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THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, JAN, 25 1934 The Beaufort News North Carolina Roosevelt's wishes in this instance will prob ably decide the question, as it has been doing ever since he was inaugurated. The Govern- Published every Thursday at Beaufort, Carteret County ment has gr t to raise a great deal of money this year- Its credit will be well tested. If the Administration can get the money it will prob ably keep spending on a big scale. Any way most of the projects that have been started will doubtless be finished. There is this to be said for the Cwa those who get the money do j some work for it and a lot of the work is worth j while. The direct relief crowd do nothing for ! what they get and we suspect that many of them do not deserve any help and ought to be separated from the pay rolls. Beaufort News Inc., .WILLIAM GILES MEBANE Publisher Pres. and Editor LE'i TKitS FROM o! it s:i: tin:sss A SUGGESTION TO DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS their reward here- MOXROE MANX. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (In Advance) One Year ?L50 Six Months -75 Three Months -50 The above prices are for the first, second and third tones. In the fourth zone tho rate is ?2.00 a year. Entered as second-class niaiter February 5, 1912 at the postoffice in Beaufort, North Carolina, under the Act ef March 3, 1879. FAST DRIVING CAUSES ACCIDENTS In discussing automobile accidents newspa pers recently have been laying great stress on MEMBER XORT1I CAROLINA TRESS ASSOCIATION THURSDAY JAN. 25,1934 HIS RECORD IS AGAINST HIM Indications are that Solicitor Higgins of Surry county, who aspires to be U. S. District attorney up that way, may have some trouble getting the job although he is backed up by Senator Bailey. In the 1932 primary charges of fraud in Surry county were freelyy made. Moreover an investigation by Attorney-General Brummitt revealed that the election laws were actually violated. The matter was aired in the newspapers and of course was common talk in Surry county. The solicitor, it seems, made no effort to have anybody indicted. His laxness in this respect naturally raises the question of his fitness to be a pro secuting attorney for the United States govern ment. BIG TOBACCO CROP NOT WISE Fortune certainly smiled on North Carolina tobacco growers last year. The crop was very much larger than the year before, the quality was decidedly better and better prices were obtained- This was unusual combination of circumstances and it is not reasonable to ex pect it to occur again this year. Pleased with their success last year it is naturally a great temptation to the tobacco farmer to raise an even bigger and better crop this year than ever. Making his product as good as possible is a sensible thing to do but the farmer had better go slow on trying to increase output. A whale of a big crop this year is almost certain to be followed by low prices, disappointment and troubles of all sorts. A MUCH NEEDED IMPROOVEMENT This newspaper has always favored the con struction of the highway to Harker's Island and Cape Lookout. It is still of that opinion and in fact the more we think about it the more convinced we become that the connection should be made. Cape Lookout and Harker's Island are about the last important places in Carteret county that are inaccessible by roads. Twenty years ago, even ten years ago, freight and passeger traffic in Carteret county was largely by water- Now passenger cars and trucks are taking care of most of the traffic. It is important to the people of this county, and the rest of Nortn Carolina, that Harkers Island and Cape Lookout should be connected with the mainland bby the necessary roads and bridges. The railroad shoul J be extended there too and probably will be built if the highway is put through. THE FORT MACON ROAD Probably not many people have yet seen the road the CWA forces are building to Fort Ma con. When they do see it they may be sur prised to learn what a nice road it is. But for the bridge tolls it would probably be the most popular drive in Carteret county for persons out just for a pleasure ride. If the State would take over the bridge and abolish the tolls, or make them very cheap, it would add a great deal to the popularity of the Fort Macon road and, of course, to Atlantic Beach. We do not know how long the CWA work will continue but if it goes on much longer it might be pos sible to have this road extended the full length of the