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VOLUME XXII
8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1933 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY t&2i
NUMBER 12
Carteret County Industries
Begin in Earnest as Spring
Makes Annual Arrival Here
WATERS TEEMING
WITH SEAFOOD
DELICACY
START SHIPPING
CABBAGE AND
RADISHES
BEGIN MARKETING
Some soft crabs have been caught
and shipped by the various catchers
CUT EARLY CROP
Several growers have started cut
ting cabbage this week for out-of-
C
TO PAY WORKERS
OF R. F. C. IN
CASH SOON
at Marshallberg since the first of this county shipments, and so far this va-
month, but the soft shell crab seas- riety of vegetable has netted the
on will begin in earnest about the growers a cent a pound right in the
first of April. Present indications ; field without the additional expense
point to the supposition that there ' of crating. Hugh Carraway, K. W.
will be more soft crabs this spring j Wright and M. S. Snowden cut some
than during any of the past several the latter part of last week and this
Reasons. Althoueh it is said to be! week. Cabbage were selling on the
too early now to even approximate
what the price will be, Captain John
A. Nelson, State Fisheries Commis
Bioner, says that evidently there will
be a good supply of these crusta
eeans this spring.
Marshallbergers, as. is usually the
case, were the first to start catching
and shiDDine this typo of seafood
Washington market this week at
$2.50 per hundred pound crate.
This is the beginning of the cab
bage shipping season, ' and if the
prices justify it thousands of crates
of cabbage will leave Carteret for
northern markets during the ensuing
few weeks. At the present time,
Carteret farmers have more than
this season. Crabbers living in oth- five hundred acres devoted to .the
er eastern communities do not be
gin cacthing the soft shell crabs un
til about the first of April. It will
not be long now until crabbers at
Harkers sland, Smyrna, Wiliston, Da
vis, Stacy and Sea Level will begin
catching soft shell crabs and "peel
ers" and then this spring seafood in
dustry will get underway in earnest.
At one time, soft shell crabs
brought approximately a hundred
thousand dollars a year to Carteret
County but htat was during boom
times. Of course, the industry will
production of this type of vegetable.
Due perhaps to the warm winter,
the cabbages this season are small
somewhat like they were last spring.
Practically all of the fields are look
ing fine, especailly since the cab
bage have been side-dressed with ni
trate of soda. This has caused them
to turn greener and head right up.
During the past ten ' days about
six truck loads of scarlet globe rad
ishes have been shipped by K. W.
Wright and Gibbs Brothers. The
prices for these have so far been
Also Redeeming Scrip
Issued During Bank
Holiday
Realizing the disappointment and
inconvenience, and in many cases,
the suffering entailed by many who
have been dependent solely upon R.
F. C. funds, County Superintendent
Allen secured Tuesday from the
Branch Banking and Trust Company,
of New Bern, sufficient cash to pay
in full in cash all payroll items for
the weeks of March 9-15 and March
18-22. Mr. Wade, Projeict Supervis
or, began immediately plans lor get
ting pay to all for whom wages were
due for the two weeks specified a-bove.
Owing to the hindrances unforseen
by Mr. Allen at the time the bank
holiday pay roll scrip was issued on
March 10th, the R. F. C. has been
delayed in perfection of plans for re
demption of scrip within the two
weeks specified that is, by March
24th. However, ample available funds
are now on hand in the Branch Bank
and Trust Company, in New Bern,
for the redemption of all of the scrip,
and all scrip that has reached the R.
F. C. 'headquarters, at Beaufort, will
be redeemed Monday, March 27th, by
valid checks on the said bank, immed
iately after Mr. Allen's return that
morning from Raleigh where he is
now upon attendance of the annual
meeting of the N. C. E. A.
