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VOLUME XXI
8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1932
PRICE 5c SINGLE COFY
NUMBER 27
BEAUFOR
THE
County Officials Salaries Are
Cut By Board Of Commissioners
Fifteen Per Cent Reduction In Pay of Farm, Agent And
Home Agent; Others Cut Ten Per Cent County Behind
With Salaries.
A wholesale reduction in the sal
aries of county officials was ordered
by the Board of Commissioners for
Carteret county at the regular meet
ing held Tuesday. The board met
Monday but as it was the fourth it
recessed to meet the following day
which was done. Those present were
Commissioners Chadwick, Carroll,
Guthrie and Styron. Vice-Chairman
Chadwick presided over the meeting.
A considerable number of farm
men and women were on hand for the
board meeting Tuesday to see what
would be done aoout keeping County
Farm Agent Hugh Overstreet and
Home Demonstration Agent Ann Ma
son. It was decided to keep them in
the county's employ. E. W. Gaither,
District Farm Agent and Mrs. Es--telle
T. Smith, District Demonstra
tion Agent, were present and took
part in the discussion. The board at
first agreed to cut the salaries of
these two workers 20 per cent, but
at the afternoon session an amend
ment was passed making the cut 15
per cent. The salaries of the other
County officials were reduced 10 per
cent for the fiscal year 1932.33. The
salaries of these officials are already
several months in arrears for the past
fiscal year.
A motion was passed by the board
to employ Mr. C. S. Long as teacher
of vocational agriculture at the New
port School. His compensation was
fixed at the Stat? salary rating of
$1620 but he is not to be allowed any
thing for traveling expenses.
The board passed a motion appoint
ing Courity Attorney Luther Hamil
ton and County Auditor J. J. White
hurst a committee to discuss with the
Local Government Commission the
matter of fixing the county ouaget
A motion was passed by the board j
ino- Mrs. Sarah Marshall of
Beaufort $5 a month from the poor
fund, to Rtart- August 1st. A motion
was passed admitting Mrs. Hannah
Taylor of Sea Level to the County
Home as soon as a vacancy occurs.
Also a motion was adopted to pay
John C. Salter of Harker's Isknd $5
a month, allowance now being made
to Mrs. Hannah Taylor, when she en
ters the County Home.
A motion was adopted that the
Sam Sutton property in Moreheda
City be put on the tax books at the
same figure for the year 1928 that it
was in 1927.
The board recessed subject to the
call of the chairman.
TRASH TRUCK BURNS UP AT
WEST BEAUFORT SATURDAY
The trash truck caught on fire
Saturday afternoon at West Beaufort
where it had been driven to unload
and burned beyond repair. A young
colored man ran fro mthe fire to the
corneT of Orange and Cedar Streets
to send in the fire alarm. The fire de
partment responded immediately,
but the blaze had done most of the
damage when the gremen arrived.
Insurance was being carried on the
truck. . '
C. T. EUBANKS PRODUCES
LARGE RED BL!SS SPUDS
Eight mammoth Rad Bliss Irish
potatoes wereb rought into the News
office Saturday by C. T. Eubanks of
the Wire Grass section. Several of
the potatoes weighed a pound a piece
while the eight weighed seven pounds.
Mr. Enbanks had an exceptionally
good yield this year wren nis an
. . . v ! n. j
Bliss about twenty to one. ai. x.u -
banks is one of Carteret's most sue
cessful truckers, and each yera de
votes a portion of his acreage to the
production of Red Bliss spuds.
Thousand State Guards
Arrive at Caznp Glenn
The 120th Infantry of the State
Guards, composed of abont one thous
and men, arrived at Camp Glenn
Sunday for the annual encampment
of two weeks. Forty-two cars of the
four trains brought a majority of the
men to the camp, but quite a number
of the officers and other men arriv
ed by private motor car. Col Don E.
