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BEAUFORT, N. C THURSDAY " SEPTEMBER 23 1920
v.
Dumber 37
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Large'Aticndance Oi First
Day." Interesting ,
Exercises
The opening of - the Graded
; School here this week was quite
a successful one, the attendance
beiwg fully as large as the capac
v ity of the building would care
for. The enrollment consisted,
of 180 boys and 184 girls, a total
of '364. . v
1 The opening exercises were
quite impressive Monday mbrn
- ing. The student ". body assem
r bled in front of the building and
1- after the .school band had play
ed the Star Spangled Banner and
the flag had been raised march
ed into the auditorium. A con
siderable number of the older
citizens of the town were present ;
1 to witness the exercises. .
. Reverend Harry. Day began
the exercises with a prayer after
which he made a short talk ap
propriate to the occasion. M.
Leslie Davis then on behalf of
Mrs. T. J. Jarvis presented a pic
ture of her late husband to the
school. He gave a very interest
ing sketch of -Governor Jarvis
who was one of North Carolina's
most distinguished sons. Mrs.
Jarvi3 who has been in town sev
eral weeks attended the school
opening."
The picture of Governor Jar
vis was accepted on behalf of
the school by J. Hollister Potter
chairman of the school board.
Superintendent Ferguson ad
dressed the pupils and . parents
)resent on the subjects of regu
ar attendance, home, study and
co-operation between parents
and teachers. He stated that ; a
business course would be main
tained by the school this vear.
The list of teachers for this term
are as follows: : -
First Grade Miss Eva Thomas,
Second Grade Miss Annie Mor
ton, Third Grade Miss Annie
Mae Gibbs, Fourth Grade Mi?s
Lessie' Arrington, Fifth Grade
Miss Pansy Gaitley, Sixth Grade
Miss Mary C. Wilhelm, Seyehth
Grade Miss Bettie W. Parham,
High School Mrs. John Chad-
wick, MUs Nellie Richardson,
- G. H. -Ferguson, , Music Miss
Ethel Gladys Gaitlcy.
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j ypeseiung laconic
' 'Arrive!
The Mergenthaler linotype
ordered for the News office some
week. The machine is one of
theJatest and most - expensive
. A man will be sent eut from the
factory to erect it and so it will
not be a gtcat while now before 1
the Newt will be set in the mod
era newspaper way. In the
meantime the good old Guten
berg method will prevail
atiM wyTuiw UMfl
YTtt trlrvoo flrU ' CkUfoniU
flod tbrtr irt "lhortwl." tf f7
b 00 or la tttt lr. tor Caltforvl
woo4-borlo( brlU ttmt.r
thraoch oo4 d4 atM tbroufti atlof.
4 tuhttanr roonI'lrmNy bnrlrf than
Iwd. Ttit bnl h wt hutv!r! of
ltkftii oirt of fnwml"li hf txr
n hul la Uta ciM ltt curry lh
wtrra. Walrr entrra tha th, mat-tug-
wlra connrcrton -! uotll Iba
ra4 rtr ar tmni aal rrpatrH.
Tta proMa of control af thta rnal
boriof hrtt la'allll unrwi foorH
tnf to ba bamia nt ttitmAitoKjr of Ibt
fi Hatra drjriwor of arrtmt
tvra It l bo difficult to Bo4 0
prartlcvt'lo way.
Ntfral'l aa lvtfnoL
Too rrr) al!tia go aay
frja
fcnma."
k, r rn ba Ita ti4 acata
iH mttr trr'ba" rMW ntr
tU4 o' m6.-f'a wwtili a -J Jia,"
Hma4
O Ibalr Urim Vlrtb4ay Froarao
a4 Rita. twin. alao4 wauttag tho
laUbing tab Ui pat oo a taao
by Uwlr OMHbar, vo fnMM oo
f1altt4. mUunt, la'a bao today fua
mj blnMay. ai4 wall bavo 0a
for Mta tomorrow." ;
County 'sj Board Meeting
A meeting , of " the board ' of
county commissioners was ; held
here Monday, the following being
present: Chairman Wallace, Com
missioners Gillikin, Lewis, Pigott
and Taylor. The meeting was
a short one and was 'to finish up
some business thakwas leftover
from other meetings. .
