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VOLUME XXIII
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1934 PRICE Sc SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 2f
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edera! uovemmeimt AMocates
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Port
Termiea
Superior Court Tries Few
Criminal Cases This Term
400 CARLOADS OF
SPUDS HAVE BEEN
SHIPPED ALREADY
Five Divorces Were Granted, With Custody of
Minor Children Awarded to Mothers; Numer
ous Civil Cases Tried; Grand Jury Makes
Favorable Report on County Home and Jail
Reccomends Minor Repairs to Latter Struc
ture.
Comparatively few criminal cases (Local Lady Severely
have been tried at this two-week's, TllrnpJ When Cannint?
term of mixed court, which judge Durnea vy nen panning
Frank Daniels opened here Monday, Beets Late Saturday
June 11th. Usually there are numer- ,
ous criminal cases, and quite a few while using a pressure cooker at
of these are of serious nature. This K home here ate Saturday night,
term, however, only a few relatively Mr3 w G Me,bane had the misf or-
unimportant criminal cases nave Deen 'tune of having the cooker explode
Farmers Now Busily Engaged
In Setting Out Sweet Potato
Vines
FINISHING UP SPUD CROP
Expect Work On Carolina's
Greatest Port Development
Will Start at Early Date
tried. About two dozen cases, many
of which have been hanging fire for
several months up to a number of
years, were continued until the Oc
tober ter mof Superior Court. As us
ual, a number of divorces have been
granted.
Edward Swindell, charged with op
erating a gambling device, known as
a slot machine, pleaded guilty. The
defendant was fined $100 and sen
tenced to serve sixty days on the
state roads, the imprisonment sen
tence to be suspended upon the con
dition that he refrain from operating
and scald her severely on the left
side of her face, left arm and left
side. Mrs. Mebane was cooking beets,
using two pressure cookers, one with
an accurate pressure gauge and the
other gauge known to register inac
curately. IShe gauged the cooker with
the inaccurate register by the accu
rate one.
About eleven-thirty she let the
steam out of the cooker with the ac-.
curate gauge, and shortly after the
needle pointed to zero she removed
the top and took out the canned
Close to four hundred carloads, or
about 77,600 barrels, of Irish pota
toes have been shipped from Beaufort
this spring by rail, boat and truck.
Shipments, including those of today,
numbered 343 carloads by rail, a
35 by boat and about ten by trucks.
Although the season is drawing rapid
ly to a conclusion, there will likely
be well over four hundred carloads to
l Ipavp Cavt.prpt. this snrinc nerhans as
many as 425 carloads. Last season
there were approximately 250 car
loads in all..
While the price has been unusual
ly low, the crop yield for the entire
county was between twenty and twenty-five
to one. Last spring it was a
bout 11 to one. This is the largest po
tato crop ever produced in Carteret
County. Eleven hundred acres were
devoted to the production of Irish
cobblers this season, and the late
Ten Years Ago
THIS WEEK
The Methodist Sunday School pic
nic which was to go to the beach to
morrow has been postponed until
Wednesday week, July 2. The post
ponement was caused by the Baptist
Sunday School Picnic from New
Pern, which will come down about
500 strong on tomorrow.
w!XLtoSJ nL HUNDREDS MAY BE
In Sunday Encounter EMPLOYED DURING
I
NEXT FEW MONTHS
The hot wave which began last
week and spread over a large part of
the country struck Beaufort but
was not quite so bad here as else
where. According to the report of U.
S. Weather Observer Charles Hatsell
the highest point reached by the mer
By A. R. RICE
Beaufort split its two games of last
week, winning from Marshalberg 4 to
I O ,,! lsoirm. t nrionfcil 11 tn S.
Hatsell pitched the locals' win and
R. Hassell caught. R. Willis and
Babbitt were the vistiors' battery.
Beaufort scored three in the fourth
when Hatsell was safe on an error,
Chadwick and G. Hassell were hit by
pitched balls and Pake singled. The
final run tallied in the seventh on a
hit and two fielders' choices.
