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EVERY THURSDAY
VOLUME X.
BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSLu i MAY 12, 1921.
NUMBER 19.
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COMMITTEE NAMES
MEN FOR OFFICE
Only Contest Wm Hut Orer
Newport JPotoflSce&yefIl
- Were Endorsed ,
A very well attended meeting of
the county Republican executive com
mittee took place here last Saturday.
The meeting was called to order at
12:30 by chairman Clem Wade and
upon the roll call by the secretary A.
L.JWilaon the following members
were .found to be present: J. F.
Duncan,C. R. Wheatly, T. L. Piver,
G. G. Taylor and Jos. W. Piggott
E. H. Davis was the only absentee.
The principal business before the
committee was that of endorsing can
didates for the postoffices at New
pert, Morehead City and Beaufort
Besides the postmasterships a few
other recommendations for Federal
appointments were made. The first
matter considered was that of the
Newport postoffice. Messrs. W. Has
kins, D. N. McCain and Claude Ogles
by came before the committee in
person - and stated their eases.
Messrs. Baskins and Qglesby pre
sented petitions signed by a consid
erable number of citiiens who had
endorsed them. McCain said he did
net understand that it was necessary
to file petitions but that he had the
endorsement of his precinct commit
tee zor ice piace.
After the other Newport applicants
had been heard Mr. Troy Morris of
fered the name of A. L. Wilson ai
the most suitable man for the posi
tion of postmaster.
The committee decided to hear ap
plications as to the Morehead City
and Beaufort .offices and then go in
to executive session to consider them
The only name offered for the More
head City office was that of Cleve
land Willis and the only one suggest
ed for the Beaufort office was that
of Raymond L. Wheatly. Both of
these were endorsed.
A resolution was offered and passed
endorsing J. L. Edwards for deputy
collector of internal revenue, Samuel j There is considerable difference of
Lilly for deputy marshal, and W. D. opinion about the proposed consoli
Allen for prohibition officer. A res- dation and it is expected that the
olution was also passed endorsing
lrvin a. lucser, 01 wnuevme, ior
U. S. district attorney and also a res -
olution endorsing C. R. Wheatly. for CORRECT CENSUS FIGURES
first assistant district attorney. POPULATION HAS INCREASED
After pawing the resolutions re
ferred to the committee went into According to figures given out
executive session to consider th wra months ago the poulation of
Newport postoffice matter. A short Carteret county ib 1120 was only a
time was spent in deliberation afiei little over 13,000 hut at that time
which the committee announced that complete census of the rural dis-
A. L. Wilson was the successful can- trirta had not been made and there
didate for the Newport uffice. fore the figure, published were not
correct. County Auditor Standi re-
RITE OF BAPTISM ceived a few days ago from the
ADMINISTERED SUNDAY United SUtes Census Department
the information that 15,384 persons
A large crowd was present Sunday constitute the county's population
evening at six o'clock to witness the 'at the present time. This is an in
baptismal services wjilch took place j crease of 11 and 7-10 per cent over
at that hour at the foot ef Orange the population of 1910. The white
street. The rite ol tapusm was
administered to ten persons by the
pastor of the Baptist church Reverend
H. A. Day. The choir of th church
sang the familiar old hymns "Shall
W Gather At Th River andOn Jor-
daa's Stormy Banks 1 Stand" in
very lmprsiv manners sfUr whlcta
tk baptism took place, in sun
waters of the little bay dotted with
wylth boats and fishing nets, the white
robed converts and th silent specta
tors on th shore made a plctareaeu
sod solemn scene that carried one,s
UwaginsUon back through the cento
flee to th ancient sea of Galilee and
Its historic memories.
MOtEHEAD CITY ELECTION j
Th election la Morehead City Ust
week was a wry aelet affair as there
was ealy one ticket la the field.
Aeeerdlng to those who or In
farmed atevt the matter a very good
election of officials was nude tkoegh
sad ft b thesght that taeymQl give
the town a fed adadslstratlea.
The electtea resaltod as fellows Fr
tsayoT T. C Tfsde. eommlestoam
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OMMVCEMENT AT OAK HOC I
IMTITUTt
The News has receive " aa lavM
tMi to th slity-alath Comauaco
test eiervtoee ef Oak Ridge tastHsto
L L Career, of Newport, a ssesseet
f the eonlor class Is one ef the ate
agers ef the CowmencemeaL
SCHOOL ELECTION
WILLBEHELD
Question Consolidating Smyr
na aAd StraiU Townships
Schools to Be Voted On
The proposed consolidation of
schools in Straits and Smyrna town
ships brought a large crowd of citi
zens from that section ysterday to
attend a meting of the. Board of Ed
ucation here.' The full board com
posed of .R. T. Wade. W lrvin Wfl-
lis and Wiley H. Taylor was present
and in addition thereto County, Su
perintendent M. L. Wright and Mr.
