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EVERY THURSDAY
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VOL IX
BEAUFORT, N.' C. THURSDAY JUNE 17
1920
NUMBER 2a'
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HARDING AND G00LID6E
WIN III HARD BATTLE
Contest at Chicago Will Be
ChAnicled as One of Most
Memorable in Republican
I: Party's History.
Coolldge
By WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
For President Warren Q. Harding
, of Ohio.
Fer Vice President Calvin
of Mastachuaette.
Convention Hall, Chicago. The
nomination for President was made on
the tenth ballot The vote on that
ballot for the men who had been the
leading candidates was: Harding,
647; Wood, 157; Lowden, 12;
Johnson, 80 4-5.
After It Is all over, that Is the news
It took five strenuous days to produce.
That Is all the great siass of the pub
lic will remember. But for those who
bad a part In the contest It will be an
experience to' be remembered for a
lifetime, and the convention of 1920
will go down In the history, of the Re
publican organization as one of the
hardest waged battles of the party's
existence. It was a battle of which
the audience saw but little that was
pectacnlar show that did not meas
ure np to the expectations of the thou
sands who had begged and fought for
and purchased tickets and who bad
Jammed themselves into the great
building session after session, swelter
ing and roasting and always anticipat
ing something worth while.
Publie Missed Real Fight
The public did not see the real fight,
as they were not admitted to the coun
cil rooms where the differences of con
testing candidates were ironed out or
where the varying opinions of differ
at fact iocs were being reconciled to
. thai a platform that could lit all eje
cts might be produced. The
eondltloo tf fa time U4
4aed a wide range of Ideas. Ilea dlf
fared radically . on Important points
poo which the party mast go to the
public as a unit if It la to i ive chance
f being successful In November, and
It was not an easy task to find the com-
i ground upon which ail were will-
Magic of Roosevelt's Name.
A feature of the 'nominating and
seconding speeches was introduced by
Mrs. Robinson of New York, a sister of
the late Theodore Roosevelt sec
onding the - nomination. of - General
Wood she referred to him as a friend
of her brother, and from that time on
practically each candidate was refer
red to as a friend .and heir of the de
parted ex-president '
The balloting began on Friday night,
and four ballots' were taken, at that
time. On these ballots General Wood
was the leader, vjtth Governor Lowden
a fairly close second. After the first
ballot a motion ;to adjourn was made.
colony:
1 La Follette 8xene '.Wall. ; . ;
All through the balloting 24 Wiscon
sin delegates had persistently regis
tered! theW votes'for Senator La Fol
lette, and when after' the last ballot
had been announced it was moved to
make the nomination unanimous these
24 delegates voted against the motion:
It took but a short time to select
Governor Harding's . running . mate,
0AMMivM T a.mI n
uuvcruvr wuuKCt ocuawi ruiwi w tn v a.-' " '1 :
Wisconsin, Senator Gronna .of North remaps nOt,many people -in
Dakota, Governor Alien of Kansas and lNorth Carolina are aware of tne
Colonel Anderson of Richmond, Ti, rfl rt fu f f ij,rpUr hemn
were named as candidates for the m?r .ne tne largest nerpn
nlice.. There was but one ballot' Gov- fOOKenes in the country IS lOCat
ernor Cooiidge receiving 676 votes, and jed down hre iii Carteret county
and yet such is the fact of the
One Of Largest - Heron
Rookeriet In Country
Located On Drovrn's
, Island.,- . '
TERRAPINS. . TlKDStOKE
In-
WARREN O. HARDING.
but was promptly voted down by a
combination of the Wood and Lowden
delegates, who felt that tfcelr only
chance te win. lay In preventing far
ther cog feres ces on the part ot the
leaders. Another effort , to adjovrn
was made after the Second ballot and
roll call of the states demanded. It,
too, was voted down ly the same com
bination of delegates. At the close of
sac to stand. Everv dav of the five nriD oauoi senator bidoox
bronchi Its threat of bolt on the nart t4 to tle front of the Speaker's
a . m . . . . I ailatifl i
or some union, ana wees inreeia
rougni aajusimeni aner aajuiiueni
after sessions lasttog from but a few
Bslnntes to an hour or so In order that
conferences might he held and
efforts might be made to satisfy
opposing elements.
