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WOOD'S S3ICTI0U
IS SATACiC?xY
A ': Goivcraor r Central ef . Om
PkClpiaet Wood Will
. FiUTheElU
. WASHINGTON, Sept 19-The
' announcement that Major ,., General
- Leonard Wood weald accept the ap-
- pointment of Governor; General of
tiie PhiUppmes Islands afforded the
- Administration a vast "C amount ' of
:itenBtoe';;iatiafacn Everything
conspired to male the selection of
Major General Wood for thii poai-
tion a moat desirable one. Ilia es-
aerial talent at an administrator
plus hia first-hand knowledge of con
. ditions In the islands made, him an
ideal man for the place. Moreover
as bis' reception in the Philippine Is
lands, wherever he went on his on-
cial Journey of Investigation, showed
General Wood is very popular among
the Filipinos and no one could hare
been selected whose appointment
. ' would have more nearly pleased all
- the elements in- the Islands a very
, vital factor at the present Juncture.
Need el Capable Eactive -" "
v Probably no. other .1 appointment
4i administration more " con-
- ra than that of the Governor Gen
ml of the Philippine. Ia the first
' place, buslneea, banking and commer-
' cial Interests in the toianua were in
'' a wont conceivable shape, due to
MltriM which have been ' in effect
during the last eight years; or more
properly speaking, 4ue to any lack of
any administrative policy during that
time. The actual administration of
the islands which include control of
- the PhOippint Bank and through it
i the financial and business affairs of
the islands, wer turned ever to FUi
pino politicians of which' there are
. , many varieties and factions. The re--'
suit was "things went to pot" v
" '.The Philippine bank whkh con
tained practi5Hy al the funds of the
' Philippine go v'ernemnt,. financed J all
' sort, of . speculative- enterprises .'and
; I3M1lye:.gvij
UssrkaV-3 Cacsr . Cf Lira.
Lewis a-J Ctly Tro
ZzlZz Dtaii. .
- A verr tarrow "escape from drown.
inx occurred last Friday when Mrs.
James Lewi and her baby fell over
board in the ocean while coming to
Beaufort from Cape "Lookout Mrs.
Lewis is the wife of James Lewis who
is a member of the Coast Guard crew
at Cape Lookout. " . . .
i At the time the accident occurred
Mr. Lewis was running the engine of
the motor boat and Mrs. Lewis with
the baby in her arms was sitting In
the atern.V.'"'lv -vr;vVf';' v-C'-.
Desiring to go forward Was to be
with her husband. Mrs. Lewis at
tempted to walk around, the narrow
walk-way on the side of the vessel.
When about half way a wave caused
the craft to rock violently and she
and the baby plunged into, the ocean.
Two or three minutes.", possibly
lonrer. elapsed before Mr. Lewis no
ted their absence. Finding, present
ly that they had disappeared ' he
elaneed back and saw . hia wife
struggling in the water, still holding
her baby. As quickly aa possible he
reversed his engine, drove the boat
backward at full speed and; when
near them ran aft and Just after Mrs.
Lewis had come to the surface alter
fearinr twice rone down he grasped
her by one shoulder and managed to
hold on. i, - ' 'V:'-
The headway of the boat drew the
struggling woman and her child be
neath H and both were bruised ana
cut bv the propellor but were finally
hauled aboard by the almost panic-
stricken husband and father. Botn
were brought to Beaufort and their
injuries were given medical. atten
tion. . ; . - ..
Ltercatlsaal I.!lLt I! I
Ctra Lzr-jxzj Lit -I
became hopelealy Jnvolvf dPn-i-J
Carollaa C zr cf Cera- i
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WASHINGTON, Sert. 19. It h
a matter of anrpTiseed corftses.t
among - those associated . vri'-h C
preparations for the forthcomir; lv
ternational conference that it shotU
be referred toi so frequently as a
conference on f disarmament' Cer
tainly no statement that has been
given ut by any. government oScial
with regard to the meeting has used
the 'word "disarmament", nf the in
vitations extended to the powers to
participate contain no such language.
