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VOL. IX . . v . , BEAUFORT, N. C. THURSDAY MAY 27 ' 1920 ' " ' " " NUMBER 21 '
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SUfFERAGE JEf I HELD
Fair Crowd Out To Hear
Suffrage Speaker De.
live Address
The first woman's suffrage
conveqf ion ever' Tjeld in Beau
fort and .probably in the county
took place here ' Tuesday night
in the court house.
The meeting had been arrang
ed and advertised several days
before bv Miss Lola Trax of
Baltimore who is in the State
now working in behalf of the
suffrage cause. The object of the
suffragists is to arouse so much
interest in the matter that the
General Assembly will ratify the
amendment at its session this
Summer.
About seventy-five persons
were present at the meeting
Tuesday evening and they were
about equally divided between
Special Offer
For the sum of 75 cents we
will send the Beaufort News to
any new subscriber from now
till January the first. The same
rate will apply to . any old sub
scriptions that run out this
month or next. If you wish to
take advantage of this offer act
quickly.
Mrs. W. B, Guthrie .
"Queen of Navy,? Is Best Shot in Pacific Fleet
After an Illness of about ten
days with pneumonia Mcs. W. B.
Guthrie died at her home on
Harker's Island last -Saturday
evening at about seven o'clock.
On Wednesday a little f'd just
ten months old preceeded her to
the grave. Mrs. Guthne is sur
vived bv her husband and tnree
children all of whom have the
deep sympathy of the community.
Notice
yAifr ops
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fv ""'""" "' - ... immM' , i i '. " 1
Tho U. S. S. Iiltilio. called the "Queen of the Nnvy." established a word dirini''th"pacUlc fliwt twt' nraoti.
when het gun crews made nine direct lilts In 30 shots at long range with the 14-lncl guns. The Idaho Is one of kht
very latest of the United States navy'g superdrendiiaughts'. She has a main battery of twelve 14-lnch nam! rifl.
arm is nueu wiui tne latest antiaircraft and submarine protections. . . . .
the sexes. No resolutions of any Ocean View Lodge No. 11 will
sort were passed and so the- sen- hold the burial services over the
timeot of the crowd could be not remains of brother J. 0. Atkin-
judged but by the close attention son Nlay the at 4 o'clock
which was paid to the srjeakers P. M. All members are request-
it was evident that those present ed to be present
were considerably interested. J- R- Styron Secty.
Lieutenant E. Walter Hill pre
sided ovr the meeting and made
a strong speech in behalf of suf St. Paul's School will end its
irage after calling the meeting Sprine term this week. No for-
to order. W. G. Mebane was mal Commencement will be held
asked to introduce the speaker but some appropriate exercises
of tM evening which he did af- wju take place. On Friday even
CRUSHED BY ENGINE WHEELS
Employe Of Carteret Com
pany Meets With
Sudden Death
While attemntincr tn hnnrA tho
tender of an engine Monday
morning James Atkinson an em
ploye of the Carteret Lumber
Company was caught between
the wheels and was so badly
crushed that he died almost in
stantly. Mr Atkinson and several
other men had cmn nut rm - hn
company's log train early in the
morning to worK in the. woods.
The engine' was disconnected
from the rest of the train and the
men got into the tender to go on
their way. Mr. 'Atkinson was
Standing bv the trark and
just as the engine started tried to
get on witn the result that he
was caught beneath it and killed.
He had only been with therlum
ber company .two days. He was
formerly employed at the City
electric light plant. Mr. Atkinson
was thirty eight years of age. His
St. Paul's School Closes
VALUE OF LIME IN AGRICULTURE
Pulverized Limestone Should Be Stored In Bint
Or -.Warehouse t So Farmers Can Get Any
Amount Needed at Any Time
(By W. M.
