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VOLUME XXII
SIX PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1933
PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 14
Difficulties Confront WORK WILL
a l: nir SUSTAIN LARGE
Appropriation measure
Now Before Assembly
REVENUE SOURCES
NOW DEPENDENT
UPONTHIS
Expect Sales Tax Will
Be Ultimate Outcome
1933 Session
Governor's Wife
To Wear Cotton
By M. R. DUNNAGAN
RALEIGH, April 5
The appropriations measure is due
f or a stormy finish. The House sent
to the Senate a measure which the
latter tore to pieces, bringing out a
greatly increased appropriation, on
almost every item. In addition to rais
ing the appropriations to depart
ments, institutions and agencies, the
Senate adopted an amendment, sign
ed by 27 of the 50 senators, calling
for $16,000,OOP for operation of an!
eight months school without ad val-!
orem tax. The question of whether)
the charter districts could or couia
not levy ad valorem tax for supple
ment to the school fund arose, but
was not; definitely answered, the
statement being that it would be left
to the school machinery bill.
The. House . appropriations embrac
ed a reduction of about 44 per cent
from the appropriations of two years
and the Senate measure as final
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MRS. J. C. B. EHRINGHAUS
RALEIGH, Apr. 6 The State's
First Lady is behind the movement
for furter popularization of cotton,
North Carolina's second money crop
and one of its chief manufactured
products, Mrs. J. C, B. Ehringhaus
is serving as honorary chairman of
the committee in charge of the State
wide Cotton Ball to be held in Ral
eitrh Friday evening, May 19, as a
grand finale to North Carolina's first
ago, ana Tne oenate dhwuk 1" I ' State-wide Cotton Festival,
lv worked out sought a cut of about ,&laierWlue
32 per cent. Senator A. J. H. Gwyn,
Rockingham, made an effort to re
duce the appropriations approved by
the Senate so as to bring about sal
ary cuts of about 40 per cent, as a
t -it.inn to the ball, the Festival
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will mciuae a gaia ----
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a lasnion snow, u , -
National Cotton Week uoservance.
All-cotton .ensemblees will De worn
compromise between the House and! by the ladies to the ball. '
8enat ngures, dux wimuut sutv-esa.
The House, immediately after re
ceiving the measure Friday, refus
ed to concur in the Senate changes,
and conference committees were
named. A deadlock may be expected,
which may let the General Assembly
adjourn in two weeks, but more like
ly will not.
The House and Senate got togeth
er on the revenue machinery bill.
The House agreed with the Senate
not to tax stocks in foreign corpora
tions, and Senate agreed with the
House to place no limit on the a
mount of reduction counties may
Imake in their assessment of proper
ty fnr nronertv for taxation. lhe
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UNBALANCED MIND
CAUSES FAMILY
DISTURBANCE
Insane Streak Brings
Bettie Man Before
Judge Webb
rw nf the most pitiful and heart-
rendering cases tried here n recent
Wore Judge Paul Webb
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Saoo hnd nasaed a Drovision to TW.sdav. morning when Arnoia
limit th reduction of 33 1-3 periUt30n, 0f Bettie, was tried for tres-cent-
- jpass upon the property of Wilson
The two houses also gat together : Golden, violent cursing, disorderly
on the N. C. Bar association meas- conduct, and transporting a quanti
se to take from the Supreme Court ty 0f intoxicating liquor. The defen
and place in the hands of a lawyer dant pled guilty to the charge of dis
commission the examinations of ap-oraerly conduct through hisattorney,
Dlicants for licenses, provides lor e. Walter Hill. k. wnw.viy F-
peared ior tne private
CURTAILMENT
MYSTERY SHROUDS
DEATH OF MAN
WEDNESDAY
Relief Leaders Advise
Planting of Food
of All Kinds
The discontinuance of work pro
jects on anything like the present
wide spread scale throughout the
county and a marked curtailment of
R. F. C. activities in the immediate
future is seen by County Superinten
dent Allen in a letter received Tues
day from Dr. Roy M. Brown, Techni
cal Supervisor of the R. F. C. in Ral.
