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THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY MARCH 12, 1925. PAGE THREE Ur, Davis U o i I n acnoo oono iiscusse Question population. i The town of Beaufort had a prcp .'erty valuation in 1024 of $2,050,000 jwith a bonded indebtness cf 570.000 i ,and f f this, an assessment 445,000 I Light, Street etc. nn da tax rate of $1.75 cn e.ch $100 A Gret.t Deal of ihs Street ?? ment is to be p;iid direct by property owners and the remainder assumed iby the Town, an J to rai?e this; your taxes rcust be increased. J Carteret County has a valuation in (property less than $13,CC0,0C0 .with a bonded indebtness 'of $500,000 and can only be accurately mr.de by plus, bond enacted by the a surveyor. The School building Legislature 1D25 $150,000 Under date of March 1, 1925, of, Ti, iv..( itu -friiir 14) of the does not begin on the southern l;ne; N. & O. Gov. A. W. McLean is report- pub!;c sCUare" begin- of lot 144, hence it on part cf lot total of $750,000 ed to have made the statement, that . ' j Eroal (pm linu 152, being about ten (10) feet on -with privilege in the hands cf the "A Democracy cannot father m its 0a ,, North- lot 152 North of the School build.ng, Commissioners granted to them by follows- that is trom tne iNorin suie vi tne legislature ior an audition cost must be kept within the ability of the tax-payers to pay." Ladies and Gentlemen: (By GEORGE DAVIS, M. D ) House owns all of the Eastern lots facing on Craven Street,. $3 1'innrl ffi.lln" IT) lit . ..... i. Turner incerr.ent, yew "',,., ,, ,,,,,, i " . . . i ma : i . aa aa i- 1 128 136, 144 and 152 and these lots building to euar street incy - w B, DomlB 0I 9(Uu,uuu ior ruuus am. L1..'a A,.t nf lR1fi reserved feet wide by 198 feet deep. The bridges as undrestood with the loca- On next Tuesday March 17th, 1925',,, , . f . . , front 0f the School building is 35 ticn for said roads and bridges un- vou will vote for or against Eonds: ... 4i:j i u fpet from Turner Street. I t.ied to determined. With a tax rate of for $100,000 to buy land etc fr'Ton (plot) maP; sre no feet wide step the whole section off carefully $1.85 on each $100 and in the Eeau School purposes Those in favor f jand n& feet deep Thig 8h0uld set- but to be accurate it; win require a f0rt Graded School District and for the bonds have stated to you pub- ' J H i . t " h thp .,1.1 survey- however on the vacant lot Eeaufoit you are paying $1.13 out of - " - - . VOUIT House w&s piuceu uu own any land in Beaufort sufficient of m ig not known to add to the present Graded School building or to build a separate build ing. licly and privately that we do not Houge paced on ,ot 128 152 we have 100 feet by 198 and a the $1.85 for Schools of this for Building equal or larger man u-r special ci uraaea ocnooi "ue siiiu nr . Vni?o nAi-rlrl he AaoiKr Tllncpd on HATicrol RViaa1 Tnnil 73 rpns In the session of Legislature 1887 &n& eBtimatjng . This bond igsue for $100)000 at Private Laws page 796, Chapter 18, bui(Ji tQ be ,5 feet widC( we'5 j.2 per eent for 20 or more yearg rua fin1 nn apt to mfOrlMTate the ... .... .... . ... . ., Several years ago before the Grad- " ""r " , " . rociBlion.. would have lelt tor auniignt ana ven- wil lcost over $Z00,UUU and you win A R,hnol huildin was erected this LBeaUi0lt . n tilation, air etc. twenty-five (25) feet be called upon for greater bonds to onmQ mpBt. but the!ineUeneral AESemuiy Ui between the buildings. The School Satisfy the few. You have been giv- fopt not distorted as in this ,enact: ... owns the two Southern lots 136 and en the facts and it is your duty to campaign, and knowing that we did! Sectlon L ,hat""7J; . , j0n6TS' - 128 and 136 could be used for the check these facts and vote in arroc own land I want to give the records. js- Chadwick, Wm. Sabiston J. B.'playerB instead of the County lot dance with facts and not theories. I have records leading back to theiDavis John Forlaw B- L- Jones arl 151, The play ground is there and! The hope cf education is to make Session of the Legislature of 1816 others, or any five of them bt and-enough land to build Euitable build-jit easier for boys and girls