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VOL. IX
, 'BEAUFORT, N. C. THURSDAY AUGUST 2S 1920
NUMBER 33
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REPUBLICAN TIFT RECORD
Governor Cox
Show To Be
Statement
Incorrect
Washington, Aug, 24-(Special
correspondence)--In his 'speech
of Miceptance Gov. Cox declared
thaf the Republican Congress
has "not made a single effort to
lift from" the 'American people a
load of war taxation that cannot
be tolerated in a time of peace."
Mr. Cox seems willing .to stake
his lepujation for veracity . or
his knowledge of public affairs
upon the accuracy of this state-men-.
He spent several weeks
in the preparation of his speech
He consulted with party associa
tes who, are familiar with public
affairs. He hadacccss to all gov
ernment records. He spoke'
thereiore, alter tne most care
ful deliberation, with full know
ledgeof the purport of what he
said. It is fair to assume that if
he shall be elected President he
KILLED BY i
Claude Whitehurst Struck
While Off On - A .
" ' Pleasure Trip , J
Last Friday afternoon at about
two thirty z." flash. of lightning
struck Claude C. Whitehurst of
Straits and although he lived un
til Sunday 'finally caused his
death.1 "The unfortunate occur
rence took place on a boat on
Bogue SouncL a few miles -this
side of Swansboro. Mr. White
hurst who was an industrious
voung man and a good citizen of
bis community was taking his
family consisting of his wife and
three children the oldest seven
years of age up to Bear Inlet on
a camping trip. The trip which
seemed to be a most enjoyable
affair was turned to one of sad
ness when the father of the fam
ily was., so suddenly stricken
down. A squall was in progress
iriA Mrc WhitAViiircf"" nnT tViP
will be no more careful of the ac chndren were fa the cabin 6 the
curacy ef his statements than he and Mr, Whitehurst in the
is as a candidate for office. Let en5rine r00m. After the flash
us, therefore, examine the' facts. and tlie neai of thunder-Mrs.
Thefirst step in any reduction ! whitehurst went to speak to her
m . a r -
or tax- Duraens - musi - come husband and found him lying un
through reduction in . expenm- conscious. The skin on his fore
tures. It would matter not the head was split and a burnt place
least if Congress should repeal on his foot showed where the
every tax law on the statute current had passed.. Mrs. White
books; if public expenditures hurst got. the boat as near the
were permitted to continue there shore as possible and then waded
would ultimately fall upon the ashore and sought for help.
people the burden of, paying the Finally she; succeeded after
indebtedness.- What is - true of much dfficuitv - in - getting . some
individuals is equally' true of gov one and Mr. Whitehurst was tak
emments. ' The man who makes en to a house in the neighbor-
expenditures may hot during the hood where be was treated with
same period raise the money great kindness. The. next day
with which to meet his expenses the stricken man still un
but eventually he must find a scions was taken to the hospital
source of income or go into bank at Morehead City where every
ruDtcy. The same is true of effort was made to save his life
governments. Reductions -of but without success He died
burdens must begin with reduct- there Sunday and was carried
ion of expenses. . The first ses- back to his home that afternoon
sion of the 66th Congress pa'ssed and buried there" Monday. :Mr.
a number of appropriation bills Whitehurst waa 35 years of age.
which had been defeated' during the son of .Mr- and M
A. C : Whitehurst who live at
inff l)emocrtic Concresa. The Straits.
bills as passed by the Republican
Congress were 939,6924m fr u " u" "
less than the amounts carried in WAR the .
i- .w. rwnn. corps, reserve corps or coast
IU kllV. Mills wum mm wis. &.tuv I . . . . . . .
cratic Congress attempted to kuard, join the Carteret Post: of
.Tihm. That was a sav nc tne American Legion, roriunn
of nearly a billion dollar- In er inxormauon see or wnie. r.
the second session of the 66th K. Ken adjutant, peamort, .w. u
ments under control of the Dcnv " -J. J Z
uur and suDDiementary esu- "-v" " rr :
''A Toast: " Wilson-Thai's All"
4f
Omni E HJmillso of "Jude '
Laundry Moves To
Szvr Bern -
E. S. Vought who has-been
conducting a laundry 7 here ... for
several months has decided to
move his business to New Bern.
