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r rv,n . J 111. .X y- 1 f THE HOME PAPER f READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY, 1 . -' EVERY THURSDAY ) VOLUME X. ' ' -"i P BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1921. 4 7T " nUMcSTiS - 1 .a-. ..... l . " .' , . . .. .; ' . . . . - . i : : . -; t : t JAPS REFUSE-TO Little Island In The Pacific Is The Subject of Dispute Be ' tween U. S. and Japan O ".i'.-:-;'; . y' h WASHINGTON, Aprii 18. Twen ty typewrtten pages of correspond ence on the island of Yap, the size of a large farm, were given out by the state department today. " The correspondence consisted ; of five notes in which the American gov ernment contends the. Island should be internationalized as a cable land ing staton and that .the American del ' egates at the peace conference never consented to giving Japan complete mandatory Control over it , -The Jap notes oppose these claims. The first note, a short one, states the American position. , The second note, the .Jap reply says Japan will not consent to these claims, "v The third note, signed by then ac ting Secretary of Stats Davis, sets tip arguments to sustain the American -position. . ". '.' l' f ; s" The fourth note from Japan cites answer to the' , arguments repeating Japan wilt not agree to the American stand. ; :i:fV--.-tV'?:": K' ' V: ' " ' The fifth note, the recent Hughes mandata note, . declares the Unted States must hate a voks is disposal ef former German territories. . INTEREST INCREASES AS ' : ? ELECTION DRAWS NEAR. Interest in the May election is be ginning to Jev shown ; right strongly by th4 voters as well as those' who are candidates for office. . Yesterday was the last day for registration and quite a number of persons mostly women, were put on the books. Host of the men are already on the registration books but the feminine voters who desire to take part in the election have, to register, i As a rule the wo men have not manifested any great interest in the election, not more than half of those who could : vote have gone to the trouble of registering and many of those who did were put on at the urgent solicitation ' of men. About 350 women and 500 men are ba the rgistration books. .There are now eleven candidates whose names apear in the News that are running for the board of commissioners. It is rumored that several more will en ter the race next week. Only two candidates for Mayor are in the field Messrs. Seth Gbbs ; and Chas. , H Bushall. Mr.' C. Ti Chadwick decid- to withdraw from the race last ed week after . he i learned , that Gibbs would be a candidate.'; WASHINGTON, April 18. Ja pan's firm determination not to sur , render the island of Yap is stated em phatically in a seres of five notes be tween the United States' and Japan made public today by the state de partment . .' : "... .' - . l: L - i: The correspondence covering . a period of nearly six months, lays bare for the first time the whole secret ne gotiations over the Island of Yap, which has created one of the most s- rous issues ef the day. .The correspondence today reveals for the first tme that not only has Japan defied the American protest against the mandate over Yap, but it also rejects summarily approval by the Unted States that "even if Yap should be assigned under mandate to Japan all other powers should have free and unhampered access to the island landing and operations of ca bles." The last Japanese note to the United States in the correspondence is surprising for its sharpness of tone It is dated last Feb. 26 and it ripe in to the arguments of the preceding American note in what is regarded as aa almost sarcastic tone. HbWm RrJ U Aimit CciTs Atkrltv. The last note of the series, the Hughes mandatory note handed to the Japanese foreign office on. April ft similar to that te Great Britain which was made public except for the opening paragraph. This paragraph follows: "The government of the United States finds Itaell unable to agree with the contention ef the Japanese government that In order to maintain the poslUon'ef the government ef the Unted States with respect ef the is land ef Yap, it la necessary for thla . government to prove net merely the fact that the particular line of views was stated at the meeting ef the u- prime council (refenrng U the res ervation la made by President Wilson at the ptsce conference against the award ef Yso U Jspss), but also that the supreme council "decided la favor ef the views." If It