The committee retired and ti,J .Wftmmnlolf hv .Tim Has- ,n mooting at the Court-house an-'after about twenty minutes delibera- Prior to the service Confederate 'sell he visited his headquarters in Ral other meeting was held Saturday and tion submitted a list of five nanus. I IZr placed TSgS o5?;e!gh and stopped at various points ...a ticket for the bo,rd of county . j. , . hnriw thd wav miioners was nominated. tion. inose nomu.atea were i. Bell Gillikin, Sallie Rebecca Gillikin, Marjorie Marie Jarvis, Edward Neal Jones, Albeita Bell Lewis, Cora Marie Lewis, Eloise Virginia Lewis, Ralph McDonald Lewis, Reva Mae Lewis, Reginald Burnett Moore, Evelyn El aine Murphy, Marjorie Ellen Murphy, Eldred Edward Nelson, Osborne Grif fin Pigott, Bertha Carroll Smith, El mer Wyatt Smith, Ruth Mae Wade, Ruth Lewis Whitehurst, Guy Roberts Willis, Louis Bertram Willis and Reva Pearl Yeomans. flags various deceased veterans and flow ers, a wTeath and a flag was placed at the Confederate manument on the court-house square commemorating the Carteret County veterans that have passed on. LON HILL RESIDENCE UNDERGOING REPAIRS The resi lence of Mr. and Mrs. Lon Hill on Fivnt Street has been repair ed and somewhat rebuilt during the past few weeks. Part of the roof has been reshingled, the roof has been ex tended out further from the porch, new brick work has been built at the front of the house, the residence has also been repainted and numerous other things have been done which has improved the looks of the home. had been Mr. Morton has already visited a- The meeting was called to order j Wade of Morehead City, Seth Gibbs bout thirty counties in the State and , bv J. F. Duncan in the absence of the of Beaufort. Jos. Pigott . ot Gloucester U rnnW tn vpr a verv larire cart ; chairman N. H. Russell, who has been D. H. Mansfield of Wildwood, W. J. of it before the primary election in! sick and could not attend. W. L. Hat-iB. Shull of Newport. t Wo -;n tfco nicrlmnnt. and 'cell Jr.. the- secretary of the meet- After the nominations western sections very soon. Mr. Mor- ing was not present when it was call-; made Mr. Wheat'y offered a motion ton has received assurances of sup-!ed to order and W. H. Pridgen of .that the list of names be submitted port from a great many people and i Newport was elected assistant record- to the chairman of the Democratic feels verv honeful of winning the j ine secretary. Later the secretary . and Republican executive committees nomination. jcame in. The attendance at this meet- 1 ing was not as large as the previous WILL HOLD RECORDER'S lone and some of those present took TIDE TABLE Information at, to the tides at Beaufort is given in this col umn. The figures are approx imately correct and based on tables furnished by the U. S. Geodetic Survey. Some allow ances must be made for varia tions in the wind and also with respect to the locality, that is whether near the inlet or at the heads of the estuaries. Graduating Exercises Held Wednesday Evening; Rev. J. P Harris Preached Ser mon Sunday The school year came toa conclu sion in this community last evening with the graduation of twenty-two seniors from Beaufort High School at the commencement exercises. A large assemblage of friends and rel atives gathered in the school auditor ium for the finals. Usually there is a prominent man that addresses the graduating class on the final night of commencement but this year like last year commencement was held on only one night and the customary address dispensed with. All of the ex pected members of the senior class were graduated. The stage was beautifully decorated for the occasion with snowballs and spirea. The young ladies of the grad uating class were attired in evening gowns of pastel shades, while the young men wore dark blue suits. Members of the city board of trus tees and the superintendent sat on the stage during the senior exercises. The Rev. R. F. Munns offered the invocation. The following parts and the seniors participating were: Salu tatory, Irene Hood; Class History, Minnie Stanton; Class Statistics, Jos ephine Wilkins; Class Poem, Doris Chapin; Class Grumbler, Mabel Tru itt; Class Prophecy, Minnie Tallman; Last Will and Testament, Alberta Parkins; Class Gifts, Eleanor Willis; Valedictory, Shearon Harris; Presen tation of Class Gift to School, Elea nor Taylor; Acceptance of Gift, N. W. Taylor, Chairman Board of Trus tees; Presentation of