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VOLUME XXI
8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1932
PRICE 5c SINGLE Y
NUMBER 23
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No More Salary Cuts
Now Governor Asserts
State Employes And Teachers Will Get Same
Compensation They Have Been Receiving
For Several Months; May Have Extra Ses
sion of Legislature In November.
NEGROES RECEIVE
ROAD SENTENCES
Two Morehead City Negroes
Sentenced to Twelve Months
on the Roads; Notice of
Appeal Given
By M. R. DUNNAGAN
RALEIGH, July 18 The State of
North Carolina wil carry on for the,
next six months as it has for the past,
Bix months, on the basis of allotments
to the departments, institutions and
divisions of 70 per cent of the legis-.
lative appropriations, without fur-,
ther cuts in salaries of State officials,
and employees and no cuts or with-;
holding salaries of teachers, and, if
it appears necessary in November or
December, the General Assembly
members to be elected early in No
vember. will be assembled to handle.!
the finances for the six months fol
lowing.
t Cnvermnr O. Max Gardner issued
a statement Saturday embodying this
information, after a week of confer-
ence and consultations with the- Coun
cil of State, the Advisory Budget
Commission and other officials and,
experts, and after a special com-J
mittee of five State officials had
worked out and submitted an esti-
mate of receipts and disbursements
for the next 12 months, disburse
ments on several bases, including the
one of 70 per cent of the appropria
tions. This committee, composed of
State Auditor Baxter Durham, nam
ed chairman; Commissioner of Rev
enue A. J. Maxwell, State Treasurer
John P. Stedman, Henry Burke, as
sistant director of the Budget, and
Fred W. Morrison, secretary of the
Tax Commission, agreed on estimat
ed revenues for each of the 12
month and the expenditures on the
70 per cent of appropriation basis
for each of the 12 months showing
what should be the condition of the
Treasury the first cf each month.
GIVES READERS NEWSY
NEWSPAPER
Last week the News con
tained forty-eight columns in
all and of this number twen
ty three and one half columns
was news matter either writ
ten by the regular staff here
in Beaufort or by regular cor
respondents here in Carteret
County, at the State capital,
or elsewhere. In addition to
this there were a number of
pictures and several columns
of special features. The read
ers therefore got more read
ing matter in the issue last
week than they did advertise
ments. Many other weeklies
have as few as eight or nine
columns of reading matter
each week.
It has always been the poli
cy of the News to give the
people of Carteret County a
newspaper replete with news
about this county in particular
and this section in general.
Judging .from last week's is
sue, the News management has
been very successful in ac
complishing this in the past
and intends to continue this
policy in the future.
SALARIES CUT
BY CITY BOARD
A Flat Reduction of Ten Per
Cent Ordered; Budget Considered
GOOD YIELD FROM
AD VALOREM TAX
Over Three Millions Paid;
Some Counties Are A Little
Slow
Starting with a balance of only
$135,850 in the Treasury July 1, af
ter the semi-annual bond and interest
payments, the committee estimated a
balance August 1 of $1,487,043,
September 1 of $3,134,833, Octo
ber 1 of $2,388,804, November 1 of
$3,182,569. December 1 of $2,626,-
334 and January 1, after semiannual
bond and interest payments, an ov
erdraft of $2,621,114, which would
be wiped out by February 1, but
another ovredraft of $563,224 would
develop March 1, and a balance of
$3,13(5,747 would be found April 1,
as a result of income tax payments
March 15. A balance would be main
tained until June 30, when the semi
annual bond and interest payments
would create a deficit of $2,607,514
a the end of the fiscal year.
These figures include both high
way and general funds and this status
is to be maintained pnmaruy tnrougn
limiting expenditures of the High
way Department for the next year in
construction, reconstruction and
maintenance of roads to a minimum
of $3,000,000 less than the depart
ment's Income, this amount to be
used for the time for general fund
purposes. This plan was agreed upon
by the State Highway Commission,
ealled for the purpose last week by
Chairman E. B. Jeffress.
(Continued on page eight)
Believing that there is a popular
demand for salary reduction of pub
lic officials and in the interest of
economy the Board of Commission
ers of the town of Beaufort made a
flat ten per cent cut of all salaries of
town officials and employes at a
meeting held last night Friday. This
includes their own stipend of $5 a
month each which will now be $4.50
per month. Present at the meeting
were Mayor Taylor, Commissioners
Gibbs, Glover and King, Clerk T. M.
Thomas Jr., City Attorney G. W.
