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Tim ii b 11 9 fwi p3 The best advertising medium published in Cartel et Co. WATCH Your label ancK our subscription VOLUME XXIII six pages this week THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, JAN. 11, 1934 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY NUMBER 2 Mnkino Progress Here ,A PROGRAM MAY lYlaiong n ogi ess nei e( LARGER On Drainage rrojects About 300 Men Working In Ten Crews are Un dertaking To Reduce Mosquito Propaga- A Planning Commission Ap pointed to Recommend Various New Projects In anticipation of a considerably FARMWORKERS MAY register; The Reemployment Office Of fers Its Services to Land lords and Helpers Former Carteret Man Killed By Automobile NEWPORT, Jan. 8. Last Thurs day night, Dec. 28, about 11:15 o'clock Samuel W. Garner and his son-in-law, James Roy Gould of Wilmington, were killed in an auto mobile accident. The car was driven Mr. C. B. Wade, manager of Car- by a negro by the name of Johnnie - I " f , i . J 1 enlarged program for CWA work a.teret County Re-employment on ice, I .Bryant, ana ne was, anesu ..u , w, i i t ' . i : u 1 nr,,nr,aa that Viia r,ff po i mraiwi he tried later, ne was uuving tlOn. Uver oUU 1NOW tmplOyea Un VariOUS - "1 eandlo and fathe car over speed. Samuel W. Gar- CWA PrOiectS. Pay Roll ShoWS Substantial! commission, or committee, was ap- mers who are in need of farm labor iner, 56, was killed almost instantly, pointed by the board ot county eom-.oi any Kina. iiicewise, iammes ue- u auiu j Uvu,U - miccmnnpc Tho rtnmoa worn Rllh.. Qirinir to rpnt a fa rm and unemnlov- James Walker Memorial hospital about four hours later, iney were i MUCH CRITICISM CAUSED BY AUTO LAW ENFORCEMENT Increase. MAKIN GPROGRESS DC 36 According to reports from the of fice of Mrs. Thomas O'Berry, CWA State Administrator, more than $824,000 was paid out last week to some 67,536 workers in North Car olina. This pay roll was $200,000 greater than the previous XT 11 V D0...f..f mitted to Mrs. Malcolm Lewis, CWA ed farm labor are urged to register.! wen Jviiurvii v.. ciirector ;n this county and were Families who left farms for work Citizen Died Sunday approved by her. The members of .in towns or factories and are now the commission are F. R. Seeley, ' interested in going back to the farm " . Beaufort; A. D. Ennett, Peletierj are urged, Mr. Wade said, to register Following an illness of severa L . M Newport! H. C. Tay-'and Kive the government a chance to neip tnem nna tne Kind ot em- died years, Mr. reter u. uarner, " or Sea Level; C. H. Davis, of Davis, Sunday morning at rotter husjhuu: . mootinc m hplH nf the new- nlnvment thov nvefr weeKS where ne nad been a pauem, iui y appointed planning commission at pay roll. A good many new pro- weeks from arthritis. Mr. earner, a courthouse Saturdav the 6th jects have been approved which en-, son of Alexander and Charity Noerj an ovganization was effected and larges the scope of the work and Garner, was born in Beaufort, and gome plans made R R Seeiey wa3 increases the number of employed, was 69 years old. He spent his life j , rv,airmaii and L. A. Mann. In Carteret county a good many .here and was in the government ser" 'sectary 0f the organization. There made. Under certain CWA projects are under way and; vice. Early in life he married Missi general discussion as to what provision will be made There may be some families ap plying for farm placement who do not have enough food and clothing to "run" them until the crop is conditions, to extend Governor Raked Fore and Aft Because They Had to Buy Plates By Jan. 1 MORE SOLD THAN LAST YEAR By R. M. DUNNAGAN RALEIGH, aJn. 8. Wave after wave of resentment has passed over the state for more than a week be cause Governor Ehringhaus, having warned the citizens in newspapers, by radio and picture house notices, in addition to the direct by mail no tice, for more than a montl '".at 1934 license plates would be air ed on all automobiles on and irom January 1, did not relent as other governors had done and extend the time for one, two or four weeks. Newspapers are almost unanimous Garner died en route to the in scathing editorials for the unnec- a very considerable number of men Ida Russell and to this union f our sloud e done Dut no pr0gram was I help to such families, he said and women are being employed on daughters and one son wc .uul1" effected. the projects and in other ways. The One daughgter and the son died a total number of those who have reg-1 few years ago. istered for work is 2699 and some-! He is survived by his widow, Mrs. J thing over 800 persons have gotten I Ida Russell Garner, and three