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TH CL O) MiflBi frtifl jl Willi 1 iti fo) The best advertisrng medium published in Cartel et Co. f READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY WATCH Your label and pay our t cription o VOLUME XXII eight pages this WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1933 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY Big Crowd Attends Citizens' Meeting At Court House And Hear Speakers Praise Project; The Sum of $680,000 Is Asked From Federal Government; Members of State Board Hear The Discussion; Expect Decision Soon. Would Furnish Employment to Many People. Cape Lookout Proi ect 'JAMES A. FARLEY WILL J. W. BAILEY Is (riven A Bm Boost!. ,. , . . .. J .. win opean in rtaieign novem- oenaior nai conrerence witn ber 3 In Favor of Repeal RALEIGH, Oct. 16 James A. Farley, Postmaster General and chair man of the National Democratic Ex- Postmaster-General In Washington t DUMBER 35 o 5 Edith Lewis Testif ie j That Robert Norman Raped Her A large and interested crowd heard the arguments presented to Chairman Frank Page, Dr. H. G. Baity, and Gen. H. W. Coan, mem ber of the Federal Public Works board for North Carolina, Monday morning in behalf of the proposed Lenoxville-Harker's Island-Cape Look out road and bridge. The meeting took place in the county court room and began shortly after 10 o'clock. J. F. Duncan of Beaufort acted as chairman of the meeting and intro duced various speakers. County At torney Luther Hamilton made the first talk in which he said he hearti ly endorsed the project and that he thought it possessed great possibili ties both in the way of amusement and resort and commercially. W. M. Webb, chairman of the board of county commissioners, gave his endorsement of the proposed road and said that it would be of great service especially in bad weath er and would provide employment for a good many people. John A. Nelson, State Fish Com missioner, said that this section needs a good fish market and that this road would help develop it. F. R. Seeley, gave statistics rela tive to quantities of building mater ials used by people on Harker's Is land and Capt Lookout and predict ed that the building of the road and bridge would aid greatly in the de velopment of those places. Rev.erend Worth Wicker, who has been closely identified with relief work in the county for some time, NOTICE. It U requested that all those who have not called for their dividend checks issued last week by the Beaufort Banking and Trust Company do so within the next few days. Only a bout half of those who are due checks have called for them. W. A. ALLEN, Liquidating Agent. TWO COLORED MEN LOSE LIVES HERE Were Drowned Saturday Newport River While Re turning From Clamming Trip in The whole community was shock ed over the week end by the accident (United Dry Forces) LALEIGH, Oct. 14 Has Senator ecutive Committee, is scheduled to'Josiah William Bailey also been in- make a speech in Raleigh at noon timidated by the brandishing of November 3, in the interest of re- Postmaster General and Chairman peal of the 18th amendment, on James A. Farley's administration pat- which the electorate of North Caro- ronage club? This question was not; Una will vote, indirectly, November only in many minds here, but found 7. open expressoin when the Charlotte1 Mr. Farley is President Roosevelt's j Observer of last Friday carried n BeaUlOrt Takes Easy right-hand man and his speech tor .Statement by Senator Bailey under a the repeal of the prohibition amend-j Washington date line announcing Mr. ment is expected to be in genera! a ( Farley's visit to Raleigh for Novem statement as coming direct from the ber 3 for the purpose of making a Alleged Attack Said to Have Occurred During Afternoon of TwentjFirst of September; Controversy Over Girl's Age; State's Witnes ses, Including Mr. and Mrs. W. Hardy Lewis, Parents of the Alleged Victim, and Doctors Bonner and Thompson, Examined. Victory Friday 13th President. He plans to speak in South .speech. "I am sure" the Senator 'Carolina the. next day and in Pennsyl said, "thta our people will be delight vania a day later. All of these states, ed to know that Mr. Farley is coming for them when they smothered Snow vote on repeal of the amendment on i to Raleigh, and I am hoping that j Hill 43 to 0 on that date. Those November 7, along with six others.lthey will come from all sections of boys went right to work with a ven Mr. Farley's speech here is expect-ithe State for that occasion." The'geance from the opening play. With ed to be a general rallying occasion dispatch further stated "that Bailey T. Johnson and F. Rice