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TEN PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THU RSDAY OCT. 21, 1926
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NUMBER 42
VOLUME XV
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THE CARTERET COUNTY FAIR
W4S AN INTERESTING EVENT
Many Fine Vegetables And Fruits
Carteret County's first Fair held r.OTFBFT roiiNTY PHYSICIAN
vwnnrt was decided a success. CARTERET COUNTY PHYSICIAN
Cairet 1? the kind of county that RECEIVES HIGH HONOR
can make a fair an interesting event.
U has vast resources that are only At a meeting of the Medical So
beginning to be developed. Several j ciety of Virginia held in Norfolk re
yea s ago, the boll-weevil put an end cently Dr. W. Thos Ennett was elect
S cotton growing; so the farmers j ed president of the Virginia Ped.a
dicovered that they could raise oth- trie Society which organization will
er crops as well as cotton. They be affliated with the Medical Society,
have done this. They have substi- The object of this new society is to
tuted soy beans of every variey, advance the cause of pediatrics which
sweet potatoes yielding a uniform t is the branch of medicine which
and marketable size, and corn of the j treats of the hygiene and diseases of
prolific varieties yielding several ears children. Dr. Ennett is a native of
to the stalk, for the cotton which j Carteret county but has lived in
took so long to harvest. With the! Richmond for a number of years and
successful cultivation of soy beans, I has won distinction there m his pro
potatoes, and corn, came hte prduc-1 fession. The information contained
tion of large quantities of pork, on-1 n the above was obtained from a
other of Carteret county's valuable "cent issue of the Norfolk Virgin
assets. jian-Pilot.
Not only did the farm and field
crops appear atthe fair in remargable ' f"! ITD WAMITW II A VI?
variety, but also the fruits and veg-.fjUD If UiflLill Illif Li
etables were there in abundance, a- nnnrvriraTn km
eain attesting the fact that Carteret II M If H I IVt A I
t' Mim.fo r,H Snit i nnpnual- i
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ed for fruit production. With the
proper methods of pruning and spray
ing, apple orchards may be develop
ed equal to those in Western North
North Carolina.
The individual farm exhibit of the
Garner Brothers K. L., A. M. and J.
J., will give an idea of what diversi
fied crops can mean and also what
out climate and soil will produce.
In their exhibit, were found among
the field crops, yellow corn, white
corn, soy beans of several varieties,
Crowder peas, Taylor peas, peanuts
and peanut hay, watermelons, Irish
and tobacco. The pork and iard
ocationionshowed the laboratory ex
periments an some of the above nam
ed crops. Their great variety of
fruits and vegetables shows what may
be done in gardening. There were
snap beans, okra, tomatoes, green
peas, butter beans, turnips, collards,
pumpkins, egg plants, lima beans,
hot peppers, sweet peppers, pimento
peppers, cucumber and cantaloupe
seed to show that these had been pro
duced and some of the finest apples
and peas to be found anywhere. An
other part of the exhibit showed that
the mistress of the household had
not been idle. Like the busy ant,
she had been preparing for winter.
There was an array of canned goods
which could scarcely be rivaled in
variety. There wen HuclVehjerries,
apples, peaches, pears, figs, grapes,
grape juice, butter beans, peas, soup
mixture, string beans, peas and beans
mixed, corn and tomatoes. The
pickles were watermelon rind, cu
cumber, sweet and sour, pepper, pep
per hash and chow-chow. The pre
serves were grape, watermelon- rind,
peach, fig and pear, and apple and
grape jelly. The fancy work and
flowers showed that the mistress has
an appreciation for these little touch
es that make a house a home. The
fancy work consisted of pillow tops
in embroidery, crochet, and punch
work, dresser scarfs in crochet and
embroidery, and centerpieces in
dainty patterns. The bright-colored
zinnias, dahlias, roses, marigolds and
periwinkle gave the exhibit an attrac
tive appearance and made one know
that a house with these flowers a
round would be a splendid place to
live.
Mr. S. A. Duplanty of Morehead
City had a wonderful collection of
skins of animals. There were a doz
en or more of o'possum and coon
skins, a mink, a skunk, a wildcat, a
calf, a cow, and a deer. The three
rattlesnake skins gained wide atten
tion. Mr. Duplanty tanned all of
these skins himself.
