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VOLUME XXI
Six pages THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1932
PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 43
Many Candidates For
Federal Appointments
State Jobs Also Much In Demand; Considerable
Speculation As To Who Will Get Places; Stacy
Wade Has More Than 1000 Applications;
Some Old Ones Will
B, M. R. DUNNAGAN
nti nmr xt n-t mi j I
i..ii,e,ivjii, inov. 1 ine inau i
scramble for office and speculation
as to who will get what job continues
merrily on, even some four months
before any of the federal jobs to be
meted out to "the faithful" can be
secured. And in the State one exam
ple will be sufficient: the statement
of Stacey W. Wade, Secretary of
State-elect, that he has considerably
more than 1,000 applicants for the
( r'r c:r rr mnra 5 n Viu ha will ncciorn
when the General Assembly meets,
Belief is that there will not be Mercker at that time will be the
such a shake-up in State jobs under : "factors for controlling potato pric
the administration of J. C. B. Eh-Us for 1933."
ringhaus, for two seemingly good
reasons. One is that Governor Gard
ner was a supporter of Mr. Ehring
haus as his successor and it is con
sidered likely that the Garner ap
pointees in general will continue
with the administration ooming in
early in January. The other is that
a Democratic national administra
tion will help provide places for de
serving Democrats in the State all
up and down the line, thus relieving
tension in State circles..
Down the line from cabinet posi
tions and ambassadorships, for which
Governor O. Max Gardner, Josephus
Daniels and A. L. Brooks are dis
cussed, and minor cabinet places, as
sistant secretaries, for which Henry
L. Stevens, Jr., and Tyre Taylor,
are mentioned, there are numbers of
other places, including that of U. S.
Commissioner of Revenue, for which
Allen J. Maxwell is mentioned.
J. Wallace Winborne, C. L. Shup
ing and John Bright Hill have been
mentioned as possibilities for the
three district attorneyships in the
State. Major L. P. McLendion is also
discussed in this connection. Local
talk is developing for the positions
of U. S. Marshal, deputies, clerks,
prohibition enforcement posts if
any, agricultural, commercial . and
other offices, some of which will be
subject to Democratic seizure. And,
of course, the U. S. Collector of
Revenue in North Carolina, with his
deputies, clerks and assistants.
More important, probably, are the
postmaster changes. Within the State
are between 1400 and 1500 postof
fices, probably 1300 of which will
change postmasters, although chang
es will be made during the next four
year, as some have and many others
will be appointed for four-year terms
Most of the shifts will be made in
months folowing March 4, but num
bers will have to wait.
While. many of "the faithful" will
be disappointed at not receiving
some of the many federal posts avail
able with the Roosevelt administra
tion, the positions assigned to North
Carolina Democrats, local or State
leaders, will take up much of the
surplus and relieve the pressure for
state jobs. This is looked upon as one
very good reason why the shifts in
the State government will not be
very extensive, along with the view
that the Ehringhaus regime is in
close accord with the Gardner admin
istration. Although A. J. Maxwell, commis
sioner of revenue and Democratic
primary candidate for Governor, has
been mentioned for Gilliam Grissom's
place as U. S. Collector of Revenue
for the N. C. district, it is believed
that he would not look with favor on
that change and would prefer the
post he has. Too' he has been men
tioned as a possible U. S. Commis
sioner of Revenue, along with Daniel
A. Roper, former commissioner, a
post held by one Tar Heel, David H.
Blair. Just how far that will go is
uncertain. If there should be a va
cancy in Maxwell's present job, it
is not considered unlikely that Pat
H. Williams, Elizabeth City, long
time State Senator and assistant
budget director, will get the place.
