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eight paces THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, ? PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 51
COTTON FARMERS
FAVOR REDUCTION
Every Cotton Growing
Favored Continuation
Bankhead Act
Liqur S5TS. .'ALEX WADE KILLED 'HIGHWAY FUND IS ll 'k;SoutDh!rInnR.-li" . RECORDER'S COURT
Will rvuil ixo.il -oov,o
Of City Court Cases
City Police court had a rather full
docket of cases Monday night. Liquor
State was the principal cause of the troub-
of
By M. R.
Raleigh, Dec.
les of the defendants.
George Bryan, young colored man
(was tried on the. charge of assaulting
his girl friend Naomi Turner and sub
WHEN HIT BY CAR
Lonnie Golden Driver of Ve
hicle Exonorated by Cor
oner's Jury
Funeral services for Alexander
DOING VERY WELL
The recent announcement of the
Norfold Southren Railorad oL us pian
BUSINESS SLACK
llUIiVlU kjviMW - - ( . mm
General Fund Is Likely To to begin shortly the operation ot two i-ght ot I wo Brotners uccupiea
Show An Overdraft After stream line "Rail Busses" was receiv- Most ot ine Aiiemon or
January 1st. 'ed with considerable interest in this I Court
. section. One of the busses will run
DUNNACAN !n;9 Hrl frionH Kanmi Ti,rnr n,l ...h Funeral service fr Alexander B M. R. DUNNAGAN between Beaufort and Goldsboro and Business was rather slack in Ke-
T) a. .u 'mitted to the indictment. He claimed Wade, who was struck and killed by paloih rw iSWth ("Winn's the other will be operated between corner s oourt luesaaj as oniy iwu
1 I xvutui iia un uic ,, , . . . .. . . . , . . , . . ...
T.nar. snp wn? nrnnir anrt rnnr nn rvtnn n. r;ir nn iMfirrn rLivtr rnun .Ht.urdav i ..i... i n
i t i n. " " iu v..v v viiwm 1 IlJKUWiiV 1UIIU HIIUWCU tl in
uanKMuuu imi mi.. to -.i. hAp h cfriWft hpr n trht. were he hi at the home at 10:30 ui w
! Raleigh and Washington, it is an- cases were tried, ine one 01 main in-
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...,! nounceu mat ine nuw m9 .mni m .........
ers over the South voted last week
cvrt ii'Ai j. nrt 1,- ,i 4 wArninn Pjav p t Pnara. ' i i i n- j n . c ph rl v in Jan u at v and that several oth- .den. who lives in the I?ettie neigh-
wHt vii mic aittim aim viguiuua- w wni6. vv.. v. . fe", iuna lost nearly a minion uuiwus m i " . , , , , , , ... i4.
indicate that the act is ; popular by a ,y denied that ghe WM drunk bufc pastor of Ann Street Methodist (it8 balance, due to paymt-nts of teach wi" be put into service in the borhood , was chafed with an assault
vote of about 10 to 1 for continuing he pullcd her out of a car and hit church and Rev. Luke Wethington, 1 er saiaries amounting to about ?l,--ing. 1 a deadly weapon with intent to
the provisions restricting the growing her The father f the ir, Q Free will Baptist pastor conducted 750.000 a month, the combined state-1 The "rail-busses" are approximate- kill his brother Wade Goulden.
of cotton, indications were that Ukia, Turncr) said he had forbidden Bryan the services. Interment was in the ment of the Treasurer and Audtior 57 et long and will seat b pas-, waae uoumen, years om
homa, California and Kentucky had to g0 with the -rl and that he had Fuicher cemetery. The pallbearers for November shows. The State's to-' sengers. They also carry a 12 foot tified that on December 11 his broth
the strongest sentiment against it, but had eonsiderable trouble with him. were three sons-in-law, Louis ButU.'tal bonded debt is shown to be $174.-,mail and baggage compartment. They fr attacked him with a knife, cutting
Mayor Taylor convicted Bryan of . Halifax county, Va., C. W. rhillips, 1 156)000, of which $3,215,437.50. Of built entirely of Lor-ien steei , mm on tne necK, ngm arm ana ooay.
