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VOLUME XXIII
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY. DECEMBER 6, 1934 PRICE 5- SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 49
TAX CASES SENT
BACK TO HASSELL
5!5?!r. , . RELIEF DECLINED
TV Hi JJC 11C1U UCt J. l
Superior Court In Session This
Week; Several Divorces
Granted
A one week's term of Superior
Court began here Monday morning.
It is for the trial of civil cases only,
By reason of the fact that Judge R.
Hunt Parker, who was to have held
the court, is holding a very impor
tant session of court in Wayne coun
ty, Judge Frank S. Hill of Murphy
was designated by Governor Ehring
haus to come to Beaufort.
A large number of delinquent tax
cases were put on the docket for
trial at this term but they have not
been heard. Instead these cases were
remanded to Superior Court Clerk
Hassell and will be heard by him as
soon as possible. By this arrange
ment a large sum of costs will be
saved the defendants.
Most of the cases disposed of so
far have been divorce suits. At this
writnig the record is as follows:
Mrs. Everett Longest versus The
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co.,
and the Quaker Maid Co. It was a
greed that the defendants would pay
Mrs. Longest $75 in full settlement
and that the plaintiff would pay un
paid costs.
Commercial Credit Co., versus C.
D. Jones. By consent a judgment of
$611.60 was allowed the plaintiff.
The defendant may pay installments
of $25 a month if desired.
Geo. M. Piner versus Blythe Bros.
Co. This was a jury trial. The jury
decided that the plaintiff was entitled
to recover $93.00 for tires and tubes
and also $20 for labor and repairs
on truck.
Jesse Cannon versus Dollie A.
Cannon, divorce granted on grounds
of two years separation.
Alonzo Collins versus Diana Col
lins, divorce granted on account of
two years separation.
Elizabeth Howland against James
E. Howland, divorce granted on the
ground of infidelity to mariage vows.
Mother allowed custody . of infant
son..
Etta C. Mills against Hyman J.
Mills, divorce granted on ground of
two years separation. Mother to have
custody of daughter Daphne G.
Mills.
Ruth MacGregor against Alexan
der MacGregor, on ground of two
years separation, divorce granted.
Loftin Motor Co., against Lizzie
Gaskins. Compromised and adjusted
by agreement. Plaintiff to pay un
paid costs.
C. L. McCabe against Mrs. Alice
Hoffman. Report of Referee affirmed.
If defendant will pay plaintiff $600
within 10 days judgment will be can
celled. ' Ben Hur Life Assurance Associa
tion versus Carteret county and
Board of Commissioners. Jury trial
waived. The amount sued for is $16,
135.20 with interest from October
2, 1933. Nothing has been paid on
the judgment and there is no way to
pay except with tax certificates. This
being the case the court ordered
that the plaintiff have a writ of man
damus to be issued by the Clerk of
the Superior Court requiring pay
ment of judgment, interest and
costs. Also that a tax hvy sufficient
to cover the amount du half to be
paid in the year 1935 an-, the bal
ance in 1936.
At this writing court is still in
progress but it is uderstood that it
will probably adjourn this afternoon.
was held in the office of County Farm
Agent Overstreet Tuesday to make ar Better Conditions And Stricter
Supervision Cause Decline;
NEW CONTROL FOR
COUNTY AFFAIRS
' vn nrAm art f a t rv Vttlrlinrv fViA roforan
dum on the Bankhead Cotton Act as
to whether growers want it contin
ued in force or not. The election will
be held December 14th and the polls
will be open from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Carteret Had 390 Fami
lies
New Board of Commissioners
Sworn In Monday; Organi
zation Effected
Police Court Trial. STATE BANKS ARE
were adoui s usuaii . , .
MMli HEADWAY
By M. R. DUNNAGAN
RALEIGH, Dec. 3 The $1,205,-
for one day only. Cotton farmers are 590.13 distributed in North Carolina
urged to vote their sentiments. A to- by the FERA in relief in October is
acco referendum is to be held lat-' a marked drop from September, Mrs.
:ef. j Thomas O'Berry, State relief direc-
The list of voting places is as fol- tor, reports. In October there were
lows: 162,207 relief cases in the State, and
White Oak Township T. W. Buck's in September 77,105 Individuals in
store. Committee, Gerald Pelletier, October numbered 257,034 and in
chairman., Walter Buck, Tom Piner. September there were 333,210 indi
Newpont and Morehead Townships viduals receiving relief funds. Strict-
t i it ii t rtr j J T ir ' . .
Lodge nan ar. wuawooa e mur- er supervision and closer case work,
I ' Carteret county now has a new
board of commissioners. With one must pay $15.00.
