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VOLUME XV
8 PAGES THIS WEEK
TH EBEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY JAN. 28 1926
NUMBER 4
EWS
Ll Inl 1&
SECRETARY SINK
DEFENDS ACTS OF
WAGE COMMISSION
Says Increased Salaries Went
To Employee of Highway
' Commission
STATE HAS DEFC1T NOW
(By M isHIPMAN)
Raleigh, January 25 The rapid
ly increasing disturbance over , the
functioning of the Salary and Wage
Commission, the meeting of the
State Agricultural Society, report of
a state deficit and the fight on school
fire inssurance rates were among the
outstanding matters of interest in
administration circles during the
week. In addition many other mat
ters engaged attention of the Capi
tal City residents during the week.
The criticism of the Salary and
Wage Commission, which" became
stronger during the week with the
coming of Lee's birthday, a holiday
which the Commission declared
should not be observed unless one
day was taken from the annual va
cation of each employe observing it,
was answered on Sunday with a
statement from Hoyle Sink, secre
tary of the Commission in which Mr.
Sink charged there was an organiz
ed propaganda to discount the work
of the Commission and that num
bers of the legislature were being ap
proached by certain bodies with a
view to having the Commission leg
islated out of existence at the next
legislature. Mr. Sink, in a long
statement, defended the actions -of
the Commission. On Saturday the
Commission made it public that sal
ary increases of approximately fifty
thousand dollars had been granted
beginning this month but (against
this set the fact that the Commis
, sion had abolished offices and reduc
ed salaries' to- the-.: totaK"..4f about
$ 39,000 in October and approximate
ly the same amount had been saved
the state by the voluntary discontinu
ance of certain jobs by department
heads before the Commission got
work but in anticipation of the
Commission's work. The salary in
creases allowed were defended by
Mr. Sink on the ground they were
chiefly for employes of the Highway
Commission where not a single in
crease had been granted in a year.
Representative W. W. Neal of Mc
Dowell county, a member of the leg
islature creating the Commission, was
among those attacking it in the past
week. Mr. Neal asserted the Com
mission was taking unto itself pow
ers which the Legislature had not
intended. The North Carolina So
ciety of Engineers also joined the
ranks of those opposing the Com
mission when it requested that great
er consideration be shown for tech
nically trained men.
The report of a deficit in the
General Fund of the State as of
January first, closing the first six
months of the fiscal administration
of Governor McLean was explained
by the Executive with the statement
of large disbursements and meager
collections. Mr. McLean Raid he
expected to change the deficit of
.$800,000 to a surplus by the end of
a full fiiscal year as the income and
other collections coming due short
ly would swell the income.
Stacey Wade, Insurance Commis
sioner, served notice, after a meet
ing with the South eastern Under
writers that he would oppose the 25
percent increase in school fire insur
ance rates in N. C. which the Un-
derwriters body has ordered effect
ive. Mr. Wade branded the action
as "high landed," and contrary to
law. .
With the prospect of no fair this
year, the Agricultural Society at a
meeting elected W. A. Hart of Tar
boro president succeeding Max Gard
ner and discontinued the office of
general manager held by E. V. Wal
born. i The Auditors office, the Treasur
ers office and that of the Adjutant
General observed Lee's birthday in
defiance of the Salary and Wage
. Commission and on the ground that
: that body had no authority to set
, aside holidays created by the legis
' lature.
The Salary and Wage Commission
has fixed ten cents a mile as the al-
(Continued on page sever.)
BOGUE BANKS BEACH
EQUAL TO DAYTONA
Apparently Mr. Henry . Fort nev
er loses an opportunity to boost Car
teret county. He has shown his
faith by making large investments in
Carteret county dirt and whenever
he gets the chance he tells folks what
a fine country it is. A recent com
munication sent by him Jp the Manu
facturers Record illustrates this
point. The letter is of interest to
people in this section and is there
fore, reproduced .below :
"Mr. Richard H. Edmonds, Editor,
Manufacturers Record, .
Baltimore, Md.
Dear Sir:
In your article in this week's Rec
ord you state that the celebrated
Daytona-Ormond Beach Hn Florida
is said by experts to be the most
wonderful beach in the world.
