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5f .I..., , - " ".3: - '"' The best advertising me. Xsm published in Carteret Co. READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY WATCH Your label and pay your subscription VOLUME XV TV LVE PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY DEC. 2, 1S26. PRICE Ec SINGLE COPY NUMBER 48 WILL OPPOSE EMERGENCY JUDGE ACT Considerable Talk That Judiciary Is Cheapened By Method Of Appointing Judges. Election Returns Show That Both Parties Lost Votes (By M. L. SHIPMAN Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 20 The three football games of the past,week, it mav be said, attracted more atten tion in Raleigh than any other mat ters last week. The escape of Utto Wood from State's Prison, the new attacks on the Newton road proposi- j tion, the filing of proceedings against the cotton co-ops and the vitrolic answer of the Association and other matters also held interest. The Capital sow Wake Forest iose all hopes of a state title when State ColWa defeated that ter.m and heard with regret of Virginia's victory ov-; Chaplain part lot Beaufort $100. er Carolina. The victory of David- j M. R. Geffroy and wife to H. L. son over Duke which gave Davidson j Potter 16 1-2 acres Beaufort Town its first state title also was of con- ship for $100. siderable interest. The football sea-1 W. S. Chadwick to C. R. "Wheatly son here was a great success from the j 65 acres Lenoxville for $800. standpoint of atendance at the sixj Luther Hamilton, Com. to J. F. games played by State College and , Duncan, 1 lot Beaufort for $60. her opponents. ' Luther Hamilton, Com. to Mrs. G. . , , . ,. A. Lupton, 1 lot Beaufort for $65. Otto Wood, murderer-extrordinary, Hamiton Com. to W H. roue n mini tscape , ' ' Prison during the week. The one, armed murderer this time evidently bribed a guard to assist him, for he went out of a gate from which the catch had been removed. Wood wrote a book of his life last summer and told how he believed it best for every many to serve out his sentence and he had decided to do this. He was in solitary confinement at the time for his last escape effort and when this book was published the soft hearted prison board ordered him re moved from solitary confinement and he made the most of this freedom of the back yard of the prison. No trace of him has been found by au thorities. Governor McLean spent a relative ly quiet week. He stuck close to his office the first part and then on Fri day went to Baltimore to handle some personal affairs. The Execu tive has been working hard on his plans to submit to the forthcoming legislature and there is every indi cation he will have a full program to submit dealing with state reforms in legislation. Among his activities was : the appointment of several emergen-1 cy judges including r'elix Alley ol Waynesville. A. W. Cook of Greens boro, D. L. Ward of New Bern, Phil ip C. Cocke of Asheville, T. L. Johnson of Lumberton. J. H. Mat thews of Windsor. H. L. Godwin of Dunn, Percy J. Olive of Raleigh and S. W. Black of Bryson City. There is talk about Capitol corri dors that the emergency judge act will meet with considerable opposi tion in the General Assembly though the Governor is satisfied with it. The view of many is that it is cheapen ing the judiciary and this should be avoided. No definite move has been started for its repeal so far as is known but there is considerable talk of such a move. The various rumors j afloat about the division of the new General Assembly with the forces op-1 nosed to Governor McLean's policies ! to be led by Tobe Connor of Wilson, led Mr. Connor to make a statement on Saturday denying he was leading opposition to the Governor, assert-! ing he still favored several important j laws initiated by the Governor and further that so far as he knew any divisidn in the general assembly would be based on personal opinions of the general assemblymen rather than on opposition to the Governor fathered by any one man. The Governor during the week ex tended the lease on life of Booker T. Williams and Robert Lumpkin, negroes convicted of murder and sen tenced to die last Friday. He wants the case more thoroughly investigat ed before he lets the negroes die in the electric chair. He also issued Thanksgiving clemency to 18 pris oners, mostly long term killers, who had no .friends to plead for them. These prisoners for the most part had been at Prison for veara anH ver : and. in the opinion of the Governor, ' probably be dismissed, the Observer had paid well for the crimes they I tomorrow will quote R. Q. Merrick, committed. Taking exception to administrator, as saying in a long statements to the effect that the Gov-1 distance telephone conversation from ernor was not friendly to the State ! his home at Richmond. Board of Health, Dr. Chas. O'H. There are 41 agents now in the Laughinghouse and