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VOLUME XXI
8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1932
PRICE 5c SINC
NUMBER 43
Democratic Landslide
In State And Nation
Roosevelt-Garner Carry Forty Two States,
Hoover-Curtis Only Six; Democrats Also Win
Majority in House and Senate; North Caroli
na Gives Democrats Unprecedented Majority
For State Ticket And U. S. Senatorial Candi
date Reynolds.
A tidal wave of votes of tremen-j
dous proportions on Tuesday last Hot After Employment
swept out oi omce a nost oi ivepuo-
licans throughout the nation who in
ilue time will be succeeded by a like
number of Democrats. President!
Hoover and Vice-president Curtis
were defeated by a very large ma-j
jority of popular votes as well as
electoral votes. The official figuiesj
are not available at this time but it
appears that Hoover and Curtis car-
ried only six of the forty eight states
namely, Vermont, New Hampshire,
Connecticut, Maine, Delaware, Penn- j
sylvania. The states have 59 elec- j
toral votes while those carried by j
Roosevelt have 472 votes. The new,
Congress, which wil assemble nexti
March, wil have a large majority of
riniunnoola in Via TTrtiiea a n ri Q rrrri ,
sized majority in the Senate. Repub
lican Senators Smoot, of Utah,
Jones of Washington, Bingham of
Connecticut, Watson of Indiana,
Moses of New Hampshire, Oddie of
Nevada were defeated.
North Carolina went Democratic
by the largest majority in history.
The Republican vote fell off very
largely. Many Republicans -did not
vote at all or voted the Democratic
ticket. Ehringhaus, Democratic can
didate for Governor, and the whole
State Democratic ticket annears to
have won by a majority of 200,000
In the General Assembly
At least one person in Car
teret County has applied to
Governor Franklin Delano
Roosevelt for employment in
the near future. Others are
applying within the next few
days,
Charles R. Manson sent the
following telegram early Wed
nesday morning to the president-elect:
"Out of Job. Need
one bad. You said you were
going to give us one."
Applicants may direct their
letters asking for employment
to Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
Krum-Elbow, Hyde Park, New
York. Evidently a good many
of the electorate are taking
the campaign promise serious-
ly.
DURHAM PEOPLE
! GET LOWER RATES
ON ELECTRICITY
N. C. Corporation Commission
Orders New Schedule Into
Effect
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FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
JOHN NANCE GARNER
TOWN BOARD HAS
or more.
ikftva iifill a - n 1 -r civ T? ar 11 V1 i Q r a in
the House and two in the Senate. POWER COMPANY AGREES
Robert R. Reynolds candidate for
U. S. Senate, avowed wet, defeated
Jake Newell, avowed dry, by a huge
majority. The entire Democratic
Congressional ticket was elected by
large majorities. The most enthusi
astic Democrat could not have asked
for a more complete victory in State
or nation than was obtained luesday,
By M. R. DUNNAGAN
welkers FRIENDS POUND
THEM LAST FRIDAY NIGHT
RALEIGH, Nov. 7 A schedule of
electric service- rates for customers
of the Durham Public Service Co.,
Durham, which will save an estimat
ed $82,000 to consumers and reduce
tho mmnanv's net revenue from the
'i electrical department approximately
- n i. 1 nvAa-raA offpC-
DO per cent, una uc
tive after November 10 by the N. C.
Corporation Commission. While not
satisfied with the rates, the company
has aereed to accept them without
appealing to the courts.
An explanation or tne oraer oy ui.
Charles Waddell, employed as engi-
MEETING MONDAY
206- Pound Buck Killed MAW COMPLAINTS
I i. CJ...Jnr Mnvmncri
A8 1U fxviw Juuo
ARTERET GOES
FOR ROOSEVELT
Democrats Win From Town
ship Constable Up; Unpre
cedent Vote Polled
By a large majority, the entire
tire Democratic ticket was elected
here in Carteret County when one of
the largest votes ever cast here was
polled. From township constable on
up to the presidential elector, the
Democrats won by a wide margin.
One of the most significant things
about the polls here in Beaufort was
the extraordinary vote cast here ear
ly in the day, when the vote is us
ually light. Over five hundred voters
had cast their ballots by eleven
o'clock, while half of the more than
eleven hundred votes polled were
cast by the noon hour.
Votrs Show Considerable interest
Much interest was shown by the
local electorate, but everything was
conducted in a peaceful maner. Less
dririkina- than usual was had in ana
around the polling place in the court
house annex. Previous elections have
been as a general run much wetter.
While the voters were endeavoring
to decide a wet issue, little drinking
was in evidence. One onlooker ven
tured that the dryness of the elec
tion was due to the lact of the where
withal with which to acquire the in
toxicant, rather than the desire to
remain sober. However, some dnnK
ing was seen and a number of men
were drunk.
