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VOLUME XXIII
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1934 .Vf.cE 5c SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 7
Marsh Drainage Work
Has Been Suspended
Suspensoin Order Lays Off 300 Men; Much
Work Has Been Done; Efforts Being Made
To Have Work Contfiued Under State Con
trol; CWA Work Going Forward
" o BANK OF NEWPORT
r-? r jfn. - ! BEING WOUND UP
news I iniormm '
A. Phelps received a telegram
today from Dr. Leiby, who it
in chare of tha work in tha
State, that tha Mosquito Con
trol work would continue. No
details were given and there
will probably be something mora
definite about the matter next
week.
Last Bank in County to Close
Could Pay Dividend to De
positors Now
tne wnaniiarmei, .n nume , -.,w w d uge y. influence
least, are being wreea on xneiar.there .- favQr of . ct Coun.
Carteret county's last surviving
i bank yielded up the ghost last week.
.This was the Bank of Newport which
I was the smallest of five banks oper-
jating in the county a few years ago.
Unless some new arrangement can , Not only did the Bank of Newport
be made it appears now thta the stu- outlive all of the others in the coun-
penaous tasK oi Draining many 01 ty DUt it survived a long turiug . , , , ,i h:
the salt water marshes in Carteret them at Goldsboro, La Grange, Kins- plant h.s reduced acrea ge and culti
and other counties, for the purpose ton and New Bern. President Roose
f eliminating the mosquito pest, willvelt's proclamation on the 5th of last
be stopped. Like a bolt out of a blue ! March which closed every bank in
sky yesterday a telegram came to B. jthe United States of course included
A. Phelps, County Supervisor of Salt the Bank of Newport. Since that
TENANT FARMERS CAPE LOOKOUT
ARE LOSING OUT
Tobacco Acreage Reduction
Causes Many To Leave
Farms
MEETING HELD
By M. R. DUNNAGAN
Raleigh, Feb. 12 Indications
Delegation Went To Ralegih
Wednesday To See Gover
nor Ehringhaus
Another step was taken Wednes
day in the attempt to get Federal aid
,-.. k iiAtiuffiintirtn if a hiirhwAV
of "enisling" on the part of tobacco fr(jm mainland to Harker's Island
growers on the tenant farmers, as a i
result of the tobacco acreage reduc-
a; t xt ii- i; !
uon campaign in wonn v.aroi.na h flnd & t ()f work
being received at the State-federal I, . . n," i i .i
and Cape Lookout. Efforts along this
line have been going along for more
reemployment office in Raleigh,
Capus H. Waynick, director, reports
adding that it creates a situation
which may be serious for tho tenant
tobacco growers.
CWA Wage Scale
For North Carolina
The News has been asked ,to print
the rates of pay for CWA workers,
by the local CWA office.
Unskilled Labor $ .45
Brick Iayera 1.10
Brick Layers Apprectice .75
Mortar Mixer .50
Carpenters (Finish) 1.10
Carpenters (Rough-Framwork
etc.)
Plumbers
Plumber Apprentice
Electricians
Electricians Apprentice
Skilled Iron Workers (Ornamen-
tal)
has been done. Plans have been made
by engineers, much data bearing on
fVia nuucKnn Uva Kpoti jiipmhlafl and
the whole hting has been brought SkilI.ed Iron Workers (Structu
hfn. vni-imm hnnrHs and officials ,
time and again
"These acreage reduction contracts
the owners of tobacco farms have
entered nave cut own ine , ""Raleigh and had a conference with
t.ohaeco Dlantations in this State by i
. i . , governor nmnngnaus, uieir uojei;i,
some au per cent ana re appear w. . , . t th Gavernor to 0 to1 Roofers
.75
1.10
.CO
.60
BEAUFORT SCHOOL
RECORD REVIEWED
Member Of The Association of
Secondary Schools in The
South; Good Records
Made
By LENA DUNCAN
Wednesday men from
New Bern and elsewhere
Beaufort,
went to
.60
.60
.50
.60
time it has operated on a restricted
or compelled to look for other means
of livelihood than tobacco growing,
as the landlord discovers he can
vate it with a smaller force," Mr.