Duncan and Chief of Police Longest.
Will Allen and Lib Bell Davis, two
young Morehead City negroes, were
convicted in Recorder's Court Tues
day morning of possessing and trans
porting twelve gallons and three
quarts of spirituous liquor for the
purpose of sale in the early morning
of July 10. The defendants pled not
guilty, and conducted their own de
fense during the trial. Chief George
J. Nelson told of raiding the river
side camp of Will Allen and finding
.twenty-four half gallon fruit jars fill-
i ed with liquor, but the others re
created rather hastily when the of-
I fleers swooped down upon the hang
out, the chief said. He also said both
defendants had very bad reputations
when it came to liquor. Allen is an
ex-bellhop of the Cherry Hotel, and
Davis is a "rounder," Chief Nelson
said. Officers J. N. Willis and Seth
Hughes, who aided Chief Nelson in
the raid, corroborated the testimony
of their superior.
Davis and Allen both were on the
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stana ana oimhun any "O" (rating cost of Morehead City is more
whatsoever of the liquor. Two other as much that of Be8U.
""r8,,; Krlr u, ifort and thata considerably larger
The only person who escaped the
cut wa3 Sam Jones Pigott who draws
$50 a month for driving a cart and
helping to keep the town clean. The
two street men, Adrian Brooks and
Jones Lewis, who have been receiv
ing $60 a month will get $54 in fu
ture. No official present at the meet
ing offered any objection to the sal
ary cuts.
The News is informed that the op
By M. R. DUNNAGAN
RALEIGH, July 18 North Caro
lina's 100 counties had paid into the
State Treasury $3,164,141.50 of the
collections from the 15 cent ad val
orem levy on property to supplement
'State funds, primarily for school pur
poses, as of July 1, at which time,
State Treasurer John P. Stedman
states, tha funds practically ceased
to come in. Very little has been re
ceived since then.
Many counties in the State post
poned for varying periods the sale
of property for taxes, which action
delayed payment by these counties to
the State fund, much of which had to
be supplied from other sources to
pay school costs, largely teacher sal
aries. Estimates placed revenues from
this source at $4,000,000, since revis
ed downward. Most of the counties
are keeping up fairly well in their
payments, but some are behind.
The State Treasurer had also re
ceived from the counties $237,126.72
in poll taxes collected, but has re
funded to the counties, through the
State Board of Equalization, $85,-
404.87 of this amount, under pro
testified. Judge M. Leslie Davis found
both defendants guilty and sentenc
ed each to twelve months in the coun
ty jail and assigned them to work
on the roads. Both negroes gave no
tice of an appeal to the Superior
Court. They must give a justified
bond of $300 each, or they will have
to remain in the county jail until
the October term of Superior Court.
James Garner, Morehead City
white man, pled guilty to possessing
and transporting a quart of liquor
the twelfth of July. Chief Nelson
went on the stand and testified that
he found Gamer up -an alley in
Morehead City with the liquor on his
nerson: also that the defendant is
known to drink liquor but it has nev
er been rumored that he sells it.
Garner had told the officials that he
purchased the whiskey for some one
else. Chief Nelson and Solicitor
Phillips both gave Garner a good
general reputation. Judge. Davis sen.
tenced him to sixty days in the com
mon jail, to be assigned to the roads
and to pay all costs capias not to be
issued unless the defendant breaks
some law. If the costs are not paid
within thirty days the sentence is to
begin at once. j
W. D. Skarren pled gulltyy to reck
lessly driving his car the night of
July 16. Prayer for judgment was
continued upon payment ol the coats.
George Henry Perry, Morehead
City negro, was charged with the
larceny of $20 from Bertha George
on the first of July. On account of
the illness of the prosecuting witness
the case was continued until next
Tuesday morning.
RALEIGH MEN HAVE FINE
CATCHES AT OCRACOKE
A party of Raleigh men was tak
en to Ocracoke by Capt. John M.
Dickinson aboard the cruiser, the
"Idle-On" for the week end fishing.
Upon their return they reported that
the fishing was very good there and
number of persons are required to do
the work. Here the clerk has to do
the tax collecting as well as the oth
er work in the office and the chief
of police not only does police work
but looks after street cleaning and
the sanitary sewer work and the lat
ter two require a lot of time.