E. B. JefFress, chariman of the
State Highway Commission; George
Ross Pou, superintendent of State's
Prison; J. W. Harrelson, director of
the Department of Conservation and
Development; Tyre Taylor, executive
counsel; Adjutant General J. Vann
B. Metts, o fthe , ' C. National
Guard; and Edwin 1Ctll, private sec
retary to the Governor)' might be
said to be in line for continuation in
their present posts, as far as being
on the right- side of the political
fence is concerned. There's talk that
the General Assembly might shift or;
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rpvAmn Boms nf thn nnsitinna. in
which case the occupants might or
might not be . given other posts.
( Continued on page six)
Stay In
WlU OlSCUSS Potato
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- UUUOOK tommg I ear
A. E. Mercker, secretary of the
Federal Early Potato Committee and
a number of others from State Col
lege and the State Department of Ag
riculture, will address a gathering
of Carteret County Irish potato grow
ers in the court-room of the county
Court House Tuesday morning, No-
Oft nt 1 n -'? H n m TIia mait
thing that will be discussed by Mr.iSn!; A T' ,Allen' ntains "
Early each winter for the past sev
eral years Mr, Mercker and his co
workers have toured the potato-producing
area in Eastern Carolina in an
effort to inform the growers in each
locality just what the outlook for the
potato growers will be the following
season. During these past seasons,
Mr. Mercker has been quite accurate
in estimating before hand the total
potato production and the approxi
mate price that the potatoes will
bring. He has found that if there is
a large general crop of tubers, that
the price will very likely be compar
atively little; while on the other
hand, a small crop tends to high
prices all other conditions being
equal.
Hugh Overstreet, countv farm a
gent, is endeavoring to have as many
as possible of the hundred and fifty
potato growers in Carteret County
to attend thi9 meeting Tuesday morn
ing. He says: that he feels that every
one that does attend this meeting will
learn something interesting and help
ful in his daily work.
HIGHLY ESTEEMED LADY
OF NEWPORT PASSES AWAY
NEWPORT, Nov. 22 Many people
in this community were saddened last
Saturday morning when they learned j
of the death of Mrs. E. Belle Shull,
wife of W. J. B. Shull of Newport.
She died at 7:30 o'clock Saturday
morning. Mrs. Shull had been in fail
ing health for the past two years and
had been critically ill for the past
two weeks. Pneumonia was the im
fediate cause of her death.
Mrs. Shull was a native of New
port, N. J. and was the daughter of
Hollandshead and Margaret Peterson.
She was born March 15, 1865. Mr.
and Mrs. Shull came to Beaufort a
bout forty years ago and in 1913
they moved to Newport where. they
have lived since that time. The Shull
family is widely known and popular
in the county. Mrs. Shull was a de
vout member of the Methodist Epis
copal church and always active in
missionary and other church work.
At her bedside when she died were
her husband and daughter Miss
Chrissie Shull. A son W. T. Shull al
so survives, who is employed on the
dredge "Gulfport" at Houma, Louis
iana. Funeral services for the highly re
garded lady were held at the home
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and
were conducted by the Reverend R.
W. Barfield, pastor of the M. E.
church at Newport. A large number
of people from Newport, the sur-
rounding community, Beaufort and
elsewhere in the county attended the
funeral and a profusion of floral trib
utes were sent by smypathizing
friends. The interment was in Ced
ar Grove cemetery..
VISITING COLORED YOUTH
IS PLACED ON PROBATION
The case of John Richardson, ten-year-old
Durham colored boy, charg
ed with strjking Sammie Windsor,
eleven-year-old local colored boy, a
cross the face with a switch, was
sent from. Police Court to Juvenile
Court foT final settlement. It came
before L. W. Hassell, judge of the
Juvenile Court, Tuesday morning at
ten o'clock. It was stated that the
Durham boy has been staying down
here with a relative, Missouri Rhodes
but is leaving for his home in Dur
ham this week. The colored youth was
put on probation by Judge Hassell.
BIRTHS '
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Norman Lu
can of Beaufort R. F. D. Sunday,
November 20, a son. ,
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Born to lvir. anu mrs. daiiiKS iu
Lynch of Smyrna, Wednesday, No-
vember 23, a son, James "E. Lynch,
Jr.