Its widespread adoption by tome, ed
itors can Only be attributable to a
misconception of the purpose of the
conference or to gross carelessness
in the use of words. . -
Caa &cn TliAt u VtmZuLl
ty Crcr- t, csv3
"real wtats TRANSFERS.'
On July 10th the State Department
issued a statement to the effect that
"The "President ta 'View of the far
reaching Importance of the question
of tiariUtiea. f eresaaMato" oad
asked the powers if it would be
agreeable to them to participate In
a conference on the subject - "It is
manifest'' continued. the statement,
Jiat the question of Ualuti at
immu has a close relation t)
Pacific and Far Eastern problems,"
and it was siiccested that those sub
jects be also considered at the meet-
Favorable replies - to the Informal
invitation were received, whereupon
Secretary Hughes despatched formal
messares to the five powers asking
them to attend a meting on Amistice
Day. Those messages began aa fol
lows: , "The ( President ia "deeply
(gratified at the cordial response - to
his suggestion that there should be
a conference on the subject of ki-
,. .r etc "In pur
suance of the proposal .'which .has
been made.t concluded the, InvitaUirnJ GoUabpco; flV. Bcott,, ef'Wpsonj
ness of all kinds on the islands w
prostrate when the Harding aaminia
' tration came into power at Washing
ton. .Immediately American bankers
were dispatched to Manila to take
' ' charge of affairs and to prevent the
Philippine bank . from; . dosing ita
' doors and foreigners from "gobbling
up" local Industries, Until -permanent
"relief could be afforded by the Con
" gress. This has been done, hut .lt
will take several years for the busi
es interests of the Philippines to get
'v. on their feet - - ;
While this waa golr.g on tn , we
, ' buslneea and financial world, even
worse conditions were being created
ia the political, world. Crafty-and
ynscrupulua leaders, some of them
noliticlans and some of them
) repmenUUves of foreign powers.
vho have a eovewu "-
viii..inM. We. during the past few
years, been aaaldloosly stirring up
' nnrett among we "" "
V . - ..Mt of Msentment agalnrt
" the United SUtea government ot
only hate these agitators bean corn
. n the Wanders a
r caaipaign at propaganda against the
wi.ua RtAua. but they have been ar-
i ,n tribes aralnst .each
other and end-vorlng to.bring about
state of why.
Miiih .11. eondiUons ta the Phaio-
nM when the Republican Admlnla-
tratlon came bate power were worse
than at any time since ue unino
gtates took thtm ever from. Spain.
. v.ut thines arkht requlree aa as-
4 m!n(irtor wha ta at
HllfHt.. '
- eace, Uetful, aad irwpalheUe, but
" ,1-1- na la whom the nUee
caa have the atmott confidence but
whe at the same time wUl admlnmer
?Vr wllh a f-"n hn4. It has Wtn
j iv.t tLa r.:!tlne k
e.!j gn-itJ and U a vtry at ar.i
wllllr.g tu.' -r. t Arr.ttkaa govtrn
ssoaUt 6if.j'vr.i ana prattleea pre
vUtd those Amtrksns who are st
evw hla furmkh h'.m tke proper e
ample aad a4Ue.
With the Far Etn prUews
atin M the lap ef the rod and tht fa
. tare ef the rhU'rne 1.'- ntl
saaUly bvaWed la the t ef
.Umm peoUema, it U I . for
last U have a very eapalle iuUtt
r- taharge ef the hUad at U!s crlU
caJ tlae. For all ef tfce rao.
the Admtn'.irUoa wsa vvty iirtMt
ai aecarlr l Ue srU f Uj t
Ceneral V, eod ad H le ;
gTatlf t)t he baa eoeweavUd
ikdttUii U4 tok
The foUowinir are the real estate
transfers recently recorded by the
Register of Deedst . .. .
Mrs. Armesa Robinson to Mrs. An
nie F. Mason 2 acres in Hunting
Quarter townahip, consideration J50.
