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"VOL. XV v . . ;. ' BEAUFORT," N. 'C.' .THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 12 1920 ' . . . ' NUMBER 5 "
il 10 IS-; HOOVER? "': r- --' Lisl!!s' ' ..' r44e-s;' Mniic.iM ucijqc ' DEATH ClAIWiS THREE
Much Talked of Candidate
For President is lmosi
: A Foreigner
Washington, Feb. 10.- The
Republican Publicity Association
througli its President, Hon. Jona
than Bourne, Jr., today gave out
the following statement from its
Washington Headquarters:
"The American people should
know something of the life his
tpry of Herbert C. Hoover if he
is to become a candidate for the
Presidency. ' Once the facts are
known there will he exceedincrlv
few Americans who will permit
their votes to aid in the election
. of such a man to our highest off
ice. "Mr. Hoover became of age in
1895. Two years later he enter
ed the employ of Bewick, More
ing & Company, of England and
proceeded. to Western Australia
to manage their mines. In 1899
his services were engaged by the
Chinese - Imperial Bureau of
Mines and he explored the in
terior of that country. In 1900
he built a harbor at Ching Wang
tTow. The next year he became
general manager of the Chinese
Engineering and Mining Com
pany, an English concern formed
tor the purpose of taking jover
other, comnanies engaged in coal
mining in China. In 1902 he
was made a partner N5f Bewick,
Moreing and Company, mine op
erators with headquarters in
London. Thereafter he was ac
tive in the formation and manage
ment of various mining projects
in the far Est.
"Mr. Hoover, so far as disclosed
by h'tnself in who's who, has nev
er seen fit to put a dollar of his
money into the development of
the resources of his own country I
exceDtine a small investment in
Colorado. Every one of his ac
tivities has been in connection
with British capital, in the ex
ploitation of British concessions,
lie is a fellow of the Royal
Geographical Society. the Mining!
and Metallurgy Society, and the
Hakluvt Society, all English asso
ciations. He also graces the
membership roll of the Societies
Ingenieurs Civils de France and
the Societj des Ingenieurs at
des Industrie, of France and
Belgium, resect ively. He is a
member of the IVvonshire, Al
bemarle, and Kanelagh Clubs, all
exclusive Indon associations.
"Practically Mr. Hoover's en
tire business life has been in
partnership with British financi
ers. His-ideas of international
relations have been formed fmm
the British point of view, and un
der the 150 year old British pol
icy of gradual colonization and
absorption of the while world.
All his wealth has ;ipparently
been accumulated through his
British ass'xiatior.s. To elect
such a man President of the Unit
ed States would b as great a
folly as our entrance without re
servations into the league of na
tions." Get ingrrady For Pota
toes The indications are that a
ticht larce crop of potat ws will
I. nlinfrd in this county this
Swnng. Seed
IMMI... - - - ,
now TOr SOtne
time and the farmm nave car -
rl It-fm out to thfir places. A
Vlkll VV....-FI - .
representative ol a nonoiK
produce concern was here last
week distributing seed to grow
ers who will raise crops on
ahares with the produce firm.
Som; seed have already been
planted and if the weather per
mits a erect deal of planting
will be dor.e ihis week and next
Transactions in real estate as
recently recorded in the office
of the Register of Deeds 4 are as
followsr;:-r:r- -r: rc-jr
v J. K. Parker to Wm. S. Bsll l-2
interest in J. Y. U. Bell land in
White Oak township coii.$90Q ;
J. S, Gaskill and :- wife "to : Jho.
W. Gaskill 5 acres in Beaufort
township con.$10 etc. " :" .
Jaraes Salter and wife to Lewis
E. Cannon 42 acres in Merrimon
township con, $250 ?
E. H. Gorham and wife to E.
G. Martin lot 50 by 260 in More
head township con. $400 . . 1
Daisy Willis and husband to
V. B. Salter 1-2 lots 11 and 12 in
square bd Morenead, townsmp
consideration $1900; F : ' " "
Nathaniel Gaskill to Ion P.
Chadwick 6 acres con. ,$10
W; K. Outhne and wife to Jas,
W. Guthrie 1 acre in Morehead
township con. $50.
A. L. Currier and wife to Chas.
Nelson 2 acres in Huntin Quarter
township com $800.
W. J. Moore Jr. to K. r. B,
Bonner lot 12 in square 53 More-
head con, $60. ;
E. R. Mizzell and wife to
Hardy Willis 1-2 lots 6 and ? in
square 23 con. $200.
