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M y y Li READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY WATCH Your la ad pay your subscription VOLUME XXIII EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THU RSDAY, MARCH 22, 1934 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY tu NUMBER 12 FA Qwilian Conservation Camp To Be Established At Fort SMacon NEW RELIEF PLAN WILL START SOON By M. R. DUNNAGAN Raleigh, Mar. 20 A 200-men CCC camp has been authorized to be es-. tablished at Fort Macon, near More-' head City and Beaufort, opening; April 1 and continuing for six months for the purpose of restoring old Fort People Will Be Aided To Raise Macon and completing the 3 3-4 mile : Food Crops road along the sand bar to the cause TAXABLE VALUES State's Revenue For Last Year Shows A Considerable Increase GREEtNSBORO, Mar. 16 Figures recently compiled and released in a circular distributed to the public by Lewis and Hall of Greensboro show the assessed valuation of all taxable FOSCUE ESCAPED ELECTRIC CHAIR GETS LONG TERM Second Degree Murder Jury's Verdict In Trial Here Last Week FEW CIVIL CASES TRIED Not Much Business In Recorder's Court Possibly the large number of cas es disposed of in Superior Court last week may have had something to do with it, at any rate business was rather dull in Recorder's Court here Tuesday. Only two cases were tried. William Parker, wel known color ed bricklayer here, was tried on the PIVER'S ISLAND BRIDGE HEARING U, , S- Army Engineers Get In formation About Proposed Bridge A public hearing for the proposed bridge to Fiver's Island was held here charge of assault with a deadly weap j Monday. Col. Eugene Reybold, U. S. on. His brother Allen Parker was the . district engineer presided over the prosecuting witness. Allen claimed ; meeting which was held in the office With the CWA now about to pass property in North Carolina for the' uPenof ou was sua going at, that William threatened hint with a of Superior Court Clerk L. W. Has- into history the Federal Government i year 1933, after taking into account IU" sPt,ea , en tne JNe.ws went " knifo and a P,stnl- However testi- son. U. S. Engineer Robt. C. Merritt through its vast army of agents is the the reductions in valuations per- Press ijursday a wee aS- Theimony of Charles Parker, John Stanly land J. H. Crooks, reporter, from the going about the task of setting up mitted by the Legislature, to be $2,-ioa",ca 1 ",u , 1 "" Wcts 1,1 1 and Jlm INOe t!ld. not corrooorate wav to Atlantic Beach, R. Bruce Eth- eridge, director of Conservation and Development, has been advised. fri. . .... nc,. t. '.ri having been mentioned as a fort site f'other relief agency. It will be ! 083,171,710. This is $650,664,567 1 u"? J08 FXfflI .u- km. i ... , known as the rural vphnhilit.nt.ion ess than the 5?.733.7an.93 vlii- Pomted by the court, Walter Hill Vinildinf was preeted about mu. i,A . I wm'kinira havs Iicm rivM t tho n,. 1 1 !).1!. nr a wrlninn nf 91 7d nv Mnt I "dvl- nlm IIOm lne IHCCtr years ago. me iiu-acic lkicc naai .. , ,--,. rw Vw. , p 99 0 xt , , i 3d by the Federal government to b" apparently the full details of the.lhis is the average reduction on all : , " ai property, real and personal, secured j r ,7, u 7 Some half a dozen or so wwitness- 1 nn I nroD-iam. Snnw inf nvmntinn ns fn it ! tinn nf tnvahlo nvnnnvtir eVinum fnr tand Paul Webb, Were " " " " " J"t"-"J ......... r,. j. ... ,.u .. fighting to deeded hv the Federal eovernment the State in 1924, wit hthe proviso , program have not been settled. that it be a perpetual Satte park. Located on the end of a sand bar, it ' Wednesday a meeting of county has been assessible only from water, (administrators from 11 counties was from best available reports on all Counties, the agencies of the State .that list all property for taxation. So at the mouth of Bogue Sound and j held in Washington. Mrs. Malcolm j far as known, this is the first an near a break in the sand bank con- j Lewis, CWA Administrator in this nouncement of the new total assessed necting the sound and harbor with j county accompanied by several others valuation of the State for the cur the ocean. jfrom here attended the meeting. Dr. rent fiscal year. The 3 3-4 mile road along the , Roy M. Brown of the State headquar- This interesting compilation out bank from the causeway to Atlantic ters was the principal speaker and fining in detail full description of all Beach was about half finished as a (discussed the workings of the new , outstanding bonds and notes of the CWA project. This will be finished 1 program. The plan calls for the set-.State shows the total State debt to by the CCC camp. It is also likely that steps will be taken toward sand tlement of rural families on lands se cured by the Government to provide fixation by planting grasses and some a means for needy families