The usual 'Saturday night drunk
and fighting cases were aired in City
Police Court Monday night. All eith
er pleaded guilty or were convicted.
Carlton Parkin submitted to the
charge of disorderly conduct and wasj
given 30 days on the street force or
Steady Increase In Deposits
Since Bank Holiday; Buy
ing Bonds Heavily
By M. R. DUNNAGAN
RALEIGH, Dec. 3 North Caroli-
exception however, thta of W. P. p n . rftloT(M, said he had na State bankS are "on their way"
famith, it is composed of the former ;take a drink but , not drunk. toward pre-depression recovery, the
members. The old board met first, chief Longest testified that Pete was' Import of condition of banks, as of
heard the reading of the minutes ndr u M and he drew & 1Q d October 17, showing thta the resour
then adjourned sine die. After the sente'nce !ces have climbed since the banking
members of the new board were, charles Baxter( cooredi pleaaed holiday ordered March 4 1933, to a
nri' . V ;,l " not guilty to the charge of disorder-(position almost equal to tnat oi
convicted and
dock, chmn. J. R, Smith.
Beaufort and Harlowe Townships,
County Agent's office C. T. Eu
banks, Chmn. A. W Foreman, Dan
Hill.
Merrimon Township D. M. Sal
ter's Store. D. M. Salter, Chmn. S.
E. Gaskins, H. M. Carraway.
Straits, Marsh&llberg, Smyrna and
Hunting Quarter Townships O. W.
Lewis' store, Robert King, Chmn., J.
M. Chadwick, C. T. Jarvis.
Hugh Overstreet, County Agent,
announces that in addition to the
notice appearing elsewhere in this
paper, regarding the Cotton Refer
endum to be held Dec. 14th, Friday,
the Tobacco Referendum will also be
held on 'this same date, and the poll
ing places will also be the same ex
cept there wil be a polling place at tember,
Newport, for Newport Township in
stead of those who live in Newport
Township voting at the Lodge Hall,
at Wildwood.
C. G. VESSEL AIDS
DISABLED YACHT
Yacht Indra Caught In South
easter Towed Into Harbor
By The Travis
After having been buffeted about
for four days by southeast gales and
gigantic waves the two masted aux
iliary schooner yacht Indra was tow
ed across the bar Saturday afternoon
diccontinuing relief projects in ru
ral communities recently, and better
conditions in most of the State are
held responsible for the drop.
The county and city units receiv
ed $1,005,409.68 in October, the bal
ance going as follows: transient cen
ters, $45,477.39; emergency educa
tion, $47,325.74; State ERA, $37,
169.66; State purchase, $43,226.93;
jstudent aid, $28,980.73. Ninety of
the 100 counties showed a decrease
in case load in October. In 22 coun
ties five per cent or less of the pop
ulation was on relief. The average
spent per family was $12.01 and for
individuals the average wa3 $6.45 in
October.
Carteret county had 390 families,
making 458 cases in relief in October,
a decrease of 1.9 per cent from Sep-
Persons aided were 1761,
11 - Vi ! ri V. nM- 1 fl 1 nn4- . I.
tiw nag jyci Ul Hit?
ty s population. The amount spent
per family in the county was $15.85,
and the total spent in the county
was $8,049.50.
Mot School Children
In School Eight Months
Only 38,083 school children out of
more than 906,000 in North Carolina,
2,619 white and 35,444 colored chil
dren, did not have available to them
the full eight months school term
luring the, past year, 1933-34. This
only 4.2 per cent of the total. Fig
ures compiled in 'State Supt. Claud
A. Erwin's deparmtent show that the
average school term last year wa3
159.3 days, almost eight months, or
an increase of 6.1 days over the
153.2 days average for all children
v,. i. vunumn, . tuiuici, v conduct hut was
I nu vjuwiiuc, 11 . mtuauc liic uuuluj jq dayg
.went into executive session and per-, Freddie -FuUord and Buster"
r dT7 v. . (Branch both colored, submitted to
Dr. K. P. B. Bonner of Morehead ... u j jI.i j
liic limine ui uiMJiueny tuuuutb aiiu
got 30 days.
ui aS envcu au.u....u. '"" submitted to the charge. His previ
City was elected chairman of the!
board and C. T. Chadwick of Beau-
following appointments for the en
suing two years were made.
J. J. Whitehurst Auditor.
Luther Hamilton Qounty Attor
ney. Mrs. Eva Bravaldo, Supervisor Tax
Department.
George Lewis, Superintendent
County Home.