Marshallberg scored one each in
the second and ninth on an error and
fielder's choice and two of the five
winter and other climatic conditions j- W8S 90 degree9 on Saturday and
were evidently as near perfect as "g8. Sunday. Several towns a little
possible, judging by the unprecedent- further back in the interior and some
gambling devices in the future and beets. She said she then though that
keep the laws of the state.
Anthony Dudley, Linwood and Le-
she turned the steam petcock on the
other cooker and let the steam escape.
Roy Guthrie were all similarly charg- A few minutes before twelve o'clock
ed and each drew similar sentences she went to remove the top from the
and fines. I second cooker and the lid blew off and
George Foote, James P. Lewis, I the steam pressure blew hot steam
Clarence Golden and Bernice Allen,
all colored except Golden, were charg
ed with breaking and entering and
larceny. This case had been appealed
from the Recorder's Court. Eleven
and boiling water all over her left
side, resulting in a painful scald
After removing her steaming cloth
ing as hastily as possible to keep
1 l. U.J
jurors voted for acquittal and one "om e'n& more senous.y scmaeu,
for guilty. A juror was removed and;Mrs- Mebane telephoned a local drug
a mistrial ordered. This case was re-ftorf for n anti-scald remedy. Short
tried next day and an acquittal result- j 7 thereafter neighbors summoned
e(j the family physician. Sunday Mrs.
Five divorces were granted, all on Mebane was removed from her home
the grounds of separation. Harold,?" Moore Street to, e ""den" of
Guthrie was given a divorce from his D. ?nd Mrs- E. Hyde, where
wife. Sadie Guthrie; Thomas Ann I she 13 belnS cared f or the absence
ed yield. Yields of twenty-five' to
thirty-five to one were common
places this season.
Those who have harvested their
Irish potatoes, are now busily en
gaged in setting out their "sweets."
Already a good many number of ac
res have been set out, and hundreds
of other acres will be planted dur
ing the next ten days or two weeks.
After the sweet potatoes are set out
there will be a gradually slowing up
of agricultural activities until the
watermelons nad cantaloupe3 jpomiJ
off.
ia.thep iedmont section also report
ed temperatures of 100 degrees and
more. Here there has been a good
breeze practically all the time and a
person who has had nothing to do ex
cept to sit in the shade could get a
long very well.
Will Bring Prosperous
Days to Carteret
County Again
WASHINGTON, June 20 Two al
locations totaling $1,955,00 for devel
opment of a deep sea port at More
head City were today formally adopt
ed by the cabinet public works board.
Ordinarily, such allocations are not
hits Hatsell gave up. Beaufort got but ! president( but in Morehead City
three hits, but the visiting hurler al-
case the President expressed his ap-
lowed 10 free trips. Inrnval in Avaa Tn foot tha Sntor.
Sunday Oriental spanked the of-,Mt of President Rooseveit in the pr0.
ferings of three Beaufort chunkers , , nec to overcoraeb.
to all corners of the lot, getting 23 ljec,tiong t the p als on the t
smashes for the 11 to 3 verdict. They jof Waf Department board ofn.
got at least one hit in every inning ; incm who wm haye ch
with every man of the regulars get-, improvement to the harbor
ting one or more and Haskins four.
Morris was quickly sent to the show-) The Morehead 'City proposal com
ers and Pake soon followed suit andprises two separate projects. A di
his successor, Willis, fared little bet-jrect grant of $1,555,000 was made to
tor. Beaufort led 3 to 2 until the 'the War Department for dredging
seventh inning by bunching five of its ; Beaufort Inlet and channel to More-
total of 6 hits and playing a great head City. All of this expenditure will
The jail is now surrounded by an
eight foot wire fence and the prac-
building talking with their friends ! defensive game but from there on it be done directly by the federal gov-
Guthrie from Wallace Guthrie, with
the plaintiff getting the custody of
the minor child and the defendant or
dered to pay the plaintiff $8 per
month for the support of this child;
Foy E. Salter from iSamuel Salter,
the custody of the three children,
Houston, Anna A and Louis Salter,
awarded the plaintiff and the defen
dant assassed the costs; Sam J. Pick
ett from Laura Pickett; and Carrie
Parker Warren from J?.mes Edgar
Warren, plaintiff given cv. tndy of the
two minor children, Anna K. and
Bertie Lee Warren.