Dr. G. M. Cooper ' state. of the Board issued a statement to j Mr. Merrick, the Observer story the effect Mr. McLean was friendly wil say, stated that he expects to no to the Board. ' tify Ben C. Sharpe, deputy adminis- ' the attack ol citizens otl Newton i tra)f frW,!stern North Ca!in.a' on the proposed road through their I and A- G- McDurrfie, deputy adminis town was continued this past week trator fr Eatern North Carolina, to when a new contract was let for the reduce j-heIr forces bv the mldd5e of road to run through the town in ac-the wek cordance with the Supreme Court's , ' decision. The citizens of the town AppIe Srower8 Avery County got cut a new injunction to prevent made a tnal sh,rment of 700 bus. f apples to Florida end were well (Continued on page t':ie:) . pieased with the returns. MANY DEEDS RECORDED SHOW ACTIVITY IN REALTY Considerable activity in real estate js evidenced by the deeds recorded retently at the office of the Register nf Deeds. Most of the transactions however were caused by the sale of nronertv for delinquent taxes. Ac cording to the records several lots at Morehead Blu.Ts have changed hands recently. Luther Hamilton Com. to R. E. Chaplain 1 lot, Beaufort for $50. Luther Hamilton, Com. to R. E. Taylor 1 lot Beaufort for $60. James R. Hancock et al to Sallie G. Hancock 4 acres Beaufort Town ship for $10. Manly Springle to Gertrude Han cock 22 acres Russell's Creek for $85. Luther Hamilton, Com. to A. L. Hamilton, trustee 8 acres Beaufort Township for $85. Luther Hamilton, Com. to A. L. Hamilton 1 acre Beauofrt Township for $40. Luther Hamilton, Com. ' to A. L. Hamilton, trustee 12 acres Beaufort township for $70 E. M. Gaskill, adm. to Mary F. Gaskill 2 acres H. I. for $75. Luther Hamilton to A. L. Hamilton trustee, 1-4 acre Harkers Island for $80; 1 acre Harkers Island for $100. 1-4 acre Harkers Island for $30.; 1 acre Harkers Island for $35.; 1 acre Harkers Island for $25.; 1 acre Har kers Island for $70.; 3-4 acre Hart er's Island for $150.; 1 acre Hark ers Island for $80.; 2 acres Harker's Island for $85.; 1-2 acre Harker's Island for $95.; 1 acre Harker's Is land for $125.; lacre Harker's Is- iamj for $105.; 1-4 acre Harker's Is ianl for $75.; 1 acre Harker's Island f0r $125. Morehead Bluffs, Inc to J. W Sauls 2 lots Morehead Bluffs for $1200. J. W. Sauls to L. H. Brown et al 2 lots Morehead Bluffs for $3060.00. Luther Hamilton, Com to A. L Hamilton, Trustee, 1 lot Morehead City for $300. J. C. Mown et al to Roanoke R. R. & Lumber Co. 2 tracts timber, Mer rimon Township for $3200. O . NEW MINISTER ARRIVES. The Reverend Leland L. Smith and Mrs. Smith and their four children arrived last Fridiy afternon and are living in the Methodist parsonage on Queen street. Mr. Smith came from Bethel where he was pastor of the Methodist church in that town. He conducted services last Sunday both in the morning and evening at Ann Street church and preached to large congregations. Those who heard the new pastor seem to have been very favorably impressed with him. -0- POLICE COURT ITEMS. For several weeks Bince the fish ing' season opened up police court has been held Saturday night instead of Monday atternoon as is the usual custom. Four offenders, all colored, were tried Saturday evening on the charge of drunkeness. They were Ellis Baxter, Polk Johnson, Wright Stanly and Pete Davis. They were let off with a suspended judgment and the costs. O I TEN DRY AGENTS WILL LOSE JOBS IN STATE Charlotte, Dec.l Ten federal pro- hibition agents in North Carolina COUNTY SCHOOLS SHOW PROGRESS Work During The First Three Months Has Been Good. At tendance Very Good (By School Official) This week closes the third month of school in Carteret County Schools. The progress in these schools is be ing noted not only by patrons in the local communities but all of North Carolina 13 watching to see the re sults of the eight months school term in Carteret county. So far, the attendance has been good. Teachers and pupils tre try ing to make better attendance rec ords this year and to reach a higher standard in classroom work. As far as is possible the progress in class room work is being measured by standard tests. This enables the pupil to measure his own progress and compare his work with the work done in other schools of the county and of the state. The library work is receiving special attention . this year. Pupils who read the required number of books will be given Read Read Circle Certificates at the end of the year. Permanent Reading Circle Record Cards will be kept to show the reading done each year. More library books are needed in all schols. Many schools are mak ing money to buy these books. Some schools have secured "Travelling Libraries" from the State Library Commission. Some of the boys at Cemp Glenn and Marshallberg have made book shelves for their class rooms. t Most of the county schools have