Verna Springle, Grace Glover, 'lfo' 15 day8
ous record was good and so he got
off with the choice of paying $2.50
or doing time for five days,
Cornie Chadwick and "T Bone"
Wallace both colored charged with
fighting did a lot of talking, each one
trying to put the blame on the other.
They were given a chance to pay
$7.50 each or work on the streets i
cooks County Home,
Miss Nannie Wade, Janitress.
John Johnson, Caretaker Court
house grounds.
In response to a request of Sena
tor Robert R. Reynolds a motion was
passed thata photograph of some his
torical point in Carteret county be
made and sent the Senator.
A motion was passed requesting
the State Highway Commission to re
locate certain roads in the Broad
Creek sction.
A motion was passed requesting
W. W. Chadwick, charged with
drunkenness andd isorderly conduct,
waived examination and was held for
Recorder's Court under bond of
sonn-
Ed. Bullock Davis, colored deaf tnev were o,r.v
Resources October 17 had reached the
high of $260,137,391.99, as against
$288,379,564.91 October 10, 1924,
and $194,133,058.47 on October 25,
1 9 3 S, Commissioner Gurney f.
Hood's report shows.
Deposits October 17 had reachea
$228,488,881.22, an increase of more
than $85,000,000 over those of June
30, 1933, Commissioner Hood esti
mating that with the addition of na
tional bank reports, the resources of
North Carolina banks have increased
about $125,000,000 in about 15
months, from June 30, 1933.
While deposits have increased, lit
tle variation i3 shown in loans and
1 discounts Loans showed a slight in
crease over those of last June 30,
but a little below the loans a year be
fore. On October 25, 1933, they were
$70,045,953. Last June 30 they were
$68,369,113, and last October 17
mute, drunkenness, admitted it and
got 10 days on the street force.
Banks have increased their hold
ings of national, state and county
and city bonds about $20,000,000 in
a year and about $12,000,000 in three
BOARD OF STEWARDS I months. They had above $40,000,000
REORGANIZATION EFFECTED 'in U. S. bonds, $16,560,000 in N. C.
bonds, nearly $11,000,000 in city and
On Tuesday evening a meeting of
county bonds and $14,000,000 in oth-
Governor Ehringhaus to insert a i the Board of Stewards of Ann Street 'er bonds and stocks at date of last
j clause in lease of A. and.N. C. Rail
road requiring the section between
Beaufort and Morehead City to be
operated.
A motion was passed instructing
the County Auditor to make any nec
essary correction in the listing of
real estate of Cannon and Hunter and I
W. P. Hunter.
Methodist church was held and a new
organization effected. R. Hugh Hill
was elected chairman of the board,
call. Total capital, including, stock,
surplus, undivided profits and reserv
es, .increased from $26,000,000 to
by the U. S. Coast Guard vessel the year before.
Travis. The Indra was carried into
Morehead City harbor where she is
lying at the docks at this writing.
The Indra left Beaufort harbor
Wednesday with the owner and m&s-
Under the 1933 school law, provid
ing the eight months term, high
school pupils had their term reduced
from 164.4 days in 1932-33 to 160.5
days in 1933-34. But there was a
State Makes Payment
Jan. 1 On Bonded Debt
L. James Noe, Jr., vice-chairman, ' $30,000,000 in the past year.
Mrs. Robert W. Tillett, correspond-1 Individual deposits increased from
ing secretary and treasurer, Mrs. I $68,000,000 to $95,000,000 in a year,
Mary Shaw Privett. secretary.. j while individual savings depo-jits in-
Reverend Charles T. Rogers, recent ' creased from $23,000,000 to $32,000
Iy appointed pastor, will fill the pul- j 000 in the same period. In addition
pit at the church Sunday morning at: to increases caused by sales of tobac
11 o'clock. Mr. Rogers comes here'eo, cotton and other commodities,
from Williamston btu is a native of money is coming out of hiding and is
Newport this county.
negroes than among the whites, since
(Continued on page eight)
Weather Hot And Cold
In Month of November
ter W. M. Pond, Mrs. Pond and two Sam of 7-a davs Irom l51-1 t0 159
men in the crew. She got as far as ' days in the average term of the ele
Frying Pan shoals but by that time 'mentary schools of the State. Terms
the weather had gotten so bad that it
.was impossible to get around Cape
Fear and so Captain Pond turned a
1 round and tried to make Beaufort
harbor. It was hard going as the en
gine had been drowned out and some
of the sails torn to pieces.
I For many hours Fort Macon Coast
Guard Station had been on the look
louc for the Indra and the search was
kept up practically all of Friday
t nikut. The vessel was finally locat
ed and the Bogue Station notified.