The building which he has been
occupying for the laundry has
been sold to tred V. Dickinssn
who will use it in . connection
with his automobile business.
Mr. Vought : regrets to leave
Beaufort but has had good h
duceraents offered him to. take
his laundry to New: Bern and
thinks it best to go ; there. For
the present his family will re
main here," " '
Amateurs Give Good
Performance
1920 be
I.r, rr;Uton.N.C,as sale manager
fffunMl fa MSS bill authorizing T5? uu .uu.cucpu.tu.cu
.r" A. .u rui Will te glad to serve you.
uf Vir: T L, C Fulcher.-Wildwood. N. C
cut the appropriations to the pv1-"
am..n t j vii win -rn to i
9r)Kf narlv tiillinn And
4,-11 Superintendent A. S, Barnes
Theiie facts are a matter d Kca state mat we
w, - . - ? . A
Lithtnini Strikes Four
Dwelling Houses
One of the numerous electri
cal storms that has been visiting
these parts of late created quite
. ' disturbance - here Sunday
morning at about three o'clock.
Besides breaking the slumbers
of a large part of the population
it struck several houses. The
houses of Captain Dick Mason,
Carl Smith, Frank Smith, and
John Mason were' all struck at
about the same time. The only
damage, of consequence except
burning out some fuses was to
the house of Carl Smith which
suffered aboul $100 worth of
damages. ,
Oriental Hcwi Items
- the executive departments un
der the control of President Wil
son made no demands for appro
Driation Unkss they h.vl an In-
trntion of spending the money
Mr. Cox will hardly assert or a
iumthat bureaus under con
trol of his party associates tsked
for appropriations merely, to
"have an authority they would
. not exercise. Enactment of laws
authorising the. arpropriatiOGi
the executive dcimtracnU want
ed would have menn. therefore.
public expenditures amounting
to reirly.twoand a hall billion
rfoll.irs in e xcesi of the amount
k. -i Kcpub'.ican Concres did ap-
proiate.
have been given tonight by the
Boy Scouts of the Methodist
Orphanage will not take place.
, The concert was to have been
held tonight at the Graded
School
. Surf Partf
Miss Annie Neal Jones gave a
delightful . sail and surf party
hit Friday evening to a large
party of friends. Tha party was
given m honor of rroi. ana Mrs
C. L Ilornaday of Trinity Col
lege who are the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. ILC Jones. The par
ty left here about six o'clock and
laved over to the beach until
eleven.. Surf fcathlng and tlanc
The Farmers Tobacco Ware-
bouse of Oriental will be in or
der to receive tobacco the latter
part of this month. Sales will
begin Friday September the 3rd,
the same date on which the New
Bern houses will open. The
warehouse has been built largely
with funds subscribed for stock
of neighbors and farmers In the
surrounding country. Not over
iuOO in stock allowed to any one
stockholders.
Some very fine tobacco has
been raised ti.is season in the
County " hereabouts, and ' pros
pects of a fine market are so erv
oouraging that talk of another
warehouse for next season is al
ready in the air; there is also
some talk of a dance for th
young folks on Aug 27lh, but
nothing ran.be said about it at
thin writing 11 . V
' X4 TMg Tr Wt ;
nalTwn ttriUil lhl If pair 4
Ktifp4 B.:!a(art for pJt4 pi
f lk nl to M 0 1et M
; Otway. Newa Itesrs " ?
r (Omitted from last week)
Editor of the News: -
Will you give me space in vour
splendid paper to write the news
from our little town. "I am glad
to say that the crops in this com
munity ; are very good and if
there is no storm brother disas
ter there will be a bountiful har
vest, this year. Tne. health of
the r community is very good.