In a bulUtln teased by tb Michigan
i Agricultural College lima and Ita
jimi and functions In tolls, tba statt-
...... (MDia mww mmvw imi uni w mwwm
ter making a few remarks on mg at &00 o'clock the Kindergar- mon than tbrM thauand yean ago
the subject under discussion. ten exercises will be given and
Miss Trax wl. a pleasing on Saturday evening at 850 a
and fluent talker tke about an band concert will be rendered on
hour on her subject and went in-1 the school grounds. Bishop
to it very thoroughly. She men- Darst will preach the comm ence
tioned the various arguments ment sermon on Sunday morning
against suffrage and answered at eleven o'clock. On Monday
them in detail. Her speech made morning at 1WX) o'clock promo
a very favorable impression on tion cards and diplomas will be
the audience. awarded to the students who
After the speaking was over a have won them. The public is
meeting of the women present cordially invued to attend all of
was helu at which Miss Trax un- the exercises.
dertook to cet those Dresent to
. . . . . . ; - i n . A r .
aid in the work of getting the Kusn ui business
mendment ratified. A ratinca-
rtf Mrc r. w nun,,n An unusually large amount oi
Chairman, Mesd
Chas. Norcon. N. F. Eure. J. H. possible for this paper to carry
Potter lr., G. W. Huntley, Misses all the news that it has a chance
Lottie banders and Llla Davis, to Dublish. The rush is about
This committee will get sicners nver mw and :t win unnecces
'S. G W Duncan u"U3ua" lamt a.wun. common crops arc reducad.
i.. ' 1 p rrp. polittcal a"d other sorts of adver- pcatio tr two tons of groi
iainca l. ii. vjiccii l. : im slon r aero ont-a lo. sty i
Iton, E, W. Hill, tis-ng recently has made it m ptoolihl
to petitions to be presented to
the Legislature.
sarv to sacrifice our news col
umns hereafter.
Buildin J Notes
Ik parts of Enropa to farpro? a soils,"
and tbat "la sons of our Eastora
States liming has been practiced since
tks earllar stages of the agricultural
developmeat and Us use has gradually
spread atU ft tr added to the toil.re
greater or leas e'teat aa far woai
ward as the regloa of lighter precipitation."
IJme waa used na farms of the
South more than fifty years ago, and
with excellent results, but only la re
rent years has Its rslue la soil and
crop Improvement work become gener
ally known. Dr. H. A. Morgan, Presi
dent of the University of Tennessee,
and one of our most eminent sgrtcul
tural authorities, says: The besvy
annual rainfall at the South teaches the
soil of lima to such sn extent thst
elovers can not be satlifsctorlly grown
sad Indeed the yields of uearly all the
common crops are reduced. Aa ap-
g round lime-
sli years.
results."
Thus we wi thst the lime needs of
oils are recognised In all sections, and
It Is plainly apparent that every ef-
hert should be made to supply those
seeds.
Some Illustrations.
Coodmai).)
lem In some sections of nilnola, Ohio
and Vlrglnls. The plan followed la
these states, enables the farmer, com
ing to townjrlth a wagon or truck load
of produce," to haul a load of limestone
back to bis fsrm. Instead of returning
with an empty vehicle, and thus sap-
ply Ills needs at little expense la time
and labor. Limeatoae associations
have been formed by farmers la a
number of, counties In Illlnols'to' ooi
coarage the use of limestone and for
having It stored la bins or warebonses
for the benefit of members snd the
general public. The expense of erect
ing bins and, the employment of sell
ing sgents la paid out of duea collect
ed from members.
Thla plan wight be adopted with
profit by farmers of any secthm of the
Southeast, bat other arrsngemmts
could be made which would enable
them to procure the materiel as need
ed, 'and business men could Join tin
fermere In this work with the rertsla
ty of shsrtng In the bceflts to be de
rived from t'.ie sdvancemeut of general
firming Interests. Where It Is not
thonght sililMhle to hulld tltneston
bins. rrnngeiuriii could -be made for
storing the material la warehouses or
cheaply constructed sheils. The msla
point Is to hsre pulverised limestone
available at all times, so thst the small
farmer ran gel sny amount he wsnti
st any time snd hsul it to his fsna
when It le ronvenleot for him to do so.
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-XftluajHd ouop naaq eisq pinoqs
jeqM jo; uiooj jon ami) oa sgq sqof
jo sionb a.MO ) qiM moxioiuo) pos
K)U9J8UOO OJ 9ABH ejaia s S,J M'3ni
jo joiq? oqi s hoioanJ30jj :pjBS
snq ja)iJ jsipouy uisnd S jbijj js
sm aqi idrtijM aqj tun i.nia noij,
:sXds aq uiM sap) eqt sasqdina
eas.MlHanuiis -souioo mas (nopias' amH
luaiu.vuoj" ajoin jsqx' 'Xapoi auop
eq pinoqs jaqj eoojotnoj op oj amrj
SASq M aq sxiiiqi inpj aqx loq
asiuj uo poii:nrj if -uqisnp wi
oq yitiuiMlttHtd jo iqsq ix
Xspox qr s,Xepox oq
widow and three
vive him.
caildren sur-
Mixture et Clvlllistlens.
