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News o AUFORT. Largest Circulation In Carteret County The People's Newspaper JL JL The best advertisin medium published in Carteret Co. I READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO TH 2 JODY WATCH Your label and pay your subscription 1.3' 3 NUMBER 37 VOLUME XVI 12 PAGES TWO SECTIONS THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 15, 1927 PRICE Sc SINGLE COPY COTTON OUTLOOK. NOW INDICATES HIGHER PRICES Boll Weevil And Weather Con. it ions Have Been Rather Unfavorable . N. C. CROP SEEMS FAIR (By Crop Reporting Service) RALEIGH, September 13th. The cotton crop is commanding special public interest just now. While the prospective production of 12,692,000 bales is about two-thirds of last year's crop. The market price is a bout twice as much. What is still better, the present short crop will al low the much quoted surplus stocks on hand to be reduced by consump tion. Thus a better future, price will be insured. North Carolina's crop prospect of 911,000 bales appears to be about three-ifoUrths of the ,1926 crop which in turn was the State's record production. The acreage is reduced from 10 to 15 per cent this year. The condition reported by 549 farm ers the first of the month was 64 per cent, while that a year ago was 69 percent. Thus, it may be seen that the farmers last year saw the crop through blue glasses, and may be op timistic this year. With an average yield per acre of 292 pounds of lint lart year, it hardly appears now that we may make 244 pound? this year. The Crop Reporting Service at Raleigh made up threa maps of North Carolina showing (1) county cotton conditions; (2) boll weevil infes'tation and (3) inches of August rainfall. Zones were drawn on these which showed similar wave3 across the State The cotton condition map sho'v. clearly that the poorest condition was below 50 percent. This area extends south from Scotland through Vender counties, and recaVms '.p to ir.tkwle Cumberland nnj Duplin counties. The zone t)f 60 to CO percent runs, from Anson northeasterly to Bertie Coun ty. Then, 70 to SG percent areas are from Mecklei.burg to Gates coun ties, passing through Moore, Wake, Wilson and lower Hn'ifax counties. This condition is also found from Lenoir to Carteret und from rpper Pitt to Tyrrell counties. An area of above 80 percent condition is shewn from Rowan to Alamance Counties. The boll wesv'il infestation map shows Robeson Corr.tv centering the southern area, where more then 80J percent of complete infestation vvai; reported. The eastern zone of heavy i infestation is from Wayne to fceau fort counties, and possibly extending on up to Gates. The 50 to 70 per- "cent zone goes from Anson to Johns ton, then southeasterly to Onslow, al so upward to Tyrrell. From Pitt to .UUi... x,a - ' o. Below 25 percent of infestation w , -i- n, southern Halifax is in this area ai- occurs above the Tine passing through Charlotte, Concord, Pittsboro, Ral eigh, Nashville, Halifax; and Mur freesboro. The weather map shows heavy rainfall during August, n area of oveT 8 inches of rain includes eastern Halifax and Edgecombe, and extends to Pasquotank. Complaint of too much rain is general. Red spider damage is frequent butTspotted Be lated growth of plants and danger of rotting in bolls is important. The final crop is very problematical now. SCHOOL LUNCH PERIOD WILL BE 30 MINUTES Beginning next Monday the lunch period at the Public School will be 80 minutes so Superintendent Fritz asks the News to state. A vote was taken today in school on the question of whether the lunch period should be 30 minutes or 60 minutes. The 30 minute period got 299 votes and the 60 minute period received 164 votes. COMMISSIONERS MEETING. The board of county commission ers held a meeting here on Monday. The minute .book was not available today (Thursday) and so the News is unable to give details of the said meet ing but. will try to do so next week. Strong Defense Being Prepared For Alma Gatlin; Special Session May Be Requested REIDSVILLE, N. C, Sept. 9 Further developments in the sensa tional investigation of the R. 