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Beaufort Mews The best advertisJ medium published in Carteret Co. f READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY WATCH Your label and pay your subscription VOLUME XXII Government Investigating ighway SIX PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1933 PRICE Sc SL s COPY ; ir NUMBER 5 Pro posed Lookout n George J. Dodge, Well-Known Consulting Engi neer, Investigates Projected Cape Lookout Highway and Its Possibilities; Apparently Much Impressed; Makes Talk Before Rotar ians and States Bridge Should Have Been Built Before; Dr. Herbert F. Prytherch Also Favors Proposal. HOOVER FAMILY TO LEAVE SOON FOR CALIFORNIA President Hoover Has Been Offered Several Attrac tive Positions George J. Dodge, the consulting engineer who is here investigating theproposed Cape Lookout highway for the Reconstruction Finance Cor poration, went over the route of the projected causeways and bridges Tuesday. Mr. Dodge appeared to be much impressed with the possibili ties and necessity of a highway to Cape Lookout via Harkers Island. Mr. Dodge is an independent con sulting engineer and has worked on similar projects both in this country and Europe, particularly Russia and Germany. He was the engineer for the Kitty Hawk bridge in Dare Coun ty, which was built over three miles of water. Not only is Mr. Dodge here to look over the route of the proposed highway, but he is also checking up on the traffic survey to j see if sufficient traffic would move over the route to provide the bridge promotion corporation with adequate funds to liquidate the loan. Having been here the whole week NO TYPHOID GERMS IN TOWN'S WATER SUPPLY Owing to the fact that there have been about nine cases of typhoid fever during the pait few weeks here in Beaufort, an analysis was made of the city water to see if this was the source of the typhoid bac- teria. Dr. W. S. Chadwick, county health officer, receiv- ed a report from the labora- tory of the State Department of Health Tuesday which stat- ed that the local city water has an excellent rating. Recorder Tries Number Cases Tuesday Morning Arthur Midgett pled guilty in Re corder's Court Tuesday moraine to a going into this matter, Mr. Dodge is i charge of operating an automobile encouraging to the local people es' pecially the unemployed by his ap parent satisfaction over the obvious necessity of the proposed highway to the people living in this section of the state. The unemployed . are' looking forward hopefully to the construc tion of the projected highway, for hundreds of them, are expecting to get work on it. Tuesday evening Mr. Dodge was the guest of the Beaufort Rotary the president of the club, Mr. Dodge while under the influence of liquor. Sergeant Arthur Moore, of the State Highway Patrol, effected the arrest, but was not present to testify in the case. Chief George J. Nelson told the court that he was at the More head City hall when Sergeant Moore brought the intoxicated man there and incarcerated him in ona of the cells. Midgett was given the minimum ilaws, which was a fine of $50 and made a short talk about the proposed ; costs, and the defendant must not Cape Lookout highway. He stated I operate a motor vehicle for a period that this project is a much needed J f ninety days, one and that he could not see whyi D. S. Robinson, through his attor- a highway had not been built toiney C. K. Wheatly, entered a plea of WILL GO VIA PANAMA Washington, Feb. 1 Herbert Hoover has a plan for retiring from the public eye for a nine-month per iod after March 4 but he will leave an unofficial observer behind in the national capital. The President has told some of his friends he intends to withhold decis sions as to his future until around the dawn of 1934 and that during these months of rest in his Palo Al to, Calif., home, he intends to issue no statements upo nthe course of public affairs and grant no inter views. During this period, however, he will be able to watch the turning of the government wheels under the di rection of .his successor through the eyes of Lawrence Rickey, his secre tary and intimate aide for many years, who already has engaged a suite of officer here. Mr. Hoover has been offered a num ber of attractive positions, his friends say, several Of them