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r Hews MJF best advertising msdium published in Carteret Co. READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY ) WATCH Your label and pay your subscription The EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK PRICE Sc SINGLE COPY VOLUME XV THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY JULY 15, 1926 NUMBER 23 1 lnll& DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ON SELFSUSTAINING BASIS Commissioner Graham So Declares. Receipts Come From Sale of Tags and Test Farms. Other News Iterr.s From State Capital (By M. L. SHIPMAN) Raleigh, July 12 The annual meet ing of the State meeting of the State Board of Agriculture, the se lection of a successor to Judge Ery. son in the Twentieth Judicial Dis trict, the final, rush for automobile license plates, commutation of the death sentence of Alvin ManEel, col ored, charged with attack on a white girl in Buncombe county, election of officers for the North Carolina Rail road Company and minor movements of Governor McLean were among the items of interest in Raleigh dur M ' ing a week of sultry weather aug- mented by the ever presence of a burning summer sun. The State Board of Agriculture held its annual meeting in the office of Commissioner Graham, heard a helpful address from Governor Mc Lean, listened to a highly construc tive report presented by the Com missioner an dtransacted the bus iness brought to its attention. In his address Governor McLean stress ed the importance of dairying and poultry raising, pointing out that on cotton and tobacco to the neglect of other necessities. t7' Commissioner Graham Stated in -' his Teport that the State Department of ' Agriculture is supported by its own receipts on the pay as you go plan and now has a nice little surplus to its credit. Receipts form July 1, 1925, to June 30, 1926, amounting to $436,138.38, exceeded the expendi tures $4,995.66. Balance on hand, according to the Commissioner, on July 1, 1925, was $90,274.57, and on July 1, 1926, $95,787.69. Income of the Department comes from the sale of fertilizer tags, cotton seed meal tags, feed tags, and receipts from test farms, the latter alone yielding the sum of $45,854.56, while from the sale of serum there had been collected $15,328.10. Fertili- i zcr tonnage on which tag tax was paid during the year totalled $1,213 178. Commissioner Graham recom mended the establishment of two test farms, one near Albemarle Sound for experimental work in soy beans and potatoes and another in the sand hills on which experiments in fruit could be made. On receiving the news of the nom ination of Walter E. Moore, of Sylva, to succeed Judge Bryson in the Twentieth District, Governor Mc Lean immediately tendered appoint ment to the vacancy as of July 1st. to Mr. Moore, who declined for bus iness reasons. The honor finally fell upon John H. rjarwood, of Bryson City, who, since adjournment of the General Assembly, has been one of the assistants attorney general sta tioned in the Department of Reve nue. 0. H. Allen, Raleigh attorney and son of the late Supreme Court Justice W. R. Allen, succeeds Mr. Harwood here. There was a steady flow of coin into the coffers of the License Bu reau the law three or four days of the week, the scene around the cen tral office here taking on the appear ance of bread lines during the late war. Hundreds stood for hours each day awaiting their" opportunity to procure the coveted block of tin which would enable them to scale the highways at moderate speed unmo lested. After becoming fully convinced that a reasonable doubt existed in the case of Alvin Mansel, anegro youth sentenced to die for an attack on a white girl in Buncombe county, Governor McLean commuted the sentence to life imprisonment. The case was thoroughly investigated and the action of the Governor is gener ally approved. Stockholders of the North Caroli na Railroad Company meeting in an. nual session at Greensboro during the week re-elected all old officers, heard the report of the secretary- treasurer, Wiley G. Barnes and at tended to the usual routine. The officers are: President, Word H. Wood, Charlotte ; vice-presidents Alexander Webb, Raleigh, J. Bayard Clark, Fayettevile; secretary treasur er, Wiley G. Barnes, Raleigh; expert Chas. F. Dalton, Charlote. Governor McLean, adjutant Gen eral Metts, joined a number of Na tianal Guard officials on a vie it to Camp Glenn on Friday where His Excellency did the reviewing stunt and had fine time; the Governor at tended a meeting of the board of trustees of the North Carolina Col lege for Negroes in Durham during the week and put his "O. K." on the management; at a meeting of inter-(Ce-it'ruH on page wr (BUILDING AND LOAN HAS BOOKS AUDITED Messrs. R. B. Nichols and V. M. Stonebanks of Raleigh are here this week auditing the books of the Beau fort Building and Loan Association. They are doing this in the interest of the association and represent the State Department of Insurance. Messrs. Stonebanks and Nichlos aud ited the books of the association last year about this time. UNIVERSITY GRADS PLAN BIG REUNION Morehead Villa To Be Scene Of Reunion Banquet For Alumni The alumni and students of the University of North Carolina who are resident in Carteret County will have their annual reunion banquet this year at "Morthead Villa," the new hotel at Morehead Bluffs, where preparations are being made by J. R. Koerper, manager, for the entertain ment of sixty odd alumni and thirty students, wit htheir guests. The af fair is scheduled for Friday night, July 23rd. This banquet is organized each year bythe Carteret County Club, an organization composed of the Carter et County people who are students and teaching fellows at the Univer sity of North Carolina. This is the same organization which promoted the recent Social and Economic Sur vey of the County. The committee in charge has se cured Professor Harold D. Meyer tc represent the faculty with a short speech. Professor Meyer delivered the graduation address at The Beau fort High School the past Spring and made many friends in this section by his polished and effective manner of speaking. The Washington-Duke orchestra will be employed and the banquet hall will be decorated with Carolina banners and pennants. Practically all the alumni and stu dents living in the County are getting in touch with Ralph Noe, chairman of the committee, and indications point to an almost unanimous atten- daxce. HERE LAST THURSDAY FIRST MELONS SOLD Water melons and cantaloupes have been running behind tbeir sche. dule time in Carteret county this year. This is due bo the farmers say, to the late Spring weather that prevailed this year. As a rule water melons are on the Beauofrt market cn the fourth of July and not infre quently they are on sale by the first of July. This year the first melons brought to town, so far as the News has heard of, were brought last Thursday the 8th. They were grown by Mr. Webster Russell who lives on route 10, or the New Bern road as it is called. The melons were sold by Mr. C. V. Hill at his store on Front ptreet. On Monday Mr. Rusel! brought in another load of canta loupes and water melons. JUDGE HORTON'S DEATH CAUSES GENERAL REGRET The death of former Judge J Lloyd Horton, which occurred Sun day afternoon at his home in Raeigh, caused general regret when it became known in Carteret county. Judge Horton was well known- and liked here having served as Solicitor and Judce in the courts here for several vears. He died of spinal menigitis and was sick only eight days. He leaves his widow and two children, a boy and a girl. He was buried at Farmville which was his old home and seveial persons from this section attended the funeral. CITY MAIL DELIVERY BEGINS SEPTEMBER FIRST Beeinnine September the first Beaufort will have the status of city mail delivery. , It has had free mail delivery for several years already but was in the village delivery class. The two letter "carriers Messrs. Dan Darling and Eugene Carrow will get an increase in salary of $350 per an num. Moreover there is a possibil ity of their getting a yearly increase. for five years until a ealr.ry of J2E00 has been reached. SCHOOL BUDGET ADOPTED MONDAY Budget Amounts To $160,489. 56. Offer to Buy Beaufort School Building At their meeting Monday the Board of County Commissioners adopted the school budget for the year 1926-27 and transacted consid eiable other business. All members of the board, namely J. E. Woodland, G. W. Huntley, T. B. Hall, H. C. Taylor and G. H. Whitehurst were present. The budget covers teach ers' salaries, operation and equipment fund, repayment of loans and interest including Beaufort and Morehead City. The total amount of the bud get is $160,499.56. A motion was passed offering to buy the Beaufort school building and iand on the court house square for $35,000. Representatives of the East Coast Land Company were present and asked that the board accept the road uilt by the company from Lvnch's bridge to Sea Level. A motion was tssed that the board inspect the oad and take some action on it at th e August meetine. A delegation om Cedar Island asked that som arrangement be made to conect the sJand with the mainland by a road ind bridge. A motion was passed nstructiner the countv pncn'nppr tn make a survey from Atlantic to the to the island and estimate on the cost and report to the board. Dr. . C. Bntt, County Health