Greatest Stumbling Block.
" It was the League of Nations plank
.that proved the greatest stumbling
block. The kreconcllables of the sen
ate, led by ftenstor Johnaon, would not
listen lo anything that savored of SB
tndorwement of Die League of Nat loot,
with or without reservation. Another
element, led by Nicholas Murray But
ler of New York, Insisted upon Indorse
'ment of the League with the Lodge
I teas nation a, and oa Wednesday morn
; tog It aremed that nothing could pre-
vent split on this plank,
If waa at this time that Ae political
'fenlua, Ellhu Root, was called upon.
The raMee csnied the troubles of the
contestants te Europe, where Coot Is
I assisting la the ortenliatloo of sa la
S tertatlonal court, and the rabies
brought berk a aolutloa that satliOeU
Seoalor Johnaoa and his followers sad
were willing to sc-
tept to the interests of party bsrmoayJ ' u-.i
stand and moved an adjournment. A
roll call waa again demanded, but the
demand was Ignored and an aye and
no vote called for. Both sides la the
controversy ezeted at' their lung pow
er In an effort to enforce their will en
the chairman, but after a conference
of senate lenders on the speaker's
stand the chair ruled an adjournment
tad been voted.
Cfferta te Effect a Compremlee,
Bark to the eouffttt rooms went tlie
lesuVrs, sod to these rooms were sum
moned the men who were directing the
Afc-nts of the candidates. Efforts were
ant,de to bring about Some sort ot a
compromise that would result In a
nomination on Saturday morning. But
the promises and appeals In the Inter
ests of party harmony were all In vain
The three candidates Wood. Lowden
and Johnson who were leaders In the
voting, refused to give piece to any
one on whom the senatorial leaders
could agree. Tbey wanted to let the
delegates Bght It fit on the Boor ef
the conveatlon and continue the ballot
lag aa til the delegate 'bad expressed
their choice for the first place on the
There was difficulty again evr the la
bor pJaok. and again compromise was
resorted te te prevent a split. Mer.
the seme thing wsa true of the plank
Metlco and a plank on Irelsnd. la
the end the Irish were overlooked en
tirely, as totting the leaders were will
lag te do was setlafarlery to that el
ftaent. which wss demanding strong
rvoolstlon acknowledging the freedoea
f the trtah -BepuMle."
for hoe re the Beeolutlona Commit
tee, heeded by Seoslor Wat of In
iiaeo, fought berk and forth. Ap
pelated at the eeeelee; of Tveeday. It
waa eipird te report at 11 o'rior
Wednesday morning, and the Coliseum
wss peeled to rspertty at thai hoar.
A few -other fomallllea were com
pleted and idjownsjeot talea to U
'clock ef Tbereday. Agal" the crowd
eame bark. The cost rot Ion convened.
Cardinal Gibbons offered an Inven
tion, and the coavenllon adjourned to
4 rtork. Wltb a never wllng later
mmm) it was seals Nrk at 4
dork, only te wall for two long, swet.
terlog boors for lM H the plaW
form which they were aatldpafisg. bet
wbkb did not mstertallae. The fftit
U in be made behind the ctooed
W ef the eoeortl rooms, Sd wltb
the) esreptlo ef the pretstW ef a
minority repon BbT
CoaMnUtee from Wisconsin, to
po parilni'pf attentioo piother
orted on the part ot the party leaders,
and temporarily th?. wen.
t-ben the, first ballot wis taken at
the erosion ef Saturday snornlag
showed bat (ItUe cbngt from those of
Friday night Through the Bret four
ballots ef Saturday General Wood and
Governor Lftwden wore rvnalng nock
and nork and on one ballot were tied
with Sim votes eaib.