Greensboro and J. A. Katclitte Jr., sr, 777a 437 fin t,. Kp naiA tliPn ana aiuminuni uuvy nu ita
it carried in every cottn-growing state
by a wide margin.
North Carolina's vote ws about 12
disorderly conduct and gave him a
sentence cif 10 Havs on the strents
to 1, this state casting 117,080 for or of paying a ?5 00 fine
and 9,528 against retaining the act,
incomplete returns showed. In strong
Republican counties, generally, the
opposition vote was heaviest, the one
exception being Stanly county, which
is Democratic, but which voted a
gainst the act, 1022 to 579.
Carteret county, on these returns,
showed 171 for and 3 aganist it.
Cotton ginned in North Carolina
this year up to December 1 amount
ed to 588,141 bales, as against 662,
647 bales to that month in 1933. The
figures include running bales, linters
not included, the report shows.
Children's Death Rate
North Carolina had 66 deaths of
children under one year of age for
every 1,000 born alive in the State
during 1933, the State Board of
Health shows. Of the 75,322 births
during the year, 4,974 died before
reaching one year of age. Tyrrell
county had the highest death rate,
133.8 deaths out of each 1,000 born
alive; Pamlico had the lowest death
rate 23.3 in each 1,000 births; of the
larger counties, Mecklenburg's death
rate was 65; Guilford's 56.6, For
syth's 77.3, Wake"s 82.1, Buncombe's
70, Durham's 76.9, New Hanover's
57.3; Gaston's 62.3.
Carteret county had 72.2 deaths of
children before they reached one year
or age out of each 1,000 born alive,
of 387 live births and 28 deaths of
infants under one year of age.
Teachers whose schools close be
fore they have completed the month
of 20 days for the Christmas holi
days will not be permitted, legally,
David Parker, colored, plead guil
ty to a drunk charge and was sen
tenced to pay $5.00 or work 10 days.
Aleck Bratcher, drunk, guilty.
Sentence $5.00 or 10 days.
Alfred Anderson, disorderly con
duct, guilty. Got 10 days or $5.00
fine.
Luther Glover, drunk and disorder
ly charged and continued from the
week before was adjudged guilty of
contempt of court and sentenced to
Iwork 10 days on the street force. He
was not in court.
Jesse Merrill, charged with drunk
enness, plead guilty and was given
the option of paying $5.00 or work
ing 10 days.
Claude Glover, drunk and disor
derly, guilty. Sentence $5.00 or 10
days.
Beaufort; also f. B. Beachem, Albert $4,824,440 comes from the highway
Dudley, Jesse Wade. fund; $85,062.50 from the bridge
Mr. Wade was struck by a car fund and the balance, $1,863,935,
driven by Lonnie Goulden of the ( from the general fund, which is ex
Bettie community. He was brought to pected to show an overdraft from
Beaufort in Goulden's car and car-' then until income taxes are paid, up
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Philip Fuicher, Morehead City
and Bernice Brady of Beaufort.
James Moore, Bunn Level, N. C,
and Ronelda Lloyd, Beaufort.
Harold Wilton and Alma Buck,
Newport.
W. H. Cower, Grifton and Clara
Vandiford, Kinston.
ried to the hospital where he died a
few hours later. Mr. Wade was 65,
years old. He was a well known farm
er and had many friends in this sec
tion. He is survived by three daugh
ters, Mrs. C. W. Philips, Greensboro,
Mrs. Louis Butts, Halifax county Va.
and Mrs. J. A. Ratcliffe Jr., of Beau
fort. A brother Adrian Wade of
Oriental is also still living. Mrs.
Wade died just a few weeks ago.