Most of the board's time was tak
en up in discussing the budget for
the ensuing year. A tentative bud
get, amounting to $76,380.32, was a
dopted. It is printed on another
page of this issue of the News and
is also open for inspection by any
Will Close Post wince
Each Saturday Af tern'n
The local post-office will be clos
ed each Saturday afternoon and the
afternoon street delivery service will
be dispensed with beginning Satur
dayy, August 6. This is due to an
economy measure recently passed by
Congress and will effect all post-of
fices in the country, bince tne nrst
of this year, many post-offices thru
out the nation have been closed Sat
urday afternoon, including even
those in large cities. Mail will be dis
patched and put in the boxes at the
post-office as usual Saturday after
noon. All clerks and mail carriers have
been granted a half holiday Satur
day afternoon since the first of the
year, but the Beaufort Post Office
has been kept open and the clerks
and carriers working that afternoon
were given an afternoon off the fol
lowing week. The measure relative
to post-offices that was passed recent
ly by Congress requires that all
clerks and town and city carriers be
furloughed for one month during
1933 without compensation. Post
masters, assistant postmasters, super
visors, rural carriers and substitute
employees are not granted the fur
lough; these employees however do
have one month's pay deducted from
their salaries, provided they are re
ceiving over $1,000 a year.
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
MARGARET ALLEN E SMITH
Little Miss Margaret Allene Smith,
fiive year old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Smith, passed away here
Sunday morning at the home of her
uncle, Warren Smith. The death was
said to have been the result of com
plications coming from an injury sus
tained some months ago while at
play. She wa3 first treated by local
physicians, but was taken to Duke
Hospital, in Durham, several weeks
ago for trreatment where she remain
ed until a few days before her deaht.
DUG-OUT CANOES
ALMOST EXTINCT
"Cunners" Once One of The
Main Means of Transporta
tion Here in Carteret
The dug-out cypress canoes that
were once so prevalent around this
section of the coast are now almost
extinct. For years and years the ca
noe commonly called "cunner" by
the old-timers was the most com
mon craft used in traveling around
the bays, sounds and creeks here in
Carteret County and was also largely
used in fishing and allied means of
livelihood.
Canoes were probably used from
the time the earliest settlers came to
Carolina and continued to be one of
the foremost means of travelling in
a small way up until twenty or thir
ty years ago. Two or three decades
ago the skiff came into prominence
around this section of the coast.
Wind was the only means of propell
ing these two types of small boats
during those days, except by rowing.
There was much competition a-
mong the various "cunner owners
to see which had the fastest and
swiftest craft. Regular native reg
attas were held in order to settle
disputes about who had the swiftest
sailing "cunner."
But with the coming of the gaso
line-propelled "snapper" the fate ef
the f'cunner" was sealed. During the
past fifteen or twenty years the old
hewn-out cypress canoes have been
rapidly taking their places with the
relics of yesterday, until there are
now perhaps less than a half a dos
en of these around Beaufort The au
tomobile and the hard-surfaced road
was the last straw people ceased to
travel from community to community
here in Carteret by "cunners," "snap
pers" or other boats. Automobiles
are much faster and the people that
hart hitherto travelled bv small craft
citizen at the office of the City Clerk, j Funeral services were conducted 'demanded the faster mode. Power
At the regular meeting in August from the home of the deceased's un- boats were required to haul long nets
the budget will be taken up again cle, Warren Smith, Monday alter-.through the water, so the old "cua
and finally adopted. Any citizen who noon at three o clock by the Kev.
desires tp.do so. may attend the) Worth Wicker, assisted by the Fev.
meeting and . offer : anyJ suggestion ; R. F. Munus. Interment . was in. . the.
which he may see fit to offer.
The board discussed the matter of
the injunction against selling prop
erty for 1931 taxes and the senti
ment of the board was that the sale
should proceed. The matter is to be
heard on the 20th at Snow Hill be
fore Judge Frizzelle.
Ocean View Cemetery.
BAPTIST PEOPLE ENJOY
MELON CUTTING TUESDAY
Over a hundred people attended
the water melon cutting party Tues
day afternoon at five o clock at the
North River bridge which was giv
en by members of the Beaufort Bap
tist Sunday School. Before the for
ty ice-cold melons were served, a
good many of those attending went
in bathinir at the sandy beach thrown
up by the dredge to make the fill for
the highway. All attending the mel
on cutting are said to have had a glor
ious good time.
An attendance contest was put on
durinsr the past several weeks at the
Baptist Sunday School, which was di
vided between the "Reds" and the
"Blues." The "Blues" won by a close
mararin and so the "Reds" were host
at the melon cutting.