alternately for the repealist in the State. And and Shuping conferred with Farley his presence will mean' more than jon. his plans for his visit to the State that to many North Carolinians, for naturally caused considerable sur- m his hands rests the federal patron- prise. age so many Tar Heels are seekingvl ', . .... ... ,. auc aiujjuat; itiL in vvasnmgion IS also shared by many of the Sena- By Adrian R. Rice Beaufort's football boys proved that Friday the 13th held no horrors (with attempt to commit rape. When By far the most sensational case this court is the one in which Rob ert Norman is charged with having carnal knowledge of Edith Lewis, minor daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Hardy Lewis, and also with assault skirting the ends, three first downs the warrant was first sworn uot the defendant was also charged with rape, but this was struck out before the case reached the Superior Court. There was considerable difficulty in obtaining a jury and it was not al drowning of Henry Green and Si-jber 7 election, urging the call for mon Wilson, two of Beaufort s best the convention and election of repeal delegates to it. Reports further say Reports have it that Senator Rob ert R. Reynolds, Asheville, who has, tor's friends in North Carolina who just returned from a visit to Europe; especially Russia and the Scandinav ian Peninsula, for the announced purpose of studying Soviet Russia and the plans of liquor control in other countries, will make one speech in North Carolina before the .Noveni- be raised as to his "fidelity to the cause of prohibition" and referred to himself as "the driest man in the State." '' While there is considerable regret that the Senator's statement just pub lishde rn the Washington dispatch raised the question as to his attitude .toward the issues in the present campaign, there is nevertheless a form po-nin -onn fi, Pi" oi iairness wmcn sees in Sen- :i. :j ill ii -o .-,..c.....s ,,..c Miuuiur D .,., . ... ' it is saiu mia uiey were seen on ti0n amendment jaauey s statement nothing;. more Known and Dest weed colored men It is said that the two men left early Saturday morning and went clamming at Great Shoal in upper Newport River in a small twelve-foot skiff. Both were expert clammers and each usually caught several bushels of clams each trip. Later in the day that his speech will be broadcast ov er a State-wide radio hookup. Up to this time, no public speeches have been made in the interest of repeal, while several prominent speakers have taken the stump and the plat verted an extra point. This, by ythe way, was the only one nmde during recall that just after his triumph ov- A series of first down9 immediate ef Senator Simmons in the primar- ly after) carrietl the ball to the one les of June 1930, Mr. Bailey issued a vard line from where Rice crashed statement in which he declared him- through center for a touchdown. oiiioicu Mini, any question snouid were rapidly reeled off and set the tiI , t vestPrdav fbMn tw stage for Ralph Hassell's 20 yard for-1 on6 was empanelled. The first wit ward to Johnson and a 10 yard run ness for th tat , to score. The same combnation con-jLewi fflthPr nt fh nrnnDPMv w This ended the tallying for the first quarter. One score was recorded in the second. On the longest run of the day, Johnson made 55 yards down the sideline after receiving Hassell's 25 yard heave. This made the total 1. testified that he and his family liv ed at Stacy until the Sunday after noon after the memorable hurricane in September, which occurred on the fifteenth day of the month. On ac count of the fact that his home was badly damaged, he said that on the seventeenth he moved from Stacy to the home of C. N. Hobbs in Morehead City. Mr. Lewis further stated that his wife sent their daughter, Edith, ov er to a neighbor's home on the after noon of the twenty-first of Septem i j it. . . ucr lur me purpose or Dorrowing a their way home in their boat withf than"' hospitable cburtesv to a Cah- the sail up. When they did not 'ar- William Sweet former Gdvern or! inet Officer and Party Chairman wh rive home Saturday night their fam-,;of Colorado and now representing is speak in the Senator's home Hies became alarmed, bearching par-, General Hugh S. Johnson, has been .town. I ties, Including a picket boat from, booked to speak in Raleisrh Novem said that nrobablv 85 oer cent of..CI Macon, went out to search for .ber 8 on the NRA program to the people in that section are in i ttS JH&n pr. the bodies Sunday morn- State-wide gathering of recovery of- These were all unsuccessful until about eleven o'clock Wednesday, when the body of Henry