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THE IIO PAPER 1
( READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY, )
, Volume IX.
BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1S20.
' Nur.-Aer Zd
SENATOR BUTLER
AND MR. HERRING
VISIT CARTERET
Houblican Speakers Stir In-
tereat Among Voter of
. The County ' 1 ' v ' t
BOTH SIDES VERY ACTIVE
1 The bfgst event in political cir
cles in Carteret county during the
past week was the coming of former
Senator Marion Butler to the coun
ty. : He has been" advertised by the
Democrats for so long a 'time, and so
strenuously that a great many peo-
mm and
v v JnV have,, a curiosity, tosee h
rfter.hlm speak. Vi';.Vy x
rK ' " Senator Butler; came to K
SLANDER CASE IS
AGAIN ON TRIAL
TOBACCO SALES
FOR SEPTEMBER
Newport
, from Pamlico county, where he spoke
twice on Friday and he addressed a
",'". tremendous crowd1 at Newport at
. ... about midday and. then accompanied
" 1 'by Sheriff ff T; M. Thoihas, Jr., and
v ' C, R.(1Wheatiy, motored to Marshall-
. . bur g. where be, spk$ , to Jhe largest
" , crowd that ' ever - gathered in that
4place, according to teputia.
Mr. and Mrs, Schneider Accus
ed by Miss Bushall Crim
inal Docket Cleared
-A one -week term of Superior
court convened .here Monday at
10;30 o'clock, with Judge W. M.
Bond of Edenton, presiding over its
sittings. Solicitor Horton was on
hand, to look alter the criminal dock
et The first two days of the court
were assigned to the criminal docket,
according to the calendar published,
but it was! found Impossible" to finish
up in that time. '- J
The case against Mr. and , Mrs
1 Earl Schneider, - charged; with slan
dering, Miss Sallie Bushall. was taken
up Tuesday "afternoon t and , as the
case 1 was warmly contested it was
impossible to try it in such a short
time.:; ' --'-J'''- .'...'r.: .
J: Judge- Bend's ckarg- to the grand
jury was able and interesting to the
audience in the court room as well
as ; to ' the:l Jurors. -h It was not the
conventional - charge which' usually
Far Below Sales for the. Same
Month Last Year Price
' About Half as Much x-
Raleigh, Oct. 20. Tobacco' sales
were much less during September
than last year. ;. The prices averaged
$19-21 compared with $41.10 per
hundred a year ago. .- v "V .
- There were 40,480,056 - pounds
producers tobacco reported sold dur
ing the month. - The. 32' warehouses
failing to , report are estimated ' to
have sol J 8,040,000 pounds, making
a total probably sold during the
month of 48,520,056 pounds as com
"pared with 79,220,07lTlound7Sold
during September last yeat Tbe
highest priced markefs--were Mebane
$26.65, Fuquay Springs $23.29, and.
Wilson $22.62. f The. Wilson '"'market
sold .7,223,200 pound3, winch ; was
V9?o4 -Jit l626.665-utb&J total
state's sales, during the month were
valufd t $9,320,703. " This indicates
that farmers" are complying with
thnir prnrpicpa in hnlrl tnn tohncrn
w
SenatorButler 's speech, which re
quired about tyo hours to 'deliver,
- la .mainly on tax re-valuation, .the
League of . Nations and the Federal
; Reserve System. He goes into these
' subjects in an analytical anj exhaus;!
V tive manner and undoubtedly makes
a profound impression . on his au
diences. His speeches in this county
aroused . the greatest enthusiasm
among Republicans and, it ia report
- ed "that several Democrats saw ; the
light and repented. Efforts are hi
ving made to get him back here next
week. r . . . -v Tlf' .r
" Richard L. Herring,- the-Republi-.'.
can nomnee for Congress, arrived
in the county Monday and began his
.', canvass. - Owing to the shortness of
, the time left he was not able to get
' all' over the county, but , went, to as
. many points .as possible. On Mon
. ' day while court had adjourned for
dinner Mr. Herring spoke to a rather
small audience in the court-room.