Officer nd County Welfare Officer A. L. Hamilton made a report on the coun ty home and made certain recommen dations. The Clerk was instructed to have repairs made and to instruct the management to correct errors re ferred to. A delegation from Mill Creek presented a petition askinir that certain improvements be made in their road. A motion was pass ed instructing the clerv and countv attorney to have the old mill build- ng removed from the road right of way. Theg rand jury's report was read and. ordered filed. . , The contract with Charles S. Davis to furnish shells for the road on Harker's Island was read and ac cepted. Mr. W. A. Mace asked for some improvements on the Lenox- ville road. The board aereed to give the matter prompt attention Mr. Jesse H. Davis asked that i change of route be made in the highway going through Davis. The matter was referred to the countv engineer with instructions to inves tigate and report later. Some bus mess of a routine nature was trans acted an dthe board then adjourned. SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC. The annual picnic of the First Baptist Sunday School took place yes terday. Quite a party of children and grown folks went over to the ocean beach and spent the day. The weather was pleasant, the water fine and refreshments were good and plentiful so every body had a good time. FARMERS TOUR IS BEING ARRANGED County Agent Overctreet Wants Carteret Farmers To Take Trip We are getting up a party of farm ers to make a tour of places of in terest in some of the more progres sive counties of Eastern North Caro. lina. We feel that this trip will be well worth while to all farmers who can take a few days off to see what farmers in their sister counties are doing and how they are doing it We plan to leave Beaufort on the morning of July 26th. and return on Wednesday July 28th. We have sev. eral routes in view but will leave this up to the members of the party before we start, after outlining each. The only cost to this trip will be meals and lodging, which should not exceed fifty cents a meal and one dollar per night for lodging. The transportation wil be made in auto mobile. The county agent will fur. nish one car and will accomodate four persons. We are very anxious to get a rep resentative number of farmers to take this trip as we feel that it will be well worth while to them and to their communities. We are going to ask that all farm ers who are interested in taking this trip meet with the county agent Sat urday, July 17th, at 11 o'clock, at the court house, Beaufort, or take the matter up by letter or telephone on or before that date. HUGH OVERSTREET, County Agent. ROUSING SPEECH Congressman Abernethy Sees No Gloom in Carteret County Future The bankers from nine eastern counties which compose Group Three of the North Carolina Bankers As. sociation terminated their twelfth regular meeting with a banquet at the Ocean Eeach Hotel last night at which time Congressman C. L. Aber nethy of the Third District and oth er prominent men of the section spoke. Mr. Abernethy predicted the future greatness of Morehead City and Beaufort as ports, citing as ev idence of his assertion the fact that a group of Morehead citizens were recently declined permission to erect an island in the harbor because of the paramount importance of main taining deep water. He discussed briefly the section's farming prob lems and urged the farmers to grow fit home more of the necessities of life, saying that the Imperial Val ley of California was sapping the resources of the State by furnishing us everything from hay to canned pesches. He sought to dispel what ever pessimism was present and call ed on the bankers as such to forsee the section's future greatness and loosen up the money coffers to aid in its development. Mr. U. E. Swann delivered the ad dress of welcome on behalf of the local bankers which was responded to by Mr. A. Hosea of Pikeville. Mr. J. A. Hornaday who is the present chairman of Group Three acted as toastmaster. Mr. Swann extended a welcome to the visiting bankers which he said would be effective not only during the present convention, but at all times in the future when Carter et County would be glad to receive them either as guests or homebuild ers. Mr. Swann then took time to outline some of the important prob lems of finance which faced his colleagues, mentioning as some, the problem of speculative buying and seUi, the present fashion of buy. ing and selling, the present fashion of buying practically everything on the " installment plan," often paying excessive rates of interest on the money extended, and the present wave of forgeries and other forms of swindeling. Others who spoke were