Scott, of Durham, is commanding of
ficer of the regiment and of the
camp. The regimental band is from
Raleigh.
Tonight the regiment will have its
annual ball at the Atlantic Hotel in
Morehead City. Next Thursday the
Guards will put on a dress parade,
which occurs each year at the encamp
ment, and which will be reviewed at
that time by Governor O. Max Gard
ner and other higher officials.
Intoxicated Driving
Brings Man in Court
When George Duffy, a former res
ident of Carteret county, started outj
to prematurily celebrate the Fourth I
Sundav nizht he little expected that :
he would collide with three or four
cars, injure one lady and land in Re
corder's Court Tuesday morning
with a charge of carelessly and reck
lessly driving a motor vehicle on the
streets of Morehead City while un
der the influence of intoxicating liq
uors. Through his attorney, Baker
Morris, Duffy pled not guilty.
Ralph Becton, of Kinston, testi
fied as to the damage to his Chrys
ler 72 car. Chief Nelson told of ar-
resting uuny snoruy me acuta ,
, T-.,n. I .1 it.- :
of mishaps and that the latter was;the Federal th(J ww he
in-oxu-aieu ueyunu uuaiarvc, onu wi
told of findinz "home brew" and
whiskey in the car. Hootie Waters
said that he saw the defendant at
the Atlantic Hotel shortly before the
accident and that the latter was
arunK. r. v,. oausoury, u .
Carteret County Herald, testified toj
seem one of the wrecks and iden-i
, in a.f.i -j:-. it
tilled the defendant as the man in
the car. Waddell Pridgen, of Newport
and W. R. Riser, of New Bern, tes
tified as to the good reputation of
the defendant. Duffy showed the
court receipts where he had paid the
cost of the damage of the other cars, i
Judge Davis found him guilty and j home in Beaufort where he has liv
sentenced him to pay a fine of $50ed ever since. He was twice married,
and costs and not to operate a motor His first wife was Miss Almira Dud
vehicle on the roads of the State for ley who was the daughter of Dr.
ninety days. 1 Samuel Dudley, who was a native "of
R. L. Gray was charged with speed j New Hampshire but -lived in Ports
ing on the streets of Morehead City mouth, N. C. for many years. She
and his companion in the car was died in June 1917 and in the year
pJinvcrni. with lipincr intoxicated at 191 P.Tv Dpv nnrl Mis Savnh Daven-
th(J time The wammt was sworn 0ut
by sergeantc Arthur-, aoore ot tne.
State Highway' Patrol who was
companied by Patrolman W. T.
T!,!'d; f0!!!?!1"!.,
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muiea ana asKea xor u.e ien,e.c
the court. Gray was fined $2o and;
costs and Barton received a suspend-
ed sentence upon tne payment ot
.
costs. ...
Harry Lynch, of Smyrna, was:
charged with driving without one; great many years and was always
head light and tail light and with-one of the church's most faithful
out a muffler. Sergeant Moore and 1 and liberal supporters. He was a
Patrolman Crawford were the pros-1 friend to the needy and his act? of
ecuting witnesses in this case. Lynch 'benevolence were many.
submitted and judgment was sus
pended upon payment of the costs.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
John W. Basden and Julia Parkin,
Beaufort.
Luther S. Midgett, Oriental, and
Barbara Morton, Kinston,
Junius Styron and Lona Stowe,
Hatteras, N. C.
MOVES THIS WEEK
The radio shop of E. D. Doyle has
been moved this week to the Thomas
Building on Turner. Street.
"CHOCOLATE DROP" CAUGHT
BY LOCAL POLICE TUESDAY
Dave Vann, diminutive young color
ed boy who is locally known by the
nicknames "Snowball" and "cnoco-;
late Drop," was apprehended and
janea ruesaay aner iwnuS mer
chandise from the store of C. Z.
Chappell, police have said. He was
released in the custody of the boy's
father Tuesday night. The young fel
putation, it
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uw nas acquireo wu ...