Waynick states. "We are seeing evi
dence of this in reemployment of
fices in some of the tobacco growing
centers.
tion for acreage reduction, and they
provide that this compensation shall
be distributed as their interests ap
ana wic luupuuie in it oecmo w w
Marsh Drainage, from Dr. R. W
Leiby, State director of the mosqui- basis.
to control work, instructing him to The decision to liquidate Carteret's
stop work. These instructions of last bank was arrived at b ythe board
course applied to all similar projects 0f directors last week and upon re
now in progress, in fact according to ' quest 'State Commissioner of Banks
reports 29,000 men engaged in this ! Gurney P. Hood issued the closing
work have been laid off. j order nad arranged to have it wound
A great deal of progress has been i up. Thurmond Williams of New Bern
made on the drainage work but a has been placed in charge of the
great deal yet remains to be done. ; hank. He is liquidating the Eastern
Efforts are being made to have the Banking and Trust Company which
work continued until that which has had its main office in New Bern and
been started can be finished. Many maintained branches at Bayboro,
telgerams were sent yesterday to Maysville and Trenton.
Mrs. Thos. O'Berry State CWA Di- A reporter for the News was ni-
rector asking that the drainage work formed by former casmer u m. nin tee in the agreement tk'atW
t be .taken.ov.byJiardeparti protects the tenant tobacco grow
u; j j. i. .,iilt all and that it had on hand enousrh ' ' 1
HUB biliic li. la iivv iwiuwu nuab win - . a
he-done. The repair work which has casn to pay neposuors auouu t.o
been going on at Camp Glenn wasjpp'- fent- Deposits approximating
also stopped yesterday. Mrs. Malcolm ; !?38,000 are due depositors of the old
Lewis, County CWA director, inform bnk- since March the bank had been
ed the News today that she had re- j operating on a restricted basis and
ceived no nstructions to lay off any I the new business was kept separate
of her quota of workers ns yet. ! from the old. When it closed the bank
There are about 395 engaged in j had $10,000 in cash and $30,000 in
CWA nroipcts in this ronntv nnd . notes,
many, of these projects are yet unfin-
ty Commissioner W. P. Smith. Dr.
C. S. Maxwell, Dr. H. M. Hendrix, J.
F. Duncan, C. R. Whcatly from Beau
fort, Mayor Scott, Thos. D. Warren,
R. E. Whitehurst of New Bern, John
Dawson of Kinston, R. H. McNeill of
Washington, Harry Grier of States
ville attended the conference. Gover
nor Ehranghaus expressed his sym
x..e tu..t wk 6" th with the undertaking but did
ment is making with the tobacco ' w.wn
aLllk1Zk& V" VI juuoHiimm
In addition to getting a highway
built to Cape Lookout backers of the
enterprise went to get the Norfolk
extended there
pear among the tenants on the land. I Southern railroad
These contracts, also, stipulate that i The objec tof this of course is to es-
the lnadlord is not to use the tact tablish a deep water port there. The
of acreage reduction as a reason forjwater js already there but the rail
reducing his number of tenants, j road an(j highway are conspicuous
However, the contract is made appli-jby their absence. The potential val-
cable to the land with the land-iora, ue 0f the harbor there is very great,
according to Captain J. T. Beveridge
that the landlord can rid himself of
a tenant for any other reason he
an experienced mariner of Beaufort
who recently told the News that in
may find. In other words, there Js" no I nia opinion it is the best natural har-
hor alonirthe Atlantic -toast-?" Ships
going in there for coal or other pur
"How srious will be the effects of
this violation of the spirit of the
ished.
A reporter for the News yesterday
inspected the marsh drainage being
done at the narrows of Newport riv.
er. There over a vast area of 3000
acres ditches are being cut. Many
miles have been cut but a great deal
more ditching will have to be done
there to complete the job. Work
started at Calico creek some weeks a
go and isp roceeding up (Newport riv
er. The ditches leading to the river
are 20 inches wide and two feet
deep and the lateral ones are 10
inches wide. The work has been well
done and already the territory cov
ered by this vast net work of canals
which was under several inches of
water a few weeks ago, is now well
drainde. Similar work has been go
ing on in other part? of the county
and 300 men have bcn employed.
Drainage has been in p -"ress near
Beaufort, Morehead City, C'Mla, Da
vis, Atlantic, Merrimon and TTarker's
Island. If these projects and others
are ever finished engine -rs say hat
they believe that thse localities will
be relieved of the mosquito pest to
a very large exetnt
! At this writing Carteret county has
no bank at all and so far as the New3
is aware there is no prospect of one
although there has been talk recent
ly that a chain bank might be estab
lished in Beaufort or Morehead City.
According to the banking laws in
North Carolina no bank can be or
ganized in the State with less than
$25,000 capital nad surplus of $12,
500 in addition. There is no stock
holders' liability and deposits up to
$2500 are guaranteed.
