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SHIP EQUIPMENT
U. D. C.
MEETING
LEFT TO .RUIN; srrtcSTLi 5
iMrs. L. E. Greenleaf on Friday, No
vember 19th, at 3:30 P. M. Each
i
member is. urged to be present,
j Mrs. Guy D. Potter, Sr.,
j Rec. Secretary.
Witness Testifies. That Vali
able Machinery Was Left
Out In the Weather
NEW yORK, NOV. 16. Machin
ery and shipbuilding equipment, val
ued at millions of dollars, was- left
out in the open to deteriorate in val-
COTTON CROP IS SHORT.
The tabulated cbtton report shows
ue months after plants were closed there were 440 bales of cotton
down with the ending of the war, j ginned in Carteret county from the
Paul H. MacNeil, a former resident crop of 1920, prior to November 1,
engineer of the shipping board in the j 1920, as compared with 1,492 bales
south atlantic district, testified today ginned to November 1, 1919.
before the Walsh committee, investi
gating shipping board affffairs.
MacNerr" said, he was stationed at
Savannah and had five yards under
his supervision, his immediate chief
being R. H. Dillingham at Jackson
ville, the 'district plant engineer.
Just what his own authority was he
did not know, he testified, but he said
Mb "assumed a great deal in the en
deavor to straighten out tangles."
He said the yards were well or
ganized, "better perhaps than were
theemergency fleet forces, for they
generally could get the better of the
government organization." He
brought into his testimony the name
of the Terry shipyards and the Na
tional Shipbuilding company, and a
marine railway organization, over
which he had supervision. He said
that the Terry people had a trust
W. Z. McCABE,- Agt.
Wildwood, Nov. 15.
"
A COMING ENTERTAINMENT
CATCH DRUM AND
GET IN TROUBLE
Portsmouth v Fishermen Charg
ed With Violation State's
Pishing Laws.
Instead" of gaining for themselves
a good sized sum of money for a
SCHOOLSOPEN
PUPILS MUST GO
Children of School Age Must
Attend Or Be Reported
To Attendance Officer
According to the laws of the State
of North Carolina children between
big haul of red drum last week by ! eight and fourteen years of age are
the crew of the fat back schooner required to attend school provided
"Captain" the members of the said
crew find; themselves in the toils of
the law.
a school in their locality is open.
This law applies to the chidren in
both country and towns. Many of
RED CROSS SERVICES.
There will be a special service at
the Baptist Church next Sunday
night at 7 o'clock, in the interest of
the Red Cross Roll Call.' ,
There will be a sermon by the
Reverend Mr. Day, appropriate to
the occasion and all persons are in
vited and urged to come.
BAD WEATHER
BOTHERS SHIPS
SERVICES AT ST. PAUL'
,4
The Captain is one of the fleet of the schoolsn Carteret county are
A play entitled "The Womanless
Marriage" is to be given by local
talent in the Court House on Friday
j"night, December 3rd. The enter
tainment is given under the auspi
cees of the Parent-Teachers' Associ
ation, the proceeds of which are to
be used for building walks on the
Graded School grounds. A full pro-
gram will be printed in the News
next week.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Not many real estate transactions
have been recorded lately by the
Rpo-ister of Deeds. Thev were as
loan from the fleet corporation to be 'follows
used ship construction, and that) j c' Mason nd Rumley
over hVprotest money in this fund!.,, . , Merr5mon town.
the Wallace Fisheries, of Morehead
City and, works for the branch fac
tory at Portsmouth. She is com.
now open fend the children are ex
pected to attend them.
Superintendent of Welfare for
mandedrby Captain Charles Foster Carteret county, A. H. Outlaw, sends
and carries a crew of sixteen men. j the News a statement in regard, to
This boat, like the others that are: this matter w"hich is published here
engaged in fishing for menhad?n, with.
uses a large purse seine. Boats that "Many of the public schools of
use seuies of this sort must have a j Carteret county are now opened and
license to catch food fish and .the teachers are-making reports
was used to finance a subsidiary or
ganization engaged in dry dock work,
when their contracts were only about
one third complete. Through his ef
forts $116,000 of this fund was held
up, but he added that he ascertained
that part of the money was again di
verted. Speaking of the National Ship
building company, the witness said
that they had shut down previous to
his arrival on the scene.
"I found nothing had been done to
ship, consideration $1,400.