eigh. Mr. Allen said yesterday that
he did not expect the curtailment
suggested by Dr. Brown to go into
effect before April 12th or 15th and
that the foremen would receive def
inite instructions In writing from his
office as to what changes should be
made and when. However, he sent a
copy of Dr. Brown's letter to the
foremen throughout the county with
the request that they assemble the
men under them and read and ex
plain Dr. Brown's letter to them. He
has also requested that publicity be
given by this paper to Dr. Brown's
letter which reads as follows:
"The problem of primary impor
tance immediately confronting us is
our Farm and Garden Program, in
my opinion the effectiveness of relief
work in any county for the next six
months may be pretty accurately
measured by the success or failure
of this program. Success means that
every farm relief family, whether
tenant oj owner, SHALL PRODUCE
ENOUGH FOOD FOR A FULL
YEAR'S CONSUMPTION.
"In order to stress the importance
of this program, you are directed to
notify every farm family on relief
that so far as they are concerned all
work projects will be suspended after
the eighth of April. This should api
ply also to village., dwellers who can
possibly : make arrangements ,for
land to cultivate.
"It will be necessary, of course, to
give direct aid to some of these fam
ilies pending their making arrange
ments for land to cultivate. They
should understand, however, that the
new arangement for aid while they
are bending their energies toward
planting and cultivating a farm and
garden food crop sufficient to care
for them for a year, depends upon
their finding a way thus to aid them
selves.
"A careful survey should be .made
of those persons engaged in the nec
essary maintenance of highways in
order that whenever possible farmers
may be replaced by non-farm labor
ers and the highway . maintenance
work not crippled."
Discover Willie Best
Dead on Highway
At Mansfield
disciplining, and for disbarring law
yers for unethical practices, but with
right of appeal to the courts.
The finance committee decided to
remain in continuous session over
From the testimony of the various
witnesses it was learned tnat jars.
AmrtM Kanutson is the daughter of
l-Wilson Golden, the prosecuting wit-
Beaufort Taxpayers
Receive Reductions
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some basis for a revenvs bill, which, time at the home of her parents, ana
however, must depend largely on the has since given birt to a child at the
result of the appropriations bill con- j Morehead City Hospital. She had
ference. It now seems certain that teen ill for several weeks there and
the two houses canot lower appro-her husband had been coming
nations to the point, of getting a- going at will,
long without a sales tax, or some Qn the morning of March 27th Ar
new form of revenue. And that w'11 1 nold Kanutson, who is twenty-four
mean another fight. Two weeks more! 9 0jd ieft the home of his fath-
is considered a minimum lor tne er.m.iaw and told them that he was
The bill allowing certain discount
in the principal of delinquent taxes
in the town of Beaufort was finally
ratified a few days ago by the Gen
eral Assembly. This bill has the ex
act same wording as the one ratified
about ten days ago concerning the
County of Carteret and the Town of
Morehead City, with the exception
that the Town of Beaufort is substi
tuted for the former names.
Durimr the remainder of this year
ana .the taxpayers of the town 01 Beau
fort will be relieved of the payment
of all penalties and interest on all de
linauent taxes trnid: that is, those
for 1931 and prior years. In addition
to this, a reduction of four per cent
Willie Best was found dead on the
south shoulder of the highway near
Mansfield about six o'clock yesterday
morning by the driver of the News
and Observer delivery truck. He in
formed the officials of this and Sher
iff Elbert M. Chadwick and Coroner
George W. Dill went out there about
six thirty and made an investigation.
It was found that the man may
have been dead between ' two and
three hours when they arrived. He
was on the south shoulder about two
and a half feet from the hard sur
faced road with his head in an east
ward direction. His car was in the
ditch headed westward. It is said that
when the accident happened the car
was being driven toward the east.
