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VOLUME XXIII
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1934
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NUMBER 31
Red Light Signals Will TOBACCO GROWERS HARKER'S ISLAND
rrotect K. iv Crossings
Large Sum To Be Spent By Railroad Compan
ies To Prevent Accidents; Wages of Four
Workers on State Highway Projects
Other State News Items.
No Tax on Certain Amount ;
Carteret County Allotted
46,080 Pounds
GETS NEW FERRY
By M. R. DUNNAGAN
RALEIGH, Aug. 1 Work of in
stalling 87 flashing red light signals
at 87 railroad-highway crossings in
North Carolina, to cost $235,780, is
to be started at once. The railroads
are to install the signals on a cost ba
sis to be paid from the federal
emergency road funds and under su
pervision of the State Highway and
Public Works Commission. The cost
runs from $2,100 to $5,000 for each
of the signals. The Southern will in
stall 30 signals, costing $66,700! the
Seaboard, 20, costing $50,760; the A.
C. L., 22, costing $72,320; the Norfolk-Southern,
13, costing $39,000,
and the Norfolk & Western, two, $7,
000. New schedules of pay for workers
on future highway contracts under
the 1934-35 federal emergency relief
program have been received by the
State Highway and Public Works
Commission. Common labor will re
ceive 30 cents an hour, intermediate
labor 40 cents and skilled labor 60
cents. The week will conitnue to con-
College Station, Raleigh, July 30
North Carolina tobacco erowers will
Fixed. ibe Permitted to market 356,173,583
pounds of weed this year without
!tax, E. Y. Floyd, of. State College,
announced today.
The "Anne Gardner," the new
Harker's inland-Gloucester ferry,
stopped here a short while Wednes
day afternoon, while enroute to the
Tclunl A n Q 1. nf Qfafra kinlimait
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DirtnS And Deaths The Kerr-Smith act will imnnw , men and four cars were carried down.
Were Nearlv Eaualitax of 25 per cent of the market val-!The ferrv is sixty-four feet and ten
y M ue of all sales in excess of the al- inches lon' with a beam of twenty-
The "Anne Gardner" Stopped
Here Wednesday Afternoon
Enruote To Eastern Car
teret Run
:OFF 'iSS'.BATV
By A. R. RICE
During the past week of base ball
playing, Beaufort ran its winning
streak to six straights by defeating
Roanoke Rapids twice herea nd New
Bern once there. The first game was
9 to 6 with Pake going the
FIGHTS TO SAVE
HUSBAND'S LOVE
Nina Dudley Breaks Up Relig
ious Service in Effort to
Save Her Husband From
Other Woman
Idle listeners in Recorder's Court
route here Tuesday morning were given a
and yielding nine hits as his mates vivid exhibition of what Shakespeare
were capturing eleven off Hardison, was thinking of when that Elizabeth
Taylor and Bugg. Potter, the local jian dramatist wrote of the "fury of
catcher and Hatsell led the winninersja woman's scorn." All this came out
attack with two for four and Willis m thet rial in which Nina Dudley,
Births and deaths occurring in
Carteret county during the month of
June were about equal, which is a
louea amount, he said. I
Under the act, growers who signed he blldge orce '
contracts will be permitted to sell l?1? Commission. Thi;
three feet. It was built at New Bern
the State
s is a well
rather unusual event. There were 14 ,t the amount of tobacco they!"- '
deaths and 15 births.
The report for the month as fur
nished by the State Board of Health
is as fallows:
Birth
6
tract.
Towns
Beaufort
M. City
Cedar Island.
Harkers Is.
Harlowe
Deaths
1
4
The amount of tobacco allotceu Dy
contract was considered 94 per cent
births of the Kerr-Smith allotment. The ad-
2
1
0
0
0
Hunting Quarter-
Atlantic
Davis
Sea Level
Stacy
Marshallberg
Merrimon
Morehead
j Straits
I Total
Mownntt
sist of 30 hours. The new regulations Portsmouth
will not maKe ag reat ainerence in
wages paid under the former sched
ule, officials state.
The 30-day period from between
October 1 and January 15, allowed
by federal regulations as the open
season for migratory waterfowl will
be used by NorDh Carolina hunters
on the basis of four days a week for
seven weeks, beginning November
26, and two days for the final spurt,
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
0
15
0
0
3
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
14
Local Court Finds
Defendants Guilty
Five defendants were brought be
fore Mayor Bayard Taylor in Police
January 13-14, if the request of Di-court Monday evening, four were
rector R. Bruce Etheridge, of Con- fined and one sent to Recorder's
servation and Development, is grant- j Court.
ed. The hunting days would be Mon-1 Leyy Wilson and McKinley Godett,
days, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and colored found guilty of plumbing
Thursdays in the period. The Advis- (.without license, and each were given
ory Board, under the Migratory Bird ,the P"vilege of paying a fine of bwo-
TVctv Art. U limiting the time of ""y r serving nve aays witn ine
two eighty-horse-power Continental
motors push it along at a right good
speed.
