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VOLUME XXIII
EIGHT pages this WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THU RSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1934 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 42
Absentee Voting Explained
By State Election Board
Record Must Be Kept of Absentee Voters; Ap
plicants For Ballots Must do so in Person or
in Writing; Ballots Must be Signed on Margin
or on Back by Voter; If Sick Voter Must
Have Doctor's Certificate or Make an Affidavit.
PUPILS STAY AT
WILLISTON-DAVIS
By Raymond s. maxwell Teachers Employed
(Executive Secretary, St.te Board AduU HHteraCy
In my article appearing in the
nr.,, last Sumlav I stated that I AduIt education in Carteret coun-
would follow with an article this j is tl'm somewhat of a boost by J be
Sunday, explaining the details ofi"80" 01 wor wnlcn 13 now Del"g
voting by the absentee method ac-idone un(ler th auspices of the Fed
cording to the present statutes and eral Emergency Relief. Fifteen teach
opinions of the Supreme court, which :ers ,have b?en employed for this
t .mi a , -;ai., work.
-i Will IIUW ULietllft. tu UJ 03 luiinacijr
as possible.
The statute allows this special priv
ilege of absentee voting to two class
es:
(1) Those electors who are ab
sent from the county on the day of
the primary or election.
(2) Those electors who, on the
Supt. Allen Says Order Has
Been Rescinded to Trans
fer Pupils
With reference to the Williston
Davis situation, Supt. J. G. Allen
says that the minutes of the meeting
of the Carteret County Board of Ed
ucation Monday, Oct. 1, indicate
clearly the action and attitude both
of the Board and of himself and
quotes paragraph 4, page 255, as fol
lows: "It was decided to transfer 'the
Williston pupils and teacher, and the
Davis 5th and 6th grades and teach
er, to Smyrna on Monday, October
8th, PROVIDED the transfer should
reasonably satisfactory to a ma
jority of the patrons of the Williston
.nd Davis commuities, this recommeh
dation having been made to the
Board by the County Superintendent
in an effort, as reauired bv law. to
Vic rrra w;i,n t v.,..v,..;n
N.'C. who is district superintendent Pr0vide Tfe fm the congestion in
was in Beaufort last week and held a
meeting here at which problems and
methods were discussed. Miss Wilson
. !said that it was regrettable that a
jmore even distribution of teachers'
'could not be secured but that the
' 1 r.t V U f t-
, . . . i: ' Ift-eu me teauueis lur wuir waa
day oi me urimoiy or eieiuuii, aiei . , , , ,
, . ,, . , . . , ,, 'more to be considered than the de-
phvsically unable to attend the poll-: . ... , . , . ,
r , : sire of the people at large for educa-
mg place for the purpose of voting. .. ... , ,. . , ,,
. . c . , f. Uion. Miss Wilson complimented the
W ith respect to the first class the ; . , .. . .. , ,.
' , , , . county for its spirit of cooperation
attorney general has ruled that an ' , ' , . ' r
. ' ' . . .. ,, . . x. nd enthusiasm.
elector must be actually out of the , The ,. teacher3 .f
county on the day of the election m folows. Bem w gm Mrg
order to vote by absentee, and thatR Sa Mrg winfield Fu,ch
if he returns to the county at anj -;Mra. Meda Smith Ma Misg Aman.
time during the voting hours of that da Nel Atlantj Mrg L dia x .
day, the absentee ballot which he r Migs Ne,He Gaskil gea Leye,
may have left should not be used. ,Mrs BmiA Hami,t Stacy; Mrs.