Jas. M. Kerman to Mary F. Her
man 5 acres in Smyrna . township,
consideration $10.
Geraldine Oaksmith Waddington
for'Oaksmith heirs to Harold E. Wil
lis tract in Morehead township, con-
spec "a1
it seems that thv Captain had no li
cense to take drum, although the !
boat did have a license, to catch mul
lets, blue fish and mackerel.
One day last week the crew of the
Captain sighted a large school of
drum, or channel bass as they are
sometimes called. Fatbacks being
somewhat scarce it was decided' by
Captain Foster that he might as well
make a haul or two for the drum,
probaYv t of thinking that to do so
was a vio'-.tion of :h Stalc't fhhing
laws. Some 20,000 pounds of the
fish were caught and taken to New
Bern where they were. sold for low
prices, bringing only $398.20 for the
entire lot
Stat Fish Commissioner, John A.
Nelson, read in the newspapers of
the whole transaction and so he at
once got busy. He went to New
Bern to get evidence of the sale and
then had the boat seized and war-
There will be services at St. Paul'.
Church, Sunday, November 21st, at
11 in the morning and 7 in the even
ing. In the absence of the Rector,
services will be conducted by Mr. J
M. Lord, a layman of Wilmington,
N. C. Mr. Lord is an interesting
speaker and it Is hoped that there
will be a good attendance.
Vessels Seek Refuge in Look
out Harbor and Fish Boats
Are Tied Up.
"that
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Assistant Register of Deeds, J. R.
Jinnett, has issued permits to wed to
the following couples:
Jas. Coppedge, Greensboro, and
Ethel Weeks, Beaufort.
Geo. R. Willis ami Mary
good, Moreheao! City.
R. F. Lawrence, Otway, and Lena
Lewis, Bettie.
Seymour G. Davis, Williston, and
Fannie E. Gillikin, Otway.
IDOPT
ION CASE HEARD.
deration tl &e.
Walter L. Hancock to Jos. Dixon nnU uken out ,or CPuin Fotr
lots 12 and 13 In square 4. Morehead j1 hi w- Th WM
City, consideration $2,700. ,,tf with th wnm ot
S. P. Hancock and wife and Gee.!00 h thir y,n ow nr
Huntley and wife to S. C. Campen 4!lMnn,,t reeeied 'or th fish. The
take care of the properties and val-, tracts of land 359 3-4 acres and crew CapUin were bound over
able machinery was. left uncovered buildinw in Beaufort town shin, con-! to Superior court and will have to
sideration $35,000.
On his
to the weather," he . said
own responsibility he took steps (o
save as much of it as was possible.
He invoiced the properties as to
quantitty and percentage of depre
ciation but not as to value. His
"guess" at its value was between $1,
500,000 and J2.000.000. He also
asserted that in the auditing of the
affairs of the plant 101 numbered
vouchers could not be accounted for.
NORTH RIVER ITEMS.
; account to that tribunaL
As a food fish drum are not very
I highly regarded around here and
j there .is not much demand for them
Mrs. Sallie Cmrawan, of Vande- on local market The smaller
mere, spent Ust week with her sbtr ,onM or "WPf drums" as they are
Mrs. H. Hunnings. ;cd r M I when bkd
Miss Susan Guthrie, of Morehead Properly. The larger ones are some
City, was 4he guest of Mrs. W. D.)8' nd r not ten freh
Arthur Tuesday. i ",nlM Prett
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Miss Kathleen Styron spent tkilunnMfMM"-7PM
Another point he made was that week-end in Morehead City and New j cat,n
equipment, ordered previous to the Bern. j The red drum is taken either in
cbslng of the plant, was still coming' Friends of Mr. Chat. Mason are net or with hook and line. Owing
to the ysid. He tried to have it 'glad to know that he is at work af- to its strength and gameness it Is
stopped and suggested it was new !ter being very sick. very popular with anglers, some of
and could be returned to the vendors i Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hill spent San- whom spend many hours fishing for
by payment of the freight only. day at Marshallburg and Davis. them. In the Fall these fish assent-
"They told me to keep my hands Mr. George Collins, of Wildwood, ble in large schools and are found
off and lef the machinery come," spent the week-end here with his wife anywhere along th Atlantic coast,
MacNeil declared. ! Mrs. Mary Nelson, who has been but are most plentiful in the South
to
the attendance officer of the unlaw
ful absences. If a special attend
ance officer isappointed in any town
or community he makes reports to
the Chief Attendance office who is
the County Supt. of Public Welfare,
however, a special attendance officer
has a right to prosecute for non-at
tendance of schooH
"Our present system of reporting
makes it impossible for a child to
be absent from school unlawfully
and the attendance officer not find
ing it out All children, between the
ages of eight and fourteen are re
quired by law to attend school so
long as school in his or her locality
may be in session.
