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Merchant Marine Matters
Tp Be Considered
Very Soon
Washington, Dec. 31.
(Special Correspondence)
Senator Wesley . L' Jones of
Washington, Chairman of the
a Vmi comm ee win oegin
hearings January 12 on general
ship policy legislation. It is . the
intention to take up at that tiitfe
the various proposals that have
been submitted dealing with the
transfer of the' huge merchant
marine fleet now owned by the
Government to private interests.
It is the concensus of opinion
that the Federal government
should not continue in the busi-
ness of operating merchant ships
but just how completely it should
divest itself of control over the
fleet now owned by it is a ques
tion on which there are many
different opinions. Senator Jones
intends to hear all sices of the
controversy and reach a conclu
sion that will be just to all parties
concerned. The problem is second
only in its importance to the
"railroad hill just passed by the
Striate.
WOULD REDUCE GOV. USE ' OF
PRINT PAPER
Chairman Steenerson of the
House Post Office Committee
has introduced a resolution in
the House calling upon the Gov
ernment departments to report
what reductions in the use of
print paper can be made by their
establishments. Specific inquiry
'. is made as to whet her a ten "per
cent cut would be too severe. In
view of the immense quantity of
paper that is used in tbp publi
cation of tfSe periodicals issued
by nearly every bureau, and
which have been charged to be
largely propaganda, it Would ap
pear that Mr. Steenerson's es
timate of ten per cent is a very
modest one.
H. C. L HITS CENSUS TAKING
The cost of census taking has
gone up like every other item
that enters into the expenses of
the Government. The Director
of the Census has asked Congress
for an additional appropriation
of $2,550,000 for taking the four
. teenth decennial census next year
' ' V'j; He has already bee" alloted $15,
000,000 for the purpose but de
clares that the amount will r.qt
be sufficient to cover expenses.
ADDING $475,000,000 TO OUR
TROUBLES ,
The Secretary of the Treasury
has written a letter to Chairman
Fordney of the House Ways and
Maan'.' Committee giving his
reasons for not insisting on the,
immediate payment by European!
countries of the interest du on
"'their obligations' to the United
States The. interest apunts
to $475,000,000 per year, but Sec
retary Glass believes that while
the rate of exchange is sd adverst
to foreign countries demand for
its payment should not be made.
Mr. Glass i alscrrontends- that if
immediate, payment were insisted
uoon it would result in "not qply
seriously retarding economic res
toration of those countries, but
also destroying their powei to
make purchases in our markets."
Many Republicans are of the
opinion that Americans should
not be taxed that huge amount
onn.inllv merely to assist in re?
Z: the Old World. They
th.it our own economic res
toration will be retarded to just
Much More Fruit Should
Be Raised In North
Carolina 7
Raleigh.X C. Pec 28th. .
The present high prices of
fruits should have the effect of
stimulating larger plantings of
fa b the pinion
nofeorti
culturalrprafist of the North
Carolina Extension Service.
Though a fine fruit State,
North Carolina has never pro
duced & sufficient amount of
fruit for local use.0 It is a fact
that numerous farm homes, both
in pur lowlands and mountains,
do tipt even have the semblance
of an orchard, and that our city
and country people alike arc
greatly dependent upon outside
sources for their fruit supply. -
North Carolina is not excelled
by any state in the diversity of
its fruit eropsi It is possible to
produce choice f ruit of one . kind
or another from the mountains
down to the lower mucklands.
Of course, no One locality in the
State is adapted p the com mer
cial production of all the different
kinds of fruit, bu every section
may produce at least one or two,
or perhaps mere, for market use,
and a much greater number for
home use. It is simply a question
0f selecting those kinds which
are adapted to the particular
section. .
In order to assist in the proper
selection of different varieties,
and to eliminate the common
complaint of . those who state
that they do not know 1 what to
plant, the Department of Agricul
ture has issued a bulletin on "The
Home Orchard",which gives the
varieties of fruit recommended
for planting in the costal plain,
piepmont and mountain sections.
This bulletin also gives the
plan of iheorchn d, and the num
ber of trees needed for a certain
area. By following the recom
mendations outlined, it will be
possible for the home owner to
supply fruit for his table, as well
as to have some for the local
markets. In addition, a well kept
orchard will add greatly to the
appearance and salability of any
plantation. Most anyone wishing
to buy a farm will be glad to pay
an advanced pnee for the land
when it has a well keptrchard.
