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VOLUME XV
EIGHT
Hundreds Lose Lives
In Florida Hurricane
i , , '
a I... t 400 Are Dead And 50,000 Homeless In Greatest
sfom. InHUtory of Florida. Relief Train. Carry Food,
Clothing an Medicines. Some Carteret County
People Were In The Storm .. , '
Miami, Fla., Sept ' 21 At least
400 dead; 150 ' or more missing;
5 000 injured and 60,000 homeless
this was the knotrn sum tonight of
human life and suffering in cities
an dtowns along Florida's southeast
ern coast in the tropical hurricane.
At Miami the ceath total increas--j
R;,Minii Bav rave up more of
its dead. Authorities said the lost
probably would rer.ch 250, although
it was around 200 tonight Hospitals
and Red Cross stations here treated
more than 3,000 injured during the
day, many of them only slightly hurt.
At Hollywood the list of known
dead was 32 with possibly eight other
bodies to be brought in and with 70
persons listed as missing. Earlier
reports had included many ui i
missing as definitely dead and the to
tal had been announced as 75 known
dead. It is believed now that many
of those missing fled into the inter
ior when the first hurricane approach
ed and while many possibly perish
ed is more likely that they were on
ly injured. There were about 250
injured listed at Hollywood today
and slightly over 200 of them were
definitely located and treated.' A
score or more at Hollywood were
listed as seriously injured.
Ft. Lauderdale Ha 11
Fort" Lauderdale's death list re
mained at 11 during the day but one
list of seriously injured increased to
.. -a : ...tiAni wprp
3UO OS me intejiui dc.
reached and the victims brought in.
Of the seriously injured probably a
score will not survive. There are
600 others less seriously hurt in the
Fort Lauderdale, Floranda and Pro-
c noWtiWhood. The Red Cross
relief stations rere crowded, with in
jured and refugees. -
Reports from other localities indi
cated little change in the death list
with the exception of Dania and
Davie both of which reported sever
al additional bodieB had been located
but could not be removed until high
waters receded and broken trees
were removed and tangled under
brush was cut away. The, injured
from these sections continued to in
crease. .
The threat of sickness and possible
epidemics which threatened yester
day as the result of lack of ssnitary
drainage and sewage methods was
dissipated today by the arrival of
additional itlief trains bearing ne
cessary medicines, anti-toxins and
badly needed chlorine, lime and for
inaldyhyde. Relief trains brought 'today not
only medicines but clothing and food
nnd arrived almost hourly, passenger
and freight trains giving way to them
Persons who yesterday were wander
ing through the wreckage clad in
pajamas, bathing suits, bath suits,
bath robes or overcoats, today were
outfitted comfortably
Need SuppHe
The plea at all of the devasted
towns was that medicines and money
be sent in preference to bulky ob
jects, heavy' clothes or perishables.
The West, Palm Beach chapter of the
American Red Cross asked the press
to broadcast an appeal for tents,
cots, light bedding, baby foods, can-
les, evaporated milk, boltkd water
and canned goods.
Paschal C. Re Post Comman
der of the American logion at West
Talm Beach, obtained issuance- of an
orler from civil and military aulnor
Ho. otr nil mitnmobiles or traf-
fic of any kind . moving, south from
West Palm Bench into the hurrricane
area. As a result scores of anxious
relatives and friends en route to the
wrecked cities have teen'stopped and
held here today. They will be forq
e dto remain until the situation clears
tip or they can return to their homes.
Many were from distant places but
the majority were from Georg'a und
Florida.
Carteret People Safe
A good many Carteret county peo
ple Jive in Florida and some of them
were in the path of the, storfn. - So
far as the News has been able to learn
none of them were harmed. Mrs.
Josh Piver heard from her husband,
who is -in Hollywood, Tuesday and
he reported that he was safe. Elisha
and Thurman Felton, sons of Mr.
and Mrs. B. A. Felton of Beaufort,
were at Hollywood during the storm
also. A telegram received by their
parents stated, that they came
through uniin jured.
PAGES THIS WEEK
SOME STONE CRABS
ARE LEFT YET
The general impression is that
stone crabs are very scarce now but
it seems that a good many are left
yet if one knows how to find them.
Mr. Harvey Ramsey is a sort of ex
pert on stone crabs and when he
goes .after them he generally brings
some home. Tuesday afternoon he
was out for a short time and came
in with large bucket rilled with the
big clawed crabs. When properly
cooked the stone crab is one of the
most delicious of all sea foods. In
sweetness and flavor it is very sim
ilar." to the lobster of the New Eng
land coast.
