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VOLUME XXII
SIX PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THU RSDAY, MARCH 30, 1933
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NUMBER 13
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App
ropnations
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Bowie-Cher
Bill Will Very Likely Cause
Some Form of Sales Tax Soon
LONG SESSION OF
ASSEMBLY NOW
FORESEEN
Senate Holding Back
Eight Months School
Provision Bill
CLEAR CALENDARS
Laboratory Being painted
By M. R. DUNNAGAN
RALEIGH March 28 Aften ten
days of travail the House of Repre
sentatives has brought forth and
sent to the Senate an appropriations
bill which bears the name of the
Bowie-Cherry substitute for the com
mittee substitute for ' the original
appropriations bill, but with few fea
tures of parents-in-name, and in the
main the child of the House Appro
priations commlvtee.
The committee bill contemplated
a sales tax of some kind. The Bowie
Cherry substitute, adopted by the
House, sought to balance the budget
without such a tax and by cutting
everything to the bone, or deeper,
After the Bowie-Cherry substitute
was adopted, the bill was taken up
item by item, and everything raised
to or almost to the figures in the
committee bill, except the State de
partments. The measure went to the
Senate that way, with increases suf
ficient to require some form of sales
tax, and will come out early this
week in the Senate.
As the bil went to the Senate it
jprovided $13,450,000 for the six
months public school term, $75,000
for emergencies, and $600,000 con
tribution toward support of the ex
tended term, a total of $15,050,000
for public schools. The Senate may,
or may not, substitute the eight
months term, abolishing charter dis
tricts, as to operation, as recommen
ded by Governor Ehringhaus. The
Senate has been holding DacK me
, ' . -Jtfacfiean-Bailey bill for an eight
Vt;lEf5 school, and it may be embrac-
' . '"eAJa the appropriations measure. If
r 8j4t will then have to go back to
Yithe House, for concurrence and its
fate is uncertain. The Senate will
probably be considering the appro
priations measure all this week.
Meanwhile, the House will have
under consideration the revenue
measure, the second ot the two im
portant bills, and there will prob
ably be interlocking, crossing and
dovetailing of the two measures.
Even with the program made the
session, and if things move along
with fair progress, little chance is
seen of adjournment in less than
three weeks or more, and if dead
locks develop, that time could easily
be doubled, running the session
through April.
( Continued on page six)
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All the buildings at the- U. S. Bureau of Fisheries Biological Station
at Piver's Island are now being repainted. Since the beginning of this
station about three decades ago, the buildings have always been pajnted
buff, but snowy white paint is now being used in redecorating the exter
ior of the buildings. The director's home is also included in the repaint
ing program. Both the local people and summer visitors will be pleased
with the appearance of the island, since the white paint makes the build
ings much move attractive than did the buff.
DELINQUENT TAX
PAYERS GAIN
REDUCTION .
This Applies to 1331
Taxes and All Other
Previous Years
Crab Buyers Arrive;
A number of crab buyers from:-
Crisfuld, Maryland, have arrived in
Carteret County since the last issue!
of the News was printed, 4 Sev9it
of these are located at Morehead
i City and one or two at communities
in the- eastern part of the cauhty.
These are in addition to the numer
ous local shippers of the soft shelled
crustaceans.
The weather is getting warmer and
more favorable for the catching and
pod daily now. A large number of
people in the eastern part of the
county are employed in the industry.
LIST TAKERS BEGIN WORK
OVER CARTERET SATURDAY
Property list takers for the vari
ous townships of Carteret County met
at the court-house this morning. They
wil start work Saturday morning,
April 1, and will continue to list
property through the month of April.
W. G. Dudley and James Potter are
the list takers for Beaufort township
and will be in their office in the
court-house each week day in April
from nine a. m. to 4 p .m.
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Beware ! !
All Fool's Day comes Satur
day, and from early in the morn
ing until late at night every one
will betrying to get an April
Fool on everybody else. This is
one of the most joyful and sor
rowful days of the. year,, and
an excellent time f ot testing a
youngster's sense of humor.
But this is, by no means confin
ed to the younger people, for
the oldster in whose veins flow
the spirit of youth the day
holds much merriment. .