This bulletin, which was issued
in February, 1918, is available lo
.my citizens of North Carolina,
free upon request, as long as the
preset supply lasts. .
Irt addition to the bulletin, the
Extension Service has now added
an Extension Horticulturist, Mr.
Paul T. Schoolev. who is ready
to assist the fruit growers of tht
State on ay of their problems.
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Captain Thos
lllkin
- r Pass4way
Captain Thos. Gilllkin of Mar
hallburg well known citizen
of Carteret connty,diJ at h
home there Tuesday morning.
Captain Gillikin had been in de
clining health for some months
and his end although greatly re
gretHH was not unexpected. He
wa about sixty three years of
age. His widow and several
sonJ and daughters survive him.
the money due us. . ;
The House has ordered 100,000
copies of Gen. Pershing's recent
I complete report on thenar to be
Tprinted for distribution. Send to
your Congressman fof a copy. ;'
Sealevel News. . .
John Franklin Hamilton at the
present time i- engaged n' the
oysteVbusinesswill soon' erect
a large grocery store,od the cop
her of the ' central ana main
highway - just in the bumesi sec
tion of the town.
Mr. and Mrs. Almon Hamilton
of New Bern are spending the
holidays with their parents. ; $
Keeper and Mrs Mitchell Ham
ilton returned to Portsmouth'
Friday after spending the hop
days with their parents .
U. L. Rose left Friday for
MoreheadJ City where he - w01
place an order with a local, vauip
dealer for a fine cat but I expect
that it will rust out before he
gets a chance to drive it on any
county road. , -'
Capt. W. H. Gaskill bird-of
the sound left Monday .on his
way to New Bern to carry the
oaster Kine a fine cargo of
oysters. '
A. B. Taylor has a smije that
has about r'ined his moutji since
the stork left t here a fine girU
A very delightful party was
given at the home of M'S. D. J.
Gaskill Christmas eve night quite
a number of young people at
tended and they all report they
had a very good time.
Mrs. M. A, Taylor and son- re
turned Saturday after spending
Christmas in New Bern with
her husband.
Winstein1 Lewis-of Bfeufor
is spending the week end hereParms Company,
visiting friends.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Small left
Monday for an extended visit
up the state. "
Miss Fannie Robinson leftd
Monaay lor rine Levei to bpei u ;
r t 1 I
the weeK ena witn ner uncie
Rev. S. H. Styron.
W. R. Taylor : wh attends
College at Norfolk1 Va. will leave
Wednesday to resume has studi
es after spending the holidays
with his parents.
Julian Gaskill. rill leave this
week for Ayden to resume his
studies after spending " the holi
days with his barents.
Fulford Hamilton has teen
awarded the position as General
manegei of Smalls large grocery
store.
North River.
Adrow Wade Orinetal return-
e4 home Sunday after spending
several daya here with relatives.
Miss Neva Willis who is teach
ing near Newport sprtit the, holi
days herewith' heir parentO 7"
Mr. and Mrs. George Collins
of Wildwood spent week here.
- Wiflram Piner of Washington
is here for a few days- visit to
his brother E. W. Pinar. v
Mrs. Paul Beachem returned
home Monday from Alliance
where she was called at the
death of her nephew.-
Mrs, Cnas. Smith and son (
Beaufort spent the week here.
Charles, William & EK- Dun
can of Raleigh who have been
here for a few days, returned
ho.:ie Monday afternoon
Ic2 Company Will Double
Size OfJMant Increase
. . Capital Stock.
A meeting oHhe stockholders
of Beiufyfrt Ice Company was
held Monday night at which it
was decided to take steps at once
to double the sfeejQijtsplant
Ile.presenteapadty' of the
factory is ten tons a day and
this will be increased to twenty
tons a day thus assuring Beau
fort ot a plentiful suply of ice for
next Summer. A stock dividend
ot 33 1-3 per cent was declared
and $4000 worth of hew " stock
will be sold. This increases the
capitafsjoclc from $12,000 to, $20.
000 The directors were also
authorized to barrow additional
funds to use in making the en
largement of the plant, When
the ice factory was first built
and for a number of years after
wards it was plenty lairge enough
to meet all demands but the in
creased fish ,business jiere and
other demands have out grown
the producing capacity, of the
plant. The contemplated enlarge
ment will probably be . sufficent
to supply all the ice needed by
the community for some time
to come.