,11 said, lor nu "U"" "'"
Police have been after him
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J m.11t mstt Vi a rrtrAa
some urn nu uuv "Tf fh1 according to their wishes and oppor
on him Tuesday. The parents of the," .
boy say that he i. .only twelve
old while others say that he is much.""-- -
o d """VoL" courtled in Bfort.nd Morehead City.
i"e.r' If. proyen I0! !? "JSome fla were hung out by citizens
p-rlday tnai iave is -".
old. he. will be sent to the
court; butf he is sixteen or overt
he will be tried by the police court.
FIVE RECEIVE SENTENCES
IN POLICE COURT FRIDAY
Fighting, drinking and speeding
cases featured the docket tried by
Mayor Taylor in Police Court Friday
afternoon.
Arthur Stewart, colored, fightnig,
$4 and costs.
Lola Gillikin, of Bettie, speeding,
$10 and costs.
Allison Fulford, colored, drunken
ess. 15 days on streets.
Pete Davis, colored, drunkenness,
15 days on streets.
John Ellison, colored, fighting, 10
days on streets.
Math Bailey, colored, fighting, di3 -
missed.
POPULAR CITIZEN
DIED YESTERDAY
C. P. Dey Long Prominent In.
Business And Social Life
Is Gone
Perhaps Beaufort's oldest and cer
tainly one of its most popular citi
zens was lost to the community yes
terday afternoon at four o'clock
when Charles Pittman Dey passed a-
way at his home on Front street. Mr,
Dey had been sick for about ten days
ana aiea oi uremic poisoning, ne
was a man of remarkable vitality'
and most of his life was active and
strong. Mr. Dey was born Novem
ber 16, ls43 in the State of New'
Jersey, ifad he lived to his next !
birthday he would have been 89 year
old.
Mr. Dey first came to Beaufort in
the year 1862 while the Civil War
was in progress. He was- with the U.
S. army and was stationed in More-
head City where he worked for the
m. - u
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. , . ,, . Npw TPPapv hut return-
ed to North Carolina in 1881 and
lived at Lenoxville near Beaufort
where he established the first fish
scrap and oil factory in the county
and in the State. In fact he was the
father 0f the industry in this State
h t0
.. FftP , mW of veara ha
and his brother the late J. Wesley
Dey owned and operated a factory
on the Cape Fear river near South
port. .
After livinjr at Lenoxville Borne
years Mr. Dey erected a handsome
p!rt Jones o"f Lenoir, N. C, were
united m marmge --ana-en.
rvive'
ac-jhhn. He has ho surviving children
but has several nephews and nieces.
-Mr- Dy b.e.m,!!??il'e!?yw:
, , .in.....
wng res.aence nerana ms umu.y,
genial spirit which favorably impress j
ed every one who came m contact
with him he made a great many
, . . t. t . a
friends. He was a member of Ann
Street Methodist church here for a
Funeral services for Mr. Dey will
take place at Ann Street Methodist
church tomorrow (Friday) morning
at 10:30 o'clock. Interment will be
made in Cedar Grove cemetery, New
Bern wher the first Mrs. Dey was
buiried and where their only child, a
little girl, was interred many years
ago. The services here and in New
Bern will be conducted by the Pre
siding Elder Reverend J. H. McCrack
en and the pastor of the church the
Reverend R. F. Munns.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
W. M. Webb and wife to E. W.
Webb, 1-2 interest in Lot M. City,
for $10.
Harry Moore to Dolly Pelletier
Moore, 1 lot M. City, for $10.