With respect to the second class, Virginia Sabiston, Beaufort, RFD.;
the attorney general has ru ed that;Mra Linian Pigott WiniSi Glouces
there must be actual physical inabili- ter; Mrg pead Whit, Mrs. ciay
ty to go to the polling place for the 'ton Guthrie Harker's Island; Mrs.
purpose of voting, but tnat this of Katherine Learv, Mrs. Fannie E.
course must be interpreted reason-; Green Morehead City. Miss Ella D.
ably, though strictly, so that no elec- . Davi3) Unit Chairman, Beaufort.
tor who is physically able to go to i
the polls and vote in person shall be
permitted to vote by absentee. DAVIS BROTHERS MOVE
An absentee ballot cast by a per- INTO NEW QUARTERS
son who was in the limits of the : 1
county on election day, or who was' Considerable moving around has
not really too physically disabled to been going on among Beaufort mer-
vote in person at the polls, is sub
ject to challenge by any one, and the
challenge should be sustained.
When an elector desires to vote
an absentee ballot, either because of
absence from the county on election
chants recently. The latest of these
is that of tho well known firm of Da
vis Brothers. This firm was establish
ed a good many years ago by the
late Roland Davis and his brother
Elmore Davis. The latter acquired
day or because of physical disability, ! the interest of his brother last year
he should make application to the j and is now sole owner and manager
chairman of the county board of elec- of the business.
tions before the ballots are distrib- Davis Brothers carry a large stock
uted to the registrars, or to the reg
istrar of his own precinct after the
ballots are distributed. The law pro
vides that such application for ab
sentee ballots may be made by the
applicant in person or by mail or
through another person as agent of
of dry goods, notions, shoes, hats and
other goods. They have accupied the
Holland store building on the south
side of Front street ever since they
1 started business. The firm has moved
into the N. W. Taylor store building
formerly occupied by the Noe Hard-
Smyrna High School, congestion in
that high school being more acute
than in any other high school in the
county."
bupt. Allen commented further
that when it was made to appear
that the proposed transfers were con
trary to the wishes of the majority
of the people of the Willsiton and
Davis communities, which are parts
of the Smyrna District, the plan was,
accordingly, promptly and cheerfully
abandoned in strick accordance with
the letter and spirit of the above
resolution and of the County Super
intendent who had proposed it as the
best and only thing withoin the dis
cretion of county school officials to
offer, an effort to secure an extra
teacher having failed.
VEW JUDGE MAKES
GOOD IMPRESSION
In Forceful Charge To The
Grand Jury Stresses Law
As To Guardians
Carteret County Boys
Leave For CCC Camp
Hoey Has Not Decided
To Run For Governor
the voter. If the elector aDmies;ware company, ine store has been
through an agent, he must make writ overhauled and improved in many
ten nnnlieatinn imiW bis na-n io-na-1 waj 3 and 13 now one of the beat
utre, and he must also, in writing, au-!
thorize the chairman or registrar to '
s'.ord rooms on Front street.
W.t. C. SARFIELD HONORED
deliver the absentee ballot and certi
ficate to his daily appointed agent,
naming him. The ballots should not
be delivered when one person simply
comes or writes for them for the use
of another. If the app-i.nt applies
in person for an absentee ' allot it is
x ...... 1 . n . i
noi required tnai ne snau sig.i a wm-jSchool of Commerce,
xen application ior it, out it is rec-IR d nd Mrs.
Cy.spe: Hill, Oct. 12 William Bar
fie'i!, an h.r.er student at the Univer
sity" and p'oininent in campus affairs,
h?,3 recently been appointed instruc
tc:1 in accounting ni the University
He is the son of
Raleigh, Oct. 15 Clyde R. Hoey,
came a little nearer to saying some
thing last week on whether ro not
he will enter the race for Governor
next time, but he has not come to a
definite declaration yet. Asked about
the possibility, Mr. Hoey said some
thing like this: "If I should have- to
enter into a long and bitter fight to
get the nomination, I would not be
interested. On the other hand, if
there should appear a fairly unani
mous sentiment for me and a genu
ine wide-spread desire on the part of
the people to see me Governor, then
(and this is the point at which his
declaration becomes unsatisfactory)
then that would be another matter."
But he doesn't yet say he will or
hat he won't.
Reports are beginning to pick the
candidate for Governor from eastern
North Carolina in 1940, although the
status of the governorship race in
1936, is by no means determined.