The latter sent a boat to the aid of
1 the Indra and took her in tow Satur
day. Later the Travis, a larger and
more powerful vessel took the tow
ami brought the yacht safely into the
harbo.'.
Besides having several sails bad-
DOMESTIC HELP REGISTERED
Mrs. Floyd Chadwick, Manager of
the National Reemployment Service
in Carteret County is asking that all
available domestic help register in
the office at Morehead City. Several
The report of the U. S. Weather
Station for the month of November
that there were two days of freezing
temperature and one day of summer
heat. On the 5th the mercury went
to 84 degrees and on the 15th and
16th itd ropped to 32 above zero.
There was 4.38 inches of rain fall.
The wind blew from the northeast
seven days, northwest four, north,
northwest two, southwest six, north
ly damaged the Indra lost an anchor three, west two. There were 19 clear
and chain. Fortunately on one was days.
hurt. The yacht is from Boston, Mass. ) The temperature figures for the
and is bound for the West Indies. month are given below:
By M. R. DUNNAGAN !
Raleigh, Dec. 3 North Carolina ,
has a bill of $6,773,437.50 in bonds
and interest on bonds to pay January
1,'but Governor Ehringhaus and!
State Treasurer Charles M. Johnson;
1 are pleased that they have the money !
' to meet the bill on time. There have j
jbeen times in recent years when the!
officials did not know how to meet
the semi-annual bond and interest I
bills and at the same time pay the j
usual operating expenses of the !
State and its agencies. January and
February are lean months usually,.
nd the teacher salary bill which mu3t
be met each month is a huge recent
addition to payments. However, these
too, will be met on time.
The bonds which will he retired
January 1 amount to $3,558,000,
which includes $2,633,000 in highway
bonds; $50,000 in bridge bonds, and
$875,000 in special school building
bonds. The interest to be paid is
$3,215,437.50, to be paid on out
TIDE TABLE
Information ah to tae tides
at. Beaufort is given in this col
umn. The figures are approx
imately correct and baced on
tabUg furnished by th 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.
again being placed in banks, due to
security and safety felt as a result
of deposit insurance.
The State now hns 212 banks in
operation, a decrease of 28 from the
240 open March 5, 1933. Two new
j ones have opened, one nationalized,
I one consolidated, eight voluntarily
liquidated and 20 are being liquidat
ed, Mr. Hood Reports.
Industrial Commissioner J. Dewey
uorsett has dz "asbestosis cases, a
condition brought about by breating
J asbestos dust continuously, to hear in
i Charlotte this week. That malady
(had been previously classed as an oc
cupational disease and not compen
sable under the compensation act. In
the case of McNesly vs. Asbeston Co.
the Supreme court held it compensa
ble; hence the many cases.
$2,181,444; bridges, $35,062.50; jqO p. m.
..World War veterans loan fund, ifiu,
High Tide Low Tide
Friday, Dec. 7
8:18 A.M, 1:54 a. m.
8:33 p. m. 2:49 p. m.
Saturday, Dec. 8
9:07 a. m. 2:41 a. m.
9:26 p. m. 3:36 p. m.
Sunday, Dec. 9
000; general fund, $682,460; special j0:51 a. m.
'school building bonds, $296,475. The;
3:31 a. m.
4:26 p. m.
Monday, Dec. 10
BANK OF BEAUFORT PAYS
ITS SECOND DIVIDEND
MARRIAGE LICENSES
J. E. Cannon and Sarah Lee Ander
son, Newport.
iWlliam Rhem, Grifton, N. C. and
calls for cooks and nurses have been ' Ruth Bell James, Newport.
made to this office recently but asj James L. Piner and Bertha Willis,
help under this classification was not Williston.
registered it was impossiblet o fill thej' Elbert M. Chadwick and Mrs. Lela
orders. Bell, Morehead City.
RAILROAD QUESTION DISCUSSED
AT MEETING OF CITY BOARD
The monthly meeting of the city ( Dr. C. S. Harwell came before the
Board of Commissioners was held; board and asked for an appropria
Monday night with Mayor Taylor, jtion for the purpose of employing a
Commissioner? Gibbs, King" and Lew- publicity man for Beaufort with the
is present. Considerable time was purpose of showing the amount of
taken up wit discussion of the re. j freight handled here and the neces-
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4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
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15.
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17.
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20.
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Max.
