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VOL IX
BEAUFORT, N. C. THURSDAY : SEPTEMBER; 9 : 1920 v
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Insurjnce Companies Try
ing To Find Out George
. S. Speers Affairs
Politics At Atlantic
The representative of a life in
surance company of Hartford
Conneticut was in Beaufort Mon
day making some investigations
into the affairs of Geo. S. Speer.
formerly manager of the Virginia
, Carolina Farms Company.
As will be remembered by
. readers of the News Mr. Speer
. died at his home in Chicago
some time in May. His death
"'followed a visit to this ufity a
' few days before and Was very
sudden. There was at the time
. in the minds of many people
- suspicion that he had, committee
suicide. It was known here that
Mr. Speer was having consider-
able difficulty in keeping his pro
;ject of developing the open
"grounds afloat. His funds for
carrying on the drainage work
were practically exhausted and
he had been for some time trying
to float another bond issue to
get more money. He was not
' successful in selling the bonds
of the company. These were
the facts on which were based
the idea of suicide.
On the other hand it was held
' by some that Mr. Speer did not
' kill himself intentionally because
it was said that he had been of
ferred a half million dollars for
the property, which would have
then offset all losses.
Un his last trip here he was
accompanied bv a party of capi
talists who seemed to be thinking
of buying the lands of the com
pany.
The coroner's inquest in Chi
' cago f o the News is informed, re
.vealed the fact that he died from
nicotine poisoning, l nis poison
was found in his stomach and
is said that a bottle el it was
found in his room. It may have
been however that he took the
poison by mistake for medicine.
Mr. Speer's life was insured for
JW.WO and the insurance com-
panies want to be satisfied that
. he did not kill himself before
they pay out the money.
A Republican meeting is to be.
held at Atlantic Friday : evening
at eight o'clock. This meeting
starts the campaign in the - east
ern part of this county and others
will be held right along till elec
tion according to plans of the
Republican " managers. The
speakers at the meeting Friday
night will be Lieutenant E. Wal
ter Hill and W. G. Mebane of
Beaufort. Mr.Jiill saw service
with the : American army in
ranee and will be ble to dis
cuss the League of Nations from
the standpoint of one who has
been there. Mr, Mebane is -the
editor of the Beaufort News and
is the Republican nominee for
he State Senate. Republicans,
Democrats and independents are
invited to the speaking and as
women vote this year they are
especially invited to be present.
1 i i
Commissioners' Meeting
Judge Robinson Of Golds-
borp Will Deliver An
Address At The Court
House Tonight
v Women Must Register
Every woman who desires to
vote in the November elections
must have her name put on the
registration books. This
course also applies to all men
who have come of age this year,
Registration books are required
to be kept open twenty days be
fore the closing day which is
sundown on the second Saturday
Detore the election, l he same
rules as to age, residence and
qualifications to read and write,
Apply to women as well as men.
i he board ot county commis
sioners held their regular month
y meeting here this week, all
the members of the board being
present. On account of the
pressure of business the board
was in session Monday, arid Tues
day and will meet again r next
Monday. At the next meeting
the matter of the tax levy for
this year will be acted upon.
Besides the regular routine bus
iness a number of road matters
were disposed of this week.
A contract was let to Davis
and Hancock to build the road
and bridges between Davis and
Piny Point This road is a little
over two miles and will be the
link that connects all the east
from Beaufort to Atlantic. The
price for building the road was
4 ju per line a yarn ana the to
tal cost for road and bridges will
be a little . over $27,000. The
board also agreed to furnish
5000 bushels of shells for road
throughout east Marshallburg.
The surveying and laying out of
the road between Marshallburg
and Gloucester will be done, by
the county and citizens of that
section will finish it up. The
matter of building a bridge
across Newport.river will be tak
en op at the next meeting.
State Guard kneampment
Several companies of the
State Guard are in 'camp this
week at Camp Glenn. There are
not so many oi mem tnere as
used to come before the war.
