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VOLUME XXI
8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1932
PRICE S -fclOLE COPY
NUMBER 32
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SOME CROPS HURT !
BY DRYWEATHER
Cotton, Tobacco And Corn
Not Up To Standard; Show
er Help Some
RALEIGH, August 15 The month
POLICE COURT RECORD
Four defendants were in Police
Court Tuesday and all either plead
guilty or were convicted. One who j
waa tinf maftant .1 o wi'van tan lava '
for not being there.
Guyon Smith, white youth, charged
with cursing and fighting plead guil
ty and was given five days.
Guy Dudley, white boy, disorderly I
of July was probably the driest and conduct said he was guilty and was
hottest that North Carolina has ex-given five days,
perienced in many years, and some ( Dave Day. cojred( cur3ing, con
sections of the State have had near and giyen 1Q days
drought conditions. While a large re- . witrfal, colored, charged with
hitting Dave Davis with his fist, got
10 days.
NEGRO USES ICE
PICK UPON WIFE
FORMER RECTOR
DIED LAST WEEK
Immediately After Trial, Negro 'Dr. George W. Lay Ends A
Man Follows Wife, Critical- '
ly Wounding Her and
Sister-in-law
duction in the use of fertilizer has
been general, the lack of moisture
has resulted in very little loss of that
applied. The rainfall during the
month averaged from 1 to 4 inches
and consisted mostly of light show
ers which were of little benefit to
plants. The severely hot ten-day per
iod about the middle of July was ser
iously harmful to crops. During the
last few davs of July and the nrst
LOW GRADE TOBACCO IS
SELLING BETTER THIS YEAR
Tobacco markets in South Carolina
'and six towns in North Carolina op
ened Tuesday. There were large
breaks of tobacco in all of them and
biz crowds attended the sales. Re
of August, good rains occurrde gen-1 . . f - nf ih tobacco
erally over the State, bu these have offered was of rather common quality
not been sufficient to relieve the dry
conditions.
CORN: Corn has probably suffer
ed more from drought than other ma
jor field crops. On August 1st., farm
ers reported a condition of 57 per
cent of normal for the State's crop,
or an expected yield per acres of 15
bushels. This represents a decline of
27 per cent during July and is 29
per cent below the condition on Aug
ust 1st last year. If realized, this will
be the smallest average since 1905.
Early planted and upland corn has
suffered more from dryness. The
crop in the Piedmont section in gen
eral has poor prospects, while the ex
treme eastern and western counties
will produce a fair crop, but not one
equal to that of last year. Lata plant
ed corn in most sections of the State
shows good prospects and is expect
ed to make better yields than the
present maturing crop. Cultivation
of the crop is unusually good through
out the State.' ;
and that the low grades sold consid
erably higher than last year. Prices
seem to have averrged about nine
cents. Low grades have advanced
more than the high grade tobaccos
so it is said.
WILL ERECT MILL
LENOXVILLEROAD
THE TOBACCO CROPi Begin
ning with the plant'beds, the tobac
co crop has experienced unfavorable
seasons. While the cultivation has
been excellent, the lateness of set
tine much of the crop combined with
dry conditions has offset the favor
able factors and is expected to pro
duce low grade quality. There are
spotted areas of very good and ex
tremely poor tobacco The plants have
not grown as tall as usual and the
leaf texture is relatively thin. The
leaves will be considerably lighter
than usual. On August 1st the report
ed condition averaged 49 per cent of
normal compared with 57 per cent a
month ago and 76 on August 1 last
year.
PEANUTS: The reported condi
tion of peanuts on August 1st aver
aged 71 per cent compared with 77
per cent a month ago and 80 per
cent on August 1st a year ago. The
August 1st average is 8 per cent be
low the past ten year average. The
crop has healthy appearance and
recent showers have been Tery help
ful The condition of cotton in North
Carolina on August 1st was report
ed by growers as 65 per cent or nor
mal, which is Tery close to the aver
age for the United States, mis is u
per cent below thi condition a year
ago and 7 per cent below the past
ten-year average. W.th the acreage
under cultivation about 7 per cent
Wow that harvested last year, the
. crop indicated for the State is 509,
000 bales, compared with 756,000
ginned last year. The yield per acre
indicated was 196 pounds of lint,
compared with 271 last year and a
past ten-year average of 242 pounds.
On July 1st (a month ago) the
presence of weevils was greater than
ever in the history of the State.
