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THE BEAUFORT NEWS THbRSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1933
The Beaufort News
mbliehed every Thursday at Beaufort, Carteret County
North Carolina
Beaufort News Inc., Publisher
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1933
European nations say that if we will just
forgive them their debts every thing will be
lovely. No doubt it would be very nice for
them. There are lot3 of folks in this country
who would like to have their debts marked
off too.
The twentieth amendment which was a
dopted last week, when the thirty sixth state
Missouri, ratified it, is probably one of the
best ever made to the Federal constitution.
Hereafter Congress will convene on the third
of January after an election and the Presi
dent will be inaugurated on the twentieth.
This does away with the long wait between
elections and change of administration.
WHEN PROSPERITY RETURNS
Whenever prosperity begins to shine upon
the land again, as it undoubtedly will do,
Carteret county will recover about as soon as
any part of the country. The reason we be
lieve this is because our people are not depen
dent upon one or two staple crops like cot
ton and tobacco, or upon some industry like
coal mining or some sort of manufacturing.
We have truck farming, some staple crops,
fishing, lumbering and a considerable sum
mer and winter resort business. We are apt
to be hitting on one or two of these cylinders
most any time and when they all get going
we will make time sure enough'
THE JUDGES ARE WILLING
ernment may continue to function.
WILL KEEP THE PRIMARIES
As is generally the case there seems to be
some sentiment in the General Assembly of
North Carolina in favor of doing away with
primary elections. It is not very likely that
any bill of the sort will pass at this session or
any session any time soon. The primary
seems to be pretty firmly established in most
of the states in spite of some defects in the
system. The tendency seems to be to in
crease the power of the primaries rather
than to weaken it. Many people are in fav
or of having candidates for President nomi
nated by primaries. Primaries have already
weakened the political parties and it may be
that the latter will be abolished instead of the
former.
THE FREE TRADE CURE-ALL
There has been a lot of talk in recent times,
and there is some now though less since the
election, about bringing back prosperity to
the American people by letting in a lot of for
eign farm and manufactured products. For
our part we are unable to understand how
our people can be benefitted by surrendering
their home market, the best one in the world,
to the products of Europe, Asia and other for
eign countries where the wage scale and stan
dard of living is much lower than in this
country.
The fish scrap and oil businesss in Carteret
county has suffered from competition with
cheaply produced Japanese oil and scrap.
Several of the factories have closed and the
others are having a hard time to make both
ends meet. Adequate duties on oil and scrap
would soon put this business back on its feet.
The Boston Transcript said not long ago that
"Maine sardine factories h.ive closed and the
fishermen put up their boats. There was
nothing else for them to do. Norway is tak
ing the sardine business away from them with
a sardine that is so cheap that Maine produc
ers cannot hold the market. About two years
ago Norway was exporting 280,000 cases of
sardines to the United States and Maine was
producing 1,200,00 cases; today these figures
are reversed." Reports are that the Japanese
have about runined the salmon industry on
the west coast of the United States with their
low priced products and so it goes. And yet
the free traders want to do away with what
little protection we have.
restore a unamimity of buying, cheap
advertising metnoas, aaopieu iu .u
a proper share of responsibility, only
harm the real medium, the newspa
per, and harm all.
Each man should stick to his own
line. When any man goes outside his
chosen work to take another's busi
ness his own business is bound to suf
fer, not only because ofthe lessening
of thought to his main effort but be
cause a wrong principle has been
evoked.
"Play the game according to the
rule and then nothing can go wrong."
"Don't bea bootlegger. Bootlegging
advertisers harm the community,
cheapen the city.
A recent national advertising sur
vey shows that 25 companies that in
creased their newspaper advertising
budgets maintained their sales, as
contrasted with 25 other firms which
decreased newspaper advertising ex
penditures and suffered losses as a
result.
Circulars do not help the reader in
permanent ways. They only weaken
the greatest public benefactors we
have the newspapers.
A Washington newspaper says:
"Handbills are poor advertising me
dia They are very expensive consider
ing the results they bring. They are
unsightly and clutter up the streets
and lawns. They are banned in many
of the more progressive civic cen
ters" Contributed by Edgar T. Cut
ten to te Grand Rapids (Mich) Press.