'Smith Petty muider were not expected over the week end, it was learned in reli able quarters here today.' Plans were being drawn for a for midable defense for J'-s. Eugene Gatlin, 20 year old bride of Reids vjlle's fire chief in Wentworth jail charged with the gruesome axe-slay- Take Church Census Sunday Afternoon The three churches of the city, Episcopal, Methodist and Baptist co operating in taking the religious cen sus of the town have the plans com pleted for this work to be done next Sundayafternoon. It has been very ! gratifying to those perfecting the I plans for this work to know that suf ficient workers have been secured to do this splendid service. The plan is for twenty six teams of two work ers to each team to leave the First Baptist Church Sunday afternoon at two thirty o'clock, each team will be assigned one block of fraction of blocks that will approximate fifteen hours to be visited. The following information will be desired by these workers from each white individual in the city; Name? Street and House Number ? Have you been baptized -? If ncit church member prefer what Denomination.. Prefer whst local church? Attend what local Church? Do you attend Sunday School ? Member of what local Sunday School..? The people of the city are urged to assist these workers in getting this information as accurately as possi be as each question is of vital inter est to some phase of our religious work in the community. G. W. LAY, L. L. SMITH, . J. P. HARRIS. WORK GOES FORWARD ON SPECIAL EDITION Good progress is being made in getting advertisements and material for the special bridga celebration edition which the Beaufoit News will issue in a few weeks. Messrs. Ralph Noe and Henry Lay have been work ing1 on the task for several weeks and will be through with it now in a few days. Space has been taken in the special edition by many townsV commu nities and firms. A number of uthoratative articles on various . subjects pertaining to Carteret county wiil appear, in the N'ewa. The object of this issue is. two f 6id. First it is to advertise the county and second to arouse interest in the bridge celebra tion. MANY ATTEND MEETING OF BOARD OF EDUCATION M?.ny people from various parts the county were on hand Monday to attend the County Board ox Educa tion meeting. Their business was mainly to make requests about the routing of school trucks and 'Other matters preparatory to opening the schools next Monday. The boaro did what it couldto satisfy the de- mands made upon it. Most of the clay was consumed in hearing the various interested parties. The board considered a number of matters re lating to opening the schools and transacted some routine business. Ferry Boat Service Changes Are Made Beginning Friday the 16th a change in the ferry boat service here will take place. The ferry boat Naomi which has been running -between Beaufort and Harker's Island for several months will be taken off that run and put on the Morehead City route. The Pilot is to be converted into a fish boat and Captain Micajah Hayman will take her down to Flori da as soon as the necessary changes can be made. The Harker's Island ferry which has been running for several months by Captain E. A. Davenport has not proved to be a profitable venture, although it has done considerable business. It has been quite a con venience to the public though and the News has heard a good many express regrets that it is to be stopped. Mrs. Irene Bowers of Miami, Fla., is here on a visit to her varents Mr. and. Mrs. Ernest Duncan. , ng of her father. It was thought that some efferot might be made to urge Governor Mc Lean to order a special term of court for the sensational trial, in view of thefact that all indications pointed to a long drawnout legal battle, and that the next term of Roiilngham criminal court does not convene un til early next year. BASEBALL SEASON CLOSED SATURDAY Season Just Ended Seems To Have Been Most Successful In History of Town Beaufort has just experienced the most successful Baseball season in the history of the community. Summer baseball had been tried here before, but had not paid and the backers went into debt. However, it was put on a paying basis during the past sum mer and good crowds were in attend- ance at every game. The local club emerged at the close of the season with an average very much above the usual average piled up by small town teams. Out of 61 games 44 were brought home in the water bucket and 17 were tossed to the other side, piling up an average of .721. Not many teams are able to pile up such lucrative averages and it is a tribute to the ability of the local aggregation to handle the old apple and to sling the willow when the occasion demands it. Beaufort lost the last game of the season to her old rivals from across the river, 4-2. One error -at the wrong time let in two runs ,that swamped the Beaufort boys and gave Morehead City .the' game. 1 Games were' to have been played last Friday and Saturday, but the loc al management was unable to, get any of the desired clubs to agree to come until finally Vanceboro agreed to play a double-header on