I EVERY THURSDAY - ' -
VOLUME X.
BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA,- THURSDAY, JUNg 3, 1921.
NUMBER 25.
V READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY
WOODEN SHIPS' ':;
MAY BE SOLD
Difficult To Find
Purchasers
For Ships Built Dur
ing The War.
WASHINGTON, June 21. Con
gressman Julius Kahn of California,
has presented resolution in - the
j House setting forth the-purposes that
animated Congress eight years ago
when it authorized the erection . in
Washington of a George Washington
liemoria .building. ' ,A feature ) of
the building will be a large auditori
um, which the resolution' states shall
be available for civic, scientific- edu
cational, patriotic, and national or
international conventions The re
gents of the Smithonian Institute are
"charged with the interpretation of
the law. . It is understoon that the
construction af the Wldlnt will be
started In thee fall, when half a mil
lion dollars will be available, and
the temDorarr war buildings now oc
eupying the site granted by Congress
shall have been removed. Marshall
Poch is expected In Washington on
Armltice Day, November 11th, and
it is hoped that he will participate in
the ceremonies attending the laying
f the cornerstone. ' .' . r. ' '
TUee Weed Ship.' '
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The Senate has passed the deft
eiency appropriation bill carrying an
amendment presented by Senator
Irvine L. Lenroot of Wisconsin di
recting the Shipping Board to dispose
f all wooden ships by the 1st of Oc
tober. The Senator declares it is
costing the Government about $40,.
000 a month to take care of .the ves
sels for which there is absolutely no
- sale. It is understood that recently
bout 230 wooden ships were offered
for. sale at a price of $100,000 for
the ht which "nguresTwat afterwards
reduced to 140.000. still without a
purchaser. The vessels are concee
ded to be a liability rather than any
c' possible asset. , It is the purpose of
Senator Lenroot to cet rid of the
burden at the earliest practicable
' moment.
.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE K -i
ftUs' DIRECTORS MEET
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The reanilar . monthlv . meeting' 'nf
the board 'of directors of the Cham
ber of Commerce was held Monday
evening; in its headquarters, The
meeting was well attended and many
matters of ' interest to Beaufort and
surrounding county were discussed.
The establishment of a telephone
line connecting) Beaufort with. - all
eastern points as far as atlantic was
considered, and also the proposed
mail route; from here to Merrimon.
Street improvements, the highway to
New Bern, sweet potato storage, and
the fourth of July celebration were
other, matters taken tip for discussion
A : committee was appointed to ar
range for a meetine of the entire
Chamber of Commerce and invited
guests some time in July. . At this
time 'there will be speaking, music
and refreshments. . , . :
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Bareaa af Supply.
Senator Mtdill McCormic, of Illi
nois has introduced a bill "to, bring
sbout the centralisation of Govern
ment purchases to create the bureau
of supply, and for other purposes."
Most of the supplies used by the Fed
eral offices in Washington are now
bought through what is known as the
General Supply Committee. It Is to
extend and brosden the principle of
. central purchases that Senator Mc
Cormlck has introduced his meeaa-
Ne EaeeptUa.
of Con-
the
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Under the chairmanship
Albert Johnson
SUte of Washington, the immigra
tion committee of the House has re
fused approval of A bill designed to
five American eitlsenship to a na-
live Englishman. The committee
took the position that even if the
constitution grants authority for
tuch special legislation, it would not
be sound policy for Congress to
naturalise aliens in that way. Spec
Ul pension legislation In faver of old
eoWSers and their, widows Is eeme
Umes aeceeaery to tsmeve a manifest
Injustice that cannot be -corrected
under the general law, but the cem-
v.t eandldates for Amer-
lean eitlsenship could afford toebldo
by the requirements of the natoralU
atioa laws without subjecting them-
telvee to gree Inconvenience.