Green was 1 found accidentally hung to one of the pik-s under the railroad trestle near the Morehead City drawbridge. About an hour later the body of Sim on Wilson was found grounded on a shoal in Newport River not far above the Morehead City drawbridge. Both bodies were immediately brought to Beaufort by the Coast Guard. Funeral services were conducted from A. M. E. Zion church at four o'clock for Henry Green and last of Boston, field representative of the organization, is scheduled to address a joint gathering of the Ralegih civ ic clubs this week, either October 18, or 20. Both speakers will come under auspices of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce. The agreement reached in Wash ington on prices for bright flue-cured tobacco was finally signed last needv circumstances and would be.n8 greatly benefitted if they could ob tain employment on this project Dr. H. F. Prytherch, superinten dent of the U. S. Biological Station here, thought the road would be a big help to commercial fishing and would tend to build up a port at Cape Lookout. J. F. Duncan stated that the Capt Lookout project and the Morehead City port terminal project would supplement each other and building one would necessitate building the other. Attorney R. E. Whitehurst of New Bern was called on and gave some very interims son. Both were interred in the col- the possibilities oi Duuumg uy great port there. Attorney M. Leslie Davis ot Beau-1 Green was forty.fiVe years of age, fort, set forth the historical interest A survived bv his widow and nf the reeion affected by the propos- f small children, two sons and two ' into the operation of the companies. al and predicted many visitors would daughters. Wilson wos forty-seven Prices, immediately after the an be drawn to visit it when the road is yearg 0id and is survived only by his nouncement of signing the agreement finished. r i Widow. Both men had worked togeth-re reported to have gone up a bit, Charles L. Aberne.' v Jr., of New er for seVeral years. They fished dur- probably due in large part to the Bern stated that both he and his ing the summed months and during greater amount of better leaf plac- father Congressman al .netny aic the winter cut wood and clammed, jed on the market. Much ot the east much interested in the. I' it Look-:Both nlcn were expert wood cutters, ern sales before were of primings out project and thta the ror..l would 'anij their skill was widely known and some damaged tobacco. The aid in getting the breakwater finish- throughout the surrounding country- middle belt markets opened last week ed, work on which was s-tarted more s;(jei goth men were honest workers t and the piedmont belt markets open than ten years ago. 'and far above the average of their this week. The prices on all of the Thos. D. Warren said he heartily raee Gree-n was a leading member markets from now on should be sat endorsed the undertaking. Charlie 0j purvjs Chapel. lisfactory to the growers, who are ex- hcials. The address will be in the T? o 1 o ? n. V MnA!n1 A iJ:in: ti uuitiLii iiiciiiui idi n uii 1 1. ii i I ii in . r i h ii i are beiner made to havP all Mtv A view of very strong evidence . Tl f TIT1j. nr l .1 i- county officials connected in any wav mr' vvauer "lurpny. tne ixecuitve It is also noticeable that no men tion was made of the subject upon which Mr. Farley is to speak. This omission is the more mysterious in that lhird period say Hassell rtling a needle. The irirl staved s in th,f 10 yard forward to Rice who sprint- Mrs. Lewis went to see what was de ed 10 to score. 25 to 0. taining her, he stated, and shortly The final quarter started tamely : after she left the home she called enough, but quickly reverted into a frantically for him. He said that he maelstrom an avalanche of scoring. 'started down the path back of the Ralph JHassell on 4th,,.down on thejnous,e and met Mrs. Wilis helping visitors 15 yard stripe'ani' 8 to go their daughter toward the hame. lugged the pigskin the necessary 15je said that. Edith .was in a high making the county 31 to 0. emotional state and was unable to L. Moore repeated on a right end talk. When they arrived at the house, run for 15 yards. Total, 37. he sa'd the first coherent words of Ray Hassell smashed through ; hls daughter were voiced in a re guard for 3 yards, making the final 1uest for a doctor, count read 43 to 0. . Edith Lewis followed her father Aside from the overwhelming ;on tne stand, bhe stated to the court j u.w. l. : ii i. . rites were held from the Baptist l"ic " me oasis oi rhiimh r. fivs nVlnrk fnr simnn wn 1" proposal of the domestic tobac- with the recovery program to attend, secretary