Kenneth C. Royall, Goldsboro and
Raleigh lawyer, is the latest name in-
ected into that class. He was form
er Wayne county senator and pres
ident of the N. C. Bar Association.
He is being talked some in the east,
which, under the east-west alternat
ing unwritten law, will get the Gov
ernor in 1940. The name of Charles
M. Johnson, State treasurer, has al
so been mentioned. Several others
will get into the limelight before the
end.
It has been said that first impres
sions are usually lasting and judg
ing from talk heard in and around
the courthouse that is the kind of im
pression Judge R. Hunt Parker has
made here this week. Judge Parker
is probably one of the youngest judg
es on the bench and this is his first
appearance in Beaufort. He conven
ed court here Monday morning at 10
o'clock and since that time the bus
iness of the court has been proceed-1
mg steadily and at a pretty good
clip.
The Judge's charge to the grand
jury was about 45 minutes long and
was a very comprehensive discussion
of the grand jury system which he
said was established A. D. 1166 and
before the Norman conquest of Eng
land. He said that good order and
safety in Carteret county depends in
a large measure on the action of the
grand jury. He was especially emphat
ic about guardianships of orphan
children. The jury was instructed to
get a list of guardians and see that
they had given good bonds. He said
that in his opinion from 40 to 50 per
tent to the estate of orphans in North
Carolina are embezzled. He said in
vestments of orphans' funds should
be in first mortgages, deeds of trust,
or Federal or State bonds.
Judge Parker also told the jury to
see about the condition of school
busses and the age of buss drivers.
He ordered the jurors to ascertain if
justices of the peace had filed their
reports as the law requires. Also to
get from the County Auditor a state
ment as to the county's money and
where it .is deposited. C. M. Hill of
Newport was appointed foreman of
the grand jury. Five men whose
names were, called for jury duty and
who failed to show up were fined $40
each. Upon further investigation how
ever it was found that they had reas
onable excuses and the fines were re
mitted. The Judge threw a bomb shell into
the ranks of certain defendants and
their friends when he ordered five or
six men who had failed to pay their
(costs and fines to be put in jail.
These men had been convicted at pre
vious sessions of court and had not
paid what they owed. Within a few
hours they or their friends had rais
ed the money and they were released
from custody.
Solicitor D. M. Clark who won the
Democratic nomination in June for
Solicitor by a good majority after a
R. W. Barfield
ommended that, even when applying j Methodist pastor at Atlantic and has
in person, the applicant be asked to . many friends in the county.
sign a written application form to ,
show how it was applied for. If a FINE CERO CAPTURED
person writes a letter to the chairman
or registrar requesting that an ab
OLD CITIZEN OF BEAUFORT
PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY
While out with a nartv of Beau-
sentee ballot be sent him, it should fort peopie trolling for cero recently him, passed away at 1:30 A. M. Wed
Bryan Davis, one of Beaufort's old
est citizens and one who was well
liked and esteemed by all who knew
Accompanied by Mrs. Malcolm
Lewis, director of relief work in this
county and Miss Sarah Rumley also
of the relief office, 27 yong men
from Carteret county were taken to
Washington, N. C, Monday to be en
rolled for CCC work. They were sent
to a camp in Tennessee.
The meeting at Washington was a
district affair. Carteret had the larg
est enrollment in the district. The
next largest was Pitt county with 21
men. These youths come from famili
es who have been on the. relief roll.
Their names will be stricken from the
rolls because the boys will receive
$30 a month pay of which $25 is
sent to their families. Those sent
from this county are the following
named: James Donald Garner, New
port, Graham Taylor, Sea Level;
Colon Norris-, Peletier; Oscar Styron,
Portsmouth, Charles Otis Nelson,
Norwood Gaskill, Sea Level; Metree
Gillikin, Otway; Stephen Hunter,
Newport; Harry Lane Willis, Smyrna
Willard Willis, Williston; McCoy
Dudley, Peletier; Maxwell Fulcher,
Sea Level; Vincent Pigott, Glouces
ter; Hugh Styron, Davis; Leland
Golden, Sea Level; Robert Russell,
Russell's Creek; L. G. Thomas, Beau
fort RFD.; Bayard Golden, Bettie;
Charles T. Smith, Salter Path; How
ard Piner, Marshallberg; Melvin Rob
inson, Atlantic; Sam Hopkins, Beau
fort RFD. Woodrow Simmons, Beau
fort RFD. Garland Willis, Newport;
Richard Glenn Harker, Morehead
City, Roy Lupton, Russell's Creek;
George Guthrie, Marshallberg.
