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VOLUME XXI
8 PAGES THIS WEF.K THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1932
PRICE 5c ILE COPY
NUMBER 27
Chairmanship Question
Is Arousing Interest
Democratic Committee Will Elect Successor to
Chairman Mull; Ehringhaus and Reynolds
Have Conference But Have Not Agreed Yet;
Several Names Mentioned For Place
By m. r. dunnagan i Murder Case Before
Mayor Last Friday
RECENT PRIMARY GIVE SUSPENDED
OFFICIAL VOTE 1 ROAD SENTENCES
9u-
Highway trolmen A I ADftR RIOT JNE
Make Sny Arrests ;" 7, T " "
W I1S1A1IS TAAE5
RALEIGH, : 2, -.II While the
function of tht u je Highway Pa-
o t . s ii . nuncuon oi int i-je nignway ra-'
Big Vote Given Reynolds And Several Tried In Recorder's 'trol is to prever &c violations on Receipt From Inheritance
Fountain Was Big Sur
prise
By M. R. DUNNAGAN
RALEIGH, July 11 John Chris-
Court for Breaking Prohi
bition Laws and Giving
Worthless Checks
the State roads by warning and advis-;
ing motorists, the patrolmen found it1
necessary to arrest and bring to trial ,
in the 100 counties 6,800 violators,
Less Than First Half of
Previous Year
By M. R. DUNNAGAN
RALEIGH, July 11 When the
State Democratic Executive Commit
tee meets in Raleigh the latter part
of this month, at call of Chairman O. I Mayor's court had one very unu
M. Mull, one of its most important sual case before it last Thursday for
task3 will be to select a State chair-1 trial a hrst degree murder case, primary, July 2, for Senate follows
man to take active charge of the This was the case in which Nettie1 Short term:
George Austin, middle-ai?ed More-' who were reauired to Dav fines and1 RALEIGH, July 12 Estates of
topher Blucher Ehringhaus was de-;head City man with tongue-tied im- 'costs of $138,000 and serve an ai?--940 citizens of North Carolina con-
blared the Democratic nominee for , Pediment in his speech, pled not ereeate of 159 vears. seven months tributed $482,545.27, with a slizht
Governor, Robert Rice Reynolds for guilty in Recorder's Court Tuesday and one dav. durinir the first nine. addition for bad check penalties, to
United States Senator, and Arthur .morning to a charge of possessing months, of the fiscal year just ended. 'tne general fund of the State durinir
L. Fletcher for Commissioner of La-jand transporting malt liquor for the figures just compiled by Captain the fiscaI year which closed June 30,
bor by the State Board of Elections, 'Purpose of sale, and then conducted Charles D. Farmer show. 33 compared with 1130 estates con-
m session for that purpose here to-,nis own defense. The defendant and, Guilford led in numbers of ar- tributing $1,006,068.70 the year be-
day
The official vote for
thfc second
campaign this fall and guide the des-jenry, iseautort colored woman,
tines of the party for the next two stands indicted for killing Alex Men
years. Chairman Mull, holding this denhall 64 ysar old Negro who has
post for four years, has indicated that made his home in Morehead City and
he will not stand for re-election. Beaufort for several year3. An ac
The committee of "132 members : cuounA of the shoting was carried in
will do the electing, but will listen toth News last weeL Through her at
the principal candidates, for Gover-itorney C- R- Wheatly, the defendant
nor and U. 'S. Senator .T. C. R F'n. waived examination and was sent to
ringhaus and Robert R. Reynolds, the. cou"ty iail to await trial in S;i"i
these candidates, have conferred to
Reynolds 227,864
Morrison 120,426
Rey. majority 107,438
Total vote 348,292
Long Term:
Reynolds 221,869
Morrison 116,012
gether and with Governor O. Max
Gardner, titular head of the party.,
and it believed that a leader suitable
to all factions will be selected.