Mr. L. J. Mewborn, president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Kinston, Mr H. M. Coxe, chairman of the Agricul tural committee of the North Caro. lina Bankers Association, Mr. W. C. Chadwick, assistant cashier of the National Bank of New Berne, and Mr. T. R. Thigpen, president1 of the First National Bank of Mount Olive. The local banks were represented by a number of officers and employees REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. C. A. Oden and wife to Geo. B. Monroe lot 30 Beauofrt for $10. etc. W. D. Davis et al to Chas S. Davis 2 acres on Harker's Island for $200. Mrs. W. N. Bell to Alberta Dick inson 100 acres Harlowe township for $10. etc. James W. Moon trustee to Sarah C. Stewart et al 300 acres Hunting Quarter townsmp for $525. J. F. Duncan com. to James W Mpson 300 acres Hunting Quarter township for $525. James W. Mason trustee to W. A Mace 40 acres Hunting Quarter town ship for $4600. Moiehead Heights Inc. to J. M Harrison lot 41, 42, 43, 44, block 13 Morehead Heights for $675. Moiehead Heights Inc. to G. S. Altman lots 1 and 2 block 13 More, head Heights for $400. Scott P. I'aihon and wife to Morehead Building and Supply Co, lot 1 Block 22 Morehead City for $10 etc. J. H. Davis etal to Orion Weeks 60 1 ,2 acres Newport township for $100. J. K. Gillikin and wife to W. A, Mace et al 50 acres near Maishallberg for $100 etc. CARTERET COUNTY BULLETINS MAY BE HAD FREE The economics and social survey of Carteret county has been published under the title of Carteret County Bulletin. This pamphlet has a num. ber of interesting facts about Car. teret County and those who want a copy can obtain the same free by writing to the Extension Division of the University of North Carolina. MISS ETTA RAMSEY DIED LAST SUNDAY The friends and relatives of Miss Etta Ramsey were grieved to hear of her death which occurred in Rex Hospital in Raleigh Sunday July 11th Miss Ramsey had been ill in the hos pital for several months. YOUNG LADY RECOVERS . FROM AUTO ACCIDENT Miss Helen Fogieman who was in jured by a fall from a moving car at the coiner of Front and Pollock streets Monday afternoon is very much improved now and considered out of danger. She and several oth er young people were in a car driv en by Miss Helen Hendrix and with two or three was riding on the rear of the machine. When the turn was made around the corner those out side were spilled into the street. Miss Fogleman was badly shaken up and it was feared that she had some serious internal injury. The others who fell were bruised a little but no serious damage was done. Miss Fogleman is from Liberty, N. C. and was a member of a house party en tertained here by Miss Helen Hendrix BREAKWATER TO BE BUILT SOON Money For Building It Was Available July The First Mr. Abernethy Says In a letter received Tuesday from Congressman Charles L. Abernethy the News has been advised that the breakwater in front of the town of Beaufort will be completed soon. A short, experimental section of this structure was built a year or so ago and the news that it is to be com pleted will be of much interest to Eeauofrt people and citizens of the county generally. The object in building the breakwater is to prevent sand from drifting in and filling up the channel. Congressman Aber. nethy's letter reads as follows: Editor of the News: Please inform the public through your columns that the stone jetty or breakwater in front of Beaufort on the Bird Shoals is soon to be com pleted. The appropriation for this purpose became available July 1st. I have conferred with the U. S. En gineers and they say the work will start in about a month. I am very much pleased to have served the people in this matter. , ,.r Sincerely, CHAS. L. ABERNETHY. July 13th. 1926. SEVERAL CASES TRIED IN POLICE COURT MONDAY Several offenders against the peace and dignity of the law faced Mayor Thomas in his court Monday after, noon. Dick Mason charged with be. ing drunk and disorderly pleaded guilty. He was given the choice of 30 days on the streets or $50 and costs and took the latter. Lester Newkirk charged with drunkness got the same sentence as above and elected to work on the streets. John French for allowing his dog to run at large drew a suspended jug. inent on the payment foe osts. Mark Washington colored, charged by Rosa Belle Pigott with an attempt at rape denied the charge. The Mayor reserved his judgment o nthe matter until next Monday afternoon. Garfield Suggs, colored was charg ed with e.n assault, failed to show up tor trial. The officers were instruct ed to get him and require a $200 bond of him or lock him up. SCHOOL BUILDING BURNED THIS MORNING The two story wooden building at the corner of Craven and Cedar jtreets