to sue but I did not have the Act hence I ,the same are hereby created a body ing for the next 50 or 100 years ;Ceed in life but if their success de wpnt tn he Court Home and asked Politic and corPorate under the name depending upon how high you wish topi.,Kis upon the loss of the homes of Mr.LW. Hassell, the Clerk of Court-:and Et'le of the Beaufort tt,Blgo upwards. the poor on account of bonds and for Act of 1816 Chapter 97 We iScho01 Association etc. , These who care to do so may check high taxes, with no hope in sight for searched for it fully but the bock was Section 2- For the purFSe .f v,p on some of the old letters we Induction in expenses, it would be 1 .p., 11,, flr.i m mil Ilia intontinn . . ... i. aaa 17 ... j. . i. . i. . - .1 kind person had ,",u,e iut1' -i"j""6 sent out in election oi xau. luuijar Deuer ior inese ooys anu gins had a great many 'to remain uneducated. Remember you have school prop erty lots 128, 136, 144 and 152, un der the Act of 1816 and 1 believe after talking with and hearing from a majority of the voters that they will on Tuesday March 17, 1925 de feat this bond issue to buy land. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE DAVIS, M. D. Eeaufoit, N. C. March 11th 1925. 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You can obtain the machine on a down payment of $3 00. That's good butineu. You try the machine TEN DAYS. That's good judgment Then you'll decide to keep it Thaf 8 certain. For Full Details Call Phone Write. The Beaufort News not found rem kind Some Bmoved ihe book. Through the f the Genera l Assemblj - t itB remember we h w. n:n.-o nciomo sion in 1816 Chapter 97, the lease Fe..kerg here and it Deputy Collector of Internal Reve- maue an " - tiresome. We nue, Raleigh, N. C.,1 secured copie.C printe of the Act of the Legislature of 1816 ana PPeu uy u, u x M L D- PrM c i i .,fn cno trates of said County, at their regu-s ' and ask you to carefully read same,: . ThomaJHaartr. Ex ,.,;t. ...w..b ... - - Chapter XCVH Laws of North Caro Una. An Act to conform an was costly and letter heads as R. Wheat!y,Sec. Com. Cf aded Thomas, B. L, Jones, W. F. Dill andj School Campaign in Eeaufort others for lots number 136, 144 and , M Edward Martin was kind accurate!152 of old town' be and the same is enough to secure for us a list of all 1 I .n ifZeiA nrA frYif r-rV( . jV x V, survev of the town of Beaufort, W"' the property owners on me tax the County of Carteret, and for oth er purposes. ed This the 8th day of February f , f om the registration and A. D. 1887. For this lease see Book we fient to each a circuiar giving the Whereas disputes have arisen con-1 ' cost as we men nonesuy ueueu, cerning the true lines of the streets I C teret County on each $100 valuation, but we were and lots in the town of Beaufort in The old Court House had beer i plac- ba(Jly mistaken. Look over your t consequence of which the inhabitants, n lot 128 'nstead of 127 a,nd,we receipts and you will see that it is We Fix 'em Better LOLA RIPPLES. Rev. J. C. Griffin of Davis held have emnloved Jonathan Price to sur-,ecc "u - dangerous io promise umi """" "b"l V' " - vey and make an accurate plan of said town. Be it therefore enacted by the to the School. not be over 30c, when we on less day .and Sunday. Kis little son J. C. carried same to each registered of Mrs. Nannie Day Sunday after- Nineteen (19 years after or in than 20,000 bonds for school indebt- Jr. came with him. 1906. '08 and '09 many of those boyi a e Davine 40c on each $100. ! Mr. Norwood Lupton of Roe was J 1 1 Atvilal tViQ 1A Rpm. . t.ii. j f n vicitnp hurp StnTyv niht.. Ci a .i.i e jl ototo rsf o'iu sll,B w" "s" vve wrote a lener muei ucic vr j eneral Assembly of the State ot, vve wrow r luu li'Kf wviivw few- vi a v intn iyu anu mi ucuikc aw- "j - ' 1 . i 1 wnnnt XT Kr TVlOriU fil v... l tl,;t t . iBHU weie aosiowcu 6.w..j j com UlbCU UV aUUJWlltl "A miuv., t ....... 