involving his practice as civil engineer. Which one he will accept or whether he will ac cept any, it was said, will depend in part upon events during the remain der of this year. 5 Rickey will accompany Mr. Hoov er to his west coast home and prob ably spend some time there before re turning to Washington where he plans to mix work with a vacation of his own. ', White House aids said today that Mr. and Mrs. Hoover would go di rectly to the railroad station after the inauguration ceremonies for Franklin D. Roosevelt on the steps of the capitol and probably head, for New York. Tentaitve phyis. have, Jbeen formed fo'MifSjover'an'd several members of his present official family to trav el by water to the Panama canal with a side excursion in the southern wat ers in search of dec-p sea game fish. EIGHT MONTHS SCHOOL TERM LAW PROPOSED Senators MacLean of Beaufort And Bailey of Washington Introduce Bill NO REAL PROPERTY TAX Cape Lookout before. Dr. Prytherch Favors Cape Lookout Ilighway, In -a recent letter, Dr. Herbert F. Freytherch gave his belief concern ing the construction of the proposed highway to Cape Lookout via Hark ers Island b ythe Cape Lookout High way Inc. Doctor Prytherch is direc tor of the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries Biological Laboratory at Piver's Is land and one of the foremost author ities on oysters and oyster culture in this country. Doctor Prytherch's letter i3 quoted herewith in full: "In reply to your recent inquiry we believe that the fish and sheL -h industries of North Carolina and particularly Carteret County would be greatly benefited by te construc tion of a highway from Beaufort to Cape Lookout. Since Carteret Coun ty produces 70 per cent of the total catch of fishery products for North Carolina it should have adequate port facilities convenient to the fish f ing grounds (1) for the rapid trans portation of fresh fish from the sea to market, (2) for the protection of fishing vessels operating in offshore waters and (3) for the economical exportation and transportation of fishery products such as fish oil, fish meal, oyster shells, etc. to foreign countries and coastal cities of the United States. "The winter trawl fishery off the nolo contendere to a charge of driv ing an automobile while under the influence of liquor, damaging a num ber of automobiles that wera parked on the street in Morehead City and I not stopping after this damage had I 1. .1 T . . . Deen aone. .KODinson must pay tne cost in the case, pay all damages and not drive a car during the next ninety days. Prayer for judgment was continued until next Tuesday in order that the defendant may have time to pay for the damages done. The case of Roy Pottc-r, colored, charged with violation of the prohibi tion laws, was continued until next Tuesday on request of C. R. 'Wheat ly, because of the absence of the State's witness, Ivey Scott, of Hark ers Island. Scott claims that he pur chased a quart jar of liquid from Potter, which the state contends was liquor. R. F. St. Paul's Cagers Win Fifth Victory St. Paul's School won a 1210 victory over Newport here Friday afternoon. The game was closely fought throughout with Newport holding a 7-3 lead at the end of the first half. During the second half St. Paul's boys showed more speed and scored nine points against Newport's three. Rose led St. Paul's scoring with six points followed by Longest with four points. Allen and . Mann were the North Carolina coast is a recent im- leaders for Newport with three points w-QT,t Hpvplonment for supplying i each fresh fish of various species that heretofore were not obtainable dur ing the colder months of the year. Cape Lookout harbor is by far the most convenient point for receiving these fish nd if conected by road to the mainland would make possible their economical and rapid distribu tion to the markets of North Caro lina and other southern states where they woul i bring the best price. At present tl. se fish are carried to Norfolk and other northern ports and in many cases are actually shipped back to North Carolina at consider able increase in price. More direct transportation of fish from the sea to the consumer would improve their quality, taste and sale value and re duce the expense for ice ar.d the heavy losses from spoilage that oc cur