Lonnie Goulden, driver of the car
that struck Mr. Wade was arrested
and put under a bond of $500. Coro
ner U. W. UUl empanneied a jury
and after hearing testimony a ver
dict was rendered exonerating Gold
en. He said he was blinded by the
lights of an approaching car and did
not seo Mr. Wade until he was right
on him.
PARENTS-TEACHERS MEET
AND HEAR VARIOUS REPORTS
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT
GIVEN TO CHARLES HASSELL
to March 15.
The general fund had a balance of
$1,285,796.63 November 1 and during
the month collected $1,242,846.33, a
total of $3,128,642.96, but spent
during the month $2,780,248.90, leav
ing a balance of $348,394.06 at the
end of the month. This fund started
the fiscal year, July 1, with an over
draft of $2,601,372.28, and to the end
of November collected $24,564,938.-
71 and spent $21,615,172.37
In the highway fund November 1
the balance was $10,880,735.02 and
during the month receipts were $4
333,532.20 and expenditures $4-
147,699.29, leaving the balance $11
066,567.93. This fund started the fis
cal year with a balance of $12,179,
564.21, collected $21,769,436.78 and
spent $22,882,433.06 through Novem
ber. Revenue Bills Drafted
The AHvisni-v Rudtret Commission
There was a regular meeting of the. j... Arafted the revenue and appro-
Parent-Teacher 'assocmtion of the j priations bills it will off er to - the 1
(Beaufort Graded school on Tuesday , 1935 General Assembly, all except i
afternoon, December 18th. The meet-jtne provisjons 0f the general sales
ing was called to order by the presi-;tax it was stated, following the
of a sDeed of sixty five miles
hour. In recent test on the B
O. tracks in Philadelphia these cars
attained a speed of sixty two miles
an hour. These cars are much light
er than sieam cars of about the same
capacity. They are said to be luxu
riously fitted and provided with ev
ery necessary convenience.
BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY
PAYS ANOTHER DIVIDEND
tes of the last meeting were read by
the secretary. Reports from the var
'ious committees there were called
cd to be completed later, guesses be
ing that it will be a continuation of
the three per cent sales tax, with-
to receive thoir salary checks for theee Brown. This appointment went
Charles R. Hassell who has been
RFD. carrier from Beaufort. on
temporary appointment since Octo-!for- Mrs- Caffrey of the Safety com-out exemptions of basic food items,
ber 1, 1933, has received notice of ;nce reported tnat ner group nau
his permanent appointment from sec- met with the town commissioners and
ri aoo:atnr,f ntmt.Mrai wnr I had been promised signs for the
as now. Governor knringnaus, wno
spent most of last week on speaking
an medical attention. He said that his
and ! brother wanted him to haul some
wood for him, that he agreed to do
so, that they had a short argument
and that his brother then attacked
him. He also said that Robert had
threatened to shoot him several times
before this fight occurred.
Robert Goulden, the defendant tes
tified that Wade struck him first,
knocked him down and got on top of
him. He said he cut him in self de
fense. Several witnesses testified that
they saw the men fighting bt nobody
knew who struck the first lick. It was
also testified that both of the com
batants had been drinking whiskey.
It was also proved that Robert Goul
den has a defective right arm, caus
ed by an accident many years ago.
Judge Webb decided that the de
fendant was guilty of an assault
with a deadly weapon and sentenced
hi mto serve six months on the roads,
judgment suspended on his paying a
fine of $25 and costs, total amount
$48.60, and be of good behavior for
two years.
Alfred Pigott, colored bellboy at
the Cherry Hotel was convicted of
selling whiskey on the testimony of
Police Officers Salter and Peletier of
fort led with seven births and one Morehead City and was given four
death. The record in detail follows: I m0nths on the roads, judgment sus
pended on payment of $25 and costs
and be of good behavior for two
years..
There will be no court next Tues
day which is Christmas day.Court will
be held Friday the 28th.
The Beaufort Banking and Trust
Company is about to pay another div
idend which will make the fifth it has
paid. This is in accordance with in
formation furnished the News by W.