Victrolas. Only the larger schools can afford to have special music teachers. This year Smyrna, New port and Atlantic have Public School Music teachers Camp Glen School has been hav ing some splendid results from su pervised play which they carried on this year. Sea Level and White Oak School have made special improvements in their school yards. In general the teachers have show ed a splendid cooperative spirit. Teachers and pupils are now adjust ed to the situation. The work dur ing the first three months has been good. The work during the last three months should be equally as good or better. O CHRISTMAS PACKAGES. As it usually does the Post Office Department is beginning to urge peo pie to get their Christmas packages ready for early shipment. This is done of course to avoid the conges tion of the mails as much as possible. Packages can-be sent any time and endorsed "Please Do Not Open Until Christmas." Packages should be marked very carefully with the send er's name in the upper left thand cor ner and that of the recipient in the usual place and- plainly written or type written.. 0- YACHTS PASSING THROUGH. Capt. W. F. Eden of Port Wash ington, L. I. N. Y. Commanding three A. C. F. yachts arrived into the harbor Monday and will lay here un til Friday before putting to pea for Palm Beach. Besides these three a large number of yachts have been in the port this week. O MARRIAGE LICENSES. The following permits to wed have been issued by Register of Deeds since last week: Arthur G. Davis and Margaret Noe Beaufort, N. C. Lester Morton and Lola Mav How- land, Morehead City. O SONG RECITAL TONIGHT. The song recital given under the auspices of the Community Club will take place in the auditorium of the public school tonight. Miss Frances ka Kaspar Lawrence who is to sing is reputed to be an artist of unusual ability. O PAGEANT AT ANN STREET METHODIST CHURCH Sunday evening at 7:30, The Voice of the Future, a pageant will be given at Ann Street Methodist Church. The public is cordially invited to be pres ent. v O BAPTIST CHURCH BAZAAR. The ladies of the Beaufort Baptist chu: ch will hold' a Christmas Bazaar Tuesday and Wednesday, December 7 and 8th. The place will be I. N. Moore's brick store on Front Street. The hour 3 P. M.. Come in and buy your Christmas gifts Good eats. SHOWS INCREASE Purchasing Power of Farm Products Drops to New Low Mark for Season Washington, D. C. Dec. 1 Total crop production this year is above the average in quantity but below the av erngs in quality, says the Department of Agriculture in its December re port on the agricultural situation- re leased today. The department's index of pur chasing power of farm products is placed at 81 for October, a new low for the season, compared with a pre war base of 100. The total production of all crops, according to the report, is apparent ly about 3 per cent larger than last year's, and in proportion to the Na tion's population about 2.4 per cent above the average per capita produc tion of the last five years. The com posite quality of 15 important crops, excluding cotton, fruit, winter wheat, and sweet potatoes, appears to be a- bout 5 per cent below the last 10 year average. The drop in purchasing power in dex to 81 October is attributed in part to lowered cotton prices, "al though the downward trend," says the department, is not explainable in terms of any single crop. Some products are showing good returns this year and some exceedingly poor. It is, perhaps, roughly accurate to say that the season has been favorable to livestock producers as a whole, but it has brought discouragement to growers of such imporant cash crops as cotton, fruit, and spring wheat." Discussing conditions in the South, the department says: "The cotton situation still looms large. The cotton market has stead ied in recent weeks and is seemingly adjusting itself, with minimum flue tuation to the prospect f large sup plies. Reports indicate that ample credit is available to prevent any general forced liquidation by grow ers. So far as this season's crop is concerned, it would appear that the South is in position to send it to market in orderly fashion, and so realize as good a return as possible in view of the general supply and demand situation. "Cotton exports from August to mid-November ran about 150,000 bales ahead of the same period last year, and domestic mill consumption was arund 175,000 bales greater. Stocks of cotton goods are low. The general demand situation is reason ably strong. But the climax chap ter in this cotton story remains to be written next year. In the cotton situation there is a clear warning for next year. "Cheap cotton has its reactions in other fields. Cheap cotonseed means a lowered price scale on concentrat ed feeds; such feeds for a typical dairy ration now show the lowest price index in four years. It means competition for lard, so much that