"This is one of the best laws ever
made in North Carolina. That is
the way North Carolina does things.
If a man through carelessness and
indifference does not care to send his
child to school then the attendance
officer says he shall go and the great
state is behind it therefore, negli-
genet, indifference. of parents along
this line truancy, etc., will not In the
least sense be tolerated.
"The Compulsory Attendance Law
with the hearty co-operation of the
County Superintendent of Public
Welfare, and the public school teach
ers, is designed to do a great deal of
good today in keeping the children
In school, hence, out of the streets
and immoral places and in the com
ing years a better developed mind.
And it is the sincere desire of the
County iupreintendent or r uwic many yem connected with the bank
Welfare that the general public will!and .lwty, pjy ittrflted i tt
say unitedly 'let us nsve Dener ,ucceM. The resolution reads
school attendance.' "
., The bad weather that has prevail
ed for several days has forced fish-,
ing boats toay'up at their wharves
and has driven a number of vessels
to seek the friendly shelter of Cape
Lookout harbor. Strong notheast
winds for a day or so. followed by a
southeast gale and that by stiff wes
terly winds have kept the ocean in a
turmoil and every vessel that could
find a safe anchorage has lost no
time in getting to it
A message was received here Sun-'
day that the steamer Makanda was
disabled and in a helpless condition
southwest of Cape Lookout and ves
sels were asked to keep a close watch
for her. The sea planes were re
ported to be going out in quest of the
crippled ship if weather conditions
gl00(j. .would permit them to do so. Tues
day the news was received here that
some steamer had found the Makan
da and was towing her into port
The tug W. B.4 Keene tame into
Lookout harbor Sunday towing, a
barge loaded with mahogany ind"
bound for New York. She is still
there as is also the Moositauka tow-
An adoption case was heard Be
fore Superior Court Clerk K. J. Res
pess yesterday. Miss Aire Peterson
through her counsel C. R. Wheatley,
applied for authority to adopt Lu
cile Hilll the two and a half year old
child jf John and Bella . Hill, de
ceased. Miss Peterson is the aunt
of the little girl and has had entire
charge of her since -eh was about
two and a half months old.' The
child's grandfather, J. R. Hill op
poses the adoption and his attorney,
M. Leslie Davis, asked the court to
hold the matter in abeyance until
next Wednesday in order that fur
ing a ship bound for New York and
the Cadamus towing a ' barge to
Charleston. The latter barge is
loaded witha cargo of many thous
ands of rifles belonging to the U, S.
Government.
Captain New Lewis left here a
week ago with the W. B. Lewis in
quest of fat backs. The boat roun
ded Cap Hatteras and caught some
flsh and Was1 getting ready to return
when th storm began. The Blades
then took refuge in Oregon inlet and
has been lying ther ever sine hop--
Ing to b able to get away. Owing;
to the unfavorable weather very lit.
ther evident might b offered. Th! itAdn' h" don recently and,
Court consented to the continuance M " - n"n
of the case.
RESOLUTIONS OP RESPECT.
At a meeting of th.) directors of
the Bank of Beaufort held on No
vember the 9th, resolutions of re
spect to the memory of E. C. Duncan
a former stockholder and director
were adopted. Mr. Duncan was for
bsre of both ftsh and oysters.
1'.
In
COSOLINC REDUCED t (
J. mr
announcing a reduction In
A. H. OUTLAW,
Supt. of Public Welfare.
, success.