Lol ED Scott of Graham is in
charge of the camp
Local Republicans have ' suc
ceeded in making arrangements
to have a political speaking here
Thursday night at' eight o'clock
at the court house; Judge W. S.
O. B. Robinso'n of Goldsboro js
to make the address. Judge
Robinson is a prominent attorney
ofGoldsboro and is well known
throughout the State. He was
formerly on the Superior Court
bench and is regarded as ah able
lawyer and a speaker of grejt
ability. On account of the fact
that women will be permitted Xo
vote in the coming election in
November a special invitation is
extended them to come out arid
hear Judge Robinson. It makes
no difference wha? the political
views ot either men or women
are all alike invited to come .out
to the speaking Thursday night.
The election this year is gen
erally regarded as one of the
most important in the history of
the country. New issues are
being considered and all who de
sire to be informed about them
should. hear the speakers who
will discuss them. The League
of Nations .and the re-valuation
of property are the two main
subjects that are interesting the
people of North Carolina this
year.
DIDN'T FEA2E THE PROFESSOR
" .
Snake Expert Cot but 'of Rather Tight
Fix In a Somewhat Clever
Manner.,
There li a certain professor of nafr
oral history who deftghta.ln propound''
Ing eaten questions to Ma clasa, and
one young fellow, who had been caught
by one, determined to get even. At
the next dast, therefore, be said
gravely:
"Professor, yon have made a npecial
study of snakes, have you notT
-Yea, I think' I am fairly well in
formed as to that branch," the profes
sor responded.
Then, professor, yotf can undoubt
edly Inform me on a point which,
while doubtless simple, puzzles me.
May I ask you a question?"
The professor begaq to feel uneasy,
but there was nothing to reply but
"yes."'' 1 " "' ' '' ' A,; i
"Then, sir, what I desire to know Is,
where does a snake's tall begin?" the
young fellow , asked gravely. '
,Th professor was allent for a mo
ment, and a titter" began to run over
the room, which Increased to a roar as
the professor replied calmly:
.. That Is quite simple It begins at
the end of the snake which Is not th
head."
TWO DOLLARS FOR WIFE
Sctool Opening
Curious; Paper Found
Among Court House
Records Here
WILL TUNNEL UNDER STRAIT
Japanese Authorities Said to Have
Decided Upon Engineering Feat
of Magnitude.
The Beaufort Graded School
wjlv open Monday, September
20, 8 30 A.M.: It - is hoped that
every child will enroll the first
, . day so that all maybegin work
The public records" in this together. Accordingto the Com
countyas in many of the old pulsory Attendance law every :
counties of .the State often .con- child from 8 to 14 years iriclu
tain matters that are curious and 'sive, should enroll on the first,'
interesting. An instance of this dayand attend school so long as
sort occurred last week. B. M. ft- j3 fa ' session T in"; this
Potter a civil engineer of New dis'tfet where he lives. In ad- '
Bern while looking through the ditionto the regular .course' of
records here ran across an old work the school will maintain a
document that was quite re- music department ; and com
markable in its way. The paper merciatdeprtament., There will
which is more than a hundred nn rWo- W th inctiiWiVm
years ago discloses the fact that in the commercial work, but a
one Abner Willis sold his wife minimum . rental W will r
for the sum of twe dollars. This charged these taking this course
was prehaps an unusal price for for the use of typewriters. We
a wife even in those dayst it cmtalce.caily.a-lirnited number '
ceartainly would not do now in this work at present because of '
inese nign cost oi living times, the lack of equipment.
The paper referred to which is . The public, and ? especially the
on file in the clerk's office zt patrons, are invited to attend the
the court-house reads as follows: opening exercises and get ac-
"This indenturemade thisl4th quainted with the new teachers.'
Now Is The Time
Eotsfifty -cents you can get the
Beaufort Jews sent, you for
three : months. This will take
you through the campaign and
some time afterwards. Every
voter in the county should read
the Beaufort News. Subscribe
now.
