Heading Is To The Mind What F&ercise Is To The IJody
BY.W. G. MEBANE
vol: xy, .
BEAUFORT, N. C. THURSDAY JANUARY 22 1923
"NUMBER 3
V
EVEY THURSDAY
1
POST OFFICE FiGHT i
Morehead City Postmas
ter Question Not Settled
; (Greensboro News)
Washington, Jan. 8.; Trouble
still lies ahead of Robert.T.
" Wade, the Moiehead City Demo
crat and newspaper pnblisher.
renominated by the President for
for postmaster, Republican oppo
sition in the Senate to the Wade
appointment apparently is as
strong as ever. - .'
Senator 'Thomas Sterling, of
South Dakota, , chairman oLthe
, subcommittee which conducted
an investigation into the original
appointment of Mr. Wade, has
noted with interest that the
President ha3 again seiitjn the
nomination but this evidently
has not changed the Senator's
opinion abputfthe"controversy.
, Asked if he had given recent
thought to the Morehead City
case Senatui Sleiling smilmgy
said;
"Yes he said I
President has sent
ination again.
a Real Estate Transfers
L. F. Pelletier and ""Wife to
Lewis and Herbert Rice lot No
42 in town of Beaufort, con. $1600
J. A. Harrison and others to
J. Li Edwards; lot " far town of
Newport, con $10 and ect. f ; ;
VL. W. Nelson and wife to C'G.
Nelson, tract in Straits township
consideration $500. , " .
Mary F. anb J. M." Kern an to
Geo. cradle, 5 1-2 acres inSmyrna
townsnip con. 3LU.uw : 4 ,
D. D. Hardesty and wife to Ira'
Fodrie one loun Harlowe town:
ship con. $2100.-
c. W. Gorham and wifeto c. B.
Barket, four acers in Newport
township, con $200. '
Dr.H. Gorham to 7. ,V. Butts.
tract in Morehead city con. $3000
N. C. TOBACCO CROP GREAT
Tobacco Industry firings
Enormous Wealth Into
T' State '
Will Raise Bulkhead
see that the
in the nom
However, my im
pression Is this second nominatie
will meet the same fate as that
accorded the first.- We probably
- will consider it soon." -y-
Thefateot the tirst nomina
tion of Mr. Wade was rejection
of the senate committee on posi
offices and : postroads, which
filed an "exhaustive adverse re
port asserting thar the spirit
the civil service laws had been vi
olated in the nomination of the
Morehead City Democrat. This
contetion was attaked by the
zfVV Democrats of the senate committ
V bufsince the Republicans are
J control they have the whip
S V in the situation.
Republican to .
Senato'r Sterling's brief state
ment inbicates that when Mr.
Wade's nomination is acain be
.fore the senate committee the
majority members will stand pat
on the record of the hearinjs
and again report it adversely.
These hearings, which were
conducted during the special
t r i
session oi ingress, cuniinueu
for several days and went
thoroughly Into the Willis-Wade
controversy, Ammg the wit
nesses heard were Mr. Wade
and his Republican competitor,
Clevelad H. Willis; members of
. thecfvil service commission and
former members ot the commis
sion; First Assistant Postmaster
General Koons, and several busi
ness men of Morehead Citv.
Senator Simmons and Repre
sentative Bnnson were in at
tendance "pon the hearings.
After the hearings the control
ing Regublicans recommended
that the nomination be rejected
"T' !eouse""therreclassincation"
of ratings, which put Mr. Wade
ahead pf Mr. WilliMhe latter
having originally headed the
eligible list were Irregular and
violative of cival service rules
and fair play.
While it is improbable further
hearing! will ba held if the dis
position of Senator Sterling is
the disposition also of his com
mittee colleagues, the second
Wade nomination is likely to
--.7- receive prompt disapproval .
Tlmy af Pananea, If Wr.
illl.lrxl bad twrn naughty and Iff
r, nxhrr bad told bar t tit aa chair
aad think baw aorry aba araa, U tba
aaatlt bar frltod SHubata earaa
ta tba door for Ulldrtd to com aa
N ptay. Babbla ni to tba 4oor and aai4,
nkf raat cos aat aha'a baa? baiaf
The News is in receipt of
communication from Congress
man S. M."Bainson enclosing a
copy of a letter from Captian J.
