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VOLUME X. ; ; BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROUNAvTHURSDAY MARCH 24, 1921 . L V TTTT 'NUMBER T2
NESMITII TRIAL
ENDS, ACQUrTAL
Hard Fought Contest Tmuhed
. Lat Thursdr and Court
Adjourns.
- NUMEROUS Of HER CASES
V'f ...'. ' r.j;". 't'
x Superior Courf came to . an -; nd
here last Thursday afternoon and al
, taouggh a large number . of casea
were disposed of, about J 00 hundred
in all, the docket waa not finished.
"Several eases on the criminal docket
remain to be tried later, one man be-
- ing left in jail, and the civil docket
which is bp.dly, congested remains as
it was before. . '
The Nesmith case was the princi
pal matter considered and it attract
ed a large crowd both Wednesday
and Thursday the day it was conclud
ed., The trial resulted in the acquit
al of the defendant, the jury having
made up its mind in less than thirty
minutes. - Jas. Nesmith. who killed
. two negroes, Gus and Louis Carter on
Christmas day, was- tried on the
charge of killing Louis Carter. -The
- grand 'jury' brought in a bill of mur
der in the first degree but the prose,
eution decided to change this to mur
der in the second degree and asked
for that wdict :
As stated 16 list week's Newt the
eTdence in the case was all in Wed
nesday afternoon and the argument
began, W, W. Ward for the prosecu
tion and C. R. Wheatly lor the de
fense speaking that afternoon. On
Thursday A. D. Ward opened up for
the prosecution reviewing the evi
dence very carefully and explaining
4he bw on the subject of murder in
the second degree.) " .
He waa , followed by C L. Aber
rtethy who made a strong plea for the
..defense making his principal effort
' in attacking the teetimoay of C oldie
Carter or Goldie If cCaulay, who was
the prosecution'a main witness.' So
licitor Jesse bavia made the last
speech and he went after the defend
ant with gloves oft. He said the de.
. fendant lied about killing in self de
fense, that his act was that of a cow
ard and that if a negro had done what
he did the negro would have beOi
lynched. His speech created some
thing of a sensation and he was inter
rupted once or twice by counsel on
the other side who appealed to the
Judge to tame him down. Judge
Hortoe went carefully Into the evi
dence speaklnj about half an hour.
He gave the contentions of both
sides, explained the law and told the
jury they could convict of second de-j meeting In April would be th. An
gree murder, manslaughter or ac- nual Business Meeting, electing new
quit the defendant. As stated above1 officers for the coming year and all
they acquited him. The charge of
killing ' Gus Carter still remains
ageliut Nttmith, but as the stronger
case has already been presented It
thought here that the latter Indict- The Health Department told of a
meat will be noil prossed. . v very interesting talk Dr. Swindell
Besides the Nesmith case the mat-4gaTe that department at their month
ier af most Interest was the largely meeting.
number ef Indictment ef fishermen. The Music Department gave some
Most of these men were charged by very good plans for the coming
Fish Commissioner Jne. A. Nelson
with dredging fer scallops. A few ef
the snen wore acquitted, some con
bJ crest snanr tlead guilty
a 1.. - Lk ,k null final
ana wm i - -
case will be taken to the Supreme
Court to teat she constitutionality of bers to work la counecUon with the
the law. The following eases were!chalnnaa ef the Library Committee,
disposed of last weeks j These appointed weret
Geo. Nlxoa, larceny, nolprosaed. j Mrs, A. F. Doane, Mrs. Sallle Shel-
.... .. -..1. .ltk AmmA'.a W (. Inllta Snlra W mm taura
:rr.' ZV.'s ..i
.aaw awivy, ... , - -
weapons and selllog liquor, nol- j There being no further business
: prosaed. the club adjourned, afterwards being
Dave Dudley and Mary J. Cell, f. served tea and cake by the entertain
and a. nolprosaed. lt committee.
. Robert Dudley and Alma Ball, f.!. ; .Corref ponding Secretary.