Amerjcan Legion Convention
The annual convention of the
Americs Legion was held in
Wilmington last week and there
was 9 good attendance from all
over the State. The Carteret post
was represented by Lieutenant
E Walter Hill of Beaufort A
number of matters were con
sidered by the convention dne
of the most important of which
was that of good roads. A reso
( lution was adopted favoring a
"state wide road system. C.
D, Hogue of Wilmington was
elected Cornnunder of the North
Carolina department of the
legion and Hendersonville was
was choosen as the place for the
next convention which will be
the 27th of next Aujust,
, WUrt Animals,
ThU ifw r tf.lmolt that llv
without tfrtnkiitfl Is ahnwit tiy th ft
Miss oft the M.i4 f UMm) D. off
tk roeet of ftrtffMllleiMl. brt tr Is
rrea atrf si U, sad
ani rainfall Is We Usa
Marriage Licensee
The following couples having
permits to wed are:
B. M. Rice and Ellen Styronof
Morehead City.
Wm. A, Grove of Criraona, Va.
and Ethel Elliott Week, Elizabeth
City.
Mr- Hats II Appointed
On account of the removal of
Superintendent R. L Barney of
the Biological Ration here to
Freeport Iowa it was necessary
to appoint some one in his place.
Mr. Chas. Hatsell of Beaufort
has been appointed to nil the
vacancy. Mr. Hatsell has been
with the station here for many
years and is thoroughly familiar
with the work. The station
here is one of the most import
ant that the Bureau of Fisheries
has.
vagwe 0Mrpti.
tJnle Hrtty mnatAf
to! We imm fy dainty
aandwk-Ws rt carved said! "Mottv
ev Jar. will roe make too at
etce Itllle MDdwtrfee for se
day vtUMtt toy bart ear
fiAropfll I -infhn ntrft finnfmPfPTTlPIlt
was innde uot.lne imperial govern-
roent rallwlys of "apnn Intended to i
build a tiibnel ndf r the Shlmonosekl I
strait This strurf separates the main
lalnnil at tha Jannncsa trronn. Hondo.
from the smaller Island of Klushu at i WitneSSeth
the aouth. It la now crossed by a
car ferry. wt:ch is rapiury Decommg
Insufficient to meet the demands Uiat
are made upon It Two years are to
be Kpeot In studying the geological
formation of the sea bed In the strait
and in drafting of the general plan
of work In preparation for the actual
undertaking of tunneling, so that UM
real work will not commence until
,492 Engineer and workman win be
stndy what DM o acuovoa
tit mm ceuatiiea la tao way of tonnol
ooglnoertnf. The line Is to bo sevon
mile long, one mile of which will bo
entirely under tbo sea. The spproxW
mate cost of the undertaking will bo
about $10,000,000 and the work to ra-
ported to be complete" la 1828. Sd
tntlfle American.
day of December Eighteen hun-.
dred and Fourteen between
Abner Willis of the State of
North Carolina and County of
C ll. Ferguson, Supt.j
Carteret the one part and Wil
liam W. Oliver of the other
part
New Fixture For Bank
ArriTe-
The new fixtures for the Beau
fort Banking and Trust Com
pany's new building arrived
Tuesday with the exception of
some pieces of marble. As soon
as the marble comes the work of
installing the fixtures will begin.
These fixtures were ordered
many months ago bufowmg to
the slowness of the manufactures
in making delivery they have
just come.
Jewish New Year
Rosh Hashanah the Jewish
New Year begins on Sunday at
sundown and lasts till sundown
Monday. Some Jews also ob
serve Tuesday as a part of this
holiday. In the Jewish calendar
next Sunday is the beginning of
the year 5,681 since the creation
of the world. Ten days after
Rosh Hashonah comes Yom Kip-
Dur the Dav of Atonement. S.
Yoffie and his family are the on
iy members of the Jewish faith
in Beaufort. They will however
observe these holidays.
Nad Knook ot Tkst Nwmfcer.