1 , ' 1 . i . r f fr.vmii. Hqit ...... i . . . ..... .3 nnnn ! .f tup ineir gn assutwico ii a.vi...v, voter ana m mat letter we siawu uv- piail Ol lliB , Jf(. J . oJ fori Wsiflo on1 .riil. iwice we went uuwu in um anu ijje jje oi jx. iorn. uraueu , . ii.. i ifioo V.Q olcpfinn ... . ... ii.i rlvon WillictAn Knpnt thp wpek pnd tnhlichpH bv Innafhan Price shall uluu l,I"c ' School campaign tnat , - r Jren.' -riI MW 20th for Graded , K will mean so much for us; it here with Mr, Wade's mother Mr, Scnoois. vve may cau totLeaciuu w me!in the bringing oi inausiries "j- the charter later. to Beaufort of financial enterprise of ' Misses Beatrice Goodwin, Lucy P. Five years later or in 1914 Judge a,j kinds etci Tj,is matter will be Daniels and Mrs. John Lupton motor R. B. Peebles on Oct. 23rd, gave ,.ft tn thp DeoDie t0 look over those ed up to Roe Sunday evening. .. .. .Tutrement recorded in Book 5 office M i0tt0r nH comnare with your re-1 Mrs. Ernest Goodwin, Cecil Harris iurtner enacteu, - North Carolina, and it is hereby en- ?ted by the authorit; That the lines and town of Eeaufort as surveyed and es- the true lines and plan of said town of Beaufort, in the County of Car teret, any law to the contrary not withstanding. II. And be it I and with the enterprises and Norwood Lupton of Roe attend- . . rJJ. "'l.f. L ;L 71, Board of Commissioners Carteret Co. thil, hav( come here. etc. We made ed church here Sunday night. town OI reauioit niaue uy mc wiu r . rpv, . x .-.a ,,,.a . .... . .... vs ototomont rinnpst. vet : lr.ere was .Ladies aid ai.ci .lATipthiiTi viipf. shE he f enositeu Dv &n cum - 1 - The The Town of Beaufort and the ony a beief and tlat belief has not! Orphans League at the F. W. B. J Board of Trustees for the Beaufort materialized,. Ichurch Sunday night. A Urge aud- Graded School. Judgment. when tb(i C:Uestion of building on lence auenoeu. "That the Beaufort Graded School ,if)d as reported t0 be owned by Mr. ! Messrs Monnie Daniels, Eldon Trustees sh:.ll have and posess lots tj e Swarm, ended a bond issue in Smith and Baker Lupton were visi- State tors at Koe bunciay aiternoon. sell at public auction after cdvertis-!4 ing at leapt one month, all the iotsinF ett-" of ground laid off in the town, except J those reserved for public buildings, j THE SHOE HOSPITAL " ' The Beaufort Shoe Shop J. C. Chadwick, Prop. to the purchaser or purcha.-ers said lets. IV. And be it further enacted. Mr. J. W. Goodwin, Sylvester Goodwin and Waller Goodwin re- Misses Kate Johnston, Evande Day were business vis- the Commisisoners of said town in the register's office of Carteret Coun ty. III. And be it further enacted, Thai t-J-.o rVtmrnitteinnprs rf the town ! - - . . . . ...u x. Nn. 1R2 r.nd 144 uDOii which to erect 1t,oi 0..mp, nn. I wrote the ot teauioit are ne.eDy autnorizeu to - - ' , c,, ... ' ; . , ... M n,.w loft MnnHav for cm CfiT15!.l'U't liiaueu 5CIiUll liui.u- Cr.t r.f '11 1 If instruction HIIU U .i-ti.w -.-..j d.nte of Doc. 13th 1022 he wrote that 1 vv im.sT.on wnere r.e wui spe.-.u u iew The understanding as nn agree- ..Tile Beaufort Trustees are selected ;uiys, wan ifuy. moat cf parties, Judge O. II. Guion, in accordance with an Independent! Kus Veida by entertained, quite 'i ....... inff TTi ... - . ct i 1 ' nnmhni. ar f , 'ii.ii r ; Jsiinflv nf- and also all the lots of ground in the (attorney lor pla.nt.ii ana .r. o. r. chaTtn. g,.anted the Beauion ocnoo. - - . x i i lincan attorney ior tne ueieuuaui. n ti-i hv tne ieirisiatuie. xc old anu new iovn,ms lunnenf ui- 1 , , . ' - veyed, and which have not been en-'the school Trastees-that no oostrue-Beaufort City Schools are operand ... , i ii i. ii. . nf anv Vind was to be placed in ;,iQ-,,l the County and pu7ctrabTe t7 aw and re'ehh-e School or county property. '' .n so far as control and turned ho. Sunday from Long Lid ComU'ione,; are hereby an-; South of a certain line, no fence can adl,ini;;tration goes, for that is con- Long Creek where they have been thnrizo.l f.n.l emnowered to make andioe erecteu, u.e ouuuc. troilea Dy me nair u v... i 1. . .1- ..r ..i : f ;ia!bp known as Carteret Fark. That a hnnrd of Trustees." execute ueeus oi '- . . . . Pmn ir,,,.; 4U '(liintu i ninm eB mnprs w uui . i i otflrr.t i n il v nun a i i j OI W-"C VVWHI.J VV.I..H4WV..W., jjj ijiyy VUll'VAbV vv...j r to h tmr,wJ the old Cou.t ,.ir(i 11 ci i . in 1920 about 15.