While weevils 'are reported present in
all sections of the cotton belt, the hot
drv weather during most of July re
duced their numbers most effective
ly. Plants are fairly well fruited;
they are unusually small, however,
and squares are few. Many
After promising Judge M. Leslie
Davis in Recorder's Court Tuesday
morning to faithfully support his
three minor children to the best of
his ability, James Oden better
known as Jimmie preceded to go
out immediately and stab his wife
Priscilla Oden in numerous places
about the arms, neck, chest, abdo
men and thigh with an ice pick his
sister-in-law, Blanche Pearsall, twice
in the back. Priscilla was critically
wounded, but will probably live,
while Blanche was not seriously in-
Long And Active Career
There were many people in Beau
fort and in Carteret county wo were
genuinely grieved last Friday when
they learned of the death of the Rev
erend George W. Lay which occurred
early that morning in Duke hospital,
The cause of his death was cancer of
the esophagus. Dr. Lay came to
Beaufort in 1919 and served as rec
tor of St. Paul's church here for
nearly ten years. He also established
St. Andrew's Mission at Moreehad
City and served as rector there. He
was always deeply interested in his
clerical duties and very active in the
discharge of them. Dr. Lay's influ
ence was not confined to the bounds
He liked
jured. Both Negro women were treat
ed at Potter Emergency Hospital by, of his own denomination,
Drs. Maxwell and Moore, and then
returned to their home.
Start Erection of Planing Mill
and Dry-Kilns; Will Use
Portable Saw Milk in
Woods
Within a comparatively short while
the people here at Beauort will a
gain have the pleasure of seeing a
saw mill operating close to the city
limits, for a crew of men of the Scar
boro-Safrit Lumber Company of Mt.
Gilead are here now laying out the
plant and the building will start im
mediately. The machinery will begin
arriving here next week. The site of
the new. lumber producing plant will
be located just out of town between
the Lenoxville highway and the Nor
folk-Southern tracks that go to the
Beaufort Lumber and Manufacturing
Company.
R. W. Safrit is here now looking
after the interest of his company. A
planing mill and dry-kilns will be
erected within a short while. In the
beginning, only portable saw mills
will be 'ised of which the company
already i.as two on their timber
tracts near Smyrna. Mr. Safrit told
a News reporter that the mill would
be started in a small way and as the
demand increases the mill will be en
larged. Between fifteen and twenty
men will be employed in the begin
ning at the planing mill and dry-
kilns. Others wlil be employed at the
various portable saw mills, which are
under the supervision of R. G. BosU
After the timber is felled and saw
ed in the woods, the rough lumber
will be freighted to the planing mill
by motor trucks. There it will be
transformed to the various types of
lumber demanded by the retail and
wholesale trade. A siding will be run
to the plant by the Norfolk-Southern
railroad. Later if business is sufficient
to justify it, a small stationery' saw
mill will be erected at, the site of
thep laning mill. The planing mill in
the beginnnig will be run by about
300 horse-power steam engines.
The Scarboro-Safrit Lumber Com
pany has a large mill at Mt Gilead,,
N. C, and a sizable planing plant at
Lancaster, S. C.
During the past several eeks,
Jimmie has been tried in ma; strate
courts on various and sundry charg
es brought against himby his wife
and sister-in-law. On several of these
charges, among which were attempt-,
ed arson, Jimmie was being held un
der a $250 bond for the October
term of Superior Court.
Hailed into Recorder s Court Tues
day on a charge of non-support of
his three children, ages fire, seven
Intoxicated Young Man
Has Exciting Accident
One of the most exciting automo
bile accidents that have ever taken
place in Beaufort occurred about
9:30 Saturday night in front of the
home of Mrs. Ludie Jones on Front
Street when John Styron, young Sea
Level man, drove his Model "T"
Ford roadster in which three other
young men were riding into a park
ed Ford Coupe owned by Christopher
Jones. Officer Holland subsequently
arrived on the scene. Styron, a young
giant with the reputed strength of a
modern Sampson, was endeavoring to
get his wrecked car started. He was
said to be crazily drunk and when
Officer Holland tried to get him in his
own car to take him to a cell in the
city hall the man went on a rampage.
A crowd of several hundred peo
ple, who heard the commotion, quick
ly gathered. Some local men endeav
ored to aid the officer in putting the
drunken man in the officer's car, but
DEMOCRATS PLAN
VIGOROUS FIGHT
CHAIRMAN SAYS
pe-ople and loved to talk to to them
nhmit nil enrfa nf aiiK-tonta Wo nvrV
ably knew more people in Beaufort ! Styron is said to have flung them a-
way as n xney were
than some folks who had lived here
all their lives. Practically every one
knew him personally or by sight.