Benj. Pigott of. New York to
C. A. Oden and W. H. Irving, lot
no. c9 Newtown Beaufort con,
$25.
D .S. Oglesby and wife to Jo.
W , , ppone . 400a.cre.iin More
head township. ton: $2500."
S ate Convention
A State Convention of'lijp
Republican Party is called to
meet in Greensboro on Wednes;
day, iMarch 3rd, 1920, ix Midday
Each Coifnty is entitled to one
delegate and one alternate for
every one hundred votes or fiac
tional part thereof cast at the
last treneral election for Renub-
Hcan candidate for Govenor,
Every Republican County com
mittee is hereby notified to pre
pare for proper selection of its
delegates and alternates.
The objei t of this convention
are to seiect the State Executive
committee and its officers; to
select delegates and alternates
for the Staie-at-large to the Re
publican National Convention;
to recommend to the Primary a
State tieket; and to t transcc;
such other business as is deemed
necessary.
A general invitation to attend
in an advisory capacity, is given
to all who believe in Requblion
Principles, in fair elections in
equitable taxation, in economi
cal administration, in return to
the constitutional Government
of the Fathers, in redeeming our
beloved State and Nation.
A special invitation is cordi
ally extended, to the w omen of
our btate to attend and partici
pate in the deliberations of this
Convention.
By order of Republican State'
executive ommiuee, assemble
on January 6th 1920,
I rank A. Linney, Cmirman
(i illiam Grissom, Secretary.
High School Week
Chapel Hill
At
Chapel Hill, N. C. Feb.- An
nouncement has been made at
the University of.North Carolina
iuui uic annual 11111 ixuuwi) pr( fnm , lf ., ,,,1,,
Week mill be held this year ati t lie mine tor rr: tb.n he f.n
Chnnel Hill. Atiril 202i. Af lhil '. "' ! W tut anew
11 j 1 t' 1 l
iinicsKTTciniiiJuuni iiiKii miuvm, pmr N snld to I
I . . . . .
1 girls and txivs are expected to
m hapel Hill lo participate
and attend the hnai contests tnim-p. Th" giii i.ms aiwMs in-.n
thf hitfh srhnol riebatp. the infpr- there and wmnWy for many yenrs
scholastic track meet, and the ir -
terscholastic tennis tournament.
Lifeboat Invtntee Rewardtd.
Ufelxwia wer Invented by Mr.
Grealhead, who received preiuluni
In ar1lament In May, li .
The follovving is alist of jurors
for the Mirchterm of court: v.
i. Beaufort, II. C. Fodrie, CP,
Tyler, I. N. Moore, . Geo. W.
Lewis, L; C. .Howland, Geo. W.
Weeks, M. F, Spring.
: . Strats, H. D. Chadwick, -' '
Newport, - C. Gould, Rufus
Carner, J' C; Garner! C. II.- Has-
kett. J. T. Graham, C. A, bell,
W.RFodrie.- - ,.
Morehead City, C. E. Wade,
Darnel Wade, G. D.' Canfield,
Harvey Hamilton, Elmer Nichols
D. S. Oglesby, - . " :
Atlantic, A. M. Fulchev Irvm
Robinson, ' '
Sea Level Wallace n. Willis,
AWah Taylor,
Pelletier, S. B. Medows.
Marshallburg, Geo, R, Davis.
Lupton! J. A Lupton. -
Williston, Robt. Wade, Wm. I.
Willis
Roe, Wallace Goodwin,
Otway A. L, Gillikin,
Wildwood, C. S. Watson.
Lukens, J. C. Mason.
Smyrna Jas. B. Davis.
Merrimon, R. B. Bell, w
Roe, W, C. Goodwin,
' Lola M. 1 Goodwin,
StacyJ. A, Lewis;
jGloucesler, S. W. Gaskill.
WANTED ALL HE COULD GET
Elderly Passenger In Airplane Waj
Looking for Some 'Thrills fer
His Good Money.
rZ tast Bummef Kokomq.Iml..had the
usual airplane pilot, who. took pas
sengers up - for SI a - minute. The
pilot was approached one day by
man who was' euxlly within earshot
oT eighty years. The pilot took him
aboard and soared aroand In "Htruij;ht
flying," In order not to give the elder
ly passenger any thrills that, would
btr-lhvrnfprotis to his - henrt iarn.
After the -ustomnry fifteen minutes
he xlld gracefully to the ground and
motioned hU pamenger to' alight.
The old muii compiled, and then
walked up to the aviator.