Bni. F. Willis snd wile to unarne
Pake aerea In Smyrna township,
consideration $15.. . . ;
Van B. Willie and wife to P. D.
Murpby 2 acres in Smyyrnn' town
ship, eonalderatlon J100. . , ' t .
Wm. Fulcber and wife to T. V
Murphy 1-2 acre in Smyrna township
consideration 115.
M. J. Willie and wife to P. D. Mur
phy S acre in Smyrna townahip, con
sideration $500. . -
U L. LewU and wife to P. D. Mur
phy S 1-2 acres In Smyrna township.
consideration I HO.
J. IL Rorere and others to Leon
A. Mann lot 0 by 190 In Newport
consideration f 350. , -
. wlt P. Freeman and wile to v.
A. Edrworth lot IS la square t.
Morehead Oty, conalderatioa 4.000
Delia WhitUngton to C, t
tlngtoo lot 100 by 45, Morehead City,
consideration 7S. ".' '
T. M. Thomas. Jr. sherlfT, to J. U
R Uarfen. loU t and 10. equere 10,
Morehead Oty, consideration 60.
T. M. Thomaa, Jr ebertir, U . v
B.lma lot 15, square It, Morehead
rut Antldcratlon S225.
J. M. Willis and wife to Cape Look
out Development Co, Interest U tana
f Jbo. Roee deceased, consideration
t50. . - t -
and in the Ueht'.of the gracious in
dication "of 1U accepunce, the Pre-
ident Invites the government ox
to participate in a con-
GOLDSEOtO. .:t 18.TU
Sacretariea of the various Chambers
of Commerce and rfSTesenUtives of
Ce..varied interests in E:r.tira Caro
lina including Eoadrs of Trade, Mer
chants association, '. bankers, ' land
owners and manufacturers, held . an
enthusiastic meeting in the rooms of
the Chamber of Commerce today and
made tentative" plana for the forma
tion of an Eastern Carolina Chamber
of Commerce.' W. C Denmark, sec
retary of the local Chamber, called
tse meeting to oroer, ana staiea we
object - Kenneth Royall. president
of the Goldsboro chamber, was made
temporary thairman, and took occa
sion to accord the visitors a warm
welcome. Mr Royall sounded the
keynote in bis opening " address tn
which he stated that the representa
tives present should have free and
frank discussion of the matter and if
it is shown that we need a central or
ganisation to combine our efforts,
then let's organise ' an association
that will ha a millitant factor In the
affairs of our state and nation.
W. A. McGirt , manager of the
North, Carolina Landowners Associa
tion, endorsed the . movement ;. and
said such an organization would fill
a long felt need and would prove ox
neat value to the farmers, mer
chants, bankers and manufacturers
of the coastal plain region.
E. W. Gaither, of the .North Caro
lina Extension service, explained
f.rminr conditions in the state and
appealed to the commercial organiza
tions to -organize a unit wnicn wouia
iinsure the success of the cooperative
market effort now being advanced by
'tha extension service.
fiM-Mtariea N. T. Chambllss, of
f&ckv Mount:' W. 'C Denmark, of
EALCSn. Sett IS. Doll wee-
vita and dry weather, army worms.
and red spiders; poor fertilisers and
labor costs may reduce the .produc
tion .of cotton and corn and peanuts
and tobacco, and frost may kill every
apple in the State, but North Caroli
na has a bumper crop of babies this
year breaking all records. :' And on
the other hand, folks have been too
busy to die as much as they used to.
Eirth and death statistics for. the
first six months of 1821 compiled by
the Bureau of Vital Statistics of the
State Board of Health, Dr. F. M.
Register, director. Indicate an in
crease of more than 8,000 births over
the same period last year, and deaths
have decreased by more than 2,000.
The same ratio for the year will
give the State a net gain in popula
tion of SlSlft. :' ."---t r;
During the first six months, there
were 44,268 babies born in the State
while 15,610 people were dying.