island, connecting the Fort Macon coast guard station with the one at Bogue Inlet. CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESSS PLENTIFUL It seems certain that Democratic voters in the third district will have plenty of candidates to choose from in the primary next June. Counting Congressman Abernethy, who is ex pected to run again, there are now five candi dates in the field and one or two more may de cide to try their chance for the nomination. At present there are two candidates from Craven county, Mr. Abernethy and Mr. Barden, Mr. Summersill from Onslow, Mr. Hamilton from Carteret and the latest is Hugh Dortch from Wayne .county. Two other large counties in the district, Duplin and Sampson, have no can didates at this writing but it would be no cause TftJTurpTis"e'should they produce some be tween now and the primary. : CWA MONEY IS GETTING SCARCE The announcement from Washington that CWA money is running low and that i thas be (ome necessary to slow up need not surprise ; nybody. Government money will give out just the same as any other sort of money if the spending goes along fast enough. H. L. Hop kins, who is the Civil Works administrator, fays that the cost of the work has been greater than he anticipated. This is usually the way with Government jobs. They generally cost more than expected.- It may be that cutting down the CWA work ers time may be just a temporary arrangement. Certainly great pressure will be brought upo:i Congress to vote another large appropriation to carry it on for several r.icr.ths yet. President Editor of The News: The last Legislature (1933) made a very definite and helpful offer to i; w.ni tjvn-ivcri nrnviilt'd thev I would pay their taxes prior to April list, li3I. This offer applies to tax 'es for the year . 1931 and prior there Uo. It is simply this: All penalties 'and interest which hive accumulated on these back taxes are to be remit -' ted or excused if such taxes aie paid 'before April 1st. 193-1. I It wuiUs this way: If your 1927 tax, for instance, was originally one j hundred ($100.00) dollars, that tax has now jrrown to one hundred fifty jfour ($154.10) dollars and ten !lt has increased in the same way that a note in the bank increases when nothing is paid on prineiptl or i ; interest, the only difference being What re lieve delinquent taxpayers of this (added burden, provided the taxes for these back years were paid on or be those in which drunken drivers have tigured. This is very well, because we know of no great er menace to life and limb than a motor car in the hands of a person even moderately intoxi cated. But it is well enough to remember that not all accidents, not even a majority, are caus ed bv drunken drivers. In the year 1929 statistics show that 29,000 persons lost their lives in motor car accidents. that the rate of interest in the ease Among the causes listed for these accidents the of the tax is much higher tnan in tn Viio-Vioct was ovpdacivp cnppfl 91 .51 npr ppnt. case of the note in the bank nA 1, i,viMt "AiA T-r.il fiavo V10 the last legislature did was to right of way," 23.93 per cent. Of course some of these speedsters may have been drunk but is it very probable that most of them were not 'f A u j t 1!)34 However, after unaer tne lniiuence oi aicunoi. nicy weie juol ! April 1st, 1934, the legislature by a drunk with the desire to fly through space as state-wide bill re-imposed or placed fast as possible. A good portion of humanity jback all these penalties and inter seems to have this urge to travel rapidly and est, together with additional penal V.a ontnmnliilo mn nn f n ptiirora vip with parh ties. At the same time, the same iv,0 Qff-f t-n nvnnpo fact ninnincr pnr Thprp legislature allowed a further are cars on the road now which are said to be capable of making 100 miles an hour; prob ably any 1934 model car can make 75 miles, an hour. Undoubtedly fast driving is the cause of many accidents and it is a very difficult prob lem to handle. Just so long as fast cars are made and there are paved roads people are go ing to drive too fast. A few years ago 45 miles I an hour was considered very fast driving. Per- sons who drive at that speed now are consider ed slow drivers. It seems probable that we may I look for an increase in accidents this year, due to the fast cars now being put on the market. ! It is not likely that the drivers will have any l more sense. If the State had 500 motorcycle po j licemen and if the judges would punish prop ! erly violators of the traffic laws there would be j some hope. As