A. Allen, Liquidating Agent. This div
idend will make a total of 35 per cent
paid. Checks will be mailed on or be
fore the 24th of December to depos
Itors.
Births Exceed Deaths
By Very Good Margin
There were 10 deaths in Carteret
county in the month of October and
36 births, making a net increase of
26 in the county's population. Beau-
month, Attorney General D. G. Brum
mitt advising State upt. Clyde A. Er
win that, as desirable as it might be,
such payment would not be in ac
cord with the statutes, which con
trol; nor has it been the custom, he
states.
into effect December 16. Mr. Hassell
got his position on the recommenda
tion of Congressman Chas. L. Aber-nethy.
BEAUFORT COUNCIL JR. ORDER
HAVE INTERESTING MEETING
A goodly number of Juniors of the
local Council were on hand last
Thursday night in the Odd Fellows 'Mr. Seeley
hall. After the regular business
meeting the names of all the mem-
Many Carteret Folks
Helped By F. E. R. A.
The Federal Emergency Relief
office for Carteret county has been hers were put in a hat and one drawn
making liberal distribution this week, to see who would win the $1.00 which
and in previous weeks, of food cloh-, is being given every Thursday night
ing and other articles to relief and : to the member whose name is drawn,
border line cases. Quite a large num- Mr. W. D. Skarren's name was drawn
ber of persons, men, women and last Thursday night,
children have applied for aid and i
school zone along with a speed limi
tation. In the absence of Miss Loftin,
school librarian, Mr. Fritz read the
following report.
Gift of Mr. Seeley, 3 books.
New books to H. S. Library, 13 .
(County appropriation)
Total, 16 books.
Money Received
Mrs. Betts
$1.00
the 10th anniversay celebration of
the foundation of the Duke Endow
ment here Tuesday night. He then
went to Washington and spoke at the
Crime Conference Wednesday and Fri
day spoke in New YorkCity at the
convention of the National Associa
tion of Life Insurance Presidents.
Preparation for the meeting of the
Towns Births Death?
'Beaufort 7 1
I Morehead City 6 2
Townships
Beaufort 2 1
Cedar Island 0 0
Barkers Islnad 2 0
Harlowe 2 0
'Atlantic 2 1
. Davis 1 0
Sea Level 1 1
Stacy 0 0
Marshallberg 3 0
Merrimon 1 0
Morehead City 4 3
Newport 4 1
Portsmouth 0 0
'Straits 1 0
36 10
$1.00 ilegislatufe January 9 is expected to
Mr. Bailey
Candy at game
Candy at play
County appropraition
$1.00
$2.65
1.20
16.85
Total $$23.70
,New books added to Elementary
Library 16
Value of books $4.00
Total spent this month for
both libraries $27.70
103 total number books added to
school this year.
Actual money paid $74.33
take most of his time until then.
SINK NET FISHERMEN
MAKES FAIR CATCHES
December 17, 1934.
SATER PATH GIVEN COW BY
FEDERAL EMERGENCY RELIEF
Salter Path the fishing community
on Bogue Banks will soon have a
week cow probably two cows Mrs. Malcolm
Lewis, tKKA director oi Carteret
Although they were weatherbound j
for the greater part of- the
TTorlrora Tulonil fiVlfvmiTi in town nv.
er the week end brought reports thatl"""'? says this will be the first time
DREDGING COMPLETED
IN WAIN WRIGHTS SLOUGH
Wainwright Slough in Core sound
on the route to Ocracoke and Ports
mouth has been dredged to a depth
of six feet. The dredge Reliance of
New Bern had charge of the work
and passed through Beaufort Tues
day morning to another job down
near Wilmington. With it possible
for boats to now use the Wainwright
slough channel, the dangers of cross
ing Harbor Island bar are eliminated..
The distance to Ocracoke inlet has
not been shortened but it is now
much safer in small boats, especially
during stormy weather.