During the same period last yeearhe board accepted Mr. Bell's offer
ferenca on the subject of lisalUtUa
f araamaat in connection witb
which Pacific and Far Eastern ques-
tinm will also he discussed. - to be
helj fa Washington oft the 11th day
of November, 1821." ..
There is' no hint of "disarmament"
in any of the negottatJona that have
led up to the conference, but so prev
alent has become the use ox ue term
that Secretary Ilugaee, in a recent
Interview with Washington newipe
m eorresDondenta. thought It neces
sary to remind them that the meeting
waa officially known as a -comer-
tnce on the subject of limitation ox
armament", and that the use of the
tarn "disarmament" conveyed a
w.na f.iaa imnrcwdon ef the ob
jects whkh the conference would
seek to attain, ,
n EL B-rlow. of New -Bernt . .
Price, representing the Southern rail-
...J ..I Mr TTnderwood. OI UO
I U.U .
MAfniv Southern railroad, made in
Keresting remarks and endorsed the
mamcnt for the organlzaUon oi an
Eastern Carolina Chamber of wm
. Tha sneakers referred to
the natural advar.tagee of the Coastal
pi.u and declared their determine
An alst in any movement which
would hasten ita development ' Ref
erence was made to our ideal climate
iMn. rainfall and sod ' condK
tlocs which art Unequalled, by any
viIah of the world.
ttan1ntlona were adopted at ue
..k u-.ian whkh seta t amotion the
I creation of a real militant organiza
tion which will be known as the cast-
am Carolina Chamber ef Commerce
snd which wOl Involve an the eom-
and e-ricultural interests W
this section when- the organisation to
completed.
B. Y. P. U. TO BE ORGANIZED.
.
A cord'.aflnvlUUon la extended U
the yoanf toU ef the c-munlty
U b.t wiUi aa at aloee el eunasy
ht rreattlng aervke . at ' S JO
a'c lock for Uie urpoe ef argnlpg
. Ynnnm I'tPtU'l Unlofl. It
k at aeceMery that oa shoald Ve
a soUf ef out eerrrtgsUoa U
work with ke la UiS rfalaUon.
Mr. G. C PriJgn. ef Nrw Eera, wul
Ve here le hVo In the argenltaUoa.
A Uans frees the First Baptist
thurth H, Y, P. U. f few Bern eota
pocW f all sUra WUI he here
WednawUy a!M SepUmhef the
Jf.h at I P. M, U glre a dwntra
tloa prefTaia. Tkle tnwlea hoUs Ue
rule B. T. T. U. Utr and ym-
s a good prtxresn.
L-V. It A. DAY,
, Paetor.
HEARING SET FOR TOMORROW.
W.ltaV Rack. Staaly. Dixon and
John Sanders of the Newport section
were arrested recently on tM rg
. t..(n m kw ef wiae'on a pnblk
hlghwaj and then- trial war set fer
yesterday before Justice ;
iv. v.r4 a aerre waa alee te be
UA if arktraU Gould yesterday
n the cUrge ef retailing and trans
porting liquor. Attorney A- waiter
Tt -m . ttaaafart went VO rtewpw
4.M .
tj. ta veBraecat the delta O-
anU and had the eaaee moved here.
They are set fer trial for tomorrow
before magistrate M. U Meuaae-
PIEAC1UNC AT METHOOtST
CJlUfClL ., . . t
la the afcnce ef the pastof Rev.
R. F. t? re wl he services
at Ana et t !' ' '' t churth Be-
aaJu. ' !.. J. A. Korea.
dy, ef I'ittvn. Ary reaa who
axay d!re t jia Ue tfcvrta at thai
timm wUt he r !! Inta sssshT
ship. - -.'
MAKX1AC2 Uttnlti
At a meeting of tha Doard of ed
ucation here Tues'iy the contract
for Newport's handsome school build-
tns was let and before a great while
work on the structure will berin.