daugh wnrlf. Thp navroll in the county has ! ters. Mrs. J. R. Ball, Mrs. A. T. increased each week since the work started. Last Saturday more than $13,000 was paid out in this county and it is not expected that it will be any less this week, possibly may be more. The salt water drainage, with the object of decreasing the mosquito pest, is one of the largest undertak ings in eastern Carolina. In the dis trict embracing Carteret, Craven, Smith and Mrs. B. A. Bell; several trvan Hchildren. and a brother, W. H. On Saturday of this week another meeting is to be held and some details will be worked out. As soon as the board can get up its plans they will be submitted to the CWA authorities for approval. The members of the committee represent the various sections of Garner, and sister, Mrs. Ed Simpson jthe county and each Qne Jg expect. of Beaufort. He had a great many friends who greatly regretted his passing away. Funeral services for Mr. Garner were held from the home on Cedar street Monday afternoon and was largely attended. The Reverend C. Street ed to pay especial attention to the interests of his community. Of course their work is county-wide and the projects are expected to be of such a nature that they will be ben eficial to all the people in Carteret county. It is the purpose of the committee to recommend projects The National Reemployment of fice also stated this week that it is very important that every person who has registered prior to January ; horribly mangled, 1st, and who is now unemployed and wants to be considered for employ ment come to the office either in struck by the negro driver on the other side of Wilmington in Bruns wick county near the bridge. Garner and Gould were standing on the highway talking with the occupants of another car at the time (they were struck. The officers said Rafter viewing the scene, that the 'negro's car struck Garnerfi drag ging him several feet away and Gould was crushed between the two cars. hospital and Gould was found to have suffered very mucn witn doui legs fractured. The doctor who per formed a hasty examination of the left leg, said he never had seen a case in which the patient was more Mr. Garner and his son-in-law had gone to Brunswick county to I B. Culbreth, pastor of Ann Brunswick and iNew Newhanover Methodist church, held the service, ... ,f carried out will be counties a total of 1024 men are and combined choirs sang In the!of lasting benefit. Such things as working. In Carteret county 300 'Hour of Trial," "I Will Sing You a dock fresh water drainage, corn- men are working on these drainage projects under the supervision of Philip K. Ball. Dr. R. W. Ieiby of the Bureau of Entomology, is the state director and Morgan Hand Bong at the house and at tne giave;munity houses and vari0U3 things "Jesus Lover of My Soul. Inter-;., . ... . f r to be I ! . Hi- n . c Morehead City or Beaufort and reg-lpw in tne car oi . . ister. As stated in a former notice! Aden Roy Garner, who with him this is being done to "weed out" fere three more young people, one from the files any person's card who boy and two gu-ls. They were on has already found work in some their way to Wilmington with the other, line or is moving out of the car when the tow rope broke and county. After January 31 only 'they stopped .got out and were dis thoswho have registered since cussing the best way to arrange the January 1st or who may have regis- tow. tered in 1933 and have re-registered Funeral services since January 1 will be considered ( . Dec 31j at 3 as applicants to their nies. , t th Episcopal ment was in Ocean View cemetery. Pallbearers were Messrs. C. R. Wheatly, Henry Weeks, Henry considered.' It is generally expe I ed that Congress will make a large with headquarters at .-Wilmington, vhtyron, W;-si.ttn,ny "c?r if g0 Carteret voHntyV-qaoU-'waswft' who is a mosquito expert, is looking1 n. w. XNoe. ;nto a large sum. The members of after the district workk. ) The flowers sent from sympathy- the committeo do ,lot receive any The men working on drainage mg relatives ana iriends were num.- remuneration for their services and were held Sun o'clock for both church near i ONE CASE TRIED BY JUDGE WEBB Wrightsville Beach. . 