through delayed transit. "An important by-product of the oyster industry of North Carolina is the crushed oyster shell used for poultry feed and lime. Thoneh Eu ( Continued oa page six). Lineups S. P. S. Longest (4) Thomas (2) Rose (5) Harrell (1) L. F. C. R. G. L. G. RALEIGH, Feb. 1 Senators Mac- Lean of Beaufort, and Bailey of Washington, introduced a bill in the General Assembly today to pro vide a state-supporter uniform eight months school term for all counties, districts and cities requesting the same. Introduction of the bill came short ly after the joint education commit tee of the assembly had appointed a sub-committee to draft school legis lation with the evident intent of the group being that an eight-months term be provided. Under the MacLean-Bailey bill a uniform eight months term would be supported by the state from sources of revenue other than taxes on real property. MacLean was the author of the 1931 school law which committed the state to complete support of the six months school term. It was set forth in the bill that the present dual system of support, with the state maintaining a six months term and local units supporting the other two months, did not allow the proper and necessary economics and efficiency in school administration. A full state-supported and state governed eight months term can be supported for about $3,000,000 less annually than the present set-up, the bill stated. It was added that it is "now open ly admitted" many counties and school districts cannot support an ex tended term beyond the state-supported six months session "for any length of time whatsoever." At the joint education committee meeting all bills which had been in troduced to affect the schools were discussed and the subcommittee was directed to draw up legislation which it was deemed best to enact, embody ing the best features of all measures. Representative Pope of Halifax, proposed the creation of the sub committee to draft school legislation and on motion of Moss of Nash the sub group was instructed to include, the practicability of extending the daily classroom school-hcuvs by one hour per day and to make the school week six days instead of five. This, Moss said, would enable conduct of an eight months term in seen months The Douglass, ngram and Aycock M ay Be Short Session Of General Assembly Considerable Progress Has Been Made; Com mittees Have Held Many Hearings; Many; Protests Against Any Raise In Tax Rates; Re organization Plans Are Opposed Flowers Bloom Freely As January Departs METHODIST LEADERS GATHER AT NEW BERN New Bern, Jan. 31 Group lead ers for Christian educational pro grams in the New Bern Methodist dis trict met here Monday with Rev. Thomas M. Grant, Methodist presid ng elder and district director for Christian education, for the purpose of working out plans for presenta tion of appropriate programs to the Thompson bilh to consolidate or al various ministers in their respective j low consolidaicns of county educa groups. jtional units to allow more than one The group leaders are Rev. O. W. i county to be under a single educa Dowd of Goldsboro, Rev. R. E. Brown Itional superintendent were discuss of Kinston, Rev, A. J. Hobbs, Jr., jed at length but the matter was left of New Ban. Rev. R. F. Munns of with the sub-committee-. Beaufort, and Rev. E. L. Hillman of Ingram offered a substitute for his The longest month of the winter, January, has passed and it can be said in its favor that in these parts there can be very little room for complaint as to its behavior. The coldest day of the month, the 29th, the temperature dropped to 3(0 de grees above zero. There were 15 sun shiny days and the rainfall for the month was three inches. The wind blew from the southwest 11 days, from the northeast 8 days, the north west 5, north 2, south 2, southeast 2, west one. One day during the month the temperature rose to 71 and on many days it went above sixty, i lowers bloomed all during the month and are still blooming in gerat profusion. Temperature figures for the month as follows: Max. 65 59 68 68 65 63 69 64 65 61 69 64 48 48 48 -56 56 65 ........i 64 are Greenville. Mr. Hobbs is associate di rector of the district. HOTEL GUEST PRESENTS BILL FOR $1,000 TO PAY CHARGES Wilmington, Feb. 1 Harold Jeter, hotel manager here, is one man