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i PAGE FOUR THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY DEC 17 192S -HE BEAUrORT fVEWS Published every Thursday at Beaufort, Carteret County North Carolina. Beaufort News lnc.f Publisher W. A. MACE President J. F. DUNCAN Yice-Pres. J P. P.ETTS Secretary WILLIAM GILES ME BANE Editor and Treasurer. ilir.a. This moans ilnuMloss ' that this railroad which has 'V- not :;eem tj havo r.r:t ; : Jive?.-; at uny ralj th ! SUBSCRIPTION RATES (In Advance) One Year $2.00 Six Months 1.00 Three Months 50 Entered as second-class matter February 5, 1912 at the postoffice in Feaufort, North Carolina, under the act of March 3, 1879. THURSDAY DEC. 17, 1925 been handicapped for capital r.i vne; v ill have the money which it needs for improvements and expansion. The roadbe 1 of the Norfolk Southern is poor and it will take a lot of money to put it in tirstclass condition. No doubt the road needs some Larger engines and new freight and passenger cars also. It may be that some new track will be laid but the main thing needful is to improve what the company already has. For freight transportation a large section of the State depends upon the Norfolk Southern. We of the east are hopeful that the change in ownership means better service by the road and i greater prosperity for it. jr.t in America has a poor k'.vestr.irnt. LY.- t;i t.'.ey ta.i make showing at home than they have, the Russians should cease S heir missionary efforts 1 LETTERS ARRIVE FOR SANTA CLAUS! Bos and Girls Make Their Wishes Known Through Beaufort News COTTON ESTIMATES. Everybody who has any land ought to plant one or two pe- Several months ago when the can trees if no more. The ; -v.ral Government crop re pecan is a beautiful, Ion;- lived j .,wts viunXtHi that a large crop shade tree and even u u ma j not bear the delicious' nuts' that it does, it wohld be wort'.: ! having. " a con- neav Monroe w b,.rn wit!1, bad hie krr.-ko,! hi A rati tvrtair.b O'-.o au;or.'.o't down and two otiuis 1. t looo and :;!dshed up the jb. la troj additi'Mi to thi bad h i: i.:- '." v owner was arrostoil tor U t- - ? 1 ii:irt no annual r o;i u. iii - - ; ' The appetite of North Caro lina for paved roads seem.- in- j satiable. No sooner does tlte ! Highway Commision or some county, finish a piece of road than somebody discovers an other piece that must be pav ed at once or the heavens will fall. Koadbuilding is going forward at a rapid pace all ov er the State but it will bo many a year yet. before every body is satisfied. tton was in sight uteraoie howl went up trom :r.e poi:ria" ami r.ewspa rs. They t-aij a groat ir.jus e wo.--. 1 e'.i. .r ib-iie to the i.ti.ci';; ci 't or f;u ni-or. N". w ci. too v n -o -'. : i! st . m- ton tv.ith told :; that is to say th ro provim-iif IVoomln r to.' iust than or;: ginned l'-loTo'So ar.d the estimate is that bales ? r.K'ij .u" iu: ire the eu G U M'l. P Wl nat-."cct. l-hir.s the K .' ta.:v ( i: two oe u i no; m iuT.s arc Carolina at trinoec . ho trio.'-, is e farmers planted an enormous acreage ami have raiso'i a whale of a crop. North Carolina ha ginne:i 1. 030, SOS bales and wili gin a bout 60.000 more which will be the biggest crop in the State's history Cotton is bringing a fairly good y rice now although the buyers all know that a big crop has been raised. If the Department of Agriculture had pretended that the crop was a small one there would have On account of the alleged cruelties of the boss of the con vict camp in Stanly county and i been a big smash up in prices unxavoraoie puoncuy arising ; w(ien the truth became known, from the incident, the county n that event the farmers has abolished the system alto- Uould have suffered a loss gether. The convict-, it eo'os. :re enough. As is is those who 1 1 .... i 4 .,!..... . ua e oeen stnu 10 amur.ei cou.i , nv.rte a good crou ty. this relievos the situation j will m Manly county somownai but how about the various other counties that maintain convict camos? Some vory bad things hao b.ap o th. "ioo 10 or.ntv cam;is. hoM.'.os Stanly's and it might not be .: bad plan to do away with the county convict system altogether. ot cotton tm? out very well. Some .-ay that the Government ought to stop making estimates on cotton altogether. It this should 'e done then the making of '-mato? wotihi bo left entire ly t the sp?ctt!ator in which on- r '.cotton f;nm:r woul.1 t o in a worse fix than he is :io. BOLSHEVISM NOT WANTED IN UNITED STATES to U'ii;! a war gomg on in S rut .! another in Africa the e-.c.i. have enough fighting o.o lo keep them from get- tine: rusty. The Syrian war come from the "Mandate" giver, tr.e French over that country at the close of the war. Thev tried to get the The overthrow of the Rus sian czaristic government was necessary for the progress of ti'o Russian people. The sub itution of the Bolshevistic reg mo though was a ca-e of swan ping the witch for the devil. It s tust as necessarv now for I'nited States to take a Man- the Russian masses to rid date" over Armenia at the themselves of