1 Z IT essary and emoarasbing ancu citizens and carrying them before magistrates, who usually taxed them with the costs and required them to buy the licenses. The statute makes the fine $10 to $50, which ma be suspended, the attorney general holds. The Raleigh News & UDserv- er, reversing its usual position, praises the governor for his firm and fearless stand and, having tak en a position, sticking to it, in spite of the criticism of the almost unan imous press of the state. The papers say there was no ne cessity for the drastic measure at this time of leniency in other mat ters in forcing citizens unable to buy their tags at the moment, to raise the money before they can op erate their cars on the highways. It is described as high-handed and an abuse of authority, also causing a gasoline jobs in Carteret county are in crews of about 30 men in each crew. They have been working at Cedar Point, F.ogue, Newport, Narrows, Barker's Island, Crab Point, Calico Creekk, Davis Shore, Marshallberg, Sea Lev el, Atlantic, Merrimon and Lennoxs ville. A survey is being made for the New Bern road section to Har-,Bm;e ing erous and unusually lovely. Ithe work thev will do will be for 'the public good rather than for any ANOTHER RADIO BROADCAST jadvantaga to themselves. If Con DY THE BEAUFORT TRIO gress makes the expected appropria- . tion and the new projects are au thorized it will mean the employ 'ment of a large number of people in The Beaufort trio consisting of this county. By A. R. RICE Taylor, Troy Johnson. lowe and also for the east and west and William Willis gave another of, FOUR YEAR OLD CHILD sides of North River. The public is 'their delightful fifteen minutes pro-! DIES OF DIPHTHERIA invited to inspect any of these pro jects, especially the one at Newport Narrows, which is one of the largest in the county. CENSUS OF AMERICAN BUSINESS grams from Station W RAM, Wil-i mington Sunday afternoon Num-j Funeral services for little Laura erous requests by telephone, tele- Frances Gillikin, daughter of Allen gram and letter have been following H and gallie Gilikin were hed these boys on their many broadcasts from the hom(J Sunday afternoon from this station and WEED, Green-, and interment waa in the family ville. These requests cause the stu- burying plot at otway. Little Laura dios to regard the singers with high Frances was four years 0f ago and favor and in view of the fact that died Saturday at st. Luke's hospital a large northern concern is being from diphtheria) where she was tak negotiated with in an effort to get en for an emergency operation, an advertising sponsorship for this - trio, the more requests sent in to Dave Bell Gets a Road Sen tence1, Several Old Cases Disposed Of loss in revenue from the Mr. Gould was a member of the tax when automobiles are not op Episcortil church ,and Mr. Garner eration for lack of tags. Also, t is w a member of the Free Will Bap- charged that the license station tiat rhnrvh were not open law; eimugu wJ tist cnurcn. L . , .. , , -a..u.-M. to accorumuuaw ' tii !o o"""8 -buy ' licenses to comp y with the law. If is pointed "out, -in"nweiv that his widow and seven children, Mary warning was given m umy . rn aj vnv n.Tspnh. Hubert that the new plates would be re-.-. " IJV-iit:. UV. II AVf.Tl , ..-7 x Mr. "Garner is ' survived , by Uis sr.pn-m other. Mrs. Esther Garner, Roy Gould all of required, the license stations vrc-i-e ... . i Tir -n o: S .rtvifVi tho now vvns mi v one T.via in re-;W m ntrtnti. anr Mrs. ttov oiiiuiiuno o iua ivr a muiim vw. plates and Leland; Mrs, There cordcr's court Tuesday. This was 0f Newport; three brothers ana the case of Dave Bell, colored, of two sisters also survive. They are E. Morehead City charged with an as-jj,, D. p,., and C. II. Garner all of sault with a deadly weapon on Newport, and Mrs. Betty Mundine George Johnson, also colored, from'and Mrs. C. P. Pringle of Newport, iSeaufort. A few other matters and fifive grandchildren. He had brought over from previous sessions ; nieces, nephews and very many rel- of court were disposed of by Judge atives of Newport, Webb. Julian Piver of Beaufort, who had plead guilty to violating the prohi bition law, was given a suspended sentence of nine months on the BIRTHS The government of the United States is at present taking a census of business. The following have been appoint ed as census enumerators: Beaufort, Adrain Rice: Morehead City, Mr. J. Wilmington, the better. , T. Willis, Carteret county, Rev. H. Sunday week, the 21st, the time, . A. Welker. Mr. Thomas J. Marriner , has been extended to half an hour's Born to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon of New Bern, district supervisor of J program, probably starting at 3:00, Brooks of Harkers Island, Thursday, the Federal Business Census, was in so get your letters or cards in early. January 4th, a son. conference this a:'"ernoon with Last Monday as part of an athle- Born to Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hardy those appointed to thb office. The ; tic meeting at the high school, the 0f South River, at Potter hospital, work is