Any and all people who have npt
sent in their scrip for redemption
should either send or ' bring their
scrip in at once so that it may be re
deemed March 27th and the entire
issue satisfied. Rumors have reached
Mr. Allen to the effect that, in a few
instances, merchants and others have
taken advantage of the holders of
scrip by handling the scrip only at an
appreciable discount. Mr. Allen Tefus-
General Assembly Now Swinging
Uncertainly Between Sales Tax
And Reducing State's Expenses
Qarteret's Champion Cagers
4 VlW ii iiV J I
LENGTHY SESSION
SEEMS CERTAIN
RIGHT NOW
The St. Paul's School basket ball team won the Carteret County cham
pionship in the finals of the county tournament played between that team
and the Smyrna High tossers Wednesday evening of last week. The
dynamic, fast-playing, breath-taking game was won by a margin of one
point, the score being 14-13.
:St. Paul's players in the above cut are as f olows, reading from left to
John Austin, forward: Cecil Harrell, guard: Frank
Thomas, forward. Back row: F. G. Lewis, coach; Roland Longest,
ward; Carlton Rose, center; and Matthew Marshall, guard.
About Half of State
Banks Have Now
Reopened
SEE DEADLOCK
for-
GEORGE R.STYR0N
INTERRED SUNDAY
One of Town's Oldest Citizens
Passed Away Here Early
Saturday Morning
HIGH HONOR BESTOWED
ON LOCAL YOUNG LADY
ed to believe that there were many
people in Carteret county so selfish
and unpatriotic as to take the advan
tage of their less fortunate fellows
during such a crisis as that through
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not DiHWwt. Vu.u, I unfavorable, ,It,is said, that., tbisUslad to believe thatthis has been at ajl
money thA year, nt jt jsectedj;. the northern marXide spread and emphatically refus"-
tnat tne pnve wiu UB uu - ikets have been overflown with long
the crabbers to earn a living. Th.swh radishes Carteret rs
will be helped by the fact that there flre h . tflat , dlment
are more crabs than usual in the. a&mi duri the next few
bays, sound and rivers in the eastern L go & mM fn
part of Carteret their red globe radishes may be had.
Since they started catching crabs
about the first of March around
Marshalberg, the catchers themselves' ,ww .
'CrMiROOSEVELT SIGNS BEER BILL
ers are now beginning to buy and
ship the crabs and perhaps before the
first of April numerous buyers will
start dealing in the marketing of the
soft shellcrabs.
Hundreds of people living in the
various eastern communities of the
county depend largely on the crab
bing industry during the greater part
PERMITTING SALE IN 15 DAYS
WASHINGTON, March 22 Presi
dent Roosevelt signed the 3.2 per
cent beer and wines bill into law to
day immediately on receiving it from
of the spring months. Most of these .the capitoi.
are the catchers and their families,! it legalizes the beverages to be
but others are employed in handling! gold where not otherwise prohibited
the crabs, getting them to the tail-jas soon as the clock strikes midnight,
road and in various and sundry oth-(April 6. Fourteen states allow the
er rays. April is usually the best'jbeer, which must be held to 32 per
lionth of the 3prins for crabo ng,
and when the f ply, price and de
mand are fav.raole many people in
the eastern pari of Carter ,t make
good living in the industry.
BEAUFORT NEWS EDITOR
AT GREENSBORO CLINIC
W. G. Mebn, aditor of tha
Beaufort Nw$, was taken to a
Greentboro clinic Tuesday
morning for an examination
and pottibly treatment. Mr.
Mebane hat been in ill health
for the peat aeTeral weelra,
and from Friday to Tuesday
wti confined to hi bed. The
New editor will probably be
away from hl newspaper work
for several weeks. In hU ab-
sence, the News' personnel will
look after the publication of
thin paper, and the reader
will continue to get their
' copies of the Newt on time
each weak,
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Install Modern Mill
At Caledonia Prison
cent alcohol by weight or four per
cent by volume.
