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11 11 CT 1- o The best ad vertis? d medium published in Carte, et Co. f READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY j V H Your label and pay your subscription VOLUME XXII SIX PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWb THl RSDAY, MARCH 2, 1933. PRICE Sc SING1. tPY NUMBER 9 Carteret Farmers Planting!1 More Potatoes This Spring About Eleven Hundred Acres Will be Devoted to Irish Potato Production, Which is Two Hun dred More Than Last Season; Farmers Now Very Active Getting Land Ready and Plant ing Crop; Whole Countryside Looks More Op timistic and Encouraging Than Months FOR FARM WORK Plenty of Workers Available Superintendent Allen Re- ports 1 in PRODUCTION TAX AND SALES TAX PLANS COMPARED Yield From Two Methods Are Estimated To Be About The Same By M. R. DUNNAGAN During the past ten days of sun shine the farmers of Carteret Coun ty have been busy plowing and plant ing Irish potatoes, and more than one half of the eleven hundred acres to be devoted to Irish potatoes have al- The article published in the News last week with reference to labor conditions and the alleged refusal of some who are receiving help from the R. F. C. to work on the farms for pay attracted considerable atten tion and was discussed rather gener- Many a"y" s usua m sucn cases some take uiik siue ttjiu buiiic wie utuci. vuuuijr Superintendent of Education J. G. Allen, who is ex officio head of the relief work, has furnished the News a statement which follows: C. headquarters JUDGE WEBB HAS NO CONVICTIONS "The R. F. in Woman Has Husband Arrested But Fails to t Appear in Court Against Him A rather humorous incident was furnished the spectators in Record er's Court Tuesday morning when it was related that Mrs. Ella Eborn who had had her husband, Nat Eborn, hal ed into court on a charge of assault ing her vith his fists and hands on the twentythird day of February and inflicting painful injuries and threat ening to kill her, thus causing her to leave home, had decided to stay a way from court. Owing to the fail ure of the prosecuting witness to come into court and testify against ii ti j ; l i. e 1 1 Beaufort will esteem it a pleasure I yne ,a"ef ml5tu"" ""3 and privilege to be of assistance to farmers and others in securing an ready been planted. Last year some : adequate supply of labor for produc nine hundred acres were planted toitive yurp0ses when given an oppor these tubers, but this spring about jtunity to do so. The R. F. C. has on two hundred more acres will be plant- i;st numerous men in practically ed. About eighty-five per cent of the j every locality in Carteret County who acreage last spring were contracted renresent themselves as being out of w runtT onrrp rcTimrr for : but onlv about sixty Der cent of i i,n,t no-tifnim-Ur in Retuifnrt. and UtMLIU WYU ' . . --.nA r " twentieth and steal!? therefrom an nic aticagc tm niuuoticu . jyioreneaa lty. vv nn previous uuuue,, - -: season, says G. W. Huntley, which is!when men in any appreciable num- oil arum and gasoline-tank lever, with a reduction of about twenty-five per-!w rp tippHpH the R. F. C. can gnn-iwhich he stole a drum full of gaso- cent ply, or help to supply, from men on The heavy rains which fell prior to jits list, laborers in sufficient quanti about ten days ago prevented the ties to meet the needs whe lithe prox band led the court to noll-pros3 the case with leave. Both the woman's husband and Sheriff Elbert M. Chad wick told Judge Webb that Mrs. Eborn had said that she would not appear in court. Floyd Winberry was charged with breaking into the Newport Consoli dated School building on February Lawmakers Bothered By Schools And Taxes I Eight Months or Six Months Term Is Perplexing Question; General Sales Tax or Luxury Tax is Another One; Session Now on Ninth Week and Much is .Yet to be Done Before Adjourn MOREHEAD CITY BANK IS CLOSED By M. R. DUNNAGAN farmers from planting the potatoes, jiminity of the project will at all jus- guilty through his attorney, Charles RALEIGH, Feb. 28 The general sales tax of two per cent would bring in a total of $13,088,380.00 and the one per cent production tax would bring in $13,119,243.52, on the ba- but th6 past weejj an(i a half has'tify the relief subjects in doing the sis of 19U9 sales ana manufactures, which figures, on the basis of pres ent business would have to be reduc ed to 60 per cent, Senator Hayden Clement, of Rowan, announces, in support of his one per cent produc tion tax, as opposed to the proposed two per