matters stand the outlook is rather gloomy. breeder for mosquitoes, and cause rich will receive epidemics to break out in the fam- after. ;ii. who live near tho swamp. , The second and third projects are Newport, X. C Deep Creek and Little Deep L-reeK, which are similar to the first project but not as large The fourth project is to furnish water to fight tires. There is a small lake about 1600 yards northwest of Newport wwhic: has an elevation of five or six fee. above the level of the town, and put ting in a cistern to contain fifteen or twenty thousand gallons would enable us to fight a fire anywhere in town and within ten or fifteen min utes the fir;' company from More head City or I'eaufort could be on the job. l!ut as it is now if a fire was to local; out. in town we would l-o completely helul.v-s and have to sec our property go like chalf before (1,.. .iml T,, nut nioii-i-1 No. 1 in- iVan'oil Township. ( onsiderati !l to oiu-ration would require twenty men, which we can furnish, two don- John A. Wetlicriiinton Jul wife hie Hilly blo.'ks and fall with sulfi- to M. .A!. Wig-ins, ."ti acres White cient rope for same, two cross cut Oak Township. Consideration O'l. saws, four axes and four shovels. It. L. Stalling, trustee to Wi'.'.ie One equipment for projects two and R. Roberts and wife, o0 acres New three would be sufficient. port Township. Consideration $1550. : These are all worthy, essential Joint Stock Land Bank of Dur and beneficial projects and should ham to David B. Webb, 23 acres REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS R. A. Nunn et al, Com. to Daisy V. oKome, 580 acres White Oak Township. Consideration $5,000.00. Colonial Oil Co. to Beulah W. Fin er, 2 acres Morehead Township. Con sideration $10.00. T. D. Warren, Jr., Com., ta Branch Banking and Trust Co., 16 acres Morhea.i Township. Consider.!-.;: n ?100.u0. William Dunn, Com., to Fed -ra! land Bark. 300 acres M'U'iu-.ul Township. Consideration $8,t"KU'i. Bank of Beaufort, G. P. il - (m.. to C. D. Merrill, IS acres, I'eaul'ort Township. ( onsiderat Sli.'iO.OO. be given due consideration. MONROE MANN. Newport, N. C. MR. MANN WRITES AGAIN dis count on the principal amount of the tax, aside from the penalties thus remitted, under a graduated scale The result was that the taxpayer who had become delinquent was per mitted to settle his taxes for a less sum than if he had paid when the tax was first due, provided again that he paid by April 1st, 1934. But April 1st is now close at hand, and many of our taxpayers have fail ed to accept this offer and those pen alties will and must be added after April 1st. How would you like to walk into the tax office, either at Editor of The News: Two weekks ago I asked question through the News: it was that I.onnie Fulcher turned down and others given through the CWA." this work Morehead Township. Consideration $10.00. I Major Jones and wife to Cicero Monroe, 1 tract Morehead Township. Consideration $15.00. j W. E. Currier and wife to Mrs. Clara Rouse, 4 acres Marlowe Town ship. Consideration $310.00. I. E. Ramsey to Noah Gillikin and wife, 2 1-1 acres, Straits Township. Consideration $275.00. BIG CATCHES OF TROUT So far the oflicials nave failed t-i answer. He has applied twice or ibvpp times sinr-n. hut no satisfac tion. There is not a more worthy! Washington, N. C, Jan. -4 lne case in Carteret county. I now ask largest catches of grey and speckled antoher question: "Why is it that trout ever received in Washington men from Bogue sound, a distance , have come from Hatteras and Ocra of seven miles or more, are put on coke during the last few days. On the work in our town when we have 'Tuesday 400 boxes of trout con- men here who need Fulcher especially?" Those who are living in luxury today and are in a position to help the poor and needy (without taking it and Lonnie ' tainmg 40,000 pounds, were broutr.i, on boats here from these two points Local dealers state that the Gulf Stream is working close inland and is causing large numbers of troutt Beaufort or Morehead City, and pay lone "'nl 110,11 elr POCKets) and are to oe caugnt. ine iiuui n6n, your county tax of One Hundred i f ear to this crisis, are to four pounds each. Ten Cents val,111s me juugmenis oi a just, ana Fifty-Four Dollars and Press Gleanings CANN'NG Now that the farmers are going into the canning bus business in a big way, what will they do about can ning candidates offering political farm relief? Fort Worth Star-Telegram. ' sn'm-tnv ON THE ROAD TO SOCIALISM? It may be that at some date not so long in the