Election Here Conducted Fairly
Some sixty friends of Rev. and
Mrs. H. A. Welker called on them at
7:30 o'clock Friday evening and
gave them an old-fashioned Metho-jneering speciaiist by the commission,
dist pounding. The Rev. R. F. Munns j estimates that the reduction will be:
fnU th Reverend Mr. WeiKer cur
ing the middle of the week that he
was going to make a call on him on
Friday evening. When he and Mrs.
Munns arrived, candy had been made
by the hostess and a very pleasant
evening anticipated.
Shortly after the arrival of the
Munns' upwards of three scores of
the Welkers' friends dropped in at
the letter's home, and each brought
along a bundle of foodstutt. vinuauy
every kind of article of food sold
was carried to the pounding.
The surprise was a little more
than the Welkers are accustomed to.
The Reverend Mr. Wc.ker tried to
make a speech to his many friends,
but the surprise of the occasion and
the realization of their thougntiui
ness was a little too much. Speech
gave away to laughter. After the pre
sentation of the gifts and the first
joyful minutes of the evening were
over, the guests and the host and
hostess played games until well nigh
on to ten o'clock. A very pleasant
evening was said to have been had
by all, especially the Welkers.
The Reverend Mr. Munns inform
ed the News reporter jocularly,
however-that the Rf"nd'
nror fca9 had to let hi3 (Mr. Welk-
vu nut notch or two since
er a uciv v-
the pounding.
croraMS AWAKEN
WOMAN IN BURNING RESIDENCE
noortpn Nov. 7 Miss Annie
Dove Handley by the
screams of her servant w -
!...: w in time to escape
wis mui urns ' . - ...
from her bedroom before the room
became enveloped name. .-.-:
. fire which had started in the rear of
the house on West Walnut street.
The negro woman had been awaken
ed by a cracking sound and upon
opening her door found the whole
rear of the building in flames. The
in time to save
the front part of the house, though
these rooms and the furniture were
badly damaged by smoke and water.
It has not been learned whether there
was insurance or not.
$24,000 in residential lighting, a to
tal reduction of 9 per cent, and 4,000
out of 7,000 customers will receive
10 nont roHnrHnn: $30,000 in
AO pCJL .Gnu 7 '
commercial lighting, a 16 per cent
reduction, and $8,000, or 4.3 per
cent to power consumers.
Further, it is pointed out that if
the Duke Power Co., reduces rates,
a if his intimated it will, and such
rate3 apply to the Durham Public
Service Co., a corresponding reac
tion of rates to commercial lighting
and power consumers is to insure to
them, in the manner to De auocateu
by the commission.
The combination residential rate,
nr Waddell Doints out, meets with
tha. dpsirns of the commission in that I
it coincides almost exactly with the
rates in 177 cities, shown in a graph
recently issued by the commission.
"In view of the adverse conditions
nnw ennfrontine all industries, it
aeema in mv judgment the reductions
are about as nearly just and reason
able as could be expected," ar. waa
del said.
This is the first order for reduc
tions in power rates by the commis
sion, which has held hearings ana
conferences with representatives of
the four larger utilities companies of
the State, Southern Fublic utilities
Co., Carolina Power and Lugm v,o.,
and the Tidewater Power Co., in ad-
dition to the Durham firm.
Further conferences are being held
and proposals worked out, the com
mission planning to issue lurwer ud
ders for the other companies as de-
cisoions are made.
The commission has taken tne pos-
il. an oerroompnt should be
reached in every case, if possible,
preventing resistance by tne compan
ies in court, thus delaying the reduc
tions six months or a year. Also, the
consumer pays the bill oi court ac
tion, both for the State ana me com
panies, in higher rates, or taxes.
Meetings At Raicigu
Three State organizations, tne
State Literary and Historical Asso
ciation, the N. C. State Art society
and the N. C. Folk Lore Society, will
meet in Raleigh Nov. 30 and Dec. 1
1 (Continued on page five)
Number of Minor Matters
Taken Up By Local Board
of Commissioners
A number of minor matters came
up before the town commissioners
whenthey met in the Town Hall Mon
Hav evenin? at 7:30 o'clock for their
resrular monthly "meeting. Mayor
Bayard Taylor presided over the
meeting and the following commis
sioners were present: J. S. Parkin,
Prank L. Kinz. Seth Gibbs, JanKs
Rumley and D. W. Glover.