Dr. Lay was buried Saturday af-
iternoon in the family plot in. the
' Chapel Hill cemetery. The funeral
was conducted in the Chapel of the
Cross by the Right Reverend Joseph
B. Cheshire of Raleigh assisted by
the Reverend A. S. Lawrence rector
of the church. The pallbearers were
friends of the family from Raleigh
and ten, Jimmie told Judge Davis nd t-hapel niiL He was bunea m nis
th.f . wuM h nlMaure" to sun-' clerical robe. Music for the funeral
port his children. He claimed that his
wife left him several weeks ago and
Defeated Candidates Asked To
Speak For The Ticket
LINDBERGHS HAVE SON
thta up until she left him of her own
free will he had supported her and
the children to the best of his abil
ity. . Priscilla seemed to think that
Jimmie had given her sufficient cause
to leave him. Jimmie was evidently
quite agreeable and said he was will
ing to support his children. Judge
Davis decided to continue the1 case
for two weeks to see if the matter
could not be arranged between hus
band and wife.
Within thirty minutes after the
the defendant and his wife and sister-in-law
left the court-room Jimmie
had stabbed both of them and had re
turned to the court-house and given
himself up to the jailer. The affray
took place on Marsh Street about
half way between Cedar and Pine
Streets. Hansen Peterson said he saw
Jimmie rush up to his wife and stab
her with the ice pick and then take
out after the running sister-in-law
as she disappeared around the home
of Henry Green. Evidently he caught
up with her, for the woman sustain
ed two wounds in her back. Now Jim
mie has another charge hanging fire
against him.
When Hezekiah GiUikin of Otway,
remarried Saturday before last af
ter receiving a divorce from his first
wife at the October term of Super
ior Court last year, he brought some
thing on himself that he little suspect
ed. His former wife, Arietta Gillikin, j
proceeded to have his haled into Re
corder's Court for the non-support of
their two minor daughters, ages 11
and 13. Mrs. Gillikin said in court
that her former husband has contrib
uted rather irregularly to the sup
port of the children; this was in the
form of clothing, since she had pro
vided their food. She contended that
since Mr. Gillikin had remarried and
was now supporting the child of his
present wife by a former marriage
that he should also support his own
children. Mr. Gillikin said that his
former wife left him seven years a-
(Continued on page eight)
was rendered by members of the
choir of Good Shepherd church in
Raleigh and the choir of the Chapel
Hill churc. Te funeral was attended
by a large number of people from
Chapel Hill, Raleigh and other plac
es. An account of Dr. Lay's, death was
carried in the daily newspapers and
from thi3 the following excerpts are
taken :
.i Dr. Lay was born in Huntsville,
Aia.;r February 26, 1860, while his
father.'RC Rev. Henry Champlin
Lay, was a missionary bishop of the
Episcopal church in the southwest.
After receiving degrees from Yale
university and the General Theologi
cal seminary in New York, Dr. Lay
was ordained a priest in 1886 and
children. After
much effort the young man was fin-
allv deposited in a city cell, but
Officer Holland had some difficulty in
getting away from him and getting
the door of the cell locked.
Styron is said to be a mighty fine
young man when sober, but intoxi
cants turn him into a wild man. Of
ficer Holland said that he understands
that the Sea Level man has not been
drinking very long. He was released
under a $250 bond, but will be ar
raigned in Police Court Friday af
ternoon on the following charges:
Driving a motor vehicle under the in
fluence of liquor; reckless driving;
resisting arrest; and assault on an of
ficer. Riding in the car with Styron
at the time of the collision were the
following other young Sea Level men:
Claus Harvey, Lem Gaskill and Gas
ton Hill.
The Jones car was damaged some
what, but the Styron automobile was
almost totally wrecked.
SHERIFF RECENTLY CAPTURED
FIFTEEN GALLON DISTILLERY
A fifteen gallon whiskey still, two
barrels of Deach brandy mash and
other distillery paraphernalia wa3
found recently in a swamp in the up-
until 1888 served as assistant rector j per North River section about a mile
of St. George's church at Newburgh, I from the North River road and a mile
N. Y,
That year he was made master of
St. Paul's school at Concord, N. H.
In 1907 he came to North Caroli
na as rector of St. Mary's Episcopal
school for girls at Ralegih, where he
remained a quarter of a century un
til he retired in 1918.
He took an active partin religious
and educational work in his adopted
state and was a member of the North
Carolina Good Roads association.
In August, 1918, Dr. Lay went to
i from the Laurel road by Sheriff E. M.
Chadwick and Deputy Sheriff R. E.
Chaplain. No one was found at the
miniature plant.