I would like to infoi'm you and the
world that persons well qualified to
pass on their merits give it as their
opinion that the beach mentioned is
in no .respect superior except by ad
vertising to the wonderful beach of
BOGUE BANKS, Carteret County,
N. C. The latter beach is as wide,
if not wider, as hard if not harder,
an as long if not longer. It is 24
miles long without a break. I have
measured 525 feet in width at about
low tide, and have often been unable
to make an impression with my shoe
bed. When Eastern North Carolina gets
what it. should have in the way oi
publicity the Daytona Beach will
have to share its fame.
Yours very truly,
H. K. FORT.
Philadelphia, Pa.
EDUCATION DEPT. HEADS
VISIT ATLANTIC HIGH SCHOOL
Mr. J. H. Hillman, Director , of
Teacher Training and Certification in
North Carolina, and Mrs. T. E. John
ston, State Supervisor of Teacher
Training, visited the Atlantic Schools
Wednesday." -
Atlantic is the only sVnool m Cap:
teret county that offers a course in
Teacher' Training and there are only
a few high schools in North Carolina
thrt now have a Teacher Training
Department. Many high schools
h:'ve recently made application to
establish such a department but their
applications were refused because of
the lack of state funds to aid in the
work. Teacher Training is offered
to high school graduates only.' At
lantic was fortuiii-.ie to get a Teacher
Training Department before the
State funds for that work were ex
hausted, but that is characteristic
of the Atlantic people to take ad
vantage of educational opportunities.
They have never had an excess of
money but they realized the value of
an education and established one of
the first high schools in Carteret
county. Not long ago some one in
Raleigh remarked "Atlantic must
have one of the best schools in the
state judging from the students that
they send to college."
The people of Atlantic are proud
of their school and they have a right
to be proud of it because it is one
of the better type of schools. It is
well organized, the children show
progress in their work, and the
teachers have a splendid cooperative
spirit.
NO SNOW IN BEAUFORT.
Beaufort has yet to have its first
snow this winter. On Monday a
snowfall several inches deep took
place almost all over the State but
there was none along the coast. Here
it rained all day and a stiff wind blew
from the northest.
JUDGE DUNN MAY RESIGN.
A report sent out from Raleigh,
is in circulation tS the fact that
Judge Albion W. -Dunn who has
been i holding court here this week
has ' resigned. Governor McLean
has been out of Raleigh for several
days and the resignation, if made,
has not been acted upon. Judge
Dunn has been on the bench about ten
months. He apparently made a good
impression upon the public while
holding court in this county.
Dr. and Mrs. G. W. Lay are in
Wilmington this week attending the
Episcopal convention there.
Mrs. J. W. Mason and son return
ed horne Monday after spending
everal weeks in Goldsboro with rel
atives, j
Items of Interest From Various
Parts of State
North Carolina has a record break
ing building volume last year ac
cording to the F. W. Dodge Coopera
tion. Building and engineering con
tracts awarded during the year a
mounted to $104,514,500 which was
an increase over the previous year
of 29 percent. The year 1926 alBO
promises to be a good one in the
building line. y.
Jews in North Carolina have start
ed a drive to raise $200,000 for re
lief work in Russia, Poland, Rumania
and other countries. This is the
State's quota of a large fund being
raised in the United States.
Thirty five men connected with
the prohibition office at Charlotte
are to lose theri jobs soon. This is
caused by an order from General
Lincoln C. Andrews who. is the head
of the prohibition forces in Washing
ton. The men to be discharged
operate in North and South Carolina
and Georgia.
W. H. Pittman, director of publi
cations of the State Department of
Public Instruction has resigned his
position. He goes to Edgecombe
county as superintendent of public
instruction at a salary of $5000 a
year which is consideably more than
he got in Raleigh.
An organization was recently
formed in Greensboro the purpose
of which is to secure the abolition of
capital punishment. There is a sim
ilar organization in Asheville and
plans are under way to organize more
such associations in other parts .of
the State.
William Davis, employer in a cafe
at Asheville, is being held on suspi
cion QJnunjej-ing .o.r.at. least knowing
something about the murder of Mrs.