The exhibit of fish and aysters
showed another very valuable re
source of the county.
The departments of canned goods,
pantry supplies Flowers and Fancy
Work were unusually good.
The Ferris Wheel and Merry-Go-ound
were a delight to the children
and the shows kept the older folks
entertained.
The School Exhibits put on by j
Morehead City, Newport and Camp:
Glenn schools were an interesting j
feature of the Fair and served to
show how the county is coming to
n-u x li j
me Beuunieiii generally expresseu
was: "It was a good Fair."
List of Prix Winners
The following is a list of the names
of those who won premiums at the
Fair last week:
Department A: Farm and Field Crop
Besc exhibit from any one farm,
Garner Brothers, first premium; W.
E. Fodrie, second.
Eest ten ears of white corn, C'r.ude
Continued on page three)
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MOREHEAD CITY
Fine Program Went Through
Without A Hitch. State
President Spoke
NEW LAWS ADVOCATED
One of the most enjoyable events
of the Community Club year was the
meeting of the twelfth district of
derated Club, of N L C I. at More-
head City, Friday October 15. The
hostess club had left nothing undone
the comfort of its guests-Every-
thine existed that atmosphere of
warmth and welcome as can come
only from the finest spirit of hospi
tality. A splendid progrem had been ar-
! ranged, and not one dull minute was
experienced. Perhaps the most im
portant features of the day were the
messages from two of the State of
ficers, Mrs. E. L. McKee, of Sylvia,
President of the N. C. Federation of
Womens Clubs and Mrs. E. H. Wil
liamson of Fayetteville, Vice-President
These were not addresses but
heart to heart talks from one club
woman to another, setting forth the
ideals. The aims and the hopes for
the coming year. Especially empha
sized were: the legislative program
endorsed by the Federation, the de
sire for the "Survey of Women in In
dustry and woman's part in aiding in
the "cotton situation."
Hardly less interesting than these
messages were the reports from dif
ferent clubs of the work done in the
past year. Mrs. S. F. Hildebrand,
President of the Beaufort Communi
ty Club gave the following report:
"The Beaufort Community Club
had a busy, and, we think, a profit
able year.
Under the Public Welfare Depart
ment needy families were helped
throughout the year. In some cases
money donations were given and at
other times, food and clothing. The
merchants were very liberal in their
contributions of clothing. Several
articles were given to the old ladies
ct the County Home. Five dollars
each was given to two worthy worn,
en, gloves were sent to the children
at Sanatorium, work was secured in
two instances for men without jobs,
baskets of fruit were sent to needy
families at Christmas, and also a
small gift was taken to each occu
pant of the County Home.
(Continued on page five)
Cost of Transporting Pupils
In Carteret County Years 1924-26
The information beow furnished the News by County Superintendent
J. H. Workman should be of considerable interest. It shows that it costs
$11.68 per year to transport children to school in the county trucks. It
costs $1.56 per pupil for transportation per month.
Items
12 Trucks
8 Mo.
Mileage
48,419
76,662
7,013
$1,465.57
1,165
$ 348.35
$2,488.15
$1,139.69
Pupils Carried
Gal. Gasoline
Cost Gasoline
qjj Quarts
0ll Cost
Repairs
Drivers Salary
TOTAL COST
$5,441.76
REMARKS
Cost of repairs includes new casings for the year.
Cost $1.46 per month per pupil for transportation.
Per capita cost per pupil per day 7 1-3 cents.
Cost $11.68 per year to transport one pupil to school.
Cost to operate truck per mile $.1123 or a little over 11 cents
Cost per pupil per mile $1028 or about 2 3-4 cents.
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'SUPERIOR COURT
CRIMINAL DOCKET
UNUSUALLY LARGE
Three Days Consumed in Try
ing Criminal Cases. Judge
Delivers Able Charge
BAKER CASE CONTINUED
A large criminal docket in Super
ior Court, which convened here Mon
day, kept the court occupied for prac
tically three days. Court opened at
11:30 Monday morning with Judge
N. A. Sinclair presiding over it.
Solicitor Jesse H. Davis who is hold
ing his last term of court in Carter
et county was present and prosecut
ed the criminal docket.