"Say," he exclaimed, "are ypu a real
flyer? What about Iinmeliiiun turps,
liurrel rollx, loop-the-loopn, none
dive, tull spin, fulling leaf, paucuke,
mil hi i on? I'ju you do any of tlione
thlngr
"Sure," replied the aviator, "but I
did not thiiti: you cared about any of
thone thlajj. They are a' trifle risky,
you know, ami might upset your
stomach."
"Well. I pnld for a good ride and I
expected some of those things." the
pu.Hwiijer cennterod,x "and I ' would
like to cet them. Olve me all you
got. Tumble around In the air like
a porpoise in the ocean."
The nvinior told hlin to cllmo
abourd mill he would accommodate
Mm. lie gave the passenger "H he
bad."
Tluifs fine!" exclaimed the pos
aenger. n he cIIiiiImm! oit of the
cockpit the second time. "That's the
way I like to ride !" Indianapolis
News.
VAST RICHES IN OLD MINES
Wealth Awaits Lucky Prospector.
Who Can Find One, Though Many
Are Known te Exist.
We are nil fanilllsr with Sir Ulder
Haggard's "King Solomon's Mine"
nr was he by any means thr first to
put forward Ihe theory, tl gh In a
romance. I bi t many old and but half
worked inliiin might yet await the
pnllent toll of the searcher. Kxcept
In cse where there had Isfti long
continual use, It I not nt all Improb
able th.it I he: are ancient iiillif"
realty to n-wara . in- iui
tnethisis or toiiiiy. nut now in inann.
we are o.. "the 'lost' gold mine of
twe fpis-r .salmon river district" ba
i,mi 4 h. i ti:nl
Im-cii foil ii -4 by tW'o iirosiM-i-tors and
orkl by them a little; lion they f -II
. ., u ....n-.... .. ..i. I. ...I
it to enrich the
finders, fr iln
from fonr
te' fWt wt.ie with a rj.h iiunrts tr.k
in iht shows ihe gold mm in n
1- - -
has believed It lo he there;
needed lo l-e fiitiml lo add
te the room in s p( fart.
It only
irnHl-r
Tho C attest Way.
Follow ina lb line of the least re
at nam Is what tuakea riven aod me
crooked. liostoo TranacrlpL
w'.The following marriage licens
issued thi3 week, are as follows:
V llllam Pritchett of Bogue to
Clara Hill of Stella, (col) .
Harvey Brown " of Sanford to
Maraie Lewis of Beaufort. '
' Woodard L: Garner of Newport
to Carrie Smith of Pelletier.
MUCH EXPLANATION IN-ORDER
Young Wife Had. to Be Satisfied as to
the Identity of Husband's
' ; "Alma."
A husband newly wl, and also a
gradunte of the University of South
ern California, went to attend a ban
quet on. the campus with a few of his
college mates. He omitted telephon
log his Wife. , ;
When friend husband did arrive
home his wife was almost ready to
tbrenk off diplomatic relations, i
"Where hi i the. world have yon
beenF was her menacing question, ,
"'Why, . dearie, I have b.een out en
joying the evening with my dear Alma
Mater." ' . .' . . ... , , ' :; 4
, ' "Whatr ejaculated his wife, Jump
ing to her feet. ""Alma who T-. Then
tear. ' ' . ' ' ':- 1 --S' -.
.It took the errant head of the fam
ily Just two hours and twenty-Ate
minutes to convince his heart-broken
helpmate that Alma Mater was not an
alluring vampire. Los Angeles Times.
DID NOT NEED INTRODUCTION
First School Teacher Had Met Her
Chum's Friend Somewhat Earlier
In the Day.
These two teachers were chums.
.They' are still chums. The first one
met the second one and was out of
liumar aJoiif; somMntnfcrYhy,-th
mot t terrible thing happened today.
A rcitflar ji!H ot n teacher xtsttetl me.
She didn't even tell me that she en'
Joyed my work when the Visit was
over Just put up her fiead and sailed
lout of the room." V -
The second one essayed comfort and
Invited th 'first one home with her
Y aupmT. Then we'll go to .Btiow
rand forget all about that visitor," she
sala". '
Tlie first one accompnnled her home.
and there In the living room was an
other vlsttor. The second one greeted
the out-of-town cousin and turned to
Introduce her to her friend when the
friend began with a sickly smile:
"Oh. you visited me this afternoon."
Indianapolis News.
The Difference.
"A traveler relates that In Peklni
If a wife dies and the husband fol
lows her remains to the grave he It
not iiermltted to marry again." didact
ically stated Profcwor Pate. "If ht
stays at home It Is an Intimation that
he has further mnlrlmonlnl ambition.