Fourth of July Was
Observed As Holiday
There was no particular observ-
"ce of the fourth of July in Beau-
nr uleaurVlBTA in the POUTltV Ottl-
.where in the county oth
L, .u. fnnf . manv neonle took
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a holiday and enjoyed inennwv
. tve noB of . ftre-
r-ri to the enthusiasm of
some youthful natriot
Last year it rained nearly all day;..fort
on the fourth but this time ins
weather was clear and appropriate
ly warm. A strong aouthwester Mew
all day and anybody who kept in the
shade could keep cool enough. Many
visitors from various parts of the
State and some from other states
came down to enjoy the sea breez
es and salt water bathing. The News
has no exact figures but is probable
that several thousand visitors were
in Morehead City, Beaufort and oth
er places in the county during the
' d.iv. There was dancing at Morehead
j Villa, the Atlantic Hotel and Atlan-
tic Beach and at the latter place a
j display of fireworks on the night of
'the fourth,
CHURCHES APPEAL
TO CITIZENSHIP
Evil Practices Condemned And
Law Observance Urged
Upon All
Moved to indignation at the alleg
ed prevalence of drunkenness, boot
legging and other forms of vice and
also desecration of the Sabbath, res
olutions have been adopted by a num
ber of churches in Beaufort, More
head City and Wildwood which sever
ely condemns these practices. The
resolutions were adopted unanimous
ly by the nine churches where they
Were submitted to a vote of the con
gregations. It is stated that many
other citizens who are not members
Of the nine churches referred to air
so favor the purpose of the resolu
tions. The resolutions referred to are
printed below and - will, doubtless
prove of interest to readers of the
News.
AN APPEAL FOR MORAL AND
CIVIC RIGHTEOUSNESS
; Whereas there are strong evil in
fluences about us that endanger the
physical, moral, and spiritual well
benlg of our citizens; therefore, be
i resolved: '
First. That we express our deep
est disapproval of any and all places
and kind3 of immorality and vice in
Carteret County. We solemnly de
clare that such places are a serious
menace to good citizenship. We most
earnestly petition our officers of the
l&ifr to execute the laws of our good
County and State for the eradication
of, all such evils that undermine the
physical, moral, and spiritual life of
both our present and future genera
tions." .
Second. We deplore the alarming
disregard for and the flagrant viola
tioi of the prohibition law of our
petting parties among our young peopling at, this, a.id hearing move-i.i-4
,iv,w ments in the room, she went back to
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We endorse the- Carteret . County
Tm,n. t .,,-, whiPh ; . hAinir
promoted by some- of the good worn-jP
Un of our county.. We call upon tne'
c Governments to
f 6 tne Lawi for the protection
npnnprtv life and morX of our
r . , to io fi fh
community. We also call upon tne
, ,., nT f
good citizenship of the County to
support and sustain the officers of
the law and the courts in their pros
ecution of their offices.
Third. We deplore with utter
disgust the "evil-eyed" female street
walkers and the male pirates of vir
tue who speak a message of death by
night both to young womanhood and
manhood. We condemn such prac
tices and brand all violators as ene
mies of decent society and as friends
to unrighteousness.
Fourth. We reaffirm our faith in
the mandates of our God with re
spect to the Holiness of the Lord's
Day, and protest against any inva
sion of our time-honored reverence
for the resurrection day of our Lord.
We, therefore, speak our loudest
protest against any form of dancing
on the Lord's Day at any hour,
whether exhibition or general danc
ing. We consider all such forms of
amusement a desecration of the Sab
bath Day, a stumbling block, and an
occasion to fall in the pathway of
our young people whom we love more
than we love ourselves. We contend
now and always with all the energy
at our command that we will endeav
or to stamp out anything and every
thing that threatens the health, the
moral and spiritual wellbeing of our
citizenship and especially that of our
vounir ceoDle. We are certain that
such disregard for The Lord s Day,
and for our moral and spiritual laws
constitutes an imminent danger to
our homes,, our churches, and to all
other sacred institutions that make
a people great.
Adopted without a dissenting
vote in the undersigned Churches in
Beaufort and Morehead City, July 3,
1932.