Annie May Burgess. The woman was
found last Thursday dead, her head
having been crushed apparently with
a piece of iron pipe. She and Davis
had been associating together for
some time so it is alleged.
The Chamber of Commerce of
Charlotte gave a big dinner Wednes
day evening in honor of W. C. Wil
kinson, sixth district highway com
missioner. Mayors of 300 towns
weie invited, county commissioners
and other prominent citizens were
also asked to attend the affair.
Ira Wagoner and Jim Rogers es
caped from the Moore county jail at
Carthage Sunday. The men had
gotten hold of hack saws in some
way and managed to saw their way
to freedom.
The Chamber of Commerce , of
Henderson ville is advocating an
8000 mile publicity tour to advertise
western Carolina." The plan is to
have a large number of cars go out
as far as Clifornia and return boost
ing Carolina all the way.
The first constitutional governor
of Florida was a North Carolinian.
His name was William D. Moseley
and he was originally from La Grange
He "was elected governor of Florida
in 1845.
' Joe Singleton a 00 year old vhite
man "from Goldsboro went td the
Satte penitentiary Monday to serve
a sentence of 30 years. He was con
victed of killing Atlas Durham on ac
count of n dispute about a debt.
E. L. DAVIS CO., SECURE
CONTRACT MOREHEAD PLUFFS
E. L. Davis and Company heating
and plumbing contractors of Beau
fort were lowest bidder on a large
contract let by the Bogue Develop
ment Corporation of New Bern, for
installation of plumbing and heating
in eight cottages and hotel building
at Morehead Bluffs. The work to
begin at once.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Permits to wed have been issued
by Register of Deeds Jno. W. Ham
ilton to the following since last week:
Earl Mason Beaufort and Gerald
ine Robinson, Atlantic.
WARM CRITICISM
OF COUNTY BOARD
Dr. J, J. Davis Charges That
County Officials Are Wast-
ing Public Funds
This newspaper makes a practice
of publishing articles relating to
public matters without regard to who
does the writing or what side they
are on. The best way to get at the
truth of Hny question is to turn on
the light. As to whether Dr. Davis'
criticism is just or not the News is
not prepared to say. If what he says
is true it is high time to call a halt.
If it is not true then he has done an
injustice to the board. As to his
statement that the News is in the
habit of "praising" the county offi
cials there is no warrant for his say
ing so and he cannot show any copy
of the Ne.ws with any such praise in
it. The News is in favor of good
roads and good schools but is not in
favor of wasting one cent of the pub
lic funds. Dr. Davis' letter is pub
lished herewith.
Editor of the Beaufort News:
In practically all your recent is
sues you have been praising our pres
ent County officials and boosting our
grer.t progress to the rest of the
world. ' Now there are two sides to
every question and the truth should
not hurt' any honest cause. With
yqiir permission I wiU give the pes
simistic view of our present county
affairs.
If hard surfaced roads really in
crease farm values what was the
trouble with the Murray Thomas
farm? It is one of the best and cer
tainly one of the noted and widely
advertised farms in the, county. It
has bad more public money spent as
improvements to it by far than any
other farm in the county.. Fifteen
years ago I could not buy uncleared,
cut-oveiVvoodland in that part of the
eotinty for less- thtm- to- --pr . acre
and then $1 was worth more than
two now.
If th? county commissioners real
ly believe what they preach about
hard surface roads increasing values;
if they are sincere in their efforts lo
care for the financial interest of the
people; why did they not hold that
farm until the improved road was
lilrough it and then put it on th"
market and try to get what it owed
the county out of it. Why did they
sell it to Mr. Wheatly as soon :;s
they had decided to put a hard-surfaced
road through it? The price.
$8,500 for 700 acres would not pay
for the road through the farm and
the county losta part of its claim.
It that is a sample of the increase
in farm values by hard-surfaced
roads then God pity the farmers.
The form ofj roads being built in
this county is the cheapest grade
that can . be cflled hard-surface and
it has failed to give satisfaction in
ny section whire it has been built.