who can vouch for the fact that there is still some money in circulation. A guest walked up to the hotel desk and offered one of three $1,000 bank notes aa payment on his bill. Jeter had to send to a bank for change. original bill which creatis 40 coun ty superintendents being abolished. The Douglass bill would create 11 school divisions, one for each con gressional district. The Aycock Thompson proposal would allow con solidations of counties where school enrollment is less than 5,000. Roger Johnson, 4-H club member from Lenoir County, has been an nounced as champion 4-H tobacco grower for the year 1932 by L. R. Harrill, state club leader. SCHOOL BOOK COMMISSION FAVORS FREE BOOKS FOR ELEMENTARY GRADES Newport Allen (3) Mann (3) Lockey (2) j Millis (2) Garner By M. R. DUNNAGAN RALEIGH, Jan. 30 Free text books for the elementary school chil dren, purchased but not printed by the State, and adopted over a period of four years, so as not to make the cost excessive, is recommended by the School Book Commission named by former Governor Gardner under a resolution of the 1931 Legislature, to make a study of the school book situation and report to the State Board of Education. State Supt. A. T. Allen is chairman; Supt. H. M. Roland, of the Burlington schools, is secretary; Supt. E. E. Sams, Lenoir county schools; Cale K. Burgess and Robert G. Lassiter, Raleigh, and Jul- Marshall Substitutes: Newport. Barfieldiian S. Miller. Charlotte, comnose the and Mizzelle. . Referee Longest. . committee which made its 70-odd lhis is a fifth victory for St. Paul's ipaga report Friday, School with a 100 per cent averaee. including two conference games. The total points are St. Paul's 65; opponents 52. The commission recommends adop tion of free books in grades 1, 2 and 3 the first year; grades 4 and 5 the second year; grade 6 the third and 'grade 7 the fourth year, by which it estimates the cost will b:- approxi mately $500,000 a. year. Belief is ex- i pressed that this method wil save Owing to the lack of space several money in the purchase' of school news articles were left out of the books, lighten the family burden of News this week. Some of thm will tbook buying, increase education appear next week. vt'mitv of the children, im- SOMEWHAT CROWDED THIS WEEK prove the quality of instruction by equipping the children with approv ed materials the first day school opens and safeguard the high quali ty of school books purchased. Delay in securing supplies of books at the very opening of school is a serious and costly handicap and cre ates discliplinary difficulties, the re port states. The commissions reports that from a study of many states it finds that "the State publication of school books has not yet demonstrat ed its economic value, and has shown a tendency to lower the quality of textbooks. Many textbooks are bought, used one year and allowed to remain in the homes, while many children are unable to secure books, the commis sion states, saying that this method would allow utilizing books bought to the fullest extent, and at the low est cost possible. The commission went extensively ii"to the rtiuiy of the problem and devotes charter of the "-port to t'u ii tury of the textbook situation, h n:!ling of bocks, cost, state publi cation, textbook plans int'ne various stite.s, and the views of publishers on te.ctbook adoptions. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19.' 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. -71 .64 .66 .63 .61 .63 .63 .59 .57 .52 .53 .57 Min. 32 32 47 52 54 46 45 46 47 39 42 4"6 S9 39 40 33 39 46 1 51! 51 i 48 j 54 55 j 52 45 38 30 32 37 By M. R. DUNNAGAN RALEIGH, Jan. 31 Apparently the 1933 General Assembly was from one to two weeks ahead of former bodies as it ended its fourth week, but still a little short of the half-way mark as the first week was a short one. Unless unexpected difficulties arise this body may be expected to complete its work within the 60-day period, or not long thereafter. But it still has many problems to solve. Committees havie been at work morning, afternoon and night in hearing and. considering bills before them. Finance committees have heard complaints of manyy lines of business and industry against impo sition of higher taxes, while the ap propriations committees have been, hearing