Real Estate Men Here
O. G. Striederof Fort Wayne
and'G! C. Moore of LaFayette,
Indiana, two large real estate
dealers of that section arrived
here yesteayand rare spend-
ing a few -days 'inspecting
the lands of the Virginia-Carolina
Tiiese gentle-
men Will represent the company
lt l i .
ing to send a number of settlers
here before the year ends. No
effort will be made to sell the
open grounds property to any
body except capable" farmers.
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Several have alread been
made and the buyers will arrive
here between now and the first
of March. These new farmers
will put some of their lands un
der cultivation this spring and
will show1 what can be done with
them. It is the intention ot the
company to resume drainage op
erations at an early date.
A stockholders meeting of the
Bank of Beaufort will be held at
fl2 o'clock.M. January 15th, 1920,
at the office of the Bank for the
purpose of electing Directors for
the ensuing year, and for such
other business as may come be
fore the meeting This 29th day
of December, 1919.
T. C. Wade, Cashier.
Mirriaifs Licence
Thete was a cocsiderable ring
ing of wedding bells around this
part of the county during the
Christmas holidays. Assistant
Register of Deeds J. R. Jinnett
issued marriage perm it ts to the
following named couples:
Ive,y Guthrie and Annie L.
Delamar of Beaufort. ' '
JaVt Caffrey nd Bertie Lee
RichardsofT of Beaufort.
D. J. Word North Hjrlo e ind
Lera Garner of Newport.
H. I. Taylor of New Bern and
Sallie fi. Wilson of Crisfield, Md,
Watoh as Cemsasa.
"o use the watch a a ompaea,
ring die watch Into a position so that
the hour hand. pointing toward .the
sun. The south then Ilea midway be
tween whatever hour It may be and
the numeral XII on the dial of tad
watch. . .
On Christmas night, Decem
ber 25th. Mr. Ivy Guthrie and
Annie Delamar were united in
marriage at the ; home of the
bride on' Marsh -street. ' The
wsduing was a quiet affair, only
mempers of their families Jbeing
present 1 The ceremony was per
formed by. Rev; R. F. Bumpass.
boath of
uus piace ana nave a large circle
of friends here."
Announcement
Mrs. Loreno Richardson an
nounces the Marriage " of , hur
daughter Bertie 'Lee , to Mr,
James Ve.non :Caffrey Friday
December the Twenty Sixth
Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen
Beaufort, North Carolina , ,
4
R2ST0RE HISTORIC SPOT
TO
City of New Orltant Taking ft t
PreMrvt and Beautify BleffldJUV,,
. .Landing Place. . 1
' An effort Is being made In Jfew Or
leaqa .to restore the old historic spota
around th"eity. With the restoraUotf
of the old Place fl'Ariapi the rehabili
tation of the Cabtldo and the Pontlba
apartments which urround It. and the
prefwrvatlon tf all as an - artistic cen
ter for the old French and Spanish
quarter, an effort Is being made to re
store 'and preserve the landing place
of Bienville, where he first se foot on
the high land In 1720, at the place h
was destined to convert Into Nouvelle
Orleans. This landing place, which
lies on th river directly "taclng f th
Place dArme, which la bow Jackson
square, la covered with the switch
tracks of the Southern Pacific and
public Belt railroads, and with a pari
of the large steel warehouse belonging
to the Doara or commissioners oi um
port of New Orleans.
Supporters of the Louisiana State
museum have appealed to the mayor
and the various civic organizations to
have thege shtds and rallrond tracks
removed ot once, . innsmuoh as the
land, clear from the Cahlldo to the
Tlver Itself, wus expropriated some
Ooie ago to be put In historical and
BrtnKjc reserve. As all the water
front of New Orleans and the east
bank of the river belongs to the cjty
and state forever, the completion of
the artistic center is sure of accom
plishment. ACCEFTED MANDATE OF FATE
Young English Soldier Proved Him.
self Werthy When Called to Posi
tion of Responsibility.
When Kudynrd Kipling's "The Man
Who . Would He' King" was published
!t was regarded as an excursion Into
the Improbable. If mt the Impossible.
It was the Anglo-Saxou Imagination
accepted by the colorful Hindustani
clvillzntjn.
But tlit sober chronicles of the war
have out-done Klplng. Thorueycroft,
a twentj-two-year-ol(WBrltlsh trooper,
found himself stranded in Turkey
after Towns'hend's ill-fated offensive.
