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The (Mews The best advertising medium published in Carteret Co." f READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY I WATCH Your and pay your subscription o VOLUME XXI 8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1932 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY p NUMBER 25 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION INSTRUCTS FOR GOV. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT New Yorker Will Get 26 Votes From North Carolina; After Some Controveny The Convention Adopts A Mildly Dry Prohibition Plank; Gardner Administration Praised By M. R. DUNNAGAN RALEIGH, June 21 Instructing its 26 delegates for Franklin D. Rooosevelt for President and heat Un endorsing the Gardner administra- tion, the Mate Democratic Convention in session in Raleigh Thursday, adopt - ed a mildly dry plank in its platform, which had been worked ove rand com ; )asting three d but g4 WM the promised for four hours by the plat- highest temperature reached. The form committee, after turning downnights were aU coo, enough to make a definite resubmission plank by lone fce, jte comfortable. about 1770 to 512. The "wet-dry" plank was the only 3.81 inches and there were 20 clear controversy. The platform report, j days. The others were cloudy and given by "Governor" R. A. Doughton j partly cloudy. The wind blew from recognized the right, in a legal way, ! the northeast 12 days, southwest to change the constitution and vote 'seven days, northwest two, west two, on all issues, declaring for enforce-1 south five, southeast three. The tem ment of the law of the land. This was perature figures for the month as ob described as "not suitable to either, jtained from the U. S. Weather station but objectionable to neither" of rep-'are as follows: resentatives of both candidates for the U. S. Senate. A minority report, signed by two of the 11 members of the committee, called for a resubmission of the 18th amendment for retention, repeal or modification. H. P. Foxhal, Edge combe, and J. L. Wiggins, Chowan, supported the substitute for resub mission, speakers for it being form er Congressman John H. Small, Wah ington; and F. E. Wjnslow, Rocky Mount. The champions of the mildly 1 12. . 74 dry plank, as adopted, were Larry I. 13' ZZIZZZZZZ75 Moore, New Bern; Clyde R. Hoey,1 ZZZZZtT Shelby; John W. Hester, Oxford aie' """""""""si wet , and juuge J. nomas u. Jonn3on Ashevill.'. Other than prohibition and endors- ing the Gardner administration, call- ing attention to the new school and road laws, and the purchasing and personnel division?, the platform pre- sentcd a program calling for revalu- ation of property, removing the 15- cent tax for schools;- maintaining schools and colleges at high points of erhcieney; eliminatnig unnecessary bureaus or commissions, reducing government expenses, seeking whole sale industrial conditions, commend ing representatives in the national Congress, condemning stock gambling and speculation, and promoting wel fare of farmer and worker. Electors at large are A. Hall John son, Asheville and J. Crawford Biggs Ralegih, the latter winning from Riv ers D. Johnson, Warsaw, by 15 votes. The district Presidential electors are First, Thad Eure, Hertford; Second, E. R. Tyler, Bertie; Third, W. W. Penisull, Burgaw; Fourth, Harold C. Cooley, Nash; Fifth, Fred S. Hutch Forsyth; Sixth, Cooper E. Hall; Sev enth, D. M. Stringfield, Cumberland; Eighth, Roland S. Pruitt, Anson; 'Ninth, B. F. Williams, Caldwell; Tenth, A. E. Woltz, Gaston; Eleventh Phillip C. Cooke. Ten relegates at large to the Na tional Convention were named, with divided votes, including Governor Gardner, Rep. Lindsey C. Warren, Washington; Mr?. Thomas O'Berry, Goldsboro; Mrs. E. L. MeKee, Sylvia; Josephus Daniels, C. L. Shuping, Greensboro; Mrs. C. W. Tillett, Jr., Charlotte; Senator J. W. Bailey, Ral eigh; Miss Harriet El.irtt, Greensboro and former Governor A. W. McLean, Lumberton, the 'letter nomination by Senator Bailey as -the man who beat me for Governor." (Continued on page eight) NO OPENINGS NOW FOR CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS The U. S. Civil Service Commis sion has asked the News to state that it is throwing money away to take "coaching" courses for Federal jobs. It says that schools that are charging for such instruction are gettin mon ey under false pretenses. It says fur ther that very few civil seivice ap pointments are being made at this time and that when vacancies occur