Major L. P. McLendon, Ehring-force-
haus manager, and C. L. Shuping, I Fred Fulcher,
Rey. majority 105.857
perior Court. j Total vote .337,881
William Barber, colored tried on Governor:
two charges, assault with a deadly ; Ehringhaus 182,055
weapon, a bottle, and assault was!Fountain 168,917
given fifteen days on the street
colored, admitted
Baily manager two years ago, have stealing a pocket book with $2.50 in
with robbing Chappell's grocery
primary as candidate for the Senate.
Objections have been made to all of
them. Reynolds has indicated that j store of cigarettes and other articles
Walter H. Woodson, Salisbury, is ac-jwas sent to Juvenile Judge L. W.
ceptable to him. Governor-Nominee Hassell. Two other boys who were
Ehringhaus has made no indication J witnesses against Dave were also
of his preference. J. Wallace Win-'bound over to the court. The boys
borne, Marion, might be a compro-jwere found with the goods and told
mise. He is said to be on proper contradictory tales about where they
terms with Ehringhaus and Reynolds, 'got them.
Governor Gardner and Senator Bail-1
ey. Others will be suggested. Har- i
mony is expected. )
Must Cut State's Expense
The State's Advisory Budget Com
mission will be wrestling this week"1
with the State's financial problem :
for the next year, which is expected ;
to be much more troublesome than ;
the fiscal year just ended, due to a
drying up of the known and hereto
fore dependable sources of revenue.
Another cut in salaries of 10 to 20
per cent is one apparent necessity. ,
Another method suggested is to
Ehr. majority 13,138
Total vote 350,972
Commissioner of Labor:
Fletcher 184,203
j Mitchell 114,072
Flet. majority 70,131
i Total vote 298,275
the following witnesses were put on rests with 543, Cumberland was sec- fore- and inheritance collections of
me stana: cniei or rouce Oeorge J.'ond, Robeson third, Mecklenburg!1'"85'525-45 for the year 1929-30
Nelson and Officers Seth Hughes fourth and Forsyth fifth, the nine figures in the office of A. J. Maxwell,
and J. N. Willis. Officer Hughes stat-months report shows. commissioner of revenue, show,
ed to the court that on the night of j. In Carteret county the arrests! The 1931-32 collections from the
July 9 that he saw Austin secret three Imade in that time numbered 18, the ! inheritance tax, less than half a mil
bottles of "home brew" in some j fines imposed were $240.00 and the,lion dollars, were far below expecta-
weeas near an intersection of twoicosts $296.00, or a total of fines and;"0113' the estimate being $1,000,000.
streets in Morehead City. Later hejeosts of $536.00. Sentences to jail iThis tax is dependent upon deaths of
and the other officers retrieved the ! or the roads aggregated 12 months.
-nome Drew" ana aprehended the de
fendant. Judge M. Leslie Davis found
Austin guilty of the charge and sen-;FAMOUS ORCHESTRA TO PLAY
fenced him to serve six months on
the roads, said sentence not to go in
to effect if he pays the costs and is
of good behavior for twelve months.
WUIieBest, of Wildwood, and
reeiuenxs wren property, ot course.
Ten of the 100 counties paid less
than $100 and 18 counties, Alexan
der, Carteret, Cherokee, Chowan.
FOR ATLANTIC HOTEL DANCE Clay, Gates, Graham, Hoke Jackson
I Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell,
THIS WEEK'S
Obituaries
The annual ball in honor of the ' Robeson Transylvania, Tyrrell, Wat
120th infantry, now in camp at Camp auga and Yancey, paid nothing.
Glenn will take place tonight in the I Burke, with onlv four Hoath.