JONES DECLINES
.TO MAKE RACE
Will Not B Candidate For
Legislature. Will Select
Another Man
The Republican county executive
committee at its meeting held Satur-1
day in Beaufort accepted the resig.
nation of Mr. D. M. Jones as candi
date for the General Assembly. Mr.
Jones alloWe dhis name to be 'used in
the June primary but it was under
stood by a good many persons at the
time that he did not intend to make
the race. His reason for withdraw
al is that his business affairs would
not permit him to sacrifice the time
necessary for the campaign and to.
go to Raleigh if elected.
..,The members of the committee
present at the meeting Saturday.
were very anxious to keep Mr. Jones
in the, field and much regret was ex
pressed on account of his resigns,
tion. After considerable discussion
of the matter it was decided to ap
point a committee to name a candi.
date for the House. Under the State
lw the executive committee has th
authority to fill any vacancies in the
ticket that may occur. The sub-com
mittee is composed of County Chair,
man D. M. Jones, C. G. Gaskill, C. R.
Wheatly and A. L. Wilson. This
committee will present the. name of
a candidate to a meeting of the ex
ecutive committee at sonie nearby
date for ratification. It was also
planned to have a large mass meet
ing at the same time and start the
county campaign. Mr. Roscoe But
ler, Republican nominee for Congress
will be invited to be present and
address the meeting. The committee
discussed some other matters pertain
ing to the campaign and then adjourn
ed. Those, present state that they
think the Republican ticket has a
good chance for election" Novem
ber. CAR OF HOGS SHIPPED.
Hcgs raising promises to get to be
a considerable industry in Carteret
county. For the- second time this
year a car load of porkers has been
shipped from Beaufort to a Richmond
packing house. The last " car left
here Tuesday with 85 fine hogs in it.
They were raised on the farm's of
Dr. C. S. Maxwell and Mr. Thos.
Norris.
LAWRENCE HAZEL IS DEAD.
Lawrence Hazel, an old and high
ly respected colored citizen of Beau
fort, .died at his home Tuesday night.
He, had been in bad health for sever
al years and for ten years or more
had been totally blind. In his young
er days he was a very useful man and
was well thought of in this commu
nity. DEEP SEA FISHERMEN
RETURNING TO BEAUFORT
The sea bass fishermen who have
been on the Jersey coast all the Sum
mer aie getting back now. Captain
Jake Pagel and crew on the Johhnny
Elinor arrived some days ago and
Captain Tom Nelson and his crew
came in with the Alice Monday. The
fishing on the Jrsey coast was not
very good this season according to
reports. It was not very good here
last Winter" either on account of so
much stormy weather. The deep
rea fishing will start from this port
very soon now and "it is hoped that
the season will prove to be a good
one. " v
THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY SEPT. 23, 1926
SPECIAL BOARD MEETING
HELD TUESDAY NIGHT
A meeting of the city board of
commissioners was held Tuesday
night, the Mayor and all members be
ing present. . Several matters jf bus
iness were transacted.
The application for an appropria
tion for the public rest room, made
by a committee of ladies, was laid
over until the next regular meeting.
F. R. Bell's application to rebuild
the store occupied by Guthrie-Bell,
druggists was granted. The appli
cation of W. L. Paul to put a new
roof and sides on his theatre build
ing was laid over for twenty days
according to the Tule. Bids were
opened for the installation of about
fifty siphon commodes. The lowest
bidder was C. R. Manson and Son
and was $55 for- the comode com
plete. Tha bid was accepted. Under
an arrangement made by the board
the commodes will be installed and
householders will be allowed five
years Jo pay for them. The board
adjourned subject to the call of the
or.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Realty transactions have been re
corded recently as follows:
S. T. Davis and wife to J. H. Work
man 6 tracts Beaufort Township tor
$18.
J. J. Davis and wife to J. ?. Dun
can Trustee 228 acres Beaufort town
ship for $500. 'etc.
J. B. Jones et al( to Geo. Monroe
1-2 lot Hednc town Beaufort for
$225. 1
H. L. Carter and wife to Esther
Suggs pt. lot Beaufort for $100..
T. C. Wade, Sheriff to Frank L.
King 1-2 acre Harkers Island for
$56.38. ,
Geo. T. Duffy and wife to J. S.
