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09 ihe oest advertising m:dium published in Carteret Co. READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODV 1 WATCH Your label and pay youi subscription VOLUME XV 12 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THU RSDAY DEC. 16, 1926. PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY NUMBER A Sure Enough Port j To Be Created Here Beaufort Inlet To Be Deepened. Work To Start Soon. This Section To Be Terminal of Steamship Lines. May Reduce Freight Rates Beaufort and Morehead City peo ple, and in fact many others, were very much elated last week when they read in the Raleigh News and Ob server's Washington correspondence that the water on Beaufort bar is to be deepened. This work to be done to permit vessels drawing 20 feet of water to come int othe harbor. Lat er if the traffic demands it thee han nel will be made deeper. The article referred, to has not been seen by all of the readers of the News; therefore it is reprinted here with: Washington, Dec. 9. Wit hthe order today of General Edgar Jad win, United States Chief of Engi neers, for dredging Beaufort Inlet to a minimum low water depth of 20 feet, a ship line from Philadelphia to Morehead City and Beaufort to be gin operations early fn 7.927 was practically assured. Congresman Charles L. Abernethy presented the boat matter line to General Jadwin today following ov ver tures which the Third District Representative has received from the Oriental Navigation Company Com pany, the. Penn-Piedmont Steamship Company, of New York, the Dyson Shipping Company, New York, and the Inter-Ocean Steamship Corpora tion, of Philadelphia, and representa tives of these lines and J. F. Daltcm, General Freigh Agent of the Norfolk Southern Railroad, were here for 'he conference with General Jadwin. The new boat line will be inaagu ratea. Congressman Abernethy said tonight, just as soon as the dredgirs is finished and the Morehead City add Beaufort terminals are completer. In the latter enterprise, the Congress man expressed the opinion thai thr shipping interests would have, the heurty cooperation of the Norfolk Southern Railroad. Effect Upon Rates. It is the plan of the promoters of the boat line to put into operatii two one-thonsand ton oil burning boats to pry between the Quaker City and Morehead City and Beaufort No immediate effect in the lowering of rail rates is anticipated, but as the line grows in popularity, it is expect ed that the all water rates will le afforded to Eastern Carolina ship pers and manufacturers. Accompanying Congressman Aber nethy to General Jadwin's office to day were W. L. Thornton, Jr., Sec retary and traffic manager, and A. W. House, president of the Eastern Carolina Wholesale Dealers' and Manufacturers' Association; H. D. Mercer, vice-president of the Dyson Shipping Company, J. F. Shumacher. president of the Inter-Ocean Steam ship Company, R. A. Nichol, vice president of the Penn-Piedmont Steamship Company and J. F. Dalton, general freight agent of the Norfolk Southern Railroad Morehead's Future. It is the opinion of Messrs. House 'f.nd Thornton that the inauguration of the Philadelphia-Morehead City Beaufort line is but the first step in the development of Morehead City as North Carolina's foremost seaport town. The pending project, which calls for a depth of 30 feet, will be held in abeyance until the results of the 20-foot t:oj.ect ordered today are-determined. Dredging is to be gin immediately. General Jadwin said. - . The present depth of Beaufort In let is 14 feet. City Board Borrows Money While Taxes Are Collected A meeting of the board of com missioners of the town of Beaufort was held last Thursday to attend to some special business. The princi pal matter was iat of borrowing some money to run the town while the new taxes are being collected. Those present .at the meeting were Mayor Thomas and Commissioners Maxwell, Noe nd Smith. The board passed a motion au thorizing the Mayor x and Clerk to borrow $10,000, one half on 30 days time and one half on sixty days. Mr. Floyd Loftin came before the the board and asked that Hancock strset from Ann to Broad street be opened up. A motion wis p. i.c .i tj BAPTIST CHURCH SERVICE. The Reverend H. K. Williams of McColl, S. C. will arrive in Beaufort Saturday and will preach at the Bap tist church Sunday morning and Sun day evening at the usual hour for services. The public, as well as mem bers of the church, is cordially in vited to attend. BEAUFORT NEEDS A COUNTRY CLUB So Says Beaufort Man Who Thinks Time Ripe Now For Taking Action One of Beaufort's leading citizens suggested to the