MOTOR VEHICLES
HAVE INCREASED
Large Gain Shown in Both
Cars and Trucks Over Last
Year. Carteret Gains Too
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Lena B. Smith widow, to Lida Bell
et als 45 acres White Oak Township,
for $100.00.
W. H. Marks and wife to Wood
row W. Marks 1-2 lot Morehead City,
for $5.00.
Stella Willis to Eudora Wallace
Moore, 3 lots Morehead . City for
$1.00.
W. D. Holland to Leola F. Holland,
2 lots Morehead Bluffs, for $1.
Shepards Point Land Co., to T. D.
Webb, 2 lots Morehead City, for
$110.
Joseph Clarence Taylor to Grace
Wallace Taylor, 2 lots Morehead City,
for Love and affection.
Cecil J. Nelson and wife to Mrs.
Carrie Nelson, 1 1-2 acres Harkers
Island, for $10.
Cecil J. Nelson to Myrtle Nelson
1 1-2 acres Harkers Island, for fil.
Carl R. Turner to Willie G. Turn
er, part lot Beaufort, for $10.
W. H. Garner and wife to Raymond
L. Garner, 47 acres Newport Town
By M. R. DUNNNAGAN
Raleigh, Oct. 15 North Carolina
had 439,200 motor vehicles, includ
ing 359,206 automobiles and 79,994
trucks, registered on October 1, as
compared with 374,604 motor ve
hicles, 305,613 automobiles and 68
991 trucks, on the same date of last
year, b. Harris, director of the
Motor Vehicle Bureau, reports.
Carteret county had 1,275 automo
biles and 500 trucks at the beginning
of this month, as compared with 1,000
automobiles and 485 trucks a year
ago, October 1, 1933. These figures
are secured by measuring the cards
on file, each representing a vehicle,
and are with in a dozen of the actual
count, Mr. Harris explains.
Three months ago the motor ve
hicles registered in this county were
1,200 automobiles and 400 trucks;
six months before there were 1,000
automobiles and 350 trucks. For tha
entire year of 1933 the registration
was 1,250 automobiles and 510 trucks
Reports of the Revenue Depart
ment show that up to Saturday, Oc
tober 13, the State registration this
year had reached $450,000, which in
cluded the sales of several thousand
plates as of October 1 for the one
fourth price of the plates when sold
at the beginning of the year.
GuilforJ county continues to lead
in automobiles with 23,525 as of Oc
tober 1; Mecklenburg had 20,825,
Forsyth 16,775, Wake 14,350, Bun
combe 13,000. Guilford also led in
trucks with 3,975, Mecklneburg had
3,625, Wake 3,475, Forsyth 2,550,
Buncombe 2,250. Clay county had the
smallest number, 145 cars and 39
trucks, and Graham county had 150
cars and 75 trucks
AGRICULTURAL FAIR
WILL BE HELD HERE
hot contest, was on hand at the op-1 el M jiann and husband to
ening of court and has prosecuted n r n m t
ship, for $22.
David Horton and wife to Starkey
mc .mutual uucKet in vigorous iasn-
jon. Wo capital cases were on the
j r. . i . , - uaviu null.
vivn-d, uui several cases oi consiaer- h.vi... t- 1 i. nr l j
j.hl !-.. t ii !oo'y i ui:":u ny, -ui
to the defendants have been tried.
be sent, and the letter kept as thejMr Hiu patlick of Rutherford, N. J.
application. 'bore off all the honors. Nobody else
The state board of elections has poMo-ht a fish but Mr. Patrick, who
A case that brought a good manv
people from Otway, and was of con
siderable interest, was that in which
Guy Lewis of that community was
tried on the charge of breaking and
entering the store of O. W. Lewis
with the intent to commit larceny.