Commissioners Rumley made a mo
tion, which was seconded by Commis
sioner Parkin, to appoint Chief oi
Police W. R. Longest supervisor oi
the cutting of tree limbs and branch
es necessary in the .erection oi tne
electrical lines of the Tide Water
Power Company. Motion carried
A motion was ottered by commis
sioner Gibbs and seconded by Com
missioner Rumley requesting the
Mayor and the Town Clerk to inves
tigate the milk ordinance and report
at the next meeting whether it will
be advisable to have a chemical an-
alvsia made of the milk supply of
the community to see if it comes up
to the required standard of Grade
"A" milk. Motion carried.
Quite a number of deer have been
killed in the various sections of Car
teret County this fall, but the largest
by a good many pounds was Killed
last Saturday morning in the Mill
Creek! section by C. C. Weeks and
party pf hunters. This buck was about
Superintendent Allen Says Con
tractors Not Complying
With Regulations
tv,q fniinwino' lpt.tei' was written
paixy 1 JlUHWia. iina I iiic x.......0
twenty pounds heavier than the one recently by County Superintendent,
i.ni.jtu, aim liv Prof. T a AIIpti. in the interests of all
I T f-l PVinnol Will Otlf
Rumlev made a mo
tion, seconded by Commissioner King,
oHtfenrizin? the Davment of $16.66
to Citr Attorney Uranam w. yuncau
for services rendered in nananng tne
Jones-Forlaw tax matter in collect
ing $544.04. Motion carried.
A motion was offered by Commis
sioner Gibbs and seconded by Com
missioner Glover opposing me pay
ment of any fees to Attorney uun-
.,tn thp latter oavs the $544.04
iau wwvu -
to the town clerk which Attorney
n,.. mllprtpd from the Jones-
Farlow tax matter. Motion carried.
Commissioner Gibbs made a mo
tion, which was seconded oy commis-
t t ;r... r.hanpi Hi ana 1
u. u. uautcij r v. .
-NeWwsi. It weighed 206 pounds.
A 180-pound buck was aiso Kiuea
Saturday morning on the Defiance
Box Company's land by Town Clerk
Murray Thomas. Others in the party
were Seth Gibbs, Charlie Simpson,
Tyler Pake, Hugh Pake and Dan Mur
ray. .
A large buck was killed early m
the morning of election day in the
same section by Dan Murray, color
ed man of the upper North River
section. Seth Gibbs, Charlie Simpson
and Mr. Cartmill were also in the
party.
NO COURTS THIS WEEK
Police Court or Record
er's Court was held here this week.
Recorder's Court was scheduled to
convene here Wednesday morning,
one day late on account of the Tues
day general election, but owing to the
fact that no cases were brought up
fnr trial nn court was held. This
(county court is slated for discontinu
ance the first week in December.
concerned with the employment
men on relief highway projects in
Carteret County:
"Mr. E. B. Jeffress, Chairman,
State Highway Commission,
Raleigh, North Carolina.
"TWr Mr. Jeffress :-
"Since the beginning on projects
nn Hitrhwav No. 10 between Beaufort
and Atlantic, numerous complaints
have come to me as Superintendent
of Public Welfare, substntially as
follows:
"(1) That the" contractors, or
sub-contractors, went to work on
these projects using either their or
iginal crews or such men as they saw
fit to select either in the localities of
the projects or from elsewhere in
the county, without reference to the
PViWal regulations governing pref
erence to be given to further the
fends of relief.
"(2) After some two or three
weeks agitation, the Carteret Coun
ty Post of the American Legion
took the matter in hand, and, be
cause of their activities and the un-
fnvnrahlR comments that had devel
oped throughout the county, or for
other causes, the contractors aiu
nmp tardilv to my office, and, with
a committee from the American Le-
irion. selected certain names from
tho lista of ex-service men with de
pendents and married men with de
npn dertts. with the ostensible pur-
nnsp nf usincr these men on the pro
jects now in operation. For the in
formation of the public, the names
of those selected by the contractors,
or sub-contractors, were published in
the county papers. It has come to my
attention recently, from several sour
ces, that, although lists of men were
made for employment from applica-
for all monies now held by the form- Betw;en five and Bix hundred gal-'tions on fi e in this office, that tne
er which belongs to the town. Mo-' f magh wa9 destroyed and. the following situation is reported to ex-
a. nl1-.t nt urhmlrov and Otn- ."i..
Skill, kCIl gauuua -
er distillery paraphernalia were con
fiscated. While one of the colored op-
Raiders Capture Man
Running Still To-dav
Jnat a few minutes before the
News went to press Sheriff E. M.
Chadwick and a force or raiaers
in with a 75-zallon still which
they had captured within the last
hour in the Laurel Koad section a
long with one of the two operators,
Theodore Nelson, a Pamlico colored
man. The still was running when the
party appeared on the scene, about
As a general rule, their is much
dissension among the leaders of the .