to be completed h a month I trio rendered the following program Saturday, aJnuary 6, a daughter. or so. We, therefore, ask :he busi-. which was received with much ap-, ness men to give their hearty coop-' plause: ! REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS eration in order that the enumera-J Theme song: "We've Got Rhy-' tors may get the correct information thm." ; Earle W. Webb and wife to Earle and have the work well done. i "Thanks," solo by Johnson. ( Wayne Webb, Jr., Memorial Inc., 3 I "You're Gom a Lose Your Gal," otS( Morehead City. Consideration SEVERAL OLD BUILDINGS i-just a eYar Ago Tonight," by john A. Nelson and wife to Earle HAVE BEEN CONDEMNED I .Q !iay T j tMct "Give Me Liberty or uive ivie deration $10.00. and owners were urged to buy them early to avoid the last minute rush. Governor Ehringhaus points out that the law sets the time and he has no authority to suspend it, and that it is only fair to those who have bought their plates in time. Those who have been arrested were able to pay the costs, 'in addition to the price of the tag; therefore, they could have bought the tag in the first place. The plea for more time is made not so much for the man unable to buy a taj, but for those who have l vrlected or delayed complying with Po. The Gould family lived with tne Garnets. The widow and a 11 months old daughter, Awilda Mae, survive the father the father. Mr. Gould is survived by a father, Car- roads, provided he pays a fine of $35 mja Gould, three brothers, Rupert, and costs. As soon as he gets a Dewev. and Eddie Gould of New- iob he is to pay at the rate of $5 a;DOrt: four sisters, Mrs. Matilda Can-; purposely week. non, Mrs. Bettie Glancy, Mrs. An- the law. tt o,iti, tr. -i-nn' r m Tnnn TT ill of And the contest rages on fietmaii oniim, nu uoi-u w uuinei aiiu - the "Log Cabin" near Morehead Newport. He also had nieces, ne-,lice officers, legislators and other Bluffs, and had formerly submitted phews and other relatives in New- officers were arrested, along with to the charge of selling liquor, was'portt. Also both of them had many ( the ordinary citizen, f; disobeying 60 rlnvs on the roads. UviDnila in Wilmington. ithe law. judgment suspended on payment of! They say that it was the largest I Auto Plates Sales Large os j nnata and ho norpp not to 1 thnt thpv had anv record of Automobile license plates violate law for two years. ! in Wilmington being to a funeral 1934, sold and reported at the clos- Milton Woolard of Beaufort, 'attended their funeral Sunday. They ing hour Saturday had reached 11, nfcovroH with nnnoiinnni. Hp is ,,.Q kriofl in n twin srrave and 429, as compared with 111,974 at trying to get a job and the court, there were many pretty flowers that the same date in 1933, only 245,548 continued his case for further con-' covered both graves. j had been sold up to February, Com- missioner ot Kevenue a. j. .uaxweu ufqtfrn TARTERET ROADS reported. This causes him to esti- for At the insistence of Building In- Love solo by Taylor. TV M. Jones, a number ot old, unoccupied buildings have ben torn down and others will be de molished. The building known as St.mlpv's Auditorium at the corner of Cedar and Pollock streets and formerly used occasionally by col . ored people has been torn down. An other is the Ike Vann building on Cedar street. A dwelling on Turner street near 'Tiger Rag," by trio. "We've Got Rhythm," theme song. As a seeming reversal of the trio's !good form, the high school basket MILTON LEWIS NOT TRIED In the December 21st issue of the ii .4.J ATIHm T aw. Ull ...aa .nnnu lin, of hv the rt'VS UICU mat -""Wi. v imr.,iv P.n nf 27 to 3. is was tried in police court for re- Tuesday night at large delegation of local fans fol lowed the squad and were muchly disappointed by the showing made bv Coach Potter's hopefuls. They Ann, belonging to the C. L. Dick- prom;se better results against Smy This was an error. Mr. Lewis was not in court on any charge and the News regrets that the mistake was made. The man tried was Milton Woolard. ARE TO BE IMPROVED SOON mate that 1934 tags sold Saturday , and not reported will bring tne total It appears that citizens of the po far close to $300,000, an unusual i western part ot the county no record anu not ruatueu uuiinB inson estate, has Been tuemousueu and the old 'tore building at the cor- and Live Oak streets, ma at the latter place tomorrow, Friday, night. Hill accounted for the onlv action score of the Sea Dogs of Dr. C. L. Dunean, d chadwick the foul shot. It was down. This buildin?, j.lst an 0ff nieht. it seem3, as shot i . s taken down by the ter shot rimmed the basket only to orable Rowing was