A Nona Carolina man okoa eat
mnWU lire wea timbered II eit
It hark 10 ike set-mar of state nb
a klier Mjrlnst Tte Bra dey I rod
erltk It I loaf 111 and tb nerond day
I tot IS Inches of skin off any !.
rie me a safer ssmher." He
got It
fetta Wko Sellaits WmMm.
rornapo one or IM mmt prinit
or moepondeat kMigdooM Is Ike HtHe
Ulead of JeHaitna. In tbe Ownom
trunn. Tbe snlian knr1e ony Mp
tbsl assy fall there sad otxtosvera to
eroro Iho Mug for kte wivet.
wall Iho nrtm minister peddle te
roast sad bensnse.
What a r . Numker?
An aero squadron, preparatory to
the start for tbe front was being
Initiated again Into the mystenea of
clooe-order drtIL While moat of tfc
men knew . every nut bolt and
aqua re Inck of ranvaa on tbe planes,
they were more than kasy about tfco
forgotten detalla of their appreotic
ahlp daya In the army.
"Sqoada rtgbtr bellowed the cocs-
mandlng offlcer.
Tbe majority of the sqnadron man
aged to get there oomehow or otter,
but No. t, rear rank, fourtk aquad.
was totally loot Ho maneuvered
almleaaly abeot the Sold for a One,
trying to Sad bla place, and finally
walked Into the anna of the rap
tain.
"Here, you, where do you belong?
What's your nmnberr
Th buck anapped out of kla tranc.
"No. 24320, mr," be announcedv
Tbe Home Sector.
Smell airfa CHtlelem.
Uttle flre-yeer-old Lnta had
told not to be la sum norry wim-b
at sat awar bar plarthlaga. to take
a HtUe mere rare and pack
atralght One evening kw graodma
aa taking ber home after dark. As
they were walking ekmg ifce.etreoi
tlrtita were tamed on. She knked up
and asked: "Orandma. wko turned an
of ihoee tights on at ocer m keing
told a man at tke electric tight pUnl
rand theca on. ahe said : "Well. then.
ah rams oa all tbe tights la the
kt r Orandma fold kef Ooo a4 Mac,
Noticing lhat tbe kew mooa was tntod
1 a different ssgle from what ake bad
noticed bWore. aka saU ratter duguat
4ly: -Well, t via Ood would Uke
hiat s Unle more time wkea ne turns
no ihs HrJts and. thai
Simp's Seeeiy ),
Tome lnuid lake Se wisniee a
day from work sad He let oa the bark,
all max lr related, with eyes rlaead,
Il wltl be foeftd wonderful preeervaf
of hawltk. keeoty IM at rear. a. scree
hog to tks 4rr of a keattk tf part.
That I Abner Willis
have bargained sold and deliv
ereJ unto wm. w. unver one
sertain white women by the
name Marce which is or was
formally my wife for the sum
of twa dollars,, the Recept 1
herebv 'acknowledge myself
satisfied. In-' witness j heareof ' I
place my hand and seal the day
and year first written
Abner Willis Xhis mark
. i j i j-if i i
signeo, seaiea ana ueuvncu Mder.- Murdock -9-10
the prescence oi us tjenj. Leaan Morehead con $5
tjgnt years later me paper
was rprobated tby G. Rumley
Clerk of the Court of Pleas and
Quarter Sessions.
Real Estate Transfers-jj '
The following are real estate ,
transactions recently recorded:
E S Vought and wife - reparian
right in lot no, 4 Beaufort Heights
to G W Duncan con $10 &c .