To Hold Farmer' Meeting
Greenville, Jan. 31 There will be
a county-wide meeting held for farm
ers and their wives at Simpson on
February 1 at 10 o'clock, it was an
nounced yesterday by Denis Dupree,
farm agent. The purpose of the meet
ing is to discuss farm plans.
seems. Why not? Since Carter:t
County does not have the money
with which to pay the teachers the
five and a half month's back pay
long due them, nor does the County
have the money to pay many other
of its obligations, why not a fo.-m
of scrip money? Just think how nr ny
obligations due one another "t
here in Carteret County could be
wiped out with some such arrange
ment. Not only the teachers would
be benefitted but everybody else who
owes money could pay his debts in
this county with scrip, ard in most
cases the greatest amount of indebt
edness is to people in Carteret Coun
ty. People can sleep brlter when they
know they have paid their debts, but
as matters now stand mignty few'
people feel like the village black
smith that they can smile and look
the world in the face, for they owe
not any man. Most debts are not To break tip a cold overnight and re
paid simply because the person ow- Ueve the congestion that makes you
ing such debts does not have the j cough, thousands of physicians are now
money to pay them. And when a j recommending Calotabs, the nausealesa
person, as in the case of many teach- calomel compound tablets that give yon
ers, has money already due him for I the effects of calomel and salts without
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The Supreme and Superior Court judges
have volunteered to take a cut in their sal
aries for which we suppose the taxpayers are
duly grateful. While the amount thus sav
ed does not amount to a very large sum, some
$25,000 we believe, yet added to the other re
ductions that have been made it will help
considerably. The people are very much in
earnest in their demands that state and coun
ty expenses be reduced as that is the only
way to lower taxes. Salaries of officials are
only a part of the cost of government it is
true but they constitute a considerable part
of it. Any way it will be easy enough to
raise salaries when we all think we are rich
again.
TAR HEELS GOOD VOTERS
The returns for the election of last Novem
ber show that North Carolina leads the South
in votes according to population. Texas, the
giant of the South, alone polled more votes.
The total vote palled for President in that
state was 821,657 while in North Carolina,
with a much smaller population, 705,340
were polled. North Carolina led the South
with 208,344 for President Hoover and Tenn
essee came second with 126,806 for Mr.
Hoover. In no other Southern state did he
get as many as 100,000 votes. South Caro
lina gave 1978 votes to Mr. Hoover and only
102,347 to Mr. Roosevelt. Virginia's total
vote was less than half of North Carolina's
and Georgia's was even less than Virginia's. It
appears in fact that ahere are several millions
of people in the South who never vote at all.
CURRENCY INFLATION SETBACK
Various plans of currency inflation have
been tried out in the present Congress and
more will come to the front in the next one
no doubt. One of them received a set back
on Tuesday of last week when Senator Wheel
er's revamped free coinage of silver at the ra
tio of sixteen to one was defeated and another
by Senator Long of Louisiana to issue certif
icates based on silver bullion also met defeat.
The bills were defeated by a vote of fifty six
to eighteen. Senator "Our Bob" Reynolds of
North Carolina trailed along with his old
friend "Kingfish" Long. Senator Bailey vot
ed with the majority.
Press Gleanings
DELINQUENTS OUGHT TO PAY SOME
The Hendersonville Times-News says that a
good many tears are shed over the delinquent
taxpayer but not much is said about those
who have paid their taxes and thereby kept
the State, county and town governments go
ing. Some who have paid their taxes have
done so at a great sacrifice and they are cer
tainly entitled to some consideration. Some
people have even borrowed money to pay
their taxes and are now paying interest on
these loans. The expenses of government
are being met by those who have paid their
taxes and not by the delinquents. Probably
a good many of the delinquents have nothing
to pay with but many of them have spent
money for other purposes, which they need
not have done, and have let the taxes go. It !
is tima now for all who can do it to pay their 1
taxes in order iLd the various units of gov-
ASH CAN DECORATORS
Of all the shortsighted things htat otherwise leg
itimate merchants could engage in the circular is most
reprehensible.
What do circulars do for a community compared
with the constructive works of the newspaper, which
develops readers who need to know about the city and
nation for the future good of themselves and their
children?
It is doubtful if merchants realize thoroughly what
it means to them directly, to withhold support, mor
al and financial, from newspapers organized to spread
news of their wares and their efforts.
A good newspaper is a city's best asset. The two
dailies here stand at the top in the list of the coun
try's great newspapers and they deserve the spirited
co-operation of merchants and citizens.