:Ah order was passed by , the
board accepting the Marshall-
bu:g-Gloucester short cut, as a
county road, provided the , road
shill be built according to speci
fications furnished by the board
and at the expense of the citizens
of that locality. .
- An order was passed allowing
Guthrie Bros, to draw $5000 on
their contract for the North Riv
er bridge. Ed Pierce ' and Sail
Murray two prisoners having
with credits for- good behavior
finished ; their .sentences the
board ordered that they M dis
charged, v ' - ; " '
The board passed an order
that the raise in the North River
bridge be.' three feet high and
twenty feet long with a descent
on either side of fifty feet. Ad
journment was then taken, .
Moving Telephone Cable
The telephone cable which
formerly connected the wireless
station on Piver's Island with
Fort Macon Coast .Guard station
is to be removed and connected
up with the "station at Camp
Glenn. The' line will be run
along Bogue Banks until it gets
opposite the camp and there ; a
cable will be laid to the new
station." IT Pitt of Norfolk,
and E. Midgett of - Manteo and
H. C Logan of Ocracoke are . in
. ... .
cnare ot tne work. ,
New.Kind Of Egjs
A.' T, Gardner of this city is
something of a chicken fancier.
He raises fine chickens and is
an'authority on them. ' I le struck
something new in his experience
though the other day. It was a
very large egg with a very thin,
soft shell inside of which was
another egg of the usual size
and appearance. He is now
going to try to raise a breed of
hens that will Jay two eggs at
. Umc and thu, hc,p tQ
I Farmers Hold Meeting
A small but thoroughly in ear
nest convention of farmers was
held here Monday in the county
court room to discuss the tobac
co and cotton situation. The
meeting was called ta order by
A. L- Wilson of Newport who
called on E. W. Hill to make
some remarks particularly as to
the State warehouse plan. Mr.
Hut read this act and spoke to
the'eonvention on this and the
subject of low prices in general.
The opinion of all present at th$
meeting seemed to be that the
farmers must unite for self pres-
ervatwa na anion to that end
was taken, it U likely that the
farmers of this county will join
the associotion which is now
being formed La Virginia and
North Carolina to control acrag i
and to keep prices up, ,
'. Church Notice
Reverend R. F. Bumpas who
has been in I ftarutarium in
Wishincion. D. C. for several
weeks will return here soon and
will fill his pulpitat the Melho-
dist church next Sunday morn
ing and evening. - . ,
CM faaao M Kimaa Latata1r
la (to tarty aoraa girta ot ao
pUjt aa pogoo l baj kooaaa t UM
Kat4 ltatalaro.
r
Address Was Mainly On
Revaluation Of Property
Governor T. W; Bickett. spoke
here Saturday at noon to a crowd
of about three hundred peoJe in
the county court room.' ' He was
introduced to the audience in a
brief speech by attorney M. Les
lie Davis. "
The Governor spot e for about
an hour an a - half " and in the
couise of his remarks he ; dealt
with only two subjects, the Lea
gue of Nations and the revalua
tion of property. He - discussed
the League of Nations for "about
twenty minutes making an elo-quent-appeal
for it and advanc
ing the theory that it would, put
an end to war for all time to
come, tie said the Republican
Senate had ; strangled; to. death
this harbinger of - peace." ,
On revaluation Governor Bick
ett who has been its chief advo
cate, came out strungly. - He
fcave many figures comparing
old values with new and show
ing up what he called the inequal
ities of the ola system and the
advantages of the' new." He said
the old plan of assessing taxes
was false, Ainfair and unequal.
He said that the present- facili
ties fqr taking care of the deaf,
the blln 1 and the - insane were
inadequate and that r the-- State
needed more money. The Gov
ernor's speech was listened to
attentively and received some
applause - but did, not arouse
much enthusiasm. From here
he went to-Morehead City where
he spoke that nght ' v ,
Mra. C, A. Moore Moving
.JlrsCA. Moore "will mov6
her stock of dry goods and ladies
furnishing to the .second story
of the C A.-Clawson buildinsr.
The building has been put in
shape for this purpose, , a nice
stairway has been erected and
other improvements made to. it
S ot
At A Hog And Hit
A Man
R. W Chadwick of Beaufort
was acddentlly shot Tuesday af
ternoon bv E. W. Gibbs a friend
of his. Mr. Gibbs had. been try.
ing to get some hogs out of a
without much success and Mr.