NEW GEOGRAPHIES
ARE.NEEDED NOW
fState Textbook Commission
Thinks Old Geographies
Are Out of Date Now
By M. R. DUNNAGAN
RALEIGH, Nov. 21 "The geog
raphies now in use in the State
should be replaced by new and up-to-date
books," the N. C. Elementary
Textbook Commission said in its re
port to the State Board of Education,
saying that "the content is organiz
ed in such a way as to make children
despise geography and bate school."
The books now in use, by Brigham
and McFarlane, copyrighted in 1916,
refer to the Arctic expedition of
Peary and the Antarctic expeditions
of Amundsen and Scott as "recent"
and to continue them, the commis
sion states, "is false econmy."
The report, turned over , to State
written, singlespaced pages which go
into a full discussion of the "obso
lete and uninteresting" books now
in use and submits three sets of
books which it claims are far super
ior to the present books. The com
mission points out that most of the
city and graded schools do not use
the geographies now in use and if a;and all projects w 11 be for Derma -
a1 .Ju --w tw win wl au PrJect3 ,W1" be tor Perma-
modern set is adopted they will have
the advantage of the State contract
prices.
The report submitted to the Board
of Education Thursday and bids will
be received -December 1 to compart
costs. If changes are to be madeiil
they must be announced by Januarjfl
1. but do not become effective untit
next fall. The commission takesj'J
note of the economic chase discuss-t
I ed in the press, referring to some ofj
it as "obvious propaganda designed
to appeal to prejudice, the source ow
wnicn couia not De mistaKen. ine1
reference was to the American Book
Co., apparently, which now supplies
the books used since 1916. '
Just before representatives of
sportmens from 63 of the 100 coun
ties met last week to formulate,? leg
islative program, an "insurgent"
group met and adopted resolutions
calling for a separation of the fish,
game and forest activities from the
Department of Conservation and De
velorjment bv leirislative action and
creation of an independent fish and
game commission of. five men nam
ed by the Governor of an independ
ent fish and game commission of five
men named by the Governor and
protesting use of fish and game li
cense fees for other purposes. Coup
led with it was criticism of the ad
ministration of game laws by State
Game Warden Charles H. England,
as being influenced by political mo
tives. (Continued on page five)
CHAPPELL CASH STORE SOLD
TO C. D. JONES THIS WEEK
The stock of the C. Z. Chappll
Cash Store was sold this week to the
C. D. Jones Grocery Company. Mr.
Chappell worked for about eight or
ten years with the 0. D. Jone3 Store,
part of the time as manager,
spring a year ago he started the Cash
Store and ran it through Saturday
night. Mr. Chappell, who has made
many friends since he has been liv
ing here, is now employed at the
Jones store.
SPECIAL BAPTIST SERVICE
Those attending the services at the
First Baptist church next Sunday
night at seven-thirty will have the op
portunity of witnessing an unusual
service. Around The World Program
of Jesus will be presented by several
members of the congregation in an
impressive candle lighting service.
Special song features will also be
given at this service.
WILL MOVE OFFICE
The building on Front Street op-
posite the Postoffice which has been
used until recently by Frank King as
a grocery store is now being refitted
inside for the office of Dr. W. S.
Chadwick. Doctor Chadwick will
move from his present suite in the
Hill building to his new office early
next week.