News the otheT day that this up and coming town ought to have a country club. He says thai no resort is considered complete now adays unless it has a club in the coun try where nc ople niuy go to play golf and indulge in other forms of recre ation. It is a fact that all vi the larger cities in the State have their country clubs and many of the mail er towns have golf courses. Of course the chief attraction in this section is, and always will be, the ocean. At the same time people desire other forms of amusement than surf bathing and fis'ng. This is particularly true in winter. Golf is an outdoor sport that can be played in this section all the year round. It is getting to be. jn 'nd more pop ular all the time and a golf course is considered a necessary adjunct of all resort towns. Florida' is full of them. The gentleman referred to a bove says Beaufort can and will be come a large resort town and that it ought to provide a country club for the entertainment of its visitors as well as the local people who imght desire to join. He suggested that a good club here might get members from Morehead City, New Bern and possibly other towns. At any rate he hopes that people here will con sider the matter seriously and take some action. It is suggested that there are several pretty sites on the North River road and also on the New Bern road that might be obtain ed at a reasonable coet The News has been asked to give the matter this publicity and is doing so with pleas ure. 0 BEAUFORT BOY PARTICIPATES IN INTERCOLLEGIATE DEBATE Chapel Hill, Dec. 9 Carolina won the decision here tonight in a debate between George Washington Univer sity and North Carolina. The query was: 'Resolved, That the Volstead act should be modified as' to permit the use of light wines and beer."" , Carolina represented the affirma tive and George Washington ths negative. Carolina's speakers were L. B. Kennett and R. W. Noe, while George Washington was represented by Edward Gallagher and J. H. Ves ey. The debate was held .under open forum rules. 0 Messrs. W. B. Duncan, Gordon Smith and E. L. Warren of Raleigh were guests of the Davis House Sun day night. They were on the way to Stacy on a hunting trip. have this done. The bill of D. M. DeNoyer for work done for the town amounting to $7,556.35 was consid ered and ordered paid. Attorney G. W. Duncan was instructed to publish notice of assessments for street pav ing the matter to be taken up at the January meeting of the board. Mr. C. R. Wh i came before the board and diso.usse the matter of doing something at ut the knitting mill which has, beei shut down for some time. A com nittee composed of S. D. Ford, D. h. DeNoyer, I. E. Ramsey and C? R. Wheatly was ap pointed to go to Burlington to con fer with mill men there. A motion was also passed to c;.ll a mass meet irs to consider the subject. MANY CONTRACTORS BID ' ON SCHOOL BUILDINGS Perhap the largest number of contractors ever in Beau fort at one time were here today to bid on the new school buildings for white and col ored pupils. The board of trustees met at the Beaufort school building at 2 o'clock for the purpose of opening the bids and were engaged for sev eral hours considering them. The lowest bid for the large building was that of J. W. Jones and Co. $83,700 and that for the smaller building was made by the Davis Con struction Company which was $23,800. The plumbing and heating were not included in these bids and separate bids were made on these items. The News will not be able to give full details of the letting in this issue and will do so next week. , -O- FOURTEEN GIRLS CLUBS IN COUNTY Hero s Demonstration Agent Makes Report of Work Done in The County Since I came into Carteret County on July 1st. 1926, fourteen girls' clubs with a total membership of two hundred and forty, and eight Tromen' clubs with a membership of one nun dred and forty-seven have been or ganized. Seventeen different com munities are being reached in this way. White Oak, Harker's Island, Atlantic and Wire Grass have both the girl's and women's club'. Smyr na, Willistm, Merrimon and Core Creek have only the women's clubs, Upper North River, Russell's Creek. j Otway, Straits, Marshallberg, Davis. (Stacy and Sea Lever have only the I Girl's clubs. With Monday moraines and Saturday mornings for office hours there are four and one half days for field work each week This makes a total of eighteen days for held work each month. With a to tal of twenty two clnbs, more than one meeting per day must be arrang ed in order to meet all the clubs once a month. The mouth of July was devoted to traveling over the county to learn the roads, and to