Key Vm. Mb.. In s quaint mixture
a A mar I v-.. ....I I .tl... 1 r.,..rl. an rltl-
iisattru ith sixmt eoosi psrts of 1 1 A force ot men started yester
eoch. lurrr a. r rsnck wrttea in h I Jv on the work of remodeling
lieotor iisratiiie. me psaisn looiee . ... rmn, cfrtt I
I. be.r.1 ,e full, .. often .. Knr IC::
Ush. and.' as In the tomss along the lumicuy a pan i
Mexican m.r.Ur. the ofnvisl tongue la rotate. nOW I He property OI CdU,
bilingual, srnl Americans from the or)em The interior of 'he build
Korth are frsnUy cmdered foreign- wjjj me ovr entirely
ana m iiaiiuauuic iiwiik lui in
which will make it one of the
best buildings on the street
Th lanre three r4ory buikiing
occupied by the Hanoock Huntlev
Cnrrmanv on hront street is
being painted ano iu appear
ance is greatly Improved theteby
Thf handsome new soda fo jn
tain bought bv the Beaufort Dru?
Company some weeks ago is
now being intsalied.
Work on the interior of the
buiUngofthe Beaufort Banking
and Trust Company is going
forward snd that'structure soon
be completed. ,
Rat Always Feared.
Scientists have pointed out tbat the
aiency of the rat In the dlsserolnsUon
af plague was well known In ancient
times. Our , ancestors carefully pre
totted, andy -when possible, domesti
cated tba natural enemies of tba rat
and een deified some of tba more use
ful ones, as the cat, the kestrel and
the cobra. N They msde special osa of
rst-estlng species of snskea. keeping
g-eat numbers of these hsrmlese
snakes In pita In their medical tern
Plea.
The h: j n hi of iIih v!l:ixM ui A
Turkey, line rliu-n from Hpprixtiiiiiicl
1.0(10 tons nilwd on IO.im) re of
land about W year ngo. to about 22,'
000 tone nild on JS.OOO a-res. How-
ever, thla advance lu atipply has not
kept pace with the demand, -nd prices
of figs have steadily risen. The big
producing sreas are, under nonnsl con
ditions, exclusively tspped by the Ot
toman (Aldeo) Railway company's
system. The orchards, located ma lo
ll In the Meander vslley, sre owned
chiefly by Turks,
When luapers Are Obstlnsts.
Bottle stoker have an aneoylat
heal' of refanlng to come. out Ja
mm one easts thm to d4 so. Tba
(eUowIng U s sure asyf reinovlag
tba met refractory stopper. By
aseaas of s feather spply s drop or
two of selsd oil Juat bere the stop,
pee Joins the ah of the bottle. Then
pat the bottle kt a Utile dlsisnce Croat
a ire, where It will become slight ly
warmed hut not hot. The oil rspldly
weeks d.iwa la etwea the etopp
had the nerh, snd by giving the abole
thing s slight tsp the popper will
out.
Seesrtttee of the Oreel,
r. amuel Jini. ll record
Sd. oonld neee room Un foot
furrnMii. end ?r..e Mamhal Sexe
a a in lerwr s the etght of a eat.
Xrr ttr lrel aa In a tremor of
fmtr If h bad t rro-e a brl.lge. and
l;r lorw.l e If be silled sell al
Ibe lahV
Asaeareoeee Are Oeeeaitv.
lMMe bse bea sble to catch
f Ih-IIs MMlbg lliroagh IS
air e drtbd them ss sppeeriag
tie lx( MmI iprf H l(h Indistinct
- . What Annealed te eaert
III fatbor eaao'l nvt'Mie lo have
RiJrt aJay with a rnaia etch in la
the aetghbnrhmd whoe Isngwege
waent slwsr proper, so be el4
"Bohert. lo me ihal ! -slwaye
ka m aid fate: If I were I'd
alsf with oonteuo elae Ihal la clean
er." To aStch rteherf reepnoOeH.
"Why. daiWy. I rteVt ied le lh al
bla fsrr but he a gM Ibe l-eel fa o
the bell team."