cent general sales tax. These figures were compiled by the Division of Commerce and Industry of the Department of Conservation and Development from U. S. Bureau of Commerce statistics for 1929, the . last available. They would have to be reduced to GO per cent of that a mount to show the approximate stat us of today, while readjustments would have to be made to how,,the "feYettter drop in'other linea of manu- facturere than is shown b the case of tobacco products. line from the gasoline tank located on the school property and owned by the school. The defendant pled not V. W. Stevens, Witnesses in the case D. Ira Gar ner, W. L. Lockey and Earle Jar man testified that the dirt was wet after the night of the robbery and that they followed the distinct tracks of the automobile down to Mill Creek. There they found the drum of gasoline cached in the woods with pine limbs covering it. Then the ve hicle bearing the distinct tread was tracked back to Newport and thence to Morehead Bluffs where it was rec- Under the production iex three counties manufacturing tobacco, For syth, Durham and Rockingham, would pay considerably more than one-third of this tax, while these and three others, Guilford, Mecklenburg and been very good for the growers. Just 'work." a few acres were planted before thej "The K. r . U. does not represenx heavy rains, but more than half of , that those for whom it has case cards the acreage has been planted last 'are subject to its beck and call, but week and this. the R. F. C. does represent that those Agricultural activities have once i on its list to whom work is offered more taken the limelight in all of i and available, and who at the time of the farming sections of Carteret Thej the offer are not employed and re growers seem to be filled with enthu-ifuse or fail, for invalid reasans, to siasm for crop production. The fact 'avail themselves of the work oppor that spring is at hand is seen by ajtunities which the R. F. C. suggests, js Vi nnnnfnraMfi TVio pan and will be cut off from receiv- activity of the farming communities jing further work or provisions, 'or ognized 1 as that of Floyd Winberry. . r.iw -!, lnnlr mn- both lt WaS found Parked beSlde the home Ui VOl lit I CI 1 1 1 C I V. VI Wiitigu v w - - . . , y optimistic to the passers-by and en- SinCP the beginning ot K. r.u couraging to the farmers themselves. , activities in arcerei oumy av the local unit has- constitut- Irish potatoes, the fields of cabbage ed itself . largely an ejnplpyment fact that the. men might . have been rrnns lpnd Tirest S-etothetrUCkfarm-iI-nan Ul.uuu.O! ine xCi-r" - . ....... ing of the county, which has develop- ed by Carteret County through Feb-j en over hardsurtaced roads as wel ed so widely during the past eight or xuary having been paid out in wages as aamp dirt ones, Judge Webb dis- ten years. ' iratner man uonauims ui iwu ' j (Continued on page six) or SENATOR WALSH DIES ! REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Another tragedy has befallen thei iadminiitration of the next Present. . A. council, xiusieB ku Gaston would pay much more than J Recently an attempt on Mr. Roo.e. :r nooa, wram, oi - . i.u. 4-u oto4- TTnriQ .h'. i:t .i Mi.mi .ilfl in tha M. City, for S460. 11UU HIB tuiai 1U1 nic uiarei , "' - - l i V M tun FI Jj. j. VIUI'UU BIUHS'IKCC, 1.U i. maintained by Mr. Winberry's sister, Mr. Winberry originally came from the Mill Creek section. Owing to the missed the action. (Continued on nagd tivk) RALEIGH, Feb. 28 On what is probably the eve of the birth of a new revenue bill the joint finance committees of House and Senate seem in hopeless deadlock on two im portant phases of the measure they are to present to the General As sembly: the sales tax and the eight months school term. These two phases have Deen look ed upon as inseperable. They have been linked to the extent that pro ponents of the sales tax plan have used the eight months school term proposal as a means of getting the tax over in lact, tnai me jongei term would be the only justification of the tax, and, belief is general that the eight months term cannot be op erated without it in some form. But, whether the six months term can be operated without the sales tax is the point that is now bothering many of the legislators. Many of the law-makers are oppos ed to a sales tax of any kind, and many would fight such a tax to the end if it were possible for them to see that the government could con tinue to operate and schools be con ducted for six months without it. A small majority of the Senate finance committee went for a sales tax and a slight one in the House committee went against it. Also, a slight major ity in one house favors the eight months school term, while a slight majority in the other opposes it. Little doubt is entertained tnat a general sales tax, rather than a lux ury tax, will be adopted, but it will be necessary to convince several leg islators that the money necessary cannot be raised otherwise. They will accept it as a sort of last resort. Be lief is that the finance committees will get out the revenue bill during 681,348.70, Durham $1,382,244.45, them dangtrou.ly. Now hit appointee jOglesby 110 'acres Newport Town- PAyVinffJiam S1 . 