to grow steps taken at reforestation. This ! subsistence crops and thereby be ell- area, along with other stetches of "the banks," was covered with trees and shrubbery. Men removed the trees and animals the grass and shrubs leaving the sands a ready prey to the winds and ocean waves. University Coaches Attend Meeting Here By A. R. RICE On Monday night the athletic minded people of Beaufort were ad dressed by two of the outstanding coaches in the state, Coach R. A. Fetzer, Director of Athletics at the University of North Carolina and Coach Bunn Hearn, Head Coach of Baseball at the same institution. minated from the direct relief rolls. C. Byrd Wade, director of the nation al re-employment service in this county, wants such persons to see him as soon as possible so that he can get information as to what they need. This week 62 men will be dropped from the CWA pay roll, which will leave 264 still employed. On March 31 the Civil Works Administration will cease operations in North Caro lina and other southern states. As f.:taff(1 alarum lm now ftram yi i "7a4-inn will take its place to a certain ex- leu ,w"n e "etore, tents nd also that of the direct re-land ".741,J6o the next prior year, be $176,806,000. After deducting the sinking fund of $12,047,509.88, the net debt of the State is $164,758,490 12. Included in the total debt men tioned above are the $12,230,000 4 1-2 per cent short term general fund notes maturing in March and April of this year. Debt service re quirements of the State for the cur rent fiscal year, including the interest but not the principal of the short term notes are $13,549,036. For 1934-35 the requirements are $14, 432,425 and for 1935-36 they are $13,085,754. North Carolina's total State reve nue for the fiscal year ending June ou, ivjj, was 5z,;jo;j,4ai, compar lief as far as possible. In the month the average for the last three fiscal Carolina cost $534,028.84 and aided 7Q ISM fnmilioa Tr favtovnf nmintii Both of these popular leaders empha-! !. . " , , ! " ' ' . . ... .'730 families were hfimed and thev sized Sportsmanship in athletics and I brought out the advantages of ath letics on the life of those paticipat ing. While Coach Hearn carried his points with baseball jokes Coach Fetzer was a bit more serious. Coach "Bob," as he is known all over the United States, has emphasized sport manship in athletics throughout his many years as coach. There could be no better qualified man to dwell on this subject than Coach Bob. The influence of his high ideals in ath letics has helped determine the des tiny of many of the athletics of the TO . . , . 1fl , TT . .. x , , . . , ... Raleigh, Mar. 19 The Perquimans University. Coach Bob insists that , n! , . ,. v 1 ..if : , w f w County Chapter of the Young Tar v, " , y, i j tt, ' i Heel Farmers, State organization of ! . . n . n 1 1 Jr?n ni"t r -i r t i i . of February direct relief in North '" o,oi,i. inciuaea m me icvt-imc mr year was '$14.- 363,479 gas tax, $5,151,215 autp lis. cense tax, $0,274,762 income tax, and $6,128,317 franchise tax. The cur rent fiscal year revenue will b? part ly derived from a sales tax which in the first seven months operation from July 1, 1933, to January 31, 1934, how we have played the game. This meeting was sponsored by the Parent Teacher Association and the Beaufort High School Athletic Asso ciation for the purpose of arousing received food, clothing, medicenss and so on amounting to $8,232.37. Craven families were helped to the extent of $4,256.93; Pamlico county, Jf). fWWr nniintir 9 .179 11 Under'the'new plan it is reported that i Produced $3,317,752 able, bodied persons who have been In connection with the figures getting direct relief will be expected snowing a general State dtbt of to do some work for what they get, $176,800, 000 it is interesting to Con or not get any thing. sider the debts of the various gov- ernmenta units within the State, in other words the overlapping debt. Coompilations as of January 1, 1934, show a total County debt of $166, 360,684, including school building and literary fund obligations arising from money borrowed from the State and for which $150,508,213. Due to the fact that many counties have as sumed township and school district obligations, it is extremely hard to get accurate up-to-date information d- es were examined in the Foscue trial but not one gave any testimony in favor of thep risoner. According to their statements a crowd had gather ed at the house of a neighbor on the North River road, including Foscue and his wife Nellie. They said Nellie came out of the house, that he fol lowed and threw a brick at her which hit her and then ran after her and stabbed her. He was apparently sober and there had been no quarrel. It appeared from the evidence that there had been some trouble between them before however. The jury considered the case