He was followed by Chas. P. Hey
-ward, a business man ot Southern
Pines. That night these two speak
ers addressed a large and enthusias
tic meeting In Morehead City. Tues
day' and Wednesday Mr. 'Herring
spoke to good sixed audiences at Sea
', Level, Atlantic, Stacy and Davis.
The Democrats have been quite
active also lately, holding meetings
in various parts of the county. Tues
day night a Urge audience heard B,
C. Beckwith of Raleigh and Luther
Hamilton of Morehead .City in be-
. half of the Democracy.., Mr.'Hamil
. ton made a strong argument in favor
of the Leirue of Nations and Mr.
Beckwith did very well except that
he had to lug in the ol J worn out
"nigger" Usue. From now until
consists in a recital of the various
crimes .uride the criminal law . but
weat much further afield. The" judge
referred to the changed copifdons
of the world since the great war and
incidentally said .he thought Berlin
should nave been made a pile" of
ashes by the allied armies. -. He spoke
of the right of suffrage recently con
ferred upon " the - feminine sex and
paid a high , tribute to womanhood
Iii conclusion he discussed the func
tions of a grand1 jury and empha
sised the ' importance of enforcing
the liquor laws, and those' concern
ing slander and cruelty to animals.
He spoke very forcefully of the all
too common practice " thai ' exists
among .men of . mistreating "their
dumb beasts. A. number of pupils
from the graded school were brought
in shortly after court - opened, by
Superintendent Fergttaen" and seem
ed to be thoroughly interested in the
court s proceedings and His Honor s
charge. JiAJM. Lewis, of Marshall-
burg, was made foreman . of the
grand Jury. . ,
After the judge's charge James W.
Mason, of Atlantic, was presented to
the court by Attorney Wheatly and
formally admitted to the bar.
The criminal cases disposed . of
were as follows: - . ;
Hanson Jones and Victoria Shep-
pard, assault, plead guilty. Jones'
judgment suspended en payment of
costs. Victoria Sheppard, 60 days in
jail, judgment suspended , till No
vember first, giving her an opportun
ity to leave the 'County.
Ranson Jones, abandonment, plead
guilty, must pay costs and appear at
each court for twelve . months and
show good behavior. '
I C. A. Luntan and W. A.' I.untnn.
election day there will be speakings Minc intoxicating , liquors, acquit-
from the marfcet. The tobacco or
ganizations seem to have -r some
weight. . , The lovest . prices" , were
shown, on the following; markets: 3
Lumberton $13.24, Maysville $13.50,
Pargaw. ?13.66.- - There "was only j
one report from Lumberton.) ? -'i
. .It has cost over' tliirty cents per
pound ' to produce 'the crop'-6 that
the present returns ate showing a
loss to the farmer, , Tbe product of
fered for sale so far has been of poor
quality,, mostly lugs and primings.
Much, of that marketed would, have
damagecLon the farm. Farmers com
plain that they cannot meet expenses
with the prices they are receiving
The 1 mid -summer wet 1 weather
caused aTapid, tall growth.'. The late
August and September hot and dry
weather further hurt the , develop
ment. The results are that a pil
of tobacco will weigh but 00 per cent
as much as last year. The texture
is papery .and crisp. - The- grade is
low and faulty. The "color is good
The estimated production - fell from
424,000,000 to 381,000,000 pounds
from August to September. ..
The United States crop forecsst is
but six per. cent more than last
year's crop even though thev present
acreage is greatly increased. ( .