The car had evidently rolled side
ways into the ditch and in so doing
had thrown the driver out. When Mr.
Best was catapulted from the vehicle,
his head struck the hardsurfaced
road and traces of hair here and
there on the road could be seen by
the coroner.
The dead man's head was punctur
ed in three places each was suffici
ent to cause death, it was said. There
was a puncture over both eyes and
one under the left eye. When he was
examined it was said that a goodly
portion of the blood from his body
had flown out on the shoulder.
It is said that the dead man pur
chased two gallons of gasoline from
his brother, Offie Best, who runs the
Lone. Pine Filling Station. This trans
action was said to have taken place
about 1:30 Wednesday morning.
Willie Best told his brother he was
going to his mother's home about two
miles up the highway. Coroner Dill
stated, and this was the last ime he
was seen alive from what has so" far
been disclosed.
Although the accident occurred
near the homes of two colored fami
lies at Mansfield, no one seems to
know anything about what caused it.
Developments of a newsy nature are
looked forward to within the next
few days, but so far no developments
have taken place.
Owing to the seeming absence of
witnesses or others that may know
anything about the accident, no cor
oner's jury was held, Coroner Dill
told a News reporter, but if anything
develops a jury will be sworn in and
the matter gone into thoroughly. No
foul play entered into the accident,
believes Coroner Dill.
For the past several days the wife
of the dead man has been critically
ill in Morehead City, Three children,
one of which is an infant, survive
Mr. Best. Funeral services were con
ducted from the late home between
Wildwood and Mansfield this after
noon at three o'clock and interment
was in the Wildwood cemetery.
completion of the legislative work c0"mi t0 Beaufort after medicine off the face value of the certificates
but observers predict a month is f f hj Between three and four will be allowed during the month of
more likelv. feeling the factions n,.ni.v that afternoon he returned to
cannot agree in any reasonable time.'; the G0iden home without the medi
Thought of the drain on the leg-'n hut in what Wilson Golden tes
Islative pocketbook was taken Friday ;tme(j waa an intoxicated condition,
when Senator Hinsdale, immune He aia0 had a fruit Jar in which Mr.
from its benefits," introduced & tlll,GoHen stated was a pint or pmtana
to permit the county commissioners
to pay actual expenses, not in excess
f ( Continued on page six)
May Secure "Gym"
Plans wl-ereby it is hoped that a
gymnasium may be secured for the
Beaufort Graded School was discuss
ed last Thursday evening by the
trustees at their meeting in the of
'fii.o of the superintendent at the
school. Plans and specifications for
,a nrnnosed athletic annex were
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April. This percentage reduction off
the face value will be reduced one
half of one per cent per month until
no reduction from the face value will
be allowed after the thirtieth of No
vember.
Other than tne penakies and inter
est accruing, no reduction will be al
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i li. T-ai n (T onil t - TUiumKm TAtyiTifiimoi To nil Q TV 1 1
was consiaerawe yiuicu - 7. ;
1934, the delinquent taxes
half nf whiskey.. Mr. uoiaen. got
the jar but later gave it back to his
:.nriii-iv onnAnct on the part of
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the defendant and he was oraereo
by Mr. Golden to leave the property.
He soon after complied with this
mandate.
Kanutson returned to the Golden
home about eight o'clock that even
ing in the absence of Wilson Golden
and for upwards of a half hour con-
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tinuea to creawj a ubhuumivo. "
evidence was given by various witness j
es who happened to be there to see
how Mrs. Kanutson was getting a-
Francis Beer Bill
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SENATOR ROY FRANCIS.
The attention of loth wets, and
drys in North Carolina have been
focused upon Senator Roy t rancis
since his bill legalizing the sale of 3.2
per cent beer was started on its
eventful journey through the legisla
tive mill during the past ten days.