To laeaeigato Hearst tuto-wat'
rv..man Leeter D, Yelk, of
NewYork, bee' Introduced reeole
Ueu pre riding for the ippelntmeat of
aMul MsialtlN ei five members
U snvertigete thargee kreaght by the
New York Awtrtcaa etUt the Red
11 la alleted by that paper
tkoi dleelled war veteraas eryg
to the New York haedqaarters of the
feJ Cmm far aid have been referred
to attorneys wh iWH tor
their eervkee. JCr. Velk U Lmprese.
'.. U Bilk the pertoesneas ef the charges
aad laleads to aacertalp the t fact
tpe which they are based.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
The following realty transfers have
been recorded recently at the office
of the Register of Deeds; "
v w, A, Currier and 'Wife toMr E
Church, Atlantic, 2 acres, considera
tion $1,50Q. , . .Vwrr
Chicaro Title and Transfer Co.
to Wm. H. McGraham 1,080 acres In
Carteret township, consideration
$16,200. ?r: r. : r-.-.s ."'.' v; v
v E. W. Lewis to Annie Lewis, '!
acre in Smyrna township. :
Jas. F. Ellison and wife to L .
Ramsey tract in Beaufort township,
consideration $400. . "
Bank of Beaufort to G. W. Dun.
can 180 acres on west side of North
River, consideration $3,500. ,
L. C Rowland and wife to C S.
Maxwell 111 1-2 acres in Beaufort
tAwnahln. consideration 17B. .. i
A. L. Wilson Com.' to B. T Walker
10 acres in Newport township, con
duration 1175
Geo. Kl Guthrie. Jr.. and wife to
T. A. Grantham 60 acres in Newport
township, consideration $700. -
. L C Grantham and others to L.
S. Belcher and wife 925 acres tn
Newport township, consideration $11,
000.
Z. J. Merrill and wife to W. E.
Currier S acres in Newport town
thip, consideration $90.
T. J. Mitchell mortgagee, house
and two lots in Newport, considera
tion $100.
W. D. AllclTand wife to S. G.
Gould and R. II. Garner, 60 acres In
Newport township, consideration
1500.
Trustees Morehesd City Baptist
Church to Jno. G. Piner lot No. S
in block 72, consideration $1,000.
R. T. Willis and wife to Carl V.
Daniels 2 tracts in Merehead town
ship, 1 acre and 25 acres, considera
tion $4,000. :
J. M. McCabe and wife to W. Z.
McCabe 40 acres in Morehead town
ship, consideration $300.
Sadie C. Webb, guardian to T. D.
Webb, lots 14 and 1& in block 5,
Morehead City, consideration $700.
Emma N. Willis to J. B. Sawyer
lot I in block 63, Morehead City, eon-
slderetioa $125. .
E. N. Bell and wife to Chas. G.
Dudley 10 acres In White Oak town
ship, consideration $100.
rh rills Simmon and others to Car
teret Lumber Company timber on
tract in Merrimon .township, consio
eration $200. , . -
STII1 HUNTING
FLOURISHING NQW
Officers Active After 'BlotUad
ers...Get Bif Still In Ot- .
r Vv way Neighborhood, X
The way 'of the liauor dealers has
been made somewhat hard of late by
the activities of Sheriff Thomas, Dep
uty sheriff W. D. Allen and others.
Wedneaday-hight a week ago the of
ficers having learned that a supply of
booze would be brought to Beaufort
that night took plahs to. head the
len and T, B. .Willis, Jas. Styron, Ja
Hutton, and D B. Lilly went out in
the steel bridge neighborhood and h j
in wait X Along about one o'clock a
cart driven by a man who proved
be a negro came along. ' Upon being
ordered to halt the man drove ' the
cart into the woods and then' out
cart into iui wwui wiu tiwu vuompb t wnn wm vo vi
again ino the road with the officertiSam, another ul carry Columbia
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PROSPECT IS GOOD
FOR CELEBRATION
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Final Touches Are Being Put.
Details For Fourth
of July. ' .. w."
Arrangements for the bis fourth
of July celebration here are well un
der way and every thing points to its
being ' a; very successful ' occasion.