for several hours and brought in a ver dict of second degree murder Friday morning. Judge Daniels sentenced him to State's prison at hard labor for not less than 24 and not more than 30 years. The convicted killer did not show any emotion when the verdict and sentence were pronounc ed. ' Other cases disposed of by the court were as follows: Clarence G. Willis against Alice L. Wilis was given a divorce on the ground of two years abandonment. Geo. W. Whaley, charge, larceny, continued to June term. . Brooks Willis,, chraged with-assault with a deadly weapon, continued to June term. Alonzo Fulford. temporary larceny of car, plead guilty. Sentenced to jail for six months, same to be sus pended on payment to R. E Chaplain him and the action was dismissed Judge Webb and Solicitor Davis tried to act as peacemakers and advised the brothers to drop their feuds. Harry Hester, colored man from Morehead City, was tried on the charge of assault on a female. 'Sadie Monroe testified that he struck her in the face and she was corroborat ed by another witness. When officers Salter and Peletier went to arrest him he was partly drunk and put up a considerable resistance. Judge Webb convicted Hester but Wilmington office were present and also State engineers Winslow and Craven. Col. Reybold asked if any one pres ent objected to the building of the bridge or knew of any one who does object to it. No one offered any ob jection. Dr. H. F. Prytherch Super intendent of the U. S. Biological sta tion, made a statement as to the lo cation of the bridge, its dimensions and so on. Clerk of Court L. W. Has sell and M. Leslie Davis were called on and stated that the bridge, would not hinder fishermen in their work said it was difficult to know what to! and would be of service to the work- do with him. It seems that he spent several years in the Goldsboro Hos pital for the Insane and is not re garded as being sane now. He was given a six months jail sentence, the same to be suspended on paying costs and being of good behavior for two years. CONGRESSMAN ABERNETHY IN BEAUFORT TUESDAY PERQUIMANS COUNTY BOYS WIN Y. T H. F. CONTEST Congressman Charles L. Abernethy, accompanied by his son C. L. Aber nethy Jr., was in Beaufort Tuesday afternoon and spent some time shak ing hands with old friends and per haps doing a little political work on the side. Mr Abernethy lived in Beaufort for a good many years and has a large number of friends and supporters here. Mr. Abernethy's health haa not been good for a year or so and he has lost considerable, weight. Oother wise he looks very well and seems to be in very good spirits. He did not indicate in conversation with a rep resentative of the News that he is much bothered about what his oppon ents are doing in their efforts to win the Congressional nomination. He says he r.r.s been spending his time ers on the island and also a protec tion in case of fire. Stanly Woodland stated that as a member of the More head City Port Terminal Commission that he would say that that body had no objection to the building of the bridge. W. G. Mebane of Beaufort said that it was well known that a plan to build the bridge was on foot and thought if any one objected to it he would have been present at the meeting. The report of the district engineer will be sent to the Norfolk office and then to Washington to the War De partment. A final repoit on the mat ter is expected in two or three weeks. There has been some delay in get ting a deed from the Norfolk South ern for a right of way. Dr. H. F. Prytherch says he expects this to be cleared up by the first of April and work should get under way shortly thereafter. The job will be done un der contract and the cost will not ex ceed $12,000 for the bridge and fill. students of vocational agriculture, has been announced by Roy II. Thomas, State Supervisor of Voca tional Agriculture and adviser of the organization, as winner of the 1933 interest in the athletic program of I ge. Chapter Contest. The chapter! but a good estimate of the outstard- WK Bl..ou.. i,.e uau Fa ,.,. g locfiU!d at the Hertford Highly township and district debt not grandstand and dressing-room facili-1 Schooi I included above in the County debt ties supplemented by the attractive, total would be $46i000,000. There- and well-equipped gymnasium that is : The prize is awarded each year to fore, the overlapping gross indebt being built will allow the athletic the chapter of the organization which edness of the State and its political program of Beaufort High School an .scores the largest number of points subdivisions is approximately $539, opportunity to develop athletics with ' in the contest. Points are given for 674,897. The State population in the spirit of competiti, n emphasized supervised practice, cooperative aetiv- 1930 was 3,170,276, which means a by Coaches Fetzer and IT?arn. ities, home work and community ser-ipCr capita overlapping public debt of Another thing brought tut by the vice, leadership activities, earnings 'about $170. The net debt can be fig two coaches was the fact i.'