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NUMBER 19
VOLUME XVI
12 PAGES TWO SECTIONS
THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY MAY 12, 1927
SOLDIERS QUELL
CONVICTS STRIKE
IN SHORT ORDER
Prisoners Wanted Half Holiday
Saturdays And Shorter
Working Hours
WILL PUNISH RING LEADERS
(By M. L. SHIPMAN)
On Thursday afternoon Governor
McLean was forced to order out
troops to proceed to Halifax county
prison farm where 400 prisoners went
on a strike. They desired a shorter
working day and half days on Sat
urday. The troops quelled the disor
der speedily, the prisoners being plac
ed on a diet of bread and water un
til they yielded. For the first 24
hours ihey were not fed at all. The
ring leaders in the movement will be
severely punished and the several
thousand dollars damage done by
them will be taken from the usual
allowance which is granted prison
ers for working. The troops return
ed to their homes Saturday morning.
A full investigation of the board
of health has been ordered by Gover
nor McLean, who feels that in jus
tice to the officials in charge they
should either be cleared of or found
guilty of charges which were made
before the general assembly of mal
administration and which have been
aired from that time, though the gen
eral assembly in effect gave the board
a clean bill of health. It is probable
that the attorney general will be or
dered to make the investigation and
the Governor is expected to receive
his reporta rjd announce the result.
New Judges Start Work
The four full time special judges
authorized by the legislature and ap
pointed by the Governor were induct
ed into office this past week. They
were Tom C. Bowie, of Jefferson: H.
Hoyle Sink of Lexington; Clayton
Moore of Williamston and N. A.
Townsend of Dunn. They began tc
craw pay the first of May and the
condition of court dockets is such
that no doubt they will find ple'nty
of Work to do. Two will operate in
western counties and two in eastern
section. Chief Justice Stacy admin
istered the oath of office and congrat
ulated the state on the addition of
four such learned men to the judic
iary. Wake county commissioners have
authorized the issuance of $400,000
in school bonds. This sum will bring
the school consolidation program a
bieast of modern needs. A high
se.iool will be completed and four el
ementary schools will be construct
ed. This is the first bond issue un
der the law for school buildings in
the county, though about $250,000
has been borowed. ..
Raleigh citizens wil vote in July on
a proposal sanctioned by the last leg
islature to give $75,000 toward a new
fair ground. The election was to
have been held at an earlier date but
it was deemed wise to postpone it un
til sometime after the city election.
John Early, North Carolina's leper,
is on his way back to the federal
lerosium at Carviile, La. and the west
ern section of the state is breathing
easier. Early had escaped and es
tablished a camp oi the Toe River.
He has escaped more than once, when
he longs to place his feet on Tarheel
soil.
Raleigh's Civic Music Week is be
ing observed this week and a great
schedule has been arranged for the
entire week. It is the plan to enroll
every man woman and childe in the
endeavor to bring great artists to
Raleigh in the Fall.
Ti.Treurer Reimbursed
Democrats and Republicans alike
rejoiced at the action of the council
of State in re-imbursing W. H. Worth
of Greensboro in the amount of $16,.
072. -Mr. Worth, when state treas
urer in 1900 had a clerk who stole
this amount. The deflation was not
discovered ' until State Treasurer
' Lacy took office the following year,
when he also lost some money thru
the deflationL Mf. Lacy long ago was
reimbursed by the Democratic legis
lature but the Republican Treasurer
had never gotten his money back.
The last general assembly approved
the reimbursement, subject to the
council of State. A check wil short
ly be sent Mr. Worth who is greatly
enfeebled by years and needs the
money. When the deflation was dis
covered, Mr. Worth made it good to
the state and the clerk went to pris
on where he died.
Religious Bodies Unite
Church unity got an impetus here
during the week when the Raleigh
Christian church affiliated with the
state today and with . the national
church and the state body 'affiliated
with the Congregationalisms. It was
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IMPROVING THE NEWS.
This newspaper tries to keep
abreast of the times in so far
at it is able to do so. In line
with this policy and beginning
with this issue, our readers will
have the benefit of the Inter
national News Service. This
service is used by many of the
leading dailies in North Caro
lina and all over the United
States. State news will be
featured in our columns more
than it has ever been but
county and town news wiii nave
as heretofore, our first consid
eration. We trust that our
readers will find the new service
interesting and informative.