Clayton Earl Willis and father
Clayton G. Willis vs. F. G. Farinholt !
and Morgan Millworks Company.
Plaintiff to recover $500.
It was ordered that the Bank of
Beaufort and its liquidating agent,
W. A. Allen, recover from Mrs. D.
M Denoyer from the Commercial
Bank of Raleigh and its receiver, L.
A. Lentz, $2080 with interest from
Sept. 11, 1930.
Luther Smith vs. Simeon Smith,
W. R. Smith and J. H. Lee, trading
as Bay River Fish and Oyster Com
pany. Judgment of $385.38 with in
terest from June 10th 1932 awarded
plaintiff.
The Great Atlantic and Paeifio
Tea Company vs. Gurney P. Hood,
N. C. Commissioner of Banks, agent
of Bank of Beaufort. Dismissed ; plain
tiff taxed with the cost.
M V Marsh ill ts Bank of Beaufort.
Dismissed; plaintiff taxed with the
costs.
(Nellie Lep?r Gilliktn and George
of Mr. Mebane, who is recuperating
in Asheville from an operation.
Mrs. Mebane is recovering nicely
now, but the painful condition of her
face, left arm and side still keeps
her confined to her bed She will per
haps be out in another week or so.
it seems will have to be discontinued.
The fence cost about $800 and was
put up by a Cleveland, Ohio, concern
and a man representing the firm came
About a hundred and fifty persons
journeyed to the Beach Tuesday on
a picnic given by the Masonic and
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Atlantic Beach and Bridge Co., to
Kinchen W. Cobb et al 1 lot Atlan
tic Beach, for $100..
Carrie Robinson et al to Fannie
Robinson, 1 lot Morehead City, for
$10.
O. B. Wade to Mattie Davis Wade,
2 half lots M. City for $100.
THIS IS THE LONGEST DAY
IN TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD ,here and superintended the work.
Today, which is known as the
"summer solstice," is the longest day
in the year. This morning the sun
rose at 4:57 a. m. in the vicinity of
Raleigh and will set in that locality
locality at 7:34 p. m. This is also the
"official" beginning of summer. To
night will be the shortest night in the
year also.
Day and night on March 21st and
September 22nd are of equal length
in this part of the temperate zone.
December 22st is the winter solstice
and is therefore the shortest day and
the longest night in the year. From
now on until the time of the equinoc
tial storms along about the latter
part of September, the local people
will likely have their "fill" of warm
weather.
was just too bad.
Paul went the route for his nine
with Spruill doing the receiving.
Potter caught his Singers.
The local club is adding new mater
ial in order to strengthen the team
for future games and is holding up a
bit on home games.
! They play away from home this
week, going to
ernment.
In addition, the board today approv
ed a $400,000 loan and grant to the
Morehead City Port Terminal Com
mission for the building of port term
inals. Of this amount, $120,000 is a
grant and the remaining $280,000 a
loan, to be repaid by the commission
Oriental Saturday w'th the taxing power of Morehead
Beaufort C'ty and the rentals of the !State-ovvn-
I County All Stars, an organization ;ed Atlantic and North Carolina Rail-
eastern star orders eW al and Belhaven, Sunday. The Beaufort City and the rentals of the. 'State-own-five-meee
orchestra. After music and , , .,. '. ' . ,. ai.,.,1.;., .i tj.:i
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some dancing me P''" si'le-' from around Washington, comes here !road which operates from Goldsboro
a dinner that was bountiful and, u npailfort nieHsrpri tn snniY,ont
bjuiiunji u uiv j.oii auu it'iiia en m x w i' f il -" w
.M f K oil Affot Jin-i U1
Kreuy vades Beaufort July 8th,
Ilcl till luun tuv m.v.
not a few of them rested any too
comfortably Tuesday night, on ac
count of being somewhat blistered.
