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f J?h jjp? IIF! ll '' fl Hie bs5t advertising medium published in Cartel et Co. ( READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO .VSODY J WATCH Your label and pay our subscription VOLUME XXIII EIGHT pages this WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1934 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY NUMBER 9 DRAINAGE FORCE CUTS MANY MILES OF MARSH CANALS Up to February 15 -Approximately 171 Miles Had Been Cui Col. Dickinson's Bank Absorbs Four Others COST LESS IN THIS COUNTY Approximately 17 1 miles of ditch es were dug in the marsh areas of Carteret county between December 15 and February 15, 1934 by CWA laborers on the Pest Mosquito Con trol project according to a summary released recently by Dr R. W. Leiby, State Eneomologist and State Direc tor of the project. Until recently the mosquito con trol work in this county was under the supervision of Phillip K. Ball, transfer to the position of Assistant Since Mr. Ball's transfor to the po sition of Assstant State Director with headquarters in Wilmington, the su pervision of the work has been under the direction of Mr. B. A Phelps, as sisted by Messrs. Daniels and Eu banks. The ditches which would be nearly a million feet in length if placed end to end, are nearly all ten inches wide and approximately 22 inches deep. The larger ditches are miniature ca nals, dug so that the tide water may enter and leave them regularly. Marshes which have had a network of ditches dug through them become al most dry, said Dr. Leiby at least dry enough for an automobile to be driven over them. eBfore ditching, he points out, it was almost impossible to walk through the marshes... The 171 miles of ditches wered ug at a cost of $23,027 for labor, and "Nation's Commerce," a well known financial publication in a recent is sue commented on the absorption of four banks in New Jersey by the Ruth erford National Bank of Rutherford, N. J. This bank s ia very strong one. Its President is Col. Fairleigh S. Dickinson a former resident of Car teret county. The article referred to reads as follows: MOTOR VEHICLES SALES INCREASE BEING DISMISSED Many Licenses Issued; Guliford Leads In Cars And Trucks. Carteret Trucks Increase In Carteret County 253 Are To Be Dropped: 12,000 In Trie State The program of laying off all CWA workers by May the first is gonig for By M. R. DUNNAGAN RALEIGH, Feb 27 The spurt in motor vehicle purchases made in the last quarter of 1933 is reflected in "What is regarded by the banking the figures which show that on De- and business world as one of the cember 31, 1933, licenses issued in most progressive accomplishments oc- North Carolina reached 405,269, as curinsr in the banking world for some comnnivH with 374. G04 three months time is the plan under which the well! earlier, October 31, and a fair in- 'means that 12,000 will be laid off known Rutherford National Bank of crease over the number issued a year."'8 week- Rutherford, N. J., will absorb the before, 393,730, to December 31, Jealous Women Fight And Get Into Court Two cases were tried by County Recorder Paul Webb at the regular session of court Tuesday Both re sulted in convictions. The first ease disposed of was that in which Lily Mae Greenfield, a Kins- -. colored girl, was charged with an asault with a deadly weapon on Mil FEDERAL FUNDS HELP HIGHWAYS More Than $10,000,000 Being Used On N. C. Highway Work ward rapidly in iNorth Carolina At drcd Felton of Beaufort. The weapon one time approximately 75,000 per--1 used was a safety razor blade. Prom sons were on the pay rolls in North jtho testimony of witnesses on both Carolina: last week this was nit to sides it appeared that since Lilly Mac 55,000 and this week the roll will be!arrive(1 in Beaufort some weeks ago,al Assembly to prevent it from doing By M R. DUNNAGAN RALEIGH, Feb. 26 The N. C. Highway and Public Works Commis sion is knowingly and deliberatly vio lating the express word and spirit of a statute enacted by the 1933 Gener- j reduced to 43,000 workers. This she had been going with one James Smith, on whom Mildred thought she had a prior claim. There had been one or two clashes before. On this occasion Mildred ordered her rival Carlstadt National Bank of Carlstadt, 1932, it is shown by the records in '.,,., . , . ., . . , " , . ,, f u, i, ,, F. ... .. i n i i tu i,m, '.. t io u j- t t workers is being clone in the eastern ,to leave her house and to show she the First National Bank and the Lynd the office of L. 