FIREMEN MAY MEET
IN BEAUFORT NEXT TIME
A number of Beaufort firemen at
tended the meeting of the East Car
olina Firemen's Association in Green
ville Tuesday. The association meets
ouarterlv and the next meeting will
be in September. Mayor Jones ex
tonHpH the association an invitation
to come to Beaufoft and it may be
that the invitation wil be accepted.
Those who went from Beaufort were
Mayor D. M. Jones, Messrs. John
Hill, Jesse Fulcher, ' Bryan Arthur,
R. Hugh Hill, C. R. Manson, Williai.1
Longest.
NEW CITY BOARD
GETS ORGANIZED
Committees Appointed, New
Officials Chosen And Other
Busines Transacted
The administration . of the affairs
of-the town of Beaufort passed into
new hands last Friday evening at a
bout 8 o'clock. The old board met
at 7 :30, read the minutes of the pre
vious meeting-fld shortly thereafter
passed into history.
Mayor D. M. Jones and the new
board composed of Messrs. C. T. Chad
wick, R.' Hugh Hill, Holoway Mason,
E. H. Potter and J. "J. Whitehurst
were all present. They had been
sworn in earlier in the day and so
when Mayor Jones called the board
to order it was ready to transact bus
in ess.
The first motion offered was one
by Commissioner Whitehurst that
Mr. M. A. Hill be elected temporary
clerk, which motion was carried. A
number of applications for the dif
ferent jobs were then read. George
R. Styron applied for the position
of night policeman, John C. Pake
and J. L. Congleton applied for po
sitions as police officers. Milton
Lewis and Theodore R. Whitehurst
applied for the job of driving the
city truck. . A motion was passed to
defer action on the truck driver's ap
pointment. George R. Styron was
elected night watchman and John C.
Pake was made a policeman.
A motion was offered by Commis
sioner Whitehurst that the office of
City Treasurer be abolished and that
the two banks be made the custodians
of the city's funds. The motion,
which was adopted, also provided that
the City Clerk shall make daily de
posits and that vouchers must be
signed by the Mayor and Clerk and
countersigned by the Chairman of
the Finance Committee. On motion
of Commissioner Hill M. Leslie Davis
was unanimously elected City At
torney. No action was taken on the
matter of fifixing the salaries of the
various officials and employees and
this will be attended to at a later
meeting. Mr. A. T. Gardner apper
ed before the board and asked the
board to call for the resignations of
the City Water and Lih Commission,
There was some discussion of the
matter but no action was taken. It
was understood though tr at the board
would have the City- Attorney look
up the law which created the com
mission and see how matters stand.
The following -committees- were' an
nounced: Finance, C. T. Chadwick,
R. H. Hill, J, J. Whitehurst.. Water
and Light, J. J. Whitehurst; E. H.
Potter, C T Chadwick. Holoway
Mason, R. H. Hill. Public Health
E. H. Potter Potter, J. J. Whitehurst,
C. T. Chadwick. Afterhaving been
in session about an hour the board
adjourned" subject to the call of the
Mayor.
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The cream shipping station at
Peachland in Anson County is' now.
selling about, $800 worth of cream
each month for the farmer patrons.
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Messrs. H. J. Stockard and M. D.
Bailey of Raleigh wera registered at
the Inlet Inn Tuesday.
Carteret County
Shotv Population Is Increasing
In accordance with its cu5tom the News is publishing herewith some
vital statistics for Carteret county. The period covered is from January
the first to April 1st. As usual there it a considerable preponderance of
births over deaths; this report shows a gain in population of 64 persons.
Unfortunately some of the registrars failed to report for all the months of
the quarter. The figures are as follows:
Deaths
TOWNS
J3eaufort
Morehead City
Newport
Townships
Beaufort
Cedar Island
Harkers Island
Harlowe
Davis
Etacey
Atlantic & Sea Level
Merrimon
Morehead
Newport
Portsmouth
Smyrna
Straits
White Oak
11
11
TOTAL 35 104 5
I May 3, 1927
V
D. A. R. Chapter May
Be Organized Here
(By Gertrude S. Carraway)
New Bern, May 10th To carry
cut a national and state policy to
enlarge the membership of the Da':gh
ters of the American Revolution,
Mrs. Edwin C. Gregory, of Salisbury,
State Regent,, hopes that a chapter
may be organized during the year
in Beaufort, if local conditions jus
tify, according to information learn
ed here. '
. A number of Beaufort women are
known to be eligible .for member
ship in the D. A. R. and this section
would easily furnish ample historical
background for the attention of a
new chapter, in the opinion of Mrs.