Brady Wade, of Morehead City, were!ba11 room of the Atlantic Hotel. Thisjpaid the largest amount, above 8120-
charsred with nossessincr and trans- famous old ball room has been the : 000 while navmpnt f mm 17h.4Ii
porting on the 28th of June one-half i scene of many affairs of this kind. Guilford, with Burke's account for
gallon of intoxicating liquor for theiThe grand march will be led by Col. jalmost half the entire amount. Their
, purpose of sale. Best pled not guilty, J and Mrs. Don Scott. Music will be i payments, with those of 10 other
iurnisnea Dy MUt Lyon's Broadway counties, Buncombe, Mecklenburg,
Revellers. j Durham, Alamance, Cleveland, Row-
Friday night a fancy dress chil-,an' Union, Catawba,, Iredell and
dren's ball will take place from 8:30lDavidson the 13 counties, paid two-
to 9:30 and afterwards the grown- tmras or the total.
the purpose of sale."
reDresented hv Will finr.
ham and Best by Charles Stevens.
m,a.-, (;,, 4,n ii, ! 4... " J -j.'an.-o Kj(,cvcjia. jiou ana aiierwarus me grown-,""""" ' i-urni.
of tLrS. wH and 0fficer Hughes ups who desire to trip the light fan-! Last year Durham and Forsyth
lmrl.n!nn fl examined, and the latter stat-Jtastic toe will have an opportunity of Paid more than half the inheritance
simultaneous fights m the history of ed that when h rpaf.upH tha at.uoA tAn;n Mi1f T , ' -nitax of that: voar a n x.
...wu , ou. j.'xiib -L-j uu o vi urjoii win. - j ww 1 1.1 ivui ubit
car that the half -gallon jar of vhis-play. jerer counties, Scotland, Stanly, Meek
key was between the legs of Best ' One of the biza-est events xt the ')enburg and Buncombe, naid more
vote ev- anc t'rtat had a hammer poiseJ in Reason will occur on Saturday night than two-third of the $1,006,068.70
primary, , 'ho sirt nf hrecikimr tha ia,. W.n..,. ru -n j u: j- nan that via In loon on i
vvhirh vnts oh ,V , J". ' ",e" u.iu ms lamuus two years
r",, t?" rZii n "',;iuwcer "ugnes was able to mtervent i Cotton Club orchestra,, well known aS Forsyth, Guilford and Meek
hopeful Refolds fo llov, eis. Reynolds in time to save the jar and hs con.!radio audienc,Sj will pl for the knburg paid nearly one-half of the
himself, in his most sanguine mom- t.ont?. tvt- , '.. i" S1.SRR.rss ak i ... "
politics in North Carolina. They
show that Reynolds won over Cam
eron Morrison by the lerget vote ev
er ca3t in a Democratic
encs wouiu not nave ciaimea nan tne imen in the flv.
Funeral services were conducted at
two o'clock Wednesday afternoon at
Barkers Island for Mrs. Jennie H.
either cut or hold back salaries of Lewis, who passed away there at her
LAST RITES HELD FOR
MRS. JENNIE H. LEWIS
i , ' ' , maJontj(ihe .receive,-,Th.fy.was on the rear seatwere on their! large crowds for each of these three Buncombe, Scotland, ' Union, Surry
also-show- Uat Richard Ti Fountain 1 way to the wickizer boat to have a event-. land Henderson paid two-thirds of it
j Carteret county had no estates
which paid inheritance taxes for the
; year just ended. For the year before
this county had two estates which
t.u Viiu.oo, iiu ior ivzi)-6) es-
home early Wednesday morning. Mrs.
Lewi3 has been in ill health for a
bout a year, but was taken serious
ly ill Monday. She had been a member
of the Northern Methodist Church for
many years, and was known to be an
active worker in religious activities.
She was about 50 years old.
Mrs. Lewis is survived by her hus
band, Jimmie H. Lewis; a sister,
Miss Martha Ann Willis; her mother
Mrs. Angeline Willis; two brothers,
Joe Willis and Louie Willis; one
daughter, Miss Lillie Belle Willis;
and by three sons, James and Theo
dore Lewis, who are in the Coast
Guard service on the New Jersey
coast, and Burgess Lewis.