L. C. Brogden of the State Board of
Education.
The meeting was held in the coun
ty court room and began business at
about noon j Chairman Wade stated
that the board desired to hear opin
ions from representatives of the dif
ferent districts affcted and many
availed themselves of this privilege.
Those from Bettie and Otway op
posed any consolidation, with the
other districts and wanted to keep
their schools as they are and have a
high school of their own. The oth
er districts seemed to desire to keep
their present schools and have a
high school somewhere that all would
be able to use. There was a dif
ference of opinion as to where the
high school should be located. Af
ter hearing the various speakers the
board took a recess and later went
into executive session to consider
the matter. ' At this meeting a rep
resentative from each district was
allowed to be present and have a
hand in the procedingss.
After several hours of discussion
the board finally concluded to leave
the, matter to a vote of the people in
the trritory affected and selcted July
6th as the date for an election upon
the question of consolidating all the
schools into one and locating it
either near Straits or Marshallburg.
The people will also vote on the
question' of a tax of SO cents on the
i hundred to
maintain the school.
i campaign will be one of the liveliest
uui me county nas ever naa
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; population now la 12,998 and the col-
ored population la 2,386. Beau
fort's population is put at 2,968 and
Morehead City's at 2,958. Both ef
the two principal towns ef th coun
ty show a good Increase over the
: 19 ia figures.
SEALEVEL AGAIN DEFEATS
MARKER'S ISLAND TEAM
In a beautiful game of ball last
Saturday Sealevel Bulldogs won
over Hsrker's Island en the former
diamond In a score of 14 to 19. De
spite a few errors oa both sides the
game eras very Interesting from be-
ginning to cad.
This Is the second game ef the mi-
mi with the Balldogs and each time
they took the game.
O.lt Ur r.tk.rl.r af weenie
wltaesteJ the gaese including those
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from nearby towns and all reported
aa having a good tme. -
MAIL-AND RAIN YESTERDAY
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A eoaal that came ep yeeterday
aftemooa at ahwut two o'ekoek as
cosfpenled by lightning, tela and hail
threatened to do considerable dasv
ago bet a far as the News teams did
not lr thlag mack. Several win
dow lights ol tho Graded fkhJ ware
broke oat and poaaiWy eotno ethers
la town Stay have Veen broken. As
to what effect too squall had oa the
growing crops boo not yet been as
eulalaod hvt as tho. storm lasted
only a few sihmU probably not
ftuch harm was done.
SCHOOL CLOSING
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Commencement Program Is
Being- Rendered.. Large
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The commencement exercises l jif
Baufort Graded School are in prog
ress this week. Tuesday evening lit
eight o'clock the first of the series; of
ntertainments took place and ' last
night the second which was the reci
tation contest occurred,- ThTues-j
day evening performance , began
with three musical numbers played
on the piano as follows: "The Con
tented Fairy", by Ethel Blake, Ha-4-zel
Noe. Evelyn Chadwick; "March
ing Children" by Hattie Fulcher,
Swanee Wade, Ruth Morrison and
the Trumpet Call" by Martha Long
est and Sarah Willis. Then fol
lowed a cantata "Midsummer Eve",
played by the children of the first
second and third grades with one or
two from the fourth grade. As they
always are the little folks were very
winsome and their efforts were
lordly applauded. The cast of
characters follows:
Dorothy Lillian Springle
Queen Mab Pricilla Doane
Herald James H. Potter
Spirit of the Dawn,.. Mattie Weeks
Pages ..Nat White, Charles W. Nor
com, Jr.
Arbutus Annette YofSe
Innocence Peggy Parrott
Flowers: Alvelta Skarren, Nellie
Gray Congleton, Mildred Willis,
Mildred Brooks, Mary Lang Ewell,
Susan Rumley, Evelyn Chadwick,
Aleise Killingsworth.
Green Elves: Virginia Brickhouse,
Lance Smith, Laura Eure, Troy
Johnson, Elizabeth Greenleaf, Ray
mond Paul, Eleanor Jones, Charles
Hudgins.