they are filled by transferring those already in service or employing those who have been in service. MARRIAGE LICENSES Julian Willis and Glennie Fulcher, Atlantic, Richar 1 A. Wilson, Morehead City and Irer.e Snow, Los Angeles, Cal. Mistaken. Mrs. Smythe and Mrs. Green were discussing how lcudly dressed was the former's husband. "Yes," exclaimed Mrs. Smythe, "so diffsrent to your husband, Mrs. Gieene; he always dresses so quietly. "Oh, does he?" returned Mrs. Greene. "You ought to hear him when he loses his collar stud!" Seasonable Weather Prevailed In May The weather in this section dur ing tho mnnfli nf Msv U'9 4 nilitp ple,asant for human being3 and good :for the crops There was & glight ;wai.m wavp hpinnino, nn t)lp 7th flnH quite The rainfall for the month was Max. ...74 ...73 ...73 ...74 ...77 ...76 ...81 ...84 ...83 ...73 Min. 63 59 54 55 64 61 65 66 63 61 61 59 54 63 67 68 GU 59 62 60 65 59 59 63 60 70 70 61 57 58 1. o 3. 4. 5. 6. r I . 8. 9. 10. 11. .83 17. 19, 2i. 21. 22. '03. 24. 25. j 26. 27. .81 .83 .71 .76 .75 .72 .72 .78 .80 .80 .82 j 28. 82 29 . . 78 30. 31. ... .1 10 80 Contests For Heaviest And Tallest In County The News will conduct weight and height contet for both men and women and will give four yearly subscriptions to this newspaper as prizes. One sub scription will go to the heaviest man, one to the heaviest wom an, one to the tallest man, and one to the tallest woman in the county. All contestants MUST come to the News office to be weighed or measured; this will be required so that all measure ments and weights will be made on th same scales of measuring instrument and therefore will be accurate. . Contest starts NOW and will run for four weeks. The News office will be open from eight o'clock in the morning until six in the afternoon, everyday ex cept Sunday. All contestants must be weighed or measured not later than six o'clock Wed nesday afternoon, July 20. Each week the News will carry a story about the contest, giving the names, weights and measure ments of those entering the con tests that week. These contests are open to all people residing in Carteret County. This is your chance to win a yearly subscrip tion to the News! CITY POLICE COURT NEWS Four defendants faced Mayor Tay- lar in court last Friday afternoon and all plead guilty to the charges a gainst them. Tom Saddler, drunk, was fined $1 and costs or serve 10 days. John B. Congleton, drunk charged and admitted, was put under a 3(0 day sentence at his own request, not to be enforced if he behaves himself for 30 days. Corne Chadwick, young colored man, fighting, was fined $2.50 and costs or 15 days, the same not to be executed if he refrains from visiting at the home of a female friend of his for 30 days. Ed Chadwick, brother of Cornie, diunk ami fighting, was sentenced to pay $2.50 and costs or do 10 days on the street force. 1 Nearly 12.000,00 pandan hats such as are worn by harvest hands, were shipped from Java to the United 'States in the last 12 months. N. C. HOMEMAKERS QUITE NUMEROUS Many of The Homemakers Have Outside Occupations By M. R. DUNNAGAN RALEIGH, June 20 Home-mak- Itrs, described as ' that woman mem- Iber of the family who is responsible j da v hi put some pep in the lawyers candidates are democrats, tne nepuo jfor it, for the care of the home and when he stated that if they were not !icans having settled their disputes j the family," not counting hired house j reatiy this week to try the various n tne nrst Pr'mary , keepers, numbered 624, S83 in the. cases as scheduled on the civil docket jne race ;n which there seems to .644,033 families, of which families that he would nonsuit them. There 'be tne most ;nterest is that for U. S. ; 567,375 had a man at the head, the J were some sixty-four eases original- Senator. Robert R, Reynolds of Ash- iijou census suuws lor rsurtn arou- na, most of these men being between 35 and 44 years of age. Of the home-makers, 108,469 were engaged in some gainful occupation, while 516,414 had only their home making duties. Of those otherwise employed, 34,139 carried on their ac Itivities at home, the remainder be-tharles Henry was killed about eigh - ling employed away from home. Meniteen months or two years ago down 'under 25 years of age headed 44,-Jon the "Y", presumably by being run !365 families, men 25 to 34 headed (over by the Norfolk-Southern evening 142,007, 35 to 44 headed 143,660, 45 to 54 headed 119,490 families, 55 to 64 headed 71,786 families, 65 to 74 headed 34,493, and men above 75 years of age headed 