Chairman Hill has- had reports from
the chairmen of the various commit
tees on decorations, 7 refreshments,
ports, parade, music and so on and
most of them say that everything will
he in ahanc when the hior dav arrives.
prominent man will be secured as
speaker and his; name will be ; an
nounced ,next week.. i'i
tit The parade will be well worth see-Ing)-
Besides' gaily decorated autos
and other vehicles . there -.will V be
floats that will be objects of much In
terest . One of these will bear Uncle
ISUPERIORTCOURT . t
CLEARING UP CIVIL CASES
after him. I Being closely .pressed
the moonshiner jumped out of . . the
cart and took to the tall imbers and
disappeared. ' Shots were exchanged
beweeii the officers and the fugitive.
An oil can a jug and a lot of bottles
of whiskey were thrown away by the
man and their contents lost but the
horse and cart were brought on to
town. A few days after J T. v A.
Grantham ti New Bern came along
with a claim-and delivery for the
horse which he said he had sold to a
negro named Isaac Carter and upon
which he held a mortgage. The cart
and harness it now
for sale by the sheriff
Tuesday afternoon In broad day-
lisrht Sheriff Thomas, Deputy Allen,
T. B. Wfflls and. others went over toil
the east Ward's Creek neighborhood
and came back with a large copper
till which it is said has been turningl
out a considerable Quantity of the ar-
denrin' that" community.--This still
was 25 Inches hizh and about 36 in
ches in diameter and is said to have a
capacity of a hundred gallons v It Is
reported that the officers have infor
mation upon 'which they will make an
arrest in connection with this last
seisure.
rtgage. - The cart f
being advertised ,
iff. f ii
and there will be thirteen beautiful
ladies representing the, original thir-
teen states. Other features will be
added to the parade and these with
the ex service men and the bands will
make it a rood one.
Chairman Bill has engaged a num
ber of horses for the fourth but de-
sires to get a few more and also par-
tieularlr wants some saddles. Any
body who has a saddle or a horse or
both will nlease communicate with
Chairman E. Walter Bill. Merchants
who have not already secured their
flags and bunting will please do so at
once and they should begin putting
us their decorations on Friday and
Satdrdav before the fourth so all
wfll ha readv on the mornina of the
Fourth. ' '. - " " '
Chairman Brooks of the sports
committee Is looking after that end
of the program and will, have a va
riety of sports as well as a big game
of baseball. - From- now on . every
body in Beaufort is urged to talk and
Work for the celebration ., so as to
make it the biggest day in the his
tory of the town.
BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETS
PROSPECTING FOR OIL
Since' last Wednesday morning Su
perior court here has been engaged
in the trial of civil cases and several
of these' that hav been on the dock
et for quite a while-were tried. The
case of T. M. Thomas against Carter
et county took up more time than any
of the' others and it seems that it is
not entirely disposed of yet '
Afer a hard fight which lasted two
days and in which a large array of
counsel were engaged the jury
brought in a verdict Saturday after
noon which so the lawyers say was
somewhat mixed up. There -were
nine issues for the lurf to' decide
and the attorneys say the verdict was
of a contradictory nature. , The to
tal amount involved was $13,236.49.
The jury decided that W. A. Mace
administrator : of . Alonzo Thomas
must pay $5,000 and interest of this
amount and that the Fidelity and
Guaranty Company must, pay the
rat amounting to $8,336.49. 1
Attorneys for the bonding compa
ny and the county are asking that
the verdict be set aside and have ar-
rued streanuously to that effect
Judge Rortott is considering , the
matter today and it thought he
will reach a decision today or tomar-
row. :, ., ;:y.--.. r- ,J ;
Other cases are as follows: ' . .'.
Charlotte A. : Wade and others
against Julian Brown, plaintiff sub
mitted to sjudgment of non-suit '
Geo. W. Davis against Carteret
Lumber Company' claiming damages
to timber by buminsr. matter settled
by arbitration arid plaintiff gets $1,-
592.76.