This ferry will either be put into
commission the latter part of this
week or the early part of next week.
Owing to the fact that the bridge
force had to make dock changes at
Harkers Island and Gloucester so that
ditional six per cent was provided for
distribution among non-signers and
signers whose production is less than
1,500 pounds a year.
Non-signers will get two per cent the new ferrv could he accomodated
of the total allotment while four the exaet time this ferry wiu be put
per cent will be used for raising the ,nto service was not known bv Rov
allotments of exceptionally small Hart, district engineer, who accom-i
growers wno signed contracts. un-:Danied the ferrv to Harkers Island
der the act Carteret County will be
allowed 46,080 pounds free of taxes.
HAVE SMALL FIRE MONDAY
The small Chadwick building on
the south side of Front Street which
has been used as a store by the FERA
caught on fire Monday morning a
bout 9 o'clock, but the local firemen
were able to extinguish it before very
much damage was done. The extent
of the damage was said to have been
comparatively slight.
LIFE SAVING CLASSES
WERE WELL ATTENDED
The Life Saving Clas:: which was
conducted each morning last week j
from 9:00 A. M. to 11:00 A.. M. at,
the Inlet Inn dock ended here Satur-,j
day. The crises were sponsored by
the Beaufort Red Cross Chapter and
yesterday.
Numerous people of late have ex
pressed themselves of the opinion
that this ferry should run between
Harker's Island and Lenoxville. They
say that the ferry is used chiefly by
the Island people who want to come
to Beaufort and Morehead City, and
by visitors going to the Island from
this locality. This proposed route
would be much shorter for the great
er majority of those who use this
ferry, it is said, for Harkers Island
is many miles nearer Beaufort and
Morehead City by way of Lenoxville
thin it is via Gloucester.
got two for four.
Every member got at least one hit.
The following day, Sunday, Beau
fort won 9-4, but Morris kept his six
blows well scattered and Beaufort
bunched its six off Roanoke Rapids to
earn a well deserved victory. Potter
of the winners and Browning, the
losing pitcher, each got two for four.
Yesterday the New Bern Indpen
dents lost 5-2 with Wilson doing
Beaufort's chunking and Fuller, the
losers. Morris colected two hits to top
Beaufort's six and New Bern got on
ly four in their vain bid for victory.
Harkers Island plays here Sunday.
There will probably be a game here
Wednesday, and remember Wednes
days are free for ladies.
Beaufort plays Morehead City at
Morehead City Saturday, August 4th.
LEGION AUXILIARY
Legionaires Elect
Officers For Year
At a meeting of Carteret Post 99
of the American L?gion at eierht
hunting these birds to 30 days, but
asks the states to request date3 with
in the limits for their 30 days. Mr.
Etheridge's board and sportsmen of
the State have recommended that the
open season be divided up that way.
Says Commissioner of Revenue A.
J. Maxwell: "Although notice has
been given in the press several times
that no one is authorized to solicit
contributions either direct or in the
nature of advertising schemes for the
benefit of the State Highway Patrol,
complaints reaching this department
indicate that this game is still being
worked by some imposters. We wish
to give public notice that no one is
authorized to make such solicitations
in behalf of the State Highway Pa
trol." Young Luke Lea, Jr., .walked out
of State's Prison Saturday, after a
stay of 87 days, a free man, subject
only to parole requirements imposed
by Governor Ehringhaus. The parole
was granted on the ground thta he
was only 21 years old when any vio
lations of the State's banking laws
were committed by him, Kiat he was
obeying instructions of his father,
and that he has a malignant disease
which would cause his health to be
further endangered by confinement.
His departure was almost as much
heralded at his arrival, as he talked
with newspapermen, posed for a pic
ture, and made merry at his isiease.
Young Lea was sentenced to two
to four years, or pay a fine of $25,
000, on charges on which his father,
Col. Luke Lea, politician, newspaper
publisher, army official and U. S.
Senator, was sentenced to six to 10
years. The father was charged with
violations which resulted in the fail
ure fo the Central Bank and Trust
Co., Asheville, for which
street force.
Hubert Springle, cursing and dis
orderly conduct, two-fifty or five
days.