. . ' .
There was a very 'sad death
in Bettie, a few days ago, the lit
tle son of Mr. and Mrs. Rumley
Gillikin, was taken suddenly ill
on the morning of the 9th, and
died that night - .
Last Friday night the death an
gel visited the home of Mr. W.
1L Gillikin, of this place and
bore away the spirit of his moth
er to the God that made it, she
had been sick for a long time. .
We have had a great Revival
of religion at thU place for ten
days it closed last Sunday night
with 27 additions by confession
and baptism. . The minister was
Rev. Warren Davis of the Chris-
tain church of Washington, N,
C He was assisted by Mr. Res-
pess; of Beaufort, the, Church
known as the Deciplesof Christ
began preaching . here a few
years ago and organized a church
and have done lasting good in
the community, and in this re
cent meeting there has been add
ed to it many of our most prom
inent citizen.
"America First" the military
opera produced by local talent at
the Sea Breeze Tuesday evening
was a -big success. The per
formance whi h was under the
direction of A, L. Baker of Chica
go was well staged and consider
ing' the short time the perform
ers had rpent in rehearsals was
remarkably well played. The
singing was tuneful and ' Catchy
and the drills and dancing were
very pleasing. V The house was
well filled ; arid a considerable
sum was realized for the local
chapter of the Daughters of the
Confederacy.. V . ' . -
: Only Few Days More
: On and after September the
first the price of the Beaufort
News will be $2 a year as : has
been announced several times.
All who desire to' renew their
subscriptions or any new sub
scribers who" wish to Uke advan
tage of the old price will please
send -in their remittances by
next Tuesday at the latest.
Birthday Party "
un last xvionaay evenmK na
zel Whitley entertained at the
home of her parents Mr., and
Mrs. M. R. Whir!ley in honor of
her fifteenth birthday.
The guests arrived at 8 o'clock
and played games until - refresh
ments were served consisting of
ice-cream and cake.
- The - parlor was beautifully
decorated the color scheme being
pink and white. .1 he cake was
decorated in pink and white, and
the 15 candles were lichtcd and
brought in by Miss Valeria Whit
ley and Miss Margaret Noe.
At eleven o'clock all left ex
pressing delight in the manner
in which they had been enter
tained. , '
There b much building going
on around here among others
Mr. Cleveland Gillikin. is build
ing a handsome Bungalow, which
will add much to the beaut v of
that section. . r
BlOCKSDE STILLS DESTEOiEO
Three Plants And Lots Of
HoozeCaptured By ;
Haiders ;
A force of prohibition agents
arrived here Tuesday and yester- '
day they took to the woods and
before they came back they 1 had
disposed - of three moon-shine '
whiskey plants. Today they are
on another raid. A part of this
same force was here a few
months ago. ? They work from
the Richmond headquarters,
rhose in the party were J. A.
nuicnins, in. u. Evans, & H. .
Meadows' and V. K. Martin
Sheriff v Thomas accompanied
them on the raid. - - .'
tl 1 he plants destroyed " were on
the Craven-Carteret line and it
Is hardto say which county can '
claim the distinction of having '
them. Two 100 gallon ' copper
ftills were taken and brouarir
back to .town. At the third
place the owners had managed
to run away with their still but '
23 barrels of beer was destroyed -along
with other things. In all '
71 barrels containing 6000 gal
lons of beer were destroyed.,
hjesides thi3 150 gallons of corn
wjuskey were captured and pour
ed upon the ground. A warrant
has been issued for a white man
namer Zach Hodgs who lives
near one of the distilleries and he
will have a hearing before a U. S.
Commissioner. . v - . ;
Marriage Incenses
. Licenses to marry have been'
issued recently by Assistant
Registtr of Deeds Jinnett to the
following : ' r - '
-Thos. E.' Lewis and Bettie
Guthrie Harkers Island -
TW.a Guthrie and Ilinnah
Nelson Harkers Island -
- Reuben wilh's and Sarah F.