Beaufort M. E. Church, South, Beau-
N. C.
Beaufort Baptist Church, Beaufort,
N. C.
First Methodist Church. South, More-
head City, N. C.
First Methodist Church, (Franklin
Memorial), Morehead City, N. C.
Camp Glenn Methodist Church, More-
head City, N. C.
Freewill Baptist Church, Morehead
City, N. C.
George Webb Memorial Presbyterian
Church, Morehead City, N. C.
Wildwood Presbyterian Church, Wild
wood, N. C.
First Baptist Church, Morehead
City, N. C.
Wet Candidate Wins
By A Large Majority
Reynold's Victory Over Senator Morrison Was
A Big Surprise; Fountain Also Got A Large
Vote And Gave Ehringhaus A Close Race;
Fletcher Defeats Mitchell
NEGRO DIES AFTER
TUESDAY GUN PLAY
Nettie Henry Admits Fatally
Shooting Alexander Men
delhall Early Tuesday
Morning
Charged with murder of Alexander
Mendelhall, Nettie Henry, the con
fessed slayer, i3 lodged in the county
jail awaiting the disposition of her
case. Both the dead man and the
woman are Beaufort colored people.
The prisoner told a News report
er that she returned home about two
o'clock early Tuesday morning from
a picnic and that the shooting en
sued. She admitted shooting and, fat
ally wounding the Negro man, but
claimed that she had a justifiable
"cause" for doing this. She would
not say more about the affray, only
repeated several times the admission
and that she had a "cause,!'
Chief of Police- Walter .. Longest
interviewed both, Nettie Henry and
Alexander Mendelhall Tuesday morn
ing after the latter had been taken
to the Potter Emergency Hospital.
Chief Longest said that Nettie told
him this story: She said that she ar
rived home from the picnic about two
o'clock Tuesday morning and one of
her children said there was g man in
their room. Whereupon she went into
their room and tried to light a lamp.
TMVlt rw.'M ItniMU-'AtlH- fttr.i.iH WrAi. 4
oh
P"c oa", . 1 ""v"1 uu" ,'"c
dow.. She immediately ran over and
i f ; l 1 1 .
he to loa
When Chief Longest talked with
Mendelhall ,the latter told him theiwpPk it was realized that the con-
fn nvini, cf f it Ma cqiJ fhot lna nrD2 !
in the vicinity of Nettie Henry's
home about two o'clock Tuesday
morning. After being called by Net
tie, he went over to her porch. There,
he said, she began "jawing" him a-
bout leaving her house, where he had
been staying, and moving over to
Emma Barber's home. Things grew
hotter and hotter, he said, until Net
tie pulled a gun on him and the shoot
ing followed.
It is said that after the affair was
over that Nettie Henry went to see
Dr. W. S. Chadwick about attending
the wounded man and that he advised
her to take him to a hospital. Upon
this advice, Mendelhall was taken to
the Potter Emergency Hospital a-
bout five o clock Tuesday morning.
It wa3 stated that Nettie did every
thing possible to obtain medical aid
for Mendelhall.
(Continued n pag fua)
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.
Low- Tide
Hiih Tide
Friday, July 8
11:02 a.
11:08 p.
m. 4:46 a. m
m. 5:03 p. m
Saturday, July 9
m. 5:31 a. m
m. 6:01 p. m
Sunday, July 10
m. 6:19 a. m
m. 7:05 p. m
Monday, July 11
11:15
11:55
12:08
12:53
1:07 a. m. 7:11 a. m
1:54 p. m. 8:09 p. m
Tuesday, July 12
2:10 a. m. 8:08 a. m
2:56 p. m. 9:17 p. m.
Wednesday, July IB
3:14 a. m. 9:10 a. m.
4:01 p. m. 10:22 p. m.
Thursday, July 14
4:22 a. m. 10:00 a. m.
5:02 p. m. 10:47 p. m.