However, everyone seemed to have
had a big time.
after May 14th, 1934, commissioners
may sell property in question.
L. B. West vs. Waldron Bailey Sr.,
Marie Bailey, and T. C. Wade, admin
istrator of E. H. Gorham, Trustee,
decased. Plaintiff to recover $8,650.-05.
Two Local Young Men
Successfully Obtain
Pharmacist Licenses
The home of Mrs. N. F. Eure on
Ann Street was the scene of a hap
py gathering last Saturday after
noon when Miss Lucy Forlaw was
given an announcement party for the
purpose of informing friends that
the honor guest will be married to
(Mr. Arthur Winfield Daniels next
I Saturday. Misses Lena Duncan and
Other games receipts from the port terminal ware
are being booked for mid-week of the houses to be erected.
next two weeks. I ; iU. . ,
i iana lur ueepening me cnannei
call for a 30 foot chanel for the en
tire distance of 2.2 miles. A combi
nation of jetties and sunken boats
filled with concrete will be used to
keep the channel open.
Will Select County
Beauty Queen Early
Part of Next Month
The Beauty Pageant and Corona
tion Ball, which will be held at At
lantic Beach July 2nd under the aus
pices of Carteret Post 99 of the
American Legion, is expected to be
one of the most gala events of the
L, B. West vs. Waldron Bailey,
Sr., Trustee for Waldron Bailey, Jr.,
Of the eleven who took the assist
ant druggist examinations in Chap
el Hill Wednesday and Thursday of
last week, only four were successful,
and of these two were from Beau
fort, and were the proteges of F. R.
Bell. Mr. Bell is proud of the fact
that two of his "graduates" made up
half of the successful candidates.
Battle Move to Approve
The motion to approve the More
head City projects was made in tha
board today by a native North Caro
linian, Turner W. Battle, who sits on
the board as the representative of
Miss Frances Perkins, Secretary of
Labor, to whom he is executive as-
whole eventful summer. The young
ftlnrivs fhaHwick were the hostesses I lurk- wVi.t win this mffcnnt nt tho
that entertained about thirty-five Ijjeach will be given a free trip to j sistant- There is also another North
guests and presented the guest of I Greensboro, where she will have ai -,aroiina member on the boar.1, As-
honor with a beautiful serving tray, chance to vie with local contest win-i 8lsI-anc citor general Angus V.
ners from all over the state for the ac Lean' who rePresents Attorney
Will Give Civil Service
Postmaster Exams.
Civil service examinations will be
eiren those desirimr to become post-
These were: Clarence Guthrie, son of master of the Beaufort Post Office, it
and G. B. Cowper, Trustee. Plaintiff . Mr and Mrs. Clarence Guthrie, Sr., ' has been announced, must file appli
to recover $4,069.29 from Waldron of Beaufort, and Robert Munns, the'ation at the local postofflce not lat
Bailey, Jr. I son of the Rev. and Mrs. R. F. Manns. leP than July 5th. Postmasters appoint
Universal Credit Co., ts. M. S. Lee formerly of Beaufort nad now oi . ed by the president are not in the
and Lula Lee. Mistrial.
Richmond Engineering Co., rs.
Bogus Park Oil Go. Plaintiff to re
cover $400.32 with interest from
June 22, 1931
Durham
The assistant druggist license car
ries with it all of the pririliges of a
classified civil service, bat the exam
inations are held in order to certify
tha result to the Postmaster General.
registered druggist license, with the. Of those taking the examinations,
exception that an assistant cannot the three highest will be submitted
bers of the grand Jury made a re- ways has to work under the enpervis-
E. Gillikin vs. M. L. Mansfield. Town port to the effect that they had vis- ion of a registered druggist. Mr.
of Morehead City, and W. . Gorham, ' ited the County Home, found it clean Guthrie will continue with F. R. Bell,
Commissioner of the Court. Title of
land adjudged to belong to M. L.