lard now sells down near the same price per pound as the live hog. It may have some meaning for wool growers. Cotton and wool prices us ually move in fairly close relation ship but in recent months cotton has been selling at a considerable dispar ity. This fact, coupled with the ev idences of steady expansion in brsed- ing flocks throughout the West, may well have some attention from sheep i 'iters who are disposed to look cad." O THIRTY DAYS IN JAIL FOR "SASSING" THE JUDGE Laurinburg, Nov 30 A taste of rum, a distaste for jury duty, and a lingering antipathy toward a late occupant of the judicial limelight will cost Joe L. Lee 30 days in jail unless Judge T. B. Finley, who pre sided over the Cole case, relents and forgives poiiited remarks concerning the Rockingham affair. Lee, summoned to appear for jury duty in superior court here, appeared before Judge Finley, before court convened, primed for a show-down. He supplemented his introduction with a general and profane summary of his aversion to juries, to courts, to judges, and especially to the jurist who sat in judgment over W. D. Cole. He anuonced further that he would serve under no such judge and beg ged to be excused. Judge Finley excused the petitioner and took 24 hours off to meditate on the proper course of procedure when a sore spot is touched in such a flag rant manner while one is on the bench. Despite his admission from Lee to day that he was under the influence of liquor at the time of his discourse and signed a statement of apolagy. Judge Finley's final conclusion rel egates him to the jail for one month, to he served unless a subsequent or der of :o hase is signed by tha court. MAN SOUGHT IS LIQUOR DEALER I Warrant Charging Murder Has ! Already Been Issued for Hunted Sutpect RALEIGH, Nov. 3 t Twenty es pecially detailed policemen and sher iff's deputies are tonight scouring the city in search of a fourth defendant in the case growing out of the alleg ed murder last Wednesday of L. G. (Mighty) Forshthe, whom officers be lieve was killed while riding in an au tomobile with Robert Separk, Evelyn Britt of Durham and Robert Stephen son. ' Expecting the arrest at almost any moment of the latest suspect in the case, Loroner L. M. Waring deciin- ed to divulge his name, but said that i stance will be about twenty cents he had already issued a warrant iand m hke PPortion to other west charging him also with the murder.;"11 P?1"8- lt 18 considered likely Raleigh Man I ! "I will say that he is a Raleigh man and that he handles liquor," j Coroner Waring said. "And fur-! ther investigation of the case has j out at a meeting oi po aro.growers disclosed to me that he man I am Wholesale grocers and others held in seeking was near the spot in the vie-1 NewvB,eJrn J"? The mf?n i;f n . ..u'was held under the auspices of the inity of Clayton at which Forsyth met his death at the time his death occurred. "He and Separk, I am led to be lieve, had a common grudge against session, stole a carload of wh4ey which belonged jointly to Separk and the missing fourth defendant, two weeks prior to Forsyth's death. Threatened Life "'The man I expect to have in jail before the night is over was heard to say that he would get Forsyth "in less than a week." Forsyth's body was brought to a local hospital Wednesday by the op erator of a filling station, several miles from Raleigh, and a neighbor. They said it had been turned over to them, presumably alive, by Separk and a man and a woman they did not Know, aiier tne party nad driven to the filling station and awakened the operator, saying that they were out of gasoline and could not continue the trip to the city. Separk is in jail here on a warrant charging him with murder. Evelyn Britt, of Durham, who has admitted that she was the woman in Separk's car, is under $5,000 bond on a mur der charge. Robert Stephenson, whom Separk and the Durham wom an said was the third man. in the au tomobile, also faces murder charges, but is still at large. Death From Fall Separk and the girl told officers that Forsyth met death by a fall through the rear curtains of the au tomobile to the hard surfaced high way between Clayton and Raleigh. The Britt girl, through counsel, offered at the second session this morning of the coroner's inquest to tell her story of the tragedy, provid ing that it would convince the jury that no crime had been committed and making the provisoion that the charges against her be withdrawn and she be allowed to assume the str.tusiCity officiated. Miss May Belle Neal of a state's witness.