'S. Harris, director of , a 0, , . . . . ' , I hurst Trust Company of Lyndhurst the i motor veh.cle bureau. jbecaue the eagt ig , j icu, and, the first National Bank of Last! Passenger cars increased in num- t1 j u . , . .... t . Rutherford, and operate the four in-r from 324,666 at the end of 1932 yB " 8 -, ux stitutions as branches. to 327,816, or about 3,000, at the Colonel F S. Dickinson, well known ! end of 1933, but the increase at the president of the Rutherford National ; end of the year over the 305,613 Bank will continue as head of the j registered October 31, three months bank and the plan has received the earlier, was 22,203, wheh reflects the approval of the Controller of the ; last quarter spurt. The same is true Currency J. F. T. O'Connor. The j of trucks, which jumped from 68, branches are expected to be open by ; 974 at the end of 1932 to 77,453 at February 15th. Much credit is due Colonel Dickin san and his associates as well as the officers of the absorbed banks for the fine organization they have perfected and the sound and substantial basis upon which the absorption is being effected which will place before the citizens of New Jersey a thoroughly efficient banking organization to take care of their entire banking needs. The Rutherford National Bank has had an outstanding record of prog ress since being chartered in 1895 and is today in a thoroughly sound vi l : .i 1 an less than $2,000 for equipment. Dr m.c u- Leiby emphasized that this cost of nomic conditions of the past few $135 a mile for labor is the lowest yeU's ln a manner which reflects real cost of any of the four counties in which Pest Mosquito Control is be ing done He attributes this to an efficient county engineering organiza ton and the fact that the sandy soil of the marshes in Carteret county is readily dug, and the marshes are rel- the end of 1933. The number of trucks registered at the end of the third quarter of 1933 was 68,991, just 18 more than were registered during the entire year of 1932. Guilford led in unmbers of pas senger cars at the end of 1933, with 22,775 which was about 400 less than the number at the end of 1932. Mecklenburg had 20,050 at the end of 1933 which was also 1225 less than that county had a year before. Forsyth had 15,480, 200 less than a the ones laid off can get farm work. (In Carteret county 253 are slated to jbe laid off: In Craven county 113 are to be dropped, 146 in Onslow and 106 in Pamlico. Wednesday President Roosevelt announced that some new kind of organization would be. set up to take the place of the CWA; at this time details of this organization have not been published. Director Byrd Wade of the Nation al Reemployment Service nforms the meant business hit her over the head with a vase. Whereupon Lilly Mae made a pass with the razor blade and cut Mildred on her thigh. Judge Webb decided that Lilly exactly what it is doing spneding money for "construction" of high ways in the State. But the commission is spendng probably a quarter of a million dol lars in order to secure about $10, 522,000 in federal funds, $9,522,000 of it from the NRA funds and about $1,000,000 in regular federal aid. And it is not considered likely that anyone will bring it to account for Mae was guilty on her own statement : this violation. The commission must and gave her a suspended sentence spend three or four per cent of the of 30 days in jail on condition that she pay the costs and remain of good behavior for two years. William Wade of Morehead City was tried on the charge of being drunk on the streets. He plead not guilty but Police Officers Peletier and Salter swore positively that he was News that he. wants all who have been and the court accepted their state dropped from the CWA rolls to re- ment On another charge of injury to register. Effective March 1 he had 1094 in his active files and 995 cna celled. It may be that some of those who have been laid off can be placed later or they might get private em ployment. As" a result of dropping so many , men from the CWA rolls it seem3 like atively free of roots and tree stumps. L. Another candidate for Congress Nearly 3,000 of the county's 7, paid a vifeit to Beaufort Tuesday. This 300 acres of salt marsh have been ' one, Joshua S. James of Maple Hill, ditched. It is hoped that this project Pender county, is the latest candidate may be continued in full force until I to enter the field. Mr. James seeks year ago; Wake had 13,400, or 850 more than a year ago, and Buncombe ly that some projects will be aban had 12,900, just 50 more than ajdoned. It is unde-rstood tMt work on year before. Ithes chools will be given preference In trucks also, Guilford led with ' over some of the other iobs. Last credit upon its efficient and foresight 3775, an increase of 100 over a year jweek 'the pay roll for CWA workers ed management. !ago; Mecklenburg had 3375, an in- amounted to $11,300. This week thero crease of 90 over a year before; WM be a considerable falling off and Pender County Man Is Wake bad 3050, an increase of 575; next week it wil ltake a decided drop. ""j"1 ""u .!, uiiase vi ouu . xne .f ederal emergency Keller is fiom a year before, and Buncombe still doing, business and many people had 2500 trucks at the end of 1933, j are being-supplied with flour, butter, a decrease of 75 from a year ago jnie&-and--ggAko-.rTler-ar giv- - At the end or 193J there were 23-' en for drugs and