Wasting no time on the act to
which he looks for at least a $125,
000.000 tax contribution toward bal-
the budeet. Mr. Roosevelt
,!as soon as the bill reached the white
. ! house crossed over to his cabinet
,jroom to affix his signature, along
, with that of Vice President Garner
J that had been put on two minutes af
. Iter the senate met. The president
, Jwent to the cabinet room by prear
Jrangement to enable photographers
- I to record the scene,
Once sale gets under way, a long
,! legal controversy is expected to fol
low as to constitutionality of the
J law, reaching the supreme court ev-
Jentually.
I President Roosevelt lioday asked
the attorney general to report tne
status of federal prisoners convict-
tribution to the states.
Protects dry states by re-affirming
the Webb-Keynon act preventing in
terstate shipment into those that have
laws prohibiting sale of beverages of
more than one-half of one per cent
alcoholic content.
Provides that brewers must pay an
annual federal license fee of $1,000
for each brewery.
Coninues existing law calling for
$50 annual fees for wholesalers and
$20 for retailers.
Amends dry laws affecting Hawaii,
Alaska and Puerto Rico to permit
sale of this 3.2 per cent beer and
wine.
Makes manufacturers bear the bur
den of proof that their products do
not contain more than 3.2 per cent
alcohol.
Reaffirms Volstead act penalities on
violators of provisions Including the
forfeiture of license.
Permits advertising by radio, news
papers and other publications.
The beer and wine may be sold in
14 states as soon as legalized: Ariz
ona, California, Illinois, Indiana,
Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Neva
da, New Jersey, New York, Oregon,
Pensylvania, Washington and Wiscon
sin.
Three other states permit beer to
Captain George Robert Styron, a
native of Hatteras but for fifty years
a resident here, passed away about
seven o'clock here Saturday morning
in the Pptter Emergency Hospital at4
the age of seventy-two; years. Captain
Styron had been in ill health for sev
eral years, and for the past few
months he has been in and out of the
hospital. He was taken there the
last time Tuesday morning. ,
Funeral services were conducted
from the late residence on Front
Street Sunday afternoon at two-thirty
o'clock, with the Rev. R. F. Munns
officiating. The Methodist choir was
in attendance, and the Knight3 of
Harmony, of which Captain Styron
was for many years a faithful mem
ber, were there in a body and con
ducted the last rites. The afternoon
was typically spring and a large
crowd of the town s people and many
out-of-town friends of the family at
tended and the floral designs were
many. Interment was in the Ocean
View Cemetery.
Cantain Styron was the eldest son
of Stephen Robert and Hannah Eliz
abeth Styron. of Hatteras. He came
here when quite a young man and at
the age of twenty was married to
Miss Beulah Mason. To this union
was born two sons and two daugh
ters, and all but one daughter sur
vive their father. Mrs. Styron pass
ed away ten years ago,
Miss Hattie Lee Humphrey,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Humphrey, who i a Jun-
ic-r at E. C. T. C. at Greenville,
wa elected president of the
student government of that
institution Tuesday. This is
quite an honor and Beaufort
can be justly proud that one
of its own daughter has had
.. this Jboaor 'hetowed- upon -hero -
Mis Humphrey was graduated
from Beaufort High School in
the spring of 1930. She stood
high in scholarship and' debat-
ing while attending the local
school.
By M. R. DUNNAGAN
RALEIGH, March 22 The Gener
al Assembly has responded in peru
liar manner to the message of Gov
ernor Ehringhaus of a week ago,
asking for a balanced budget, the
eight months school term, supported
as an emergency by a sales tax,
abolishing all charter school districts,
and leaving the highway fund alone
for highway maintenance and paying
bonds and interest.
Governor Ehringhaus had asked
the bodies to wait a few day3 on the
main appropriations and revenue
bills, until he could appear before
them, probably so they could consid
er these measures with calm sober
judgment, unswayed by the hysteria
and fear of the banking holiday. Now
many observers say the appropria
tions measure is being considered
with the basis of fear that few banks
will open again and that no sources
of revenue will remain.