Cheap methods make a cheap city that attract per
sons of a like caliber.
A newspaper always is advertising its city. Its cit
izens are largely responsible for the character of that
advertising.
No single effort in any community calls for as con
stant and exacting service as that given by the news
paper publisher and his staff.
No neighborhood, city, state or country is safe or
even comfortable without a live newspaper and no
business must be maintained at so high a standard,
no matter what the conditions of general business. In
times of depression, or war, or of any period of dis
tress we look first and all the time to our newspaper
and we never are without some state or stress that
calls for hourly reliable reporting.
The cieizen may criticize the newspaper, but if the
delivery boy- is half an hour late he calls up the news
paper office to demand his copy.
What would a boom be without a newspaper? Noth
ing! Or the work of reconstruction?
Or the handling of public charity?
The time comes in the experience of all communi
ties when they seriously r.eed their newspapers. It
behooves u... therefore as a plain matter of protec
tion, if not justice, that wa strengthen and maintain
this medium.
The newspaper is a record that yoi can depend
upon, laying it aside for t! e moment if you are busy
but finding it always on ht.id for study yj each mem
ber of the family at any hour of the tv. jnty-four. I
Marvelous as is the radio, the newspap:r is the only
permanent way of getting a clean record A live things
that must be studied and reterred to asa guide.
Newspapers are maintained only by the expendi
ture of huge sums of money in the purchase of costly
and intricate equipment, the employment of the best
talent in the community and in helping to maintain
the great press association, and other services, which
spend millions of dollars annually to report for you,
instantly and accurately, the world's important hap
penings. The few cents you pay for a neawspaper does not
cover the cost of production; the income is bound to
come from advertising and it gives the merchant the
choicest audience there is.
"Dodgers" have been classed as the means of ad
vertising of irresponsible men who wished to conduct
"fiire sales" fly-by-night merchants of other days.
Established firms never stooped to such methods and
the use of this cheap avenue stamped the user as low
m t.ie business scale. The progressive, fair-minded
merchant, wished to support fellow merchants or bus-
mess men for the common good, as he himself want
ed the co-operative good will of his fellow citizens.
With the government, state and federal, working to
- Letters From
Our Readers
TAX EQUALIZATION
Editor of The News:
It is very difficult to forsee, or ex
pect relief from the inequalities that
exist in our property valuations un
less a different system of valuation
is instituted, and placed into effect,
different from that now employed.
We have noted buildings costing
$2,000.00 to construct in two differ
ent sections of our county, one val
ued on the tax books at $2,000.00,
the other at $750.00, and its only
reasonable to expect the only differ
ence should be in the land upon which
the building was constructed for in
stance if one building was construct
ed upon a $500. lot, then its full
value would be $2500.00, and in the
other case, if the building was plac
ed on a $50.00 lot, its full value
would be $2050.00, the difference in
the value being in the lot alone.
Its our contention that a piece of
personal property costing $1000.00,
is woi-th exactly the same, whether
its location is in North Carolina, or
the Sahara Desert.
Why not institute a system of zoning-?
For example, place Morehead City
and Beaufort under Class A New
port, Atlantic and towns of like size
under class B, and other hamlets of
less population under Class C and so
on Then . place all property within
ten miles of either Morehead or
Beaufort city line, under Zone 1 from
ten to twenty miles under Zone 2,
from twenty to thirty miles under
Zone 3 and so on, dropping the land
values in accordance with the Zones,
and then each Zone can be allotted
its share of valuation, in accordance
with its population, available farm
and timber lands etc.
Appoint four men to cover the en
tire County, and make a personal in
vestigation of each piece and parcel
of land, condition of buildings, live
stock and other personal nronprtv..
which can then be assessed equitably
and fair, as far as human nature can
oe expected, when sincerity is
Keynote ot endeavor.
As an example, these four appoint
ees, can be chosen as follows:
Estimator for buildings.
Estimator for Farm and Timber
Lands.
Estimator for Live Stock and Per
sonal Property.
Estimator for Boats, fishing nets
and equipment.
It can readily be seen t.hat.
jthis method, buildings and personal
jjiupcny, win oe assessed equitably
in all sections of the County, all
things being equal, and give us a val
uation, that should meet the approv
al of all fair minded men.