SCARLET FEVER QUARANTfNB
MUST BE OBSERVED STRICTLY
Dr. W. S. Chadwick, County Health
Officer, has requested the News to
state that children in families where
there is a case of scarlet fever
should stay off the streets. At this
time there are about a half dozen
nacAo nf Qfiavlot fovor in Ropnfrtvt
The disease is highly contagious and
it is dpsired to nrpvptit the snrpad of
as much as possible. There have
lieen a good many cases of the fever
i nand around Beaufort this fall but
so far there have been no deaths
from it.'. ;
'NEEDY PROVIDED
EMPLOYMENT NOW
Unemployed Family Breadwin
ners Given Means of Earn
ing Livelihood
Needy unemployed men who are
family breadwinners are" now being
gradually furnished employment by
local welfare workers, j. g. Aiien,j
Superintendent of County Schools!
and Welfare, told a News reporter
Tuesday. Mrs. Hilda G. Kite is wel
fare worker in charge of investigat-
ing cases, anu i-uuup iv. can is m
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charge of project supervision. Re-:
numeration for this work comes from
the money remitted to the local wel-
fo,Q . -c.-
Hi V VlgOIUiidlflVU TIC 1,11V LC4 J L
ganization by the Federal Recon
struction Finance Corporation.
Severa projects have been started
about Carteret County which are em
ploying a goodly number of needy peared as a witness for the prosecu
breadwinners, and many more will be ition Upon Noe's testimony, young
employed by the first or middle of iRichardson was sent to L. w. Hassell,
next week. So far, only those havejjudge f the juvenile court, for final
been employed whose cases have j settlement.
oeen investigated by Mrs. Kite orr
those who have made application to
ner ana their cases found to be asand attempting to cut Priscilla Col -
purported. Only the most needful
nroiects of work will hp dnnp. first. .
nent improvement.
Much more needful work could be racy just what happened on the oc
done. but the Federal government casion in question. Both Priscilla
stipulates that the money be used
only for wages and not for the pur
chase of materials Used in construc
tion. If local money was available for
material, the program could be made
more extensive, it is said.
The wage scale that is set by the
State Welfare Department i3 as fol
lows: Common loborer, 75 cents a
day; foreman in charge of a crew of
five or more men, $1 per day; skill -
ed labour, $1.50. It is the opinion of
tne atate department that it anv
skilled laboter is in a position to de-
and more than $1.5 a day he is not
subject for receiving aid from the
federal government. Loborers must
Buvciijiacau. iuoieis muM.
'wwtWtt tna Tlvat llnv'a nrnvlr .nnh tu.alr
j .v.. ( twenty days on tne streets-or a-renin
provisions dispensed from the dollar fine would be sufficient punish
welfare canteen. Common laborers 'me,nt for the crime, so that was the
receive a little more in provisions sentenCe. However, Priscilla desired
than the wage scale specifies, while that the police department let Alonzo
the foreman and skilled workmen re-!off nights so that he could do the
ceive a little less in provisions than;inomin pigeon" act.
they do in money.
Would be needy cases are rapidly LOCAL PREACHERS ATTEND
being investigated. When there is a N- Ci BAPTIST CONVENTION
bread winner in a needy family he ,
must work for the .daily bread of the Rev. A. P. Stevens, of Morehead
family; aged couples and widows City and Rev. j. P. Harris, of Beau
with no means of support are provid-1 f ort returned from Charlotte last
ed are provided for without working. 'Friday where they attended the One
Also needy parents who have chil-;Hundred and Second Sessions of the
dren who cannot attend school on ac-!Baptist State Convention. More than
count of the lack of proper clothing fifteen hundred visitors and dele
and school books are looked after gates were in attendance to this con
when the cases are seen to be worthy. ;vention. The work of the entire con
Continned on page five vention was marked by the finest de
SPECIAI ?FRvirF5 at mm ree of unity &ni optimism. The
ctb2. J BaPtist work a11 over the State faces
STREET METHODIST CHURCH ( the new year with a new zeal and a
.... , larger faith to press forward in the
. In the absence of the pastor, who kingdom work.
" k oucHuuig ine annua conier-
at f ount, the Rev H A.
t "ilWelber will hold servicevin the Ann
o.reet iueinoaisi inurcn Sunday
morning. That evennig the
service
will be conducted by the Enworth
League. Every one is cordially invit-
t0 attendl
RFAI fstitf TBiNtpcDc
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Silas Smith and wife to M. M. i
TITl-.-; r a . tin. i i
xownsnip tor $40
U K. Wheatly and wife to F. R.