Widely Known World Traveler
MRS. THERESA LAWRENCE
PASSES SUNDAY MORNING
the school teachers next year to the
extent of 10 or 15 per cent, in face
of legislative acts forbidding cuts to
teachers, and leave it up to the next
General Assembly to either ratify the
cut or levy additional taxes to pay
the amount held back and that, al
most certainly, would mean the cut.
Sales and luxury tax advocates,
who expected $9,600,000 from the
sales tax or $8,000,000 from the lux
ury tax, based on 1929 purchases,
novTfind that less than $4,000,000
would have been realized from the 1
per cent sales tax and less than $3j,
000,000 from the luxury tax advo
cated. This is feen by the collections
on ihe merchants license tax of one
tenth to one-eighth of one per cent
during the past rear of only about
$360,000 to date. The one per cent
'sales tax would hav produced less
than 10 times as much, or in on event
more than $4,000,000, ar.d the lux
ury O tax much les3.
If either of those taxes had been
adopted, the 15-cent ad valorem tax
on property would have been remov
ed. That tax, estimated at $4,000,000
will bring in probably $350,000. So,
the tax situation in the State would
not be improved by adoption of either
sales tax and removal of the 15-cent
tax. The deficit would be approxi
mately the same. One indication that
the people are not desirous of such
taxes is in the fact that more than a
dozen of the most ardent sales and
luxury tax advocates in the last Gen
eral Assembly have been ' defeated
for renomination in their, respective
counties in the two primaries.
" The N. C. Constitutional Commis
sion, authorized by the 1981 General
Assembly and appointed by Governor
Gardner, was in executive session
practically all of last week, working
out constitutional changes to be sub
mitted to the next Legislature, for
re-eubmis 'on to the voters of the
State. Mer.ibers report some progress. 'were held Friday morning at 10:30 . towns and cities from New York to
.came upiromunaera 4,uuu leaainjHttle drinking party, and .that the
.the first primary to within 13,000 of iquor was not for "sale but was to
: Ehringhaus, also a surprise. A ma- kP Pnn,lni(j Kv fi,o
joruy ior major rietcner over uiar
ence E
extent uncertain
The total vote for Governor fell a
bout 41,000 behind the nearly 390,-jthe county jail or serve a term on the
000 cast in the first primary, but roads. It was also stated that the
held up better than was expected. I Morehead City officers "have been
But the hatchet has been buried I after" Best for the past several
and the winners and losers have es- months but that this is the first time
tablished friendly relations. Senator they have been successful. Judge Da-
(Continued on page eight) I (Continued on page five)
It was stfltnil in pnur tVioi Woa
Mitchell was expected,, the has been of very ill health for the
'past several years and as a conse-
! mAMnn nA,.l J L 1 I . . I I
ucuwc tuum uui ue incarcerated in i
LONG HAUL SEINE
MATTER DEBATED lin ShrS pa,d "231-25
These taxes are collected from one
to three years after the death of the
Board Hears Speakers Discuss owner of the Mtat The .
death, with a discount of 3 per cent
if paid in six months, a charge of 6
per cent interest after one year and
a penalty of 5 per cent if not paid in
At Length Disputed Ques
tion
Marehead City, July 12 The old
fimo urfantrla riVJt" tVia lAflff Vinnl not 'i ...