The successful biJiers were Hancock
& Davis, of Beaufort, they having
made the lowest among a number of
The contractors are required ' to "
give a surety bond of $10,000 for
faithful performance of their con
tract which they will do. ' Accord
ing to the terms of the contract they
must complete the building in six
months from the time they start work
For every day over six months if .
they fail to finish the work they must
pay a forfeiture of f 10. On the
other hand they will receive a bonus
of $10 a day for completing the work
in leas than six mouths. . -
Wm. n. Bell of Newport came be
fore the board and offered a site of
about 8 or 9 acres at $150 an acre.
there were 41.052 babies born while
18.070 people were dying. The de
creased death rate for the present
year is attributed party to the fact
that no influenza . epidemic was
abroad during the early months of
the year aa was the case in 1920.
Juno appears to be the month most
favored for birthdays by the newly
arriving babies this year, with a to
tal of 8.106. but last year the new
citizens preferred April, andt in that
month set up a yet unbroken arrival
for births- 8,63 8, February, of last
vaar ao far' holds the record for
deaths when 4,002 people died during
the recurrent epidemic of influenza.
Deaths this rear reached their btgn-
est peaks for the period in June, with
a total of S,SM reported
ROD Y OF SOLDIER :
BROUGHT BACK HOME
The body of Private Lloyd Harris
who waa killed In batle In France in
tha World War arrived here last Sat
urday on tha way to his old home at
Marshallburg. Friends met the body
here and escorted it to IU last resting
nlaee. On Sunday morning funeral
services fer the young soldier who
died for his country, were conducted
by Rev.. Willard Graham.
a Urn crowd collected io
" v
- V M - J J . i t
Crr. "i iri 7 1 i
ev at a . ea.
iPl fL - rrt O
and the and will be surveyed and
the school building erected there.
The plana for the building, which
is to be handsome and modern tn ev
ery respect were drawn by Frank B.
Simpson an architect who lives tn
Raleizb. Mr. Simpson will ' visit
Newport from time to time and see
that the work is carried on according .
to contract no is said to have had
considerable experience tn making
plans for school buildings and hia
plan for the Newport choot has been
approved by the State Board of Ed
ucation. ;
The list of those who bid on the
Newport school and their respective
bids is as follows:
Rhodes It Underwood, $61,123.
J. W. Jones, $65,C0O.
J Walter F. Hay, $58,600.
- V. B. Carrowm, 1547431. ' ' ;
J. W. Stout ft Co., $55,030. :V'
W. T. Shull, $62,100. '
Pynum ft nunt Co., $50,474.
Hancock ft Davis, $43,860. ''.
N. F. Euro offered to take it on a
ten per cent commission basis. -
W. J. ADAMS APPOINTED
TO SUPREME COURT
their last respects to tha memory of
ta vnnnsr snan. Lloyd Harris was
the son of Mr, and Mrs. David Harris
of Marshallburg who survive him.
Ha waa a popular young man and bis
death was greatly resetted by all
who knew him.
After havine kept a number of aa-
W'olranta and their friends on the
CATCHING CHANNEL BASS
There has been considerable fish
ing for drum around here ef late but
up to the present Baell Cooke holds
the champiomthip. Last Thursday
aQ unaided he drew ta on hts trusty
line eight of the big base. They
ranged In weight any where from
alrfet to thirty pounds each. Tala
catch waa made on Willis Lamp oa
an Incoming tide with a southwest
wtad. Oa Tuesday another party
went oat te the lump but the wind,
tide or something of ether waa wrong
and enlv fear drum were taken.
Three ef these were caught by Harry
CQhert the king ef cere fishermen,
who was trying his hand oa dram for
the first time. .