He w asrepresented by Attorney C.
R. Wheatly who put up a stout de
fense but was convicted on the tes
timony of two boys, Bonnie Piner and
Tom Gillikin, who said he induced
them to break into the store and
steal some money, a part of which
he received. Judge Parker gave him
iwo years nara laDor in state s
prison. In this case the jury was poll
ed and each juror said "guilty."
Another case from Otway was
that of El Gillikin charged with an
assault on a female Maggie Gillikin
and an assault on A. Hunnicutt.
nesday. Mr. Davis died at the resi
dence of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Chad- He was convicted and given a sen
wick where he had made his home tence of six months, judgment to be
furnished new application blanks to doe,3 not cia;m t0 be an expert, hook- for many years. He was 89 years old suspended on payment of $100 and
the counties and has instructed the ed and ianded a fine cero. The fish land until very recently was able to ! costs.
county boards and registrars to re- weighing about 25 pounds put a game go about town when he desired. His Will Moore Willis of Morehead
quire tne form to be used as instruct-, fi,ht for some minutes as cero us- death was due to the infirmities of1. City on the chanre of beating his
ed. run instructions are nrinted on jn k,,f fin-iiv viaUaH fn Ur.Ui1
the application form so that Patrick's skillful handling. Other I Funeral ' Services for
no person using them should be able parties out after cero recently
to camplain of not knowing how to caUght some very nice ones,
properly apply for an absentee bal-i
lot
The law provides that the chair
man of the county board of elections,
or the registrar as the case may be,
Mr. Davis
MARRIACE LICENSES
Kenneth Canfield and Clate Wat-j
son, Morehead Lity
have wer held this afternoon at 2:30 in
the Baptist church conducted by the
pastor Reverend J. W. Morgan. In
terment was In Ocean View ceme
tery. Many relatives and sympathiz-
inging friends. Mr. Davis is survived
by a nephew Dr. George Davis of
Beaufort and two nieces, Mrs. C. T.
Chadwick of Beaufort and Mrs. R. D
Carroll who lives in the western
part of the State, and also several
shall enter in a book provided there- j0hn N. O'Neil and Cappie May Piv
for the date of such application, the'er, Beaufort R. F. D.
name and residence of the voter and I j0hn A. Jones and Eunice Camp
the date furnishing said ballots; and; bell, Stella.
that they shall also enter in said book Benjamin F. Daily and Elizabeth ; grand nephews and nieces and great
whether the ballots were delivered to Flanagan, Morehead City.
the voter in person, or Dy mail, or Henrv D. Smith and Juanita Kit
through a duly authorized agent; and trell, Morehead City.
that they shall further enter in the Blondell Lawrence and Beatrice
book whether said voter is absent Gillikin, Beaufort R. F. D.
j nephews and nieces.
FEDERATION MEETING
from the. county or is physically un
able to attend the polls and vote in
person. It is further provided that
the chairman of the county board of
elections shall transmit to each rcgis
('Continued on page eight)
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs,
of Lenoxville, October 14th, a daugh
te.
John A. Memakis and wife to Theo
dore Economon, 1 lot Atlantic Beach,
for $100.
U. S. Boyd et al to W. A. Murdock,
60 acres Morehead Township, for
$1.00.
Thomas J Mitchell Jr., et al to
W. A. Murdock, tract Morehead Town
ship, for $23.85.
Carta Wade Moor - and husband to
Fred I. Sutton, 5 lots Morehead City,
for $1.00.
Atlantic Beach and Bridge Co., to
John D. Cowper Jr., 1 lot Atlantic
Beach, for $475.
I Carl A. Gaskill and wife et al to
;Guy M. Gaskill, tract Harkers Island
.for $10.
I Charles S. Carrow et al to Alex
ander B. S:ewart, 2 lots Beaufort,
for $1000.