of the Wets, seems opposed score, the feature was the never-say- lnat while returning from the neigh Another NRA speaker, Aldo L. Raffe, I ta interference by outsiders in strict-' die spirit of the visitors and their bor's hol"e with the needle in her iy iiium aronna anairs. no longer clean-cut attitude throughout. Un- "f"" was accosted by Robert ago than last Saturday Mr. Murphy, ' der such an avalanche of scoring, Nrman, who also lived at the Hibbs writing for a state publication, de-many less courageous teams would, nome and that he "attacked me and livered himself on this subject as ' have given up. But not those boys. Accomplished his purpose." She said, follows: "The people of North Caro-! They were continually in the fight P0" cross examination by a de lina are capable of self government 'and proved themselves real sports-1 fense attorney, that Norman held .without the aid, consent, dictation or men. . her with a strangle grip with his left coercion of outside influence." An odd incident is the fact that j It is very probable, however, that. the winners did not punt once Mr. Murphy did not have. Mr. Farley throughout the contest, in mind at the time he wrote these I A few statistics: Beaufort amass strong words and therefore could 'ed 17 first downs to Snow Hill's 3, son. Both were interred in the ored cemetery east of Beaufort. co companies; that of paying 17 cents a pound for the crop to the ex tent of the tobacco used last year, but without the provisions that the government not be permitted to look said the and they Davis of Harker's Island npnnle needed the money wanted the road built. The meeting was adjourned with out any expression from members of the board. They lefa shortly after fr Washington. D. C. It is under stood that the board will hold a meet ir,rf in f!hanel Hill in a tew I pected to receive probably twice as DISTRICT MEETING TOMORROW . much as the actual cost of growing. Col. Fred A. Olds, well known ov- A distiict meeting of Rebekhas er the State as the collector of rel will convene heret omorrow at ten ics for the State Hall of History in o'clock with the Miriam Lodge. Del- Raleigh, reached his 82nd milestone Funeral services were egates from Wilmington and Golds- the past week. Colonel Olds has been six? boro are expected to attend. Local an institution in the State for many The fa.t that th "aJ" Kebekahs are earnesuy urged to oe years, serving ior many years as a forces have every tucky furnishing much more favor- here Monday morning able prospect for returns upon finan cial investment, bother themselves to try to make North Carolina one of the only time states' needed to fill out the required number of thirty- conducted at eleven o'clock for Cicero T. Dickinson, who passed away early Sunday morning in New Bern at the home of his sis-; tor, Mrs. Sallie A. Godley. The last! rites were hdd frm othe home t.f the: jdeecased's brother, R. X. Dbkinson, United Dry.hv the Rev. R. F. Manns, pastor of countv oreranized tl-io Ann Srv.-pt- Methodist Chu:..'h. and at that time will consider the tpresent. Past Grand Master C. G. newspaper man. He celebrated the 'and at work and had announced their ' Interment was in the Ocean View Cape Lookout project. A report will ( Smith, of Goldsboro, and Mrs. Cary week by riding with Capt. S. A. Ashe, candidates long before the wets ' Cemetery. be made to the authorities in Wash-jW'. Simmons, of Winston-Salem, State clerk of the U. S. District Court fori knew 'where they were at," has had I Mr. Dickinson was seventy-foui ington and if this report proves to : President of the Rebekahs, are ex- eastern North Carolina, and above an amazing effect upon watches on years old, and was the son of the late not have meant any harm to the gen- commeted 6 passes as compared to tleman who has been referred to as, Snow Hill's 2, had none intercepted "John Barleycorn's friend Jim Far-j while intercepting 3. ley-corn." Coach Potter used his entire squad, The Washington dispatch quoted his second string seeing about a quar from above went on further to sayjter's service. The lads seeing action that the "wets fear for the State" were Moore, Johnson, F. Rice, C. Rice and that "leaders of the wets have E. Potter, Ralph Hassell, G. Hassell been sending forth the Macedonian : and H. Jones, backs. G. Potter, Ray cry and have even reported that Hassell, R. Thomas, P. Thomas, W. hey 'needed fund3 for organization 'Hill, R. Wheatly, C. Wheatly, Chad purposes." jwick, Bloodgood, Bereridge, D. Jones. This raises another interesting Hooper, Taylor and Styron, linemen, question: Do the big hard-boiled wsts The locals play Kinston at Kins like