Saturday. But Saturday afternoon turned up and Vanceboro wasn't hers. They had decided not to play. Somebody had swiped their bi.ll. In order not to disappoint the crowd, the local club chose up sides and preceded to play a game of ball that Contained anything from a home run to a bow legged pinch-hitter. Number of Home runs: Joe Morris 10 Francis Longest C Sterling Chadwick 5 Bill Skarren 3 Harold Grady 2 Jas. Caffrey - 1 Fred Shipp -rr" 1 Leading batting averages: Morris, .376; Shipp, .333; Sharren .309; Chadwick, .L'93; Whitehurst, .280; Ferebee, .276. Joe Morris not only led the club at getting safeties but he outstep ped the whole crew in piling up four base hits. He got 10 of the team's 28 homers. Here endeth the first successful baseball season in the city by the sea. School PAncipals Here . Today For A Conference , Superintendent J.- H. Workman, and Miss Margaret Gustin, supervisor, held a conference today with princi pals of all county schools that have five or more teachers. Plans were discussed for carrying on the school work. According to the interest which was manfest at this meeting the schools are going to make con siderable improvement over the work of last year. AH teachers and principals are to be present at the conference held in the courthouse on Friday. An out line of the work for the year will be presented by the county superinten dent and supervisor. Short talks will be made by the county demonstration flfent. farm aeent. county health of POLICE COURT ITEMS. There was only one contested case tried by Mayor Jones in police court last Friday, afternoon. This was the case in which Martha Bell, colored, was charged with fighting Ethel Pig ott. Attorney C. R. Wheatly appear ed for the defendant. The evidence developed the fact that the women had some words which resulted in a few blows being passed. Neither was injured seriously and the Mayor decided that both were guilty of an affray. They were fined $ 5 and costs and-warned not to get in trouble a gain. Harry Bell submitted to the charge of drunk and disorderly and was fin ed $1 and costs. Eben Harker, drunk, submitted and fined $1 and costs. Julius Willis, drunk, submitted and fined $1 and costs. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Smith 'went to New Bern today to meet Miss Lottie Sanders who has been visiting her sister in Dover. Mrs. W. L. Hafcell accompanied Mr.and Mrs. Smith. The George Inn at Norton St. Phil lip, Somerset, is said to be 530 years old. COUNTY HAS NEW HEALTH OFFICER Dr. S. E- Buchanan of Concord Appointed To Position. Is An Experienced Man Dr. S. E. Buchanan, the new Coun ty Health Officer, has accepted the proposition made him by the County Board of Health and has already ar rived and started to work. Being a new man it will take him several days to get his bearings so that he can be gin on his regular routine. His of fice will be in the old graded school which was sold to the county some time ago and is now being used for office purposes. ' Dr. Buchanan comes to the county with good recommendations as to his ability as a health officer. He has had about eight years experience in the work. Recenty he has been the health officer of Transylvania coun ty, which is one of the mountain counties with a rather small. popula tion. Before that he was health of ficer of his native county Cabarrus, No county health officer, who is paid partly from State funds, can be ap. pointed without the approval of the State Board of Health. As the State contributes very largely to the ex pense of the health department of Carteret county its approval of Dr, Buchanan's appointment was neces sary and has been given. The coun ty budget which was published in the News on August 11th showed that the county had provided $4200 for health work. This is supplemented by a like amount from the State. Dr. T. C. Britt, former county heath officer, left yesterday for Buf falo, New York where his family is on a visit to relatives. Dr. Britt on his return will locate in Durham. FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION TO MEET IN BEAUFORT Messrs. D. M. Jones, B. L. Jones and James Noe Jr., attended a meet ing of the East Carolina Firemen's Association in Plymouth Tuesday. While there, they extended an invita tion to the association to hold its next meeting in Beaufort which invita tion was accepted. The firemen will come to Beaufort on the 2nd Tuesday in November and from 150 to 200 are expected to at tend. There will be no tournament but the visitors will have a business meeting and probably do some sight seeing. It is possible that an oyster roast or sortie sort