Nothing daunted,' he accepted his pre
dli aineiit as a mandatory of Fate. He
proceeded to rule over a territory con
taining BO villages and 6O.MO0 people,
and he ruled them until relieved by
the martial law brought by Allenby'a
troops. The son of a hotel keeper of
Bristol, he proved at the test that he
was of Imperial fiber.
Truth Is stranger than fiction. It
always has been and always '.will be,
with Tommy Atkins or his first cousin,
the doughboy, as protagonist-. Each
powMwi Hj ewU apirtt tlmt sseane
dsptablllty, ajpttter what the enter
g'ney. Marshal Jeffre a Catalenlan. ".
possibly with more reason than the
seven claimants to the birthplace of
Homer, Catalonia makes out a good
case for asserting that Marsha! Joffi
belongs to her by right of blrta. The
great estop'per Of. the German- first of
fensive I" a native of Perplgnan.
where, the Catalonlan race predom
inated' In past ages and where today
are. found many 'families, which still
retain Catalonia customs , an , laa
gusge. Leading Mjuslneos firms of
Catalonia.- seeking to establish a tangi
ble claim, have appointed a-committee
which Is to proceed to Paris aad
present a sword to the great warrior,
unless bo fulfill a promlso made, at
the peace cnfereee that he will visit
Catalonia. i orhtch case. the presenta
tion will be made at Barcelona. iTbls,
of course, would be the occasloa of
great celebration. . rX
Higher Bida Having Been
Offered--Farm and Water
ots to Be Sold -
By reason of fact that incre;
m
cu uiu uvcr, uk iormer ., saie ,
prices have been offered, . Cleric
of the CourjtX J. Respess 4ias
orderedjy
Thomas shall De soldagaiaJ The
notice of sale and descripton of
the property appears elsewhere
in this issue of the News. ( The
watter lot With a frontage of 66
feet on Front street and the farm
propertyton the New Bern road
are to be sold.' A ten per, cent -raise
was put on the water lot
by ACF. Doane and a' raise lot k
f vie per cent on the farm1 by Dr:
C' L. Duncan, This -starts the .
waterj lot at $3.30dt and thef arm
at $28,350. There was, talK that "
somelother parts of the , estate '
might be sold again buf nothing ,
else'islincluded in. the' pev sale -
confirmed-OThe'sale as advertis
ed is tojtake place at; the, pmt
nouse doorlatlnborf on January .
the 19th.A
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Sermon By, Dr, Ivey
. Dr. T R Ivey editor of the ;
Christian Advocate of Nashville
Tennessee preached an eloquent
sermon to the, congregation of
the Methodist church ' here on
last Sunday. r Dr. Ivey hereon,
a visit to his daughter Mrs M.
Lene Davis Special services '
will beheld in this church on
Wednesday , night to welcome
the New Year in. - :-
Wallace Family Reunion
SChristmas was vervrmuch en-
joyed at the home of Mr. and -
Mrs. J. H. Wallace they both be
ing old but still able to enjoy 1
pretty good health. Mr. Wallace
has seen about ' 82 Christmases
Mrs. Wallace has seen about 66
Christmases.t There were thirty
five of the family and family con
nection there for dinner thev be
ing their children, grand children"
and great grand children and"
their families. Then there were
some of them that did not ' get '
home Xmas. During the day
there was at one time 51 there
in all. There was plenty of dinner
for all and something that was
good too and theri lots of good
things left Everybody enjoyed
themselves fine as though it had
been a picnic After dinner was '."
served and everything deaned
up the crowd was all bunched
and had the " picture of them
rrade In a group. It has not been "
finished yet but when completed
it will be worth looking at
A Guest '
GrUnii'Trom' Eiectnc
.. , riant
aTBalBBiisjBsBBs'
. wTo ontcusb)mers: Wt wish
a very happy and prosperous new
year. We thank you for your pa
tronage during the past year and:
assure you that it has been ap
predated. To give you better ser
vice during the coming year. We
will close at twelve o'clock Mon-f
day night Jan. 5th to install our
new engine... ; ' -
Beaufort Light and Water Dept
C R. Manson, Supt A
Phone 3.
Almost Invisible. -It
la estimated that four miles of aa
ordinary eplder's thread would weigh
icurcaly a grain ,
, ft
that extent it we
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