fu ture the United States will have a government of com plete socialism. This may seem rather radical on the other hand, it seems to be working extremely well at this particular time, far better than any democracy tha; ,ve have had in a very long time. If the "New Deal ' should be suddenly terminated, and the govern ment takes its thumb off of this vast machinery we would face destruction all too quickly. The government and big business both are seeking less work for man. Big business is seeking more work for machines, because it owns them and gets the profit from them. What we need is more work by man and less work by machines. We need not fear government dictator ship as much as we need to dread financial dictator ship. Williamston Entreprise. per- A FAIR QUESTION Stirred by the growing tendency of his fellow towns men to use the newspaper for everything but advertis ing, a bouth Dakota editor recently asked them tinently, in a page one box: "If a member of your family died, would you semi out the obituary in a circular letter? If your wife en tertained, would you run a slide on the screen of the movie show? If you were to enlarge your store, would you tell folks in a hotel register? If you were to have a wedding at your house, would you take .the news on a telephone post? "Then why in heck don't you put your advertising in the newv spaper, too?" Okklahoma Publisher. INCREASED NEWSPAPER READ NG Newspaper reading, along with that of magazines, constituted the chief diversio l of 5,000 persons to whom a questionnaire was sent by the National Re creation Commission to ascertain what th y did with themselves when they were net working. In other words, what form of enterprise took shape with them -during the period when they were utilizing what once may have been falsely termed the waste time of the idle. That they are reading the newspapers is a healthy and wholesome sign, provided they are reading the right sort. The high-minded modern newspaper is worthy of their devotions and meditations. It will give them profit during their leisure hours, for it is abundantly filled not only with the historical narratives of con temporary society, but with reading material and fea tures of such multiform phases that their appeal today is increasingly more universal and their value is cor respondingly higher. And so it will be in the future to a much greater extent than it is even today. The newspaper will con stantly improve, doering a great variety of news, a finer interpretation of events and more inspiring all rouni literature. The big day of the daily newspaper is ahead. Charlotte Observer. ($154.10) for exactly $!)L'.o.ri, a sav ing of $61.55? Well, the legislature , made that tiling possible. All the1 discount is not allowed at this late date, but all the penalties and inter est arc. But remember, April 1st,1 li(34 is close at hand, and that's the last day of grace. And remember further, you will never live long' enough to see another legislature as 1 gracious as this last one was. In all probability, when your next legisla ture convenes, times will be better and the delinquent taxpayer will not all-wise God upon their own heads. God has respect for the poor, but the THE BEAUFORT NEWS $1.50 A YEAR. be thought of. son it. What That's the way I rea- about it? A. L. HAMILTON, Tax Collector. IB S 1 V. JHH I O S I I B S9 I m m 8 I WHEN TIME IS PRECIOUS I B mm 5 one 119 WORTHY PROJECTS i fl B ;! Editor of The News: We have four worthy projects un der consideration; the first is the southwest swamp. The September storm blew trees and rubbish in the run and in some places completely stopped the flow of water, causing it to spread out over the swamp making all low lands adjoining the swamp untenable, and when hot weather comes, the water will he come stagnated and be a regular a B. a Prescriptions called for, carefully filled and delivered in the quickest time possible. CONSISTENT WITH SAFETY F. R. Bell, Druggist Dependable Drug Store Service MAIL ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY a. a h h. HI B Ml M U H 1 u a 8 HI R a m pmjnmB n i 1EIB11 a a a 55 I ease ! E E E (J K U ! BBBUHBtE W.V.W.1 1 Ef D G B B 13 O K B D a H I C B una fl 9 h a H n i Whether You Buy Staple Supplie s or Fancy Groceries, You Can De i pend On Us for Quality, Service and Reasonable Prices. We Strive U to Fill Every Order, No Matter How Small, to the Complete Satis e faction of Every Customer. E i PURE LARD, 3 lbs, 25c RIB PORK, lb. 10c FAT PORK, 2 lbs. 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