Louise Fleminc acainst . D. H.
Fleming, both of Craven county, di
vorce granted, ground adultery.
Charlie H. Russell against Fanie
Russell of Harkers Island, ' divorce
granted,' adultery.
Esther Demby against Harvey
Demb.y, divorce granted, adultery.''
Sutton: arainst Dixie Firo Insur
ance Company, settled by company
amreems: to pay $2225oi''': r-
Brady Gillikin larceny of chickens
nlead Kuilty. let off with cost and
muat show food behavior and work
report at next June term of court
FARMVULEWINS
FIRST OF SERIES
Interesting . ' Contest Von By
; Farmville Club By .
; Score ,5 to 1. I
For a number of yesrs some people
around here have stated their belief
MRS. L. B.
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One of the hardest nnts that th;
crack showed up here yesterday In
Beaufort ball club has ever trA fji
the shape of the Farmville team and''
Beaufort failed to do more than dent 1 .
it. -The score of 5 toi' though' does v
not' indicate the fact' that it was ' a
hotly contested game from the first'
inning to the last half of the ninth'
but that was Juajt the sort of gsme it
was.'. '
Neither side f cored till the third '
inning and both sides scored in that?
frame. .With two men out Whitaker I
singled, went to second when Beat P.'
was hit by the pitcher and came home -
on Johnsoni hit . Beaufort annexed
a run in the same Inning with hits by 4
Springle, . Thomas and Caffrey. ; In .
theeighth Farmville got a run with
two men down' and in, the ninth put
the game on Ice with two more tallies
P. Beal pitched a steady came for
Farmville and allowed only seven j
hits, three of. which were gotten by v
Springle and two by Caffrey and one
each by Guthrie and tbotnas. . t,
The Farmville club has some good
hitters on it but Sumrell held them
to six safeties till the ninth when '
tby added four more. Whitaker and ;
P. Beale were especially bandy witft '
the stick getting three a piece and
getting them when4 they counted
Others who bit safely were Baker,
Johnson, F. Beale and Newton.
The game yesterday was the first '
since the grounds were enclosed and ,
a good crowd was out and consider. .
able sum of money was realised for -
the association. The Beaufort boys
show up well in their new uniforms,
and they look like a ball club as well
as act the part At frequent inter
vals the band entertained jne crowa
with wiusie and made the game more
enjoyable. Beaufort has a . new
pitcher named Pollock, secured from
New Bern and he will probably pitch
today. The lineup of the two teams
was as follows: , i
A meetine of the County Board of there are oil M"
j . v-M V.r. Tuaulav at sna OI Ul tnere nas oeen new-mver-
education was held here Tuesday si. ,v., v-
. , . .. est and considerable talk about the
vi. i- nwn.hin I matter. Some days sgo while dig-
.r.""r " ' Z" " ; a canal out on the land, known
. .v- 'ss "the open
several ItprtKnwutn rvni m --( .. . m . .
r tVmrm tintlrxl an oil Substance
ral districts were present out wey( " r .
were unable to say positively wbeth-,-""" , , fc - mV
er the people favored the consolida-; B. M. Potter engineer In charge Mr.
. ,i. Potter is incnnea 19 wina ms wn
tion or not and so under the circum- rmuj '
sunce. the bod postpon acUon - -
on the matUr. Petitions will be elr
ENNETT PASSES
AWAY
culated among the voters In the
country and at some later data a de
cision will be made as to calling an
election.