AMERICAN LEGION SERVES
BARBECUE SUPPER TUESDAY
About fifty members of Carteret
Post No. 99 American Legion, and
many of them have received it. ,A11 YACiT FROM BOSTON
applications are examined into by , SPENDS SOME TIME HERE
case workers and thoi : thought enti-j
tied to receive help havo gotten it or The Commanche, two masted aux
are eettinar it. .iiiary sloop of Boston has been moor-
This week aDDlicants .::-a been ed at the Inlet Inn wharf for the tiast Value in money (estimated) 100.00
(riven five Bounds of rice. on. pound several days. Leaving their New Eng- After all business was transacted er banks between Cape Hatteras and
of butter, quart of susrar cane molas- land home several weeks ago Mr. and the following program was given. Cape Lookout.
ses and a peck of potatoes. In addi- Mrs. Herman Arendtz owners of the Life of Henry Van Dyke Jarvis
tion to food, clothing, shoes, lay-1 vessel with a party of f'iends cruis- Herring.
ettes. sheets, pillow cases have been ed south with plans to continue on to 1 Poem Macon Snowden.
'i . t . Ml. I f tV, Ti... iu J
the sink net fishing out Ocracoke in-l?" tnere n" rJ . I " T u V f u C"JUY
let made fair catches on days weather ,n tne vllla&e- lner LUW"1 LU"a
permitted going outside. Approximate 'are expected to be delivered to the
ly 150 boats from the communities community tnis wee,
of Carteret county are engaged in
given to relief cases and in a few Florida. Since the cruise started they
instances blanket have been supplied have altered their plans about con-
Story Rosalie Smith.
Songs Catherine Davis,
sink-netting in the ocean off the out-
LIVE WILD CAT CAUGHT
stated. Harkers Island will also get
some cows soon if present plans art
carried out.
BOY STRUCK BY CAR
RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL
NEWPORT, Dec. 19 Marion Ad-
meeting Tuesday evening at the Hut.
A good time was had by all present.
for the sick. At Marshalberg milk is tinuing to Florida and stated here a Willis
being furnished to undernourished jfew days ago that they might remain
school children from relief families, in Beaufort for an extended visit.
Hot lunches are served daily at the
SIGNS OF COMING BACK
Beaufort, Morehead City and Smyrna: TERRAPIN INDUSTRY SHOWS
schools. Last week a large quantity
of beef and Irish potatoes were given
to many applicants. Medical atten-
With the coming of repeal in North
tion and drugs have also been fur-; em states the diamond back terra
nisned hv tha FERA to manv Der- pin industry, which died out with
sons in Carteret county for some ! prohibition, seems to be
lrtKrafa ara mimtfrnll thia vpflr in
Thelma in the Pan'ter Cat swamp section near a, sn year old son ot w. w.
I the North River road according ac- Adams, telegraph operator at New-
4 .u f ,,, 'rnrriW t.n InHipatmns h.-r this wn.lt. Pri was Qiscnargea irom iMorcneau
it was announced that the attendance Custis Gillikin who lives in that sec- Citvt pM Wednesday after be
program went to grade eleven. The tion brought a live 25 pound cat into " taen there Tuesday suffering
town which he had captured in a steel ...- """"
trap. The untamed feline did not like bv 8 car dnven by Rodney Preseott.
prison life, so comitted suicide by iTne. injuries were not serious and the
breaking it's neck against the sides acciaem was aeciarea unavoiauuie.
of the cage. Then it was taken to
Noe's Hardwares tore where same is
meeting was then adjourned.
CARTERET CONUTY STUDENTS
AT UNIVERSITY OF N. C
months past.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
back. Carteret county has
Chanel Hill. Dec. 18 Carteret
comine county is well represented at the being mounted
always University of North Carolina during
R A. Croom and wife to T. B.
Unchurch, 25 acres White Oak Town
ship, for $10.
Trustees 0?ean View M. E. church
to Andrew E. Nance 1-2 acre More
head Township, for $150.