This Haywood County lawmaker
stands high in the opinion of his col
leagues and is considered one of the
ablest men in the Senate. The Fran
cis Beer Bill has brought him force
fully before the people of the entire
state.
Although his beer bill has been one
of his chief passions, Senator Francis
is prouder yet of his successfuh'ef?
forts to hava.coA6truc.ted a modern
highway from Dellwood to Soco Gap,
an eight-mile tretch in Haywood
county leading into the primeval
wonderland of the. Great Smokies
National Park.
Construction of the road will be
gin April, and it will be this State's
main entrance into the park. It was
made possible through Senator Fran
cis' amendment to the bill eliminat
ing highway construction in North
Carolina during the next two years.
1 LIGHT WINES ARE
WILWW ALoU
IN B ILL
RALEIGH, April 4 Beer today
was legalized in North Carolina ef
fective May 1.
The house passed the Francis bill
on final reading after making minor
changes in the measure and the sen
ate concurred in all the amendments.
Senator Francis, introducer of the
act legalizing sale of alcoholic bev
erages in the state for the first time
since. 1908, asked adoption of all the
house changes. This was done with
out discussion.
The mere formality of ratification
kept the bill from being a law of the
state.
Ratification is a ceremony and noth-
ing more. Tne speaicer 01 xne nuuw
and lieutenant governor sign tne diii,
which neither can refuse to do, and
it i3 law. The governor of North Car
olina has no veto power.. The bill will
probably bo ratified tonight or to
morrow. The house vote on final
reading was 75 to 27, not including
pairs. .......
As amended the bill legalizes the
sale of beers and wines of 3.2 per
cent alcoholic content May 1. The
principal house change in the meas
ure provided that no alcoholic bev
erages may be sold to a minor under .
18 years of age, instead of under 19 3
as the senaJtei.had ojted,,"! ;
.Pxo.yrsion.that the beverages may
Lbe.,dvertised, OA'-bill boards as well
ii in newspaper and xijf radio : sta '
tions-was aadi-5iAmendment '-
dopted when offered by "Representa- ,
tive Murphy of Rowan..
Representative Martin of Bun
combe sought to have the bill chang
ed so as to prohibit the sale of alco
holic beverages on Sunday but was
voted down.
A clarifying to provide that all lo
cal and private laws conflicting with
the terms of the beer act be repealed,
was adopted on motion of Representa
tive Boyd of Mecklenburg.
There was practically no debate on.
His pet avocation is boosting Hay- L meaure tMs morning( introducer3
wood county, where he has spent, his
life.
Senator Francis is personally a
dry, a Baptist, an active member of
the American Legion, and a member
of the Junior Order and Knights of
Phythias. He has been practicing law
in Waynesville since 1922, when he
was graduated from the University
of North Carolina.
of the amendments merely explainnig
what they provided.
Commissioners Give
Oil Company Permit
ECONOMY MEASURE
CUTS VETERANS
DRASTICALLY
STATE BEER BILL
FORMALLY RATIFIED
Raleigh, April 5 The Francis beer
legalization proposal formally be
came a law of North Carolina today.
The speaker of the house and the
lieutenant governor, presiding officers
of the branches of the legislature,
signed the bill to permit the sale and
taxation of 3.2 per cent beers and
wines in North Carolina after mid
night April 30 for the . first time .
since 1908;
will .be
collected according to the laws the
existing. For further information
concerning the allowances and dis
counts relevant to the payment of de
linquent taxes in the Town of Beau
fort, the Beaufort News refers its
readers to T. M. Thomas, Jr., clerk
of the Town of Beaufort.
1 rA mrai. Ktr fha trustees.
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the "gym" be constructed at tne long, aiw a wme, .....
schooi; it will be large enough for all gle, the sister of the defendant, man
gymnastic activities. aged to get the crazad man to leave.