Diplomas, Supt. R. L. Fritz; and the Class Song words by Eleanor Taylor was sung by the graduates. The Rev. Mr. Munns also pronounced the benedic tion. In his remarks concerning . the school as a whole before the presen- tation of the diplomas, Superinten- , dent Fritz stated that a hundred and twenty-eight students -in the school iwereiiithe-beent-BOJ! tardy during". the past school year. ' Robert Munns, a member of the Class of 1931 who failed to meet the foreign language requirements last year, was presented a diploma last ev ening. The graduating class this year was composed of Ella Myrtle Austin, Doris. Leah Chapin, Sarah Eelle Her ring, William Shearon Harris, Henry Wilson Hatsell, Adele Irene Hood, Kenneth Earl Johnson, Wrinifred Earle Lewis, Alberta Virginia Royal Parkin, Carlton Parsons Rose, Min nie Edward Stanton, Minnie Elizabeth Tallman, Eleanor Wilson Taylor, Ma bel Oriel Truitt, Francis Caldwell Ty ler, Josephine Elizabeth Wilkins, El eanor Re eh Willis, Louise Wiilis, Lu cille Willis, Virginia Lue Willis, and Clarence Edward Styron. Virginia Willis was ill and unable to attend and receive her diploma personally. A large crowd attended the bacca laureate sermon, which was preached last Sunday at eleven o'clock in the high school auditorium by the Rev. J. P. Harris. His subject was "The Three Certainties and the Three Un certaointies of Life." The glee club and a quartette of young ladies of the school rendered several vocal se lections. Mondey evening Miss Helen H-.n-drix' music class presented a program of playlettes, readings and a number of songs in the school auditorium that was well received by the large crowd that was present for the occasion. Tuesday evening the pupils of Miss Virginia Howe gave a recitl in the .same place, which was composed of 1 instrumental and vocal music. New Jersey Sportsmen Get Fish by Hundreds High Tide Low Tide and ask for their endorsement. A. T. Gardner offered an amendment that in cas-e those nominated refused to COURT FRIDAY MORNING no part in its business. laccept that the committee be empow- The chairman stated that the prin- ered to put others on the independent f the convention wa3 citizens' ticket. The amendment and the usual time Tuesday morning, due : to nominate a ticket for the boarei ot to the fact that the clerk, Charles ! commissioners and asked for nomina- Tlassell, was indisposed and it was al- ; -o the Confederate Memorial Day. i All cares that should have been tried Tuesday will come up at the session ! tomorrow Friday at nine thirty The average height of men in the 1 1'clock. United States is 5 feet 8 inches. tions. C. R. Wheatly offered a motion j that the chair appoint a nominating ' committee of five and that this com mittee select a ticket and submit it to the. convention. The motion car ried and the following were appoint ed: C. R. Wheatly, Dr. C. G. Ferebee, motion were aaoptea. lapiam Harris of Marshallberg desired to know what was the platform of the organization. He was referred to the minutes of the previous meeting. The chair annointed on the notification committee Dr. C. G. Ferebee, T. L. Piver, Tom Nelson, J. W. Oglesby. The convention then adjourned. 12:59a . 1:44 p. 2:03 a. 2:48 p. Friday, May 13 m. 7:24 a. m. 741 P- Saturday, May 14 m. 8:20 a. m. 8:50 p. Sunday, May 15 3:06 a. m. 9:03 a. 3:46 p. m. 9:55 p. Monday, May 16 4:06 a. m. 10:05 a m 4:41 p. .m 10:54 p. m. Tuesday, May 17 5:05 a. m. 10:57 a. 5:33 p. m. Wednesday, May 18 5:59 a. m. 11:51 a. 6:24 p. m. 11:49 p. Thursday, May 19 6:50 a. m. 12:45 a. 7:16 p. m. 12:39 p. m. m. ni. m. m. m. A trio of northern anglers, now stonnine at the Davis House, have jbeen going fishing every day during the past week and have Decn ery successful, catching from one to two hundred hogfish, oysterfish, black bass and other finny creatures that inhabit the rivers, sounds and ocean orund here every day. These Mont clair, N. J., people are: Dr. J. A. Caldwell, S. B. Girdler, and WTarren Stevens. They were very enthusiastic over their hook and-lining in this vic inity, and jovially told the News re ported there was absolutely no neea for any other anglers to come down here for they had already caught up all the fish. At any rate, they have evidently caught enough to appeara their sporting appetites. Pressure between automobile gear teeth sometimes are as great as 400- m. '000 pounds to the square inch.
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