The House spent much of last
week on the revenue machinery bill,
which it passed and sent to the Sen
ate, and the appropriations bil, ,which
is. far from finished. However, - the
House in a sort of whoop-it-up fash-
adopted-, the; substitute', off ered
CARTERET SCRIP
NOW ACCEPTABLE
Assembly Authorizes and Di
rects Tax Collector to Ac
cept Vouchers on Taxes
Raleigh, March 22 Three bills re
lating to Carteret county and More
head City have been passed and rat
ified by the General Assembly, while
another was due to be ratified by the
middle of this week.
The bill providing for the naming
of a Port Commission for Morehead
City was passed on its second read
ing in the Senate Friday, but had to
wait until this week for its third
reading, and was expected to be rat
ified Tuesday or Wednesday of this
week.
The three bills ratified
During the greater part of his life the law are:
' ld under the dry laws but who would ba B0& after a specified time; North
Raleigh," March 22 George Ross
Pou, State's Prison superintendent,
reports that the new mill has been in
stalled at Caledonia Prison farm, the
needs of the nrison for foods and
feeds have been supplied and the mill
is ready to supply other State insti
tutions with the following: flour, self-
risin?. nlain and eraham: wheat!
not have been guilty of violation un-
1 der the terms of the new beer bill.
I No decision has been, reached on
paroling such prisoners, nor is it
known how many there are.
Tha bill went to the president just
nine days after he asked its enact
ment in a brief special message.
It was the third of the major em
ergency measures requested by him
and onacted by the special session,
which convened two weeks ago to
morow. The others were the banking
bill and the economy measure.
Dakota, July 1; West Virginia, May
9, and Wyoming, May 18.
COMMITTEE WILL SELECT
REPUBLICAN TICKET FOR
TOWN ELECTION , SHORTLY
Authorizing the Carteret fcotmty
tax collector to accept county vouch.
ers in payment of county taxes.
To allow certain discounts in tax
es in Carteret county and Morehead , priations, and will follow closer the
Citv program of Governor Ehringhaus,
Amend the charter of the town of and the conflict will start. Also,
Morehead City to provide for
election of the chief of police.
the
Washington, March 22 The prin
cipalprovisions of the beer bill.
Legalizes beer and w.ne oi a.i per
bran, 'shorts and screenings; meal,! cent aicohol by weight of four per
bolted and unbolted; grits, coarse, 'cent by volume. .
minimi or fine: corn bran, screenings i Levies a federal tax of ?5 a bar-
and chops; crushed corn on cob, oats, ;rel of thirty-one gallons.
rye or barley, and mixed dairy feeds. Becomes effective fifteen days nf-
ter enactment.
READ THE NEWS WANT ADS ' Leaves all regulations as to dis-
A large crowd attended the Repub
lican mass meeting which was held
in the court room of the county court
house last night, beginning, at 7:30
o'clock. E. Walter Hill was chair
man of the meeting. A committee of
twelve was selected to canvass the
town and decide upon a Republican
ticket to be run in the rown election
the second of May. E. Walter Hill
was made chairman of this commit
tee, which will report at another
mass meeting called for 7:30 o clock
Wednesday evening, March 29.
rnntnin Rtvrnn followed the water
,
for a livelihood. For many years ne
was captain of one of the menhaden
boats fishing out of Beaufort. Three
years of his life were spent working
at the fisheries laboratory at Eden
ton. Captain Styron was one of
Beaufort's police officers here for a
number of years during the later
r,o nf Ha lif rhirimr the fiftv vears
spent in this community Captain ' Webb Accident Victims
Styron made many inenas ana me
large crowd that attended his funer
al was open testimony to his stand
ing in the community.