Will-o'-the-wisps: Laura Mason,
Susie Morris, Lela Guthrie, Elisa
beth Newsome, Clyde Mades, An
nie B. Rich, Janice Earl Peterson,
Beatrice Mason.
Last night a large crowd that
packed the auditorium was out to
hear the recitations and musical
numbers which they highly enjoyed.
Th Droam was as follows
Chorus "The Call of Summer"
Sixth and Seventh Grades
"The Soul of a Violin" Margaret
Gibbs. j
Chorus.. "The Champion Baseball 9"'
4th and 5th Grades (boys)
"A Brave Boy "...Florence Perkins
"Mince Pies" Estelle Caffery
Selection from "Mary Cary", Blanche
Barbour.
Chorua "Voice of the South Wind"
4th and 5th Grades
Chorus "Blossom Time"
6th and 7th Grades
"Sellin' a Feller". .Mary Elisabeth
Nor4om
"Spreading the News" Annie
I Doane.
Chorua Boat Song
High School Choral Claas
I chorus "Good Night"
High School Choral Clans 'men was called on 10 mate iitwn
Tonight th Graduating claa will marks about th American Legion
hold th stag and an interesting pro- hlch be did setting forth the pur.
gram has been prepared. Friday poses and Ideals of that organise
evening the commencement close Hon. AfUr leaving the church the
with a musical recital and the pre
sentation of an operetta "The Pink
Parasol".
BAPTIST MINISTER DECLINES
CALL FROM CHARLESTON
It looks as If Beaufort preachers
are somewhat In demand In Charles
ton, 8. C Seme months ago Dr.
G. W. Lay of St. Paul's church, re
ceived a call from Charleston and a
few weeks sgo Rev. H. A. Day of
the Baptist chorea also was iavitod
to come to that city. Mr. Day W
tred the pastorate ef tho First
I ah & s a a. .a aa aw a. a. l
Baptist church there. The hnrch
Is 119 years old and the eldest Bap
tist church In tb4Utkv After con
sidering, the asaur- carefully Mr.
Bwr decided to decline the callr He
has gotten la U reeled is .hta - verb
hero aad tikes It and fsels that hie
epywrtaalty for oerviee hero to e
groat an It wakd be any where la
If wot grantor. sBnce-Mr. Day as-
snteod tho last rate 4er tho Bap
tist -h arch las had eonsideraWe
growth aad bo foehj that the tutor
haa otin better Ulags la store for It
TV Seoeleeo ftowe let to h
eUea. aww.t. eIUk4 aa4 UUL
Yaw easts It lew two peeee by oW-
tog $3 NOW.
SHORT MEETING
COUNTY BOARD
Proposition As to Short Time
Notes Heard and Ac-
cepted
A short meeting of the Board of
County Commissioners was held here
last Monday. The principal busi
ness considered by the board was
that of making arrangements to ne
gotiate some short time -notes. The
bond market has been in such condi
tion for some time thaTTriasHBeTn"
impossible to sell bonds on favora
ble terms.
'The official minutes read as fol
lows: Beaufort, N. C, May 9, 1921
The Honorable Board of County
Commissioners reconvened in regu
lar Marion at its usual place of
meeting in the Court House in Beau
fort, North Carolina on Monday,
May 9th, with the following mem
bers present, to-wit; C. R. Wheat
ly, Chairman; J.. L. Edwards and
George G. Taylor.
The. matter of securing funds to
meet the present indebtedness of
the county and to pay for the bridge
and other contracts of the county
Which have already been let was tak
en under consideration. Mr. W. H.
(fexnck, , of Wolmington, N. C, ap
peared before toe board, and offered
the following contracts and resolu
tions, which were adopted, all mem
bers present voting in favor of
adoption.
On motion duly made and passed,
the Board ordered the Hyman Sup
ply Company, of New Bern, N. C,
to order a new motor for the Holt
tractor and to have the same deliv
ered and installed as promptly as
possible.
On motion duly made and passed,
the Board agreed to accept the two
roads adopted by the State Highway
Commission as the State Highways
through Carteret County and order
ed that the proper resolutions be
drawn and mailed to the State High
way 'Commission.
There being no further business,
the Board recessed subject to a call
of the Chairman.
CONFEDERATE DEAD HONORED
in APPROPRIATE
EXERCISES
The memorial day exercises here
in honor of the Confederate dead
were held in the Methodist church'
Tuesday morning from nine thirty
to ten thirty o'clock. Rev. H. A.