Mansfield. Plaintiff assessed costs.
Sam Lipman and Son vs. Beaufort
(Bankinsr and Trust Company, W. A.
Before being dismissed, the mem-. own or manage a drag store, bat al- to the Postmaster General who will
in turn submit one to the president
for nomination. All who care to take
this examination may receive full de
tails from the local post office.
At this same time examinations
for substitute carrier-clerk will be
given, and the prspects must file be
fore July 5th.
and the inmates well cared for. They : Druggist, but Mr. Munns will be env
also reported that they visited the ployed m Durham.
jail and found it clean. Several min-! Mr. Guthrie was graduated from
or repairs were recommended to the , Beaufort High School with the class
jail. C. A. Bell, of Newport, was the of '28, has attended the University of
Allen, Liquidating Agent. Appealed I foreman of the grand jury, and Her-1 North Carolina and a pharmacy
to the Supreme Court. ibert Forlaw was thegrand jury of-'school in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Munns
Craven Foundry and Machine Co, ficer. Solicitor D. M. Clark reported , received his diploma from the Beau
et al vs. Taylors Creek Fish Scrap that he had inspected the office and fort High School with the class of '31,
and Oil Co. and Taylors Creek Fish books of tha clerk of court and and has since attended E. C. T. C. at
Scrap and Oil Co,, vs. R. E. White- found them apparently well conduct- Greenville, and the University of
hurst, Trustee. Judgment. Sixty days ed. North Carolina.
title "Miss North Carolina 1934."
Out-of-town judges will decide
upon the winner at this Pre-Fourth-of-July
spectacular pageant, and
the decision will be made upon the
following five traits: physical perfec
tion, facial beauty, personality, poisa
and dignity. This event will start
promptly at nine o'clock Monday ev
ening, July 2nd, and after "Miss Car
teret 1934" has been decided upon,
the Coronation Ball will begin and
will continue until about one o'clock.
This selection of a beauty queen
for Carteret County is not a local af
fair, but entrants from all over Car
teret County are being solicited and
will be given a hearty welcome to at
tend and enter this eventful contest.
Hundreds from all over Carteret are
expected to attend this Beauty Pag
eant and Coronation JtJall and see
the colorful selection of "Miss Car
teret 1934."
General Homer Cummings.
Mr. Battle and Mr. MacLean, in
conjunction with Senator Bailey and
the North Carolina delegation in Con
gress and others have been working
for more than a year on the More
head City proposal wwhich is expect
ed to save hundreds of thousands of
dollars annually to North Carolinian
by reason of lowered freight rates.
As a result of today's action work
on the Morehead City development
will begin at once and will be com
pleted some time next year.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
GARDEN PARTY
The ladies of St. Mary's and St.
Catherine's chapter of tha auxiliary
Thomas B. Kehoe Jr., New Bern, ' of St. Paul's church will give a gar-
and Cathryn Bradford, Eastville, Vo. den party at the residence of Mrs,
James K. Vann and Lela Fulford,
Beaufort.
Lawrence Hassell next Friday, 29th,
afternoon at 3:30.
HONOR PAST COMMANDER
OF LOCAL LEGION POST
Surprise was paramount when Dr.
H. F. Prytherch arose just after the
meeting of the Carteret Post 99 of
the American Legion was called to or
der Tuesday evening and presented
the Rev. Worth Wicker a Past Com
mander pin. The Reverend Mr. Wick
er served the local post as command
er for two years prior to last July.
This pin, which was beautiful in ev
ery detail, bore the emblem of the
American Legion on a small plaque,
upon which was inscribed the words:
"PAST COMMANDER."
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