,Bryan 2 lots Birdshaven Morehead.
Township for $400.
R. W. Ward et al to Joseph Morse
121 1-2 acres Morehead Township
for $4000. . .
M. S. Ward and wife to John G.
Willis 1 lot Morehead City for $10.
Mary B. Tillery and husband to
Starky Mobley Jr. 1 , lot Morehead
City for $150. - .
. Scott P. Parham and wife to Lucy
Parker Cooper 1-4 lot Morehead
City for $1500.
Bogue Development Corp. to P. L.
Pickery and wife 1 lot Morehead
Bluffs for $100.
W. M. Jones and wife to C. P. El
lison and wife 2 tracts ..Merrimon
township for $350.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
The following permits to wed have
been issued recently:
Herbert Whaley and Neva V. Cul
pepper, Newport.
James L. Adams, And Jessie I.
Dixon, Newport.
Geo. B. Taylor and Gertrude H.
Adams, Newport.
JUDGMENT SUSPENDED IN
HARKER S ISLAND CASES
For failure to comply with sani
tary regulation's of the State Board
of Health about forty persons, from
Harker's Island were brought into
court in Beaufort Wednesday. The
cases were.' tried by magistrate W.
0. Wi)liams who suspended judgment
for 30 days with the understanding
that the defendants would go ahead
and make the required improvements
Inspectors sent out from Raleigh v
ited the island recently and upon
their reports the indictments were
made.
Carteret County Vital Statistics
For First Six Months Very Good
Whether Carteret county is attracting many outsiders or not its 'pop
v'.ation is making a steady growth. At least that is the way the matter
appears from information furnished by the Bureau of Vial Statistics of
the State Board of Health. It seems that -during the first six months of
the year 78 people passed out of existence and 192 new ones arrived on
the scene. This shows again of 114 in populaLion. As two precincts,
Merrimon and Portsmouth, were not heard from it is possible that a still
larges increase was made. The official figures are given below.
1st. 6 month
Births
Deaths
Eeaufort 22 - 12 1 9 7
Morehead City - 51 19 8 3
Newport 9 2
Townihip
Beaufort 14 11 2
Harkers Island 13 6 1 1
Harlowe ' 6 3 1 1 2
Divis 5 1 No births
Stacey 2 2,1
Sea Level & Atlantic 13 3 . 2 ,
Merrimon No reports from registrar
Morehead , 17 6 13 3
Newport 5 2
Portsmouth No reports from registrar
Smyrna 10 4 1
Straits 12 - 6 1
White Oak 13 ' 1 1
TOO MUCH LATIN
HIGHSMITH SAYS
Wants Schools to Place More
Emphasis on Sciences and
English
At a teaehgi' conference held in
the county court room Friday after
noon, Dr. J. Henry Highsmith who is
in charge of the high school work in
the public school of North Carolina
expressed himself on the matter of
teaching Latin and geometry in the
high schols. Dr. Highsmith has ex
pressed himself a number of times be
fore on this subjeet and his position
has aroused both opposition and ap
proval. '
He says that he thinks too much
stress has been laid on Latin and ge
ometry to the detriment of more prac
tical subject and favors cutting it
down somewhat on them. It has been
the custom to require four years of
Latin in the high schools. He thinks
two years is a plenty and the reor
ganizing plan provides for this. Most
of the high schools still adhere to the
old plan but Dr. Highsmith says that
everywhere that the matter has been
presented that the new idea is being
favorably received and he hopes that
i in another year all will adopt it. Dr.
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mgnsmun says lie uiiiiks id ib jnc
posterous that a high school student
should give so much "time to the study
of a dead language and that more
emphasis should be put upon English
I and the sciences. The News under-
I stands that no change will be made in
the curricula of the high schools in
Carteret county this year. Those
who attended the conference Friday
were J. L. Joslyn, and J. M. Robert
son of Morehead City, F. L. Stroupe
bf Atlantic, C. F. Carroll, Newport,
R. L. Fritz, Beaufort, J. H. Workman,
county superintendent and Miss Mar-
gr.ret Gustin, county supervisor,
PREPARATIONS BEING MADE
FOR NOVEMBER ELECTION
For several days past the County
LBowd of Elections has .been at: work
getting things in shape for the com
ing election. Registration books
and other supplies have - been sent
out to the registrars together with
instructions. Registration books
will be opened Saturday, October the
2nd, instead of September the 30th
as was stated last week, and will be
open on the 9th, 16th, and 23rd. for
registration purposes. The hooks
will also be opened on the 30th. but
on that day for the purpose of allow
mg challenges ta be made and not
for registration. Registration books
are to be opened at nine o'clock and
close at sunset according to law. The
election takes place on Tuesday, No
vember the second and the law re.
quires that the official returns shall
be made. two days after, which will
be hursday the 4th.