pleas for more money for ac tivities carried on by the State. The Reorganization committee is besieged with prayers against abolishing or consolidating and eliminating many posts. All committees are having their troubles, and are meeting them as they appear. Seemingly there is a definite trend discernable against the wholesale a bolishing and consolidating recom mended by the Reorganization com mittee. This is due in large part to 'the pleas of those who would be (hurt, but also in part to forging a head by this committee and its de jmand for action on its measures j without committee hearings. The ; trend is shown by the reversal of the j legislative bodies calling for commit tee hearings. Doubt is now expressed I that .even half of the recommenda tions win be enacted, or that even a small percentage of the $2,000,000 predicted will be saved if all are en acted. ' Health, welfare, educational, ag ricultural and other forces are be ginning to make their voices heard. " I A TV1 it Will t VlQYl rt CKS oKrtlicVliwn. ''legislation through, even though there is a huge demand for economy. Two of the committee's measures nave Deen enacted into law, one pro viding for the voluntary return of $1,000 a year by justices and judg es, which was agreeable to them; the other transfers the Legislative Ref erence Librarian to the Attorney Gen eraPs office. Highway construction , , , , . , , wwwi wil1 doubtless be. stopped for two Both the boys' and girls' basketball ! . . . tt u o,v,i rill x"c iciauiniei uirecior s 01- teams of Keaulort nign ocnooi wu. fi be abolishGd. Sn will t.hnr. nf play the teams ot the bwansooio E .. nr.nhnMv . High School here Friday evening, commissioner or Vnmrf.W the first game to be called at -idse t0 ,take jts lace o'clock. The indoor court in th court; the test farms, combining the high- BEAUFORT HIGH WILL PLAY DOUBLE HEADER SWANSBORO house annex will be the scene ot the conflict. RURAL HOMES HAVE LOVELY FLOWERS One of the loveliest sights here abouts at present is the Japanese Quince (Pyrus Japonica) m tne nome of Mrs. Joe Merrill, on the old New Bern road, just a little beyond Rus sell's Creek. This bush is about six feet in diameter and is a mass of flame-colored blooms from top-most branch to the ground. Theer are any quantity of the shrubs in beaut ort and around, but this is unusually large and a mass of ibloom. Another yard in the country which would sur pass any "streets of gold" is that of Mrs. Tom Piver on North River toad. Here she has bordered her walk with violets on either side, fully eighteen inches wide, and ten massed tne ya- low jonquil and Orientals. All are in bloom and it is a loveiy signi. in addition she has gladioli, hyanchmths- and other bulbs in full bioom. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS way and prison departments, making gasoline and oil and weights and measures inspector of the Highway Patrol, abolishing the Corporation. Commission and providing a public utilities commissioner instead, and a few others suggested, there is due a mighty opposition. Some of these may get over, but it seems doubtful. (Continued on page six) C. W. Graham and wife to David S. Nelson and wife, 1 1-2 acres New port Township, for $75.00. M. L. Davis and C. R. Wheatly, Commissioners to D. J. Godwin, 3 acres Beaufort Townsh'p, for $250. D. J. Godwin to Julius H. White hurst, 3 acres Beaufort Township, for $300. "Lionel Gillikin and wife to War ren D. Gillikin et al 7 acres Straits Township, for $25. TIDE TABLE Information ab to the tides at Beaufort is given in this col umn. The figures are approx imately correct and 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 U whether near the inlet or at the heads of the estuaries. MARRIAGE LICENSES James T. Darling and Louise Willis teeaufort. Paul S. Jones and Ruth Killings worth, Beaufort. READ THE NEWS WANT ADS High Tide Low TiU Friday, Feb. 3 2:05 a. m. 8:54 a. m. 2:18 p. m. 8:55 p. m. Saturday, Feb. 4 3:08 a. m. 9:52 a. m. 3:24 p. m. 9:49 p. m. Sunday, Feb. S . 4:18 a. m. 10:48 a. m. 4:29 p. m. 10:43 p. nu Monday, Feb. 6 5:15 a. m. 11:01 a. m. 5:27 p. m. 11:42 p. m. Tuesday, Feb. 7 6:02 a. m. 11:37 a. m. 6:16 p. m. 12:32 p. m. Wednesday, Feb. 8 6:42 a, m. 12:25 a. m. 6:58 p. m. . 1:14 p. m. Thursday, Feb. 9 7:2 a. m. 1:11 a. m. 7:41 p. m. 1:54 p. m.