1 follows:
Whereas the all-wise Father has
seen fit to take from us our beloved 1
friend and esteemed director, Mr. E,
HER 18TH ANNIVERSARY. c. Duncan, and whereas we deeply
tank wagon prices of one cent a gal
lon for gasoline, effective ' Monday 4
Nov. 15th, the SUndard Oil Com
pany pany (N. J.)made the following
staement:
While there has been no material
relief from any of the conditions
" which brought about the rise in th
price of petroleum products, th
SUndard Oil Company (N. J.) be
lieves that the process of readjust
ment now under way in the business
world must eventually contribute o
. L - I J l. : I f
icei ine iubs pi mm preneiicn ana in- . . .i
, , it..., .., ,. . , lowrr com 01 producing man rciin-
An event of great interest was that cer j., mnd whre.. we . . .
which took place on Friday evening,
November 12th, at 9:00 o'clock
when friends of Mrs. C. S. Maxwell
ing oil.
lowering of labor costs nor crude oil
a complete equipment and contracts
for several tankers and composite
ships, none of which was completed.
He valued the equipment of this yaVd
at about $1,600,00 and added that
while there was sufficient lumber at
hand to build sheds to protect the
exposed machinery, it was not done.
The marine railway, he testified, was
built on land owned by a private in-
learned that sne was again me same of The Bank of Beaufort.
First; that we bow in humble sub
highly reopected him living and hon-
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or n.. mrmor, vn.re .ore o. . . Mf r,c(wion , th d d
Kesoived, Dy tne Bosrd oi Uirec- .v..
already Uken place in many of tie
. i - . . . n4Hin m. tarn wsaka In Rufart 1 Atlmiftir. Mora are raurht bv Car.;
The Terry yaru, he testineu, naa r . ; ... .T . ,iAm f .to-htn vr. . and ful-
nai nomi. ir coun.,7 .....c. ...... v..., , ... , 1 " , ,K "., , . V . ,.T T principal iUms entering into t- coat
,, . of living have for the most part not
spent Saturdsy and Sundsy with her I men as "puppy drums." Vytarlings", Ujr PurdJn " h'r 'm " t to cell from among us our,rmcned uMmfa consumer.but
mother Mrs. Peterson. "two-year-olds" and "old drums."
Messrs. Conbent Norrls, Leland ln weight they run from a few
Morton, A Ionia Foreman, and Hen- pounds up as large as 75 pounds,
ry Dudley, of Wiregraas and Cone Some very large ones have been
Creek, were visitors here Sunday caught at times in Beaufort inlet
night ,
Mrs. Sophia Hoover spent Satur
ners, showering her with gifU and
all good wishes for this happy day.
"Her ' 18th Anniversary". Such a
complete surprise it wss too, one
wondered if the little bride would
beloved member.
Second; that we deeply feel the
loss to our institution of so coura
geous and honorable an officer
whose learning and UlenU have ev-
try to make her escape or what would f r r.ndered him a source of strength
happenr She soon reslued tne com- and Drid. hi, ofBc ,nd whoM un
IvLlnnl -hn had an r.mnt for "" ,n ormuiwtt,.
re,Ul of his property, with no sped-' CiIll,u P,n,r ni Thelma
n.d amount named. The railway Wd Pnt 8taay evening in
was built with emergency fleet funds Beaufort
BUILDING AND LOAN MEETING. ;pIeU Wfb ,h. h.d bftn utht in ,nd tirin; fn.rfy h.. w much u
. .. . , . me forward to be wished again, th. insUtution which he served.
A meeting of the directors of the ,nd h,ppy retum of Tnlrd wt indlvidu.ny ,ulTer
Bea.fort Bu Idlng and Loan Auocl- thh d.y. lh o- of , rienJ
uvn wii naiu in ina nw wiuvva vt . . nlaat vnir ii inent to c w j w i:
it Is ineviUble that before long low
er prices will be brought about by
new quuUtiona now prevailing in
primary msrkeU. The SUndard
Oil Compsny (N. J.) believes that
this movement towards a restoration
of what are popularly considered
normal prices should be Sided by the
oil industry.
.. basket nartv at T W . V J. A piea-ei vnirg p.. v- wh0M hflrt Mrmrd to have no lim-
.mounting to .bout $ 100.000 w 1th. LuTi .W "' gether with friends, a f.th.r, mother lullon. to iU love for hi. fellow m.n.
an adiUonal $ 1,000 worth of fill ng Uwjf NJJ M ol aouse Th (c , d iymp.lhl g0
supplies by he government .for d-y " JJ" other matter, given attenUon. ,nU) ftm elh,ri fh.lt,d. M.ny tb.ber.sved one.