Lawrence Bettie
The farmers are busy pulling
fodder. We are delighted with
the improvement of our roads ua
der the directions of Mr. . Thom
as, our Supervisor and his super
Intendahts. If the people could
understand what a great improve
ment and help St will be to. the
eastern part of Carteret -county
they would cot begrudge one
penny that is -being spent here
On the roads.
ft urtnr I lliif IA fr4
wi Mffr mrrm mm wt i
ratmwrvm ftbovl tl few ! Ik 7 t
tUkliM t pntm mats' ! lfrom
fta mmM mmf 1.1a tit t. nil li. Ijnnt I
Nash la Trouble Again
Ieriry Nash .the colored store
keeper who was tried in Major's
court we :k before last is in the
toils of the law again this time
with the Federal authorities.
Yesterday morning 'about the
ime-the early train leaves Nash
came to the station and got a
box containing two large bottles
of what purports to be essence
of ginger, a preparation that
contains 93 percent alcohol and
in fact is stronger than whiskey.
Revenue officer J. A. Hutchins
who had word that the stuff
was there for Nash was on hand
accompanied by Sheriff Thomas
and made the arrest. Nash stated
that he had a Federal license to
handle ginger and that he would
go home and get his license. He
went along wilh the officers
went In the front door snd
while the officers stood outside
slipped out the back door snd
proceeded on his way. He was
overtaken at about the forks of
the roads a mile from town and
was lodged in jail A $500 bond
was required of the prisoner
which he did not give.
His trial before U.' S. Commis
sioner Bushail was set for today
tt two o'clock.
Mr. Duncan No , Better
E. C Duncan who r has been
very ill here for several weeks
has shown wonderful powers of
resistance but the disease is grad-
uAitjf overcoming, nis strengtn.
He is now very low and the end
may occur at any time. . ;
The News received an unsi'tm.
ed article from Williston this
we;k which would have been
published if the writer had been
known. The name of the writer
is not desired for publication but
merely to know who is responsi
ble for the article. ;.
Mins , Sweeper In t Tort
une ot tue deepest Jrait ves
sels that his corn over " the bar
in a longtime, cimc In Sunday
piloted by Captain T. G. Willis.
She was the U. S mine sweeper
Hupqua. This vessel draws tiv
teen feet of water and is quite
good sired cra.'t . She came here
Charleston and brought
Tug GoesTi Sea -
- . .
The tug boat Bethalum which
has been in the harbor for sever
al days left yesterday morning
for Jacksonville, FJa. Capt. Geo.
Sra ith took her cut to sea. The
barges are still here and will not
te taken to Cuba an was first in
tended. -
Presents Picture To
Graded School
- Mrs. T.J. Jarvis who is spend
Ing the Si mmer here recently
presented to tie Beaufort Grad
ed school a picture of her hus
band the late Thos. J. Jarvis.
Governor Jarvis as he is usually
referred to. was one of the most
distinguished men ever produced
by the state of North Carolina.
Besides minor o&ces he held the
positions of Govef nor. Ambassa
dor to Brazil and United States
Senator. As man snd ttatesman
he will ever rank hish in the sn
nals tj the State and his picture
might well be in 'every school
house In the State.
AtThs Melhodlit Churr't
Reverend 11 L lh'i
pttjch at the Method ,t t hmth
next Sunday morning arul r.i!.t.
Atlo'clacI; h the afiernvi
there will be a rnrttint tf I?
1
Omr KKanan. Ub)rUl td Vim
lor . the enrt guard
j Survey School M;- r.ry Sk!
Ato ft t'Br Q TliVn 1 KV
nation at Camp Glenn.
ing and the trip to and fro made
the occasion a very pleasant one.
mt mttnm la SUo w4m la'.tupplicS