Sarah Jane Dey to Mrs. S. L. Hi:!,
1 1-2 lots Beaufort, for $10.
H. H. Fodrie and wife to John M.
Hill and wife, 1 lot Beaufort, for
$10.
S. E. Styron and wifet o Gertrule
i Styron, 15 3-4 acres H. Q. Town
ship for $10.
j J. E. Taylor and wife to Harvey
I Taylor, 2 acres H. Q. Township, for
Slj).
Beginning November 5 and last
ing for one week a county fair will
be held at Beaufort under the aus
pices of the local American Legion
post. The fair will take place in the
ball park at Beaufort Graded School.
In addition to the agricultural exhib
its there will be a midway of the
Kaus' Greater Shows, consisting of
sixteen shows and ten rides.
A program is being prepared giv
ing information about the prizes to
be offered for exhibits and will be
distributed. Those in charge of the
fair say they are going to rr e it
one that will afford much inter.,
amusement.
ani
POLICE COURT NEWS
, Only two cases were tried by May
or Taylor Monday night. They were
Barney Dixon and Hubert Springle
both charged with drunkenness. They
were given 10 days on the street
force.
Cases against Charlie Smith, Bert
Lloyd, charging drunkenness were
continued. The case of Guion Hall
charged with operating a car in a
reckless manner was continued.
wife was convicted and received a
sentence of 18 months on the roads.
Joe L. Willis of Morehead City,,
indicted for breaking and entering
and larceny conducted his own de- '
fense and although he did it remark- FISH TRUCK DEMOLISHED
L.1-. 11 l.i.J 1 i. '
juuiy wen convicieu anu gui luur
months for breaking and entering,
12 months for larceny. Judgment
suspended on larceny charge.
Earl Hudgins and Hiram Springle,
larceny of an automobile, entered a
plea of nolo contendere and were
given six months sentences.
Earl Hudgins charged with open
ing a safe with intent to commit lar
ceny plead guilty and w is given
TIDE TABLE
Information at to tne tides
at Beaufort is riven in this col
umn. The figures are app.-o
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 it
whether near tha Inlet of tt
the heads of the estuarlea.
Word was received here today that
a truck loaded with fish and belong
ing to Louis B. Willis of Beauofrt
was wrecked early this morning near
Stony Creek, Virginia. The truck
turned over and was demolished.
Adrian Brooks and Edwin Willis who
were in the truck were not injured.
MISS ELLA ARTHUR DIES
twelve on that, his sentences to run
The Carteret County Federation 'concurrently.
of Methodist Women will hold its fall I A case that attracted a good deal Miss Ella Arthur of Beaufort died
zone meeting in Tabernacle church j of attention was that in which M. in Morehead City Hospital Monday
at Straits, Sunday, October 21, at H. Willis and Malcolm Willis,' fath- (morning;. She had been a sufferer
Willie Dixon 2:30 in the afternoon. Everybody is;er and son, were tried on the charge from cancer for a long time and re-
invited to attend this meeting. I of assaulting Charles Davis because cently underwent an operation. She
Mrs. J. H. Stubbs, Sec. (Continued on page five) was eighty years of age.
m.
m.
Friday, Oct. 19
5:15 a. m. 10:55
5:37 p. m. 11:26
Saturday, Oct. 20
6:08 a. m. 11:42 a. m.
6:30 p. m. 12:22 p. m.
Sunday, Oct. 21
6:56 a. m. 12:31 a. m.
7:17 p. m. 1:14 p. ro.
Monday, Oct. 22
7:41 a. m. 1:16 a. m.
8:02 p. m. 2:01 p. m.
Tuesday, Oct. 23
8:27 a. m. 2: a. m.
8:45 p. m. 2:46 p. m.
Wednesday, Oct. 24
9:11 a. m. 2:42 a. m.
9:28 p. m. 3:29 p. m.
Thursday, Oct. 25
9:51 a. m. 3:24 a. m.
10:09 p. m. ::13 p. 1
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