Barney Dixon, drunk and disorder
ly, five dollars or ten days.
Lydia Washington, destroying per
sonal property, sent to Recorder's
Court for trial.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Land
acres,
Greensboro Joint Stock
Bank to 'S. B. Foster, 66 1-2
Beaufort Township, for $1600.
H. C. Jones and wife to Howard C.
Jones, 22 acres. Beaufort Township,
for $10.
B. H. Noe et al to I. E. Ramsey,
part lot Beaufort, for $1.
F. R. Bell and wife to B. H. Noe,
part lot Beaufort, for $1.
I. E. Ramsey to B. H. Noe et al
part lot Beaufort, for $1.
B. H. Noe and wife to F. R. Bell,
part lot Beaufort, for $1.
Greensboro Joint Stock Land Bank,
to S. B. Foster, 51 1-4 acres Beau
fort Township, for S10. i
P. D. Murphy et al to Wesley Hill,
5-8 acre Marshallberg, for $10.
William L. Salter to Valentine Tay
lor, 1 acre Hunting Quarter Town
ship, for $6.
" m j .i t
was under the direction of Eric (Joe) i. uaay evening m me ueg
Tucker of Greenville. Besides the 32 'on "ut on burner Street, officers
boys who were taking the life saving r the com,n Jf" were elected-
"c wcic. i. &. iveuy. post com-
to,
course, many people came down
watch the boys work as they were
learning water safety, rescue and resuscitation.
The purpose of Life Saving Course
imander; Dr. F. E. Hyde, 1st. vice-
commander; D. M. DeNoyer, 2nd
vice commander; F. R. Bell, finance
officer; Henry Styron, sergeant-at-arms;
R. L. Fritz, chaplain; and Rev.
is to eliminate preventable drownings Worth dieter, historian. The
la) oy unversai training m swinv
ming and in water rescue and resus
citation; (b) by avoiding water acci
dents thru a proper understanding of
the hazards involved and measures to
be taken ; (c) by encouraging aquatic
programs that will keep people out
of dangerous situations; (d) by mak
ing water sports safe and at the
same time retaining their zest and
thrill; and (e) by insuring a contin
uous supply of trained leaders.
Out of the line group of boys who fact that R. Hugh Hill resigned from
worked in the class there were 13 (the office of commander recently on
juniors and seniors who passed all , account of having entered actively
execu
tive committee is as follows: Joseph
House, for 5 years; Dr. H. F. Pry
therch and Brady Mason, for 3 years;
and Roy Barbour and Dr. C. S. Max
well, for 2 years.
There were 106 votes cast, most of
which were by proxy, as only about a
score of the legionaires were present
for the election. These new officers
will take office at the regular month
ly meeting in October. Owing to the
A most interesting meeting of the
American Legion Auxiliary was held
at the hut July 24 with Mrs. Gertie
Mathews, Third District Committee
woman of New Bern, presiding. Many
matters of interest were discussed,
and the lovely charter was displayed.
Mrs. Bailey and Mrs. Devant were
elected delegates to the convention
to be held in Greensboro in August.
Officers who have have been serv
ing since the organization of the
unit a few months ago were re-elected
for the year. Namely:
Mrs. W. H. Bailey, President.
Mrs. W. D. Skarren, Vice-President.
Mrs. F. E. Hyde, Sec. and Treas.
Mrs. Worth Wicker, Historian.
Mrs. J. P. Bell, Chaplain.
After the business hour was clos
ed Mrs. Kelly, Mrs. Hill and Mrs.
Skarren served delicious punch and
cake.
ASSIGNED TO QUANTICO
the requirements and who will be able
to assist in case of an emergency.
A community building has been
erected by the farm folks of Riden
hour township in Stanly County.
Work on the buildings was done vol
untarily by residents of the
into pollitics, C. R. Devant, who was
first vice commander, has assumed
the duties of commander.
Savannah, Ga., July 30 Joseph
P. Haris, Jr., son of J. P. Harris, Sr.,
of Beaufort, who entered the U. S.
Marine Corps in August, 1933, at the
district office, Post Office Bldg., Sa
vannah, recently received assign
ment to the Post Service Battalion,
Quantico, Va.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
START WORK ON TWO
BEAUFORT BUILDINGS
Beaufort is evidently launching
itself forth upon a building boom,
judging by the activities that start
Robeson county tobacco growers
have received $421,227.27 in rental
and equalization checks to date with
town- aproximately $85,000 yet to come
ship with the county furnishing the, from Washington.
materials.