Is aseaat that the United Slates could be bound without Its consent by the action ef the Mpreme cewecU, the contention te deemed by thla government t be inadmissible, and en the ethar hand the United States has never assented U the mandate purpeting to embrace the laland ef Yap." The American notes In the batch of eoiretpondtnct jnade ,pabll. today are understood to have been sent not only te Japan but all the other prin cipal hilled powers, Tfca mm at Kchn Saturdav be tween Beaufort and Marahallburg re sulted in -another victory for the Beaufort team, the score being 14 to in Beaufort's, favor. There was some heavy hitting by both sides and several errors were made. ' ' The line up of the two teams was as follows: Reuben Whitehurst 3rd b; Tom Sewell, L. F.J Jaa. Caffrey, 5. 8.: Will Skarren, 2nd B. John Sprin- gle,"R. F.J Less Hhuek Jst B.; Robt Guthrie, C. F.J -s Leslie ' Whitehurst, j R. Hudgins, P. Marshallburg. C. Willis, Norwood Lewis. "Hugh Willis, W.- nil, Luke Hill. . Whitehurst, Eugene Willis, Dewey Lewis, Msrvhr Lewis. - - MY FOURTEENTD Arrangements . Perfected ( For . Holdinr jSix Day Fes- - , - UvaL BEAUFORT MAY HAVE FREE MAIL DELIVERY Mr. BEAUFORT WINS CAME. ANOTHER J The opening date for the Chautau qua has been set for Saturday, May 14th. Mr. A. F,. English, Director of the Colonial Circuit af.it is called, was here Monday and Tuesday for the purpose of making tne preliminary arrangements. Aymeeting of perl BoftsJ Interested in the Chautauqua was Reld in therooms of the Old Topsailxjub Monday afternoon and the subject"Tr-t5neral was discussed, committeesappointed and other de tails settled. The nxst thing - done was the organization of the Beaufort Chautauqua Association. The fol lowng officers were chosen; M. -C. Hollarid, President; W. L. SUncill, Secrauiry; G. W. Duncan Treasurer. Mr. English explained the plan of or ganisation and offered uggestons as t "ac best n.cthwdd of sukins te cca-.'on a success,, S;x committees are necessary to carry on the work and on moton President Holland ap pointed the chairmen for these com mittees.; The chairmen are to select their own assistants, i , I- ; V 't The following committee were ap- ' Mr. Luther McNeill of the U. S. postal service was here yesterday 4or the purpose of inquiring into thVad visabilir of establishing a f red mail delivesjin Beaufort. Thyjjopula tion of Beaufort which Wnow 8,000 is sufficient toSlgstifyjtne service and in fact there sepsnothing. in the way except havbrg tiUouses num bered and signs put up atXhe street corners. Thelre will ' probably , be two carriers and they will draw sal aries of 11,100 each. ' The chances now sem favorible for. Beaufort to move into the second class on July the first. At present the town is a third class office. The postmaster ,--ill receive a salary of $2,300 a year if the town Is made a second class office. " - MAY PASS PEACE RESOLUTION SOON Early Peace With Germany Now Seems Assured. Othe , .National News.- WILL ARRANGE FOR SELLING CHAUTAUQUA TICKETS The following ladies are earnestly asked to be at The Old Topsail Club Friday afternoon, April 22, at 2:45 ithout fail. If any can not attend please telephone Mrs. G. W. Lay, Ths meeting Is called by Rev. Mr. Day. Chairman of tockets for the coming Chautauqua and' is for the purpose of arranging teams and dis tricts. All please be present: Mesdames A. F. Doane, J. F. Dun can, uuy V. roiiersr nai rower, G. .W. Huntley, Bayard Taylor, N. K Hlnnant," F. R. Eeeley. Charles HaU 1L N. F. Euro, William Skarren, C A. Clawsoa, James Caffrey, W. A. Mace. Leslie Davla.- WD1 Potter, Charles Boushall, I. N. Moore, C. S. Maxwell. H. M, Htndrlx. M. C Howe, Charles Sksrren. .W. B. San ford. John Dill, J. W. Chadwick, J. A. Brickhouse, L. E. Greealeaf, Charles L. Swindell. Mlasea Annie Neal Jones. Helen Neal. aadUUle Saun- den. - "..' MRS. Q. W. LAY, - Pres. Community Club. pointed r . Advertising committee Manson. ' .., ' f.. j- t Ticket Committee. Rev4 H. A. Sunday Committee. Reverends G. W. Lay, F. R. Bumpas, H. A. Day. Junor Committee. Miss .Nellc Richardson. . ' . . . " . Hospitality Committee. Mrs. H. M. Hendrix. ' -' -: urounas committee. ex. a. ure. The Chautauqua will last six days which nclude the Sunday propgram and a most pleasing series ef enter tainments has been provided. ' Dis tinguished lecturers, fine musk, ftx- cellent drama,, and . other - feature! comprse the list of attractions offered Ths s the tenth anniversary of the Swarthmore Chautauqua Association