meet the people and to find the centers in which Home i Demonstration work might be estab I lished. August and September were devoted to food preservation in the homes of individuals with a view to organization of Demonstration Clubs for the several communities in which work was done. In the meantime, several clubs were organized for the women. With the opening of the 8 months school term, clubs were organized for the girl s as quickly as was possible to reach the different schools Octo ber and November were devoted to Demonstration for the clubs organiz (Continued on page four) CITIZENS ARE TRYING TO SAVE KNITTING MILL A meeting authorized by the board of town commissioners was held last night in the county court room. May or Thomas called the meeting to or der and asked Mr. C. R. Wheatly to explain its object. About twenty- five persons were present. The purpose of the meeting as stated by Mr. Wheatly was to consid- i er the matter of reviving the knitting j mill here which has been shut down for several months. He stated that the owners of the properyt, who are I Kinston people, had offered to sell it j for $32,500. By making certain im- provements he said the mill could furnish employment to about 150 1 people and would be a very valuable j asset to the town. Mr. S. D. Ford who was present was called on and told some thing about the operation of the mill and stated that it had been appraised at $58,000. He said the mill could be operated at a profit. A good many questions were asked and there was some general discussion. The opini- on was. expressed by several persons that considerable stock could be oid and the statement was made that ! $10,000 worth had already been j pledged. The result of the discus i sion was that the committee appoint j ed recently by the Mayor will go to i Duvham and Burlington for the pur pose of conferring with knitting mill ! people there and perhaps later an ' other mass meeting will be called to take final action cn the matter. CHILD WANDERERS REACH BEAUFORT Insane Man And Two Children Picked Up Near Mansfield Caiteret county received a some what unusual Christmas present a few days ago when two children and their father were left on its door steps. Sherman Geren who is ten or twelve years of age and his little sis ter Mabel about six or seven years old and their insane father were tak en in charge last Friday by Sheriff T. C. Wade and Mrs. F. C. Salisbury. They were found in a hay stack by the side of ahog pen near Mansfield. The man was put in the Morehead City calaboose and the children were brought to Beaufort. They were all dirty ragged and hungry. County Auditor Standi and Deputy Sheriff Chaplain looked after the children's needs and since then they have been staying at Mr. Stancil's home. The Geren children are bright and healthy looking youngsters despite the hardships they have undergone. They are able ' give a pretty good account of their experiences since they left Independence Kansas last March. They have wandered through many states from Kansas to Texas and thence to North Carolina. Their mother is dead and their father who was an unsuccessful tenant farmer v,,,f fioiHa tw artoA with a wagon, a'couple of old horses and a hrnthpr hm,t fnn.rt.Pen vpars of age. The horse died on the way and the older boy disappeared some where in Texas. They had many ex- periences, -were arrested and locked up sometimes and helped at other itmes. When they could get food they ate and when they couldn't get any they went hungry. The boy says he managed a number of times to kill a rabbit with a sling shot and on such occasions they had quite a feast At this writing the future of the j Gerens is somewhat uncertain. .A telegram from the Salvation army in Independence received by Mrs. Salis-1 bury says the man is crazy and that they should be returned to Kansas, j Efforts are being made now to do i something for the unfortunate wan-i derers. : p LONG ISLAND BOOSTER THINKS WELL OF BEAUFORT Bound for Florida on a boosting trip for Long Island Captain Frank Holly was here a few days last week. He and his son F. G. Holly Jr. are traveling in their nice little yacht the Natalie and have been having a very pleasant voyage to the South Captain Holly is known as "Sunrise" owing to his habit of proclaming the virtues of the Sunrise Trails on Long Island which are fine concrete roads that traverse that great island. Long Island has a population of some three millions and Captain Holly says it has room for fifty millions. More ,over if they had many such boosters had difficulty with, H. W. Peterson, as he is in the field it might eventu- j was fined $10 and