. " i I- ii i , t. ilwo years, but the commissioner of
y v ... - revenue has authority to waive pen
day at a meeting ofthe State Board alties if the egtate J P
I of Conservation and Development
(held at the city hall here today. There
i was a considerable debate over the
ftf f YT7' IT f T 1 I Question participated in by speakers
Delwhted W itn Local People iiom varioui sectionstf ucoast ,A
O jjjg crow(i was present and the speak-
1 Jl .- T J 1 1.1. . '
eia were luuuiy tippmuueu uy iiicu
respective backers. The speaking last-
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
By JAMES G. WH1TEHURST
Drawn always onward into strange
seas and odd corners of the earth by
an irristable curiosity for the things
that lie beyond the bounds of the
distant horizon, Captain G. A. Tacot
has traveled in virtually every land
with the exception of China, Japan
and Australia, and his story reads
like the romances of the masters of
fiction. Enchanted very etrly in life
by that innate desire that made Ad
am and Eve start on the first expe
Mrs. Theresa Lawrence passed a
way at her home in Otway early
Sunday morning.' She had been in ill
health for some six months, and grew
rapidly worse during the last few
days until death came Sunday morn
ing. She was the widow of the late
Watson Lawrence, who died about
seven years ago. Mrs. Lawrence was
a member of the Christian Church.
She was 69 years old.
Funeral services were conducted
at the home at three o'clock Monday
afternoon by the Rev. J. H. Williams,
of New Bern. Interment was in the
family cemetery at the old homestead
Mrs. Lawrence is survived by two
sons and three daughters: Watson
Lawrence, Jr., Elijah Davis Lawrence, for Florida, that he expects to return
Mesdames Harvey Lawrence, Clydie to Beaufort every now and then. He
Lawrence and Harvey Hancock. seems to be irresistably drawn, to this
quiet little Carolina town and says
LAST RITES FOR C. P. DEY ' !that it has all that goes to make life
HELD FRIDAY AFTERNOON j worth living. Captain Tacot also
. . stated that when he started on this
Funeral services for the late. trip to Florida, that he was told by
the Cavalry School of Saumur. the ed several hours,
West Point of France, and also the '-' A committee of six members rep-:
Royal Cavalry School of Vienna. At Resenting the two sides to the ques-
. . . j i j . .-
Martha Gray and son tt R . S.
Tilden, 2 acres Newport Township,
iiur ipou.
Julian Price Trustee, to Jefferson
Standard Life Insurance Co.,, 2 lots
M. City, for $7500.
the age of eighteen he enlisted in the
French cavalry and saw active ser
vice in South America and Africa,
rising to the rating of captain. He
was the d&tailed officer in charge of
the escort of the Russian Czar's trip
to Paris in 1900. Later he crossed
the Atlantic to Canada and entered
the Canadian service and became an
officer in the cavalry. ,ftairing the
dition through the Garden of Eden, time he was .with the Canadian Cav-
Captain Tacot has gone hither and i airy he was transferred for two years
yon over the earth's surface and has! as an instructor in the school for
had hundreds of breath-taking exper- as an instructor in the
iences that would do credit to a;for the Royal Mounted
tion was appointed for the purpose of
reaching a compromise. On the com
mittee were J. R. Morris, Atlantic,,
Theodore Salter, Portsmouth, Dr.
Winstead and Fred Latham, Belhav
en, Fred Morton, Whortonville, D. B.
Fearing of Manteo. By a majority
report the .committee recommended
that long haulers be prevented from
operating on the Pamlico river above
a point drawn from the east end of
Indian Island to the east end of
" ...... t. 1. J i 1. T" T"
ilium vieen ana on me rungo rtiver i
school from Wade's Point to Wright's
Police. Creeks to Currituck Point. Long net
MARRIAGE LICENSES
H. B. Young Jr., Harkers Island,
and Flora Belle Newton, Cash Corn
er, N. C.
Charles P. Dey, an account of whose . some well-to-do and influential men
death was told in the News last week, of the North that of all the coastal
Another meeting will be held about
the middle of August and several
meetings are expected in the next
five months, during which something
definite is expected to emerge from
the deliberations.
David L. Strain, field manager for
Robt R. Reynolds in his campaign
for the Democratic nomination for
the U. S. Senate, is trying to work
out come plan to realise on the fam
ous Reynolds Ford to help pay a
-:;..CfViifiM4 m abit)
o'clock in Ann Street Methodist Miami that they liked Coinjock and
church. A ' large " congregation of .Beaufort infinitely better, and of the
friends of Mr. Dey from Beaufort,,
Morehead City and other places in
the county and also some from more
distant points attended the services.