the DuPonts, Raskob, and their ton tomorrow, Friday, kind feel it worth while to spend I any money on North Carolina? Why CONDUCT FUNERAL FOR should they, when they have thirty three states enrolled for repeal, with Pennsylvania, Ohio and Ken- arm around her neck. Upon further questioning she said that both her hands were free and thta she had a needle in one of them; and that during the time the alleged criminal assault was said to have taken placi she neither struck at nor tried to kick her alleged assailant, and that she was unable to make an outcry because of the grip around her neck. The next witness wis the mother of the alleged victim. She stated to the court thta she went down the path and found the two standing near the path, with Robert Norman holding her daughter close to him (Continued on page eight) CICERO T. DiCKINSON t TIDE TABLE Information ati 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 la whether near the inlet ot at the heads of the estuaries. be favorable it is thougni nere maijpected to be present laso. the chance of getting the appropria-1 tion will be good. The amount asked MARRIAGE LICENSES for is $080,000 and if it is secured j it will mean the employment of i John Parmalee, Newport, and Etta This was an interesting feature of 90 years of age, in a coach drawn the side lines and even upon the lib- Norris and Marv Jane Dickinson. by two dapple gray horses in thejeral wets themselves. 'It looks like He was born at Russeli Creek. While State Fair marshal's parade, headed by Congressman Walter Lambeth. Mamie the parade, as were the men riding Buck, horses, boys riding ponies and wom en riding bicycles, all harking back to 30 years ago. Red raspberries will be promoted The State School Commission, week, approved the quite a larfr? number of men anajames, Wiliwood. the sale of luch lumber and other' Birdie Salter and materials. V.".iile here the visitors ac-: Newport. companieo ry ur. xi. "-i nr. C. S. Maxwell and Dr. H. M. : Hendrix made a trip to Harker's Is- as a commercial crop next season by meeting last pose of inspecting the proposed route, awba and Burke counties. land and Cape Lookout for the pur- hading farmers of McDowell, Cat- budgets of the seven city administra- , tive school units which voted to sup plement the State funds appropriat Union ed for schools. These seven units are of: the only ones out of probably 50 you've got us licked," is their not in- j yet a young man he left Carteret frequent greeting to the drys. And County. For more than twenty-five that is about right. years he ran a hotel and restaurant Cale K. Burgess, Campaign Direo-iin Richmond, Va., where he made tor of the United Dry Foi-ces, has! his home for many years. About two announced the first two speaking 'yeai-3 ago ill health caused Mr. Dick dates of Honorable Clyde R. Hoey inson to cease all business activities, of Shelby. He will speak to a vast 'and since then he has been making crowd at Charlotte the night of Fri- hsi home here with his brother and day, October 20, and in Raleigh the in New Bern with his sister, afternoon of Sunday, October 22. 1 Mr. Dickinson was a well known 'And that is only the beginning of a citizen of the Virginia capital. He whirlwind campaign that will cover; was a member of the First Baptist tae entire State. Arrangements are Church of that city, and was also an High Tide Low Tida Friday, Oct. 20 8:31 a. m. 2:16 a. 8:47 p. m. 3:02 p. Saturday, Oct. 21 9:19 a. m. 2:57 a. 9:36 p. m. 3:50 p. Sunday, Oct. 22 10:09 a. m. 3,:41 a. 10:27 p. m. 4:41 p. Monday, Oct. 23 a. m. 431 a. p. m. 5:39 p. 11:01 10:50 m. m. in. m. m. m. Tuoday, Oct. 24 Annvovimatelv 1200 members of Practical demonstrations in the North Carolina Grange, attended county nave proven tne value oi the only ones the State meeting at the Junior Or- growing vetch seed at home and the which voted supplements to the State now on foot to have the speech of , .Odd Fellow and Free Mason. der Orphans' home near Lexington plan is meeting a lavorabie reception funds. They are Lenoir, North Wilkes Mr. Farley in Ralegih at noon No-1 The deceased is survived only by on September 27 and 28. (over the county. boro, Roanoke Rapids, Southern jvember 3 followed by a reply from j his sister, Mrs. Sallie A. Godley, of I 'Pines, Chapel Hill, Durham and; the Drys the night of November 3, New Bern, and one brother, R. N. READ THE WANT ADS I SUBSCRIBE FCR THE NEWS Rocky Mount.. or immediately after. Dickinson, of Beaufort. 11:22 11:57 a. m. p. m. Wednesday, Oct 12:21 a. m. 12:59 p. m. T Thurday, Oct. 1:33 a. m. 2:10 p. m. 5:31 a. 6:43 p. 25 6:45 a. 7:49 p. 26 8:00 a. nu 8:49 p. m. m. m. nu m.