Read The Want Ads
By M. R. DUNNAGAN
RALEIGH, July 4 Robert Rice
Reynolds, Asheville, "playboy of the
western world," is now the "miracle
man" of the entire nation. All eyes
are now centered on this ruddy and
debonair campaigner,, who, defeat
ed twice in statewide contests, took
the third tip and overwhelmingly de
feated that war horse of Democra
cy, former Governor and Senate ap
pointee, Cameron Morrison, in a
primary vote Saturday wheih still has
the old times staggering.
Richard Tillman Fountain came up
from under to such, an extent in the
second race for the nomination for
Governor that the- bulk of those in
terested will await the official re
port of the primary before they will
celebrate what, now; appears to be a
clear victory for John C B Ehring
haus, Elizabeth City, whose lead of
47,000 in the first primary was
whittled down to, around 12,000 in
the scond.
Major A. L.. Fletcher,, deputy In
surance Commissioner,, was assured
by a big lead of the nomination for
Commissioner of Labor over Clar-
ence E.. Mitchell,.
Raleigh prinshop
operator, in. the third state-wide sec
ond primary contest. But the re
markable race- was that of Mr. Rey
nolds, embracing the "wet", issue in
"dry" North Carolina allegedly
dry who piled upa majority that
may exceed 100,000, or at least two
to one. ire a total vote of some 328,
000. against Senator Morrison. . In
complete returns indicate that Mr,
Reynolds must have ' carried more
i.C. 11 . '-1.1 IVI UUtVl I I3WH,-
vote for the 6hort and long term
running fairly close.
' This contest has . the old-timers
shakinc their heads and wonderimr
' wht is in store. Dunns the Dast
test was lost, but the most sanguine
would not estimate the Reynolds ma
jority above 60,000. The State was
swept by a sort of tidal wave that
carried everything before in, and al
most played havoc with one of the
other contests, the gubernatorial.
Although Mr. Ehringhaus had a
Although Mr. Ehringhaus had a
47,000 leda over Mr. Fountain in the
first primary, and it seemed assured
that he would hold that as a second
primary majority, or even increase it.
the past few days have held a tense
ness that could hardly be under
stood. It was apparently a part of
the Reynolds wave. While both Rey
nolds and Ehringhaus headquarters
denied allignments, and none was
made on a state-wide basis, it is
known that local allignments were
made in many counties, and that
mnch trading was done, although in
some counties it was one way and in
others the opposite.
Mr. Ehringhaus was considered tC
have a safe lead, and no trouble was
expected there, so it is certain he
was "traded off" in some counties,
(Continued on page four)
MOREHEAD WOMAN BRINGS
CHIEF NELSON IN COUKT
George J. Nelson, Chief of Police
of Morehead City, was charged in a
trial before Justice of Peace Henry
iNoe this morning with assaulting
Frances Guthrie by ejecting her
'from her home and inflicting bod
lily injury upon her while she was
ill. Attorney A. B. Morris repre
sented the State and Attorneys Lu
Ither Hamilton, Claud Wheatly and
I Julius Duncan represented Chief
iNelson. The following witnesses
were examined: Mrs. Frances Guth
rie, Mrs. Cicero Guthrie, Dr. K. P.
B. Bonner, Dave Gaskms, Claud e
Willis, Lee Guthrie, George J. Nelson,
Justice of Peace Sylvester Gibbs
and Sheriff E. M. Chadwick. Jus
tice Noe found no probable cause
for holding for Superior Court, so
the case was dismissed.
MOVIES MADE OF LOCAL
MEN SEINING FAT BACKS
Dr. Herbert F. Prytherch, direc
tor of the Piver's Island station, cele
brated the Fourth of July in part by
taking moving pictures of Frank,
Sterling and Charlie Ramsey's sec
ond catch of menhaden that day,
which were seined near the labora
tory. Quite a number of catches sim-
jilar to these have been made in the
inland waters by small boats during
i the last few weeks.