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The IMEWS IF OKI The best advertising medi READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO Tl g DY WATCH Your label and pay your subscription 23 o 9 1rICE 5c SINGLE COPY c"2 NUMBER 20 VOLUME XXI 8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THU RSDAY, MAY 19, 1932 y. O Absentee Voting Law Defined By Brummitt . '. j Law Is Strict Now; Absentee Voter Must Make Oath Before Notary or Other Official Who Can Administer Oaths; Voter Must Sign Cer tificate Himself; Any One Who Makes A False Oath Is Guilty of Misdemeanor. By M. R. DUNNAGAN RALEIGH, May 9 Absentee vot ing, permitted in every county in the State except Buncombe, and there prohibited as to county, township and municipal candidates only, may be used by two classes of voters, those who are to be out of the county on election day, and those who are phys ically unable to go to the polling places to vote. Attorney General Den nis G. Brummitt explains, along with other provisions and requirements, in i . . i . t.-j t n vt:a chairma nof the State Board of Elec-i tions. Only those out of the county all of election day may use the absentee ballot which is not to be counted if such voter returns at any hour of the voting time and may cast his ballot in person, Mr. Brummitt holds. Ac tual physical inabilities to get to the polling place is necessary in the sec ond case, this to be interpreted strict ly, but reasonably, requiring those able to appear to do so. Certificates supplied by the State Board of Elections must be used, Cer tificate A by those who are to be out of the county, and Certificate B by those physically unable to appear at the polling place. The oath of a sick person wishing to use the absentee ballot is sufficient, or the certificate of physician showing the voter's in ability to get to the polls. " The oath required by these certi ficates must be made before some official authorized to administer oaths and if such officer, as clerk of the iry jpublic, has seal it court or notar: must' be ' attached, Mr. Brummitt states. Signature of the officer is not enough, and the oath must be actu ally administered by the officer to the person seeking to use the absen tee ballot. If the oath is not actually administered, the certificate is inval id, although - it is presumed that, nothnig else appearing, that it was actually administered, Mr. Brummitt points out. The certificate must be signed by the elector and not for him, except that an illiterate voter may make his mark. Application must be made to the county chairman, or the precinct registrar, in person, by mail, or thru another, but if made by another must be by written order of the applicant he must sign the request for bal lots or sign a request authorizing an other to get the ballots for him. In other words, a person desiring absen tee ballots must make the request in person, or in writing, signed by him, or he must, in writnig, signed by him appoint some one as his agent to make the application for the ballots for him Mr. Brummitt states. The ballots, with the return envel ope, are then furnished the applicant by thee hairman ol the county board of elections, or, if the ballots have been distributed, by the precinct reg istrar. The ballots may be delivered to the voter in person, s.nt through the mail or delivered to the agent duly authorized in wrtiing by the ap plicant to receive them for him. The absentee voter must sign his name on the ballot or ballots he desires to cast, else such ballots must be reject, ed and ont counted, Mr. Brummitt points out. "Any applicant, physician, elector officer or other person making any false oath or false certificate in con nection with the application for bal lots, the return of ballots, or obtain ing ballots, or otherwise relating thereto, or any election official violat ing any of the provisions of the ab sentee ballot law, is guilty of a mis demeanor," Mr. Brummitt concludes. STREET FORCE REMOVES DEBRIS ALONG SEAWALL During the past few days the street force under the direction of Chief Longest h-ve cleaned up all the de bris along the seawall that parallels Front Strest. This improves the looks of the beach that runs aong the front of the community, although the street force did not have the authority to remove old boats on the shore and parts of old deterioated docks and wharves that do not look so good. Most of the trash that was removed was brought there and deported by the tide. .,,: ! SUBSCRIE OR THE NEWS i YEAR " St.OO Washington Snapshots Taken by The Helm New Service With a 2,000-word attack on the futility and harmfulness of the Dem ocratic tariff bill, President Hoover re turned it to the Capitol with his dis fPProva anc within . majority of 178, as