Again there came dewtaed for nd
Vmrnment, and again the Wood and
Lewrion forree combined to prevent it
but wlthoet result A'.f another coo
Salts tins st the fevi k of thj speaker'
tend before belt a dosen sens I oris I
lenders the seaeMi wss srtrnd
spite the protests of large pert of the
delegates.
DsHi Heroe Appears.
Alnwwt leetsnily there s Ssshed
through the great heiljiag the rnmor
llist the leadera hid deHded on Sens
tor Iferdtng aa the ntaa If tbey could
forro his nomination, and they were
going o try. . . ,
Owld tbey Ae 111 Did the Waders
control neigh delegatee lo nemo the
lender ef the party tWsHt Tb gew
ersl ntatinwot ne that they eood:
matter.. Naturalists, bird lovers
and folks generally will be inter
ested in learning this and those
who can pay a visit to the spot
will be well repaid.
The hecn colony referred to
ia- located on Brown's Island
afcput eight mites from Beaufort
and just opposite Marshallburg.
The Island which comprises
about one thousand acres is . the
property of Mr. Julian Brown
and he guards with, the greatest
care his feathered tenants. The
bVds have probably been nesting
on the island for a great many
years but only for about seven
years have they been protected
and in that time they have great
ly increased in numbers, A
great many nests are made there
now and doubtless some thou
sands of young birds are hatched
there each season.
. The island is well wooded,
there being many beautiful live
oaks, pine, . bay' myrtle and
shrubs ' of various sorts. The
herons make their nests, which
ire rather frail looking habita
tion about ten or fifteen feet
above the ground in the densest
partoiJth forest Hepsthey
live with none to molest or make
them afraid.
Several varieties of the herons
nest on the island but the little
blue heron and the snowy egrei
seem to be most plentiful Be-
s:des these birds one sees and
hears the mocking bird, the
thrush, sparrows and some crows
A party of summer visitors
made a trip to the island Friday
afternoon, and through the kind
ness of Mr. Brown had a fine
chance to see the bird colony.
The party arrived just before
sundown and had an opportunity
to see the old birds as well as
the youiu? ones. The primeval
forest, the hundreds of herons
circling in the air and the squawk
times to talk pontic, on the other tng young ones maoe a picturt
hsnd, the dsnghter of Nlcbolss Wurrey oftep forgotten.
Butler wss the real msnager of ber fa- V.i . . ... A
titer's campaign.
Effort Heine Made To
crease Production Of 5
'f Diamond Backt J
; Twentyive' .hundred -and
twenty-three yearling diamond-
back terrapins measuring from
one to two and one . half inches
on their lower shells were recent
y liberated on the marshes of
the vicinity of Beaufort f by the
U. S. Fisheries Biological Station.
About one half of the terrapins
CALVIN COOLIDGK.
the ticket wss complete. The Repub
lican convention of 1020 waa a thing of
the pant
A Vision of Eloquent Weeoon. ,
On of the features foe which ttt
convention Jest closed erOr long bevre
membered was the partVdpatloowf the
women. It Is doubtful If tbey bad any
decisive part la the actual' naming of
the candidate other than the fevf who
were present aa delegates. Bat wom
en figured prominently oa the minor
committees, and tbey figured promi
nently In the oratorical efforts, and
very much to their credit At least
one women secondea the nomination
of each of the candldctear for the
nomination for the presidency, end
their speeches appealed to the audi
ence because they were short and to
the point Women were active aa
workers s round the headquarters ef
every candidate. They gave ont red
and blue rttbona for General Wood,
badges and pennants for Governor
Lowden, served tea and cakes for Her
bert Hoover and did something of a
like service for esch of the candidate.
At Oeneral Wood's headquarters
Mrs. Wood and her daughter had a
handshake and a gracious word for
every caller, but they refused st all
Superior
I Ahead
v.