doctors' bills and An Race For Congress personal property, which was kick ing out the window of the police car he was convicted also. A sentence of 30 days in each case was given the sentences to run concurrently. An indictment of Dinah Foy of Morehead City for violating the pro hibition law was continued until next Tuesday.. HOLD LAST RITES FOR BENJAMIN G COPELAND Following a comparatively brief ill ness, Benjamin Gabriel Copeland pass ed away at the Potter Emergency Hospital at nine o'clock Monday ev ening Mr Copeland, a life-long resi total expenditures in order to survey roads and make other preliminary preparations before the federal mon ey can be secured and spent, and this is classed as "construction" costs. Up to February 15 the State had placed under contract enough high way work to utlize $5,069,296.53 of that ten and a half million dollars, $4,482,010.22 of t NRA funds and $587,280.30 from regular federal aid' funds. Another letting set for Febru ary 28 will utilize does to $445,000 more of the total fund, making the total through February $5,514,000, or some more than 50 per cent of the total federal allotment to this State. Hope is expressed that contracts will be let to utilize the entire amount in two or three months. The- emergency money is divided into three classes, to he used on pri mary, secondary and municipal high ways. Belief is that probably 80 per cent of the primary and secondary funds allotted have been utilized, while probably not more than 30 par a-nt oi the municipal lunus have 00 non-resident registrations of au tomobiles, as compared with 2385 a year before, and 1250 non-resident the prminntinn of th CWA. Unfor-! tho Tioninnratin nomination and his ; UCKS". as compares witn lU.il) a I fnnntr.lv thp labor nuot.a of 300 men 1 wn.Vuhu-v was announced a few ! yt'ar before Motorcycles numbered has already been cut drastically. weeks ago. It appears in this issue Drying up thousands of acre;; ofof the 'News, marsh land in Carteret . county by! Mr. James is the youngest of the ditching certainly will prevent the j various candidates in the third dis breeding of an incalculable number trict Congressional race. He is a of mosquitoes of the pest types de clared Dr Leiby. There will be rela tively few pools with water in them long enough so that the wiggletails can raise to maturity, he said. The ditches also permit the small fish to circulate through the marshes and feed upon the v gletails. The marsh at .d being ditched in the county at present are listed as follows by B. A. Phelps, county su. farmer, a college graduate and is re ! 1151 at the end of 1933 and 1140 at the ned of 1932, the records show. Carteret county had 1,250 passen ger cars and 510 trucks at the end of 1933, as compared wth 1,257 pas senger cars and 4zo trucks a year puted to be a good speaker. Mrjbefore and 1'000 passenger cars and James savs he thinks a candidate ought to have some other purpose in view than merely getting the office. He has definite view3 on political questions and means to let the peo ple know where he stands through his speeches and printed statements. He expects to canvass the district a lit tle later and make speches in all of pervisor of the pest mosquito work. the counties. He expects to an A marsh located one half mile from nounce a date for a meeting in Beau- Swansboro along the highway, about 400 acres in extent, upon which ap proximately $1,600 has been spent for labor. A 500 acre marsh located within tStella upon which nearly $600 has been spent At Newport Narrows, a 3,000 acre marsh has been keeping 140 men at work at a cost of $9, 000 for labor Crab Point, narsh em ployed 18 men at an expenditure to date of $560. On Harkers Island 20 laborers are draining boggy areas and near $1,400 have been paid to labor ers on this island of the county. The fort before the campaign is over. Mr. James says he is making a real fight for the nomination and expects to be in the race until the finish. Republicans To Hold Convention April 4th. A state-wide Republican conven tion has been called by State Char man J S Duncan to meet in Charlotte, April 4th. The object of the conven tion is to nominate a State ticket, a- dopt a platform and elect a State work heres hould afford relief from Chairman. County conventions will mosquito annoyance to the island population of 1,200 and many sum mer visitors. The Smyrna marsh employs 35 men and the total labor expenditure send delegates to this convention in proportion to the number of votes polled for Governor in 1932. For each 200 votes polled for Governor one vote will be allowed in the con- date has been $625. At Davis shore, vention. 