Chadwick i had volunteered to
help. Finally losing patience
Mr. Gibbs got his shot gun and
fired at one of the ' bogs. . Some
of the load hit, Mr. Chadwick,
one shot striking him in the fore
bead and several others' in the
legs. Dr. Maxwell was called to
see him and found that the
wounds were not dangerous.
Sunbeam Hand At The
Haptitt Church
Quite a few young folks, eligi
ble to be members of the Sun
beam Band, met at the Baptist
Church last Sunday afternoon
and reorganized with the follow
Ing officers: President, Martha
Longest; Vice President, Lucille
Brickhouse; Secretary, -Rubv
Rich; Treasurer. Sarah Hill; Or
ganlst, Kuth Brickhouse.
Mrs. Robert Gardner, is the
Lender for the Uand which Is un
der the supervision of the W.
U. of the church.
The time of the meeting is the
first and third Sunday afternoons
AH children of the community
are Invited to attend. -
CRntim rrttft4a, .
frlrata n Vm people t
fclln r:i alwar to r
of irmiti' DJrvH Two fr
. APPEAL FUNDS
The Republican Voters
And Law . Respecting
Citizens Of North
s Carolina . - '
It is the opinion of competent
legal authority that the absentee
Voter Law is in violation of, the
constitution of the State and
will be so declared by the Courts
before the election. ' , -:
It is a known and sworn to
fact that under this law brazen
frauds have mullified and de
stroyed the integrity and. purity
of the ballot and thousands qf
our soldier boys and ' other citi
zens were ; defrauded- of their
votes by forging C their names
without their knowledge.' M
, The Republican State Execu
tive Committee'; has : employed
counsel in the persons ot - "; "
Judge W. P. Bynum, Judge" R.
C. StrudVick, and Attorney Sid
ney S. 'Alierman. - . - - .;
These lawyers have : been au
thorized and directed to proceed
immediately, and to the court of
final appeal if necessary, to have
removed from the books this ille
gar and iniquitous provision of
the present Election Law. .
The expense of this litigation
will be heavy and will: not , be
less than $3,500.00 by conserva
tive and competent estimate.
This is a mere pittance in com
panson with - the beneht accur
ing to every law respecting citi
zen and to the fair nam cf our
State.". - "'.rVr'J
: : The Republican ; State Com
mittee appeals to the. Republi
cans and to thqse citizens of the
State who believe that the, sanc
tity, of "the' ballot is .the only
guarantee of a free, lasting ' and
.economical covemment" of Taftd
by the people to make nossible
this all important undertaking
and to carry it on to , successful
conclusion. '
The suit has been instituted and
and the Republican State Com
mitted most earnestly asks you
tQaidincirryingiton. -
Will you" send at once to
Frank A. Linney," State ChaiF-
man, Greensboro, N. C, just as1
large a contribution as the im
portance of the undertaking mer
its? One subscription of $500.00
from a patrioticf State Republi
can is already in hand.
Immediate response is all ' im
portant and it is believed your
cooperation will have vital bear
ing on the result, and. place in
office honest officials honestly
elected.
Ycurs very truly,
F. A. Linney, Chairman.
Greensboro, N. C.
John M. Morehead,
National .Committeeman.
. i . Gilliam Grissom, .
Secretary.
fatlafa CoAoomlfta. Taath.
Tlirra ro . mrjoua fn'.ca aoot
torttt. Ta dream ahmii tA oai fteld
to bo a warning tbat aurrow aaa at
baad, and It aa ft HI mora UL!uiy
to tfraaio of otia'o Wib falling eot
llAoy mnto Mill ilrvw aa fitrartoJ
looih tnto tho flro for Itt.'k. and Ibla
to otiatrrrd apoclally la UiO rat of
yaoug rblMraa to anauro that 1ba ro
moliMjrr of Ibalf toelb win cmt irvx
orl. Troth Uo apart U aakt to bo
a,a'r of futaro pruapehty a&4 tup
plaraa. , , .
' frono! OMlaaa.
rmrJ Coiaoa la il.a pat n-fto
Bnnt of Traafa. !t wrfac rlara grad
ually tmnt ibo aolH-alifcful roast to
(ho pwmatl bnnlaf a the aoota.