1 39.955. 38. ft total of u Attornev-General is dead. me "'Pt $5,581,3(48.53, while Guilford would j radio spread the information thi , tiott SOfi7.9R9l.fi1. Merklenhurar $698.- morninar that Senator Thomas J. 166.33 and Gaston $690,830.52,, the Walsh had just died from a heart at. i$10. Six counties paying $7,937,627.99 of! tack while en route to Washington E H Gorham, Com. to F ovd F. the total of $13,119,243.52. Camden j near Wilson, N. C. Senator Walsh .Loftin, 2 lots Beaufort, for $100. would pay nothing and seven other was married a few days ago to a ao-j RiRTHS counties, Alleghany, Clay, Currituck, Icially prominent Cuban widow. Hei, BIKIMS Dare, Greene, Tyrrell and Yancey land his bride flew from Havana to would pay less than $1,000 each. ! Miami and proceeded from there by Born to Mr and Mrs. Harvey Law Under the two per cent general lr.il for Washington. Senator Walsh "nee, of Bettie, on Wednesday, i. tv M.,iri.r,wr wnulH h Ww.. 73 . old. He. was from Mon- i February 22, twins, a boy and a girl. Only county paying above a million ) tana and was regarded as one of the dollars a vear. Si. 038.740. it and five ablest men in the U. a. Senate, other large counties, Guilford, For- AIRPLANE CARRIES OXYGEN EQUIPMENT TO MAYOR CERMAK Raleigh, March 1 A tri-motored airplane sped into the southern dark ness Tuesday with axygen equipment to reinforce the efforts to save the life of Mayor Anton Cermak, critical- E. H. Oglesby to L. C. Carroll, , ly ill in a Miami hospital from 110 acres Newport Township, fori wounds inflicted by en assassin who sought tne life of President-elect Roosevelt. Included among the equipment was an airtight room, made of rubberized fabric, into which the Chicago may or will be placed. Outside will be the 'pumps to supply the room with oxy gen. The plane landed here at 6: 15 p. m. and took off 15 minutes later. syth, Wake, Buncombe and Durham, Carteret Tournament paying one third of the tax, of $4,- . . n i r 341,180, on the 192 J business basis. 1 fiaS DriSK beginning Financial Statistics 14 caps Carteret county, wit'i a population! Washington, D. C, of 16.900. would pay $:7,040.00 un-i Two of the most spirited and en- Bureau of the der the two per cent general sales Ijoyable basket ball games played here jsummary of the financial statistics tax and $10,413.23 under the one ; in recent years took place in the aud-;0f the State of North Carolina for iwr pptit. nroduction tax. these fisrures ! itorium of the court-house annex ths fiscal vear ending June 30, 1931. FINANCIAL STATISTICS ANNOUNCED F OR STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Mar. 1 The Census announces a Bank Failure Causes Some Talk; W. A. Allen Will Liquidate Bank Considerable interest was manifest ed in Beaufort and vicinity yester day when the news of thee losing of the Bank of Morehead City began to circulate among the people. It was the chief subject of conversation on the streets, in the stores and other places of business for several hours. The view was expressed by several business men that the effect would be more psycological tham any thing tlse so far as Beaufort was concern ed. A number of firms and individ uals here carried accounts with the bank but most of them had only small balances. As far as the News has heard no one from here had more than two or three hundred dol lars rn the Morehead City institu tion and very few had as much as $100 balance there. A notice on the door of the bank reads that it was closed by "order of the board of directors and on the advice of G. P. Hood, State Bank Commissioner." The bank was open Tuesday as usual but failed to open Wednesday. There seemed to be iiO' excitement about the matter in More head City although there was general regret there and elsewhere that the bank had to close. It seems generally recognized that the bank had put up a good fight but that the odds