JUSTICE DISMISSES CASE OF
ALLEGED AUTO SIDE-SWIPING
Mrs. A, H. Outlaw, of Elizabeth
City, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Dickinson of the Core Creek section,
was arraigned before Justice of Peace
Clarence Guthrie recently for side-
(Springfield, Mass., as rector of Christ swiping the car of W. T. Lane, of
Church, where he remained until Sep- the Wire Grass community, on tne
bmhor. 1919. wfcn h pnfwl call highway about a mile south of the
to Beaufort, N. C, as rector of St.
Paul's Church. While there he estab
lished St. Andrew's Mission at More
head City.
(continued on page eight).
A second son was born to Col. and
Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh Tuesday.
The infant was born at the home of
Mrs. Marrow, Mrs. Lindbergh's moth
er, in New Jersey.
have completed putting on bolls.
While general rainfall might in
crease the squaring, it would also far
or the increase of weevils which
could easily destroy any added new
crop.
The un-uual small size of plants is
largely tn result of lack of moisture,
although the shortage of plant food
by decreased usage of fertilizer has
added its influence also.
The stand of cotton is estimated by
srrowers at 81 ter cent of
DIES FROM FOOD POISONING
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Eyer and
daughter of New York," who are well
plants .Tcnowa In Carteret County, were
taken, critically ill and their daugh
ter died as a result of food poison
ing.l(r. and Mrs. Eyer hate not ful
ly recovered yet.
and is slightly better than usual.
The poorest stands are to be found
in the western portion of the belt
where where germination was irreg
ular and rainfall lightest.
SOME THINGS TO REMEMBER
For every idle man there are seven
employed.
. Since the depression began savings
deposits have increased by more than
z 1,200,000,000 and the people now
have in savings banks more than
normal $29,000,000,000.
The number of owners of stocks
dealt in on the exchange has increas
ed 38 per cent since 1929. The peo
ple have been picking up bargains.
In spite of much hoarding, curren
cy now in circulation totals $5,500,
000,000, which is $750,000,000 more
in the United States in 1931 totaled, than in 1929,
851.081.000 barrels. ' The national income still exceeds
: . $50,000,000,000 a year,
CONTRACT LET FOR FILL
At a meeting of the State Highway
Commission Tuesday contracts were
let for road work totalling $903,600.
The projects are scattered about ov
er the State. Carteret county bene
fits by one letting, that of a hydrau
lic fill on the Beaufort-Atlantic road.
The contract calls for the expendi
ture of $56,283.65 and want to T.
A. Loving.
"Blue Heaven" Hostesses "Vanish
Following Saturday Night Raids
FACTIONS NOW UNITED
B7 M. R. DUNNAGAN
RALEIGH, Aug. 15 Democratic
headquarters will be opened for one
of the most vigorous campaigns in
years during the first half of Septem
ber, J. Wallace Wonborne, new-
State cahirman, announced, saying
he expected to "shell the woods"
with the excellent forensic material
to be found in the former factions.
now the united and militant ranks, of
the party.
Efforts of a few or minor factions
to stir up a controversy over the
chairman, both before and after the
meeting of the State Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee here last week,
were fruitless. Mr. Winborne was
elected unanimously as was Mrs.
Thomas O'Berry, Goldsboro, while
John Bright Hill, Wilmington man
ager for Robert R. Reynolds in his
second primary for the Senate nom
ination, was named by Mr. Winborne
as secretary of the committee. The
Reynolds forces and the J. C. B. Eh
ringhaus followers cooperated nicely,
although there were efforts of other
disgruntled factions to throw the ap
ple of discord into the lovefeast. It
failed to land.
"With a battery of orators such as
Mr. Ehringhaus, Mr. Reynolds and
Senator J. W. Bailey, we expect to
present our cause all over the State"
said Mr. Winborne. He said he would
ask Revenue Commissioner A. J. Max
well and Lieutenant Governor R. T.
Fountain, defeated gubernatrial can
didates; as well as Senator Cameron
Morrison, Judge Thomas C. Bowie,
Frank D. Grist, defeated for the Sea
aterial nomination, and other politi
cal speakers to take the stump in the
intensive speaking ' campaign. ' Most
of them have already volunteered
their serivces.
Bank Deposit Decline
North Carolina State banks, sav
ings banks and trust companies drop
ped in aggregate resources from
$252,178,489 a year ago to $199,
927,812 on June 30, when the call
for conditions of banks was issued,
and industrial banks decreased from
$20,699,792 to $15,828,587 in the
same period, the report of Commis
sioner of Banks Gurney P. Hood
shows.
State banks decreased in number
from 356, including 87 branches, a
year ago, to 294, including 78 branch
es, last June 10, the report shows.