Only a Hwallspar of ibo rouotry la
kaoaio, rttr rtlfUriy yIW
frrtf, CwHaiate Iko r m aad Mvo
proved m fatal to lrrK m(rte
Xhmt hire pcira bav lxig
Mt o)MHr. T t da Diablo, off
tfeo foot Urmm titpm Itiroiig too
kmpflainnl i f A"f" I Preyfoe.
CAUGHT BY JUICt BIG WORDS
"ei-mul-ta-ne-ouely". Had Mora Effact
on Yacht Waltar Than Fat Tip
Would Hava. -
The caterer who fed the renortera
three Jlraea a day on the destroyer
Goldsborough at the cup racea.had
a staff of negro' waiters, one of whom
had a' weakness for words, strange
words, remarks thaNew York Evening
Sun.. ReDortera warned to reek him
out and win bis favor by bringing him
"wnoppers. " ...
"Unctuoua" must be that 'walter'a
name. Tor unctuous he was v aa bo
brought tho breakfast milk "cream,"
he -colled It optimistically. . , - --
"Yob. kin have all ' de cream, - yo
wants, ge'men- he said, and soma
mistook the Quality of his soul and of
fered him money Naturally he took
It. And he boomed a thunderous
thanks that "called the attention 'of all
diners and compelled them likewise to
offer him money. :
- But the waiting soul of Unctuous re
ally flowered only when ho heard
gigantic word. ' Solemnly one reporter
came In and standing ceremoniously
with a hand on ,the back of bis chair
before sitting down looked straight at
Unctuous and b one Intoning a for
mal greeting slowly gave vent to tho
single word,;"8huultaneously."- .
"Sl-iuul-ta-ne-olis-ly," repeated Unc
tuous, catching It, perfectly and sep
arating ench syllable with . reversed
pomp. "SI-nul-ta-neou9-ly,' he kept
murmuringjis h5' bustled exclusively,
about 'the man who had brought liira
the new word gem. r ; - r - ?
STRANGE WINDS OF CHANCE
French ; Art I it and English Novelist
. Mixed Up In Romance of the .
Marquaean Islanda,
f In on of the New Tortj art gal
leries there Is now on view a primitive.
ly-fash!oiia dnor decorated with the
figure of a Tuhttloa belle. Tills door
has been brought from the far-away
lands of. the southern Taclflc. ' ,
' And thereby lianpi a tale" a tnlo
that tend to one of the far Ilarnues
an lulu n(H Where Tool Gaugln "mudlj
painted hla very Ufa's blood Into a
serlea of astounding canvasea, prac
tically living on narcotics at the and
because he' felt that he must. Ojt any
cost, give bis montage to the world
W. Somerset MauglutBV lev tile ondleatt
search for the eudlesa micccsslun of
plota for his novels and plars. dug up
the story of I'aul Gaugln'a trail hot
foot from Parle to Tahiti, and eve
carried off door from his cabin.
Thus wa written "The Moon and Six
pence." Gaugln died In bla adopted borne,
his paining noted only by a few ar
tlsta. Then tbe. playwright's rtalt to
the Island, then' tho book and Imme
diately there Is a general gathering
of arUsta, writers, photographers, ate.
on their way to TahlU.
Mr. Arena bao made an art Ida of
nnujwal interest In tradog tho po-
cnllar eourae of thta rather extraor
dinary literary oumo. llarpefa 1U
sar. Twe DifTtront V)wi .
Well." cried lira. Hwipeck. "on?
aoat Is engaged to bo married. Wo will
prtte to tbt dear tad and congratu
late Mm." .
Mr. Ileni'eok agreod (ha dare not
do otherwise), ami bla wife picked op
her
"My darling boy," read the aon.
"what gloiirfis 'iwwsl Tour father
and I rejoice In'yoor bapplneaa,' It
has long torn oar grefet wlsli that
you shoold marry some good woman,
A good woman la hearen'e most prec
ious gift to man. She brlnje out all
the hmLiu him aod htpa blm to sup
an that ta ent"
Tien there waa a poalacrlpt In
dlffetvul bandwr.tlnn " '
"Tear mothor ha gone for stamp.
Keep single, yo yoong neod!e."
Catllno laok llrda.