Here In America If the bereaved hii
baud weeps ull the way to the ceme
tery and then It r quires the nulled
efforts of several strong men to keep
hlin from precipitating himself bowl
ing Into the grave the eviM-rlencetf on
lookers allow that la less than three
months he will be stepping nlMiut the
girls and declaring tbnt a mnn Is only
as old as he ee hee! hee! feels."
Kansgs City Star.
Horrors of Entertaining
Hostess- I o have soliie oori
,
4 nil WlilppeO erenm. Mr, i.o.,o"ii
Slansv tJiiint A little i-or
sods, please; I have pli-nu
glue. Boston Tr ni rlpt.
f
erf
Th UHttnets.
toti nre i ke th 1
"The t
this tl-.-
pe le ti
"Hw io n i
They're just fd up w'.ih Tirke;
Why Wc Are l.ate
. The failure ti the -News to
i . ,. . .
,iunitrui un iiiiil- tnis rru en-
tirelv due to ther'fact that the
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"- ... .v-
.tlmrt 4 iit f l-'iw 1 r, n 1i ,t
of paper was shipprd u from
Richmond, Va.jnr.dshoii!l have
a e t .
ied.:e;rfaciico'Us in plenty or unw iov
! our pur,wse, hut it tH'l ivt nrd
hence tle drlay.
The latest to enter the po'iti
ral arena in W. I). Allen of New
port. Mr. Al'rn h a c.indtda'e
for the I'e.wb'iean nom nati n
of Register of Pre c and hi an-
nounufmrr.ta
rre?rs in this
issue of the Newr.
Smithy, Immortalized' by I ong
- -fellow, Still Stands. "
Shop of the Village Blacksmith, ai
Cambridge, Mass., Look Today .
Almost as It Did, When the
Poet Wrote of It ,
In his dlnry of October 6, 1839,
Longfellow made this note: J'Wrote a
new psalm of llft--lt Is 'The Village
Blacksmith.' " '
, And the house of the village black
smith, built: In 1811. still stands In
Onmbrldge, covered with vines and
sought after by. tourists 'and lovers of
the old, although the "spreading chest
nut tree", has been cut aown to maae
room for , the widening -,of Brattle
treet. - -" . .
It was the home of Dexter Pratt,
the village blacksmith, and the friend
of Longfellow, who immortalized htm
and his smithy in verse. The Bach-
elder family, who bought the place
from the heirs of Mary Walker In
1912: huve, restored the place to; its
former, simple beauty.; It still bears
the "Sign of the Cockhorse." .
.Inside, the rooms are restored with
all the qualntness of . their original
form. A one goes. In the door they
open from both sides of the small ball
and each, room has a large open fire
place. Tlio - mantel are wide and
plain, as was the fashion in the early
days. ,. ' . '.
Upstairs, at the Brattle street end
of the house, one goes down three
steps 'Into the end room. Ton pass
througli a narrow back passage and
find two small bedrooms and back
stulrs which are sharp and steep. .
. Dexter . Pratt, Longfellow'a black.
smith-1 rtetHUneeeoded , Tnrrey. Han
cock In the ownership of the property,
who Til turn bought it; from therlielrs
of Tliomns Brattle., who built the
house. Pratt had lived there a long!
time when Longfellow' came to Cam
bridge lit 1S.18. After the death ot
Dexter Pratt In . 1847, the "property
passed through various hands until.
1 In 187J. friends bought It forMary
wamer, an qunoroon. siave, a
wonnn of re;imineut and beauty, who
had been a servant In several Cam
bridge families, and afterward taught
school In the South.
After her return to the North two
of her three children were found and
returned to her through the efforts of
General O. O. Howard. They were then
a grown man and woman, although
when she lust saw tbem they ' were
children.
While she occupied the house many
Harvard students lived there. Now,
' purchased from the heirs of the es
caped slave, It hna become one of the
show places of Cambridge.
Iingfellow, In the Knickerbocker
Magnr.lne, In 110. first Immortalized
the place. He irinde a word picture
of the village smithy and the black
smith, and also made a pen and Ink
sketch of the chestnut tree and the
smithy. The tree up to 1870 spread
Its branches In frout of the house,
The Crumbling of Caste.
India It in the ;jldst of one of her
greatest famines, drain Is twice as
high as It wits In 1no, bat In spite of
this people are not dying at they did
then.