- 'itors at Roe Monday evenm House loected on lot 128 m said gcj. r.caufort in 1000 had 2,1J!), in " " - That the lot No. one hundred and square. '1 hat tne square or 1920 3.1C0.OT pract.cauy 'V 7 ,;,: twenty-seven and one hundred and 'lot,, to be used for New Court House m.a8e ja 20 years. The saw mil i"'"1 Rje thirty-five, shall be reserved pub-1 building and accessories a jail and (.a;lle ,, many have these counts. M Ku, Lb lj 1 1 . pent lie property, en which to erect a!JHors house building, the Graded in the C,UB and when the mill quit ;un day n.feht wuh Ms8 L.une v, 1 it',.v.,.i Kniiainw unH w psnoiies. The n :.. ,4imftl that 2011 or more left, ,Uiy. court-nouse, tnat lot .no. one nun- , ' -""- -. 1 v...'1! IV. u were . . . . .. , w Bimrovw! and ac- u..,. , nnlv count about 800: Misses jaatt.e nU ciu. I.y were ured and nny-one snail oe reserved . -- " ,A 'rn OT,n,t of Miss I.eLonn Day Sun- cepted. increase in Z'J years, or v pei - e This Nov. 2nd. 1914 Signed cf men women and children and ;uy J. B. MORTON, 1 therefore the population is not in-; Mr. Ervin Lupton returned home Chinr.. Cru.nty Commissioners. !fieRin? enough to call for $100,000 Sunday from South River where he :and by in bonds for land when we nave lour " s- Vallace (4) lots 128, 136, 144 and 152 tor mr. uuy u,kui. ua and benefit of an Academy; and that j Clerk of Board of Commissioners. ; School purposes. j v WJ B' ""u"' f R.,e WM 6 lot No. one hundred and. forty-thre. i Just why this agreement was made ; The re,l estate valuation ' M y shall be reserved for such public 'in the face of the Act of 181 6 is not ; $1 05,278 and the tax rate on all prop ; business vi.s.tor here M.iu.ay and think given. But both parties seemcu m.erty was -we on tne ?j.oj anu tm.. ifcave overlooked lot 136 while admit- !wns a normal increase so that as es-1 Quite a number of chderen from in ordering old Court ;timatcd the property valuation in the,voe c. However any way School District in 1914 was about Sunday morning aiso emu en. . . . .,1. 1 , . v Miecoe Knn inn i.iininn anti iviuui . .. ..... ... , ii t apt ni 1 niti hiiii iii.. 1 nrifi in i h i a came Liir i - r ci Beautoit snail pay over an monies you- ium ... by the.m collected from the sale of which gave the school four lots 127, 1 Board of Appraisers and Revisers the lots above named to the Clerk 136, 144, and 152 and the agreement: with Mr. D. W. Morton, as Chairman f tv r,,nt Tniirt. f HurtPret to was mutual understanding not eon-;.iid land values were inflated. It was Ik as public property on which to erect , a jail; that lot No. one hundred and j twenty, eight, one hundred and thirty j six. one hundred and forty-four and j one hundred and fifty-two shall be : rrsprvpf in like manner for the use W. J. building as the county may proper to erect. V. And be it further enacted, 'ting let 128, That the Commissioners of the town House removed. be disposed of as a majority of said sidering' the Act of 1816 in their con court may think proper, any law to jf ideration. the contrary notwithstanding." The School building was built to You wil lnote that undet section correspond with the agreement to be IV we own all of the Western lots 30 feet from the Court House, and on Turner Street, that the Court the figures I give are approximate raised in different places 2 1-3 times more or less, and today the valua tion of the School District is esti mated to be $2,B00,000 on the same land with no increase in factories and very little increase in the general Lupton were isitois here Sunday. Sealed Chassis The Buick "Sealed Chassis"! From front to rear, a continuous wall of iron and steel housings behind which the Buick driving units operate. Dirt and wear kept out lubrication kept inl Only Buick has all of this protection. Another big reason why the Buick name is a synonym for reliability and why there are more than a mil lion Buick owners. IU4M A quid made from tobacco, leaves of cocoa plant, and wood ash paste, forms a bulge in one cheek of almost every Indian one sees in Bolivia. Policemen at the must be six feet tall. White House Foider Automobile Co. New Bern, N. C. When better utomobika built. Pufck bu&i tWi
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