65 men are working in a 1,000 acre County Chairman D. M. Jones has marsh and the labor in this section not called the convention for Carter has been paid more than $4,000. An-'et county but will do so soon he in other large project is under way in ' forms the News. It appears that there the Stacy and Sealevel section where 'will be something of a contest in the a 1,500 acre marsh is being ditched State convention over the election of hy about a score of laborers who have a chairman for the State executive received nearly $3,000 for their committee. So far there are two can work. Similar projects are located at(didates in the field, the present chair Atlantic, at Merrimon Postoffice and man Mr. Duncan and W. C. Meekins in the Lenoxville section. j of Hendersonville. Several others The wide location of the projects have been mentioned for the place in all section of the countv has thus '.but have not come out openly. A 485 trucks three months before, Oc tober 31. These figures are obtained by meas uring and calculating in inches the numbers of registration cards on file in the office, and are within half a dozen of the actual numbers of cars registered. c'ont ot trcaivtort, was taken in em-iy : taken up. This is due to two things Saturday morning, and treatment was I fn-st, that the commission wished to given" afrrthe- home.. oi the deceased 1 Ct as many people to work-as- .early until Monday,-when he was removed a3 possible and the municipal pro to the hospital. Death came from a'jects are subject to too ninny delays, paralytic stroke, pneumonia, and and second, that these delays have'a complications. j risen on the projects contemplated. Mr. Copeland was born at Beau-1 Of the $2,300,000 allotted for mu- fort July 20, 1866, and therefore he r.ieipal work in this 'State, at least a a 'was in his sixty-ninth year. He and: million Hollar's nf it i ti,i .m ; chance to play with snow any this! Miss Susie Martin were married on j larcer cities, six o- eicht of them be- other purposes. A LOAD OF SNOW BROPGHT TO BEAUFORT BY TRUCK Beaufort children have not had winter, in fact they rarely ever do, New Year's Eve, 1903, and to this but nevertheless Billie and Charles : union was born one san. who surviv- REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Fred A Lewis to Letha P. Lewis, 5 acres Harkers Island, for $10. Davis, sons of Mr and Mrs. Leslie C Davis had that privilege this week. Berkley Finer who drives a fish truck for S. W Davis and Brother went North recently with a load of fish and on his way home ran through plenty of snow, rather more than he wanted. He decided though to bring some of it home with him and filled up several boxes with snow and brought it back. The Davis boys had a fine time playing with the snow and also ate a liberal supply of it. May be some more of the trucks will bring back cargoes of snow. es his father Mr Copeland was the son of the late Thomas E. and Rach el Gabriel Copeland. cause street car tracks, telephone poles, sewer and water lines, and other troubles that have to be adjust ed, JohnJ D. Waldrop, chief engineer, states. These are being ironed out Funeral services were conducted , rapidly now. however and the munie from the late home at ten o'clock ' ipa projects, many of them in small P Stevens, pastor of the Morehead City Baptist Church. A host of friends FEDERAL LEGISLATION IS NEEDED TO PROTECT STATE'S SALES TAX permitted th: orers in rur. munities. It use of unemployed lab 1 as well as urban corn has been the means of meeting of Republicans has been call- By M. R. DUNNAGAN RALEIGH, Feb 26 Urging na tional legislation to protect mer chants and state treasuries of sales tax states against advantage for non sales tax states, Governor Ehring haus has written to Senator Bailey and Reynolds and the 11 N. C. Con gressmen to support a bill drawn by Director Harry McMullan and adope ed by the National Association of State Tax Administrators in Indan apolis this week, to support the meas ure at this session of Congress. "The bill, as you will observe, ap plies the principle of the Wilson and Webb-Kenyon bills to sales by out side merchants of merchandise for use in North Carolina by making them subject to sales taxation adopt ed by the General Assembly exactly as inter-state transactions are liable," Governor Ehrnlghaus wrote. "Its merits, it seem to me, will appeal to thoses tates having at present a sales tax as well as those which do not have it but which of necessity must face the possibility of such a tax at all benefitting r.-ral residents as well as 'some one for chairman. This meeting ed by Mr E. F. Butler of Winston- ; times. In vour own State I believe I Salem for the purpose of endorsing ; that both advocates of and objectors city dwellers in relief from mosqui toes and in securing employment. is to take place on the 3rd of March at Salisbury. The call states that it is Dr Leiby expressed the hope that to be a meeting of "progressive Re residents in rural communities would publicans" and all who may be in--join on days they were unemployed, j terested in the matter are invited to to clean out ditches along roadsides attend. and highways, and around upland to the sales tax will approve, for the bill, if adopted, will obviate the dis advantages now most