FORMER BEAUFORT LADY , .
DIES AT FLORIDA HOME
Miss Julia Reed, formerly of Beau
fort, passed away Monday morning
at her home in Tampa, Florida, at
the age of eighty years after a short
illness. She will be remembered by
her many former pupils who attend
ed her private school here. She left
Beaufort about twenty-five years ago,
and has since been residing at Tam
pa. Shs" was a life-long member of
the Episcopal church. Funeral ser
vices were held at her home in Tam
pa Tuesday afternoon and interment
was at the Florida city. She is surviv
ed by a number of nieces and nep
hews, among them being Messrs. Chas
Hatsell and W. L. Hatsell. Sr., of
Beaufort.
JUVENILE COURT HAS PUT
DAVE VANN ON PROBATION
ties 80 per cent of the amount when
payments reach a certain ngure.
Thirteen piedmont and mountain
counties have paid practically half
of the ad valorem taxes received by
the Treasurer, more than $1,507,000.
Up to July 1 Guilford had paid
r, v.. thl twelve vear old lo-1 $271,000, Forsyth $261,000, Meck
,DaV? V w who ha "cquired ienburr $196,000, Buncombe $137,,
cal colored boy who has " 0Q0 Gast $128,000 and Durham
4.ite . wprtiho. ' WS, W,W Vh seven in order
ness, was tried recently by I W. Has j , , Cabarru3( Rockingham
sell, judge of the 'K Iredell, Cleveland and Ca
ter being sent over ftw Mm . nd
Court on a charge oi (N Han()ver $68,000. In poll taxes,
chandise from the C. Z. Chappell ew ver ,
-.11 lrnnwn locally I vuiu.uiu u .-t .
xrnra mva u .n aa . -
visions for turning back to the coun- they made large catches of trout andiBIG MELON CROP TO
ner" became a back number.
HAVE CONFERENCES
During the past week or ten days
there have been conferences held
here in Beaufort, Raleigh 'and New
York between county officials, bond
holders, and the N. C. Local Govern'
ment Commission concerning cer
tain county affairs.
BEGIN MOVING SOON
drum. The party was composed vi.
Messrs: J. R. Weatherspoon, J. W.
Bunn, C. M. Johnson, C. T. McClen-
.-u.- flai-ons Howell. J.. M.
Broutr'hton. George W. Bancom and 'ord-breaking watermelon crop grown
OI ItiUclgU UlOrtJ 11119 JfCOl w4 uegm v wwt3
Elizabeth City, July 9 Word
from Chowan county is that a rec-
Clyde A. Douglass, all
both as "Chocolate urop n
balL Dave vw put P probation and
UM that.it ia.. eeja by. the town
officers or i reported by any one
else beinr seen on Front Street he
will be sent away to a reformatory.
MEMBERS EUZEL1AN CLASS
ENJOY PICNIC AT BEACH
Tr.T.lian Class of the Beau
fort Baptist Sunday School had a p,c
nic .supper at Atlantic Beach this af
ternoon. This was the regular month
ly meeting of the class. Members of
Northern markets about July 20.
CARTERET MUTUAL EXCHANGE PLANS
TO HELP FARMING INDUSTRY HERE
Some of the leading farmers of
n, wtv met last Thursday evening
lin the court-house annex and reor-
: nnn -v i..a 1. Carteret Mutual w-
burg i.u.uuv, ' "T TT. v . , ranted In
inffham ti.sio, leveoa i,vw. encngo - - -
Carteret county had pawoeo.ov
in' nnll taxes Julv 1. none of which
had been refunded. This county had
paid $6,650.91 in ad valorem taxes,
on an original levy estimate of $21,
772 from the 15 cent levy. The State
will get practically all of the levy
when last year's taxes are paid.
DR. G. W. LAY SERIOUSLY
the cla s left about three-winy um , . ry.anei Hill, nast three years this
Said IU 1 , iL T n its ia--V.aa KcOH ml
inmoer ox -,."':,:";:: .,mr, to unite 'the
Isided in Beaufort and wnne nre u.y u.7;. ,.,..
tho hoanV A firood time was
have been had by all.
.,,anw friends who will regret in
A ginseng root which ne peue """' nnptnr Lavs serious ill- kets
to be 100 years old is owned by D. to learn
W. Scalf of Harlan, Ky.
der to get a reduction in prevailing
prices.