Chairman Langdale is sending out
a letter to poll-holders instructing
them to prepare all ballots that have
been voted and. to keep them accord
mg io law. in ine June primaries
ballots were destroyed in Beaufort
and possibly at some 'other,- voting
places. Chairman Langdale desires
all poll-holders to see that the elec
tions are conducted fairly and honest
ly.
A newspaper that stands for prin
ciple necessarily iriakes some ene
mies. That however is a distinction
rather than a disgrace.
July
Still
births Still
births 1
Births Deaths
PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
WORK ON BULKHEAD
STARTS OCTOBER FIRST
A contract fo.- building the riprap
in front of the 'owr. of Beaufort was
let recently to Mr. W. T. Davis of
Beaufort. This contract which also
provides for placing some stone at
Shackleford and on the Bulkhead
Shoal was let by the U. S. War De.
partment to Mr. Davis, who was the
lowest bidder. His bid was $5950
for placing 2500 tons of stone. The
work will start about the first of Oc.
tober. The riprap Is to be three feet
above mean low water and runs east
erly 3000 feet from the point of
Town Marsh. The object in building
the riprap or bulkhead is" to prevent
sand from filling the channel in Beaut
fort harbor.
BIG STOCK SHOW
AT KINSTON FAIR
More Animals to be Exhibited
Than Ever Before. Sectional
Records Expected to be
Broken
Kinston, N. C. Sept. 20 Probably
the largest livestock show ever held
in Eastern Carolina will be staged in
connection with the annual 10-Coun-
ty Fair here. Robert G. Hodges of
Falling Creek, is chairman of the
committee of six breeders to direct
thes how. Exhibits will be accepted
from any part of North Carolina.
The directors today issued the fol
lowing regulations to govern the ex
hibition : Entries shall close at 5 p. m.
Saturday, October 2, Animals must
be installed in quarters by. 10 a. m,
October 5, opening day of the fair
The- usual requirements ' regarding
sanitation, "registration and grooming
fwill be in force. Premiums will be
awarded only on entries from within
the district, comprised by Pender,
Onslow, Duplin, Jones, Carteret
Craven, Green, Wayne, Pitt and Len
oir counties-
"'.'.wy'J!:.-
Aa exhibitors' herd of cattl..will
Consist of one bull at least two years
old, one cow at least three years old,
one cow betwee ntwo and three years
of age, one heifer between the ages
of one and two years and one heifer
under one year of age. ,
ONLY TWO CASES TRIED
IN POLICE COURT MONDAY
A fairly good crowd of spectators
was on hand Monday afternoon to
see what took place in police court
but business was rather dull and they
did not get much . entertainment.
Only two cases were tried, that of
Carl Gabriel charged with cursing
and fighting and Claude Glover charg
ed with the larceny of an automobile
tire.
Gabriel pleaded guilty' to the
charge against him and Mayor
Thomas gave him the option of pay
ing $10 and costs or working on the
streets 10 days. The Glover case
was a somewhat mixed up affair.
The warrant charged him with hav
ing taken a tire from the car of Tom
Noe. He denied it and there was no
evidence to prove that. he did. One
iof Glover's witnesses Raymond Sprin
gle admitted that he took a tire off
of the car and put it on Glover's
car. He denied though that it was
the particular tire which Noe ssid he
been stolen. As a matter of fact it
was a bettet bhe. The Mayor dis
missed the warrant against Glover
and no action was taken as to
SflJnglp. Court proceedings were
livened up somewhat by the appear
ance of a "" colored woman named
Mamie Collins who came in and ask
ed for a warrant for another woman
who had kicked her. A large num
ber of witnesses were named and it
appears that there will be a consid
erable, show in court next M or day
afternoon.
HENRY MARSHALL DIED
LAST SATURDAY EVENING
Mr. Henry Marshall died at his
home on Broad street Saturday ev
ening at about six o'clock.. He had
been in poor health for six years.