WILSON DEFEATED
' PEACETREATY
Would Have Been Ratified If
He "Had Eesn Willing,"
Says Elihu Root
f New York, Oct 20'.-i-Elihu Root,
in his only address on the league of
nations during the presidential cam-,
paign, tonight declared that , -the
treaty of peace with Germany- would
have been ratified, and -America
would have been a member of the
league if President Wilson - "had
been 'Willing." . -
;i"Mr. Wilson, however, , was not
willing. He insisted upon the treaty
absolutely unchanged," Mr. Root
said, adding later on in his7 speech:
do not question ; Mr. VWilson's
beliefs that the disposition; o the
.treaty for. which he was contending
bh May 31, 1919, were just and fairj
but, without disrespect, I do question
Mr.. Wilson's-.infallibility, I do, ques
tion the complete control of abstract
justice in the processes by which the
four men who dictated those treaties
which undertook to make over cast-
SEES DEMOCRATIC
DEFEAT AT POLLS
Republican Views on Tariff
Revision Will Win, It is
Pointed Out . , .
Washington, D, C, Oct. 20. -Indi
rectly, but none the less certainly,
the U. S. Tariff Commission, Demo
cratic in character, predicts Republi
can victory at the polls In November.
In a bulletin just issued, the Com
mission says: - .
x "The .Dominion Government is
Mow making preparations for a
general revision of the tariff, and
there are indications that this
country within twelve months will
: be likely abo to revise its , com
mercial relations."
? The Democratic National "Conven
tion having ' reaffirmed its adherence
to its traditional policy on the. tariff
andhaving endorsed the Wilson-Underwood
tariff, there is no likelihood
whatever that 'the tariff will be re
vised unless the Republicans come in
to control of both the legislative and.
executive departments of tha gov,
in the county by both' sides at vari
ous places.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
The following deeds have been re
corded recently by the Register of
'Deeds: '
W. A. Pierce and wife to Lillian
, Pearce, 1-4 Interest la house and lot
.on Turner street, Beaufort, conslJ
i eration 110, etcJ 1
i!onroe D. Lewis and wife to Geo.
i Hancock and wife, 2-5 of an acre 4n
' Ho i'.!r.f Quarter lownnhlp, consider
alVi t73.
.' Joel S. Smith to Jennie Smith, 2
, t;rts in Newport townshi pr consider
i ation $10 etc.
D. S. Oglesby and wife to W. W.I
Potter, loU 12 end 13 in square 21,'
Morehead City, considtratioi) $2500.
8. A. Chalk and wife to D. S. and
J. W. Oglesby, . ku 12 and IS ia
square SI, Morehead Qty, consider
aUoN $3,000. -
J. C Mason and wife to Howard
- Levis, 21 1-2 acres In Merrimon
townMp, consideration $575.
Msry Emma Fulcher to Treacy
Turner, Irsot In Morehead township,
consideration $10 et. 4 '
T. D. Webb to Little Guthrie, lot
11 la-squiis H7, Morehead City.
ted by jury. - .. .
, Geo. -A. Wood, assault, nolo eon'
tendere, judgment suspended on pay
ment of coeta. -Adrian
Willis, arsault with deadly
weapon, guilty, judgment pay coits
and pay plaintiff $200.
Isaac Dodley, selling Intoxicating
liquor, called and failed.
R. B. GiUiktfi, assault with deadly
weapon, leaq guilty, Judgment sus
pended on payment of costs.
GeoNlxon, larceny and receiving
tolea goods, ealled and failed. .
Harvey Morte, selling liquor, eon
Unued, bond ot $200 required. .
Major Fuller, aaaaalt with deadly
weapon, called and failed. .'
Full report of court will be given
tjeit week In. the 'News. , ; ,
'. EUBANK5 DICKINSON
A very pretty marriage took place
yesterday afternoon at two o'clock
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus
Eubanks when their daughter, Miss
Let ha, became the bride of Mr, L.
C Dickinson. The ceremony was
performed 'by Reverend F. R.. Bum
pas of Beaufort, in the presence of
a number of friends and relatives of
the couple. Many handsome gifts
were - presented to " the bride and
groom by friends as tokens of their
esteem. . The newly married couple
left on the afternoon train for
Washington, D. C, where they will have1 been
spend their honeymoon..
ehf Europe,' reached their conclus
ions.- ' - ' , "
- "I have an impression that 'there
was the accommodation of conflict
ing, interests, .the giving .of some
thing here to get something there;
the' yielding of solne things In order
to avoid losing others, the shading of
justice by expediency ' which ! has
characterized such conferences since
history began.. . I nave a strong im
pression that some of their conclus
ions were mistakes. iV'..---""'
"And I think it most objectiona
ble that the American people shall
enter into a solemn and - positive
agreement to guarantee -and. main
tain by force of arms for all time the
dispositions of territory and sovcrie
ty, which these- four mtn made in
the year, 1919.: .!