their Bolshevist same t'me but fortunately for bosses as it was to depose the this country the Senate had i r?.:;r. Under th,e old govern too much sense to get into any meat a Russian could get along siu l trap. .aioii as wen a. individuals g?t along better " ' on. they att.'o.d to their ow n bi; "res- and leave other peo ple to do the samo thing. DRINKING AT COui-EGES. A ,'ent issue id" the Univer- rv Tar Heel says that consid er We liqi.or drinking has .o.i going on among the stu- as well as any one could in seme other country, provided I he did not d ) any plotting a ; gainst the government. Now a , Tan cannot engage in business I with any hope of success. ; What he makes is liable to be 'aken from him at any time and ' if he offers any sort of resis tance to his oppressors he is ab'e to be throw;; ;;; prison, or : -hot. Under such conditions o.-.ts there and that liquor is it v,s impossible to accumulate told openly day and night "on any propeity or t mike any .he streets of Chapel Hill. This .-ort of success unle.-s one hap ;s a bad condition and ought to nens to be an orfice-holder, a be rectified as far as possible friend of the bosses, by the colege authorities but It may take a long time but we doubt though if any large ; eventually Russia will get out number of the student. at the 'of the sea of troubles in which University are hibitual drink- she is now floundering. The crs and no more drinking i ; flnciples of communism are done in proportion to nuevs j r.ot practical, as many Rus there than is done vner col- ' shins have already learned. In leges. The tr-' ts that some ti.t meant me a fearful price is drinking : ne at all of them ' being paid to find out what a now and always has been done, j failure communistic doctrines For that matter we doubt if the j are. Even more foolish is the home towns of most of the stu- effort of the Bolshevists are dent. can show any better con-1 making to snread their nermV- dition in the matter of drink ing than the colleges can. BETER RAIL FACILITIES. The recent report sent out (Continued from page one) PHILLIPS APPOINTED HEAD OF ! DEPARTMENT of CONSERVATION ; oil during the coming week when 1 the Commission again meets. I Raleigh heard with relief of the safe arrival of the crew of the ste im t ship Cotapaxi at Cuba. The vessel left Charleston about two weeks ago 'and was lost at sea while the crew ! was rescued by a passing vessel, j Aboard as w ireless operator was L. I i M Waring Jr., son of Wake county's coroner, who was among those sav-j ed. The storm off the Florida coast j 1 claimed the vessel. j Machines will replace many of the i workers in the license bureau and a saving is expected to be effected in .-tamping licenses, so the story goes. : Pi , Mark F. Hoyd. member of the i".U'rnation:il Health Board, paid tV North Ca'.yoit St Hcaiih ao off.cial vim v i k. A' ccr.ipa:'.i"g him or a hOi.iy of I' ll h 0 - in Aou r.. mt.-rmati.-n that a " , ' i I'. . . it; : '.u : 'n' t i iici usa N. rth C.n Pr'udir.g anil loan associn i. '.'.: coovr'; in Not th according to calculations worked out y ,1, Mcvritt Lear and published in one of the State bulletins. The sur vey covers a five-year period ending. January 1, k'". The result sus tains the contention that putting s.iv- : ings into building and loan is a safe investment. The Federal Department of Com merce tinds that one divorce occurs , to every sixteen .larriages in North ' Carolina and that there was an in-1 crease of both in the State during j V)'2i. there being 23.100 marriage and 1,4(51 divorces. New York led' in the number of marriages and Tex as heads the list of divorces with 15. 373. j Raleigh is the place and January '. 27-2$ the date for the State meet- j ire ot too i oung .Men s I nnstian Association. - Worth Wilev. of New York, a national officer; R. H. King.; of Atlanta, a regional secretary and : F Ramsey, Cleveland, Ohio of the National Council, are booked for ad dresses. : T'-i? estimators report the largest cotton crop this year the State has "O.-r prt riu.'su the number of bales h-:v:r.g reached the r.cw high level of iOJoO.UOO or 1 o.OOO greater than the "h'o.gcst ever." It is a o.r. our. red that g 1.500 per sons atended the football games in the State during the season this year. This is due. in large measure, ta the big fair week and Thanksgiving gamts, which reported from 15.000 to IS. 000 admissions. This appears to be a "sporty" old commonwealth. Ti.o State Department of Agri culture, through its division of Mar kets, claims to have aided in the marketing of 2,413 head of cattle which sold for $106,000, since the : first of last January. There were 1 7t cars loads of these taken largely from the counties of Buncombe, HaJ ;wood, Jackson, Swain, Translvaina and Yancey, in which co-operative livestock shipping associations were organized duiir.g the summer. Oscar Miller, Croatan Indian, and' blinded veteran of the World War. 1 is under charges in the Federal court cf having sworn falsely as to the date of the loss of his eyesight in order to bring the