North Carolina Newspapers

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; A Lucky Tlirawv' I aokaif nlalif Jl InJIma a atcn gdtlBf nt ot'mj alodrtwrl nlrkH ap aa lot hottla lha aty Itiing hand?, and Ihrrw II al alas. II a larky Ibron, fr. alttioaia It 4lrfal all Mas. It etmca tha te4ow an4 tplaltaratf alaa ltkratly alt r4 lat, iratrk Mtia4 alia W (. CVcaj Trtaaaa. Park In Old" Tlmaa. fork waa lha rhirf meal etn -a .-l la all eoantria In Karwca 4oa t tha nlddla at. 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