Bell, part lot Beaufort, for $176.07.
RE-JAIL COLORED MAN FOR
CELEJBRATING OWN RELEASE
' irJS ceieDrate his recent re
ie"ae Irm J" "usea roiK Johnson,
j"""""' lo re-mcarceraiea fTiday
afe..n- H wa9 Jt turned out of
jail Friday morning after serving a
sentence for committing a misde
meanor. That afternoon he was jail
ed again for being drunk and disor
derly. -t Johnson was tried at 2:30 p. m.
Saturday on the drunkenness and dis
orderly charge by Justice of Peace
vv. iNoe. ine colored man was
found guilty of the charge and was
given a suspended sentence upon the
payment of the costs of the case. If
he is not of good behavior or gets
drunk during the next six months, I
the thirty day jail sentence will be!
lnvoKed.
The wheat acreage of Buncombe'
VJ8""' " acres nnree uaK lown- River road on the farm of G. L. Cot
snip, tor $10. t father-in-law of Mr. Mathis.. Is
wSi t f e mVi,r E'u AJ this the lares 8W"t potato raised
Council Trustee, 3 lots 2 Morehead in Carteret this season?-if not, let
Moll w-n f $V , the News hear abt tho.3 that are
Monroie Willis and wife et als to ialM.
F. H. Trott, tract Marshallberg i
county was increased by 75 per centier Association held at the Beaufort
this fall as the result of a special
"grow more wheat campaign" con-
ducted by the farm agent. "
Sevenly-Fifth Anniversary
Service Held at St. Paul's
Members and Friends of the Parish From This and Other
Communities Fill Church to Capacity ; Rt. Rev. Thomas C.
Darst, Bishop of the Diocese of Eastern Carolina, and Five
Priests Take Part in Commemorative Service.
Human Interest Cases
.
Tried Monday Evening
Two rather interesting cases from
the standpoint of the spectators were
tried in Police Court Monday even-
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Missouri Rhodes, was tried for stnk-
ing Sammie Windsor, an eleven-year-
old local colored youth, with a switch
across the face and cutting him.
"Conflicting tales were told by the two
email Viav. hut Jim Nop. colored. aD-
Alonzo Fulford, a young local col-
ored. man was charged with beating
,ins w5t.h knife. Fulford stated to
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at the tlme and therefore was unable
lt. w;fv with nv Hppree of accu
Collins and her sister testified as to
what took place on the evening of
November 19.
It appeared that Priscilla's sister
and Alonzo Fulford are far from be-
ine strangers to each other, thus
causing the case to become some
what involved. At the instance of the
mayor, Priscilla readily agreed to
r'Tnartera tho TVEl TTI1 nt to
disorderly
1 conduct. She said that she did not
lwant Alonza sent up to Recorder's
Court with the possibility of him be-
ing sent on the roads for twelve
months. She wanted him punished
to a certain degree but not too se-
: vereiy. Finally she agreed that about
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COTTON FARM PRODUCES
MAMMOTH SWEET POTATO
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""ITTJLT I
of thia kind win b -nW! tn vi
the exceptionally large sweet pota-
!t0 now 0n disP!ay at the Mathis
j Cafe. The mammoth "sweet" tipped
tne scales at id pounds and one
ounce. It was raised out on North
CONDUCT FUNERAL SERVICES
RAYMOND JACKSON HUNNINGS
Raymond Jackson Hunnings pass
ed away in the North River commu
nity Sunday mornnig at the age of
42. Mr. Hunnings had been in a semi-
invalid condition all his life, but he
was able to farm some until recent
ly. He was seriously 111 for about a
week before his death.
Funeral' services were conducted
from the late home at two o'clock
Monday afternoon by the Rev. R, F.
Munns. A large crowd of friends and
relatives were in attendance at the
last rites. The many floral designs
.were testimony to the esteem with
which the deceased was held by his
many friends in the community.