Gregory, who hopes to increase , the
number of chapters and members in
North Carolina duripg the remain
ing year of her regency.
At present there are 51 D. A. R.
chapters in the state, with a total
membership of over 2,500. In the
national organization there are a
round 2,200 chapters, with 160,000
members.
Mrs. Gregory asks all persons in
terested in the work to write to her
or to confer with D. A. R. members
or officials in the section. She wish
es to know if local women believe the
time right to start a chapter here. If
so, she will gladly do everything pos
sible to encourage and assist the
plans.
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NEW WOM-N'S STORE
OPENS HERE VERY SOON
A new dry goods and womens ready
to wear store will be openedv, within
a few days in the C. L. Duncan Build
ing. The Store will be owned and
operated by Mr.a nd Mrs. E. D. Mar
tin, and will be known as E. D. Mar
tin & Co. Mr. and Mrs. Martin are
thoroughly experienced in the line
they will engage in, Mr. Martin was
formerly in business here, and Mrs.
Martin, formerly Miss Julia Rumley
has been1 conected with various firms
here in Beaufort.
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Abernethy And Party
Inspect Dredging Work
Congressman Charles L. Aber
nethy, who was in Morehead City
Tuesday to speak at the memorial
exercises there, chaperoned a party
out to the bar to see the dredge Corn
stock at work. The dredge is deep
ening the channel, now about 14 feet
deep, to a depth of 20 feet. . Cong
resman Abernethy has been trying
to get a steamship line to come into
this port and deepening the channel
is the first step. A U. S. Coast
Guard patrol boat no. 232, command
ed" by Captain Glenn Willis took the
party out to the Comstock. 'In the
afternoon a second trip was made and
the -Honorable Josephus. Daniels and
his son Jonathan were in the party.
Those who went with Mr. Abernethy
in the morning were Chairman of
the Port Commission Charles S. Wal
lace, Representative W. H. Bell, of
Newport, Messrs. A. B. Morris, S. A.
Chalk, Sylvester Gibbs, F. M. Sim
mons and J. E. Woodland of More
head City and Messrs. G. W. Huntley
J. A. Hornaday, W. A. MaVe and Wi
ley H. Taylor of Beaufort.
Vital Statistics
Births Stillbirths
Jan. Mch.
Inclusive
18
31
5
March no report
Feb. no report
Mch. no report
1 1 .
1 ' .. i ;
7
Registrar has made no report for 3 months
3 10 1
3 2
March no report
Jan. Feb. Mch., no report
1 12 -
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ROAD TAX DEAL
ISTRANSFERRED
Chicago University Inherits Ar
rangement About Road Tax
es In Open Grounds
A meeting of the Board of County
Commissioners was held on Monday,
May the 2nd. The record of the
meeting was available today and is
given herewith.
The, board adopted a resolution in
regard to1 the , taxes of . the . open
grounds property. An arrangement
was entered into several years ago
by a previous contract by which the
East Coast Land Company would
build a road towards, Sea Level and
the county would remit the taxes to
pay for this road. The cost of the
road was $52,000. The resolution
adopted by the board merely trans
fers this agreement to the new own
ers of the open grounds, the Univer
sity of Chicago.
A motion was passed by the board
instructing Sheriff Wade to go ahead
and advertise lands for the unpaid
1926 taxes. A motion was passed
appropriating $250 for the County
Welfare Department. The board
passed a motion allowing the Beau
fort Community Club the use of one
of the room in the old graded school
building. A motion was passed to al
low an adjustment of the 'taxes of the
Swift Creek Lumber Company.
The board adopted a resolution re
lating to the road up Bogue Sound.
This was a request to Commissioners
Wheatly and McGirt to use their in
fluence with the State Highway Com
misswion to finish this road and con
nect it with route thirty. A peti
tion for a cartway for D. B. Turner
through lands of W. L. Arthur was
filed by attorney A. B. Morris. The
board dismissed the petition. A mo
tion was passed providing for $400
a year for clerical help for the Super
ior Court Clerk's office. The port
commision's terms were fixed as fol
lows: C. S. Wallace eight months, W.
A. Mace, Sylvester Gibbs, A. B. Mor
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Mary J. Gardner etals to Oscar
Newkirk et als, 1 lot Beaufort, for
$10.