made in the r. e it had been condemn- fall out while Swansboro showed liquidation of the Beaufort Banking ner off Ar the proper: has also co: however, v. owner befo ed by the building inspector. There ral.e aptitude in looping them are several others that will probably be condemned soon. If a building of this sort is not in the fire district it may be repaired if the owners d3-sire. LIQUIDATION OF BANK MAKES GOOD PROGRESS The News is informed that a fav- sideration. The trial of Dave Bell resulted in his conviction and a sentence of 90 days on the roads to be worked un der the supervision of the highway nnmmissifin. Dave was his own lawyer and put have been earnestly desiring to get balmy days, inis record is oiteniy up a good defense. He has had much some road improvements in their the result of the announcement ot experience in court and knows a section are in a tair way to get uovernor jwingauus wu.i, tm ...iu good deal of the technique of law- them. Thursday the 4th a delega-' mobiles must have 1934 plates on His cross examination of wit- tion of men from the west came to and alter ajnuaiy i ana tntn uie nesses for the state was quite keen Beaufort and had a conference with I enforcement of the order. Reports but the trouble was that his own state highway district road men. are that lovu owners nave neen ar witnesses did not help him much, i Gardner and Hart in regard to this rested, which is about one out of The testimony of George Johnson ' matter, and were successful in get- each 100 who have bought plates and two or three other witnesses, ! ting their projects approved. 'since aJnuary 1. Governor Ehring- was that George and several others j One of the projects under consid- haus is being "cussed," but no so from eBaufort attended a party in eration was that between Piner's gestion is made that the law has not Morehead City, that a fight between Store and route 21, th new paved been enforced on all alike, as police George and a Moreheader started ' road to Swansboro. This is a shore ' officers, legislative representatives land that Dave used a knife or razor , stretch, about two nines an;i is al- and other oiucers nave oeeri k. v.m on George and cut him rather severe- so a short piece about So'J yaras with costs and required to ouy inn He bled a good deal and was from the highway to the water licenses. front. The dirt road to btella and i Peletier from the higghway is to be j Governor Ehringhaus has issued iviHpnfifl and rut, in cood condition. ' reauisition Upon the governor of the and The MARRIAGE LICENSES A carload of 24 mules brought cooperatively for cash by farmers of Alamance County saved the pur chasers approximately $59 per mule. Marriage licenses issued for week ending January 9, 1934: Leslie D. Brinson and Edna C. Bennett, Morehead City. LeRoy K. Guthri and Annie Mae Ptuker, !nor.hal City. and Trust Company during quarter ' beginning October 1 ending the first of January. income tor that period was 4o per ?ent greater than the expense. W. A. Allen is in charge of the liquida tion of this bank aid rlsj other banks in the county. SUBSCRIBE NOW THE NEWS $1.50 A YEAR taken to the hospital in Beaufort and fourteen stitches were taken in ! his wound. He now appears to be in good condition. Dave denied the : It is said that this will give the peo- New York to turn over to this state cutting but the court decided flint; pie of that section much better road .Wallace Scales, son of a prominent the evidence showed his guilt. Dave 1 facilities than they now have. j Greensboro family, wanted in Win did not take an appeal to superior iston-'Salem on a charge of breaking court and said ho would serve the j Thar's gold in them thar sands! into a bridge party at the home of sentence. He has already been in George Tic-kens, unemployed of his kinsman, A H. Galloway, and. at jail a month and has a conviction on Santa Cruz, Cal., gets gold from his he point of a gun, robbing the as a liquor charge hanging over him front yard instead of the gravel beds ; semblbed guests of jewelry valued besides the other. jof the mother lode country. Pick-;at 25,000, on a night in March, 1931. ess "front yard" is a fi.idy bench ; Scales, serving a sentence on th N. Cooperative sales of chickens and 'on the Pacific ocean. Ha haj $a? C. roads for rum-running, was tried turkeys by Chatham County farm-j fected a sand strainer which re-on the charg! later and because it ers have brought them about $8,-1 coven lost jewelry and coins from j involved a capital felony, Solicitor 000 in cask during the past manth. b&ith sand. (Continued on page si::) f
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