against 166, fav ored passage of the bill over the President's veto, but a two-thirds ma jority was required to override the White House action. Twelve Repub licans, mostly from the farm belt, and one Farmer-Laborite joined with the Democrats, and two Democrats deserted their side to uphold the Pres ident. " In one of the most emphatic mes sage of his Administration, Mr. Hoov er told the House that if Congress wanted a wholesale tariff revision it should undertake to make that revis ion directly; that if it was proposed to abandon the traditional American principle thatt he fixing of American tariffs is an exclusive prerogative of the American Government, Cong ress should say so definitely and not by implication; that he was unwilling .to embark uDon anv negotiations for recjproCal tariff, concessions wjth 0tHer nations' which Save been' the fruitful breeding ground of trade wars and more serious controversies, and "there never has been a time in the history of the United States when tariff protection was more es sential to the welfare of the Ameri can people than at present. The wet victory in the Ohio pri mary was regarded here as foreshad owing, more than ony other pre-con- vention development, the adoption of a prohibition referendum plant in the Re-publican National Convetion. Not only was David S. Ingalls, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, a wet member of the Hoover sub-Cabinet, nominal ed for Governor in a creal.cut test on the prohibition issue, and with the backing of Postmaster General Wal ter f . Brown, the iTesident s cam paign manager, but the resubmission ists in the President's official family have been banking on such an out come to clinch their argument for his acceptance of a referendum plank. A Democratic program for legisla tion on unemployment relief before the end of this session was put for ward in the Senate by Senator Joseph T. Robinson, Democratic leader, and immediately encountered expressions of strong Republican opposition. The program would advance $300,000,000 of Federal funds, raised by bonds, to the states and muncipalitief , and would authorize a huge construction program financed by an issue of $2,- 000,000,000 in government bonds, to go to states and cities. In part, the program would be based on a bill by Senator Robert F. Wagner, Democrat of New York, for cooperation be tween the Federal government and the states in relieving unemployment. Fast on the heels of the declara tion of Senator Robinson, that Cong ress, before adjourning, should au thorize a $2,000,000,000 bond issue for public works, ten Democratic senators pledged themselves to ngnt for the legalization of 2.75 per cent beer as a revenue source to pay the .interest and amortization charges on such a bond issue. The ten Democrats jointly signed a statement pledging "every resource to have adopted" the Tydings amendment to the revenue bill to legalize 2.75 per cent beer subject to a tax of 24 cents a gal lon. This tax would raise $500,000, 000 annually the group estimated. Senator Hattie W. Carraway, Dem ocrat, of Arkansas, only woman mem ber of the. United States Senate, chalked up a new record for the sex by being the first woman who ever j presided over the upper. House - of I Congress. She was called to the chair by Vice-President Curtis and held the ravel for about 15 minutes. The hon - (Continued on page eight) CANDfflATES NOW i HITTING HARD AT THEIR OPPONENTS Fountain's Raleigh Speech Stirred Up Ehringhaus And Others REYNOLDS AFTER MORRISON By M. R. DUNNAGAN RALEIGH, May 16 The primary campaign is beginning to give off in termittent steam, foreshadowing the explosive type during the coming less than three weeks until the pri mary, and has taken the question and answer form, especially in the guber natorial clash, and particularly be tween R. T. Fountain and J. C. B. Ehringhaus. 'Standing, probably pranc ing, is better, on the side line is A. J. Maxwell who is deriving much fun out of the fight, apparently. He is, in large measure, left out of the Eh-ringhaus-Fountain exchanges. Mr. Fountain, from manuscript, delivered a speech hero early last week which was admittedly one of the best and clearest he had deliver ed so far, and took positions on sev eral matters which he hitherto touch ed lightly. His entire trend, however, was toward criticism of Governor Gardner and the present administra tion, and, in turn, Mr. Ehringhaus, who was described as Governor Gard' ner's candidate to succeed himself. Mr. Ehringhaus came tack with an swer and more questions Friday night, referring to the Fountain de livery as his "swan-song, or the last desperate effort of a man who contemplates his inevitable defeat." He describes it as "music in the ears of Republicans of North