Members of the Exchange . .must
own at least one share of the com
mon stock of the corporation, which
has a pnr value of $1. The Exchange
will buy and sell for non-members,
but the ' non-members will not get
the various pecuniary benefits that
the members will receive. After the
various expenses have been paid
and reserve funds set aside, the re
maining orofits from operating, if
any, shall be paid in unform divi
dends on the value of the products
sold and purchases made by the share
encourage group marketing of farm holders. Many of the farmers seem
produce an dthe purchasing of farm j to be rather enthusiastic about the
..,:,ont mid sunnlies. During the ; reorganization of the Carteret Mu-
organizatioh tual Exchange and plans are now un-
nas been rather dormant, but the.,derway through which tney Deneve
they can marKet jointly tneir pro-
an enort 10 secure mn t...v .v... . ----
and prices for their various, tneir purchases at a greaier saving
. . . -i 11. 4?n..rrt V.ort V.q. Vatra ViovofnfnrA
crops ana to purznase iutu "i
equipment and supplies jointly in or-)
TIDE TABLE
1929. Directors were eiectea m
lows: G. W. Bail, naniywoj -
Merrill, Wire Grass; u. w.
Beaufort; W. J. Laughton, Crab
Point; and Georgs J. Oglesby, Camp
r-i tvm directors will meet a-
galn Thursday evening, July 21, and
elect other officials of the organiza
tion
The purpose for which the organ-
ILL AT CHAPEL HILL HOME ization was formed is to develop and
7-1 nrra W I.BV. f(.TOier TCC'
jjr. vjcui6c ... jj -------- . . . . , i- n; t
of St Paul's Episcopal Church, is equipment ana suPIm. u.w.s -
Information as to the tides
at Beaufort is given in this col
umn. The figures are approx
imately correct nd 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.
If the exact history of the old .
"cunner" "could 'be . written" it wouU T
be a history -of iheHtevelopment of
Carteret County and - the " Carolina X
coast in general'.' It would probably
begin with the coming of the earli
est settlers to these parts and con
tinue down until some twenty years
ago, recording all of the various ups
and downs in the lives of the Caroli
na folks.
The dug out canoe is much older
than civilization. It is said by histor
ians and other students of antiquity
that the dug out canoe was the first
step forward in the evolution of de
veloping a better means of travel
ling. The first thing that was used
for travelling, they jy, was the drift
ing log. Then some ingenious prehis
toric man decided to hollow out tne
log by the use of fire and stone im
plements, and also sharpened it at
both ends. This was the Adam and
Eve of all boats.
From this crude beginning, came
the "cunner" of the Carolina coast.
These were usually made from cy
press logs. Some were made from one
log, others were hewn from two or
even three pieces. As a general rule,
the "cunners" were eighteen or twen
ty feet in length, although many
were either longer or shorter than
these. Being hewn from the best of
cypress, these "cunners" would last
'almost indefinitely with the proper
care. Some of these were handed
down from father to son until the
actual ages were really unknown;
and it is the opinion of some seafar
nig people that some of the "cun
ners" that had the right care takea
of them lasted well over a century.
SThirty, forty and fifty years ago
when Carteret citizens went over on
Neuse River and shad-fished, the
"cunner" was both the means of
transportation and the craft from
'which they did their fishing. The men
usually lived in camps on the bankt
11:32
12:12
12:19
1:02
High TMUl - .--,
(Friday, July jK
4:54 a. m.
11:24 p. m. 5:18 p. m.
Saturday, July 23
m. 5:34 a. m.
m.' 6:03 p. m.
Sunday, July 24
m. 6:17 a. m.
m. 7:01 p. m.
Monday, July 25
1:09 a. m. 7:02 a. m.
1:52 p. m. 7:56 p. m.
Tuetday, July 26
2:03 a. m. , 7:50 a. m.
2:45 p. m. 8:55 p. m.
Wednesday, July 27
3:01 a. m. 8:42 a. m.
3:37 p. m. 9:51 p. m.
Thursday, July 28
a. m. 9:34 a. m.
p. m. 10:45 p. m.
Lw Tide Neuse.
3:58
4:29
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Charles Gherman Holland of Beau
fort and Mildred L. Willis of More-
head City.
William Vann and Gertie Ellison,
Beaufort.
George Piver and Jartie Parkin,
Beaufort,
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
E. H. Gorham and T. D. Warren,
to Craven County and City of New
Bern, 74 acres, Morehead Township,
for $1,000.
A. I. Gross et ux et al to the Gross
Pearson Co., 21 lots Moreehad
Bluffs, for $10.
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