Beware the kind (?) atten
tion of both friends and foes
on All Fool's Day, for that is
indeed a day to look question
ingly at everything that has ev
en a semblance of friendliness
and attcntiveness! . . - ,-
There has been some confusion on
1 .... nmni. r fipaha Timif fhQ Onvinff 1ft
ty in regards to the special act spon-j0"'' """" "
' a w Par.o.T,fntivo T.nt.W i opening up. Larger catches are be-
Hamilton and passed by the General ma?,e and mor are beinS sh
Assembly about two weeks ago'reliev
ing taxpayers of Carteret County
and Morehead City of all penalties
due on unpaid tax certificates for
1931 and preceeding years and also
a certain percent reduction of the
face value of the certificates for
prompt payment. Some people have
the impression that this is the first
step toward relieving the taxpayers
of all past due taxes, but the Beau
fort News is informed that this is
not the case and that the taxpayers
will be held responsible for all taxes
I due.
On all delinquent taxes that is,
those for 1931 and all years prior to
hthat will not be charged up with
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vne penaiwcs aim iuwi . j .
accruing. If delinquent taxes are
paid during 1933, the discounts on I
the face value of the certificates will
be allowed as follows: during month
of April four per cent; during May
three and one-half percent; during
June three per cent; during July two
and one-half percent; during August
two per cent; during September one
and one-half percent; during Octo
ber one per cent; and during Novem
ber one half of one per cent. No
discount will be allowed for delin
quent taxe9 paid during the month of
December of this year.
After January first 1934 payment
of all delinquent taxes for 1931 and
vears nrior shall be collected under
the conditions and provisions of the
general law at that time existing.
For further information concerning
this matter the Beaufort News refers
its readers either to the tax collectors
of Carteret County and Morehead
City or to the special act governing
thjs.
PISTOL GETS MAN
ROAD SENTENCE
THISWEEK
Colored Man Given 4
Months on Assault
Charge
;Jeff Taylor, a thirty-year-old
North River colored man, was tried
in Recorders Court Tuesday morning
on a charge of assault with a deadly
weapon to-wit, a pistol upon the
person of Lena Bell Taylor, of the
same community. After much testi
mony, Jeff was convicted and sen
tenced by Judge Paul Webb to four
months in jail and to be assigned to
work the roads of the state.
It was learned : from the various
wttnesses that Jeff acquired a pistol
sometime back and has been terrify
ing the, neighborhood ever since with
h$ threats of wanting to kill some
onC Monday afternoon of this week,
Jeff was' at the home of Lena Bell
Taylor and during a neated argument
h9' swished his concealed weapon
from his hip pocket and snapped the
ieewiingly empty gun twice, aiming
at 'her chest. ;
if In: addition to the defendant and
I grosecuting witness, two other wit
nesses .testified in the case. James
'Johnson,' who originally haled from
Mayesyille, was a rather clear, force.
I ful witness, and gave his testimony
nyt a ticoncise, straightforward man
rifer that would have done credit to a
pitofesional witness. Alonzo Shep
pard, formerly of Newport but now
of the North River section, also tes
tified in the case.
j Jeff Taylor asked the judge to
sena Johnson ana Sheppard away
from the North River section, foi hs
said they had been causing trouble
ever since they went there. He also
denied that he was guilty of the act,
or that he had a pistol at that time.
'In he course of his testimony,
James Johnson claimed that Jeff was
f.he moifce in the eye of Upper-North
Rjver. , Johnseriujaid .that; Jeff . had
"gone around -with" Lena Bell Tay
lor's mother until her father had de
serted his spouse, in favor of his
brother, t appeared to be a badly
tangled affair,, but in view of the evi
dence of the assault with a deadly
weapon, Judge Webb thought Jeff
should be cured of his pistol-toting
habit and so he gave him four
months on the road as a panacea for
his weapon-loving proclivities.
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Rebuilding Store
Another knockout blow, against
Did Man Depression I
F. R. Bell, local druggist, is now
completely remodeling his drug store
on Front Street so completely, in
fact, that it will be practically a new
building when completed.
It will be made seven feet wider;
.this will take up both of the alley
ways on both sides of the present
structure. The roof will be raised so
that the ceiling inside of the . new
jbuilding will be about two feet high
er than the present one.
There will also be three front
doors in the new structure one on
leach side and another in the middle
pi the front. A complete change will
also be made in the interior. New
fixtures will be installed. The prescrip
ition counter will be on one side, thus
allowing the cool ocean breezes to
be wafted through the store in warm
weather.
Mr. Bell, whose store is known as
the little drug store with the big
heart, says that his new building will
be one of the most modern and up-
to-date ones in this section, and it
will be furnished with the most ap
propriate drug store fixtures to be
had.