The deceased is survived by one
daughter, Miss Beulah Styron, and
two sons, Henry and George D. Sty
ron, all of this community. The fol
lowing sisters and brothers also sur
vive : Mrs. Sophrona Mason, of Beau
fort: Mrs. Martha Gaskms, of Black
Mountain; Mrs. Mrs. Freeman U'Neai
of Hatteras; and C. 5. Styron and U
W. Styron, both of Hatteras.
by Tarn C. Bowie, who had in some
manner brought to bis support Gregg
Cherry, which substitute cuts appro
priations to a point which many sober-minded
legislators and others
think will undermine the State's in
stitutions, departments and the pub
lic schools. The measure is extreme
ly drastic in its cuts, and fear is
that the functions could not continue
under it.
The measure aims at slashing so
there will be no sales or production
tax no additional levies. The edu
cational institutions have been com
pleted in the item by item consider
ation by the House as a committee
of the whole, and the educational
leaders are in consternation, except
in a few instances in which even the
low budget bureau figures have been
raised supposedly to get support
for the measure. This week the
House will continue the items, and
when the measure is finished, will
send it to the Senate, where it wfll
probably meet with more sympathet
ic consideration.
And now those who have been ex
pecting an adjournment in three or
and pow four weeks are predicting another
I deadlock that may even approach.
in 1931.
the five months' session
They feel that the Senate will not
meet the low figure the House ap
parently will send over for appro-
LOCAL JUNIORS ATTEND
GET-TOGETHER MEETING
Somewhat Improved
William McLean Webb, Morehead
City business man and chairman of
the Carteret County Board of Com
d his wife. Mrs. Lillie
Webb, were seriously injured Mon
day when their car overturned near
Fayetteville, while enroute to Char
lotte. They were removed to a Fay
etteville hospital and are now some
what improved.
Mesdames Mary Headen and Dan
Bell, of Morehead City, and Mrs. 01
lie Neal, of this community, were rid
ing in the Webb car, but were less
severalv injured. Mesdames Bell and
Neal returned to their homes Wed
nesday afternoon.
' Mr. Webb lost control of the car
while driving at about 45 miles an
hour about four miles from Fayette-
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An enthusiastic "get-together
meeting was held in the Junior Or
der hall in the Duncan Building Mon
day evening, beginning at 8 o'clock.
Thomas O. Moore, district deputy of
New Bern, addressed the Juniors.
His inf f.rpstinir address was centered
around the thought of creating more ' vestigated -nvf eck.
interest in the fraternal rganizationJrff' 3elib': suffered several" frac
.-rl'f i.-f?f i 1 I 1 Li
the
revenue bill, with or without a sales
tax, is to be considered alter the ap
propriations measure is out of the
way. Many other important meas
ures are still to be completed, and it
would take three or four weeks at
best and at worst, probably two
months.
Even Josephus Daniels, who leaves
this week to begin preparations to
represent this nation in the Repub
lic of Mexico as ambassador, who has
been an open foe to Governor Eh
ranghaus.has come out with a front
page editorial in which he urges
"Follow President Roosevelt" and
follows up with "Follow Governor
Ehringhaus," in bis recommends-.
tions. But the General Assembly, or
at least the House side, is showing
some disinclination in the following.
When President Roosevelt got his
beer and wine measure through
Congress another bill bobbed up in '
the General Assembly to provide for
wine, porter, ale and beer of 3.2 flf
cent alcoholje contntf enfl 6 ta" t,i
both Tin the sale a-vi in thz win, j:
trill ani 4-V.o ra-r fnmpn ftVPT. accord
ing to a highway patrolman "who 'iivJf&cttire inhjftStfrteV All other b!ff
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The banking -situation is clearing
T)PTE-mffini4firt. contusions and lascerations, ' up gradually. Only those banks that
drive. After th .fusinas ! meeting.vAiile her "husband sustained a severe jare entirely safe and liquid are open
ice cream and cake was served to the . concussion of the brain and lesser
many who attended. i injuries. . .. . a u, 1 (Continued fin pifct four)