, and aiiolproaed... . . .1 - . ...
Henderaon Muhler and CaNlnla ' MAY HAVE DAY
Wilson, f. and a, notprowed.
Liule Bell and Henry Monroe, f.
and a., nolproaaad.
WBlie tell and Alice Jane, t. and
a.f nolprosaed.
Jno. W. Waiia, tried and found
guilty of violating fUh laws, 1 25 aid
, ,
fuund
paid
roiis. .
Alderi CutSrle, tried and
guilty ef vWlatirg fih laws.
roU In csie
Z. L Merrill, vlolatirg fiih law,
guilty, Judgment suspended on p-y
sent of cost.
J, Durweod Daniels, violating fUh
laws, plead gudty. Judgment supen-
did en payment of eeeU. - --
(Contoued on Ipage
three)
PROSPECTS FOR FISH SCRAP
-' . . BUSINESS RATHER POOR
- The season for fat back fishing is
at hand and reports are that some
fish have been sighted but there are
not much prospects that they will
be disturbed this Spring. . The fish
ing fleet is lying at anchor as it has
been for several months and the fac
tories are closed down because there
is no demand for scrap oiL ' Farmers
are buying very little fertilizer this
Spring ,' because . with low prices of
cotton And tobacco staring them in
the face they are not willing to in
vest in high priced fertilizers. - -
..During the Winter months the fat
back fishermen have been catching
food fish, scallops and oysters ''and
doing other work to fill in the time.
They have been hoping that they
would be able to fresume their regu
lar, work in the Spring but for the
first time in many years there seems
to be little prospect of any thing of
the sort. At any rate that is the out
look at present. One of the factories
at Morehead City it is reported may
start up if an order for several hun
dred tons of scrap at $35 a ton can
be had. -.So far as the News can.
learn there is no intention of any of
the owners of the factor around
Beaufort to start up any time soon.
COMMUNITY CLUB MEETS
The Community Club of Beaufort
held its regular business meeting
March 3rd at 8:30 P. M., in the Old
Topsail Club rooms. -
, The minutes of the last meeting
were read by the Corresponding Sec
retary in the absence of the record
ing secretary, and were approved.
. Tne treasurers report snowed no
bills having been paid out during the
past month leaving a balance . of
69Jti still in the treasury.. ,
The president brought several mat.
tera before the club, among these a
Chautauqua which, is coming in May
or- June under tho auspices of the
Chamber of Commerce. She also
urged the ladies to take an active
part in its welfare.
The question of Federating was
again brought op; two letters were
read on this subject, one from Mrs.
Bettie Windley, of New Bern, who
gave us a very great talk at our first
mass meeting, the other letter from
Mrs. H. A. White, who is president of
the Women's Club at High Point, N.
C It waa finally decided that the
Corresponding Secretary send in ap
plication for admittance.
. The Constitution and By-Iye were
read for the benefit of all new mem
bers, also the Club Was called atten-
tioa to the fact that the business
members were urged to be present.
The Civic Department announced
March 14th aa VClean-Up Week" fer
is,kQ citizens of Beaufort.
month such as community singing at
night and cantatas which will be a
very great benefit and inspiration to
the town.
The president appointed a sub-
committee eemposea ef seven mem
u r j.. u j.. v .
CURRENT ON FRIDAYS
j It h pokUe that 'electric current
In the div time mar be furnithed
.here to Uoe who desire It at lt
onto a week.' Mtyor Euthall says
that if eooagh people want the cur!