MY ALLOW EXTRA
TAX LEVIED IN
COUNT!
Beer and Insurance
Bills Will Have
Hearing
By M. R. DUNNAGAN
blessed Events
Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Styron,
of Lola, Tuesday, MaicTi 28, a daugh
ter. (Born to Mr. and Mrs. Virgil T.
Harris of Marshalberg at Morehead
City Hospital, Wednesday, March
29, a daughter.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Eubanks
of Beaufort, at Potter Hospital, Mon
day, March 27, a son, Charles Roy..
Born to Mr. and Mrs. James Caf
frey, of Beaufort, at the Potter
Emergency Hospital, Thursday,
March 30, a daughter, Bessie Lee.
Carteret's Schools Will Have
Track Meet at Smyrna April 7
(FILED AUDIT SATURDAY
The audit of the defunct Bank of
Morehead City was filed with Clerk
of Court L. W. Hassell Saturday,
March 25. This was prepared by A.
Lee Rawlings and Company, Certi
fied Public Accountants, of Norfolk,
Va., and Raleigh.
Enormous Catches
- Fish Are Reported
OCBACOKE, March 28 Fisher
men here estimated today that over
1,000,000 pounds of fish have been
caught out of Ocracoke during March
totalling more than for the six
months prior to March 1.
The bulk of the catch has been
The Annual Carteret County
High School Track Meet will be held
at Smyrna High School at 10 o'clock
on Friday morning, April 7. Last
year only the three rural high schools
namely, Atlantic Newport, and Smyr
na participated. But this year teams
from both Morehead City and Beau
fort high schools wil contest with
the three rural school teams. There
will be five events for the girls and
seven for the boys as follows:
Girls Event
1. 50 yards dash
2. Running high jump.
. 50 yards sack race
4. Basket ball free throw
5. 200 yards relay race.
: BoyV Events
1. 100 yards dash
2. 220 yards dash
3. Baseball distance throw -
4. Running high jump
5. Running broad jump
6. Basket ball free throw
7. 440 yards relay race.
Uniform sacks of a large size as
oat bags will be furnished contestants.
. n.j rini, nnent con- let to the open sea. Prices are said
siderable money on new trees for(to have been good with croakers
Beaufort Streets. Help them grow by bringing as high as $4 a hundred and
watering them every day. I trout $12 a hundred.
The basket ball free throw will be
conducted indoors where no one will j Yirst nlace .
taken by sink net fishermen who go .be handicapped on account of the se-cond place
i. -ll k.nf. f,nvYi nii-ocnVfl in-l7iYid THnrJi rnnnstaTit will have tpn i "
Out. in email uui-a nvm -"w .- .. -v - - mv- j
siicepssivi chances from Tree tnrowi""" "--v
testants as will baseballs in the dis
tance throw.
Batons of uniform and desirable
size will be supplied for the relay
races.
Suitable, reliable, and dependable
judges and starters will be on hand.
Programs of events will be fur
nished team coaches. Announcements
of events will be made for the con
venience of spectators.
Jumping pits, tracks etc., have al
ready been prepared. Every effort
possible for the entertainment of the
spectators will be made. Sandwiches,
ice cold drinks, including milk, wei-
ners, candy etc., will all be avail
able for those desiring something to
quench a thirst or stay the pangs of
hunger.
In the afternoon fter the track
events are over Malcolm Willis will
present a new, entertaining, and thrill
ing magic and mystery sliow. Mal
colm is a Carteret County boy with
a good clean entertainment.
He is an excellent exponent of the
magician's art.
Points will be awarded as follows
in each event:
5 points
3 points
1 point
line. The person scoring the largest
number of goals will win the event,
The team winning the most points
will be the Carteret County Cham
RALEIGH, March 28 A measure
already passed the House and expect
ed to be passed by the Senate any
time, would permit county commis
sioners to levy an extra 10 cents on
the $100 property valuation lor
special purposes, in addition to the
15 cents allowed under the Consti
tution, if approved by the Director
of Local Government. Many counties
unable to balance their general
fund budget on the Levies allowed, it
is claimed, and the reductions in
property valuations this year would
make it even harder.
The special purposes enumerated
are to pay expenses of revaluation,
for courts and jails and jail prison
ers, and for elections. The first two
objects are included in a law enact
ed two years ago and applying to
30-odd counties.