of entertainment will be given them by local people. ficer, welfare officer, some of the principals and teachers. Spec'ial teaching supplies will be c'istrinbuted. On Saturday morning the meeting will be held in the new Beaufort school auditorium. After a round table discussion led by L. C. Brogden, State Supervisor of Elementary Schools, an educational address will be given by State Superintendent, A. T.' Allen. Indications are that there will be a large crowd present. All committeemen, patrons and people who are interested in school progress should take advantage of this op portunity to hear State Superinten dent Allen. . There will be no afternoon pro gram. MRS EMMA COOK HENDRIX DIED LAST THURSDAY Concrd, Sept. 8 Mrs. Emma Cook Hendrix, wife of John M. Hendrix, well known building and loan man, nad sister of James P. Cook, of Con cord, died at her home here this ai ternoon. She had been in failing health for six months but her condi tion was not regarded as critical un til this morning. Mrs. Hendrix was 67 years of age and spent her entire life in Concord. Her family'is one of the best known in Cabarrus county, she was a nipm. ber of the Lutheran church, and the Easter Star. Surviving are he; band and eight children, one brother and one sister, Mrs. Margaret E. Win gard. Dr. H. M. Hendrix of Beaufort, a son of Mrs. Hendrix, was in Con cord at the tim.e of his mother's death. A heart attack was the im mediate cause of Mrs. Hendrix's death which came suddenly and was a great shock to relatives and friends. Mr. C. D. Whitehurst motored to Southport Sunday returning the same day wlih Miss Nadine Smith of Gloucester. Oh, Eoy, Home again. State Prison Gets First Woman Banker RALEIGH, Sept. 14 Miss Lena Woodard, 30, former assistant cash ier of the defunct Bank of Prince ton, was brought to State's Prison yes terday to begin serving a three to five year sentence for making false entries that led to the failure of the bank and loss to depositors of about S3R 000. Miss Woodard is the first woman banker ever to be committed to the North Carolina penitentiary. The nrisoner arrived by automoDiie three hours after sentence had been pronounced in Johnston county Su perior Court by Judge Henry A. Gra dy. She was charged with embezzle ment, accepting deposits after she knew the institution was Insolvent, and making false entries. Through her attorneys. Abell and Shepherd, the defendant offered a plea of nolo contendere to the false entry charge, and Solicitor Clawson Williams, who was assisted in the prosecution by I. M. Bailey, State Banking Department Attorney, and Ed F. Ward, nol prosed the other two charges. Miss Woodard's father, George Woodard, formerly of Princeton,, but now of Wake County, who was the cashier of the wrecked institution, was indicted on the same charges as his dautrhter. but tendered a plea of guilty to violating the misdemeanor banking "statute. He contended that he knew nothing of what was going on until the crash was upon the bank, Judge Grady let him go with a sus pended sentence upon payment of the costs. The bank was closed on February 3, 1925 by W. L. Williams, State Bank Examiner. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Realtv transactions for the week as recorded at the office of the Reg ister .of Deeds are as follows: Beaufort Realty Corp. to James B. Fleet, 2 lots West Beaufort, for $330. T. C. Wade Sheriff to Samuel Col lins, tract Beaufort Township, for taxes paid. C. T. Gillikin and wife to C. A. Seife'rt, I lot Cape Lookout, for $100. T. J. Godwin and wife to Cicero T. Goodwin, 30 acres, Cedar Island, for $10. W. E. Currier and wife to Nora Oglesby Foreman, 1-2 acre Harlowe Township, for $100. G. L. Arthur etal to F. L. Fuller, 1 lot Morehead City, for $800. Walter R. Powers and wife to D. B. Willis, 1 lot Morehead City for $1300. E. H. Gorham and wife to W. A. McGlohon and wife, 1 lot Sunset Shores, for $1000. E. H. Gorham and wife to Chas. S. Wallace, 1 lot Sunset Shores, for $1000. JEWELRY SALE STILL GOING ON Th big removal sale of the B. A. Bell jewelry business is still going on. This concern expects to move into its handsome new quarters in the Potter building about October the first. In the meantime all stock on hand is being sold at sacrifice prices. The sale will positively close on Oc tober' the first. See large advertise ment for a few of the bargains being offered. Adv. Scout Master Rose Presented With Cup The Boy Scout meeting Tuesday evening was held in honor of Mr. M. S. Rose the retiring Scout Master who has left for Reidsville where he will be amember of the Reidsville school