A missionary gives two reaaona for
the lower death rate:
In the Inst '1 years the people
have learned to work. Formerly one
or two iiii-t.ibers of a family supported
the ret. Now, all who are aoU te
work enrii Kouielhlng. and so during
th.- tears i f plenty something has been,
sated up--imf much but enongb to
help a little.
, Another nnn.n why India Is in
hetti-r coii'lltloii now than In 1!M s
tbnt the . uste system it breaking down,
Now ton will find men and women of
many rnstes doing work which for
merlv sns done by one caste alone
Hlgh-rnste 1 1 Indus are coming to
that manuul labor Is not a disgrace. ,
World Outlook.
Plywood Olven Severe Teat.
The plfWiMKl tested at the Wisconsin
forest products hiboralory Is built up
In tain layers bibl cross s o ns
acoiber. mid glued with ater-resit-Ins
glue. Various protertlve flnNliea
are aptiMed to ttir amsl. All materials
are subjected to every arletyi of ell
loalle tenieraluie and molstnre.
nd In pine tei. piles most not sen
arnie after Ixit'ing In water right
,1
hour, or oskinj at room leniperitnrt i
ten dai s. The product d-elnpe-l flml
ninrv Jmsiftshl nsra Ix-sldr that of i
making alrplntie rfietera. Tlie
woven plywood, deigned as a nltl
tnte fxr linen In wing covering. I
Imsket noven from strip of a.-rnee
tenref bImuiI oo and one fourth te me
end seven eighths Incbrw able and .01
In. h llil k, Ibe flllislied sheet being
a'wat one-fifth Inch lb let.
-ather, Mother, Arid Son'
All Die From Epidemic.
Although there have been a!
large mjmber of cases of influen
za in this county this year there
have, teen very few deaths, but
nevertheless one family has paid
a heavy toll to the epidemic. ' :
Last Friday" John Whitley a far
rner who lived about eight miles
trom Beaufort on the New Bern
road died and on Sunday, his!
wife and &on Ben both' passed
away. Four other children . had
the disease 'and one of them a lit
tie eight year girl, Nellie,- devel- -
oped pneamonia. ' ." 1 : '
It appears that for several davs
after I he Whitlev family contract
ed influenza that they did ? not
have much attention. C Later two
physicians from Beaufort', were, .
called in and they worked faith-!
fully to save the 6tricken. Mrs.'
P. b. Loftin of Beaufort volunteer,
ed her service as a nurse and did
splendid work for the unf ortunJ
ate people. The ; little "girl was'
brought to - town Monday and i
placed in a room above the' Beau-,
fort Drug company's store where
she is' receiving good attention .
and making prcgress towards re
covery. .The ether children is
I said to be out of dander and have
beentaKen charge or d' their
grandparents. As-tr-wholerthe
flu situation in this' section is a .
great deal better. In Beaufort all-
estrictions have been, removed
and conditions now art nearly1-
normal. j
' North' Kiver News "v
aaMBMMaMe "
Mrs. Mason spent Saturday
night , in Beaufort .visiting her
sister. . . . ". '
Harvey Manning returned to .
hishomeinGrantsbrro Saturday j
after spending a week here. j
Miss Alice Willis is spending a 1
few days in Morehead.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hill a
son February 5th.
Willie Edwards left Saturday
for Grantsboro where he will
spend several weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Augustine Wade
and Mrs. Julia Anderson spent
Sunday at Wiregrass with rela
tives. Seaman Taken To Hos
pital -
A wireless message from the
Standard oil steamer Bayway
when 150 miles at sea, was receiv
ed here Saturday requesting
that a physical be se.rt aboard
the vessel as soon as she arrived
j jn striking distance. In res ponce
.uj. r-,li r.infnin Inhn Mnnri
- ; ,rr; ,i h. r I QwinHoll nff tr
carried Dr. C. L. Swindell off to
the ship Sunday morning 6he
having arrived and anchored off
the bar. The sick man w s the
first mate C. R. Morgan. It was
found th.-.t he he needed an
'operation asd so he was taken
1 to the hospital at Morehead to
!cet the r.eccs&ay attention.
The vessel, which was bound
from llaton Rouge Lousiana
thtn proceeded on her way to
an Italian parte---,-
Oen His Duty. - ,
Father -.Sow my am, I'm going tn
give you Mime gnnd adtlca. Kutue day
yv1l. wish yo had taken It. It's tl '
Miny'atlc I wish 1 Ia4 taken aa
ny did It to ma.'J If a. ,
Hatching TregC
A trout egg lain frasa K te BO da ye '
to batik, ewirding to (U teinpern
rurv f the ater. ... .
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