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Court:
With
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A good many cases -from the .-
civil docket have been disposed -
of since begmniijg work on'Jthe'ni;,;;,r'
last week. The case of , most .
general interest is that which . is ,
on trial now, the same being the .
case of Thomas against Carteret
county, the Alonzo Thomas, es-;
tate and the Fidelity Bondi ng
ComDanv. In this case T. M '
set free were the offspring of the I Thomas Sr., seeks to be relieved' '
original wild" brood stock ' o9f liability incurred by having- '
the laboratory's experimental tfven a mongage on his land to
.o tv, uu r.-.A secure amount owed to the coun
pens. The other half consisted y Thoma3 Tnomag. A . .
of the offspring of the laboru- understands the matter
tory s domestic brood stock, ter- the plaintiff contends that the :
rapms raisea irora the egg to amount $13,500 should be paid by '
maturity in the station pounds, the estate or the bonding com-
r terra- v?; i:u- w ara 01 wew .
pins on the marshes of this neigh- Tt
borhood during" recent years has crnethy and Davis appear for the'-
been as follows: v county. - Judge D. L. Ward, re-.
Brood of 1941-324 offsprings, pre86"" tne oonding, company,
"of
" of
of
of
of
1:15-158
1916- 488
1917- 710
1918- 3076
1919- 2523
7279
J. r. Duncan the Thomas estate
and C. R. Wheatly Sam A. Thorn
as. It looks as if it will be- FrU '
day before the ' trial is finished,' ,
Other cases disposed otare as
follows; y
Total 7279 h M. L. Willis vs J. A. Bryan,
These terrapinswhen liberated out ,of court action dis"
have been marked on one of the : T . B ,,f c. .
rear plates by a small hole made V8 Stanley BroSt verdict In favor
with a sharp piercing instrument of the defendant Sadie O. Bag
A finder of a terrapin so marked by ys R. Bagby plaintiff granted
wiU confer a favorvto the labora- - u'v"r ""ia v . n.
tory if he will report the finding gfohriSco
The laboratory is especially an- non suit DarnonGuthrie vs W. !
xious to know ot the growth of O. Buck survey of lands ordered
such terrapins and also in what S.J.Scott vs N. S. Railroad,
numbers they- surviVev-This non suit CL McCabe. vs Jas.
knowledge mar be obtained onty I pagers at ai verdict tnat plaint-
heftiiTV Mnncnfinn n tSsvc 11 rCCCIVC OXOU Wlin interest ICSB
through the cooperation oftbose p .. w Wadc R A a
wno wxasanaiiy nuui ici i ojuin. Kailroad non suit ' E. W. Sabis
The laboratory has no puipose ton y. Mamie B. Barker . ad'rrLx.
in view in requesting this cooper- mistrial Chadwlck and Caffrev
ation other than to learn of the ys Dey Bros, mistrial. Izera
size, mark, measurement and Lew vs ,Sam Lewis absolute idi-
pUce.of capture of any MW!SrZ
terrapin.
Helmes, defendant got judgment
for $81.
Catches a Big Drum
Caotin Jack Willis neds
Hoover Showed No Strength,
rierbert Hoover at no time ahowed
any atrengtb la the balloting, for the
first nine ballots his totsl vote wsa
from four to six. and on the tenth bal
lot be polled nine vote. When bis
name was prenrnled te the convention
oo mdsy by Jodge Mllterof Syrscnee,
N. T, a delegate from Chat state, he
received a demonstration from the sa
lience that wsa. one of the nervest
and moot nnusual fee lure of the con
vention, but It was not Joined In by Ihe
delegation. It was very evident fhst
Hoover bad oo place la Republican ot
Itlc.
Those who visited the island
list week were Judge and Mrs.
W. S. O. R Robinson and little
son, Mrs. w. IL Smith and daugh
ter of Goldsboro, Kir. and Mrs.
J. C Eaglet, Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Williams ot Wilson, Mrs. White
head of Wilson Profeasor Hvman
of the Biological Station and the
News man.