-.73
..72
-.71
..74
84
69
..68
74
71
69
-.67
-.55
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..46
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65
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-.73
75
port that the Norfolk-Southern may.sity of Beaufort's having a railroad.
abandon the road between Beaufort, The board did not set any amount 22. 74
and Morehead City. Correspondence but was favorable to the suggestion. 23. 75
regarding the matter from the rail-1 Mrs. James Caffrey and Mrs. Hor- 24. 70
road company, the Utilities Ccmmis-Jace Loftin appeared before the board 25. 57
sion and the Interstate Corporation
Commission was read. There seems
to be a probability that in case the
Norfolk Southern loses the lease of
the A. and N. C. railroad that it will
no longer need to operate the short
line between Beaufort and Morehead
City..
and requested that some action be 26. 56
taken to safeguard children from be-, 27. 67
ing run over by cars in the vicinity 28. 73
of the Graded School. The board prom 29. 70
i-ed to see about having signs put on 30. 69
'he highway and to do whatever iti .
could. ' THE
BEAUFORT NEWS
A YEAR
Min.
65
50
42
64
63
53
46
52
52
46
50
34
33
40
82
32
40
44
48
55
57
60
63
54
41
46
52
56
60
63
$1.50
ibulk of the total comes from
highway fund, $4,814,440.
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
FOR C. T. BELL MONDAY
the Tueaday, Dec
1 11 :16 a. m.
11:43 p. m.
Wedneiday, Dec. 12
12:14 a. m. 6:34
12:37 p. m. 7:11
Thursday, Dec. 13
1:17 a. m. 7:45
! 1:37 p. m. 8:08
4:25 a. m.
5:19 p. m.
11
5:26 a. m.
6:13 p. m.
a.
a.
P-
m.
m.
Checks aggregating $8,124.55 have
been received by Liquidating Agent
W. A. Allen for depositoi-s in the
closed Bank of Beaufort. This is a
five per cent divide-nd and is the
second dividend paid by the bank. A
total of $24,502.88 has been paid to
common creditors of the Bank of
Beaufort. Those who do not call and
get their checks for the dividend will
have checks mailed to them after the
15th.
Nash county farmers report that
95 per cent of their tobacco has been
sold. All appear to be pleased with
the prices this year.
Funeral services were held Monday;
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock for the
Jate C. T. Bell who died Sunday morn I
ing at the home of his son E. L. Bell i
of Wildwood. Mr. Bell was a member (THE HIGHWAY PRO TECTIVE LEAGUE
'iSSSTtl OF NORTH CAROLINA ORGANIZED
ed the services. Active pallbearers
jwere J. G. Murdock, J. S. Kelly, F. RALEIGH, Dec. 3 The Highway j years, Mr. Pou says the system is not
U Bell, A. E. McCabe, J. W. McCabe, Protective League of North Carolina
I. E. Hunter. Interment was in the u a new organization for the an-
"Wildwood cemetery. 'nounced purpose of preventing diver-
Appoplexy was the cause of Mr. gion of highway funds, extending im-
Bell's death. He was just 14 days provements on the State and county
more than 79 years old. He was ahighway systems and, if a surplus de
from this work some years ago. Hejvelops, give the automobile owners
was a highly esteemed citizen. jthc benefit in reductions of gasoline
Mr. Bell is survived by his son E. and licenJ plate taxes, George Ross
L. Bell and daughters, Mrs. S. T. Pou, general counsel, announces.
Mizell of Manatee. Fla.. Mrs. J. H. The organization is composed of
-Carston of Camden, N. J., Mrs. Har- highway contractors and material
old Thompson of Rocky Mount, N. C. jmen, dealers and owners of automo
Mrs. William Willis of Wildwood. biles ar i all citizens intersted in see-
m j nr tr 'i 1 i
I iwu sisters aiso survive, inrs. inaye ing mi tne iees paia Dy auiomo-
Nelson of Chicago and Mrs. Vartha bile owners and operators go to the
complete, that "many miles of inade
quate roads still conect important
centers and that many county roads,
cared for by State funds, ned to be
graded, drained and surfaced.
The purposes of the league as giv
en as follows: the prevention of fur
ther legislative diversion of highway
funds; the enactment of an amend
ment to the State Constitution pro
hibiting diversion of funds; a sound
and proper revisoion of motor license
fees; the promotion of safety upon
our highways, and the adoption of a
rational highway plan for North Carolina.
Motorists "pay every day for main-
Bell of Newport. All were present at designated purpose highways, Mr.
the funeral except Mrs. Nelson and Pou s ates. Citing that this State has tennace and construction they aren't
Mrs. Mizell. the fi .est highway system in the na-1 getting because highway funds are
- tior ad saying this is the reason for being -diverted for uses foreign to
READ THE WANT ADS the great advancement in recent highways," Mr. Pou state.
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