- W. E. Evans, circuit solicitor, who sat beside the coroner, declined, with the remark that the case would prob - ably be taken out of his jurisdiction and tried in Johnson county, inas-: much as Forsyth aparently met his death in that county. O MRS. J. W. S. HELLEN DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS Mrs. J. W. S. Hellen, a venerable I and highly esteemed resident ofl Beaufort, died Tuesday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. Helen Russell her sister on Turner Street. Mrs. ! Hellen was the widow of the late J. W. S. Hellen and was his second wife. Her maiden name was Sarah Chadwick. She was seventy four year of age last March. About nine years ago Mrs. Hellen had a stroke of paralysis and has been an invalid since that time. Despite her long illness she had had always been pa tient and cheerful. About ten days ' ago she was confined to her bed and i grew weaker and weaker until the ! end came Tuesday. I The funeral services conducted by the Reverend Leland L. Smith pastor ! of Ann Street Methodist church took ! place Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Many friends and relatives from both in town and elsewhere were present at the funeral. The burial was in Ocean View cemetery. Among those who attended the fun eral services were Miss Bertha Hel len of Raleigh, Mr. J. B. Hellen, Vanceboro, Mr.and Mrs. J. N. Hart of Greenville, Mrs. A. V. Anderson, Ral eiggh, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Hellen of Durham, Mr. E. W. Hellen of Green- ville. ' FREIGHT RATES ON POTATOES TO BE MADE HIGHER New Schedule Will Go Into tried jn uecemDer 12th. WILL RESIST ADVANCE According to a schedule of freight rates which is to go into effect De cember 12th there will be a consid erable advance on the cost of ship ping potatoes to the middle western states. This applies to both white and sweet potatoes. The increase in freight on a barrel of potatoes from Washington to Chicago for in- mac 11 mese rates continue in eiiewu that an effort will be made to advance in the eastern part of the country iqn t. . ui, The facts mentioned were brought Eastern Carolina Wholesale Dealers and Manufactuers' Association. It took place in the rooms of the New Bern Chamber of Comerce. Repre sentatives of a half a dozen or more counties atended the event. Carteret county was represented by President Wiley H. Taylor of the Beaufort Chamber of Commerce, C. G. Gaskill potato shiper and W. G. Mebane. J. W. House of Wilson who is president of the association presided over the meeting and W. L. Thornton Jr. was secretary. These two officials and several others discussed the freight situation with reference to potatoes in particular and also other sorts of freight. After considerable discus sion it was decided that the proper thing to do is to ask the Interstate Commerce Commission for a re-hear ing on the potato rates. The asso- j ciation ig soniewhat limited in funds and an appeal was made for Hew mem bers. Several were secured and ef forts will be made to increase the membership of the association. Speak ers showed that the work of the asso ciation has already been very valu able to eastern Carolina and is ca pable or doing a great deal more. Wholesalers, bankers, truckers and other business men are to be urged to join the association. O POPULAR YOUNG COUPLE MARRIED LAST SATURDAY j The marriage of a very popular young couple occurred here last Sat- , urday afternon when Mr. Thomas Ed- win Kelly of Charlotte and Miss Clyde Neal of Beaufort were united in the bonds of matrimony. The wed ding took place at 4:30 at the home of the bride's mother Mrs. J. H. Neal. An improvised altar in the hall, which was beautifully decorated in white and gold, was made and before this the wedding vows were taken. The Reverend Mr. Crain, pastor of the First Baptist church of Morehead sister of the bride was maid of honov and Mr. S. S. Kelly of Statesville, brother of the groom was the best 1 man. The bridew as beautif uly and i becomingly attired in a going away gown of blue poire twill trimmed with brown and hat to match. The wed ding march by Mendelsohn was play ed by Mr. Theodore Webb of More head City. A large number of friends and relatives of the couple were present for the nuptials. Aftei the wedding Mr.and Mrs. Kelly mo tored to Raleigh and other cities where they spent several days. They expect to make their home in Benu- fort for some weeks where the groom holds a responsible position with the Simmons Construction Company. O Orthopaedic Clinic Saturday. Another meeting of the orthopaed ic clinic held each month in New Bern will take place Saturday in the court house there. These clinics are "eld for the benefitof crippled peo- Ple and are free of charge. O a good cellar where there is no furnace ig a fine nlace to atr. nn- ,,!ee8 and root erol,s v j,nrf.:M1u Url worker Good yields of molasses are rs ported from some counties. A farmsr of Montgromery County producad 393 1-2 gallons of fine syrup on one and one half-acres. Tom Tarheel says the milk u..; his family dosn't need is feed to the I pigs and chickens which makes tha cow, hog, hen plan of farming a success.
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