-it they and savings, conduct of meetings, Ured by deducting the $12,047,501)" experienced exceptional pleati:-e in scholarship, recreation, and publicity. 88 state bond sinking fund, ap'prox- coacning vv 1111am rotter ana uecu , imately $15,000,000 loaned the Coun Longest in their years at Carolina AUTO DEATHS INCREASE ties by the State for school purpose, and also that they found them to be anj the sevel.al millions of sinkins. fine gentlemen. During the short month of Febru- funH nf v.-tvinn. n;t ary, htty six people were killed Monday afternoon in near freez ing weather that kept the crowd down, Beaufort and Smyrna battled seven innings to a 4 to 4 tie. Roland Longest started on the mound for the locals and for four frames had the opposition at his mercy and came out with a 4 to 0 lead behind hits by Chadwick and F. Rice interspersed with three errors and a base on balls. Brooks relieved him and was the vic tim of all Smyrna's scoring, three runs of which came in the last in ning while it was raining and Coach Potter had run in a lot of reserves. The next game is with Newport tomorrow, (Friday) at 3:30, admis sion only 10 nd 15c. Everybody is urged to be present and watch the smooth play of the great little team that represen; Beaufort High School The schedu 1 of other games com ing shows Wh'.teville here March 28, they being guaranteed $20.00 for this game. New Bern here March 30, Newport at Newport April 3, Bern at New Bern April 6, Smyrna at Smyrna April 25. in North Carolina in automobile ac cidents. In February of last year 32 were killed. In February 43 persons lost their lives by being burned in one way or another. In the same month pneumonia accounted for the deaths of 483 people. These facts are f rom a report of the State Bureau of Vital Statistics. NEW SHOE REPAIR SHOP HAS BEEN OPENED HERE New and BASE BALL CAME ON NEW ATHLETIC FIELD A new shoe repairing shop is now in aperation in Beaufort. James D. Biggs and Charlie W. Britten are the proprietors of the shop which is lo cated in the Hugh Hill building on Front street. The name for the new business establishment has not been announced yet. The proprietors are offering a prize of five dollars in cash for the most suitable name. Persons who wsih to compete for the prize must submit .the name in writing and bring it to the shop in person. W. L. MeGahey, Beaufort county a gent, has arranged a series of demon strations in potato Dlantine- showine- The fine, new athletic field of j the best size of the seed piece and Beaufort High School will be giv-' which varieties are most profitable to (Continual n paga flre) plant , Several Raids Made By Officers Recently Sheriff Chadwick and deputies have been making some raids recently in the teritory west of Morehead City where liquor is reputed to be sold rather extensively. The Log Cabin located near Morehead Villa, of which Frances Jordan is reputed to be the proprietor, was raided twice I but without any results. On Sunday night a place in the pine forest south of the highway, where a barbecue stand was run for a year or so, was raided and two men and a woman were found there. One of the men, C. T. Hardison is from Portsmouth, Va., and the oth er whose name is Henry Grand is from Kinston. The latter had a pistol in one pocket and a pint of liquor in the other. He said the liquor was for his own use. The men were tak en before Justice H. W. Noe Monday for trial. He decided that there was not sufficient evidence to hold them and dismissed the warrant. f t.4 7 70 f.. .l... f J u ' ux ,.., ( u-u.BB cum UC- ln washin-ton trying to help the ing of good behavior for two years. , )e recovei. frQm tfc d fion. Dave Mason, larceny, plea of nolo contendere, jail sentence of eighteen months, suspended if he quits drink ing liquor and violates no laws for two years. C. N. Hobbs, assault with a deadly weapon. Tried by jury and convict ed. Fined $30 and costs. Henry Eborn, violating prohibition law, came up from Recorder's court. Convicted and given not less than sixteen and not more than 20 months on State highway force. Sheridan H. Mansfield, abandon ment; appealed from Recorder's court. He was convicted and given a sentence of six months in jail ot be suspended on payment of $45' to Dr. S. W. Thompson for attending Leah Willis and pay $4 a week to child un til it is ten years old. Took an appeal and bond fixed at $500. Harry Lynch, abandonment, capias issued and $300 bond required. Edward Swindell, R. A. Cherry, An- j thony Dudley, Leonard Wade, Ljroy j Guthrie, operating slot machines. Capiases issued and bonds of $100 each required. Alice Hoffman versus John A. Roy all, action