COUNTIES OWE STATE BACK TAXES
FOR1931-'32 SUM OF $1,651,911.72
By M. R. DUNNAGAN was $21,772.00 for each of the two
RALEIGH, Aug. 1 Although the years, or $43,544.00 for both years,
State of North Carolina collected $1- ' of which $16,059.28 had been paid
Robert W. Lyles, Beaufort, Elsie
Bridger, Dunn.
Early Reel and Mary Jones, Mer
rimon. M. W. Smith, Marshallberg and
Susan Guthrie, Morehead City.
David J. Godwin and Lydia Gil
likin, Beaufort.
Augustus Davis Beaufort and Mil
dred Lesesne, Goldsboro.
mulatto wife of Ike Dudley, colored
habitue of Morehead City and Car
teret County courts, was tried for
disturbing religious services at St.
Stephen's Methodist Church in More
head City Sunday evening. The defen
dant pleaded not guilty.
Elijah L. Mitchell was the first wit
ness to testify. The middle-aged col
ored man appeared to be a steward of
the church, and one who might have
substituted for the pastor in the lat
ter's absence. During his testimony he
said that a "beautiful congregation"
had assembled. He said that the de
fendant came in early and seated her
self upon one side of the church.
Just before the services began, he
said that he saw Ike Dudley, the de
fendant's husband, come in with a
strange 'Negress, go up the aisle, and
sit on the same pew on the opposite
side of the church from his wife.
This was said to have apparently
been an entirely too brazen an act
for Ike to do, especially in the pres
ence of his wife, for Nina shortly af
ter the services were opened got up
and poured forth her wrath upon the
colored woman, who was a newcomer
to Morehead City. Before they could
be parted, it was said that Nina re
moved the hat from the other woman
and disposed of it. During this time
neither the new-comer nor Ike tried
to resist Nina's attack, it was stated,
and the preacher and Mitchell tried
to remonstrate with Nina, but to lit
tle avail. "This resulted in a great
big congregation being broken up,
and a great big contribution being
lost," Mitchell firmly assured the
court.
Genis Bynum and William Bell,
two members of the disturbed congre
gation, told virtually the same thing
concerning the church affair.
Nina said that this thing had been
going on several weeks. She said that
she tried to get Ike to go with her
to church, but that he ardently re
fused. When he showed up in church
with Morehead City's newest addi
tion to the colored population, she
informed the court that it was too
much for her to swallow. She saw
red and went forth ona conquest to
retain her husband.
When Judge Paul Webb found her
guilty and passed sentence upon her,
he informed Nina that he could not
conceive of any human being that
would fight for the love of Ike Dud
ley, when he had treated her in the
manner in which he is said to have
treated her in the past few months.
Judge Webb said that there must be
some deterrent to those who go a
bout breaking up church services, so
he sentenced Nina to serve thirty
days in the county jail for the of
fense. Lydia Washington, elderly local
colored woman, pleaded guilty to a
charge of destroying personal prop
erty, to-wit, one dress and four coats,
Master Horace Loftin returned
home Sunday after spending several
weeks at Trenton visiting relatives valued at S30. helnncino- t.r her Hauo-h
and friends.
Davis, its president, is now serving a
term. Colonel Lea fought the case
through the U. S. Supreme Court and
the N. C.Supreme Court threet imea
each and once through the Tennessee
Supreme Court.
Young Le had $25 sent him by
his grandmc'Her to get home on. He
accepted the invitation of Chairman
E. B. Jeff res j, of the State Highway
and Public Works Commission, to
ride with him to Greensboro, went to
Asheville and spent Saturday night
and then on to his home in Tennessee.
He said he would take another rad
ium treatment and then get busy at
some kind of work to support him
self, his step-mother, two
ters and stepbrother
ed in that field here this week. The 1 460,000 in back taxes in 1933-34 Up to June 30, or $7,820.89 for the
Clawson house is being completely ( from the old 16-cent ad valorem" tax-1 year 1932 and $8,238.39 for 1931.