Mr. Hunnings is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Nettie Hunnings, and by
three small children
ELECTED PRESIDENT OF
P. T. A.
TUESDAY NIGHT
At a meeting of the Parent-Teach-
School auditorium Tuesday evening,
Judge M. Leslie Davis was elected
president for the ensuing year.
By JAMES G. WH1TEHURST
The Seventy-Fifth Anniversary
Service was conducted at St. Paul's
Episcopal Church Tuesday morning,
at 11 o'clock by the Rt. Rev. Thomas
C. Darst, Bishop of the Diocese of
Eastern Carolina. Five other priests,,
including the rector of St. Paul's, as
sisted in this commemorative service.
The church was filled to capacity by
the parishioners and friends of the
parish from this and many other
communities in Eastern Carolina.
This celebrative service began with
a choral procession through St. Paul's
Cemetery, led by the crucifer and
Bishop Darst and attending priests
and followed by a portion of the con
gregation. In addition to the regular
St. Paul's choir, a number of singers
of other denominations assisted. Vis-
iting priest3 were: the Rev. Sidney
Mathews, of Washington; the Rev.
I. de L. Brayshaw, of New Bern; the
Rev. Walter Raleigh Noe, of Wil
mington ; and the Rev. Jean A. Vache
of Greensboro. All these took part in
the service, with the exception of the
Reverend Mr. Noe, who arrived just
as the service began.
Rev. Worth Wicker, rector of St.
Paul's, read a number of excerpt3
from the church records, which told
of the beginning of the parish and the
church edifice and many other inter
esting details. The commemorative
address delivered by Bishop Darst in
cluded a summary from the Diocesan
Journal concerning the local parish
in connection with the Diocf. He
spoke of the early work done in the
parish and the progress that has tak
en place here, especially during the
past twelve months.
At the conclusion of the address
by Bishop Darst, ten children and
adults were presented to the Bishop
by-Reverend Mr. Wicker to, receive
the Holy Rite of Confirmation. This
was followed by Communion.
During the past year one hundred
and fifteen children and adults have
been received into the church by the
Sacrament of Holy Baptism, the
largest number ever received in one
church in the Diocese in the same
length of time, and about three times
as many as ever were received in St.
Paul's in any twelve-month period.
Of this number, fifty-one have been
presented to Bishop Darst for confir
mation. Since the beginning of the
parish there have been 815 baptisms
and 456 confirmations. About one-
eighth of these both baptisms and
confirmations have occurred dur
ing the year now concluding.
During the past twelve months the
Sunday School attendance has in
creased fifty per cent and the church
attendance proportionately.
In the early part of the Seven
teenth Century, St. John's Parish was
organized here. This passed into his
tory with the coming of the Revolu
tionary War, after more than a half
century of service. Only two other
" aiuuna are oia-
er than St. John's; these are at Bath
a"d Edenton- There was then a lapse
of about seventy-five years before
(Continued on page five)
TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tides
at Beaufort is giren 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.
Thursday, Dec. 1
High Tide Low Tide
Friday, Nov. 25
o:07 a. m. 10:51 a. m.
5:29 p. m. 11:22 p. m.
Saturday, Nor. 26
5:59 a.
6:22 p
m.
11:19 a.
12:17 p.
27
.12:09 a.
1:09 p.
28
1:02 a.
2:01 p.
m.
m.
m.
Sunday, Nov.
m.
m.
Monday, Nov.
6:49 a.
7:13 p.
m.
m.
7:41 a. m.
8:07 p. m.
m.
m.
Tuesday, Nov. 29
8:35 a. m.
8:59 p. m.
Wednesday, Nov.
9:28 a. m.
9:55 p. m.
10:21 a. m.
10:55 p. m.
1:53 a. m.
2:53 ,p. m.
30
2:48 a. m,
3:47 p. m.
3:44 a. in.
4:43 p. nw