STATB NEWS ITEMS
BEAUFORT POSTOTFICE
MOVES INTO SECOND CLASS
On Jnlv" the' first Beaufort will
move up into the second class ef post
aftVae. This le'due to the Increased
amount ef bustaese handled through
this eftVe. It Is understood that a
call will be Issued sooa for aa exsml
astien tor the poellWa ef poetnastsr
here and that aa aaaeuAceaient to
thai effect will be made la the near
future. Fattens ef the oflce are
hoping that a new building can e
secured before a gr while or t
IsnprevevaanU will be saade to Ue
eae aew la
The State H Ighway , Comaltalon
has ordered work to start at -once on
mad Mntraeta that will cost over
seven million dollars. The construc
tion Is to be done In the various dis
tricts Into which the Bute has been
divided, meet tf it however vill be
done la those covntiea that area ad
vancing the money to the SUte. It
seems that not much work Is to be
done any time soon la the third dls
tekt,vwkkh Is the oae that Carteret
count! Is hu . . . -
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' The sensational Vsratr case was
settled out of eoert at Grn shore
laat eeh. The ISU fletaue aave en
aacrct but h appeera that Mrs. Var-
ner wUl grt some $10,000 and Uat
Bastor McCrary the colored mania-
volved la the ease wiQ be out $$$
000. Vsraers Butt atalnet McCrary
will be dropped aad the ether tuns
wiQ aUa be stopped.
"Mrs. Lucretla Borden Ennett,
widow of the late Dr. G. N. Ennett
died Friday morning, June 10th at
. . i 1 . D.I.t TV.
.ner noma ai veuar cum.
grounds" Workmen 'burial took place on Saturday in the
family cemetery. Mrs. Ennett wss
72 years,' 9 months and 20 days old.
Mrs. Ennett wss a. highly esteemed
lady and there was. a sincere and
general regret at her departure from
this life.' Five children survive her
follows: G. A. .Ennett, Black-
Mountain, County Superintendent of
Education L. B. Ennett of Stella;
Mrs. A. E. Hsrrison, of Newport,
Ohio; Dr. N. T. Ennett, Richmond,
Vs., and A. D. Ennett, of . Cedar
point
STREET WORK
vn tnr rriaii what it is. Oth
ers who havs seen it think that it is
mineral oil and that it is an Indica
tion of an oil field somewhere in the
vklnlty where ti was found. A sam
ple of the oil has been sent to the
SUte chemist for analysis and it la
probable that other investigations
will be. mads. Oil prospecting is
a-olna- an in Hrde county and
other parts of eastern Carolina and
some people are very hopeful 01 find
ing this greatly prised source of
wealth la this section.
Besufort
Springle, r. f.' '
Thomas, 8 b.
Caffrey, s. s.
Sksrren, 2 b.
Rice, c.
Guthrie, 1. f.
Wbltehurst e. f. ,
Sewell. lb. -
Sumrell, p.
Score by Innings.'
Beaufort 6 0 1
Farmville 0 0 1
Umpires Barrett
fee Ua thae f ee a week
y a fi aia-pete aaap 4
U.ltla ft ike CaaafaH Ttawa.
C- e " " I -W v ' ' '
DREDCE IN NEWPORT RIVEt
The dredre Csrrllsck whkh haJ
been el Work la the canal ef the Ja-
.land Waterway far eesse mvatae baa
me ad Into Newport river aad Is at
work devpenlr.g the channel to ae
Morehead City draw bridge. Thla
channel wUl U givsa a depth ef
twtWe faal at lew wUr. It will re
V r -4rl mer" to f'h'
The aaaaal n union ef the Confad
erste VeUraas ef North" Caretlaa
will be held h Durham August 23rd
to 25th. It Is exported that abeet
100 veteraae wiQ sttend the rewsloa.
Trinity College will tarn ever Its dor
saltertos for the aee ef those sttd-
The c-eperaUve saarksting
pairs srooag cotton and tobacea fif-
asere U glng shead all ever thf
8ute. Many eeuattee bae beea VW
lKd and tKoeaaad" of farmers have
MILL RUNNING FULL TlMi
After ha vint bcea on half time for
Isbeut six mcnths the Orioa Knitting
Ullls of this town has started up oa
fud time.. The knitting bmdaeee
like other lines has been dull for
pome pjontha, but at a recent meeting
of manufacturers of the SUte It was
Leporud that considerable Improve-
saojitha and the business see me to be
getting back towards aarsaal eedi
ueaa.