11,060 families, it is shown. Five thousand "Arbor Day" stamps are being used by the Department of Conservation and Development, com memorating the 100 th anniversary of the birth of J. Sterling Morton, whose ettorts in 10 1& were responsi- ble for setting aside the first Arbor I Day" the past spring was widely ob- j served, especially by school children . J. T. Graham and Alex Graham V3 j throughout the State by planting . Willie Jones and Thomas Jones. Ej 1 trees in connection with the George , ectment suit. Map with true line be j Washington Bicentennial event. Morejtween property to be recorded in of- than 100 miniature forests have been fice of Reguter of Deeds, (set on public school grounds in the j Chadwick, et al. vs. Pigott, et al. (State and this movement is expected Judgment: Plaintiffs not to charge !t ohave great educational value in defendants more than $6 per thous ' the movement toward reforestation in and for timber cut. Decision of an- North Carolina. . praisers appointed to be final. Half ! The weak point in the N. C. Local costs to be paid by plaintiffs, half by I Government Act is that the commis- sion while it has complete control ov - ev debts and budgets for debt service has no control over any other part of . . : j the county, municipality or. district j budgets, Charles M. Johnson, direc- jtor of Local Government, told the ! meeting of International Association 'of Comptrollers and Accounting Of- hcers in Washington last week. The Interstate Cooperage Company "The commission should have con-, vs. Thomas D. Rhue, et ux. Judg trol over the whole budget," Mr. 'Judgment in favor of plaintiff. De Johnson said. After giving in sub-1 fendants to pay costs. stance the act, and the reduction in bonded debt increases and better bus iness methods, he said the act has proved to be workable and beneficial to the local units, and doins- much to! bring about erhcieney and economy in the handling of local affairs. A ground water study, designed to be of help to municipal and indus trial water supply problems, sewage disposal and other services in North Carolina has been started under the direction of Thorndike Saville, chief of the division of water resources and engineering of the Department of Conservation and Development, aided by an official of the U. S. Geological survey. Wells will be fitted with wat er recorders and gages in order to make records of ground water sup plies and correlate these records with the records of stream flow and water fall, in order to utilize more efficient ly the State's water resources. ' Craven County farmers have sold 22 carloads of fat hogs this spring with two or three more cars to move in June. Heavy Drinking Reported Among Carteret's Aquatic Inhabitantstrk j vis, Beaufort; Mrs. Wheatly Glaneey, i Newport; Mrs. Abigail Hamilton, By JAMES G. WHITEHURST Despite the depression, prohibition and several other things, there is much drinking as ever going on a mong those delicious bivalves raol lusks commonly known hereabouts as oysters. This is a scientific fact, "Be lieve It Or Not," but an oyster about four inches long takes in about fif teen gallons of water every day and strains therefrom the food that makes it live and grow. This and many oth er interesting things was learned by a News reporter who this week inter viewed Dr. Herbert F. Prytherch, di rector of the U. S. Fisheries Biologi cal Station on Piver's sland. Not only are interesting things dis covered about the oysters, at the Bio logical Station, but much helpful in formation concerning' the commercial pioduction of marketable oysters is ters attach themselves to poles and of the yard and attacked Mrs. Han a'so learned a Piver's Island. Sever- brush from ten to twenty five inches cock who wr-s on the sidewalk near al experiments of a very practical . abov; the bottom. Another thing that by. The dog was se.it to the State nature are now beir.g conducted; ' makes the brush far better for the Health Department for observation these- will vtry likely aid materially catching and growing of the spat, is to see if he was suffering from rab in the cultivation of oysters on a com that it deteriorates and the oysters ''-"s; a? this will takea week or ten mercial basis. 