Judge Sinclair, who was known
chiefly by reputation in this county
made a strong and favorable impres
sion Monday by his charge to the
grand jury. His charge was devoid
of the platitudes and sentimentali
ties affected by some of the judiciary
and was business like and to the
point. His definition of the power,
the responsibility and dignity of the
office of grand juror was unusually
impressive. He said that the grand
jury has more power than the judge,
solicitor or Governor of the State.
Jurors ought to be carefully select
ed and as the law requires should be
men of intelligence and character.
He recommended to the county-the
twelve months term for grand ju
tors instead of that from court to
court as prevails here now. Law,
order and decency depend largely,
Judge Sirclair said, upon the sort of
grand juries a county has. He was
severe in his condemnation of mob
law in general. He said such action
was an insult to the State and
man guilty of it is a traitor to the
constitution. The judge called the
attention of the grand jury to the
report published in a newspaper that
immorality on a large scale existed
in a certain community and advised
that they look into the matter. (This
evidently referred to a recent adver
tisement in the Morehead City Her
ald signed Ku Klux Klan.) He also
condemned officers for shooting at
people on the highways and entering
homes without search warrants. He
said they should be indicted for such
actions. The Judge spoke about
forty minutes and his words were
listened with close attention by the
large crowd present. Charles S.
Davis of Haiker's Island was appoint
d foreman of the grand jury and
D. H. Mansfield was appointed spec
ial deputy, for the jury.
The case on the criminal docket
which excited most public interest
that in which J. I. Baker was charg
ed with cutting George Styron of
Beaufort last summer over at the
t cean beach, was continued to the
January term of court. This was
clone with the consent of attorneys
cn both sides of the case. Howeve
the docket was cleared of a ver
considerable number of matter.,
cither by submission or trial.
A case of considerable interest was
that tried Tuesday in which J. Wes
iy Odum of Morehead City was charg
ed with breaking irt othe Paragon
store and stealing merchandise fiere
from. The man is 22 years old and
is the son of J. W. Odum of Mjrc
head City. He is married but his
wife has not lived with him recently.
Attorney Alvah Hamilton appeared
for Odum and set up the pleas of
insanity as a defense and succeeded
;n getting an acquittal cn that
ground. A large number of witness
es including the young man's father
testified as to weakmind. -"ress an'i
(Continued on page five)
12 Trucks
1 Mo.
1 Truck 1 Truck
1 Mo. 1 Day
6052.4
9582.3
876.5
$183.20
146
$ 43.54
$311.02
$142.46
504.2
798.50
73.5
$15.27
12.16
$ 3.63
$25.92
$11.87
25.6
39
3.6
$ .77
.61
$ .18
$1.30
$ .60
$680.22
$56.69
$2.85
SUNDAY SCHOOL
WORKERS COMING
County Convention to Meet in
Local Methodist Church on
Saturday
TWO DAYS PROGRAM GIVEN
Beginning Saturday night, Octo
ber 23 and continuing through Sun
day night, October 24, the Carteret
County Sunday School Convention
will be held at Ann Street Methodist
Church, Beaufort. Pastors, superin
tendents, teachers and officers of all
Sunday Schools of all denominations
in the county have been invited to at
tend the sessions of the convention.
The officers in charge of arrange
ments for the convention are expect
ing a large attendance of workers
from all parts of the county. The
convention is open to the public, and
all who are interested in the Sunday
School, whethejr they are actively en
gaged in the work or not, are invited
to attend.
The Convention is being held un
der the auspices of the Carteret coun
ty and North Carolina Sunday School
Associations, and is one ofa series of
such conventions that will be held in
each of the one hundred counties of
State this year. All of the counties
in the State are organized into Coun
ty Sunday School Associations and
holding county and township conven
tions. The following is the program for
the Carteret County Convention
which will be held next Saturday and
Sunday.
PROGRAM
Saturday Night, Oct. 23
7:30 Devotional. Mr. Floyd F. Lof-
tin
7:45 The worship Period in the
Sunday School. Miss Flora
Raleigh, Associate Superinten
dent of the North Carolina
Sunday School Association.
8:15 Song.
Record of Attendance.