Cinhosis of the liver was given as
the cause of his death. He was 44
years of age. He was a son of the
late Justice of the Peace Mat Marsh
all and was well known in Beaufoit
and vicinity and had many friends'
in the community. He is survived
by his widow Mrs.' Lillie Trench
Marshall, three children and other
relatives. The funeral services were
conducted Sunday afternoon by Rev
erend L. B. Boney pastor of the First
Baptist church and Reverend E,
Frank Lee pastor of Ann Street
Methodist church. Interment was in
Ocean View cemetery.
NUMBER 3j
STATE WILL MAKE
APPEARS CERTAIN
Former Governor Morrison
Favors Forty Millions. McLean
Probably Doe Not
SURPLUS NOW IN TREASURY
(By M. L. SH1PMAN
Raleigh, N. C. Sept. 20 The Ral
eigh Fall Festival took the center of
the stage at the Capital City last week
but there were matters of interest
being handled in administration and
other circles which attracted atten
tion. The financial statue of the
State, the indictment of Rev. George
Wood for slaying J. B. Vickers, con
vict, the opening of the various col
leges of the city and state, the an
nouncement of Former Governor
Morrison fo rthe Senate and his pro
posal for a road bond issue and oth
er matters were among these.
The Morrison announcement that
he expected to be a candidate for the
Senate in 1932 to succeed Senator
Overman was heard with interest in
political circles but officials were
non-committal. If the farmer gov.
ernor however is in the fight, indi
cations are that he will have stiff
opposition from a source believed to
be strong. There has been consid
erable talk about the State In recent
months of Clyde Hoey for the Senate
and the belief is that this popular
western lawyer should be in the 1932
race. If he is, Mr. Morrison will
not get the full support of the so
called "Simmons machine" for there
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41 numoer oi leauers wno win ijf
to the Hoey banner.
' The announcement that Mr. Mor
rison will support a program in the
1927 legislature is a different matter
from his senatorial aspirations. Es
pecially does his proposal for a $40,
000,000 road bond issue interest for
he is on solid ground in this matter.
The system of counties loaning to the
state for roadbuilding and expecting
ta-get paid back will inevitably result
in legislators favoring the bond is
sues for roads. The size of the road
issue which will be voted in 1927 is
problematical but it is a foregone
conclusion that one will be voted.
The McLean forces probably will op
pose an issue as large as $40,000,.
000 and will be on. good ground for
experience of the past biennial per
iod has shown that progress can be
made with one half that size. If the
McLean forces and the( Morrison
forces line up, there . may be a hot
test of strength on the coming legis
late e between these two men, nomi.
nally on the same side politically but
who are as far apart as the poles on .
certain political matters.
During the week, 'Governor Mc
Lean appointed D. L. Ward of New
!Bern as an emergency judge in Hali
fax county beginning Oct, 4. The
Executive also issued a call to the
citizens to remember September 25
as "Forget Me Not Day." dedicated
to the disabled American veterans of
the World War. The Governor wel
comed back horrie Mrs. McLean and
their son Hector after the latter had
had an operation in a Baltimore hos
pital. Ho also declined an invitation
to .the- Sesqui-centennial Banquet
when he was asked to make a speech.
He made his only, school opening ad
dress of the season at Carolina Ac
ademy here and addressed the Ral eigh
Fall Festival. The Governor
began to interest himself in the mat
ter of budgetary requirements for
the coming biennium and is expect
ed to plunge more deeply into thes
matters next month. During thi
week he also gave out a summary o!.
the report made by the Commission
on Feeble mindedness which r.vd j
some strong recommendations to?
action by the general assembly ti
head off propagation of mnntal de
fectives and to care for tho ;e airead
here. -
John G. Dawson, state Democratic
chieftian, opened headquarters tt
Raleigh for the coming campaign
and issued a statement expressing
confidence in Democratic victory and
asserting Ihe party will stand square
ly on its record wrxh is decla-ed to
be a great one and worthy of .nj
pert.
George Ross Pou of State Priss.r
received back 130 convicts from con
ti actors for highway work, the pro
jects having been completed with .
convict labor. The financial incofne
of the prison wili.be 'cut but Mr.
Pou hopes to contract the prisoners
to other contractors in the near fu
ture.
The statement of finances of the
State on August 31 showed an in
crease on nearly $500,000 in the gen
eral fund of the State and was a
further vindication of the wise finan
cial policies of Governor McLean.
(Continued on page two)