seriously urg ed by objectors." A copy of Mr. McMullan's address to the tax administrators and a study and discussion of thep rineiples in volved in the bill by a member of the faculty of the University law school, which "covers every possible swampy areas so as to prevent mos- CWA funds. Residents in the rural auito breeding in these areas. Clean- communities would in turn be afford ing: of such ditches within a commu-, ed relief from the biting of those mos legal phase of the situation," were nity would greatly supplement t'ne . quitoes which are bred at their rery enclosed with the letter to the State's :the same time carrying on more e salt marsh drainage being done by door, he said. delegation. Aware of the difficulty of getting legislation through at this ; fy i session, governor tnnnghaus sug gested that it might be added to some pending legislation. He lauds the State's legislators, mentioning high places on important committees, and feels that as one reason why they may be able to get it through. Ap proval by the administrators of all states gives it a nation-wide support, hes tates. Governor Ehringhaus makes the appeal in the interest of North Caro lina merchants and the North Caro lina treasury, "believing that this measure, conceived as t is to secure an equality of opportunity and for mulated in accord with sound legisla tive precedent, is a measure- of re lief which the federal government cand and should afford immediately." He states that it isa measure gving to each state the chance to deal equal ly with all who sell for consumption within its borders and protects a gainst outside advantage. "Support of the bill involves neith e-r approval nor disapproval of sales tax imposition; it simply guarantees each state and its merchant citizeens against outside advantage and provid es that equality between the states which it was the purpose of the Con stitution framers to promote and pre serve, Governor Lhnnghaus con cludes his letter The bill he notes, is now in the hands of Congressman Lindsay Warren. North Carolina's pla nof shifting the burden of taxes from land and at and relatves were in attendance, in terment was in the Bay View Ceme tery at Morehead City. Mr. Copeland was an amicable, kindly spoken man, well-liked by his many friends. The writer was intima tely acquainted with him for more than a score of years, and during this time he never saw Mr Copeland worried or heard him participate in endless and useless arguments that all-too-often occupy the thoughts of the average man Mr. Copeland lived a quiet life, and spent the greater a- mount of leisure time at home with his family. He seemed to take a pride in his work and what it would bring his family. "Mr. Bennie," as he was known to his intimate friends, enjoy ed the companionship of his own fire side, and it is there that he will be missed the greatest. The deceased is survived by his wdow, Mrs. Susie Martin Copeland, and one son, B F Copeland Two sis ters and two brothers also survive, Mis B II Powell, of Beaufort, RFD. and Mrs. Henry Powell, of New Bern RFD.; Geroge Copeland, of Camp Glenn and Joseph Copeland, of Ports mouth, Va. towns and for small amounts, will b under way soon, he said. STRIKE AT SHELBY CLOSES COTTON MILLS Shelby, Feb 27 The Chveland cloth mills were ordered closed at noon today as picketing strikers con tinued their activities against non union employes who had persisted in working since a large number of em ployes walked out last Friday O M Mull, co-owner of the mill with former Governor O Max Gard ner, announced he believed it the wisest course for protection of the mill property and the loyal workers DRUNK CASES PREDOMINATE IN CITY POLICE COURT TIDE TABLE Information &u to the tides at Beaufort is given in this cor umn. Tht fifrtires sr nrnron 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 is whether near the Inlet or at the heads of the estuaries. The following cases were tried in City Police Court, Monday night. Joe Fisher, colored, drunk, $2.50 or i 5 days on street forie. John Henry, olored, fighting, $15 or 30 days street work. Wm Ed. Potter, olored, $7.50 or 15 days for drunkenness. Robert Potter, colored, drunk, 5 days or $2.50. Jack Smith, drunk, 5 days or $2.50. Charles Smith, drunk, 5 days or $2.50. Lilly Mae Greenfield, assault with deadly weapon, sent to the Recorder's court . (CM4m on page arrta) High Tide Low Tide Friday, March 2 8:52 a. m. 2:47 a. m. 9:09 d. m. 3:04 p. m. Saturday, March 3 9 9:27 a. m. 3:25 a.m. 9:48 p. m. 3:36 p. m. Sunday, March 4 m. 4:04 a. m m. 4:07 p. ni. Monday, MArch 5 m. 4:45 a. m. 4:43 p. m. Tuesday, March 6 10:05 a. 10:26 p. 10:43 a. The lookdown, a fish of southern waters, might well be called the prize fighter in view of its underslung jaw and the angles of its face 11:09 a. 11:25 p. 11:57 12:11 12:51 1:08 m. 5:32a. m. m. 5:26 p. m. Wednesday, March 7 a. m. 6:28 a. m. p. m. 6:22 p. m. Thursday, March 8 a. m. 7:32a. m. p. m. 7:32 p. m. I I 1 1 a rs