razed, in preparation for the erection es for 1931 and 1932, about 261,000 j Three counties have overpaid for
of the Bell-Noe building. Excavation ' more than was set up as probably one year, probably due to designating
has already been started for the foun-, collectable, the 100 counties are still ( the wrong year to which remittances
dation of this buildin?. More than a'dna tha StatA $1 R51 .91 1 .72 in that ha n.M Tl, r.tnrA
Wallace dozen workmen are busily engaged old tax, figures in the office of State ! Burke and Dare counties, but Burke
in. getting the lot ready for construe- Treasurer Charles M. Johnson show, had paid less than one-third of the
tion work, which will be started by. The State made a special effort to second year. Dare and Guilford have
the first of next week. get in as much of that old property I paid up well. Wilkes is only $10 be-
Workmen started clearing away (tax levied in 1931 as possible during Ihrnd for 1931 and is about $4,000
and excavating for a twenty five the past fiscal year, and sent a man .behind for 1932, an excellent record,
foot extension of the DeNoyer Build- to visit several of the more delin- Cabarrus, Caswell, Cleveland, Colum
ing on Front Street which is occupied quent counties, resulting in good col-'bus, Gates, Hertford, Lincoln, North
by Sam Lipman & Sons. Both this lections. Many of the counties are a-'ampton, Person, Randolph, Rocking
and the Noe-Bell building will be of bout paid up as far as their collec-jham and Surry are notably close up
bncK construction. tions have been made, but some are on their oavmenta.
far behind in remitting taxes already i Of the larger counties, Guilford's
collected, although the law requires tw-year levy was $609,520, of which
Fire losses in the 33 counties co-
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Morris, them to remit that and the poll tax! $589,161.98 has been naid: Mecklen-
of Atlantic, in Morehead City Hos-each 15 days. jburg, $592,190 levy, $485,125.59
pital, July 31, a daughter. j The levy was $8,923,382.00 for the paid; Forsyth $634,356 levy, $585,-
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Eu- two years, of which $7,271,470.28 073.14 paid; Buncombe, $497,952
banks, August 2, in Morehead Hos- has been remitted to the State, leav- Wv. 3i7.98l 3fi naiH nnrham sain
step-sis- pital, a son. g the $1,651,911.72 yet to be paid 348 levy, $282,020.36 paid; Wake,
by the counties. Of the levy, 81.49 .5291,682 levy, $199,404.57 paid;
TIDE TABLE
Information a. to the tides
at Beaufort is giren in this col
umn. The figures are approx
imately correct and based oa
table's furnished by the U. S.
Geodetic Surrey. Some allow
ances musfrbe made for varia
tions in the wind and also with
respect to the locality, that is
whether near the inlet or at
the head of the estuariea.
ine WOOl POOi arrancrea DV JJOUntV npr cent has hepn nniH nnH 18.R1 r.ncf-An !l17oni lfli.T. fii;
operating in fire protection in June Agent W. B. Collins was participat- per cent is yet to be sent in by the paid; New Hanover, $179,148 levy,
were the lowest in more than a year, ed in by 252 Alleghany sheep grow- counties. j $150,973.31 paid; Rockingham, $139-
, " fc o auxu i,o pounas. Carteret county's ad valorem lew 104 lew. Sl28.85l.02 n.i d.
High Tida Low Tide
Friday, Aug. 3
2:17 a. m. 8:28 a. m.
3:07 p. m. 9:32 p. m.
Saturday, Aug. 4
3:30 a. m. 9:24 a. m.
4:13 p. m. 10:28 p. m.
Monday, Aug. 6
5:32 a. m. 11:22 a. m.
6:02 p. m. 11:16 p. m.
Tuesday, Aug. 7
6:21 a. m. , 1213 a. m.
6:47 p. m. ' " -.H07 p. m.
Wednesday, Aug. 8
j 7:06 a. m. 12:57 a. m.
.7:23 p. m. 12:55 p. m.
I Thursday, Aug. 9
7:43 a. m. 1:37 a. m.
7:57 p. m. 1:38 p. m.
ter, tmma vvasnington. lnis was
said to have occurred on July 26th.
Emma testified that she and her moth
er had some kind of tongue battle
and that this was concluded with the
cutting up of her coats and dress.
L. W. Hassell, clerk of the court,
informed the judge that he had receiv
jed numerous complaints from the
colored people living in the vicnity
Jof the Washington home concerning
, the conduct of Lydia. He said that
he had been reliably informed that
she suffered from high blood pres
'sure and other "head trouble." Judge
jWebb sentenced the woman to serve
.four months in the county jail, this
to be suspended upon condition that
j the defendant be of good behavior
I for two years In the meantime the
'clerk was asked to send an applica
tion to the State Hospital at Golds
boro for the colored race to see if
the woman could be admitted.
Braxton Lupton was charged with
reckless driving on the Atlantic
Beach causeway on July 22nd and
with runnning into the automobile
belonging to Edward Hatcher, of Mt.
Olive, causing a damage of about $75
dollars to the latter's car. The defen
dant, through his attorney, Alvah
Hamilton, pleaded not guilty.
Edward Hatcher and Wade Korne
gay testified as to how the accident
occurred, and Sergeant A. T. Moore,
of the State Highway Patrol, and
Officer Iredell Salter, of the More
head City police force, testified as
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