CSand Odell Willis to J.E
Buck house . and lot no 6 ' in
square 109 Morehead con $100&c "
Mrs. Rena Bullock and hus
band to Melviri Robinson 1 acre '
in Hunting" Quarter- township
con' $200. ; .tr;;' .i: -1 ;
Alex Mu-dock and others to
M C Tolson 9-10 acre. Morehead
con$5 .' :
M E Tolson and others to Alex
acre In
Angelina .Willis to Jos. WiUis
tract on Harker's Island $lc :
MC Parker and wife to S F
Brinson and W N Dennis 1. acre
con $10 ''J 'i i :
F F Garner and wife to F F
Garner kx in Newport con $1400
Stephen. F .Willis to Fulford
Willis 8 acres in Hunting Quar
ter township con $100 . ' t
H C Fodrie to Chas Swindell
lot comer Board and Craven
sts,con$10&c ...
Jas B Morton and wife to Geo
A Woods loto 1-2-14-1M6 in
City con
Another Bear Killed
Hog killing bears seem to be
faring rather badly in Carteret
county this year. The News
last week told of the killing of
one of the arimals and a report
has been received of the death
of another one a short time ago.
The last bear wss killed near
Williston by E. D. Lynch of that square 115 Morehead
place. M r. Lynch was awaken- ti ooo
ed about midnight by the ternfi- jred and wife to Geo A
ed squealing of one of his hogs jot n square 139 Morehead
and guessing at once wnat was oo
the trouble he seued his gun ano y m webb and wife to Geo
.J. L Wmw aVlai teis4 I . a
naueiui uciwku ivuv.i v OCWS ICtS Jb-1113 SQUare
on arriving there that a bear had
one of his hogs and was just
about to throw him over the
fence. Aiming at the bear's
body he pulled the trigger and
dropped him dead in his tracks.
Th animal was quite a large
. o e a I
one. His leet were nine incnes
I org and he weighed 400 pounds.
views
115 Mere head ton $1 &c
A D Harris and wife to Geo
A Woods house and lot no 4 in
square 115 Mcrthc ad .City con
$1350
Melford Eldred and wife to
Ceo A Woods lot no 11 in square
Morehead Citytcon $7f0
HoMieTa Atfvaataso.
-The lara tke thing r ndalmH
IUmW. TWa bo etV4 aaitle: "Fw
luna'v'y rllM-fna haa nf ta
iie stng rani rvraake my
lrm ii f IS I he iMvtlea."
VaJeakle k
Tbe teloaropa gtvea oalsrged
of dleuat ob)erts.
anaws aaly wkat Is ataaoat la roaurt
Mk lis leas, and by gtvtag a meeaa
of making laiermedlsto otoervstwas
Ike modiScoUoos of the Devon mlrra-
reteocopa fcov provrt toot) to tke
naturalist Wltk great dptk of focus
snd a larre Seld af view, tke abort
focus typo, far etsmpte. kae a work
ing dliaore of 10 to II Incfcra, and
aiagnifUa T, to SS dlametera. iuk
fueiabie ritlwr iiptd ml aarveo aa a
rrfi tt aaMrt K nerumen4 el l lie I
4elfd belthi for studying enrk ntf
na aa tni. plan and fork a
Tka "Foteiata Toe.-
That ss so oriartMtal eirurtarf
Stag. Ctlna. tl bad nine at wire, fare
trftb vanegafed nnrerlolN fmta aklt
kello and tampe re kaeg. TV. rt
detroyed by ike Taip'.ng fa IV A. tnt
lltee In Metnry aa m af be'enea
wotntara of tha m'd'lie agea.
OtoarvaQowa aaaao tmutuneoastg
oUUeas far apart kava provM
that tka average aneteor wkea Sret
la akowt etgkty ssiwa above tM
orfaea at (ha earta, and dtaaptoru
froaa vWw at tklrty aulteev. Is atker
wards, n travels I fry mllea be fare tka
atmospheric frlrtloa bums It an. Tkig
frtrtlea. It to rerkoned, rnleea W
tempera furs af somotktaf like tOffV
000 drgreaa. aa that anlrea af ton
stsa. It kaa aa tha ace ta rear tv
plsart ' '
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Tka leie ArH.Mhi rVa f
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a Mdf. ! wa "it 'be WHa
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er ttmaaM r thm fnf ortlMli
fli dh rwd r tftiMt
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