T. C. Davis et als to A. B. Davis,
t.-r.ct Hunting Quarters Township for
$350.
A. B. Davis to Jesse H. Davis, tract
Hunting Quarters Township . for
$350.
W. B. Blades et al to Mrs. J. S.
McLohon, 1 lot Morehead City for
$J00.
D. B. Willis and wife to Vanni! E
Wilis, 1 lot Moiehnad City for $2,-
000.
T. C. Wade, Sherilf to May M
Canfifld tract known as Hors? Is
land, for Taxcf paid.
W. B. Bla.ies et al to S. A. Du-
planty, 3 lots Krgue Banks, fci $5.
Emcline F. Gillikin et al to Branc
H. Gillikin, 15 neves Smyrna Town
ship, for $50
W. L. Smith aril wife to Chas. S.
Willis, 1-8 acte Snivrnn Towm-hif
for S10.
In several American cities motor
cycle taxicabs are used.
Flower Show Here
Tomorrow Afternoon
The Garden Club of Beaufort will
have the annual spring flower show,
Friday, the -13th. Doors will be
open at 3 :30. Those tlesiring to en
ter fiowersf or prizes will please get
them in between the hours of eleven
an dtwo. No flowers will be receiv
ed except for decoration after that
time. In the past it has been very
difficult for the judges to do their
work satisfactorily to themselves
owing to the large number fo entries
received late. We wish to avoid that
this year. If you wish to compete
fof prizes, flowers must be in by two
o'clock.
The following is a list of the en
tries for which prizes will be offered:
1. Finest rose.
2. Finest collection of roses.
3. Finest sweet peas.
4. Most artistic arrangement of
sweet peas.
5. Finest garden flowers.
6. Most artistic arrangement of
garden flowers.
7. Finest potted blooming plant.
8. Finest potted plant.
9. Best exhibit of wildflowers.
LADIES INJURED YESTERDAY
IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
An automobile accident occur
red Wednesday afternoon at the in
tersection of Ann and Moore streets
Mrs. W. T. Davis got a cut about an
inch long on her right temple. Miss
Stella Willis who was driving the
car was bruised up a little. Dr E.
B. Whitehurst happened to be near
by when the accident occurred and
attended at once to the injuries of
the ladies. In an effort to avoid a
a tree, breaking the windshield and
collision with a truck driven by Mr.
Henry Dudley aproaching on Ann
street the Davis car traveling on
Moore street swerved and ran into
a tree, breaking the windshield and
hurting Mrs. Davis and Miss Davis.
Considerable excitement was created
in the neighborhood by the accident.
NEW MAYOR TRIES
GOOD MANY CASES
Liquor And Fighting Brought
Most of Defendants To
Big Crowd There
The first session of Police Court
under Mayor Jones' charge came off
Monday afternon and was largely at
tended affair. There were also a
good many defendants on hand as
well as spectators. The court room
was not ableto hold all who desired
to get in and so many stood on the
outside of the building.
Mayor Jones started off with some
innovations. He ordered all smok
ing in the room stopped and insist
ed upon good order. He also occu
pied a little stand at the side of the
room instead of sitting in the mid
dle of it as other officials have done.
City attorney M. Leslie Davis was
present and prosecuted the docket.
All of the defendants tried were
colored people and the cases that ex
cited the most interest ggrew out of
a row in the colored section Sunday
evening. The first of these was the
case of James O. Harris charged with
the possession of liquor for the pur
pose of sale and transporting the
same. Chief of Police Longest act
ing oninformation found a jug con
taining some liquor in some bushes in
the' neighborhood. Sylvia Oden and
her son Wiliam Thomas said that the
liquor belonged to Harris and that
they saw his young son James go
there and get some out and take it
to his father. Attorney E. Walter
Hill represented Harris and waived
examination. He was bound over to
Superior Court under a $800 bond.
Sam Oden was tried on the
charge of assault with a deadly weap
on, to wit a shot gun upon James Har
ris Jr. He denied the charge and
was vigorously defended by Attorney
Luther Hamilton. It appeared from
the evidence that he fired the gun
just as a truck with the boy and
Manly Bailey in it passed. He said
the firing was an accident. He was
held for the higher court under a
$300 bond. When Chief, Longest
and deputy sheriff Chaplain . under
took to arrest Sam Oden it seemed
that he and his brother William
Thomas offered some resistance. Sam
wss bound over to court under this
charge also.