K. D. Mathesoft ot . the U. S.
Corps of ' Engineers. In regard
to th bulkhead channel at Beau-
fort Captain Matheson says.
With' reterence to - the 1m
provement of the bulkhead
Channel at Beaufort. I wish to
state that contracts have recent
ly been let and thereunder wil
commence about frebruary firsi
for raising the bulkhead to the
level of high water wh'.ch is be
lieved will ten d to deepen the
channel at that point by confin
ing the tidal flow to the channel
instead of dermitting it to move
at right angles to the channel as
Letter From A; H. Outlaw
Raleigh; Jjuv 18.'Tobacco has
been the primary crop to make
North ; Caao'.im" rank fourth in
the value of all crops among The"
states of the nation," according
o Frank Parker; Director of - the
states Crop Reporting Service.
ii nis envianie rans classes ; ner
next to Illinois and Iowa. ThisH
is no idle dream as it is so an
nounced from the Federal Bu
reau of Crop estimates. 7 :
'iWe held first place in the val
ue of the tobacco crop last year
not-with-standing Ke n t u c k y's
large lead in production; soy it is
but fair to give our ; competitor
first place with the 1919 crop.
We can still bow to her and re
mark, "Our .weed is recognized
the world over as the best for it
sold eight - cents higher " above
Virgins, who Is our neai est euui
Editor of the News: y 1 .
--t v , . ' I wish to
announce to the public through
the colums' of your paper that as
Superintendant of Public" Wel
fare of Carteret Couuty, V shall
within the limintations of my
ability, , do ,all that 1 can to
promote the work ; assigned me
7 , UidsFbr Bridge '
Bid&for the constructionof a
timber bridge sixty feet long and
two inclined approaches ach 100
feet long across the; Old Canal
neaf Harlowe, Carteret county, a
few feet south "of the existing
bridge, wH be received by the
Chairman of the Board of county
commissioners at Morehead City
Disease Present In Mild
Form Board Adopts Dras
tic Regulations
REWARD of $10, and no ques
tions asked, paid for return of
fishing .reel taken from the
Davis House a few days ago.
A J.Cooke.
IN Memory of Grace Dun
can Eure
The sympathy of the whole
community was out) when on
Sunday morning it ws known
that at midnight little Grace Eure
had passed a"ay. The cal' so
sudden, so unexpected:, one day
romping with ' ihe children at
school, two days later the com
panion of angels and of the re
deemed. Littile Grace was the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. 1
Eure and eight years old.
She was a bright attrrctive
child, and apt in her studies, in
telugent, very helpful in the home
conscientious, of a deeply rHigi.
ous nature and having implicit
faith in God.
We shall miss her, but not for
long:
Soon we shall join her in the
bright celestical clima.
Pastor R. F. Bumpas
Teachers Enertained
Mrs. G. W. Duncan delightfully
entertained last rrwiay evening
in honer of the Graded School
Thachers
Games were played and a temp
ting Salad course was eeivcd
Those enjoying Mrs. Duncan
hospitality were Misses May
Morris, Lillian Morris. Emily Lot-
tin, Lessie Arlington, Annie
petitor in average price, and ov
er fifteen cents a pound higher
than Kentucky's crop'
."As with cotton, the prefimr
nary estimates were too low.
there having been a natural far
mers' bias-downward in acreage
and yield ot the tobacco " crop.
The July estimates were for 264.