costs. Arlington ally get that large a population. Cap- Laws charged with drunkeness re tain Holly is a fluent and interesting , ceived a suspended judgment and the talker and is going1 to ' tell thenvall ! costs. Sam Oden charged with hav abcut Long Island when he gets to j ing been drunk and also with disor Floiida. His slogan is "Long Island j derly conduct was convicted in both in summer and Florida in winter." j instances. He drew a fine of $25 and He seemed to be very favorably im- costs in one case or 30 days in jail p.essed with the possibilities in this i and judgment was suspended in the t ,-tion and says when he passes this ! other on payment of costs. George way next May wants to stop off a dav ! Turner, disorderly conduct, cutting ol- so here and have a talk with some of the people in Beaufort. O Send the News to your friend or relative as a Christmas gift. Wilson Has Lowest, Louisburg Highest, Municipal Tax Rate Wilson has the lowest and Louis- ( Asheville, $1.24; Burlington, $1.70: burg the highest municipal tax rate i Canton, $1.50; Charlotte, $ 16;Con- o fthe forty-eight larger towns of the State, according to figures ob tained Thursday by The Raleigh Times. Wilson's tax rate is 58 cents per 100 assessed valuation while Louisburg's is $2.85. These taxes are for city pu-poses only, and do not include township or county taxes. zOf the seven larger cities oi th State Winston-Salem and Wilmington each have the lowest tax rate ($1.00 per $100 valuation): while Durham has the highest ($1.40 per $100 val - uation). Next to Winston-Salem and Wil- mington, Raleigh has the lowest mu- nicipal tax rate among the State's seven largest cities. Raleigh's mu- nicipal tax rate is $1.15 par $100. Tax rates of the larger towns of the state follow: SOME MATTERSOF BIG IMPORTANCE Lively Fight Expected Over Proposed Bond Issues For State Institutions, Roads And Schools. Election Laws Likely To Be Reformed PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER AT ANN STREET M E. CHURCH The pulpit at Ann Street Methodist church will be fulled Sunday morning by the Reverend W. M. Hyde who is the father of Dr. F. E. Hyde of Beau fort. Reverend Dr. Hyde is a minis ter in the Presbyterian church. He has two sons who are ministers and a daughter who is a missionary. The public is invited to attend the services both morning and evening. MFSwnX CLOSE SATURDAY Will Be Used Partly for Room House. The Hotel Had Good Patronage One of Beaufort's hotels will go out of business this week. The doors of the Inlet Inn which have been open for five and a half years under the management of Mr. and Mrs. James Rumley will close indef - ! initely on Saturday. The building I11 be unduer e cont'01 ' Mr: L E I Rsmsey who IS one of the principal stockholders in the corporation that owns the property. Some rooms in the east wing of the hotel will be rented but the main part of the building will be closed up. The Iinlet Ii.n has had a somewhat checkered career. It has been own ed by various individuals and cor porations and has been managed by several different persons. It has never been very successful at any time in its history in so far as mak ing money is concerned. During the time Mr.a nd Mrs. Rumley had charge of the hotel it probably has done bet ter than at any other time. During the summer months it had a good patronage. In fact frequently guests were turned away for lack of room. No advertising of any consequence was ever done and the guests came mostly of their own volition and as a rule were very well pleased. The hotel has not been adequately equip ped and this fact has handicapped the management. Only a part of the building is steam heated and a good many of the rooms had no furniture in them. I nspite of these drawbacks the Inn has built up a pretty good patronage. Its closing will be a mat ter of regret to Beaufort people as well as to is patrons. 0 POLICE COURT ITEMS. A few offenders were arraigned for trial in the Mayor's Count Saturday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Fred John son colored charged with disorderly conduct which was the case where he Sam Ode non the arm paid the cost's $5.15. Alfred Wilson, colored, charged with stealing chickens was ' bound over to Superior Court under , p s10 bond. cord, $1.62; Dunn, $1.75; Durham, $1.40; Elizabeth City, $1.22; Forest City, $2.18; Gastonia, $1.35; Golds bcro, $1,25; Greensboro, $1.24; Greenville, $1.50; Hamlet, $1.70; Hendersonville, $1.90; Hickory, $1.60 High Point, $1.60; Kings Mountain, $1.15; Kinston, $1.65; Laurinburg, $1.25; Lenoir, $1.25; Lexington $1.15 Lincolnton, $1.50; Louisburg $2.85; L.uroberton, $1.75; Monroe, $1.70: Mooresville, $1.00, Morganton, .80; Mt. Gilead, .90; New Bern, $1.28; ' Newton, $1.20; North Wilkesboro, ,$1.80; Oxford, $1.48; Raleigh, $1.15; t Reidsville, $1.20; Roanoke Rapids, i .90; Rockinham, $1.70; Rocky Mount, $1.30; Roxboro, $2.00; Salisbury, ; $1.49: Shelby, .88; Statesville, $1.30; j Thomasville, $2.20; Wadesboro, $1.00 J Washington, $1.45; Wilmington, '$1.00; Wilson, .58; Winston-Salem, j$1.00; Beaufort, $1.90. (By M. L. SHIPMAN) Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 13 State of ficials this week were busy swinging into the final lap before the General Assembly. All were preparing their biennial reports which will be trans mitted through the Governor to the General Assembly and Governor Mc Lean was attending a series of execu tive conferences in preparation for the part which he will take in the work of the legislative body. The main items which will comg before the General Assembly were sketch ed on Sunday by a local political writer close to the heart of things. Governor McLean found time dur ing the busy days of the week to hear personally the appeal for executive clemency on behalf of John Gray, convicted and sentenced to die for the murder of Dad Watkins. The Governor was appealed to on the ground that Gray's confederate an the crime escaped with a prison sentence and it was believed it was this which influenced largely the Executive's de cision to commute the man's sen tence to life imprisonment, which he did Thursday night just 18 hours be- ! fore the death penalty was. to have been inflicted. The Governor also signed three paroles in minor cases and refused absolutely to consider the plea for clemency put forward by Julian Bullock, one of the members of the mob wheih mutilated Joseph Needleman after removing him from the Martin county jail, 18 months ago. Mr. McLean declined to com mute the 6 to 8 years sentence now being served by Bullock. . --i As seen by a leading political writer of the Capital City, the most important matters which will be pre sented to the General Assembly are' taxation, school system reforms, elec tion reforms, survey of women in in dustry, county government reforms, the state constabulary, and other matters. Under taxation he sche dules the mounting requests for state departments and institutions which exceed the available revenue by more than three and a half millions and which must be cut or taxes increased. On this score he predicts a major fight. Under educational reforms he lists the eight months school term, the demands of the institutions as compared with those of the public school system, the reform of the equalization fund system for public, schools, Under election reforms are listed the Australian ballot, reform of the primary and possible action on the absentee ballot. The short bal lot is barely mentioned this being re garded as rather improbable in a state of Democratic tendencies like North Carolina. Under bond issues must come the road bond program from the demand of some for $40,000,000 to a much smaller amount it is believed Governor McLean will advocate. Then there will be bond issues of a bout fifteen millions to be decided for the permanent improvements pro gram of the various institutions anl the national park in Western North Carolina. He predicts a very inter esting and exciting session. Commissioner of Agriculture W. A. Graham made his semi-annual re port this week to his board and it wa3 a hopeful report for agriculture. He predicted great things still were to be accomplished in the State and de slared there was great need of ex pansion of the marketing division of the department. The veterans lean board will meet this Thursday to name a director of the loan fund vot ed at the last general election for aid ing the ex-soldiers in obtaining homes There is little interest in the post, it is stated. The American Legion probably will have a large hana in naming the director. Wilson with a rate of 58 cents par hundred dollars has the lowest mun icipal tax rate in the State while Louisburg with $2.85 per $100 his the highest. Gold mining in the state is on the increase. The prodnciion has jumped mote than 400 percent in the past year, from $4,540 to ?.8, 540. The mines are in Montgom ery, McDowell and Rowan counties. North Carolina in the past year pro duced half the output of ti.e eastn-n tier of States. The Supreme Court will recess ("lis week for Christmas after a very bujy fall term. The court is very nearly up withs its docket and has the rep utation of being one of the hardest working courts in the nation. Tue State shows an increased production (Continued on page three)