Manly Bailey charged with aiding
and abetting in the sale of liquor
waived examination through his coun
sel Mr. Hill and was held under a
$200 bond. Attorney C. R. Wheatly
representing Charlie (Goose) Chad
wice and his wife Ida . on a liquor
charge waived examination. They
were bound ever to Superior Court
under bonds of $250 and $100 each.
Bate Pigott was up on two charg-
DANIELS PRAISED
NAVAL LEADERS
ON MEMORIAL DAY
Captain Cooke, Beaufort Citi
zen, Commander of The
Albemarle Received .
Tribute
ONLY TWO VETERANS HER'v.
No prettier day could have been
desired than was had here Tuesday
for the annual Confederate Memorial
Day. Tftie skies were clear and a
nice breeze blew all day which made
it very pleasant for all concern-ed.
The services took place in the coun
ty court room which was very taste
fully decorated in red and white, the
Confederate colors. A large United
States flag was draped in the rear of
the rostrum and anothre one was in
the front. Only two Confederate vet
erans, Capt. J. W. Pigott of Sea Lev
el and Mr. Sam Thomas of Beaufort
were in attendance. Mr. Charles P.
D,ey of Beaufort, a veteran of the
Union army, attended the meeting as
he usually does. Mr. Leslie Davis
was master of ceremonies. The mem
bers of Fort Macon chapter U. D. C.
occupied seats in thef ront cf the
room. St. Paul's band regaled the
audience with several good selec
tions. A bevy of pretty girls acted
as ushers and the Boy Scouts also
made themselves useful in various
ways.
The ladies secured as their orator
this year the Honorable Josephus
Daniels, statesman and editor of the
News and Observer. Mr. Daniels
was presented to the audience by E.
Walter Hill of Beaufort in a short
and apropriate talk. Mr. Daniels
speech was along a different line
from most memorial addresses. In
stead of discussing the exploits of
Lee's, Jackson's and other Confed
erate armies he talked of the Con
federate navy. He said that the Fed
eral navy, created largely by Secre
tary James C. Dobbin, a North Caro
linian, was responsible for winning
the war because it stopped supplies
from coming into the South. Mr.
Daniels paid tribute to Captain Ot
way Burns for the gallant part he
took in the war of 1812. He discuss
ed at some length the career of Cap
tain James Wallace Cooke of Beau
fort. Captain Cooke was a lieuten
ant in the United States navy but re
signed when North Carolina seceded
from the Union and joined the Con
federate navy which was a very small
affair at the time. He commanded
the Confederate ram Albemarle that
aided in the capture of Plymouth
from the Federal forces. Mr. Dan
iels closed his address with a strong
denunciation of war and expressed
the hope that the nation would do all
it could to promote the peace of the
world.
The program of the day's exercis
es is given herewith:
Selection St. Paul's Band.
Hymn How Firm A Foundation.
Invocation Dr. G. W. Lay.
Quartette Recesional Mrs. H.
M. Hendrix, Mrs. Bayard Taylor, Dr.
F. E. Hyde, Mr. M. L. Davis.
Introduction of Speaker E. W.
Hill.
Address Hon. Josephus Daniels.
Offertory
Vocal Solo Carry me back to old
Virginia Mrs. Bayard Taylor.
Reading The boys of "65'' Miss
Emma Taylor.
Carolina sung by audience.
Benediction Rev. L. L. Smith.
Dixie St. Paul's Band.
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NEW AUTO AGENCY HAS
COMMENCED BUSINESS
The Brooks-Chapin Motor Co., Inc.
opened for business Monday in the
Southgate Terminal building on Front
Street. The company is composed
of Geo. J. Brooks, President, Harlowe
Chapin, Vice President, J. F. Dun
can, Secy. & Treas. They wil handle
Chrysler cars exclusively, and will
conduct a general service stationa nd
gagage. They have four new model
Chryslers on the floor.
es, one disorderly conduct, cursing
Clyde Everett and the other fighting
Everett. It seems that Pigott had
accused Everett of paying attentions
to his wife and this caused the
trouble. He was fined $2 and costs
in each case. Everett was tried also
for fighting but got off under a sus
pended judgment and costs. William
Chadwick charged with fighting his
wife got off with a $1 fine and costs.
It seems that she was willing to drop
the case. Polk Johnson, disorderly
conduct was fined $1 and the costs.
The Mayor announced to all concern
ed and to Polk in particular that
hereafter coulr would be held Friday
afternoons.