Irent he U1 arraas to have it fora
Uhed on Friday 'afternoons.. ThoM
who are Interested are requeated to
Jet Mayor Luthall know about It
order thai he may make the neces-
sary srrsnfemenU,
XOTICEI
Easter Services at the
church Sunday morning and night,
wit epeciai Easur eermen at aigau
MAY MAKE OAHU
SIHONG FORTRESS
General Wood's Trip To Tthe
f billipraea May Have A
i t. Special Significance ,
, ' i
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 22A
-(Special Correspondence) It is
reported that Gen. Wood's forthcom-i
ing visit to the Philippines is far
more than an investigation to de-
temine the fitness of the Filipinos for
independence. '; It is understood that
his report will deal with matters of
a highly technical nature from a mil
itary point of ; view, involving the
future policy of the United States
in the event of a war emergency de.
veloping in the Pacific. One fea
ture of the scheme for defense of the
Western Coast is said to be the con
struction on Oahu, one of the Hawai
ian Islands, of an impregnable fort
ress, comparable to - the British
stronghold of Gibraltar.' A part of
the plan is the stationing there of a
permanent force of 25,000 to man
the defenses.. It is claimed ithat
with Oahu developed to the highest
point of defense it will "become - the
key position to the Pacific, and the
principal base from which to con
duct operations against a- force at
tack on our Western coast -
The whole plan for the intensive
development of Oahu fits in with the
general policy of the Harding Ad
ministration for "America First"qtinoe to contribute to this humanU
Not only is the material prosperity of
America to be stimulated in every
proper way, but the protection of
that prosperity from " covetous f na
Uons abroad la hereafter to be a
matter of prime importance. There
la no disposition to set up a force that
will overawe the rest of the world,
but elemental prudence demands
that adequate defense be ' provided
against Invasion.
lUly Tlmy Fair. -
The Italian Ambassador says thatlCWejreat distress OW.peopie wiq
his country is preparing her financial
rehabilitation in such a way that she
will be able to repay her debt to the
United States, ' now amounting to
about $1,700,000,000. He asks that
a convenient period of time be fixed
within which to pay the obligation, varous channels, out were are yej
and that any favors extended by this,nany thousands of comfortable and
country to other debtor nations be luxurious home in the State whose
also granted to Italy. There appears walls the cry of this Lazarus has not
to be no doubt that Italy's request penetrated. '
can be met in full, and a way provid- To save a life from now until sum
ed for the eventual liquidation of thejmer takes only three dollars three
debt with as little disturbance as pos- cents a day and there are few in
sible to her finances. ; The United (this land of plenty so poor that they
States is no usurer, neither is it in a. cannot have the satisfaction of saving
position to give billions of alms toiat least one. Never before has it
European nations. Those nations been poisible to secure this privilege
that evidence a aincere desire to meet I at such small cost. This is bargain
their obligations to this country willjday" In human .lives; but one must
be shown every consideration when
the terms of settlement are finally
agreed upon.
D. C. RefrataaUiiaa.
Congressman Stuart F. Reed, of
West Virginia, la the author of a
measure introduced In the closing
days of the last. Congress providing
for the election ef a delegate to the
House of Representatives from the
District ef Columbia. The bill U
In line with a growing disposition In
Coneress to permit the more than I
400,000 resldenta of the District
some representation la the law-making
body. At - present there are
. ... a ft .1
even Stales wiut a less population
than the District ef Columbia, each
of which has two United States Sen
ators and at leat one Representa
tive. Mr. Reed believes that such
u iihoi u xw
'of representative ggoveftment
DEATH OF MRS. LYDIA NOE.
On lat Friday afternoon Mr.
Lydia A. Noe pawed away aftrr hav
ing oeen In dlmlig health for some
month. She had sustained several
.trusts of pararyis and the ltrt
iroke was the csuaeof her death.
Mrs. Koe wss seventy-five rein f
if, had made her home in Beiufort
all ef her life and had many frlrn-li
who regret her departure from this
.Ufa ;-e had for a long time ber
) ronaUtent member of the Methodl-4
'church here. Her patter Reve.end
in jr. R. Dumpoa conducted the fiinrl
services Saturday afternoon and tKe
Interment was made In the family
plot In the Epiaroaa! cemetery.