1 fall singly to the bottom. j days, no report has yet been receiv- Duiing the past year or so Doctor Continued on page fiva ed as to the condition of the dog. JUDGE CAUTIONS LAWYERS FRIDAY Railroad Fatality Case Nonsuit ed Yesterday; One Divorce Granted So rar W h pn .T iuI iro V. H f ' ri n m ft n il - journed Superior Court at noon Fri - ly piacea on me civil aoCKet ior trial this term; as yet, only a portion of these have been tried. A suit brought by r-ddie Henry, administrator of the estate of Chas. Henry against the -Norfolk-Southern Railroad was nonsuited by Judge- E. H. Cranmer under the Hindsdale act. tram. The body was found on Sun - day morning on the tracks of that roalroad, with the head severed from the body. The following cases disposed of since the have News been wa3 ; printed last week: E. H. Oglesby and W. L. Oglesby, trading as E. H. & W. L. Oglesby, 1 partners, vs. B. P. Way. Plaintiff to recover $13.25. C. G. Gaskill vs. C. G. Holland. plaintiff to recover $28.56 without1161 runn'n?,for Commissioner .interest. defendant. ' C. B. Bell vs. Edith Jones, Home - : stead Exemption. Anm-nise, ar.nnint.. . - ed June Term li1 II to lay off land - - ,nv; - . -; .. .Jt.. Luther Hamilton vs. M. V. Orr. j Dismissed, defendant taxed with costs j John M. Hopkins vs. Lydia B. Hopkins. Judgment: Divorce granted. A. Rhue. vs. The Interstate Cooperage Company. Plaintiffs to recover noth- , ing. Anselin Ooldpn v. Hnm ROPri Life Insurance Company. Dismissed. Pla nt ff to nav rnsha nnH anr0(- 1 on bond in prosecution v-a)-; R. M. Lewis vs. Beaufort Fish Scrap and Oil Company. Platintiff to recover $575 plus interest. Town of Morehead City vs Julia A. Arthur. Judgment favor defendant. Loftin Motor Company vs. J. F. Small and J. S. Morton. Plaintiff to recover $300.76 with interest. Court adjourned today at noon and Judge Cranmer left for his home in Southport. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS R. Bell, Trustee, 110 acres Morehead Township, for $1. Llewellyn Phillips, Trustee to M. ,L. Mansfield, 1 lot Morehead City, for $1. " ! Llewellyn Phillips, Trustee, to M. L. Mansfidd, 1 lot M. City, for $1. Prytherch has placed a thousand bus'.i Newport; Mrs. Orpha N. Jones, B.au els of oyster shells at Oyster Creek fort; Mrs. Rhodu Lockhart, Camp (near Davis), North River, Core Glenn; Mrs. Mary Nelson, Beaufort; Creek, and Folk Stone (near New 'Mrs. Emily Paul, Sea Level; Mrs. River-. He has also experimented with; Mary M. Robinson, Beaufort; Mrs. brush and small poles to see which u Margaret Russell, Beaufort; Mrs. EI the most suitable for the young oys-len Pierce Savage, Beaufort; Mrs. ters called "spat" in their floating i Lorie Smith, Atlantic; and Mrs, Es- , . . . . . 1 t . li ,L C 15 i stage to attacn tnemseives to. ao.i far, the brush has proved superior. It is said that the reason that the brush is better is because it acts as a comb in the water, and hence many more of these- embryonic oysters are able to attach themselves than if poles or oyster shells are used. Oys-j dog owned by Mr. and Mrs. Bill ter shells on the bottom as in nat- j Skarren. It is said that the dog had ural beds furnish comparatively lit-, been playing with some children in tie anchorage for the bulk of the 'the back yard of the Skarren resi spat, because experiments conducted dence on the corner of Ann and show that most of the embryonic oys- Quren streets. Later the dog ran out SecniPrir ry J5 DIVER'S ISLAND Be Fo, Three Office, gj, The State wide second primary which will take place on Saturday MICH TO RK SEEN ! Jul.) 2 will be a three cornered affair. Six candidates are aspiring for three I offices, U. S. Senate, Governor and ! Commissioner of Labor. All of the ,.;iip loader nvpr Senator Cameron Morrison by nearly 15,000 votes is j in the fight and is opposed by Morri- 'son. Both candidates have opened headquarters in Raleigh and are pre paring for a vigorous contest. It seems that both are making a bid for the war veteran' vote as each one has selected a veteran to run his campaign. Friends of each candidate are claiming their man will win by a big majority. The truth appears to be 'that it will be a close contest. Messrs. Ehringhaus and Fountain will have a second bout for the nom ination for Governor. Ehringhaus led in the first primary by some 47,000 vote. Fountain's friends claim that he will get most of the Maxwell vote and will be nominated wh lelEhring haus management say their man will get a bigger majority than he did be fore. A. L. Fletcher and Clarence of Labor ran neck and neck in the first contest and it is difficult to tell who will win in the second. DARRELL DAVIS SUCCEEDS GUY ROBERTS WILLIS Mr. Guy Roberts Willis, who for ;ten yean or more has been sellnig the ! Beaufort News at Marshallberg was in our office this