. 'That is a part of what Article X
undertakes to do. It is an alliance
to enforce perpetually, through the
operations of theleague the decis
ions of Mr. Wilson and his associates
In the year 1919. , It is a throwback
to the . old discredited alliances of
the past.!
Mr. Root declared that "we shall
promote the peace of the world" by
electing Senator Harding, Republi
can candidate, for president, whose
stand on the league, he said, was
unchanged from the time he voted
for the ratification of , the peace
treaty and league of nations with
the senate reservations. The . elec
tion of Governor Cox, Democratic
presidential nominee, he said, meant
fie effort to have the United States
join the league of nations without
chsnge as it was brought back from
Europe by President Wilson.
' After "restating the situation! o
the league, Mr. P.jot declared that
lit was well understood la 1919 and
"is well understood now, that the
other ' parties to the treaty would
content to accept" the
ernment. . The Tariff Commission
knows' this and its prediction: of
revision of the tariff is an expression
of belief that the Republicans will
win the election, -v ,
' What' Happened 4o Brown Sugar
" One of the anomalous situations
created by government , Interference
in, and on behalf of, certain indus
tries is show in the fact that brown
sugar now commands a price in the
retail market above that of refined
eugar. The government, . working
toward the interests of the big re
finers, permitted sn increase in the
price of refined sugsr so greet that
practically .every pound of the, raw
product which came into their hands
was refined and brown sugsr became
ID 17 AT lT) KVJSfV
ilium mmiiuiuii
PROJECT IS TO DX
PUT THROUGH
scarce. Then the Federal Reserve
Virginia-Carolina Farm Com -
pany to Kesums Uperations
In This County
WORK IS TO BEGIN SOON
" 'K' .'' ' ': 1 mmmmm- . -; ;;- .. . '
Indications at present point strong
ly to the fact that work on the lands ;
of the Virginia-Carolina Farms Com,
pany will start very soon.' :.' ..
Drainage operations there stopped .'.
over a year ago and since that time -
nothing of consequence . has been -
done. . The seltlers who had come
there all moved away and that com-
bined.with' the d'eg)h of the f ormef
manfiger, George . S. Speer, , brought .
the affairs of the company to a rath-
er low ebb. Its financial status ow- '
i?g to the fact that no more bonds
could be sold, was rather bad and as
e was no money-avaikblei work
of all sorts on the property came to -
a standstill. "-' ... ... ;
Ou Tuesday of this " week C. S.
Treadwell of Chicago, C. G. Strie Jer
of Fort; Wsyae,- Indiana, and B, U. .
Potter of New Eern, all of whom
were connected with the land com
pany In some capacity under its for
mer management, now representing .
the bondholders' committee, arrived ,
here to start things moving. They
have had conferences with J. F.'Dun-'
can,- attorney for the Virginia-Caf-clina
farms Company and also with
the local xreditors of the concern :
with a view , to getting matters
straightened out. After these mat- -ters
are attended to' it is expected -th4
the actual drainage work .will ,
tenste reservations, adding:
"Several European nations already
have given notice of hall a dozen
changes In the covenant which they
MR. AND MRS. FERGUSON
ENTERTAIN -
Friday evening Superintendent sndpUrpoM to urr, at a meetirg of the
Mrs. G. II. Ferguson entertained at
their home on Marsh street in honor
of the graded school teachers.
The rooms were attrsctively dec-
orated In yellow and white dahlias.
Miss Eva The mas won nrat prise
In an Interesting contest, while
Misses Annie May Gibbs and Pansy
assembly of the league next month.