Carolina," but "chilled the hearts of the loyal Democrats throughout the State and awakened a feeling of wonder that one who had so long been the bene. ficiarv of their favors should turn upon his party's record." It constv tutes the best political document, the Republicans will have ia,fthe - neirt 'campaign, Mr. Ehringhaus describ ing satisfaction of Charlie Jonas and Clifford Frazier as they clipped it for future reference. The criticism of Mr. Fountain, aim ed at Governor Gardner, missed fire, as the Governor cannot legislate, on !y recommended, and Mr. Fountain's name is on every bill enacted and which he crticises, Mr. Ehringhaus said. Answering Mr. Fountain's ques tion relative to accepting appoint ment to positions he helps create, Mr. Ehringhaus said he declined one, years ago, but that Mr. Fountain has accepted appointment on three, in eluding the Park Commission and Equalization board, on which he has (Continued on page fonr) Treasurer Withholding $10,000 From Carteret Carteret County school are short some ten thousand dollars of the a- mount the State appropriated for the extended term of school. This is due to the fact that State Treasurer John P. btedman js withholding that a- mount as an offset to the amount Car teret County owes the State literary fund. The total amount withheld from the various counties throughout North Carolina was $221,000. When County Superintendent J. G Allen was interviewed concerning the 'effect this would have on the local ;a(.i,nfli situation, he stated that. "The office of the County Board of Educa tion is encouraged by the fact that the State Treasurer indicated in his re cent statement in the News & Obser- ver tnat the State Treasurer does not intend to withhold all of the State's part for our extended term money due to Carteret County being in de fault of its debt service obligations to the State. The Board hopes to re ceive approximately $3,500 from the State within a few days. Promptly upon the receipt of this, vouchers will be made distributing this amount a- m0ng the various teachers." CITY POLICE COURT NEWS In city police court last Friday the following persons were tried: Hiram Springle, drunk, submitted and fined $1 and costs or five days on the street force. Ed. Davis, colored, charged with having been drunk, submitted. He was fined $1 and costs or five days street work. Robert Golden, drunkeness, plead guilty and fined $1 and costs or five days street work. Fred Hester, two charges, operat ing car without license and driving car while under the influence of liq uor. He plead guilty to the first charge but denied the second. He was' bound over to Recorder's court on both charges, $25 ..bond, required in one case and $50 in the other. SEVERAL ASSAUL. CASES ARE TRIED Math Bailey, Charged With As sault With Deadly Weapon Upon Mrs. Tom Tosto, Dis missed The case in which Math Bailey, col ored, was charged with an assault with a deadly weapon upon Mrs. Tom Tosto was finally dismissed in Record er's Court Tuesday morning on ac count of a technical error in drawing up the warrant. After an examination of the various witnesses, it was stat ed by E. Walter Hill, who appeared for Bailey, and conceded to by C. R. Wheatly, who appeared for the pri vate prosecution, that the defendant could not be held under the charge of assault with deadly weapno, be cause to do so evidence would have to be produced to show that the run ning of the car which Bailey was driv ing into Mrs. Tosto's car was pre meditated. And as all evidence given in the case did not show premedita tion the case was dismissed by Judge M. Leslie Davis. This was done after Mr. and Mrs. Tosto and Grady Per kins were examined. Attorney Wheat ly stated that a civil suit was being instituted against Bailey. Belford Dudley, colored, of More- head City, was charged with the tres passing upon and destroying the per sonal property of another, the wreck ing of a motor boat owned by James Hester, also colored. It was stated by Hester, his two sons Frank and Prince Hester, and a white man Kid Guthrie, that Hester's boat went a drift during the storm about two months ago and that they found the sides and bottom of this under Dud ley's home and that he acknowledg ed finding and tearing up the boat. Dudley and his one witness Luther Tootle claimecfcthat they found the bottom of the boat and thinking that it was something of very little value so they carried it to Dudley's home for firewood. They claimed that they did not get the sides ahd.id jiot in ana' way tear up the boat. 