Democratic and Republican pai-ties
as to the manner in which the polling
is conducted. This dissension was ab
sent at this election and leaders of
both tiarties seemed satisfied with
the manner in which the election was
held. Good, strong and fair markers
were appointed by their respective
parties to look after the Interest of
their party-members.
When the noils closed at 5:12
sundown 1077 voters had cast their
ballots and some sixty absentee votes
had been polled. . Numbers of absen
tee' ballots were thrown out by the
registrar and tally men, chiefly be
cause the absentee voters were in
eligible to vote. This is perhaps the
largest vote ever polled in this pre
cinct, or at least in recent years.
It is said that the polling in the
Beaufort precinct was representative
of the manner in which the voting in
the other precincts was conducted.
The extraordinary vote polled is cred
ited to various things, chiefly among
which is the attendins depression.
Leaders of the Democratic party
from precinct to national have been
clamoring for a change for months.
And aided by the depression and oth
er contributory causes they were able
to carry township, county, state ana
nation bv an overwhelming vote.
Next to the depression, the wet issue
was one of the major planics in tne
Democratic platform which spelled
victory for the Democrats in the
Tuesday election.
Says Democrats Hare "Job '
As one observer politics unknown
stated in the- presence of a News
reporter yesterday, the Democratic
(Continued on page five)
lion, Wiliuii wo owv..- - parly appeaieu vu vw www., -
sioner Glover, requesting Attorney ten ganon3 0f whiskey having been
Duncan iu senw n .... irun on
tion carried. -
MRS. MAKl WntAlU wiw " J ... ..ntar.
SUDDENLY THIS MORNING erators esc-peu, "7
ed, brought to town and lodged in
w 11. Whonriv died at i:ov.""s
inia. J ..-7
TIDE TABLE
this morning after a long illness at
the home of rs; Alida Mason on
Orange Street where she nas maae
her home for some time. Mrs. Wheat-
ly was about 75 years of age ana was
the widow of the late George Wheat
ly, well known citizen of Beaufort,
nnafmaater here. She W8S
married twice, the first husband was
Amos Willis of Beaufort.
Mrs. Wheatly had no children oy
either marriage, but helped to raise
several stepchildren. Mr. U k. wneai
ly of Beaufort, and Mr. Levi Wheat
ly of Sara Sota, Florida are two of
her stepsons.
Funeral services will be heia irom
the residence' Friday morning at
1C :30.
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nMinir the sheriff in this
raid were Chief of Police W. R.
Longest, Town Clerk Murray Thom
as, and Deputy Sheriff R. E. Chap
lain.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Shep Willis and wife to W. S.
Willis, tract Morehead Township,
for $40.
.t v nimcan. Com. to Gurney r.
Hood Com. of Banks several lots and
tracts, Beaufort Township, for $598.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Elmo Gaskill, Stacy and Maude
Smith of Atlantic.
Clyde Owens, Kathleen Simpson,
Beaufort.
"(a) That only one or two ser
vice men with dependents are being
used, whereas many service men with
fjpnpndPTitA desire employment.
"(b) That instead 01 using mi-
ripd men. either ex-service or non
ex-service with dependents, numer
ous single men are reported to De
employed.
"(c) That instead of employing
one bread-winner from each house
hold or family, the report is that one
contractors at least is using,
in mnrA than one instance, several
men from the same family; and, it
ia nlWpri further
"(d) That instead ot giving one
person employment three aays per
week, the contractors are giving
steadv emnlovment six days per weeK
to men not selected at all according
to the purpose and intent of the fed
eral law.
"I have no authority to demand
u 4-iwia VrL-a ri trt innpct the nav-
bllltV v w I i -
roll of the contractors to see wheth-
Continued on pase five
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 la
whether near the inlet or at
the heads of the estuaries.
High Tide
Friday, Not,
m.
m.
Saturday, Nov
m.
m.
Sunday, Nov.
m.
m.
Monday, Nov,
m.
m.
Tuesday, Nov. 15
m. 2:23
m. 3:13
Wednesday, Nov. 16
9:31 a. m. 2:59
9:55 p. m. 8:52
Thondav. Nov. 17
10:09 a. m.
10:7 p. m.
6:39 i
6:58
7:15
7:34
7:49
8:10
8:24
8:44
Low Tid
11
12:05
12:53
12
12:40
1:27
13
1:49
2:02
14
1:47
2:36
a. ra.
p. m.
8:57 a.
9:20 p.
a. m.
p. ra.
3:38
4:33
m.
m.
ra.
m.
m.
ra.
ra.