Wa And la Georgia, the Carol loss
and other Southeastern Ststea, See
fields of alfalfa, clover sad tba grssoes
where a few years sga there aere
galled and gullied hillsides, or sandy
soils Impoverished by dees rultlvs
tloa, snj. upon Inquiry, isera that la
every jnee the change ass brought
about through the nee af sgrlcaltarsl
limestone whlt h made legume rslslng
pneelble. Sach ob)ect lessons tat a
eesnty show what re a he dooe with
the soils af tba whole county, snd af
all counties la these ststea.
With deter aad the grssaee good
hay (elds snd permanent past areo
la It W ralslsg csa bo aade to doable
the (arm Incoeaeeof the Seat h. aad the
ncttdirtloa f auch forage crops mesas
Ue :mpravesneat aad eoaiervstloa of
eo'Lftrtillty sad larger yields of ether
crpV thai fallow.
Ueoeteoe thoold Be SUeed m Bine
or Wseenoosee,, J;
n.e nee nf agrlcaltaral fliaaatoas fee
the uapreveoieal of sells aad crepe
weald he more geeeral If arrssge
matits err made for etorlsg Ihle ma-
lerlal la bins or warehouses st ceee- (
ateat pelnts. I
1he farmer who ess hay sad handle
oJvertsed llateafone, as slilpped by
ear loeea, raa not slwsis gel the saa
teHal whoa needed aa e revest ef ear
ahortsge at an her dimcaltlea whir de
lay shipmvata, ahlie ethers sre de
terred fraas supptjlMg lbs lime aeeda
af their elle becaaee of their leshlllty
hs aee large auaatlee si aoe time
laatoplea Set By 0Me ItaUe.
"he halldlag of llmeaieae bias al
ay etetioae hss eoived the pee
Important To Peanut 0 rowers.
Juat now the need for hsvlng II me
at on atallsble for ttee on Southern
fsrms In rendered more argent for the
rt-aaoa that lime Is neceeeary la grow
ing peanuts, the moet valuable crop
new produced In boll weevil sections of
tbs cotton belt. The plsnters ef Vlr
glnls. the ststs which ranks third la
pesnut production, and ahre this
rrop hss ben grwwa comteari'lally
slsoe the Ovll War, consider lime very
neceessry In peanut eolls. A bulletin
Issued by tbe Virgin's Agrlrul'iirsl rl
peCmeot Htatlno stales I eta I Tesnet
soils should le I i lord uore In fear
years with l.w poends nf Samt lima,
of tJKO avaode of ground aiaaee4no.
and SU0 or 0n pnand of add shoe
phste should be applied la the nia at
(he time of plsnt!ng the rmp" lr.
W. W. Iisg, Director of Kxlenafna,
CI em too Agricultural Cnllege of South
Carol (aa, aaya: "It m nerasoery to lime
sod for peanuts uritees H la Joanlteiy
kaowa that there Is en shaadaaie In
the eon. In this stste st lee at I.IHO
ends of burnt llnte or XJi petrols
of ground limestone should he need
per sera" This will spply te eoet ef
the peeaet sells of roe BeaiNaast. aad
ehows the aerreeiiy for having lime
stored where ll raa Je prorarrd with
out delsy sad la aaantitlee rMUlrel
by large and maall greaera.
The baslaes af peanut growing
nJeoe la af audi Impodsare la the
Soaxh at thla lime-as ie rail for the
aalted edtwa et he' sees mea and
tsrsBors In Mehlog svsllsata for Imsae
diate aoeda a ntaterial which maasiae
to prodaea n,J
Services At St. Pauls
Services at St Paul's church
renity on Sunday, May 30th
will be as follows: Holy com
munion, 8 a. m; Sunday School ,
at 9.o a. m; Morning piayerand .
sermon for the commencement
of St. Paul's School by Rer.
Thomas C Darst, D, p. Bishop
of East .Carolina, 11. a, m; Even
ing prayer and administration of . '
the rite of confirmation, 7 30 p, m;
The public is always welcome
Examination for Post
master An examination for postmast
er for the town of Beaufort will
be held on June the 16th. The
examination will be held m
New Bern. Application blanks
can be obtairyed at the postoffice
here.
Hindu Yetrth reoeelous.