8:25 The Workers' Council at
Work Mr. D. W. Sims, Rel
eigh, General Superintendent
of the North Carolina Sunday
School Association.
8 :55 Announcements.
9 :00 Adjourn.
Sunday Morning, Oct. 24
10:30 Devotional. Hon. M. Leslie
Davis.
10:45 The Adult Bible Class Organ
ized for Service. Miss Flora
Davis.
11:15 Business Session:
Reports of County and
Township Officers.
Appointment of Commit
tees. Record of Attendance.
11:35 Better Results Through Bet
ter Cooperation. Mr. D. W.
Sims.
12:10 Offering for the Support of
County and State Sunday
School Associations.
12:25 Announcements.
12:30 Adjourn.
Dinner at the Church. Everybody
Come and Bring a Besket
Sunday Afternoon, Oct. 24
2:00 Devotional. Mr. C. II. Bushall
2:10 The Home and the Sunday
School Working Together. Mr.
U. E. Swann.
2:30 Hitch Your Wagon to AN
AIM. Miss Flora Davis.
3:00 Song.
3 ;05 What Others Are Doing With
Problems Like Yours. Mr. D.
W. Sims.
3:35 Discussion and Questions,
portunity for the presentation
and discussion of special Sun
day School problems.
Reports of Committees and
Election of Officers.
Place of Next Meeting.
Presentution of Attendance
Pennant.
4:00 Adjourn.
Municipal Hotel Project Defeated
By A Large Majority Tuesday
The hotel bond election held in
Beaufort Tuesday resulted in a com
plete defeat for the proposition. Out
of 455 registered only 124 voted- in
favor of the bond issue. . This left
33 1 against the measure which was
a majority of 207 votes. The law
under which the referendum was held
requires a majority of the registered
vote and therefore opponents of the
plan to build a hotel had nothing to
do except to register. As a matter
of fact 24 persons took the trouble
to vote against it. The proposal was
that the town issue $150,000 worth
of bonds with which to build a hotel,
the same to be leased to some person
or corporatin.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Realty transactions for the past
week as recorded in the office of the
Register of Deeds are as follows:
Beaufort Cemetery Assn. to Lillie
Marshall, cemetery lot for $40.
J. L. Stanton and wife to Geo. A.
Moulton 10 acres Beaufort township,
for $10.
Melvin Norris et al to James R.
Morris lot in Atlantic for $10.
E. M. Howard and wife to Mary
Schmalberg etal 4 lots Morehead City
for $8,000.
W. G. Garner and wife to J. M.
j Cabe 1 lot Morehead City for $10.
L. P. Kennedy and wife to J. M
Cabe 1 lot Morehead City for $10.
Bogud Development Corp. to Min
nie L. Barnes 1 lot Morehead City for
$575.
C. H. Freeman and wife to J. B.
Hunsley 1 lot Morehead City for
$100.
Bogue Development Corp. to O. H.
Johnson and wife 1 lot Morehead
City for $100.
John Carson and wife to W. H.
Cannon and wife 70 acres Newport
Township for $100.
Cannon and wife to Jessie E. Con
ner and wife 7 acres Newport town
ship for $100.
Frank X. Leonard and wife to
The Woodland Co. 75 acres Newport
township for $300.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Chas E. Owens Beaufort and Ma
mie R. Davis, Marshallberg.
James R. Gaskill and Janett But
try, Beaufort.
Hiram Springle and Caroline Glov
er, Beaufort.
Sunday Night, Oct. 24
7:30 Devotional. Mr. M. S. Rose.
7:45 The Child The Greatest Re
sponsibility of the Home and
the Church. Miss Flora Davis.
8:15 Song.
8:20 Getting and Holding Adults
in the Sunday School. Mr. D.
W. Sims.
9 :00 Adjourn.
Special Notice
The attendance pennant will be
presented at the close of the Session
on Sunday afternoon. This pennant
will be awarded to the Sunday
School having in the Convention the
largest number of representatives,
sixteen years of age and over, ac
cording to the number of miles trav
eled. C. S. WALLACE, County President.
MRS. RENA EDWARDS, County,
Secretary.