Mrs. Koe U survived by her foot
MethodUt, children, Mrs. John Rice. Mrs. Etta
nalteharit, Mrs. Cass. heeUy and
atr. i 4. nee.
PRESIDENT HARDING'S APPEAL
BEHALF OF STARVING CHINA
. President Harding has issued from
the White House this week an urgent
appeal to the American people to re
double their efforts in behalf of the
starving millions in China;: It reads
as follows: 4 i - 1
"At this, the earliest practicable
moment of my administration, I de
sire to add my own to the many ap
peals which have been issued hereto
fore in behalf of the starving people
of a large section of China. - -
i "I am informed that the American
Committee, and the church and other
organizations cooperating with it,
have already remitted several , mil
lions of dollars to the American and
international relief committee in
China, and that already a great re
lief work has been , accomplished.
Nevertheless, my information s that
the means thus far placed , at ' the
command of these organizations are
entirely inadequate to the task they
confront. Since the begnning of
this relief movement a much more
accurate understanding of the grave
situation has' become possible. The
Department of State has from time
to time made public nformation re
ceived through its representatives in
Chna as to the conditions prevailing
there.' The picture of China's dis
tress is so tragic that I am moved
therefore to renew the appeals here
tofore made and to express the hope
that the American people will con
Urian cause as generously as they
possibly can.
'"The cry for succor comes to us
from a people far distent, but linked
to s by manifold ties of friendly as
sociation, confidence and good wilL
The . American naton ;, has . never
failed to demonstrate ts friendship
for the people of Chna and that
friendship has always been recipro
cated a a manner which I feel Justi
fies the hope that a this hour of
do everything in their power for its
smelioraton." . 1 '. :
Thus far the response ' of ' North
Carolina to Chna'a'need has been en
couraging,' over fififty thousand dol-
bus havlflg been forwarded through
hurry to take advantage 01 .
AU contributions should be placed
in the hands of the local committee,
where there is one,, or mailed to
China Famine Fund, $10 Tucker
building, Raleigh, N. C Every dol
lar is promptly cabled to China and
begins Its work of salvation within
a' week after It U given. -
MRS. H. W. FULLER.
aaMivaMSS
The body ef the late Mrs. H. W.
Fuller wss brought here Monday
from Creenshoro where she died on
Sunday. Mrs. Fuller had been in
poor health for a number of years
and had stayed in a Sanitarium la
Greensboro for the past two year.
Her remains were accompanied here
by her son Mr. W. W. Fuller and
Mrs. Fuller, of Charlotte. The de
ceased lady was a native of Beaufort
and a member of one of the old fam
ilies here. She was CS years of age.
Her nearest surviving relative are
her son W. W. Fuller, daughter-ln-lew
Mrs. Fuller and grandson Wit
I'.sm W. Fuller, Jr., The funeral
services took place at the MelHodiaf
hurch Monday afternoon and were
onducted by the r' Rrend
c
cond
F. R. Bumpa. The interoient wat
In Ocesn View cemetery.
CHILDRtN OF CONFtDtRACY
ORCANIZC
The Children .Chapter of the t. !.
C wss 6rjid at the home of Mr.
W. II. .Tsylor Monday afternoon,
rhe c'4rr vas named Ani.e C.r
ter Lee oHo-Wes the daBater. pi
Genet..! Lee, and who was buried In
North Carolina.
The efllrers stated were a fl
Wrwst 'MiM Emma T.yWr, PrUel,
Mias FJisabeU Ramley, HteUry
Miae Marie Clawaen, Trearurer, Mrs
W. H. Tsylor, Loader.
PLAN TO RELIEVE
FARM STRINGENCY
? 4 1 t ' ,,,''
Effort Being Made To Organize
National Farm Loan As- -
J- -eociation Here,',
;
In order to enable farmers to bor
row money and in some 'measure re
lieve the financial pinch that is incon
veniencing many, a movement , has
been started here to organize a Na
tional Loan Association. 'C L. Stan-
cill the Secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce here wrote the Secretary
of the Treasury about the matter and
has rceived pamphlets and letters ex
plaining how 'the organization is ef
fected. For full information r those
interested may see Mr. Stancill at the
County Court House.