were against it and closing was unavoid able. Two representatives of A. Lee Rawlings and Company of Raleigh arrived early Wednesday morninjf and began an immediate investiga tes week, and that within two weeks turn of the bank's affairs. W. A. Allen the General Assembly will adopt a 'who is in charge of the liquidation revenue measure, based on, if not of the two banks in Beaufort and one entirely the committee bill. , in Morehead City, will liquidate the The eighth week of the session passed with little apparently accom plished. Only six bills and resolu tions of a public nature , and 38 lo cal measures, were finally ratified. Numbers of bills have been tossed a bout, killed and brought back to life, passed and recalled to such an ex Bank of Morehead City. The News has no information as to the bank's condition at this time. Its last statement, published Decem ber 31, shows deposits subject to check, unsecured, amounted to $41 339.22. It had a capital of $50,000 and a surplus fund of $9000. Bills provements, but $4,042,041 less than the total payments including those for permanent improvements. These exactly 200 had been ratified to the payments m excess oi revenue re- end 0f iast week, probably 80 per ceipts were met from the proceeds cent 0f them local. Last week was of debt obligations. Property and probably the lowest in ratification of tent that one legislator made a mo- payable amounted to $64,763.80. W. tion to take up on a certain day on-! A. McGlohom was president and H. ly bills from the unfavorable calen- O. Phillips cashier. dar so many had been brought back for further action, after being kill- MARINE BANK PAYS DIVIDEND ed. It was stated in the News last week that dividend checks for the Marine Bank of Morehead City had been received by Liquidating Agent W. A. Allen and would be sent out March first. The News is informed that the checks were mailed out Wed nesday. This was a five per cent div idend and makes 35 per cent that has been paid so far. Belief is, however, that progress is being made, that the main bills, rev enue and appropriations, are being formed and will soon be cut for ac tion. Three or four weeks more will see them and other important legis lation enacted and the General As sembly ended or near the end, it is expected. The bills introduced have gone above the 1000 mark now, and show, but based on the 1929 volumelMonday evening when St. Paul's.The per capita figures for 1931 are'special taxes represented 20.2 perjany ftiat will follow of manufacturing and business, which vanquished Newport by a score ofad 0n an estimated population of would have to be cut to 60 per cent 27-17 and Beaufort defeated More- 3 ,201,000. as the estimate for present condi- head City at the rate of 14-11. Thei Expenditures tiona. (jarteret Uounty nasKei tan tourn-i The payments lor operation cent of the total revenue for 1931, Three of the measures ratified last 20.6 per cent for 1930, and 50.2. were resolutions, one designat- Iper cent for 1917. The increase in'ing by name the "Clarence A. Shore and the amount of property and special state Laboratoryy of Hygiene Build- lament opened here Monday atternoon maintenance of the general depart- taxes collected was 1(4.7 per cent ;ng( jn honor of the late director MAN'S WRIST ACCIDENTALLY hen Smyrna high completely down-'ments of North Carolina amounted from 1917 to 1931 but there was a for 25 years. The other two were CUT THURSDAY AFTERNOON ed Atlantic with the top-heavy score to $23,229,304. or $7.26 per capita. decrease of 15 per cent from 1930 rea(jy ty,e week before, one endors- ;of23-5. j This includes $6,502,618, apportion- 'to 1931. The per capita of property ;ng Mrs. Lillie M. Mebane as minister Working too close for comfort j A large crowd of spectators were ments for education to the minor civ- and special taxes collected was $2.55 a Sweden, the other asking Uncle proved quite serious last Thursday, on hand for the tournament games, divisions of the btate. In lUdu tnen 1931, $3.04 in 19.J0, and $1.0 m;sam to stay off the State's tax fields. afternoon for Jimmie Johnson, who and the quickness of the playing was cer capita for operation and mainte-1 1917. For 1930 and 1831 there were was accidentally chopped across the Jenjoyably received. Allen, Mann and nance 0f general departments was;no collections of the general proper left wrist with a grubbing hoe by;Lockey were the top scorers for the: $9.06 and in 1917, $1.96. The pay Jonah Spencer. The two colored men Newport quint, while Longest, Thorn- nients for operation