Two Defendants
In Recorder' Court
Recorder's Court Tuesday had two
cases for trial and they were dispos
ed of rather quickly. The first case
called was that of Jeff Garner of
Newport charged with driving a ear
while under the influence of liquor.
He plead guilty to the charge and
three witnesses testified that they
saw him and that they thought he
had been drinking. Fortunately he
did not hurt any one or himself.
WORLD WAR VETERANS GET
SOME BACK COMPENSATION
Judge Webb said that he had been
asked by several persons to deal len
iently with the defendan tand that
as he had a family nnd was a man
of limited means he would not be se-
poscs could save quite a sum in pilot
age and also mileage. There is plenty
of room there for a larare fleet of
contract ourreemployment office rec- vessels.
ords do not indicate, but they do j .
appear to indicate that the tobacco ; DEFENDANT HELD FOR COURT
acreage reduction will nave me er- ON CHARGE OF LARCENY
feet of forcing a considerable num
ber of tenant farmers to seek other
employment.
"One city where a reemployment
office is located finds htat many
empty houses on the outskirts of the
city have been filled recently with
tenants from the farms, some of
whom have been let out of their or
dinary places because of this limita-
Hoisting Engineer (Oa Eleva
tor) Plasterers
Plasterer Apprentice
Plasterer, Mortar Mixer
Lathers (Metal)
and Sheet Metal
workers
Roofers and Sheet Metal Apprentice
Steam Fitters
Steam Fitters, Apprentice
Painters
Painters (Primers, etc.)
Tile and Marble Setters
Cement Finishers
Mixer Operator (small)
Truck Driver (1 1-2 ton and
under) see tonnage
Truck Driver (over 1 1-2 tons)
Glaziers
Pipe Layer
Caulker
Blacksmith
Apprentice Elacksmith
Machinist
Apprentice Machinist
Skilled Foreman
Semi skilled Foreman
Unskilled Foreman
Timekeepers
Tool Checkers
Quarry Drill Operators
Tree Surgeons
HIGHWAY PROJECTS
Unskilled "lahor 4
Skilled labor
Truck Drivers (1 1-2 ton and
under)
Truck Drivers (Over 1 1-2 ton
(Wage rate is determined by the na
ture of work wheih worker is per
forming) .
NORTH CAROLINA
CIVIL WORKS ADMINISTRATION
Senior Claas Teacher
As the new year gets under way
each person usually takes an inven-
1,10 wry eitner consciously or unconscious
'1.. C! iL . ! ; .i
iy. omce me scnooi is a collection oi
individuals we, too, have taken an
1.10 inventory and have scanned the years
to see if we have measured up.
1.10 We became a member of the as
sociation of Accredited Secondary
schools in the South in 1929 and
1.10 j have maintained that membership.
Several defendants were put on
trial in the Mayor's Court Monday
night and several cases wire contin
ued. There was only one conviction.
Dave Ma?on on the charge of lar-
store of Dave Lewis was held for
Superior Court under a $500 bond.
Grady Perkins, charged with be-
COAST GUARD MEN
RESCUE FISHING CREW
tion on crop production, ine spirit mg drunk and fighting admitted the
of the contract of the tobacco ac- drunk part but denied the fighting
reage reduction unquestionably is charge. The case was dismissed,
against the practice of dropping the j Jones Lewis, fighting, acquitted,
tenant and the terminology of the Bonzell Lewis on a fighting charge
contract seeks to prevent it, dui iWas also acquitted,
neither the spirit nor the letter seems
to be protecting all tenants against
the desire on the part of some land
lords to get hat production is allow
ed done with as little labor as pos
sible and thereby to restrict the dis
tribution of the benefits of parity
prices and controlled production."
To be put on this accredited list w
had to meet certain physical as well
as mental standards. To keep this
membership theg raduates of the
schoola re followed up and if they
do not make good the school is tak
en off the accredited list We are
pround that we have been able to
hold this membership which means
that graduates of this school may
enter any college or university in
the South without taking examina
tions. The students who have been grad
uated from our school and who did
good conscientious work and have
continued their education elsewhere
have taken their places at the top
and have sent back records of which
we aro proud.
Hattie Lee Humphrey is president
of the 'Stundent Government Asso
ciation at E. C. T. C. This the high
est honor that can be bestowed upon
a student because it shows that the
; student, has measured ud with the
50 students as well as with the faculty
50 anj can jje trusted to handle all dis
50 !ciplinary problems which may arise.