The only reason why the chsnges
n ternary to meet American objec
tions have not already been consid
ered Is that Mr. Wilson simply
would not negotiate for them.
The principal objections to the
league, Mr. Root said, umsy be
Board, desiring to do-something to
aid the Cox campaign, waited until
the refiners had unloaded their
stocks of re3ned sugars on the mid
dlemen and ; through the banks,
squeezed the , middclmen by calling
in loans. This forced the middle
men, to sell refined sugsr under the
price they paid for it from the re
finers. . Hence, we find semi-crude
sugar, because of its scarcity in the
local markets, selling at a price
above the - refined sugar which.
through - government interference
has been forced downward, but ore
4uinaMy rot until the refiners and
the Louisiana sugar barons hsd
made their clean-up. '
Aa latull to tho Soetb , -
In" January 19 lTy before the Unit
ed States entered 'the war, the Cen
ui Bureau made an estimate of pop
ulation by states.. In July of the
same year the bureau made another
estimate which was used as the basis
of apportionment of conscription
quotas among the se7ersl tUtes. This
second eitimsto showed an enormous
decrease In population in nearly all
the Southern states and amazing In
creases In many northern . states.
Sow the preliminary figures for the
1920 census have been published
and thew show thst the South l.ai
regained the population lost for con
scription purposes and will have the
former population on which to draw
its proportion of representation in
Congress. St.Il figures cannot lie.
The Silvor LUIag '
Heavy purchases of Liberty Bonds
commence.
The . News learns that the bond-holdere-of
the land company are put- v
ting n? tuttclent money to drain and ;
put in good chape 4,000 acres of
land. With this amount of land as
the first unit ready for the plow, it
is thought thst there will be no dif
ficulty in getting funds to carry the :
big project through to a successful
conclusion. When once the land js
in condition to be cultivated suc
cessfully, the promoters of the un
dertaking feel assured that they can
find plenty of purchases for it The
trouble has been heretofore that the
land was not ready and when people t
came here they found that fact out
and becoming dissatisfied moved .
away and this prevent sales to '
other people. The new plan is to
get ready first and then sell the land.
II MONTHS FOR HAVING FOUD
-WIVES
Londm, Ott -U Pethspe on
t' e tHor.tYt be Bid beea lufB-cU
ent'y pu.iWed A WsgUtrate here
rall.er lfhtly ieV.e;ceJ William A.
Kent. I iHorer to 1 1 months f ir "qua-dr.-4fly,.
Kent hsJ four "wives".
He hiJ ie;fe4 term wire years sr
for h'isiry but sreonilaUd two wvs
af terras d.
MARR1ACE LICENSES
There has beea quite a revival o
interest recently In the matrimonial
market. Assistant Register ef Deeds
J. R. Jlnnett has lasued the necreaary
permits in th last few days to the
followlns? hsoDT couoles:
Cail W. Sscobaon, Washington, N,
C and Sarah A. Bushall Harden, I
Beaufort. . ' !
.Atlrk Has! and Mary L. Chad
wtck, colored, Beaufort.
Ljrke Dickinson and Letha Eu
banks, Bess fort, R. F. D. (
1 not. w. Hancock, Winston ttAlem
and Ollle Y. Boomer, Morehead City.
E)mr Cruce and Theresa Betk,
Beaufort.
TL W. GnthHe, Jr and Hilda Wet-
lae, Morthead City. I
GalUey won the booby. 'After theloghiy classified as folk ws:
contert seversl games of rook were, -first Objections to the ge.ieral
pLyed. .. . , . defensive alliance with all members
While the vW-trola furnished mu- 0 u 1V- .rtabllshed be Article
-i- w r ..- j j i! i . i
ORIENTAL NEWS ITEMS
Hon. Marion Butler gave an In
teresting tslk In this place on the
afternoon of the 16th inst. The
public hall wa well filled, and fre
quent applause greeted his remarks;
la the 'evening he spoke at Arapa
hoe. .