Sometime back the Federal land
banks stopped lending any money but
they have begun to function again,
and it is now possible for land own
ers to organize an association and
borrow money if they comply with
the Government' regulations. ;!... 1
Money Is lent bf- the land banks at
a rate not higher than six per cent
and on 5, 10, 20 or ht some cases 40
years -time. The lowest sum that
can be borrowed is $100 and . the
highest is $10,000. Nobody except
farmers can join the associations or
borrow any money from the land
banks.
The first step to be taken by those
who wish" to borrow from the land
bank, is to, organise an association.
The association must have . not . less
than ten members but it can have as
many more as it wishes. Every bor
rower has to take stock in the asso
ciation according to the amount he
wishes to secure. Ifhe wants $100,
ha must take one share of stock which
costs five dollars. He can pay
straight out for the stock or. have It
deducted from the proceeds of his
loan. The plan of buying stock
makes th aotociaUo cooperative, in,
character. If the association pros
pers the shareholders ' will ' receive
dividends on their stock.
Several parties who are interested
in the proposed Farm Loan Associa
tion here are working on It and they
expect to organize at an early date.
Any who are interested may see or
write C. L. Stancill about it.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Transfers of real estate
evi-
denced by deeda filed with the Regis
ter of Deeda are as follows:
Dianah Foy to Finer Brea, let No.
12 la square 60 Morehead City, con
aideration $80. " '
W. C Lockhart and wife to Eddie
Copelon 2 Iota on Rogue Sound, near
Camp Glenn, consideration $800.
T. D. Webb and Bro., to Elihu C
Boyd lot Nos. 14 and II In square
.. Morehead City, consideration $40.
E. C. Boyd and wife to Katie D.
Whitley lot No. 11 in square 162,,
Morehead City,
consideration $101, , , lr"y
1 . plaining It were also printed and dls-
Ac.
Caaon G. Murphy and wife to WU -
lie C. M.rphy t acre. ; in Hunting j
Quarter township, consideraUon $10..
Willie G. Murpny an wife to Men-1 Mondays and Thursdaya-Froaa
ry C. Murphy t acres la Hunting ; Moori u CriB , , ,
Quarter township, consldaratioa $10.j Tuesdsy aad frldays-From Cra-
C 0. Murphy and wife to Henry jven to Marslstroet.
G. Marphy t acre la Una ting Quarter j WedjUMday and Saturdays--From
township, consideration-$10. Marah to Fulford street.
T. T. Gamer aad wife to A. E. ! . Udlee ef the Community Club
Gray lot In Newport, eenelderetien 1 ey appreciate the help which
HfOO the City AdmlalstraUoa ha given
Margaret Cuthrie to Edw. B. N.L'7 ,Mk ,U !:b,re.vl,,.?4
so. 1 4 acre on Barker's Island, con- U" P'r, Uon in order that tho
deration $100. tow, U el"",d U ' . I,
Angeline T. WUIto to Anaon H. 1
GaaklU, Jr., 1-T acre on Harker's Is-; COMMUNITY CLUB MEETS. -land,
ronaideration $10.
' Henry L. Gillikln and wife to Edw. , x rff11ir buaine meetinc of
Lswreace and wife S acres la StaOe
township, conrfderaUon $50.
E. W; SahUton and wife to W. F.
Adam 87 8 10 acres In Morehead
iowashlp, conaiderativn $4,000.
A. F. Moore tid wife to A. 8. Set
in U 8 and IS and half Wte 4 and )
If, In ;ure 21 Morehefd City, eon-j
.tderalio.i 17.100.
Sarah D. Rebettaoa
(iebettaoa to Jsmei O.