In the datatd areas of IWlflam
aed Kortberu Ftanco the birds aa
en as the bnman InhaMtanta lot
ihlr home Thir nia and nt
Ing place re octroyed. - ,
Unm tbey bare been lartled baTki
for the matter la a nterrty e ef an
tlmont. tnamHi aa tbe blrda ire need
ed to eat the ban that devear tbe
fe.mef'a crp. .
With Ible object In view, aria of
woodland are being set S"le end
made aa attrartlte aa o:M to
rVatbered rre;turea. It la eipie4
tbat by oorti mrana rolonlea of blnla
III aeon bo eaUb!lht. and tt.at. with
proper protet1o. they art 1 1 Multiply
end becoroo aa auuirroue as eer be
fore loac .
we a tlmpte rwum
Ijiirg ojretamtnatton In Kanaaa a
(.tuU be erecbee drcUrod thai "A a
OlifO may teewte Cttlaee) by Wtog
n In tile roan try," Boat on Tra
. . . .
: HiMl OLLL K Li Li
Will Fin sh Water And
Sewerage If Money Can
v Be, Had, . Increase
. Power Plant
An important meeting of the
board of town
was held at the City Hall last
Fridav nichf. Tr wits an a4ii-.-
" T ' " UilUUjUUtll
ed meeting of the regular session
ana was to consider tax levies
and other matters. Those pres
ent were Mayor Bushall, Com
missioners Uuncan,: Doane, Pot
ter and, Whitehurst. .
r?" tmoton of commissioner
Whitehurst,the rate of : taxation
tor the year was fixed at 85 cents
on the $100 worth of property
and $2.55 on the poll. 1 The tax
was apportioned as- follows:
General Fund. 33. Wrr
o, layiors ucek bonds 5 Elec
tric" light bends 9, making a tot.
al of 85 cents.
Commissioner Doane. offered a
motion that bids te advertised .
for ccmpletir.c the
The motion canied. ;Then the
uiuuer or setting more power at
the City's power plant was dis
cussed. Cn account of the grow
ing demand for electric lights
and current the commissioners
think it necessary to purchase
another fngine and dynamo.
The ty;;e of engine was discuss
ed at some length Commissioner
Doane favored an oiiburning en-
Sine ana ummissioners Duncan
and Potter .thcught a fcteam en
gine would suit bettev A mo-
uon was ouerea oy commission
er Potter that a Flemir -Harris-burg
compound dual clearance
sream engme be purchased. On
this, motion commissioner TVwnA
voted no and - commission
Duncan and - Potter - voted yes.
Commissioner , Whitehurst did
not vote. The Mayor was then
irstructed to secure the funds to
buy the encine and call on nv
of the members of the board that
he wished to help him.
m. iiouand came before the
board and csked to he . r1ivf
of raying a milliner license tax
t . . O m
ioruutnne and Company or
have their regular mrchant'ei
tax reduced. On motion of Com
missioner Duncan the re'ief was
granted.
CommiSBioner Duncan mnvwl
that a resolulion be drawn to of
fer bonds for sale to comDlete
the water, and sewerage sj r tem
The motion carried. "The board
then adjourned. . 1
a
Bridge Party For Era.
Uickctt
Mr. C..L Duncan entertained
a few ft fends at bridge lakt Sat-
urday afternoon in honor of
Mrs. T W Bickett who with
Governor Btrkett has beeniiere
for several days on a vacation
trip. There were , two tables
those prejent being Mrs. T. tV.
bicicctt, Mrs. i, J. jarvis. Mrs.
A. J. Cooke, Mrs. Dayard Taylor,
Mrs. A. D. O'firvan. Mm- lo.
House, Mrs. Grifton Porter ard .
Guthrie of Gold.boru The.
prize a box of candy was won by?
Mrs. Cooke and presented to
the guest of honor. , ;
' .-
Waanlffte) Knew Valve ef 0lt
Tboro naa neon recently ditraorM
tetter of Ceergo Waablagion In
arbicn be above great lolerat la the
poaalbiuty of an 'oil aprlag" la Tie
giata. tie railed tbe etcui attention
of hie tineiere to U tmporlre ef
the Batter.
Med tnn Itahte. ? '
Ta retinne rd Ink attlnt from .iM
1vb epread freolily ! mnurd
trr ike ota in aad true t. t rr-
tail Mw, TWn apooce a3 i4 ait
raee of Uk lll have gon. -.