1 The Reverend R. F. Munns pastor
of the church, assisted by Presiding
Elder, Reverend J. H. McCracken,
was in charge of the service which
was according to the ritual of the
church. The Presiding Elder, who was
(Coataved page 8)
Floyd Gibbons, a Lowell Thomas, or When Francisco Villa started his h9lng was prohibited in New River,
an E. Alexander Powell. (various rampages in Mexico, Cap- Other decisions on the question were
Several weeks ago Captain Tacot' j tain Tacot joined his forces and be- postponed for further consideration,
came into Beaufort harbor on his came an officer in the revolutionary Eleven members of the twelve who
sixty-foot yawl and has since become army. It was during this time in constitute the board were present
acclimated to the life of this com- Mexico with Villa that Captain Ta- the meeting and S. Wade Marr
munity and says that, although he cot became personally acquainted of Rieigh presided over it. Col.
will leave the latter part of this week with Floyd Gibbons, the renowned , Harrelson, director of the board was
globe-trotting newspaper man, who Present ana made a speech in which
was the only correspondent that the ! he M'd th State was practicing false
desperate Villa would permit to! economy in making small appropria
travel with the army of the revolt-, tiona for conservation work. Address
ers. e were made by Elmer Higgins of
In civilian life, Captain Tacot isthe u- s- Bereau of Fisheries and W.
widely known as a horseman, sports-'H" Booker of the State Board of
man and movie actor. He ranks as Health.
one of the three greatest living eques- j Th board raised the cull limit for
trains in the United States and has oysters from two and a half inches
had stables of blooded horses of his ,to three. The Fisheries Commissioner
own in various sections of the coun-,was authorized to permit marketing
try, as well as having been in charsre!of oysters from bottoms that do not
of the stables at the well-known West
chester-Biltmore Country Club. In
ii. l. l i .
uuiuun 10 uus, ne nas oeen an ac
tor in movie productions at the
Hearst-Cosmopolitan Studio in New
York City; among these are:" 'When
Knighthood Was in Flower." "Under
the Red Robe," "Clothes Make the ' Pnds and so on were made
Pirate," "The Love Kim" "Woman
Handled" and innumerable other I r j m r r a
' (Cnuae4 m w in) Rad Tha Vest Ada
TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tides
at Beaufort is given in this col
umn. The figures are approx
imately correct snd 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. -
two that they preferred this com
munity. The others on board the "Ironde
quoit' 'are: Mrs. Tacot, who reads
movie scripts; F. L. Smithson, a fea
ture and scenario writer; and Chas.
S. Jenvey, draftsman and designer of
movie settings.
Captain Tacot was born, reared
and educated in Franc of French
parentage. He waa . graduated from
produce oysters as large as the three
inch minimum required lesewhere.
An oyster culture exhibit arranged
by Dr. H. F. Prytherch of the Bio
logical station at Beaufort was on dis
play. A number of requests for ovs
ter bottom leases, longer seasons for
High Tide -1 Low Tid
Friday, July 15 '
5:24 a. m. 11:25 a. m.
6:01 p. m. - 11:11 p. m.
Saturday, July 16
m. 12:22 a. m.
m. 12:10 p. m.
Sunday, July 17
a. m. 1:15 a.
p. m. 1:07 p.
Monday, July 18
8:10 a. m. 2:03 a.
p. m. 1:59 p.
Tuesday, July 19
a. m. 2:49 a.
p. m. 2:50 p.
WodMsdajr, July 20
a. m. S:32 a. m.
p. m. 3:39 p. nu
TkurUay, Jly tl
4:13 a, m.
6:26 a.
6:58 p.
7:20
7:49
8:37
9:00
9:22
9:49
10:06
m.
m.
m.
m.
m.
nu
10:J a. a.
19:49 p. m.
49 P. Mm
-ft-