Varius reasons are given for the
defeat of the hotel scheme. Some
of them are, opposition to bond is
sues in general, dissatisfaction with
existing conditions in the town gov
ernment, fear that taxes might be
raised and to the fact that no organ
ized effort was made to get people to
register or to get the few that did
register to vote. At any rate it was
defeated by a big majority and at
this time there is not anything in
sight that looks like a new hotel,
Some of the advocates of the muni
cipal hotel say though they are go
ing to ask the Legislature for author
ity to hold another election during
the winter.
POLITICAL FIGHT
WARMING UP WITH
BIG GUNS FIRING
Governor McLean, Ex-Gover
nor Morrison And Other
Democratic Leaders
on Stump
REPUBLICANS ALSO BUSY
(By M. L. SHIPMAN)
Raleigh, N. C. October 18 The
firing of the "big guns" in the po
litical fight which will end with the
General Election on November 2,
the outright declaration of the vari
women's organizations that they will
make a cencentrated drive on the
General Assembly for their pet meas
ures, the special meeting of the
Confederate veterans to formulate
plans for a drive on the Legislature
and other matters of interest occu
pied attention in the Capital City
during the week. All in all they pre
saged a hot time for the General As
sembly this coming January.
The Democratic campaign opened
in earnest on Saturday with Gover
nor McLean, former Governor Mor
rison, Walter Murphy and Congress
man Felix Alley firing the big guns
that day and night. This week the
various speakers on the Democratic
program are touring the State in the
interest of the party. Both Gover
nor McLean and Mr. Morrison are on
extensive tours, carrying the mes
sage of Democracy to village, town
and crossroads.
The Republicans also are after the
votes and their candidates. Johnson
Hayes and Brownlow Jackson are
shelling the Democratic positions
with a mass of "hot" literature and
various speeches of the "tongue lash
ing variety." They have vigorously
contested the stand of the Democrats
that the women will vote Democratic,
and that 95 of the 100 counties of the
State will fall in the Democratic col
umn. "V
Governor McLean spent the first
three days of the week in Philadel
phia where North Carolina Day at
the Sesqui-centennial Exposition was
celebrated. The Governor made a
fine impression. He made two
speeches on the occasion and was
heard by large audiences, one being
over the radio. The Executive also
marched in the Legion parade at the
American Legion convention but
when the reviewing stand was reach
ed some of the notables saw North
Carolina's governor in the line of
parade. They immediately sent out
a messenger and summoned him to
the reviewing stand where he took a
place between General Pershing and
Vice-President Dawes.
Rturning to North Carolina, he
showed immediate interest in the cot
ton cenference at Memphis. He de
clared that the situation for the cot- -ton
growers would improve as dan
ger of a panic appeared to have been
headed off. He had stopped over in
Washington and gotten assurance
that the nation would stand back of
the outh i nthe crisis. He again said
the vital thing to be accomplished
was reduction in acreage and urged
this on all growers. Announcement
was made by the Executive that
Queen Maria of Rumania would visit
Asheville and there be officially wel
comed to the State. On Saturday
he left Raleigh on his tour speaking
in the interests of Democracy.
The State's cotton crop is showing
up we as to quality and quantity but
is said to more than 150,000 bales
behind in ginning, only 240,329 hav
ing been ginned prior to October 1st,
as against 329,989 bales of the 1925
crop ginned prior to October last
year. Most everybody, including tb-j
Governor, favors curtailment cot
ton acreage for next year. The
State Prison is to take the lead bv
reducing its acreage 25 per cent and-
Corporation Commissioner Maxwell
would have farm agents secure End
ing agreements of farmers to plant
less cotton sed in 1927. The Ag
ricultural Committee of the North
Carolina Bankers Association in ses
sion here during the week stronirly
advocated forced reduction and ad
opted a resolution urging members of
sist upon this policy and try to work
Governor McLean's committee to the
cotton conference in Memphis to in
out a plan for the immediate retire
ment of eight million bales of the
present crop. It is intimated that
loans may be conditioned on redje
tion agreements. Business and com
mon sense go hand in hand is the way
the bankers view the situation.
The State's Prison recently em
barked into the printing business with
a new plant valued at $8,377 operat
ed by inmates of the institution. Su
perintendent Pou reports a saving of
$148.99 the first week and expects
(Continued on page two)