and the management says it Is cele- bratng that event by offering an un usually fine and attractive entertain ment Elsewhere in the paper the complete program of the Chautauqua appears. ': MARRlACE LICENSES. The following persons have re- U11S MARTIN AND MR. CHIS- ' HOLM WED. a 1 - 1 M las Ethel Martin and Mr. Wll Uam Chlsholnr, of Wilmington were married yttUreay afternoon at 1:1 o'clock at the home of the bride's father, Mr. Edward Martin en Ann street . The ceremony wss per formed by the Rev. WUllam McCrack tn, ef Washington, N. C The mar riage which wss very almpte and Im- Dreaslve was performed la tae pr se ance ef ImmedlaU relaUvee and few inilnata frUada. The newly wed- Ami caaole lift e the afternoon train for Richmond and Washington D. .C. They will make their feUre home la Wilmington. , COUNTY, SUPERINTENDENT CHOSEN. At a meeting of the Board of Edu cation held here last Saturday Mr. M. L. Wright at present Superinten dent of Chowan county was chosen to fill a like position here. The board had about 140 applications for the place and it was somewhat difficult to make a choice. : Mr. Wright comes highly recommended and is said to ' have the qualification to make a good official. He will begin work here July the first ' ' . V v On Tuesday the board went to the Straits-Marshallburff ' section . and looked into the matter of consolidat ing some of the schools in that com munity. , No decision has been reached about the consolidation as yet , . . ; .;. ) SEWER WORK STARTS For the purpose of considering the sewerage question a caUed , meeting of the Board ef CommiMiontrs was held lalvFrldsy evealng at the City Hall thoee Vng present being Mayor Bushall and Qpmmiasoners Doane, Duncan, MaceSnd Potter. As it see ma Impossible tosejl bonds to complete th sewerage aa originally planned tivd board decided to adopt another method. " A resolution was a a . as . 1 passea watca auowa eiuiens m uy sewer pipe at their own expense, the town to furnish the pipe and cement Residents will be allowed to connect their homes with the sewer and tn this wsy avoid havng to put la sanitary privies.1 Instead of having see out let for the whole system as originally planned there will be several outlet ea the water front ; WASHINGTON, April 19.Con gressman Stephen G. Porter of Penn sylvania, Chairman of the House For eign Affairs Committee, is in entire accord with. Senator Philander C. Knox of the1 same state as to the ad visability of aarly passage ' of the Knox peace resolution..:: It is possi ble that slight alterations may : be made in the form of the resolution as it was vetoed by the former President but there appears little doubt that it will go through both Houses and be signed by President , Harding . sub stantially as it passed In the last Congress.., The unanimity of opin ion existing between Mr. Porter and his colleagues ox the House, the mem beis of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and the President grat ifying, and assures an early , peace with Germany in, conformity with the explicit promise of President Hard ing contained in his acceptance speech of last June. . ' SCHOONER NEWSOM HAS A NARROW ESCAPE An act of Providenceorgood luck - saved the four masted schooner Jas. . Newsom from destruction , last . Friday morning when she got on the shoals at Cape Lookout The cap tain and his wife and the crew aba doned the vessel at about 2;30 a. m. ; and left her to her fate, : getting ' ashore in their, small V boats. .The ship drifted on the shoals and then in short time drifted off to deep water. The crew of the coast guard stations ' both at Fort Macon and Cape Look-.' out had discovered the vessel's pre- ' dicament and arrived in time to catch up with her and anchor her in a safe place. Monday a sea going tug from ; Norfolk arrived and taking the New- som in tow started northward with her. The ship was loaded with lum ber and was bound for Boston. , L MISSIONARY RALLY WAS ' . ' A BIG SUCCESS. On last Sunday a manionory rally at the Baptist church was attended with much . success, - Four hundred dollars was needed to bring the church's seventy-five million dollar cahtpaign - pledges ' Op to ' date" but they only asked for $300 at this time and an attendance of 800 for Sunday School and not only did they go over the top for both but raised more than $16 over the necessary amount to bring them up to. date, the amunt be ing 1416.70. A special program was arrange for the occasion consistng of singing and