Rome much needed work is being
done oa the streeU of Beaufort now.
Considerable quantities of shells have
leen put on some ef the streets and
a car load of gravel is being tried out
in patching op some places that neee
attention. If the gravel proves sat
isfactory It Is likely that more 'of it
111 be ordered and aaed here en the
streets. . . -
Farmville.
r Baker, 1 b.
Faukner, c.
WhiUker, c.'f.
E. Beale, p. '
Johnson, 8 b. ,
Overman, a. a. '
F. Besle, 1. t,
Newton, r. f.
Lang, 2 b.
0 0 0 0 0 01
0 0 1 0 1 2 S
and Thomaa. ,
CARTERET COUNTY SUMMER
' SCHOOL , , .
MERRIMON NOTES.
caae ' ef
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"ARDtNT lEffOfis
' "I .j.- r. wi
-SLUT tumrell Is back from the
'sortie tittto towa la the SUU."
where be pitched the Ucal beaebaS
to victory. One aaaa bet a
cemeiery let sgel" tH and loot
Sasarell didnt ltara If any of Ue
leeere fete rtlativee were Included.
Another tna bet a caw and calf
against $& He tost toe, aad the win
ner cave Sumrell the calf. The calf
berame Veal aad Somretl rVer by
$10.
The only trouble with the above Is
thai K U Is revcm gear. The pa,
ties raferred to t o twlort and
We have another bad
smallpox among ear colored pop ala
lia. - ,
Rev. J. M. Carrsway filled his reg-
alar appointments at Adams Creek
chart h Sunday and Sua day plgkt
Mies Ella CXioa. of Cravea eouitty,
spent a few days laat week with Mrs.
Neeate Salter.
Mr. L' H. Fleer retoraed 'heme
Mondaff after tpeAelnr toa ayo art
Merehead City aad Newport
E.T. Bectoa. his alsUr, Mr
Nannie Saltar, Mildred her daoghkr.
Mies Ella Dixe aad E F. Carrawsy
motored to" Bee sf art Sunday P. M.
. Mr. Cottew aad Ales TralU af
Beaafert, went to Merrisaea Meaday
P. M.
S. Barker, of Trentoa, Jeaet-ceua.
ty, wae dowa laat week visiting his
alaUr Mrs. R. BslL
There are reported to be several
rtaae of meaalee and nnpX oa the
t kldef fdaws eretk, . ..
The Carteret ;. County Summer
School will aoen in Beaufort on
Tuesday morning,' July'Sth. It is
very necessary that every teacher -who
does not hold a Bute Certificate
should .attend this school and take
such work as will raise your rstiag
to an EllmenUry Certificate, Yoa
undersUnd that teachers during the
coming' year moat be paid according
to the salary schedule adopud by the
county, thus your rsting 'will 'de
termine year salary. '
Wf are trying to arrange for
boarding conditions for one dollar
($1) per day. We shall make ar
range men U. for as saaay as Poeaible
under this scheme, if yoa win kindly .
notify us before head. If yoa plan
to came and eWre bearding laee
arranged far, kindly write the Direc
tor Immediately. - " W -,
Every effort will be made to have
ceedillewo ewch ihat roe sasyVbe
eomforUhle and aatiaftad aad that
yoa enay tied yaar work pleasant and
proflUble. ' " - -
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Wrecter ffeganaee Re hoc L
CIV1UAM TRAINING CAlfP.
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. Aw an j WaiolrtYsp fjr ciVdU
laaa at Caimp Jail - '.utt-lU, S.
C. Uat SaUiday .C r IU and will
teat U'l Aufuat th 11th.. Only" a
thaaaaad audeaU caS be accepted at
the easup aad U Is expected Uat far
mere than that aember will wUh to
ga. Aay eae who le InUreetod in
the matter can take It with re
serve officer IJeoteasrt T; WalUr
Iirl, of Beaefort . ?
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