-
GOOD CATCHES OF MULLETS
w awawmeaawwa
4er Mar ran At nulltti AbOUt
ftUJ uin a e - -
here thla Fall occurred last Thursday
week ago, Beaidee a quantity of
fish taken by the Betters several 01
the menhaden boats made good
! catches. Captain Jack Parkin ia ue
Balater brought ta 89.000 , pounds
and Captain Randolph WUlla, ax
Morehead City brought In 80.000
pounds la the Madeline. Other
catches that day were Captain Boa-
wrmia af the W. M. Wefto. xw
000 pounds aad Captain Wm, Willis
... a. a al AAA
of the Wallace who eaugu
Am fh, Monday Of uia weea
Captaia Bonaer WlUla brought ta
about 8,000 poueda. For of
these catches the fishermeo received
about three eente a poand. The
fishermen are now waiting xet ue
.J a la faa north agala when
they thlak there wiU oe aour
mullet run. ,
TENT REVIVAL CLOSED
Or.ty one wJ.:.rf rrJt kae beee)
Imued la tie hut ftw days by Rf
Utev ef Deeds Trey Merrk, Thia
waa to R. J. rrry. Meaakk, aad
Rheda Lawk, Marthallbvrg.
The revlTsl ten whkh for e!gbt
weeks has Uea the scene af a eerie
of ssaeUngs tiat have greatly areuaed
thk community was tern down Man
day aad started en Ha wsy te Meuit
OlWe. Revtrtnd Mr. aad Mrs. II.
M, McAdama eondacted the aaeUng
but srxxt af the preathlng waa Jowe
by Mrs. MeAdams who po so .
deahud ability as an evaaffflkst As
a result ef the meeting the News
learns that 'here were Scmetlinf l.ke
K0 coaveraUme aad a Daa-ber ef
ac M4on to the verkee charchea ht
and araaad Beaufort
COOO PRICES FOR TOBACCO.
Mr. J. A. Uptan, ef the New Ba
roU a-etion waa ta town Satardsy
aad called at the News eflce. Mr.
aptoa ts trying bis head at raking
tobacco thk year aad k pleased with
ak first experience. He carried e
ua af aaad late to New Iera Uat
week aad sold them at ea'averego af
IS 1-2 cents whkh to good foe that
aualitv af tobacco. Ilk better te-
hacce he haa fret said yet aad will
ratably get a very flr prke for
that whea be sells aa the wtktt to
Strang fee gd gradee.
anxious bench for more than a week
Governor Morrison, on Monday, ap
pointed Judge W. J. Adams, of Car
thage, to the seat on the Supreme
court bench made vacant recently by
the death of Judge W. R. Allen.
It waa reported that there were
twenty one-candidates ' for the post-'
tion la the beginning but they finally
narrowed down to only two that
were serfoualy considered, namely
Judge Adams and Thomaa D. War
ren of New Bern. A few days ago
reporta coming out of Raleigh were
to the effect that Warren would cer
tainly be appointed. If the Gov
ernor did Intend to appoint Warren
something or. other caused him to
change hk mind. Mr. Warren had
strong backing for the place but
there was alee a good deal af oppo
sition te him. Many Democratic
aad independent newspapers ap-
peeed hk appointment aa well aa a
good many saen who are Influential
ta the Democratic party.
Judge Adams baa been on the So-'
perior court bench alace 1918, hav
ing been appointed by Governor
Ciena, He bears the reputation of
being a wan ef "fine character and
aa able Jadge, He had maay( en
dorsements for the Supreme court
jadgeshlp. Solkikr Walter E-
Brock af Wadeahore sweceede Jadge
Adams en the Superior court bench
and be to succeeded aa Solicitor by
U. W. Nah. af rM. Oa account
ef the death t! : . Allen Go-
raer Mori' .1 t r' n made three"
appelataaenta la dy.
rk co:3 ccrrvEMTicre
A national eone".! it tve Tel
Croea to to te 1 ' 1 in Columbus.
Oklo, ea CkUUr t e 4.k f .h, Aa
erteaalve j-rt r'tn 1 t li trrrJ
Pfe!4r,t IUr!.! , l'r'..rg
ad mary tQ.tr ro.!nr.t p' : 'e
wi'J atlead the gU f r'.rj.
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