(0 ; W a nra llletlv nrnnrl rf hoy. vannvi
Laura Eure during her freshman
year at E. C. T. C. was one of two
30 j who have represented her society in
Oan inter-society debate and was on
ithe winning side. She was on the
30 student council and was also house
.40
I Elizabeth Haywood, another of our
: graduates, also went to E. C T. C.
and made an enviable record. She
was editor-in-chief of the college pa
per ami 1 have been told that the
paper improved wondefully under
her leadership. On graduating she
was voted by the student body as be
ing the most industrious as well as
the most intellectual senior.
Ernest Snowden and Allen O'Brien
1.10
.60
1.10
.60
1.10
1.10
1.10
.75
.60
.45
.75
.75
.75
an
1.10
.60
1.10
.60
1.10
.60-.80
80
Portsmouth, Feb. 14 Early Fri-
j!mt vmi'ninrr nn lp-ivlnc OrrarnWe.
Caut. Charles Smith and crew of ;Passed the entrance examinations at
Annapolis rvaval Academy alter grad
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Roland R. Barbour Morehead City
and Mattie E. Arthur, New Bern.
Hubert L. Fulcher and Vera Beds,
worth, Morehead City.
CARTERET COUNTY HAS SUCCEEDED IN
GETTING MANY PROJECTS APPROVED
A large number of CWA projects
have been approved for Carteret
county and work is going forward
on many of them. The funds have
been allotted for these two projects
and they will all be completed. A
great deal of the work is being done
on school buildings and school
rroAHndu 4 1" lul 1 1 r 1 1 f Vl n 11 Tl f V S n 111 P
with him. The sentence given i , ', ' ., u..:u: .i"..i-
Ralriirh. Feb. 12 Back compensa- ,.. ..,., . , ... . t . .
tion for World War veterans in the " J 77V "" streets, sidewalks, laying sewers,
tion lor worm war viiemm m me gUspended on payment of costs and i , . . , ' , '!,, Q,iu
amount of $3,049.83 and monthly in- tJ defen;iant 'Just be law abiding I dra,."ae:e of ?onds ,and "eck"' ra''h'
creases of $707.75 a month in pen- f b sanitary privies and so on.
sions of 21 veterans were secured, , ' XT nn For the information of readers of
during January by the Veterans' Bu-1 R'thard Hill, Negro 22 years old, the News a list of projects approv
reau of the N. C. Department of La-'was trie1 on the eharge of possession1 up to about a week ago is print
er., rAmn,;co;ln'. a t. vww to- and transportation of liquor. His ed hrewith. As new projects are
ports. , attorney Charles Stevens entered a appr0ved from time to time they
Major Fletcher reports that F. A. Plea of not Sty for him. Deputy I will be published in this newspaper.
Hutchinson, State Service officer, and sheri Murdock the only witness for .The list is as follows:
Jack P. Lang, assistant, handled 429 the State, testified that he arrested ATLAiNTIC Draining ponds; Mos
old cases and 104 new cases for vet- tne man an( funl 24 half gallons quito control work; Work on Teach
erans in January, in addition to se- iof H1uor in the car- At the tim he erage; Work oi building and grounds
while the small boat drifted on and
on into the raging waters of the dan-
o.ormi5 Atlantic nrr.m.
Front Street; Construction of public as the brave Captain and his
docks at Turnre and Craven Sts;; ! faithful crew to meet their fate in
Repairing Colored School; Material. !thost angry brtakers? No. Thanks
Graded School; Imp and repairing j t0 the Coast Guard station of old
school, cafeteria, gym, etc.; Material Portsmouth and its dutiful crew. For
for Graded school; Drill well, Graded nhcy lost no time in trying to rescue
Morehead City were on their way
home for the week end. But fate
seemed to be against them the hard
laboring fishermen along with the
high winds and fast falling snow.
For after reaching Ocracoke inlet the
oil pipe to the motor suddenly be
came clogged up and the motor re
fused to give further service.
While patiently working to try to
get the engine to start the cold be
came so fierce that Capt. Smith found
it to be getting the best of him, and, in the large Northern hospitals
finally had to give up and let cornel where only the best are kept after
what may. His fellow workers who the period of probation is over,
were on board with him made every Among these are Lettie Pake, Fannie
effort to save their brave captain Caffrey, Mildred BrwV "dnev
uating from this school. Many boys
who have had two years college train
ing have failed to passed this exam
ination which is considered very
hard Ernest entered the Academy
and was graduated with honors. He
was commissioned an ensign upon
graduation. About two hundred of
his class mates failed to get their
commissions.