Robert L. Fritz, who has been su- At this point Attorney Hill mov--:t0nt
nf t.h IWcal school dur-ied for a nonsuit of the liquor and
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iTitr the nast seven years, was re
elected for the 1933-34 school term
by the trustees at the same meeting.
trespass charges, but Judge Webb ov
erruled the motion.
(Continued on page iv
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
All members of the board and the
mayor were present at the regular
monthly meeting of the town board
of commissioners Monday evening in
the Town Hall.
Commissioner Parkin offered a mo
tion, seconded by commissioner
Glover to adopt a resolution inviting
the Sinclair Oil Company to build an
oil storage, and filling station on the
lands locnted' or. Front' Street to be
leased fror.; W. A. Mace. Unanimous
ly carried.
A motion to adopt the application
of the Sinclair Oil Company for a
permit to build an oil storage and
filling station here was offered by
Commissioner' Rumley and seconded
by Commissioner Parkin. Unanimous
ly carried.
Commissioner Rumley made a
motion, seconded by Commissioner
Parkin, granting the permit to the
Sinclair Oil Company. Unanimously
carried.
A resolution endorsing the Cape
Lookout Highway enterprise in which
it is stated the board believes it will
be self liquidating and a financial
success was offered by Commissioner
Gibbs and seconded by Commissioner
Parkin. Unanimouly carried.
$400,000,000 Will Be
Annual Saving From
Veteran Pensions
Bishop Makes Annual
St. Paul's Visitation
Fannie E. May to Daisy R. Hatsell,
1 lot Ocean View Cemetery, for f 10
POLICE COURT ITEMS
WITHDRAWS (FROM ELECTION
Edgar Weaver,
en five days.
Alonzo Fulford, colored, drunken
ness, give.i five days.
Halsey Paul has asked the Beau
fort News to state that he is not a
candidate for town commissioner on
the Republican ticket. This statement
drunkenness, giv-1 was made to a News reporter at noon
yesterday. . . " .
Washington, April 1 In the most
sweeping economy move in the his
tory of American government, Pres
ident Roosevelt decreed late today an
annual saving of $400,000,000 in vet
eran expenditures.
Effective July 1, the beginnig of
the next fiscal year, the order was
made possible by the drastic law au
thorizing the President to pare deep
W into navments to veterans, their
widows and dependents, and to cut
federal salaries. The salary slash was
ordered earlier in the week.
In issuing the diminished schedules
of allowances, the President in a
statement said "I do not want any
veteran :to feel that he and his com
rades are being singled, out to make
sacrifices."'
"On the contrary," he added. "I
want them to know that the regula
tions issued are but an integral part
of our economy program embracing
every department and agency of the
government to which every employe
is making his or her contribution.
' All Are Sharing
"I ask them to appreciate that not
only does their welfare but also the
welfare of every American citizen,
depend upon the maintenance of the
credit of the government and that
they also bear in mind that every
The Right Reverend Thomas C.
Darst, Bishop of the Diocese of East
ern Carolina, made his annual visita
tion to St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Sunday morning, the subject of hi
sermon was "Be Not Weary in Well
Doing." The service was well attend
( ed. Exceptionally good music was
Uxr tVia full ihnir
Bishop Darst administered the rite
of confirmation to a class of thirteen,
followed by the sacrement of holy
communion received by a large num
ber of communicants, perhaps the
largest in the recent history of the
church.
j Completing Hut
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Continued on page fiva
Th& log hut that has been under
construction for some months on
Turner Street by the Carteret Post
99 of the American Legion is now
Hearing completion. The space be
tween the logs has been filled and
the finishing of the inside is being:
rushed now.
A benefit dance will be given by
the Lezionaires at the hut Easter
Monday evening. This will be the
first time the hut will have been
used for dancing or any other form
of entertainment. About two weeks
ago a Legion meeting was held there,
but that was even before the outer
walls were completed. :
Charles Baxter and his Moamngr
Low Boys will furnish the music for
the Easter Monday evening dance.