A tonrtat traveling In India arote
borne that lie aatonlxhed by the
nrecorltv of the Hindu children. aas
lb Home Jounisl. Many of Ihei
sre akllNxt workmen st so sge when
ether dilldmi sre lesrnlng the sldia-
be. One of the most exierl rsrvets
In wood be aaw ess s boy of aevea
srnl msMv of Ibe lisndaomeat snd moot
n-lly rue ami -arpte are oorrn by
dtllilrm ih yd la Ihelr "lerna.
Natura's Wise SuMrlalen.
The Ktit Important played by the
xraiher a a meana of preventing the
I too rapid development of the plant life
..f the nnrl t ran he reellied only oheii
or rtmeiili-r :he vat number of aee!
ptmlurt'l. If condlllona of the atmo
plirre fsvored s mora eren tempers
iitr sll ever the earth, ss wa prob
iMt the rontlltlnn In Ibe early hutorv
f the planet, there ao'd be feeer
arietlea ..' plant life. he-aMM- the
n.re rapidly pmdndng plant aould
(Too 4 out the others.
, Unlntsrroaied athedule,
rarthWdl. WhaleTee thy d te
tranorie)ho th-y ao n't kep ee frM
trateitns i"ond ilw ewa
f ssHien Ne.
A nl I mi uVti.r
et'r.mf In iiii-r 1 1. ..ii a !(
h.: et a s't- ., ,
sod
feed VsWe ef Petetoeo.
That piMstoM iir?ar wldVly In food
sloe Is alioon hr report of the I"'
ernntanl's -ltHtitn- rtxamlttee. I le
la Id dn iliat the ommI awful p"'a
(a for food I n whU-h contains
the tart"! amount nf dry matter.
Wher too ertiHle era prartlrally
mual In Ihl reeprd lh nllrofea they
rnnlaln eniH- into th aatlmatlon ef
Ihelr fmllag JmVtf
Political Activity.
Congressman S. M, Brinson
is to speak here on Saturday and
at Atlantic Saturday night. It is
understood that his rival Mr,
Abemethy is also to speak here
soon and possibly elsewhere in
the county, Robt, N, Page candi
date for Democratic nomination
for Governor spoke here this after
noon to h fair sized crowd,
.pod
) jo pM Suoj aq) oo luouJ
suaeq pus seed 'Mdaojd jou m adou
isui pus 'esj v )tiiBip pus U vie
eq dsa u euoq uajpnqo )an
aieinisoi sodnipej) quiia pM atn
liqo 'JUun jjstuiued eje tmi
lee o ip qMiiueai pis pajp
-unq ot pue qioai pus pejNinq OoJ
ai iui '-llt eAnedSf aqx s aavoS
sps bji s Ao tfuaijiij pus posa.
iq Aq lihIs jnoioAq Aq isqi saodaj4
ibj' Iai ubumi,m e aAkiiib o ooda
Mit.i taji in uaui ddaqus)
I, ii m.ikia sw A's-tiiiun it jsa dsaa
ll (m.i. 1 1 (ini.iBiinjn ,f st
Moon s isA e-t
BHdal Cskea
Tbe bdde rake ehlrh an InvadaMy
ecromtienlee s Mlog nowsdsys sad
hlrh man always rut If the bdM,
mey le Irarvd hei k lo tbe old Home a
form nf marCese by "rooferreetlo," a
eating tngMher. W slao among lha
lrouts Ibe hrhlo and brldegmoaa
need In pedske loaether of tbe caba
of Segsmlie ahhii the bride alwsyo
e7red lo her lilsad.
Natural awspeettlen.
The girl a eenplny ui-h a redundancy
ef miendaior In ilewrtblng their
gsnoeata. rnirh aa llpovrf nlftit
gowna, fur lnlnre. that If they eee
really abnuM imw to inr aiyle of
droaa aa U(-mw lhr il rail tu Step
an pent. Ohio "Hate Joiittial.
gm II Thing ef Oreel Mml,
A plea nf lain that fell Into the
ateedne rrr nf a Iran AtiaiilW- rtner
mat the nnapeity llliai.tm for re
pair and delay A noed rarelry
trtr1 III amielme rtial Ufa of
rrfrt
Boees Long Oepeeed elsilwss.
roe s ions tin. th llia rffnaod
a aenrllfn the ronatrulon .f eatt--nya
In the Tantial un the gi eed
thai roebrte ne1 u h rnliirl vaoeea
Mtei tlieo-d In the It b'e.
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