After the preliminary Zoning is
completed, its perfectly permissible
rn incfMint v n
....,. u,r vommuiee tne approx
imate valuation of each Zoning Dis
trict, but to insist upon a greater
vaiuuon irom zone B in the west
against Zone B in the east will null
ify the effectiveness of the plan, and
re-act against the sincerity of its
sponsors.
Sincerely,
R. S. TILDEN,
Newport, N. C.
work already done but cannot collect
a penny of that money, what can he
do "when the rent comes around,"
as the old saying goes? It is embar
rassing to say the least to be con
tinually receiving duns for money
due somebody and not be able to pay
any attention to such notices. And it
is doubly embai-rassing when some
creditor puts a debt into the hands
of some attorney to collect when the
only reason the debt has not been
paid is because the person who owes
that debt simplv cannot collect what
(Continued on page six)
the unpleasant effects of either.
One or two Calotabs at bedtime with A
glass of sweet milk or water. Next morn
ing your cold has vanished, your system
is thoroughly purified and you are feeling
fine with a hearty appetite for breakfast.
Eat what you wish, no danger.
Calotabs are sold in 10c and 35c pack
ages at drug stores. (Advl
MOREHEAD CITY ITEMS
Mr. and Mrs. Waldron Bailey and
children returned home Friday night
after an extended visit with Mrs.
Bailey's parents in Ossing, N. Y.
Mrs. A. E. Kierstead of Mount
Kisco, N. Y. is visiting her parents
Mr. and Mrs. Waldron Bailey, Sr.,
in Bogue Park.
Mrs. G. I. Moore and little son of
Norfolk, Va., is spending some time
here with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Webb are
spending the week at Harbor Island, j '.
Mr. J. E. Grier who has been man- i'
jager of Rose's Store here has been
transferred to another store and j '
Robert Kite is now the new manager
here. ;
Mr. L. L. Morgan of Raleigh is i '
conducting a study course in the i
Baptist church here this week.
$
Lei us Supply
Hour Needs
t
Prompt Efficient Service
Joe House
Drug Store
Phone 29 Rexall Store
STOP!
READ!
LISTEN!
CONSIDERING THE HARD TIMES WHICH WE ARE
HAVING AT PRESENT, WE KNOW THAT THE
PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY THE SAME
PRICES FOR REPAIRING THEIR WATCHES, AS
PAID HERETOFORE. I HAVE FROM JANUARY
THE FIRST MADE A GREAT REDUCTION ON ALL
WATCH REPAIRS.
GET AN ESTIMATE FROM ME BEFORE YOU HAVE
YOUR WATCH WORK DONE
B. A. BELL
Next to Postoffice
THE JEWELER !
Beaufort
KEG O' NAILS
VOL. Ill
THURSDAY, JANUARY 19 1933
WHY NOT SCRIP IN
CARTERET COUNTY?
Editor of the News:
We read in the papers that in
umoenana Uounty they have some
sort of arrangement whereby people
are paying their debts with county
scrip which is circulating at par and
aViea Dy everyone to whom
money is due, even in payment for
taxes. It took a special act of the
legislature to make this sort of ar
rangement legal but this act was
passed and the scrip method of pay
ing bills seems to be working admirably.
What Cumberland County has done
mo by other counties, it '
Published in the We have the New Mr. Car owner
interest of Beaufort ; Hi-Speed New Per-( when you break
Morehead City and f ection Stove in th your Key, remember
Carteret County by
the Noo Hardware
Company.
B. H. NOE, Editor.
four burner $27
50. It's a wow!
Hello! everybody,
have you seen our
Window? Watch it
and save money and you wi8h.
have the best.
Friends do you
need a quart of
ready mixed paint?
We have a special
55c qt. any color
St. Pa.'s
tTys win again m
Basket Ball, played
fva and won five.
G iod work boys.
Boys and girls
r.bool ! watch our windows
for the most thrill
ing event of your
life. Get particulars
at store.
Mr. Ed Martin will
soon occupy the
Clawscr Store. It
Our new line of
Kelvinators are now
cn display. Come in
will look real good , for free demonstra
when comi'leted. jtion.
we are locksmiths,
make all kinds of
Keys.
Paint now while
everything is cheap,
let us quote you on
inside and outside
paint before you
buy.
Just received a
shipment of Flash
Lights to retail
29c complete, also
a full stock of bet
ter lights.
NOE HARDWARE
COMPANY
Lender in the
Hardware Line
'Phone Beaufort
84 N. C.