Live Oak Street, I' - eea -
...n .
uaner lut on
,'ert, renMHeratlon $7(0,
W. J. Hales and wife to W. Cut .
itiin.'t t lou f and t. shuate It.
t'tt .i..UMiUt 1100
D. F. WIIU strl wife to Abbie Ca-
o and Wlnale Powers Wt Ne. 10
tare 1 Morehead Cltf. cwwsid.1
TsUun $1&.
.Frank King and wife to Fernle I.
FIDELIS CLASS OF BAPTIST '
, CHURCH ENTERTAINS
Last Tuesday " evening at ' eighi"
o'clock found the Sunday ' School
rooms of the First Baptist Church ?1
beautifully decorated with ' pines; .v
yellow jasmin, wisteria and Easter .
lilies, with a touch at th rln s :
gold and Wck, adding much to the .
beauty of the' rooms. w The occasion
for the above was in planning for one"
of a number of socials which the class
has in store for the future. , : '
: Under the spell of Victrola music: '
theguests entertained themselves as'..
soon as they, arrived until the pro
gram for the evening was announced.'
First, all entered into the; "Age" con- "
test, which tried the wits to the ut-
most. Mr. Vernon Harrell won first , i
place with Mrs. John Johnson close
behind, for honors. The next number
of the program took most all the re-
maining time of the evening.' After '
being paired off by matching cross
cut advertisements, each guest was '
presented with a blank "biography";
book, each page being suitably enti
tled, r With scissors and paste and
the determnation to be an author, ;
each one set out to fill op the book '
with suitable advertisements from a 1
stack of various magazines.. The bi- v
ographriea of the young men as writ
ten by the young ladies, and those of ',
the young ladles as written by their -escorts,
afforded very unique me
mentos of the, occasion. '
After being again paired off by
a a
oy corresponding numpers all en
Joyed, refreshments of - ice cream'
and cake. The jrierry crowd ' of -young
people dispersed shortly after
eleven o'clock, all deckrlng a pleas
ant evening had been spent
The success of the ' evening waa
largely due to the energetic Social
Committee of the class. Misses An
ne Harrell, Mavis Parsons and The- ;
resa Hill. , r
Those present were the following! .
Misses Esther Lewis, Elizabeth
fompsoa, Theresa JIUl. Ceneya Scott,
Addie Mason, Mavis Parsons, Clyde
Neal, Annie 'Harrell, Pearl White,
Rebecca Robinson. Mesdames John
Johnson, A. L. White, Harry A. Day.
Messrs. John Johnson, Vernon Har
rell, William Darling, Hubert Fodrie,
John Springle, Joe Chlnnls, Robert
Taylor, Steve Robinson, Clarence Ta
turn, Edgar Tatum, and Rev. Harry
A. Day, .teacher ef the class.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Permits to wed issued by the Reg
ister of Deeds recently were:
C. T. Broadhurst, of Xinston and
Hiss Flora Bell, of Camp Clenn.
J. R, Pittman, of Lukina, and Miae
Mettle Banks also of Luklns.
HAVE YOUR GARBAGE READY
The News la requested to print
again the schedule for cleaning up
garbage in the town. It has appeared
f,i . l - . a , . a 1 1
1 . B6. MimMMnA
MlUt Uw,
foowlj)f4-nJ , .
k Community Cljb of Beaufort, "
will be held Thursday, March Slat,
Instead of the first Thursday in, April.
All members atetrequete4 .to be
preaenL - , 4
i ' , t"r. SecreUry.
Mrlntoah 41 acree In Peaufart town.
: twuiJff st!o $l 0 kt. t
. a . ; " . 4' .
T. S. Dixon aixj wife to Mcl.
S)0 wife lo AJclaon
Fulrher 4 acre la Merehaad town
ship, conaUleraUoa $118. k ,
T.
8. Disen aad wife to Loonie
rsOcher 4 acre la Morehead town.
. ronrratkn
L Sheldon Bell to Arthur MldgeU
lot No. 10 la square 71
City, rooiudersllow $704.
Merehead