and maintenance were employed in relief work out at as and Rose were the star tossers for0f public service enterprises in 1931 t.rin Beaufort school. the EniscoDalians. Owing to his dim- amounted to $24,173: interest on Immediately after the accident, unitive size, Thomas for the latter Johnson was taken to the Potter aggregation brought thunder 1 n g Emergency Hospital where he was treated by Dr. L. W. Moore. It was found that the colored man had sus tained a badly lacerated wrist. After receiving treatment the man return ed to his home. Tuesday when John son's wrist was dressed it was found cheers from the sidelines whenever he aided his team-mates with quick debt, $7,940,843; and outlays for permanent improvements, $13',274, 854. The total payments, therefore, for operation and maintenance of accurate passing or hurling a field igeneral departmentts and public ser- goal or calmly tossing a foul shot, The Morehead City-Beaufort con test was even faster and with closer scomng than the St. 1'aul-JNewport that the wound was getting more ser- game. Owing to the natural rivalry ious, so he is being detained at the existing between the two quints, hospital until his wrist show improvement. begins to each player on both sides made ev ery effort to further his own team. vice enterprises, for interest and out lays were $44,469,174. The totals in elude all payments for the year, whether made from current revenues or from the proceeds of bond issues. ty tax for the use of the State, Earnings of general departments, or compensations for services ren dered by State officials, represented 11.7 per cent of the total revenue for 19C(1, 9.8 per cent for 1930, and 20.4 per cent for 1917. Business and non business licens es constituted 52.5 per cent of the total revenue for 1931, 56.6 per cent for 1930, and 19.4 per cent for 1917. New Divorce Law Now The divorce bill is now the law, allowing divorce actions to be brought after two years of sepera- tion, instead of five, and cutting the residence eriod before bringing an action from two to one year. An other new law prohibits employment on any public works of an architect, engineer, designer or draftsman in terested in the manufacture or sale of any materials used in the work. Of interest is the law reducing the license fee for trailers towed by pas senger cars, ratified last week. Form- 55 cents per 100 TIDE TABLE Information a 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. Receipts from business licenses consist chiefly of taxes exacted from erly the cost was 55 cents per Of the governmental costs report-insurance and other incorporated '. pounds, the average having been ed above, $14,558,800 was for high- companies and of sales tax on gnso-j$7.15 a year. Now such trailers weigh ways, $3,523,577 being for mainte- lline, while those from nonbusiness li-iing not more than 500 pounds and Both teams featured air-tight guard-lnance and $11,035,223 for construe-; censes comprise chiefly taxes on mo-'canying not more than 1,000 pounds, By thinning the hardwoods on the ; ing, so perfect that it was almost im-ition. tor vehicles and amounts paid for, towed by a passenger car are taxed Caswell County home farm, county I possible for either to score. Roberts,; Revenues I hunting and fishing privileges. The '.only $2 for all or any ypart of the 12:24 a. 12:39 p. 1:11 a. 1:30 p. 2:09 a. 2:30 authorities have effected a tial saving in the fuel bill county. More than 200 cords of wood were culled from the farm woodlands. substan- Home and Davis ltd the Morehead lhe total revenue receipts were sales tax on gasoline amounted to year. Hill and ,$40,427,133, or $12,63 per capita. $9,767,374 in 1931 and $10,219,144 j The Senate finally passed the meas fr the, This was $9,232,813 more than the; in 1930, a decrease of 4.4 per cent. Jure abolishing the Corporation Corn- total payments of the year, exclusive j These amounts do not include the gas mission, as amended, and sent it to of thej City high, while Hatsell, Hassell were the foremost local quint. (Continued on page six) of the payments for permanent im- tax apportioned to the counties, Continued on page fir High Tide Low Tid Friday, March 3 m. 7:11 a. m. 7:11 p. Saturday, March 4 m. 8:09 a. m. 8:08 p. Sunday, March 5 a. m. 9:08 a. p. m. 9:09 p. Monday, March 6 3:15 a. m. 10:05 a. 3:41 p. m. 10:07 p. Tuesday, March 7 4:24 a. m. 11:02 a. 4:46 p. m. 10:59 p. Wednesday, March 8 5:20 a. m. 5:42 p. m. 11:51 p. m. Thursday, March 9 6:07 a. m. 11:57 a. m. 6:28 p. m, 12:37 p. to, nu nu nu m. nv. , nu nu nu