Day presided over the meeting which (greaUy enjoyeo nis account oi uie
was held under th auspices of the 'war and the part played by his com-
Daughters of the Confederacy. A pany nd private Fulford in particu-
choir rendered appropriate music, lr. Lieutenant Luther Hamilton of
music and Mr. M. Leslie Davis de-J Morehead City, also a veteran of the
livered the address of the day which jgreat war was next on the progTam
was an interesting and instructive and he spoke in his usual eloquent
account of the part North Carolina
!n Carteret county played In the
'great struggle between the States.
Lieutenant E. Waiter Hill who was
! present with a number of ex-acrvice
procession wenaea its way te m
cemetery and there after several se
lections by St Paul's school band
the grsves wer decorated by th
member ef the U. D. C. Upon the
completion ef exercises here the
Daughters of the Confederacy and
the American Leglea headed by the
band marched to the water front
where they took a boat fr Mero
head City for th purpose of attend
ing th serclaca there.
SKARREN-OpRIEN.
Mr. Bert Skarren, formerly of thai
clly, bat new of New York since his
return from Frsnce where he served
two years tn th. World's Wer, was
asarrWd -recently to Miss Margaret
O'Jfien, of 'Brooklyn, N. Y.
Tho wedding toek place la St
Jean's Catholic search, fist street
aad 4th Ave-, Broektya N. Y, oa
April list, tart
After spending oosao time ol At
UanUe City, N. K Mr. and Mrs, Mar-
rea reversed to sVeekfya, M. Y
where they win nuke their fate re
home.
Teach ree ehUdr lb rdJo
' UWi...S.WrlU fee lU
Neo a-.w, $1 fee a t, r.'
MEMORIAL DAY IN
MOREHEAD
CITY
Large Crowd Present To Take
Part In Exercises Honoring
Soldier Dead.
Tuesday was a big day in More-
head City. It will long be remem;
bered in the annals "of the town as
one of its red letter days. The oc
casion was the unveiling of a mon
ument to two heroes of the recent
war and also in memory of the Con
federateeaoTu
a dual significance. The weather
was ideal and nothing, happened to
prevent a large crowd estimated at
several thousand, from being pres
ent an enjoying the exercises after
they got there. People from all
parts of the county by boat, auto
and train came and enjoyed the
day. r
The monument which isahandsome
marble on , with a drinking fountain
onr either side of It, stands in: the
middle of the town's principal street
and will be seen and used by thous
ands in the years to come. It bears
en It the names ef lrvin Fulford and
Leonard Day. Fulford who belonged
to the 30th division was killed with
many ether Carolina lads oa the
29th day of September '1918 when
the far famed Hindenborg line -was
broken. Day" was a sailor and was
one of the crew ef the 111 fated Cy
clops which disappeared beneath the
waves of the Atlantic and left no
trace behind.
The memorial exercises 'were giv.
en under the auspices of the Daugh
ters of the Confederacy. Mr. Chas.
S. Wallace acted ap master of cere
monies. The program opened with
a concert at 1:45 by the Morehead
City band after which America was
sung by the audience accompanied
by the band. Chairman' Wallace
then introduced Mr. Jas. Bell a Con
federate veteran who spoke briefly
but interestingly and ' presented an
old Confederate cap to the local
chapter of the U. D. C. Hon. S. M.
Brinson was then presented to the
audience and for half an hour he
held the attention of his audience
with an eloquent tribute to the lead
ers and soldiers of the Confederacy
i and also set forth the contentions
'of the South as to the Issues which
brought on the war between the
States. He also paid high tribute
to those who took part In the great
World War. Following Mr. Brinson
t ,
Captain Edgar Bain, or Ooldsboro ,
was introduced and the audience!
vein paying tribute to the women
and men of the Confederacy and
also to those who participated in the
later conflict.
A sextet of sailors and soldiers
sang "Tenting Tonight" at the ex
clusion of the addresses snd thn the
monument was unveiled by member
of the American Legion. Rev. J. B.
Willi. th mmarfAl to the
w w, , r. .j Oi.t mus. not be overlooked that tho tor
town of Morehead City and the
. , . j. k. ritory assigned has had much to do
speech of acceptance waa made y , ,. ,
STl - r. .V uh n. w th th s result It la a pleasure to
Myor T. C. Wade after which Rev.