000,000 pounds but the October
estimates survey, together with
the sales to that date, indicated a
probable "crop of '010,000,000
pounds. It now looks like the
crop may reach more than 315,-
000,000 pounds with a total value
of $157,000,000. The bulk' of our
sales were made during the low
and ascending price period while
Kentucky is Denenung Dy tne
areT and higher prices. -"North
Carolina's sales aver
a$red approximately as follows:
July eight millions at ifcJi.bb
August twelve millions at $25.51;
September seventy nine millions
at $41.10; October one hundred
and three millions at $50.85; and
November fifty millions at $67.94
December sales averaged $53.94
but the droR from November is
due largely to big sales of scrap
and low grades usually common
at the close of the season, it is
estimated now that 12,040,000
of the farmers virgin weed is
still unsold. Only two per cent
of the crop sales was unreported
by waiehouses according to the
Ciop Reporting Service estimates
The December producers
sales amounted to 33,159,298
oounds which was abont two
thirds of the amount sold last
December. The season's first
hand sales have already amount
ed to over three hundred millions
of pounds, which averagetf about
52 cents. The acreage harvest
ed is officially estimated by ' the
Bureau of Crop Estimates al
554.000 acres and the yield at 560
pounds per acre making 310,Z4U,
000 pounds
The nation's crop is estimated
by the Federal Department
in saH office. And I, therefore, for a period of ten days after .die
bespeak the hearty co-operation appearance of this advertisement
of all ii this great undertaking. Plans and ' specifications may
There is. not a shadow of a oe oDtained trom the County En-
doubt but wjiat every ' response gineer at Beaufort, -w upon
ble matt in our county; would be the payment of $1.00 -as an evi-
wiiiinff"tnnTflnvthintr . that lies oence ot good taith, which will
.". o, " L.- ' t -a 4 .. .
withid his power to increase the reiuna-a upon tne return ot
Dublia ' school - attendance5 and Ps and specifications in good
' ii: ! l.1 . r . ' ..a. I nrnpr .
raise tne stanaara 01 ngm living , w . .
amonjr iuveniles. av - I c-S: Wallace, Chairman
; The duties-whJ fall to me ' Morehead uty
upon the acceptance of welfaire Ue Hooper, Engineer
work' are to enforce the School L Beaufort, N. C
Attendance Law and also the Re-Sale Thomas Property
Child Labor Law, see that . de- , y , ' U,' , 4
linmipnt snd idiotic children are I Ihe re-sale of a -Part of the
. ... . I T1 i 1 . . .
properly cared for, assist in' any HwnJdS esiie ,l0 Pace nere
wybssMedreport all ob- Eri ZLFii
jevis, 01 .cnamy ana cnantaoie wa3 that , Dr. C: 1 L. Duncan
institutions to the State Board bought he farm, property vfor
of charities and Public Welfare. $28,350 and the water lot on
Also to act as cheif probation f t street was bid in for $3300
T urill cav Mafr T im nt tht sir.
vice of the general public ! and Governor Bickett Returns
with "its united effort "In report
ing all such cases either by i per- Governor Bickett returned last
son or by letter, there can be Saturday from his hunting j trip
some real constructive work -ac- down Core Sound. He was the
comDlished Publi: -welfare Kuestot the Carteret Club and
means dutv to the ooor. the un- had a fine outing; He succeed
ortunate, the insane, the prison-1 ed m killing quite.a number of
er and the neclected. It means ducks and express! as . mmsel:
urthenKore the encouragement Shaving enjoyed his vacation
nf ,v.ert,a wni ry greatly. While here, he
virrtnmJlnt flnrl nttark iinon vice WaS St for a few hours a
. ... 1 -.- - UL.L. . , 9T r
a e; na nr tua Krrpct name oi wr. n. v. iNorcom
Mtnres is education of the child-
ren arid community. , census laKer imsy now
it is Rtncprplv hnnfd that m
. I fsnctlO Totor W 17 Purlins in
any . community , wnere tne as- . . unu
sistance is needed of the above now DUSy on lus rounas una
tVmt if will tp. out; how many . people who
Dorted immediately to me. 1
shall be very glad to "assist in
any way possible for their relief.
Rev. A. H. Outlaw,
Morehead City, N. C.
Siipt. Publid Welfare
1IV11UI(, bull MJ, niilllC . tiiav J-. . ,, , mnt J
r.ihha and MiviThomaa Mra1the yield at 731 pounds per acre
lames Kumley, Williaraliatsel. I the total production 1389,456,000
John 1 hadwtck, Rotand Bell ' with an average price of 39 cents
Jmes Gardner, Otis Moore. ffi vine ths entire ctod a value
MArtnn-, mu, $542,547,000 which is Quite a rec
" iiimi.i Ul I ....... lr
i laid un thi ord. Kentucky leaas wun oo.
C. D.
9 . -
tne iNews lorce is laid up
wesk with the influenza.
NFLUNZA EPIDW
IS
The flu" was
:1
a little, slow
getting here but it ; has finally
made its appearance in Beaufort .