Many of our girls have entered the
nursing field and have held their own
(Continued ariALL 1
school; Improving streets; Athletic,
playground, library etc. Graded
school.
BOGUE Draining swamps njrir
White Oak School; Repairing Bogue
colored School;.
BETTIE Work on grounds, re
pairing furniture and building
school.
CAMP GLENN Work on build
ing and grounds of school.
CARTERET COUNTY Farm Tax
Delinquencies; Construction of 400
privies; Improving grounds, painting
etc. County Home; Improving road
from Marshallberg to Gloucester;
o
3
Hh, Accident,
j Insurance
t Bought
S ed
? u. Bond
5 Oi
IF
. 1
c
curing the increases noted above.
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher R.
Taylor of Bachelor, February, 9, a
oon.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Romain
Scott of Beaufort, et Morehead City
Hospital, Friday, February 9,
daughter
was near the Lone Pine filling sta
tion.
The court's verdict was guilty and
the defendant was given 90 days in
jail, to be worked at the County
Home.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
of school.
Beaufort Colored school, repair
ing boiler; Colored school, drilling
well; Graded school drilling well;
Sidewalks of Beaufort Graded school
the perishing fishermi'n. i fiey w re
not equipped with a ln:t ml table to!
reach the men, but called for Hie,
Ocracoke picket boat and soon were
on their way to do their duty. 1
Though Capt. Smith was almost
uncinscious and his boat after lodg-
pf ing on the sand shoal and being toss
ed by the strong winds and high t
waves, was badly damaged. Capt. !
Smith and his crew were brought
safely to the Porthmouth station
where the best service possible was High Tide Low Tida
rendered them, along with quite aj Friday, Feb. 16
number of other fishermen wno leit 10:02 a. m. 3:4 8 a,
their boats and sought reiuge at e 10:23 p. m. 4:U6 p
the
I
Rehabilitation of oyster beds; Imp. 1 station, from the terrific col i weat
from Newport Route No. 101; Road!er of Friday and Saturday.
from Inland Waterway to Craven
County line; Camp Glenn National
Guard Bldg.; Rehabilitation of oyster
beds.
and building grand stand colored
school; Repairing interior of Graded
L. C. Carroll and wife to Polly M.
a Tulcher, 110 acres Morehead Town
ship, for $370.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Boy t. Ma- R. B. Rice and wife to Bonnie School: Material for above work:
son of Harlowe, Monday, February Rice, 1 lot Morehead City, for $10. j Colored School, drilling well; Imp.
1 2, a daughter. I The Town of Morehead City to Graded school grounds; Material;
Born to Dr. and Mrs. Manly Mas- James Guthrie, 1 lot Morehead City, Building rrand stand and imp. ath
, Wednesday, February 14, a son. for $10. letic field; Material; . Extension of
General repairing of Graded iSchool; I CEDAR ISLAND Repairing school
Material; Nurse for CW7A services, imp grounds of school..
Dr. Maxwell's office; Imp. of U. S. j DAVIS Improving Davis school.
Fisheries Biological Station and i Fort Macon
American Legion Hut; Imp. grounds restoring Fort.
SCHOOL FOR ADULTS
There is a cass for adults every
afternoon from twelve thirty to four
thirty, also evening classes from six
to seven thirty Mondays and Wednes-
Construction road, days in the book room of the Grad
ed school building. These classes are
m.
nu
HARKERS ISLAND Draining .for those who have stopped school
ponds; Imp road on Harkers Islnad; earlier in life and now feel the need
Harkers Island school,
LUKENS Repairing Lukens
School.
MARSHALLBERG Work
(Ceatiautd on par i0bt)
of more help.
Please try to attend one of these
classes each day and do what you
on can to interest others.
Mrs. H. A. Welker.
Saturday, Feb. 17
10:45 a. m. 4:37 a. m.
11:01 p. m. 4:49 p. m.
Sunday, Feb. 18
11:09 a. m. 5:28 a. m.
11:27 p. m. 5:37 p. m.
Monday, Feb. 19
11:53 a. m. 6:20 a. m.
1L':uH p. m. 6:25 p. m.
Tuesday, Feb. 20
12:39 a. m. 7:14 a. m.
12:53 p. m. 7:18 p. m.
Wednesday, Feb. 21
1:32 a. m. 8:11 a, m.
1:45 p. m. 8:15 p. m.
Thursday, Fab. 2Z
2:38 a. m. 9:10 a. m.
2:15 p. m. 9:14 p. n.