O. W, Dowd pronounced the bene
diction. When the exercise conclu
ded tbeDaughter of the Confederacy
and ether went to the cemetery and
dcersted the graves of tho Confeder
ate dead, which brought to en end
the exercise ef the day.
OXFORD SINCINC CLASS
The eingtag class of the Oxford
Orphaaag will pay Its annual visit
to Beoafert next Monday. Cards
are est sanooncmg that the claas
will give a consort that night at tho
Graetd School sndltotinsa.
" ' MARRIAGE UCEN3EV -7
Only one permit to ester tho mat.
riaaoatal state haa boon greeted this
week by Register of Deeds .Troy
Herri. The locky cesses was An
drew English ef Beoafert end Doro
thy T. Wllrls of SeaWvsL
BIRTH OF INFANT,
tern to Mr. end Mrs. Diaha Dew.
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h.!y moralng. The Utile en Iy
'lived a covple ef 'beers.
CHAUTAUQUA WELL
BE
A BIG SUCCESS
Tickets Coin Fast And It
Looks Like Large ' Attend
; ance la Assured ' ! .
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The indications all point to the ' " "
fact that the Chautauqua which be- - '
gins here Saturday afternoon at
3:30 o'clock will be a big success.
At this writing the full amount
guaranteed which was 11.02S Ma
thought that the receipts will be sev-
eral hundred dollars over the gua
rantee. Many tickets will yet be
sold in Beaufort and besides this
there will be some sold in Morehead
City and and the outlying districts.
Miss 'Frances Maxwell representing
the Chautauqua company arrived
Tuesday4 and is putting the finishing
touches on the final arrangements.
A statement by. Miss Maxwell and
one by Chairman Day of the ticket
committee are given herewith.
Big Chaataaoa Farad
By Miss MaxweU
On Friday afternoon every boy
and girl la Beaufort Is going to have
an opportunity to boost Chautauqua
and perhaps win a free season tick
at for the entire week of programs.
All children will meet at their own
school bouse at 1:30, and, when tho
lines have been Joined will march
thru the main streets of the city. ,
Everyone . Is asked to appear in eos- -tume
of some kind, although, absence
of costume' will not bar anyone from
marching. At the close of the pv
rade, each child will be given 'a slip
of paper with a number and a dupli
cate slip will be placed in a hat.
Then the excitement begins! Four
numbers will be drawn from the hat .
and whover has that lucky number
in his hand will win a ticket which
will admit him to every morning,,
afternoon and evening session under
the Big Brown Tent A prise will -also
be given for the best costume In
line. Those of you who do not hold
a lucky number will then have to
hurry off as fast as you can to get
a dollar, and buy your season ticket,
for the tickets are going quickly and
none will be sold after Chautauqua
begins on Saturday. And you don't '
want to get left!
Please notice this change: The
program will begin at 3 :30 and 8
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CkaaUaejM Cemmittee Report
(By II. A. Day.)
Tickets are going fast and now is
your time to buy s season ticket for
$2.50. After th doors open season
ticket will not bo sold. Yon sav
$4.00 by buying a season ticket
As chairman of the Ticket Com
mittee I wish to express my appre
ciation to th mm bars of tho various
teams for their untiring effort. Tho
success already attained has been
due to the faithful co-operation of
every member ef the ticket commit
tee. While som havs been enabled
to sell more tickets than others, it
pU
work with our Community Gob
where all have the Interest of onr
community at heart
FORMER BEAUFORT CITIZEN
HAS DEVELOPED BIG MINE
"Harnett county lo oao of the rich
est ceuntiee la North Carolina ta
sand aad gravel for road building.
It has the greatest wealth ef natural
read mate rial of nay eastern eoanty
In North Carolina. LUllngtoa has
the promise ef aeon becoming tho
most Important send and gravel mar
ket ta North Corollas If not la the
Soeth."
Thio fajermatiee to given Id a pro
tbsWaary rvpert of tho North Carett
aa Ccoaomio snd Gee logical Savvey. f
A company knows os the Staaqard
Sand aad O revel Cosxyany has boon
organised to mtso aad eQ gravel
end to now tn eperattea tn tte town
Of Uniagtoa. The prWe'eat of tho
cemaany la Mr. Jan., A aVsyaQ wW
lived ta Beesfert for some Km and
who la a targe land awaev k Carter-
let ceeaty. A groat deal of rood
ceestrwrtlea nww gelag eo) in all
. uU M4 .. t.
j(ioM kra mfy rrerTd
to ooovo la rnnaing at fall capacity.
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