Andrew T. Nance to Earle W
taken a lead in this industry and
auite a few shipments have been
Imade this year out of Beaufort to
markets in New York and elsewhere.
Some are shipped in fish boxes,
but a resident of the eastern part of
the county recently shipped two con
signments packed in barrels. The
barrels weighed approximately 150
pounds each. While the price is far
the fall term which ends this week,
having a total of 9 students enrolled
from the county.
Although the student body of the
University represents 36 states and
five foreign countries, approximately
75 per cent of the students are from
North Carolina. Ninety-six counties
in the state are represented.
I Following are the students from
Webb, 1-2 acre Morehead Township, ' below the peak years when the rep-
ESCALLOPS SELLING WELL
t
Esc'lops are bringing a better
price at the prt ntt ime than in many
years, Capt I onard Nelson of the
Fisheries Commission stated recently.
This seafood delicacy is bringing $3
a gallon.
BROCCOLI DAMAGED
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Per
ry, Beaufort RED., December 15th,
a daughter.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Julius Dunn
of Beaufort, December 15th a
daughter.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Da
vis of Harkers Island, December 19,
a son.
Carteret county: William C. Barfield,
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tin ti nan ctehc&cv go d lor as men as so .ftuaniic: ueueno Loraova. ivioreneuu
. no- An, Citv! Allen S. Hamilton. Sea Level: 'the earlier erowth which would have started in the next two or
oeo. A. WU119 naa wue vo mr. -".'. . , , u j.. v... ...i.i;. .i. .,l rnr,rt th ennn- 10:55
5 IT rWrKw 1 lnt Mnrphead Citv 1 William A. mace, ueiiiwn; james i. in-cuicouj m iuitch vnmm ure ih-ai - (
8:36
8:46
9:13
9:26
9:47
10:06
Three thousand baby chicks have
been started for boilers in Catawba 1 10:20
Carteref's broccoli crop, especially 'county with an equal number to be j 10:44
more
TIDE TABLE
Information as to tne tio
at Beaufort is given in this col
umn. The figures are appro
imately correct and based on
tables 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 the inlet or at
the headi of the estuaries.
Hi(h Tide
FXriday, Dee.
a. m.
p. m.
Saturday. Dec,
m.
m.
Sunday, Dec. 23
m. 3 :23
m. 4:07
Monday, Dec. 24
m. 4:03
m. 4:46
Tuesday, Dec. 26
Low TId
21
2:01 a. m.
2:49 p. m.
22
2:43
3:28
m.
m.
w?iiuj, .ww - ' I . ... . . ., .
for $450 Four new 4-H clubs have been or- Mizzelie, Jr., Newport; Benjamin r
Atlantic Beach and Bridge Com-'ganized in Wilson county. Royal, Jr., Morehead City.
pany to Mrs. W. Z. Morton, 1 lot - j
Ai.r,; ppV p. tsoo ! The women s d partment of the.
t w atw t Sar.K' Salvation Army supplied 20,100 have Bee fomed in CUwb oa-
a. m.
few weeks wax damaged somewhat bv tv scent.
the cold weather a few days ago, ac- ' Wednesday, Dee.
porrlinir in t-ennrtx rpuphinir Huph Ov- A o-rouo of Anson county turkey1 11:23 a. m.
!... ... i wy r..niutinpn Untrut farm in) hp. i rrowtTi shiocd 6.105 pounds of 11:30 b. m.
:14
.10
:U4
m.
m.
m.
m.
m.
m.
m.
1 MerrilL 1 I If are Weed City, for'nUal- nd I
C : b--?s t wemcn f.'Jrt .ty, With an irttigt of 19
measber . Pamir." ha.-.
dyssod bird tn a nuckinp fciuo
imVt"d India lr Halrigh fitwl
l ji.; is al sMwy. swat eM MM t
irt Tien slay. U-
L". . 1344 a. m.
m.
J. Bs.
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