At least an infections disease
which the physicians say resera-
bles very closely the epidemic of
ast year is prevalent in the town '
In the past two weeks quite a
number of persons have hsd the 7
malady. : No exact figures are
obtainable by the News but es
imates seem to indicate; fifty
cases or more. In several in
stances almostSentireffamilies-
nave had the disease, but it has
so far been of a mild ; type . for .
he most part." In order to combat
the disease and prevent its furth
er spread the Board ot Commis
sioners haye decided to , re-enact
the stringent law; adopted last -.
year while the dpidemic was on
with one or two-adoptions to it.
claim Beaufort asheir place of
residence. He has been at work
at ihe job since the 2ud day of
the month and will probably
finish up this week. He has no
figures to give out yet but is of
the opinion thatt6wn's popula
tion will be close to three thous
and. -
Political A iii:oi: iv.t
The Nsws is earring this week
Hank Of Beaufort Holds
Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Bank of
Beaufort was held in its.banking the first palitical announcemets
room last Thursday, that it has for the year 1920.
J, A. Hornady Jr. the new cash- They are those of Messrs N
ier was the only chnge in the L. Carrow of Beaufort and Troy
personel of the bank's officers Morris of Atlantc, both of whom
all others being reelected. A are seeking the Republican nomi
meeting of the directors was also nat:cn for Register of Deeds
held on the day. The affairs of There are rumors to the effect
the Bank of Beaufort were found that there will be several candi-
to te in a ver" satisfocta y skape dates In the field for- the other
a steady izln its' resources and county officers but so for none
business having taken place in have announced themselves on
the year past. On the account either the Republican ar Demo-
of increased business nacessita- cratic sides.
ting larger quaters the officers
of the bank are considering the Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Harris
matter 01 secunnz anoiner duiui- 01 uiauc dm. aim t u n
J E baiter
This ordinance,,' which forbids.
the gathering of J crowds any
where closed, schools, .churches
picture shows ' and - the likfi for
one week. , Next Monday the
board will meet at 10-30 a. m.
and decide whether t continue
t or not. vflr':' '
,; A meeting of the commission-'
ers, several physicians, preachers
and teachers ' was held Monday
at 'which the matter wai fully
discussed - Those taking part in
tne - aiscussion - were ursi. u,
Duncan, P. B. Loftin, J. A. Siske,
C. L. Swindell, Reverends C Vf.
Lay, Harry Day J. S. Belf, Mrs.
N. Ph Geoffroy,. Supdrintendant
Ferguson and others. " V"
The consensus of opinion was
that some preventive measures
should be taken bnt there was j
a difference of opinion as to how
ar this should go. Dr. Loft
pposed closing the schools bu
thought gathering around the
postof fice and depot . should be
stopped. Dr. Swindell thought
the job might as well be ! done
thoroughly now as any time.
The Board ot Commissioners
met after the first meeting was
over and after some discussion
decided to sdopt last year's or,
dinance with some further
amendments. Commissioner
Doane offered motion to this, ef
fect and all the commissioners
voted on it Copies of the ordi
nance were ordered to be printed
and distributed around town.
So once more the town is under
. a 1. 1 I a "
very stria neaitn regulations.
Straits Items.
Miss Kathleen Jams left
day for Raleigh , "
Fri.
W.H- Stewart returned Tues
day from Washington. ;
Miltonchabwickwas in Beau
fat Saturday on business." :
ing.
Marriage License
Fojr members ot the family
of W. E. Skarren are sick . with
influenza.
OoTmtTtifit l nut an 4I (hut
0 fouailrr larnH ertr 10 foaifrlif
alltvaipl4. It I InviliaflM,
Bit ttlvrttr. hlc fall Bpla
ti proraaa of acatloa cwUiow,
I OalTla CoM(.
500,000 pounds averaging $38.20,
giving a value of $174,383,000,
The rank Mn total value among
the states is Kentucky first.
North Carolina second, Virginia
third, Ohio fourth, Te:;:.essee
fiftn, and South Carolina sixth.
eianii kil MiiaiJa a t P"'li
1UM iuj M aa atn ml fU
Only one marriage license has
been issued recently by the Reg
ister of Deeds. This wtstot'has.
Heuser and Laura B. Sykes of
Cedar Point;
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