The Federal 'government does not
spprove of this type or road and will
not aid states to build it. From the
number of patches that had to be
put in this first section, almost be
fore the otherl end was cold, it
would look like this was below the
usual grade, een of this class of
road. ,
In the l.-tst campaign you 'boosters'
tcld us this road could be built to
Atlantic for $12000 to $15000 per
mile but the Joresent road as now
constructed is costing nearer $40,000
per mile.
There are some features about the
road construction in this county that
is difficult to understand as they are
so different f rot m methods used in
other counties h!nd by the state. In
state work the j'road is suiveyed as
near straight as1 practical, the prop
er width and theft inmproved machin
ery is Used to id itch and grade it.
This method was not followed by our
road builders. "They took some of
the worst kinks oiut of the old nar
row roads, gradetd the cented and
poured the hard sirface. Then they
use hand labor, ttams, wagons and
carts to widen anl grade the sides
while our expensive road machinery
rusted in nhe wood;.
There are only two reasons I could
give for this: (1) We "have so
much money to spend and such a
short time to do it that we don't give
a damn how it is sjpent (2) or, as
our engineer is working on the per
(Continued on juage five)
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
The following realty transactions
hj'.ve been ucorded by Register oi
Deeds Jno. W. Hamilton since last
week :
T. K. Lewis and wife to John S.
Perkins 1-2 Lewis Robinson lot
Beaufort for about $600.
E. B. Whitehurst et al to J. T.
Graham et al 50 acres near County
Home for about $500.
" Beaufort Realty Corp. to Helen
M. Stevens lot 7 and 8 block 68
West Beaufort.
Mattie Tripp and husband to Emily
Ann Lancaster tract White Oak
Township for about $450.
E. H. Gorham et al to Bogue Dev
elopment Corp. Block 47, 37, 121,
Morehead City for about $7,175.
Edwin M. Piner and wife to Chas.
H. Piner South half lots 6 and 7
'Block 67, Morehead City for about
$607.05.
Rufus Lewis and wife to G. C.
Brinson lot 16, Block 42, Morehead
City for about $100.
W.' P. Morris and wife to Inter
state Cooperage Co. right of way
White Oak township for $125. "
S. W. Ferebee and wife to Z. Z.
Grantham 100 acres Smyrna town
ship for $10 and other considerations
G DEVELOPMENT
UN
New York Financier Takes Op
tion on Large Tracts and
Will Sell It in Farms
New Jjiern, Jan. 23 East Carolina
is scheduled for another land devel
opment project, according to adver
tisements appearing in the New York
Times, stories in the Washington, N.
C. Daily News and local indications.
The Aitken' Properties, Inc. a New
York company, has been incorporat
ed! for $5,000,444 of which $2;000:
000 has already been subscribed by
H.'vE. Aitken, financier and motion
pTcure 'film 'magnate,' and- his- rsso
daton, for the purpose of carrying
out a big co-operative farm and
"back to land" movement in east
ern North Carolina and Flo'ida.
Options have been obtained on 51,
000 acres of land, of which 12,000
are near New Bern in the vicnity of
Auiora: 10,000 acres are at Lake
Pheips and the remainder is farther
south with 20,000 acres in Florida.
Plans have been made to help fi
nance the building of homes on small
farms, which will be sold in five- acre
units at $200 and $500 per acre.
Co-operative basket and barrel factor
ies are planned. Carnations and nr
cissus bulbs will be grown for north
ern mrkets.
. Offices cf the company will be es
tablished in Washington and New
Bern also in the north, to sell fauns
and to feature the advantages of
life on the rick black soil of North
Carolina. Thomas Dixon, noted au
thor, has been retained to write a
feature film called: "Facing the
South, or Back to Dixie."
Already a representative of the
company is in this city and is hard
at work on the project. No an
nouncement will be made public by
him, however, at this early date.
NICE SOCIAL EVENT
AT ODD FELLOWS HALL
A very enjoyable social was given
by Miriam Rebakeah Lodge No. 141
I. O. O. F. in the Odd Fellows Hall,
last Thursday evening
The guests were the members of
Concordia Lodge No. 11, I. O. O. F.
and their families
During the evening several games
were played and two contests held.
(Floral and Carolina Contests). The
Floral Contest was won by Mrs. H.