The highest point reached in aggre
gate resources of State banks at the
midyear call was in 1928, when the
were $316,750,583, as compared wit
$199,927,812 six weeks ago.
Savings deposits in State banks
dropped more than $17,000,000 is
the year ending June 30, to $29,104
000, and time certificates of deposit
dropped nearly $10,000,000, to only
$17,583,000, and deposits subject to
"steel bridge." The following witness-
es were examined: W. T. Lane, Miss
(Sybil Alenander, Hubert Whitley,
Roymond Dickinson, Miss Beth Dick
inson and Mr. and Mrs. Rar Dickin-
son. The case was dismissed because check went dowQ $25,000,000, to $5S
the Justice could find no evidence to
Substantiate the charge,
LOCAL FIREMEN SAVE LUMBER
The woods around the place where
the lumber is being stacked on the
Lenoxville road caught on fire Mon
day and the local firemen were call
ed out about noon when the blaze got
too close to the lumber. Fire trucks
went to the scene of the fire and pre
vented it from destroying the lum
ber. One line of hose twelve hundred
feet long was used, the longest line
ever used at a fire by the local fire
men. The woods in the vicinity of
the lumber burned for some hours at
ter the visit of the firemen.
410,000. In the same period the
banks increased their U. S. Bonds
(Continued on page eight)
referred to as "Blue
k.n n&H. locked by
MV Chadwick after making two raids
on the resort Saturday nignt. as n
last visit he gave the management
until Monday noon to move away.
These visitations of the sheriff were
prompted by public opinion in gen
eral and various reports ne re
ceived in particular,
W. P. SMITH BANKRUPTCY
PETITIONED FILED RECENTLY
A petition in voluntary bankruptcy
filed recently in we reaerai
Aftr operating for a number of management a short while to leave
vests under several different manage the- county.
years unuer it i... fcn mnrllv well
ments, the notorious aive cuhi. --- --- -
-ifrJi- .f" tf:;.W! cltv court in New Ben, by J. F. Duncan,
pnerin y, p-inm.-., - - tn. w. p . om tv until re-
a - a v . l Ba.a eit vanr navin. avuviuvj -
i: be a hose" of cently Beaufort dry goods merchant
ill-repute and following an auegea
free-for-all fight there this spring ths
grand jury at the June term of Su
perior Court preceded to make an in-
vestlration. which was never com-
i pleted but it asked that this be cpn-
was
The liabilities were listed at $23,.
101.93 and assets at $15,524.79. W,
B. Duncan, referee in bankruptcy,
appointed Wilbur Willis as temporary
receiver for the W. P. Smith Dry
"Goods Store
Besides the landlady, about a half !
dozen young "hostesses" were touna
at the resort at the time of the raids.
This house, which is located at More
head Bluffs a short ways to the east
ward of the Villa, was first opened to
the public about three years ago,
and it is said that it has since flourish
ed under its various managements.
On several occasions during this time
the operators have been hailed into
Court for running a bawdy house, but
tinued at the October term.
No liquor was found at the place
when the raids were made Saturday
niifht and no arrests were made. But
Sheriff Chadwick informed the News
reporter that if this house is later
re-opened or another is started
within the county that he would ad
vise all prospective patrons to think
twice before they irequem, men
places because by doing so they will
put themselves in the way to ae r-
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Commissioner to
1-2 lots Morehead
E. H. Gorham,
M.-L. Mansfield, 3
City, for $52. "
D. S. Oglesby Jr., and wife to
Beeda Oglesbv. 140 acres Morehead
TownshiD. for $100.
G. V. Cowper, Trustee to R. H
Therrall et al 1 lot Morehead City,
for $10.
TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tides
at Beaufort is given in this col
umn. The figures are approx
imately correct and based on
table's 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.
HigV TM Lw
FrUay, Am. It
10:01 a. m. 3:35
10:14 p. m. 3:58
Saturday, Aag. 20
a.m. 4:10
p. ra. 4:40
Saadar. Aag. 21
a, m.
10:41
10:50
11:01
11:22
p. m.
4:47
5:23
Monday, Aag. 22
11:31 a. m. 6:Z7
Tuesday, Aag. 22
6:09
a. m.
p. nu
a. m.
p. m.
a. m.
p. m.
a m.
12:05
12:53
1:09
1:49
2:12
2:50
p. m.
p. m.
Wednesday, Aug,
a. m.
p. m.
Thursday, Aug. 25
7:54
9:05
7:02
24
6:59
8:02
m.
m.
nothing was done except to give the rested as habitues of a bawdy house.
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