Quite a quantity ef cotton Is com
ing to the local gin daily. ,
Tobacco Is sold at the warehouse
three days ,n the week. SOe and 40e
ire tie hfgheat prices paid for any
lots so fr. Much of It is bringing
42 cm 10c to lc.
ice course, followed by home-made
candy and salted nuts.
The invited guests were: Misses
EvS and Laura Thomas, Andrea and
Betty Parham, Mary Clarke Wil
li! m, Kelle Richardson, Annie May
Glbbs, Lessie Arrington, Aanle Mor
ton, Tansy and Ethel Gaitley and
Mrs. John W. Chadwick.
continue, according to reports from
the stock exchanges. The people are
anticipating the return of Republl
i:.n control of national affairs, the
lowering of the high eost ef living
NORTH RIVER ITEMS
Mr. and Mr. Jim Small and Mrs.
Joe Small of Harlowe, spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Albert MerrelL
Mrs. Albert Lewis ef Beaufort,
.pnt the week-end with her brother,
Alex Wade. '
Miss Kathleen Styron, of More-
The Drltlh Slilp of Bute Is ot
eouitfrlng advene Gali Norfolk
Virginian Hlot
CHURCH RALLY
The rally at 'the Baptist church
Sunday morning last was a, grand
surceas. The goal of $300.00 for
benevolent pyrposee was reached. Is
fact the offering amounted to
$371.44. This weans the church
will snake lie reports to the Asso
ciation nett week with all of its sp
portlonsntnt for benevolence (work
ouUiJe local church) for the year
"Second Objections to submit
ting to the council of the lesgoe
questions of purely American policy,
sock as the Monroe Doctrine, or
questions of Immigration.
"Third That the scheme practi
cally thrust aside the whole system
f devtlopment of international law
and of arbitral decision which had
been the se'.tleJ policy of the United
States for mmy generations. .
"Fourth That Ue scheme created
a super goverament which would de-f.
troy the Independence of the Unit
ed . States, -
"Fifth That the working of tSe
plan nndr the covenant was not so
arranged as to ertUu'ate with the
constitutional gmrametit of t?t
United t.lei; tSt un !rr U the pre
Unl ! cuW pr ctiary cny
that has commenced, the waning of head, arrived here Sundsy, where
the power of the radicals in the ranks' .he will remain this winter as teacher
of labor, and the general air ef con-'of the echo!,
tentment and confidence that grows J Mrs. Jans Dudley spent last week
more pronounced as the 4th of Merch'ht Etaufort llh reUUves.' -
approaches.
MIm Ferslt Wiills, ef Smyrns,
and who Is estodtnt ef the West
Over school, waa rsllej home Tsee-
ilay on actronnt of the death ef her
amounting to over- $2,10.03 has ion the entire fere'gi u fairs of tie
pel choir sir.gs,
' AaajkM a a i r f . .
t.ij r. m., prtacnxng, L4ngregs-
tlonal choir slfga. .
? P. M., preaching, st hUh ser
vice the yoaig men of the city rep
resenting the Psvtors Aid, W.1)lrg
Workers, tther with oor yoaig
women, representing our. TerrenU
nsry drive, will off.cUy, Good tru
gonl prwhl.ig. All who
are cr-'iilly Invited to cone and
AT PURYJS CHAPEL SUNDAY
Rev. Dr. C C Alleyne, of New''
Dochslle, N. YM will preach at Pur-1 Utr. ' .
vis Chi pel, A. M. E. Z. churth Sua- Mias flann!e Ws'e. v. ho I sliy.
day. Tfce progrsmr, . . Hng ta Beaufort, attending tcbool.
11 A. M., pre:chlng. .Purvis cha-jVtnt weekend if.i her par-
to I
Mr. ad Kris. Joe KUntoi spent
Siid&y with Mf,ad Mrs. JeT Simp-
HI. '
Uei ral'el In full, with s good bal-1 United Eutos by sgents of his own thrift us. krs. K V. Tuner, rrs
sice In the treasury.
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