dismissed and plaintiff tax ed with the costs. Joe L. Willis against Fannie Y, Willis, action dismiissed. The grand jury reported that it act ed on bills of indictment, county offices, jail and county home and found all in good condition. Some minor repairs to the jail were recommended. Solicitor Clark reported that he had inspected the Clerk's office and certified to the apparent excellent condition of the office and records. Court adjourned Friday afternoon. Bishop Darst Heard At St. Paul's Sunday A large congregation attended the morning service at St. Paul's church here Sunday conducted by the rector Reverend Worth Wicker and heard a sermon of much force and eloquence delivered by Bishop Thomas C. Darst. His text was from Ephesians 5.31; "I speak concerning Christ and the Church." Eishop Darst said that "We have come to the end of an era and today we stand between the era which has passed and one in the process of be ing born. I believe the- new era will be just what the church of God will make it. Its dawn will be fine and glorious and beautiful if you and I will have it so." Bishop Darst deplor ed the advance of communism, social ism, nationalism and other isms which are afflicting the world at this time. He urged his hearers to rededicate themselves to the proved teachings of religion. The bishop also adminis tered the rite of confirmation to a class of seven members. He congratu lated the members of the church on the large growth which it has made in the past year and half nn;l said it . iL . 1 .11 1 inspected , was uie largest maue oy any cr.uicn in the diocese. The palace at Versailes, at the time of Louis XIV, could accomodate 10,000 personi. REPUBLICAN CONVENTION HERE SATURDAY AFTERNOON The Republican county convention called by Chairman D. M. Jones, will be held Saturday afternoon in the county court room. The convention is to open at two o'clock. The prin cipal business of the convention will be to elect a county chairman and secretary and delegates for the State convention to be held April 3rd in Charlotte. TWO CASES TRIED MONDAY IN CITY POLICE COURT In City Police Court Monday night twol asse were tried. John Anderson, colored, was tried and convicted of striking and chok ing Mabel Bailey. One of the witness es testified that it was a sort of love lick. Mayor Taylor thought it was worth paying $5 for or serving 10 days on the street force. Ben Guthrie charged with having: been drunk on St. Patrick's day, last Saturday, submitted and was iriven the choice of paying $7.50 or doing 10 uays work on the streets. NEW PATROL BOATS WILL BE STATIONED AT MOREHEAD A. B. Morris of Morehead Citv has been notified by Congressman .Aber nethy that Commander Hamlet of tho U. S. Coast Guard has told him that a 100 foot natrol hoat nn,l tu.n 7n footers will be stationed at Morehead City. The coast guard base which has been maintained th frfi f rT cc.trm.nl - AUl klLU-ltll years will be discontinued. It is snirt that due to drastic cut in annronria- tions for coast guard service all bases except three have been ordered clos ed. . T.X? MARRIAGE LICENSES SOFT CRAB SEASON IS ABOUT TO GET STARTED Due to the. unusually hard winter the soft shell crab season has been a little late in getting started. A few crabs have been caught but no ship ments have been made from Beau fort so far as the News is informed. The weather is getting more favor able now and crabbers will get to work in a few days. Some very good catches of fish have been made in re cent weeks and if conditions are fav orable fishermen say they hope to do very well during the spring season. During the cold weather clams brought high prices, as much as $2. a bushel but now the price is less than half of that and the demand has slackened except for the little necks. TIDE TABLE Information as to the ticei. at Beaufort is given in this col umn. Ibt figures a.-e approx imately correct and based on table's furnished by the U. S. Geodetic Survey. Some allow ances must bo made for varia tions in the wind and also wiih respect to the locality, that i whether near the inlet or at the heads of the estuaries. Clem Fulcher of Morehead City, and Bertha M. Lloyd, Beaufort. Henry Hamilton and Rosa Bell Davis, Harkers Island. BIRTHS. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Knudson of Otway, Sunday, March 18, a son. High Tide Low Tide Friday, March 23 1:40 a. m. 8:29 a. m. 2:30 p. m. 8:37 p. m. Saturday, March 24 2:52 a. m. 9:27 a. m. 3:19 p. m. 9:37 p. m. Sunday, March 25 4:07 a. m. 10:33 p. m. 4:34 p. m. 10:33 p. m. Monday, March 26 5:06 a. m. 10:58 a. m. 5:27 p. m. 11:13 p. m., Tuesday, March 17 5:15 a. m. 11:27 a. m. 6:08 p. m. 12:00 nv Wednesday, March 28 6:30 a. m. 12:16 a. m 6:45 p. m. 12:40 p. m. Thursday, March 29 7:05 a. m. 1:01 a. m. 7:22 p. m. 1:18 p. . waneiiswto
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