recitations by the different classes of the school. . One class is deserving of special mentioning the class of men taught by Mr. M. Leslie Davis, there being seventy present and which contribu ted $191 of tie amount raised. OREDCE CROATAN LEAVES . TOR HYDE COUNTY Having completed It work In the harbor here the dredge CroaUn, left Monday for Swan Quarter In Hyde eenlly s;urd marriage license eH county where considerable work Is REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. i Deeds recorded by Register e Deeds Morris recently are as follows Z. V. Rawla, Com., to P. J. Dela asar 450 acres la Hunting Quarter township, consideration $410, Arthur Millard to D. H. Lewis acres la Smyrna township, considers! uoa $10. L F. McCabe and wife to Joe. A. Green lot la Newport, consideration $1(0. Eugene Yeoman and wife to Cleveland Davie 14 acre on Marker's Wand;iooJderatIon"$200. K. N. Bell and wife to J. M.' Hol land and wife 22 44 acres In While Osk township, consideration $100. USING WASTE PERIODICALS Experience during the World War showed that many people had magai tinea, papers and books that they did net want while many ethers who wanted them did not have them. The Red Cross and other agencies brought thla otherwise aselsss reading matter to those who would gladly make good ttseeflt v It seems as thoagh some such work might be carried on with advantage la eur owa community for the bene fit ef schools and people about In the county, of sea-faring men and ethers. This wark will be undertaken by Mrs. A. J. Fulcher, ef the Church Periodi cal Club, assisted by Mrs. Elliott D. Doyle. Those who have reading matter ef an acceptable kind. Including Illustra ted papers, will please leave them at ny office over Mr. Felton'i store Mrs. J.F. Duncan has kindly consent ed to call with her car for aay bundle that cannot be delivered otherwise conveniently. Please also let Mrs, Fulcher or Mrs. Doyle knew ef any who would like to receive such rtsdlng matter. GEORGE W. LAY SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT ' ;TSsd, Dawes, ." " The Dawes , committee, appointed to investigate and' report on the con dition of disabled service men got down to business with a rush, and recommendations were filed within three days which, f followed, will bring an early clearing up of the sit uation. In a letter to Gen. Dawes, President Harding asked his com mittee to "find out Just where the Government agencies are in any' way t . .. .... lacaing in autnoruy, negiecuul 1 or failing to carry out what is the un questioned intent of Congress.' Mr. Harding waa quickly informed what was needed to make the soldier re let bureaus function as they should and remedies areto be speedily ap plied. . , The Secretaries of War, Navy, and Commerce, and the Postmaster Gen eral have been holding conferences with a view to bringing closer coop eration and increased efficiency to the Government air service. At pres ent there is great division of author!' ty, several departments maintaining seperate. fleets of airplaina. It Is un derstood that an effort wll be made to (concentrate under one head all of the air forces, to fix upon standard types of planes, and to train pilots and other members of the personnel so that they may render' most effl cient service for the general welfare. Kail SU D. C RalU-f. SenatorL. Helsler BalL of Dela ware J the new Chairman ef the Sen a to Committee on the Dlstrct of Co lumbia. He la making a personal study of problems affecting the Na tional Capital, in preparation for the local legislation that will be handled by his committee. One of the questions to which Senator Ball is giving special " attention is the housing shortage. Washington, Ilk many other large cities is suffering from much congestion In the popula tion, due to a lack of construction during aad since the war, 'and the great Influx of war-workers. It the Seastor'B Intention to give every proper encouragement te private In terest that seek to develop new tracts ef land and erect dwellngs upon them. Already such projects are being planned, and Seaator BaQ has conferred at length with the pre- ssotora. . GLOUCESTER NEWS NOTES . BRILLIANT RECEPTION Mr. Lota R. Leffers made a buai aese trip to. New Bern thla week. Rev. F. M. Shamburger, presiding elder of the New Bern District, preached to a large congregstlon at I Tabernacle churca Belarus? ntgni. The County Board f Education, scompanWd by Mr. L. C. Brogdea, There will be a total eclipse of t ie of ReMcfc, vMted