A U( F.
another operstion. This property,
he said, wss in controversy and it
was his opinion that under the laws
of Georgia it wss ''owned by th man
who had title to the land." The ren
Ul a.ked, h. understood, -amounted
to about ten times the appraised val
ue of tbe plant
erybody
Und.
KING
DAVID MAKES
MENT.
ASSIGN.
The association Is now In a v.ry jf,, mmrm rcivd one which ...... li t
, , .... ... . wm navv in nini a uuu nu.
i 7 V 7 detwrv.. mention, a iiui. una oi Und , ,ovin f,ther ,nd ,
$25,000 loao.4 out and n.w m.m-. u pr,MnUd by Mr. B. A. Bell. brolh,r.
Dvd T. Congleton sometimes nfl. w' ln rbruanr
knowa as "King David" who has been '
"TtbCKADt STILL FOUND.
n Turner street near th Graded
School has mad an assignment for) ' '
ith benefit f akrtredltora. Cr.- NEW BERN. NOV. II
morning Prohibition ham W. Duncan has been named as of Charles L. Abern.thy, a well
A. PijTrustee. The asseU of th aaaign ' known New Bern lawyer, who has In
(SUnlry News-Hersld.)
A lesding Albemarle Democrat
was se.n on the streets the other dsy
tru with a wk'. growth of whiskers an
his face. He was ask.d th question
Fifth; that a copy of these reiolu- b . frltnd -wll not ftt a
v.., i Uo", U Mnt 10 lh Umti' .hav.T" "Well." be sn.w.red. "1
ing delightful re- . copy pnb,l!ihtd B local p.p.r,wtBt t,, p,,,,,., Urbr ih-p .
and a copy spread spon the minute-, d.y ,fUr gUn.f W9nt R,pblican
.book of the Rank af Raiufort. .. . .t. t.. .i. . i i ..u
FROM NERVOUS BREAKDOWN ( prepared j the good and devoted JN0, poRLAW. . ' .v.i k. .nid
bers consUnUy coming in. Tbe n tiort with flowers and carried
nest series I stock, waick wtu o. tae i. . varv baauUful vase
Later In the even
freshmenU were Mrved which had
mnnlne a e.n.ral merchandise .tor Ut HftNITHY ttOVEIl 'been so thoughtfully planned and
On Monday
Agent. 'J. A. HuUhins snd
Cat., and Sheriff T. M. Thomas, Jr., e coasi.Ung mainly f a stock ftf.th past few years been a caadldat
went Into tbe country on a .till hunt goods.' are eUnf.Ud to be worth a-jfor Congress la this district, aad wh
About four miles from Besufort on bout $2000. His liabilities are . has recently been In th north under-
neighbor, Mrs. Edward rotter, after'
Friends ! which alt said good-alght and went J
horn.
U. w. If UMTtEY. (haw U tharg double price,
J. A. HORNADAY. JR.. ' i un wllJ mf wbUkers on."
Committee.
PARENT TEACHERS MEETING j , Rev. G. W. Uy left Sunday .fUr
There will be meeting FrlJay sf
the N'ortt Rer rosd 75 ysrds from timated to between a thousand, and going treatment for a nervous break- ternoon at 3:30 o'clock of the Pa pal church.
down, will be glad to learn that he ' rent-Teacher.' AworUtion at th for Ua days.
Grsded School bu I Jiff, There sre
seversl matter, to come bfort the
meeting at tM time and a full at
Undanre is de.'red.
Messrs. Hubert ReimeU, G. F.
; a"..L. J - t ft B k
noon for UulavUle, Ky to attend ' f-y-
th. Prortnrlal ra.d af th. rnlarO. ' Yort. 'nt dsy
II will be out of to
n
this wetth.
th rosd In som woods they feand twelve hundred dollars.
a distilling pint The .till which J Elsewhere In this paper a sate of has returned horn completely re
wss one of 40 gillo.i capacity had lh. merchsndise i. sdvertised to Uke covered. It Is understood that Mr.
evidently been used a few weeks sgo. place on Siturdsy the I7th. of this Abemethy will continue the prac
lt era. brouiht to town and destroyed month. . (ire of law.
Mr. and Mrs, Jim Pew rem, 'of
Morehead City, spent Wednedjy
here on business.
.
Mr. and Mr. Cdwfai Heard, f '.
Doston, arrived In the harbor ker,
Ut week In tSeir yscbt ft Mammi .
and will be hr for sa week." ,'
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