Public hearing is to be held Tues
day on the State 3.2 per cent beer,
wine, porter and ale bill, originating
in the Senate after two or three oth
er modification measures were kill
ed by House committees. It would al
low sale and manufacture, with a
stiff tax. The promoters hope for
better luck, since President Roose
velt has ratified the measure pass
ed by Congress, legalizing beverag
es of 3.2 per cent alcohol. The ques
tion of its enactment seems to tend
toward refusal, even though wine and i
beer are legalized in the nation from
April 7.
A hearing is to be held soon on
the measure- to establish a State-supervised
workmen's compensation in
surance fund, a plan endorsed by the
State Federation of Labors execu
tive committee. This plan would pro
vide that the State handle funds for
insuring employers under the com
pensation act, thus eliminating the
stock and mutual companies sening
such insurance in the State. Its
proponents claim it would save 39 1-2
per cent of the premium income
which is now set aside by the insur
ance companies as overhead, which
would mean a saving of about $2,
250,000 a year to tie employers of
the State. In addition, it is claimed
that such insurance handled by the
State would be more certain than if
handled by companies, some of which
have, and others may, fail, result
ing in loss to the employer if still
solvent, or to injured workers. Some
of the companies are declining, it is
stated, to write- certain forms of in
surance and a State-supervised fund
is considered necessary for that reas
on. m
LOCAL FOLKS WAGE
ANTI-H0ARD1G
CAMPAIGN
Redeem Thousands of
Dollars in Gold and
Old Currency
Carteret 'County folks are falling
n line with the non-hoarde'r9 of the
lation, and during the last two weeks
)ver one thousand dollars in gold
,nd more than two thousand dollars .
n real old large bills have been turn
id into the local Post Office. Monday
)f this week saw one of the old fif-y-cent
"Shin Plaster" bills finding
ts way back to light through the
Post Office.
Practically all types of gold coins
re row being deposited or exchanged '
or more recently issued other forms
of cash at the local Post . Office
These coins bear dates of various
years during the last fifty and more
years.
; The "Shin Plaster" which was
brought in Monday is quite a curi
osity, and many local people have
seen it at the Post Office. It is about
two by four inches in size, and judg
ing from its first-class condition it
has not been in circulation much
since it was issued in 1873.
This old fifty cent bill was issued
under the acts of March 3rd, 1863
and June 30th, 1864, and bears the
inscription: "United States Fraction
al Currency Fifty Cents." This .was
printed by the United States Bureau .
of Printing and Engraving upon reg
ulation. United States .safety paper.
Among the old paper money that'
has been brought to the local Post
Office during the last two weeks were
a number of bills that were about
an inch longer and an inch wider
than the bills that were called in a
bout four years ago. Nearly all of
these were issued by national banks
in 1883.
In addition to this old money, sev
eral hundred dollars worth of old
gold and silver jewelry of all kinds
and descriptions have been redeemed
in cash at B. A. Bell's jewelry store
during the last ten days or two
weeks.
It is beginning to appear as if the
good folks of Carteret are putting
their shoulders to the wheel and are
doing every thing they can to com
bat the hoarding in this section of
Carolina. Men high in the financial
world have been saying that hoarding
is one of the main causes of the de
pressed economic conditions in the
United States, and judging by the
way Carteret County poeple are
backing the anti-hoarding campaign,
they are willing to fight for better
times.
Grass Inscriptions
One of the best pieces of
landscape work ever done a
round Beaufort was executed
this week on the grounds of
ta Beaufort Graded School.
At the intersection of Mulberry
Street and the highway on the
slight rise of the school cam
pus has been placed in grass
the following inscription:
"BEAUFORT-HIGH-SCHOOL"
The letters are about two or
two and a half feet high, and
are made of joint grass turf
surrounded by gravel to keep
the grass from spreading.
These letters were very neatly
cuta nd 'the whole was symmet
rically placed on the slight
curve at that point of the cam
pus. This artistic inscription
can be readily seen by those
passing in the vicinity of the
school and it grealty improves
the looks of the grounds.
A basket ball will b furnlabed con- !?$f&
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MARRIAGE LICENSES
Dave Smith and Dollie Morse,
Morehead City, N. C.
W. H. Edward3 and Evelyn Mann,
Newport, N. C.
Claud Day, Roe and Myrtle uood
win, Lola.
Please water the newly planted
trees in front of your home or churcb
A bucket of water day.
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