Grand Jury's Report
The report of the Grand Jury
as submitted to Judge Connor
wrae mfheT hrW. It ftavs that all
nrrwntmrnt and bills were acted neither book, line nor net when
uoon; that offices of the clerk, he goes fishing. Without any of
Register of Deeds, and Sheriff these implements he succeeded
were visited and found in good in catching and bringing to town
condition. The jury inspected on Monday morning a forty
the jail and County Home and pound drum. The big fish was
found them in good condition prowling around in shallow
and that the recotnrnendationstJl water and the Captain Jack's
ih-r.nnA r.irwnf Man court eagle eye lighted on him. By
were being carried cut ana mat . 1 "rcuuc
the innuX o the. count, taefelft"" thf Cap-
we eU cared for. The jury SiViSSJ JSS er i& tod
recommeLds that the County a time or two with ai'oar sub
Commissioners buy a bell and dued him enough to get him in
dock for the court house. R. T. the boat The fish was brought
w.ti;. Mat. ritv wm thf to ion ana wttghed and seen
riZl ' by quite a number of folks.
vt tuiau wt jut.
nutihiu. tin r
WANRCN
O. MAftDINO
Interest In Scrap Factory
Has Been Sold
A' controlling interest in the
Gallants' Fisheries Company has
been sold to the Piedmont-Mount
Airy Company of ' Baltimore.
This latter concern te in the fer
tilixer business and his several
factories ra Virginia and North
a it evlaowo the there bod
been dlosgrwement. and U iatfr
ss adopted with lews then) MU
dueea dlaoeoUsg
Hon Sovemhof 1 lftfi oo farm
Mootnleg Grove, bferrew coun
ty, a
HCItOOI, Um-Tlllste school at
FIontng,Oreve J Ohio Omtral College,
riNsa ur-A. yo.g man RrUisa The origirul authoru-
beeowe printer and linotype operator ed Capital 01 the GalUntS t Uhef
nd In IMS became proprietor of the W4 $100,000 of whkh $50,000
wiw . trr.-re- tr t ia-The BaUlmore con
wa repreoented hie diairtrt tn the Icern bought tmtury stock and
senate ot two, m iw sa wm pves the company more
io!!!' .1 .2fc.,2 caprtAl for use In the buetnesa.
. I A new dryer is to be installed ai
once. The rnanagrjment of the
company will remain as hereto
fore.
fAUlLT UfX-tfarrled ItHSSt S
bilea rierenee Kltng.
Lnrpa vTssoee .
'The iwrinmrVd httlldtnf In Wet1H.g
lost, ftew tew SNd te the Isrgve srooeV
sf ou sitre in ibe ri4
OuMiMnieg.
sVffQetrbening Is rtd eeiekeeiog.
blry
MltsMInnis Now
proving
County Rummer ; School
A county Summer school for
the white teachers of Carteret
Miss Minnie Noe of Beaufort County will be held in . Beaufort
1 . i.a ;
who was injured recently in an wccsniung
automobile aaident rarUrv he,
colntjn is said to be improving c..,. rrtifimf .ha rt
ast but is still confined to her 1..1 a .ttfnd thii Summer trhorJ
bed. Miss Noe was a bndes- Br attendirut it is Dractkal to
rnaidat the wedding of Miss I make a Sute certificate, this in-
Mae Rhodes and Mr. T. F. Cor- creasing the teachers salary
riher a well known young cou-
ifrom $45 per month to $S5, mak-
waa in the Lutheran church Certainly tiS iTworth the ex-
there and was
affair.
a very
Conrcrnlnf Brides
DiKuani Dense and time 01 attending a
six weeks Summer Khool, to say
nothing of the satisfaction to the
teacher to be better prepared for
her works, it is just as essen-
In order to get the ipproval of .uj ,K.r .n nrrfrtivi t
teWulkvaittdlbtiAw UtteiidasttKwe whoare now ac-
im vuuuuMiuiuiici w ivvnui uvriv ncagea ia ine worx.
River and Smyrna Creek a pub. The colored teachers have pro
lie meeting te to be held in the rided a similiar school to be held
court liouie on Wednesday morn- jointly with Craven County in
big June the 30th. A U persons New Bern beginning .June -21st.
Interested In the matter ire atk- LB. Ennett' J
ed to be prtserit st the hearing. CouU Supt, . .
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