was nearly destroyed by fire this morning between thiee and four o'clock. The building belonged to the city and has been used for a long time as a school for colored children. There was no insurance and it is es timated that it was at least three fourths destroyed. Firemen say they are pretty certain the building was set on fire. The fire started on the south side and swept very rapidly through the building and to the roof. The water pressure was low at first and not very effective for a while. Recently the school trustees had sent men to examine the building with the view of having some repairs made to it. A heavy rain which fell at the time probably pi evented var ious other buildings from catching fire from the burning building. TWO MARRIAGE LICENSES. Only two permits to wed were granted by Ilegister of Deeds John W. Hamilton this week. They were to R. L. Daniels and Lela to R. L. Daniels, Lola and Emma Sty. ron Willirmsburg, Va. Alvin Willis and Blanche Tosto, Sea Level. Mrs. Dorothy House of Bethel who has been visiting ber sister Mrs. J. T. Blythe was taken to the hospital at Morehead City today but is not con. sidered dangerously ill. BOARD TO ACT ON CITY BUDGET TONIGHT PERHAPS Citizens Invited To Be Pres ent And Express Their Views MAY PRESENT PETITIONS A meeting of the Board of Com missioners of the town of Beaufort is to be held this evening at 7:30 at the city hall. This, as announced last week in the News, is for the pur pose of adopting the town's expenses budget for the next fiscal year. Any citizen who is interested in the mat ter is invited to be present and give his own views about the budget. The tentative budget, prepored by City Treasurer W. L. Stancil calls for an expenditure of $81,585.00 for the coming year. Practically half of this, $40,000, is for interest on bonds. Other items make up the rest of the amount, the largest of which is $15,000 for the retirement of certain bonds. It is probable that the matter of the proposed extension of the city's limits to take in a considerable terri tory east of the town will also be discusssed. Petitions opposing the issuance of $100,000 worth of bonds or lending that amount of money for making improvements in the section referred to, have been circulated and may be presented. The board held a meeting Monday night to consider this matter again. The question of the legality of advancing money for street improvements out side of the town was discussed. It was decided to consult Attorney-general Brummitt about it and City At torney G. W. Duncja was instructed to go to Raleigh to see him. The budget to be acted on tonight is as follows: BUDGET. TOWN OF BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA May 31' 1926 to May 31' 1927 Mayor's Salary $6'i0.00 Clerk's Salary Treasurer's Salary Commissioners per Diem Police Department Street & Wharf Mainte nance Dept. 1,200.00 400.00 300.00 2,700.00 6,000.00 Interest on all Bond Issues Except Street Improve ment Bonds 17,500.00 Retirement Public Improve merit Bonds Instalments on Sinking Funds 2,000.00 4,835.00 Interest on $375,000.00 Street Improvement Bonds 22,500.00 Retirement Street Improve ment Bonds 13,000.00 Appropriation for Street Lights and Water Hy drants Legal Services 4,500.00 500.00 3,000.00 2,500.00 Office Supplies and In cidentals Fire Department Total $81,585.03 DEMONSTRATION CLUBS ORGANIZED LAST WEEK Last week, Miss Powell, Carteret's new home demonstration agent, or ganized three clubs in the county. One at Atlantic, with Mrs. D. Masci as president and Miss Challie Fu1 cher as secretary; one at Harker's Island on July 8th, with Mrs. Sudi? Guthrie, president, and Mrs. Pearl Whitley, secretary; one at Wh'ti Oak consolidated school with M-a. John Jones president, and Mrs. Id-i Dennis secretary. After a brief outline of the work in Foods, Clothing, and Houe Fur nishing had been given, each of the clubs decided that they perfemd ti start on some part of the Food? work. The demonstration for Atlan tic and Harker's Island will be b:s cuit and bread making. The people at White Oak wanted their first dem onstration to be on canning vege tables in tin cans. This demonst a tion will probably be given at t ie home of Mrs. W. F. Taylor at Eog-ie. The time will be announced late-. Other clubs will be organi.-.rd in the county as soon as Miss Powell can get to the several places. CHILDREN'S CLINIC. A Clinic will be held at the hezlth office in Beaufort, for children fiom one to six years of age on Monday July 19th. from 9 to 11:30 and on Wednesday July 21st. at the same time. It will also be held at More head City July 14th. and Saturday the 16th. at the same hours. Dis. W. G. Byrd and T. C. Britt will have charge of the clinic.