irjury within the ::i:ty day period following his dis charge from the service, and for the collection cf a thousind dollars from the gove'r.o'en; in a fraudu lent mannir. Failing to appear in court his bond for S300 was forfeited snd a capias issued for his srrast. Deputy Sheriff Will Magnum who ; was wounded in a gun battle with a I bandit giving his name as " Slim : Anderson" several weeks ago, has been released from Rex Hospital and I s back home again, Anderson died ! from wounds inflicted by other of i rficers and was buried here through j the instrumentalities of a number j of charitably inclined persons. Mr. i Mangum says Anderson wvis the most dangerous man with whom he ever came in contact and would have shot i other orf.oers present had his pistol ot missed fire. My Dear old Santa. I am writing you a few lines to let you know what I want for Christ mas. I want a doll that will open j her eyes, and one who will say mama j and a big cariage, a trunk for my dc.llie and a tea set, some apples, oranges, negrotoes and candy. I urn eight years old. A little girl. CLEO JARVIS. ' Straits. N C Dear Santa , ' I want you to bring me a foun- tain pen and a wrist watch, some ! nuts, oranges and apples. Merry' Chrimas and a Happy Now Year; OVINIA GILLIKN. Beaufort. N C. Doc 15 hwr S.un.i l ;a'.:s. v ant yea t ! ;ng ro.e i .-.v . a big n;'. o'-ar.ges. av"Uf r-.c; io, INA CA for;. X C "uy i V s I w-::; you a lette- tcli" v.i-.t to bring ro.e for Christ n wrro a big blue carriage, a nri-ira lio'l a tea set and some apples, or rges ii". I negrotres. I am eleven yc-trs eld. I have been good nil year A little girl. MARIE JARVIS, Straits. N C. . Across thelfears - JL jL O.Jawrence 7azcihornc I wonder what you'd say to me today If we could only talk across the years. I wnndpr if vnn'd rare to stoD VOUr nlav To let me tell you of my hopes and fears. Would you be pleased to know what I have won, ww nrnoTPcys i have made, or would you see So many other things I should have done? cd WrvuM xrrvn Ko inct x hit a.ishampd of me? H- j 1 T UU1U JJA I'V. wuw v v.w " T wnndpr if vnu'H find vour boyhood dreams Through my endeavors now are coming, true, fir wnniri vnn sav mv nrpsent station seems Far short of what ambition promised you?1 "Mj'i. Have I accomplished in a manly way ; Those tasks you set for me so long ago? If we could talk across the years today M IVnulr! vnn hp nroud of me and tell me so 1 . I'd like to let you know how much I prize The opportunities I see from here. I wonder if vou fully realize How Wind vnn were in choosine mv career I wish that I could call you and confess, My boyhood, just now mucn i owe to you; Yours were the wistful dreams of happiness, Mine is the joy of making them come true! CARD OF THANKS. We wish to express our many friends of Beaufort our heart felt appreciation for the many acts of kindness to our dear old mother. Amanda E. Peterson in her r.e?r.t illness, for their sympathy and words of comfort. Gone but not forgotten. Written by her son and his wife. W. C. PETERSON, S20 4th. Ave. Atlantic City, N. J. ill Wm m . 1 )f ) A nU RECEIVED n frcm Kansas City, Mo., 29 head of Extraf Fine Mules and Horses. L. C. CARROLL i f Newport, N. C. .f3 . A u. wl iai U. liti' Ucii JJ le biiJ Leji Ucil lici JcfJ lai Uc!J Ucil ilcj Jcil Jc, llcil UiJ . ! ' ' v k- -nil- !rns ft r -a m !5 & m m For a lasting gift and one that may be enjoyed by ev ery member of the family for many years to come give Furniture. The excel lent quality, the beauty of the finish and the attractive ness of the design as shown by our Furniture makes buying here a pleasure. from W ashington, D. C that tries for the purpose of cot the brmsh-American and Im-' verting people to comniunVm. rorial tobacco companies had Like the fox whose tail hai acquired the controlling inter- been cut oS and who tried to est in the Norfolk Southern : tret the other foxes to have railroad is a matter cf much theirs amputated, the Russian interest to the public, particu- j bolsheviks want to get other larly the people of eastern Car- folks in. trouble. So far thev ious doctrine in other countries. They have, at great expense, sent their missionaries to Chi na. Englanj, Germany, th Lmted btates and Other COUP. -1 Vinyards have been kept by the C FOP THE HOME Chairs, Rugs, Comforts, Blankets, Pictures, Mirrows, Talking Machines, Imported China, Handbags, Trunks, Suit Cases, Hat Boxes. No matter what you have in mind in the way of Furni ture you will find it here, cr we can get it for you quick ly. Take the time to in spect displays soon. PLENTY LARGER TOYS SUCH AS ARE LISTED FOR CHILDREN FOR CHILDREN Wood and Steel Coaster Wagons, J Automobile;, Scooters, Doll Carriages, Velocipedes, Children's Desks, Chairs, ' Rockers, Tot Bikes, Kiddy Kars Mediterranean people since the time of Noah. v Stationery office of the British Government corresponds to our Gov rrrnr.ent Printing Otf.ce. Nr Eaglanderi eat pie for break. fast. Gaskill-Mace Co Hardware Two Stores Furniture 1 ?rjriojil
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