M. Parkin. Mrs. C. T Chadwick earn-
g the next number of pints. The
Carolina Contest was won by C. T.
Chadwick and W. O. Williams, each
scoring the same number of points.
After the games and contests a
Very delicious salad course was serv
ed.
COMMENCEMENT PREACHER
SECURED.
School Superintendent R. L. Fritz
has secured the Reverend Thos. M.
Grant of Lumberton to deliver the
ermon to the graduating classs. of
Beaufort High School. Mr. Grant
is pastor of Chesnut Street Metho
dist church of Lumberton and is feaid
to be a very fine speaker.
SUPERIOR COURT
NOW IN SESSION
MOVES SWIFTLY
Criminal Docket Cleared In
One Day- Judge's Charge A
Forceful One
MANN WILL CASE ON TRIAL
. A cold rain and a northeast gale
that lasted all day Monday delayed
the opening of Superior court but
despite that fact the business of the
court has moved rapidly forward.
Judge Albion W. Dunn, who is presiding-
over the court, insists upon
no unnecessary delays and lawyers,
witnesses and everybody else con
nected with the court has to be right
on the job. The criminal docket
was finished the first day, although
thiee days had been set aside on the
calendar for it. The Judge there
upon ordered that the civil docket
be moved up to Wednesday, instead
of Thursday and the motion docket
was dispossed of Tuesday.
Jnd?e Dunn's charge to the grand
jury, about fifty hiinutes long, was
a forceful one and was heard atten
tively by all i nthe court room. He
said this was his first visit to Beau
fort and that he was glad to be here.
He paid a tribute to the legal pro
fession and said the" lawyers of this
district ranked as high an any. He
was sarcastic i-.i his reference to an
article published recently by M. L.
Wiight, formerly of this county,
cor.cerning lawyeis, punishment of
criminal." r:id t'o on. Judge Dunn
says he opposes the abolition of cap
it::! punishment and believes that
criminals shovr-ld be punished for
their misdeeds and not petted. He
ays the State' didn't need more
hn'gec so as much as for those now
n the bench to do more work. He
- id McLean is the greatest Governor
i he State has ever had. He thinks
hnstian educators should - be in
chiirge" of the public schools and
that evolution should not be taught
in them. He says crime is increas
ing in North Carolina and that prob
ably there are too many laws.
No law can be enforced unless pub
lic sentiment is back of it. He thinks
prohibition a wise law if properly
enforced but unenforced does more
to create disrespect for law than any
thing else. He says there are only
two ways to enforce prohibition.
One is to have a great many officers
and the other is for folks to stop
buying liquor. He thinks many of
the rilling stations are selling liquor.
There are too many young criminals
and more whites than blacks. Par
ents are partially responsible. He
explained the duties of the grand
jury iind urged them to do their work
without fear or favor. R. T. Wade
was made foreman of the grand jury
and Herbert Forlaw was appointed
special deputy in charge of the jury.
Criminal cases have been disposed
of by the court as follows:
Dave Bell, assault, not to be found
case noil pressed.
W. H. Peterson, driving car while
under influence of whiskey, called
end failed, noil prossed.
Manly Ba.i!ey, receiving stolen
property, noil prossed.
Fred Lloyd, violating prohibition
law tried last court and allowed to
go under his own recognizance and
pay costs failed to do so, capias is
sued.
Paris Willis, aiding and abetting
n prostitution, noil prosed.
Ben Gabriel, theft, noli prossed
with leave.
Harrison Hemingway, violating
prohibition law, noli prossed.
James O. Harris, violatnig prohi
bition law, jury verdict guilty. Sen
tenced to twelve months in jail, com
missioners may hire hiin out to some
other county. v
C. L. Pittman, passing worthless
check, capias and continued.
J. J. Donovan, abandoment, noil
prossed with leave.
Romie Mann, violating prohibition
law, noil prossed.
Needham Garner, violating prohi
bition law, noil prossed.
G. A. Lupton, false pretense, con
tinued. Kenneth Murray, having liquor in
possession, pleaded guilty and wasj
fined $25 and costs.
Charles Stevens, pleaded guilty to
unlawful possession of liquor and
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