faculty. Mr. T. W. Brinson, Scout Committeeman, acted as toastmaster for the occasion in a most fitting manner. He spoke highly of the work done by Mr. Rose among the boys. Reverend L. L. Smith also spoke in high terms of Mr. Rose's work. , A handsome loving cup suitably engraved was presented to Mr. Rose on behalf of the scouts by Mr. J. A. Hyrnaday in a very pleasing talk. Several of the boys expressed their regrets at losing their former Scout Master. Mr. Rose responded to the various speakers, assuring them of his appreciation and of his regrets at leaving Beaufort. Refreshments consisting of ice cream and cake were served. MAfcRIAGE LICENSES. The following permits to wed have been issued at the Register of Deeds office since last week: Willie Grady and Mamie Collins, Beaufort. D. A. Ballou and Katie G. Guth rie, Moiehead City. Mr. L. W. Hassell of Beaufort spent Monday in Raleigh. SCHOOL OPENING DREW BIG CROWD Probably Thousand People Present. Many Express Ad miration For New Building ENROLLMENT NOW IS LARGE The opening of the new public school for white children in Beaufort Monday drew a large crowd of par ents, children and spectators. The large auditorium downstairs was not ouite filled but as there were many people standing in the rear and in the halls the entire number present must have been close to one thousand. There was considerable difficulty in hearing the speakers owing to the confusion in the back of the audi torium and the halls. The opening exercises started at a few minutes past nine when a proces sion headed by Superintendent R. L. Fritz walked upon the large rostrum. After America had been Bung Pastor Leland L. Smith of Ann Street Meth odist church made the opening pray er and he was followed by Dr. G. W. Lav. rector of St. Paul's church who read a selection from 2nd Kings, 13th chapter, 14th and 19th verses. Dr. Lay made a short address in which he urged pupils and teachers to co operate in their work to put forth ev ery effort to achieve success. Chairman of the school board U. E. Swann, said that the wishes which the people df the town had felt for many years was now about to be realized. He congratulated the peo ple upon the fact and spoke of the efforts put forth by the board, Super intendent Fritz and the contractors to get the building completed in time for the ODeninsr. He said the two buildings were excellent ones and that praise was due U. A. Underwood and the Davis construction Copora- tion for the efficient way in which they had done their work. Mr. Swann gave facts and figures as to the cost of the two school bulidinga which he said had been erected at a. remarkably low cost every thing con-, sidered. He closed his remarks with an appeal to the pupils, teachers and parents to support the school in ev ery way. City Attorney M. Leslie Davis spoke briefly and was followed by Superintendent Fritz with instruc tions to teachers and pupils in regard to starting their work, - For the most part ciitzens who at tended the school opening Monday were loud in their praise of the build ing. A few however discovered some faults in the acoustics of the audi torium and in the location, wheih has been a matter of controversy from the beginning. Considerable clean ing u;i needs to be done on the grounds and will be done as soon as possible. The funds allocated for the two buildings have been exhaust ed; in fact a small deficit exists which must be taken c'.re of in some way. The enrollment in the white school is 584 and in the colored school it is 288 this session. A considerable number of children from the rural districts are attending the school for whites. Mrs. T. O. Osmundson and children of Portsmouth, Va., visited her par ents Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Whitehurst last week returning home Sunday. TIDE TABLE Information as to the tides at Beaufort is given in this col umn. The figures are approx imately correct. Some allow ances must be made for varia tions in the wind and also with respect to the locality, that is whether near the inlet or at the heads of the estuaries. High Tide Lew T ide Friday, September 16 A. M. 5:10 P. M. 6:03 11:12 11:47 A. P. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. Saturday, September 17 12:12 A. M. 6:07 A. P. M. 7:01 P. 12:51 1:19 2:01 Sunday, September 18 A. M. 7:12 P. M. 8:23 Monday, September 19 A. M. 8:23 A. P. A. :30 :10 P. M. 9:30 P. Tuesday, September 20 3:39 4:13 A. M. 9:33 P. M. 10:30 A. P. Wednesday, September 21 4:39 A. M. 10:36 A. 5:09 P. M. 11:05 P, Thursday, September 22 5:31 A. M. 11:22 A, 5:57 P. M. 11:33 P,
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