'Judge" Da vis said that if Dudley would compro mise by paying Hester twenty dol lars, the amount Hester valued the boat, that he would let him off with the costs of the case. Dudley asked for time in which to get th? money, so sentence was withheld until next Tuesday in order to see if the mon ey could be raised by Dudley. This was agreeable with Hester Robert Willis, young white man of the North River section, came before Judge Davis for an alleged assault upon Walter ("Rags") Garner. The defendant, who has never been ar rested before, plead not guilty. Gar ner state that Willis was drinking last Sunday afternoon out at Tom Tosto's fimng station The young fellows were playing and later Willis pulled Gam (Continued on page five) Police Will Now Pound All Local Street Dogs Mayor Taylor has ordered that a large pound be built at the rear of the city hall and all dogs found on the streets of Beaufort after the next day or two will be caught and incar cerated therein. After being advertis ed for a week or ten days, all dogs re maining will be disposed of. Before an nwnpr can cpfr nr hpr rintr back after being caught and confined in this pound a fine of whatever a mount the Mayor sees fit must be paid along with the costs which a mounts to $3.90. There is a town ordinance mak ing it illegal for dogs to run at large thru the streets of the community. During the past year of two the dog,with much interest by Beaufort fire. population has increased quite a bit, and along with it a complete disre- gard for the town ordinance forbid- ding them on the street, unless how - ever the owners have them on leash. Chief of Police Longest, under whose jurisdiction the catching, pounding and disposing of the dogs come, says that all, not just a few, but ALL dogs found on the streets of Beaufort will be picked up after the next few days. LOCAL COMMITTEE CONFERS CONCERNING INDEBTEDNESS Luther Hamilton and Charles S. Wallace, who were appointed on a committee of three to confer with state officials concerning the refinanc ing of the county's indebtedness, had a conference in Raleigh Friday with Charles Johnson, director of the Lo cal Government Commission. Julius F. Duncan, the other member of the committee, was busy that day attend ing the Supreme Court and was not present at the conference. Mr. Ham ilton told a News reporter that the conference was satisfactory through- out. '-favorable Prospects For Large Yield Of Potatoes Southern Spuds Now Bringing Excellent Prices In New York; Expect Little Competition in Marketing Carolina Potatoes; Will Begin Digging Next Week; Snap Bean Crop Be gins Moving Next Week Also; Cabbages Brought $50,000 to Carteret This Spring ALL THE HOME NEWS Last week' issue of this newspaper carried 184 items of a local nature. That is to ay new about people and ev ents in Carteret county. The chief function of this newspa per is to furnish that sort of news and it undertake to do it. Some newspaper publish ed outside of the county carry more general news but they do not publish any thing like as much information about Car teret folks as this family jour nal doe. And because it car ries the new about the home folk it i interesting to them and is a valuable advertising medium. Of course the New carrie a great deal of other reading matter besides the home new. Unfortunate Swimmer Drowns Here Tuesday Scottie is dead. He was a mighty friendly, cheerful sort during his comparatively short life, but he gotjbeen greatly reduced below previous into uangerous water nuut um, his daily swim Tuesday and went down valiantly into Davy Jones lock- er. Pedestrians never again while;:.; " ; TXiir,. I "f " ... . L. r 4.itnis ls thes mallest crop since 1917., walking on the eastern part of Front , v. . . , r , , , 6 . , . , ... ,,, Virginia growers have also reduced street will be met by this Joyou W acreage devoted to this crop in ' capricious young fellow for Scottie commonweaHh whkh . he ' has passed on to the place where all llest frince m8; informat-on kindhearted, , highly-regarded mem- . . . .,," , be? of the canine family go. rwas-derived fm a' reiv Along with Flea Hound, Scottie ,Mr. C. G. Gaskill, local broker, from " was in the habit of swimming over tojA, Ei Mercker, who is with the U. S. the. Bird fahoai ana cnasing tne sea gulls almost aauy, a sport wnicn ouui dogs were very fond of. Tuesday they iuoit rvvnr ns usim and cnasGQ tne sea gulls for some time. Evidently .w.v w.- - - nring oi mis, iney eic . O xl .... Ut n rl venturous spirit and after wading off into the water started swimming southward - - - i southward. . ' . . ... ..uoic wic.i ta,....c were promising to carry them is not known, but it evident y played a nasty trick upon them by leading them in- to the treacherous water out beyond the Beaufort bar. They were in im- mediate danger of losing their lives fi,, T.5BI.mo n1nr,o r,n n hnflt Jfrom c Lookout. Seeing their plight, he rescued Flea Hound, but before he could get to Scottie the terrier went down into the depths of the inlet, never to rise to the sur face again. In commenting on the death of his 1 i C.nftio r T? Wheat-. ailllliai 111CUU, UVUHrt) " ... ........ . , ly said he thought tnat tne aogs naa, probawy stanea to mius , ump near the bar on a sort of an excur- sion; ana ne men jocuiany uuueu a., iv. cfco v,Hi LXiab LliC LWV i.umt auLJ J.i" " ! decided to spend a few days at Ber muda and disaster confronted them at the beginning of their journey ov er. The surviving dog, Flea Hound, is the house Pet of Ed Potter- FIREMEN EINTERTA1NED AGAIN BY RUFUS SEWELL The annual barbecue at Perqui mans Farms given by Mr. Rufus Sew ell and which is looked forward to men and other uests took . p,ace Tuesday evening. The entertainment was in honor o the nremen and a .IarSe majority oi tnem auenaeu it. A considerable number of other guests were present al.-o. Morehead City firemen were on duty in Beau fort during the absence of the Beau fort fire fighters. The supper which began at about 7:30, consisted of barbecued pig, gen uine home baked beans, corn bread, pickles and onions. Four pigs done to a turn were served and practically all consumed by the hungry crowd. Be fore supper and afterwards the guests were entertained by some excellent singing by a colored quartette from Beaufort. Some of the guests them selves were also moved to song and rendered a number of selections which were greatly applauded. The weather was also delightful and that fact and a very beautiful moon con tributed to the enjoyment of the oc casion. Fifty-six Durham County farmers sold $271.88 worth of surplus pro duce on the curb market last Saturday. The first of Carteret County's eight hundred acres of Irish potatoes will be dug the first part of next week an dthe shipments will probably reach the peak of the season on the following week of May 30-June 4, ac cording to County Farm Agent Hugh Overstreet. Southern potatoes are now bringing top-notch prices in New York; primes are now quoted at $8.00 a barrel and number twos at $4.50 a barrel. The outlook at present, taking into consideration the extremely small crop in this and other states and the high price the Southern crop is now bringing, is very hopeful for Carter jet County growers. Last year numbeT twos could not be marketed, but so far this season the market is very good for these. Although a few of the farmers are ! intending to begin- digging the first part of next week, the bulk of the producers will not begin until week : after next. These latter growers wish to give their crop time in which to fully mature and thus increase the a mount of potatoes produced1 this year. None at the present time have any fear of the competition that is gener ally experienced from the South Car olina and Virginia crops, for the ac reage in both of these states have years gouth . ... ' " 1 Department of Agriculture and is j considered an' authority on I production and marketing potato i ...... 11 thinrfo nnni. JAHnJ i. tilings i-uuDiucicu, prospects are now expected to be very favor- , , . , . " " " 7S 6 "T V,0 ,, I T ?- thls season- Reduction of the crop in this and adjacent states tend to - ,auco ine amount of competition gen erally experienced in marketing the Carolina crop about tahe same time the Paimetto and 01d Dominion tats are shipped In Drobabit this wil, favoPrPabl SJS tt?Sfcll brought hvth. rU n' lZ .... v,uuUiy p0ta toes. No more rain is needed in order tr bring the potatoes to maturity. Mi. Overstreet stated to a News report er. It will be a distinct advantage to the growers if it does not rain again until the entire crop is marketed. Two hundred of the thousand acres plant- . , . , , yr. , iled this vpnr in CnTprpt Conntv traa - - -iwhich covered them about two months : . - . , ,. weeks ago completely runined the j i rr.i i damaged area. The other eight hun- ( Continued on page five) TIDE TABLE Information ab to the tides at Beaufort is giren in this col umn. The figures are approx imately correct and base 4 4n tables furnished by the U. S. Geodetic Survey. Some allow ances must be made for Varia tions in the wind and also witji respect to the locality, that whether near the inlet or at the heads of the estuaries. High Tide Low Tidf Friday, May 20 m. 1:36 a. m. m. 1:30 p. m. Saturday, May 21 m. 2:31 a. m. m. 2:23 p. m. Sunday, May 22 m. 3:22 a. m. m. 3f:15 p. m. 7:41 8:08 8:33 9:01 9:26 9:56 Monday, May 23 . 10:33 a. m. 4:15 a. 10:53 p. m. 4:14 p. Tuesday, May 24 m. m. 11:12 a. m. 5:11 a. 5:12 p. 11:24 p. m, Wednesday, May 25 11:52 a. m. 6:06 a. m. 12:29 p. m. 6:17 p. m. Thursday, May 26 12:53 a. m. 7:06 a. m. 1:33 p. m. 7:27 p. m- - 'X. m. . nu '4 V tf r - ; ,., n . . ... ., . . :, ; ; ; ..J
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