thla and the neigh. moon tonight It will occur aboat'borlng communities Tuesday, esanv Iraldnlfht and should there be no Ir.ing sit and discussing One of the most beautiful and en- oyable receptons that has ever been held in Beaufort was given on last Thursday evening from eight to elev- ' en o'clock by Dr. and Mrs. H. M. Hendrix in their attractive new home ' on Front street I The occason "of - this delightful event wan the eleventh wedding an nlversary of this popular young couple. :iJi;L'i.kLv.ii The cards were taken at "the front "' door by little Misses Clyde Duncan and Hellen Hendrix. Receiving the guests as they entered the sun parlor were. Mrs. Claude Wheatiy and Mrs. , Leslie Davis who presented them to? the receiving line composedof Dr. and Mrs. Hendrix and Mrs. Henry Groves, of New York City, a sister of the hostess. This line wss formed in the living room which waa deco rated In potted plants and baskets of exquisite roses. The mantel on the huge . brck chimney was a mass of pink roses with a back ground of long leaf pne. Rose colored floor lamps' cast a soft glow of color over this spacious Mving room making a "picture not soon to be forgotten by those at- , tendng. Mrs. A. D. O'Brien and Mrs. Chas. Hatsel received the guest in the liv ing room and escorted them to the dining room where they were greet-' ed by Mrs. John Hornnsdsy. This room wss decorsted is pink csrns tions and pink candles and large wicker baskets -filled with snowballs. Pink and white tee cream and cake were served by the following young ladies i - Miasee Annie Virginia Dun. can, MaybcHe Neal, Mary C. Wll helm, Lilly Bell Skarren and Nellie Jones. Entertaining In the dining room and those la charge of the gift were Mlass Julia Rumley, Laura Thomas, Mrs. U. E. Swsna and Mrs. Edward Potter. The gift were nu merous and beautiful, consisting ef linen, china, cut glass aad sliver. The guests were next Invited Into the sun parlor where ' they were greeted by Mrs. Wllli-m Nervta and Miss Nettle Duncan. This room had been converted Into a Japanese gsr da where punch waa served by Mtases Hlen and Georgia Neal to at tractive Japanese costumes. Jape neae lanterns, basket ef petunia and a lovly couch ef Ivy and pink roses' made aa an usually attractive scene. - . Throughout the entire evening the guests were entertained by beautiful musk tendered by aa orchestra cess- posed ef five taleated musk Una ef Beaufort, Mases Carrie Lee and Mar- garet Skarren, Moey Martin, Grace' Duacaa aad Mr. Hakey.PauL . There were about eae hundred and sixty guest who enjoyed the hospi tality ef Dr. aad Mrs. Hendrix aad the eccasionNsCjhalr eleventh eenU versary will leag lx,ressemarer,by alL . . ECLIPSE OF THE MOON. clouds will be quite an Interesting the office. of te Register of Deeds ! Hrbert Baum and Miry Nobles (col.) of Beaufort. J. C Pratt and Emily Lawrence, of Eeaefort W. R. Cihahelm, Wilmington, and EUel Martin of DeSuforL , to hi done a the -wsterwsys In that vlrlnlty. ; A big 'Improvement was effected to the harbor here. A shoal The Senior Class ef the Beaufort, sight Hgh School will present their plsy, "Sis Cups of Chocolate", en Frldsy renlng, April twenty-eecond. There wQI be special music by the errhestra which has for several years been 'and a double quartette. School ehlt- COMMUNITY CLUI TEA The Community Club tea room will be eoen FiUUf. April 22nd. from t Its the rltisen the proposed consolidation of the a Hoc! n Straits and Smyrna lownh!pa. , ". A large number ef people. from this community heard Rev. F.'M. Shamburger at WUllston last Sundsy Morning. Miss Carrie Chadwkk who U teach L,.i.M trahla waa removed draft will ha admitted for twentv-AvU 9 e'clock. A Very tempting mount aad boaU coming to and est af the'eent while the prke to all there I bee Uen prepared and the p-iblwr U.hg at Smyrna, spent the week end sVsiPfaea avaft amA Am W.1B Iilllel irOBUII. Wlel LQini-nfl vlw'f in v itw ' NORTH RIVER NEWS. ... - , t eaasa-ssBBBs Misses Neva and Clandle Wflli la formally entertained a number ef young people at their very attractive home Friday evening ' April. Ulh. Music (ntertpersed with Joyous lath- ter, games snd plays wets heartily enjoyed. Also the delicious, cream sad cake that was served at IntervsU. On retiring to their home, the girts were presented with exquisito flower the American beauty rose being very prominent hi the collertloa. Those present will leag remember le dellghtel evening at the Wills home.' -" , . ' e . - -.. . t-r i .). .J