week and resigned his position in favor of Darrell Davis of Marshallberg. Guy has grown up :!'ith the Nev;s aiu! now fe! that he, uie n e s, ine iv Iev? hope3 that all former patrons and anyone else wishing to read the News wiil bestow their patronage on our new representative. CUSTOM HOUSE OFFICE TO BE MOVED FIRST OF JULY The office of the Custom House will be moved from its present lo cation over the Sea Food Cafe on ! Tue" Strpeet ? the'home f Mr. a"d MrTS R? E"bank'9 " G?rd.on f, , . Ju y, A' slnce , rS- ijydla '"uagins, tne deputy collector, was !'aken lif Oetob he nCustm i oanKS. Ait er tne custom House is moved, Mrs. Hudgins will resume ac tive work as Deputy Customs Collec tor. Veterans and Widows' Pension Checks Come During the past few days L. W. Hassell, ' i'erk of the Superior Court, has been giving out the pension checks to Civil War veterans and to their widows. There are only two veterans now residing in Carteret County; they are: George B. Fresh water, Morehead City, and Joseph Conway, Beaufort. The check for Samuel Thomas, who died last De cember, will be given to the next of kin, as the law permits; this will be the last check made out to this man. The widows who have already re ceived or will receive their pensions during the next few days, are: Mrs. Jennie Bell, Beaufort; Mrs. Sidney J. Bell. Beaufort: Mrs. Maw -C. rr. - aer opraccr, ueauiun. DOG BITES MRS. HANCOCK'S LEFT ARM SUNDAY MORNING Mrs. C. E. Hancock was bitten on her left arm Sunday morning by a Good Collection of Objects To Interest Visitors To Island WILL HAVE AN AQUARIUM In addition to the museum at the U. S. Fisheries Biological Station at Piver's Island, many other things have been collected that will be of interest to the visitors. The "lab" now has a collection of some erstwhile wild birds and aquatic animals. There is a pelican about twice the size of a wild goose; this bird has a bill a bout twelve inches long, the lower part of which merges into a pouch that holds the prey while the feath ered creature is fishing. There are al so six wild geese and three wild ducks In a pond of salt water are two sea turtles. Of course, there are always the pounds in which the visitors may see the thousands of diamond back terrapins. Some large glass tanks will be set up in the buildings and on the grounds and into these will be plac ed many of the fishes and other salt water inhabitants that will be of in terest to the visitors to the island. Each year legions of people visit the the island, and judging from the reg ister which contains thousands of names these people come from prac tically every state in the country. The Pivers Island "lab" is the only one supported by the Federal govern ment that is now open on the Atlan tic coast. For many years this station has been the mecca of many who desire to study marine biology. The regular staff is now composed of Dr. H. F. Piytherch, director, Dr. Vera Koeh- nng and Dr. J. S. Gutsell; Dr. S. F. ! Hildebrand, former director of the station, is there now finishing up some ui tne experiments Degun sev- eral years ago. The follownig peo ple are now studying at Pivers Is land: J. Odiorne, of Harvard Univer sity; Joseph Pleasant, of N. C. State College; Dr. Bert Cunningham, of Duke University; and Prof. Ezda De viney, M. Bacon, and Miss Nell Hen ry, all of the University of North Carolina. Many more are expected down by Dr. Prytherch before the end of this summer. TUESDAY WAS LONGEST DAY; KNOWN AS SUMMER SOLSTICE Tuesday was the longest day that will be had this summer; it is what is known as the summer solstice, which occurs June 21. From now on the days will become gradually shorter and shorter until the shortest day of the year, or the winter solstice, will come December 21. There are two days in each year when the days and nights are equal; these occur March 21 and September 22. They are re spectively the vernal equinox and the autumnal equinoz. BIRTHS Born to Mr. and Mr3. Rumley Gil. likin of Bettie, Tuesday, June 21 a son. TIDE TABLE Information as 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 Friday, June 24 12:15 a. 1:00 p. m. e:z3 a. m. 6:53 p. m m. Saturday, June 25 1:10 a. m. 7:11 a. m. 1:52 p. m. 7:52 p. m. Sunday, June 26 m. 7:59 a. m. m. 8:15 p. m. 2:01 a. 2:44 p. Monday, June 27 2:55 a. m. 8:45 a. 3:34 p. m. 9:46 p. Tuesday, June 28 3:48 a. m. 9:33 a. m. m. m. 4:21 p. m. 10:35 p. m, Wednesday, June 29 4:39 a. m. 10:18 a. m. 5:05 p. m. 10:59 p. m, Thursday June 30 5:26 a. m. 11:22 a. m. 5:48 p.m. 11:02 p. m.